Chapter Fifty-Six: The Fisherman Li Mi
The infighting of the Yuwen brothers seems to be accidental, and a series of misdeeds have led to a misunderstanding between the brothers, but if you look at the essence through the appearance, you will find that the infighting of the Yuwen brothers will inevitably occur again, and the root cause is the uneven distribution of spoils, including the rebellion of Sima Dejiao, they joined forces to overthrow the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, but in the end they were monopolized by Yu Wenhua and the interests.
The resentment and dissatisfaction between them are accumulating day by day, and they have reached a critical point, and the bleak future makes them feel hopeless, at this time, Liu Qing decided to get rid of Yuwen Zhiji, which became the fuse for the outbreak of contradictions between them, once the war broke out, the misunderstanding will never be clear.
Under the city of Qixian, a battle of internal strife broke out, Chen Ling, who supported Yu Wenhua, led 30,000 troops to attack the army of Yuwen Zhihe and Sima Dejia, and more than 70,000 troops fought in the wilderness outside the city.
At the head of the city, hundreds of ministers and tens of thousands of soldiers watched the battle in the distance, everyone's eyes were full of worry, in fact, at this time, if Yu Wenhua and willing to let his 10,000 troops go out to fight, he would definitely win, but Yu Wenhua and refused to live or die, at this time, 10,000 troops were his last life-saving capital.
The melee has been going on for nearly two hours, both sides have suffered heavy casualties, Yuwen Zhiji's army has gradually become exhausted, Liu Qing is most worried about Li Mi's army twenty miles away at this time, they broke out in a melee like this, Li Miyan can not know, will he not seize this kind of opportunity?
Liu Qing was very anxious in his heart, he didn't expect things to evolve to this point, he originally planned very carefully, first secretly killed Yu Wenzhi and seized power, then booby-trapped Sima Dejiao, and finally killed Yu Wenhua and seized all military power, but he didn't know which link went wrong, resulting in this kind of melee situation.
Liu Qing knew that if he continued to kill, everyone would be finished in the end, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yu Wenhua: "Lord." Let's send troops! If he continues to kill, he is worried that Li Mi will make a profit. ”
Although Yu Wenhua was reluctant in his heart, he also knew that once Li Mi sent troops to attack. Then everyone is finished, but more importantly, he also saw that Yuwen Zhiji's army was no longer supported, and he sent troops at this time to pick up the biggest advantage.
Yu Wenhua nodded, and finally gave the order, "Pass my order, the army will go out of the city to attack Yu Wen Zhiji!" ”
The gates rumbled open. An army of 8,000 men slaughtered from the city and attacked Yuwen Zhiji's army......
Liu Qing's worries were not wrong, just a few miles to the north on the Tongji Canal, a military pontoon bridge had been built, Li Mi personally led 80,000 troops to quickly cross the pontoon bridge, towards the direction of Qi County, Li Mi was already full of secret posts near Qi County, when the news of the Yuwen brothers' infighting came. He immediately ordered his troops to kill.
Li Mi and Yu Wenhua's army have been facing off for a winter, and he has always been worried that his army will not be able to defeat Yu Wenhua's army, although Yu Wenhua and himself are stupid. But the army in his hand is the elite Sui army after all, Li Mi is still very jealous, he does not dare to attack easily in a winter, Li Mi also knows that Yu Wenhua and Sima Dejiao have deep contradictions, and their contradictions will break out sooner or later, he waited patiently for the opportunity, and today he finally waited for this opportunity.
"Duke Wei, we caught the deserter!"
More than a dozen soldiers escorted the two captured deserters and knelt in front of Li Mi. Li Mi asked the two of them, "Whose subordinates are you, and why are you deserters?" ”
The two of them trembled and said: "We are Yu Wenhua's subordinates, Yu Wenzhi and the army suddenly killed, everyone was unprepared, and fled in all directions. We tried to enter the city, but the gates were closed, so we had to flee back to our hometown. ”
Li Mi's eyes lit up, it turned out that the Yuwen brothers had an internal strife, which was simply God helping him "Pass my order and speed up the march!" ”
80,000 Wei troops marched towards the county seat of Qixian County......
There is already a big chaos in the county seat of Qi County, Yu Wenhua's army has appeared three miles away, you can clearly see the overwhelming army killing in the direction of the county, the fighting outside the county has stopped, Yu Wenhua's soldiers are terrified, scattered and fled.
This is a typical battle between cranes and mussels, the fisherman profits, and the infighting between the Yuwen brothers, which led to Li Mi picking the fruits of victory.
The people in the city fled in all directions, Yu Wenhua and could no longer take care of his wife and children, he rushed out of the city gate under the desperate protection of more than a dozen personal soldiers, and fled in the direction of Jiangdu on horseback, many officials also took the opportunity to escape from the county seat, running towards their unknown future, in less than a quarter of an hour, the overwhelming army of 80,000 engulfed the small county seat of Qixian......
In the palace, the young emperor Yang Qi and the Empress Dowager Xiao were forced by Li Mi's soldiers, sitting on the dragon couch, Li Mi walked to the palace with a spring breeze on his face, the reason why he wanted to pour troops to Zhanyu Culture and was to get Yang Qi and the Empress Dowager Xiao, so that he had the capital to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Li Mi was also born in Guanlong nobles, he knew very well in his heart that he could not ascend the throne as a bandit, he wanted to become a big thing, the first step was to wash away his identity as a bandit, he must become the regent of the prison country like Yang Yuanqing, and after obtaining the orthodox status, he would seek to ascend the throne, And they must not be directly called emperors, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong are all following this road, which is a political requirement.
It is precisely because of this that he agreed to be loyal to Emperor Tai and re-serve as a Sui minister, but unfortunately Wang Shichong stifled his dream of entering politics and made his entry into Luoyang come to naught, and now he has obtained the emperor's eldest grandson Yang Qi and Empress Xiao, which makes Li Mi overjoyed, at this time the Emperor Tai of Luoyang is no longer important to him.
Li Mi knelt down in front of Yang Qi and Empress Dowager Xiao, kowtowed three heads respectfully, and said with tears in his eyes: "The criminal minister Li Mi is late to save him, so that His Majesty and the Empress Dowager will suffer from the chaos and culture of thieves and the Empress Dowager, and the crime of the minister is also!" ”
Yang Qi sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that he had become the second Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, although Li Mi's ability was not as good as Cao Cao's, his ambition was not smaller than Cao Cao's.
Yang Qi bit her lip and didn't say a word, but Empress Xiao was very sophisticated, she knew that only obedience could she live, and it was a man's business to fight for the world, she just wanted to save her and her life.
"Li Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!"
Li Mi was ecstatic in his heart, Empress Xiao called him Li Aiqing, and recognized his identity, he got up and saluted, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Xie!" ”
Yang Qi glanced back at Empress Xiao, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes, but Empress Xiao said lightly: "Li Aiqing has contributed to the destruction of the traitor Yu Wenhua. Great merit must be rewarded, the mourning family named you the king of Wei, Shang Shuling, the prime minister in charge of government affairs, and gave Jiuxi. All government affairs in the world can be decided by Aiqing, and there is no need to mourn the family. ”
Li Mi let out a long sigh of relief, what he wanted to get, and now he finally got it.
"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager, please Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager go back to the harem to rest, and Rong Chen will come to say hello after dealing with the aftermath of the thieves!" ……
Li Mi walked out of the main hall. The soldiers brought in dozens of ministers who did not escape, and the first minister was Pei Yun, who was very depressed, he was a step slower, and was caught by Li Mi's soldiers, as well as Taichangqing Zhang Kai, Hubu Shangshu Xu Hongren, and Shangshu's right servant Yu Shiji and others were also caught.
In addition, there were more than a dozen people kneeling in the corner, and Yu Wenzhi and Sima Dejiao and others were covered in blood. His arms were tied behind his back, and there were also two sons, Yuwen Chengji and Yuwen Chengji, who were also caught. tied up, and another important general, Chen Ling, led the remnants of the army to flee and disappeared.
Li Mi glanced at everyone coldly, he walked in front of Yuwen Zhihe, Yuwen Zhihe knelt down and bowed his head and said, "I am willing to serve Wei Gong!" ”
Li Mi snorted, "You should ask yourself how to die!" ”
He pointed at Yuwen Zhiji and others, and gave an order, "Hang all these thieves!" ”
Yuwen Zhihe collapsed to the ground in fright, and the soldiers rushed up like wolves and dragged them down. dragged it far away, and the sound of Yuwen Zhihe and others begging for mercy came.
Li Mi walked in front of the officials again, and before he could speak, Feng Deyi, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward and said, "I am willing to serve the Duke of Wei!" ”
Li Mi and Feng Deyi had a good personal relationship in the past, he patted Feng Deyi on the shoulder and sighed: "I know that Feng Gong will definitely work for me." ”
Zhang Kai, Xu Hongren and others also expressed their willingness to serve, and Li Mi smiled and accepted them one by one. walked up to Pei Yun again, and looked at him with a smile, "How is Pei Gong, do you still want to go to Taiyuan?" ”
Pei Yun sighed, bowed down and said, "Duke Wei doesn't suspect Pei Yun as a thief, Pei Yun is willing to serve Duke Wei!" ”
Li Mi's eyes narrowed with a smile, and he felt that he was one step closer to the position of unification......
Yu Wenhua ran out for more than ten miles, and there were only two pro-soldiers left around him, and the rest of the pro-guards knew that the general trend had gone, and they all ran for their own future.
Yu Wenhua was tired and hungry, and when he saw a few big rocks by the woods in front of him, he turned over and dismounted, sat down on the big rocks, and ordered the two soldiers to "go and find me some water!" ”
The two pro-soldiers didn't move, Yu Wenhua glared and said angrily: "What, can't I call you?" ”
But the two soldiers gave him a deep salute: "We are also leaving, and we will bow to the lord at the end." ”
Yu Wenhua was surprised, "Where are you going?" ”
A pro-soldier said: "We are going to Taiyuan, please give us a gift for the sake of our game with you." ”
Yu Wenhua and flustered "What do you want, I don't have anything!" ”
The two pro-soldiers drew their knives and sneered, "We want your head!" ”……
Liu Qing and Yu Wenshi each grabbed a horse and escaped from Qi County, and the two of them ran west for more than 20 miles in one breath, and it was already dark, and they saw that there were no pursuers behind, so they were frightened.
Liu Qingchang sighed and said: "Cranes and mussels compete, fishermen profit, this is my responsibility!" ”
Yu Wenshi knew that the cause was caused by Sima Dejiao, but in fact it had nothing to do with Liu Qing, and now his relationship was his own future, so he asked: "I plan to go to Li Yuan, I have a very good personal relationship with him, is Brother Liu willing to go with me?" ”
Liu Qing shook his head, "I want to go back to Bashu, visit my wife and children, and then live in seclusion in the mountains, I don't want to enter the office again, I wish Brother Yuwen to take care all the way!" ”
Yu Wenshi understood in his heart that it was because he was burdened with the name of killing the king, and he was not reluctant, and nodded, "It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes, let's take care of each other!" ”
The two bowed their hands, Yu Wenshi and whipped a war horse, galloped westward, Liu Qing looked at him and walked away, he looked at the vast four fields, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, "Liu Qing is dead, my emperor should go home!" ”