Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

The main force in Wagang Village are all veterans who have followed Fan Xin on the battlefield.

Even against the Tibetan elite, he still won't fall behind.

Therefore, as soon as the two sides fought, the 5,000-strong army composed of official servants and civilian Zhuang suffered heavy casualties instantly.

It didn't even take half an hour before they were defeated and retreated towards the way they came.

No matter how hard Zhu Dafu whipped him, it would be useless.

Looking at the officers and soldiers fleeing in panic, Liuzi and the others didn't feel anything yet.

Some of the generals under his command exchanged looks with each other.

They are all newcomers to Wagang Village, and they have dreamed of becoming someone like Wang Mang since they were young.

So when I saw the coach being so brave, the restless heart under the armor was resurrected.

After cleaning the battlefield, several Wagangzhai generals clasped their fists together.

"Sixth Master, brothers have something to say!"

"Oh? Tell me."

After scanning the faces of several people, Liuzi said with a smile.

A thin man came out and stroked his beard.

"Sixth Master, brother, I see that there is a dragon-tiger spirit hidden in your eyebrows. You will definitely be a great man in the future."

“Why not plant a flag and set up a pole to recruit heroes from all over the world and show your ambition?

Hearing this, Liuzi looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, with a flash of sadness in his eyes.

"Fan knows what you brothers think, but the young master once said before his death that you are not allowed to rebel against the Tang Dynasty at any time."

"Those who violate the oath will be punished by heaven and earth, and abandoned by humans and gods!"

Unexpectedly, Wu Yong and others shook their heads after hearing this.

"No, His Highness Prince Yan cares about the world and is following the path of a saint."

"We people don't owe anything to the common people in the world. People live for a lifetime, and grass and trees fall for a period of time. It is inevitable that we will have some regrets if we don't fight."

Seeing that several people were busy, Liu Zi waved his hands distractedly.

"Okay, brothers, please be careful. Fan is a little drunk and takes the first step."

Liu Zi opened the curtain and walked out, leaving everyone in Wagang Village looking at each other.

"What should we do, General Wu? Mr. Liu doesn't agree with our idea."

Wu Yong's expression was uncertain, and he banged the table for a long time.

"Brothers, this transition between the old and new Tang Dynasty is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us."

"If we miss this village, we won't have this store."

"Don't you want to be a bandit for the rest of your life?"

Facing Wu Yong's inquiry, several Wagangzhai generals shook their heads.

"Brother Wu, just tell me what to do. Brothers will fight with you."

Seeing that everyone was on his side, Wu Yong said vigorously.

"Okay, since you brothers believe me, then Wu will tell you directly."

"This time, in order to attack us, Zhu Dafu seconded civilians and officials from three nearby counties."

"If we take advantage of the weakness of the army and occupy several counties in one fell swoop, the world will be shaken. Heroes from all walks of life will definitely come to join us."

"At that time, were we worried that no one would follow us to conquer the world?"

It must be said that Wu Yong's deception was very tempting, and the officers and soldiers in several nearby counties suffered heavy losses.

They can take it down at any time if they want, and then capture the entire state capital.

Several Wagangzhai generals immediately stood up and clasped their fists.

"But according to General Wu's orders!"

In the following months, Wagang Village took advantage of the floods in the Yellow River to quickly gather tens of thousands of troops.

It didn't even take half a year to occupy the entire Xiangzhou in one fell swoop.

The world was shocked for a moment!

When the news reached the capital, Li Longji quickly summoned the ministers to the main hall of Shangyang Palace.

"I will see you, Your Majesty!"

"No need to salute, everyone is invited!"

Li Longji snorted heavily with a dark face and looked at the governor of Xiangzhou with an unkind look.

"Gu Yu, as the governor of Xiangzhou, the fourth rank, you are supposed to guard the imperial court and ensure its safety."

"Now, he abandoned the corpses of thousands of officers and soldiers and ran back to the court."

"I ask you how you want to die!"

Guyu knelt on the ground with a plop, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

Trembling.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, but the Navargang army has a hundred thousand soldiers."

"If I hadn't thought of coming back to report the news, I would have been martyred by Bai Ling long ago."

"It's not too late for you to die for the festival!" Li Longji said coldly.

Guyu...

After ordering people to drag Gu Yu out and chop him down, Li Longji said in a commanding voice to the ministers.

"I will say it again today. From now on, any official who dares to abandon the city and flee will be executed!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

After all the ministers straightened up, Yao Chong walked out of the queue and cupped his fists.

"Your Majesty, how can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed? Xiangzhou is so close to Luoyang, so I think it is necessary to send a large army to encircle and suppress it as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, we may be in trouble."

Li Longji nodded and looked at Chen Xuanli.

"With the establishment of a new dynasty, everything needs to be revitalized. You are the general I rely on most."

"Leave it to your Shenwu Army to eliminate the bandits this time."

"Remember, we must take down the thief's head within a month!"

Chen Xuanli knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists.

"I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust! Let's go now!"

Chen Xuanli was Li Longji's number one general, and he never suffered a defeat during his leadership.

Although he was captured by Fan Xin's Youzhou Army last time, he was just careless.

After leaving Luoyang, the first thing he did was to eat and walk with the 50,000 divine warriors.

When attacking the villages and towns outside Xiangzhou, his soldiers did not dare to disturb the local people at all.

Not only that, those captured bandits who proved not to have been stained with blood were given food and rushed home.

In this way, under Chen Xuanli's strategy of encirclement and suppression while appeasing at the same time.

The massive rogue army was trapped in Xiangzhou.

"Report! Report to General Wu that the imperial army has been discovered eighty miles outside Xiangzhou City and is encircling our army!"

"Explore again!"

Signaling the scouts to retreat, Wu Yong's face was extremely gloomy.

He did not expect that his 100,000-strong army would be so useless, and most of it was wiped out by the imperial court in just one month.

If it continues to develop, how can we compete in the Central Plains!

"By the way, what are Liuzi and the gang doing?" Wu Yong asked with a thought in his heart.

"Back to the general, Mr. Liu and several brothers went to Liangshan Town for drinking a few days ago."

"Hmph, how long have you been drinking? Come on, go find the three fat guys, Luneng."

When the three brothers sat down around the Kang table, Luneng took a sip of wine and said.

"Brother Wu, the imperial army is too powerful. It will only take a few days to capture Xiangzhou. How about we escape?"

"Escape? Where to escape? The whole world belongs to the Tang Dynasty, where else can we go?"

The three fat men sighed.

Seeing how useless the two brothers were, Wu Yong frowned and snorted.

"What are you afraid of? Xiangzhou City has high walls and thick walls, and there are 30,000 troops."

“It will take at least ten days for the imperial court to take it down.

"If this general uses his last trump card, we may not have no chance of making a comeback!"

As soon as these words came out, Luneng and the three fat men raised their heads and looked at Wu Yong at the same time.

"What's a good way to defeat the imperial army? Brother, tell me quickly!"

"This plan is simple." Wu Yong smiled slightly and made a cut on the table with a knife.

"Attack Kaifeng, open the Yellow River embankment, and flood the Tang army! Use the water of the Yellow River to annihilate the main force of the Tang army!"

There was a pop. Luneng collapsed on the ground and looked at Wu Yong in disbelief.

Trembling.

"Brother Wu, what do you mean by digging up the Yellow River? This is a serious crime."

"Yes, if we dig out the Yellow River, how can we gain a foothold in Henan Road?"

Seeing the two brothers falling short, Wu Yongxu narrowed his eyes and said coldly.

"You are not a gentleman if you are small, and you are not a husband if you are not poisonous. Since ancient times, you have achieved the emperor's purpose of domination. There is no one who does not have blood on his hands."

"You just decide whether to do it or not? After it is completed, Luneng will be the general of Tiance, and Fatty Wang will be in charge of the cabinet affairs."

"This……"

The two looked at each other with some hesitation in their eyes.

In the end, I couldn't resist the temptation in my heart and agreed.

"Okay, this is the good brother of this general." Hiding the knife in his sleeve, Wu Yong patted the two of them on the shoulders.

"I know that digging up the Yellow River is a sin, but there is nothing we can do. A mere 50,000 divine warriors defeated us and we were unable to fight back."

"What are we going to do with the remaining 600,000 imperial troops?"

"So we can only take extraordinary measures to severely damage the main force of the Tang army, so as to win the Tang Dynasty."

Seeing that the two of them were still worried, Wu Yong said with a smile.

"Of course, there is another benefit to digging up the Yellow River. When the river overflows, the people will inevitably suffer. At that time, the court can only do its best to provide disaster relief."

"There is simply no way to deal with us, and as soon as there are more victims, we will have a steady supply of troops."

"Didn't we greatly increase our chances of winning?"

Seeing Wu Yong's clear arrangements, Luneng and the three fat men had stronger thoughts of rebellion.

If they follow this strategy, maybe they can really defeat the Tang Dynasty and sit on the throne of the emperor.

As soon as they thought of this, the two of them immediately fell to the ground.

"My subordinates are willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses, and please give me the general's orders!"

"Haha, you two wise brothers, please get up quickly. Let's discuss the matter of attacking and opening the seal."

……

Xiangzhou City, Baihua Tower.

"Lao Liu, Wu Yong asked someone to send a letter. He hopes that our brother can stay in Xiangzhou for a few days so that he can attack and open the city."

Throwing the letter on the wine table, Jiang Ji smiled nonchalantly.

"I think this guy is obsessed with wanting to be the emperor. Kaifeng City is easy to attack and difficult to defend. How can he resist Chen Xuanli's 50,000 divine warriors?"

Cao Wei took a sip of wine and said.

After hearing the words of the two men, Liu Zi took a heavy drink from the wine glass in his hand.

"Tell the brothers not to provoke the Tang army. Once the victims are resettled, they must leave Xiangzhou immediately!"

"Yes!"

While Wagang's army was relieving disaster in the city, Chen Xuanli led an army of 50,000 to Xiangzhou City.

Looking at the rebels on the city wall, the deputy general curled his lips disdainfully.

"General, the general has already found out clearly along the way that there are only two thousand defenders in the city, and the leader is a man named Lao Liu."

"The last general is willing to lead 20,000 tiger warriors into the city, and I hope that the general will fulfill his wish."

Hearing this, Chen Xuanli waved his hand.

"No, the way to use troops is to attack the heart. To defeat the enemy without fighting is to conquer the enemy's troops."

"Tell the defenders in the city that anyone who submits and surrenders will be punished by the imperial court with a three-level reduction in crime."

"Otherwise, the day the city is destroyed will be the day their bodies are separated!"

"Yes!"

The deputy general shook his horse's reins and came to the city, shouting loudly to the top.

"People inside, listen, the general has an order. Anyone who submits and surrenders will have his crime reduced by three levels."

"If there is stubborn resistance, shoot to death!"

"The general is so loud. Mr. Liu is here to take charge. You can try to attack."

I don't know when there was a man drinking on the city wall.

This man is sitting on the wall, holding a wine gourd in his hand and a purple gold hammer hanging on his back.

Look at the costume, it’s not Liuzi or someone else.

Chen Xuanli obviously recognized his identity and frowned.

"I didn't expect that you, a dignified general of the Qianniu Guard, would become the leader of the rebels. It's really unbelievable."

Glancing at the person under the wall, Liuzi chuckled.

"In the first battle of Dafeichuan, my general was exhausted and his kindness has been repaid."

"Why don't you want to live a happy life for a few days now?"

Although Chen Xuanli was a famous general, he was nothing in the eyes of Liu Zi.

He has seen many famous generals in recent years. Wang Xiaojie, Lou Shide, and Tu Magu are all veterans who have become famous after long battles.

He didn't take the mere Chen Xuanli seriously.

Feeling the other party's contempt, Chen Xuanli frowned even deeper.

"Liuzi, stop talking nonsense, are you going to surrender or not?"

"Don't vote!"

"you!"

Chen Xuanli paused and thought again of the days when he was captured by the Youzhou Army.

He immediately drew his sword and pointed it at Xiangzhou City.

The Shenwu Army obeys the order and kills me!

In an instant, the 50,000-strong army let out deafening killing cries and surged toward Xiangzhou City like a black tide.

However, just as the siege troops were about to mount the ladder, the ground beneath their feet suddenly loosened.

Hundreds of Shenwu troops fell into the pit.

The morale that the 50,000-strong army had finally built up leaked out again.

After ordering the army to retreat, Chen Xuanli looked at Liu Zi with a straight face.

"Sixth Son, you and I are both veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. We should know that these little tricks cannot stop an army of 50,000 people. It will only be a matter of time before the city is defeated."

"Of course I know that we can't defend it, and I have no intention of defending it. As long as you give me a few days, let my people resettle the victims."

"You can take Xiangzhou City as long as you want."

Seeing that the other party didn't look like he was joking, Chen Xuanli's eyes kept flashing.

Then he asked.

"Are you serious?"

"really!"

"Okay, I will give you three days, the general. Once the three days are up, you should vacate the city immediately. Otherwise, don't blame Chen for being unkind!"

Chen Xuanli waved his sleeves heavily and ordered the army to set up camp.

Taking three days to take back Xiangzhou without any bloodshed is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

As time passed by, three days passed in a blink of an eye.

This morning Chen Xuanli reappeared under the city wall.

"Liuzi, it's time for you to fulfill your promise!"

"Okay, I keep my word, let your people get out of the way!"

"The whole army obeys the order!" Chen Xuanli raised his sword high and was about to order the army to retreat.

A rapid sound cut through the sky and reached the front of the formation.

"The general is in trouble, the Wagang rebels have occupied Kaifeng City!"

"All the officials in Kaifeng died while defending the city!"

Looking at Tang Jun who was kneeling on the ground, covered in blood, Chen Xuanli took a deep look at Liu Zi.

"Sixth Son, you colluded with the Wagang rebels to kill your comrades. This general will record this blood debt."

"I will report it to the Ming court in the future and cut off your head!"

After saying that, he shook his riding whip and ran towards the distance. The direction he looked at was Kaifeng.

"Damn it, Wu used this beast to slaughter the officers and soldiers. He deserves death!"

Liuzi smashed the wine gourd with one palm and said to his subordinates.

"Come with me to Kaifeng Mansion. I will kill this guy with my own hands!"

(End of this chapter)