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Li Mi is the strongest among the major power factions at the end of the Sui Dynasty. It was so powerful that at that time, Li Yuan, Dou Jiande and others all jointly elected him as the leader of the Sui Dynasty. Wagang Army at its peak had a military strength of up to 200,000, occupying the victory of the Central Plains.
However, it was the wise leader of such a powerful group who was defeated overnight. After defeating Luoyang , he fled to Guanzhong . He couldn't wait and fled again, but was killed by Li Yuan's troops.
Why did Li Mi die? The author believes that we should analyze it from three aspects and observe this matter comprehensively.
1. The right and wrong of Luoyang's strategy
Wangang Army opened Luokoucang to provide relief to the people, its strength increased rapidly. The Wagang Army changed from a group of bandits robbed by the Bian River to a mature army with 200,000 infantry and cavalry mixed with countless good generals.
Li Mi was promoted to Wei Gong by the generals of Wangang and became the real boss. At this time, all the heroes in the world wrote to Li Mi and followed him as the leader of the alliance to destroy the Sui Dynasty. Of course, Dou Jiande, Li Yuan and the leaders of the Shandong rebel army elected him, each with their own selfish intentions, but since they can be recommended, it will show the strength of the Wagang Army from one aspect.
After Li Mi occupied Luokou Cang, he led his army to attack Luoyang, and fought with Wang Shichong in a difficult way, and Luoyang could not conquer it. At this time, the knowledgeable people in the Wagang army, such as Chai Xiaohe, came to persuade Li Mi, and it would be better to bypass Luoyang and go straight to Guanzhong and take down Chang'an , so that they can occupy the political center and achieve greater causes. Li Mi refused and insisted on continuing to attack Luoyang.
This matter is very interesting. A few years ago, when Yang Xuangan launched an armed rebellion, his source of strategy was close to Baima (now Wanxian, Henan), and the Wagang Army's founding place, which was the founding place of the Wagang Army. After Yang Xuangan's uprising, the army was also stuck under the Jiancheng of Luoyang, and failed to defeat it for a long time. Under his command, Li Mi offered three strategies for Yang Xuangan, and also advised Yang Xuangan to bypass Luoyang as soon as possible to directly attack Chang'an, and to conquer Zhuojun , which was far away in Zhuojun , Goguryeo , to have a political beheading. Unfortunately, Yang Xuangan did not adopt it, and the reason was very direct. At that time, many of the rebels were officials of the Sui Dynasty. Their wives, children, children, family wealth and land were in Luoyang, the eastern capital. If they wanted them to give up Luoyang and go to Chang'an, they would definitely give up Yang Xuangan.
The rebels are a combination of interests. There is no sufficient reason for everyone to oppose Emperor Yang of Sui. It’s just that they are banned from the situation. They can play with Yang Xuangan with a bigger vote and earn greater benefits. And when Yang Xuangan follows you, he needs to pay the price of destroying his family and relatives, who will continue to support you?
Li Mi rejected Chai Xiaohe's suggestion because of this. Most of the Wagang Army were from the Central Plains, and it was acceptable to fight Luoyang, and it was still considered a hometown. However, if you cross Luoyang to Guanzhong, it has little to do with the direct interests of the soldiers of the Wagang Army. Li Mi and Yang Xuangan have the same concerns when they insist on giving up Luoyang to attack Chang'an.
So, the powerful Wagang army was dragged down by Luoyang City , and Li Yuan took advantage of the situation to take down Guanzhong and lay the foundation for the founding of the country.
Judging from the results, it is wrong to attack Luoyang and abandon Chang'an. Li Mi paid the price for his misjudgment of his strategy, and some people mocked Li Mi for becoming the boss, Yu Ming became confused. This is actually not objective. When Li Mi was a strategist, he stood at the point not the overall situation, but simply considered it from a military perspective. What Yang Xuangan needs to consider, measure and integrate is the human heart, reality and various contradictions. It is necessary to find a line that can maximize interests on different lines of interest. It is actually difficult to make reasonable judgments, and it is often made step by step under chaotic conditions.
According to the conditions of the Wagang Army at that time, if they really abandon Luoyang and leave, from a military perspective, the Wagang Army’s logistics supply base is in the Luokou area. You can try it as long as you want to fight here, and you don’t have to worry about logistics issues. If Sheluoyang enters Guanzhong and there is no reliable supply base ahead, what will the more than 200,000 Wagang Army eat? Is it still robbery? This is unrealistic and cannot be accomplished.In addition, Wang Shichong is very terrifying, very resilient, never dies, and can bite back from time to time. Li Mi was also very worried that she would let such a strong enemy be placed on her back.
Of course, Li Mi is even more worried, it comes from the inside.
2. Kill Zhai Rang affects how much
Kill Zhai Rang is a pit that Li Mi could not survive until his death.
Zhai Rang is the real founder of the Wagang Army. Like Chao Gai , this founder was reckless and heroic and lacked strategy. He was plundering in his hometown Dongjun . Later, under the persuasion of Xu Shiji, he marched south and plundered the official ships on the Bian River. His troops gradually grew to more than 10,000 people.
If Zhai Rang had always led this armed force, at best, he would be local bullies like Meng Haigong , Li Zixiong , Shen Faxing , and Meng Haigong. He had no comparative advantage in the peasant army at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
In military affairs, Zhai Rang and his confidant generals Shan Xiongxin , Xu Shiji and others did not have a very clever way. They were beaten by the famous Sui Dynasty Zhang Xutuo and fled, and they could not come up with a good solution. Of course, we are not saying that Xu Shiji is not good. Xu Shiji was later second only to and Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty, which shows that he is a growth general, not a genius who is at the peak of his debut. In the early days of the Wagang Army, he was also a young man with average knowledge.
Li Mi's arrival brought complete changes to the Wagang Army.
First of all, Li Mi formulated a strategy to compete for Luokou Cang and establish a larger base, and put forward the banner of anti-Sui politics, rather than being satisfied with the green forest-style plundering life. Li Mi was born in the Guanlong Group and inherited the Duke of the Northern Zhou to the Sui Dynasty. He knew all the people of high-level politicians, especially after participating in the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, there is no doubt that he has a brilliant vision.
Secondly, in military affairs, Li Mi was not afraid of Zhang Xutuo. Under his command and design, the Wagang Army did not add one person or one general. He relied on changes in tactical style to wipe out all Zhang Xutuo's troops and killed this powerful general who professionally suppressed the peasant uprising army. Later, under the guidance of Li Mi, the Wagang Army imitated the system of the Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasty government troops, established a regular infantry and horse army, and was divided into battalions, with strict military appearance and clear orders. It was no longer the sloppy green forest robbers of the past, but became an elite army that could fight tough battles with the regular army of the Sui Dynasty.
The series of victories of the Wagang Army not only made the Sui Dynasty's official army and the rebel army look at each other with admiration, but also made everyone in the Wagang Army, including Zhai Rang, sincerely admire them. This directly led to the transformation of the leadership status. Zhai Rang made Xian the second, Li Mi became the eldest, and Jian was the one who was known as the public, and was in the limelight.
Li Mi is the trend of being the boss, and it is the only way for the Wagang Army to open the ceiling and continue to grow bigger and stronger.
But Zhai Rang's status has always been a difficult problem.
After Li Mi became Duke of Wei, he appointed Zhai Rang as Situ. Zhai Rang still had a large number of troops. Dan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji and other powerful generals still obeyed his command. Zhai Rang set up a battalion. This was Li Mi who was allowed to establish Li Mi to establish Pushan Camp at that time (Li Mi inherited the title of Duke of Pushan County in the Sui Dynasty), and deliberately followed Zhai Rang to maintain independence.
This problem is too big. To put it simply, there are many political and poor command. To put it bluntly, who has the final say in the Wagang Army? In fact, some minor problems have already arisen in the daily power operation of the Wagang Army. Zhai Rang could control the property of the surrendered general at will, and dared to openly beat Li Mi's officials. Zhai Rang may be due to his unintentionality, which is entirely due to his rough and generous personality. But in Li Mi's opinion, this is all about challenging him. Uncle can tolerate it, but aunt can't bear it.
plus Zhai Rang's subordinates do not have truly sensible and wise intellectuals. They are all rough people like Wang Ruxin and Shan Xiongxin. They are not good at lubricating oil between Li and Zhai, but instead contribute to the fire and deliberately aggravate the conflict between the two.
Li Mi understands Zhai Rang very well and has a lot of trust in him. But he could not predict nor control the people behind Zhai Rang. It is not easy for the Wagang Army, a large ship, to get through now, and there must be no civil strife.In addition, Zhai Rang's group of stupid fools under him encouraged Zhai Rang to be the priest of the Great Tomb and take back the supreme power, which touched Li Mi's bottom line and finally led to a bloody case.
After Zhai Rang's death, his troops were dispersed and some people wanted to escape. Li Mi quickly expressed through Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji that he had no intention of expanding the massacre, and that the crime would end with Zhai Rang and his family. This was barely maintained. What are the negative effects of
? The Wagang Army did not have much impact during its rising period. Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others were all independent generals and played a very good role with all their hearts and responsibilities. This is easy to understand. Everyone has a bright future and has the benefits that are visible to the naked eye. Li Mi showed a great mind. Everyone is in their own position, and it looks nothing on the surface.
However, the bloody case is a bloody case after all, and killing Zhai Rang is an unjust thing after all. Once the Wagang Army encounters setbacks, suspicion, suspicion, hostility, uneasiness, differentiation, etc., various hidden factors will ferment infinitely. As Liu said in " Three-Body ", suspicion chain.
Li Mi didn't know what Xu Shiqi was like inside, Xu Shiqi didn't know whether Li Mi knew his true thoughts, and Li Mi didn't know whether Xu Shiqi knew whether he knew his true thoughts...
So when Li Mi lost in Luoyang, he didn't dare to go to the camp of Xu Shiqi in Liyang for a while. He was afraid that Xu Shiqi would follow suit, so he also had a Hongmen banquet... So when the Wagang Army lost, Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Zhijie , Qin Shubao and others were willing to join Wang Shichong, the mortal enemy.
comprehensively discusses it. How much impact is there for killing Zhai Rang? This is an inquantifiable question. Under different historical conditions, the destructive power of this event is different. The unreasonable thing is that Li Mi was too selfish and adopted an inappropriate and overly intense treatment method, and a scar was deeply carved out on the iron plate of Wagang Jun.
Unfortunately, he could chisel it out, but couldn't fix it.
3. Should we build Yu Culture and
All kinds of bad factors are linked. The decisive battle between
and Yu Wenji greatly amplified the hidden dangers of the Wagang Army. After Yu Wenhua and killed Emperor Yang of Sui in Jiangdu, he led more than 100,000 Xiaoguo Army to the north. The Xiaoguo Army was an elite army formed in the late years of Emperor Yang of Sui, most of which were northerners. Emperor Yang of Sui stayed in Jiangdu for a long time, and Xiaoguojun was unable to go home to reunite with his relatives. He complained and was confused. Yu Wen and his ability to master this Xiaoguo Army and even encouraged them to kill the emperor was to capture the Xiaoguo Army's eagerness to go home.
Xiaoguo Army marched north and west along the canal. The initial idea was to return to the fundamental place of Guanzhong, but he had no choice but to Henan, and the way to the west was blocked.
Such a large regular army in the court suddenly came to Henan, which is a great threat to any force.
The first person to be affected is Wagang Army. Yu Wen and his westward advance were blocked, so they continued to go north, threatening Li Mi's rear. Li Mi decisively chose to reconcile with the Luoyang court, and even accepted the revenge on the surface, so as to take the lead and deal with Yu Wenji's threat.
Li Mi’s decision is somewhat idealistic and a bit too arrogant.
He wanted to fight back and kill Xiaoguo army immediately, stabilize the areas of Liyang, Dongjun, Bian and Xing, and then come back to fight with Wang Shichong. But he seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Xiaoguo Army and chose a way to fight hard to fight against the Xiaoguo Army. As a result, many powerful soldiers and good horses died, and the Wagang army was seriously injured, giving Wang Shichong the opportunity to take advantage of your illness to kill you.
How to deal with Yu Culture and problems?
The author believes that there are two ways to improve:
First, it is to form an alliance with Yu Wenhe, to support the Xiaoguo army to advance westward and jointly deal with the Luoyang regime. Yu is quite stupid in culture and politics, and is completely incomparable to Li Mi. Is there a possibility of being a gun envoy for the Wagang Army? After all, Yu Wenhua killed Emperor Yang of Sui, and the Wagang army rebelled against Emperor Yang of Sui, and there was no fundamental conflict between us.
Second, defend yourself from the ground, do not fight to the death, and give gifts to the country. The actual control scope of the Wagang Army is actually only in central Henan, and Shandong and south of Ruying are actually only obeying their orders.The Wagang Army could completely abandon its nominal territory, allowing Yu Wenhua and temporarily go to Shandong or southern Henan to settle down, just to keep the core base of the Wagang Army from threats. Everyone can get the best of both, and the Wagang Army can continue to fight Wang Shichong. Is there a better way to deal with
? It depends on the wisdom of all readers and friends, so you can discuss it.
In short, Li Mi chose the worst way to deal with it, perhaps because he won consecutive games and no longer took strong enemies seriously.
Wagang Army was attacked by Wang Shichong overnight because of his decision-making mistakes, which triggered a total collapse. It was really a tragedy to end in such an indecent way.
