When Li Mi first saw Fang Xuanzao, Chen Luoyan took Li Yuan to Jinyong City, he was very happy. He even told Fang Xuanzao privately that Chen Kefu was incompetent and even lost someone as important as Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan arrived in Jinyong, Li Mi was so happy. When Li Yuan first started his rebellion in Taiyuan, he had made a statement to respect him as the leader of the alliance. At that time, although he was happy, he knew a little bit self-aware. At that time, Li Yuan was on the verge of momentum, holding hundreds of thousands of people in his hand and occupying Hedong. Although he knew that Li Yuan respected him as the leader of the alliance at that time, he just didn't want to have a war with him, he was still very happy and his vanity was very satisfied.

However, Li Mi felt different when Li Yuan came to join him this time. Although Li Yuan was a little down and out, in Li Mi's eyes, Li Yuan was even more valuable at this time. Li Mi was born in the Guanlong noble group, but he relied on the Wagang peasant army in the Shandong powerful group. Although he was later gathering officials and winning over the powerful families from all over the country, for those noble families, Li Mi and the Wei army led by him were just a group of bandits.

Li Mi has never been able to get support from the upper class, which is the most troubled thing that Li Mi has always been. Although Li Yuan was the same as Li Mi's background, Li Yuan took another path. When Li Yuan was in Hedong, he not only represented a large number of interests of the aristocratic class, but also received support from many local tyrants in Hedong. Now that Li Yuan is defeated and surrendered, in Li Mi's view, this is the time for him to use Li Yuan to win over the nobles, aristocratic families, and local tyrants behind him to his own side.

It’s a pity that surprise turns into fear.

Li Yuan got to his hands, but it was only more than two days later, and he suddenly died on the third day. It was not the assassin sent by Chen Kefu to assassinate, nor was it the one he sent to take action, but he died inexplicably.

But Li Mi knew very well that Li Yuan died like this. He must have taken the blame for this. When Chen Luoyan rescued Li Yuan, Chen Kefu sent someone to release the news that he sent someone to rob Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's son Jiancheng was even killed when fighting with the assassin.

After Li Yuan died inexplicably, Huang Niba really fell into his crotch. He couldn't explain anything clearly. After Li Yuan surrendered to him, he had not even had time to ask Li Yuan to send an envoy to inform the forces of the Li family in Hedong. He originally planned to send troops to Shangdang immediately after the Luokou war. But now, it's too late. Chen Kefu would definitely not miss such an opportunity. It won't take long for the whole world to think that Li Yuan was killed by him. The Li family forces in Hedong were not only unable to use it for him, but it is unlikely to be conquered in the future.

Although Li Mi was a little suspicious, she was not sure that Li Yuan would be killed by Chen Kefu. After all, Li Yuan's body was placed there, but no trace of being murdered was found. In the end, the doctors unanimously judged that Li Yuan died of a sudden heart infarction, which was a complete accident.

Chen Kefu took the letter and felt relieved when he saw Li Yuan finally died of poison on time. Although Changsun Shunde mentioned the power of the poison at that time, he had never really seen it. Chen Kefu wanted to believe the power of the poison, so he asked Chen Luoyan to rescue such an important person as Li Yuan. He was still a little worried. After all, if Li Yuan did not die, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble for Chen Kefu.

Now Li Yuan is finally dead, everything is as planned. How could Chen Kefu be unhappy? Li Shimin died, Li Jiancheng died, and now Li Yuan is dead. Only one 14-year-old concubine Li Zhiyun was left in the Li family. Chen Kefu finally completely flattened the Li family's power.

In the letter written by Zhang Zhongjian, in addition to the news that Li Yuan was dead at the beginning, there are several other things, which are also good things. In the letter, Zhang Zhongjian described the battle of Luokou feint attack one by one. In the letter, he clearly showed the true strength of the Jianghuai Army. In addition to caught Li Mi off guard and severely defeated Li Mi. Zhang Zhongjian also expressed his hidden worries about the Jianghuai Army.

The combat effectiveness shown by the Jianghuai Army in this battle was too amazing, and its strength was even much worse than that of the Hebei Army. If it weren't for this battle, the Hebei Army would not have noticed their serious misjudgment of the Jianghuai Army in the past. Zhang Zhongjian reminded Chen Kefu that it was necessary to increase the alertness of the Wang family and the Jianghuai Army to two more levels. The Jianghuai Army faced Li Mi's strong ready and landed in unfavorable circumstances. As a result, Li Mi's 60,000 troops were defeated and even beheaded more than 10,000. This news surprised Chen Kefu.

Through this battle, it has been fully demonstrated that the strength of the JAC Army is above the Wei Army. However, after a while of thinking, Chen Kefu let go of his worries. The biggest threat among the JAC Army was Wang Shichong, who is now dead. Although the sudden force of the JAC Army this time was shocking, it was not scary since Wang Xuanying had already revealed the trump card of this army.

The beasts with fangs exposed are not scary, the ones that are scary are the beasts hidden in the dark. As long as you are prepared, in the current situation of the Jianghuai Army, even if their combat power is indeed very strong, they have no soil to grow. They are under pressure from Hebei, Li Mi and Yang Ming, and those who are waiting for the Jianghuai Army will either surrender to one of them or die after resisting.

Chen Kefu had little to worry about a group of wolves led by Wang Xuanying, the sheep.

In addition to Li Yuan's death and the Jianghuai Army, Zhang Zhongjian also told him the latest news. Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke, who led their troops to raid Luokoucang, captured Luokoucang City as expected. However, these two people did not burn Luokoucang City and the grain in the city as planned and then retreated. Instead, they took Luokoucang City and then defended the city to the death. Now Luokou City has been controlled by Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke. More than 3,000 defenders in the city were annihilated and the rest were captured. The most important thing is that the two thousand stones of food and grass in the city are now in their hands.

Seeing this news, Chen Kefu frowned. On the battlefield, the front-line generals made a decision at the moment, which was normal. However, the change of Lu and the second general Guo was equivalent to expanding the battle. Although they had 30,000 people, it was not a simple matter to defend Luokou Cang City. There were nearly 100,000 people in Yanshi and Baihua Valley, and they were only twenty or thirty miles away from Luokou Cang City.

Chen Kefu patted his head. At this time, he would issue another order to call Lu, and it would be too late for General Guo to evacuate. Maybe at this time, Li Mi had already mobilized his army to reach the bottom of Cangcheng. Thinking of this, Chen Kefu took action and kept circling around the broken land temple.

Feng Hua also followed Chen Kefu along with Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and others. At this time, she and the generals of Cheng and Qin heard that military information had been sent to him. They rushed over one after another.

"The two generals Lu and Guo have made a little too quick this time. Li Mi has already mobilized the troops from Xiangcheng, Xingyang and Yingchuan counties to come to the Luokou battlefield. The longer the time is, the more unfavorable it will be for us. According to the original plan, we will take this opportunity to burn Li Mi's food and grass, and take the opportunity to take down his empty Luokou Cang City and Hulaoguan. Then we will immediately encircle Li Mi from the east and west, and finally launch a decisive battle against Li Mi with the Jianghuai Army in Luokou. Taking advantage of the future and arrival of Li Mi, we will attack Li Mi with a thunderous force. After suffering heavy damage from him, we will immediately take a boat and return to Hebei from the Yellow River."

"This plan is very close. The battle is just a surprise and a quick battle. Now that Lu and Guo Er are going to defend Cangcheng, we will not be able to gather superior forces to severely damage Li Mi. Even Lu Guo's troops will be surrounded by Li Mi and the Wei army that came from all over the country. If we want to save them, we will inevitably be held back by Li Mi, with few enemies and more. If we don't rescue them, the 30,000 soldiers will be unable to protect them!" Feng Huan said this and stomped his feet in a hurry. He was very dissatisfied with the fact that a senior general like Lu Shishen and Guo Keke would do something that violated the order.

Chen Kefu didn't say anything. The current situation was in front of him, and the development of the war was beyond his control. If a favorable adjustment was not made immediately, then Lu Shishen's 30,000 people were likely to be eaten by Li Mi.

Guo Xiaoke and Lu Shishen reported to Zhang Zhongjian. They felt that the JAC Army had strong combat power and that they felt that the JAC Army and Chen Kefu's troops were not without a chance of winning. Moreover, they held Cangcheng, which could prevent the Wei army from Yanshi and Baihua Valley from reinforced Luokou, and secondly, they wanted to seize the 20 million stones of grain. No one could bear to burn it in just a fire.

But in Chen Kefu's opinion, they forgot something more important. The strength of the JAC Army is indeed good, but it does not mean that this must be a good thing, and it is even more likely to be a worse thing. If Lu Shishen and others do not return, then Chen Kefu and Zhang Zhongjian and others will only have 20,000 people, while the JAC Army has 100,000 people. If Chen Kefu and Wang Xuanying defeated Li Mi in Luokou together, who can guarantee that Wang Xuanying, who has 100,000 troops, will not only bring only 20,000 people around him, and in the battle with Li Mi, it is very likely that the Hebei army, which will be greatly damaged, will be attacked?

Dancing with wolves and making skin with tigers are very dangerous things. Wang Shichong and Wang Xuan were willing to surrender to Hebei, not just because Hebei is strong and powerful. But because they face the joint squeeze between Yang Ming and Li Mi in the east, they are in danger of being destroyed at any time, so they want to take advantage of Chen Kefu's power.

But if Li Mi falls, the situation of the Jianghuai Army will be different. After crossing the river, the bridge will be useless. If Wang Xuan turns against him, how will they deal with it?

Chen Kefu sighed. After all, Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke only saw the battlefield, but did not see more things outside the battlefield. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.
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