Late Tang

In July of the first year of Zhenlong in the Tang Dynasty, General Zuo Xiaowei of the imperial court, Puzhong, Taiwei of the inspection school, and Yiwu Jiedu envoys acted as shence troops in Jingdong camp. Cooperating from the inside and the outside, they invaded Luoyang City in one fell swoop, captured Yang Fuguang who was seriously ill, and then took control of the entire Luoyang, and quickly controlled the counties of Henan Prefecture. .

When the news reached Taiyuan, Li Jing woke up from his dream and could hardly believe it.

He realized that this was a major turning point, he lost all sleepiness and became excited.After getting up quickly and washing his face with cold water, Li Jing immediately sent an order to summon the civil and military generals in Taiyuan City for an emergency discussion.

"Is this true?" Even the mature and prudent Li Zhuo was stunned. Yang Fuguang is the real master behind the scenes of the Chang'an court.Yang Fugong controlled the court and the emperor in Chang'an, while Yang Fuguang was outside, but he was the real dispatcher and coordinator of the armies. Although he was an eunuch, his ability to command troops and his strategic vision were extremely brilliant.Now, he was captured by the mutiny of his generals and adopted son just like this?

Gongsun Lan nodded and said: "This matter is absolutely wrong. It happened last night. Just one day after this time, the secret agents in Luoyang City sent back the news, and it was sent back by the secret agents of several bureaus of the Supervision Department. There will be mistakes. The [-] soldiers and horses in Luoyang City have already been controlled by Wang Chuzhi and Yang Shouliang. , Mangshan Jinyong City and other peripheral pass military strongholds have not changed, and the defenders of Luoyang City and several military camps outside Luoyang City have all returned to Wang Chucun. Smoothing her hair, Gongsun Lan continued with a smile: "There is a better one." information.After the mutiny of Wang Chucun and Yang Shouliang.Immediately, he sent his brother Wang Chuzhi to secretly rush to Taiyuan. "

"Wang Chuzhi wants to surrender to me, Qin Fan?" Even Li Zhen, who was transferred from the position of Shangshu Youpushe to Zuoshilang in the province, was full of surprise and excitement.The news is amazing.If it is true, then it can be said that the whole situation will change. Luoyang can be said to be the center of the world. If Wang Chucun surrenders to Qin, then they can easily and smoothly take Tokyo without bloodshed.

"Wang Chucun abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. This is the general understanding of current affairs. Gu admires him very much." Li Jing raised two sword eyebrows and said relaxedly.As he said in general.With the current situation at this point, who would not be able to see the current situation of the world clearly? Even so, it does not depend on whether it can be spread across the world. Many people will still fight to the end in order not to damage their own vested interests.But these people refer to Yang Fugong, Tian Lingzi, Li Xuan, Li Ye, and even Zhu Wen and Li Quanzhong, but Wang Chucun is not included in these people.

Wang Chucun changed his family several times, which made him unable to gain real trust.Otherwise, Tian Lingzi would not have sent him from Chengdu to Chang'an.He stayed in Chang'an.His identity has always been embarrassing, he bears the name of a Jiedu envoy of the Yiwu Army, but he is the commander of a guest army who has no territory.But even if he voted for the Yang Brothers, it is impossible to get real attention.Under such circumstances, seeing that the Yang brothers couldn't hold on anymore, why did he continue to follow them.For the head of a family like Wang Chucun, the interests of the family are paramount, especially for him who has changed his family several times, there is no psychological barrier at all to change again.

Aristocratic families have always been suppressed by the royal family. One of the fundamental reasons is that they value the interests of the family more than the interests of the court. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the development of the aristocratic families has reached its peak. decline, but their power remains strong.When Huang Chao rebelled, they did fully support the court against the rebels, but that was not because of how loyal they were to the court, but because Huang Chao and other rebels fundamentally opposed and conflicted with their interests, and it was impossible for them to come together.

But Li Jing is different. Although Li Jing's Qin Fan also had many reforms, not only the status of ordinary peasants was improved, but the slave system was even abolished, breaking the monopoly of the powerful and nobles on the imperial examinations, and their control over the local area was greatly improved. The status of merchants has been greatly improved, and the status of many nobles and powerful families is no longer so high. Even Li Jing has introduced many systems, such as splitting up big families into many small households, such as opening exams, appointing officials before officials, and sharing households with each other. Heavy taxes on land sales and so on, but in any case, in today's world where warriors rule, under Li Jing's rule, these reforms and reforms are still quite moderate, just like boiling frogs in warm water, not drastic, the interests of the wealthy families are superficially is still maintained.

The most important thing is that Li Jing won the world, that is already an indisputable fact before his eyes.

Wang Chucun is not only a general of the Forbidden Army, he is also the head of the Jingzhao Wang family, and the Wang family is a top-notch family with a wide network of contacts and billions of dollars.Seeing that the big Tang dynasty ship that the Yang brothers were manipulating had flooded and was about to sink, he naturally had to make preparations early.Li Jing believes that not only Wang Chucun, but the vast majority, even half of the people in the world have the idea of ​​falling for them.Many of the remaining ones are not resisting.

"Could it be a false surrender?" Zhang Chengye, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Qin Fan's military observer, had mixed feelings when he said this. This Li Jing's assistant and military supervisor has always been a military observer. The envoy has the title of military supervisor, but in fact it is just a reward given by Li Jing for his hard work these years. This military envoy can't interfere with military affairs at all. Now his duties have been transferred from the army to the court. Jing's royal family manager.However, in his heart, he still maintains very complicated feelings for Li Tang. Seeing that Qin Fan is rising day by day, while Li Tang is declining day by day, his heart is very complicated. He feels both for the strength of Li Jing and Qin Fan. Happy, but sad for the deteriorating situation of the court.But at this time, he still dutifully reminded Li Jing that he was afraid that he would be fooled by Wang Chucun's scumbag because he was too happy.

Li Jing shook his head: "This matter is not false, but Wang Chucun and the others are still too impatient. If they can not do anything first, but get in touch with them in secret first, wait a moment, after our soldiers and horses have taken down the river , the situation was much better at that time. Now, Wang Chucun hastily mutinied and made such a big noise, but our soldiers and horses are still too far away from Luoyang. Whether it is the soldiers and horses of Hedong in the north or the soldiers and horses of Hebei and Henan in the east , are still separated by a few feudal towns."

In fact, everyone knew what Wang Chucun was thinking. He rushed to attack because he was frightened by the rapid and violent attack of the Qin army before, and he was afraid that the Qin army would hit Luoyang if he was too late.Secondly, I also want to make some meritorious service, which is good for surrender.If he had contacted Li Jing early and waited until Qin Jun arrived in Luoyang to be an internal response, this would be creditable, but it could not be compared with what it is now.Now Luoyang has been taken alone as a means of surrender.

However, Wang Chucun's approach also brought him great danger.

Luoyang is very important to Chang'an, and Yang Fuguang was captured by Wang Chucun?

No matter what, the Luoyang mutiny will inevitably shake the whole world.This time, even those towns of the imperial court that were a bit reluctant to move, both public and private, will unite again to deal with the Qin army in order to protect themselves.And first of all, they will send troops to Luoyang to destroy this [-]-year-old rebellious boy first.

Wang Chucun estimated the situation too optimistically. He thought that under the unstoppable offensive threat of Qin Fan, he and Yang Shouliang would definitely get the support of everyone who stood up and raised their arms. Well, even the feudal towns sell his face, let alone the guards around Luoyang who directly belong to him?Yang Fuguang's prestige in the army is extremely high, which is beyond Wang Chucun's expectation, although he is actually one of Yang Fuguang's eight commanders.

He captured Yang Fuguang alive and captured Luoyang, but surprisingly none of the guards of the Guancheng military strongholds around Luoyang, such as Wulao, Longmen, Jinyong, Luokou, Huiluocheng, Qianjinbao, etc., obeyed him.And around Henan Mansion, in the east is Zhu Wen of the Xuanwu Army whose relationship with the Luoyang Army has deteriorated extremely; in the north and north of the Yellow River, there are three towns of Heyang, Zhaoyi, and Hezhong that are still affiliated with the Chang'an court; in the south, Zhu Wen belonged earlier. Now Jinshang and Shanguo have just been brought down by the Yang Fuguang brothers.

Looking around, although Wang Chucun's actions were tactically successful, he put himself in a dangerous situation surrounded by layers of siege.

Guarding Luoyang City, Wang Chucun has 5 horses.But everyone knows what is going on with the 5 troops. His real confidants are only [-], and the rest are [-] elite troops.The big reason why Wang Chucun sent his brother Wang Chuzhi to Taiyuan in such a hurry was that he realized that his situation was not good.

"Yang Fugong will know about the Luoyang mutiny immediately, and he will never sit idly by. Yu privately, Yang Fuguang is his brother, and Yugong, Luoyang is extremely important to Chang'an. Once Luoyang is lost, the land of the Central Plains controlled by the imperial court will be destroyed." At that time, they can only guard the small area in Guanzhong. Therefore, no matter what, Yang Fugong will send troops to Luoyang, and the towns such as Hedong in Guanzhong will not sit idly by. This will be a big battle. Wang Chucun lit The lead of this battle!" Li Jing pointed out the current situation and the future development trend.

Wang Chucun's mutiny in Luoyang was definitely a good thing, but it also broke the Qin army's re-arrangement, and they were still far away from Luoyang.

"King Qin, I think this is a good thing. It just so happens that we and the towns will hunt in Luoyang, and we will win a battle!" Li Zhen shouted with excitement in his eyes.

"One battle will determine the country!" Li Jing murmured, and his star eyes became brighter and brighter. Li Zhen was right. If this eventually turned into a decision in the Central Plains, then this battle will indeed determine the country. Who belongs to, this is a battle that determines the world, a battle that determines the country! . )