Chapter 137: The North is Anxious

The million-level great battle in the south also blew this whirlwind to the north. Soon, detailed news reached the desks of various forces.

Learning that the Yuwen Clan only dispatched about 80,000 troops to crush the coalition of over 300,000 led by Lin Shihong,

this truly shocked the various warlords in the north and also put them under immense pressure.

They all had their own channels to understand various information.

After this battle in the south, almost no one could stop the expansion of the Yuwen Clan. The Song Clan of Lingnan seemed to have chosen silence, though the specific reason was unknown.

But the Song Clan's silence was clearly giving up the struggle with the Yuwen Clan, so the south was almost equivalent to falling into the hands of the Yuwen Clan.

Even though the development of the south was not as good as the north, the entire south probably had a population of less than ten million, was vast and sparsely populated, and lacked warhorses, with many shortcomings.

But the Yuwen Clan possessed advantages that northern warlords did not: in the south, the Yuwen Clan was about to become the undisputed hegemon, and the Yuwen Clan could develop to its heart's content.

While the development of the north was indeed superior to the south, and the population potential was stronger than the south—the north might be smaller in territory than the south, but the population was twice that of the north.

However, there were many warlords in the north, and they could not unify the north. Facing the Yuwen Clan, which dominated the south, they had no advantage.

Precisely because of this, the warlords in the north were now frantically expanding, and the battles between the two sides were becoming increasingly intense.

They knew that if they waited any longer, the Yuwen Clan's strength would become even stronger, so they could only desperately expand, hoping that before the Yuwen Clan marched north, they would have enough power to resist.

And every warlord thought this way. The territory was only so big; you wanted to expand, and I wanted to expand, so naturally, it depended on who was stronger.

After the news of the southern great battle arrived, Li Mi of Wagang immediately ordered that he would not retreat until Luokou was broken.

The best route for the Yuwen Clan to march north in the future was to first take down Xuzhou and other places, and then whether they attacked Luokou, Wagang, or directly attacked Dou Jiande of Hebei, it would be very easy.

And even if their attack failed, they could still retreat calmly, while if he failed, there would be no retreat.

So he wanted to take down Luokou, take down Luoyang, and then attack Chang'an, so that he would have room to maneuver.

Although Li Mi was arrogant, he was also clear about the strength of the Yuwen Clan; now, at least, they were stronger than Wagang.

Whether it was top experts or the combat power of the army, they were much stronger than Wagang.

He came from a famous family, and the Yuwen Clan was one of the noble families, not weaker than him at all.

In Wagang Fortress, Li Mi received the news and learned that Lin Shihong failed because of the Yinkui Sect. At the critical moment, the Yinkui Sect actually took the initiative to abandon Lin Shihong.

His brain turned, and he already understood that it was very likely that the Yinkui Sect had decided to place its bet on the Yuwen Clan.

Once these two forces joined forces, it would be even more terrifying.

"Luoyan, I want you to personally persuade Zhu Can to join forces with me to attack Wang Shichong, and afterwards, we will divide the Guanzhong region together."

"At the same time, I also hope you can contact An Long of the Tianlian Sect."

"My Lord!" Chen Luoyan looked at Li Mi, her eyes full of doubt. The Lord was suddenly so anxious.

Actually wanting to join forces with Zhu Can.

You must know that Zhu Can, this cannibal demon, had a bad reputation. Once the Lord joined forces with Zhu Can, whether in the scholar circles or among the people, the blow to the Lord's reputation would be very great.

They wanted to seize the world for Wagang; reputation was also very important.

Previously, when the Lord competed with Zhai Rang for Wagang, his reputation had actually suffered.

"Sigh! The Yuwen Clan is developing too fast, and it is very likely that the Yinkui Sect has also joined the Yuwen Clan. With the support of the Yinkui Sect, the Yuwen Clan will soon unify the south."

"By then, if we still can't take down Wang Shichong and can't attack Chang'an, how can we resist the Yuwen Clan?"

Li Mi shook his head. He was not completely muddled yet and was very clear-headed. Naturally, he knew that joining forces with Zhu Can would also have very bad consequences.

But there was no other way; now Wagang Fortress must move forward.

Pei Renji at Luokou had really consumed too much of their Wagang time.

"This..."

Chen Luoyan was also stumped upon hearing this. She was very intelligent and had always been Li Mi's military advisor. Wagang could have today, and Li Mi could take down Zhai Rang; it could be said that she had a great contribution.

But at this moment, the situation was indeed unfavorable for them.

Not taking down Luoyang meant they didn't have a geographical advantage. Once an external enemy attacked, they could drive straight in.

The Yuwen Clan's army was the elite of the world. Even she didn't dare to be sure that Wagang was the opponent of the Yuwen Clan's great army.

Wagang to the east was Xuzhou and other places. Xuzhou had been a place of four battles since ancient times, a place that military strategists must fight for. However, if there was no good base, fighting for Xuzhou was not a good choice.

Luoyang had majestic passes all around. When Dong Zhuo occupied Guanzhong at the end of the Han Dynasty, the warlords of Guandong, with a million-strong army, couldn't pose much of a threat to him. In the end, he gave up Luoyang himself.

Such geography was the place for their Wagang to develop.

At this moment, Chen Luoyan also understood the anxiety in Li Mi's heart.

So she nodded.

"My Lord, rest assured, I will persuade Zhu Can. As for An Long, I can only do my best."

They had been in contact with An Long before, but after the battle at Jingnian Zen Temple, An Long also disappeared.

The Lord was clearly trying to make friends with Shi Zhixuan through An Long, the expert of the Yinkui Sect, hoping to let the number one expert of the Demonic sect deal with him.

But this was not so easy.

However, for the sake of the Lord, Chen Luoyan also secretly decided in her heart that she would complete it even if she had to risk her life.

Chen Luoyan left, but Wagang Fortress did not stop its pace of conquest. A group of fierce generals had been attacking Luokou day and night.

And Luokou, which had no reinforcements, finally broke through the pass after Wagang attacked day and night for six days and six nights.

Once Luokou was broken, Luoyang was shaken.

Because Wagang was now directly facing Luoyang City.

"Bang!"

"Useless!"

Wang Shichong in Luoyang City was furious when he heard that Luokou was broken, and it was Pei Renji who took the initiative to abandon Luokou.

However, some officials who were originally unconvinced by Wang Shichong were very happy in their hearts when they saw Wang Shichong's anger.

Luokou was broken, and Wagang drove straight in. Someone had reminded him before, hoping that Wang Shichong would send troops to strengthen the defense of Luokou.

Unfortunately, because of Pei Renji, Wang Shichong refused directly.

He wanted to use Pei Renji's power to consume Wagang's strength and let both sides suffer.

But he didn't expect Pei Renji to stop doing it in the end and just walked away.

Now, Wang Shichong was having a hard time. Although there were still a few passes behind Luokou, they were under the control of the imperial court.

But compared to the majestic pass of Luokou, those few were slightly simpler.

"What a pity, if I had another month, I could have taken Chang'an."

Wang Shichong naturally knew the importance of Luokou, but first, Pei Renji was there, and Pei Renji had tens of thousands of troops in his hands.

With such a majestic pass as Luokou, it was enough to resist Wagang's offensive.

Don't you see, Wagang had been attacking Luokou for over a year and had never been able to break through.

So he thought about using Pei Renji to consume Wagang's strength, while he himself went to attack Chang'an and take Chang'an City into his hands.

By then, when Pei Renji and Wagang were almost consumed, he would send troops to garrison it, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But he didn't expect Wagang to break through Luokou so quickly.

He knew that it must have been Pei Renji who let them through, which was why he was so furious. ===== CHAPTER 138 =====