Chen Sangliang's aggressive general plan was quite effective. After the sneak attack was defeated by ambush, the generals of Wagang suggested that Zhai Rang contact Li Mi, admit that driving Li Mi away was a plan to get rid of Chen Sangliang, and reconciled with Li Mi, and brought Li Mi, who had been very strong and not far away, back to Hulao Pass, and fought to the death with the treacherous Chen Sangliang. However, Zhai Rang, who had been completely angered by Chen Sangliang, refused and sweared to take revenge on his own without anyone's help. However, although Zhai Rang spoke beautifully, he did not dare to send troops to fight Chen Sangliang casually. He hid in Hulao Pass but just kept his door closed.

Zhai Rang's decision certainly hit Chen Sangliang's thoughts, fought a victory to boost morale, and gave some explanation to the Dongdu court, who knew that the father-in-law was very reliable in the war, was coming to help immediately. Chen Sangliang was even more unwilling to take the initiative to launch an attack. In addition to stepping up preparations and training the army every day, he was patiently waiting for Wang Shichong's reinforcements to arrive. The Sui army and the Wagang army in the Dongdu were only thirty miles apart, and thus fell into a stalemate again.

The Sui court had a declining fortune. On the third day after Chen Sangliang defeated the Wagang army, the Eastern Capital suddenly brought shocking news to Chen Sangliang. In view of Fan Zigai's old and sickness and the deterioration of Taiyuan, Emperor Yang of Sui issued an edict to dispatch Zhuo County to remain in charge of Taiyuan. Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, replaced Fan Zigai as the left imperial guard. He ordered Feng Ang, the general of the left military guard who had been in charge of Goguryeo, who had been in charge of Zhuo County before, and specially ordered Xue Shixiong to lead 30,000 troops to take office in Taiyuan to wipe out the bandits along the way, and also supplement the gradually insufficient troops in Taiyuan.

Emperor Yang of Sui was very meticulous. Xue Shixiong's talent and ability were enough to be qualified to be the position of Taiyuan left-behind. Who would have thought that there would be unexpected situations? Xue Shixiong had just arrived at Shanggu and fell asleep suddenly and could not command the army. Wang Xuba, the thief army of Shanggu, happened to launch a sneak attack on Xue Shixiong's army. Under the leadership of the dragon, the 30,000 elite soldiers under Xue Shixiong were defeated. The defeated general protected Xue Shixiong back to Shanggu County for a while. Xue Shixiong's plan to replace Fan Zigai was completely failed.

After receiving this bloody news, Chen Sangliang did not know whether to cry or laugh, except to lament that God's will is difficult to rebel. After careful consideration, Chen Sangliang wrote a letter to his cousin Li Jing, reminding Li Jing to pay attention to changes in the situation in Taiyuan and be prepared for self-protection. He also suggested that Li Jing try to return to Dongdu to meet him as soon as possible, stay away from Taiyuan, and stay away from the place of right and wrong in Taiyuan. If he needs any help in the court procedures, he would speak to himself. Chen Sangliang did not explain exactly how to do it. First, Chen Sangliang did not know enough about it from Taiyuan Mayi, and second, with Li Jing's intelligence, there was no need for Chen Sangliang to worry about this.

Arranged a reliable messenger to send the handwritten letter to Mayi. Chen Sangliang turned his attention to Li Mi, who was entrenched in Liyang Cang. After taking down Li Yang Cang, the largest granary north of the Yellow River, the development speed of Li Mi's army was amazing. It could only be described as a thousand miles a day. Almost in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen rebel troops from all over the country, including Zhang Sheng, Li Wenxiang and Zhao Junde, were successfully surrendered or captured seven or eight surrounding counties. The sphere of influence had actually expanded to the east.

In the north of the capital, the thieves such as Hao Xiaode, Fang Xianbo, Li Shicai, Wei Liuer and Li Deqian, who had previously risen, also took the initiative to lead their own teams, rushed to Li Yangcang to join Li Mi, and volunteered to join Li Mi's army's transformed army. In just ten days, Li Mi's army had expanded to more than 180,000, and turned into the de facto leader of the Central Plains Uprising Army, and its momentum had surpassed the Wagang Army, which had no progress in the Hulao Pass.

While marveling at Li Mi's rapid rise, Chen Sangliang became increasingly worried that Zhai Rang and Li Mi would join forces again, and was even more afraid that Zhai Rang would surrender to Li Mi, accept Li Mi's orders and commands, and cause more trouble for himself. Fortunately, judging from all signs, the Wagang Army did not take the initiative to contact Li Mi to resume contact, and he had the opportunity to take back Hulao Pass first and then use Wang Shichong's hands to resist Li Mi, so Chen Sangliang was even more unwilling to continue to stimulate Zhai Rang before Wang Shichong arrived. The deep groove and Gaolei were just patiently confronting the Wagang Army.

Chen Yingliang underestimated Li Mi's intelligence capabilities. In fact, on the second day after the Wagang army's sneak attack on the Invincible Camp, Li Mi already knew that Emperor Yang of Sui sent Wang Shichong to reinforce the battlefield in Hulao Pass. He also mastered this information through special channels in the Dongdu City. He also found out that Zhai Rang was defeated by Chen Sangliang as a monkey. After more than a day of careful consideration, Li Mi resolutely convened a military meeting in Liyang Cang to announce to the generals under his command that Wang Shichong was defeated by Chen Sangliang in the future, and discussed the plan to join forces with the Wagang Army to fight the enemy again.

Li Mi's proposal surprised his accomplice, lackey, and confidant thugs, and unanimously opposed it. Even Wang Bodang, a student who obeyed Li Miyan, refused to obey, and opposed it: "Mr., why do we have to put our hot face on Zhai Rang's cold butt? How did Zhai Rang treat you at the beginning? Have you forgotten your mentor? What is the connection with us when Wang Shichong and Chen Yingliang attacked him? Why should we help them?"

"The lips are gone and the teeth are cold." Li Mi said calmly: "Although we have broken up with Zhai Rang, we are still two grasshoppers tied to a rope. If Zhai Rang dies, we will face the attack and siege of Chen Yingliang and other tyrants alone, and will be completely isolated and helpless. Only when Zhai Rang is alive and continues to restrain Chen Yingliang and most of the official troops for us can we hide behind him, develop and grow calmly, and further expand our strength."

"With that being said, Zhai Rang did so ruthlessly..."

Fang Xuanzao continued to object, but was interrupted by Li Mi. Li Mi nodded and said, "Yes, Zhai Rang was very heartless to us at the beginning, but that was already a thing of the past. Li Yangcang is less than 300 miles away from Hulao Pass. Yang Guang's tyrant would never sit idly by and occupy Li Yangcang for a long time. After Zhai Rang was captured by the official army, Yang Guang would inevitably order Chen Yingliang's little thief and Wang Shichong to attack us again. Even if we can block the official army, we will definitely have to pay a significant price. The loss is much greater than sending troops to help Zhai Rang now."

Speaking of this, Li Mi paused and said, "There is another advantage to rescue Zhai Rang now, that is, to protect Hulao Pass for our anti-Sui rebel army. As long as Hulao Pass is in hand, the eastern capital Luoyang and Luokou Cang, Shangluo Cang and even Changping Cang are exposed to our knife at any time. If there is a chance, attack and if there is no chance, you will give up the insurance. Take the initiative. But if Hulao Pass is robbed by Chen Yingliang, and we want to get it back, it will be a huge difficulty. Liyang Cang is a big granary, but the grain storage of Liyang Cang is less than a quarter of Luokou Cang. If we don't make long-term plans, once the grain in Liyang Cang is eaten, we will completely finish it.

Li Mi's words moved everyone under his command. The civil and military officials of Li Mi's army, who had previously firmly opposed the re-joining of the Wagang Army, shut up one after another. Yang Jishan, whose temperament changed drastically, said: "It is okay to join forces with Zhai Rang again, but there is no need to actively send people to contact him, making it like we begged him. When Zhai Rang was beaten by Chen Xiaozhe and Wang Shichong, he would take the initiative to send people to beg us, and we would go and help him again."

Fang Xuanzao, Wang Bodang and others applauded, and they all agreed with Yang Jishan's proposal. Li Mi shook her head decisively and said seriously: "If you don't want to help Zhai Rang resist Chen Xiaozhe and Wang Shichong, you must take action as soon as possible and arrive at the Hulao Pass in advance to take the initiative. Don't underestimate Wang Shichong. Although this Hu dog is a famous flatterer, he has never lost a battle on the battlefield like Chen Yingliang's little thief. This time, Yang Guang's tyrant sent him to reinforce the Hulao Pass, because Chen Yingliang's little thief took the initiative to make this request to Yang Guang, and begged Yang Guang to send Wang Shichong to reinforce Hulao Pass. Don't you know who Chen Xiaozhe is? What kind of good things can the reinforcements he asked for?"

He thought Li Mi's words were reasonable, and he knew that the reinforcements he asked for were definitely not for dinner with Chen Sangliang's virtue. The civil and military officials of Li Mi had no objection at this time. At that time, Li Mi made the conclusion and immediately wrote a letter to Zhai Rang, telling Zhai Rang about the news that Emperor Yang of Sui sent Wang Shichong to lead his army north to reinforce Hulao Pass. He also offered to express his hope to re-align with Zhai Rang and join forces to resist the attack of Chen Sangliang and Wang Shichong, the bad father-in-law and son-in-law. Finally, Li Mi also generously expressed his willingness to provide 100,000 shi of military rations to the Wagang Army to help the Wagang Army, which was increasingly short of food and grass, solve the urgent problem.

It was also when the letter was written. Wang Bodang, Fang Xuanzao, Zheng Detao and other confidants realized that Li Mi seemed to have forgotten something, and hurriedly pointed out: "Pushan Gong, you seem to have forgotten the problem of the leader of the alliance. We have formed an alliance with the Wagang Army. Who is the leader and who commands whom? Why didn't you mention this in the letter?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten." Li Mi said calmly: "This matter cannot be mentioned in the letter, otherwise Zhai Rang will feel that I am suppressing people with power against him, resulting in unexpected consequences. This matter can only be discussed by our envoy and Zhai Rang in person and persuaded him that Zhai Rang regard me as the leader of the alliance."

"Mr., who will be the envoy?" Wang Bodang asked quickly.

Li Mi smiled slightly and turned her eyes directly to the face of Li Xuanying, a famous charlatan at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Li Xuanying, who was famous for interpreting "Tao and Li Zhang", understood and immediately bowed and said, "Don't worry, Pushan Gong, students will definitely live up to their mission."

"It's Mr. Xuanying." Li Mi smiled and said, "Take more gold and silver. Bing Yuanzhen and Jia Xiong are both greedy people. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyu are both smart people. Give them gifts and persuade them. They will naturally speak for you in front of Zhai Rang. Just take four beauties, such as Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the lustful father and son, and they will not object too much."

Li Xuanying smiled and promised, and Li Mi's clerk Wang Xuance volunteered to help with him. Unfortunately, Li Mi smiled and shook her head and said, "You don't need to go. Mr. Xuanying alone is enough to take on this responsibility."

Wang Xuance was disappointed, but he didn't dare to persist, so he had to retreat obediently, and was also worried in his heart, saying, "How can we contact Chen Liushou? How can we destroy the re-alliance and alliance between Li Mi and Zhai Rang?"

No one could stop Li Mijun from re-aligning and joining forces with the Wagang Army. Wang Xuance had no choice but to Chen Sangliang. After receiving Li Mi's letter, he also knew that Wang Shichong was coming from behind the Wagang Army. Zhai Rang, who was already helpless in front of Chen Sangliang, was shocked and immediately went astray. While we were entertaining Li Mijun's envoy Li Xuanying, he asked his subordinates' attitudes in a scrupulous manner, asking whether they should re-align and join forces with Li Mijun?

Zhai Rang asked it in vain. Li Mi's so-called collusion with Chen Sangliang to harm Zhai Rang had already proved that Pei Renji had already proved that it was Chen Sangliang's shameless trick. The leader of Wagang, including Zhai Rang himself, had long regretted for forcing Li Mi to cut off his arms. Now Li Mi has become more powerful and has enough food. He is also very generous and proactive in helping the Wagang army solve the problem of food and grass. If the Wagang people oppose alliance with Li Mi who is not slandering before, it will not be stupid. So not only Bing Yuanzhen, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiyi and others agreed, but even Zhai Rang's fool brother Zhai Hong and his precious nephew Zhai Mohou raised their hands to agree. Seeing that everyone was unable to disobey everyone's wishes, Zhai Rang himself accepted Li Mi's kindness and agreed to rebuild the old friendship with Li Mi and form an alliance to fight against the powerful enemy.

Then there is the question of who commands who leader. Li Mi, who is quite sensible, used the right envoy to use the messenger. Li Xuanying, who is very eloquent, completed the task entrusted to him by Li Mi very well. He successfully used gold, silver and jewelry to please Bing Yuanzhen and Jia Xiong, the think tank of Zhai Rang, the generals of Wagang, and persuaded Zhai Rang to take Li Mi as the leader, and also blocked the mouths of Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the pair of idiot father and son, with the delicate body of the beauty. In addition, Li Mi was extremely prestigious in the Wagang army, and Pei Renji and his son repeatedly mentioned the fact that Chen Sangliang was the only person he feared was Li Mi. Then Zhai Rang was as confused as history, and agreed to respect Li Mi as the leader and accept Li Mi's orders and commands.

It was too late for Chen Sangliang to find out this situation. Li Mi, who was overjoyed, left behind his confidant Wang Bodang and Fang Xuanzao to guard Li Yangcang, and had personally brought a 100,000 army directly to the west. He was extremely careful to cross the Yellow River at Jindi Pass, without giving Chen Sangliang the chance to stop him from crossing the river to reinforce the Wagang Army. Chen Sangliang was shocked when he heard the news, but was blocked by Hulao Pass and could not stop him. He could only watch Li Mi successfully cross the river and arrived at Hulao Pass on May 12th to form an alliance with the Wagang Army. Li Mi and Zhai Rang, who once parted ways, joined hands again. The strength and weakness of the battlefield in Hulao Pass were also more obvious. The Dongdu Army led by Chen Sangliang was at a disadvantage.

It was not over yet. On the second day of the meeting, Zhai Rang formally elected Li Mi as the leader of the anti-Sui Rebellion Army at the instigation of his subordinates, and Li Mi was honored as Duke of Wei. Li Mi, who was proud of the meeting, was also on the third day of the meeting. On May 14th, the 13th year of Daye, set up Gaotan and Shenzhe outside the east gate of Hulao Guandong Gate, called himself Duke of Wei, changed the year name to the first year of Wei, and issued a general order to the world, set up a marshal's office, and set up a civil and military officials to grant titles to his subordinates. Zhai Rang also called himself Duke of Dongjun and Shangzhu Kingdom, and also granted a lot of official titles to the Wagang Army.

The news that Li Mi ascended the top and changed the era under his nose reached Luokoucang. Chen Sangliang, who was slapped in the face, was a little angry, but he was not strong enough in his hands. No matter how angry Chen Sangliang was, he had no choice but to take the alliance between Wagang Army and Li Mi Army. However, Chen Sangliang was still in trouble. On May 17th, although the messenger sent by Wang Shichong finally got the first contact with Chen Sangliang, let Chen Sangliang know that Wang Shichong's 30,000 reinforcements had arrived in Daliang on May 15th and entered Xingyang County. However, Wang Shichong shamelessly told Chen Sangliang that his military rations were insufficient and he had to replenish food in Guancheng before he could continue to go north, so Chen Sangliang had to wait for him for a few more days.

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