Unlike Li Mi, whose reputation had already spread far and wide, Zhao Mingyuan's sudden rise in reputation and his continuous accomplishments of great things naturally surprised everyone who heard the news.
Many people couldn't even believe the authenticity of the news, and quickly continued to ask people to find out the details.
But the news that kept coming back told them that the news they heard was the truth.
Zhao Mingyuan and Li Mi competed to see who could capture Luokou Cang first. Li Mi actually lost, and the winner was Zhao Mingyuan.
Although in the eyes of many people, Li Mi was burdened by his reputation and was attacked by two forces, Liu Wengong and Wang Shichong. This was a step too late, and Zhao Mingyuan just took advantage.
However, when it comes to attacking with troops, could these be the traps that Zhao Mingyuan had already thought of and specially set for Li Mi?
No matter what the reason is, a win is a win.
Zhao Mingyuan, who was originally just a make-up person supported by Zhai Rang in people's eyes, unexpectedly defeated Li Mi, captured Luokou Granary, and defeated Wang Shichong. It seems that he does have some ability, and his reputation is not in vain.
In this battle, Yang Guang sent three groups of troops to fight against Zhai Rang, Li Mi, and Zhao Mingyuan respectively. But the result was unexpected.
Although Li Mi was flanked by Liu Wengong and Wang Shichong's troops, he still defeated Liu Wengong's troops.
Zhao Mingyuan captured Luokou Cang and defeated Wang Shichong's troops.
The big leader Zhai Rang is still huddled in Xingyang City, unable to get out, and is facing off with Pei Renji and his troops.
The strength of the three parties is clear at a glance.
The big leader Zhai Rang does not live up to his name, but is actually the weakest among them.
Li Mi, who is the most famous, defeated Liu Wengong, and he was indeed quite capable.
However, compared to Zhao Mingyuan's performance, Li Mi was still slightly inferior. Zhao Mingyuan ranked third in the Wagang Army, but his performance in this battle turned out to be the best.
This contrast is beyond everyone's expectation.
What's more, it seems that according to the information obtained, Zhao Mingyuan is extremely young, only in his twenties. With such achievements at such an age, the future is bright.
The rise of such a force in Wagang Village will not only have a great impact on Wagang Village, but will also cause a chain reaction on the entire Central Plains and even the world.
Many people began to collect all the news about Zhao Mingyuan, pay attention to his every move, inquire about the situation in Wagang Village, and study the general trend of the world.
But Zhao Mingyuan, who was at the center of the storm, had only one thought: what to do with so much food?
It’s done, it’s really done! Of course, this is the thought of all Zhao Mingyuan's subordinates.
Especially the sergeants who came from Wagang Village were surprised to see so much food piled up in Luokou Warehouse.
I can’t finish it, I can’t finish it at all!
What is food?
It’s fate!
In this era of famine everywhere, with this food, everything is possible.
Moreover, Zhao Mingyuan defeated the army led by Wang Shichong in this battle and gained a lot.
Wang Shichong escaped with only a group of masters. In addition to the soldiers and horses he brought with him, in addition to those who died in battle and those who fled, nearly 20,000 soldiers were captured, and there were countless weapons and armors.
Now, Zhao Mingyuan wants food and soldiers, so will he still be short of men?
Zhao Mingyuan made the same choice as Li Mi.
Open a warehouse to store grain!
People from dozens of miles away immediately swarmed in, and then returned home loaded with goods.
Of course, everyone who received the grain was told that it was General Zhao Mingyuan and Zhao from Wagang Village who opened the warehouse to release grain.
Everyone deeply remembered the name Zhao Mingyuan.
Of course, everyone also learned the news that Zhao Mingyuan was recruiting troops to overthrow the foolish emperor Yang Guang so that everyone could have enough to eat.
Of course, Zhao Mingyuan is not talking in vain. Those who join the army under Zhao Mingyuan will not only be given food to their families, but will also be allocated land.
After a full meal, everyone can easily tell the difference.
What's more, that's land!
How many people work hard all their lives just to farm for others and never have any land of their own.
Now that land can be obtained, young and strong people from nearby areas come to join the army enthusiastically.
Zhao Mingyuan's strength also increased greatly.
Zhao Mingyuan quickly took the third position in Wagangzhai, and his reputation even tended to overtake Li Mi and Zhai Rang.
Although Zhao Mingyuan showed that he wholeheartedly supported Zhai Rang, Li Mi had already asked people to spread the news that Zhao Mingyuan had evil intentions. Some even said that he behaved the same as Li Mi did at the beginning.
This made Zhai Rang waver in his heart. However, after the three points in Wagang Village, the situation stabilized.
Shen Luoyan looked at the endless stream of people below and their smiling faces, and she understood that these people would become Zhao Mingyuan's biggest supporters.
After all, this series of plans were originally designed by her for Li Mi, but she did not expect that they would be realized in the hands of Zhao Mingyuan.
The reason why Shen Luoyan is here is because there is too much grain in Luokou warehouse. Zhao Mingyuan notified Li Mi and asked them to help transport the grain back to Wagang Village.
Li Mi received the news and thought that Zhao Mingyuan was humiliating him, so he led his troops to leave directly and returned to Xingyang to support Zhai Rang and deal with Pei Renji's Sui army.
Of course, Zhao Mingyuan's request is indeed a reasonable and legitimate request, and Li Mi will not ignore the overall situation.
So Li Mi sent Shen Luoyan to bring some soldiers and horses to transport food.
Such a thing should not have been done by a strategist like Shen Luoyan. This situation occurred naturally because the conflict between Li Mi and Shen Luoyan was getting bigger and bigger nowadays.
After all, Li Mi lost to Zhao Mingyuan this time in the fight for Luokou Cang.
Naturally, Li Mi would not think that he was inferior to Zhao Mingyuan, but that it was Shen Luoyan's fault and that her strategy was not good.
Li Mi even suspected that it was because he did not adopt Shen Luoyan's plan before, so Shen Luoyan did not try his best to plan in this battle, which led to such consequences.
In Li Mi's eyes, Shen Luoyan was showing him that she was right.
But she is right, is Li Mi wrong?
In short, in the eyes of prejudiced people, whatever they do is wrong. The gap between Li Mi and Shen Luoyan is getting bigger and bigger.
Zhao Mingyuan said: "I heard that you previously thought that Li Mi was the God of destiny and would surely unify the world."
Shen Luoyan looked a little unhappy, and Li Mi's performance really disappointed her.
Zhao Mingyuan then asked: "What do you think of me? How do I compare to Li Mi?"
Listening to Zhao Mingyuan's inquiry, Shen Luoyan replied: "You are a madman."
Zhao Mingyuan was surprised why he suddenly started attacking him personally.
But Shen Luoyan said: "I have noticed the training of those young soldiers by your two disciples."
Zhao Mingyuan's eyes lit up. He was indeed a "beautiful military counselor" with both beauty and wisdom. He lived up to his reputation, and he actually discovered his secret mastermind.
Although he didn't hide it much and openly let Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling take charge of the young men in the army, many people subconsciously ignored it.
After all, they are just some half-grown children. How many people care about their play?
Unexpectedly, the first person discovered was Shen Luoyan.
Zhao Mingyuan smiled and asked, "What does Luo Yan think of this?"
Shen Luoyan looked at Zhao Mingyuan with a complicated expression and said, "In today's world, although it is said to belong to the Yang family, to be precise, it should belong to the powerful family.
There are no poor people in the upper class, and there are no poor families in the lower class.
No matter who takes the position of emperor, he must share the world with the family.
In other words, whoever can get the support of the family can become the emperor.
Even if you don't need the support of the clan, you can't offend them to death!
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
You allow all those young people to read, write, and even practice martial arts. This has shaken the foundation of the family!
In addition, you want to divide the fields, you, you are asking for death! "
Zhao Mingyuan smiled and said: "That's because we are not strong enough, so we have to look at the faces of the clan. If we are strong enough, the clan will only look at our faces."
"us?"
Zhao Mingyuan said: "Of course, aren't we all Wagang Village?
We represent these poor people, who are naturally on the opposite side of the clan.
You don’t think that because Li Mi was born into a noble family, he can get the support of the family, right?
Unless he sold Wagangzhai and joined the family, this would be possible.
But even so, he may not be able to get the full support of the clan. You should understand. "
Shen Luoyan naturally understood. However, she felt heavy in her heart at the thought of going against the clan.
She thought that commanding an army as a woman was deviant enough. Unexpectedly, Zhao Mingyuan wanted to go against the world's elites and break the centuries-old rules, which was simply crazy.
However, looking at Zhao Mingyuan's fearless look, Shen Luoyan felt his heart pounding.
This gave her the urge to follow Zhao Mingyuan at all costs to meet this challenge.
This impulse is stronger than when she thought Li Mi was the God of Destiny and followed him.
However, thinking of Li Mi, Shen Luoyan calmed down again.
Although Li Mi has some psychological imbalance due to a series of recent failures, how can she just abandon it.
But Zhao Mingyuan had already seen Shen Luoyan's heartbeat, so he took the opportunity to say to her: "Luoyan, I don't ask you to help me now, you can still go back and do your best to help Li Mi.
However, if Li Mi loses in the future, then you will have done your best.
I hope you can help me later. "
In response, Shen Luoyan asked: "Are you interested in my beauty or my talent?"
Zhao Mingyuan smiled and said: "Can I have both talent and beauty?"
Shen Luoyan also smiled and said, "Don't underestimate me too much. With my advice, Mi Gong will not lose so easily."
"Then I'll wait and see." Zhao Mingyuan did not show weakness.
In the end, Shen Luoyan did not agree to Zhao Mingyuan's agreement.
However, she did not tell anyone about Zhao Mingyuan.
(End of chapter)
