In the star-studded era of the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, Li Mi was undoubtedly the most dazzling star. As the leader of the Wagang Army, the first righteous army in the Central Plains, and the leader of the anti-Sui League recommended by the heroes of the world, Li Mi led the Wagang Army to fight in the south and the north, and shocked the Central Plains. With 300,000 Wagang troops, the troops came to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the heroes of the world were shocked.

It seems that everyone thinks that Li Mi is a powerful hero who can achieve the great cause of the emperor. However, things turned out to be unexpected. In the end, it was Tang Gaozu Li Yuan who achieved the emperor's cause, but Li Mi could only be a tragic hero. Regarding Li Mi's failure, in addition to various factors, there is another key that cannot be ignored, that is-luck! Li Mi's tragedy was defeated by luck.

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (617), Li Mi's career entered a "bottleneck period". During this period, Li Mi made a series of brilliant military achievements. In the first battle of Luokou, Li Mi led the Wagang army, severely damaged Wang Shichong's main force, and won a complete victory. After that battle, Li Mi's Wagang army was rapidly expanded, with 300,000 troops under the city of Luoyang. Li Mi himself became the leader of the anti-Sui League who was publicly recommended by all the heroes.

At the same time, during this period, Li Mi also fell into a predicament of stagnation. First of all, Luoyang could not be attacked for a long time, and his Wagang army and Luoyang defenders entered a stage of stalemate; Secondly, although Wang Shichong was defeated by Li Mi in the Battle of Luokou, he did not hurt the roots. Once Wang Shichong recovers, he will counterattack Li Mi at any time; In the end, due to the killing of Zhai Rang, the Wagang Army, which originally shared the same hatred and hatred, obviously had a tendency to split internally. While Li Mi achieved a series of victories, he also faced various difficulties.

Li Mi's original idea was to take Luoyang and command the world. However, he didn't expect that Luoyang City would be so difficult to fight, and after fighting for a whole year, he just failed to capture Luoyang. Not only that, but he also encountered Wang Shichong, a difficult rival. Therefore, Li Mi fought hard under Luoyang City for a whole year.

Moreover, in November of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (617), Li Yuan conquered Chang'an and officially entered the Guanzhong. Therefore, Li Mi's desire to go west to Chang'an has become a luxury. There is only one way in front of Li Mi, to attack Luoyang, and in any case, to take Luoyang in the shortest possible time.

In the blink of an eye, the year 618 AD came. The year 618 was an extraordinary year in Chinese history. In March of this year, the "Jiangdu Mutiny", Emperor Yang of Sui died in Yangzhou; In May, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and established the Tang Dynasty, with the year name "Wude", which was "Tang Gaozu"; In the same month, Wang Shichong supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, as the emperor in Luoyang, and changed the yuan to "Huangtai", that is, "Huangtai Lord".

In the face of the sudden changes in the world, the heroes from all over the country have called themselves kings and emperors, breaking away from the rule of the Sui Dynasty. As the leader of the anti-Sui League, Li Mi, who is still stationed under the fortified city of Luoyang, thinks that he also has to take action. Therefore, Li Mi wanted to launch a full-scale attack on Luoyang and strive to capture Luoyang as soon as possible.

In the first month of the second year of Yining (618), Li Miqin led 300,000 Wagang troops to enter Kim Yong City, and then, Chen soldiers were in the north of Luoyang. After that, Li Miwagang's army approached Shangchun Gate (the north gate of Luoyang, the capital of eastern Sui), and for a time, the army under Luoyang City pressed the border and was in danger. According to the records of the "Zizhi Tongjian", Li Mi's troops forced Luoyang this time, and the momentum was unprecedented, as can be seen from the time he occupied Kim Yong City:

Tantric victory entered the city of Kim Yong City, repaired its gates, houses and lived there, and the sound of cymbals and drums was heard in the eastern capital; In a few days, there were more than 300,000 soldiers, Chen Yu in the north, and forced to go to the spring gate in the south.

Objectively speaking, the situation on the battlefield at that time was still very favorable to Li Mi. After the defeat of Luokou, Wang Shichong could not shrink, and the defenders of Luoyang of the Sui Dynasty could only take a defensive position against Li Mi. On Li Mi's side, the military strength is great and the morale is high. It can be said that as long as Li Mi deploys properly and holds on to this last moment, taking Luoyang is just around the corner. However, plans did not change as quickly as possible. Just when Li Mi was about to launch a full-scale attack on Luoyang, the situation suddenly changed dramatically.

A military group from afar suddenly intervened in the Luoyang battle that was in full swing. Due to the emergence of this military group, Li Mi's military deployment was completely disrupted, and the complicated Luoyang battle situation was reversed. At the same time, it was because of the sudden appearance of this military group that Li Mi's military strength was seriously depleted, laying a hidden danger for the defeat of Luoyang soon after.

This military group came from Jiangdu, and it was the rebel leader of the "Jiangdu Mutiny", Yu Wenhuaji, and his 100,000 Xiaoguo rebels. So, why did Yu Wenhua, who is far away in Jiangdu, and 100,000 Xiaoguo, suddenly appear in Luoyang, and why did they wade into the troubled waters of Luoyang?

In fact, Yu Wenhua and 100,000 Xiaoguo, their goal is not Luoyang, but Guanzhong. As mentioned above, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went to the Jiangdu three times and prepared to divide the territory in the south of the Yangtze River and build half of the country. However, Emperor Yang of Sui's idea of building the capital Jiangnan aroused the dissatisfaction of the Xiaoguo Praetorian Guards who guarded him three times in the Jiangdu.

Because of these 100,000 Xiaoguo troops, most of them are people from Guanzhong, and their wives and children are all in Guanzhong. If Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the capital of Jiangnan, these Guanzhong Xiaoguo would not be able to return home. Therefore, there are constantly defectors within the Xiaoguo Army, according to the "Zizhi Tongjian":

When the river was exhausted, from the driving fruit to many people, long-time homesickness, seeing that the emperor had no Western intentions, and plotted to rebel.

Later, because of the conspiracy of Yu Wenhua and, Yu Wenzhi and his brothers. In the end, Xiao Guo, led by Sima Dejiao, Pei Qiantong and other generals, turned his defection into a mutiny and killed Emperor Yang of Sui. Therefore, after the "Jiangdu Mutiny", Yu Wenhua, as the leader of the rebels, naturally led 100,000 Xiaoguo troops to return to Guanzhong and return to his hometown.

So, in April of the second year of Yining (618), only a month after the Jiangdu mutiny, Yu Wenhua led 100,000 Xiaoguo troops to embark on the road back to Chang'an. So, is the road of Yu Wenhua and 100,000 Xiaoguo going smoothly? They had a very bad journey and suffered a lot.

First of all, the leader of this 100,000-strong army, Yu Wenji, is really too bad to have leadership ability at all. It can be seen from the Jiangdu Mutiny that Yu Wenhua and his performance could not be more cowardly. At the beginning, Sima Dejiao, Pei Qiantong and others recommended him to be the leader of the rebel army, but because Yu Wenhua was the eldest son of Yu Wenshu. However, once the mutiny was successful, Yu Wenhua immediately revealed his beastly nature, greedy, brutal, and arrogant.

After the Jiangdu mutiny, Yu Wenhua and the Great Killing Ring were opened, and most of the Sui Dynasty clans and important ministers were slaughtered. Among the clans, only Yang Hao, the king of Qin, was spared because he had a good relationship with Yu Wenhua and his younger brother Yu Wenzhi. Therefore, after Emperor Yang of Sui was killed, Yang Hao, the king of Qin, was made emperor by Yu Wenhua. Therefore, Yang Hao's fate is directly related to Yu Wenhua, and he was tied to Yu Wenhua's chariot.

In fact, Emperor Yang Hao is just a puppet of Yu Wenhua and manipulation. After the death of Emperor Yang of Sui, Yu Wenhua and supported Yang Hao, the king of Qin, as the emperor, proclaimed himself the prime minister, the commander-in-chief, and controlled the government. As the emperor, Yang Hao has completely become the "caged bird" of Yu Wenhua.

After Yang Hao was made emperor, he has been living in another palace, and his job is only to be responsible for signing Yu Wenhua and all the edicts issued. And the other palace where Yang Hao lived was also guarded by Yu Wenhua and sent heavy troops. Yang Hao was completely placed under house arrest by Yu Wenhua, and all major affairs in the court and politics were decided by Yu Wenhua:

With the queen's order, Qin Wang Hao was appointed as the emperor, lived in the palace, and ordered the edict to draw an edict, and still guarded it with soldiers. (Information Governance Guide)

Under the leadership of Yu Wenhua, who is strong on the outside and strong on the inside, 100,000 Xiaoguo rebels embarked on the road home from the west to Guanzhong a month after the death of Emperor Yang of Sui. However, what they embarked on was a road of death, and not only did they not return home, but they were buried on the way back to the west.

The reason why the 100,000 Xiaoguo will eventually fall is that the main root of the defeat is not others, it is the leader of the 100,000 Xiaoguo, Yu Wenhua and. Yu Wenhua and step by step with an army of 100,000 people, to perdition. If the leader of an army is compared to a leader; Then, Yu Wenhua is a very incompetent leader, even stupid.

Yu Wenhua and his early years were a gentleman who did not learn and did not know how to do it, and at first, because of his misdeeds with his younger brother Yuwen Zhihe, he was severely punished by Emperor Yang of Sui. Therefore, for many years, Yu Wenhua has been a man with his tail between his legs. Now, he is in power, and Yu Wenhua immediately vented his desires that had been suppressed for many years.

Before leading 100,000 Xiaoguo and returning to Guanzhong, Yu Wenhua appointed Chen Ling, the general of Zuo Wuwei, as the Taishou of Jiangdu and was responsible for staying in Jiangdu. Soon, Yu Wenhua ordered martial law inside and outside, and announced to the outside world that he would return to Chang'an. However, Yu Culture and Don't forget to show it.

In front of the barracks, he specially built a large tent, and Yu Wenhua handled official business in it. Moreover, his guard of honor is according to the emperor's specifications. In order to facilitate his return to Guanzhong, Yu Wenhua publicly ordered to rob the boats of the people of Jiangdu, and planned to return to Guanzhong by water from Pengcheng.

This is nothing, Yu culture and there are even more out of the ordinary. After Emperor Yang of Sui was killed, Yu Wenhua and Emperor Yang of Sui's harem ladies were all "co-opted" for their own enjoyment. Not only that, Yu Wenhua also wants to take this group of female dependents to return to the west together. In addition, Yu Wenhua believes that although he is not the emperor, he should still enjoy the treatment of the emperor. Therefore, the history books record Yu culture and very stupid behavior:

Every time he sits upright on the south side of the tent, and those who have white things are silently wrong. When the teeth are lowered, Fang receives the writ, and a total of Fengyi, Fang Yu, Liang, Kai and others participate in the decision. (The Book of Sui: Yu Culture and Biography)

What does this account mean? Yu Wenhua and sat in the big tent every day, imitating the appearance of the emperor, calling himself lonely in the south, and accepting the visits of other ministers. Yu Wenhua and the power are in his hands, and the minister has important matters to report to him. So, Yu Culture and how did it react? Yu Wenhua and "silently wrong", sat there silent, without saying a word. After everyone walked out of the big tent, he took out the ministers' reports and discussed with Tang Fengyi and other generals.

Of course, Yu Wenhua led 100,000 Xiaoguo to return to the west, and the puppet emperor Yang Hao was also coerced by Yu Wenhua and his peers. As mentioned earlier, Yang Hao is the puppet of Yu Wenhua and Li. Therefore, Yu Wenhua put Yang Hao under house arrest in Shangshu Province and ordered more than a dozen guards to guard it, and hundreds of officials could not see the emperor.

In addition to abusing the emperor and oppressing hundreds of officials, Yu Wenhua and treating the people are also very cruel. After Yu Wenhua killed Emperor Yang of Sui, he took Emperor Yang of Sui's harem and treasures as his own. Moreover, with this group of beauties and treasures, they embarked on the road to Guanzhong in the west.

You must know that a thousand-mile march, with so many beauties and treasures, and so many burdens, will undoubtedly greatly slow down the marching speed. Originally, Yu Wenhua led 100,000 Xiaoguo, starting from Jiangdu, you can also take the canal and waterway, and these beauties and treasures can also be put on the boat.

However, when we reached Pengcheng, the waterway was cut off, and we could only take the land route. In this way, those beauties and treasures have become the biggest burden. How can we continue to walk with these burdens? Yu Wenhua didn't want to think about it, so he robbed the people on the spot in Pengcheng5, robbed the local people of 2,000 ox carts, and placed these beauties and treasures on the ox carts. As for the armor, weapons, and baggage, they were all carried by the soldiers.

Yu Wenhua's various behaviors have caused great dissatisfaction in the Xiaoguo Army, and everyone feels that Yu Wenhua is not a thing. Among them, there is one person who is particularly dissatisfied with Yu Wenhua, who is it? The core figure of the Jiangdu Mutiny - Sima Dejiao. The entire Jiangdu mutinied, Sima Dejiao played an important role, and Yu Wenhua just went through the motions.

Now, Sima Dejiao is very disappointed with Yu Wenhua. It is estimated that his intestines are repentant, why did he choose Yu Wenhua and this kind of goods to be the leader of Xiaoguo. Therefore, Sima Dejiao complained in private to another important general of the "Jiangdu Mutiny", Hu Yalang general Zhao Xingshu:

Junda misbehaves me! To stir up chaos today, we must borrow from the wise; Turning into mediocrity, the group is small on the side, things will fail, if what? (Information Governance Guide)

Who knows, Zhao Xingshu said: "In my ears, how difficult is it to waste!" So, Sima Dejiao, Zhao Xingshu and others began to plot a coup d'état, kill Yu Wenhua, and elect Sima Dehuan as the master. Unexpectedly, the news leaked, and Yu Wenhua took the lead and caught Sima Dejiao. After Sima Dejiao was arrested, Yu Wenhua also brazenly asked him:

Settle the sea with the public force, out of ten thousand deaths. Now that the matter is done, we are willing to keep the wealth together, so why not do the public?

Unexpectedly, Sima Dejiao sneered at each other and replied with a sentence, which immediately made Yu Wenhua speechless, we launched the mutiny at the beginning, because we couldn't stand the absurdity and cruelty of Emperor Yang of Sui, so we supported you as the leader, but what you do today is better than that of Emperor Yang of Sui, a one-man thief.

In the end, Yu Wenhua, who was embarrassed and angry, ordered Sima Dejiao to be strangled, and more than ten of his comrades were also killed. After killing Sima Dejiao, Yu Wenhua led 100,000 Xiaoguo and led troops to attack Dongjun. Dongjun Tongshou Wang Rail was afraid of Yu Wenhua's troops, so he took the initiative to surrender the city.

The 100,000 Xiaoguo rebels, since they embarked on the road of returning to the west of Guanzhong, have embarked on the road of no return step by step under the leadership of Yu Wenhua and this idiot. On the way back to the west, 100,000 Xiaoguo also faced an even more dangerous threat, that is, the attack from all walks of life.

The Jiangdu mutiny made Yu Wenhua a public enemy of the world's heroes and a traitor who killed the emperor. Therefore, 100,000 Xiaoguo will inevitably be strangled by the heroes from all walks of life when they return all the way to the west. So, Yu Wenhua and what kind of heroes did he encounter?

It should be said that Yu Wenhua and on the way back to the west, it is inevitable to face the attack of three strong enemies. These three people are Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, Huangtai Lord Yang Tong, and Wei Gong Li Mi.

A month after Yu Wenhua led 100,000 Xiaoguo and set off for the west, Li Yuan officially proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and established the Li Tang Dynasty. And Yu Wenhua and the purpose of this trip is to lead 100,000 Xiaoguo to return to Guanzhong. However, Guanzhong is now the territory under the control of the Tang Dynasty. Yu Wenhua and if the west returns to Guanzhong, it will inevitably clash with the ascendant Li Tang Dynasty. Of course, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan would not allow Yu Wenhua to come and seize Guanzhong, so the hundreds of thousands of Tang troops in Guanzhong would definitely besiege these 100,000 Xiaoguo rebels with all their might.

As for Yang Tong, the lord of Huangtai, not to mention. Soon after the news of Emperor Yang of Sui reached the eastern capital of Luoyang, Wang Shichong and others supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, as the emperor and the "emperor of Tai". For Yang Tong, the lord of Huangtai, Yu Wenhua and killed his grandfather Emperor Yang of Sui, which is a common hatred.

In addition, the Emperor Tai has been fighting with Li Mi for a year, and his vitality is exhausted. Now, there is a Yu culture and 100,000 fruits. In case Yu Wenhua and Li Mi joined forces to attack Luoyang together. Originally, Li Mi had 300,000 Wagang troops, and if there were another 100,000 troops, the situation in Luoyang would be precarious.

Let's talk about Li Mi. After a year of bloody battles, Li Mi finally grasped the advantage on the battlefield and encircled Luoyang. If Li Mi can fight steadily and advance step by step, the capture of Luoyang is just around the corner. However, the appearance of Yu Wenhua disrupted Li Mi's deployment.

The attack on Luoyang was already difficult, and it took a lot of effort to win the situation like today. Yu Wenhua's 100,000 Xiaoguo roared, making Li Mi not only have to face the Sui Dynasty defenders in Luoyang City, but also Yu Wenhua's 100,000 Xiaoguo. Therefore, Li Mi naturally gritted his teeth with hatred for Yu Wenhua, and for Li Mi, Yu Wenhua and this nail must be pulled out no matter what.

The tripartite forces of Li Yuan, Huangtaizhu, and Li Mi all regard Yu Wenhua as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. It should be said that the doom of Yu Wenhua is coming. So, which of these three forces will become the main opponent of Yu Wenhua? Someone may answer without hesitation, of course, the Li Tang Dynasty. Because the purpose of Yu culture is to return to Chang'an in the west. In order to consolidate Guanzhong, Li Tang will definitely stop Yu Wenhua and.

Similarly, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan also thinks so. In order to block Yu Wenhua, Li Yuan also made corresponding preparations. In June of the first year of Wude (618), Li Yuan appointed Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, as the governor of Shaanzhou, responsible for garrisoning the Tongguan area, presumably to guard against Yu culture and.

In addition, Li Yuan's order for Li Xiaoji to be stationed in Tongguan also has another meaning. It turned out that in June of the first year of Wude (618), Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin, led the army of Western Qin to invade the important land of Jingzhou in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan appointed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the marshal and led the Tang army to fight against Xue Ju. Therefore, Li Xiaoji was ordered to garrison Tongguan, on the one hand, to guard against Xue Ju. Regarding the war between Li Tang and Western Qin, we will write about it in the next chapter.

However, before Li Yuan could solve Yu Wenhua, someone solved it for him, who was it? Li Mi and the Emperor Taizhu. Yu culture and if you want to return to Guanzhong in the west, you must pass through Luoyang. And Luoyang's Li Mi and Huangtai will not let go of Yu culture and pass through Luoyang. Originally, if there was no Yu Wenhua, Li Mi and Huangtai were still fighting under Luoyang City. However, the arrival of Yu Wenhua changed the hostile relationship between Li Mi and the Emperor Tai.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Yu Wenhua's 100,000 Xiaoguo undoubtedly touched their interests. In order to safeguard their respective interests, the two sides decided to temporarily shake hands and make peace, turn enemies into friends, jointly deal with Yu Wenhua, and destroy this foreign enemy first.

In Luoyang, after hearing the news that Yu Wenhua's 100,000 army was roaring, the people were in a panic. At this time, the two people in the ranks of the "Seven Nobles" were Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu in the internal history. At the beginning, after Yang Tong, the king of Yue, was proclaimed emperor, he divided seven civil and military officials, Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu were among them, and Wang Shichong was also among them.

For the arrival of Yu Wenhuahe, there is an official named Gai Cong, the lord of Shangshu Huangtai, who should turn enemies into friends with Li Mi at this time and fight against Yu Wenhua together. Yuan Wendu came up with a clever plan at this time, thinking that he could kill two birds with one stone, and under the pretense of Li Mi's hands, he would destroy Yu Wenhua and. At the same time, take the opportunity to greatly deplete Li Mi's military strength, and then Li Mi's people will be sleepy and lacking, and there will be a great chance of winning a decisive battle with them. Yuan Wendu said to Lu Chu:

Now the shame has not snowed and the army is insufficient, if the forgiveness of the secret crime makes the blow and, the two thieves fight themselves, I Xu admit its disadvantages. It is broken and broken, and the secret soldiers are also tired; and its generals are rewarded by their officials, which are easy to separate, and they can also be captured. (Information Governance Guide)

Yuan Wendu proposed such a strategy of killing two birds with one stone, and Lu Chu and others thought so. Therefore, Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu took Gai Cong as the regular attendant of the straight and scattered horses, carried the edict of the emperor and the lord, and went to give it to Li Mi, wanting to form an alliance with Li Mi, and the two sides shook hands and made peace, and jointly dealt with Yu Wenhua.

In the face of Luoyang's overtures, how did Li Mi react? With Li Mi's ingenuity, of course, he understands that this is a plan to kill people with a knife in Luoyang. However, Li Mi cannot be capricious now. If you don't make peace with Luoyang, you will inevitably be attacked from both sides by the defenders of Luoyang and Xiaoguo, and the Wagang army will face the pressure of fighting on two fronts. Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Mi decided to turn enemies into friends with the emperor. Li Mi is confident that with his Wentao military strategy, he will definitely be able to fight quickly and defeat Yu Wenhua, and will not cause a big loss to the strength of the Wagang army.

Soon, Yu Wenhua and left the baggage in the slipway, with Wang Rail as the secretary of the criminal department, stationed on the slippery platform, and guarded the baggage. Then, Yu Wenhua and led Xiaoguo, north refers to Liyang. Not long ago, Li Mi had just occupied Liyangcang, and Yu Wenhua was approaching Liyangcang, and it was obvious that this was going to do something with Li Mi. Therefore, Li Mi must fight back.

Li Mi dispatched the general Xu Shichang to lead the army to seize Liyang. However, after all, Yu Wenhua has 100,000 Xiaoguo in his hands, and there are many people. Xu Shichang was worried that he would be outnumbered, so he temporarily withdrew from Liyang, led his troops to the west, and occupied Liyang Cang. Soon after, Yu Wenhua and his army crossed the Yellow River and occupied Liyang. Immediately afterwards, Yu Wenhua and his troops were divided into several roads, and Xu Shichang in Liyang Cangcheng was surrounded by regiments.

After hearing that Xu Shichang was besieged, Li Mi immediately led 20,000 foot cavalry to build fortifications and set up camp in Qingqi, not far from Liyang Cang. Then, between Li Mi and Xu Shiyun, they echoed each other with beacons and reached a consensus. Every time, as long as Yu Wenhua attacked Liyang, Li Mi would attack behind him; If Yu Wenhua and Li Mi are attacked, Xu Shiyun will attack Yu Wenhua from behind. In this way, Yu Wenhua was exhausted by the "guerrilla tactics" of Li Mi and Xu Shixian.

Li Mi dug deep trenches, built fortified cities, and put on the appearance of wanting to fight a "protracted war" with Yu Wenhua, that is, he did not fight with Yu Wenhua and took the initiative to fight. Li Mi's purpose is to consume the vitality of Yu culture step by step. Once, Li Mi confronted Yu Wenhua and the two armies across Qishui. I saw Li Mi pointing at Yu Wenhua, and began to spit lotus flowers, scolding, and counting all kinds of crimes of Yu Wenhua, and Yu Wenhua and the number were incomplete:

Qingben Xiongnu soap is broken wild head ear; Father, brother and son, and by Sui Grace, rich and noble, the dynasty is Mo Er. The Lord is immoral, and he cannot die to admonish, but he acts against him and wants to usurp. Not chasing Zhuge Zhan's loyalty, but for Huo Yu's evil rebellion, heaven and earth will not tolerate it, what will you want! If you come to me quickly, you will have all the heirs. (Information Governance Guide)

Don't look at Yu Wenhua and show off his martial arts on weekdays, he can't be a lifetime, but he is purely a person with no ink. Regarding Li Mi's accusation of quoting scriptures, Yu Wenhua didn't understand a word. After being silent for a while, Yu Wenhua said unashamedly: "If you talk about killing each other, why do you need to be evil!" After hearing this, Li Mi despised Yu Wenhua even more, and said to the generals around him:

Turning into mediocrity and foolishness, suddenly wanting to be the emperor, I should break the cane to drive the ear!

What Li Mi means by this is that Yu Wenhua and this kind of goods also want to plot the great cause of the emperor, and you can see how I capture him alive. Indeed, the essay Tao Wuluo, ingenuity, Yu Wenhua and even a fraction of Li Mi, so his final demise is inevitable.

So far, Yu Wenhua has no choice but to make a desperate bet and continue to fight. As a result, Yu Wenhua raised the strength of the whole army to attack Liyangcang, and at the same time made a large number of siege equipment. However, Xu Shixian, who was stationed in Liyangcang, had already prepared. Xu Shiyun ordered people to dig a trench outside the city to block Xiaoguo's offensive and prevent him from attacking the city. At the same time, Xu Shiyun quietly dug a secret passage, and then sent an elite army to go around Xiaoguo's back and launch a surprise attack, and Xiaoguo was defeated. Yu Wenhua was forced to burn the siege equipment and led the army to evacuate Liyang in embarrassment.

In the Battle of Liyang, the Wagang Army defeated Yu Wenhua in the first battle and recaptured Liyang. Soon, Gai Cong, the special envoy of Luoyang, came to Li Mi's army and brought an edict from Yang Tong, the lord of Huangtai. After receiving the edict from the emperor, Li Mi immediately expressed his willingness to turn enemies into friends with Luoyang.

In order to show his sincerity, Li Mi specially appointed Li Jian, a member of the Marshal's Mansion Office, Xu Shiyu and others from the Shangkai Mansion to go to the Eastern Capital to meet the emperor. At this time, the emperor was interested in forming an alliance with Li Mi, and seeing Li Mi's envoy to meet him, it was naturally in line with his wishes. Therefore, the emperor worshiped Li Mi as the Tai Lieutenant, Shang Shuling, the Marshal of the Daxingtai Marching Army in the Southeast Road, and the Duke of Wei.

The Emperor Tai will attack Yu Wenhua and all matters to Li Mi. Moreover, he also promised Li Mi that as long as Yu Wenhua was pacified, he would be allowed to enter the auxiliary government of the court: "He uses military tactics to make a Wei Gong festival." "In July of the first year of Wude (618), Zhang Quan, the emperor of Daliqing, and Cui Shanfu, the emperor of Hongluqing, went to Li Mi's army to read the emperor's edict, which was commanded by Li Mi with full powers, and attacked Yu Wenhua:

Before today, the salty party brushed away, so that in the future, they will be sympathetic to each other. The weight of the seven politics, the public Kuangbi, the benefits of the nine expeditions, and the command of the commission.

After Zhang Quan and others came to the Qingqi Wagang Army camp, Li Mi faced north and received the edict. In this way, Li Mi officially accepted the canonization of the Luoyang side and formally formed an alliance with the Luoyang side. Now that he has accepted Luoyang's canonization, Li Mi can justifiably deal with Yu Wenhua and.

Since withdrawing from Liyang, Yu Wenhua has begun to be on the verge of despair, what happened? The army is about to run out of food. Yu Wenhua has an army of 100,000 in his hands, and eating has become a major problem. Li Mi discovered the shortcomings of Yu Culture and food shortage, so he wanted to take advantage of this weakness and thought of a clever plan.

Li Mi sent someone to inform Yu Wenhua, saying that he was willing to negotiate peace with him, and promised to give 100,000 Xiaoguo to subsidize food. The purpose of Li Mi's move was to consume Xiaoguo's military rations. Li Mi pretended to negotiate peace and promised to deliver food to Xiaoguo, and the stupid Yu Wenhe would definitely let down his guard and eat the remaining military rations without any scruples. Anyway, Yu Wenhua thinks that with the food sent by Li Mi, what are he afraid of!

Sure enough, Yu Wenhua no longer restricted the soldiers from eating food, and the remaining military food was eaten to the point where there was not much left. This is exactly what Li Mi is doing, and this is what he is waiting for. Once the Xiaoguo army runs out of food, the Wagang army can take advantage of the fact that Yu Wenhua and the food are exhausted to defeat Yu Wenhua and Yu in one fell swoop.

Originally, everything was under Li Mi's control. However, at this time, a small accident occurred, forcing Li Mi to advance this battle plan. It is precisely because of this seemingly inconspicuous accident that the fate of the Wagang Army has been completely rewritten, and the fate of Li Mi will also be rewritten.

What kind of accident was this? It turned out that one of the subordinates in the Wagang army had violated military law, and Li Mi wanted to punish him. This subordinate was very scared, so he simply took refuge in Yu Wenhua overnight and explained Li Mi's strategy and discernment. After Yu Wenhua learned about Li Mi's plan, he was extremely angry and felt that Li Mi's heart was too dark.

Yu Wenhua and in one breath, led 100,000 Xiaoguo, waved his army across the Yongji Canal of the Grand Canal, and rushed to Tongshan, pointing directly at the main force of Li Miwagang's army. A big battle is about to kick off, and after repeated thinking, Li Mi finally decided to lead the Wagang army to fight with Yu Wenhua in Tongshan.

In fact, Li Mi could have avoided this unnecessary war. Yu Wenhua and his heart are like arrows, and his goal is to return to Guanzhong. As long as Li Mi gets out of the way, releases the culture and passes, this war can be invisible. In order to attack Luoyang, Li Mi's wise move should be to preserve his strength. However, Li Mi chose to fight with Yu Wenhua. This war directly became a turning point for the Wagang Army from prosperity to decline.

If Li Mi does not fight with Yu Wenhua, perhaps, the later history will be rewritten. The decisive battle with Yu Wenhua greatly damaged the military strength of the Wagang Army, and sounded the death knell of defeat for the defeat of the Wagang Army under Luoyang City. This is Li Mi's biggest mistake.

In this way, the Wagang Army and Xiaoguo, two powerful military groups at the end of the Sui Dynasty, launched a life-and-death decisive battle in Tongshan. According to the records of the "Zizhi Tongjian", the battle situation was extremely tragic, and both sides did their best. As a peasant rebel army, the Wagang Army saw the strength of the elite "Xiaoguo Army" from the Sui Army for the first time; This battle was fought from morning to evening, for a whole day, and the Wagang army was even in danger of defeat for a time. In the scuffle, Li Mi was shot by a stray arrow, fell off his horse, and passed out.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, one of the fierce generals of the "Four Hussars" of the Wagang Army, rushed into the enemy formation and rescued Li Mi with his own strength. Then, Qin Qiong reorganized his soldiers and horses, launched an attack on Yu Wenhua and again, and started a bloody battle with Xiaoguo. In the end, the Wagang army defeated 100,000 Xiaoguo in one fell swoop, and Yu Wenhua and the army fled in defeat:

The secret is the middle of the arrow, the fallen horse is suffocated, scattered left and right, and the chasing soldiers are coming, only Qin Shubao defends it alone, and the secret is exempted. Shubao regained the army and fought with the strength, and turned and retreated.

In the Battle of Tongshan, Li Mi defeated Yu Wenhua's 100,000 Xiaoguo and won a complete victory. After the war, Li Mi collected and surrendered many of his Xiaoguo troops, and his troops were expanded. After defeating Yu Wenhua, Li Mi immediately led his troops to the west and returned to Gongluo, leaving Xu Shiyun to continue to guard against Yu Wenhua.

Although, in the battle of Tongshan, Li Mi defeated Yu Wenhua in one fell swoop. However, after the battle of Tongshan, the Wagang army was also greatly damaged, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 themselves. Therefore, after the Battle of Tongshan, the Wagang Army was already at the end of its strength, and the whole army began to feel tired and tired.

Let's take a look at Yu Wenhua, what is his final ending? Since the fiasco of Tongshan, Yu Wenhua is really gone, and it is impossible for him to continue to return west to Chang'an. In the Battle of Tongshan, his 100,000 Xiaoguo was basically wiped out, and he was either annihilated by the Wagang army or surrendered to Li Mi. In desperation, Yu Wenhua could only take a small number of remnants and aimlessly fled northward, taking one step at a time!

When he fled to Wei County, Yu Wenhua and his side only had 20,000 remnants left, and they were really betrayed. Therefore, at that time, many people defected one after another, and Yu Wenhua and the soldiers who defected had one word: kill! In the face of the rebellion and the decline of the army, what did Yu Wenhua do?

Yu culture did not do anything, but broke the jar and broke it, and pursued the principle of timely fun. Yu culture and drink and have fun all day long, singing and dancing. Every time, after Yu Wenhua was drunk, he pointed at his younger brother Yu Wen Zhiji and scolded him, thinking that they had harmed him to where he is today:

I didn't know it at first, but you will set me up. There is no success now, the horses are scattered, and the name of killing the king is not tolerated by the world. Now the people will be destroyed, will it not be up to you!

For the fall of his brother Yu Wenhua, Yuwen Zhihe was not to be outdone, he himself felt aggrieved, and retorted: "On the day of the victory, the first day was not given, and its new defeat was to be blamed, why not kill me to surrender Dou Jiande!" "When the general trend has gone, the Yuwen brothers still pass the buck to each other like this, and each other's skin is a foregone conclusion.

Yu culture and at this time, it is already at the end of the road. He also knew that his time of death was near. However, Yu Wenhua wanted to live an emperor addiction before he died, saying: "Life is definitely worth dying, wouldn't you be an emperor for a day!" "People inevitably have to die, even if they become emperors for a day, they will die without regrets.

As a result, the puppet emperor Yang Hao became an innocent victim. Yu Wenhua sent people to poison Yang Hao, and then set himself up as the emperor in Wei County, with the country name Xu and the year name Tianshou, and set up a hundred officials. This is just the last madness of Yu Wenhua and before he dies. Evil has evil retribution, and the country of Xu Culture, which was founded only half a year ago, disappeared.

To say that Yu Wenhua was unlucky enough, he finally avoided Li Mi, but entered the realm of Dou Jiande in Hebei again. Yu Wenhua was beaten by Li Mi, and then he was beaten by Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande of Hebei eventually became the terminator of Yu Wenhua and Xu Guo.

In the first month of the second year of Wude (619), Tang Gaozu Li Yuan sent Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, to lead an army to attack Wei County. Yu Wenhua could not resist the attack of the Tang army, abandoned Wei County, and fled to the east to Liaocheng. The Tang army conquered Wei County and captured more than 2,000 people. Immediately afterwards, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, led the Tang army and marched into Liaocheng, encircling Yu Wenhua in Liaocheng.

The Tang army surrounded Yu Wenhua and launched a fierce attack on Liaocheng. At this time, Yu Wenhua and the trapped Liaocheng reached the point of exhaustion, and the army had already run out of food. Therefore, Yu Wenhua took the initiative to ask the Tang army to surrender, hoping to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and save his life. However, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, refused Yu Wenhua's invitation to surrender. At this time, the appeasement deputy envoy Cui Shi suggested that Li Shentong accept Yu Wenhuaji's surrender, but Li Shentong said:

The sergeant has been exposed for a long time, the thief has eaten all his food, and he is in the twilight, I should attack to show the prestige of the country, and scatter his jade silk to work the soldiers, if he surrenders, how will he be rewarded by the army! (Information Governance Guide)

Li Shentong was stubborn and refused to accept Yu Wenhua's surrender. Cui Shi still refused to give up and continued to persuade Li Shentong. Cui Shi believes that this is the territory of Dou Jiande in Hebei, and if Yu Culture is not pacified as soon as possible, if Dou Jiande's army arrives, our army will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on its back and will definitely be defeated. Therefore, we should make a quick decision and accept the surrender of Yu Wenhua, and we can't look at it because of small losses:

Now that the German side is here, if it is not settled, the enemy inside and outside, our army will be defeated. If the husband does not attack it, it is very easy to do it, but he is greedy for his jade silk and does not care!

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Shentong was furious and imprisoned Cui Shi in the army. So, Li Shentong continued to command the Tang army and attacked Liaocheng. However, Dou Jiande had not yet arrived, and Yu Wenhua's third brother, Yu Wenshi, escorted grain and grass from Jibei to come to the relief of Yu Wenhua. Yu Wenhuaji's forces began to gradually recover, so he rearranged the defense of the city to resist the attack of the Tang army.

Yu Wenhua and Yu resisted stubbornly, and Li Shentong was also anxious, and personally commanded the battle. The Tang army attacked Liaocheng in a big way and launched a fierce offensive. Zhao Junde, the assassin of Beizhou in the Tang Dynasty, took the lead in climbing the Liaocheng Tower. However, seeing that Liaocheng was about to be conquered by the Tang army, Li Shentong suddenly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. It turned out that Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, was worried that Zhao Junde would monopolize the first credit, so he stopped the siege. In this way, Liaocheng, which was within the reach of the Tang army, failed to capture.

Sure enough, not long after, Dou Jiande led a large army and rushed to Liaocheng. Li Shentong analyzed the situation, and in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy on his back, he made a quick decision, led the Tang army, and led the troops to withdraw from Liaocheng. Although the Tang army withdrew, Dou Jiande came again. After Dou Jiande arrived, he commanded the army and stormed Liaocheng from all sides, and Yu Wenhua and Lian were defeated in successive battles. In the end, Dou Jiande broke through Liaocheng, and Yu Wenhua was captured by Dou Jiande.

After arresting Yu Wenhua, Dou Jiande ordered Yu Wenhua and his two sons to be escorted to Xiangguo and beheaded for public display. His younger brother Yu Wenzhi and several people from the same party were also beheaded, and their heads were hung outside the military gate. With the killing of Yu Wenhua, Yu Wenzhi and his brothers, the Xu State perished, and the country was established for only half a year. At the same time, this 100,000 Xiaoguo from Jiangdu was finally completely destroyed and withdrew from the military stage at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Due to the sudden intervention of Yu Wenhua and 100,000 Xiaoguo, Li Mi and Luoyang had to turn enemies into friends and jointly deal with Yu Wenhua. However, with the fall of Yu Wenhua, Li Mi and Luoyang's "honeymoon period" also came to an end. After the common enemy is defeated, the two sides have to fight each other again. Therefore, the final decisive battle between Li Mi and the defenders of Luoyang cannot be avoided, and the two sides will eventually have a battle.

However, because of the bloody battle with Yu Wenhua and Tongshan, the vitality of the Wagang army was greatly damaged, and it gradually became the end of the strong crossbow. At this time, if Luoyang is attacked again, there is no chance of victory. So, as the supreme leader of the Wagang Army, how should Li Mi choose? How did the 300,000 Wagang Army, which once dominated the world and shocked the world, be defeated under Luoyang City overnight? As Li Mi, the leader of the anti-Sui alliance who once called for wind and rain, where will he go after he defeats Luoyang?