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Chapter 828 Zhu Wen surrenders to Tang Dynasty

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The Battle of Chang'an in May is simply a replica of the Battle of Longwei Pond.

However, the two sides exchanged positions. In this battle, the Tang army was defeated in the four towns, and the losses were even greater than that of Shang Rang's defeat in Longwei Pond. The generals of the four towns died, one injured and one fled, and nearly 40,000 troops were damaged. A basin of ice water was poured on the coalition forces of the Guanzhong towns, which had just won a great victory in Longwei Pond and were in a strong morale.

When the other towns in Guanzhong heard the defeat, they retreated a hundred miles. Zheng Ting wanted to unite the towns and continue to attack Chang'an, but unfortunately no one responded. The battle in Chang'an made them see clearly that Huang Chao was not at the end of his life. A lean camel was bigger than a horse, and a century-legged insect died without being stiff. On the contrary, the more Huang Chao was about to be defeated, the more powerful his final desperate attack might be. Now, no one is willing to fight Huang Chao. Who is willing to fall on the eve of victory?

Anyway, after this war, although Huang Chao regained Chang'an, at least the threat to the towns in Guanzhong has been greatly reduced.

After Huang Chao's defeat, he first withdrew from Chang'an City on April 6 and then held a grand entry ceremony.

However, Huang Chao was very angry when he returned to Chang'an.

Especially after knowing that he had left, the people of Chang'an welcomed the government army, spontaneously searched for the unevacuated soldiers and families of Qi's army, and robbed some of the weapons, food, supplies, etc. he hid in Chang'an City.

"I wait for them to be kind, but they turn their minds to the Tang army. Since this is the case, don't blame me for being rude." Huang Chao sneered in Xingqing Palace, which was not destroyed by the war, "Transfer my will to search for all those who collude with the enemy, and one collude with the enemy. The whole family of men was executed, the woman was charged into the army, and the property was confiscated!"

This was a city wash, and Huang Chao completely abandoned the appearance of benevolence and righteousness that he had barely maintained and began a tragic massacre.

This is Huang Chao's third massacre in Chang'an City. But this time the scale is far greater than the previous two times.

Three days after washing the city, a total of 100,000 people died in this disaster, and more than 100,000 women were beaten as prisoners and were injected into the army as prostitutes and slaves.

Huang Chao used bloody massacre and naked to show his cruelty. He maintained his rule with high pressure and cruelty.

The Battle of Chang'an soon spread all over the world.

Li Jing had already received the result of this battle on the third day after the war, and he was not surprised too much. After all, the battle in Longwei Pond made the Guanzhong Allied Forces too confident and underestimated the enemy, and Zheng Ting, a civil minister, could not really command the towns to live in such a big defeat. Even if Huang Chao was not good, he was the leader of the world who had once been rampant. He had defeated so many vassal states. How could it be so easy to defeat?

The great defeat of the Guanzhong Allied Forces in Chang'an cast a shadow on the war against rebellion and poured cold water on it.

However, for Li Jing, this may not be a good thing, and it may even be of some benefit to him.

If Huang Chao had finished so soon, he, the great marshal of the world, would have been the end. Li Yan from Chang'an would not have to make small moves with him.

The birds were hidden all over the bow, and Li Jing needed Huang Chao, so that he could retain the power of the Grand Marshal of the World. Of course, Li Jing could not make Huang Chao live easily, otherwise, if he had no action and could not play a role, Li Yan and the court would not rely so much on him.

Now, in the Battle of Chang'an, he slapped Li Yan heavily, making him understand that he was too happy before. Moreover, after this battle, other vassal states in the world had time to re-examine the current situation. Li Jing, he, is still the strongest vassal state in the world. If they can't even deal with a single Huang Chao, who dares to have any indecent intentions towards Qin's vassal?

Let Huang Chao and the court waste it. If Huang Chao is gone, Li Jing will definitely become the next target for the fire. At present, Li Jing does not have the time and energy to deal with the court, and it is just when Huang Chao needs him to help him stand in front. However, after this battle, he is not worried that Huang Chao will rise again.

Although Huang Chao's military performance this time was remarkable, he was still in a passive position of being beaten in the entire strategy, especially his massacre and ruled with terror. This political strategy was completely failed. Without political guarantees, history has proved that it is absolutely impossible to last.

For this reason, Li Jing published a signed commentary article on the Battle of Chang'an in the Yanjing Times, using a wonderful sentence to describe the battle: Huang Chao beat up the prison guard, but he himself was still in the prison cell!

Not only that, after this Chang'an Battle, Huang Chao's cell area has shrunk significantly. The areas he actually controlled in Guanzhong were only Chang'an City and Tongzhou, Huazhou and Tongguan areas. All other areas that were originally controlled were lost.

Moreover, when Huang Chao was winning the new victory, Li Quanzhong, the governor of the Yiwu Army, the deputy commander of Hebei, and the pioneer of the world's capital, led his troops all the way to the vicinity of Tongguan.

Wang Pu, the governor of Tongzhou of the Great Qi Dynasty, heard that Huang Chao had withdrawn from Chang'an, and did not receive any news that it was just a tactical feint, so he was panicked. At this time, Li Quanzhong's vanguard army was in Shayuan, which was very close to Tongzhou. Wang Bo knew that he was defeated and could only hope that Huang Chao would send troops to rescue him. However, he received the news that Huang Chao had lost Chang'an. After thinking about it, Wang Pu left for the best strategy. He abandoned Tongzhou, took his troops with his troops, and fled all the way to Huazhou. As a result, Li Quanzhong's troops were not bloody and recovered Tongzhou.

Li Quanzhong, who was driven out of Hebei by Li Jing and had no place to settle down, immediately proclaimed himself the governor of Tongzhou.

After Wang Pu fled to Huazhou, the governor of Huazhou, Qiao Qian, met with Wang Pu. After some discussion, he felt that he was sympathetic and the heroes had similar views. At this time, they heard that Cheng Lingguan, the general of Tongguan of the Great Qi, also fled. The Hedong coalition and Henan coalition of the court were coming from the north and the east.

So, the two governors who were born as salt vendors simply stopped guarding Huazhou and fled to Shangzhou together.

When Li Quanzhong received the news, he couldn't believe that there was a good thing about the pie falling from the sky.

Immediately, Li Quanzhong quickly moved his troops and captured Huazhou and Tongguan, which were guarded by empty soldiers.

Huang Chao didn't know that in order to keep the tactic confidential, he did not notify Tongzhou, Huazhou and Tongguan in the east, but such a dramatic scene would happen. He had just spent all his time in Chang'an before he lured the enemy to advance lightly, defeated the Tang army, and stabilized his position. But in a blink of an eye, he lost the three important places of Tongzhou, Huazhou and Tongguan, and the east of Chang'an, all the vassals were lost. Before the Hedong Legion arrived, Tongguan, one of the important channels of Guanzhong and Henan, had already been lost.

It is true that when the world comes, the world works together, and the heroes are not free.

When people are in trouble, drinking cold water will get stuck between their teeth!

Li Quanzhong was lucky enough to hit his head with a big pie. Not long ago, he could not help but lose all the territory of Yiwu and Lulong and was forced to leave Hebei. In a blink of an eye, he actually had the territory of Tongzhou and Huazhou again, according to the Dongdamen of the Central Central.

Li Quanzhong immediately promoted himself again. He immediately served as the governor of the Zhen** Jiedushi and the commander of the Tongguan as the vanguard of the capital of the world. He also appointed his eldest son Li Kuangwei as the governor of Tongzhou and the commander of the Marine and the commander of the Marine and the commander of the Marine and the second son Li Kuang was appointed as the governor of Huazhou. He also served as the commander of the town's yanide.

In the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck, and he had another good territory.

Wang Pu, Qiao Qian and Cheng Lingguan, who had just escaped to Shangzhou, actually caused Song Yan, the governor of Shangzhou in Daqi, to be infected with panic. At that moment, Song Yan and the three of them left their posts without permission and fled to Dengzhou with their troops.

At this time, there was an elite Qi army stationed here in Dengzhou. The main general was Zhu Wen, who had just arrived from Bianzhou.

Zhu Wen had just had a big battle with Zhuge Shuang in Biankou. With the advantage of the number of troops and unexpected surprise, Zhu Wen did a beautiful and cost-effective business.

In that battle, Zhu Wen defeated Zhuge Shuang, beheaded more than 10,000 people and captured more than 15,000 prisoners. Zhuge Shuang only fled back to Heyang Town with thousands of troops. If Zhu Wen hadn't felt that the Hedong coalition forces were about to go south. The land of Heyang was not easy to obtain, otherwise he would have chased Zhuge Shuang's butt and rushed into Heyang Town.

Zhu Wen made a big profit in this battle, killing 10,000 enemies and capturing more than 15,000 prisoners. His own losses were only more than 3,000 killed in battle, and he made a big profit.

After the victory, Zhu Wen took advantage of the victory and continued to advance. He had just arrived at Dengzhou south of Luoyang, preparing to choose another passage outside Tongguan to enter Guanzhong, Wuguan to enter Guanzhong, to avoid the interception of the Hezhong Allied Forces. Who would have thought that as soon as he arrived in Dengzhou, he heard the news that Emperor Huang Chao of the Great Qi was evacuated from Chang'an.

Zhu Wen had to stop the march and rest in Dengzhou to find out the news about the next step.

After waiting for several days, Zhu Wen finally contacted Emperor Huang Chao of the Great Qi. It turned out that the evacuation from Chang'an was just a military tactical feint. Now, Emperor Huang Chao has defeated the troops of the four towns of Guanzhong, killed two Tang army commanders, and recaptured Chang'an. The rest of Guanzhong towns have retreated.

Upon hearing this news, Zhu Wen was preparing to continue to move forward to Guanzhong.

Who would have thought that at this time, the Investigation reported that the governors of Tongzhou, Huazhou and Shangzhou, and the generals of Tongguan, Qi Qi left their posts and abandoned the three prefectures and one pass. Now, the official positions and territory of the Emperor of Daqi who had just been awarded to him not long ago, and the governors of Tongzhou, the generals of Tongguan, etc., had been taken over by a Hebei man named Li Quanzhong.

Upon hearing this news, Zhu Wen was furious.

He led his troops from afar to take over the territory of Tong, Hua and Tongguan. Because the territory of Bian Zheng was too close to Li Jing's sphere of influence, Zhu Wen often felt unable to sleep or eat. The territory of Tong, Hua and Guanzhong, located between Henan and Hedong, Guanzhong, has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. If they take over it, they will not only be able to stay away from Li Jing, but also suit the plan of the two military advisors to wait for an opportunity to return to the Tang Dynasty.

But now, this territory that originally belonged to him was actually snatched by a defeated general of Li Jing.

In this anger, soldiers of the camp came to report that outside the camp, there were four people who claimed to be the governor of Tongzhou, Wang Pu, the governor of Huazhou, Qiao Qian, the governor of Shangzhou, Song Yan, and the governor of Tongguan, who led their troops outside to see each other.

"Zhi Ma, they still have the face to see me." Zhu Wen said angrily, "Come them all in."

Wang Pu and four others were invited by Zhu Wen to the central army tent. As soon as they entered the tent, they had not had time to see the gift. Zhu Wen immediately faced a cold face and shouted angrily: "Where is the sword and axe driver? Take down the four people who left their posts and abandoned the land and fled, beheaded immediately, send them to Chang'an, and report to Your Majesty!"

Wang Pu and others fled all the way, but at this time they didn't know that Huang Chao had defeated the four towns and recaptured Chang'an.

Hearing this, he was shocked and said, "Master Zhu, Your Majesty has evacuated Chang'an. The Tang army is in full swing. We are just to preserve our strength."

Zhu Wen waved his hand repeatedly as if he was looking at a pile of dog shit, turning his head away.

Several soldiers with tiger backs and bear waists rushed into the tent, and dragged them out of the tent regardless of the loud shouts of the four people. After a while, the four soldiers brought into four wooden plates, with the heads of Wang Pu and others on them, and the blood was not dry.

After killing four people, Zhu Wen still frowned, and Zhu Zhen and the generals sighed.

No one expected that things would change like this.

They had just defeated Zhuge Shuang, and Huang Chao also defeated the towns in Guanzhong. But at this time, a few useless people caused the situation of the Qi army to take a sharp turn for the worse again.

Their town has fallen into the hands of Li Quanzhong.

"Master, why don't you just surrender to Tang?" Xie Tong said.

"at this time?"

"It's this time."

Zhu Wen said in confusion: "Didn't Mr. Xie say before that the time has not come?"

Xie Tong shook his head and smiled, "The so-called time is right, and there is another time. I think it's time for the time to be ripe. The Guanzhong coalition army won a great victory. If we surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid that Emperor Li Tang would not take us seriously at all, let alone treat us well. But now, Huang Chao defeated the four towns of Guanzhong in Chang'an, killed the two generals seriously injured the one general in one battle, and annihilated nearly 40,000 Tang troops. It can be said that the Guanzhong coalition army was completely devoured and there was no desire to fight. Moreover, we just defeated Zhuge Shuang, who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in Bianzhou, annihilated more than 20,000 prisoners. It fully demonstrated the strong strength of the Grand Marshal and our Xuanwu Army."

"But Huang Chao just now lost important places such as Tongzhou, Huazhou, Shangzhou, Tongguan, etc." Zhu Wen said.

Xie Tong said: "That was just an accident, and it would not affect the current situation too much. No matter what, Huang Chao still has strong strength now, and the soldiers in the towns would never want to fight Huang Chao at this time. The general has shown our strength. If we are willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty at this time, it would be a timely help for the Tang army, and each other would be reduced and each other would rise. If the general returns to Tang, it would not only be able to kill Huang Chao's arm, but also greatly increase the morale of the Tang army. They would definitely be very happy to see this."

Hu Zhen also nodded from the side. It was like selling fruits, and he had to choose a suitable time to sell them. Now, it was such a suitable time. This time should not be too early, too early, and the fruits were not ripe yet, and no one was willing to buy them. Even if they were sold, there would not be a high price. If it was too late, it might be smashed into his own hands and rotten and unable to sell them.

"Master General, if we want to be more important to the Tang court, we only need to fight another battle and a beautiful battle."

"You mean to seize the three prefectures of Shang, Hua, Tong, Tongguan?" Zhu Wen asked.

Hu Zhen smiled: "If we can really win one level of the three states, it will definitely be different. But then Li Quanzhong is not an ordinary person, so we don't need to take the risk of fighting. Now that Shangzhou is still no one, it is better to take Dengzhou based on this, and then take charge of Shangzhou, and then take Shang, Deng, Bian, and Zheng's four states, a hundred thousand soldiers, and the new victory's power to return to the Tang Dynasty, I believe it is enough!"

Zhu Wen pondered, "But who should we contact for the incident of returning to the Tang Dynasty?"

Xie Tong said, "I suggested contacting Yang Fuguang. He is the military supervisor of the world. At the same time, his brother Yang Fugong is a powerful official in the palace and serves as the lieutenant of the left army of Shence. I heard that the Yang brothers have been favored by the emperor recently. If they can get their protection, great things will be accomplished."
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