Chapter 11 The two heroes are fired together

At night, Zhai Rang's mansion was decorated with lanterns, hundreds of large lanterns shone Situ's mansion as daytime, laughter continued, and crowds were everywhere. Today is Zhai Rang's 45th birthday, and there were endless generals coming to pay their birthday. Hundreds of banquets were placed in Situ's mansion, and the heroes of Wagang were invited to invite all the heroes. (-< Shuhai Pavilion >-net.)

But the banquet was only placed in the outer courtyard, and no one was allowed to enter the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard was quiet and there was no one to see, but there would be a flash of sword lights in countless dark corners, and an unconcealed murderous aura filled the inner courtyard.

Cheng Yaojin came out of the inner house, patted his stomach, and smiled to himself: "It's still good that Boss Zhai's thatched house. He actually uses a clean bucket and has incense, which is eye-opening!"

The inner house was not allowed to come in, but he climbed over the wall. Cheng Yaojin walked slowly towards the outer courtyard with his eight-character feet. At this time, he suddenly saw something in the bushes. He was stunned for a moment, then he felt a sudden thrill in his heart and reacted very quickly. He said to himself: "Boss Zhai asked me to see him, but I don't know what happened."

He accelerated his pace and climbed over the wall from the original road and left the inner courtyard. The moment he climbed over the wall, his back was soaked.

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The inner hall was also brightly lit. In the small room of the inner hall, several guards were putting a fine scale armor on Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang pinned a sharp short sword around his waist, and the guards put a red birthday robe on him. The wide birthday robe covered the scale armor he wore.

A guard outside the door reported: "Report to Situ, someone saw Cheng Yaojin climbing over the wall and entering the inner house."

"What did he come in to do?" Zhai Rang asked with a deep face.

"It seems like I went into the inner house to look for a toilet. After entering the toilet, I climbed over the wall and went out again."

"What a fucking reckless!"

Zhai Rang cursed, but did not take Cheng Yaojin to heart, and asked again: "Have Li Mi arrived?"

"Report to Situ, it hasn't arrived yet."

"Send someone to urge me again!" Zhai Rang said with an unhappy look on his face.

Half a month ago, he and Li Mi had a very unhappy relationship over Zhai Hong's killing of King Xun. Later, Li Mi came to apologize in person, and the two barely reconciled, at least on the surface, the two have returned to their old harmony.

Zhai Rang was already determined to kill Li Mi. Although he knew that killing Li Mi would cause the division of the Wagang army, and some generals loyal to Li Mi would inevitably leave, for the future of the Wagang army, Zhai Rang decided that it would be better to have short pain than long pain. Even if the Wagang army had losses, he could bear it and must get rid of Li Mi.

Today is his birthday and it is also a good opportunity for him to kill Li Mi. After three days of careful preparation, everything was ready, so I waited for Li Mi to come to the banquet.

Zhai Rang put on his birthday robe, put on a black hat with a hairpin, and sat down in the inner hall as if an old monk had entered a meditation, waiting for Li Mi to come to the door. (-< Shuhai Pavilion >-net.)

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More than a hundred generals in the outer courtyard gathered together to drink and play with the fist. It was extremely noisy. Xu Shiji, the third leader of the Wagang Army, sat in a corner, drinking alone silently.

In Zhai Rang's era, the third leader had real power. Zhai Rang would arrange his seat and divide his power according to everyone's seats. Everyone had his own office and subordinates, and could appoint officials himself, and they could get the robbery he stolen according to a certain share, or the tax he collected was distributed according to a certain proportion. Everyone and the leader Zhai Rang were sitting at the same table to eat, and the food was the same, but the amount in front of each person was different.

But in the Li Mi era, everything was changed, and all power was taken over to the Marshal's Office, and no one was allowed to own their own generals and troops. All generals and officials were appointed by the Marshal's Office. No matter how big or small the official positions were, they were loyal to Li Mi, and all taxes and spoils were all put into the warehouse and were no longer distributed downward. In Li Mi's words, it was owned by the country, and everyone changed to a salary. The Wagang Army changed from a loose and equal alliance of rebels to a highly hierarchical and well-organized regime.

The biggest loss of Li Mi's interests after the reform were veterans such as Xu Shiji. His third leader became a title. His personal power was no different from that of a hundred leaders. He was just a big-headed soldier, and even worse than a staff member around Li Mi.

Xu Shiji was a thoughtful person, and he was also different from ordinary rebels. He was both civil and military, and had a very high political mind. He knew that the correct direction of Li Mi's reform was the general trend. If the Wagang Army wanted to accomplish great things, it could no longer be as loose as before. Even Dou Jiande from Hebei began to develop towards the establishment of the court. The current situation has gradually developed towards the direction of heroes fighting for hegemony. Although the Wagang Army had the largest power, the system was the weakest and the most chaotic. If the Wagang Army wanted to survive, it must follow the path of monarchy and centralization.

However, Xu Shiji was very depressed. Although he supported Li Mi in reform, Li Mi did not trust him and suppressed him everywhere. In fact, it was no wonder that although Xu Shiji supported Li Mi's reform, he hoped that Zhai Rang would be the monarch. He admitted that Li Mi's path was correct, but he could not accept that Li Mi ascended the throne. Wagang was founded by Zhai Rang, and it should be Zhai Rang's ascendance to the throne.

It was Xu Shiji's approach of supporting Li Mi rationally and favoring Zhai Rang in emotionally that made him unpleasant between Li Mi and Zhai Rang. Both of them were suspicious of him and excluded him from the decision-making circle, which made Xu Shiji very distressed and confused.

Xu Shiji was drinking alone silently. At this time, his brother Cheng Yaojin sat down beside him, poked him with his elbow, and whispered: "Something is wrong!"

Xu Shiji glanced at him, "Why did it take so long to go to a thatched cottage?"

"Ahem! The cottage outside is too smelly. I want to go to the cottage inside the house. If you don't talk about this... guess what I saw?"

Xu Shiji knew that Cheng Yaojin had always been fussy. Seeing that although he looked nervous, he didn't take it seriously, he waved his hand and said, "Stop talking, drink!"

Cheng Yaojin felt a little anxious, and grabbed Xu Shiji's hand, looked at both sides, and whispered a few words to Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji was shocked, "Did you see clearly?"

"I saw it clearly. The inner house was full of armored soldiers, densely packed with thousands of people."

Cheng Yaojin likes to refer to sesame seeds as watermelons, but in fact he only saw more than a dozen armored soldiers hidden from the shrubs.

Xu Shiji suddenly stood up and walked towards the inner house with great strides. He knew what was going to happen. This was not possible. This is Luokou City. Li Mi stationed a large army of 200,000, and Zhai Rang only had 100,000. Once Li Mi was killed, it would cause a melee across the city. Zhai Rang's approach was too stupid.

Cheng Yaojin grabbed Xu Shiji and dragged him back, whispering: "Don't be stupid. The shit is at the door. Can you still persuade him? He will only kill you to silence him. Last time you helped Li Mi take down Luokoucang, he no longer believed you."

Xu Shiji is not a straightforward person in his bones. He knows that Cheng Yaojin's words are right. Zhai Rang must have been planning for a long time. At this critical moment, he will not listen to his advice, but will kill himself to silence him. Xu Shiji slowly sat down and sighed: "But this will cause a big melee in the city. I wonder how many people will die?"

Cheng Yaojin was startled. He just didn't want to meddle in other people's business. He didn't expect the melee in the city. He also said anxiously: "I'll carry me, take my wife and nephew out of the city. Although we can't control the big things, our family must protect us."

Xu Shiji nodded silently, protecting his family first was the most important thing. The two of them stood up and found an excuse to leave Zhai Rang's mansion.

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Just as Xu and Cheng left, a guard ran from the gate and ran into the inner house.

"Situ!"

The guard shouted and ran to the inner hall. Zhai Rang was talking to Wang Ruxin, Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode. When he heard the guard's shouting, Zhai Rang angrily scolded: "What are you shouting!"

The guard was so scared that he dared not shout again, and reported at the door tremblingly: "Li Mi sent his housekeeper to send a message just now. He was a little sick today and could not come. He came to the door to apologize again another day."

Zhai Rang frowned. Li Mi didn't come. He felt a sense of badness in his heart. Did Li Mi find that he was ambushed?

He looked at the other people and sought their opinions. Wang Ruxin was Zhai Rang's confidant adviser. He shook his head and smiled: "I think if Li Mi found something, he would definitely mobilize and deploy large-scale troops, but his failure to do so means that he did not find out. Bei Zhi thought he was just a little uncomfortable and found an excuse not to come. This is normal. You can send someone to invite him again."

Shan Xiongxin shook his head and said, "Since he said he was sick, he would not come if he sent someone to invite him. Unless Brother Zhai personally, Li Mi could give this face and come to attend the birthday party with illness."

Wang Ruxin immediately objected: "It's time, Situ cannot go to Limi's Mansion, it's too dangerous."

Shan Xiongxin retorted, "Li Mi is sick. Brother Zhai will visit him once no matter what. Even if he doesn't go today, he will go tomorrow. If he goes today, he will bring Li Mi here. If he goes tomorrow, the birthday party will end. What excuses does Brother Zhai have to invite him here?"

Zhai Rang also felt that Shan Xiongxin's words made sense. Since Li Mi was sick, he wanted to visit him. If he didn't go today, he would go tomorrow. It would be better to go today. Out of courtesy, Li Mi should come to celebrate his birthday with illness. However, Wang Ruxin's concern was right. It was too dangerous to go to Li Mi at this time. Zhai Rang hesitated for a moment. He glanced at Hao Xiaode, meaning that Hao Xiaode would go to explore the way for him first.

Hao Xiaode understood what Zhai Rang meant, and he looked embarrassed, "Mr. Wei Gong and I are in a relationship. I may not be able to see any name when I visit him. He may not even allow me to enter the inner courtyard."

Shan Xiongxin smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I'll go! I can see the reality of Li Mi's Mansion."

Zhai Rang was overjoyed, "Then I will be in trouble for the fourth brother."

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Half an hour later, Shan Xiongxin came back to report that Li Mi was indeed a little sick, but the problem was not big. She could have come to celebrate her birthday while sick. She felt more uncomfortable and could not come because of all the troubles in her heart. As for Wang Ruxin's worrying ambush, there was no such thing as at all.

With Shan Xiongxin's exploration of the way, Zhai Rang felt relieved. He immediately ordered to drive to Li Mi's mansion to visit Li Mi's condition.

Zhai Rang wore thin armor inside and a short sword hidden inside. He followed the housekeeper to Li Mi's inner courtyard. Shan Xiongxin, Wang Ruxin and Hao Xiaode also followed.

"How could Mr. Wei feel sick?" Zhai Rang asked while walking.

"It was Duke Wei who was a concubine who was first infected and was infected with Duke Wei. The mansion has been avoided these two days, so Duke Wei did not want to attend Situ's birthday party, which is also the reason."

"We are all living by the knife. It's okay to have a minor illness or illness. Situ is too worried."

Zhai Rang smiled and walked into the inner courtyard. At this time, someone outside called Shan Xiongxin, "General Shan!"

Shan Xiongxin stopped and turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

"A family member from your house came over and said that something urgent happened at home and the family was at the gate."

Shan Xiongxin apologized to Zhai Rang: "Brother Zhai, I'll go and have a look and come back soon."

"Go! If there is really an urgent matter at home, it's okay to go back."

Shan Xiongxin turned around and left, Zhai Rang continued to walk forward, Li Mi's back house was quiet and there was no one to see. They walked into a yard. The yard was not big, only half an acre of land, but actually a yard. The yard was empty and there was nothing, only four high walls and two doors in the front and back.

Zhai Rang and others had just walked into the yard, but the housekeeper suddenly ran back out of the yard. Then the two yard doors were closed, and black soldiers appeared on the walls, hundreds of people, all carrying crossbow arrows. Zhai Rang was shocked. He knew that he had been fooled, so he reached into his arms to draw his sword. At this moment, a light bang sounded, and arrows were fired from all over the walls. Although Zhai Rang was very skilled in martial arts, he could not avoid the dense close shooting of hundreds of arrows. Poor Zhai Rang's hero was shot like a hedgehog and died tragically in Li Mi's mansion. Hao Xiaode, Wang Ruxin and several personal guards also died in the yard.

Three rounds of poisonous arrows were shot on the wall before finally stopping. The crossbow archers slowly dispersed. The gate of the courtyard opened. Li Mi walked in from outside the courtyard. He walked to Zhai Rang's body and stopped, sneering, "It's not that I'm unrighteous, but that you are unkind first. For the past friendship, I will leave you a whole body."

At this time, Shan Xiongxin walked into the yard and knelt down to Li Mi on one knee, "Shan Xiongxin is willing to be loyal to Duke Wei!"

Li Mi patted his shoulder with approval, "I will not forget your credit. From today on, you will be the Hu Ben General of the Wagang Army. I will reward you with all the property of Zhai Rang."

Shan Xiongxin shook his head, "Shan Xiongxin is not greedy for wealth, Shan Xiongxin wants to follow Mr. Wei to do something big."

Li Mi narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Well said it! If I am the emperor, I will make you the king."

At this time, a guard came in and reported: "General Wang Bodang has led 5,000 soldiers to surround Zhai Rang's mansion and ask Duke Wei to decide."

"Okay! Tell Wang Bodang that those who are willing to follow me can write a letter of loyalty, and those who refuse to follow him will kill him on the spot. Then, he will order Cai Jiande to close the city gate and not allow anyone to enter or exit."

A purge against Zhai Rang began in Luokou City. All Zhai Rang's confidants and guards were killed, and all the 100,000 troops stationed in the city were taken over by Li Mi.

Li Mi immediately sent someone to use Zhai Rang's fake letter to deceive Zhai Hong, who was stationed in Xingyang, to Luokou City to accept the enthronement. Zhai Hong believed that, and led 300 people to Luokou City, and was shot and killed by Li Mi's ambush on the way.

Although Li Mi wanted to take over Zhai Rang's army with minimal loss, dozens of generals loyal to Zhai Rang left the Wagang army, and tens of thousands of troops stationed in the outer city of Luokou collapsed, and at the same time planted the seeds of suspicion in the Wagang army.

Xu Shiji left the Wagang Army angrily because Li Mi killed Zhai Rang. After Cheng Yaojin's repeated persuasion, he finally decided to follow Cheng Yaojin to Fengzhou to seek refuge with Yang Yuanqing.

Li Mi eliminated Zhai Rang's blocking stone, and he immediately rectified his army and led a 300,000 army to attack Luoyang in three groups, and Luoyang was in a hurry.

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