It took Guangming's reign only one year, and Emperor Li Yan couldn't wait to change another reign. In 881 AD, Li Yan changed the reign to the first year of Zhonghe. At this time, the war situation in the late Tang Dynasty also entered a new stage.

In the first month of the year, Huang Chao, who had lost all the territory outside the surrounding Chang'an, was still fighting for beasts. After a half-year rest, the Huang Chao army and the Guanzhong towns that were defeated in Chang'an last time, also recovered some vitality. In the last battle in Chang'an, Huang Chao successfully killed the two towns, including the deputy commander of the coalition army, severely injured one and defeated one. In that battle, Zhu Mei, the deputy commander of the Bining Army, who was stabbed through his throat, but was almost dead, was defeated by Gui Xingping, got a Fengxiang reinforcement sent by Zheng Ting, and gathered the remnants of the Jingyuan Army, which was originally the fallen deputy commander Cheng Zongchu. He took the opportunity to gather troops and build a solid camp here, known as the "Dingguo Village", just like a grain of sand, rubbed into Huang Chao's eyes, and like a thorn, inserted on Huang Chao's back.

Like a thorn in his eyes, he rubbed sand in his eyes, Huang Chao couldn't sleep or eat. After recovering some vitality and stabilizing his position, he finally decided to pull him out.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month of the first year of Zhonghe, just after the Lantern Festival, Huang Chao immediately ordered Wang Fan as the commander, Lin Yan as the deputy, and led the Qi army to besiege Xingping National Village. Although Zhu Mei gathered many troops here, she still could not withstand the fierce offensive of the Qi army and was defeated again. She had to lead the Bining army all the way to Fengtian, and the Fengxiang army also retreated to Longwei Pond.

Huang Chao originally wanted to take advantage of the victory and eliminate Zhu Mei in one fell swoop. However, at this time, Wang Chucun, the governor of the Yiwu Army who fled from Chang'an last time, had just transferred 20,000 reinforcements from Xichuan. Under the command of Huangtou Army Li Ying, Gong Xian, and Gao Renhou, the 20,000 Huangtou Army once again captured Xingping and forced the Qi army to retreat and fight with him.

Wang Fan, Lin Yan and Gao Renhou fought fiercely many times, but they were unable to squeeze out the Xichuan army that had come from afar from Xingping.

At this time, Zheng Ting, the Marshal of the Guanzhong Alliance Army and the governor of the Fengxiang Army, also saw the opportunity and sent general Li Changyan to lead the main force of the Fengxiang Army to support Wang Chucun and others in Xingping. At this point, both sides could not make a breakthrough, and the Western Front was once again in a protracted stalemate.

In March, taking advantage of the war between Xingping, Li Xiaochang, the governor of Fufang, Tang Dynasty, and Li Sigong, the governor of Xia Shangxiang, formed two coalition forces again to start from Guanzhong's martial arts, and turned a big turn from the north to the Dongwei Bridge outside Chang'an. In cooperation with the troops of Li Quanzhong, who had occupied Tong, Hua and Tongguan, directly threatened the east of Chang'an.

Seeing that the Western Front could not open up the situation, the Eastern Front was in a hurry again, Huang Chao quickly transferred Zhang Juyan, the Minister of Personnel, and asked him to lead his army to Dongwei Bridge, blocking the armies of Fufang and Xia Shang on the north bank of the Wei River. At the same time, he concentrated his troops to counterattack Huazhou.

In May, Gao Xun, the governor of the Tang Zhaoyi, and Gao Xun, who fled in panic last time, were lucky enough to be spared from death. This time, Li Xiang, who was able to make a meritorious service, fought at Shiqiao. The two sides fought fiercely for three days and three nights. Zhao Yi's army was defeated. Li Xiang took advantage of the victory to advance and fought with Li Kuang, the governor of Huazhou, Li Kuangcho, who underestimated the enemy. As a result, he was defeated by Li Xiang's plan to deceive the enemy and was defeated. Li Xiang occupied Huazhou. Huang Chao was overjoyed and ordered Li Xiang to restore his original position and promoted him to the first level.

After Gao Xun, the governor of Guiyi, fled, his prestige was swept away, and soon he was killed by his general Cheng Lin. As a result, another Zhaoyi general Meng Lifang killed Cheng Lin in the name of suppressing the rebellion and appointed himself as the descendant. Zhaoyi Town, which had only the second most mutiny in history to Lulong Town, has since fallen into the hands of local military groups. Zhaoyi suddenly had such a huge change. As his neighbor Wang Chongrong, who was close to him, was very sensitive and responded quickly. Just like Zike Rang who learned of the Xuzhou mutiny, he quickly withdrew his troops from the eastern capital Luoyang and retreated to the river just in case.

Zhaoyi, Zhenguo and Hezhong soldiers retreated. The threat from Qi army to Huazhou in the east was temporarily lifted, and Huang Chao was able to withdraw troops and be led by Shang Rang to support Zhang Juyan and launch a large-scale counterattack on Dongwei Bridge.

Another big battle. The two vassal states of Fufang and Xia Yan, the two vassal states of the Dangxiang people, were determined to preserve their strength, but they were defeated by the Qi army, which was fighting for the trapped beasts. They were defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Xiaochang and Li Sigong, the two cousins ​​of the Dangxiang people, immediately withdrew their troops to retreat to Fuping. Zhang Juyan took advantage of the victory and pursued them and went to Gaoling and Liyang. However, in the end, because the Tang army on the western front was near Xingping, they maintained strong pressure on Chang'an, and Huang Chao did not dare to let Shang Rang. The main force led by Zhang Juyan was far away from Chang'an, and the Qi army's counterattack was temporarily terminated.

Unexpectedly, in October, something happened that surprised Huang Chao. Zheng Qi, the marshal of the Guanzhong coalition army in the Tang Dynasty and the commander of the camps in the west of the Jing Dynasty, who is now the loudest rebellion against Qi, was actually pulled down.

At the beginning, due to Zheng Ting's unremitting efforts, the Fengxiang army once expanded to tens of thousands of people. The Fengxiang army was in a hurry and became the leader of the towns in Guanzhong. However, while the number of troops increased, it also brought huge logistical pressure to Fengxiang Town. In wars, the increase of troops and horses increased greatly. Fengxiang Town was narrow and poor, with a thin foundation, and always relied on the subsidies of the court. However, now the court has been settled in Chengdu, and naturally no one in the vassal states is willing to pay and help. Although Zheng Ting is loyal to the country and is considered a capable official, a clever wife can still support it. Over time, problems gradually arise. Especially when he refused to indulge the soldiers and let them solve the supply problem by plundering. By the time the first snow fell in the winter of the first year of Zhonghe, Fengxiang's warehouses were almost as naked as a monk's head.

If there is no money, it is naturally difficult to distribute the soldiers' food and salary. In the late Tang Dynasty, these soldiers in various towns were the most arrogant people, and they would never be willing to fight without money. At this time, the main force of the Fengxiang Army was stationed in Xingping, led by the marching Sima Li Changyan, and Zheng Ting himself had returned to Fengxiang's town to raise military salary, and there were only a few soldiers around him.

One night, Yang Fugong's adopted son Yang Shouliang put on makeup and visited Li Changyan as a businessman. They discussed secretly in the tent all night.

The next day, the rumors that Zheng Ting deliberately withheld the military pay of soldiers quickly spread throughout the army like the wind. Li Changyan was expected to be the leader of the entire army. With the angry Fengxiang soldiers, they left Xingping front line without permission, and went back to Fengxiang to ask Zheng Ting for an explanation.

Feng Xiang, who had just heard the news, climbed up the city tower in shock. Looking at the tens of thousands of Fengxiang soldiers who had finally pulled up at the city, he suddenly felt that a basin of ice water was poured from the head to his feet in October snow. Are these still the loyal and brave soldiers of Shang Rang's bandit army who he tried hard to gather and defeated him in Longwei Pond in Longwei Pond?

I am sincere and devoted myself to sharing the joys and sorrows with my soldiers and fighting bloody battles with the Yellow Thief. Is it just for the ending like this today?

The tragic story of Duan Wenchu, Zhi Xiang, Xue Neng and others is about to repeat it in himself?

Duan Wenchu ​​was the defensive envoy of Datong. Finally, he fell under Li Ke, his subordinate, and was cut into pieces by thousands of knifes. The flesh was eaten by Shatuo generals. Zhi Xiang, the former governor of the army, was finally expelled by his general Shi Pu, and his family was wiped out halfway. Xue Neng and Zhongwu governor were killed by his general Zhou Ji.

In addition, such betrayals have happened many times in recent years. Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen, Wang Chongrong, all of them came to power in this way.

Zheng Ting knew very well that in this chaotic era of separatist rule in the vassal states, it was difficult for a literati and wise governor. Whether you are a good official, you are kind to the people, or even to the generals, those military generals of the vassal states were all a group of ungrateful wolves who were not familiar with. Once the melons are good, they would immediately bite them.

The soldiers are arrogant and the generals are rebelling! This has become the mark of this era!

Zheng Ting never withheld the military pay of Kaiyuan Tongbao. He even used his property to subsidize military payments in recent years. But what about these facts? He knew very well that his subordinates' rebellion was not just because of the instigation of those who were interested. He knew very well that his usual principles of conduct had long been disliked by these martial artists. After all, he was a literati and was out of place with them. Today they wanted to expel themselves because of food and wages, and even if they made it clear, they would expel themselves tomorrow for other things.

He sighed. Zheng Ting called Li Changyan. He knew very well that all this today must have been secretly provoked by Sima, the marching marching. Last time, he had surrendered Huang Chao with his people and put him under house arrest in disguise.

"In the future, the general should only restrain his soldiers, protect his people, fight against rebels for the country, and act on the right path. He can always make achievements and be granted the title of the Duke and the King." After saying this, perhaps the other party would not care about it at all, Zheng Ting took the initiative to hand over the seal and affairs of the governor of Fengxiang to Li Changyan, and then set off for Chengdu that day.

Fengxiang had just left and had only arrived at Xingyuan Town. The emperor of Chengdu, Li Yan, had immediately removed him from the post of Fengxiang Jiedu and the governor of the various roads in the west of Jing, and retired as the title of Qing Guixu as the second-rank prince and young tutor. At the same time, Li Yan issued an order to officially grant Li Changyan the title of Fengxiang Army Jiedu.

Huang Chao was extremely surprised after learning the news. The Fengxiang army retreated from Xingping to Fengxiang, which immediately reduced the threat to the west of Chang'an. Huang Chao immediately seized this opportunity and drew out a quick response force composed of veterans. The two generals of Qi army, Meng Kai and Zhang Juyan, attacked heavily on the eastern front. The target they aimed at were two Dangxiang people and vassal commanders who had been defeated repeatedly, repeatedly and repeatedly.

In November, the Qi army attacked Fuping, Fufang, and Xia Shang coalition forces fought. This time, the two towns did not blindly preserve their strength and fought with all their strength. As a result, they were defeated by Meng Kai and Zhang Juyan. Li Xiaochang and Li Sigong saw that the situation was not good this time, and finally stopped staying near Chang'an, and each led the remaining defeated generals to flee back to their town.

The two towns of Fufang and Xiasui were the early vassal states that sent troops to support the king. Although they lost more and won less, they were very energetic after all. The court was worried that they would never come out after the defeat, which would affect the morale of the soldiers, so they decided to give them praise. However, the court is so poor that it had to give two cheap spiritual rewards: renamed Fufang to "Baodai" and Xiasui to "Dingnan" to commend Li Xiaochang and Li Sigong for their loyalty to defend the Tang Dynasty and quell the disaster.

However, although the Qi army won the battle, it produced a by-product that Huang Chao did not expect: his two favorite generals Meng Kai and Zhang Juyan did not cooperate happily. The veteran Meng Kai couldn't stand Zhang Juyan, who had always only known to stay behind the scenes, and had made many contributions recently, and was frequently used, and was jealous and hated him. Zhang Juyan felt that Meng Kai was just a brave man and scoffed at the gap between his high position and his actual ability.

The result of the encounter between Needle and Mai Mang made the two fallen apart. Meng Kai took the main force back to Chang'an, and Zhang Juyan led 3,000 people northward and continued to beat Li Xiaochang. Zhang Juyan first captured Meiyuan, Fengxian, then crossed the Luoshui River northward, and went to Danzhou, and advanced to Yanzhou. After repeated defeats, the Bao army became a frightened bird, and the tortoise shrank in Fuzhou, allowing Zhang Juyan's small Qi army to clash, as if entering a no-man's land.

At the end of the first year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao arranged a new position for Zhang Juyan, the Minister of Personnel, as the governor of Zhenguo Army and the governor of Tongzhou. I don’t know if there was any influence from Meng Kai behind this personnel order. This order means that Zhang Juyan could not return to Chang'an for a long time, and if he wanted to take office, he would have to use only three thousand soldiers to rob Tongzhou from another governor of Zhenguo Army Li Quanzhong. Everyone knows that Li Quanzhong was a powerful Hebei general who escaped from Li Jing's hands, which was much more difficult to deal with than Li Xiaochang, the Li Xiaochang, who was protecting the Great.

Zhang Juyan was not afraid and led three thousand troops to march towards Tongzhou. He started a battle for Tongzhou with Li Quanzhong's eldest son, Li Converse, the governor of Tongzhou.

At the same time, Tian Lingzi, who felt the danger approaching step by step in Chengdu, finally couldn't hold back any longer and began to take action first.

In December of the first year of Zhonghe, Tian Lingzi directly carried the jade seal of Emperor Li Yan and issued an edict in the name of the emperor, removing Yang Fuguang from his position as the military commander of the world, and renamed him as the Royal Dragon Envoy, who was responsible for raising horses. He also changed Yang Fugong to the envoy of Xuanhuiyuan and Xuanweiyuan. He was completely the eunuch who managed the miscellaneous things in the palace. His important positions such as the Lieutenant of the Shence Army were removed.

On the same day, he appointed his godson Tian Kuangyou in the name of the emperor to take over Yang Fuguang's position as the military commander of the world capital.

Tian Lingzi's actions were not finished yet, and he drafted an imperial edict again.

He was transferred to Prime Minister Wang Duo as the governor of Hedong and the reign of the Northern Capital, and was the magistrate of Taiyuan.

Zheng Qiong was transferred to serve as the defense envoy of the Eastern Capital, Henan Yin, and the Eastern Capital remained behind.

Zheng Cong-si was transferred to serve as the governor of Fengxiang Army, and was left behind in Xijing, and Fengxiang Yin was appointed.

Wang Chongrong was transferred to serve as the governor of Zhenguo Army, the governor of Tongzhou and the commander of the defense of Tongguan.

Zhu Quanzhong was transferred to serve as the governor of Zhaoyi and the governor of Luzhou.

He was transferred to Qin Zongquan as the governor of Jin Shang and the governor of Jinzhou.

Li Quanzhong was transferred to serve as the governor of Hezhong and the governor of Puzhou.

Li Changyan was transferred to serve as the governor of Shaanxi and Guo and the governor of Shaanxi.

Meng Lifang was transferred to serve as the governor of Zhongwu and the governor of Xuzhou.

Zhou Ji was transferred to serve as the governor of Zhongguo Army and the governor of Chenzhou.

He transferred Lu Yanhong to serve as the governor of Xuanwu Army and the governor of Bianzhou.

The King's Office was appointed as the governor of the Fengguo Army and the governor of Caizhou.

This is a major transfer of the twelve towns in Hedong, Guanzhong, Henan, and it was almost rotated. Moreover, the Jieshuai of these transfers has a characteristic: Yang Fuguang's eight adopted sons and Yang Fugong's adopted sons are all included. In addition, Wang Duo, Zheng Ting and Zheng Cong-sei are all prime ministers. The prime minister went out of the town and was not too close to Yang Fuguang's brothers. They were asked to go to the three important towns of Hedong, Dongdu and Fengxiang, in order to occupy a key position and deal with the Yang brothers.

Of course, Tian Lingzi may not be able to fight. But he still has a way of conspiracy. His series of false edicts are just a trick. His real killer move is to be prepared for other things.

On the Labaku day of the first year of Yuanhe, Tian Lingzi sent his inspector to find secret spies, set fire and killed people in Chengdu City, and deliberately left various clues to Yang Fugong's brothers. At the same time, he sent people to spread rumors, making everyone think that Yang Fugong was going to murder the emperor.

At the same time, Tian Lingzi and his armored soldiers broke into the bedroom of Emperor Li Yan, and pulled Emperor Li Yan from the arms of a concubine from the dragon bed. "Your Majesty, Yang Fugong is rebelling, we can't stay in Chengdu anymore. Please move to Guangdu quickly."

When Li Yan saw Tian Lingzi entering the harem with his fully armed armored soldiers, he was already very dissatisfied. At this time, he heard him say that Yang Fugong had rebelled and wanted to move to Guangdu City in the south. He didn't understand what Tian Lingzi was thinking. Although Chengdu is the vassal state of Dongchuan Town, Yang Fugong is now infiltration of Chengdu. What Tian Lingzi is most worried about is that Yang Fugong uses the name of the emperor to deal with them. Therefore, his idea is to directly bring the emperor to Guangdu, which is not far away or close, and is still under the rule of the Xichuan Jiedushi, but there is no power of Yang Fugong at all. If he brings the emperor there, he can completely control the emperor.

Li Yan finally endured Tian Lingzi's domineering arrogance in the past few years. For the first time, he shouted loudly to the eunuch who once recognized him as his father: "No, I won't go anywhere, it's here."

Tian Lingzi was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that the emperor was twenty years old now, and he was no longer the child who could just say a few words before. But now, how could Tian Lingzi really care about his words? If it weren't for the juncture of life and death, he would still want to maintain a certain friendship with the emperor. But at this moment, at the juncture of life and death, there was no turning back arrow, so how could he hesitate? His words were an order, not a request. With a wave of his hand, dozens of Shen Ce warriors rushed in and grabbed the emperor who was only wearing a mid-lane clothes and dragged it up from the trembling beautiful concubine, and then walked away.

The emperor is the biggest ace. It is a talisman with him. How could Tian Lingzi be willing to throw this ace away? Yang Fugong wants to steal the emperor from him, how is this possible?

Li Yan shouted, feeling extremely humiliated. He was the emperor of the empire and the lord of billions of people. Today, he was forced to take him by a eunuch. He should have taken the damn eunuch first and killed the old dog directly.

Chengdu was already in chaos and was in full fire. Tian Lingzi's Shence Army and Chen Jingxuan's Xichuan Army were raiding Yang Fugong's men in the city. Tian Lingzi led the little emperor to the city gate, looked back at Chengdu with a fire, sneered, and was afraid of the night wind, shy and angry emperor Li Yan bent down and bowed and made a gesture of invitation: "I've served Your Majesty and moved to Guangdu!"
Chapter completed!