Negative vertical and horizontal talents, meet the wind and clouds, it s a pity, Li Mi

The horse does not die, and the song of Yu Xi is cut in vain. Before the death of the Yuan, there were seven in Chinese New Year's Eve.

Wei Zheng said in the article "The Epitaph of Li Mi, the Late Duke of Xingguo in the Tang Dynasty", that Li Mi is "a talent who is negative and vertical, and he will meet the wind and clouds", but there is also a hint of "getting up early in the morning and catching up with a late set".

The earliest rebellion, the largest number of people, and the hardest battle, Li Mi was invincible. In the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, his edge once covered everyone.

In the ninth year of the Great Cause (613 AD), Yang Xuangan rebelled and fired the "first shot against Sui", and Li Mi was the "planning director" of Yang Xuangan Group.

In the twelfth year of the Great Cause (616 AD), with a stroke of the pen in the trough of life, he wrote "Fan Hao Shijing Disciple, Xiao He Dao Pen Officer, a Time Fortune Meeting, Famous Legends Through the Ages, Sending Words to the World, and False Life is Really Shameful" After Li Mi was introduced by Wang Bodang and defected to Wagangzhai.

The establishment of Wagangzhai is inseparable from the three founding fathers of Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shichang. But when it comes to the growth of Wagangzhai, it still depends on Li Mi, an "outsider".

Killed Zhang Xutuo, the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, opened a warehouse to help the people, defeated the Sui army defenders in Luoyang, defeated the Guanzhong Sui army that rushed to Luoyang, and fought dozens of battles with Wang Shichong's Jianghuai elite who rushed to Luoyang, and then defeated Yu Wenhua and brought the most elite Xiaoguo army.

Li Mi gnawed on the hardest bones. The prestige of Wagangzhai was achieved by containing most of the main forces of the Sui army and fighting with real knives and guns.

Under Li Mi's command, half of the fierce generals and ministers of that era gathered. Xu Shixian, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Zheng, Zhang Liang, Pei Renji, Luo Shixin, etc., all served under Li Mi's account. Even Liu Heimin, who later shocked Hebei, was also a member of Li Mi's generals.

At the peak of Li Mi, Li Yuan had to admit it, Wang Shichong repeatedly knelt down in battles, Yu Wenhua and was directly beaten, and Dou Jiande had to surrender to Wagangzhai as a courtier.

Li Mi, who is so fierce, and such a strong Wagang army, why is it suddenly cold?

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

Although this wind could not destroy Li Mi, it also shaved off three layers of his fur.

In the confrontation with the Sui army, Li Mi was actually a loser. Although the Sui army was hit hard, it was also mired in the quagmire and could not be easily freed.

Chai Xiaohe, Fang Yanzao, Yang Defang, Zheng Detao, Zu Junyan. If Li Mi is called emperor, these people are all his ministers, but unfortunately, they died in battle, and those who were killed were killed.

After sacrificing so much, Li Mi finally made someone else's wedding dress.

The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. ”

In Li Mi, this old saying is really answered. Li Mi planted trees, and there were too many people enjoying the shade.

For example, JAC's Du Fuwei and Li Zitong. Wang Shichong's Jianghuai team was about to beat them down, but Luoyang was in danger, and Yang Guang had to order Wang Shichong to go north to rescue. When Li Mi and Wang Shichong were in full swing, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, who had suddenly relieved the pressure, developed rapidly.

For example, Li Yuan's father and son who stayed in Taiyuan. After Li Mi beheaded Zhang Xutuo, he beat Liu Changgong of Luoyang to "only be spared", and the Sui army in Guanzhong rushed to aid Luoyang.

For example, Wang Shichong, who fought to death with Li Mi. Wang Shichong was beaten by Li Mi to cry and cry for his mother, and he was about to take the last step of Kaicheng's surrender, which coincided with Yu Wenhua and returning to Guanzhong with more than 100,000 Xiaoguo troops. After using Li Mi to defeat Yu Wenhua, Wang Shichong took advantage of the situation to stab him in the back and encroach on Li Mi's territory and soldiers, horses, money and food.

So, can it be said that Li Mi is just unlucky?

Bad luck is true, and Li Mi's own mistakes are also true.

First, strategic planning is wrong.

As early as when he was a strategist for Yang Xuangan, Li Mi told Yang Xuangan that there were three strategies to seize the world of the Great Sui:

It is the best policy to trap Yang Guang's expeditionary force outside the pass and cut off their back route; Entering Chang'an in the west, taking Guanzhong as a place to stand is the middle policy; Besieging Luoyang, which is fortified in the city, and fighting with reinforcements from all walks of life is the next step.

However, when Li Mi personally took charge of Wagangzhai, he still chose the next strategy of besieging Luoyang, just like Yang Xuangan back then.

Facts have also proved that for Li Mi, Luoyang is not a good place. During the siege of Luoyang, although he laid down the granary, he also attracted most of the main force of the Sui army, and the mud feet were deep.

Chai Xiaohe once persuaded Li Mi to enter the Guanzhong, just like Li Mi persuaded Yang Xuangan back then. Yang Xuangan didn't listen, and when it came to Li Mi himself, he didn't listen either.

Second, the political layout is wrong.

The killing of Zhai Rang can only be regarded as a ** in Wagangzhai at most, but it is far from reaching the point of breaking the muscles and bones. Surrendering to Emperor Tai was a devastating blow to Wagangzhai politically.

Zhai Rang is not a hero who cares about the people, nor is he a hero who hides hills and valleys, so the impact of Zhai Rang's affairs is not so great.

Moreover, Li Mi does not engage in Zhulian, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiyun and other Wagang elders are still reused, and the scale of Wagangzhai is getting bigger and bigger, because everyone has the same purpose - anti-Sui.

And suddenly, the Wagang army changed from "anti-Sui" to "Shun Sui", and the object of surrender was in Luoyang City, which they had been storming day and night for more than a year.

After Yu Wenhua and killed Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, ascended the throne in Luoyang, was Emperor Tai, and recruited Li Mi. Li Mi didn't say a word, accepted the canonization, and acted as the "chief thug" of Emperor Tai, preparing to take the passing Yu Wenhua and more than 100,000 elite Xiaoguo troops.

For the soldiers and generals of Wagangzhai, this is simply a "collapse of faith", we have been fighting for your life and death for more than a year, and you have turned around and surrendered to the enemy? What is the blood we have shed, our dead brethren?

Li Mi and Yu Wenhua fought bloody, but Wang Shichong eradicated dissidents in Luoyang City and seized power, and took advantage of Li Mi's tragic victory to stab him in the back.

Even if he is called emperor, even if he is a vassal to another anti-Sui rebel army, it is better than surrendering to Emperor Tai behind Wang Shichong.

That. Third, the mistake of recognizing and employing people.

After the defeat, Li Mi still had nearly 30,000 men and horses in his hands, and he only lost a few cities such as Yanshi and Kim Yong Yong, and it was not yet "the day of never turning over".

However, Li Mi still took Wang Bodang and led more than 20,000 horses into Guanzhong and descended to the Tang Dynasty.

Why? Why can't he, Li Mi, have the courage to defeat and fight again and again like Wang Shichong? Because, he Li Mi has nowhere to go.

Bing Yuan really guarded Luokou and Shan Xiongxin garrisoned Yanshi to the north of the city, and they all voted for Wang Shichong.

Xu Shiyun guarded Liyang, but Li Mi didn't dare to vote, for fear that Xu Shiyun would harm him. As everyone knows, after Li Mi's death, it was Xu Shiyun who risked his life to collect his body.

In fact, it is easy to see from here that Li Mi has made a big mistake in recognizing and employing people.

Most of his henchmen, such as Chai Xiaohe, died in the battle formation, even if he could leave one or two to defend the rear city for him, he would not have no way out overnight.

The public physique is chaste, the machine is vigilant, the five elements at a glance, half a decade, Yashan calligraphy and sword, You Jingwen and history, the courage of a light husband, and the enemy of ten thousand people. As for the method of three orders and five declarations, the skill of seven verticals and seven captures, the wonder of going out of the sky and entering the earth, and the strategy of pulling out the banner and embracing the sand, it is as immovable as deification, and the strain is endless. ——Epitaph of Li Mi, the late Tang Dynasty Xing Guogong

In the Battle of Pishan, Bing Yuanzhen betrayed the lord to seek glory, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan, Zu Junyan, Shan Xiongxin, Wei Zheng, Liu Heimin and others were all captured by Wang Shichong.

Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie and others voted for Li Tang, Wei Zheng and Liu Heimin went to Dou Jiande in Hebei, Zu Junyan was killed, Shan Xiongxin was made a general, Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan intended to assassinate Wang Shichong, and the incident was killed.

After Li Mi's death, the body was sent back to Chang'an from Bear's Ears Mountain, and then transported to Liyang. Xu Shiyun asked for Li Mi's funeral, and the three armies were buried with a royal ceremony. Bing Yuanzhen was assassinated by Li Mi's old general Du Caigan, and his head was beheaded and taken to Li Mi's grave for sacrifice.

The famous Wagang Army has become a thing of the past overnight.

It's a pity, Li Mi.