24. The Wagang Army went on the expedition
readx; Objectively speaking, although Li Mi is ambitious, he thinks that his talent is world-famous. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, in the past, the real sellers were nothing more than Yang Su and his son and a very few familiar friends around them. Aside from that limited circle, not many people in the world actually know his name. Fortunately, since Yang Xuangan's defeat, the situation has been very different, and his reputation has begun to become louder. The reason is that he once offered three plans to Yang Xuangan, but the other party did not listen to his upper and middle two plans, but simply chose to make a plan, and the result was defeated and killed himself, which happened to confirm his correctness from the opposite side, and invisibly created his resounding reputation.
In fact, as long as you carefully analyze it, Li Mi's offer to Yang Xuangan at that time was not invulnerable, just like the reason that Yang Xuangan refused to adopt at the beginning. Moreover, in addition to the inadequacy pointed out by Yang Xuangan on the spot, there are also many other problems, the most fundamental of which is that Yang Xuangan's rebellion was hastily raised without adequate preparation in advance, the land was the land that had just been occupied, the political power was a newly established regime, and the soldiers were temporarily mobilized...... At your instigation, the armies followed you to rebel on a whim, but the ideological foundation was very weak, and once the news was not good, it was very easy to strike a counterattack on the battlefield. With that fatal factor, even if Yang Xuangan adopted Li Mi's plan or plan to send troops on an expedition, maybe the strategic goal was far from being achieved, but the Sui army that heard the news from all sides was very likely to end your lair behind you, and thus also ended in a fiasco.
Fortunately, Yang Xuangan refused to adopt Li Mi's upper and middle two strategies and failed miserably, which contributed to Li Mi's overnight fame, and also gave him enough capital to boast about himself: If Yang Xuangan had honestly done what I Li said, would he have ended up in such a sad end?
If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing! Thank you, Yang Xuangan! Because of you, I almost lost my life! Because of you, I became famous overnight! It's time for Lao Tzu to show his skills! Li Mi was blessed by misfortune and had a resounding reputation, and as soon as he went to Wagangzhai, he quickly won the unanimous respect of everyone.
However, in Li Mi's mind, the group of people in front of him, including Zhai Rang and Xu Shixian, are at best a group of dirt buns who have never seen the world, no matter what, the first thing he has to do is to strive to get a place in the village as soon as possible. Only in this way can he truly realize his lofty ambitions like a fish in water.
"Thanks to Brother Zhai's love, many things in the village were taken care of by the younger brother before, but the hatred is shallow and shallow, and there must be a lot of shortcomings! With Brother Li's knowledge, I hope to patiently guide you and open your eyes? Xu Shiyun had also heard of Li Mi's name for a long time, and after accompanying him to visit various small villages on the mountain, he naturally looked forward to verifying in person how deep the knowledge in his chest was.
"The virtuous brother is famous at a young age, and it is too late for the foolish brother to admire, and the word 'pointing' is really ashamed." Li Mi was modest on the surface, but his tone was obviously flat. Such a good opportunity to talk, from the moment he went up the mountain, he was eager to get it as soon as possible, so naturally he should not miss it!
"Brother Li has high opinions, even if he says it bluntly, the younger brother should listen to himself!" With Xu Shiyun's cleverness, of course he could understand Li Mi's disapproving tone, so he sincerely asked for advice again.
"Brother Li," Zhai Rang interjected, "they are all their own brothers, and they are all straightforward in everything, which is called refreshing!" ”
"Since Brother Zhai and Brother Mao Gongxian both said so, it is better to be respectful than to obey their orders." Seeing that Zhai Rang also spoke, Li Mi asked himself if it was time for Dazhan to learn in his life, so he no longer hid it, "To put it simply, it is rare to have today's atmosphere in the village!" However, with Brother Zhai's wisdom and martial arts, and Brother Mao's resourcefulness, it is really necessary to make every effort and go further in order to let go of his ambitions! ”
"In this way," Zhai Rang couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Li must have another high opinion, can make the cottage leap thousands of miles?" ”
"I don't dare to say it, but I have some ideas." Li Mi replied confidently, "Today, when there are many heroes, who doesn't want to cut the land and become the king?" Since Brother Zhai has set foot in the periphery of Xingyang, why not take this opportunity to seize Xingyang and capture Luokoucang (now northeast of Gongxian County, Henan). Luokou has abundant grain, and once conquered, it will be enough for a million army to eat for many years. After laying this solid foundation, you can recruit troops and buy horses, let go and compete with Yang Guang and the Quartet, isn't that more than a hundred times stronger than the current situation? ”
Similar to Gao Theory, Zhai Rang has never heard of it before, and when he heard it at first glance, it undoubtedly produced a strange effect that was deafening - yes, heroes are born in troubled times, emperors are born in troubled times, people can rebel and call the king emperor, I, Zhai Rang, am also a dignified man, and I also have two ringing eggs under my crotch, what can't I do? What is not possible with success in one fell swoop? Thinking about it like this, he suddenly had a heartfelt appreciation for Li Mi, and he felt that "a conversation with you is better than reading a book for ten years". Even after hearing this, Xu Shiyun couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: Yes, this is the real visionary!
At the beginning, due to his young age and lack of necessary training, Xu Shiyun did not have a full understanding of everything in the world. Before that, like Zhai Rang, he paid attention to a place to settle down, and never had the idea of fighting for the world and seizing the country. Hearing Li Mi's words, he suddenly opened his mouth, and realized that the so-called "take a long-term view" and other views were actually a kind of well frog view at best, and the difference between Zhai Rang's past practice was only 50 steps and 100 steps, and compared with Li Mi's real long-term vision, it seemed a little naïve and ridiculous.
"Brother Li has millions of male soldiers in his chest, and his talent is comparable to Kong Ming, and the younger brother is really ashamed of himself!" Realizing his own shortcomings, Xu Shiyun also had to admire Li Mi for being a great talent, asking himself about his talent and wisdom worse than others, so he repeatedly humbled and respectfully invited Li Mi to rank in front of him and sit in the second place in the village.
Li Mi's background is nobler than Xu, his age is older than Xu, his life experience and talents are stronger than Xu's, and his mood to occupy a high position is too urgent, so he doesn't have too much politeness, that is, he accepts it calmly. And, in order to show his outstanding military talent, as soon as he took office, he suggested that Zhai Rang constantly send troops to attack the surrounding places. Zhai Rang gladly accepted, and the results were very obvious, without much effort, he actually seized a lot of land, and the soldiers and horses also quickly expanded to more than 40,000 people, and the soldiers were directed at Xingyang and Luokoucang.
Luokoucang was built in the second year of the Great Cause (6o 6 A.D.), is one of the largest granaries of the Great Sui Imperial Court, with a total of 3,000 cellars, each cellar stores 8,000 stones, a total of more than 20 million stones, the scale is huge, the grain storage is abundant, and the importance of the strategic position can be imagined!
The Wagang army grew stronger and stronger, and the nearby Sui army was repeatedly defeated, all of them were deeply shocked, and they flew to the imperial court like snowflakes in an emergency. Knowing that the Wagang army intended to attack Luokoucang, Yang Guang did not dare to play with it, and hurriedly ordered Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of Henan to arrest, to lead 25,000 men and horses of his headquarters to rush to help.
Zhang Xutuo is a famous general of the Sui army, has always been known for his courage and good fighting, once led the army to annihilate Zuo Xueyou, Lu Mingyue, Chang Baoliang, Shuai Zhongjiang, Tang Qingyun and other peasant rebels, and is also one of the main generals who suppressed Yang Xuangan's rebels, quite trusted by Yang Guang, known as the victorious general.
At the beginning of Zhai Rang's army, before Xu Shichang went up the mountain, he had fully understood Zhang Xutuo's power, and he almost wiped out the whole army, and put a small life into it. He had learned the lesson of the fiasco, and he still had palpitations, and when he learned that the other party was coming, although he had not seen any trace of the Sui army in the distance, he had already felt a little timid in his heart, so that he obviously said to Li Mi with some fear:
"Zhang Xutuo has never met an opponent since his debut, and now is the time to be domineering, my brother might as well temporarily retreat to the cottage, avoid his edge first, and find an opportunity to seize Xingyang and Luokoucang in the future!"
"Why should the eldest brother grow the ambition of others and destroy the prestige of his own brother!" Li Mi first arrived, but he was fortunate to sit in the second position in the village, and he wanted to show his talents and show his skills, so that the old brothers of Wagangzhai were convinced, and after listening to Zhai Rang's words, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Although Zhang Xutuo has been famous for a long time, in the eyes of the younger brother, he is nothing more than a clown who jumps off the beam, nothing terrible!" The younger brother has long heard that he is arrogant by nature, he has been invincible for many years, and his arrogance has become more and more rampant, and he will definitely not take the defeated generals of our former subordinates in his eyes! This time, it is just against his arrogant nature, and a little trick is used to eradicate this henchman in one fell swoop, so that he will not come back to make waves in the future! ”
"If we can successfully eradicate that guy and get rid of the evil breath that has accumulated in my chest for a long time, of course, it would be great! I also hope that the virtuous brother will act cautiously and strive to return home with a complete victory! Seeing that Li Mi was so confident, Zhai Rang didn't say anything more, and simply entrusted him with the command of this battle.
"Although the eldest brother can rest assured, there is a younger brother here, and Zhang Xutuo will not be left behind!" Li Mi replied, and immediately raised the account, and ordered Wang Bodang to lead the army of 5,000 as the vanguard, and Wang Dangren, Qi Guoyuan, Li Rugui, Fang Yanzao, Bing Yuanzhen and other brothers each led 7,000 men and horses, and acted according to the plan separately, and there should be no mistakes.
Xu Shiyun watched everything quietly on the side, and saw that Li Mi really knew how to use troops and had a good plan, so he couldn't help nodding secretly, and after the generals ordered him to go, he stepped forward calmly, arched his hands and said:
"Zhang Xutuo has arrived, the enemy guarding Luokou Cang expects that our army is unable to divide the troops, and the defense will definitely be lax, and the younger brother will lead an army to attack the warehouse overnight, and it will be easy to capture!"
"Brother Xian's proposal coincides with Brother Fool! Let's take a trip to Luokoucang, and I hope to play a triumphant song early! When Li Mi heard this, he couldn't help but applaud and laugh, and ordered Xu Shichang to lead 5,000 light cavalry to attack Luokoucang overnight.
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