Maoshan.
The mountains were blocked by heavy snow.
Huang Chao is dressed in a green robe, standing on the top with his hands behind his back, the rolling mountains beneath his feet are covered in white, and the sky and the earth are white.
The howling cold wind swept the goose feathers and the heavy snow kept falling, obscuring the desolate delicacy of winter, but within three feet of Huang Chao's body, all of them were shattered and scattered.
Huang Chao frowned slightly, quietly looking at the great rivers and mountains, which had been standing for two hours. During this time, he never moved, not even a finger.
In an open space behind him, more than a dozen armored generals stood solemnly. In the front of the open space, a few Taoists were arranging incense tables, spirit tablets and other things.
"Marshal, everything is properly arranged." Personal soldier Zhu Wen reported behind Huang Chao.
Huang Chao recovered from his contemplation, came to the incense table in the open space, took the sandalwood from the Taoist, knelt down on the futon, faced the spiritual tablet in silence for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "Brother Wang, you are a hero, For several years of fighting in the South and North, across dozens of states and counties, the officers and soldiers were all frightened wherever they went. My younger brother always respected you, but now you died at the hands of a villain. Don't worry, my younger brother will definitely avenge you! "
After all, three buckles and nine bows.
More than a dozen armored generals punched their chests at the same time and shouted loudly: "Revenge for Wang Shuai!"
These people were obviously Qi practitioners, their roars resounded through the sky and echoed endlessly in the mountains.
The person who died was Wang Xianzhi.
Huang Chao came to the side with his personal soldier Zhu Wen, and there were several Taoists in black robes waiting there. They were the head of Maoshan, and the Taoist of Zhongnan Mountain who had been following Huang Chao in the battle. When they saw Huang Chao coming, everyone saluted.
A fair-faced Zhongnan Taoist asked Huang Chao in a low voice: "Wang Shuai died unfortunately. The situation is not good for us. Now that the heroes have lost their heads, Wang Shuai and the rest of his troops don't know where to go. What is Huang Shuai's plan?"
Huang Chao pondered for a moment.
The fourth year of Qianfu was not a smooth year for the rebel army. Not long after Li Ye took office as the envoy of Pinglu, the imperial court ordered Gao Pian, one of the two arms of the former empire, who served as the envoy of Xichuan in the middle of Shu, to lead the army. Dechuan. Although Gao Pian was not the commander-in-chief of the official army, wherever he went, the rebel army did not win a single victory and suffered heavy losses, so he had to stay far away from the front of his troops.
It was under such circumstances that Yang Fuguang, the supervising army, sent someone to recruit Wang Xianzhi. Wang Xianzhi accepted the imperial court's recruitment, and sent General Shang Junchang and others to contact the army and ask to be a Jiedu envoy. Unexpectedly, after Shang Junchang and others arrived at the official site, they were captured by the commander of the army, Song Wei, and reported to the court, saying that they defeated Shang Junchang and others and captured them. Behead Shang Junchang and others.
Shang Junchang and others were Wang Xianzhi's confidant generals with countless military exploits. After his death, Wang Xianzhi was furious and launched an army to attack Song Wei in order to avenge him. Unexpectedly, the army was defeated, the main force was completely lost, and Wang Xianzhi himself was killed.
Since Wang Xianzhi took the lead in the incident, Huang Chao responded, and many rebels took the opportunity to respond. There were dozens of rebels, large and small, dozens of small ones, and tens of thousands of large ones. Among them, Wang Xianzhi had the largest crowd and was also the leader of the rebels.
Now Wang Xianzhi's death in battle is a great blow to the rebel army.
Huang Chao said to the crowd: "I want to avenge Wang Shuai, what do you think?"
The Taoist who spoke earlier said: "In this case, we must first order the volunteers from all walks of life."
Huang Chao nodded. Wang Xianzhi was dead, so he had to carry the banner of the rebel army.
In a few days, Huang Chao joined Wang Xianzhi's remnants, called himself "General Chongtian", changed Yuan Wangba, set up hundreds of officials, and raised troops to attack Xiangyang.
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Chang'an, Weiyang Palace.
"A bunch of trash, idiot!"
Li Yan swept up the drinks on the desk and kicked the desk into pieces, still not relieved, he stomped his feet back and forth and cursed loudly.
The divas who were performing songs and dances just now are all prostrating in the hall, trembling.
Tian Lingzi winked at an eunuch behind him, who quickly retreated with the singers.
"A gang of thieves have been in peace for four full years. They finally killed Wang Xianzhi. I thought the world would be peaceful, but what happened? Wang Xianzhi died, but a great general appeared, a lowly man. How dare you call yourself a general? Our hundreds of thousands of troops, so many handsome generals, can't even defeat this lowly bastard, and now let him fight to the east?!"
Li Yan turned to stare at Tian Lingzi: "Tell me, in a few days, the bandits will come to Chang'an, and I can't even stay in this palace?!"
Tian Lingzi quickly comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The thieves will not be able to reach Dongdu. There are so many generals outside the pass. That fellow Huang Chao is just dancing happily. It's useless. If Dongdu is destroyed, I would like to apologise with death!"
Li Yan sat down on the emperor's case and snorted coldly: "If you are dead, if the grass thief can be put down, I will let you die a long time ago!"
Tian Lingzi couldn't stop laughing.
Li Yan let out a long sigh: "If I knew this now, I shouldn't have let Brother Ye go to Qingzhou..."
Speaking of this, Li Yan suddenly thought of something, and said eagerly to Tian Lingzi: "Tell me, how about I call Brother Ye back? I think those so-called famous generals are all people who have earned their names. The old guy, he has no ability at all except for being a vegetarian, so he should have abdicated for the virtuous. I called Brother Ye back and asked him to be the commander in chief. With his talent, wouldn't the gang of thieves be equal?"
Tian Lingzi smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, King An has only been in Qingzhou for more than a year. It doesn't make sense to recall King An now. Besides, King An is young after all. His Majesty let him be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Those old guys There is no place to put your old face, so if you don't make a fuss about it, it will be harming King An!"
Li Yan was at a loss, and said angrily: "Then what do you say?"
Tian Lingzi thought for a while, "I'm going to discuss with the prime ministers and promise to come up with a plan within three days. What does your majesty think?"
Li Yan waved his hand, lost interest: "Go, go. I really don't believe that such a huge country can be turned upside down by a bunch of thieves!"
Tian Lingzi walked out of the hall, the flattering smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by vicious anger, he beckoned to call a confidant eunuch: "Go and send a message to Lu Yan, if he can't deal with the grass thief again, let our family replace him If he is scolded in front of His Majesty, he will not have to be a prime minister!"
The eunuch's shoulders shook, and he quickly responded.
Tian Lingzi looked at the sky, it was very gloomy, he twisted his neck, "King An? If King An comes back, what's the matter with our family in this court? If King An investigates corruption and perverts the law, our family and Lu Yan will Don't you want to end up with Wei Baoheng and Liu Xingshen?"
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Before Wanjun, Huang Chao looked at Xuanzhou City with a gloomy expression.
The attack on the east was frustrated, and he suffered several defeats in a row. Huang Chao had no choice but to lead his troops back to the south, but found that the soldiers and horses he had left in Huainan had been defeated by Gao Pian. Now he lost his foundation, and the army had not arrived for a long time After entering the big city, supplies became a big problem, and he had to take down the Xuanzhou city in front of him.
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"Siege!" Huang Chao raised his knife and shouted.
At this moment, the gate of the city suddenly opened wide, and an endless torrent of iron armor rushed out from the inside, killing the rebels in a big way.
Huang Chao's face became more and more gloomy: "They are looking for death!"
The front line of the two armies had already started fighting, Huang Chao was watching the battle from the watchtower, before he could see the hope of the rebels winning, suddenly, a Taoist flew up to the watchtower and said eagerly to him: "Gao Pian's army came from the left. It's less than twenty miles away from here, and there are tens of thousands of people! Look at his banner, he is a high-ranking tooth soldier!"
"What?" Huang Chao's face changed drastically. Gao Pian's tooth soldiers were powerful, and the rebels were by no means capable of fighting against them. He gritted his teeth and looked at Xuanzhou City. The two armies were fighting in front of the city. win or lose.
"Withdraw the troops!" Huang Chao didn't care so much, so he ordered the army to retreat. Although it was inevitable to be chased and killed, it was better than being surrounded by Gao Pian's tooth soldiers and killing them all. Now the rebel army has been defeated all the way, and it is almost desperate .
Leaving Xuanzhou, Huang Chao led his troops southward. Without Gao Pian's army, he conquered states and counties along the way, and he was invincible. Huang Chao now understands the truth that mourners must win.
In the sixth year of Qianfu, Huang Chao's soldiers besieged Guangzhou City.
Years of fighting, wandering, panic like a bereaved dog, Huang Chao was very tired. Before attacking Guangzhou, Huang Chao took the initiative to ask the Jiedu envoy who was trapped in the city to write to the imperial court for him, asking for peace and becoming the Tianping army Jiedu envoy.
When the news reached Chang'an, Tian Lingzi and Lu Yan refused.
Huang Chao had no choice but to lower his requirements and asked Annan to be the guardian.
The imperial court did not allow it.
Huang Chao was furious and ordered to attack the city.
One day the city was broken.
After entering the city of Guangzhou, Huang Chao called himself "the capital of millions of rebels", and widely circulated a call to action, denouncing the court for being stupid and immoral.
After occupying Guangzhou, Huang Chao planned to make a good living and establish his own base here. However, the epidemic in the army was very serious. One third of the soldiers died, and all the soldiers asked to leave Guangzhou and go north again.
Huang Chao thought for a long time, so he had to listen to everyone's opinions and sent his troops northward again.
This time, no one thought that the rebel army who had been chased by the officers and soldiers before would make such a big commotion.
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Steppe Tatar Department.
When the wind blows the grass, the cattle and sheep are low.
By the clear river, there is a tribe with dozens of tents.
Several riders galloped down the gently rolling hills and came to one of the rather large tents. It was Li Keyong who got off his horse first.
At this time, Li Keyong is no longer the frivolous and flamboyant past. His young face is quite vicissitudes, his sharpness is restrained, but his eyes are more profound.
Lifting the curtain to enter the tent, Li Keyong saw Li Guochang on the main seat, clasped his fists and asked, "Father is eager to recruit Keyong back, why?"
At this time, Li Keyong noticed that there were two monks sitting in the tent. They were monks from Juexiao Temple, whom he knew.
Li Guochang said to Li Keyong: "Just received the news that Huang Chao attacked Huainan again, and Gao Pian was defeated."
Li Keyong was taken aback: "Gao Pian lost?"
A round-faced monk answered, "Since Huang Chao went north from Guangzhou this year, he has won many battles and has hundreds of thousands of followers under his command. However, after he invaded Huainan, he was repeatedly defeated by Gao Pian and suffered heavy losses. Huang Chao So he wrote a letter to Gao Pian, requesting his surrender, and paid a lot of money to buy Gao Pian's generals. Gao Pian has been invincible all these years, and he was too proud.
"Unexpectedly, after the soldiers and horses in the towns retreated, Huang Chao launched a fierce attack again. He used a trick to kill the general Gao Pian who had received a lot of money from him, and wiped out his main force. Gao Pian suffered heavy losses and could only retreat. Now, Gao Pian is powerless. Blocking Huang Chao, Huang Chao's power is no longer what it used to be, Gao Pian is the only famous general left in the dynasty, after he is unable to fight anymore, one can imagine what will happen."
Li Keyong quickly figured out the joints: "No one can stop Huangchao, isn't the opportunity for our Shatuo tribe coming? We can go back to Datang?"
A few years ago, after Li Keyong returned to the town from Chang'an, Li Guochang was framed as the man behind the assassination of Kang Chengxun because of Lu Longjun's calculations. He dominated the north, and was finally defeated by Lu Long and other troops after a bitter battle, and fled to the Tatar tribe helplessly.
Before today, Li Guochang and his son were bereaved dogs. Except for the remaining troops of the Shatuo tribe, they had no capital. If the Tatar tribe hadn't taken them in, their complete annihilation would not have been impossible.
Now that he heard that he had the opportunity to be recruited by the imperial court, Li Keyong was naturally excited.
The monk from Juexiao Temple smiled and said: "The poor monk has long said that the young marshal is the one who will achieve great things. This is predestined and cannot be wrong."
Li Keyong was very excited, he had had enough of living under the fence, so he asked, "When can we return to the south?"
Li Guochang signaled Li Keyong to be calm and not to be impatient: "When Huang Chao invades Guanzhong, and when His Majesty calls all the towns and horses to work hard for the king, we will lead our troops south."