Chapter 164 The final struggle
Know...know...know...know...
The night wind blew across the fields, and in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, a dark and spotted fire light stood, and the dark camps spread out, and from time to time, cavalry rushed over with torches.
The closed gate extends straight, with tents of all sizes, soldiers sleeping soundly with weapons in their arms, the central tent, the map is hanging horizontally on one side, and swords, guns, swords and halberds intertwined, showing a solemn and murderous place.
The fire in the middle sways, illuminating the figure on the desk in front of him in a tent. The light shines dimly. Zhu Wen caresses the brocade books from Shu on the desk. The silk is slender and soft, and the dense handwriting on it is his future.
He has a bad background, many brothers and sisters, and his parents are poor and honest people who help the gentry to help the servants. However, he is unable to accept such a life in his heart. He yearns for the heroes of the Green Forest to revenge and eat large pieces of meat and drink wine.
In the days that followed, he became a disciple and learned martial arts from ordinary people, and went all the way to the thief of Dangshan. Later, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao revolted against the Tang Dynasty. He knew that the opportunity had come.
He wanted to make achievements, to get out of the poverty of his parents, and to meet the heroes of the world for a while. At this moment, he has done half of it, even more.
From the rebel general to the mainstay of the Qi Dynasty, he finally abandoned the secret and turned to the light, surrendered to Li Tang, took off the rebel's skin, and became legitimate.
After stroking Jinshu with his fingertips, Zhu Wen raised his face and took a breath, gently folding the gift.
"This is the world... Huang Wang, you can't blame me. If you want to blame, you will blame you for not having the fate of the emperor. You are old, and none of the descendants can take on the great responsibility. There is a strong enemy around you. It will be sooner or later to lose. I will be born and die for so many years, and I will still take the life of my brother in Lingnan. I will stand up with your shoulders, so it is better than others to be cheaper, right..."
"General!"
A sound sounded outside the tent. Zhu Wen raised his eyes and looked up. The curtain was lifted. The stout general stepped in in the night. He stood in the middle and held his fists and half-kneeled. It was Zhu Zhen who came back from Chang'an to report his life.
"How do you come here?"
Zhu Wen frowned and stood up from behind the long case, "Let you enter the city to protect Geng Xiang's safety... Is there any change? Get up and talk first."
"yes."
Zhu Zhen lowered his head, dragged his armor and stood up, telling everything that happened in the city without hiding it. While speaking, the curtain behind him was lifted up again, and scholar Xie Tong followed in and greeted Zhu Wen.
After Zhu Zhen finished speaking, he added.
"The Shatuo general is called Li Cunxiao, who should be the powerful general who defeated Meng Juehai and fought all the way to Chang'an. His relationship with Geng Qing seems to be extraordinary."
Hmm...
Zhu Wen looked at the scholar beside him silently, and the latter nodded. He raised his hand and patted Zhu Zhen’s shoulder with dust. "Thank you all the way, go down and rest first. Let’s put this matter down for the time being, I have other arrangements."
"Here!" Zhu Zhen turned around and left with his fists.
As the curtain floated, the scholar who had been in and did not speak walked into the silent figure stepping on the fire on the ground, "General, are you going to take Ji Chang?"
Zhu Wen looked at him, and suddenly smiled and waved his hands repeatedly.
"What does the military advisor say? It's just that Chang'an has broken through. I'm afraid that some people are blindly plundering the people and run to Geng Xiang's house in private. You and I, and Geng Xiang, are planning together. Zhu is not the emperor, so how could he do such a stupid thing to kill a donkey? Maybe my identity is sensitive, and what I say and what I do will easily make people think of it at the disadvantage."
"Oh, the general's actions may have made Brother Ji Chang misunderstand." Xie Tong looked at him and smiled, "But it's okay. Brother Ji Chang is a very human being. After that, I came to explain the matter. After all, Li Cunxiao is an extremely powerful general. General Zhu is also an outstanding martial arts skill. He doesn't even have a chance to attack in front of him. Not only does he have a big punch and kick, it's so fast that ordinary people can't react. In my opinion, Wang Yanzhang may not be able to make good in front of him."
Hahaha!
Zhu Wen smiled and walked around the brazier twice, "Zi Ming is too worried, from Zhu Province." He walked out of the tent, the night sky was bright and the moon was cold and bright, and tomorrow would be another sunny day.
He raised his face and looked at the moonlight with his hands in his arms, and said:
"Now, as the general of the Jinwu Guard in the imperial court, can we still distinguish what we should do. The yellow thief fled and could not give him a chance to breathe. I have been in his army for five years and know that he would let him recover. Within two years, hundreds of thousands of "army" have made a comeback. When it is delayed, I will cooperate with the rest of the military governors to completely wipe him out!"
When I spoke, I thought of someone in the city. After all, I pressed my previous thoughts for the time being and did the important things in front of me first.
In the night, meteors slide across the sky and disappear under the clear moon.
The next day at dawn, Zhu Wen brought a cart of gifts to see Geng Qing, but he did not see anyone. He learned that the other party had closed the door to thank the guests and concentrated on studying. He had to ask Xie Tong to take the gifts later.
Soon, he gathered with the rest of the Jiedushi in Huiji City and told some things about the future. On October 15th, he raised an army to chase Huang Chao and others.
At the same time, there were also fast horses along the way, which fell into the hands of the Jiedu governors as quickly as possible. Everyone was shocked by the news and couldn't speak.
A group of defeated soldiers and generals still marched like the wind, siegeing cities and land, and the battle reports flew over like snowflakes.
On October 17th, Meng Kai, a powerful general under Huang Chao, looted the villages and towns along the way, and took all the people and five thousand troops to attack Caizhou. The Jiedushi Qin Zongquan fought, and then was defeated and surrendered.
At the end of October, Huang Chao's remaining troops went north to attack Yancheng, and Meng Kai attacked Chenzhou all the way to the northeast. When he passed the Yingshui River, he was ambushed by Zhao Feng, the governor of Chenzhou. He took advantage of half of his crossing the river and all the ambushed soldiers were out. The Qi army suffered heavy casualties, and Meng Kai was also shot by the riot army and died by a trap.
On the sixth day of November, Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan all the troops in Qi Caizhou and siege together to siege Chenzhou, forming a heavy siege-like siege. They continued to attack, and the city wall was destroyed, the food and fodder were almost exhausted, and the soldiers were forced to conquer the young men in the city. The yamen constable went up to the city, but the city was not broken through.
On November 25, Huang Chao built a palace outside Chenzhou, established hundreds of harems, and awarded all officials.
Two years later, the Cao Army, which once dominated the world, changed its name again and killed it again, causing the war to burn under the city of Chenzhou for more than a month.
Just one month before the establishment of the palace, Li Yan, who was preparing to leave Sichuan in Chengdu, issued several edicts in succession. As the governor of the Shi Pu of the Shijie Army, he controlled the troops from the east to attack from the east.
The General of Jinwu Guard, also the deputy commander of Hezhong, Zhu Wen, was the governor of Xuanwu Army. He and Wang Chongrong, the commander of Hezhong Prefecture, changed the surname of Li, and entered the boundary of Chenzhou from the west and attacked Huang Chao together.
However, they were defeated by each one and had to retreat and rest. When Li Keyong, who was recruiting 50,000 troops to rush to rescue, quickly defeated the cavalry in the north. The soldiers of the Jiedushi of the Zhuzhen first defeated the Shangrang army stationed in Taikang north of Chenzhou, and then defeated the Huang Ye army in Xihua west of Chenzhou. He cut off both wings of Huang Chao and exposed the central army to the court's troops.
In early December, it started to snow.
After several battles, there were not many twists and turns in the towns. Li Ke used the cavalry as arrows and rushed directly over, and the most fierce attack was to advance into the central army of Qi. On this day, everyone saw what defeat was like a mountain of collapse.
Chapter completed!