Chapter 36 Capture the State

After the main force of the Huangchao Uprising Army occupied Guangzhou, it divided into four troops and quickly occupied most of Lingnan. Wherever the righteous teachers went, they were warmly welcomed by the people from all over the country. The children of the people joined the Rebel Army one after another, and the southern Xinjiang became the base camp of the revolutionary regime of Daqi.

Gao Qian was in Hangzhou. After learning the news that Huang Chao was fighting horses and soldiers in southern Xinjiang, he was restless. He thought that Huang Chao would definitely attack the north after preparing for the southern Xinjiang. In order to preserve his strength, Gao Yu decided to transfer the main force to Yangzhou. He thought that it would be much safer to hide north of the Yangtze River, so let the Tang army and the Daqi army in the south of the Yangtze River fight to the death. When the strength of the Qi army is almost exhausted, I will go out to deal with the Qi army, which is called the mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind!

In order to express to Tang Xizong Li Yan's attitude towards actively suppressing the Huangchao uprising army, Gao Qian made a memorial to the court. The general idea is that Langyou, the assassin of Shuzhou, should be appointed to stay in the town navy, defend western Zhejiang, and dispatch 50,000 soldiers and horses to counterattack Chenzhou. According to the danger of the defense, the king of the soldiers and horses will be left as the eighth head of the army. Wan, to recover Xunzhou and Chaozhou, I personally led 100,000 horses across Dayuling and went straight to Guangzhou to attack Huangchao. When Huang Chao learned that I was coming, he must flee to the north. He asked the court to order Wang Duo to lead 300,000 horses to Wuzhou, Guizhou, Zhaozhou, Yongzhou and other four states to guard the danger.

After receiving Gao Qian's memorial, Li Jun didn't know it. At first glance, he was shocked. If he followed Gao Qian's deployment, it was equivalent to driving most of the elite soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty to southern Xinjiang and opposing the Daqi army. Li Yan gave Gao Yu's memorial to the ministers for discussion. As a result, the vast majority of civil and military officials disagreed with Gao Qian's, and Li Yan did not approve Gao Yu's memorial.

Soon, Gao Yu received a reply from the court, which was actually copied according to Wang Duo's memorial. Gao Yu was ordered to cooperate closely with Wang Duo to guard the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains and resolutely prevent the Qi army from entering the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Yu couldn't help but be secretly happy. He thought that Wang Duo, Wang Duo, the yellow nest thief, this hot potato, I couldn't avoid it, but you took the initiative to block it for me! Well, Wang Duo is responsible for the defense south of the Yangtze River, and I only care about the north of the Yangtze River!

One day, Huang Chao remembered Li Yu, the governor of Lingnan Province, who was imprisoned in Guangzhou's cell, and ordered the volunteers to take Li Yu to the government office. Huang Chao wanted to interrogate Li Yu in person.

After a while, Li Yu tied the rope and was escorted to the lobby by the volunteers. Huang Chao shouted, "Li Yu, what's the reason why you killed the messenger of Daqi?"

Li Yu blocked his neck and said carelessly, "Of course I'm not polite when you make trouble and offend my Lingnan!"

Huang Chao knows that Li Yu is a scholar with a high education. He wants to hire Li Yu as a clerical official of Daqi and turn enemies into friends, so that he can better develop revolutionary forces. Huang Chao then took the initiative to ease the tension and said, "Li Yu, I understand that you are loyal to Li Tang. You are full of experience. If you are willing to obey, how about I forgive you and grant you an official position?

Li Yu shouted, "I am a famous family in the Tang Dynasty. How can I be with you and other thieves?! I will never surrender! Kill me quickly!"

Huang Chao pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Li Yu, since you don't want to serve Daqi, I will never let you go back to Tangying. I led troops to fight in Lingnan. Because of your stubborn resistance, I have defeated many brothers. I will kill you today and not wrong you! I will fulfill your wish to be loyal to Li Tang! Come on, push Li Yu out of the door and behead him immediately! Burial his body, and don't connect with his relatives!"

After Li Yu was beheaded, Daqi appeased and hired Li Tang's civilian generals in southern Xinjiang. Li Yu, Huang Yu, Liu Yu, Zhang Quan, Peng Qian and others expressed their willingness to work for Daqi. According to their specific situation, Huang Chao arranged Li Yu and Huang Qian to be clerical officials to follow the action of the Chinese army. Liu Wei, Zhang Quan and Peng Yu were transferred to Huang Siye's headquarters in the third village and became generals. Other original Li Tang Wenwu have been rewarded.

Huang Chao called Liu Yu, Zhang Quan and Peng Qian and ordered, "I will allocate 10,000 horses for you to go to Lianzhou to help fight. Because Huang Siye led his troops to attack Lianzhou for a long time, he sent you there. In the future, your department will be assigned to the third village of Daqi and be under the command of Huang Siye.

Liu Xuan, Zhang Quan and Peng Yu led 10,000 soldiers. After arriving in Lianzhou, they met Huang Siye, Lu Jingren, Wang Wan and other third village generals. Huang Siye got a new army and gained confidence, so he was actively prepared to attack Lianzhou again.

That night, Lu Jingren came to Huang Siye's camp alone and said, "Siye, our army has attacked Lianzhou for more than half a month. Shi Zangluo in Lianzhou relied on the depth of the city. Under the command of his fierce generals Suolong and Kan Xu, more than 10,000 Tang troops resisted stubbornly, and our army has lost more than 3,000 casualties. At present, our army does not have much food, and it is urgent to allocate it. However, Huang Wang just took Guangzhou and sent four troops to fight against the southern town of Litangling, and the supply of grain and fodder was also quite tight. In order to relieve the pressure of the commander-in-chief of Daqi, I decided to go to Daozhou in person and persuade Cai Jie and He Yu, the generals of the Daozhou Uprising Army, to help us and support our army. If this is done well, it will definitely break through Lianzhou.

"Jing Ren, although Cai Jie and He Yu are also people who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, we have never contacted them and are not familiar with each other. Are you sure to do this?" Huang Siye asked.

"Siye, don't worry. I previously sent people into Daozhou to inquire about Cai Jie and He Yu's people. Both of them are world heroes. Although they are Yao people, they are generous and loyal. Their team is mainly composed of Yao, Bai, Miao, Buyi, Yi, Yu, Tujia and other ethnic minority people. In order to show the sincerity of our army, I decided to take some trophies to Daozhou, especially the weapons armor, which are relatively lacking in the Rebels of Cai Jie and He Yu.

"Okay, Jing Ren, I promise you, but you should be more careful!" Huang Siye grasped Lu Jingren's hand tightly and did not let go for a long time.

The next day, Lu Jingren took some of his own soldiers on the road and said nothing. A few days later, Lu Jingren and his party arrived at the city of Daozhou. When the volunteers guarding the city of Daozhou saw a group of Han people who were strong and determined, they became vigilant and asked, "Where are you from?" What are you doing when you come to Daozhou with weapons?

Lu Jingren smiled and said calmly: "This brother, do you know the Huang Chao Uprising Army? I am Lu Jingren, a general under King Huang. I came to Daozhou this time and want to get in touch with the two leaders Cai Jie and He Yu to deal with Li Tang's officers and soldiers together. Please inform them!"

"Okay, wait outside the city, and I'll inform you!" After saying that, the volunteers who guarded the city went to Cai Jie and He Yu.

Cai Jie and He Yu got the report and hurried to the gate, climbed up the tower, and looked at Lu Jingren and his party carefully. Cai Jie shouted, "Is Lu Jingren really a good man outside the city?"

Lu Jingren raised the golden dragon and replied loudly, "Cai leader, leader He, this is the weapon I used, the golden dragon. You two must have heard of it! On the order of the general owner of Huang Chao, I led the third village soldiers of Daqi with Huang Siye to attack Lianzhou, but the Tang army in Lianzhou resisted dangerously, and our army attacked for many days and did not take it. Huang Siye, the owner of the village, sent me to Daozhou to ask for help from your two leaders!"

Cai Jie and He Yu heard Lu Jingren's name and knew that he was a member of the Huang Chao Uprising Army. Cai Jie quickly ordered to open the gate and walk out of the city with He Yu to welcome Lu Jingren and his entourage. Lu Jingren gave the weapons and armor and other trophies he brought to the two Yao leaders. Cai Jie and He Yu were overjoyed and set up wine to entertain Lu Jingren and his party.

During the banquet, Lu Jingren put forward a request to borrow food from Cai Jie and He Yu. He Yu said, "Master Lu Zhai, you are a famous general in the world, commanding thousands of troops and horses against Li Tang's army and horses. We only have thousands of soldiers and horses. Today, the owner of Lu Zhai came to Daozhou in person. Cai Jie and I have the honor to meet you. It's really happy! To fight against the corrupt Li Tang, let's not talk about food and fodder, even soldiers and horses, we are willing to fight.

Cai Jie held his fists and said excitedly, "Master Luzhai, He Yu and I are willing to follow your orders and oppose the Tang Dynasty under your leadership from now on! This time, I gave Daqi the third village army grain of 30,000 yuan, asked He Yu to lead 3,000 troops to help the battle, cooperate with you to capture Lianzhou and capture the dog official Zang Luo!"

"Thank you, Leader Cai and Leader He! With the help of you two this time, we will definitely capture Lianzhou. I would like to work with you for the further development of Daqi in Lingnan!" After saying that, Lu Jingren hugged the two Yao leaders, Cai Jie and He Yu.

Lu Jingren and He Yu came to the third camp outside Lianzhou with 3,000 ethnic minority soldiers and horses and 30,000 military grain. Huang Siye was overjoyed to hear the news and ordered to kill chickens and slaughter sheep and entertain He Yu's soldiers and horses. During the banquet, Lu Jingren talked about his trip to Daozhou. Huang Siye patted Lu Jingren on the shoulder and smiled, "Jingren, you can still do it. You can always come up with a wonderful trick according to the changes of the enemy's situation!" Hahaha, this time, Zang Luo is going to be unlucky!"

After full preparation, the Rebels launched a fierce attack on the Tang army in Lianzhou. Dozens of stone throwers of the Rebel Army operated at the same time, and large and small stones hit the Tang soldiers who guarded the city with death and injury. Then, the bow and crossbowmen of the Rebels shot intensively at the head of Liancheng City. The death squad crossed the flying bridge, quickly set up a ladder, and shouted to kill the head of the city. At the same time, He Yu led 3,000 soldiers and horses to drill in through the dug tunnel, drilled out of Lianzhou City, and received the volunteers who attacked the city.

In this fight, the Tang army could no longer stand it. Zang Luo, Suolong and Kan Xu were all killed in the fierce battle. The third village soldiers of Daqi poured into Lianzhou like a tide and quickly occupied Lianzhou. The Daqi military flag fluttered high at the head of Lianzhou!