Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 724
The autumn of the 12th year of Daye.

Li Mi accepted the edict of Jiangdu Emperor in Jinyong City outside Luoyang City, and transformed from King Wei of Qi State into Duke Wei Guogong of Taifu Shangshu Ling of Sui Dynasty.

From King Wei to Duke Wei, many people did not understand.

"Teacher, we have been against the Sui Dynasty for many years, why do we have to be recruited by the Yang family now? Luoyang City will be captured soon?" Wang Bodang asked Li Mi puzzled.

Li Mi is trying on the purple robe and jade belt given to him by Emperor Jiangdu.

"My anti-Sui heart has never changed."

"Can?"

"Bodang, this is just an expedient change."

Facing his proud student, Li Mi did not hide his thoughts.

Of course, Li Mi never thought of accepting the recruitment, let alone becoming a courtier of the Sui Dynasty, but the current situation in the Central Plains is somewhat beyond Li Mi's surprise.

In other words, he has been in Luoyang City for a long time, but he has actually fallen into a deadlock.

Although Wang Shichong couldn't beat him, he relied on the strength of Luoyang City and refused to surrender.

Although he has many soldiers and horses under his command, it is only a bluff. In fact, there are not many soldiers and horses who can really attack the fortifications. He has been stepping up training, but a strong army cannot be trained in a short time.

"Now there is Dou Jiande in Hebei, Luo Gui in Shandong, Meng Rang in Huaixi, Chen Leng and Lai Huer in Huainan, Yang Yichen in Hebei, Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and Wei Wensheng in Guanzhong. You see, we are enemies on all sides."

Luoyang is a key point, but the problem is that this point cannot be taken now.

So Li Mi was trapped here.

How powerful he was when he surrounded Luoyang.

At that time Dou Jiande was still working as a salt thief in Douzigang.

Meng Rang just wanted to go to Huaixi to be a king of the mountain.

But now, he is still under the city of Luoyang, and even lost most of Shandong.

But Dou Jiande occupied the land of nine counties in Hebei and became the emperor of Xia Dynasty.

Even Meng Rang, an idiot, occupies the land of ten counties in the south of Huaixi Mountain, and he also becomes the emperor.

How can Li Mi be reconciled?

Now this deadlock must be broken, but at this time Meng Rang not only didn't want to help him, but wanted to come and swallow his soldiers.

Therefore, for Li Mi, Meng Rang is already an enemy rather than a friend.

He now has no allies, which is a very dangerous situation.

Under such circumstances, the emperor wanted to recruit him to fight Luo Gui in Shandong, and Li Mi naturally couldn't ask for it.

At least, he accepts the recruitment for the time being, so Wang Shichong from Luoyang, Chen Leng from Pengcheng, and Xiaoguo Army from Huainan will not come to beat him for the time being.

"Then the teacher is really going to fight Shandong? This is just a trick of the dog emperor. He wants us to fight against each other!"

"I don't know, but the deadlock must be broken, otherwise we will be finished if we continue."

When Yang Xuangan raised his troops back then, Li Mi offered Yang Xuangan the best strategy to attack Zhuojun and block Linyu Pass, the middle strategy to attack the capital in Guanzhong, and the worst strategy to attack Luoyang.

But now Li Mi has been fighting under the city of Luoyang for more than half a year.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to Xijing Daxing City, but that he can't help it.

No choice.

At this time, he can still go to Daxing, but what should he do along the way?
How to break Tongguan?

If Luoyang City can't be taken, can Daxing City be taken?

Now under the city of Luoyang, at least there is still a Xingluo warehouse to support him with food.

If he abandons Luoyang and goes to Guanzhong, not only will his army's food and grass become a big problem, but even many of the people who are attached to him now probably won't go with him to Guanzhong, because many of them are from the Central Plains , They are more interested in fighting Luoyang than going to Guanzhong.

Guanzhong is a good place, it can attack and defend.

But he was already here in Luoyang, so he couldn't leave all this and go to Xijing. If he left, what's the use of going?

"What if the Sui army strikes from behind when we attack Shandong?"

"That's why I didn't say to attack Shandong now. I have already sent people to Lujiang in Huaixi to welcome Mengrang, saying that Luoyang City is about to be captured, and welcome him into Luoyang City."

Now Wang Bodang didn't understand even more.

"Meng Rang is determined to seize the teacher's soldiers and horses, so why welcome him to Luoyang?"

Li Mi just smiled.

"Because this is the key to breaking the game!"

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Huaixi.

Lujiang County, Hefei City.

Meng Rang, the emperor of Qi, was a little moved after receiving Li Mi's letter.

Although Hefei is a big city in Huaixi, it is still too far away.With this as the capital, there are neither decent palaces nor eunuchs and maids.

Luoyang City is different.

Luoyang is the capital, a new capital that has only been built for ten years, everything is brand new, majestic and majestic.

Meng Rang once went to Luoyang to do business and saw the prosperity of the Eastern Capital.

I have also watched Ziwei Palace City in Luoyang from afar. If I can enter Luoyang City, take Luoyang as the capital of Qi State, and Ziwei Palace as my imperial palace, what a wonderful thing it would be.

Not to mention, since Luoyang City is huge and full of wealth, there will be many concubines and beauties in the palace.

"It just so happens that this Li Mi has never taken me seriously, and has repeatedly disobeyed my will. This time when I went over, I took Li Mi down by the way, and really got the eight counties in Henan. In this way, my Daqi will be With eighteen prefectures and the richest land in the Central Plains, who else in the world will be my opponent?"

After hearing this, all the prime ministers and generals of the puppet Qi said that the emperor's strategy was good. They also envied the prosperity and wealth of Luoyang City, and all wanted to go to Luoyang.

At that moment, Meng Rang decided to go north to Luoyang.

The early winter of the 12th year of Daye.

Meng Rang, the emperor of Qi, led an army of 20 to go north to Luoyang. He went north along the Feishui River.

After crossing the Huaihe River, he entered the jurisdiction of Li Mi. Li Mi had already ordered the soldiers and horses of the counties to welcome the emperor of Qi to drive northward, and provide whatever he wanted.

Such a respectful attitude made Meng Rang and others feel extremely comfortable, and did not take Li Mi seriously.

Going north in this way, passing through Ruyin and Huaiyang, crossing Yingchuan and arriving at Xingyang.

Hulao shut down.

Li Mi personally led his troops from outside the city of Luoyang to Guanqian to greet Shengjia. Meng Rang was more satisfied with this respectful greeting.

"The minister has set up a banquet in the pass to clean up the dust for His Majesty and the officials, please!"

Meng Rang nodded with a smile and praised Li Mi.

"Please, King Wei!"

When Li Mi turned around and took the lead to guide, Meng Rang said to the left and right, "When Luoyang is captured, it will be the day when Li Mi is captured."

In the city of Hulaoguan.

Li Mi's banquet was very sumptuous.

At the banquet, Li Mi raised his glass to toast frequently, and said a lot of congratulatory words to Meng Rang, which made Meng Rang think about whether to save Li Mi's life after the capture of Luoyang, and leave him a virtual tutor or something like that. Let him be raised in Luoyang?
"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with today's food and drink?"

After drinking for three rounds, Li Mi asked.

Meng Rang nodded in satisfaction, "Satisfied, satisfied!"

"It's good that you are satisfied, so Your Majesty will have no regrets on the way to Huangquan." After speaking, Li Mi dropped the cup in his hand to the ground.

The cup fell to the ground, and suddenly a group of knives and axes poured out from the back of the hall.

Cai Jiande, Li Mi's general in the tent, rushed straight in front of Meng Rang, swung his ring-headed sword, and chopped off Meng Rang's head to the ground with one blow.

(End of this chapter)