The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 127 Black Crow Army

Gray clouds drifted across the moonlight, and the cold silver gray gradually converged from the black earth.

The blackness in the distance, the camp surrounded by long wooden fences, the sentry towers on both sides of the gate are flickering with torches, the figure holding a bow and arrow is watching the surrounding movement, and in the camp behind, there are spots of bonfires burning in various camps In the light, the patrolling Shatuo soldiers bypassed the largest tent in the middle.

Two rows of sturdy Shatuo soldiers guarded the tent with knives and axes. Inside the tent where the night wind blew, Li Ke looked at the map pointed by the generals with his hands behind his back and spoke loudly, roughly planning the next marching route.

As a group of people who were defeated by Tang Ting, they lived in Tatar for a long time, and finally had the opportunity to let them fight outside again, how could they not cherish it.

I just heard that the rebel army in the south has hundreds of thousands of people, even if they are all mobs, it is quite difficult to gather [-] tribal soldiers hastily.

"This time all the envoys are besieging the rebels, and even a general from Xuzhou dares to lead his troops to help. How can we wait for [-] soldiers and horses to be intimidated!"

The general who spoke was tall and tall, wearing a silver-locked bronze mirror armor, and a white robe. His name was Shi Jingsi, and he was born in the nine surnames of Zhaowu. At this time, there was a lot of disdain for the grass army who captured Chang'an during the discourse.

Shi Jingsi waved his arms, looking at the name of Chang'an on the map, with a rough and bold voice.

"That Huang Chao was just an old man who captured Tongguan and Chang'an, but luckily, the little emperor Tang Ting was even more cowardly. , There is nothing to say, entering Chang'an, killing Huang Chao, who pretended to be the emperor, is a slap in the face of the child emperor, Shatuo people can do it, but you can't do it, shame on you!"

In the tent, there are many senior generals in the army. They experienced the defeat of Yaoerling and retreated from the Tatars at the beginning. They were shocked when they heard that Tang Ting had lost Chang'an. Rumor has it that the Shence Army of the Chang'an capital is the elite of the elite, so the emperor who was beaten by a group of rebels all ran to Shu.

Immediately, everyone turned their attention to Li Keyong, who was the only one in the tent who had made up his mind. The latter stared at the map with his hands behind his back. There were two teenagers seated behind him, and asked, "Sizhao, Siyuan?" , what do you two think?"

The two teenagers have different appearances. They are both adopted sons of Li Keyong. The envoy is still on the way, if we march quickly and confront the bandits, we will definitely attract bandits to besiege and cause heavy casualties, so we might as well postpone the march, occupy some important places along the way, and recruit soldiers and provisions."

The other boy nodded and stood up to agree: "Yes, adoptive father, the priority is to preserve our strength, and we will advance to Chang'an just now when the Jiedu envoys from all parties are gathered. The rebels in Chang'an, use him as an excuse to train troops, take prisoners, and strengthen ourselves."

'Um. Li Ke threw back his cloak and sat back behind the long case, raised his hand to let all the generals in front of the map sit back, whether to fight Chang'an or not, in fact, he had been thinking about it on the way here, and he was too loyal. Those in the army who had experienced For the Shatuo soldiers who were defeated in Yao'erling, it was a bit shocking. What's more, the Shatuo soldiers were finally gathered together. If the casualties were too heavy, how would they gain a foothold in the future?The clansmen were afraid that they would not believe him anymore.

"Father!"

Words suddenly sounded outside the tent, the curtain was lifted, and a tall young man, dragging a heavy beast-headed bright armor, strode in, put a Yuwang lance to a corner, and when he came into the tent, he clasped his fists heavily, shocked The nail leaves are ringing.

"My foster father leads troops to attack Heyang, why don't we send a team of 2000 people to Chang'an to meet those rebels first!"

Li Ke raised his eyes, and in the sight of the surrounding generals, the young general looked heroic, his eyebrows pierced into his temples like inverted swords, and his majestic gaze seemed to stab people like a sharp sword.

All the generals in the tent knew each other, and he was also one of Li Keyong's adopted sons. He was a young county lieutenant who was captured after conquering Feihu County. His original name was An Jingsi, but now he was renamed Li Cunxiao!

At first, I just felt that he had some martial arts skills and great strength. Now that he has been in the army for nearly two years, not to mention his tall stature, his strength is even stronger than before. If you touch it, you will be sent flying, and you will fall from the horse's back together with you.

"My son is unparalleled in the world. Okay, since you have such arrogance, I will give you two thousand soldiers as my father. First go to Chang'an to test out the rebels. After fighting everything, you will know the depth!"

Li Ke sat on a chair with a big horse golden knife, looking at the burning brazier in front of the case, "After defeating Heyang Jiedu Envoy Zhuge Shuang, no matter what happens in Chang'an or the rebels, our itinerary remains the same."

He slapped the table with his big hand.

"——kill it directly!"

Everyone in the tent stood up with a 'wow', Jiaye shook, and clasped his fists heavily: "Here!"

The sky was slightly green, and the horns sounded in the silent camp, echoing the leaden night, and among the burning bonfires, figures got out of the tents and gathered together from the blankets.

Soon, rumbling noises resounded, horseshoes shook the ground, and the armored cavalry pushed down the camp wall, and the infantry followed behind, forming a long dragon to the east and rushing straight to Heyang.

The Heyang scouts who heard the news along the way ran wildly all night. The Heyang Jiedu who got the news made Zhuge Shuang come out of his concubine's room in a daze.

He used to be Xia Suiyin's Jiedu envoy, Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, and resolutely rebelled against the other party, it would be nothing if he rebelled back now.

"Although it's a bit unkind, I still talk about friendship."

Standing on the top of the city, looking at the 'Black Crow Army' who raised long dust and smoke in the fields outside the city, he set out to send the news to Chang'an to repay Huang Chao's kindness for supporting him as the Heyang Jiedushi.

Until the sky gradually brightened, Kuaiqi took advantage of the time when Zhuge Shuang was going to surrender outside the city, and took the news and quickly headed southwest, copying the mountain trails, all the way non-stop, until the afternoon three days later, he came to the boundary of Chang'an , gave the news to the post station, and then frantically ordered the rider to rush to the giant city and the imperial palace behind.

The news of the unfavorable battle in the west has already spread, and several Jiedu envoys in the east are still on the way. If they have time to prepare, they will not be in a hurry. The news that Heyang Jiedu made Zhuge Shuang surrender and return finally splashed boiling water.

On the night of receiving the news, Huang Chao chopped off the heads of several officials who had offended him.

"These gangsters, when I gained power, fawned over me like a dog. Now that I know that the Tang army is about to besiege the city, they come and bark again."

The old man's bun was a little messy, and he was holding the news of Zhuge Shuang's return in his hand. In a fit of rage, he let out a roar of "Ah—" and knocked down the lamp post in front of him to the ground.

Afterwards, there were several more sounds of porcelain being broken, and the emperor's close confidantes, generals and civil servants below did not dare to speak loudly.

After a long time, the angry figure stopped, holding the dragon case with serious eyes, and raised his hand to wave at them.

"Tomorrow morning, discuss the dispatch of troops! Tell all civil and military personnel, no one is allowed to be late, otherwise the head will be hanged by Suzaku!"

(End of this chapter)