Xu Shiji has been in Baihua Valley for more than a month, if the other party wants to keep it secret, when can't he send it, why do he have to do it today; Xu Shiji opened the bag, and there was only one sentence in it, which was Yang Chong's handwriting: "The day Li Yuan conquered Chang'an, it was the turning point of the Wagang army, so don't go to the banquet easily, take care, Yang Chong." ”

Wei Zheng was on the side, Xu Shiji couldn't destroy the evidence, so he handed the note to Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng read it and said: "Brother Xian, don't worry, this is a private matter between you and Yang Chong, I won't tell Wei Gong." But this messenger is really worth meeting, and he must have been following your troops before and after the saddle. ”

Xu Shiji suddenly woke up, and Wei Zheng immediately got on the horse, and ran out of the camp with a few henchmen, just at the gate of the camp, the sentry officer who had just delivered things ran to him in a panic and said: "General Xu, it's not good, that merchant was caught by the people of the Pugong camp and is being tortured in front." ”

Xu Shiji and the others followed the direction pointed by the sentinel, and arrived on horseback after a while; Xu Shiji saw that the businessman had dealt with him, and in the past few years, he had often gone around with the Wagang army, and the businessman had been beaten to death, and the right Sima Zheng Detao was pressing. Facing Xu Shiji's compelling eyes, Zheng Detao said with a smile: "General, what kind of gift did this person give you?" ”

Xu Shiji was sealed by Li as the general of the Right Marquis, and he seemed to be in a high position, but in fact, he was not in the eyes of Zheng Detao and others at all; Xu Shiji glared at Zheng Detao, stepped forward and asked the businessman, "Who are you?" ”

The merchant gasped and said in a weak voice: "General Xu, I am just a businessman, five years ago, God gave up the life of my family, and gave me a truckload of goods as capital, so that I can live a comfortable life for five years, and my family is safe and sound in the troubled times." In the past five years, God has not asked me to do anything, every time I come to Wagang to do business, someone protects me, I understand, everything is for today; I finally repaid the great favor and died without regrets. General Xu, the benevolent are invincible, and the Wagang army is going farther and farther. ”

The businessman died after speaking, Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng, and Zheng Detao were all stunned at the scene, life in troubled times is not as good as a dog, how many people are easy to eat, it would be good to have a bite of food to eat. A businessman can still talk about kindness, benevolence and righteousness when he is dying, and he dies so calmly, is Tianqi grabbing people's hearts, or is the businessman really chivalrous and courageous, Zheng Detao knows the relationship between Xu Shiji and Yang Chong, that Tianqi should be a dragon-level figure under Yang Chong, and took the initiative to say: "His mouth is very hard, and he didn't say anything." ”

Wei Zheng interjected: "That box of gifts is jewelry, I'm afraid this merchant doesn't know what's inside?" General Xu just wondered before he chased it out and wanted to ask clearly, alas, it's a pity that the person died. ”

As soon as Wei Zheng said this, Zheng Detao couldn't ask any more, and immediately led his subordinates to search around to see if Tianqi or someone else would still be nearby. Wei Gong Li Mi has actually always wanted to establish a relationship with Yang Chong, but Wagang and Hexi are far away, separated by Longyou and Hedong, which seems a little inconvenient; If you can get in touch with Yang Chong's people in the Central Plains, it will be a great achievement.

Zheng Detao walked away, Wei Zheng thought in the wind and said: "Brother Xian, what Tianqi said is right, you are in danger, otherwise Zheng Detao would not have appeared so coincidentally." I was originally very optimistic about Wei Gong, but now I really want to go to Hexi and meet Yang Chong; It's terrible to spend five years training a person just to deliver a letter once. What's even more terrifying is that the paper has turned yellow, and the ink has lost its color, I am afraid that Yang Chong wrote it five years ago, could it be that he knew that you would encounter the current situation. ”

Wei Zheng has always been very optimistic about Li Mi, and once offered ten strategies to strengthen Wagang, although Li Mi didn't use it, but Wei Zheng didn't care, but he didn't expect that today's note made Wei Zheng change his mind. Xu Shiji knew that Wei Zheng was a very serious person, since he said it, he would go to Hexi nine times out of ten if he went back and saw Yuan Bao.

Looking at Wei Zheng's stubborn back on the horse, Xu Shiji was messy for a while, Yang Chong's invitation to go to Chang'an was vivid, in the past five years, in addition to giving gifts during the New Year's holidays, he always arranged for people to follow him; Xu Shiji sighed, he was afraid that he could only live up to Yang Chong's expectations, so he ordered his subordinates to find Zhang Luxi and bury the merchant.

After Zhai Rang knew about this, he found Xu Shiji, and after reading the note, he burned it, Zhai Rang knew that Yang Chong recruited Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, and Yang Chong's reminder of Xu Shiji was not a reminder to himself. Li Mi didn't seem to have heard about it, and when he saw Xu Shiji, he was still smiling as usual, and he didn't ask about jewelry.

Within a few days, Pei Renji, the chief general of the Sui army guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, finally listened to Jia Yanfu's advice, killed the prison army Xiao Huaijing, and surrendered to the Wagang army. Li Feng Pei Renji was the prince of Shangzhu State and Hedong County, Pei Renji's son Pei Xingyan was the prince of Shangzhu State and Jiangjun County, and Jia Yanfu joined the army as the commander of the Marshal's Mansion, and concurrently served as the secretary of the Zhiji Office; Immediately, Li Mi sent Pei Renji and Meng Rang to lead more than 30,000 troops to capture Luocang and take advantage of the victory to attack Luoyang.

Yuan Wendu learned that the Wagang army burned the Tianjin Bridge and looted the soldiers, and immediately urged Zuo Yiwei's general Duan Da and the prison gate general Pang Yu and Wu Yalang general Huo Ju to send troops to counterattack, Pei Renji and others were defeated, and Pei Renji was only spared; When Li Mi heard the news, he personally led 30,000 soldiers to attack Luoyang, defeated Duan Da and other 70,000 horses, successively captured Kim Yong City, returned to Luocang, overhauled the camp and trenches, and coerced Luoyang.

Luoyang constantly sent fast horses, and the paperwork for help flew to Jiangdu like snowflakes, and the center dispatched the country's elite soldiers to rescue Luoyang, ordering that the rebels could be killed at will, and they would rather kill by mistake than let go of a person; The rebels from all walks of life in Hebei and Jianghu dispatched one after another to intercept the reinforcements of the Sui army, and the decisive battle of the Central Plains began, and the people of the world looked sideways.

Xue Shixiong, the commander appointed by Yang Guang, the son of heaven, led an army of 30,000 to march to Qilijing between the rivers, Dou Jiande escaped by fraud, mobilized soldiers and horses from various counties to concentrate, and traveled 140 miles in one night to attack the Sui camp.

However, there were 20,000 Jianghuai soldiers led by Wang Shichong to Luoyang, and Li Mi started a fierce battle, and the Wagang army left and right Sima Zheng Detao and Yang Defang successively, and Li Mi appointed Zheng Ying as the left Sima and Zheng Qianxiang as the right Sima to continue the attack. Chai Xiaohe, who had just defected, persuaded Li Mi: "Why don't Wei Gong let Pei Renji guard Luocang, Zhai let the town guard Luokoucang, you personally select an elite team, raid Chang'an to the west, conquer Xijing, wait for the foundation to be strong, and then turn back to conquer Luoyang, and spread the word to determine the world." ”

Li Mi had made a decision for Yang Xuangan, so he naturally knew the severity, and hesitated: "I have also thought about this strategy for a long time, and it is indeed a good policy. But Yang Guang is still there, and finally he still has a lot of troops, and the Wagang army is all from Shandong, Luoyang is not ke, who wants to follow me to the west? If these green forest heroes stay in Henan, they will be the king and hegemon, if so, the Wagang army will be finished! ”

Chai Xiaohe swallowed all the remaining words back into his stomach, Li Mi's meaning was very simple, don't gamble, take it step by step. Li Mi said vaguely, in fact, he was still worried about Zhai Rang, afraid that once he waved his army to the west, Zhai Rang would regain the leadership of the Wagang Army; In case the time comes, Zhai Rang cuts off Li Mi's back road, and Li Mi is trapped in Guanzhong.

(End of chapter)