And in the vast wilderness, mountains, forests and waters of Beiyuan outside Chang'an City, the drums of war continued, the flags danced wildly, and thousands of people and horses struggling to fight against each other went straight up, unable to fall for a long time or were blown away by the wind. At the same time, he was once again involved in the chaos in Beiyuan, and Tuoba Sigong, who led the last batch of tent guards to ride left and right, only felt that he was really fleeting and unfavorable to make people completely desperate. Up.
Since being driven by the horse team of the Taiping thieves, they have been losing their troops and discarding their own weight and cattle and horses after repeated battles. It is easy to get rid of the trend of the battle; but they are shocked by the retreat of Xiweiqiao Zha Camp as a support and support , Xianyang City, which was also the rear grain platform, and the tribes left behind, had already been destroyed with the sudden appearance of most of the new bandit army.
Suddenly, he and the Tuoba headquarters under his command were also caught in a serious emergency and predicament of unsustainable circumstances. However, his disaster was far more than that. In the process of turning to the west and retreating, he accidentally encountered and attacked a thief army carrying a large amount of luggage to supplement it, and then ran into a larger number. Most of the thief army rushed forward aggressively.
He could only turn back west with the remaining team of horses running fast, fighting and walking along the way to get rid of these thieves again, but accidentally ran into the Uyghur cavalry under the command of the Zhenwu Jiedu Qizhizhang in Beiyuan. , The two sides have not exchanged much information yet; the thieves are chasing them non-stop again.
However, Tuoba Sizhong, who was already exhausted and frightened by his subordinates, could only take advantage of the opportunity of Uighur soldiers to engage and entangle with him, abandon his allies and continue to take off eastward with all his strength; however, there is nothing good in the east. In fact, when the Dang Xiangjun arrived near the Zhongwei Bridge along the Wei River, they saw the green flag of the peaceful thief floating on the battalion gate of the bridge.
Although it seemed that there were only a few hundred people, his party Xiangerlang tentatively rushed for a round, and after being blew back by the firearm thrown out of it, he completely severed the confidence and hope that had been consumed here. So they can only continue to run east, hoping to cross the river north from the Dongwei Bridge, which may not have been lost.
However, a large army of thieves slowly advancing under the banner of "Dugui Road Camp" once again blocked their way; and to the south, there once again appeared Taiping robbers holding a green flag; As a result, Tuoba Si Gong could only sigh helplessly and turned back. He wanted to move closer to the Cui Xianggong camp in the north of the city, thinking of sheltering and echoing for a while.
However, when his runners were exhausted, he finally reached outside the city wall of Xi Neiyuan, but he was surprised that the front had become a new battlefield. The Hedong Army banner of the Chidi Golden Crow rushed out of the city, and the ocher yellow flying dragon's false imperial emperor banner, and the Taiping Qingqi that came from the west of the city, were fighting and fighting together.
And among the billowing smoke and dust rising on the horizon behind him, it was the thief army under the banner of "Dugui Road Camp" eagerly catching up; Tuoba Sizhong, who was at a loss for a while, could only stop there. Temporarily decided to move closer to the Hedong Army; then it was unavoidable to get involved in the chaos that is inseparable from the enemy and us.
After he finally came out to the Weihe River to count the heads, he found that the Tuoba tribe, who used to control tens of thousands of people and used to ride for nearly 10,000, now only has the last five or six hundred followers around him. The tent was guarded; however, he resolutely made his final determination just before the approaching thieves encircled him.
Under the leadership of Tuoba Sizhong, the remaining party soldiers stabs the exhausted horse's buttocks forcefully, forcing them to rush down the river bank, and then climb these last party soldiers. Wading struggling to swim towards the river. However, I don’t know how long I have been immersed and drifting in the river water, and how many people have overturned or indulged in the Weihe River; a chaotic Tuoba Sizhong in his mind suddenly bottomed out to the soft mud and sand. Woke up.
When he was dragged onto the embankment by the tent guard who went ashore first, and couldn't help but turn around to look around, he found that there were already less than a hundred people around him. On the other side of the Wei River in the distance, the thief army chasing from the east was already in chaos and disintegration; because there was another vassal cavalry that followed immediately, holding up the familiar black crow. The flag plunged into it all at once, and after repeated kicks overturned many of them.
Seeing this scene, Tuoba Sizhong couldn't help gritting his teeth a bit; because he would think that if these "friends" arrived faster, wouldn't he still have a chance to save the destruction of the lost teacher? , And then inevitably gave birth to a few hopes and hopes in a complicated mood, maybe relying on the existence of this new force, we can completely break the unfavorable situation of the reconciliation camp.
However, this black crow flag's cavalry had not had time to expand its results, but it was rushed down by the west gate of the Daming Palace on Longshou Mountain, and another Qingqi cavalry team was culled without hesitation in the rear team. In the middle of the tail, another person flipped over and chopped down a piece. Then, I saw the counterattack of these Qingqi horse teams facing the Black Crow Cavaliers, and they spontaneously scattered without maintaining a dense formation to counteract.
Then, at the moment when he was about to be caught up to the battle, he threw a lot of smoke billowing at the time of the thunder, and then suddenly exploded among the black crow knights with knives and spears. Many smoke and dusty air waves and earth and rocks flew around, throwing his people over and over. It fell to the ground, or simply dragged the knight out in shock.
At this moment, Tuoba Sizhong's mood was like a river soaked in him, completely cold.
—I am the dividing line of chaos —
And in the Bodhi Yard of Daxingshan Temple in Chang'an City, Lu Yan, who had been promoted to be a clerical sponsor, also came in again; but he couldn't help but feel a bit different in his heart. Although he drafted "Discussing Cui Guozi" has already been completed, but he caught up with the general collapse after the rainy night assault on the official side; therefore, his talent and enthusiasm has not been put to use, it is no longer in use. The object can continue to be condemned and refuted.
However, when he stepped into the garden, he discovered that there were some people who were ordered to stand with him. There were still some leaders in the establishment of the Metropolitan Government or under the personal name of the Metropolitan Government, the leaders of other academic groups and advisory groups, the mission department and The person in charge of the academic official system; even some survivors who have been out of order. At the same time, it also represents a group of people with the highest level of knowledge and textual research in the governor's office.
For example, in addition to Yuan Jing, Liao Yuan, etc. who served as document holders, there were also advisors Guanxiu, Xuzhong, and Qiji who accompanied the army; the brothers Huang Pu and Huang Tao, the former great scholars in Central Fujian, and the famous Yuanzhou scholar "Xuan" "Mr. Ying" Fang Gan, and even Li Shicheng, an outreach sponsor from the former Zhenhai Festival Ya Kongmu official, Jishi Han Hao, etc., waited silently for their words.
"It's rare to gather you all together, but I have a temporary task to give you."
Standing in front of a piece of "Tangda Xingshan Temple Dabianzheng Guangzhi Sanzang National Master's Stele", Zhou Huaian, who was looking at the calligraphy with his back in the center, turned around and looked at the new and old complete and full of respectfulness. The face slowly said:
"Please order from the Governor..."
"Only I would like to follow orders..."
The people with a little doubt and expectation were surprised, but they responded in a jumbled manner:
"Now that our army has invaded Bei Nei and O Nei respectively, I need to dispatch manpower to the Secretary Province, the Dianzhong Supervisor, and the Lizhengdian, Jixian Hall and other internal libraries to collect and preserve the properties of various document files. ; And classified and screened after the fact for great use."
Zhou Huaian explained:
Although the Taiping Army had previously obtained a large number of book archives from the city of Chang'an by secretly buying, the main ones were from Gyeonggi Province and Jingzhaofu, as well as the collections and archives of Baiguansiya, etc.; although from the number It looks huge, but it's basically all things from the modern dynasty.
In the imperial city directly controlled by Huang Chao, there are a large number of collections of documents exclusively related to the royal family of Li Tang and even the emperors of the past dynasties. It almost gathers and concentrates the essence of world knowledge of the past dynasties, as well as nearly three hundred throughout the Tang The crystallization of national academic achievements in the year, there are about four to five thousand all-encompassing large and small categories, and a collection of hundreds of thousands of volumes;
Some of the ancient books, orphans, and fragments in the secret collection can even be traced back to the remains of the pre-Qin and Warring States eras; at the same time, they represent an important part of the heritage of the Chinese civilization. It is a pity that it will be destroyed by the wars of the five generations. . Therefore, this part of the content is also one of the several goals that Zhou Huai'an will achieve once he has a chance after entering the city of Chang'an.
Especially now that Huang Chao has already returned to the outside of the city, he would miss this opportunity if he didn't do it.
"This is a great thing!"
Only when he returned to his residence, Huang Pu, the former great scholar, could no longer maintain his consistent demeanor and decent determination, and couldn't wait to say to his younger brother Huang Tao:
"The Metropolitan Governor Luo did his old dynasty history. This is an intention to study the history and Mingzhi, in order to make the conclusion of the previous dynasty! This is more than a thousand and ten thousand persuasion offerings, and it can inspire the morale of the people! "
"The general governor finally has the thought of being a master."
And in another place, "Mr. Xuanying" Fang Gan is also happily confronting the subordinates:
"My generation even tried their best at that time. We must make this matter perfect and perfect, so as to live up to the grandeur of the world."
So it was originally Zhou Huaian's selfishness and longing for a moment, but because of so many self-righteous understandings and cognitions, he inadvertently began to move in another direction completely deviated from it. (End of this chapter)