The fireworks after the bloody battle in the Great North Gate of Guangzhou’s Waiguo have gradually extinguished.
However, when the last group of enemy soldiers who were able to stand finally put down their weapons in despair and became captives, no trace of Meng Kai was found. It was as if the Rebels had disappeared before the outflank and encirclement operations took place. And only his lieutenant, the forward Lang Jiang, known as "Leopard Head Yan", is instructing him to fight.
Therefore, when Yan Shun, who carried dozens of wounds and rushed to the front, was shot down by Zhang Bao, a deputy from the shooting team in the former Annan camp, he shot it down with an arrow with a strengthened iron bow; The morale and will of the soldiers quickly began to fall apart. Then, amidst the ear-splitting cheers and roars, the flag of anger, which represents the Sanjiang Army, was once again inserted on the head of the outer city of Guangzhou.
Next, it is like a domino that is quickly pushed. As long as you hold the captured Meng Kai Zhongjun flag to show to the public, the remnants of the rebel forces that were originally guarded on the city wall will be shaken and lose their will to fight again. Under various flags, soldiers fled the wall in a rush, or after being blocked, they knelt down and surrendered without hesitation;
As a result, starting from the nearest city gate on both sides of the Great North Gate, the eight water and land gates owned by Guangzhou Waiguo almost changed hands one after another, and fell into the hands of the Sanjiang Army controlled by Zhou Huai'an.
This also means that the few rebels that are still fighting, fighting, and looting in the city of Guangzhou have all become the turtles in the urn that they have trapped; during this period, there are also some hostile rebels who have heard the news. Tried to attack and seize the next gate as a way out;
But without exception, they were repelled on the spot by the strong bow and hard crossbow guarding the tower, and then by the nearby support maneuvering force, they outflanked the back road and flanks and were crushed on the spot. After more than a dozen battles and killing thousands of people, they have not been able to do what they wanted. In the end, only a small part of the remnants were able to retreat back to the city due to the loss of soldiers.
Then, when the opponent was so damaged that he was unable to attack again, and his side had been fighting for a long time and had to rest, and did not have much energy to take the initiative to attack, he once again fell into a kind of temporary stalemate and the calm of confrontation; and the direction of the inner city was also Re-established contact.
Although under the leadership of Ge Congzhou, he once encountered the survival crisis of being attacked and disrupted from the inside and outside. However, after the external attack gradually became weak and declining, Ge Congzhou still took the manpower that was withdrawn from the wall, as well as from The supporting forces of the port ship group and the patrol water camp will once again extinguish the momentum of chaos in the middle.
In this way, the inner city and outer city, as well as the port city on the side of the sea, were reconnected under the control of the Sanjiang Army.
"And forgive my subordinates for incompetence,"
At this time, Zhong Yi, who was in charge of leading the people to act in secret, also joined Zhou Huaian again and whispered.
"I still haven't been able to find the whereabouts and love of the Meng thief, only a dozen or so leaders who have hidden their identities have been forced out..."
In further pursuits after the incident, there was still no trace of Meng Kai, as if he had evaporated in the city of Guangzhou; Zhou Huaian was still somewhat unfulfilled in the result of not being able to find the behind-the-scenes master. Regret and worry with all your efforts, and some faint rejoicing;
What he was worried about was that after this Meng Kai escaped, he would gather the remnants of the local rebels outside to fight against him, so he would have to spend a lot of effort to clean up and clean up, and even see the saw for a period of time;
Or, after escaping into the city, the scattered rebels were assembled again and continued to resist, which would surely cause greater damage and loss in the city of Guangzhou. However, judging from the situation where the chaos in the city is fighting each other, the probability of this kind of thing is no longer large.
And he secretly rejoiced because of another reason. You must know that in the historical time and space that you know, Meng Kai is Huang Chao’s most trusted love general; after proclaiming the emperor, he was named as the four prime ministers. ；
Later, after Huang Chao was defeated in Chang'an, Meng Kai, as the forerunner, was attacked and killed by Zhao Yi, the governor of Chenzhou and Jiedu of the loyal army. For this reason, the army of Huang Chao specially stopped to besiege Chenzhou, which lasted more than 300 days and hundreds of battles. The food is almost exhausted, but still can't eat. Then, under the exhaustion of the teacher, the Xuanwu Army Jiedushi Zhu Quanzhong (Zhu Wen), who surrendered to the court, joined forces, and embarked on the final road to complete defeat.
Zhou Huaian is really not sure about it, and can ensure that once Huang Chao gets the news, will he move his teacher to the south to make trouble for himself. That is really a great thing that made the late Tang court laugh out loud. .
If this changes or delays the late Tang Dynasty’s attack on the two capitals, and the fate of disintegration and complete decline, then it’s really easy to decide to join the anti-thief camp, and what is the love of Zhou Huai’an, who will change his fate to the end. Worry.
Even if it is Huang Chaogu who has no time to do so and just divides the troops from the front, it will be a big problem in the Lingnan region after the civil strife; in order to defend the Lingnan and create these achievements, he will have to shed more blood. And missed many years of development and recuperation time.
At the beginning, he was also based on preliminary considerations from this position and perspective, and decided to work hard to maintain coexistence and mutual benefit with the other party under the existing framework, instead of only carrying out limited gradual changes and transformations within the system; but he did not expect an expedition to Annan. Under the circumstances, the other party completely lost patience and directly lifted the table to meet with swordsmen.
So as long as he is at large, there is a certain probability and opportunity to catch alive, and perhaps he can also be used as a bargaining chip for subsequent negotiations with Huang Chao.
Because from the analysis of the most basic pros and cons, the banner of being a rebel cannot be lost. Even if the Rebels and the forces represented by Huang Chao start to part ways and separate their ties, the fragile relationship and status must be maintained; this is obviously a matter of more advantages than disadvantages.
While interviewing for their subordinates and soldiers who once belonged to the Rebels, there was a long or short buffer period for accepting the reality and psychology; at the same time, it was also a chronic process of establishing internal relationships. After all, after this step is forced to go out, the confusion in thoughts and daily affairs may last for a period of time before they can run in and stabilize again. During this period, we must also consider the probability that someone may take advantage of the opportunity and cause trouble.
On the other hand, under this remaining name, maintain the communication and communication channels with the internal relations and sources of the rebels; to ensure that the Cantonese will continue to be used as the trophies and other resources of the rebels in the future, selling and discounting. The only distribution center and port for transactions. Guangzhou itself is an export-oriented economic city, and relying solely on the self-sufficiency of the Pearl River Basin, it cannot meet the needs of long-term development and expansion.
In addition, Zhou Huaian had a rather long-term plan and follow-up method for most of the rebel army that had already been in the Northern Expedition, to carry out a general promotion and catalytic effect in a certain sense. Therefore, within a period of time in the future, the rebels will have to continue to put on the skin if they are not lost.
However, Zhou Huaian actually still has a back-up for the current situation. Just to compile a suitable reason and truth for this matter, and then look for an opportunity to send back Lin Yan, the nephew of Huang Wang, as long as he has enough handle and evidence to coerce him to continue.
Even if Meng Kai has a chance to escape the hunt and return to Huang Chao in the future, he can still be preconceived in order to protect himself and shirk his responsibilities, and continue to force and correct each other with Meng Wei; he can also share his own pressure and corrections in a disguised form. Hatred value.
"Brother Chai..."
Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian called Chai Ping, who was brought by his side to "assistance in command", and said the matter very solemnly.
"Next, I need you to be a testimony, and can I attach a statement and petition?..."
After only two days and one night, Chai Ping, who was originally a pale head, looked bloodshot and haggard, and became increasingly old and depressed; after all, he was undoubtedly the person who was hit and affected the most for this series of changes. There is no one.
"I..."
Chai Ping is full of bitter and gloomy hesitation at this moment;
In these short two days, he was extremely contradictory in his heart, and his mind was filled with countless arguing voices; so that most of the time, he was so confused that he couldn't make any decisions and opinions at all. But now obviously the time has come when he has to make a choice again.
It's as if someone had spoken to him on the ship returned by Annan; this imaginary leader has a big ambition, and his actions are far from the majority of the rebels. I'm afraid that there will be repetitions and twists and turns in the future. In his early years, it was not that he had never seen the cruelty and brutality of the rebels in those places, which invaded each other;
I thought that this kind of thing would happen at least far in the future, and there is still a good chance to reconcile or make up for one or two; but when his successful class teacher came back, it happened without warning. The ideals and beliefs that I worked hard to uphold and pursue were shocked and shattered at once.
Is it true that the ideas and the behind the words that everyone seeks and fight for together, in the face of personal desires and gains and losses, are really so vulnerable that they can be trampled at will.
Thinking of this, Chai Ping finally took a deep breath. Obviously, he can only stand on the right side of the big festival according to his own heart, instead of distorting the rebels for that old feeling of nostalgia. It's black and white. Otherwise, what are the soldiers who died for no reason during this upheaval? What is the principle of seeking a living for the people and how they face to face their family, father and brother.
"I. Since. Dang. Acted in compliance with the leader..."
After trying word by word to say this decision, he shook as if he had been drawn from the strength of his body; because it also meant that he had parted ways with the King Huang, whom he had always respected. Another way.
"That's good, go down quickly to rest and eat..."
Hearing this answer, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but nodded in relief.
"I still have a lot of help in the aftermath of the aftermath..."
But as a young rebel army, his qualifications can be traced back to Wang Xianzhi’s early days of the army, and he is also one of the most important weather vanes and role models in the Sanjiang Army today; at least for those old rebels from the north, he has taken the lead in expressing his attitude and obeying his character. , Then it will at least reduce the mental and psychological gaps and hesitations of many veterans.
Of course, if he was unwilling to cooperate or had other ideas, Zhou Huaian had no choice but to ask him to leave his troops before causing more chaos and time, and Li sent him to leave Lingnan to go north to Huangchao. For the comrades and colleagues who fought, Zhou Huaian couldn't do the kind of killing them with the most malicious and suspicion.
Huo Cun, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, letting go of his grip on the sweaty knife handle and secretly rejoicing. If it is not a last resort, he is unwilling to act on his fellow soldiers of the rebels, even if it is a shameful nature to take off his uniform on the spot.
In this process of gradual changes in people's minds and trends, new changes and opportunities reappeared in the evening of the next day; however, it was a change in the direction of the Sanjiang Army. Because of the news that was transmitted quickly by sea, reinforcements from Chaoyang also appeared on the sea near Panyu from the returning fleet.
At this time, the situation and the balance of forces inside and outside the Cantonese government can be said to be the basic overall situation.
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