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Xiao Buyi and Xu Shiji are both adaptable and know how to adapt.

They have goals, but they don’t go all the way to the dark. They often like to adopt more suitable methods in the process of achieving goals.

At this time, Xiao Buyi finally understood the terribleness of the family, because in various parts of the Central Plains, unless your life and death brothers are in your hands, the soldiers around you, they may not be sure of the children of aristocratic families, nor may they betray you because of the interests of the family or because of the feelings of the family.

Dou Zhong is a good example. He bought and sold officials, but most of his lieutenants were from aristocratic families and had more or less connections with the seven surnames of Runan.

Although Xu Xuan was not among the seven surnames of Runan, he was a relative of the Yuan family. After Yuan Lan just said that, he was sharpening his knife and happily heard the sound.

Some people seek peace, but when they cannot find peace, things will rebel, and they will think of rebellion. Xu Xuan secretly planned and incited the other lieutenants to rebel. In just a few days, Dou Zhong was still dreaming of counting money and gathering wealth and sex, but he didn't know that Yiyang County had been emptied by Xiao Buyi long ago. However, Xiao Buyi seemed to have controlled Dou Zhong with light weight, but he had a lot to do with the secret help of the family.

Of course, the soldiers that Xiao Buyi can use now are not only the 300 soldiers brought to the grassland by Li Jing. He had long agreed with Yuan Lan to secretly train the soldiers of the Yuan family.

These soldiers and the original elite soldiers were absolutely excellent, even better than the guards of the Sui Dynasty. Qi Wugongbu had already made hundreds of knives. Although they were not as sharp as what he sold in Taiyuan City, they were far sharper than ordinary long swords. Xiao Buyi equipped most of the long swords to the most elite soldiers.

Xu Shiji is undoubtedly such a person. He will repay others' kindness with a drop of water.

Because of Zhai Rang's kindness, even though he knew that Zhai Rang could not become a weapon, even if Zhai Hong made things difficult for him, he would not bear to leave immediately.

Xu Shiji had more than a thousand soldiers to command. He was not short of war horses, and his confidence increased greatly. According to his original plan, he thought he could lure the enemy out of the city and then seize Xiangyang City. But when he knew that the Yuan family in Yiyang County also had power, he decided to use clever tricks. Good steel was used on the blade, and these soldiers should also be used in key places and should not be easily damaged.

Today, Xiao Buyi went to see Dou Zhong and controlled Dou Zhong, which was the most critical step in their plan!

"Dou Zhong has no backbone." Xiao Buyi pondered.

Xu Shiji laughed. "The son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall. Dou Zhong has been plundering for many years and has a lot of money in his hands. If he has money, he will naturally be reluctant to die easily."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "If he is a tough guy, our plan will still change. I asked Pei Xingyan to control his troops and completely control his family business. Even if he doesn't want to, I'm afraid he will not be able to do so."

"Boss Xiao is silent when doing things. At present, Yiyang County is a person who is not good at Yuan Lan and Dou Zhong is a person who is greedy for money and lust. Both the people and soldiers have long been dissatisfied with him. Now most people are eager to try, and he can't stand it alone."

"Since this person is not a good person, why don't you just kill him and let Brother Xiao establish himself in Yiyang County?" Pei Bei asked.

Xu Shiji pondered: "It is easy for us to raise the Yiqian in Yiyang County now, but it is not the best opportunity for us. In fact, there is a key point in the independence of Yiyang County. First of all, our goal is Xiangyang City, not Yiyang County. Xiangyang is bounded by the south and north, and is actually a major transportation route to the south and north. Whether in the Sui army, the bandits and the people have extremely important weight. If it is occupied by us, the influence is self-evident. This battle is to defeat it in one go. Our natural reputation is greatly shocked. Boss Xiao

The prestige will also reach a new high point. It can be imagined that the surrounding counties will be heard. In fact, according to my observation, the time is ripe now, and it is just right to take action. If it were earlier, the people would be stable and consider you a bandit. The Sui soldiers also came to attack you. If it was later, they would be afraid that others would succeed. If they wanted to occupy the nest, they would be a little worse in terms of influence and prestige. From these aspects, the influence of Yiyang County would be much worse. Therefore, we acted secretly in Yiyang, just to prepare for Xiangyang, so we should never alarm the snake."

Pei Bei nodded, "Xu Shiji is indeed well-known, no wonder Miss Pei has always valued you."

"Your lady has mentioned me too?" Xu Shiji was a little stunned. Xu Shiji knew that Pei Bei's lady was Pei Mingcui, but he didn't know that Pei Mingcui had also paid attention to him.

He had heard of Pei Mingcui for a long time, but he had no chance to meet him for a while. But Xu Shiji admired her behavior.

In any case, Xu Shiji always admires those who stick to his principles.

Pei Bei nodded and said, "Ms. Pei often said that he had great talents in the world, but because of his family concept, he had never been very useful, which was a pity for the Great Sui Dynasty."

Xu Shiji said after a long time: "I just thought she wanted to get rid of me and get out of here."

Pei Bei shook her head, "Although I haven't heard her say it, I know she has never wanted to get rid of you, because she knows that killing Xu Shiji is just a symptom of the Great Sui Dynasty, not the root cause."

Xu Shiji was silent for a long time, "What a pity, maybe it's our place to be our place, maybe we were born at the wrong time."

What he said was extremely contradictory, but both Xiao Buyi and Pei Bei understood that it was also a good opportunity to obtain career in troubled times, but who really wanted to be born in troubled times?

Xu Shiji had already changed the topic, "As for not killing Dou Zhong directly, he was just controlling him, there were some reasons. First of all, he didn't want to alarm the enemy. Secondly, Dou Zhong was originally the younger brother of Dou Yi, the governor of Xiangyang County. It would have been difficult to win Xiangyang with Dou Zhong."

Pei Bei suddenly realized, "It turns out that you have already planned everything, but if you want Dou Zhong to deceive Dou Yi, then kill Dou Yi and occupy Xiangyang in an unexpected way?"

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Shiji was originally the method, but he coincided with Beier. However, this method is afraid that the people will not accept it. As far as I know, Dou Yi was originally quite prestigious in Xiangyang, so we killed him rashly, for fear of endless troubles."

"What should I do?" Pei Bei frowned.

"I'm waiting for Zhu Can to help me." Xiao Buyi smiled.

Pei Bei said, "I heard that this person is extremely cruel, let alone you don't know you, so how could he help you?" She said this. Her face looked a little angry, because according to her knowledge, Zhu Can is definitely not described as extremely cruel. This person is good at killing by nature, worse than beasts, and does not store military rations. He has always let soldiers eat captives directly, which is angered by both humans and gods. But when she thinks of eating human flesh, she is disgusting, and she can't say anything.

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "I can help you even if you don't know each other. I heard that Zhu Can also plot against Xiangyang, and I also want to fight. Everyone coincides with each other. You can make use of it."

Pei Bei woke up and realized: "The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind?"

Xiao Buyi and Xu Shiji smiled at each other and understood each other tacitly. Pei Bei asked again, "Then what are we waiting for?"

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Zhu Can to take the lead in attacking. Anyway, we have been waiting for so long. It's not a short time!"

"What are you waiting for by sir?"

"We have been waiting for the opportunity for so long, and it's at this moment." On the top of the mountain, a man stood on the rock and stared at Jindi Pass in the distance.

Jinti Pass is located at the intersection of the Yellow River and Yongji Canal. It has smooth water and land, and is also a major transportation route. It has always been a heavy army to guard it, and it is also a passage from the north to Xingyang County.

If Xingyang is broken, you will go west and pass through Hulao, the two major fortresses of Yanshi, namely the Eastern Capital of the Great Sui Dynasty.

The man on the top of the mountain looked at Jindi Pass from afar, with a contemplative meaning. His eyes were black and white, his forehead was sharp, his hands were wrapped around his sleeves, and he was still standing by the wind blowing. Although his body was not burly, it seemed to contain amazing power.

Li Mi has indeed waited for this opportunity for a long time.

Behind him were two people, one was Wang Bodang and the other was Fang Xuanzao. Both of them looked at Li Mi in front of them with great conviction and respect. They were also the shadow of Li Mi in their lives and never left each other.

The person who asked just now was Wang Bodang, and he was always respectful to Li Mi. He did not believe that there were ghosts in this world. But he believed that there were gods in this world, and Li Mi was the god in his heart.

In Wang Bodang's view, Li Mi almost changed the fate of the Sui Dynasty by relying on his own strength.

Ten years ago, everyone thought that it was impossible. At that time, the Great Sui Dynasty was in its prosperous era, and worshiped all over the world, and the country was prosperous and the people were at peace. However, over the past ten years, the speed of the Great Sui Dynasty fell was amazing. However, although the foundation of the Great Sui Dynasty was still there, Li Mi had been secretly inciting rebellion, from following Yang Xuangan's rebellion, to saying Taolizi, to luring Yang Guang to go to Jiangnan, these were all heard or witnessed by Wang Bodang. Everything was very consistent with Li Mi's predictions, and Wang Bodang was disrespectful and convinced.

"At present, we are not strong enough, and Wagang was torn by Xiao Buyi for a short time. His vitality was severely damaged. He went to Jindi Pass to get the Jindi Pass for fear of losing his strength." Fang Xuanzao pondered: "I know that sir has been patient for a long time. Any extraordinary karma will definitely be able to endure others' inability to endure. Since that is the case, what's the point of waiting for a while?"

Li Mi smiled, "Although our strength is not good now, and the morale of Wagang is low, it is the time when we establish our prestige. Now people in Wagang are divided into two factions, either supporting Zhai Rang, or watching our actions. If we can break through Jindi Pass and take the Xingyang warehouse in one fell swoop, we will definitely build our prestige in Wagang and attract the thieves in the Central Plains to come and surrender. At that time, we can accumulate grain, build high walls, and plan for the great cause of the Eastern Capital."

Wang Bodang was eager to try it out, obviously he believed whatever Li Mi said.

Fang Xuanzao frowned a little, "Sir, although I know you have great power, the top priority of the Great Sui Dynasty in Jindi Pass is the garrison, and now it is guarded by Yang Qing, the prefect of Xingyang. I wonder what kind of tricks can I take?"

Li Mi said lightly: "Yang Qing is greedy for me and wealth. If we were to attack, he knew that Wagang was defeated and his strength was far inferior to that of the beginning, and he would definitely go out of the city to conquer. We took advantage of the weak city defense and led our good men to the city and took the opportunity to kill the deputy general and establish his authority. Jindi Pass is acceptable."

"It's that simple?" Fang Xuanzao said in disbelief.

Li Mi smiled and said, "You are really too awe of the Sui soldiers, so you feel that Jindi Pass is difficult to obtain. In fact, in my opinion, Jindi Pass has been neglecting to prevent it for a long time. Although Zhai Rang guarded Wagang, he stayed away from Jindi Pass and never thought of attacking, so he naturally developed the arrogance of the guards. Now, Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen, the famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, are helping the Dog Emperor to go south to fight against the thieves, and they don't care about this. We can take advantage of the situation."

"Mr. can lead the dead soldiers into the city, but even if Yang Qing is arrogant, the soldiers in the city will not come out in full bloom. Even if Mr. Wu is very skilled in martial arts, he will be afraid of being stretched out by his own strength." Fang Xuanzao said again.

The only confidants around Li Mi were Wang Bodang and Fang Xuanzao. They were also the only ones in Wagang who knew that Li Mi had peerless martial arts skills.

The rest of Wagang people thought that Li Mi was just a scholar. Even though Li Mi took the initiative to rescue Zhai Rang last time, he asked the righteous man Cai Jiande to come forward. When everyone saw Cai Jiande and Kong Wu were powerful, holding a sword, and their attention was on him, they always felt that Li Mi was just good at using people. Except for Wang Bodang and Fang Xuanzao knew the details, everyone was neglected to prevent Li Mi because they felt that he had less basic capital for rebellion.

In the chaotic times, if you have a mind, you can only be a counselor. After all, the world still needs to be fought out immediately!

"Xuanzao, it is indeed a bit risky to go deeper alone, but it depends on your ability right now." Li Mi said with a smile.

"My ability?" Fang Xuanzao was a little surprised and said in a deep voice: "Xuanzao is willing to go through fire and water for Mr. Lu, but what does sir need me to do?" As far as I know, Jindi Pass is guarded by Yang Qing himself, and there are two deputy generals. One is Fang Xianbo and the other is Yuan Shanxing. Yuan Shanxing has nothing to do with us, but Fang Xianbo and Xuanzao have some distant relatives."

Fang Xuanzao laughed, "Is it possible that Mr. is going to let me Shi Su Qin's mouth go to persuade Fang Xianbo to rebel and become his inner support?"

Li Mi smiled and said, "What Xuanzao said is exactly what I want, but this journey is very dangerous. If you can do it, Jindiguan can get it at your fingertips. I don't know..."

He wanted to speak but stopped. Fang Xuanzao said without hesitation: "Okay, sir, I'll go out immediately."

Amid the sound of silk and bamboo, Yang Qing, the prefect of Xingyang, stroked his white beard, squinted his eyes and looked at singing and dancing, touched the white thighs of the beautiful woman beside him, but he had no intention of drinking.

Not only Yang Qing was enjoying the singing and dancing, but also his subordinates Fang Xianbo and Yuan Shanxingxing.

Fang Xianbo's face was slightly gloomy in middle age, but Yuan Shanxing's face turned blue. When he saw the red sleeves flying, the spring was infinite. He looked at the dancing singer in a daze.

Yang Qing picked up the wine glass, but put it down again, and sighed. Fang Xianbo asked, "Why does sigh, sir?"

Yang Qing glanced at Fang Xianbo sideways and shook his head slowly, "It's nothing." He waved his hand and said, "You all retreat."

The singer and dancer retreated, Yuan Shanxing came to his senses, saw the depression on Yang Qing's face, and smiled and said, "Do you think the women here are not in line with your wishes, so let's find them again?"

He was about to get up, and Yang Qing waved his hand impatiently, "Sit down, what you think of is women all day long. Don't you know that we are not safe now?"

The two were Yang Qing's confidants, but Yang Qing still refused to reveal his meaning.

Although he is the prefect of Xingyang now and his official position is neither high nor low, he also knows that he is in chaos today and I don’t know how long he can sit in the prefect’s position.

After sending Yang Guang south, he was more worried day by day. The first thing was that bandits were everywhere and turbulent everywhere. He was always worried about the safety of Xingyang County, so he personally guarded Jindi Pass to guard against the attack of thieves from Shandong, Hebei and Shandong. As for Wagang, he was relieved for the time being. It was only because Wagang Village was broken by Xiao Buyi not long ago, and its strength was not as strong as before. Moreover, Zhai Rang had no ambitions. Although he had been in Wagang for many years, he never dared to attack Jindi Pass. He had always had small fuss, but in Yang Qing's eyes, it could not be a big deal.

When Yang Qing thought of Xiao Buyi, he was a little worried about his second concern, but he could not mention this matter to anyone.

Because Yang Qing lost his father in his early years, his mother's surname was Guo, and he had always lived in his uncle's family. He followed Emperor Wuyuan of Sui, Yang Zhong, who was the father of Emperor Wen of Sui. Everyone was defeated in Yecheng when Emperor Wen of Zhou started his army in Guanzhong. When the Gao family of Northern Qi was killed when they saw the Yang family, Yang Qing did not dare to say that his surname was Yang, and claimed that his surname was Guo, so he escaped. Few people know about this, but Yang Qing was always afraid of leaks. He thought that Xiao Buyi, a meritorious minister, was chased because of suspicion. Today's emperor was very suspicious. If he mentioned the past again, he would not be able to escape.

This kind of thing is a heart-wrenching problem. The longer you live, the more uncomfortable it becomes. Yang Qing enjoys all day long. Although it looks good, the pain is not enough to tell outsiders, and he is inevitably panic.

Fang Xianbo suddenly said, "I actually know a little about the worry of Lord Taishu.

Yang Qing's heart trembled slightly, "What do you know?"

Fang Xianbo smiled and said, "Now that thieves are everywhere in the Central Plains, the emperor is quite worried. The prefect regards the emperor's worries as his worries, and it is inevitable that he is worried."

Yang Qing put down his worries and nodded, "Xian Bo said very well."

Fang Xianbo said again: "Now the lord is struggling to guard Jindi Pass and guard Xingyang, so he cannot send troops to suppress bandits like General Zhang and Taipu Yang, and share his worries for the emperor..."

Yang Qing nodded repeatedly, thinking that Fang Xianbo is still good. He is much better than Yuan Shanxing.

This Yuan Shanxing seemed to be unable to do anything other than flattering and looking for women for his boss. If this kind of person was considered a talent in peacetime, but now in troubled times, such person can only be said to be a burden to make trouble.

Yuan Shanxing nodded repeatedly when he saw Yang Qing, and was a little dissatisfied with Fang Xianbo's favor. He sneered: "There is no such thing as Fang's general. I have never heard that General Pei is also guarding the Huzhu. Now he is granted an official position and is it worthy to speak of?"

Fang Xianbo smiled and said, "General Pei also followed Lord Zhang to capture the rebels, so that he could get the reward from the emperor. I heard that General Zhang highly praised General Pei, because it was nothing more than the capture of Xiao Buyi. But this can only be said to be a blessing from him. If General Zhang brought the Lord to fight, he would be better than General Pei."

Yuan Shanxing was not easy to refute this, and his face turned pale for a moment. He felt depressed and felt that Fang Xianbo was lowered. Yang Qing nodded repeatedly and sighed, "It's a pity that I'm hit..."
To be continued...