Chapter 29 This country has become empty 1

Huang Chao led the main force of the Qi army to camp in Hongqing Mountain, accumulate grass and grain, and teach the soldiers every day. The Qi army has the momentum to recover.

One day, Meng Kai proposed to have a mount race with Huang Chao to see whose horse ran fast and steadily. Huang Chao happily agreed.

These two heroes began a wonderful horse racing competition on an open land in Hongqing Mountain. Meng Kai shook the reins. ** The green horse seemed to be human nature, spread four hoofs, and ran happily. It was really as fast as the wind and lightning.

Huang Chao was unwilling to lag behind. He raised the horse whip and slammed the buttocks of the yellow horse. The yellow horse soared into the air, like an arrow from the string, and launched a fierce chase with the green horse.

The generals watching on both sides cheered in unison and thundered with joy.

"Your Majesty, come on! Come on, yellow horse!"

"General Meng's green horse runs so fast. Come on!"

"The yellow horse will definitely win the championship!"

"The green horse will not lose to the yellow horse!"

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In the cheering of the soldiers, the yellow horse and the green horse rushed to the red-brown apricot forest opposite almost at the same time. The small white flowers on the apricot tree swayed slightly in the spring breeze and seemed to say, "You two great heroes!"

Meng Kai laughed cheerfully: "Your Majesty, my green horse has been fighting with me for many years and gets along with me like a family. Once on a summer march, I was so tired that I took a nap on horseback. The green horse saw the sun hanging in the sky and was very bright, so they ran to a nearby forest to rest. The soldiers also followed the green horse to the dense forest. Do you think my mount is smart? Ha ha!"

Huang Chao listened and sighed: "Yes, at that time, Li Tang's army was always looking for the main force of our army, and our army was mainly mobile operations, so this war horse was particularly important. Brother Meng Kai, do you know why I pulled the main force of the Qi army to Lantian?

Meng Kai thought for a while and whispered, "I think this must be a big strategy of your majesty. The stationing troops in Lantian occupies the strategic place in the southeast of Chang'an. It can be attacked, retreated and defended, mainly to prevent the Qi army in Chang'an City from being besieged by the Tang army and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack the Tang army!"

Huang Chao shook his head gently: "You're half right, but the other half didn't say it. Yes, Hongqing Mountain is indeed an excellent place to use. To the west is Baqiao, and to the south is Lantian Pass. Our army chose this as a stronghold, which is definitely a superior strategy. It can be attacked and retreated to defend. 40 miles to the west is Chang'an, which is only half a day away. As long as the time is ripe, the use of troops is extremely fast. In case of failure, go back to the mountain, walk southeast along Lishan, enter the realm of Lantian, and drive to Shangluo deep mountains; go east, drive Lishan, Huashan and Tongguan deep mountains. On the back is a steep Lishan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After saying that, Huang Chao looked up to the west and sighed: "The Chai Cun brothers left his last words before his death, saying that if Chang'an was unpreserving, he would want me to withdraw the main force of the army to the south of the Yangtze River. I have repeatedly weighed the current situation and believed that the army must now withdraw from Chang'an and go straight to Chenzhou through Lantian. Why did I choose to pass through Chenzhou? That's because when my army crossed the Central Plains, Zhao Yan, the historian of Li Tang and Chenzhou, was extremely hostile to Daqi and repeatedly sent troops to suppress the Qi army. So I decided to pull out Li Tang's iron nail in the Central Plains and completely destroy Zhao Wei's soldiers and horses in Chenzhou before crossing the Yangtze River to avoid future trouble!"

Meng Kai nodded: "Your Majesty, I understand your decision. Meng Kai's life will always belong to your brother Huang. This time, when the soldiers enter the south of the Yangtze River, let me be the pioneer. I will lead the troops to surround Chenzhou, pull out this nail, and take Zhao Yu's head!"

Huang Chao opened his two arms on the horse, grasped Meng Kai's hands tightly, and exhorted, "Brother Meng Kai, you are the general I rely on the most. In this attack on Chenzhou, you must pay attention to the movement of the Tang army in the surrounding town. In order to let the First Army capture Chenzhou as soon as possible, I sent Siye to lead the Third Army to station in Xihua and respond to the actions of the First Army. You two need to cooperate closely. I'm waiting for your good news in Lantian!"

Meng Kai suddenly patted his chest: "Brother Huang, please rest assured that Meng Kai will definitely capture Chenzhou as soon as possible!"

Huang Chao laughed and said, "That's the decision, Brother Meng Kai, you will lead 80,000 main forces tomorrow to send troops to Chenzhou!"

Meng Kai raised his whip, waved it hard in the air, made a crisp sound, and shouted, "Your Majesty, now our mounts are back to the same way for the finals, hahaha!"

The yellow horse and the green horse looked at each other. These two horses are also old friends. When Huang Chao and Meng Kai met against the Tang Dynasty, they knew each other. Over the years, these two horses have passed through many mountains and rivers in China with their owners. How many fierce battles have these two horses fought against the enemy together; how many marched to transfer, these two horses bathed in the wind and rain. Now that the Qi Dynasty has reached an urgent moment of life and death, this two horses once again carried their masters on their backs and walked forward without hesitation!

The two horses are like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, they are close to the starting point of the game. Suddenly, Huang Chao shouted together:

"Fly!"

The yellow horse jumped into the air, jumped on a huge stone next to it, then raised its front hooves, straightened its back hooves, and rushed to the starting point!

In an moment, the nearby Daqi soldiers heard a crisp sound on the boulder!

What a yellow horse, when the green horse was only a few feet away from the starting point, it arrived at the starting point first!

The soldiers cheered in unison:

"Your Majesty won!"

"The yellow horse runs so fast, like a divine horse!"

"The green horse is not bad, only a few steps away!"

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Meng Kai smiled and said, "Your Majesty's mount is really a rare horse in the world. I lost to Your Majesty's hand and am convinced!"

Huang Chao smiled and did not answer.

The generals of Daqi jumped on the boulder that had been stepped on by the yellow horse one after another and were stunned!

It turned out that there was a deep groove mark on the boulder, which was the mark made by the hooves of the yellow horse just now!