Chapter 2 The Alliance of Wagang
Cheng Yanjin sat in the tent, looking at this and that with great interest, as for Li Mi, who was talking, he had already ignored it. Soak! Book! In addition to the distribution of the loot captured after the victory over Zhang Xutuo, the main purpose of this rally is to gather and do a big job.
Originally, the leaders of all the families had discussed beforehand, whoever killed Zhang Xutuo would take the lion's share of the spoils. But who would have thought that Zhang Sutuo would commit suicide, and as a result, he had an opinion on the distribution of the spoils. The elite soldiers brought by Zhang Xutuo this time, except for a small number of people who were deliberately let go by Cheng Yanjin under the leadership of Qin Qiong, most of the others were captured.
Most of the captured soldiers were accepted by Li Mi. The chiefs of the houses knew about his troubles, and knew that they were his first men, so no one said anything. However, the weapons and armor that were captured were all high-quality standard equipment, and several generals who led the troops had already seen their eyes red, and they were eager to grab all those eye-catching things in their hands.
Therefore, as soon as the leaders in the camp gathered, Zhai Rang said a few words politely, and before he had time to roughly distribute the spoils, the leaders of each family began to talk one after another, telling their respective teams about the contributions made in this war.
Cheng Biting Jin Zheng listened with relish, the door curtain opened, and Tang Guoren walked in. Seeing him, Cheng Yanjin's eyes lit up, and when he saw him nodding lightly at him, Cheng Yanjin suddenly understood in his heart that Tang Guoren had already done what he had explained. Cheng Yanjin immediately put his mind at ease.
Just as he was about to come in and have a meeting with the leaders of the various families, Cheng Yanjin instructed the Tang brothers to find a place to bury the body of Zhang Sutuo while those leaders were in the camp tent. Although they are enemies of each other, and this Zhang Xutuo can be said to have died in the hands of Cheng Yanjin, this does not prevent Cheng Yanjin from respecting Zhang Xutuo.
It is really rare to see a hero who dares to act like this and loves soldiers like a son, how can Cheng Yanjin let him throw his corpse into the wilderness. It's just that most of the leaders of the rebel army have suffered under this Zhang Sutuo, and if they see that they are buried in Zhang Sutuo, they will definitely not agree. Others don't say it, this time the nominal chief leader Zhai Rang will definitely not let him, he is afraid of that Zhang Sutuo to death, and he hates it to death.
Therefore, Cheng Yanjin took advantage of the meeting to quietly complete this matter. As long as this Sutuo is in the ground, it is expected that Zhai Rang will not dare to dig the grave, not to mention the soldiers under the Zhang Sutuo, the old robe can't let him go, even the heroes in the rivers and lakes will look down on him: What can you do with a dead man?
As for offending Xia Zhai Rang because of this incident, Cheng Yanjin was not worried at all. Hugh said that Zhai Rang was just an ordinary person, and he would be hacked to death if he couldn't hold out even one round under the hands of a martial arts master, even if he used his power to oppress people, Cheng Biting Jin was not afraid of him. In this matter, Zhai Rang was destined to be helpless against Cheng Biting Jin.
Finally, Li Mi, who had a big head like a fight, distributed the spoils more in line with everyone's wishes, although there was also some left for Cheng Yanjin, but he didn't care about that thing. His heroes would have their own blacksmiths to craft weapons and armor, and their quality was no less than that of the officers and soldiers.
It's just that the attention of the leaders of the various families was attracted by the thousands of martial arts masters, so they didn't notice this. Cheng Yanjin thought that he would not remind them, lest these guys be wary of themselves, and it would not be very convenient for them to do something to them in the future.
Although everyone is in the same boat now, they don't have much affection for these guys, and before today, who knows whom! Don't look at the smiling faces of everyone here now, I'm afraid that they are all thinking about how to kill the guy with a smirk on the other side and swallow his men and horses in one gulp, so as to strengthen their own strength. Therefore, although there is a guarantee of Li Mi's personality, outside the camp tent, the personal soldiers of the leaders of each family are all sharpening their knives, waiting for a wrong one to kill them.
The leaders sat quietly and listened to Li Mi, who was standing, talk about the benefits of stationing in Xingyang. Li Mi wants to take root in Xingyang, this Cheng Yanjin can understand, after all, this can be said to be his Li Mi down, belongs to his sphere of influence, if Li Mi can gain a firm foothold here, then this is his base. It's better than being able to tile.
Nawagang is Zhai Rang's old nest, if Li Mi returns there with everyone, I am afraid that he will be unable to help himself, and he is destined to lower Zhai Rang's head. With Cheng Biting Jin's understanding of Li Mi, how could Li Mi, who was born with a desire to stand on top of others, endure Zhai Rang's pressure on him, so Li Mi, who just had a little capital in his hand, couldn't wait to set up camp in Xingyang and establish his own power.
However, the benefits of Xingyang that Li Mi said to everyone are also reasonable. First of all, although Nawagang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is used to occupy the mountain as the king, it is indeed more than enough to be a grass coarse, but if you want to rely on Nawagang to compete with the forces of the world, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.
And this Xingyang has always been a strategic place for soldiers to fight, relying on Xingyang, it can radiate to all parts of the Central Plains, not to mention that this place is not far from Luokou and Luoyang, which can be said to be offensive and defensible. Li Mi's meaning is very simple, as long as he uses Xingyang, which has plenty of grain and grass, as a base, to operate for a period of time, and recruit troops to defeat Zhang Xutuo's huge influence. When there were many generals and the power increased greatly, he sent troops to Luoyang, captured the eastern capital, and built an immortal feat.
Some of the leaders present were attracted by the grand blueprint drawn by Li Mi, but only two remained silent. One of them is naturally Na Zhai Rang. As the leader of one party, Zhai Rang naturally understood in his heart that as long as this Li Mi made up his mind to stay in Xingyang with his people, then the leaders of all the forces recruited by him would naturally follow and stay, and as a result, although he Zhai Rang was the nominal big leader, he still had to listen to Li Mi's opinion on the one-acre and three-point land in Xingyang.
And Zhai Rang, who originally thought that his power had increased greatly, not only did not increase the number of people he could command, but instead reduced it because of the division of troops to Li Mi. It can be said that this time, although he sent Zhang Xutuo, a thorn in his own eye, to see the king of Hades, he Zhai Rang did not get any benefits, and all of them were cheapened by Li Mi. The more Zhai Rang thought about it, the more unpleasant it became.
Also silent with Zhai Rang is Cheng Biting Jin. Originally, Cheng Yanjin thought that this Li Mi would strike while the iron was hot, and take advantage of the victory over Zhang Xutuo's Yu Wei to fight hard, so Cheng Yanjin stayed to meet with these leaders. After all, Cheng Yanjin knew in his heart that if Li Mi wanted to do a big job, in addition to attacking the eastern capital Luoyang, he would attack Luokou Dacang.
No matter which of these two places is attacked, there are many benefits, Luoyang's gold and silver treasures and Luokou's grain are all piled up, how can that day's great benefits fall into Cheng's share of gold. Who would have thought that this Li Mi really had some Taoism, but he was not overwhelmed by the blood, and Cheng Yanjin appreciated Li Mi more and more in his heart.
Being able to defeat that Sutuo with a trick this time does not mean that that Sutuo is not worthy of his name and is a person without a plan. The reason why Zhang Xutuo was fooled was because he thought that he had dealt with Zhai Rang many times and knew his ability. But what he never expected was that behind Zhai Rang this time, there was a terrible Li Mi hidden.
Now Li Mi has gone from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, and the due concealment has disappeared. Although the Wagang coalition army seems to be strong, it is still too far behind the officers and soldiers in Luoyang and Luokou. Now that Li Mihao disagrees, he has a little family background, and he naturally refuses to make the same mistake after experiencing Yang Xuangan's rebellion, so the next layout is naturally walking on thin ice and being cautious.
Seeing that Li Mi had no intention of doing a vote for the time being, Cheng Yanjin simply got up and said goodbye. There is no one to kill, nothing to grab, what is Grandpa Cheng staying here for? Drink the Northwest Wind? Or are you waiting for this extremely terrible Li Mi to pull all the people under his hands?
Seeing that Cheng Biting Jin insisted on leaving, Li Mi had no choice, after all, Cheng Biting Jin was not his subordinate now, everyone was equal, and no one could restrain anyone. But it was not easy to invite Cheng Yanjin out, if such a powerful force was put back in vain, Li Mi was really reluctant.
So, at Li Mi's suggestion, the leaders made an alliance by spitting blood in the tent. The covenant stipulates that when one family is in trouble, each family will come to the rescue. As the leader of the alliance, Li Mi has a certain command power over the various forces, and under the condition of mutual benefit, all the forces must obey the command of the alliance leader, kill the enemy together, and create a great cause together.
Although Cheng Yanjin put his handprint on the covenant, he was not optimistic about the alliance proposed by Li Mi. The so-called covenant will only be kept by everyone if they are strong. Now the forces of all parties are looking at Li Mi's ability to bring benefits to themselves, so they temporarily give him face. If one day this Li Mi is useless, it is estimated that these leaders will throw Li Mi behind him at the first time: Who knows you?
As for Cheng Biting Jin, the paper covenant is just the handpiece paper used in the thatched house for him. To be honest, he has grown so big and has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for some years, and those fools who fully abide by the so-called covenant have really not seen a few. Not to mention anything else, let's take the covenant between the Salt Gang and the Lingnan Song Lord, when the alliance was formulated, the two sides also agreed that if the Salt Gang had something to do, the Song family would definitely help.
But as a result, when the Salt Gang was forcibly occupied by Liu's domineering uncle's army, the Song Lord's farts did not release a single fart, but happily profited from it. So for this paper covenant, Cheng Yanjin didn't pay much attention to it, that thing was a piece of waste paper, it looked good, it sounded good, but it didn't work!
Before Cheng Yanjin stepped out of the camp tent, he heard Zhai Rang's voice behind him, "Sir, now that Xingyang has enough grain and grass, it is estimated that there is nothing going on here for the time being, so I want to lead the troops back to Wagang." If you don't want to go, you can do whatever you want, and we'll leave it at that! ”
Listening to Zhai Rang's sour tone, the leaders in the camp also understood his mood a little, after all, this Li Mi was still in Zhai Rang's tent some time ago, but within a few days, the salted fish turned over, almost on an equal footing with himself, and no one was happy to change his heart. What's more, the hearts of the leaders are bright, as the nominal leader of this operation, Zhai Rang did not get much benefit, and the depression in his heart can be imagined.
Although Zhai Rang's words were polite, they showed that he wanted to part ways with Li Mi. Hearing his words, Cheng Yanjin, who was about to walk out of the tent, also stopped to see how Li Mi handled the matter.
And Li Mi's attitude also made Cheng Yanjin a little confused. It is said that as soon as this Zhai Rang leaves, the power of this alliance will fall into Li Mi's hands, so in Cheng Yanjin's heart, Li Mi must have wished that Zhai Rang would get out of the way as soon as possible. Anyway, there are only about 10,000 people he Zhai Rang took away, and it's not impossible to do without him!
However, Li Mi's attitude towards Zhai Rang surprised the leaders in the camp. Seeing that Zhai Rang was distracted, Li Mi hurriedly said good things again, and proposed to give Zhai Rang a large part of the loot he got this time, and asked Zhai Rang to stay no matter what. Look at Li Mi's real appearance, as if what he is keeping now is not his former leader, but his own mother.
It's a pity that Zhai Rang didn't know what was going on this time, and he actually ate the scales and was determined to go to Wagang. Li Mi saw that he couldn't keep it, so he had no choice but to sigh deeply, and then offer the promised things as promised. He took Zhai Rang's hands and persuaded him for a long time, and then reluctantly sent Zhai Rang away.
Although Li Mi's actions were suspected of being a show, Cheng Biting Jin observed carefully, but found that Li Mi's retention of Zhai Rang was indeed sincere and sincere, from the heart. Obviously, this Li Mi is not a merciless person, and he also understands Entu. Seeing Li Mi's true feelings, whether it was Cheng Yanjin or the leaders of the other forces present, they all had a good impression of Li Mi.
Everyone is mixed up in the rivers and lakes, so naturally they have to be righteous and friends. Although this Li Mi is from a wealthy background and a scholar, he can be said to be an ideal candidate for the lord to repay his kindness like this. Follow him, everyone can get ahead, and they are not afraid of being sold by him. Even Li Mi didn't expect that his unintentional move would make all the leaders of those forces truly agree and obey him.
Naturally, Cheng Yanjin is not among them. I feel moved, but if I want to say that Cheng Yanjin really obeys Li Mi's orders, there is no door. In this world, there is no one else who can make Cheng bite Jin Yan obey except his wife. Everyone is a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and he Li Mi has no particularly outstanding skills, why should he want his grandfather to die and bow down to his orders?
Not long after returning to his hometown with the people, news came from the Suzaku Hall that Zhai Rang, who had originally returned to Wagang with the people, did not stay for a few days at all, so he regretted it, and felt that he still had a future with Li Mi, so he cheekily took the team to Xingyang to find Li Mi.
Hearing the news, Cheng Yanjin smiled dumbly. This Zhai Rang is not a big thing at all. This idiot didn't want to think about it, after he walked like this, the relationship between him and Li Mi was suddenly reversed. Originally, it was the down-and-out Li Mi who went to join him, but after Zhai Rang's foolishness, it became him Zhai Rang to defect to Li Mi. Once the relationship between the host and the guest is reversed, will the leaders of those other forces still treat him as a character?
Although the intelligence said that Li Mi was still very respectful and polite to Zhai Rang, he did not get carried away because of this. But that was what Li Mi did because of the relationship that he had been taken care of by Zhai Rang before, and now Zhai Rang's favor has been wasted by him, and Li Mi is afraid that he will not have much respect for him in the future!
However, Zhai Rang's return is also beneficial, after the battle of strangling Zhang Xutuo, the reputation of the Wagang army caused a sensation in all directions, and the people of nearby states came to defect. Therefore, it did not take long for the Wagang Alliance's troops and horses to expand rapidly. Now that Zhai Rang has returned with his soldiers who have experienced battles, Li Mi feels that his men and horses can be with the defenders of Luoyang for a long time, so a secret letter inviting Cheng Yanjin to conspire with him quickly fell to Cheng Yanjin's desk.