As we have seen in past articles, this small team has grown rapidly since Li Mi became the leader of Wagangzhai.
They conquered cities and expanded their territory, and Li Mi was also a master of food grabbing, which was definitely a trick in this famine year. His food reserves soon attracted a large number of people to take refuge.
This hill pack became lively, full of noise and slogans, and hundreds of thousands of troops trained here.
After Li Mi seized the two granaries of Xingluocang and Huiluocang, his heart was full of longing for Luoyang and the world. This is also understandable, after all, in this troubled time, who can not dream of becoming an emperor with an army, food and wealth?
At this time, if there is no yellow robe, what is the more appropriate time? Who doesn't want their family to be glorified? Unfortunately, Li Mi may have been a little overconfident, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, he proposed three strategies as a military advisor, the best of which was to attack Chang'an from the west and seize the world with Guanzhong as a base.
However, Yang Xuangan did not see this, and was later defeated under the city of Luoyang, and he himself was defeated and died.
Li Mi's situation at the moment is extremely similar to the predicament of Yang Xuangan's rebellion. He had an army of hundreds of thousands, and if he chose to move west to capture Guanzhong, it would still be a wise strategy.
However, Li Mi seems to have a different idea about this. On the grounds that his subordinates were all from the east of the Kunshan Mountains, he gave up his plan to advance westward, and decided to stay near Luoyang and capture Luoyang first.
However, Luoyang is strategically located, but it is in the land of four wars, and all the powerful people are coveting it, so the inevitable group conflict will follow.
When Emperor Yang of Sui learned of Li Mi's rebellion, he sent his confidant Wang Shichong to lead the army to quell the rebellion. After the struggle between Li Mi and Wang Shichong began, the conflict between the two sides intensified day by day and turned into a tragic war of attrition.
At this time, Li Mi's backyard was **. It turned out that Zhai Rang, who had been deprived of power by Li Mi, was instigated by his subordinates and once again had the intention of seizing the throne. This made Li Mi very dissatisfied, and he decided to go back immediately to solve the problem.
Li Mi used a Hongmen banquet to successfully weaken Zhai Rang's power and achieve control over Wagang. However, this move caused turmoil and ** within Wagang.
Although on the surface it looks like Li Mi has won, in fact, he has laid a hidden danger for Wagang's future.
Li Miwei fought side by side with Wang Shichong, packed up his family and came to Luoyang again, but at this time, the news of the violent death of Emperor Yang of Sui came from Yangzhou, and Yu Wenhua led nearly 100,000 forbidden troops into the Central Plains, and the situation changed abruptly.
Wang Shichong set up Yang Tong as the emperor in Luoyang, and proclaimed himself the prime minister, and suggested to the little emperor that Li Mi be named an official, so that he and Yu Wenhua could kill each other and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
As a puppet emperor, Yang Tong naturally agreed to this proposal, so he issued an edict to confer Li Mi as a lieutenant and a scholar. Overjoyed, Li Mi happily accepted the order and led his army to fight against Yu Wenhua, and he finally had a chance to realize his political ambitions.
Although Yu Wenji's troops are not many, they are all special forces, which makes Li Mi not gain an advantage. After Yu Wenhua was defeated, Li Mi's vitality was so injured that he was even hit by an arrow and almost died.
Yu Wenhua fled to the Liaocheng area, but was defeated by Dou Jiande of Hebei, and finally his head was chopped off and made into a street lamp. As soon as Li Mi took a breath, Wang Shichong was about to continue to fight against him.
The elite Praetorian Guards set up a position with Wang Shichong, who was starving, but their combat effectiveness was surprising, and they showed excellent combat effectiveness in the face of an enemy several times their size.
However, Wang Shichong was not discouraged by this, he cleverly took advantage of this opportunity, found a person who looked like Li Mi, dressed him up like Li Mi, and then tied him up and brought him to the front of the battle.
This man shouted loudly: "Li Mi is here, he has been captured by us!" When the Wagang army saw this scene, they immediately lost confidence and fled. Li Mi watched his soldiers flee, but could not do anything.
He knew that the general trend was gone, so he drew his sword and prepared to kill himself, but was stopped by Wang Bodang. Originally, Li Mi wanted to take refuge with his subordinates who had not participated in the war, hoping to make a comeback, but he considered the Hongmen banquet in Wagang Village and the fact that his subordinates might no longer trust him, so he decided to lead the remnants to join Li Yuan.
Li Mi was in trouble, and it seemed that he had received help from the Li family, but in fact, he was snubbed by Li Yuan and was only given an idle position in Guangluqing. This position was only to manage the palace meals, which was undoubtedly an insult to a former hero.
Li Mi couldn't bear such treatment, and finally chose to escape with Wang Bodang. However, Li Yuan would not let them go easily, and sent soldiers to chase and kill, which eventually led to the death of both Li Mi and Wang Bodang.
This is a tragic heroic story, but also a helpless fate.
Wagangzhai in the wilderness seems invincible on the surface, but the internal unity has long been problematic. Li Mi did not listen to the advice, he had been in the place of four wars for a long time, and he did not have the time and energy to solve the internal contradictions, and the result was that defeat was already doomed, and it was only a matter of time before he fell apart.
The glorious Wagangzhai has come to an end, which makes people sigh. That's all for today's story, see you next time.