Late Tang

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All are a bunch of idiots!

Wang Jingwu's mud can't support the wall, and Chen Jingxuan is also extremely incompetent.

These two people are the result of Tian Lingzi's efforts to protect them, but now one has become a lunatic and caused chaos in Ziqing Town, while the other almost lost his head in Lulong Town.

With these two pieces of mud, Tian Lingzi was seized by Ximen Sigong and others to play a performance in front of the emperor, which made him lose face.

Ximen Sigong was appointed as the lieutenant of Shence Youjun, Yang Fugong was appointed as the privy envoy, Zhang Taisheng was appointed as the envoy of the Northern Xuanhui Academy, and Yang Fuguang was appointed as the envoy of the Southern Xuanwei Academy.

Frowning tightly, Tian Lingzi looked down at the folder in his hand.

The more he looked, the more annoyed he became. The more he looked, the more he felt that the people he recommended were idiots.Wang Jingwu, Xue Chong and Li Xi, the three of them were in Ziqing Town, but they were played around by Li Jing.When he promoted these three people, he originally wanted to seize control of Ziqing Town in order to suppress Li Jing's town [***] Dengzhou.

But judging from the news received, what Li Jing did in Ziqing Town easily deciphered his arrangement.Li Jing did not compete with Wang Jingwu and the others for Ziqing Town as he expected. On the surface, Ziqing Town was divided into two, but in fact, it was a ruthless and ruthless drudgery, and directly took away Wang Jingwu's soldiers and civilians.Now that Wang Jingwu went crazy, the ten counties he controlled were in ruins, but the counties controlled by Li Jing were in a state of great rule.

From Li Jing's division of Ziqing Town, to his relocation of people to seize soldiers, and now to occupying Pingzhou, each step was an unexpected move.Li Jing is very cunning, every step is planned before moving.

He didn't bite the bait he put down at all, and he never took Ziqing Town.On the contrary, it is focused on developing towards Liaodong. Even if it occupies Pingzhou now, it is also under the banner of recovering Liaoxi.

It would be much better if Li Jing drove Wang Jingwu directly, but this guy didn't go to Ziqing Town to develop, but instead focused on mobilizing troops to Liaodong, which made him feel worried.

It goes without saying which one is more prosperous, Ziqing Town or Liaodong.Li Jing gave up Ziqing Town but conspired against Liaodong. It can only be said that Li Jing's scheme is very big!

But in this way, if he doesn't develop towards Ziqing Town, then he won't be able to find trouble with Li Jing confidently.

Wang Jingwu and Chen Jingxuan arranged by themselves completely lost control of Ziqing Town and Lulong Town, two feudal towns that had seen a good situation. State, the court can't even blame Li Jing for this.After all, Chen Jingxuan forced Li Keju back, annihilated the five thousand imperial troops, and let Lulongzhen escape from the imperial court's control again.However, Li Jing's occupation of Pingzhou gave the imperial court a little more control over Lupi Town.

According to the news from the spy newspaper, after Li Jing occupied Pingzhou, he actively strengthened the defense of Pingzhou and stationed a large number of troops.But the center of gravity is not in the direction of Youji, but in the direction of Xi and Qidan, and the center of gravity is facing Yingzhou in western Liaoning.

After reading the scriptures, Tian Lingzi leaned on the white tiger skin cushion, lost in thought.

Is Li Jing really planning to use troops to Liaodong and Liaoxi to retake the old land of Anton and Yingzhou?

Does he really intend to do so, or is it just an illusion, Li Jing's goal is still Ziqing and Youzhou?

All this made him a little uncertain.

There was another note on the table, which was about Zheng Tian, ​​Wang Duo, Simon Sigong and others advocating to the emperor to recruit the grass thieves.

As early as half a year ago, the grass bandits suddenly threatened Dongdu and broke through Ruzhou. Wang Duo proposed a security plan, and Tian Lingzi agreed.But now, Pei Wo, the governor of Qizhou, wrote a letter to bridge the grass bandits. Seeing that the recruitment was going well, Tian Lingzi asked Lu Xie to propose a proposal to refuse the recruitment.

Lu Xie's objection was very high-profile, "At the beginning, Emperor Yizong insisted not to pardon Pang Xun, and it only took him a year to kill him. Now Wang Xianzhi is just a small thief, and his power and strength are not comparable to Pang Xun's." To pardon him and appoint him an official will only fuel the arrogance of those unruly people to commit crimes!"

Of course this is not the case, because of the incompetence of Wang Jingwu and Chen Jingxuan, Tian Lingzi was co-authored by Ximen Sigong and others. Although the emperor still trusted him, Ximen and the others regained the trust of the emperor.Now that the grass thieves have left Huainan, they no longer threaten Dongdu.Then he would naturally oppose Wang Duo, Zheng Tian and others' proposals to recruit security.

This is not out of any consideration of the court, it's just that if the other party agrees, he will oppose it.

However, his objection did not persist for a long time. After Ximen Sigong and others made another appeal to the emperor, Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie agreed.Of course, this agreement comes at a price, in exchange for the compromise of Ximen Sigong, Zheng Tian and others with Chen Jingxuan, Yang Shili, and Niu Xu as Sanchuan Jiedu envoys, as well as no longer being held accountable for Wang Jingwu and others' improper employment. .

Tian Lingzi threw down the booklet and sneered, "Regard me, I beg you to be safe!"

Under Tian Lingzi's intervention, although he finally agreed to continue recruiting, the conditions for recruiting have changed.The standard has been lowered. The original list of "removal of officials" includes Wang Xianzhi, Shang Junchang and others, but now it is limited to Wang Xianzhi alone, and the official position is not given with any sincerity.

Even so, when the envoys from Chang'an arrived, there was a sound of joy in Qizhou City.

The battle was over, and the defenders on the city and the grass army outside the city returned to camp to rest. Pei Wo opened the city gate and welcomed Wang Xianzhi, Shang Junchang and dozens of grass army leaders into the city, and held a large banquet in the governor's mansion , Warm hospitality to all the leaders.

In a cheerful atmosphere, the envoy from Chang'an read out the Zhao'an edict.And issued two official resignations on the spot, both to Wang Xianzhi, no one else.The position is Zuo Shence Army Yaya and Supervising Censor.

These two official positions are not high in rank, but they are both low-level positions.In particular, Zuo Shence Army Yaya is the captain of the personal guard of Zuo Army Lieutenant Tian Lingzi, which is an important position in the confidant.

After hearing the imperial decree, 'Wang Xianzhi' blushed with joy, and both Ruzhou Governor Wang Lian and Qizhou Governor Pei Wo hurriedly congratulated Wang Xianzhi.

However, except for Wang Xianzhi who was very happy, everyone else in the grass army had a gloomy face, especially Shang Junchang.After making trouble for a long time, the imperial court only recruited one Wang Xianzhi, but they didn't get any benefits.

A burst of noisy voice broke Wang Xianzhi's joy.

The eunuch, who was used to listening to the people kneeling below shouting thanks for the grace after reading the imperial decree, stared in astonished eyes, looking for the rude person who dared to make a loud noise in front of the angel.

I saw a large group of people rushed in suddenly, and the leader scolded Wang Xianzhi on the spot: "I think we made an oath at the beginning to run rampant in the world, but now you have to go to the Shence Army alone to serve as an officer, and you want to kill us brothers. Where are you going to put it?" After speaking, he raised his iron fist, aimed at Wang Xianzhi, who was still giggling, and slammed it in the head.

Shang Junchang and the others were surprised to see Huang Chao and the others barging in.But seeing Huang Chao's subordinates committing crimes, he directly beat Wang Xianzhi fiercely, but no one stepped forward to try to persuade him to fight.

I know my own family affairs, Huang Chao and they all know that this so-called Youdutong is just a substitute.Huang Chao beat him with his hands, probably to express his opposition to Zhao An to Mr. Shang.

Mr. Shang is indeed a little bit resentful now, he tried his best to seek security, but ended up with such a result in the end.

Huang Chao's martial arts skills are very high, and he beat the fake Wang Xianzhi with his fist, and Shang Junchang and others all watched with cold eyes.

Wang Lian, Pei Wo, and the eunuch Xuanzhi from Chang'an were all overwhelmed by the sudden change.

Although Wang Xianzhi was just a stand-in puppet, he was not stupid enough. When his face was covered with blood, he finally came to his senses. Advance and retreat together, never accept recruiting alone!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Governor Pei and the envoy who passed the decree quickly ran away because everyone was not paying attention. Wang Lian was a little slow to react, and was arrested on the spot by the leaders of the "Grass Army" who made a lot of noise.Not only that, in order to restore prestige and soothe the wounded hearts of his subordinates, Shang Jun rushed out of the Yamen with these more than 30 leaders, opened the city gate, and let the "grass army" outside the city enter the city. looting.According to the ensuing memorial, in this disaster, Qizhou City was almost set on fire by the "Grass Army" and burned to ashes. Half of the residents in the city were killed, and half were forcibly recruited by the "Grass Army".

The Qizhou defenders in the Tang Dynasty were as vulnerable as paper. There were only thirty or so grassroots leaders in the city, such as Shang Junchang and Huang Chao, but they opened the city gates, captured Qizhou City and led the bandit soldiers into the city.

Pei Wo, the governor of Qizhou, saw the opportunity quickly, and instead of organizing resistance, he immediately abandoned the city and fled all the way to Ezhou in the south of the mountain.But the Chinese envoy from Chang'an, even though he was an eunuch, was still in poor health, but he escaped faster than Pei Wo, and ran straight to Xiangzhou.

The Second Grass Bandit Division, which met again in Qizhou, held a meeting after looting Qizhou.Huang Chao meant to abandon the fake Wang Xianzhi and let Shang Junchang's department be merged into Huang Chao's department. Huang Chao was the new leader of the grass bandits, and Shang Junchang was the deputy leader.

The negotiation went on for three days. Although Huang Chao showed great sincerity, Shang Junchang and others could not really believe Huang Chao, and finally the negotiation broke down.

Huang Chao led the crowd to go north again, return to Henan, the Central Plains, return to Cao Pu's hometown, and recruit again.

However, Shang Junchang's subordinates were unwilling to act with Huang Chao any more, and they were going to continue westward to the east of Shannan.

As a result, there was another dispute within Shang Junchang's department, and finally split.Ticket Shuai Liu Yanzhang led his troops away from Lord Shang and went east to Jiangxi.

After the division of troops, the momentum of the "Grass Army" did not decrease but increased, rampaging across the Central Plains, showing the trend of igniting a prairie fire.

In May of the third year of Qianfu, Shang Junchang, who moved westward, captured Ezhou, an important town at the intersection of Jiangnan West Road, Shandong South Road and Huainan Road. The former governor of Qizhou, Pei Wo, escaped again unscathed.

At the same time, Huang Chao returned to Caozhou and plundered Yunzhou. The Tianping Army Jiedu envoy Kang Chenghui led his troops to repel Huang Chao, and Huang Chao fled to Yizhou. town.

Huang Chao entered Ziqing Town and fought with his former ally Wang Jingwu. Wang Jingwu was defeated by Huang Chao. Li Jing on the front line of Jishui controls the advancement of the counties! (To be continued.)