Chapter 5 The Two Messengers
Since defeating Zhang Xutuo in the Battle of Dahai Temple, the power of the Wagang Army has expanded rapidly and occupied the thirteen counties in Henan. The troops have reached 600,000, with a huge momentum and becoming the largest rebel force. At this time, the crisis within the Wagang Army is also deepening.
After defeating Zhang Xutuo, Li Mi beat the flag of Duke of Wei and advanced eastward. Officials from various counties and counties in Henan surrendered to Li Mi one after another. Li Mi spoke kindly and ordered them to take their own duties. He strictly enforced military discipline and killed those who raped and killed people, which made his prestige increase day by day. Along the way, countless rebel kings surrendered to him. When Li Mi arrived in Qi County, his army had reached 400,000, far exceeding Zhai Rang's 200,000.
In order to attack Luoyang and control the grain, Li Mi increased Luokou Cang several times and built Luokou City, which became the capital of the Wagang Army. Li Mi and Zhai Rang's core troops were stationed in Luokou City. Both of them occupied half of the city, and Luokou Cang also accounted for half of the grain.
On the surface, the two are still as close as brothers, but behind them are fighting for food and military funds.
At this time, Li Mi had become the leader of the Wagang Army in military affairs, while Zhai Rang was just a deputy general, but Zhai Rang held great power in personnel and internal affairs, just like the joke that Cheng Yaojin told. Although the two brothers separated, they still lived together. Over time, some bumpy things would inevitably occur. However, they were not as simple as brothers splitting up their families. As their careers gradually grew, their understanding of some key issues was different, which led to the intensification of the conflict between them.
Zhai Rang's brother Zhai Hong was an extremely greedy and lustful person. He was named the Duke of Xingyang County by Zhai Rang, and led 50,000 troops to station in Xingyang County. Zhai Hong was not capable. Relying on his rise as the elder and brother of the commander, he became the second person under Zhai Rang, snatched the daughters of the people in Xingyang County, plundered money, occupied fertile land, and did everything he could.
That night, Zhai Hong invited several generals to drink in his mansion, and then called out several concubines to accompany him. Everyone hugged the beautiful woman in their arms, drank and made a fuss, making noise and lively. Until the first update, Zhai Hong already had a seven-point appetite.
Among these subordinates, there was a general named Wang Baoquan. He asked Zhai Hong for something. When he saw that the time was almost done, he smiled at Zhai Hong and said, "The second chief, brothers have something to ask for something. I wonder if I can help?"
"If you have something to say, why are you polite with me?"
"That's right. I have a brother-in-law named Wang Zhan. I was a lieutenant under my tent. I teased the girl two days ago. I was caught by the patrol soldiers under Li Mi and took her to Luokou City. Can the second in command help me and let Li Mi release the person?"
"What! That bastard dares to catch people on my territory. It's a rebellion. Don't worry, I'm going to Luokou City the day after tomorrow. I will take people back. He dares not let them go. He will never cross from Xingyang in the future."
When talking about Li Mi, Zhai Hong suddenly remembered something annoying. He slapped the wine bowl on the table and cursed: "He***, I don't know if my brother has his head stuck in the door. Li Mi wants to respect him as the emperor, but he refuses. If he doesn't want to be the emperor, then let me do it and let me taste the taste of being the emperor."
"It's great to be an emperor! You can choose any woman in the world and sleep with the most beautiful woman in the world every night."
Everyone laughed rudely, reached out to touch the woman in their arms, and several concubines lowered their heads and endured the humiliation and dared not say anything.
At this time, Wang Baoquan smiled again and said, "Actually, the most beautiful woman in Xingyang County is by your side, but unfortunately the second leader can't eat it."
"Who is it?" Zhai Hong asked with great interest.
"Don't the second head of the army still know? The princess of King Yang Qing of Xun is said to be as beautiful as Queen Xiao, with a natural beauty. I met once two years ago and still unforgettable. He also has his two daughters, who are also extremely beautiful."
There was silence at the banquet. The prefect of Xingyang, King Yang Qing of Xingyang, was persuaded to surrender a few days ago by Li Mi and returned to Xingyang City to pick up his family. The royal mansion was sorting out his things and went to Luokou City in two days. In the past few days, the family temporarily lived in the royal mansion in Xingyang City. Li Mi sent more than a hundred soldiers to guard it and strictly ordered that no one was allowed to harass him, and those who violated the order would be killed!
This silence is particularly tormenting, piercing Zhai Hong's face like a needle. If it were normal, although he hated him, he would not dare to say anything. He could not afford to offend Li Mi. But now he was drunk after drinking seventy percent, and he lost his mind. With a "bang" punch, he smashed hard on the table. "Damn it, he is just a surrendered prisoner of war. Are there few Sui officials I have killed in these years? Since I am on my territory, I will make the decision."
He stood up and waved to everyone, "Go! Go and play with me as the princess."
All the generals under him were vicious bandits. Some of them were excitedly thinking about the princess, while others thought about King Xun's jewelry and money. Since Zhai Hong was willing to take the lead, they all shouted to follow Zhai Hong...
Late at night, thousands of personal soldiers followed Zhai Hong all the way, and rushed to the front of the Xun Palace in a moment. There were more than a hundred sentry soldiers at the gate of the Xun Palace, all of whom were Li Mi's subordinates. When they saw Zhai Hong coming in full force, they drew their swords and shouted: "Stop! Those who are close to each other will kill them."
Zhai Hong was so timid that he shouted, "Kill me!"
Thousands of personal soldiers rushed up and surrounded more than a hundred people to kill. The screams kept piercing the quiet night sky. In a moment, more than a hundred guards sent by Li Mi were killed. The personal soldiers broke open the gate of the royal palace. Zhai Hong smiled grimly, "Leave the woman and kill all men!"
Hundreds of people rushed into the mansion, and Zhai Hong smiled lewdly. Who could stop the woman he wanted? He turned over and dismounted and walked towards the mansion. There was a tragic wind and rain in the mansion, screams, crying, and crying sounds...
Opposite the palace, the two black shadows were so scared that they were soldiers sleeping in the corner of the wall, and they escaped the massacre by chance.
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Two days later, the news that King Xun, Yang Qing and the prince were killed, and the princess and two county lords died in the storm of chaos reached Luokou City. Li Mi was furious. King Xun was the puppet emperor he was preparing to help him. Kill King Xun, which ruined his major affairs, and the reputation of the Wagang Army was ruined. This would make officials from all over the country dissatisfied. Who would dare to surrender to him in the future?
Even his subordinates dared to kill him. Li Mi's teeth creaked and she pulled out the knife, "Zhai Hong, I must kill you!"
"Follow me to Situ Mansion!"
Li Mi walked out of the mansion in anger and turned over to the horse. He wanted to find Zhai Rang to ask for someone. His personal soldiers suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "Duke Wei, Zhai Situ is here!"
Zhai Rang came with hundreds of guards on horseback. Zhai Hong was tied up on the horse behind her naked body. When Zhai Rang saw Li Mi, he shouted from afar: "Brother, I'm apologizing for you."
Zhai Rang also heard about the stupid things his brother did after drinking. It was not that he blamed his brother for killing King Xun, but that his brother killed Li Mi's people, which made him feel a little embarrassed, so he made a gesture.
Li Mi looked at him and Zhai Hong behind him coldly. Zhai Rang turned over and dismounted, and ordered: "Bring it up!"
Several guards pushed Zhai Hong up and knelt on the ground. Zhai Rang whipped him with a sudden whip, "Isn't you apologizing yet!"
Zhai Hong was forced to come by his brother, but he was dissatisfied and lowered his head and said angrily: "I drank wine and was confused for a moment. I killed Mr. Wei's men and apologized to Mr. Wei!"
Li Mi sneered, "You kill my subordinates and apologize. I don't care about Situ, but if you kill King Xun and insult the princess, I can't spare you, someone comes!"
Li Mi shouted loudly: "Take me the behead!"
Li Mi's personal soldiers came forward to capture Zhai Hong. Zhai Rang's face changed drastically. He blocked his brother and shouted, "Let's wait!"
Zhai Rang stared at Li Mi and said slowly: "Mr. Wei really doesn't give me this face?"
Li Mi said without any expression on her face: "I have already said that I don't care about the person who killed me, but he dares to kill King Xun, which will ruin the opportunity for brother to fight for the world. He will never forgive him."
Zhai Rang laughed loudly, and suddenly he stopped laughing and looked at Li Mi and said coldly: "I know that your so-called opportunity is nothing more than to establish King Xun as emperor. It is just your wishful thinking. I have never agreed to, King Xun killed many of our brothers, and the Sui officials, and how many of us have killed many of us. But you protect them like treasures. Tell you that I am going to kill them all, and King Xun, my elder brother is good, and I want to reward him greatly. My Zhai Rang is leading the brothers to overthrow the Sui emperor, and never want 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 turned away, and Zhai Hong was also untied. Li Mi stared at Zhai Rang's back, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. Zhai Rang had become the biggest stumbling block for the world, and he had to kill him.
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When Zhai Rang returned to his mansion, he was still angry. He began to be unable to bear what Li Mi did. His brothers raised trouble with him, died in blood and died in battle, and his family was destroyed. But in the end, high-ranking officials and generous salaries were occupied by the surrendered Sui officials. The Wagang army occupied countless counties, but the counties were still controlled by these Sui officials. However, these Sui officials regarded Li Mi as their benefactor, and were loyal to Li Mi, and looked down on him. After all, Li Mi had already occupied the country under the leadership of the Wagang army soldiers in this way.
This is what Zhai Rang most intolerant. The world is the world of the Wagang Army, not the world of Li Mi. The huge crisis made Zhai Rang consider getting rid of Li Mi. He had been waiting for this opportunity for several years, and now he can no longer wait.
"Brother, are you looking for us?"
Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode hurried in from outside. Both of them were his most trusted confidant generals, and they both held heavy troops.
Zhai Rang nodded, "Let's talk in the house!"
He waved to his brother Zhai Hong again, "Come on, too!"
Zhai Rang led everyone into the room, closed the door, and dozens of guards patrolled vigilantly.
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The night was deep, and the streets of Luokou City were very quiet. A black shadow hurriedly along the corner of the house. He soon came to the gate of Li Mi's mansion, hesitated for a while, and then went around the side door. He was about to knock on the door, but dozens of people suddenly rushed out of the darkness, and several steel knives pressed on his neck. This was Li Mi's guard, hidden in the darkness, and he was quite vigilant.
The black shadow quickly raised his hand, "My master sent me to find Duke Wei to report any secret matters."
Chapter completed!