The autumn of the twelfth year of the Great Cause.

Li Mi accepted the edict of the Son of Heaven of Jiangdu in Jinyong City, outside Luoyang City, and was transformed from the King of Wei of Qi into the Duke of Wei, the Taifu Shangshu of the Great Sui.

From King Wei to Duke Wei, many people don't understand.

"Teacher, we have been anti-Sui for many years, why do we have to be recruited by the Yang family now? Luoyang City will be captured soon? Uncle Wang asked Li Mi puzzled.

Li Mi was trying on the purple robe and jade belt given to him by the Son of Heaven in Jiangdu.

"My anti-Sui heart has never changed."

"But?"

"Bodang, this is just a change of expediency."

Facing his proud students, Li Mi did not hide his thoughts.

Of course, Li Mi never thought of accepting Zhao'an, let alone wanting to be Sui's courtier, but the current situation in the Central Plains was somewhat unexpected to Li Mi.

In other words, he has been under Luoyang City for a long time, but he has actually fallen into a stalemate that cannot advance or retreat.

Although Wang Shichong couldn't beat him, he relied on the solidity of Luoyang City and defended it.

Although he has a large number of soldiers and horses, he can only bluff, in fact, there are not many soldiers and horses who can really attack fortifications, and he has been stepping up his training, but a strong army cannot be trained in a short time.

"Now there are Dou Jiande in Hebei, Luo Gui in Shandong, Meng Rang in Huaixi, Chen Ling and Laihuer in Huainan, Yang Yichen in Hebei, Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and Wei Wensheng in Guanzhong, you see, we are now enemies on all sides."

Luoyang is a key point, but the problem is that this point cannot be taken now.

So Li Mi was trapped here.

When he besieged Luoyang, what a momentum.

At that time, Dou Jiande was still a salt thief in Douzigang.

Meng Rang just wanted to go to Huaixi to be a mountain king.

But now, he is still under Luoyang City, and even lost most of Shandong.

But Dou Jiande owned the land of the nine counties of Hebei and became the son of heaven in the Xia Dynasty.

Even Meng Rang's straw bag has the land of the ten counties in the south of Huaixi Mountain, and he also became the son of heaven.

How could Li Mi be willing?

Now this deadlock must be broken, but at this time, Meng Rang not only did not think about helping him, but thought about swallowing his soldiers and horses.

Therefore, for Li Mi, Meng Rang is already an enemy rather than a friend.

He now has no allies, which is a very dangerous situation.

In this situation, the emperor wanted to recruit him to fight Luo Gui in Shandong, and Li Mi naturally couldn't ask for it.

At least, he accepts Zhao'an for the time being, so Wang Shichong of Luoyang, Chen Ling of Pengcheng, and Xiaoguojun of Huainan will not come to fight him for the time being.

"Then the teacher is really going to fight Shandong? This is just the trick of the Dog Emperor, who wants us to fight each other! ”

"I don't know, but the deadlock must be broken, or if it continues, we will be finished."

When Yang Xuangan raised his army, Li Mi once offered Yang Xuangan a strategy to attack Zhuojun, block Linyu Pass, attack the Beijing Division in Guanzhong, and attack Luoyang in the middle strategy.

And now Li Mi has been fighting under Luoyang City for more than half a year.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to Xijing Daxing City, but he can't help it.

No choice.

At this time, he can still go to Daxing, but what to do along the way?

How to break Tongguan?

Luoyang City can't be defeated, can Daxing City be captured?

Now under the city of Luoyang, there is still a grain from Xingluocang to support him.

If he abandons this Luoyang and goes to Guanzhong, then his army will not only become a big problem with food and grass, but even many people from all walks of life who depend on him now, it is estimated that most of them will not go to Guanzhong with him, because many people are from the Central Plains, and they are more interested in fighting Luoyang, and they are not interested in going to Guanzhong.

Guanzhong is a good place, able to attack and defend.

But he is already here in Luoyang, and he can't leave all this to go to Xijing, if he leaves, what's the use of going?

"What if when we attack Shandong, the Sui army will attack from behind?"

"So I didn't say that I would attack Shandong now, I had already sent someone to Lujiang in Huaixi to welcome Meng Rang, saying that Luoyang City was about to be captured, and he was welcome into Luoyang City."

Now Wang Bodang didn't understand it even more.

"Meng Rang is bent on taking the teacher's soldiers and horses, why do you want to welcome him to Luoyang?"

Li Mi just smiled.

"Because that's the key to breaking the game!"

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Huaixi.

Lujiang County, Hefei City.

After receiving Li Mi's letter, Meng Rang, the son of the Qi State, was a little moved.

Although Hefei is a big city in Huaixi, it is still too far away. With this as the capital, there is neither a decent palace nor a eunuch palace maid.

Luoyang City is different.

Luoyang is the capital, a new capital that has only been built for ten years, everything is brand new and majestic.

Meng Rang once went to Luoyang to do business and saw the prosperity of the eastern capital.

I have also watched the Ziwei Palace City in Luoyang from afar, if I can enter Luoyang City, take Luoyang as the capital of Qi State, and Ziwei Palace as my palace, what a beautiful thing.

Not to mention, Luoyang City is big and full of goods, and there will be many concubines and beauties in the palace.

"It just so happens that this Li Mi has never taken me in his eyes, and has repeatedly refused to listen to my will, this time I have passed, and by the way, I have taken Li Mi down, and really got the eight counties of Henan in my hands, so that my Great Qi will have eighteen counties, and the richest Central Plains, who else will be my opponent in the world?"

When the prime ministers and generals of the pseudo-Qi heard this, they all said that the emperor's plan was good, and they were also envious of the prosperity and wealth of Luoyang City, and they all wanted to go to Luoyang.

At that moment, Meng Rang decided to wave his troops north to Luoyang.

The early winter of the twelfth year of the Great Cause.

Meng Rang, the son of the emperor of Qi, led an army of 200,000 to Luoyang in the north, and he went north along the river, all the way mighty and very majestic.

After crossing the Huai River, he entered Li Mi's territory, and Li Mi had already ordered the soldiers and horses of each county to welcome Emperor Qi to the north, and what to supply.

Such a respectful attitude made Meng Rang and the others even more comfortable, and they didn't take Li Mi in their eyes.

So all the way north, through Ruyin, Huaiyang, through Yingchuan to Xingyang.

The Tiger Prison is closed.

Li Mi personally led his troops from outside Luoyang City to the pass to greet the holy driver, which made Meng Rang even more satisfied.

"The minister has set up a banquet in the customs to wash the dust for His Majesty and the hundred officials, please!"

Meng Rang nodded with a smile and praised Li Mi.

"King Wei, please!"

Waiting for Li Mi to turn around and take the lead, Meng Rang said to the left and right, "When Luoyang is captured, it will be the day to take Li Mi." ”

Tiger Prison in the city.

Li Mi's banquet was very rich.

At the banquet, Li Mi frequently raised his glass to toast, and said a lot of congratulatory words to Meng Rang, so that Meng Rang was thinking about whether to leave Li Mi's life after capturing Luoyang, and leave him a false title such as Taifu for him to raise in Luoyang?

"Your Majesty, are you still satisfied with today's food and drink?"

After three rounds of drinking, Li Mi asked.

Meng Rang nodded with satisfaction, "Satisfied, satisfied!" ”

"It's good to be satisfied, so that Your Majesty will have no regrets on the road to Huangquan." After speaking, Li Mi dropped the cup in his hand to the ground.

The cup fell to the ground, and suddenly a large group of sword and axe hands poured out from behind the hall.

Cai Jiande, the general of Li Mi's tent, rushed straight in front of Meng Rang, waved his ring-headed broadsword, and cut Meng Rang's head to the ground with one sword.