Chapter 18 Biography and Attack

It is said that Tian Lingzi was in Chengdu, and the rewards and punishments were unfair in dealing with the Shu army and the visiting army, which led to the strong dissatisfaction of Guo Qi of the Yellow Head Army in Xichuan. Tian Lingzi was so cruel that he forced Guo Qi to drink poisoned wine in public. Fortunately, Guo Qi went home to save herself and saved her life. Guo Qi was furious and rebelled. His subordinates killed Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi. For a while, Chengdu was in chaos.

Tian Lingzi climbed the tower and ordered Chen Jingxuan, Zhang Chengfan and other generals to leave the city and attack the army led by Guo Qi. Guo Qi had few soldiers and it was difficult to resist the enemy, so she had to fight and retreat and retreat to the camp.

Chen Jingxuan and Zhang Chengfan led troops to attack Guo Qi's camp. In the fierce battle, An Jinshan was killed. Guo Qi broke out of the siege at night and fled to Guangdu. The soldiers who followed him were scattered. Only his military officials followed him and fled to the riverside.

Guo Qi said to the official, "You can follow me consistently. Today, there is a way to repay you. You can report to Chen Jingxuan with my official seal and sword and say, 'Guo Qi escaped across the river. I shot him down in the water with my sword, and the body went down with the rapids and handed over his official seal and sword to General Chen.' Chen Jingxuan will definitely hang my seal and sword in Chengdu City according to what you said to stabilize the hearts of the people. You will also be able to get rich rewards for this. I went to Guangling and went to Gao Yu, the governor of Huainan.

After Guo Qi finished speaking, she untied the seal and the sword and awarded it to the officials and fled east. The official gave the official seal and sword to Chen Jingxuan, rewarded him with a lot of money and things, and became an official above the original level.

Chen Jingxuan ordered to kill all Guo Qi's family and kill hundreds of Guo Qi's relatives and friends. Chen Jingxuan's atrocities aroused the strong indignation of the people of Shu. The civil unrest in Xichuan continued one after another, and Chen Jingxuan was overstret and strictly ordered his subordinates to arrest and kill the rebellious people.

Tang general Zhuge Shuang led the army of the north camp to station in Liyang, and Zhu Wen led his army to station at Dongwei Bridge. Huang Chao asked Zhu Wen to lobby Zhuge Shuang to lure Zhuge Shuang, so Zhuge Shuang surrendered to Huang Chao. Zhuge Shuang fell to Huangchao and was appointed as the governor of Heyang by Huang Chao. When Zhuge Shuang returned to Heyang, Luo Yuangao mobilized his army to resist, but Luo Yuangao's soldiers abandoned their weapons to welcome Zhuge Shuang. Luo Yuangao had no choice but to flee to Chengdu.

Daqi's messenger returned to Chang'an, entered the Hanyuan Hall, and handed Zheng Yi's letter to Huang Chao. Huang Chao was furious after reading and said to the great Qi Wenwu in the upper court, "Zheng Yuming is stubborn and hateful! In this letter, Zheng Yu, on behalf of Li Tang, openly challenged the Daqi Dynasty. I must mobilize troops to destroy Zheng Yu's people!"

Huang Siye, the general of Zhengxi, said, "Don't worry. Siye led the soldiers and horses of the third army of Daqi to Fengxiang. He will meet Zheng Wei and measure Zheng Wei as a rotten Confucian. How can he defeat the great Qi Xiongshi? I will lead the army to attack Fengxiang this time, and I will definitely capture and kill Zheng Wei!"

Gai Hong, the general of Fuguo, said, "Your Majesty, as the chief of staff of the Central Army of Daqi, I am responsible for the safety of Daqi. Although the Third Army of Daqi is strong, we can't underestimate the combat strength of the Tang army. Although Zheng Wei is a civil official, he has a high reputation in the Li Tang court. Many Li Tang generals are willing to obey his orders, so Fengxiang must have become an important base for Li Tang to counterattack Daqi. In order to increase the chances of winning, I think we should draw some soldiers from the Chinese army and attack Fengxiang together with the Third Army of Daqi!"

Huang Chao listened and thought that what Gai Hong said was reasonable, so he said, "What General Gai said is very reasonable. I sent Shang Rang, Lin Yan, Li Yan and Yang Neng to lead 30,000 people of the Chinese army and respond to the Third Army from behind.

Shang Rang, Lin Yan, Li Wei and Yang Neng came out of duty and resolutely obeyed the decision of Huang Chao, Emperor of Daqi.

A few days later, 80,000 horses of the Third Army of Daqi, under the leadership of Huang Siye, left Chang'an and killed Fengxiang magnificently. The army quickly arrived near Yinzhou.

After receiving the urgent document from Tang General of Yinzhou, Zheng Yu urgently gathered the public for discussion.

Song Wentong said, "Lord Zheng, now dispatching the main force to rescue Yinzhou is tantamount to fighting the fire. The last general believes that we should quickly send troops to ambush the front line of Longweipi, unexpectedly attack Daqi Huang Siye's army and defeat the enemy's spirit!"

Zheng Yu nodded and said, "The strategy of literary communication is really smart. If my army is trapped in defending Fengxiang, and the morale will definitely be low for a long time, then there is no doubt that it will be defeated. Fengxiang lost, and the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty in Shaanxi will become a plate of scattered sand. Once Daqi led Shaanxi, and the Tang Dynasty wanted to win, it was quite difficult, and he could only live in Shu. Therefore, this time, Longweipi set up an ambush against the enemy, and can only win, not lose.

Sun Chu said, "What Lord Zheng said is reasonable. This time, the Tang Dynasty and Daqi are either fish dead or the net is broken. The battle of Longweipi is a key battle related to whether the Tang Dynasty can fight against Daqi in Shaanxi for a long time!"

Zheng Wei stood up and shouted, "In order to ensure the victory of the Battle of Longweipi, I decided to go on an expedition with the soldiers. Dou Mei, Song Wentong, Gao Zhouyi, Wu Yanhong and Zheng Ningji listened to the order. You five generals, each led 10,000 soldiers and horses to Longweipi to set up an ambush. I followed Zheng Ningji's department. In addition, I ordered Jingyuan jiedushi Cheng Zongchu and Shuofang jiedushi Tang Hongfu to lead their main forces to quickly gather in the area of Longweipi and work with Fengxiang's army to stop the western criminals of the Daqi army!"

Dou Mei, Song Wentong, Gao Zhouyi, Wu Yanhong and Zheng Ningji said that they obeyed Zheng Wei's orders and fought against Huang Siye's department.

Zheng Yu finally said, "Your Majesty told me that all the soldiers who go to the national disaster and establish meritorious deeds, whether they are Yi people or Han people, can directly issue a personnel appointment letter on behalf of Your Majesty!"

After the meeting, Zheng Wei, with Dou Mei, Song Wentong, Gao Zhou Yi, Wu Yanhong and Zheng Ningji, ordered 50,000 horses and went straight to Longweipi and chose Linmu Maosheng to set up an ambush. Before leaving, Zheng Yu handed over the task of defending Fengxiang to Sun Chu.

Huang Siye led a large army to attack Yinzhou and quickly broke into the city. Thousands of Tang troops in Yinzhou surrendered without dying. Huang Siye smiled and said, "I didn't expect Li Tang's Shaanxi army to fight so much!"

General Wang Wei said, "General Siye, don't underestimate the enemy. There is still a lot of way from Fengxiang now. Attacking Fengxiang is bound to pass through Qishan, where the mountains are undulating and the terrain is dangerous. If Zheng Wei sends troops to ambush there, then our army is bound to fall into a passive situation!"

General Liu Wei said, "Qishan is one of the birthplaces of China, the birthplace of Emperor Yan and the foundation of Zhou Shi. This place is as General Wang Pan said. The mountains are high and dense, easy to defend and difficult to attack. We should prevent the attack of the Tang army when marching!"

Huang Siye laughed and said, "Zheng Wei only has tens of thousands of defeated soldiers. How dare he ambush the Qi army? Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers tiger mountains. You are afraid of this and that, I'm not afraid! I will be the pioneer and march at the front. I must capture Zheng Wei and strengthen my military power!"

The front team of the Third Army is 30,000 horses, led by Huang Siye and Zhang Quan; the squadron is led by Wang Yu and Peng Yu; and the back team is led by Liu Tang and Pei Wo. The army moved forward slowly in the sound of the drums and quickly reached the Longweipi area.

The former team led by Huang Siye and Zhang Quan did not follow the march, and the march was too close. Along the way, the generals of Daqi talked and laughed, very free and scattered, and many soldiers were not psychologically prepared to fight.

Suddenly, the reconnaissance cavalry of Daqi's front team found that on a slope with many turns and high terrain in front of them, many Tang troops were arrayed on the high hills in Longweipi, and the formation was scattered. On this road, the Tang army was Zheng Wei and Zheng Ningji's soldiers and horses. Dou Mei and Song Wentong's two-way soldiers and horses were ambushed on the left side of Longweipi, and Gao Zhouyi and Wu Yanhong's two soldiers and horses were ambushed on the right side of Longweipi. More than 20,000 soldiers and horses of Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu were used to induce the Third Army of Daqi to enter the Tang army's ambush circle.

Daqi reconnaissance cavalry horse * enemy reported Huang Siye. Huang Siye smiled and said, "Zheng Wei is just an intellectual who does not know military. No wonder he is so arrayed. He lined up in Takaoka. I'm not afraid. I ordered the former generals to rush to Gaogang and capture Zheng Wei in one battle!"

According to Huang Siye's order, the front troops and horses of the Third Army of Daqi began to kill Zheng Ning and Zheng Ningji. Zheng Ningji resisted a little and pretended to be defeated, and the Tang soldiers retreated one after another.

Huang Siye was overjoyed and ordered the front soldiers and horses to continue to hunt down the Tang army. Zhang Quan followed Huang Siye and commanded the Qi army to try his best to hunt down the Tang army. Wang Yu and Peng Yu's squadron also rushed forward with the front team. Suddenly, Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu's soldiers and horses were killed and intercepted Wang Yu and Peng Yu's soldiers and horses.

Wang Qi said to Peng Yu, "General Peng, our troops must defeat Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu to connect with General Siye's soldiers and horses. Otherwise, if Siye's soldiers and horses are ambushed, the whole army may be destroyed!"

Peng Yu nodded, roared, waved the rattan hook and sickle to kill the enemy's array. Wang Qi shouted, "Generals and soldiers, follow me to fight forward, and you must lean against the soldiers and horses of the front team!"

Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu's soldiers and horses were hanged together, and the dragon's tail was shocking.

Huang Siye and Zhang Quan underestimated the enemy and ordered the soldiers and horses of the front team of the Third Army to chase and kill Zheng Ningji's soldiers and horses, and were lured into the Tang army's ambush area by Zheng's army. Only a few cannons were heard on the two sides of the dragon tail, and the arrows were like rain. Countless stones were thrown at the generals of Daqi, and the front team of Huang Siye and Zhang Quan suffered heavy casualties. The Tang army ambushed four soldiers, and the soldiers of Dou Mei, Song Wentong, Gao Zhou Yi and Wu Yanhong were killed from the second side of Longwei Pi. Zheng Yu and Zheng Ningji led the troops back, and the five Tang soldiers formed a pinch attack on the Qi army.

Huang Siye was shocked and hurriedly organized troops and horses to break out. The soldiers of both sides began to fight to the death, and the Qi army gradually couldn't stand it and retreated one after another. In the fierce battle, Song Wengun Yu Wang Kaishan killed Zhang Quan under the horse. Huang Siye waved a tiger-headed gun and led the remnants to rush left and right, but it was difficult to get out of the Tang army's encirclement.

At this critical moment, Wang Yu and Peng Yu's soldiers and horses killed Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu's soldiers and horses, and together with Huang Siye, they went east. Zheng Wei ordered the Tang army to pursue them closely. In order to cover Huang Siye and Wang Jian's soldiers and horses out of danger, Peng Yu took thousands of people and horses to die in the battle.

Fortunately, 20,000 people from Liu Tang and Pei Wo came to pick up the remnants of Huang Siye and Wang Fang, which stopped the offensive momentum of the Tang army.

In this battle, the Third Army of Daqi suffered heavy losses, killing and injuring more than 20,000 soldiers, and Zhang Quan and Peng Yu were killed in action. When Shang Rang, Lin Yan, Li Yu and Yang Neng led 30,000 Chinese troops to Longweipi, Zheng Wei had already led the Tang army to retreat to Fengxiang.

Huang Siye entered Shang Rang's Chinese army tent dejectedly. Shang Rang listened to Huang Siye's report and scolded him, "Siye, you have led the army to fight for many years, and you should know that the proud soldiers will be defeated. After defeating Yinzhou, you think that the Tang army is vulnerable. The battle of Longweipi shows that the strength of the Tang army still exists and cannot be underestimated!"

"Lieutenant Shang is right. Si Ye underestimated the enemy, resulting in the death of more than 20,000 soldiers in Daqi. I'm sorry, uncle, I'm sorry for the generals of Daqi!" Huang Siye finished speaking and burst into tears.

"It is common for soldiers to win or lose. General Siye doesn't have to blame himself too much. We must capture Fengxiang and avenge the sacrifice of the generals of Daqi!" Lin Yan said.

Shang Rang waved his hand and said, "Our army has been newly defeated and its spirit has fallen. We are not sure to attack Fengxiang now. Let Zheng Wei stay in Fengxiang for a while! Our army first consolidated its development in the Yinzhou area.

Huang Chao read the war report sent by Shang Rang, knew the fiasco of Huang Siye's army in Longweipi, and sighed, "Siye, when can you get rid of your impatience?"

When Huang Chao was worried about the defeat of the Qi army in the Battle of Longweipi, his own soldiers came to report: "Your Majesty, Wang Chongrong rebelled against Daqi in the river and supported Li Tang again."

"Wang Chongrong, you two-faced, I must fix you well! I will order Meng Kai's troops of the First Army of Daqi to attack the river and destroy Wang Chongrong's army!"

After receiving the order, Meng Kai allocated 50,000 soldiers and horses to Zhu Wen to attack Wang Chongrong.

Zhu Wen said to his generals: "Daqi's hundreds of thousands of troops need a large amount of military supplies and daily necessities, so Daqi must collect military food, soldiers and materials from the surrendered vassal towns. Hezhong Wang Chongrong used the excuse of the excessive requisition of manpower and material resources by Daqi to publicly betray Daqi and return to the Tang court. Our army must put down this rebellion! Defeat Wang Chongrong is to kill chickens and monkeys. I think any other Li Tangfang Town who surrendered to Daqi dares to move!"

Zhu Wen set out from Tongzhou and Huazhou and began to attack the river. In this battle, Wang Chongrong defended the city, and Zhu Wen couldn't attack it for a long time. At this time, Zhang Quanyi, the minister of the Ministry of officials and the land and water transfer, escorted more than 40 ships of grain soldiers to stop at Fenglingdu. Wang Chongrong ordered the soldiers to sneak out of the city, disguised as the Qi army, and went straight to Zhang Quanyi's camp. Zhang Quanyi thought it was the Qi army and did not take precautions. Tang soldiers killed the guard Qi soldiers and took advantage of the situation to intercept the grain war. The Qi army was in chaos and killed each other. They were defeated by Wang Chongrong and lost more than 40 ships of grain.

Wang Chongrong took advantage of the victory to attack Zhu Wen's army. Zhu Wen's army was not enough to feed, had no intention of fighting, and was defeated. Wang Chongrong took advantage of the victory and made an alliance with Wang Chu, the envoy of Yiwu, and led troops to Weibei.

The unexpected defeat of the second battle has had a great negative impact on the newly established Daqi regime.

The Daqi army attacked Fengxiang and suffered heavy losses of more than 20,000 people. In the attack on the river, the loss of grain and war made the vassal towns that were originally afraid to send troops to the Daqi army again see the possibility of defeating the Daqi army, killing the Daqi regime and restore the old dynasty.

The establishment of the Daqi regime basically declared the demise of the Tang Dynasty. The defeat of the Battle of Longweipi and the Battle of Hezhong made Li Tang's vassal towns regain confidence, and the Qi army was not invincible. If you defeat the incoming Qi army, you may become a hegemon.

The defeat of the Battle of Longweipi and the Battle of Hezhong, especially after the Battle of Longweipi, Zheng Qi took advantage of the prestige of victory to spread the vassal towns of the world and called on them to send troops to rebel, making it more difficult for the Daqi regime to collect grain, military supplies and living materials.

Tang Fengtian Town's envoy Qi Ke asked to send an envoy to Zheng Wei's office to surrender to the army to wash away the humiliation of the defeat in Tongguan. Zheng Wei was overjoyed and immediately ordered Qi Ke to rectify the military horses and concentrate in Fengxiang.

After Zheng Wei issued a letter to various vassal towns across the country, Li Tang's vassal towns began to join forces to attack the Qi army. At that time, Li Yan fled to Shu, and Li Tang's vassal towns were rumored that the Tang Dynasty could no longer be revived. At this time, after receiving Zheng Wei's letter, he began to join forces to suppress the Huang Chao Uprising Army. The situation was very unfavorable to the Rebels.

Soon, Zhuge Shuang rebelled and returned to Tang.

Li Yan appointed Wang Duo as the capital of the Taoist camp, Cui Anqian as the deputy, Zhou Qian and Wang Chongrong as the left and right Sima, Zhuge Shuang and Kang Shi as the left and right pioneers, Pingshi Confucianism as the rear army, Shi Pudu Cao Fu, Wang Chucun, Li Xiaozhang and Tuoba Sigong as the capital of Jingji, Ximen Sigong as Wang Duo's supervisor, Yang Fuguang supervised the camp, Zhongshu Lu Yinzheng, a sacrificer, was the deputy envoy to copy.

After receiving Li Jun's edict, Wang Duo was ecstatic and said to his entourage, "I knew that your majesty would definitely reuse me. Only people like me would not need it. Datang must be helpless, hehe!"

The attendants were all flatterers, so they tried their best to flatter them. Wang Duo was overjoyed and took out a lot of gold and silver to reward them.

Wang Duo stationed the soldiers and horses in Shannan and Jiannan, Zhu Mei stationed the soldiers and horses of Qi and Xia in Xingping, Wang Chongrong and Wang Chucun stationed in Weibei, Yang Fuguang stationed the soldiers and horses of Shou, Cang and Jingnan and Zhou Wei's soldiers and horses in martial arts. Li Xiaozhang and Tuoba Sigong stationed together in Weiqiao, and Cheng Zong Chu stationed on the right side of Beijing.

Zheng Wei and Wang Duo commanded the army of Li Tang's Second Road and took advantage of the Yuwei of the Longweipi victory to lead the army to approach Chang'an.

Tang generals Qu Zhen and Li Youjin came to Daizhou. More than ten days later, they recruited 30,000 soldiers, all of whom were miscellaneous Hu in the north and stationed in the west of Yi County. These Hu soldiers were rugged, tyrannical and fierce, and Qu Zhen and Li Youjin could not control them.

Li Youjin then lodged Chen Jingen: "Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers today, they will not succeed in the end without the powerful generals. My brother Situ Li Guochang and his son Li Keyong, both have extraordinary courage and wisdom, and are convinced by the soldiers. If Chen Qianqi can report to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to forgive them and recall them as commanders, they can make the soldiers in the north respond, and the thieves can be calmed down no matter how rampant they are!"

Chen Jingen felt reasonable after hearing this, so he sent a messenger to the Chengdu Palace to make a request to Li Yong; Li Yong issued an edict to approve Chen Jingen's request. Li Youjin then went to the Tatar with an edict to welcome Li Guochang and Li Keyong's father and son. After Li Keyi was issued the edict, he immediately led more than 10,000 of Tatari troops into the fortress to help.

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