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Although Zhai Rang has many advantages, he is not an immortal after all, and he also has many shortcomings, such as greed for money and recklessness. In fact, it is not these shortcomings that really matter, but power.

Li Mi believes that as long as Zhai Rang does not die for a day, his power may be taken back by him at any time.

And Zhai Rang once said to Wang Bodang: "General Wang, last time you attacked Runan, you got a lot of gold and silver treasures, all of which were given to Wei Gong (Li Mi), and you didn't give it to me at all!" You must know that Wei Gong was pushed by me, and I don't know what will happen in the future. ”

Wang Bodang was very worried, so he found Li Mi and said: "Zhai Rang is rigid and greedy, and he has the heart of a king, so he should try it as soon as possible." ”

When Li Mi heard about it, he moved to kill.

On November 11, the tenth year of the Great Cause, Zhai Rang was invited to take his brother Zhai Hong and nephew Zhai Mohou to Li Mi's mansion for a drink. Li Mi used the excuse to break Zhai Rang's henchmen, and then ordered his subordinate Cai Jiande to stand aside with a knife.

Before the meal, Li Mi took out a beautiful bow to show Zhai Rang, and as soon as Zhai Rang pulled the bow full, Cai Jiande slashed it from behind Zhai Rang, causing the rebel leader who founded the Wagang Army to immediately fall in a pool of blood.

Then, Li Mi didn't stop doing anything, and killed Zhai Hong, Zhai Mohou, and Wang Ruxin. Xu Shiji also wanted to run, but was cut in the neck by Li Mi's henchman. But he was fortunate to be friendly with several of Li Mi's other henchmen.

Under the persuasion of Wang Bodang and Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi did not kill him, but pretended to be big, saying that he would still reuse him.

At this moment, Zhai Rang's generals were shocked and were ready to be killed, but Li Mi did not intend to kill these people. After all, after all the people are killed, there will be no one to help him fight the world. He gave full play to his eloquence and persuaded him: "Brothers, Li and you will rise against the Sui Dynasty together in order to eliminate violence and peace. But Na Zhai Rang was arbitrary, greedy and tyrannical, insulting his colleagues, and rude to his superiors. Now that Li only kills his family and will not punish innocent people, please rest assured. ”

Speaking of which, in order to appease people's hearts, Li Mi asked Xu Shiji to help him to his tent and bandage his wounds with his own hands. Hearing that Zhai Rang's original troops wanted to escape, Li Mi asked Shan Xiongxin to go to condole, and then rode into Zhai Rang's military camp alone to stabilize the morale of the Wagang army. Immediately, Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin, and Wang Bodang were asked to lead a part of the troops that originally belonged to Zhai Rang.

In this way, he temporarily restored the stability of the Wagang Army in a short period of time. It's just that the seeds of suspicion have been planted, and there is no longer the same intimacy between everyone within the Wagang Army as in the past.

Hearing this, Yu Ming couldn't help frowning and said, "Since there is such a civil strife in the Wagang Army, presumably Li Mi will not be able to attack Luoyang again." If I'm not wrong, Wang Shichong should have made some changes. ”

After hearing this, Red Sleeves also showed surprise in her pretty eyes. She nodded and said, "That's right! Li Mi did not attack Luoyang, and Wang Shichong's pressure was indeed reduced a lot. He had long deliberately deposed Yang Tong and proclaimed himself emperor. It's just that because of the great pressure Li Mi put on him, he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he could only unite all the forces that could be united in Luoyang City to jointly resist the enemy. And now there is no external pressure. He deposed Yang Tong and established himself as the emperor, with the country name Zheng and the era name enlightened. ”

After Wang Shichong ascended the throne, he sealed his relatives and made several of his sons such as Wang Xuanying, Wang Xuanshu, Wang Xuanqiong, etc. This made his former subordinates very dissatisfied. Redsleeves continued.

"Yes, Wang Shichong only believes in his sons and brothers, but he is always wary of his generals. But his nephews are all untalented people, and they may still be mediocre officials and generals in peacetime. But in today's troubled times, reusing them can only lead to their own destruction. Yu Ming hit the nail on the head and analyzed Wang Shichong's weaknesses.

Red Sleeves was a little strange at this time, secretly thinking that her husband and Wang Shichong should not have much contact, why did they know this person so well? How did she know that Yuming also came to a conclusion based on the evaluation of Wang Shichong in the history books of later generations.

"Wang Shichong and Li Mi can ignore them for the time being, if my expectations are correct, they will have a big battle soon." Yu Ming said lightly: "What I am most concerned about now is the situation on Li Yuan's side. ”

After hearing this, Red Sleeves sighed lightly and said, "Li Yuan is indeed quite a powerful opponent. Xue Ju was dead, and his son Xue Rengao became the new Emperor of Western Qin, but he was defeated by Li Shimin, and even his old nest, Jincheng County, was lost. ”

"Xue Ju died in battle? The Western Qin army actually lost Jincheng County? This is inevitably a quick defeat. Yu Ming couldn't help but be a little surprised. Although he knew that after Li Shimin became the coach, Li Tang would have the upper hand against Xue Ju, but he always wanted Xue Ju to last a little longer. But he never expected that Xue Ju would be defeated so quickly that he even lost his own life.

"Xue Ju didn't die in battle, he died of a violent illness!" Redsleeves added at this time.

"Oh? Sister Red Sleeves, you tell me in detail! Yu Ming said with interest.

After hearing this, Red Sleeves nodded and said, "Actually, between Li Tang and Xi Qin, they have always been in a situation of parity......

It turned out that after the last battle of Qianshuiyuan, due to the stalemate with the Tang army, Xue Ju ordered his Xue Rengao to attack the local righteous army Tang Bi in Huangyuan (now Longxian County, Shaanxi), and the strength increased greatly, gathering more than 100,000 Qin troops, known as 100,000, and then entering the siege of Fufeng (Zhiyong County, now Fengxiang, Shaanxi).

Li Yuan then ordered Li Shimin to lead his troops to meet the attack, defeated Xue Rengao's army, and pursued to Longdi (between Longxian and Baoji in present-day Shaanxi Province and Qingshui and Zhangjiachuan in Gansu) and returned. Subsequently, Xue Ju sent someone to Lianluo Turkic Jieli Khan, wanting to ask him to go south to attack Li Yuan together, but Li Yuan also bribed Jieli with a lot of money at the same time, so that Xue Ju and his alliance plan went bankrupt. ”

Just when Yuming and Dou Jiande were fighting fiercely, Xue Ju also led an army to attack Jingzhou (An'anding, now the north bank of the Jing River in Beijing, Jingchuan, Gansu), and Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to lead 80,000 Tang troops to resist.

In July, after Li Shimin advanced to Gaoqicheng (now northwest of Changwu, Shaanxi), he decided to adopt the strategy of holding the wall without fighting and waiting for the enemy to be tired.

In August, Xue Ju sent his Xue Rengao to besiege Ningzhou (Zhiding'an, present-day Ningxian County, Gansu), preparing to take advantage of the victory to take Chang'an, but Li Tang's Ningzhou Rashi Hu Yan led his troops to repel it.

In September, the situation of the battle took a turn for the worse, Xue Ju suddenly fell ill and died, Xue Rengao succeeded to the throne in the line of fire on the battlefield, and led the army to retreat to the garrison of Zheqi City (now northeast of Jingchuan, Gansu).

At this time, in order to consolidate the territory of Guanzhong and completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the northwest, Li Yuan secretly sent people to contact Li Liang, who had seized Liangzhou (Zhigu Zang, now Wuwei, Gansu), and named him the king of Liang, and attacked the Qin army from the east and west.

After learning that Xue Ju was dead, Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to attack Xue Rengao again in October. In November, Li Shimin's army advanced to Gaopo. Xue Rengao sent the general Zong Luohu to lead an army of 100,000 to meet the attack, and challenged several times, and the generals of the Tang army were also repeatedly invited to fight. However, Li Shimin thought that he should stick to the high jaws, recuperate, wait for Xue Jun to be strong and arrogant, and then go out of the city to break the enemy, so he ordered the army: Those who dare to speak up will be killed!

At the same time, in order to disperse the forces of Xue's army, Li Shimin sent Dou Liang, the governor of Qinzhou, Li Shuliang, the king of Changping, and others to reinforce Jingzhou, which was located behind enemy lines, so that Xue Rengao was like a manga on his back. Although Xue Rengao besieged Jingzhou many times, defeated the Tang hussar general Liu Gan, and captured Tang Longzhou to assassinate Shi Changda with a fraudulent surrender, he never succeeded in capturing Jingzhou. The Tang army and the Zong Luohu army held each other in Gaojia for more than 60 days.

By November, Xue Rengao's army ran out of food, the soldiers were centrifuged, and the internal history ordered Zhai Changsun, the general Liang Hulang and others to lead the troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin saw that the time for a decisive battle had come, and ordered Liang Shi, the head of the marching army, to lead his troops to camp in the shallow water plain to lure Xue's army. Zong Luohu was overjoyed, and led his elite to attack, but Liang Shi couldn't hold out.

A few days later, Li Shimin ordered Pang Yu, the general of the Right Marquis, to set up a formation in the south of the shallow water plain, and Zong Luohu concentrated his forces to attack Pang Yu. The two sides were fighting hard, and Li Shimin personally led the main force to surprise Zong Luohu's flank from the north of the shallow water plain. Zong Luohu was attacked from the front and back, and fled in defeat, killing thousands of people, and countless people died in the valley.

Li Shimin led more than 2,000 light cavalry to pursue the victory, Xue Junxiao and other generals Hun Gan and others surrendered to Tang, Xue Rengao did not dare to face the battle, and led his troops to retreat into Zheqi City to refuse. In the evening, the main force of the Tang army arrived, surrounded the city on all sides, at night, Xue soldiers and soldiers went out of the city to surrender, Xue Rengao was poor and lonely, and was forced to lead more than 10,000 elite soldiers to surrender the next day (the eighth day of the first month).

After Li Shimin escorted Xue Rengao back to Chang'an, Li Yuan beheaded him in order to avoid future troubles, so that the hidden dangers in the western part of Li Tang were completely eradicated and he began to turn his attention to the east.

When Yu Ming heard this, he couldn't help but look solemn. Although he had long regarded Li Yuan as his biggest enemy, he had no intention of confronting him head-on for the time being because his territory did not border with him. But he never expected that Li Yuan's progress would be faster than in history. Only on his own side did he pacify Shandong, and Li Yuan pacified Longxi, and he could free up his hands to march into the Central Plains.

Seeing Yu Ming's uncertain expression, Red Sleeves knew that he was worried about Li Yuan's rapid rise. She hurriedly said, "Husband, in fact, the situation is not so bad. Although Li Yuan won a victory in Longxi, he destroyed Xue Ju and Xue Rengao's father. But in Hedong, he suffered a big defeat, and even the original was lost. ”

"Oh? Who attacked Li Yuan? If I'm not mistaken, there should be Liu Wuzhou! Yu Ming asked after thinking for a moment.

"Yes! The difference between Li Yuan's two abilities is really big. Li Shimin is definitely a wise general comparable to Ling Zu Yushu, but Li Yuanji is inferior to an ordinary general! At this time, Red Sleeves told the battle situation in Hedong, which made Yuming also surprised.

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