Chapter 639: The Decisive Battle of the Central Plains (Part 2)


    Chapter 637: The Decisive Battle of the Central Plains (Part 2)


    Xu Shiji''s outstanding performance in this battle allowed Li Mi to fully understand his command ability.


    After weighing the pros and cons, Li Mi decided to entrust command to Xu Shiji and ordered him to be fully responsible for the fight against the Han army, while he himself supervised it.


    Li Zicheng finally agreed with Li Mi''s decision. After all, this is just command power, not really giving up military power.


    Xu Shiji never expected that he could command tens of thousands of troops so quickly, and he was extremely excited.


    Looking at Li Mi in the main position, Xu Shiji suppressed the joy in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your trust in the Governor. I will definitely live up to the Governor''s trust."


    Li Mi frowned slightly when he saw this, because under his trust and win over, Xu Shiji still did not call him the lord. It can be seen that between him and the Ming Dynasty, Xu Shiji was more loyal to the Ming Dynasty.


    "If you want to completely conquer this person''s heart, it seems that you have to put in some great effort."


    Li Mi thought to himself, and then smiled at Luo Shixin on the side and said, "Luo Shixin, you have made great contributions in this battle. I will give you the title of General Fenwei. Do you think it is okay?"


    A trace of doubt flashed in Luo Shixin''s eyes. He smiled and scratched his head, and asked, "General Fenwei? Hello, what kind of official is this?"


    Seeing this, Xu Shiji immediately shouted, "Shi Xin, you must not be rude in front of the Governor."


    "Oh, I got it, brother."


    Luo Shixin was only a little stupid, but he was not stupid at all. Seeing this Xu Shiji acted like this, he hurriedly said, "The ordinary people are not polite. Please don''t blame Luo Shixin for being rude."


    Seeing that Luo Shixin said this, Li Mi knew that the key to conquering Luo Shixin was still Xu Shiji.


    Whether it is Xu Shiji, the handsome talent or Luo Shixin, Li Mi doesn''t want to let go of any of them. He has decided to completely subdue these two people, so it is necessary to appropriately delegate power.


    Li Mi''s delegating power made Xu Shiji lose his constraints and commanding the army even more like a fish in water. Therefore, the battle situation in Yuzhou completely became a battle between him and Cao Cao.


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    Inside the tent of the Yuan and Cao coalition forces, the atmosphere seemed a bit dull.


    It was an ambush that was almost certain, but it was disturbed by Xu Shiji and Luo Shixin, and the Yuan and Cao coalition forces suffered heavy casualties, so how could they be happy?


    The Han army in Yuzhou was the only one of the two princes, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and their strength was not as strong as other parties. This time the casualties were already injustice for both families.


    Of course, compared with the casualties of Yuan Shu''s army, Cao Cao''s army suffered a much smaller loss. After thinking about the gains from this battle, Cao Cao felt that he had made a profit.


    Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Danai and Cheng Yaojin, they were Cao Cao''s biggest gains in this battle.


    Among the five captured generals, the weakest ones are first-class masters, and the strongest Wang Jun is even closer to the level of a god-general. It also took hard work to capture these five people alive.


    In the previous battle, after Ren Zhong was shot to death by Xiahou Yuan, it immediately aroused Wang Junke''s anger, and then he danced a big sword to kill him.


    Under Wang Junke''s airtight attack, Xiahou Yuan was in a disadvantage, which also aroused Cao Cao''s love for talent. He immediately ordered Xiahou Dun to go for support and ordered Wang Junke to be captured alive.


    It is not difficult for the two Xiahou to defeat Wang Jun after joining forces, but it is not easy to capture him alive. After a big battle, the two Xiahou triggered the combination skills, which made Wang Junke difficult to capture.


    After Wang Junke was captured, Cheng Yaojin and other generals sacrificed their lives to rescue him. Seeing that their abilities were not weak, Cao Cao also ordered to capture him alive. In the end, under the siege of the Xiahou brothers, the Yang brothers, and a group of Cao generals, the four generals Cheng Yaojin were also captured alive.


    After asking about other prisoners of war, Cao Cao learned that Wang Junke and other generals had a high status in Li Mi''s army, so he felt that it should not be difficult to surrender, but the fact was that Cao Cao slapped him.


    Because Xiahou Yuan shot Ren Zhong to death, the five people would rather die than surrender. This made Cao Cao both distressed and helpless. He could only lock the five people up first and prepare to slowly heat up the five stinky and hard stones in the pit.


    "Ah Man? Ah Man?"


    Hearing Yuan Shu calling him, Cao Cao immediately came back to his senses and chuckled, "Highway, what''s wrong?"


    The dissatisfaction on Yuan Shu''s face flashed, and he said lightly: "In this battle, our army and the Ming army were both injured. It is difficult to defeat Li Mi with their current strength."


    Cao Cao frowned and pondered, "What do you mean by the road?"


    Yuan Shu sneered in his heart, but said warmly on his face: "Let Qin Hao send troops to help the battle."


    Of course, Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shu was plotting against his cheap nephew again. Although he was very disgusted in his heart, he showed no sign of expression on his face. He said lightly: "Zi Xu sent troops, but he was defeated but his military strength was greatly damaged, so there was no reason to send troops, right?"


    The Han Dynasty could not command the major princes at all, but could send out five armies to attack the Ming Dynasty. This was of course because of the huge gains after the destruction of the Ming Dynasty.


    In this attack on the Ming Dynasty, except for Liu Yu, Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi, most of the other princes sent troops to occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty, so almost all the princes sent troops to border with the Ming Dynasty.


    The reason why princes like Dong Zhuo, who have no interest in the Ming Dynasty, also participated was to eliminate potential threats.


    After hearing this, Yuan Shu showed a sneer on his lips and said, "Ah Man''s words are different. Qin Hao is the son-in-law of the Han Dynasty, and he is also sending troops to eliminate the rebels for the Han Dynasty. How could there be no reason?"


    Qin Hao''s Nanyang''s actions really made Yuan Shu, as a neighbor, feel fear and envious, so of course he would not let Qin Hao continue to develop.


    This is a naked open plot. Whether Qin Hao sends troops or not, the one who benefits from the end is Yuan Shu, and the person who plans for Yuan Shu this time is Zhao Pu.


    Of course, this can''t be hidden from Qin Hao and a group of strategists behind him. After Liu Ji discussed with the strategists, he soon thought of a way to crack it.


    Qin Hao also wanted to conquer Can Ming, so it was naturally impossible to send troops to attack Ming, so he directly refused Yuan Shu''s request, and the reason was that he could not send troops without the permission of the court.


    Then Yuan Shu mobilized the Yuan family''s power in the Chang''an court and incited Liu Hong to issue an order to directly order Qin Hao to send troops.


    With the advice of a group of "loyal ministers", Liu Hong finally issued an order to send troops to Qin Hao.


    Yuzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang''an. After a round trip and discussion time, it will be three months after Qin Hao received the imperial edict.


    In these three months, the decisive battle between Liu Dai and Hong Xiuquan of Jiaozhou was the first to start.


    Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was guarding Shouchun, also fought a war with Liu Yao, which shocked the world.


    (This chapter ends)