Original Since defeating Zhang Xutuo in the Battle of Dahai Temple, the power of the Wagang Army has expanded rapidly, occupying 13 counties in Henan. The number of troops has reached 600,000, and it has become the largest rebel force. At this time, Wagang Army
There is also a crisis within the military
After Li Mi defeated Zhang Xutuo, he raised the flag of Wei Guogong and marched eastward. Officials from various counties and counties in Henan surrendered to Li Mi one after another. Li Mi comforted them with good words and ordered them to perform their respective duties. He strictly enforced military discipline and killed those who killed people, which increased his prestige.
Along the way, countless rebel kings from all walks of life surrendered to him. When Li Mi reached Qi County, his army had reached 400,000 people, far more than Zhai Rang's 200,000 people.
In order to attack Luoyang and control the grain, Li Mi enlarged the Luokou warehouse several times and built Luokou City, which became the capital of the Wagang Army. The core armies of Li Mi and Zhai Rang were stationed in Luokou City.
It occupies half of the city, and each of them also occupies half of the grain in Luokou warehouse.
On the surface, the two are still as close as brothers, but behind the scenes, the two are secretly competing for food and military supplies.
At this time, Li Mi had become the leader of the Wagang Army in military terms, and Zhai Rang was only the deputy general. However, in terms of personnel and internal affairs, Zhai Rang held great power. Just like Cheng Yaojin's joke, although the two brothers separated, they still had great power.
Still living together, as time goes by, there will inevitably be some stumbling blocks, but the two of them are not as simple as brothers separating. As their careers gradually grow, the two have different understandings of some key issues, which makes their relationship
Conflicts began to intensify.
Zhai Rang's brother, Zhai Hong, was an extremely greedy and lustful person. He was granted the title of Zhuguo by Zhai Rang, Duke of Xingyang County, and led 50,000 troops to garrison Xingyang County. Zhai Hong did not have much ability, so he was one of the veterans and commanders of the army.
Brother, he became Zhai Rang’s second-in-command, robbing women, plundering money, and occupying fertile farmland in Xingyang County, and committed all kinds of evil.
That night, Zhai Hong invited several of his generals to drink in his mansion. He also called out a few concubines to accompany them. They held beauties in their arms, drank and fisted, and made a lot of noise and excitement until the first watch. Zhai Hong had already
Seventy percent drunk.
Among these subordinates, there was a general named Wang Baoquan. He came to Zhai Hong to ask for something. When he saw that it was almost time, he smiled at Zhai Hong and said: "Second Master, brother, I have something to ask for. I wonder if I can help you."
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"If you have anything to say, just say it. Why are you so polite to your brother?"
"That's it. I have a brother-in-law named Wang Zhan. He is a captain under my command. Two days ago, he molested a common girl. He was caught by Li Mi's patrol and taken to Luokou City. Can the second master help me?
Intercede and ask Li Mi to let him go."
"What! That bastard dares to arrest people on my territory. It is against the will of heaven. Don't worry, I will go to Luokou City the day after tomorrow. I will get the people back. If he dares not to let them go, he will never want to cross the border from Xingyang in the future."
When Li Mi was mentioned, Zhai Hong suddenly thought of something irritating. He slammed his wine bowl on the table and cursed: "He's stupid. I don't know if my brother's head was caught in the door. Li Mi wants to respect him."
He actually refuses to be the emperor. If he doesn't want to be the emperor, then let me do it and let me have a taste of what it's like to be the emperor."
"It's great to be an emperor! You can choose any woman in the world. Every night you sleep with the most beautiful woman in the world."
Everyone laughed rudely and reached out to touch the woman in their arms. Several concubines lowered their heads and endured the humiliation without saying a word.
At this time, Wang Baoquan smiled again and said: "Actually, the most beautiful woman in Xingyang County is right next to me, but it's a pity that the second master can't get it."
"Who is it?" Zhai Hong asked with great interest.
"Don't you know, the second master? King Yang Qing's princess is said to be as beautiful as Queen Xiao. She is beautiful and beautiful. I saw her once two years ago and I still can't forget it. There are also his two daughters who are also extremely beautiful.
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There was silence at the banquet. The governor of Xingyang and King Yang Qing were persuaded by Li Mi to surrender a few days ago and returned to Xingyang City to pick up his family. The palace is sorting things out and will go to Luokou City in two days. The family will stay here temporarily for the past few days.
In the palace in Xingyang City, Li Mi sent more than a hundred soldiers to guard the palace, and strictly ordered that no one was allowed to disturb him, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed!
This kind of silence is particularly torturous, piercing Zhai Hong's face like a needle. If it were normal, he would hate it in his heart, but he would not dare to say anything. He could not afford to offend Li Mi, but now he is seventy percent drunk.
Then he lost his mind and punched the table hard, "Damn it, he's just a surrendered prisoner of war. Have I killed too many Sui officials in these years? Since it's on my territory,
It’s up to me to make the decision.”
He stood up and waved to everyone, "Let's go! Go play princess with me."
All of his generals were vicious bandits. Some of them were thinking about the princess excitedly, while others were thinking about King Xun's jewels and money. Since Zhai Hong was willing to take the lead, they all shouted to follow Zhai Hong.
In the middle of the night, thousands of soldiers followed Zhai Hong and rushed to the front of Prince Xun's Mansion. There were more than a hundred sentries at the gate of Prince Xun's Mansion, all of them were Li Mi's men. When they saw Zhai Hong approaching with menacing force, they all drew their swords and shouted: "
Stop! Kill anyone who comes close."
Zhai Hong was so timid that he shouted, "Kill me!"
Thousands of soldiers rushed forward, surrounded more than a hundred people, and killed them. Continuous screams pierced the quiet night sky. In a moment, more than a hundred guards sent by Li Mi were all killed. The soldiers broke open the gate of the palace, and Zhai
Hong laughed ferociously, "Keep the women and kill all the men!"
Hundreds of people rushed into the palace. Zhai Hong had a yinous smile on his face. The woman he wanted, who could stop him? He got off his horse and strode towards the palace. There was a miserable wind and rain in the palace, with screams and cries.
Shouts and cries became a chorus
Opposite the palace, two black figures huddled in fear. They were soldiers sleeping in the corner and luckily escaped the massacre.
Two days later, the news that King Yang Qing and his son were killed, and that the princess and the two county heads were violently killed by insurgents reached Luokou City. Li Mi was furious. The King of Xi was the puppet emperor he planned to support, so he killed him.
The king of Xi ruined his major affairs, and the reputation of the Wagang Army was ruined. This would make officials everywhere dissatisfied. Who would dare to surrender to him in the future?
He even dared to kill his own men. Li Mi gritted his teeth and pulled out the knife suddenly, 'Zhai Hong, I have to kill you!'
"Follow me to Situ Mansion!"
Li Mi walked out of the mansion angrily and got on his horse. He was going to find Zhai Rang's important people. Suddenly, his soldiers pointed in the distance and shouted: "Wei Gong, Zhai Situ is here!"
Zhai Rang was seen riding on horseback with hundreds of guards. Behind him, Zhai Hong was naked and tied to the horse. When Zhai Rang saw Li Mi, he shouted from afar: "Brother, I came to apologize to you."
Zhai Rang also heard about the stupid things his brother did while drunk. He didn't blame his brother for killing the King of Xun, but he blamed his brother for killing Li Mi's people, which made him unable to let go of his face, so he made a gesture.
Li Mi looked coldly at him and Zhai Hong behind him. Zhai Rang got off his horse and ordered: "Bring him up!"
Several guards pushed Zhai Hong up and knelt on the ground. Zhai Rang whipped him hard, "You still haven't apologized!"
Zhai Hong was forced to come here by his brothers, but he was dissatisfied. He lowered his head and said bitterly: "I drank wine and became confused for a moment. I killed Wei Gong's men. I apologize to Wei Gong!"
Li Mi sneered, "You kill my men and apologize, I don't care for Situ's sake, but you killed King Xi and insulted the princess, but I can't spare you, come on!"
Li Mi shouted sharply: "Behead me!"
Li Mi's soldiers stepped forward to arrest Zhai Hong, but Zhai Rang's face changed drastically. He stood in front of his brother and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Zhai Rang stared at Li Mi and said slowly: "Wei Gong really doesn't want to give me this face?"
Li Mi said with no expression on his face: "I have already said that I don't care about the person who killed me, but he dared to kill King Xi and ruined my elder brother's opportunity to fight for the world. I will never forgive him."
Zhai Rang burst out laughing. Suddenly, he stopped laughing, looked at Li Mi and said coldly: "I know that the opportunity you are talking about is nothing more than to establish King Xun as emperor. That is just your wishful thinking. I have never agreed.
However, King Xi killed so many of our brothers and Sui officials, and killed so many of us, but you protected them like treasures. Tell you, I am going to kill them all, and King Xi,
My eldest brother killed well, I will reward him greatly. I, Zhai Rang, led my brothers to overthrow the Sui Emperor, and I definitely did not intend to establish another Sui Emperor."
After saying that, Zhai Rang snorted heavily and waved his hand, "Let's go!"
He took hundreds of guards and got on his horse and drove away. Zhai Hong was also untied. Li Mi stared at Zhai Rang's back, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. Zhai Rang had become his biggest stumbling block in his fight for the world, and he had to kill him.
When Zhai Rang returned to his home, he was still angry. He also began to be intolerable to what Li Mi had done. His brothers rebelled against him and died in battle, and their families were ruined. But in the end, the high-ranking official and his generous salary were
Occupied by the surrendered Sui officials, the Wagang army occupied countless counties, but the counties were still controlled by these Sui officials, but these Sui officials regarded Li Mi as their benefactor, paid allegiance to Li Mi, and gave him Zhai.
Dismissing it, in the final analysis, Li Mi had already taken possession of the lands conquered by the Wagang Army soldiers in this way.
This is the most intolerable thing for Zhai Rang. The world belongs to Wagang Army, not Li Mi. The huge crisis has made Zhai Rang consider getting rid of Li Mi. He has been waiting for this opportunity for several years, and now he has
Can't wait any longer.
"Brother, are you looking for us?"
Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode hurried in from outside. They were both his most trusted generals, and both had heavy troops.
Zhai Rang nodded, "Let's talk inside the room!"
He waved to his brother Zhai Hong again, "You come too!"
Zhai Rang led everyone into the room and closed the door. Dozens of guards patrolled the surroundings vigilantly.
The night was deep, and the streets of Luokou City were very quiet. A black figure hurriedly walked along the corner of the house. He soon came to the door of Li Mi's house. He hesitated, then went around to the side door. Just as he was about to knock on the door, someone came out of the darkness.
Suddenly, dozens of people rushed out, and several steel knives were pressed on his neck. They were Li Mi's bodyguards, hidden in the darkness, and very vigilant.
The black shadow quickly raised his hand, "My master sent me to find Mr. Wei to report some important secrets."