In 617, under the planning of Li Mi, the Wagang army first approached the outskirts of the eastern capital and broke through Huiluocang (in the northeast of present-day Luoyang, Henan), resulting in a shortage of food in the eastern capital and fell into difficulties.

The Wagang army broke through Liyangcang (in the southeast of present-day Jun County, Henan), opened a warehouse to release grain, and the rebel army increased by more than 200,000. At this time, the Wagang army numbered hundreds of thousands and controlled the vast area of the Central Plains and reached its peak.

Seeing that Li Mi was so arrogant, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, sent Liu Changgong, the general of Hu Benlang, to lead 25,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Li Mi.

Li Mi is a powerful character, no matter how many elites you send, he was still defeated in one fell swoop, and the troops were wiped out, and only Liu Changgong saved a small life.

For this reason, Zhai Rang then elected Li Mi as the leader, called the Duke of Wei, and he took a back seat and enjoyed life leisurely.

In February of this year, Li Mi set up an altar in the southern suburbs of Gongxian County, sacrificed to the heavens and ascended the throne, the year was called the first year of Yongping, and the document issued was signed for the Marshal of the Marching Wei Mansion.

Li Mi appointed Fang Yanzao as the left long history, Bing Yuanzhen as the right long history, Yang Defang as the left Sima, and Zheng Detao as the right Sima. Zhai Rang was awarded the rank of Situ and was named the Duke of Dongjun. Shan Xiongxin was appointed as the general of the left Wuhou, Xu Shiyun was appointed as the general of the right Wuhou, Zu Junyan was appointed as the secretary, and the rest of the people were awarded official positions according to their ranks. So he took Luokou as his capital and stationed in an area of forty miles around Luokou.

At this time, Meng Rang, the leader of the bandits in Changbai Mountain, Shandong, led his men and horses to join Li Mi, and Shi Chai Xiao, the magistrate of Gong County, Henan, and Shi Zhengyi, the servant of the imperial court, surrendered the county seat to Li Mi. The Sui Dynasty Hu Benlang took Pei Renji and his son Pei Xingyan to sacrifice the military prison to Li Mi.

Then, Li Mi led 30,000 soldiers into Luoyang and fought in the old city of Luoyang, and the Sui army was defeated and fled. Li Mi was stationed in Huiluocang, overhauled the barracks and trenches, coerced Luoyang, and also wrote a document to spread the world, publicly announced the ten major crimes of Emperor Yang of Sui, and vowed to lead the overthrow of the Sui Dynasty regime. The twists and turns were finally listed by the Tang Dynasty as one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, maybe this is life, and I can't guess the ending.

The Wagang Army had talents like Qin Qiong to take refuge, and more people joined one after another, and the army reached more than 300,000, dominating one side in the Kwantung region, becoming the largest peasant rebel army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the other rebel armies were all small forces compared to them, including Li Yuan's troops.

Li Mi relied on the courage of his troops and entered the royal garden fiercely During the continuous battle with the Sui army, Zhai Rang's general Wang Ruxin encouraged Zhai Rang to take the position of Otsuka Zai, command hundreds of officials, and seize Li Mi's power.

Zhai Rang's elder brother Zhai Kuan also said to him: "The emperor can only be made by ourselves, how can we give it to Li Mi!" If you can't do it, it's up to me to do it. ”

Someone told Li Mi that he couldn't help but secretly plan to get rid of Zhai Rang.

One day, Zhai Rang came to Li Mi's tent, Li Mi arranged dishes to entertain him, and his subordinates arranged to eat everywhere one by one.

After Li Mi invited Zhai Rang to enter the table, he took out a good bow for Zhai Rang to appreciate, Zhai Rang had just been full, Li Mi gave a look to a warrior, moved his head from behind, and killed his brother Zhai Kuan and his general Wang Ruxin at the same time.

Xu Shiyun was stabbed by the chaotic soldiers and was seriously injured, but Li Mi intervened to stop him and saved him from death. Shan Xiongxin and others knelt on the ground and kowtowed to ask for forgiveness, and only then did they save their lives