Chapter 38 Burning Post 1

It is said that Huang Chao finally led the main remnants of the Daqi army to cross the Yellow River, but as soon as he arrived at the north bank, the multi-way Tang army that had been ambushed there were suddenly killed. The Daqi soldiers fought desperately, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Huang Chao decided to concentrate his forces and kill him from the direction of Zhu Wen's Tongzhou army. One is to kill chickens and monkeys. As long as he defeats the Tongzhou army, the other Tang army must be afraid, so as to weaken the offensive and make more Daqi generals break out; the second is to kill Zhu Wen, a rebel general of Qi.

Zhu Wen knew that Huang Chao's martial arts skills were unrivaled. He was not Huang Chao's opponent at all. He was so scared that he fled and shouted, "Help!" Zhu Wen's four confidant generals Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Uncle Cong and Deng Jiyun fled when they saw that Zhu Wen was chased by Huang Chao and fled. They quickly patted the horse and intercepted Huang Chao's fight.

Huang Chao waved Zaoyang and defeated the four generals without fear. There was not much time. Deng Jiyun was shot in his right leg and turned over and fell off. Fortunately, Deng Jiyun was smart. One of them rolled on the ground and rolled a few feet away. He was given first aid by his own soldiers, and then he picked up a life.

Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu and Uncle Cong knew that they could not defeat Huang Chao any more, so they pulled their horses and left.

Huang Chao shouted, "Listen, Zhu Zhen and others, you were originally generals of Daqi, and you have been disjoined by following Zhu Wen. Aunt Nian and others have had a relationship with Huang Chao, and I will no longer chase you. You leave the battlefield at a speed and don't block the retreat of the army. If you let me meet you again, I will definitely kill you!"

Zhu Zhen listened, turned his horse's head and saluted deeply: "Your Majesty, I will follow Zhu Asan. This matter is not well thought about. We promise that we will never be the enemy of Daqi in the future! Please take care of yourself!"

Zhu Zhen said so, and she really did so and ordered the department to retreat all the way north. Zhu Wen fled to the camp and saw Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Shi Shucong and others withdraw with their troops. Zhu Wen stared and asked, "Why didn't you order your subordinates to intercept Huang Chao?"

Zhu Zhen said calmly, "Brother, you are not Huang Chao's opponent. Are we Huang Chao's opponent?" I ordered the retreat, and we don't want to fight with the Daqi army, because many of our soldiers were also from Daqi. They don't want to fight. What can we do?!"

When Zhu Zhen said this, the generals expressed their position and agreed with Zhu Zhen.

Seeing that the generals were unwilling to fight with the Daqi army, Zhu Wen went downhill and squeezed out a few smiles: "Zhu Zhen, what kind of friendship are you and me? You and I have grown up together in crotch pants! Since your crotch brother doesn't want to fight the yellow nest, I can only rely on you. However, I can make it clear to you that if you don't fight against the Qi army, you will have to charge against the soldiers and horses in other towns in the future. No one is allowed to retreat without my order!"

Zhu Zhen listened and bowed her head without saying a word.

Xie Tong saw that the scene was very embarrassed and quickly came out and muddy: "General Zhu Zhen is right. It's not good for us to fight the Qi army. If we have to fight, we must not fight well. The reason is that Zhu Zhen has said. I don't think it's as good as this. We didn't perform well on the battlefield this time, so we simply transferred to Bianzhou! I expect that Huang Chao will definitely gather all the soldiers and horses to withdraw from Qilu to the east. In this way, Bianzhou has become an empty city. Our army is the first to take a rest and replenishment in Bianzhou, which is conducive to becoming bigger and stronger in the future!"

Zhu Wen was overjoyed: "Mr. Xie is as wonderful as a god. Li Keying and other Tang Army and the Great Qi Army fought to the death, and the loss must be great. However, our army suffered only a few hundred casualties, but it occupied Bianzhou and got the greatest war benefits. I ordered the army to quickly pull out of the village and set off for Bianzhou!"

Xie Tong, a think tank, really lives up to his name. He is like a roundworm in the belly of the yellow nest, often guessing what Huang Chao will do next.

In the Battle of Wang Mandu, the main force of the Qi army was lost. Jin Long died in the battle to cover Huang Chao's safe retreat, and Jin Yu lost a left arm. Qiao Qi, General Jianwu of Daqi, and Zheng Hanzhang, a document of the Second Army, all died heroically. Due to the fierce battle of the generals and soldiers of Daqi, Li Tang also lost countless soldiers. Tang generals Liang Yu, Fu Wenda and Shi Jing died in the melee one after another.

Shang Rang, Li Yu and Yang Neng led thousands of soldiers and horses to surrender to Shi Pu. Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Quanyi, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guiben led their troops to surrender to Zhu Wen and became the shameful traitors of Daqi.

In order to grab his skills with Li Ke, Zhu Wen ordered his troops to advance quickly and attack Bianzhou first. Because there were not many garrisons in Bianzhou, Zhu Wen narrowly occupied Bianzhou.

Li Ke's Shatuo army lost more than half of the battle of Wang Mandu, and the soldiers were exhausted and complained everywhere. Li Ke reconsidered and accepted the suggestions of the generals. Instead of chasing the remnants of the Qi army, he led troops to Bianzhou and rested for a few days in Bianzhou to make plans.

After Zhu Wen led his troops to capture Bianzhou, he issued orders in Bianzhou City as a victor.

One morning, Zhu Wen had just finished his breakfast and was rinsing his mouth in the yard. He came to report: "General Zhu, a large area of black soldiers and horses appeared in the south of the city, like a crow army!"

Zhu Wen was not sure when he heard this. He turned around and said to his wife Zhang Hui, "Madam, Li Ke's Shatuo soldiers are coming so fast! What do you think I should do with them?"

Zhang Hui is calm and resourceful. She often advises Zhu Wen, comforts the soldiers, and enjoys a high reputation in the army. Zhang Hui pondered for a moment and said slowly, "It's a blessing, not a curse, but a curse that can't be avoided!" A San, I think it's better to open the city to welcome Li Ke into the city with soldiers and horses!"

Zhu Wen listened to Zhang Hui's words and said to his own soldiers, "Go and inform Yang Yanhong and ask him to go to the south gate to meet Li Keyong and his party. I'm going to prepare a banquet in the government office."

The soldiers answered and ran away.

After receiving Zhu Wen's order, Yang Yanhong did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly turned over and rushed to the south gate and climbed to the top of the city to have a look. Hey, it was really the Shatuo army led by Li Keyong. Look at these Shatuo soldiers, one by one, with crooked armor and dust. Obviously, they rushed to the outside of Bianzhou after a long journey.

Yang Yanhong shouted loudly, "Is the person coming General Li Keyong from Daibei?"

Li Ke replied with strong spirit: "I am Li Keyong. My people have been chasing Huang Chao's remnants for several days and have been chasing them to Fengqiu. The soldiers are tired and running out of food and fodder, so they retreated here to rest. Please tell General Zhu that he will never forget General Zhu's kindness to help him!"

Yang Yanhong smiled and said, "General Li is serious. We are all troops of the Tang Dynasty, so we should help each other. General Zhu is now holding a banquet in the government office, and he should treat General Li well. By the way, it is inconvenient for so many soldiers and horses to enter the city. I think it's better to ask General Li to send some representatives into the city, and General Zhu will then distribute military supplies to your army!"

Li Ke was overjoyed and said to his wife Liu Danhua, "Madam, I didn't expect Zhu Wen to be so kind to me. On the way to Bianzhou, I have been worried that Zhu Wen would not help our army. Now it seems that my previous worries are superfluous! I will send a representative to the city with me for a banquet!"

Liu Danhua frowned: "Ku, I heard that Zhu Asan is very treacherous. Huang Chao was so kind to him that he led the army to betray Daqi. I'm afraid that you will go to the Hongmen banquet this time! You'd better not go, just send some representatives! Let's touch the situation first!"

Li Ke shook his head disapprovingly: "Madam, I think you are too worried! At that moment, Zhu Wen has demoted the Tang Dynasty. With this little soldier and horse in his hand, it is more difficult to fight against Tang than to the sky! I dare to expect that Zhu Wen would never dare to attack me in Bianzhou! Besides, I have to take hundreds of elite soldiers to the city this time. There are so many soldiers to protect me. What am I afraid of?!"

Li Danhua pouted: "Kusu, you have to go, and I can't stop it! But you must not be greedy for a glass at the banquet, which is no better than in Daibei. On Daibei's own territory, you can drink as much as you want. Remember what I said?

Li Ke said with a smile, "Don't worry, madam, I'll just do what you say!"

Li Ke used 500 elite soldiers to enter Bianzhou City together with the supervisor Chen Jingsi, the general Xue Zhiqin and the bodyguard Guo Jingqi.

Yang Yanhong took Li Keyong and his party to the Bianzhou government office. Zhu Wen held Li Keyong's hand tightly at the door of the government office and pretended to be affectionate and said, "Ah, who do I think I am? It turned out to be a brave and invincible general! Ke Yong, which gust of wind blew you here? You are a distinguished guest of my Zhu Asan. Look, I have prepared a little wine and want to drink with you!"

Li Ke smiled faintly and thought that Zhu Asan was alert and tactful. Unexpectedly, this was true!

"General Zhu, I took tens of thousands of horses away from Daibei to suppress the Huangchao thieves. Now more than half of the soldiers and horses have been damaged, but I still haven't caught Huang Chao. I only captured the carriages and horses in Huang Chao and his equipment, clothing, runes and seals, and caught hundreds of disabled thieves and soldiers. Now that my soldiers and horses are exhausted, I want to supplement them in Bianzhou. I also hope that General Zhu will allocate grain and other military supplies to my barracks as soon as possible! After returning to Daibei, he immediately doubled the return!"

Zhu Wen's eyes turned: "Use, it's right to help you. We are all the army of the Tang Dynasty, and we should be loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty gave me the name 'Zhu Quanzhong' in recognition of my loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. Now your soldiers and horses have difficulties, just like my soldiers and horses have difficulties, I will definitely find a way to solve them!"

Li Ke was overjoyed and entered the banquet hall arm in hand with Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen was really very careful about the banquet this time. He took out all the delicious food in Bianzhou City and invited a group of dancers to dance in the banquet hall. The first dancer called "Xiao Yuan" twisted the waist of the water snake and jumped while frequently throwing hot charming eyes at Li Ke.

Li Ke swayed with his heart as if he were intoxicated.

Zhu Wen's generals Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Shi Shu Cong, Xu Tang, Li Hui, Ding Hui, Deng Jiyun, Wang Wu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiben and others toasted Li Keyong one after another. Li Ke drank one cup after another despite the dissuasion of Xue Zhiqin and Guo Jingba.

Chen Jingsi saw Li Ke drinking happily, so he let go of his belly and drank it.

Little Yuan snuggled up in Li Ke's arms and said, "General Li is really massive. Come on, I'll give you another drink. Drink it. At General Zhu, you can play as much as you want!"

Li Ke twisted Xiao Yuan's face with his hand, and his eyes were drunk and hazy: "Little girl is quite good-looking, and her mouth is quite sweet, hahaha!"

Seeing this, Zhu Wen smiled and said, "General Li, if you like Xiao Yuan, let Xiao Yuan spend the night with you tonight. I have arranged a special accommodation for you in Shangyuanyi, hehe!"

Li Keyong listened and arched his hand: "Thank you, General Zhu. You have taken a lot of effort to use it. General Zhu will come to Daibei on the other day, and Keyong will definitely take out the best wine, meat and beautiful women in Daibei to entertain General Zhu!"

Zhu Wen laughed and said, "Kai Yong is a hero of northern China. This time he came to Bianzhou, and Zhu was honored to see you. It was a great honor for Zhu! It was used to calm down the Huangchao thief bandits and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. I think there is no military merit comparable to you among the generals of all parties!"

Li Keyong listened and couldn't help but float up: "I see the generals of Li Tang and Tang, who can be called real heroes, but several people! I, Song Wentong, Wang Chucun, Zhao Yu, Liu Jurong and Wang Jian can be called real heroes. As for General Zhu, it can also be counted as one!"

Zhu Wen listened and thought about which Li Ke would use. What kind of goods are you? You are just a general of the barbarians, and you are on an equal footing with the general of Tang Fangzhen. From your words, I can hear that you are more powerful than me Zhu Asan! You are so arrogant! You are so ignorant!

Li Ke drank too much and didn't care about Zhu Wen's expression change at all. Instead, he continued to praise himself, talked about a lot of his own combat skills, and said that his arrows were unique in the world, and he would definitely become a prince in the future.

The song ended, and the banquet to welcome the generals of Shatuo was finally over. Xiao Yuan helped Li Keyu, who was stumbled, boarded the carriage and drove in the direction of Yuanyi. Chen Jingsi, Xue Zhiqin and Guo Jingsha gathered around Li Ke's carriage with 500 Shatuo soldiers and rushed to Shangyuanyi.

After sending Li Keyong away, Zhu Wen was angry. He immediately found Xie Tong, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Shi Shucong, Yang Yanhong and others and talked about his strong dissatisfaction with Li Keyong: "Li Ke is too rude to use this Shatuo barbarian! I kindly entertained him with wine and meat, but he boasted and didn't pay attention to us!"

Xie Tong has sensed the murderous atmosphere from Zhu Wen's words! He knows Zhu Wen too well and knows that Zhu Wen is a scoundrel in the market and has always been interested in reporting. In Xie Tong's opinion, Zhu Wen is good to others and requires others to be better to him; Zhu Wen is not good to others, and they can't be bad to him, otherwise Zhu Wen will retaliate!

Whenever Zhu Wen encounters depression, he is used to ask Xie Tong first and listen to Xie Tong's advice. Of course, this time is no exception. Zhu Wen turned his face to Xie Tong and asked, "Mr. Xie, what do you think Li Ke should do to me like this?"