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Chapter 284
On the banks of the Yellow River, fine snow fell, one after another falling into the muddy river.Li Mi sits on a rug on the top of Beiman Mountain, looking at the scenery of falling snow on the Yellow River.

The crane cloak and long gown fluttered, and the soldiers on the side put up a big umbrella on top of Li Mi's head to prevent the snow from falling. Before the battle, enjoying the snow scene made Li Mi more calm and confident.

"Report to Wei Gong, Fang Sima wrote, saying that Li Chongjiu supported Mi Gong with Youzhou and seized the world."

Li Mi heard that his eyes were bright, he took the letter to read, said a good word softly, and his eyes drifted across the distant mountains.When Li Mi killed Zhai Rang that day, Zhai Rang was cruel. His younger brother Zhai Hong was lustful, his nephew Zhai Mohou was jealous and jealous, and Wang Ruxin was greedy. Therefore, when they died, none of his subordinates mourned for them.But Li Mi's generals were all suspicious of themselves.

Li Mi also knew this, so he has been commanding the generals of the Wagang Army with the prestige of Lien Chan Lian Jie.Now Li Mi can only win but not lose. Once he loses, all the prestige he has accumulated in victory will be lost, and the crowd will inevitably betray his relatives.

But now Wang Shichong led the Jianghuai elite soldiers to arrive, they are a strong enemy, and Li Mi is not sure of winning, so he has been standing still.In the previous battle between the two sides, the Wagang Army was defeated by Wang Shichong, and Chai Xiaohe was drowned. If Li Mi had not led a fine cavalry assault to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, they would have defeated Wang Shichong, otherwise the Wagang Army would be in danger.
Now that Li Chongjiu changed flags in Youzhou and responded to Li Mi, it undoubtedly boosted Li Mi's current reputation. It can not only stabilize the internal military spirit, but also make people outside, even the world, more optimistic that Li Mi can seize the Eastern Capital, and even the world.

This is a decisive weight, and it weighs heavily on Li Mi's side, so it's not a timely help.Therefore, although Li Mi pretended to be very calm in front of the generals and followers, his sleeves were already shaking slightly.

Li Mi stood up from the scorpion, and swiped the feather fan in the direction of Dongdu. In the heavy snow, his long sleeves fluttered, and Li Mi's posture was as if the king had come to the world.

Just listen to Li Mi's words: "Notify the whole army of Youzhou's affairs, saying that Youzhou will belong to our Wagang Army! Our army took advantage of this momentum, crossed Luoshui, and fought against Wang Shichong."

In the 13th year of the great cause, in November, there was heavy snow in Luoyang.

After Dou Jiande and Li Chongjiu presented their letters to Li Mi successively to support him in seizing the Eastern Capital, the Wagang Army was in full swing.Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin and other Wagang veterans, as well as Pei Renji, Yuan Baozang and other officials from the Sui Dynasty, as well as Meng Rang and other Shandong anti-kings, all congratulated Li Mi and challenged Li Mi together.

At this time, in a big camp east of Luoyang, a man with blue eyes and yellow beard was sitting in the military tent.It was Wang Shichong who repeatedly defeated the rebels with the Jianghuai Army.Because Wang Shichong's ancestors were from the Western Regions, he was born quite different from Han people and Xianbei people.

After Wang Shichong finished reading the letter, he said to the left and right: "I wanted to take advantage of Li Mi to kill Zhai Rang, and the Wagang Army was at odds. worried."

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong sighed: "Li Mi is a talented man, he is a dragon or a snake, and he is unpredictable!"
"Why should the general build up the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? In my opinion, the Wagang army is nothing more than chickens and dogs. Now our army is gathered together and destroying Li Mi is like picking something out of a pocket." Huyalang General Wang Bian said in a deep voice.

Wang Shichong smiled and said: "Yes, I was defeated by Li Mi in the last battle, and I lost my spirit. Now there is such a brave general as Wang Lang, it is really the courage of the three armies!"

Wang Bian listened to Wang Shichong's words, and immediately showed color on his face.

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong looked back to the left and right, and said: "When I was young, I was taught the art of tortoise strategy and push step by the Menggao people in the Western Regions. I calculated that Li Mijue is the emperor's aura. Don't believe any rumors. Rebellious ministers and thieves, how can we overthrow the world of my Tai Sui."

Inside the military tent, several generals of the Sui army showed sarcasm, thinking in their hearts, how can they take the tortoise strategy and push forward skills seriously, as generals, they don't study the art of war, but superstitiously believe in these heresies.How could the Son of Heaven and the King of Yue send such mediocre people to lead the army.

Wang Shi acted as he said: "Everyone, the army is gathered here, and Dongdu has three thousand dollars for a bucket of rice. Our army's food is really hard to support, so I decided to immediately destroy the bandits when we cross Luoshui tomorrow!"

"No!" The generals suddenly took orders.

In November, although Wang Shichong was defeated repeatedly, he got Yang Tong to use the elite transferred from Guanzhong as the backbone, and Huyalang General Wang Bian, General Wang Longshuai, Dugu Wudu, and Hanoi Tongshou Meng Shanyi led an army of 10 as assistants. , plus Wang Shichong's original [-] Jianghuai Army, a total of nearly [-] horses.

Apart from the Imperial Forest Army and the Xiaoguo Army who accompanied him in Jiangdu, Wang Shichong had the only property in the Sui Dynasty that he could afford.At present, Wang Shichong led an army of nearly [-] people across Luoshui, and wanted to be the first to win.

Wang Shichong took the famous general Wang Bian as his vanguard. Wang Bian, whose name is Jinglue, was a native of Feng Yi Pucheng.

After crossing Luoshui, Wang Shichong provoked Wang Bian with words, and several important generals led the attack, leaving his Jianghuai army behind to preserve his strength.

Wang Bian led the army in the first battle, and it was unstoppable. It broke through the outer camp of Li Mi's army, and the Wagang army was almost defeated. However, Wang Shichong was afraid of Li Mi's reputation and did not dare to pursue him.However, Li Mi's brave men attacked at night, Wang Shichong's army was defeated, and the army fled back to Luoshui. When they seized the bridge, they drowned more than ten thousand people, and the general Wang Bian died.

The army was defeated so badly that Wang Shichong did not dare to enter the Eastern Capital. That night, there was a sudden strong wind and cold rain.Wang Shichong went to Heyang alone, and imprisoned himself to plead guilty. Yue Wang Yangtong sent envoys to pardon him, and summoned Wang Shichong back to the Eastern Capital, and gave him gold, silk, and beautiful women to comfort him.

At present, Wang Shichong has committed crimes and meritorious deeds, collected the dead and scattered, and settled Hanjiacheng. All the armies were defeated in this battle, but Wang Shichong's Jianghuai army suffered very little loss.
With the help of the power of this battle, Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong's [-] army, and the elite soldiers of the imperial court were almost wiped out by the Wagang Army.Among the counties in Henan, Wang Qing, the prefect of Xingyang, and Yang Wangshang, the prefect of Liang County, also surrendered to Li Mi at this time.

Immediately, Li Mi gathered more than 30 troops and besieged Luoyang City, and the Eastern Capital was immediately in danger.

Now the land to the east of Dongdu, as well as the coastal land, has been completely owned by the Wagang Army.Li Mi's current momentum is at its peak, and it seems to be a foregone conclusion to replace the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, Li Yuan who was in Jinyang also received a letter from Xue Shouzhi who was in Zhuojun.Before Li Yuan finished reading the letter, he rubbed the letter paper and threw it on the ground, saying: "Zhu Zi, I need you to look at me in the future."

Just when Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong, Li Yuan had completed his military training in Taiyuan and won [-] elite soldiers.

The East Turkic General Kang Jianli led [-] Turkic soldiers and [-] Turkic horses to help Li Yuan go south.And the Western Turkic general Ashina also led the Turkic elite soldiers to enter the pass from Li Yuan.Soon after, Xi Shiling, commander of the Lingshou bandit, surrendered to Li Yuan in thousands, and Li Yuan took Xi Shiling as the general of Zhendong and the Duke of Yanjun.

At present, Li Yuan erected a white flag in front of the army gate of Qianyangmen Street in the east of Jinyang Palace City, and ordered his fourth son Li Yuanji to be the general of Zhenbei and the governor of Taiyuan County, and let him stay in Jinyang, while Li Yuan sent [-] armored soldiers to the south.The Guanlong gentry gathered in various places, and the uprising responded to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's army took the lead.

Immediately, Li Yuan spread his message to all the counties, counted Yang Guang's various crimes, and declared that he would prosper Jinyang, respect the Dai's residence, sweep Xianluo, and set up Ningyu County. His ambition was simply to ask Yang Guang to abdicate, and to change his honor to the acting king who stood in Chang'an as the son of heaven, and he himself was a Sui minister.

People at the time heard it, saying that Li Yuan's move was to promote one emperor and depose another emperor, which is comparable to what Dong Zhuo did back then.

However, in Guanzhong, Yang You, the son of Yang Guang who was welcomed by Li Yuan, dispatched Huyalang General Song Laosheng to station [-] elite troops in Huoyi, and General Zuowu Hou Qu Tutong led Xiaoguo Army to station in the east of the river with tens of thousands. Reject Li Yuan respectively.

Among Zhuojun.
After Li Chongjiu announced that Youzhou supported Li Mi, Fang Yanzao claimed credit for him and stayed in Zhuojun for more than ten days.

When Fang Yanzao was in Zhuojun, all the gentry in Zhuojun, big and small, came to visit him, and there was a bustling crowd immediately.At this time, news came that Li Mi had defeated Wang Shichong's [-] troops in Luoshui. This scene was like a spoonful of hot oil being poured on the ice, and there was a sound of sizzling, which made all the gentry visit Fang Yanzao and go away. Work harder.

Behind Fang Yanzao is Li Mi, and Li Mi is the most likely person in the world to take Yang Guang and replace him. Under the premise of this great advantage, all the nobles in Youzhou can't wait to praise Fang Yanzao every night. foot.When Li Chongjiu heard that Fang Yanzao was very reserved at the beginning, but later it inevitably became corrupted. Only Meiji and the servants accepted more than [-] of them with a smile. As for other treasures, there were countless.
The generals despised him, but Li Chongjiu used this to warn the generals.

However, with Li Mi's victory, the attitude of the three major clans in Zhuo County towards Li Chongjiu has also changed this time. Although the Lu family is still lukewarm, they have expressed their attitude and support Li Chongjiu as the governor of Youzhou.

At present, Li Chongjiu reciprocated and promoted Lu Chengqing to be Sima of Zhuojun County.

As soon as the Lu family made a statement, the rest of the Zhuojun gentry also eliminated the original three-no policy, and the officials of Zhuojun, big and small, also resumed their posts and started working, and began to deal with the official duties accumulated in the past month.With the approval of the gentry, Li Chongjiu can initially grasp the entire Zhuo County in his hands.

As for Fang Yanzao, when he saw that the big and small gentry in Zhuojun had all joined Wei Gong, and Li Chongjiu was also safe and sound, he was very satisfied at the moment. Of course, what was more important was that he had gained a lot in Zhuojun this time.

So Fang Yanzao bid farewell to Li Chongjiu and prepared to return to Li Mi.Although Fang Yanzao left, he left Wei Zheng here, saying that he was assisting Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu also knew what Li Mi meant at the moment, and Wei Zheng was here to watch him, but Li Chongjiu was very grateful to Fang Yanzao for this move.After all, except for Wen Yanbo, Li Chongjiu's civil servants are all mediocre. With Wei Zhengzhi's help, Li Chongjiu finally added a minister under his command.

(End of this chapter)