Chapter 35 Part 2

Let's say that the Chinese army, the first village and the third village met victoriously in the north of Shaozhou. Huang Chao decided to attack Shaozhou. The Daqi army and the Li Tang army fought fiercely for several days in a row. The Daqi soldiers sacrificed their lives and finally conquered Shaozhou, an important town in Lingnan, and opened the north gate to Guangzhou.

After occupying Shaozhou, Huang Chao took the method of salute and then soldiers and sent a letter to Li Yu, the governor of Lingnan Province, asking him to recognize the situation, not to be the enemy of Da Qi, and offer the land of Lingnan.

Li Yu read Huang Chao's letter and unexpectedly made him dizzy. He cut off Da Qi and closed the door of peace. Huang Chao was furious when he heard the news and ordered Meng Kai's department to quickly advance to Guangzhou and launch an attack on Guangzhou. The Chinese army of Daqi was still stationed in Shaozhou, and the third village Huang Siye attacked Lianzhou and cut off foreign aid from Guangzhou.

At the same time, Cao Min's second village of Daqi conquered Chaozhou and began to attack Xunzhou.

The Guangzhou garrison was panicked. Some soldiers escaped from Guangzhou and directly surrendered to the first village of Daqi. Through the mouth of Li Tang, Meng Kai made a clear understanding of the situation inside and outside Guangzhou.

Meng Kai gathered the generals to discuss the attack on Guangzhou. After the generals arrived in Qi, Meng Kai said, "Li Yu refused to return to Daqi. Lingnan's elite soldiers were mainly concentrated in the Xunzhou area and confronted the second village. At present, Guangzhou's troops are empty. According to the analysis of the information provided by Li Tang's soldiers, Li Tang's total strength in Guangzhou is less than 20,000, and there are 100,000 soldiers and horses in the first village of Daqi. Five to one, we are completely sure to annihilate the enemy!"

Huang Kui smiled and said, "It seems that there is no war yet, and the result is clear, hehe!"

Meng Kai ordered: "Huang Kui led 20,000 troops to attack the East City, Zhu Cun led 20,000 troops to attack the South City, and Zhu Wen led 20,000 troops to attack the West City. I led the main force of the first village to attack the North City. This time, we will blossom on all sides, attack from the heart, and capture and kill Li Yu in one fell swoop!"

A few days later, the Battle of Qitang Guangzhou broke out!

Li Yu never dreamed that the Qi army would besiege Guangzhou so soon and began to attack. Li Yu knew that Huang Chao would not let him go, because he killed the messenger of Daqi and cut off the way out. Li Yu strictly ordered the Tang army in Guangzhou to fight hard with the rebels. This bloody battle lasted for a day and a night.

In this siege, Zhu Cun organized a death squad and broke into the city, but in the melee, Zhu Cun was unfortunately shot by a flowing arrow and died.

Daqi's first village soldiers and horses swept away the fallen leaves like the autumn wind, and all of them entered the city. Only a few Tang soldiers protruded from the city, and Li Yu was captured.

When Zhu Wen got the news of his brother Zhu Cun's sacrifice, he threw himself on Zhu Cun's body crazily and cried loudly. Zhu Wen did have true feelings this time. After all, he is a blood of his compatriots. It is definitely a sad thing to die in a foreign country. In grief and indignation, Zhu Wen lost his mind and drew his sword and killed dozens of Tang soldiers who surrendered to Daqi.

Meng Kai ordered Huang Kui to stay in Guangzhou. He and Zhu Wen led 50,000 troops east into Xunzhou, and attacked the Tang army in Xunzhou with Cao Min's troops in the second village. The Tang army's corpses were killed all over the field and the blood flowed into a river. The rebels quickly occupied the whole territory of Xunzhou.

In Shaozhou, Huang Chao received the good news that the first village and the second village had successfully captured Guangzhou and Xunzhou. He was very happy and ordered the Chinese army to kill chickens and sheep, set up a banquet, and invited representatives of the people of Shaozhou to the military camp to celebrate this great victory together.

When it was ugly that night, the generals of the generals in the Qi Dynasty fell asleep and snored in the barracks. Huang Chao slept in the Zhongjun tent and fell asleep. A Shaozhou landlord, led by Yu Liu, quietly approached the rebel camp.

Yuliu is from Mazhaigang, Shaozhou. She deeply hates that Huang Chao led the Daqi army to confiscate her father's property and show her father's tyran. Yu Liu then pulled up a landlord army, about 56,000 people, all of whom were composed of ruffians and other villains in Shaozhou, and were enemies of the generals and soldiers of Daqi. Daqi soldiers and civilians celebrated the victory of Guangzhou and Xunzhou in Shaozhou. This information was learned by Yu Liu, so she ordered 3,000 people to sneak up the rebels at night in an attempt to break into the Rebel Village and capture Huang Chao.

Yu Liu took the lead and led his troops into the Rebel Village. After cutting down and killing some volunteers on duty, he ran to the central army tent. He was found by Gong Hao and Qiao Yi and immediately organized his own resistance. At this time, Huang Chao was also awakened by his own soldiers and quickly picked up the horse and killed the village. The middle army of the Qi Dynasty are all soldiers who can be used to fighting. Although Yu Liu is brave, his troops are not very small. After a period of fierce battle, Yu Liu had to order the withdrawal of troops. She waved bamboo guns, killed out of the siege, and fled in the direction of Magangzhai.

After dawn, Huang Chao took a count of people and folded hundreds of people. After investigation, he finally figured out the situation of Yu Liu's army, and Huang Chao decided to personally conquer Magang Village and capture and kill Yu Liu.

Huang Chao ordered 10,000 military horses and went straight to Magangzhai. Yu Liu led the troops out of the village to fight. The second array was against the circle, and the door flag was opened. Huang Chao raised his head and shouted loudly: "Yu Liu, your father is rampant in the countryside, for the rich and unkind, and for the slaughter of the generals and soldiers of Daqi. This is your father's fault. Why are you obsessed with it and being the enemy of Da Qi?"

Yu Liu Xing's eyes were wide open and scolded, "Huang Chao, you killed my father. This hatred is cominous. As long as Yu Liu is alive, he will fight with you. Don't talk nonsense and let it go. Let's fight 300 rounds!"

Huang Chao was furious and said to the generals: "Which general is going to take the life of the pomegranate dog?"

Qiao Yi shouted, "I would like to go!" After saying that, he waved his knife to take Yu pomegranate. The two horses intersect, raised knives and guns at the same time, and fought for more than ten times. The pomegranate sold a flaw. One shot of Qiao Yi under the horse and another shot resulted in his life.

Huang Chao was extremely angry and ordered the three armies to fight. There was a scuffle between the two sides. There were few Liu soldiers and he was unwilling to fight hard and retreated into the village. Huang Chao commanded the rebels to attack Magangzhai and attacked it for several days in a row and couldn't get it down.

Huang Chao ordered his own soldiers to go to Shaozhou and asked Chai Cun to send reinforcements. Chai Cun ordered Li Tangbin and Kang Shiming to lead 10,000 troops to help Huang Chao.

After Li Tangbin and Kang Shiming's 10,000 horses arrived at the volunteer camp outside Mawangzhai, Huang Chao ordered a strong attack on Magangzhai. The rebels all shouted and killed them into the village. Yu Liu couldn't resist it and ran wildly. Huang Chao urged the yellow horse to chase it with his own soldiers and finally caught up with Yu Liu. Yu Liu had to go back to fight against Huang Chao. He was picked off by Huang Chao and ordered to go to Huangquan.

In this battle, the main armed force of the landlord was annihilated, and the rebel army in Shaozhou was safe.

Soon, Huang Chao ordered Gong Hao to be stationed in Shaozhou, and he personally led the Chinese army to Guangzhou. The righteous division was disciplined along the road, and Qiu did not commit any crime. When the righteous master arrived in the north of Guangzhou, Meng Kai and Cao Min led the soldiers to welcome many people in Guangzhou.

Huang Chao convened generals in Guangzhou to discuss the law of governing southern Xinjiang. Huang Chao said, "Now that our army has occupied most of southern Xinjiang, we must strengthen management to win the hearts of the people. First of all, we can't kill innocent people indiscriminately and treat the rich. There are also good people among the rich, and we should protect the wealth obtained through legal management.

Chai Cun said, "What Brother Huang said is that in the past, we treated the rich with too much. As long as we are rich, we usually confiscate their property. If we are a little dissatisfied with Da Qi, we will speak with a sword. This is an emergency method during the war. But in peacetime, this method is too cruel, unhumane and inconsistent with the Confucian way of China.

Qiao Li also stood up and said his opinion: "Brother Huang and Brother Chai Cun's words reminded us. As far as I am concerned, I did kill and detain the rich in the past. This practice is too simple and rude and is not conducive to winning the hearts of the people. From now on, I will follow the opinions of Brother Huang and Brother Chai Cun and treat the rich differently.

Wenwu all agreed with the opinions of Huang Chao and Chai Cun.

Huang Chao was very gratified to see that everyone's thoughts were unified. He continued: "I am very happy that everyone agreed to the proposal of me and the Chai Cun brothers. There are many Arabs, Jews, Christians, Persians and other foreigners in Guangzhou, who come to Guangzhou to do business. Daqi strictly prohibits foreign businessmen from storing materials in Guangzhou, which affects the market price. Businessmen who trade normally are protected, and foreign businessmen who deliberately destroy Guangzhou's economy must be severely punished! All the property of illegal foreign businessmen in Guangzhou will be confiscated!"

After the meeting, the generals of Daqi strictly implemented the policy of treating foreign businessmen formulated by Huang Chao and treated foreign businessmen well, but quickly dealt with a very small number of foreign profiteers who destroyed Daqi's rule. They did execute a group of foreign profiteers, but there was absolutely no Huang Chao's order to slaughter foreign businessmen in Guangzhou as mentioned in later official history books. , saying that 120,000 people were killed, this is the slander of the outstanding leaders of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao and the generals of Daqi!

In fact, in Fujian and Guangdong and other places where the Huang Chao Uprising Army passed, there are many folk stories and monuments to prove that the Huang Chao Uprising Army is an army supported by the people. The so-called rumor that "Huang Chao killed eight million people" is absolutely untrue. In the traditional concept, "the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit". The Huang Chao rebel army ended in failure. Naturally, it was described as a thief in the official history books. Readers must distinguish this point clearly.