Thirteen years after the Sui Dynasty Emperor's great cause, Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan and marched to Guanzhong to kill him. Li Yuan's troops met with stubborn resistance from the Sui general Song Laosheng at Huoyi. Li Yuan could not attack Huo Yi for a long time, and was hit by a long period of heavy rain, and the soldiers' armor was rusted. Pei Ning and others used the threat of Li Mi and Liu Wuzhou as an excuse to persuade Li Yuan to return to Taiyuan and wait for the opportunity to fight again.
Li Shimin refuted Pei Huan and others, and persuaded Li Yuan to seize the opportunity to take HuoYi in one fell swoop and then attack Xianyang. Li Shimin said a lot, and when li mi was mentioned, he deliberately emphasized that he "cared about Cangsu and did not go far-reaching." This sentence of Li Shimin is not a novel passage, but comes from the Zizhi Tongjian. Volume 184. Sui Dynasty VIII records.
At that time, Li Mi had 300,000 troops, and there were a large number of fierce generals such as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, and wei Zheng and other top strategists.
Li Yuan, Dou Jiande, and others urged Li Mi to claim the title of emperor. Li Yuan wrote to Li Mi: "Xin Dai big brother, climbing scales and wings, only brother early to the map, to Ning Zhaomin!" The head of the Zongmeng, the genus of See Rong, was restored to Tang, and Si Rong was enough. ”
Li Shimin stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Translating Li Yuan's words, it means: "Brother Xian should be named As soon as possible and ascend the throne as emperor." Brother Yu did not have lofty ambitions, and only begged Brother Xian to leave my name in the Longxi Li clan genealogy and give me the ancestral land of tang, and Brother Yu was grateful. ”
Li Yuan explicitly promoted Li Mi and made him emperor, but behind his back, he said that Li Mi was an "artemisia arrow". Artemisia is a kind of miscanthus, and our common miscanthus broom is made of artemisia poles. Arrows are generally made of arrow bamboo, arrows made of artemisia poles, and it is useless to flutter lightly. Li Yuan called Li Mi "Artemisia Arrow", that is, he thought that Li Mi's light fluttering was useless.
When Li Mi was in the middle of the day, Li Shimin believed that Li Mi was greedy for grain in the warehouse and had no long-term strategic plan. Is there any truth to what Li Shimin said?
In this matter, Chai Xiaohe has the most say. The Book of the Old and New Tang Dynasties records that Li Mi had a strategist who, before Li Yuan raised an army, offered a plan to Li Mi, saying: "Qin land obstructs mountains and rivers, and Xiang Bei's death is the king of HanDe." Now the Gong returned to Luo with Renjibi, Zhai let Bao Luokou, and the Gong Shu Armor Double Dao tended to Chang'an, and who among the people did not greet him? It is conquest without fighting also. The crowd was strong, and then they turned eastward, commanding Haojie, and the world was clear and there was nothing to do. Late, I am afraid to be the first. ”
Li Mi stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Translating Chai Xiaohe's words into the vernacular, that is, saying: "Guanzhong is in a dangerous terrain, and Xiang Yu lost Guanzhong and perished." When Liu Bang got Guanzhong, he won the world. Duke Wei could have Pei Renji guard luocang and Zhai let the town guard Luokoucang. Duke Wei led his soldiers and horses to Guanzhong and captured Chang'an in one fell swoop. After taking Chang'an, he then marched east and attacked Luoyang. In this way, the pacification of the world is just around the corner. If Wei Gong was late, I was afraid that he would be preempted by others. ”
Chai Xiaohe gave Li Mi a plan in April of the thirteenth year of Daye, and Li Yuan's Taiyuan army was in July of the same year. If Li Mi acted in accordance with Chai Xiaohe's strategy, handed over the two granaries to the generals to guard the town, and drove his troops to Guanzhong himself, the situation in the world would change drastically. Unfortunately, Li Mi was reluctant to return to Luocang, Luokoucang, and Liyangcang's grain, and did not adopt Chai Xiaohe's strategy.
Emperor Wen of Sui established four major official warehouses, and the Sui Emperor added two more official warehouses, so that the Sui Dynasty had six major official warehouses. Among the six official warehouses, Hui luocang, Luokoucang and Liyangcang were in the hands of the Wagang Army. How much grain is in the three official warehouses?
According to historical records, the grain in Luokoucang alone reached more than 2,000 stones, which was enough for the 300,000 soldiers of the Wagang Army to eat for more than 30 years. The grain in the three official warehouses combined was enough for the Wagang army to eat for nearly a hundred years.
After Li Mi occupied the three official warehouses, it was like a poor boy who had won the five million jackpot, and he clung to the granary and did not let go. The Wagang army could not finish eating so much grain, so Li Mi used it to buy people's hearts. Li Mi let out the sound of the wind, opened the three official warehouses to release grain, and let the people take grain for free, taking as much as they could.
Sui Wendi stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
After Li Mi's order was issued, residents from all over the world came to get food. Li Mi counted and let the people get grain. When the common people took the grain, they were greedy, and when they reached the halfway point, they really couldn't move it, so they threw the grain away. The history books record that on the road leading to the three official warehouses, there was grain thrown everywhere, and the road was paved with grain, and all of them turned into white roads.
The common people took the grain and praised Li Mi one after another. Li Mi's reputation is growing, and he enjoys this feeling of returning to the heart of all. At this time, a hermit named Xu Hongke presented a plan to Li Mi: "The masses have been gathered for a long time, the fear of rice is scattered, the teachers and elders are tired of war, and it is difficult to succeed." ”
No matter how much rice there is in the official warehouse, there is also a day to sit and eat the mountain. When there is no rice, Li Mi's so-called return to the heart of all people will become nothing. At that time, the Wagang Army will be distracted. Xu Hongke pointed out Li Mi's hidden worries and also pointed out a way out for Li Mi. Xu Hongke asked Li Mi to fight Jiangdu and capture the Sui Emperor alive.
Li Mi, as Li Shimin said, was obsessed with the grain of the three official warehouses, and did not want to go west into the Kwantung or go south to Jiangdu, but only wanted to fight Wang Shichong in Luoyang.
When Li Mijiu could not attack Luoyang, Li Yuan quickly attacked Guanzhong and attacked Chang'an City. Li Yuanjian was created emperor and became Emperor Gaozu of Tang.
Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong and forced to defect to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin said that Li Mi's remark that "he loves Cangsu and does not let go of the far-sighted plot" has been proved by the course of history to be an incomparably correct statement of knowledge.
Before Li Mi defected to datang, he thought that Li Yuan would "treat me like a taiwan division", but Li Yuan made Li Mi a Guangluqing. The former leader of the Wagang Army, the leading big brother of Qin Qionghe Cheng and others, actually wanted to pass on dishes to Li Yuan. The good wishes and the cruel reality formed a huge contrast, which made Li Mi's heart unbalanced.
Li Mi took the risk and rebelled in Taolin County. Li Yuan had long anticipated that Li Mi would rebel, and had already asked Li Shimin to prepare soldiers and horses. As soon as Li Mi raised his army, Li Shimin's general Sheng Yanshi led a large army to intercept Li Mi.
The Tang army suppressed Li Mi's rebellion and killed Li Mi. Li Yuan ordered that Li Mi's head be cut off for public display in order to deter the Wagang generals at both ends of the first rat.
At the same time that Li Mi was killed, Wang Bodang was also buried with him. Wang Bo was a famous general of a generation, because he followed the wrong leading big brother, and ended up in such a fate, which is a pity.
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