First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 197
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The news that Shan Xiongxin and others surrendered to Wang Shichong reached Luokou, shaking the whole army.

Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong and others are all well-known generals in the army, and now they all surrendered to Wang Shichong. This kind of blow can be imagined.

Among Zhai Rang's old generals, Shan Xiongxin is the best. Now that Shan Xiongxin has surrendered, Li Mi is even more dissatisfied with Zhai Rang's old general.

When Wang Shichong's troops came to Luokou, Huan Fasi, the counselor, came from Luoyang.

"Duke Zheng, Luokou Cangcheng is strong. If it is attacked by force, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The poor have a plan, or they can surrender without fighting." Huan Fasi bowed and said.

Wang Shichong was overjoyed when he heard that, and then he realized, "Surrender the enemy without fighting. Does the Taoist mean to persuade you to surrender?"

Huan Fasi was noncommittal, "Yes and no." Seeing Wang Shichong frowned, Huan Fasi bluntly said: "According to reliable information, after Li Mihuo merged with Zhai Rang, he fully accepted Zhai Rang's old general. The old general Rang is doomed not to be fully trusted. Now that Shan Xiongxin has surrendered, Li Mi will only become more suspicious of the old general Zhai Rang. The guard in the city is Bing Yuanzhen, the secretary of the Wagang Army, and the old general Zhai Rang. It may be feasible A plan to divide".

Wang Shichong's eyes lit up when he heard it, "How to do it? Please tell the priest quickly."

"It is rumored that Bing Yuanzhen is extremely greedy for money. Maybe he can send an envoy with a lot of money and a letter written by Zheng Gong to the city together, and let the envoy inadvertently let Li Mi seize it. As for the letter..." said Huan Fasi treacherous smile.

"That letter needs to be written by Zheng Gong himself. The attitude is vague, the words need to be ambiguous, and the most important thing is that you need to smear and change the key points of the words. Dare I ask Zheng Gong, if such a letter is made by Li Mi? Suspicious people seized it, what do you think will happen to Bing Yuanzhen?"

Seeing Huan Fasi's sinister smile, Wang Shichong laughed loudly, "The Taoist priest is really resourceful."

Immediately ordered people to grind ink and spread paper. Wang Shichong was fond of literature since he was a child. When he was young, he studied under the great Confucian Xu Wenyuan and read extensively in the collection of classics and history. He is not an illiterate reckless man. Li Yuan and Li Mi are more knowledgeable.

Wang Shichong wrote as soon as he picked up the pen, and the thousand-character long letter appeared vividly on the paper. The words in the letter were very close, and he even called Bing Yuanzhen brothers.

After Huan Fasi read the letter, he immediately praised, "Zheng Gong is very talented in writing, really amazing."

Wang Shichong grinned, and immediately summoned a confidant, explained it carefully, and then gave him a lot of money, ordering him to sneak into the city as an envoy to meet Bing Yuanzhen, first hand over the letter to Bing Yuanzhen, and then try to spread the news. To let Li Mi know of the existence of this letter, his confidants took orders to leave.

The envoy was ordered to sneak into the city overnight, and happened to run into Wang Bodang's troops who had withdrawn from Jinyong City to Luokou overnight. Seeing that the envoy was sneaky, Wang Bodang's scouts captured him.

Uncle Wang looked at the letter in front of him and was furious. He immediately put the letter in his arms and said, "Take this person with me and follow me to see Duke Wei".

When he came to the city, Wang Bodang ignored the soldiers who greeted him, and went straight to Li Mi's residence.

"Sanlang is back, is there something wrong on the way?" Seeing Wang Bodang, Li Mi stepped forward and asked with concern. Only one person.

"Wei Gong, look at this." Wang Bodang angrily took out the letter and handed it to Li Mi, "As long as Wei Gong gives an order, I will go and take down Bing Yuanzhen."

Li Mi opened the letter and read it. Dang even had a gloomy face and thought for a long time without saying a word.

"Wei Gong, it's better to strike first, and you can't delay," Wang Bodang urgently urged.

Li Mi waved his hand and asked directly, "Where did this letter come from?"

"When entering the city, the enemy spies caught by the roadside were found from him," Wang Bodang said bluntly.

"They were searched by the enemy's spies?" Li Mi raised his eyebrows, then sneered, and threw the letter aside, "It must be Wang Shichong's plan to alienate him."

Seeing Wang Bodang's puzzled expression, Li Mi shook his head and said with a smile: "If the letter has not been altered, maybe it was Wang Shichong who sent it to Bing Yuanzhen.

But now this letter is smeared and covered up, if I find this letter from Bing Yuanzhen, I will definitely think that Bing Yuanzhen has an affair with Wang Shichong, but now the letter has been smeared, but it comes from outside the city, If I fell for it, I would be a fool without a brain."

After finishing speaking, Li Mi went to the bedroom, "Sanlang don't need to pay attention, let's go to rest earlier."

Who is Li Mi, he was known as a child prodigy when he was young, and he has a quick mind. This altered letter was intercepted by Wang Bodang when he entered the city, which is enough to prove that the alteration was not done by Bing Yuanzhen, and Li Mi naturally would not fall for it.

Wang Bodang froze on the spot, frowning tightly, had no choice but to pick up the letter and return to the camp, but Wang Bodang was known as Yong Saburo, and he was very skilled in martial arts, but his mind was so true.

Wang Bodang, who returned to the camp, actually discussed the matter with his subordinates in public. The news came quickly, and Bing Yuanzhen also heard about it, so he couldn't help feeling uneasy. Li Mi hadn't caught the trick, but Bing Yuanzhen still had trouble sleeping and eating. .

Originally, Bing Yuan was Zhai Rang's former general, with many strategies. He assisted Zhai Rang in the uprising, led Shan Xiongxin, Wang Dangren and other generals to fight against Xingyang, and killed Sui generals Zhang Xutuo, Fan Hu and others.

The two tiger generals Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were also recruited by Bing Yuanzhen himself. Since then, Bing Yuanzhen has been one of the core figures of the Wagang Army.

Now Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong and others who are close friends have surrendered to Wang Shichong, and when they first heard that Wang Bodang intercepted the "erasing of books", after Bing Yuanzhen was frightened, he immediately decided not to do anything, and simply went to Wang Shichong.

After making up his mind, Bing Yuanzhen went straight to look for the hussar general Luo Shixin, and now Luo Shixin was the only one left among the four hussars of the Wagang Army. When he learned of Bing Yuanzhen's thoughts, Luo Shixin immediately agreed.

He and Qin Cheng were like brothers in the first place, and he had long been displeased with Li Mi's behavior of valuing profit over righteousness, so he naturally agreed with it.

Bing Yuan was really overjoyed, and then said: "There are still hundreds of cronies under Shixin's command. Why don't you capture Li Mi directly and go to Duke Zheng, so you can have a certificate of honor."

After hearing this, Luo Shixin frowned, and said bluntly: "I went to Wang Shichong because I didn't like Wei Gong's behavior on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was the righteousness of the whole brother. It's just that we are serving Wei Gong after all. Now it's disloyal to betray you. It would be too despicable to attack him again."

Seeing that Luo Shixin was determined not to do anything to Li Mi, Bing Yuanzhen was also helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "It's not too late, don't procrastinate, let's go tonight."

That night, Bing Yuanzhen, the secretary of Wagang, and Luo Shixin, the general of hussars, led [-] Wagang soldiers out of the city to join Wang Shichong.

Early the next morning, when Li Mi heard the news, he panicked and ordered to evacuate in a hurry. Wang Shichong seized the opportunity and left the city.

Li Mi fled to Wulao Pass in panic, while Wang Bodang, one of the rebellious troops, withdrew to Heyang.

(End of this chapter)