Some people say that the world of the Tang Dynasty was not taken from the hands of the Sui Dynasty, but from the hands of a group of thieves. This statement is completely understandable, Li Tang did not have a head-on confrontation with the Sui Dynasty.
However, Li Yuan was able to claim the title of emperor in such a short period of time, in addition to heroes such as Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Sanniang, it was inseparable from the merits of one person, and this person was Li Mi.
Li Mi's great-grandfather was Situ Li Bi (李弼), one of the Eight Pillar States of Western Wei, and was given the surname He during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His father, Li Kuan, was the Shangzhu State of the Sui Dynasty and was given the title of Duke of Pushan County. Li Mi was good at planning, both literary and martial, ambitious, and often took saving the world and helping the people as his mission.
In 613, Li Mi participated in Yang Xuangan's uprising, and with great ambition, he suffered a tragic defeat, after which he went to several places, experienced several failures, and finally came to Wagang.
Li Mi's addition raised the Wagang Army by a notch, and he showed extremely strong leadership skills in the army, when zhai Rang, the leader of the Wagang Army, thought that Li Mi was more suitable to be the leader than himself, so he gave up his position to Li Mi.
Zhai Rang was a good person, but he also lost his life. Someone was upset with Zhai Rang in front of Li Mi, and Li Mi thought that this was Zhai Rang's means and killed him in a fit of rage. This incident has also become a big black spot for Li Mi.
Just when the Wagang army was in full swing, a Yu Wenhua was killed halfway, and he had to fight with Li Mi for Luoyang. The Yue king Yang Tong wanted to recruit Li Mi to jointly deal with Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong vigorously opposed it, and as a result, civil unrest broke out and Wang Shichong took power.
The next thing is Li Mi vs Wang Shichong, what is surprising is that Li Mi actually lost, there is no way, he had to go to Li Tang, this is the next thing.
Now it seems that Li Mi had the advantage in the early stages, but he could not maintain it to the end, because he went to gnaw the hard bone of Luoyang and gave Chang'an to Li Yuan. He also had to admire Li Yuan's routine, before the army, Li Yuan wrote a letter to Li Mi, calling him a brother, suggesting that he go and take Luoyang down, but he did not expect that Li Mi really believed Li Yuan's words and decided to fight Luoyang, and by the time he fought, Li Yuan had already become emperor in Chang'an.
Li Mi defected to Li Tang, and Li Yuan was naturally very happy, worshiping Li Mi as Guanglu Qing, sealing the Duke of Xingguo, and marrying his cousin Dugu Shi to Li Mi, calling Li Mi a younger brother.
In the same year, Li Yuan sent Li Mi to appease the people, and Wang Bodang accompanied him. When Li Mi led his troops east to ChousangYi, Li Yuan suddenly repented and recalled him, and Li Mi was very frightened and decided to rebel.
Wang Bo tried to dissuade him, but Li Mi did not listen. Li Mi led his troops to attack the neighboring Taolin County and went to Xiangcheng to defect to the old general Zhang Shanxiang.
Li Mi's actions were learned by the Xiongzhou deputy general Sheng Yanshi, who led his troops to ambush in Luhun County, and when Li Mi led his troops to pass, he was killed by Sheng Yanshi, and shi Chinese New Year's Eve seven, and passed the head chang'an.
In fact, the moment Li Yuan chose to attack Luoyang, it was doomed to his end, even if he did not rebel, Li Yuan would find various excuses to get rid of him.