"Zhai Rang was posthumously named King of Wei, Zhai Hong was posthumously named Duke of Qi, and Zhai Mohou was posthumously named Duke of Lu County."
"Xu Shiji was granted the title of General of Youwuwei and Duke of Weinan County; Shan Xiongxin was given the title of General of Zuowuhou and Duke of Jiyin County; Bing Yuanzhen was given the title of Minister of Minbu and Marquis of Zhencheng; Marquis of Lingchang; conferred on Pei Renji General Zuo Xiaowei, Duke of Xiangcheng County; granted Pei Xingyan General Zuo Xiaowei, Duke of Yangcheng County; granted Wang Bodang General You Xiaowei, Duke of Jiyang County; granted Hao Xiaode... .”
"The thief, Li Mi, is ungrateful, perverse, greedy and cruel, and the anger of heaven and man... The one who wins Li Mi's head will pardon all his previous crimes, reward him with a thousand taels of gold, a hundred pearls, ten pairs of jade walls, a hundred servants, a noble Feng Guogong."
Li Mi was so angry that his balls were trembling when he read Hua Jixiong’s appeal to the puppet emperor Yang Hao, even though he decided to refuse to pay Hua Jixiong grain at the same time, Li Mi was already ready to turn against Hua Jixiong Cheng Qiu was mentally prepared, but Li Mi never expected that the Huaji Brotherhood would act so quickly and do things so terribly!
Li Mi is not afraid of Brother Huaji coming to fight head-on, nor is he afraid of Brother Huaji stabbing him in the back, but Brother Huaji stabbed Li Mi's balls this time! Zhai Rang was conferred the title of Duke of Wei, Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou were conferred the titles of dukes, and several important subordinates of Zhai Rang and Li Mi were conferred a bunch of official titles. By doing this, Hua Ji brother made it clear that he wanted to sow dissension. Starting from Zhai Rang's hatred for Li Mi, he also made it clear that he wanted Li Mi's life, leaving no room for mediation! Li Mi can allow Brother Huaji to show off in front of him, or he can temporarily grovel to Brother Huaji for his own benefit, but Li Mi can never tolerate Brother Huaji stabbing his balls, poking the most painful scar in his heart!
Uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it anymore, Brother Hua Ji's big slap has already been slapped on Xiao Hei's face, Li Mi can't bear it no matter what! So Li Mi immediately summoned the important civil and military personnel under his command, and presented in public the announcement of Brother Hua, who would sooner or later be known to them, and then explained again that he had slaughtered Zhai Rang's family out of necessity, and more importantly, to oppose the great cause of the Sui Dynasty and overthrow Sui Yang. For the sake of the great affairs of the emperor's tyranny, there is absolutely no selfishness! He also took out a knife and put it in front of him, inviting his subordinates who felt guilty to go forward and count their sins, and then hacked themselves to death with the knife!
Of course, no one counted Li Mi's crimes, let alone hacked Li Mi to death with a knife. Some just performed the loyalty dance, yelling that Yu Wenhua and beasts are inferior, with a human face and a beast's heart, laughing at fifty steps at a hundred steps—it is indeed a hundred steps. Step by step ridiculed fifty steps, Pei Renji, a professional cheater, in order to show his loyalty, even pulled his son to immediately take the cavalry to find Brother Hua and fight for his life!
After thanking Pei Renji and his son for their loyalty, Li Mi delivered another impassioned speech, and then publicly announced that he would start a new war with Brother Hua Ji, and he would never make peace in the end! The generals of Li Mi's army, who had already been frightened by Brother Huaji in the Battle of Tongshan, agreed loudly, and vowed to fight Huaji brother one after another, and would never withdraw the troops if Huaji brother was not destroyed, but they felt a little trembling in their hearts, but When Li Mi officially announced that he had secretly concluded an alliance with Chen Sangliang and planned to join forces to destroy Brother Huaji, the venue immediately became erupted again, and many generals directly exclaimed, "We have already secretly formed an alliance with Chen Yingliang's traitor? Why haven't we heard of it before?"
"Before Yu Wenhua and the rebel soldiers entered Hanoi, I secretly concluded an alliance with Chen Yingliang." Li Mi showed the alliance signed by him and Chen Sangliang, and explained: "It's just that Chen Yingliang hasn't had time to dispatch the main force to go west. , In order to cover his fatal blow to Yu Wenhua and the rebels from behind, and to avoid leaking the news in advance, I have not announced it for the time being."
The sudden emergence of a powerful ally, Li Mi's generals were of course very happy, but some people expressed concern about it, at least Pei Renji reminded: "Wei Gong, Chen Yingliang is a treacherous little thief, even though he has concluded an alliance with us, But we also need to prevent him from being uneasy and kind, talking about an alliance, but actually wanting to push us to the front to fight Yu Wenhua and the rebels, and he hides behind to reap the benefits."
"You still need to tell me this?" Li Mi snorted coldly in his heart, but in order to cheer up the generals, Li Mi said loudly: "No! First, although the little thief Chen Yingliang is treacherous and cunning, he has always had a good reputation. He never breaks his promise for what he has done! Second, the little thief Chen Yingliang owes his success to the tyrant Yang Guang. Yang Guang treats him with great kindness. If he does not send troops to avenge Yang Guang, he will not be able to explain to the world. So don't worry, Chen Yingliang's traitors will definitely send troops, and they will definitely send troops as soon as possible, as long as we hold out for a while, Chen Yingliang's reinforcements will definitely arrive!"
All the generals nodded, somewhat regaining some confidence. Li Mi also immediately dispatched troops to deploy the defense plan of Luokou Cangcheng on the spot, and arranged responsible generals and garrison troops for each defense area, and then let the generals disperse to prepare for battle. . As a result, after most of the people had left, Fang Xuanzao and Wang Bodang, two of Li Mi's most confidantes, issued a warning, "Duke Wei, Luokou Cangcheng is far less solid than the city of Dongdu. If we attack, we are afraid that there will still be danger, so we must make preparations early."
"What else can we prepare for?" Li Mi's black face finally showed some sadness, and he said sadly: "Luokou Warehouse is our last foothold, where else can we go? Retreat outside Hulao Pass, where we have already been beaten together The scorched Central Plains continue to be rogues?"
"If Luokou Cang really can't hold it, we can retreat to Hulao Pass and continue to hold on." Fang Xuanzao suggested: "The pass city of Hulao Pass is far stronger than Luokou Cang, and the terrain is dangerous, so it can last for a long time. Persevere. We retreated there to watch the fire from the other side, sit and watch Yu Wenhua and Chen Yingliang and other thieves join forces, and we can win the chance to make a comeback in the future."
"If the grain in Luokou Cang can be moved into Hulao Pass, I will definitely do it." Li Mi replied sullenly: "Without grain, we will have no chance of making a comeback, so until the last moment, we Never give up Luokou warehouse easily."
After shaking his head and sighing, Li Mi thought about it again, and said, "Xuanzao, go organize your people and transfer all the women, children and family members of the important generals to Hulaoguan City, and hand them over to General Yang Jishan for strict protection. Remember to tell them clearly. , this is for their own good, if there is a big battle, there will be flames of war inside and outside the Luokou warehouse, only Hulaoguan city is the safest."
After Fang Xuanzao agreed, Li Mi turned to Wang Xuance, who was silently guarding the side, and told him: "Xuance, prepare paper, pen, inkstone for me, I want to write a letter to the traitor Chen Yingliang, and ask him to send troops to join forces with our army as soon as possible. .”
"Master, artillery, remember to ask Chen Yingliang for artillery." Wang Bodang reminded: "Since Chen Yingliang gave the artillery to Wang Shichong and signed an alliance with us, he should also give us some artillery to help us defeat the enemy."
"Give it a try. Maybe there is some hope." Li Mi replied with a wry smile.
At the same time, Hua Ji, who had no choice but to stay in the eastern capital city, left behind generals Yuan Wuda and Xu Hongren to lead an army to guard Jinyong City, and he couldn't wait to take the main force to turn around and directly attack Li Mi's lair, Luokou Cangcheng. Generals such as Sima Dekan and Zhao Xingshu complained about this, and they all felt that a second battlefield should not be opened, and that they should first concentrate on leveling Wang Shichong before attacking Li Mi. As a result, Brother Huaji stopped them all with one sentence, "Which one of you can issue a military order to take down the inner and outer cities of the Eastern Capital within a limited time, and I will turn around and continue to fight Wang Shichong!"
Wang Shichong's tenacity has made the generals of the Yuwen army suffer enough. Considering that it is really difficult to break through the East Capital quickly, and considering that after taking down the Luokou warehouse, they will not have to worry about military rations for several years, the generals of the Yuwen army nodded in agreement. According to Huaji's brother's military order, he led the army to march eastward. ——In this way, Wang Shichong, who was hiding in the eastern capital, naturally had a smile on his face.
Brother Hua and his group soon discovered that Luokou Cangcheng was actually far less big than they imagined. When Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought each other, both armies built a large number of fortifications in the east of Luokou Cang. Surrounding Luokou Cang in a semicircle, the most important Black Stone Fort happened to be stuck on the only road between Dongdu and Luokou Cang, which seriously threatened the back road of the Luokou Cang for Hua and his brother to enter the army. Now that Li Mijun has completely controlled these fortifications, if Brother Huaji wants to take down the Luokou warehouse, he has to pull out these nails first.
It doesn't matter, after Tongshan's disastrous defeat, Li Mi's army is now seriously injured. On the surface, there are more than 100,000 to 200,000 troops. In fact, most of them are vulnerable cannon fodder soldiers, a typical mob, who left the fortification protection, Xiaoguo's elite soldiers could kill thirty of them by themselves, so Brother Huaji, who thought these fortifications were an eyesore, was not polite, and immediately divided his troops to attack and pull out these annoying nails.
Most of the fortifications were easily captured by brother Huaji's subordinates. Li Mijun's cannon fodder in the fort with farm tools as weapons hardly caused any casualties to Xiaoguo's army, with the exception of Black Stone Fort, where Li Mijun's brave general Sun Changle Leading 1,500 elite soldiers to fight to the death, relying on the strong fortress walls and dangerous terrain after repeated reinforcements, they repelled the Yuwen Army's attack three times in a row, and caused many casualties to the Yuwen Army. Brother Hua Ji was furious when he heard the report, and while threatening to slaughter the defenders in the fort after breaking the city, he went to the fort to supervise the battle in person.
Visiting the fort in person to supervise the battle is useless. The Blackstone Fort was built on a high ground, surrounded by unassailable cliffs on three sides, and only the gentle slopes on the south side are accessible. Advantage, the Yuwen army launched four attacks in one day, all of which were repelled by the defenders led by Sun Changle. Yin Zhengqing, a fierce general of the Xiaoguo army, was also unlucky to be shot in the face by Liu Shi during the fortified battle. He was not rescued and died that night. Brother Hua Ji, who had suffered a great loss, was even more furious. While rearranging the attack, he simply ordered that any Li Mijun fortress that would be breached in the future, regardless of whether the Li Mijun guards in the fortress surrendered or not, would be executed!
Of course, the remaining fortress defenders of Li Mi's army who had not been broken down suffered great misfortune for this, while Li Mi rejoiced at Hua Ji's order. The result was not as Li Mi expected. After getting the news that Brother Hua was madly slaughtering the fort, the defenders of Blackstone Fort, who had been fighting very tenaciously, suddenly became more tenacious. The wall died together, and refused to put down their weapons to surrender to Brother Hua. The 70,000 Yuwen army launched 13 attacks in three days, but they failed to take down the small black stone fort that was as big as a sesame mung bean. No less than five hundred elite soldiers were killed or injured.
Considering the important location of the Black Stone Fort, which could always threaten Huaji's food road, Li Mi did not sit back and watch Sun Changle's army fight alone. That night, Li Mi sent Pei Xingyan to lead 300 cavalry to attack quietly under the cover of night, and suddenly surprised Huaji's army. In the camp, the arrogant Yuwen Army was caught off guard, and the cavalry led by Pei Xingyan successfully broke into the camp and set fire to it everywhere, causing great chaos. Luokou Cangcheng.
Li Mi regretted this result, and repeatedly said that he should have dispatched all the cavalry to rob the camp if he had known that Brother Hua had underestimated the enemy and taken precautions, but in the end he had missed such a great opportunity to severely injure Brother Hua. When Pei Xingyan robbed the camp, Brother Huaji, who was so frightened that he peed his crotch, was so angry that he not only buried alive a dozen of Pei Xingyan's subordinates who were accidentally captured, but also executed more than a dozen self-military students who failed to prevent the enemy from attacking at night. Wei. Then Brother Hua Ji didn't listen to the repeated dissuasion of his subordinates, he left Black Rock Fort and ignored him, and brought the main force directly to Luokou Cang to settle accounts with Li Mi.
From a geographical point of view, Luokou Cangcheng, which covers an area of more than 40 miles, is naturally far easier to fight than the Black Rock Fort surrounded by cliffs on three sides, but from a tactical point of view, Brother Hua's doing so is no different from going crazy. The defenders of Blackstone Fort are looking at the tiger, threatening his grain road at any time. On the front is the main force of Li Mi's army, which is united as a city. On the side is the Luokou Cangwei City, Yanyue City, which is as strong as Blackstone Fort. To the east, there is Yang. The guards at Hulao Gate led by Jishan may also launch a surprise attack at any time. Brother Huaji is surrounded by enemies, and his every move is under the watchful eyes of Li Mijun.
But it doesn't matter, our Prime Minister Yuwen has nothing else, there are as many elite soldiers armed to the teeth, as long as Migong's army dares to leave the protection of the tortoise shell, a slap from Huaji's subordinates can slap them all over the place. tooth! At the same time, Mi Gong also made a mistake. Seeing that Hua and his brother had just arrived at the camp and it was not stable, he sent his beloved general Zheng Detao to lead a thousand troops out of the city to rob the camp at night. When the battalion succeeds, it will immediately send troops to strengthen the attack and maximize the results of the battle.
Mi Gong paid a heavy price for his surprise attack. Although Prime Minister Yuwen's intelligence value has not yet reached the point where he can accurately predict Mi Gong's tactics, he did not arrange an ambush in the camp in advance, but the group of brave generals under Hua Ji's command did Not a vegetarian, Zheng Detao's army had just approached the camp when it was discovered by the secret sentry of the Yuwen Army who had suffered a disadvantage. During the battle, all the officers and men of the Xiaoguo army scrambled to be the first, and all of them fought bravely, killing Zheng Detao's army to the ground, leaving corpses strewn all over the field, and captured Zheng Detao alive in the midst of the chaos.
At the same time, generals such as Sima Dekan and Fan Wenchao also organized the army to launch a counterattack while keeping the whole battalion on guard. Once again, the support troops sent by Migong were all over the ground, and they even chased them directly to the gate of Luokou Cangcheng. If Migong hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and closed the city gate before all the defeated soldiers entered the city, Sima Dekan's army would have been able to take advantage of the momentum and enter the city just a little bit! But even so, of the 3,000 troops sent by Mi Gong successively, less than 900 people were able to return to the city alive, and most of the rest were killed with incomplete bones. The Xiaoguo Army, which hastily responded to the battle, was able to fight to this point, and the combat effectiveness was terrifying, which can be seen.
Inadvertently winning such a victory, Hua Jixiong was inevitably even more elated, and at the same time ordered Zheng Detao to be escorted to the Luokou Cangcheng, and he was divided into five horses in front of Li Mijun, intimidating and intimidating Migong's subordinates to open the city and surrender as soon as possible. While wantonly destroying the environment of Henan County, cutting down trees to make siege equipment, he threatened to take Luokou Cang in one fell swoop.
Zheng Detao's disastrous defeat also reminded Migong once again, letting him know that on the frontal battlefield, those poorly equipped rebel soldiers under his command could never be the opponents of the Xiaoguo Army armed to the teeth, forcing Migong to give up quickly defeating and Brother's unrealistic fantasies were replaced by racking his brains to figure out how to defeat the enemy. At this time, Wang Xuance, who usually rarely speaks, suddenly made a suggestion to Li Mi, saying: "Wei Gong, the bandit army is powerful, and our army is difficult to fight head-on. Why don't we send someone to ask Wang Shichong for help, and ask him to send troops to attack Yu Wenhuaji's back, and share the pressure for us?"
"Do you think I haven't thought about it?" Li Mi replied with a wry smile: "Before Yu Wenhua and the dog thief crossed the Yellow River south, Wang Shichong asked us for help several times, asking us to join forces to resist Yu Wenhua and I refused. Now We went to beg him when the situation was critical, what else could we get besides seeking humiliation?"
"Don't worry, Wei Gong, Wang Shichong is not an ordinary person. He can see the situation clearly and knows what is more important." Wang Xuance said: "If our army is defeated by Yu Wenhuaji, even if it is Luokou Cang that Yu Wenhuaji took over. , Yuwen’s rebellious thief has established a solid foundation next to Dongdu, and Wang Shichong will never have a good life by then, he will not fail to see this.”
Speaking of which, Wang Shichong added: "Besides, Wang Shichong has been trying to recapture Luokou Cang to completely solve his food problem. Luokou Cang is in our hands. He may still have a little hope, but if Luokou Cang is taken by Yu Wenhua and Once it is won, with Wang Shichong's strength, it will be more difficult to get back the Luokou warehouse. The old thief Wang Shichong should understand this truth."
Nodding his head after thinking about it, Li Mi said: "You are right, Wang Shichong and I will indeed have a decisive battle sooner or later, but with his ingenuity, in the face of a common and powerful enemy, he will not lose sight of priorities. , I will write to Wang Shichong immediately, asking him to send troops to help me."
After adopting Wang Xuance's suggestion, Li Mi naturally had to praise his young confidential secretary. Wang Xuance thanked him modestly, and then suggested: "Wei Gong, the students still think that Yu Wenhua and ordinary people have no talent or virtue. There must be a lot of dissatisfaction with him on the outside, and there must be a lot of internal conflicts. In this case, Wei Gong, why don’t you try to drive apart the enemy’s generals? As long as their internal conflicts are together, it will be much easier to defeat the enemy.”
Glancing at Wang Xuance in surprise, Li Mihei showed a smile on his face, and said, "I can't see that you can still have such insight at such a young age. It's a good idea, and I should give it a try."
After approving, Li Mi thought about it for a long time, and then came up with a way to send someone to order Pei Xingyan and Shan Xiongxin, two fierce generals, to arrange for the sentry cavalry to attack properly, and try their best to grab some tongues for him to come back and ask for a confession. After the messenger left as promised, Li Mi sighed again: "Speaking of this divorce plan, I admit that the traitor Chen Yingliang is still good at it. If he were here, I'm afraid that Yu Wenhua and everyone's internal affairs would have been disturbed by him long ago. It's a big mess, maybe the heads of Yu Wenhua and the common man may have been taken by the generals, I am really far behind him in this regard."
After sighing, Li Mi couldn't help but turned his gaze to the west of Guanzhong, and snorted coldly: "Traitor, you should smile crookedly when you find out that my father, Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua and the three armies are fighting so fiercely. If you want to laugh, laugh as much as you want, and send troops to help, don't make me and Wang Shichong wait for you for too long."
"Indeed, Chen Liushou, come quickly." Wang Xuance also said in his heart: "Don't always use secret letters to contact me, I've been waiting for you for too long."