Yi Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and others are all in their twenties, and the eldest Cheng Zhijie is less than thirty years old, so it is the age of admiring heroes and forging ahead with enthusiasm that makes them aggrieved to be officials here, and they are very unhappy.

"Dahua in Guanzhong issued an order to seek talents, and wise men from all over the world, civil and military can defect, with our fame, in the past, it must also be a general, and the commander will not be slack." Pei Xingyan said.

Cheng Zhi nodded and said: "Of course, Dahua Emperor Luo Cheng, what a character, we didn't have the opportunity to be a general under his account before, and then defected to Wagang, and each was its master, now Wagang has dispersed, now it is not what it used to be, we are here as a general, we are squeezed out, and we have to look at the face of the Wang clan, what kind of goods they have, all the kings are not to say, the power is in their hands, and there is nothing to do with us outsiders." ”

Luo Shixin snorted coldly: "At the beginning, I pretended to be enthusiastic, Corporal Lixian, but in less than a month, I put up a shelf, and ignored us and other Wagang heroes, no one has come to attack Luoyang at present, so we don't need it, such a repeated villain, I, Luo Shixin, a seven-foot man, am ashamed to die for him." ”

"Shhhh Bing Yuanzhen calmed down and hurriedly stopped them, telling them not to shout.

Cheng Zhijie was thick and fine, and said in a low voice: "We can't show it, especially General Shan, after he became a concubine, although he often asks us to drink, but his status is low, his position and ideas are different, we can't show it, we have to pretend that the conditions here are better than Wagang's posture, and we can't force a breakthrough to defect, according to my guess, after Dahua exerts troops and horses, he will definitely go eastward, the first goal is Luoyang, at that time, we will take the initiative to ask for war, turn against us before the battle, and go directly to Dahua, who can stop it?" ”

Luo Shixin's spirit moved, and he smiled: "Brother Cheng, this is a good idea, you don't need to use a knife or a gun, you can go calmly, cut your robe and cut off your righteousness before the battle, you have to vomit blood from the old king." ”

Several people burst into laughter and applauded.

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Li Mi and Wang Bodang were in the Xingyang area, reunited the soldiers and horses, there were only tens of thousands of people, it can be said that the trees were scattered, and there were dozens of small teams that defected to the Wagang army at that time, and in the process of defeat, they fled in all directions, and then returned to the mountains and forests.

Some old people in the Wagang army reclaimed Wagang Mountain, continued to occupy the mountain as the king, and no longer obeyed Li Mi's orders.

This is too big a blow for Li Mi, the most powerful time is three or four hundred thousand soldiers and horses, fierce generals like clouds, the strength of pointing the country makes him yearn, now the remnants of tens of thousands of soldiers are lifeless, occupying a few cities, there is no longer the domineering spirit of swallowing mountains and rivers, the fame is lost, it will be difficult to make a comeback.

These days, Li Mi borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, became decadent, and said to Wang Bodang: "Brother, I don't understand until today, when Chu and Han Dynasty, why the overlord of Chu was not Wujiang, and returned to Jiangdong, his luck was gone, his domineering spirit died, he was disheartened, and he no longer had the confidence to make a comeback and regain the world. ”

"King Wei, there are so many princes in the world, it may not be that we have reached the point of exhaustion."

Li Mi shook his head and said: "Don't comfort me, I've already thought about it, I have been given Wang Shichong this kind of goods many times, my Li Mi's prestige has been reduced to a joke, and it is no longer difficult to call on the people to defect, not to mention that now Guanzhong is powerful, Dahua is strong, and with the momentum of unifying the world, the people are looking forward to Dahua sending troops to relieve the suffering of the Central Plains, and they will not trust others." Maybe as soon as spring begins next year, Dahua will move eastward, and Luoyang will bear the brunt of it! ”

"What does King Wei mean?"

"How about defecting to Dahua? Anyway, we can't unify the Central Plains, we can't do big things, if we go to attach it earlier, we can still be reused, and we will be awarded a high title, and if we go late, we will naturally not be reused. ”

Wei Zheng persuaded: "King Wei, you are one of the princes and kings, if you go to defect like this, won't you fall into your identity." ”

Li Mi was drinking, and couldn't help laughing sadly: "It's better to lower the status of a prince than to be a prisoner, after Luoyang fights, how can we resist this bit of people in Xingyang?" It's not that you're forced to surrender, so it's better to go to the desertion early. ”

Jia Xiong, Wang Junkuo, Cai Jiande and others were silent, they also saw that Li Mi was no longer good, without the heroism of the past, such a master was a waste, as a general, when he couldn't see the future and interests, he had opinions and ideas in his heart, so for the proposal to defect to Dahua, they each thought about whether they would benefit or not.

Soon, these people all echoed their words and agreed that Li Mi would take them to Dahua, because in that way, after they passed, they could also get official positions, and if they went to stand in line earlier, they would have more and more credits, and if they went to take refuge after the unification of the world, there would be no advantage.

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed, and stopped persuading.

Wang Bodang is a loyal and righteous person, he listens to Li Mi's decision-making, and sees that he insists on going to Chang'an, so he said: "Where the King of Wei goes, we will go with him, with the talent and prestige of the King of Wei, going to Chang'an will also be reused, after all, the Dahua Emperor issued an order to seek talents, and he is thirsty for talents." ”

After Li Mi heard this, he was even more determined in his thoughts, and planned to take some of his cronies and subordinates to Chang'an, leaving some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers and horses to continue to guard Xingyang.

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In the past few days, after Luo Zhaoyun learned about the major events of the imperial court and the situation in the Central Plains at the court meeting every morning, after reviewing the recitals, he discussed with the ministers of the Xuanzheng Yuan about civil affairs and business, how to improve people's livelihood, and promote more daily necessities, such as toothbrushes, soap, fine salt particles, etc., to meet the needs of the people in Guanzhong.

At the same time, the location for the construction of the new arsenal has been chosen, and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Shaofu Supervisor have begun to recruit craftsmen and laborers to build it, and the army has set up a military forbidden area.

Several colleges in Chang'an began to select some outstanding talents, and also set up other discipline academies, such as the Craftsman Academy, the Medical School, the Arithmetic Academy, etc., and also announced that the first imperial examination of Dahua will be held in the spring of next year to select some young talents to be officials.

In this way, the situation is stabilized, and Dahua's national strength is increasing day by day.