Chapter 12 Jianghuai Thunder

Let's say that Zhang Yu and Liang Yu's 80,000 elite Tang army, after starting from Fuzhou and crossing Xianxialing, fell into the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of troops in Daqi. In the face of this Skynet carefully woven by Huang Chao, Chai Cun and other generals, the whole army of the 80,000 Tang army was destroyed. Zhang Yu and Liang Yu were both killed in battle, and Xu Tangju, the owner of the fifth village in Daqi, was plotted to be killed by Zhang Yu for chasing Zhang Yu. In this war, the generals of Daqi sacrificed their lives and killed the enemy bravely, and also paid a heavy price of more than 50,000 casualties.

Xu Yunyi destroyed his relatives, killed his second brother Zhang Lin by Yishui, and avenged his third brother Xu Tangjun. Liu Ying rode from the other side to Xu Tangju's side. She picked up Xu Tangju's cold cheeks and was heartbroken. She cried bitterly and shook her voice. In a moment, many generals of Qi also came to Xu Yun and Liu Ying. Seeing that Xu Tang Ju had died, the soldiers cried one after another.

After Huang Chao and Chai Cun learned the news of Xu Tangju's death, they were electrocuted and were speechless for a long time. For a long time, Huang Chao wiped his tears and said, "Brother Chai Cun, Xu Tangju is heroic and bold, and has made great contributions to the development and growth of Daqi. This time, Gao Qian's main force was eliminated, but Tang Juxiandi gave his life. We must mourn him well!"

Chai Cun nodded and said painfully, "Thousands of troops are easy to get, but it's hard to find a general!" This war with Zhang Yu's 80,000 soldiers and horses damaged Tang Ju, which was a major loss for Daqi. I agreed to hold a grand memorial meeting for Xu Tangji, which should be held not only as a memorial meeting, but also as an oath meeting. I believe that by mourning Tang Ju, it will further stimulate the fighting spirit of the generals of Daqi and completely occupy Jianghuai!"

"This is the matter, Chai Cun brothers, it should not be too late. I think we will hold a conference to mourn Tang Ju in three or two!" Huang Chao said.

A few days later, all the soldiers of Daqi in Jianghuai participated in the conference to mourn Xu Tangjun by Yishui. Huang Chao personally presided over the conference. During Huang Chao's speech, Daqi soldiers and many spontaneously came to cry. The soldiers and civilians remembered the owner of Xu Tangjun, who fought bravely for the birth of the Daqi Dynasty, and all The sacrificed generals of Qi.

At the end of his speech, Huang Chao roared: "The generals of Daqi, the people of Jianghuai, Daqi swept the south of the Yangtze River after sending troops from Guangzhou to the north, destroying Li Tang's main force in the south of the Yangtze River. Next, Daqi will recruit troops and horses in the south of the Yangtze River, cross the river to the north, and kill Li Tang Zhuolu Central Plains into Erjing and vow to destroy Li Tang! Build a new regime where poor people are the masters of the family!"

The soldiers and civilians waved their arms by the water and shouted in support of Huang Chao's speech.

After the mourning meeting, in the middle of the night of the day, Huang Chao and Cao Min took more than a dozen close guards to dig earth by a mountain forest near Yishui and put in Xu Tangju's coffin. In order to prevent the destruction of the enemy, they did not set up tombstones, but planted some flowers and plants. Liu Ying rushed to Xu Tangyu's burial place and cried bitterly. Huang Chao, Cao Min and Xu Yun tried their best to persuade each other, and Liu Ying stopped crying.

Liu Ying's eyes spit out fire and said, "Li Tang is cruel and unkind. Tang Ju's death is actually caused by anti-Tang. I must hold high the anti-Tang righteous flag and fight against Li Tang to the end! Brother Huang, let me stay in Jianghuai. I want to complete Tang Ju's unfinished tasks and completely destroy the Li Tang army in Jianghuai!"

Huang Chao patted Liu Ying on the shoulder and praised him, "Okay, Liu Ying is ambitious! What a female hero. I thought about it over and over again and decided to appoint you as the deputy owner of Daqi and Gai Hong as the owner of the village. The rest of the people will remain unchanged. In addition, considering the great casualties in the battle with Zhang Yu's army, I decided to add 10,000 soldiers and horses to the fifth village.

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" Liu Ying said excitedly.

Xu Yun put his palms together and said, "Brother Huang, I was ordered to go down the mountain by my teacher. Now I have completed my mission. I will say goodbye. I wish the early establishment of the Qi Dynasty!"

Knowing that he could not keep Xu Yun, Huang Chao ordered his own soldiers to take out a hundred taels of gold, hand them to Xu Yun, and said gratefully, "Brother Xu Yunxian, your master Huiming is the younger brother of my master Huiqing Zen Master. There is also a brother between you and me. This little gold, one is the incense money I gave to Shaolin Temple, and the other is to let you save the poor people. You must accept it!"

"Thank you, Brother Huang. It's better to obey than to obey. Xu Yun accepted it. Goodbye!" Xu Yun finished speaking and left, but when he saw him jumping, he suddenly disappeared.

"Good kung fu, what a master in the world!" Cao Min sighed.

"Brother Huang, which martial arts is higher than Xu Yun?" Liu Ying asked.

"I have never met Xu Yun, because our master is a fellow monk. Xu Yun got the true biography of Zen Master Huiming, and I also got the true biography of Zen Master Huiqing. However, because in addition to practicing martial arts, I also have to engage in activities to overthrow Li Tang. And Xuyun concentrates on practicing martial arts, so I think Xuyun's martial arts skills should be a little higher than mine, hehe!" Huang Chao laughed.

Gao Yu was in Yangzhou. After learning that Zhang Yu and Liang Yu's 80,000 troops were completely annihilated by the main force in Jianglang Mountain and Yushan, he was stunned, covered his face and cried without thinking about tea and rice.

Gao's wife said, "Father, you haven't had a good meal for days. If it goes on like this, your body will not stand it!"

Coincidentally, Lv Yongzhi came to Gao Yu's house. Gao's wife told Lv Yongzhi about Gao Yu's situation and asked Lv Yongzhi to persuade him.

Lu Yizhi persuaded: "Gao Dutong, although the main force of Zhang Yu and Liang Zhen has been killed by Huang Chao, you still have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. The attack power is not too strong, and the combat power is not as good as Zhang Yu and Liang Zhen's troops, but it is still okay to take care of the home. You must not be depressed. If this goes on and you are not prepared to attack the main force of Huang Chao, then Yangzhou will definitely be defeated by Huang Chao! We are homeless!"

Gao Yu listened to Lv's words and calmed down. He sighed and said, "At this point, we can only shrink the front! It is said that I will order all my remaining soldiers and horses to shrink to the front line of Yangzhou. If Huang Chao's soldiers and horses attack, they are not allowed to resist. I want to write a letter in person, gold and silver jewelry, and tie the yellow nest. In the future, in the army, it is no longer allowed to call the soldiers and horses of Huang Chao as thieves, and all of them are called Daqi's men and horses, the army of the Yellow King!"

"Well, the best way is to bend and try to protect yourself!" Lv Yongzhi flattered.

Gao's wife asked, "Then what should you do if the court issued an edict to send troops?"

"First, resolutely do not see the messengers sent by the court; second, resolutely do not give any reply to the court; third, do not order other soldiers and horses to attack the army of Huangchao!" Gao Yu replied.

Gao Yu really did it according to these three, and strictly ordered his soldiers to follow these three.

Zhang Shouyi, on Gao Qian's order, ordered two or 300 sergeants, brought a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass, and came to Hangzhou. After seeing Huang Chao, Zhang Shou submitted Gao Qian's letter.

Huang Chao sat on the tiger leather chair, read Gao Yu's letter, and asked, "Zhang Shouyi, is Gao Yu really not against Da Qi?"

Zhang Shou nod and bowed his head and replied, "To the Yellow King, Gao Du all respect Da Qi's efforts for the benefit of the people. The Yellow King raised his army for the sake of the world. Gaodu weighs the situation in the world and believes that the one who will unify China in the future must be the Yellow King! Gao Dutong originally wanted to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to join the army, but many of Li Tang's family members were still in Erjing, hoping that King Huang would understand. Later, the King of Huang broke through Erjing, and Gaodu will definitely bring his troops and horses back to Daqi!"

Huang Chao nodded and smiled, "Well, I also know that Gao Yu is a rare handsome talent in the world. If he raises troops to return to Daqi, I will give him a village owner and make it the sixth village of Daqi. This time, I agreed to Gao Yu's request and no longer send troops to attack Yangzhou, so I ordered Meng Kai to withdraw troops from outside Yangzhou. Zhang Shouyi, listen carefully. If Gao Yu goes back on his way and mobilizes Li Tang's troops and horses to attack Daqi after Daqi withdraws, then Huang Chao will definitely lead all the soldiers and horses to step on Yangzhou!"

"Don't dare, dare not! Huang Wang, I will definitely tell you, I will tell you!" Zhang Shouyi said, and his back was also sweaty.

Zhang Shouyi returned to Yangzhou and talked to Gao Yu about the envoy to Hangzhou. Gao Yu was relieved and sent Tan Ma to inquire about the whereabouts of Meng Kai's army, and Tan Ma told him that he had withdrawn. Gao Wei ordered all the soldiers and horses of other towns to return to the original defense area, on the grounds that Huang Chao had destroyed the main force of Zhang Wei and Liang Zhen. If this battle failed, he would better go back to guard his own town as soon as possible.

After receiving Gao Qian's order, the generals who reinforced Yangzhou were overjoyed. They did not want to fight head-on with Daqi's soldiers and horses at all. Even Zhang Yu and Liang Zhen's soldiers and horses were defeated by Daqi. Who dared to be the enemy of Daqi? Let's withdraw. I don't want to offend Daqi.

From then on, the generals and soldiers of Daqi galloped across the Jianghuai River, basically solving Li Tang's army in the Jianghuai area. Daqi's military strength expanded sharply and developed to more than 600,000 people. The army was strong, and the front of the soldiers rushed straight to the Central Plains, and the two Beijing was shocked.

The Li Tang court panicked. Li Yan strictly ordered the soldiers and horses of all parties in the Central Plains to stick to the city, and transferred the soldiers and horses from the town to the area of Hushui to prevent Huang Chao's main force from crossing the Huai River. Several edicts were issued to ask Gao Yu to send troops to suppress the Huang Chao Uprising Army. After the edict was issued, it was like a mud cow entering the sea and there was no message.

However, there were also some generals in Li Tangzhong Fangzhen who obeyed Li Yan's orders. Shi Pu was able to send 30,000 soldiers and horses to cross the water and Xuzhou to assist in the garrison of Xuzhou and resist the attack of Daqi. Xuzhou soldiers are used to have a fierce reputation. Xue Neng, a loyal martial arts envoy, claimed that he had guarded Pengcheng before and had a kindness to the people of Xuzhou, so he arranged the soldiers to camp on the stadium.

At night, Xuzhou soldiers made a loud noise. Xue Neng climbed to the inner tower to inquire. Xuzhou soldiers replied that the equipment in the accommodation was too poor and the supply was lacking. Xue Neng comforted for a long time, and the Xuzhou soldiers settled down.

When the people of Xuzhou heard this, they were frightened. At that time, the Zhongwu army also sent the generals Zhou Wei and Pang from the garrison outside. They heard that the Xuzhou soldiers in the city made trouble and led the troops back. By dawn the next day, the Zhongwu army entered Xuzhou City. After secret discussion, Zhou Wei and Pang Cong decided to attack the Xuzhou army and regain the military power of Xuzhou. Zhou Cong and Pang Cong led their soldiers and took advantage of the Xuzhou soldiers to eat, burst into the canteen, killed and killed all the Xuzhou soldiers. They also complained that Xue Neng was too thick for Xuzhou soldiers and expelled Xue Neng. Xue Neng fled to Xiangyang, and the loyal soldiers chased him and killed his whole family. So Zhou Wei claimed to stay.

Zi Kerang was afraid of being attacked by Zhou Wei and returned the army to Yanzhou. The troops of all the towns stationed in the water were also dispersed. The gate of the Central Plains opened, and Huang Chao took the opportunity to cross the Huai River.

At this time, the Central Plains shook, and Li Tang's people's hearts fluctuated. Li Yan rushed to the hospital because of the inability of the town to fight against Huang Chao. Frequency Min replaced the generals of all the towns, which made Li Tang's generals of all parties at a loss. Li Tang was terminally ill and there was no medicine to cure!

Tang Xizong Li Yan appointed Wu Shitai, the governor of Zhenwu, as the general of Zuo Jinwu, and replaced Wu Shitai with Zhuge Shuang as the governor of Zhenwu. Wu Shitai saw many changes in the court of the Tang Dynasty and privately asked the military and civilians to keep him. In fact, he was unwilling to obey the emperor's order. Li Yan had no choice but to let Wu Shitai continue to serve as Zhenwu's envoy and appoint Zhuge Shuang as Xia Sui's envoy.

Huang Chao led his army to capture Shenzhou, so he entered Yingzhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Wherever he went, the officials and people fled and dispersed. Daqi soldiers began a series of military operations in the Central Plains. The good news spread frequently, the results were brilliant, and the Li Tang Building was crumbling!

The Qi army captured Lizhou and killed the assassin Li Xun and the judge Huangfu Town. Huangfu Town took the imperial examination 23 times, but failed to pass the examination, and was summoned to the shogunate by Li Xun. After the rebels captured Lizhou, Huangfu Town escaped from the city and asked the people who left the city, "Will Li Shijun get out of the city?" Someone told: "Li Xun, the assassin, has been caught by the bandits." Huangfu Town said, "I was informed by Li Xun that I met a great kindness. Where can I go when I go out of the city!" So he returned to the city and asked to die with Li Xun.

At this time, all parts of Li Tang were in chaos. Wang Chongrong, the Marquis of Litang River, made trouble and robbed everywhere, and the city of Hezhongfang was robbed. Liu Hanhong, the assassin of Li Tang and Suzhou, complained that the reward given to him by the court was too light, and the court appointed Liu Hanhong as the Eastern Zhejiang observer.

Li Jun issued an edict, ordering Zheng Congqi, the governor of Hedong, to gather the army of Hedong, and granted Zhuge Shuang and Zhu Mei, the governor of Daizhou, to lead their troops south to attack Huangchao. Li Zhuo, the governor of Beidu, was appointed as the governor of Heyang.

Li Tang's prime minister, Dou Lu Xuan, reported to Li Yan, awarding Huang Chao Tianping jiedushi, and then attacked when Huang Chao took office in the town. Prime Minister Lu said: "The thieves are all insatiable. Although they are awarded Huang Chao Tianping jiedushi, they may not be able to stop him from plagiarizing everywhere. It is better to quickly send all the armies to guard Sizhou, appoint Bianzhou jiedushi as the capital, and lead the army to stop the Huangchao thieves. Huang Chao can't enter Guanzhong. He must turn to attack and plunder the areas of Huai and Zhejiang, and escape to the sea to steal life!" Li Yan agreed after hearing this.

Soon, the prefectures in Huaibei came to make an emergency. Lu knew that the situation was not good, so he claimed that he was ill and no longer went to the court to discuss politics. Chang'an, the capital, was in a panic. Dongdu sent a letter claiming that Huang Chao had invaded Ruzhou.

Li Tang court ordered Wang Chongrong to temporarily serve as Hezhong Town, and Li Du, the governor of Hezhong and Tongping Zhangshi, were the princes and recalled to the capital.

Zi Kerang said to the court that Huang Chao had written an ultimatum and forwarded it to the Tang Zhuzhen army, declaring: "You should guard your own fortresses and don't offend the front of our army!" I will personally lead a large army into the eastern capital, and then attack the capital and interrogate the court. It has nothing to do with you.

Li Yan summoned the Minister of Civil and Martial Arts to the inner hall to discuss countermeasures. Dou Luxuan and Cui Yu suggested that the Zhufan town army and the left and right Shen Ce troops in the customs to refuse to guard Tongguan.

Soon, Tang Xizong and Li Yan held a high decision-making meeting in Yanying Hall. Because he could not find a good strategy against the enemy, Li Yan actually shed tears at the prime ministers. Tian Lingzi said at this time, "Please choose the bow and crossbow players in the left and right Shence army to guard Tongguan, and I will personally go to resist the enemy."

Li Jun said, "The guards of the imperial army have not been used to war for a long time, so I'm afraid they can't be useful."

Tian Lingzi said, "In the past, when Anlushan rebelled, Xuanzong took refuge in Sichuan. If Huang Chao really captured the eastern capital, then Chang'an will definitely not be able to save it. Your Majesty can enter Sichuan!"

Cui Yu retorted, "In the past, there were only 50,000 people in Anlu Mountain, which could not be compared with Huang Chao."

Dou Luyu said: "Previously, Brother Shuhan led 150,000 troops and could not defend Tongguan. Today, there are more than 600,000 Huangchao thieves, and Tongguan does not have such a strong army as Brother Shuhan in those years. If Tian Lingzi really considers the society of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Jingxuan, Yang Shili and Niu Xu, the coaches of Sanchuan in Shuzhong, are all Tian Lingzi's confidants and can avoid Xichuan. Of course, compared with the situation of Tang Xuanzong, it can be said that they are prepared.

Tang Xizong was very unhappy after hearing this and said to Tian Lingzi, "Please transfer troops for me and go to Tongguan to refuse to guard."

A few days later, Li Jun came to Zuo Shence's military camp and personally inspected the soldiers. Tian Lingzi also recommended Zhang Chengfan, the general of the left shence army, Wang Shihui, the general of the right shence army, and Zhao Ke, the soldier and horse envoy of the left shence army to Tang Xizong.

Li Yong then summoned the three people and appointed Zhang Chengfan as the vanguard envoy and Tongguan's envoy, Wang Shihui as the grain envoy, Zhao Ke as the envoy of the fence, and appointed Tian Lingzi as the command envoy of the eight towns and horses inside and outside the left and right Shence army. Yang Fugong, the flying dragon envoy, was appointed as the deputy envoy.

After the death of Li Fu, the governor of Shannan Dongdao, Liu Jurong naturally became Li Fu's successor. Liu Jurong stationed in Xiangyang and trained soldiers day and night, and his combat effectiveness became stronger and stronger. At this time, Yang Fuguang, the eunuch of Jingnan, ordered Xuzhou general Song Haoquan to lead Jiangling's government affairs, deal with daily government affairs, and ordered Duan Yanmo to protect Jiangling under the leadership of Song Hao.

Duan Yanmo thought that he had made a lot of military achievements for Li Tang, but he was called back and forth by Yang Fuguang and was very angry. Duan Yanmo did not accept Song Hao's management and often contradicted the boss. Song Hao did not say anything in person, but reported Duan Yanmo to Yang Fuguang behind his back.

Song Hao prohibited soldiers from cutting down locust trees, willow trees, etc. on the street without authorization. Duan Yanmo's subordinates violated the ban and cut them down. Song Hao sent an official to capture the Tang soldiers who cut down trees and captured the Tang soldiers all over their bodies.

After receiving Tang Bing's report, Duan Yanmo was furious and scolded, "Song Hao bullied people too much and didn't treat my soldiers as people! I must fix him well this time!"

Duan Yanmo said he would do it. He ordered more than 1,000 guards, entered Song Hao's government, and killed Song Hao's cronies. Song Hao and his two sons were all arrested. Duan Yanmo pointed to Song Hao's nose and scolded, "Song Hao, you dog officer, how dare you send someone to arrest me and beat them. I'm going to kill you today!"

Song Hao knew that if he fell into the hands of Duan Yanmo, he would definitely die, so he cursed back: "Duan Yanmo, you, a traitor of Li Tang, it is really a heinous crime to arrest the imperial official without authorization. You will die!"

Duan Yanmo was furious and couldn't help but say that he cut Song Hao with a knife and splashed blood on the government office. Then, Song Hao's two sons were also killed by Duan Yanmo's own soldiers.

After Yang Fuguang knew about this, he had to rest the matter, enlightened the court, transferred Duan Yanmo to the history of Langzhou, and let Zheng Shaoye, a servant of the Ministry of Industry, serve as the governor of Jingnan.

Huang Chao was very happy after receiving the news of the open and secret struggle between Li and Tang. Gu said to all Wenwu: "A dog bites a dog with a mouthful of hair. Before we hit Luoyang, they became a pot of porridge, hahaha!"