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But Li Mi is not a vegetarian either. Although he was defeated, his momentum was not down. So he organized a counterattack soon. This time, he brought hundreds of sergeants, and suddenly rushed out of the interception from halfway. The unexpected attack caught Wang Shichong by surprise. Coupled with the rapid arrival of reinforcements, Wang Shichong's army was instantly defeated. Tens of thousands died, the corpse almost blocked Luoshui, and six officers were beheaded by Li Mi, and only Wang Shichong escaped in embarrassment.
Li Mi took the Yanshi with a vigorous victory and built near the eastern capital of , and Jinyongcheng (probably reached the thirty-seventh of the south of Jinhe) in Mengjin For more than ten thousand, a large number of soldiers of the Sui Dynasty surrendered, and large areas between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River rushed to surrender. Li Mi became the most powerful anti-Sui armed force in the Central Plains, and the soldiers all persuaded him to become emperor.But Li Mi didn't want to claim the emperor at this time. He wanted to take the Eastern Capital Luoyang first and then claim it as emperor, so he said to the soldiers: "East Capital is not peaceful, let alone." But Luoyang is destined to be unable to win. After that, there is no hope of proclaiming the emperor, because a new emperor will succeed to both things in a few months, and he will not be able to do either of these two new emperors.
In May of this year, Yu Culture and killed Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang in Jiangdu (now Yangzhou). Li Yuan abolished Yang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor, Sui and Yue King Yang Tong also proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, Yu Wenhua and also went all the way north from Jiangdu, approaching Luoyang. Feeling that he was insecure, Yang Tong wanted to use the Wagang Army to resist the threatening Yu culture, so he sent the envoy to worship Li Mi as the captain, Shang Shuling, and the marshal of the southeast line, and named Wei Guogong . And Li Mi actually accepted this meaningless title, leading the Wagang Army to work for Yang Tong, desperately resisting Yu Wenhua and.
In June, 100,000 U.S. culture and troops arrived at Liyang . Li Mi also led the Wagang army to chase all the way, and the two armies faced off across the river.
Li Mi, as the Taiwei, Shang Shuling, the Marshal of Southeast Taiwan, and Wei Guogong, scolded Yu Culture and said: ", your servant was originally , the servant of the Xiongnu , , father and son brothers, are favored by the court. And you married the princess as your wife. The emperor has lost your morals and you can’t be admonished. Instead, you have tortured and killed the emperor and committed such evil things. Where do you want to go today?"
He was speechless, and after being silent for a while, he began to yell at him, full of foul language and out of order. It seems that he is giving up this old face and let Li Mi taste the taste of the market rascals.Li Mi was scolded all at once and didn't know how to deal with it. He looked at the left and right and said helplessly: "Just such a vulgar and vulgar person, dare to murder the emperor, I must destroy him." So, first sent five hundred people, Secretly burned Yu Wenhua's siege equipment, and the fire was burned all day and night without going out.
Yu Wenhua and first came to Liyang for the food of Liyangcang , but the fierce general Xu Shiji who was stationed in Liyang was unable to attack Liyang at all. However, Li Mi kept dragging him down the station, and when he was running out of rations, he pretended to make peace and promised to provide food. Yu Wenji asked the hungry soldiers to let go of their belly to eat, and when they were full, they could go to Luoyang with Li Mi, but when the last grain of grain was eaten, Li Mi's promised gift had not yet arrived, and he woke up. But I've been fooled by Li Mi! Yu Wenhua, who was so embarrassed and angry, and how could he give up, tried his best to fight Li Mi to the death. During the battle, Li Mi was shot by Liuya , and he simply stationed his troops in Jixian. Yu Wenhua and helpless, only looted Ji County and ran to Wei County (near Hebei Province today).
Just as Li Mi was struggling with Yu Wenhua and each other, Wang Shichong was nervously preparing for the battle. While trimming his equipment, he rewarded his troops and boosted morale again, preparing for another decisive battle with Li Mi. At the same time, the Yuanwen that suggested to Yang Tong to recruit Li Mi was also dealt with in Luoyang. At this time, Li Mizheng took the victorious teacher and prepared to enter the Eastern Capital to serve as the young court of Yang Tong. When he heard the news that Yuanwen had been killed, he immediately returned to Jinyong City. Li Mi was thinking about performing a Zen drama performed by Li Yuan in Chang'an in Luoyang, but it was a pity that Wang Shi gave up his thoughts. This is not enough, Wang Shichong will still give him a fatal blow.
After Zhai Rang was eliminated, Li Mi slowly became arrogant and indulgent because no one was holding him back. He was no longer sympathetic to soldiers as before. In addition, there was not much savings in the treasury. The soldiers who won the battle hardly got rewards, and Li Mi paid attention to rewards and comforts for new recruits.The brothers who have followed him from birth to death have less and less benefits, and people's hearts slowly begin to separate.
The composition of the Wagang Army was originally very complicated, including the green forest heroes who gathered in the mountains, the Sui dynasty generals, and the diversified armed forces. They went to Wagangzhai because they wanted to rely on this huge military group to seek benefits. Li Mi also wanted to use these people to achieve his own goals. In fact, they had their own minds and did not have a common goal. As the saying goes, "The whole world is Xixi, all for profit; the world is soil, all for profit." When the interests of these people cannot satisfy the appetite of these people, that is, when the Wagang Army collapses.
It stands to reason that the Wagang Army won the world’s largest granaries. This is the most solid strategic reserve, but Li Mi did not make good use of this advantage. He has no control over the relief of the hungry, and distributes food whenever people come, so that some people throw it on the road at will if they can't carry it, and good food is ruined at will. Not only did Li Mi turn a blind eye to this, he was also very happy. He thought that there was enough food. The treasurer's persuasion was just a breeze in his ears. Xu Shiji's persuasion was exchanged for being sent out. What's more terrible is that he exchanged grain with Wang Shichong for cloth. This is simply an enemy. When Wang Shichong has plenty of food and grass, he will no longer be exchanged, and his subordinates will come to surrender less and less. I repented, but it was too late.
In September of the first year of Wude (618 AD), Wang Shichong, who had a lot of soldiers (thanks to Li Mi), led the main force to find Li Mi for a decisive battle. The first thing was wrong was to send hundreds of cavalry across the Yellow River. The dozen or so generals sent by Li Mi to meet the enemy were wounded and disabled by the hundreds of cavalry, and fled back in embarrassment.
On the second day, Li Mi stayed with Wang Bodang stationed in Jinyong City, and led his main force from Yanshi to wait for the enemy . At the military meeting before the war, Pei Renji suggested sending an army of 20,000 to take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy’s elite to fight the eastern capital of Luoyang. Once Luoyang is in a hurry, Wang Shichong will return to the army for rescue, and then find the right fighter to wipe out the eastern capital in one fell swoop. In that way, you can follow Li Yuan and force Yang Tong to submit, and Li Mi can claim the emperor according to the Eastern Capital, and then use it as a base to contend for the world. Li Mi also felt that Pei Inki's suggestion was good, but the generals put forward various proposals. No one could persuade anyone, and they could not reach a consensus. Li Mi didn't know what to do, and Pei Inki's suggestion was thus shelved.
This is Li Mi. Because of his "anticipation of impermanence", he can't make a decision right away. In his hands he holds a granary that can feed the people of the world for 50 years and an army of 300,000. , Missed this opportunity to enter Luoyang, it will force to embark on the road of escape again.
In this way, a good hand made Li Mi play a mess!
(I want to know what is going on, and listen to the next breakdown)
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