Of course, Zhao Mingyuan also entered everyone's attention with this battle and became the third well-known figure in Wagangzhai.

However, he obviously fought side by side with Li Mi to deal with Zhang Xutuo, and Li Mi also obviously admired Zhao Mingyuan. Everyone didn't expect that Zhao Mingyuan would refuse Li Mi's wooing.

This puzzled everyone.

Even Li Mi visited many times and asked Zhao Mingyuan to join his Pushan public camp, but Zhao Mingyuan repeatedly refused.

Only Zhai Rang was overjoyed to see this, and he paid more attention to Zhao Mingyuan.

Because Zhai Rang saw that Li Mi had a tendency to be big, but Zhao Mingyuan was not on good terms with him. Therefore, he was ready to support Zhao Mingyuan to compete with Li Mi.

In this way, as long as Li Mi cannot occupy an absolute advantage in Wagangzhai, he will not dare to act rashly.

Then Zhai Rang can also sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and watch the two tigers fight. No matter who wins or loses, it will be difficult to threaten him.

Even though Zhao Mingyuan gradually developed ambitions like Li Mi, Zhai Rang thought that Zhao Mingyuan was definitely not as much of a threat to him as Li Mi.

After all, in his opinion, Zhao Mingyuan has no power, no power, and no foundation. Although his character, martial arts, and talents are all top-notch, they cannot compare to the family background of Li Mi IV and the third prince and his great name.

Therefore, Zhai Rang rewarded Zhao Mingyuan for his advice on the grounds that he was arranged, perhaps Zhao Mingyuan's qualifications to become an independent army corresponded to Li Mi.

is even afraid that Zhao Mingyuan will not be able to deal with Li Mi, Zhai Rang also gave Zhao Mengyuan a lot of elites, and even asked Zhao Mingyuan to choose which talent he wants, as long as both parties are willing to do so.

After all, Li Mi's reputation is too great, even surpassing Zhai Rang, and many heroes come to vote, which is by no means comparable to Zhao Mingyuan.

With Zhao Mingyuan's fame, it is difficult to recruit any talents.

With Zhai Rang's help, the power in Zhao Mingyuan's hands naturally developed rapidly.

Since Zhai Rang sent a message to let him choose the soldiers, Zhao Mingyuan naturally did not shirk, and first found Qin Shubao.

Since the end of the Battle of Dahai Temple and the defeat of Zhang Xutuo, Qin Shubao's previous bet with Zhao Mingyuan naturally lost.

Now that Zhao Mingyuan is invited, Qin Shubao naturally does not refuse. Not only did he come, but he also brought Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin.

That's right, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin were also defeated and captured in the battle of Dahai Temple.

I don't know how Qin Shubao persuaded the two of them, in short, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin also agreed to work for Zhao Mingyuan.

As a result, the three fierce generals under Zhang Xutuo in the past were all under the command of Zhao Mingyuan.

Even, Zhao Mingyuan even brought over those captured Sui soldiers.

Although these Sui troops were indeed elite, more than 10,000 were captured. However, its military spirit has not yet been attached, so it can only be dispersed and slowly pacified.

However, if under the command of Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Yanjin, they were led by familiar generals, and they could recover their original combat strength almost immediately.

Hearing Zhao Mingyuan's request, although Zhai Rang was a little reluctant, he thought that these Sui troops were just chicken ribs in his own hands. It's a pity to discard it. Not only is it difficult to play to their strengths, but it is necessary to be wary of them everywhere.

Thinking of Li Mi, who threatened his position, Zhai Rang then gritted his teeth and agreed.

He was even afraid that Zhao Mingyuan would only have the Sui army under his command and be counterattacked, so he gave Zhao Mingyuan some sergeants and thought that the army under his command was less than 20,000.

In this way, Zhao Mingyuan not only nominally, but also in terms of strength, became the third force in Wagangzhai.

This series of developments naturally made Li Mi's attitude towards Zhao Mingyuan change several times. From Zhao Mingyuan's great appreciation, to resentment, to now being regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, I can't wait to get rid of it quickly.

It's a pity that everything went too fast. Soon after Zhai Rangcai allowed Li Mi to set up the Pushan Public Camp, he agreed to let Zhao Mingyuan lead the army alone.

Now, Li Mi's Pushan public construction is not complete, but Zhao Mingyuan, with the support of Zhai Rang, has subdued Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Yanjin, three Sui army generals, and also subdued the captured more than 10,000 Sui troops.

Those are the elites who followed Zhang Xutuo to fight in the south and the north!

Suddenly, Zhao Mingyuan's strength was no worse than him, but it was still inferior in prestige.

Now, Li Mi's ambition has been revealed, and everyone can see it.

But after all, Zhao Mingyuan has not been famous for a long time, as if he suddenly appeared, and everyone is more curious about him.

Carefully studying his experience, everyone found that Zhao Mingyuan only had the previous reform of the military medical battalion in Wagangzhai.

That incident is still quite praised by everyone, especially after the battle with the Sui army, many wounded soldiers who could only wait for death in the past were rescued.

And after they recovered, many of them joined Zhao Mingyuan's command, and even brought their brothers and fellow villagers to join.

After all, for ordinary soldiers like them, everywhere is a war, and it is at least not so easy to die with Zhao Mingyuan.

In other respects, Zhao Mingyuan hardly has any stains.

This also means that Zhao Mingyuan has nothing to attack and accuse.

This also gave Li Mi a headache.

Because, Li Mi found that the best way to deal with Zhao Mingyuan turned out to be physical destruction and find an opportunity to assassinate him.

However, almost everyone understands that Zhao Mingyuan was pushed out by Zhai Rang to balance him. If Zhao Mingyuan was suddenly killed, the murderer would almost be him.

Even if it was really not his hand, Zhao Mingyuan died unexpectedly, and everyone would think that it was him.

Although Li Mi doesn't care about good or bad reputation. However, if your reputation is tarnished and you don't make a profit, then the business is not worth it.

If you can get rid of Zhai Rang and Zhao Mingyuan in one fell swoop and get the power of Wagangzhai, then this reputation will be bad.

However, getting rid of Zhao Mingyuan alone has to sacrifice his reputation. Let Wagangzhai detach from him, and many neutral people will leave him and turn to Zhai Rang, which will outweigh the losses.

Wouldn't that let Zhai Rang reap the benefits of the fisherman?

Perhaps, this is also the real reason why Zhai Rang spared no expense to push Zhao Mingyuan to the throne and came from balancing Li Mi.

Zhai Rang didn't expect Zhao Mingyuan to be able to deal with Li Mi, but just tried to find a way to make trouble for Li Mi.

When Li Mi had a headache and didn't know how to deal with Zhao Mingyuan, Shen Luoyan offered a plan to Li Mi.

She asked Li Mi to ask Zhai Rang to fight and capture Luokoucang.

This was the original strategy, and now that Xingyang City has been captured, the next step is naturally to capture Luokoucang, the first warehouse in the world.

If Luokoucang can be captured, Wagangzhai will no longer be short of food. This is naturally a big credit.

If Zhai Rang agrees to let Li Mi attack, he will take Luokoucang.

Then, as long as Li Mi captures the Luokou warehouse and opens the warehouse to release grain. Then Li Mi will inevitably gain momentum, the people's hearts will be attached, and the Quartet will vote.

As long as it is strong enough, Zhai Rang and Zhao Mingyuan will work together to fight, so what?

If Zhai Rang did not agree to Li Mi going, he would instead let Zhao Mingyuan capture Luokoucang.

Then, Zhao Mingyuan's prestige will inevitably rise sharply after that.

As long as Zhao Mingyuan's ambitions are told in front of Zhai Rang later, even Li Mi can back down one or two, indicating that Zhao Mingyuan has made such great contributions, so he is more worthy of sitting in the second position of Wagangzhai, and Li Mi can retreat to the third.

This is a strategy to kill.

Let's see if Zhao Mingyuan will get carried away, if he really has ambitions, then he can borrow his hand to kill Zhai Rang.

Li Mi can take advantage of the situation to hold high the banner of revenge for the head of the big dragon, set things right, kill Zhao Mingyuan, and completely control Wagangzhai in his own hands.

Secondly, it can also provoke the relationship between Zhao Mingyuan and Zhai Rang, and even reverse the offensive and defensive momentum, Zhai Rang may even find a way to strengthen Li Mi's strength to deal with Zhao Mingyuan, which is also possible.

After all, Zhai Ranghui thought that today Zhao Mingyuan was respected by everyone, and he moved from the third place to the second position. In the future, will Zhao Mingyuan be pushed to the first place by everyone?

As long as Zhai Rang has this idea, then it is only a matter of time before the two of them turn their faces.

This is a serial plan, no matter which way the situation develops, Shen Luoyan has corresponding countermeasures.

Li Mi listened to it and thought so, so he proposed to Zhai Rang that the next strategy of the Wagang army was to attack Luokoucang. And he took the initiative to ask Ying, expressing his willingness to lead the Pushan public camp to attack.

Zhai Rang really fell into the plan, asked Zhao Mingyuan's opinion, and hinted that Zhao Mingyuan should send troops to attack.

After all, Wagangzhai has already taken the gateway of Xingyang City, and it will be much easier to fight Luokoucang next.

Zhao Mingyuan said: "Luokoucang is too important, then Yang Guang, the faint monarch, will definitely send someone to lead an army from Luoyang to support."

Luokoucang is also related to the fate of our Wagangzhai, we must not be careless, we must go all out.

Xingyang is such an important town, naturally there is no room for failure, and it must be the leader himself.

As for Luokoucang, it is better for Pushan Gong and Zhao to lead an army each, and it is better to take a two-pronged approach. ”

The crowd was amazed. Although what Zhao Mingyuan said seemed to be very reasonable, everyone could hear that this was almost a confrontation with Li Mi.

The two sides attacked Luokoucang at the same time, naturally to see who could capture Luokoucang first, who would be the winner.

This almost brought the contradictions between the two sides to the surface.

Zhai Rang listened to it but felt very satisfied, which was exactly the result he wanted.

After promoting Zhao Mingyuan, everything went well. Even Li Mi has to ask himself first if he has something, and he has more respect for himself.

Is this the legendary way of balance? Zhai Rang was very complacent in his heart.

But Li Mi's mood was not very good. Unexpectedly, Zhao Mingyuan would find another way, such a choice was not what they expected at all.

However, now, he naturally can't back down. Li Mi didn't believe that he would lose to Zhao Mingyuan, a young man, in this competition, so he was ready to agree.

At this time, Li Mi suddenly felt that someone was secretly pulling his sleeve.

Li Mi quietly looked at it with his afterglow and found that it was Shen Luoyan who was shaking his head at him, obviously asking him to find an excuse to retreat.

Li Mi was angry for a while, do you also think that I will be inferior to Zhao Mingyuan and may lose?

(End of chapter)