Although Zhai Rang knew that it would be inappropriate to go to Luokou City at this time, if he didn't go, his brother Zhai Hong would be dead this time.
Not only is Zhai Hong in great trouble this time, but more importantly, Li Mi will break up with him at any time.
But Zhai Rang was still angry. Because of his different ideas, he always believed from the bottom of his heart that Zhai Hong's killing of the Sui Dynasty Dog Prince was not a big deal. Moreover, he believed that Li Mi's attack on Zhai Hong was more aimed at him.
Therefore, Zhai Rang led 50,000 troops to Luokou City despite the dissuasion of his subordinates.
Li Mi had already given instructions to the generals at the city gate, and Zhai Rang led his people into Luokou City smoothly. He did not even stop his troops and allowed his 50,000 troops to enter.
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However, unlike in the past when Li Mi showed great respect for Zhai Rang, this time Li Mi did not go to the city gate to greet him, but waited in the palace.
"Mi Gong, Master Zhai is here!" A soldier immediately reported from the city gate to Li Mi who had heard the news from the middle school.
Li Mi sneered and said, "Let's go, take Zhai Hong to the door to meet Master Zhai."
Li Mi led a group of people and escorted Zhai Hong, who was tied up with five flowers. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the mansion, he saw Zhai Rang coming on horseback with hundreds of guards.
When Zhai Rang saw Li Mi from a distance, he shouted: "Brother Xian, I'm here to apologize to you."
Zhai Rang knew that it was now difficult for him to do anything to Li Mi. If the latter refused to give him face or let him go, he really had no other option besides turning his back and robbing him, so he kept his attitude low.
"Brother Zhai, I don't dare to take this position!" Li Mi said coldly with an angry look on his face.
At the same time, Li Mi had already signaled several guards to push Zhai Hong forward, kneel on the ground, and place him between him and Zhai Rang.
"Second brother! Save me..." As soon as Zhai Hong saw his brother coming to save him, he became energetic and cried as if he had seen the savior.
But before he could finish crying, Zhai Rang whipped him hard and shouted: "You still haven't apologized to the secret minister!"
Although Zhai Hong was a little stupid, he also knew that his brother was doing this for Li Mi. Although he wanted to cut Li Mi into pieces, he had to lower his head and said bitterly: "Mi Gong, I drank wine the night before yesterday.
I lost my temper and became confused for a moment, and was instigated by the people below to kill Duke Mi's men. Now I apologize to Duke Mi, and I hope Duke Mi will not take the blame!"
"Don't blame?" Li Mi sneered, "Zhai Hong, you killed my men, for the sake of brother Zhai, you apologize, I don't care, but I, you killed the King of Xi, insulted the princess, and ruined me.
Wagang is plotting great things in the world, but I can't spare you, come on!"
Li Mi shouted sharply: "Come here, behead Zhai Hong right now!"
One of Li Mi's soldiers responded to the order and was about to chop off Zhai Hong's head with a long knife. Zhai Rang's expression changed drastically. He jumped off his horse, stood in front of Zhai Hong, and kicked the Li Mi soldier away.
Zhai Rang was a master of breaking the gong period, and this kick came out of anger. The soldier screamed on the spot, vomited blood, and flew out. He hit the ground motionless and did not know whether to live or die.
But Zhai Rang didn't even look at the soldier. He stared at Li Mi and shouted coldly: "Mr. Mi, are you really going to do this?"
Li Mi did not back down, looked into Zhai Rang's eyes, and said calmly: "This is what I want to say, this is what the boss really wants.
Zhai Rang's face suddenly turned colder. Li Mi had never dared to speak to him with such a tone and attitude before. Li Mi had always been very respectful to him. He stared at Li Mi and said slowly: "Mr. Mi really doesn't give it to me.
Do you have to kill my elder brother to save face?"
Li Mi had no expression on his face and said calmly: "Master, I have already said that this is not because I have to kill Zhai Hong, but because he has made a mistake and must die. Again, if Zhai Hong is as big as just now,
For the sake of the boss's sake, I don't have to worry about killing the warriors in our Wagang Army like this. But he dared to kill King Xi, ruining the opportunity for the boss to fight for the world, and ruining our Wagang army's fight for the world.
This is a great opportunity. If I, Li Mi, spared him, how could I be worthy of the hundreds of thousands of brothers in the Wagang Army, and how could I be worthy of the brothers who had died on the battlefield."
"Mr. Mi, what you said still sounds nice," Zhai Rang sneered, and suddenly burst into laughter. His laughter almost made him shed tears. He stopped laughing, looked at Li Mi and said coldly: "I know what you mean.
The opportunity is nothing more than to establish King Xun as emperor and make him a puppet, and then you will eventually replace him. As for the important matter of Zhai Rang, don't say such things again in the future."
At this point, Zhai Rang snorted coldly and said: "But I want to tell you, that is just your wishful thinking. I have never agreed, and many of my brothers in Wagang have not agreed, and you don't think about it either.
The king has killed so many of our brothers, and the Yang family has killed so many of us.
There are also those staff and civil servants in your hands. These people were all dog officials of the Sui Dynasty before. They have killed so many of us before and harmed so many of our brothers.
However, you protected them like treasures, gave them officials, and let them boss us brothers around.
Let me tell you, don't give me a chance. If I have a chance, I'm really going to kill all the dog officials of the Sui Dynasty who surrendered under your command, as well as that bullshit King Xi. My elder brother killed me well, and I'm going to give credit to my elder brother.
, I want to reward him greatly. I, Zhai Rang, led my brothers to overthrow the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and I definitely did not intend to establish another Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. It is even more impossible for the Yang family to become the emperor, even as puppets."
After saying that, Zhai Rang helped his brother Zhai Hong up, handed it to the soldiers to help him mount his horse, snorted heavily, waved his hand, and shouted very domineeringly: "Let's go!"
After saying that, he got on his horse and drove away with hundreds of guards.
Li Mi stared at Zhai Rang's back, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. Zhai Rang had become his biggest stumbling block in fighting for the world, and he had to kill him.
However, things went very smoothly today. Zhai Rang was so domineering, so excessive, so indifferent to rewards and punishments, and so forced Li Mi. Then it was natural for Li Mi to kill Zhai Rang. Most of the people in the Wagang Army did not think so.
They will be separated by Zhai Rang's death. As for those die-hard loyalists of Zhai Rang, they will naturally be killed to avoid future troubles.
But when he thought that Xu Shiji did not follow him to Luokou City this time, but went to Shangqiu, another city under the rule of Wagang Army, he felt a little confused.
"Xu Shiji is a smart man. He knew that Zhai Rang and I would die, and he didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he hid far away. With his temperament, whoever survives in the end will naturally come forward to help stabilize the morale of the army, so Xu Shiji
Don’t worry too much.”
Drawing a conclusion in his mind, Li Mi arranged for people to treat the injured soldier before and ordered to his left and right: "Send people to keep an eye on Zhai Rang, and other things will be carried out strictly according to the plan."
All the staff and civil servants around Li Mi had just heard Zhai Rang's words and had already hated him to death. When they heard this, their spirits were lifted. After complimenting Li Mi, they all took the order and left.
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Zhai Rang took people back to his mansion in Luokou City. Although he rescued Zhai Hong, Li Mi's attitude just now made him still angry.
At this moment, he could no longer tolerate what Li Mi had done, and he had even forgotten about Li Mi's so-called true destiny.
The main reason why Zhai Rang was able to build such a large foundation in Wagang Mountain was that he was a righteous man and repaid his kindness.
Therefore, if the brothers below him rebelled against him, died in battle, and had their families destroyed, he would give them a pension, grain, and silver. Moreover, he also promised that after the people below him overthrew the Sui Dynasty and established their own empire, he would give his brothers high-ranking officials and generous favors.
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But what has happened now? More than a dozen counties have been conquered, but the high-ranking officials in the counties and counties continue to be occupied by those Sui officials who surrendered.
Then our Wagang Army has occupied countless counties, isn't it still in the hands of these Sui officials? This is all bullshit.
Moreover, these Sui officials regarded Li Mi as their benefactor and were loyal to Li Mi. They only recognized Li Mi. They looked down upon Zhai Rang and even refused to be his companions. How could he not have heard what they secretly slandered Zhai Rang?
The most important thing is that, in Zhai Rang's view, Li Mi is not righteous at all. He is a poisonous person. He conquered the country without thinking about sharing it with his brothers. Instead, he defeated the Wagang Army officers and soldiers in this way.
The country and the country are taken for granted.
This was also the thing that Zhai Rang could not tolerate the most. In his opinion, the world belonged to Wagang Army, not to Li Mi.
In addition, there are various signs that Li Mi has already thought of getting rid of Zhai Rang, so the huge crisis made Zhai Rang also consider getting rid of Li Mi.
Li Mi led the Wagang Army and had almost never been defeated before. In addition, many people believed that Li Mi was the destined emperor, which made Li Mi's prestige higher and higher. Even if Zhai Rang wanted to remove Li Mi, he would not be able to do it.
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However, things are different now. Li Mi has suffered successive defeats in front of the Far Eastern Army, and his prestige has dropped a lot. This is a good time to get rid of Li Mi.
Therefore, he could not wait any longer, so he personally led 50,000 troops to Luokou City.
Of course he knew that the 100,000 men in Luokou City were Li Mi's direct descendants, but how could he, Zhai Rang, be unprepared? The 100,000 generals and senior generals were indeed Li Mi's confidants, but the junior officers below were
Zhai Rang was very confident in his people, because many of these grassroots officers were old people who had followed him to build his business.
"Come here, call me Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode." Zhai Rang's heart was filled with murderous intent, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he ordered to his left and right.
The soldier agreed and left quickly.
Not long after, Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode came in a hurry from outside, clasping their fists and saying, "Greetings, brother."
Shan Xiongxin's eyes flashed, and then he said: "Brother, you have finally made up your mind, are you ready to take action?"
Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode were Shan Xiongxin's most trusted generals, and they both had heavy troops under his deliberate promotion.