Chapter 37 Bright Red Sunset

Huang Chao, the emperor of the Qi Dynasty, was killed by Meng Kai near Xiangcheng because of his love. He was furious and urged the army to attack Chenzhou, but he could not attack for a long time, and the casualties were extremely heavy. The Qi army has been stationed under the strong city for a long time, with a strange shortage of grain and grass, and the military heart fluctuates.

Chenzhou's history and Zhao Yan were also fat at this time, but he fought to the death with the Daqi army. One day, Zhao Yu called the generals to discuss how to solve the problem.

After the generals arrived at Qi, Zhao Wei said, "I originally planned to defend Chenzhou for half a year under heavy attack. Unexpectedly, Huang Chao vowed to avenge Meng Kai. It has been more than 300 days since he besieged the city. The food in the city has been eaten up for a long time. Now even mice have been caught and eaten, which can be said to have dug three feet of the ground. I think Zhang patrolling Suiyang is nothing more than that. Let's talk about what we should do next. If you are beaten by the Qi army like this, Chenzhou will have a broken day sooner or later!"

Zhao Chang sighed: "Muxiu is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. There are so many square towns in the Tang Dynasty, but you have to fight against Daqi. Now, you are targeted by Huang Chao and have to attack the city and kill us! The Qi army dug up layers of five-fold trenches and launched an attack on Chenzhou from hundreds of roads. Alas! Now we are so hungry that our eyes are green, and our two legs are swinging straight. It's really self-righteous!"

Zhao Yi said, "Brother Chang, this is also to make our family glorious and repay the emperor with death. I don't think there is anything wrong? The problem is that Huang Chao's leading the army in the war is too powerful, and there is a kind of momentum that he can't stop!"

Zhao Lu and Zhao Lin also had no claim at this time. They looked at Zhao Wei eagerly and seemed to say, "Dad, if it goes on like this, we will all starve to death!"

Zhao Qianqiang cheered himself: "You are all members of the Zhao family. This is to grow up with ambition and destroy the prestige of the Tang Dynasty! Since we have made a relationship with Huang Chao, we can only go to the end. Either Huang Chao was defeated, or Zhao was defeated. Although the situation is critical, I Zhao Yu is not discouraged. I will make a final attempt! Whether you can succeed or not depends on God's will!"

Hearing this, everyone stared at Zhao Wei without blinking and heard what plan he had made to deal with the army.

Although Zhao Xun was haggard, his many years of military career have tempered his steel-like will. He hit the north with a gossip dragon and split the water knife, and rarely met the enemy.

"In Chenzhou's offensive and defensive battle, both sides suffered many casualties and reached the end of the strong crossbow. Without foreign aid, it is difficult to resist for a long time with more than 10,000 people in Chenzhou. I estimate that there are still 60,000 to 70,000 people in the main force of the Qi army. These 670,000 people are divided into several batches to attack Chenzhou in turn. Zhao Lu and Zhao Lin are young, so I decided to send them to lead 3,000 elite soldiers out of Dongcheng and move to the nearby town to ask for rescuers! For Chenzhou, there are no military secrets to speak of! I wrote dozens of short emergency documents and gave them to the commanders at all levels of the breakout force. After breaking out of the siege, I would go to the surrounding towns to ask for help like sparrows flying all over the sky. Run ten families, and it's good to have one to save it! I'm not afraid that this letter falls into the hands of Huang Chao. Anyway, I just want to move to ask for reinforcements! I'm equivalent to telling Huang Chao that if you haven't taken Chenzhou before the Tang reinforcements arrive, you will die!" Zhao Wei's hoarse voice echoed in the Chenzhou government office.

Zhao Chang looked confused: "Brother, now more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are not enough to defend the city. You still have to transfer 3,000 elite soldiers out of the city for help. This is a dangerous move. It's a way out of the road. Let it go! What if you can't break through? Didn't we accelerate our failure?"

Zhao Qian's voice is fierce: "Masters showdown, you can't hesitate at all! There is only a ten-day security period for the rescuers this time. If the soldiers are not rescued within ten days, Chenzhou will fall into the hands of Daqi! Huang Chao, if you don't let Zhao Yu live a stable life in Chenzhou, I will fight with you! I have made up my mind. Don't say anything again. Lu'er, Lin'er, immediately execute according to my deployment!"

Zhao Lu shouted, "Dad, don't worry, even if Lu'er is crazy, she will complete this mission!"

Zhao Lin burst into tears: "Dad, after the child is gone, you must lead the Chenzhou soldiers to hold on for ten days!"

Late at night, Zhao Lu and Zhao Lin led 3,000 elite soldiers and suddenly killed Dongcheng, Chenzhou. The generals surrounding the east city were Qiu Tao and Qiu Hong brothers and sisters of the Second Army of Daqi. Although Qiu Tao and Qiu Hong commanded the generals of Daqi and tried their best to resist the killing of Chenzhou soldiers, but the 3,000 soldiers led by Zhao Lu and Zhao Lin were brave and good at fighting, and the other was trapped in the city for a long time and were about to become beasts. As the so-called trapped beasts were still fighting. Chen Zhoubing knew that he would not be out of the siege. Anyway, he was dead, so he rushed forward desperately!

The shouts of killing on both sides were deafening, and Chen Zhou soldiers fell down and rushed up another batch. Zhao Lu waved the nine-ring gold to hold the Tang knife and cut it left and right. He was extremely brave. As if he entered no man's land, Qiu Tao hurriedly stopped Zhao Lu's fight. After about ten fights, Zhao Lu roared and used his ancestral stunt "Desert Flying Sand Cover Heavenly Soldier". The knife made the wind and rain impenetrable, as fast as lightning, and split Qiu Tao under the horse with a knife.

Qiu Tao was killed in battle, and the heart of Daqi's army floated, and the formation appeared loose. Zhao Lin took the opportunity to take a group of Chenzhou soldiers to shout out of the siege and go in the direction of Luyi; Zhao Lu took a group of people and horses and went straight to Yingzhou. Only six or seven hundred of the 3,000 Tang army were killed out of the siege, and the rest were destroyed by the Qi army.

A white fish belly appeared in the east. Cao Min led thousands of people from outside the south city to come to the east city of Chenzhou. Qiu Hong's eyes were red and swollen, and she suddenly threw herself into Cao Min's arms and cried bitterly.

Cao Min said, "Daqi liaison officer reported to me that Chen Zhoubing forcibly broke through from your camp last night, so I led the troops to hurry."

Qiu Hong cried, "Brother Tao commanded the soldiers to intercept Chen Zhou's soldiers and was killed by a young Tang general!" According to the witness soldiers, they saw in the fire that the general held a nine-ring gold knife to hold the Tang Dynasty knife. He was brave and powerful. Brother Tao's martial arts skills are not as good as this general, and he was killed by this general! Mom, you must avenge Brother Tao!"

Cao Min muttered to himself: "The nine rings of gold and fixed Tang knives weigh 70 or 80 catties, which is the ancestral knife of the Zhao family in Tianshui, Gansu Province. There is no doubt that Zhao Yu can turn this knife, but Zhao Yu is nearly 60 years old, and it is impossible to be so young. That must be Zhao Yu's son Zhao Lu! Zhao Wei has two sons. The knife is Zhao Lu and the gun is Zhao Lin. Only His Majesty, Lingfei, Lu Qi and other people can fight against Zhao Jiadao. It's a pity that Your Majesty camped outside the West City, and Lingfei, Lu Qi and other fierce generals are not in the besieged troops. God bless Daqi!"

A few days later, Zhao Wei and Zhao Lin finally moved several rescuers and appeared outside Chenzhou City!

Which ones? Zhou's Zhongwu Army, Zhu Wen's Tongzhou Army, Shi Pu's Xuzhou Army, Li Ke's Shatuo Army, Songzhou, Haozhou, Yingzhou, Yuzhou and other towns were also symbolically transferred some reinforcements to Chenzhou.

Although Yang Fuguang died in the river a few months ago, Li Keyong did not give up the idea of fighting with the Daqi army. Naturally, Li Keyo's purpose is to be the enemy of Daqi. In the battle against Chang'an, although the Shatuo army made some military achievements, Li Keyong believed that his military achievements were not enough to intimidate the towns.

In order to further improve the status of the Shatuo army in the townships of Li and Tang, Li Ke made a political gamble with determination, pouring the elite of the Shatuo army into Chenzhou in the east to relieve the siege of Chenzhou. If the siege of Chenzhou is lifted, the prestige of the Shatuo army can shake the world. One weakened the strength of the ally-bombed army, and the other quickly expanded its strength in the name of supplementing soldiers at the time of victory. As Li Keyu himself, he can become the prince of the Li Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. This is the matter of Guangzong's ancestors and the survival and development of Shatuo. Therefore, Li Ke repeatedly urged Li Guochang to send reinforcements for him, and on the other hand, urged Wang Chongrong to draw elite soldiers from the river and go to Chenzhou with the Shatuo army to fight against the main force of the Qi army.

However, Wang Chongrong did not want to deplete the strength of the army in the river. Li Ke discussed this matter with Wang Chongrong many times. Wang Chongrong always refused on the pretext that Yang Fuguang's illness led to the instability of the army. Wang Chongrong knew very well that he had surrendered to Huang Chao before and knew that the strength of the Qi army was strong. The last attack on Chang'an was forced by Yang Fuguang to barely go on the road. Now that Yang Fuguang is dead, no one can mobilize his river army. Wang Chongrong didn't want to have a deep grudge against Huang Chao. After all, he had surrendered to Daqi before, which made him unwilling to attack Huang Chao with Li Keyong.

Li Ke had no choice but to take his tens of thousands of Shatuo troops to Chenzhou. When the Shatuo army crossed the water and arrived at the periphery of Chenzhou, several other Tang troops also arrived. Soon, Li Ke defeated Huang Siye's army of the Third Army of Daqi and captured Xihua with great joy. In order to grab the meritorious service, Li Ke ordered the Shatuo Iron Cavalry to attack the main force of the Daqi army outside Chenzhou City.

Although the Qi army still has nearly 100,000 horses, the former main force does not mean that it still has strong combat effectiveness today. Due to the long siege and the strange shortage of food and grass, the generals and soldiers of Daqi have become very thin, leaving only skin and bones. In front of the wolf-like Shatuo iron cavalry, there was no chance to win. As a result, they could only be defeated by Shatuo's army.

Huang Chao was shocked and urgently ordered the army to retreat to Bianzhou. However, the sky was not beautiful. In May 884 A.D., it rained heavily in Chenzhou, three feet of water on the flat ground, and all the Daqi military camp were washed away by the flood. Under the siege of the Tang army, the Great Qi army could no longer resist and retreated all the way to Zhongmou.

Just as Huang Chao commanded the Qi army to cross the Yellow River in Zhongmubei Wang Mandu, Li Ke's leading Shatuo army rushed to the south bank of the Yellow River. Li Ke immediately ordered the Shatuo Iron Cavalry to launch a fierce attack on the Great Qi army. The generals and Shatuo Iron Cavalry launched a desperate fight, but how could the tired division stop the Shatuo Iron Cavalry like a tiger and wolf? In addition, Li Tang's various town reinforcements continued to join the battlefield, and the main force of the Qi army suffered annihilation. After a bloody battle, the remnant sun was like blood. Wang Mandu was full of the bodies of the soldiers of the Second Army of Qi and Tang, and the blood stained the Yellow River ferry red.

Huang Chao led more than 10,000 people to cross the Yellow River and was restless. The Tang army, who had been ambushed on the north bank of the Yellow River, was killed viciously.

Among the Tang army that besieged the remnants of the Daqi army, the Tang army worked the hardest. Which two? One is the Xuzhou Army led by Shi Pu, and the other is the Tongzhou Army led by Zhu Wen.

Shi Pu shouted in a sharp voice, "Don't let Huang Chao go. This time, the nest thief can't run away. Xuzhou soldiers, kill me!"

Chen Jingyu and Li Shirui, the generals of the Xuzhou army, commanded their troops and horses, shouting to kill the Daqi army from the east. The Daqi soldiers resisted desperately, but in the end, after being killed by the Xuzhou army for several days of bloody battles at Wang Mandu, the Daqi soldiers fell down.

Zhu Wen urged Ma to come to the front and urge the Tongzhou army to launch an attack on the Daqi army. Seeing this, Huang Chao was furious and jumped up. He led the most elite crane control army of Daqi to kill the Tongzhou army. When the generals saw that the emperor personally went to kill the enemy, their courage suddenly increased and followed Huang Chao with a fearless heroism to break through!

When Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen was commanding the battle with the state army in the battle, he clapped his horse and rushed to Zhu Wen, which resulted in Zhu Wen's life and killed the rebel general of Daqi.

Zhu Wen was shocked and ordered his own soldiers to stop Huang Chao from moving forward. Huang Chao picked up his sword and killed dozens of Zhu Wen's own soldiers in a row. Zhu Wen's personal soldiers were selected from ordinary soldiers, and their martial arts were better than ordinary sergeants. Now Zhu Wen's own soldiers were shocked to see Huang Chao riding and killing, as if they had entered no man's land, and fled in all directions.

Huang Chao rushed to Zhu Wenma and roared, "Zhu Asan, I have always treated you well, but you have openly betrayed Daqi. Today, I will kill you as a scoundrel!"

After all, please see the next chapter whether Zhu Wen's life can be saved.