First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 397
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Danyang, Jiankang Palace.

Fu Gong Er sat on the top with a gloomy face, silent for a long time, and finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "The defense line along the river has been breached, and Danyang is safe to defend. Rather than defending the isolated city, it is better to hide from the front for a while. I have decided. Moved to Duduji".

The ministers were shocked when they heard the words.

General Sun An asked in fear: "Danyang is the foundation of our Jianghuai army. If we go to Kuaiji, how can we do this?"

Fu Gong Er was expressionless, "The only way to stay here is to die. I have sent an order to Zuo Shangshu to prepare for the response. After going to Kuaiji, I can still separate the southeast and dominate Wuyue."

Zuo You Xianguan worshiped the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Yuezhou, and was stationed in Kuaiji City, the governor of Yuezhou, located in the rear of the Jianghuai River.

Hearing Fu Gong Er's words, the ministers had no choice but to agree.

Sun An's face was gloomy, seeing that there was nothing he could do, he had no choice but to back down.

Fu Gong Er immediately ordered to gather all the troops in Danyang, engulf the young and strong, load all the property, grain and grass into cars, and move them to Duji.

In Liangshan Town, Gao Chong worked hard to manage the fortifications, and the scouts came to report: the rebels fled to the east, and the city of Danyang was empty...

Gao Chong didn't react for a while, and asked in a daze, "You said Fu Gong Er escaped?"

The scout nodded with certainty, "Exactly, the bandit army engulfed the young and strong, and headed eastward all the way."

"Straight mother thief", Gao Chong couldn't help cursing: "I am sharpening my knife here, waiting for the battle, but he ran away!"

But soon Gao Chong came to his senses, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is the Danyang fruit empty?"

"It's absolutely true", the scout replied: "The subordinates have personally gone to the city to investigate, and Danyang is full of old, weak, sick and disabled."

Gao Chong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately ordered to go straight to Danyang, and at the same time sent someone to inform Li Xiaogong.

The news of Fugong Er's escape spread quickly, and the Jianghuai rebels who stood firmly on Qinglin Mountain suddenly lost their morale and had no intention of fighting again. After all, their Emperor Tianming of the Song Dynasty ran away, and the capital of the country was abandoned. They are here to defend Has been meaningless.

Li Xiaogong took the opportunity to order the whole army to attack, broke through the stronghold in one go, beheaded Chen Zhengtong, and captured Xu Shaozong alive.

At this time, Gao Chong had already entered Danyang City, and he had not lost a single soldier. As the scouts said, Fu Gong Er took everything he could with him when he fled, and the rest were old, weak, sick and disabled. The Jiankang Palace was burned down.

After Gao Chong informed Li Xiaogong on Kuaima, he immediately led his army to pursue him. His assistant Gong Er was carrying a young man with countless treasures and luggage, and his speed was very slow.

Only one day later, Gao Chong caught up with Fu Gong Er in Jurong.

Just at this time, Li Shiji broke through from Shouyang and pursued all the way south. The pursuit from two directions made Fu Gong Er very embarrassed, and Tang Jun intercepted all the treasures he was carrying.

Fu Gong Er only led thousands of people to flee to Piling in embarrassment, and only a few generals under his command followed, among them was Sun An.

Piling City was originally the capital of Liang Wang Shen Faxing. Later, Li Zitong defeated Shen Faxing, and Du Fuwei defeated Li Zitong again, and Piling fell into the hands of the Jianghuai army.

In the original palace of King Liang, Fu Gong Er was in such a state of embarrassment that he no longer had the majesty of the Song emperor, and he was holding a leg of lamb and gnawing madly.

After drinking and eating, Fu Gong Er regained some energy, and said to the generals who were also in a panic in the hall: "Don't be discouraged, everyone, come back to Kuaiji, and I can make a comeback."

Sun An and the others had no choice but to murmur, and a stern look flashed in Fu Gong Er's eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "Go down and rest, don't relax the city defense, and continue to set off tomorrow morning."

When Sun An and the others retreated, Fu Gong Er was silent for a long time, and called for the commander of the personal guard, "keep an eye on them tonight", the commander of the personal guard was loyal, and left after hearing the words.

After Liang Palace retreated, Sun An felt uneasy in his heart, and invited another general: "Brother Wu, I am a little uneasy, why don't we find a place in a certain family, and let's have a good drink."

The general's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he immediately smiled and said: "Brother Sun's invitation, my younger brother is honored." This person is from the same town as Sun An, both from Danyang, named Wu Sao, in charge of the cavalry.

The two immediately returned to the camp, called for food and wine, and dispersed the attendants.

After drinking for three rounds, Sun An sighed: "We are all from Danyang, and now we are going to Kuaiji, the future is uncertain, and the saints are defeated again and again. I really feel uneasy in my heart."

A trace of panic flashed in Wu Sao's eyes, and he also sighed in agreement: "Since the sage started his army, he has been defeated again and again. Could it be that Tang is really destined?"

When Sun An heard this, he already knew that Wu Sao was a fellow, and immediately said: "Since the destiny is in the Tang Dynasty, why should we go against the sky?"

As they spoke, the two looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

"What is Brother Sun going to do?" Wu Sao leaned over slightly and asked, "If a man does not kill himself, there is no need to accompany him to his death."

Sun An believed it deeply, his eyes were full of excitement, and he said in a low voice: "You and I have already committed crimes. If we directly surrender to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that it will not be enough to pay off the crime. Why don't we tie the auxiliary male shrine and sacrifice it to the great king?" Tang, it might be possible to gain an official position and become a nobleman."

Wu Sao was startled when he heard the words, but he didn't expect Sun An to have such courage, not only wanted to vote for Tang, but also wanted to tie up the assistant public shrine to vote for Tang, but after thinking about it carefully, Wu Sao also felt that this statement was reasonable.

Before that, they followed Du Fuwei to the Tang Dynasty. They were all generals of the Tang Dynasty. Now they are rebellious and rebellious. If they surrender, they may be accused of crimes. One piece.

Thinking of this, Wu Sao's heart was moved, "I will follow Brother Sun's orders for everything."

Sun An was overjoyed and said bluntly: "The number of people in this matter should not be too many. I have only a hundred trusted brothers. You can screen again. Let's get together two or three hundred people and attack the Liang Palace at night to capture Fu Gong Er alive."

Wu Sao responded immediately, and the two went down to prepare.

At the same time, Fu Gong Er was restless, and just now his personal guards came to report. Sun An and Wu Sao conspired in the tent. There is a conspiracy, and immediately ordered the guards to pay attention to vigilance.

In the dead of night, there was a cry of killing, Gong Er Er turned over and sat up, the commander of the personal guards ignored the etiquette, and hurried inside to report: "Your Majesty, Sun An and Wu Sao have rebelled and are attacking the palace gate."

"How many of them are there?" Fu Gong Er turned pale with shock.

"It's so dark that you can't see it clearly," the commander of the personal guard said anxiously: "Your Majesty, change your clothes quickly, and your subordinates will escort you to flee."

Fu Gong Er didn't have time to think about it, so he was in a hurry to answer, and then fled through the back door with the commander of the personal guards, not even taking his wife and children with him.

In fact, at this time, Fu Gong Er's subordinates were fighting a bloody battle with Sun An and Sun An at the gate of the palace. Sun An and Sun An had only more than 600 people, while Fu Gong Er brought [-] people into the palace guards.

(End of this chapter)