Chapter 17 Tang Xizong's Escape

It is said that Huang Chao commanded the generals of Daqi to quell the rebellion in Chang'an and Luoyang in a stormy manner, stabilized the situation in Erjing, and divided the Daqi army into the Chinese army and six armies, each with their respective functions. The Daqi Dynasty showed its vitality.

Contrary to the booming situation of the Qi Dynasty, Li Yan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, lived a life of displacement at this time. Along the way, sometimes I can't even eat a hot meal, which is extremely embarrassing.

One day, when the car arrived at Luogu, Fengxiang's envoy Zheng Wei heard that the emperor had arrived and hurriedly ordered a man and went to Gukou to welcome Li Yan and his party.

Lu Yinzheng rode in the front and found the soldiers and horses led by Zheng Yu. He quickly shouted, "Lord Zheng, the emperor has arrived!" Zheng Wei said, "Your Majesty, please stop and rest for a while. This is the Fengxiang area. There are troops and horses of the Tang Dynasty. It's safe."

Lu Yinzheng hurried to Li Yan's car and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zheng Wei came to pick us up. He invited us to get out of the car

Go to Fengxiang Mansion."

Li Jun picked up the curtain and poked out his head. From afar, he saw Zheng Wei kneeling down at the mouth of the valley with hundreds of sergeants. Because Taniguchi is blocked

, unable to pass. Li Yan had to get out of the car and said, "I am very gratified that Zheng Aiqing is loyal to the country!"

Zheng Wei replied, "Your Majesty, if you don't stop in Fengxiang, the old minister won't get up!"

"Why?" Li Yan's face is pale.

Zheng Yu burst into tears and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the fall of the Tang Dynasty to this step is due to the relaxation of the Tang Dynasty and frequent disasters. Although the Huangchao thief occupied Erjing and other areas, the Tang Dynasty failed on the surface, but in fact, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is still there. As long as your majesty is diligent, work hard, and insist on leading the Tang army and people in Fengxiang to fight against the Huangchao bandits, many Fangzhen will definitely come to King Qin, and your majesty can recover the second Beijing and regain the military initiative. I hope your majesty will think twice!"

Li Yong muttered, "Zheng Aiqing, why are you crying? I'm not living well yet! It's not that I don't want to fight against the Huangchao bandits, but I don't want to get too close to the powerful bandits. For the time being, I will go to Xingyuan to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world in order to recover the capital. You stay here to resist the front of the thief army in the east, recruit the Qi people in the west, gather the neighboring troops, and try your best to build a great cause.

Zheng Yu replied, "The roads in this area are blocked. If there is something to report to your majesty that it is difficult to reach, and please give me the right to make a decision."

Li Yan immediately said, "Zheng Aiqing, don't worry about it. I grant you the power to mobilize all the military horses of the Tang Dynasty!" I have always trusted you. Last time you and Luzu quarreled in the court, it was too much. I have to compromise you and let you be a prince guest for a while. Later, I promoted you to be Fengxiang jiedushi. Now you, the governor, can command all the governors of the Tang Dynasty! I grant you a Shangfang sword, and you have the power to live and kill!"

Zheng Wei listened, communicated with tears, and shouted, "Your Majesty is holy! The old minister will do his best to eliminate the yellow nest bandits and let the holy driver return to the capital as soon as possible!"

Soon, Emperor Xizong rushed to his son-in-law and issued an edict to Niu Xun, Yang Shili and Chen Jingxuan, telling them that the capital had captured the "thief bandits" of Huang Chao, and the emperor's car temporarily stayed in Xingyuan. If Huang Chao's "thief army" force was still strong and the car would travel to Chengdu, ask them to prepare in advance.

Zheng Wei returned to Fengxiang and summoned his subordinates to discuss and resisting the Qi army. The generals all claimed: "The power of the yellow nest thieves is strong, and we should slowly prepare and wait for all kinds of troops to gather before we can recover the capital."

Zheng Wei said disappointedly, "Are you going to persuade me to surrender to the thief!" And he fainted because of anger and hurt his face with bricks. From noon to the next morning, he could not speak.

It happened that Huang Chao sent messengers to arrive with a letter of amnesty for the forgiveness of the troops. Yuan Jingrou and the generals of the supervisor respectfully respected the messengers of Huang Chao, and drafted a letter to announce it to the public, signed it on behalf of Zheng Yu, expressing gratitude for Huang Chao's pardon. Yuan Jingrou also held a banquet for the messenger sent by Huang Chao, and the singer played and sang beside her.

The envoy of Daqi asked, "Why didn't Lord Zheng Wan attend?"

Sun Chu, the governor of the festival, explained, "Lord Zheng can't go to the banquet due to illness. Please understand."

This matter was discovered by Zheng Wei's confidants Dou Mei and Song Wentong and told Zheng Wei.

Zheng Qi raised his sick body and gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Jingrou betrayed the Tang Dynasty, which is really hateful! I just hate that I suddenly got sick and can't kill this thief!"

Dou Mei patted her chest and said, "Lord Zheng, now many generals have been incited by Yuan Jingrou to betray the court, and Wentong's army and I will always follow you!" As long as you order, Wentong and I will lead the army to kill Yuan Jingrou tonight!"

Zheng Wei grabbed Dou Mei's hand and said, "General Dou is loyal to the country, and Zheng Wei is very moved. Well, I order you and Wentong to take my military charm in the middle of the night to mobilize people and kill Yuan Jingrou in one fell swoop! The two countries handed over troops and did not kill them. Now that Huang Chao has established the country, he can't kill the messenger of Daqi. Let him go back! I have read a letter. You two give it to the messenger of Daqi and ask him to go to Huang Chao to recover his life!"

After Zheng Yu finished speaking, he wrote a letter to Huang Chao, pierced his finger, wrote a table with blood, gave it to Dou Mei, and ordered, "You sent your cronies to take the path to your majesty's camp and present it to your majesty to show our loyalty."

Dou Mei and Song Wentong took Zheng's defeated military charm and summoned their subordinates to disobey the principle of loyalty. The officers and soldiers of their subordinates expressed their willingness to obey orders, stabbed blood to swear with everyone, and then ordered 3,000 soldiers to go to Yuan Jingrou's camp.

At this time, it was midnight. Yuan Jingrou had already fallen asleep because she drank a lot of wine at night, and there were only a few soldiers on duty outside the account. Dou Mei and Song Wentong led troops into Yuan Jingrou's camp, and for a while, there were killing voices everywhere.

Yuan Jingrou was awakened by his own soldiers and was shocked. Sweat beads the size of soybeans appeared on her forehead, and the wine has also receded a lot. He jumped out of bed, pulled out his sword, and strode out of the tent. He saw that the torches inside and outside the camp were bright, and Dou Mei and Song Wentong led troops to cut his subordinates wildly.

Yuan Jingrou shouted and asked, "Dou Mei and Song Wentong, you are so bold! How dare you break into my barracks at night? Do you want to rebel?!"

Dou Mei shouted: "Yuan Jingrou, I will lead the army to kill Yuan Jingrou, who rebelled against Tang, on the order of Lord Zheng Yu!" This is Lord Zheng's military charm! He also said that we were plotting a rebellion. Who on earth is plotting a rebellion? It's you, Yuan Jingrou, and I can still call you Mr. Yuan! Hey hey, today is your anniversary next year!"

Song Wentong shouted, "If you want to live, put down your weapons quickly. We will only kill Yuan Jingrou!"

Yuan Jingrou's subordinates abandoned their weapons and surrendered and begged for mercy. Only a few soldiers stood next to him.

Yuan Jingrou's legs softened and knelt down and cried, "General Dou and General Song, if you have something to say, you want gold and silver, I'll give it to you; if you want beautiful women, I'll let you choose whatever you want. Whatever you want, as long as I, Yuan Jingrou have it, I will take it out and give it to you. Let me go! Let's see how we meet!"

"Bah, shut your dog mouth! You shameful traitor of the Tang Dynasty!" After saying that, Dou Mei urged her to move forward, raised the wind-splashing ring knife, and cut it at Yuan Jingrou's neck. She only heard a "poof", and Yuan Jingrou's head was in a different place.

The messenger of Daqi saw this scene and shook his head and sighed. Dou Mei, Song Wentong, Sun Chu and others came to the military tent of the Daqi messenger. The Daqi messenger said, "If you want to kill, you can do whatever you want!"

Dou Mei said, "Please don't panic. You are the messenger. Lord Zheng will not kill you. This is Lord Zheng's letter. Go back and give it to Huang Chao. Go!" After saying that, Dou Mei handed Zheng Yu's letter to the messenger of Daqi,

The messenger of Daqi bowed his hand and saluted, and then rode back to Chang'an to recover his life.

After killing Yuan Jingrou, Zheng Qiang supported the sick body, ordered his subordinates to repair Fengxiang's wall trenches, repair the weapons and weapons, train soldiers, and secretly invited the neighbors to attack Huang Chao. The neighbors also promised to send troops to join Fengxiang together.

At that time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers in the eight towns of the Shence Army. Hearing that Tang Xizong fled to Western Shu and had nothing to do for a while, Zheng Wei sent people to recruit troops. All the armies went to Fengxiang to listen to Zheng Wei's dispatch. Zheng Wei then distributed his property to the troops to connect the hearts of the armies, so the army was greatly boosted.

After Li Jun's car arrived at Xingyuan, he issued an imperial edict to all the provinces of the world, ordering them to obey Zheng Wei's command and dispatch troops to recover the capital.

Li Tangshu's secret envoy Yang Fugong recommended Zhang Jun, a man from Shihejian, to Li Jun. Li Jun worshipped Zhang Jun as Dr. Taichang, and soon moved to serve as a branch member. Huang Chao led a large army into Tongguan, and Zhang Jun avoided chaos in Shangshan. Li Jun fled to Xingyuan, and no one provided food along the way. Li Kang, the magistrate of Hanyin County, used mules to transport hundreds of grain to the camp, and the fleeing sergeants had food to eat.

Li Yan asked Li Kang, "You are only a county magistrate. How can you think of this?" Li Kang replied, "I really didn't expect that Zhang Jun taught me to do this." Li Jun then summoned Zhang Jun to the camp and worshipped him as the Langzhong of the Ministry of War.

Li Tang Xichuan jiedushi Chen Jingxuan heard that Xizong's car drove Xingyuan and sent 3,000 infantry and cavalry to welcome him. He asked Li Xun to stay in Chengdu for a while. At that time, the army accompanying the car gradually increased, and Xingyuan did not have much grain reserves. Tian Lingzi also advised Li Yan to go out of Chengdu. Li Yan agreed.

Li Yan's car departed from Xingyuan. An order was issued to add Niu Xun as a common chapter. Chen Jingxuan felt that Tang Xizong's subordinates were arrogant and uncontrollable. Several servants from Chang'an Royal Garden arrived in Chengdu first and wandered in the palace. He said with a smile, "People say that Xichuan is a wild place. Today, it seems to be quite good!" Chen Jing arrested these servants and killed them with sticks, so the royal followers were awe-inspiring.

Chen Jingxuan rushed to Lutouguan to meet Li Yong. Li Yong said, "Chen Aiqing, did you do a good job in reception? Have you selected a Chengdu beauty for me?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the food, accommodation and fun are ready for your majesty. The beautiful women have been waiting for many days." Chen Jingxuan replied respectfully.

"Well, that's good! I'm having fun in Chengdu for a while!" Li Yan was notashaiful and completely forgot the pain of losing his capital.

Soon, Li Yan arrived in Mianzhou, and Yang Shili, the governor of Dongchuan, came to pay a visit. Li Yan appointed the minister of the Ministry of War and the judge Xiao Yu as the same level.

Zheng Wei invited Tang Hongfu, the former governor of Shuofang, and Cheng Zongchu, the governor of Jingyuan, to discuss Huangchao together. Zheng Ningji sent his son Zheng Ningji to the camp. Zheng Ningji rushed to Hanzhou to catch up with Li Jun's car, reported the military situation to Li Jun, and asked Li Jun to issue an edict to order all the soldiers and horses to fight against the Qi army together.

After some more days, Li Yan's car finally arrived in Chengdu and rested in the governor's house.

Li Yong sent an envoy to Gao Yu, the governor of Huainan, urging him to send troops to fight against Huang Chao. The envoy went back and forth on the road, looking back and forth, but Gao Yu always refused to send troops. Li Yan still hopes that Gao Qian can make contributions to the "thieves" and issue an imperial edict to Gao Li. All the assassins and generals who have made contributions to fighting against the "thieves" in his territory can be appointed first and then reported to the court.

At that time, the hundred officials of the Li Tang court were unable to gather and lacked talents to write the imperial edict. He picked up Le Penggui to see Tian Lingzi and worshipped him, and did his best to flatter him. Tian Lingzi felt that Le Penggui was more reliable and could be his cronies, so he recommended it to Li Yan, and Li Jun promoted Le Penggui as a Hanlin bachelor.

Tian Lingzi summoned the prime minister, eunuchs and dignitaries to drink together. Li Tang officials saw Tian Lingzi and bowed one after another. Zhang Jun felt that it was a shame to worship the eunuch Tian Lingzi in front of the public, so when he met Tian Lingzi to thank him before the banquet and all the guests came, Tian Lingzi said, "I, Tian Lingzi and Zhang Langzhong, belong to the internal and external dynasties. It is indeed a pleasant thing to toast together today. If the court officials are worried about the eunuchs, Drinking together humiliated his identity, so why do you need to change the time to come to the banquet to thank him? Zhang Jun was ashamed and afraid of what he said, and his face turned red and ashamed.

Li Yan stayed in Chengdu for a few days and thought of Zheng Wei and Wang Duo. He felt that they were very loyal to Li Tang, so he appointed Zheng Wei and Wang Duo as Ping Zhang Si, which is equivalent to restoring their positions as prime ministers.

No emperor wants to give up the 95th. After staying in Chengdu for a long time, Li Yan misses the rich and noble life in Chang'an even more. Li Yan then issued an edict and ordered Li Tang's jiedushi to quickly send troops to subdue the Qi army.

Li Yong and Gao Yu, the governor of Huainan, and Zheng Cong, the governor of Hedong, are also serving as well as the envoy of the Huainan jied. Li Yan also appointed Yang Fuguang, the secret envoy, as the camp supervisor in the southwest of Beijing. Li Jun believes that through this way of adding officials to Jinjue, Gao Yu, Zheng Congqi and Yang Fuguang will actively organize soldiers and horses to recover Erjing.

Chen Jingsi, the northern supervision army of the Tang Dynasty, led Li Youjin, the chief of the Shatuo ethnic group, and an army composed of Sage, Anqing, Tuyuhun and other tribes to Guanzhong to aid the capital and travel to Jiangzhou to prepare for crossing the Yellow River. Zhai Zhen, the assassin of Jiangzhou, is also a member of the Shatuo nationality. He said to Chen Jingsi, "The Huangchao thieves are gaining momentum. You and I have too few soldiers to lead in the army, so we can't move forward easily. It's better to go back to Daibei to recruit soldiers for the time being." So Qu Zhen returned to Yanmen with Chen Jingsi.

Chen Jingxuan tried his best to provide Li Yong with beautiful food, beautiful songs and dances and dances. Li Yong ate, drank and had fun with Chen Shufei, Gao Zhaoyi, Wen Zhaoyi and other groups of people in the Chengdu government office all day long.

One day, Li Yan's painstaking efforts** called Chen Jingxuan. Li Jun said, "Chen Aiqing, since I arrived in Chengdu, you have worked for me. I am very gratified. In view of your achievements as a diligent king, I have decided to grant you the official title of Tongping Zhangshi!"

Chen Jingxuan never dreamed that he could become Li Tang's prime minister, so he quickly knelt down and thanked him: "I appreciate your majesty's kindness and will do my best to serve the Tang Dynasty!"

After Chen Jingxuan added the official title of Tongping Zhangshi, in order to show his loyalty to Li Tang, he decided to take out his troops and horses to attack the Daqi army, and reported to Li Yong and sent the left yellow-headed army to lead the Xichuan Huangtou army to attack the Daqi army.

Li Yan was overjoyed and immediately agreed to Chen Jingxuan's performance.

Chen Jingxuan came to Li Zheng's barracks, and Li Zheng hurried out to welcome him. Chen Jingxuan patted Li Zheng on the shoulder and said, "General Li, I have submitted a letter to your majesty and recommended you to lead the yellow scarf to attack the yellow nest. Your majesty has agreed. You transfer 30,000 troops and set off in a few days.

Li Qi asked, "Lord Chen, in this way, your soldiers and horses in Chengdu will be reduced. These 30,000 yellow headscarves are your heart. The Qi army is now strong, and the yellow headscarf is definitely not the opponent of the Qi army.

Chen Jingxuan smiled secretly, walked to Li Yi and whispered, "General Li, on the surface, you are ordered to fight against the Qi army. In fact, if you lead the troops to the Sword Pavilion, don't move forward. You observe the battle between Zheng Wei and Wang Duo and the Qi army. If Zheng Wei and Wang Duo win, you will lead the troops forward; if Zheng Wei and Wang Duo don't win, you will stay still, do you understand?

Li Qi smiled and said, "Lord Chen is so clever that the last general admires it. I will do it according to Lord Chen's instructions!"

When Tang Xizong's car came to Chengdu, each of the Shu army was rewarded three yuan. After Tian Lingzi and Renxing commanded the disposal envoy, every gold and silk that came from the four directions were awarded and given to the foreign towns that accompanied the car to Chengdu, and there were rewards almost every day, but the Shu army no longer received any rewards, so the Shu army had a lot of complaints.

In order to win the hearts of the people, Tian Lingzi held a banquet for the local Shu army and the foreign army, served wine in gold cups, and therefore gave the golden cups to all the capitals. All the leaders bowed and accepted it. Guo Qi, the only envoy of the Xichuan Yellow Head Army, refused to accept it.

Guo Qi stood up and said, "All of them will receive salary money every month, get rich, support a family, and be more than enough. They often think that it is difficult to repay the kindness they have received. How dare to be insatiable and receive a gold cup. I saw that the army in Shu was the same as a guard with the armies of the outer towns, but there was a great difference in the rewards, so the Shu army had many resentment. I'm afraid that it would be difficult to deal with it in case of chaos. May Lord Tian reduce the special rewards given to the generals and give them to the Shu army equally, so that the rewards of the Turkish army and the visiting army will be the same, so that the whole will feel blessed and happy!"

Tian Lingzi was silent after hearing this and asked Guo Qi for a long time: "What military achievements have you made?"

Guo Qi replied, "I grew up in the east of Laoshan Mountain. I am not from Shu. I once conquered Tunxu in remote areas, led the army to fight against the party 17 times, and fought with Khitan more than 10 times. I was covered with golden scars. I once went on an expedition to Tuguhun. I was injured in my belly and my intestines flowed out. After sewing it with thread, I immediately threw it again. Fight."

Tian Lingzi then personally filled Guo Qi with another wine glass. Guo Qi knew that the wine had been poisoned, so she had no choice but to drink it again. After returning home, he killed a maid and sucked her blood to detoxify. As a result, he spit out several liters of black poison, so he led his troops to rebel, burn and rob Chengdu. Chengdu was in chaos.

Tian Lingzi came to Li Yan's room and reported, "Your Majesty, Guo Qi led the army to plot a rebellion. It's almost here. It's very dangerous now. Come and go to Dongcheng with me to hide first!"

Li Yan was shocked, because he stayed with Wen Zhaoyi that night and fled to Dongcheng with Tian Lingzi's Shence Army. After Li Jun and Tian Lingzi arrived in the East City, Tian Lingzi ordered his subordinates to close the gate.

Soon, Guo Qi led troops into Tian Lingzi's house and sent soldiers around to look for Li Yan. He wanted to explain the reason for the uprising to Li Yan, but after looking for a long time, he did not find Li Yan.

In the chaos, Guo Qi's chaotic soldiers broke into Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi's bedroom and saw that they were as beautiful as flowers. The chaotic soldiers couldn't help but rise up and wanted to be rude. Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi were isolated and unwilling to be humiliated. They both drew their daggers and killed themselves.

When Guo Qi heard the news, Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi had already disappeared. Guo Qi knew that Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi were Li Yan's beloved beauties. Now that these two beauties were killed by his men, Li Yan would definitely not forgive him. Besides, Chen Shufei is still Chen Jingxuan's daughter, and Chen Jingxuan will never let him go!

An Jinshan, Guo Qi's general, came to Guo Qi and asked, "General Guo, now that Chen Shufei and Gao Zhaoyi have been killed, your majesty doesn't know where they have gone. What should we do now?"

Guo Qi covered her face with her hands, tears in her eyes, and said, "Jinshan, we have caused a big disaster this time. Your Majesty can't forgive us, and I don't know what to do now!"

If you want to know what's going on, let's take a look at the next chapter.