Late Tang

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On the south bank of Juyeze, the grass army set up camp with their backs to the water, and a company of 15 soldiers and horses camped for more than forty miles.

In the camp of the grass army's middle army, dozens of senior generals of the grass army gathered together, and all of them wore the title of a general.In the huge tent, Wang Xianzhi, the great general of Tianbuping and the commander of the domestic tycoons, sat at the head of the table, and below him were two delegates on the left and right.

Sitting on both sides are the generals of the grass army, but the generals on both sides are very different.The ones on the left are Wang Xianzhi's generals, headed by marching Sima and Fuguo General Shang Junchang, and sitting below are Chai Cun, Bi Shiduo, Cao Shixiong, Liu Yanzhang, Li Chongba, Wang Chongyin, Shang Rang and others. General, but Liu Hanhong, Chu Yanwei, and Cai Wenqiu are missing.Later, more than ten generals were added, and they were also the leaders of the salt trade with Wang Xianzhi.

On the right, Huang Chao, the deputy commander of the Cao Army, sat. Below him were Meng Kai, Gai Hong, Zhao Zhang, Chang Hong, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiba, Liu Tang, Liu Shanfu, Zhang Guimou, Zhang Juyan, Huang Hao, Lin Yan, Huang Cun, Huang Ye, Huang Kui, Huang Qin, Huang Bing, Huang Wantong, Huang Sihou and other generals.

Both sides seem to be friendly on the surface, but in fact, they are already very different.

Wang Xianzhi sat at the head, it seemed that he was still the leader of the generals, but in fact he was uncomfortable, as if he was roasting on a fire.

After capturing Yizhou, Wang Xianzhi negotiated with Huang Chao and Lin Jingwu.What Lin Jingwu meant was that the three families fought eastward, captured the land of Ziqing, Pinglu and Wuzhou, wiped out Song Wei, and seized Li Jing's territory.Then the north was allied with the three towns of Hebei, and the east was allied with Khitan, Bohai and Xinluo, with Ziqing as the foundation, splitting the soil and sealing the border, and establishing himself as king.

However, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao disagreed. From their point of view, it was obvious that Wang Jingwu took advantage of the fight in Ziqing Town.Firstly, Song Wei is not easy to fight, and secondly, Song Wei has defeated Li Jing in the east.Even if Song Wei and Li Jing were taken down, Ziqing Town was originally Wang Jingwu's territory, and if it was really taken down, Wang Jingwu might have to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

Wang Xianzhi also made a suggestion, that is to fight south. The southeast is rich but has few soldiers.Over the years, Qiu Fu, Pang Xun, and Wang Ying can easily turn upside down in the southeast, so going to the south is good.When there is a big trouble in the south, maybe the imperial court can be forced to give them a few pieces of land in the southeast, and give them a Jiedushi Dangdang.

The proposal of Wang Jingwu and Wang Xianzhi was based on the essence of recruiting security from the very beginning.Huang Chao was extremely dissatisfied. From Huang Chao's point of view, the recruitment was all fake, and it was impossible for the imperial court to accept the recruitment, let alone give you a piece of territory for you to be an envoy.Huang Chao's goal is even higher, what he thinks is that the city will be full of golden armor, and I will kill the flowers as soon as they bloom.If you want to make a fuss, make a big fuss.He suggested that if they go directly to Luoyang, as long as Luoyang is captured, the world will inevitably be shaken, and then they will go directly to Chang'an and change the dynasty.

However, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Jingwu were completely frightened by this proposal. In their eyes, it is impossible to talk about Li Tang's world for nearly 300 years.Even Anlu Mountain couldn't destroy the Tang Dynasty, how could it be possible for a few of them.

The three discussed for a long time in Yizhou, but they did not reach an agreement in the end.In the end, they broke up unhappy. Wang Jingwu went back to fight Song Wei. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao also had differences. Yizhou, Yanzhou, Songzhou, Yunzhou.

At the beginning, everyone developed very well. After Xue Chong and Li's army were defeated, the soldiers and horses of several towns in the Central Plains either went to Xichuan or Daibei, and no one could stop them.In just over half a year, they have successively breached Kyushu, each with more than [-] soldiers.

Wang Xianzhi directly led the troops to attack Songzhou, originally wanting to threaten the imperial court's southeast water transport, and to force the imperial court to recruit An to get an official position.Unexpectedly, he got off the hook and provoked the evil star Li Jing, who beat him up and fled like a bereaved dog.There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but in the blink of an eye, there were only 3000 left.

Fleeing all the way to Caozhou to meet Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi felt regretful.Fortunately, Huang Chao still recognizes him as the governor and still regards him as the master.However, staying in the Huang Chao army during this period of time made Wang Xianzhi feel more and more uncomfortable.

Although Huang Chao did not lose him in terms of etiquette, but without soldiers in his hand, he would not speak loudly.He has almost become a clay bodhisattva now, he can only watch but can't say anything.He was very smart, he just watched but didn't talk, Huang Chao asked him to make up his mind, and he let Huang Chao make up his own mind.

It turns out that the ten-vote handsome and Huang Chao are on the same level, but now Huang Chao's Ge Congzhou, Lin Yan, Zhang Guiba, Huo Cun and others are all more important than the ten-vote handsome.

Maybe I should take my brothers and leave here, otherwise, sooner or later, I will have to give up everything to Huang Chao.Wang Xianzhi sat in the upper seat, propping his chin with one hand, but his mind was full of thoughts.When he fled here in embarrassment, there were only three thousand brothers by his side.Fortunately, these three thousand are old brothers. During this period of time, he also recruited troops and re-expanded to 2 horses.Although except for the 3000 people, they were all recruits, but the number of people was quite large, which gave him a lot of confidence.If he leads his troops away, as long as he doesn't encounter a super evil star like Li Jing again, he believes that he should be able to recover his strength quickly.Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to recover his strength forever if he stayed in Huang Chao's army.

Just thinking about this, he suddenly heard Huang Chao calling him.

"Du Tong, I don't know what instructions Du Tong has given the current situation?" Huang Chao looked up at him.

Wang Xianzhi was so far away that he didn't even know what they were talking about, so he couldn't give any instructions.It was the same as usual at the moment: "Let's let the deputy governor make up his mind on this matter."

Seeing Wang Xianzhi's attitude, Huang Chao couldn't help but get angry. When he was selling smuggled salt in the early years, he always felt that Wang Xianzhi was very righteous and loyal.But now it seems that this person is only a private salt dealer with the ability to let him lead the grass army, I am afraid that sooner or later he will die.He still can't understand the Battle of Yucheng until now. Wang Xianzhi has nearly 10 people, how come there are only 3000 people left after being defeated in the first battle?

Even if there are [-] pigs scattered on this plain, it won't be enough to catch them in ten days and a half months.

Restraining the anger in his heart, Huang Chao still said seriously: "According to the Tanmalai report, Li Jing just accepted the daughter of Zhang Rui, the governor of Songzhou, as the wife of Liufang, and now he has led the army to leave Songzhou."

When Wang Xianzhi heard Li Jing's name, he couldn't help but his heart trembled suddenly, and his face changed: "Li Jing sent troops, but he came to Juye?"

Seeing that Wang Xianzhi was so afraid of Li Jing, Huang Chao couldn't help but feel even more contemptuous in his heart.Wang Xianzhi had already been gutted by Li Jing, such a person could not be expected to lead the grass army.The future of Cao Jun has to be led by him.

"According to reliable sources, Li Jing led the army to leave Songzhou, not to Caozhou, but to Yanzhou along the north bank of Sishui. According to the speculation of several generals and me, Li Jing's trip is not intended to join the Six Towns, Instead, they plan to go around behind us, garrison Xiaqiu, the city of Yanzhou, and connect Rencheng, Gongqiu, Pinglu, Yuncheng, and Shouzhang to the east of Juyeze to form a huge interception. Chong's Tianping Army and Li's Taining Army joined forces to block our retreat."

When Wang Xianzhi heard that Li Jing had gone to steal their way, his expression changed immediately.His lips trembled and he said, "Then what are you waiting for, let's withdraw immediately before Li Jing blocks the back road."

Huang Chao frowned and twisted into a Sichuan character, and his hands were clenched into fists.

He said coldly: "Withdraw, where are we going to withdraw at this time? Now that we withdraw, the 10,000+ army will be mobilized, how can it be so easy to withdraw? As soon as we move, the officers and troops of the six towns on the opposite side will definitely catch up immediately. When the time comes, put your back Hand it over to the officers and soldiers, who can stop it?"

"Then retreat alternately?" Wang Xianzhi didn't want to stay here at all.There are [-] coalition troops in six towns in front, and the town of the evil star Li Jing behind [***] is blocking the way out. This is simply a dead end.

"Hmph, retreat alternately?" Huang Chao sneered. The most difficult thing to command an army is to retreat rather than attack.A good attack is not a real skill, but a good retreat is the real test of the general's ability and the quality of the soldiers.If elite soldiers and horses can retreat alternately, but what kind of soldiers are their soldiers at the moment, don't you know what kind of soldiers they have?One hundred thousand officers and soldiers are behind them. No matter who is behind them at this time, he is sure that the troops in the rear will collapse, and it is even less likely that anyone will actually complete this alternate retreat.

"Withdrawing at this time, the morale of the army will be completely lost. At that time, the retreat will become a collapse. I think that the only way to save the current unfavorable situation is to fight a battle with the government and the army, and win a battle." Huang Chao is firm. the way.

Wang Xianzhi's face was ashen and defeated. At this time, there was still a battle to be fought, with whom and how?

Huang Chao's counselor, Zhao Zhang, got up and said, "I agree with General Huang. If we retreat now, it will be difficult for the grass army to fight in a short time. At that time, it will not only be the coalition forces of the six towns, but the coalition forces of the twelve towns will encircle and suppress them. The town will also come up and step on it. Taking advantage of the fact that the generals still have morale, I expect that the Dingguan army will definitely underestimate the enemy. Since Li Jing didn't come straight to Juye, but detoured to the back, then this is a big deal We will directly attack the six towns in front of us. As long as we can defeat them, we will not have to retreat, but will directly attack Caozhou, Bian Song and even the eastern capital Luoyang. Then the town [***], The Tianping Army, Taining Army, Probation Army, Huainan Army, and Pinglu Army don’t have to worry about it. Even, they can directly capture important cities such as Luoyang, Biansong, and Chenxu. If Luoyang’s attack is unfavorable, they can also directly drive Shannan. Go south to Jianghan!"

"But, there are [-] officers and soldiers on the opposite side, can we fight it?" Wang Xianzhi was full of worry.

Lin Yan said in dissatisfaction: "How can the general destroy his own prestige and increase the morale of the officers and soldiers? How about the officers and soldiers? Will the officers and soldiers not be defeated? Didn't the Tianping Army lose to us, and the Taining Army didn't lose to us? Now if there are more officers and soldiers, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Lord Shang glared at Lin Yan angrily, and scolded, "Lin Yan, how dare you disrespect the general?"

Meng Kai hurriedly said: "Second Brother Shang misunderstood, misunderstood, how dare General Lin be disrespectful to the Great General, it's just a matter of fact."

In the end, Huang Chao, who held military power, persuaded Wang Xianzhi, who had no real power in his hands, to take the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers of the Six Towns. (To be continued.)