Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 744 Li Yuan Li Mi
Central Plains.

Liang County, east of Tongji Canal, Yucheng.

The Jiangdu Xiaoguo army returning from the west came here all the way after leaving Pengcheng with Li Yuan and Empress Dowager Xiao.

Further north are the Shandong soldiers of Luo Cheng's father Luo Gui, and westward across the canal are Li Mi's soldiers and horses.

Li Yuan also hesitated for a while whether to go north or west.

"Father, my son thought that he should lead the army to the north, first cross the Yellow River into Hebei, and then go to Guanzhong through the east of Hanoi." It was Li Shimin who spoke. They will never let them enter Guanzhong easily.

After all, now that both sides have an emperor, they are fighting for orthodoxy.

Li Jiancheng thinks that we should go west. His reason is that Luo Gui has a lot of Shandong soldiers, and Luo Cunxiao has already led his troops to help. The Yellow River also has Dou Jiande.

The two sons could not stop arguing.

Li Yuan also hesitated.

In the end, Li Yuan decided to temporarily station in Yucheng, while raising food and grass nearby, and at the same time asked his two sons to select a group of soldiers and horses from the Xiaoguo army, mainly children from Guanzhong, to practice.

You can rest assured that the military power is still in your own hands.

What's more, this Xiaoguo is full of all kinds of refugees, robbers, surrendered rebels, etc. It is extremely chaotic. Although there are many powerful fighters, they can't play a role at all if they are mixed together.

His plan is to pick out tens of thousands of horses, so that each of the three sons can lead an army of tens of thousands of people, and then he will lead another army of his own, so that he can firmly grasp the military power and at the same time improve the strength of the Xiaoguo army. fighting power.

After explaining to his son, Li Yuan began to write letters.

He first sent letters to the clansmen in Luoyang, Daxing, Hedong and other places, telling him that he had embraced the empress dowager to return to Guanzhong, and supported the emperor and emperor, and asked them to prepare, and it would be best to come to Daxing together.

After writing.

Li Yuan thought for a while, and then began to write to Li Mi again.

Wang Shichong embraced the king of Yue as emperor, which was completely beyond his expectations. He never expected that this Wang Shichong would be so courageous, and those officials and generals in Luoyang would follow suit.

Although Wang Shichong has some talents, he looks down on him. When he was the pacifier of Jiangnan, Wang Shichong was still his subordinate.This person does things unscrupulously, without credibility, let alone benevolence and righteousness, but his tactics are indeed not bad.Compared with Li Yuan, his background is worse.

After all, a barbarian was born, although he is also the second generation of officials, but he is far from his status in Guanlong Bazhu country.Therefore, Li Yuan also believes that Wang Shichong has no foundation, and like Luo Cheng, he cannot be supported by noble officials and gentry, and will eventually fail.

Li Mi in Luoyang is now in full swing, but Li Mi is now inferior because of his status as a rebel.

He was originally a descendant of the eight-pillar country, but he was obsessed with rebellion and couldn't extricate himself. He first started from Yang Xuangan, then came back after being defeated, attached himself to Meng Rang, and now he killed the lord and descended to the Sui Dynasty.

However, Li Yuan knew that Li Mi's surrender was just a fake, but he still thought that even if Li Mi had many soldiers and a vast territory, he was a rebel general and his men were full of refugees and bandits, so it was impossible for him to succeed.

So after thinking for a long time, he wrote a letter to Li Mi.

In the letter, he tentatively wanted to recruit Li Mi, saying that as long as Li Mi was willing to express his allegiance to the Emperor Daxing and the Empress Dowager Xiao, then he would find him a position as an auxiliary minister, and even a prince in the future.

After writing this letter, Li Yuan sent people across the canal, looking forward to it very much.

If Li Mi can really surrender sincerely, then he has hundreds of thousands of horses and more than a dozen counties in his hands, so he can unite with the Xiaoguo Army and immediately defeat Wang Shichong, recover Luoyang, and abolish the Luoyang puppet emperor.

In this way, the Daxing court can regain its prestige, and even Luo Cheng may not be feared.

At that time, Luo will become a side general, what is there to be afraid of?

The letter was sent all the way to Jinyong City in the north of Luoyang City.

Li Mi opened the letter and read it, and couldn't help laughing.

Then he said disdainfully to his subordinates, why does Li Yuan think he can recruit us?
"It's not too late for him to come to me."

After finishing speaking, Li Mi really started to write back to Li Yuan.

"Although my elder brother and I have different clans, we all have the same surname Li and have the same roots. I consider myself weak, but I am fortunate to be promoted as the leader of the alliance by the world."

"I hope we can support each other and work together to complete the great cause of capturing Ziying in Xianyang and destroying Shang Xin in Muye. Isn't it grand?"

At the end of the letter, Li Mi also invited Li Yuan to come to Luoyang City to meet and achieve great things together.

Xinyuan Road sent back to Liang County.

Li Yuan, who had been waiting for a long time, opened the letter and couldn't help being extremely disappointed after reading it.

I also hope that Li Mi can return to the imperial court. Unexpectedly, this person is really rebellious and stupid. He really thinks that a group of refugees and thieves under his command can change the dynasty if they occupy a few counties of land?

"Father, what did Li Mi say, are you willing to join me?" Jiancheng asked.

"Li Mi's self-importance cannot be summoned by letters. Instead, he sent a letter calling me to Luoyang to meet the League, and wanted to recruit me to join him."

"Bah, he deserves it too." Li Yuanji said angrily. "Father, since you won't surrender, then we're not too polite. I led my troops across the river to capture Songcheng and Liangjuncheng, but there just happened to be no food in the army."

"Don't be foolish. We now have Luoyang Wang Shichong as our enemy, and Shandong Luo Guifei as our enemy. If we offend Li Mi again, it will be another enemy. If we haven't returned to Guanzhong yet, if we make enemies everywhere, won't it be dangerous?"

Li Yuan thought about it, "After I reply to him, I will pretend to flatter him a few words, and then treat him as my respect, and see if I can become an ally with him temporarily, so that we can also fight against Wang Shichong and Luo Cheng together."

"Da Lang, come and write this letter for Wei Wei." Li Yuan wanted to test his son.

Li Jiancheng took up a pen to write the letter on behalf of his father. Soon, the letter was completed. Li Yuan read it carefully and found that the writing was very suitable for him. Jiancheng told Li Mi in Li Yuan's tone that he could not write two characters of Li in one stroke. My brother has great ambitions, so I will honor him and build a great cause together.

He also said that he was willing to assist Li Mi to destroy Wang Shichong of Luoyang and Luogui of Shandong, and then Dou Jiande of Hebei, so as to level the Central Plains.

Li Shimin said on the side, "After the letter, borrow Liangqiao Second County with Li Mi to temporarily settle down, and then borrow some food from him, and see Li Mi's attitude."

"Is it necessary to write this? I won't borrow money if I write it."

"That's not necessarily the case. We just said that by borrowing land and food, we can help him resist the enemies of Jiyin and Lu County, and protect him from the feudal clan. We also said that when he attacks Luogui in Dongjun, we can send troops to help." Li Shimin. road.

When Li Yuan thought about it, it made sense. In this way, it seemed more sincerity to borrow land and food.

"Okay, just as Erlang said, Dalang, you add these."

(End of this chapter)