Chen Fuliang's strategy of agitating the generals was quite effective, and after the sneak attack was ambushed and defeated, there was indeed a Wagang general Jian Yì Zhai Rang to contact Li Mi, admitting that he had fallen into Chen Fuliang's discord plan to drive Li Mi away, and rebuilt the old friendship with Li Mi, and pulled Li Mi, who had recently gained momentum and was not far away, back to the tiger prison, and fought to the death with the treacherous Chen Fuliang. However, Zhai Rang, who had been completely enraged by Chen Fuliang, refused to do so, swearing to take revenge on his own, and did not need anyone's strength to help, but although Zhai Rang said it beautifully, he no longer dared to send troops to fight Chen Fuliang casually, and hid in the tiger prison and just closed his door.

Of course, Zhai Rang's decision fell into the hands of Chen Fuliang, he won a battle and boosted his morale, and he had an explanation to the Eastern Capital Imperial Court, and knew that the old man who was very reliable in the war was about to come to help, Chen Fuliang was even more reluctant to take the initiative to attack, in addition to stepping up preparations for war and training the army every day, he patiently waited for Wang Shichong's reinforcements to arrive. The Sui army in the eastern capital and the Wagang army were only thirty miles apart, so they fell back into a stalemate.

On the third day of Chen Fuliang's defeat of the Wagang army's sneak attack, the Eastern Capital suddenly sent Chen Fuliang an astonishing news, in view of Fan Zigai's old age and illness, the situation in Taiyuan was erosive, Emperor Yang of Sui issued an edict to dispatch Zhuo County to stay behind, and Xue Shixiong, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard, took over Fan Zigai as the Taiyuan guard, and ordered Feng An, the general of the Zuo Wuwei who had previously sat in Liaodong to guard against Goguryeo, and was also in charge of Zhuo County, and specially ordered Xue Shixiong to lead 30,000 troops to Taiyuan to take up his post and exterminate the bandits along the way. It also replenishes the troops that have gradually become insufficient on the Taiyuan side.

Emperor Yang of Sui's arrangement can not be described as meticulous, Xue Shixiong's talent is also capable enough to be qualified for the post of Taiyuan stay, who would have thought that there are unforeseen circumstances, Xue Shixiong just arrived in Shanggu, he suddenly fell ill and lay down, unable to lead the army, Shanggu thief army Wang Suba happened to attack Xue Shixiong's army, the group of dragons was gone, Xue Shixiong's 30,000 elite soldiers were defeated, and the remnants of the defeated army will protect Xue Shixiong and retreat to Shanggu County for temporary refuge, Xue Shixiong's plan to replace Fan Zigai was completely defeated.

After careful consideration, Chen Fuliang wrote a letter to his cousin Li Jing, reminding Li Jing to pay attention to the changes in the situation in Taiyuan and prepare for self-preservation. And how to do it specifically Chen Fuliang did not explain, first, Chen Fuliang was far away from Taiyuan Mayi and did not know enough about there, and second, with Li Jing's cleverness, Chen Fuliang did not need to worry about this aspect.

Arranged for a reliable messenger to send the handwritten letter to Mayi, Chen Fuliang turned his attention to Li Mi who was entrenched in Liyangcang, and after taking Liyangcang, the largest granary north of the Yellow River, Li Mi's army was so amazing that it could only be described as a thousand miles in a day, almost in the blink of an eye, it incorporated more than a dozen rebel teams of large and small such as Zhang Sheng, Li Wenxiang and Zhao Junde, and successfully surrendered or captured seven or eight surrounding counties, and the sphere of influence has actually expanded to the north of the eastern capital, and Hao Xiaode and Fang Xianbo, who had risen before, Li Shicai, Wei Liu'er and Li Deqian and other big and small thieves also took the initiative to bring their own teams, rushing to Liyangcang to defect to Li Mi, and the contingent of the mutant army that voluntarily came to join Li Mi's army was endless on the road, and in just ten days, Li Mi's army had expanded to more than 180,000, and turned into the de facto leader of the Central Plains rebel army.

In addition to marveling at Li Mi's rise to god, Chen Fuliang was also worried that Zhai Rang and Li Mi would join forces again, and he was even more afraid that Zhai Rang would join Li Mi in turn, accept Li Mi's command and command, and create more trouble for himself. But fortunately, judging from all kinds of signs, the Wagang Army did not take the initiative to contact Li Mi, and he still had the opportunity to take back the Tiger Prison Pass first and then borrow Wang Shichong's hand to resist Li Mi, so Chen Fuliang was even more unwilling to continue to stimulate Zhai Rang before Wang Shichong arrived, and the deep ditch high fortress was just a patient confrontation with the Wagang Army.

Chen Yingliang underestimated some of Li Mi's intelligence capabilities, in fact, on the second day of the defeat of the Wagang army's sneak attack on the invincible battalion, Li Mi already knew the news that Emperor Yang of Sui sent Wang Shichong to reinforce the battlefield of Hujiaoguan, and it was still very slapping in the face that the special channels in the eastern capital of Tongguò mastered this information, and found out that Zhai Rang was played by Chen Fuliang as a monkey and suffered a fiasco, Li Mi after more than a day of careful consideration, resolutely held a military meeting in Liyang Cang, and announced to the generals under his command that Wang Shichong was about to come to aid and the Wagang army was defeated by Chen Fuliang. Discuss plans to reunite with the Wagang Army against the enemy.

Li Mi's mention surprised his accomplices, lackeys, and henchmen, and they all objected, and even Wang Bodang, a student who obeyed Li Miyan, refused to comply, objecting: "Teacher, why do we have to stick our hot face to Zhai Rang's cold ass? What did Zhai Rang do to you at the beginning, have you forgotten your teacher? Wang Shichong and Chen Yingliang thieves pinched him, what does it have to do with us? Why should we help them? ”

"Dead lips and cold teeth." Li Mi said quietly: "Although we have broken with Zhai Rang, we are still two grasshoppers tied to a rope, if Zhai Rang dies, we will face Chen Yingliang's thieves and other tyrant lackeys alone to besiege us, completely isolated." Only if Zhai Rang is alive and continues to contain Chen Yingliang's thief and most of the officers and soldiers for us, can we hide behind him, calmly expand and further expand our strength. ”

"Having said that, Zhai Rang did it so ruthlessly ...... at the beginning."

Fang Xuanzao continued to object, but was interrupted by Li Mi waving his hand, Li Mi nodded and said: "Yes, Zhai Rang was very ruthless to us at the beginning, but that is already in the past, Liyangcang is less than three hundred miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, Yang Guang tyrant will never sit idly by and watch us occupy Liyangcang for a long time, after Zhai Rang is broken by the official army, Yang Guang will inevitably order Chen Yingliang's thieves and Wang Shichong to crusade against us again, even if we can block the official army, we will definitely have to pay a heavy price, and the loss is far greater than sending troops to help Zhai Rang now." ”

Speaking of this, Li Mi paused for a moment, and then said: "Now there is another benefit to rescuing Zhai Rang, that is, to keep the Tiger Prison Pass for our anti-Sui rebels, as long as the Tiger Prison is in hand, the eastern capital Luoyang and Luokou Cang, Shangluocang and even Chang Ping are exposed to our knives at any time, and if there is a chance, we will attack, and if we have no chance, we will surrender the insurance, and take the initiative, but if the Tiger Prison Pass is snatched back by Chen Yingliang's traitor, and we want to get it back, it will be extremely difficult." It is true that Liyang Cang is a big granary, but the grain storage of Liyang Cang is less than a quarter of Luokou Cang, if we don't make long-term plans, once the grain of Liyang Cang is eaten, then we will be completely finished. ”

Li Mi's words touched everyone under his command, and Li Mijun, who had resolutely opposed rejoining forces with the Wagang Army, shut up one after another, but Yang Jishan, whose temperament had changed greatly, rarely spoke, and said: "It's okay to join forces with Zhai Rang again, but you don't need to take the initiative to send someone to contact him, just like we begged him." When Zhai Rang was beaten by Chen Xiaothief and Wang Shichong, he couldn't resist it, and took the initiative to send someone to beg us, and it was not too late for us to go and help him. ”

Fang Xuanzao, Wang Bodang and others applauded, and they all agreed with Yang Jishan's suggestion, but Li Mi shook his head decisively, and Yan said: "No! If you want to help Zhai Rang resist Chen Xiaothief and Wang Shichong, you must do it as soon as possible and rush to the Tiger Prison Pass battlefield in advance to grasp the initiative. Don't underestimate Wang Shichong, although this Hu Dog is a well-known sycophant, but like Chen Yingliang's thief, he has never lost a battle on the battlefield, this time Yang Guang's tyrant sent him to reinforce the Tiger Prison Pass battlefield, but also because Chen Yingliang's thief took the initiative to make this request to Yang Guang, and begged Yang Guang to send Wang Shichong to reinforce the Tiger Prison Pass, don't you know who Chen Xiaothief is? What kind of good stubble can the reinforcements he asked for by name be? ”

felt that Li Mi's words were reasonable, and knew that with Chen Fuliang's virtue, the reinforcements he asked for by name were definitely not here to eat, Li Mi's army had no objections, and Li Mi immediately wrote a letter to Zhai Rang in person, telling Zhai Rang the news that Emperor Yang of Sui had sent Wang Shichong to lead the army north to reinforce Tiger Pass, and regardless of his previous suspicions, he took the initiative to hope to re-ally with Zhai Rang and join forces to resist the attack from Chen Fuliang and Wang Shichong, the unscrupulous son-in-law. In the end, Li Mi also took the initiative very generously to express his willingness to provide 100,000 stone of military rations for the Wagang Army to help the Wagang Army, which was increasingly short of grain and grass, to solve its urgent needs.

It was also when the letter was written, Wang Bodang, Fang Xuanzao, Zheng Detao and other henchmen realized that Li Mi seemed to have forgotten something, and hurriedly pointed out: "Pushan Gong, you seem to have forgotten the issue of the alliance leader, we have formed an alliance with the Wagang Army, who is the alliance leader, who commands whom?" Why didn't you mention this in your letters? ”

"Of course I haven't forgotten." Li Mi said quietly: "This matter can't be mentioned in the letter, otherwise it will make Zhai Rang feel that I am using power against him and leading to unforeseen consequences." This matter can only be discussed by our envoy with Zhai Rang face to face, and persuade him Zhai Rang to serve me as the leader of the alliance. ”

"Teacher, who is the messenger to send?" Wang Bodang hurriedly asked.

Li Mi smiled slightly, and directly turned his gaze to the face of Li Xuanying, a famous god in the late Sui Dynasty. ”

"There's Mr. Lao Xuanying." Li Mi smiled and said: "Bring more gold and silver, Bing Yuanzhen and Jia Xiong are both greedy for money, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun are smart people, give them gifts, persuade and persuade, they will naturally help you speak in front of Zhai Rang." Just bring four beauties over to Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the lustful straw bale father and son, and they won't object too much. ”

Li Xuanying smiled and promised, and Wang Xuance, Li Mi's secretary over there, also volunteered to help, but unfortunately Li Mi shook his head with a smile and said, "You don't need to go, Mr. Xuanying alone is enough to take on this role." ”

Wang Xuance was disappointed, but he didn't dare to insist, so he had to retreat obediently, and he was secretly sad in his heart, and said in his heart: "How can I get in touch with Chen Liushou?" How can they destroy Li Mi and Zhai Rang's realignment? ”

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No one could prevent Li Mijun from reforming the alliance with the Wagang Army, Wang Xuance had no choice, and Chen Fuliang had no choice, after receiving Li Mi's letter, and knowing that Wang Shichong was killing behind the Wagang Army, Zhai Rang, who was already at a loss in front of Chen Fuliang, was shocked, and immediately got off the donkey, while hospitality, Li Mijun's envoy Li Xuanying, while asking about the attitude of his subordinates, and asked whether he should re-ally with Li Mijun and join forces?

Zhai Rang's question is tantamount to asking in vain, Li Mi's so-called collusion with Chen Fuliang to harm Zhai Rang, Pei Renji has long testified that it is just Chen Fuliang's shameless trick, including Zhai Rang himself, Wagang Brain has long regretted forcing Li Mi to cut off his arm, and now Li Mi has made a big noise, and he has generously offered to help the Wagang Army solve the problem of grain and grass. So not only Bing Yuanzhen, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun and others agreed, but even Zhai Rang's straw bag brother Zhai Hong and baby nephew Zhai Mohou also raised their hands in approval.

Then there is the question of who commands whose alliance leader, Li Mi, who is quite knowledgeable, used the right messenger, and Li Xuanying, who was eloquent, completed the task entrusted to him by Li Mi very well, and successfully used gold, silver and jewelry to please Bing Yuanzhen and Jia Xiong, the pair of Zhai Rang's think tanks, and also persuaded Wagang generals Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun to persuade Zhai Rang to serve Li Mi as the leader of the alliance, and also used the delicate body of the beautiful woman to block the mouths of Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the straw bag father and son, plus Li Mi was already very prestigious in the Wagang army, Pei Renji's father and son also repeatedly mentioned the fact that the only person Chen Fuliang feared was Li Mi, and then Zhai Rang was as confused as in history, and agreed to respect Li Mi as the leader of the alliance and accept Li Mi's command.

Chen Fuliang found out that it was too late to find out about this situation, and after the overjoyed Li Mi left his henchmen Wang Bodang and Fang Xuanzao to guard Liyangcang, he had already personally led 100,000 troops directly to the west, and he was extremely careful to cross the Yellow River at Jindi Pass, not giving Chen Fuliang the slightest chance to prevent him from crossing the river to reinforce the Wagang army. Chen Fuliang was shocked when he heard the report, but he was blocked by the Tiger Prison Pass and could not stop it, so he could only watch Li Mi successfully cross the river, and arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass on May 12, and formed an alliance with the Wagang Army.

This is not over, on the second day of the meeting, Zhai Rang officially elected Li Mi as the leader of the anti-Sui rebel army at the instigation of a cadre, and Li Mizun was named the Duke of Wei. The complacent Li Mi also set up a high altar outside the east gate of the Tiger Prison Pass on the third day of the meeting, and it was also the 14th day of May of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, calling himself the Duke of Wei, changing the year name to the first year of the Wei Dynasty, and the edict of the Duke of Wei granted amnesty to the world, set up the Marshal's Mansion for the March, set up hundreds of civil and military officials, and gave knights to his subordinates. Zhai Rang also cheekily claimed to be the Duke of Dongjun and Shangzhu Kingdom, and he also gave a bunch of official titles to the Wagang Army.

The news that Li Mi ascended to the pole and changed the yuan under his nose reached Luokoucang, and Chen Fuliang, who was slapped in the face, was a little angry no matter how much he could endure it, but the strength in his hands was insufficient, and Chen Fuliang was no longer able to take the alliance between the Wagang Army and Li Mijun for the time being. On May 17, although the messenger sent by Wang Shichong finally made the first contact with Chen Fuliang, let Chen Fuliang know that Wang Shichong's 30,000 reinforcements had arrived in Daliang on May 15 and entered the territory of Xingyang County, but Wang Shichong told Chen Fuliang very shamelessly, saying that his army was short of food and that he had to replenish grain and grass in Guancheng before he could continue to go north, so he asked Chen Fuliang to wait for him for a few more days.

"Damn old slippery head, you can be shameless to this point!" The son-in-law Chen Fuliang scolded his father-in-law again, and still smashed the bench and smashed the table, "The son of a bitch, what kind of military food is insufficient, it is clear that he will find out that Li Mi and the Wagang thieves will be together, and I am afraid that the Wagang thieves will settle accounts with him first, so I have to hide in Guancheng to avoid the limelight, and let the imposing Wagang thieves come to me for trouble first, so that he can hide behind and pick up the cheap!" Old immortal, with a father-in-law like you, Lao Tzu is really moldy for eight lifetimes! ”

Hearing Chen Fuliang's scolding, Yuan Tiangang, Wei Zheng and others were also depressed, and they didn't expect Wang Shichong's face to be so thick-skinned. However, Chen Fuliang's distant cousin Pei Xingfang saw it and said to Chen Fuliang: "Brother, since Wang stayed over there to play tricks, then we can't completely pin our hopes on him, we should take the initiative to forge ahead, fight a few more victories, frustrate the spirit of the Wagang thief army and Li Mi's traitors, let the thief army retreat in the face of difficulties, and turn around to find Wang Liu's desperate efforts." Otherwise, geography is too unfavorable for us, and no matter how strictly we defend it, we will only be beaten passively all the time, and we will not be able to grasp the initiative. ”

"Although the words are reasonable, but the Wagang thieves are shrinking into the tiger prison, how can we take the initiative to forge ahead? You can't go and storm the Tiger Prison head-on, right? Chen Fuliang asked rhetorically, and he also regretted his previous preservation of strength in his heart, and did not take advantage of Li Mi's absence to win the Tiger Prison Pass at any cost, and missed the best opportunity to reverse the passive situation on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital. ——But when he thought of the huge threat behind him, Chen Fuliang didn't know whether he was right or wrong to play the enemy?

"Brother, taking the initiative doesn't necessarily need to attack the Tiger Prison head-on?" Pei Xingfang reminded: "It is difficult for our strength to storm and take a strong city like Tiger Prison Pass, but we will fight a decisive battle with the enemy in the field?" ”

"Brother Xian, don't laugh." Chen Fuliang smiled bitterly: "The situation of the Eastern Capital army is placed here, even if we defeat the main force of the Wagang thieves in the field battle, we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties, and we will cheapen others in vain." If it weren't for these, the last time Zhai Rang provoked me to fight, I would have agreed. ”

"Brother, it seems that you are on the tip of the horns." Pei Xingfang smiled and said: "It is very difficult for the Eastern Capital army to win the decisive battle with the main force of the Wagang thieves who have experienced a hundred battles, but in the decisive battle with the rabble who have just gathered together under the command of Li Mi's rebels, with your ability, brother, can you not be sure of winning calmly?" ”

Chen Fuliang was stunned, and then suddenly remembered a major event, the overall combat effectiveness of the Eastern Capital Army is indeed a little different from the Wagang Army with many elite soldiers, but compared with the rabble under Li Mi's command that has just gathered, it can definitely be regarded as a strong army, as long as he avoids the Wagang Army and makes trouble with Li Mijun alone, the pressure he faces can be much smaller.

"Brother, you and Wang Shichong are relatives of Weng's son-in-law, and they both still have the intention of preserving their strength and reaping the benefits, not to mention Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the partners who once had an estrangement?" Pei Xingfang smiled again and said: "So the junior brother thinks that if you write a letter to Li Mi to fight, Zhai Rang will inevitably have the intention of preserving his strength, and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and let you and Li Mi fight." Regardless of whether Li Mi forced Zhai Rang to fight, or whether Zhai Rang fought or not, whether he did not contribute to work after the battle, these two rebellious thieves who looked like each other would inevitably regenerate, and there was a conflict between them, so don't you immediately give your brother what you are best at? ”

Hearing Pei Xingfang's words, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang began to look happy, and Chen Fuliang was even more smiling, patting Pei Xingfang's shoulder and laughing: "Good brother, you are a conspiracy, even if he Li Mi traitor guesses your intentions and knows your purpose, he is destined to have no way to use your scheme." With that, I immediately wrote to him Li Mi, greeting his eighteenth generation ancestor, and asking him to come out of the city to fight me! ”

"Brother, by the way, write a letter to Zhai Rang." Pei Xingfang said again: "Sue him Zhai Rang, just say that this is a personal grudge between you and Li Mi, brother, and it has nothing to do with him Zhai Rang, persuade him Zhai Rang not to interfere, and then ......, regardless of whether he Li Mi knows it, and whether he Zhai Rang obeys ......." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Xingfang smiled slightly, and no longer said any more, but Chen Fuliang laughed out loud in understanding, and the room was full of the treacherous laughter of Chen Fuliang and Pei Xingfang, the unscrupulous brothers. The best chance to turn the battlefield passive situation in the Eastern Capital. ——But when he thought of the huge threat behind him, Chen Fuliang didn't know whether he was right or wrong to play the enemy?

"Brother, taking the initiative doesn't necessarily need to attack the Tiger Prison head-on?" Pei Xingfang reminded: "It is difficult for our strength to storm and take a strong city like Tiger Prison Pass, but we will fight a decisive battle with the enemy in the field?" ”

"Brother Xian, don't laugh." Chen Fuliang smiled bitterly: "The situation of the Eastern Capital army is placed here, even if we defeat the main force of the Wagang thieves in the field battle, we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties, and we will cheapen others in vain." If it weren't for these, the last time Zhai Rang provoked me to fight, I would have agreed. ”

"Brother, it seems that you are on the tip of the horns." Pei Xingfang smiled and said: "It is very difficult for the Eastern Capital army to win the decisive battle with the main force of the Wagang thieves who have experienced a hundred battles, but in the decisive battle with the rabble who have just gathered together under the command of Li Mi's rebels, with your ability, brother, can you not be sure of winning calmly?" ”

Chen Fuliang was stunned, and then suddenly remembered a major event, the overall combat effectiveness of the Eastern Capital Army is indeed a little different from the Wagang Army with many elite soldiers, but compared with the rabble under Li Mi's command that has just gathered, it can definitely be regarded as a strong army, as long as he avoids the Wagang Army and makes trouble with Li Mijun alone, the pressure he faces can be much smaller.

"Brother, you and Wang Shichong are relatives of Weng's son-in-law, and they both still have the intention of preserving their strength and reaping the benefits, not to mention Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the partners who once had an estrangement?" Pei Xingfang smiled again and said: "So the junior brother thinks that if you write a letter to Li Mi to fight, Zhai Rang will inevitably have the intention of preserving his strength, and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and let you and Li Mi fight." Regardless of whether Li Mi forced Zhai Rang to fight, or whether Zhai Rang fought or not, whether he did not contribute to work after the battle, these two rebellious thieves who looked like each other would inevitably regenerate, and there was a conflict between them, so don't you immediately give your brother what you are best at? ”

Hearing Pei Xingfang's words, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang began to look happy, and Chen Fuliang was even more smiling, patting Pei Xingfang's shoulder and laughing: "Good brother, you are a conspiracy, even if he Li Mi traitor guesses your intentions and knows your purpose, he is destined to have no way to use your scheme." With that, I immediately wrote to him Li Mi, greeting his eighteenth generation ancestor, and asking him to come out of the city to fight me! ”

"Brother, by the way, write a letter to Zhai Rang." Pei Xingfang said again: "Sue him Zhai Rang, just say that this is a personal grudge between you and Li Mi, brother, and it has nothing to do with him Zhai Rang, persuade him Zhai Rang not to interfere, and then ......, regardless of whether he Li Mi knows it, and whether he Zhai Rang obeys ......." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Xingfang smiled slightly, and no longer said any more, but Chen Fuliang laughed out loud in understanding, and the room was full of the treacherous laughter of Chen Fuliang and Pei Xingfang, the unscrupulous brothers.

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