Luokou.

The sky was blue and cloudless, and it seemed to be in a clear state of mind, but Zhai Rang's heart at the moment was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Since the last battle of Shizihe, the Wagang army won a complete victory, Li Mi's exploits and prestige have reached their peak, and he is dwarfed by him.

The elders of Wagangzhai persuaded him to give way to Li Mi, and even his henchmen felt that it was Li Mi who could lead Wagangzhai to glory, not him.

But he has always been the leader of Wagangzhai, and it was difficult for him to accept it for a while when he suddenly asked him to hand over power.

But now, it seems that he can't retreat....

After a long time, Zhai Rang suddenly asked Jia Xiong, the military advisor beside him: "Do you think I should give way?" ”

Jia Xiong thought of the gold, silver and jewelry that Li Mi had given him, and shook his head violently, driving them out of his mind and thinking about this matter with a rational mind.

After comparing the leadership skills of Zhai Rang and Li Mi in his heart, he said slowly: "The leader values love and righteousness, and the brothers of Wagangzhai have followed you to live a worry-free life.

"Then the days are stable, and the brothers begin to yearn for a higher and farther life, to be honest, if you want to meet the wishes of the brothers, only Li Mi can do it."

Seeing that Zhai Rang's face was gloomy like a dark cloud on a thunderstorm, Jia Xiong softened his tone again, and persuaded earnestly: "You often tell your brothers that you are satisfied if you can eat well and dress warmly, and have a tile to cover your body, which shows that you are not determined to seize the world, but like to live a comfortable life."

"In that case, why don't you hand over the leadership of Wagangzhai to Li Mi? In this way, Li Mi will be grateful to you.

"Li Mi has ambition and ability, and he will dominate the Central Plains in the future, he will never dare to neglect you, after all, he is supported by you.

"High-ranking officials, glory and wealth, Li Mi will not give you less, the comfortable life of idle clouds and wild cranes, isn't it what you yearn for?"

After listening to Jia Xiong's words, Zhai let the entanglement in his heart completely dissipate.

Three days later, Zhai Rang elected Li Mi as the leader of the alliance, and set up an altar in the southern suburbs of Gongxian County, respectfully inviting Li Mi to ascend the throne and change the year name to the first year of Yongping.

After Li Mi ascended the throne, he immediately set up the marching marshal's office, placed three divisions and six guards, and at the same time set up a roster of 100 officials to lead the various departments.

Zhai Rang was awarded the rank of Situ and was named the Duke of Dongjun. Shan Xiongxin was appointed as the general of Zuo Wuhou, Fang Yanzao was appointed as Zuo Changshi, and the rest of the people were awarded official positions according to their ranks.

Because the mutant army and the young and strong people from far and near have taken refuge in Wagang, Li Mi ordered people to urgently build a Luokou city with a radius of 40 miles, which was set as the capital, and then sent troops to attack the city and conquer the city, continue to expand westward, and force the eastern capital Luoyang.

On this day, Li Mi said to his ministers: "There are more than 200,000 defenders in Luoyang, the eastern capital, but this huge army has always relied on the two major military grain reserve bases near the eastern capital, Luokoucang and Huiluocang.

"Now that we have occupied Luokoucang, the next step, as long as we take back to Luocang, we can trap more than 200,000 troops in the eastern capital alive.

"This is the best way to capture the Eastern Capital."

The enemy's key point is my key point, and in the following days, the Wagang army and the Sui army launched a fierce battle around Huiluocang.

Wang Shichong lost his return to Luocang twice, and recaptured it twice.

Li Mi was greatly annoyed, and personally led 50,000 horses to attack again, and after three days and three nights of fierce fighting, he once again occupied Huiluocang.

and dug trenches, built city walls, and vowed to starve the Sui army to death.

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After Yang Guang received the report of the fall of Huiluocang, he was so angry that he scolded and threw all the folds on the case, and none of the porcelain inkstones were spared, and the ground was in a mess.

The palace people knelt on the ground and trembled, and they didn't dare to come out.

After venting, Yang Guang immediately summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs for discussion.

Yang Guang wanted to order all the ministries across the country to assemble and go all out to recruit Li Mi.

Wei Jin objected: "Your Majesty, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe, Xue Ju, Li Liang, Xiao Miao, and Dou Jiande successively launched rebellions against the Sui, and Hedong, Hexi, Longxi, Jiangnan and other places fell, and there were rebellions in all directions that needed to be quelled, and all the troops could not be concentrated to attack Li Mi.

"Otherwise, the bandits will definitely take advantage of the situation and break up the territory of the Great Sui, and it will be too late to regret it."

Yang Guang did not think so, he said: "These rebellions are just poor and crazy mobs gathering and looting, and they will not succeed."

"The world has always been in the hands of heroes with wisdom and strength, and these mud-legged people are just insignificant characters, and they can be suppressed by leaving some garrisons in various places.

"But Li Mi is different, he was born in a noble family, he raised his arms and shouted, and the responders gathered, if he can't be eradicated as soon as possible, he will be full of wings, and the east will be in danger."

Based on Yang Guang's understanding of history, he believes that the politics of the Central Plains for hundreds of years has always been a game played by the clan of the gate lords, and the real political power and wisdom are only in the hands of a few nobles.

Just like Yang Xuangan back then, if he hadn't eradicated it early, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to sit here safely today.

Therefore, he was obsessed with eradicating Li Mi, a ruined nobleman, first, and of course, Li Yuan, a relative of the emperor who was about to move.

However, he will not give Li Yuan another chance, and he will definitely nip Li Yuan's ambition in the bud.

Yang Guang hooked his lips, and there was a light in his eyes that he was determined to get.

Li Mi, Li Yuan, they will eventually die at his hands.

Pei Yun is the best at observing words and feelings, and when he saw that Yang Guang had made up his mind, he flattered and agreed: "What Your Majesty said is very true, and the minister thinks that the top priority is to ensure the safety of Luoyang and uproot the Wagang rebels to set an example." ”

Wei Jin still felt that it was inappropriate, and continued to speak: "Your Majesty, there are more than 200,000 defenders in Luoyang, and the troops led by Wang Shichong can resist Li Mi. ”

Pei Yun ridiculed each other: "Wang Shichong has been defeated by Li Mi many times, and the day before yesterday he said that there were too few troops, so Li Mi would be allowed to break through the city repeatedly."

"If the troops are strong enough, Wang Shichong will definitely be able to defeat Li Mi, recover the lost city, and relieve the crisis in the eastern capital."

Wei Jin retorted: "That can't concentrate all the forces on attacking Li Mi. ”

Yang Guang was impatient when he heard this, and scolded loudly: "Okay, don't make any noise, I know it in my heart." ”

Therefore, Yang Guangzhao ordered the general Pang Yu and Hu Benlang to lead Huo Shiju to lead the Guanzhong troops to reinforce the eastern capital, and ordered the general Wang Long to lead the Qiongdi Huangman, Hebei ambassador Wei Ji, Henan ambassador Wang Wei and others to lead their troops to aid the eastern capital, and led the Jianghuai elite Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong to crusade against Li Mi.

After the ministers left, Yang Guang ordered two more holy decrees to be drawn up and sent to Chang'an and Hedong.

Everything was arranged, Yang Guang stood in front of the bronze mirror, raised his hand and stroked his sideburns, and said confidently to the people in the mirror: "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to help you recover the rivers and mountains and eliminate those traitors in this life."

"Your cousin, he will not rebel again, because his children are in my hands, and he can't get up......"

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