After Huang Chao fell ill, the atmosphere became solemn and depressed in the city of Chang'an. The business of Pingkangli, which had been feasting and singing every night, also became sparse and neglected with the patrols and investigations on the streets. But there are some people who are always exceptions.
Huang Siye, who looks like a strange-looking and flat-faced palace in the palace, Zuo Shi Lang of the Ministry of War, and Tong Wei Wei Shaoqing Huang Siye also rode high-headed horses on the long street where the curfew was enforced, and went straight to Anyi where Pingkangli was Fang away.
You know most of the women in Pingkangli, but for the first half of his life he didn't even dare to have a chance to kiss Fangze. Like them, the salt lords who were born in a bitter family and whose elders were too old to be able to get a wife, those prostitutes with loose skin and flesh in the Ponto earthen kiln were the best comfort on weekdays.
However, since the incident with King Huang, everything has changed completely. Although too many people died during this journey, the people who came out of Yuanju Township at the time have almost never survived.
But those who survived followed Huang Wang to enjoy the richest and most diverse sensuality and luxury in the world; now they have entered the city of Chang'an and become one of the heroes and clan of Yuan Cong who founded the new dynasty. Of course, even the clan ministers and clan clan are different.
Compared to Huang Sihou, the palace envoy among his brothers, or Luo Du who stayed behind Huang Siye, he is undoubtedly less well-known; even the eight sons of Huangmen do not have a place for him; even in the order of the upper dynasty, his appearance is not good. He is also standing in the third squad on the outermost court of courtiers.
However, among the next generation of the children of the Huang family, he has been playing the leading role of brains and making suggestions among his peers because of his cautious thinking and flexibility.
After the Huang Wang Daye rises and begins to further appoint relatives of the same surname, in a sense, he who is good at dancing with long sleeves and living with hands is also one of the important bonds for the children of the Huang family to maintain goodwill and harmony in private. For this reason, he even took the lead in organizing an association.
Because he is also among the relatives and relatives of the Huang family who only know how to fight and kill, or are aggressive and courageous; there are only a handful of discerning people who can see through the stakes. In other words, it was also instinctively felt that the demon monk who robbed the south was a natural threat to the Huang clan relatives.
If this son is only outstanding and is entrusted to the military, he would not mind being kind to him or even introducing him into his own circle. But now that the other party is already full of wings, and Wang Huang has to marry a daughter to be gracious and win over, which makes people feel jealous.
Not to mention that he has infiltrated and made many important people among the Daqi court and military commanders through the rich products and money in the south, but he has no relationship or benefit with the Huang clan, but he has mastered it as a son-in-law. In the future, enough to interfere with the status of the new dynasty.
Therefore, he also had to do his best to gather strength to countermeasures and calculations due to his natural sense of crisis. It's just that he never expected that he was the only one who had ideas, and things that seemed to be stable would soon get out of the original planning and control.
Huang Hao, one of the main members of the association who participated in his planning, actually left his North Road army and defected to the old dynasty army of Dasanguan; and the other Huang Cun who held the military power was even more careless. He simply died inexplicably in front of Dachang Pass on Shangluo Road.
In addition, he secretly had a secret transaction and invoked Concubine Liu Hui as an ally. He was also imprisoned by King Huang for venting things; the remaining children of the Huang clan headed by him also had to puck their tails and act in a low-key manner. No longer hold all-night banquets in the mansion.
And he had no choice but to linger among the tricks in Pingkangli, thinking of pastime and sorrow, and didn't have to return home all day long. Because, compared with those of the Huang family who kept many maids and concubines in their own mansions and many mansions, they thought they were entertaining guests;
In the early years, he was rejected because of his humble appearance. What is good is that he is the kind of public place where the walls are transparent or the sky is admiring. In the eyes of everyone's attention, he enjoys the whim anytime, anywhere and wantonly give and request. taste.
Therefore, in addition to the Pingkangli trilogy, he would also join his Cong brothers Huang Sihou and Huang Siye from time to time to break into the homes of the officials and senior officials of the old dynasty. Temporary master for a period of time.
Thinking about recent gains and losses, Huang Siye rode his horse closer to the Nanfang Gate of Pingkangfang. Suddenly, the rider who was driving forward not far away was suddenly screaming, and he was frightened and fell to the ground screaming. .
The archers with swords and guards who followed on foot also rushed forward to try to control these messy scenes, but were dodged by the scurrying horses that bumped and kicked their heads.
Huang Siye was about to yell at these seemingly useless guys, and then suddenly there was a sound of wind on his head and a tight neck, and there was no way to make any more noises.
In the subsequent exclaims and screams from the left and right sides; Huang Siye, who seemed to be caught by an invisible hand, struggling and struggling to be lifted out of thin air by the invisible force that tightened and tightened from above. The sky above the towering buildings.
Have you ever seen the retinues and followers of this kind of strange incident, and they immediately jumped up and down like they had blown up their nests. . Until the recent patrol team heard the sound, all they saw was a stiff corpse standing upright in the air, stunned and incontinent.
When Zhao Zhang, the servant on duty in the ban, heard the news, he just sighed unclearly. After all, in a certain sense, part of the news and internal information may not have been released under his deliberate orders.
In another place, Jing Zhaoshao Yin Menggai, who returned to the mansion with a tired face, also calmly said to Zhang Gui who was under covert protection/house arrest: "Is this your response..."
"You have wronged me... Now that I look like this, do I still have a chance to do something... You know, even Gao Jinzuo has no people in this city, and the whole person who has not seen the body is gone. ."
Zhang Guiba, who was drinking shochu from the can, put down his cup and hugged him unexpectedly.
"Does anyone still want to use this to create trouble, and then plant the dirty things on my generation... This is not good, it is very bad... General Meng, don't you think that as this clinging to Jin Wu, it is true? Too many things are hidden in the bones..."
—I am the north-south dividing line —
As the southernmost prominent stronghold of the Taiping Army, it belongs to Wudunzhai, one of the vassal forces on the periphery of Runzhou. Runzhou defense envoy Gao Jichang, who led the lead, was also quickly processing the news gathered from the front, and then focused on transferring it to the rear team.
At this time, someone stepped forward to report:
"Most of the leaders in Thirty-seven Wharf of the Taihu Lakers have refused to go ashore to organize households for the people, and accept the basic conditions of supervision and resettlement within ten years; they only wish to respect their subordinates and act in cooperation, in exchange for the continued self-contained relationship among the local communities. One structure."
"Unsurprisingly, there may have been all sorts of unavoidable reasons for how to gather as a bandit at the beginning; but these years of repeated plundering and plagiarism, this generation is only used to the cheap method of brutalizing one party with a knife and gun in his hand. ."
Gao Jichang didn't see many surprises and raised his head.
"After all, I still have to do a good job to show strength and power, so that it is possible to dispel the flukes and delusions of his generation; however, this requires the cooperation and response of the boat master who will follow up... Make sure, where has the inland river boat division with the army arrived?"
And on the edge of Taihu Lake where the Wang brothers passed, a sudden battle has broken out. I saw many small kees and paddles on the wide water surface, and saw them densely piled up on the shore, brandishing harpoons, bamboo spears, machetes and wicker cards, swarming forward.
Then, among the eyes of all kinds of contempt and caring for the disadvantaged groups, the two rows of marching lines were slightly turned sideways and lined up into a horizontal volley of bows and crossbows. Yu threw a group down.
Then there were many people who were lifted up in succession of crossbow machines, shooting in succession and thighs that were not enough to cover, and then fell on the road in short sprints one after another. So some people started to stop in fear, and instinctively fled to the left and right;
However, there are some self-sustaining and brave enemies who have circled from the wings to the front of this brigade; however, at the moment when they are about to enter the hand-to-hand combat, they are suddenly raised from the vertical and jerk, and the whole row is jagged. Spear tip.
The inevitable jab in the front row could not hold back, or was pushed on to the front enemy, and suddenly a batch of blood spattered and screamed. Then the three-eyed guns in the Taiping Army's array and Short guns and other firearms also banged on the enemy who came out of the back row; they were completely disorganized and confused in a bewildered manner.
In a short period of time, this soldier of the Taiping brigade was like a rock that was standing still and angularly scoured by the tides of the lake; in front of waves of rabble enemies who came ashore to attack and impact, they used their bows, crossbows, knives and guns with ease. One after another scattered corpses was left.
However, before Wang Shenchao and the others, who were relieved by the array, bandaged themselves the wounds caused by the bamboo darts, the flagpole on the signal car changed again and issued a new police training.
Just as the fighting was going on here, a group of people wearing bamboo hats and straw clothes suddenly slammed out of the reeds in the distance, and went straight to the snaking horses and wagons that had already opened a distance for the rear team. past.
Obviously, the water pirates who sailed on the shore and attacked for their lives were nothing more than bait and containment methods. However, many peaceful soldiers, including the Wang brothers, were relieved to see this scene. (End of this chapter)