"Your Majesty, Li Mi did not go to Wagang Village, but went to Luokou City." Shen Guoer reported to Wang Junlin in the Far Eastern Army camp.
Wang Junlin frowned slightly and said: "Li Mi can become one of the few heroes in the world, commanding many heroes in Wagang. It is really extraordinary. Obviously this officer has noticed something. Maybe we are not strict enough this time, and he heard about it. After hearing some news, I became wary of Wagang General Village."
Shen Guoer said quickly: "Your Majesty, I will arrange to conduct a thorough investigation of everyone involved in this plan to see who leaked the news."
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "It's not necessarily that there is a spy among us. It's also possible that someone was not careful enough and was discovered by the enemy."
After a pause, he wondered: "Why did Li Mi choose to go to Luokou City?"
Cheng Yaojin on the side suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this subordinate knows about this."
Wang Junlin glanced at Cheng Yaojin, who had been disciplined by Nie Xiaoyu, nodded, and said with a smile: "Cheng Yaojin, please tell me in detail."
This was the first time Cheng Yaojin spoke at such a meeting after he officially surrendered to Wang Junlin. Cheng Yaojin pondered for a moment and said: "I would like to inform you, Prince, that after Li Mi occupied Luokou Cangbao, he carried out large-scale construction projects and mobilized more than ten people. Thousands of people expanded Luokou Cangbao five or six times and built it into Luokou City. According to Li Mi's wishes, this place will become the capital of the Wagang Army. However, this matter has not yet been put on the agenda. Your Majesty The army arrived, but beforehand Li Mi had sent his confidant General Ma Xinggang to lead 50,000 elite troops to garrison the city and stockpile a large amount of food."
When Wang Junlin heard this, he nodded slightly to express his satisfaction. A look of surprise appeared on his face, and he nodded and said, "No wonder Li Mi wants to come here."
After a pause, he looked at Cheng Yaojin with admiration and said, "If you know anything else about Li Mi and Zhai Rang, tell me. This is related to our next strategic plan."
"I obey my orders!" Cheng Yaojin was encouraged by Wang Junlin. He perked up, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, about half a year ago, Li Mi and Zhai Rang were still as close as brothers on the surface, but behind the scenes the two had begun to Secretly competing for troops, cultivating close relatives, and controlling food and military supplies. From that time on, Li Mi became the leader of the Wagang Army in the military, while Zhai Rang was only the deputy general, but in terms of personnel and internal affairs, Zhai Rang holds great power, and Zhai Rang is the nominal leader of the Wagang Army."
Wang Junlin asked with a sophisticated tone: "Cheng Yaojin, as far as I know, Zhai Rangyi believed that Li Mi was the destined emperor, and he was willing to assist Li Mi in becoming emperor at first. Why did conflicts suddenly arise and intensify? To this extent?”
Cheng Yaojin felt Wang Junlin's scrutinizing gaze, his heart trembled, he thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, judging from his humble position, it's like two brothers who have separated and still live together for a long time. , it is inevitable that there will be some stumbling blocks. Of course, the two of them are not as simple as brothers splitting up. As the territory of the Wagang Army becomes larger and larger, the number of troops increases, the number of people under its rule increases, and the wealth in their hands increases. The two people's desires for power, wealth, and fame also continued to increase. In addition, the two of them had completely different understandings on some key issues. Taken together, even if Zhai Rang believed that Li Mi was the right son, But Zhai Rang's character destined him not to be an obedient minister. Even if he asked Li Mi to be the emperor, he still wanted to be a sidekick prince, and Li Mi wanted to centralize power, and the military and political power was firmly in his hands, so This only made the conflicts between them more and more intensified."
After a pause, Cheng Yaojin added: "In addition, there is another person who is also the reason for the rapid intensification of the conflict between the two of them."
Wang Junlin became interested and asked: "Who is it?"
Cheng Yaojin quickly said: "This person is Zhai Hong, Zhai Rang's brother."
"Zhai Hong? What did this person do?" Wang Junlin was a little surprised, because he had never heard of this person, nor had he heard Nie Xiaoyu talk about it. It seemed that he was not an important figure in history, but historical records were different due to various reasons.
The reasons may not be accurate.
Cheng Yaojin looked contemptuous and sarcastic, and said: "Your Majesty, this Zhai Hong is an extremely greedy and lustful person. He was granted the title of Zhuguo by Zhai Rang, Duke of Xingyang County, and led an army of 50,000 to garrison Xingyang County. Zhai Hong has nothing
Due to his ability, he was the veteran of the army and the brother of the commander, and became the second-ranking figure under Zhai Rang. He robbed women, plundered money, and occupied fertile farmland in Xingyang County.
OK, Li Mi talked to Zhai Rang several times about this matter and wanted to punish Zhai Hong, but he was suppressed by Zhai Rang. The most important thing is that Zhai Hong also robbed the relatives of Li Mi's subordinate officials several times.
, but because of Zhai Rang's protection, Zhai Hong has never been punished. Because of this, Li Mi was very embarrassed in front of his subordinate officials."
Wang Junlin was thoughtful and asked: "Zhai Rang is limited by his experience and knowledge. Although his vision is somewhat narrow, his mental ability is not weak. Logically speaking, it is impossible for him to indulge and protect Zhai Hong like this. Is there something wrong with this?"
Hidden secret?"
Cheng Yaojin said with sincerity and admiration: "Your Majesty is wise, there is indeed a reason for this."
Wang Junlin glanced at Cheng Yaojin with a half-smile, thinking that this guy was very good at flattering, and his expression was just right when he said it. No wonder in history, whether he was in the Wagang Army or later in the Tang Dynasty, he always
He remained standing and was always liked by his master. This was certainly related to his outstanding abilities, but it also had a lot to do with his smooth character. Cheng Yaojin felt guilty when Wang Junlin looked at him, and there was a little sweat on his forehead, and he quickly
Said: "Your Majesty, this is because Zhai Hong was originally a local wealthy family with tens of thousands of acres of land and a lot of family assets. However, after Zhai Rang rebelled and became a rebel, Zhai Hong was implicated and arrested by the government. Except for Zhai Hong who escaped,
In addition, more than 100 other family members were all arrested by the government and tortured to death. Later, Zhai Hong took his family property to Zhai Rang, and gave his property to Zhai Rang to recruit troops. In short, in Zhai Rang's heart, he was very loyal to Zhai Rang.
My brother Zhai Hong is very indebted, so I indulge Zhai Hong in this way."
Wang Junlin nodded, pondered for a while, then with a thought in his heart, he looked at Cheng Yaojin and said: "Cheng Yaojin, I have something that, although it is not a narrow escape, is still dangerous, I will leave it to you to complete, are you willing?"
Cheng Yaojin nodded without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions. I am willing to do so."
Wang Junlin's eyes flashed, and he said: "The Xingyang County where Zhai Hong is located is very close to the Luokou City where Li Mi is at this time. You go to Xingyang County, the Military Intelligence Office, the Wulin Guild, the Xiaoyu Theater and all the places where we are.
Everyone can cooperate with you. I will also let the insect demon lead a team of masters to act as guards for you. I don’t care what method you use, as long as Zhai Hong falls into Li Mi’s hands, but you can’t let Li Mi kill Zhai Hong immediately.
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Cheng Yaojin hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely complete my mission. Your Majesty is waiting for good news about me."
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After Cheng Yaojin arrived at Xingyang County, he disguised himself as leading some remnants of soldiers to flee here. Behind him were people from the Military Intelligence Agency disguised as pursuers, and he was later rescued by Zhai Hong's people.
In fact, there are many loopholes in this matter, because the news that Cheng Yaojin has defected to Wang Junlin has long spread, but Cheng Yaojin's greatest skill is not to lead troops to fight, but to talk to people and tell lies to ghosts.
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In addition, his popularity in the Wagang Army is better than anyone else. Zhai Hong has a good relationship with him. Some of Zhai Hong's generals have a very good relationship with him. Therefore, under Cheng Yaojin
With the joint efforts of his sharp tongue and connections, he easily gained Zhai Rang's trust, making Zhai Rang think that he had not surrendered to the Far East Army at all. It was because the Far East Army spread rumors or cut off Cheng Yaojin's retreat.
rumors.
That night, Zhai Hong gave Cheng Yaojin a clean break. After all, the latter was the fourth most powerful figure in the Wagang Army after Xu Shiji, and was the dignified deputy general manager of the Wagang Army.
Zhai Hong held a dust-cleansing banquet in his mansion, and invited several of his generals to drink with him and Cheng Yaojin. He also summoned several beautiful concubines snatched from unknown places to accompany him, and everyone held them in their arms.
Drinking and fist-fighting, noisy and lively, they continued drinking until the first watch, and Zhai Hong was already seventy percent drunk.
Among these subordinates, there was a general named Yang Hongtao, who had a good relationship with Cheng Yaojin. After Cheng Yaojin arrived in Xingyang County, people from the Military Intelligence Agency told him that he could completely trust Yang Hongtao.
Cheng Yaojin was shocked and immediately understood that this man was the spy of the Far East Army. He couldn't help but wonder if there were any generals in the Wagang Army who were the spy of the Wagang Army.
Seeing that Zhai Hong was almost drunk at this time, Cheng Yaojin gave Yang Hongtao a wink, and the latter smiled at Zhai Hong and said: "Mr. Zhai, I have something to ask of you. I don't know.
Mr. Zhai, can you help me, and my subordinates will swear allegiance to Mr. Zhai to the death?"
Zhai Hong was very satisfied with Yang Hongtao's attitude. Especially in front of Cheng Yaojin, he felt even more proud. He waved his hand magnanimously and said: "Brother Yang, just say it if you have anything to say. There is no need for my brother to be polite. As long as I can do it."
, I will definitely help my brothers.”
Yang Hongtao immediately said: "Mr. Zhai, the thing is like this, I have a brother-in-law named Liu Guangming, who is my captain. He saw a woman he liked on the street a few days ago, so he went over to strike up a conversation with her and wanted to marry her.
As a result, I was caught by Li Mi's patrol soldiers. He was not only molesting the women of the people, but he was also taken to Luokou City. Can Mr. Zhai intercede for me and ask Li Mi to let him go?"
Zhai Hong was very happy that Yang Hongtao called Li Mi by his first name, and said angrily: "What! That bastard Li Mi dares to arrest people on my territory. It is contrary to heaven. Brother Yang, don't worry, I will send people to Luokou City tomorrow."
, if he dares not to let him go if we want him back, he will never want to cross the border from Xingyang in the future."
Mentioning Li Mi, Zhai Hong suddenly remembered something irritating. He slammed the wine bowl on the table and cursed: "It's his grandma's. I don't know if my brother's head was caught in the door. He had to let it go in the first place."
That bastard Li Mi is the emperor. That bastard Li Mi pretended to refuse and let my brother be the emperor, but my brother actually refused. If he doesn’t want to be the emperor, then let me do it and let me have a taste of being the emperor.
, Now that bastard Li Mi is becoming more and more powerful in the Wagang Army, and he is really destined to be the emperor. Now he has been beaten miserably by the Far East Army. In my opinion, this time he lost to the Far East Army, and he cannot be blamed on Deputy General Manager Cheng and
General Manager Xu is all being commanded blindly by Li Mi."
Cheng Yaojin and Yang Hongtao said at the right time: "Zhai Gong is wise."
Others also followed suit and said: "Zhai Gong is wise."
Zhai Hong was so flattered by the crowd that he thought: "It would be great to be an emperor! I can choose any woman in the world and sleep with the most beautiful woman in the world every night."
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, Yang Hongtao smiled again and said: "Actually, the most beautiful woman in the world lives in Xingyang County, but it's a pity that Zhai Gong can't eat it."
"Who is it?" Zhai Hong asked with great interest.
Cheng Yaojin said at the right time: "Don't you know, Mr. Zhai? The princess of Yang Qing, the king of Xi, is said to be as beautiful as Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty. She is beautiful in the sky and the country. I saw it once two years ago and I still can't forget it. There are also his two
A daughter who is also extremely beautiful."
There was silence at the banquet. The former governor of Xingyang and King Yang Qing was persuaded by Li Mi to surrender more than two months ago and returned to Xingyang City to pick up his family. Things were being sorted in the palace. Li Mi sent someone to deliver the order a few days ago and he will go there in two days.
Luokou City went to see Li Mi. In the past few days, the family had temporarily stayed in the palace in Xingyang City. Li Mi sent hundreds of elite soldiers to guard the place, and strictly ordered that no one was allowed to harass anyone, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed!
This kind of silence is particularly painful, 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, because Li Mi wrote him a letter specifically to prevent him from touching the King Xun's family.
The letter was very serious, and Zhai Hong felt that Li Mi attached great importance to King Xun's family.
But now that he was seventy percent drunk, he lost his mind. He punched the table hard and said, "Damn, he's just a surrendered prisoner of war. I've killed many Sui officials over the years."
Isn’t that enough? Since it is on my territory, I will make the decision.”
He stood up, waved to everyone, and said ferociously: "Let's go! Go play princess with me."
All of his generals were vicious bandits. Some of them were excitedly thinking about the princess, while others were thinking about King Xun's jewels and money. Since Zhai Hong was willing to take the lead, they all clamored to follow Zhai Hong...
In the middle of the night, three thousand soldiers followed Zhai Hong on horseback. In a moment, they rushed to the front of Prince Xun's Mansion. There were more than hundreds of elite soldiers at the gate of Prince Xun's Mansion, all of them were Li Mi's men. When they saw Zhai Hong approaching menacingly, they all drew their swords and shouted: "
Stop! Kill anyone who comes close."
"Damn it, you dare to say these things on my territory." Zhai Hong was so timid that he shouted, "Kill me!"
Three thousand personal soldiers rushed forward, surrounded hundreds of people, and killed them. Continuous screams pierced the quiet night sky. Within a moment, all the hundreds of guards sent by Li Mi were killed, and the personal soldiers broke open the gate of the palace.
, Zhai Hong laughed ferociously, "Keep the women and kill all the men!"
Hundreds of people rushed into the palace. Zhai Hong had a lewd smile on his face. The woman he wanted, no one 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.
There was a chorus of shouts and cries...
Cheng Yaojin also followed, but he did not kill people or bully women. Instead, he saved two people while others were not paying attention, and asked the people from the Military Intelligence Office to send them to the opposite side of the palace. The two black figures shrank in fear.
In a group, they were soldiers sleeping in the corner and narrowly escaped the massacre.
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After noon the next day, King Yang Qing and his son were killed, and the princess and the two county heads were attacked by insurgent soldiers. News of their violent deaths reached Luokou City.
Li Mi was furious. King Xun was the puppet emperor he planned to put on the throne. Killing King Xun ruined his great career, and the reputation of the Wagang Army was ruined. This made officials everywhere dissatisfied. Now he was defeated by the king again.
King's Landing is simply adding insult to injury. Who else dares to surrender to him? His prestige in the Wagang Army has also been dealt a heavy blow.
He dared to kill even his own men. Li Mi gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife suddenly, and gritted his teeth and said: "Zhai Hong, I have tolerated you for a long time, this time I have to kill you!"
An aide reminded: "Mi Gong, the Far Eastern Army has not retreated yet. Zhai Hong still has 50,000 troops in his hands. Although most of them are rabble, Mi Gong's troops in Luokou City are only 100,000, leaving only 100,000 troops in the outer camp.
I'm afraid Zhai Rang won't obey the order if he gets in the way, so how can I kill Zhai Hong?"
Li Mi sneered and said: "I have already made arrangements with Zhai Hong. Before tomorrow night, someone from Zhai Hong will be sent to me."
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With Cheng Yaojin and Yang Hongtao secretly adding fuel to the flames, and with the combined efforts of the Far East Army's Military Intelligence Office, Wulin Guild, and Xiaoyu Theater, Li Mi and the people around Zhai Hong successfully kidnapped Zhai Hong at night.
He was put into a carriage and secretly left the city overnight. After running for most of the day, he arrived at Luokou City.
At the same time, the news reached Wagangzhai. Regardless of the persuasion of his confidants, Zhai Rang led 50,000 of his confidants to come to Luokou City to demand people.
After Li Mi heard the news, he was overjoyed and gritted his teeth in front of his confidants and said: "I was originally thinking about how to get rid of Zhai Rang, but Zhai Rang showed up unexpectedly."
A confidant reminded: "Mi Gong, Zhai Rang has a transcendent status in the Wagang Army. If Mi Gong wants to kill him, he must find a reason that convinces everyone, otherwise the Wagang Army may fall apart."
Li Mi nodded and said: "Yes, I want Zhai Rang to rescue Zhai Hong, so that the Wagang army will think that it is his Zhai brothers who are at fault first, and then force Zhai Rang to take the lead, and finally kill him.
, when the time comes, I will convince everyone, and then I will take over the 100,000 troops from the old camp of Wagang who only obeyed Zhai Rang's orders before, and then fight to the death with that king Junlin, drive the Far East Army out of the Central Plains, and truly become the lord of the Central Plains."
After a pause, he glanced around at his confidants and said with a smile, "Don't worry, everyone. The general accompanying Zhai Rang is Shan Xiongxin, but he has already secretly taken refuge with me."
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ps: An update of more than 5,000 words is sent. I am very sorry that due to the damn pneumonia epidemic, the update is unstable these days——Finally, I wish everyone again to be immune to all viruses——————————