The situation in Hedong is complex and changing rapidly.

The same is true of Hebei, which is separated by a mountain.

Chen Kefu went all the way south, gathering soldiers and horses along the way, from more than 20,000 men and horses when he left Beijing, and when he arrived at Zhending City in Hengshan County, he had gathered 50,000 troops. After arriving at Zhending City, Chen Kefu originally planned to immediately cross Jingcheng and take Taiyuan in Hedong.

However, after he arrived in Hengshan County, the situation in Hebei changed again. Before his soldiers and horses arrived in Hengshan, the military situation had already been transmitted from Yecheng in Wei County, and the peasant army forces of all parties in southern Hebei were actually under the pressure of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, but quickly completed the integration.

Just when Chen Kefu set off from Beijing City, the Shanggu people were handsome and the king of the heavens, Wang Xuba, met many leaders of the thief army in the south of Hebei in Yecheng and beheaded the white horse as an alliance.

Wang Xuba is the most powerful of the thieves, not only commanding 100,000 thieves, but also having a brother Wei Dao'er who also commands the 100,000 Lishan Snitch Army. The two divisions are linked to each other, ranking first among all forces. Wang Xuba took advantage of the pressure of the Hebei army to win over and suppress, and all kinds of means were used to integrate all forces in a short time.

The thieves gathered in Yecheng, Wei County, with Yecheng as the capital, the founding of the country, and the founding of the country as Yan. Wang Xuba was proclaimed emperor, and his brother Wei Dao'er was appointed as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses and Shang Shuling, and was crowned as the king of Wei. He crowned his henchman Song Jingang as the king of Song and awarded him the marshal of the left leading army. The old brother Zhen Zhaier was crowned as the king of Zhao and awarded the right leading marshal. He also crowned Dou Jiande, who had recently been annexed, as the king of Hejian, awarded the former military commander, and crowned Dou Jiande's daughter as the lord of Raoyang.

For other subordinates, they are all high-ranking officials. From the prince to the prince to the prince to the prince and the marquis, everyone under his subordinates and generals has a share.

As for the leaders of the other bandit and thief armies, Wang Xuba is also very generous, everyone is a prince of the country, and most of his subordinates are also the princes of the county. And he rewarded all the gold, silver, treasures, and beauties that he had plundered all the time to the generals and the chiefs of the tribes. All of a sudden, the bandits and thieves in the south of Hebei. In a short time it has been integrated into an army. Although it is not as good as the official army of the imperial court, it is also subordinate to each other, and the upper and lower levels are clearly distinguished. The thief army of the Yan Kingdom, large and small. The total number of soldiers and horses of all forces is 400,000.

Although there are 400,000 thieves in the army, most of them include the families of the people who are coerced by the thieves. But this number is still very large. In particular, Wang Xu Pao also commanded an army of 200,000 thieves under the command of Wei Dao'er. It is already relatively elite. Wang Xuba, Wei Dao'er, Song Jingang, Zhen Zhai'er, and Dou Jiande are not comparable to the leaders of the ordinary thief army, these people are all heroes, and now when they get together, they immediately change the practice of the thieves fighting separately and plundering in the past. They opened the dynasty and founded the country, unified and sorted out the soldiers and horses, divided the official positions, and initially turned from the rogue to the military regime.

If it weren't for Chen Kefu's imperial court, it had an innate advantage. If you really want to give them time, if you give time, these people will be the henchmen of the Hebei Imperial Court. So when Chen Kefu received this information. The plan to go west to Taiyuan was immediately suspended.

In fact, Chen Kefu did not fail to recruit the leaders of many bandit and thief armies in Hebei at the beginning, and Wang Xuba, Wei Dao'er, Song Jingang and others did not consider accepting Chen Kefu's recruitment.

However, the incident has come to this point, and Wang Xuba and the others are all strong and powerful with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in their hands. And they have also been observing Chen Ke's actions after re-entering Hebei, and watching the decrees of the Hebei Imperial Court, which is indeed much better than the original Yang Guangduanjun. Such a court has the hope of winning the world and accepts the recruitment of the Hebei court. When the world is peaceful in the future, they may be able to become rich and noble families.

However, later, the fate of the generals of the original Hebei court and the local officials in Hebei made them feel resigned. …,

Since Chen Po's army entered Hebei and the Hebei army and local government returned to the imperial court, in addition to those petty officials and officials, the fate of those civil and military officials who were originally relatively high-level frightened them.

The two commanders of the Hebei army, Li Jing died first in the hands of Luo Yi, and then Guo Xun and Xue Shixiong died again. Hebei surrendered troops, and even when fighting the original nominal army like Dou Jiande, the whole army was wiped out twice, and 40,000 people died in the battle.

This was followed by another purge of the clan that spread throughout all the spheres of influence of the Hebei Imperial Court, and in a short period of time, the clan of Hebei was basically empty. In this purge, more than half of the Hebei civil and military officials who were originally attached to the Hebei court were involved in the rebellion and were ruthlessly purged by the court.

This purge again and again made Wang Xuba and the others hesitate first.

Although every cleaning of the Hebei Imperial Court is justified and evidence-based, it is not leaky. But they are not ordinary people, and when they come to this point, they all understand that they can see the essence through the surface. What they saw was that the Liaodong Army had made several strikes to weaken and eradicate all the forces that threatened them step by step.

They knew in their hearts that if they really belonged to the imperial court, then they would either follow the imperial court with all their hearts like Luo Yi and give up everything they had been doing all these years. Either be an idle and rich man, or be a dog in the court, pointing and fighting. If not, even if there is a trace of hesitation, I am afraid that it will be the same fate as Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and others.

It doesn't matter if you're afraid of death, or if you're in power.

In the end, Wang Xuba and others all dismissed their plans to join the imperial court and were unwilling to accept Zhao'an, which was only a battle.

Wang Suba and others have been spanning for many years, and they all understand that since they are unwilling, they can only let go. Only by contacting all parties can we have the capital to fight.

The founding of the dynasty was established by contacting all forces with the increasing pressure of the imperial court, and then by founding the country and establishing the dynasty, and rewarding the public with the title of public reward, to attract all forces. In the end, he wantonly divided the treasures and beauties to envelop the soldiers. What they could, they did.

Even if they can't do it, they're trying.

The first thing the king did when he established his kingdom was to immediately send people to all sides to seek an alliance. His first target was Li Mi across the river, and the Hebei army had previously sent light cavalry to raid Li Mi's only county in Hebei, Ji County, while Li Mi was fighting for Luoyang with all his might. Not only did the raid annihilate Li Mi's 8,000 men and horses in Zhuo County, but also robbed Li Mi's Liyang warehouse. A million stones of grain were carried out by the Liaodong Army.

This incident can be regarded as a resounding slap in the face to Li Mi, the leader of the Central Plains Alliance.

Wang Xuba discussed with Wei Dao'er, Song Jingang and others, and wrote a letter to Li Mi, respecting him as the leader of the world. At the same time, he also told Li Mi that if Li Mi wanted to recover Ji County, then their Yan Kingdom was willing to support them with all their might. To show good faith. Wang Suba also took the initiative to cede Zhongdunqiu, Guancheng, and Linhuang County of Wuyang County to Li Mi in the east of Ji County.

Even, Wang Xuba also sent gifts and alliances with Wang Shichong, Yang Jun, Yu Wenhua, Yang Yuan, Chen Shen and other separatist forces. intends to make friends with all parties and fight Hebei Chen Kefu together. Although most of the forces were too far away to give them practical help, they still intended to make the noise bigger.

Li Mi fought with Wang Shichong in Luoyang for more than half a year. But the farther he got away from Luoyang City, he was very angry. Luokoucang and other three large warehouses outside Luoyang City, none of them were grabbed. The six granaries of the Great Sui, now he still only occupies the Liyang warehouse.

But now. The only Liyang warehouse was also robbed by Chen Kefu, which made him, the leader of the world's alliance, very disgraced. It has been nearly a year since the onslaught on Luoyang, and the allies of the rebel army who have gathered from all sides have gradually become a little impatient, and they are no longer so eager to praise Li Mi. …,

Even within the Wei State, there were still most people in the core Wagang army who did not respect themselves very much. Such as Huang Junhan, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others, although they seem to respect themselves on the surface, they still do not treat themselves as the real lords, and they still put Zhai Rang first in their hearts. This irritated him.

This time, Ji County was attacked, Liyang Cang was captured, and the Golden Palace of Kim Yong Capital was on top of the Imperial Court. Zhai Rang's eldest brother Zhai Hong and Zhai Rang's henchman Wang Ruxin actually secretly accused Li Yangcang of being seized because he was too light on the enemy, and pointed out that he had no clear employment and arranged untrustworthy people, so that Liyang Cang's millions of stone grain were lost. In the end, Wang Ruxin actually said that he asked to add Zhai Rang as the big mound Zai.

Otsuka Zai's official position is the length of a hundred officials, which is equivalent to the position of the prime minister. How can such an official position be lightly conferred on others?

As soon as he heard Wang Ruxin's request, Li Mi couldn't help but suspect that this was the group of people from Zhai Rang and the Wagang Army who were playing tricks. The purpose of this is just to see that the Wagang army is getting stronger and stronger, and I can't help but want to pick peaches.

If Zhai Rang is allowed to take this position, it will be tantamount to taking away a lot of power from himself, the Duke of Wei, how can he allow such a thing. At the beginning, Wagang was just a small cottage in a remote corner. If it weren't for his own dedicated planning, Wagang would have the position it has today?

Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin and others' yang and yin violations, Zhai Hong, Wang Ruxin and others' various small schemes, ghost ideas, plus Zhai Rang faintly snooped behind his back, which made Li Mi more and more unbearable.

At this time, Wang Suba came to the letter to respect himself as the leader of the alliance, and was willing to cede the land of the three counties to himself, and was willing to send troops to help him recapture Ji County. This couldn't help but make him excited, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

In the palace of Kim Yong Cheng, Li Mi summoned his military advisor, Shen Luoyan.

There was a sound of gold and iron, and Shen Luoyan was dressed in red leather armor, and a big red drape was also draped on his shoulders, and he walked in with the long sword at his waist.

Bringing a sword into the palace is also a special treatment that only Shen Luoyan has. Li Mi looked at the woman he met at the lowest point in his life, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little confused. She was so beautiful, so sassy, dressed in tight armor, wearing a fiery red cloak, stepping on deerskin combat boots, and holding a long sword in her hand. Even the long hair that was tied up, the delicate facial features, and the fair face made him feel like a dream.

When I first saw her, I was just a wanted criminal by the imperial court, but she was the eldest lady of the Shen family in the Jiangnan family.

The first meeting once shocked him, but at that time he didn't dare to express what he thought in his heart.

Later, she tried her best to help herself, to help herself move between the peasant armies and bandit cottage forces on all sides, with no requirements, just hoping to help herself become the master of the world.

Step by step, never give up, whether it was rejected by cottages all the way again and again, or when she was desperate and lost self-confidence, she stood aside and supported herself.

Up to now, he has finally become the leader of the alliance of the world's righteous army, gathering hundreds of thousands of troops and covering more than ten counties. The founding of the country is called the dynasty, and she has never been called the emperor, just because she has never said that he can be the emperor now. He has been waiting, and when she says that she can be called emperor, then he will officially ascend the throne and become emperor, and he will officially marry her as his queen.

It's just that Li Mi feels a little disappointed that he always feels that there is always such a distance between her and himself, but how long has passed, this distance has existed since the first time they met, until now, and half a point has not been reduced.

After staring at Shen Luoyan for a while, Li Mi retracted his gaze with some reluctance and sighed, "I'm going to kill Zhai Rang!" ”…,

Shen Luoyan didn't seem to be surprised at all, but said calmly, "It's okay to kill Zhai Rang, but you can't kill it yourself." ”

Li Mi glanced at her with some surprise, she was still standing there calmly, like a fairy still in a painting. So beautiful, yet so far away.

Li Mi stood opposite Shen Luoyan with his hands in his hands, "Zhai Rang is becoming more and more disagreeable, timid and afraid, but extremely greedy. Last time, Cui Shishu from the imperial court came to join me, but Zhai Rang locked him up and tortured him because Cui Shishu didn't give him money. Last time, the Marshal's Mansion Clerk was asked by him to gamble, but because he went late, he was beaten with eighty rods. There is a saying that it depends on the owner to beat a dog, and the sentence is my person, so if he goes to beat him for this trivial matter, isn't this slapping me in the face? And a few days ago, Tianfang Xuanzao returned from Runan, and Zhai Rang went directly to blackmail, and said that the future of Wagang is still unknown."

"Duke Wei doesn't need to say much, I understand everything, but Zhai Rang is greedy, and Zhai Rang has a high reputation among the Wagang brothers, and if he doesn't die, it will be difficult for Duke Wei to completely subdue the hearts of the army, so Duke Wei is just suspicious. Historically, all infighting has been the same, with greed and suspicion being the main culprits. Shen Luoyan said bluntly.

Li Mi's face was stunned, slightly unnatural, the essence of the matter was indeed like this, but it made him feel a little embarrassed. Fortunately, this person is Shen Luoyan, if it were someone else, I am afraid that Li Mi would not be able to speak so well.

Looking at Li Mi's unnatural appearance, Shen Luoyan smiled slightly, "If you want to win the world, you naturally have to do it very humanly." Affection can be used by the monarch, but it can't be an obstacle, if you want to win the world, you have to be like this, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Zhai Rang is greedy and reckless, and timid and afraid of things, although he has no ambitions, but he used to be the lord of Wei Gong, with him one day, Wagang will not be able to return to Wei Gong, so killing Zhai Rang is indeed a good way. ”

"However, it is okay to kill, but how to kill is a matter of exquisiteness, King Wei himself thinks about this matter carefully, I will go first." After speaking, Shen Luoyan turned around and drifted away. (To be continued) ......,