Late Tang

Chen Jingxuan used to be a biscuit seller. Even though Tian Lingzi, the brother of the eunuch who entered the palace with a knife and became the emperor's father, became the Jiedushi of Xichuan, he is still a biscuit seller in essence.

Wearing a purple robe, he still smiles like Chen Lao Er who sold sesame seed cakes in Xuzhou back then.

"What makes you so happy?" Tian Lingzi asked him.

Chen Jingxuan replied with a smile, "Brother, don't you know yet? Li Jing issued an appeal ordering all the towns in the world to fight against the yellow bandits. Zheng Tian of Fengxiang Town has already beheaded the envoy of the puppet Qi, and led the Fengxiang army to swear to kill the bandits." At present, all the towns in the south of Guanzhong Mountain have Fengxiang and Zheng Tian as the leader, and they are preparing to counterattack Chang'an. Wang Chongrong, an important town in the middle of the river, which had already surrendered to Qi, also beheaded the puppet Qi envoy and returned to Tang, and fought a small victory with the bandit army. Thousands. The latest news is that Wang Chongrong has been ordered by Commander-in-Chief Li Jing, headed by Zheng Congyu, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, to unite with the coalition forces of the towns in Longshang, Hedong, and prepare to recover Luoyang. Also, the towns of Jinshang, Zhongwu, Xuanwu, Yicheng, and Tianping in the south of Luoyang They also issued a call to action to prepare the coalition forces to attack Qi, and publicly recommended Yu Jian, the envoy of the Tianping Festival, as the leader of the Henan coalition forces."

Tian Lingzi waved his hand, and impatiently interrupted his brother's saliva, his face was not only not happy at all, but became more and more gloomy.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Chen Jingxuan asked puzzled.

Chen Jingxuan was arranged by Tian Lingzi earlier, and he went to Xichuan as a Jiedu envoy one step earlier, and arranged a retreat for Tian Lingzi in advance.It was the original arrangement, when there was a change in Chang'an, Tian Lingzi was able to immediately withdraw to Xichuan with the emperor.However, although Xichuan is rich, it is not a good place.Xichuan is the front line of the border with Nanzhao. It has been fighting with Nanzhao for more than ten years. Xichuan, which was originally wealthy, has long been corrupted and thieves are everywhere.In the past two years, due to the succession of the new king of Nanzhao, both sides were unbearable to fight for a long time. Only after reaching an agreement to stop troops did they recover.But even though they had retreated to Xichuan, Chen Jingxuan and the officials who had retreated to Chengdu were still very worried that Huang Chao would pursue them and kill them all the way to Xichuan.

Now that Fengxiang and Zheng Tian have finally returned to the Tang Dynasty anyway, and united the towns in Guanzhong to attack Huang Chao, this is a great thing. At least, in a short time, there is no need to worry that Huang Chao will kill Xichuan in one fell swoop.What's more, if all the towns in the world raise troops to fight for the king, if they can regain the two capitals, then they will naturally be able to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. No matter what, Chang'an is infinitely stronger than this frontier.

"What do you know!" Tian Lingzi sighed. After he took the emperor to retreat to Xichuan, his life was not going well.Of the 15 Shence troops in Guanzhong, only tens of thousands of people actually retreated to Chengdu. Even if Xichuan's army is added, the total number is not tens of thousands.These days, Tian Lingzi is actively recruiting troops to rebuild the Shence Army.Tian Lingzi also knows that the current situation in the court is corrupt, so that even the emperor is dissatisfied with him.This made him more and more worried. If he had no military power in his hands, he might not even know how to die.

Tian Lingzi rebuilt the Shence Army, built ten new Shence armies, each with ten capitals, and newly built soldiers and horses with one hundred capitals, each with a thousand soldiers, for a total of [-] new troops.Tian Lingzi asked to be appointed as the envoy of the Tenth Army and the Twelve Guards.It's just that people are recruited by force, but these are basically recruits, without sufficient training, nor experienced officers, and they don't even have sufficient equipment.

Moreover, with 10 horses and the supply of food, grass and military pay, he was so worried that his hair turned white.

Chen Jingxuan got up to pour wine for his brother, there was no outsider in the room, only him and Tian Lingzi brothers were in the study.A lantern was lit on the table, bright and clear. "Is there anything else in this matter?"

"Of course!" Tian Lingzi took a big gulp of wine. He seldom drank alcohol. Over the past few years, he had a new habit of only drinking red wine from Dengzhou. "You only see the surface of the matter, but you don't see the real essence of the matter. Brother, the current situation is getting worse and worse for us. Don't you see, whose orders are the towns responding to now? Respond to Li Jing's order. Who is Li Jing, that is our number one enemy. Today Li Jing's order will make all the towns in the world respond to the crusade against Huang Chao. If he issues another order in the future, saying that he wants to clear the king's side, If you want to kill us, what shall we do then?"

"Brother, you are the father of the emperor now, how dare Li Jing do this?" Chen Jingxuan said in surprise.

"What are you afraid of? Son of Heaven, Father? That was in the past. Now that the Son of Heaven has grown up, our family is not pleasing to the eye. If we hadn't had to rely on our brothers now, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to accommodate you and me." Tian Lingzi sighed road.Now the emperor and him are already at odds with each other.He already knew it, but what can he do.

"Besides, look at the three major coalition forces in Guanzhong, Hedong, and Henan. Who is the leader of each of them?"

"The Guanzhong coalition army is headed by Jieshuai Zheng Tian of Fengxiang Town, the Hedong coalition army is headed by Hedong Jieshuai Zheng Congxuan, and the Henan coalition army is headed by Yu Jian. In detail, such as Hedong Qiangzhen Wang Chongrong, Li Keyong, and Daibei Zhuhu tribes , and Zhou Ji, Qin Zongquan, and the Eight Capitals from Henan, look at these people, how many of them are ours?"

"These are not our people." Tian Lingzi took another gulp, and the scarlet liquid spilled on the front of his purple round-neck official robe.The delicious and mellow red wine has long been out of taste, and it enters the throat in large mouthfuls, no longer savoring carefully, just like drinking water.

"Zheng Tian and Zheng Congxuan are both from the Zheng family of Xingyang. Who is behind them? It's our old opponent in the palace, Ximen Sigong, who is old and immortal. There is also Yu Jian from Henan, who is Li Jing's teacher. They were on the same boat as Li Jing, and even the Hu tribes in Daibei were on the side of Li Jing and Yu Yu. In addition, Qin Zongquan, Zhou Ji, and the eight generals of Zhongwu, who were separated from Zhongwu, Who are they? Someone got a secret report. They are anyway, not only because of Li Jing's order, but also because of Yang Fuguang's vigorous activities, and finally persuaded the former Zhongwu generals to be anyway. They are all from the dead eunuch Yang Fuguang People, Yang Fuguang is the brother of our other great enemy, Yang Fugong. I think we joined forces with Ximen Sigong to push Yang Fugong down from the position of the first eunuch. How could he have the same heart with us. In addition, the people from Hedong Sha Tuo and Li Keyong, their family has long been relying on Yang Fugong and Yang Fuguang brothers, and someone heard that Wang Chongrong in Hezhong is now fighting secretly with Li Keyong, not only calling them brothers, but also planning to become a son and daughter. Wang Chongrong, he is also Yang Fuguang's man."

Tian Lingzi covered his mouth with his hand and burped softly.In fact, he doesn't drink a lot, and usually only drinks a few cups, but today he felt depressed for a while, so he drank a little more, and he couldn't help feeling a little drunk.

If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk. Tian Lingzi looks as good as before, but in fact, his heart is full of fear.

Outside there is the great enemy Li Jing, who is like the sky, and inside there are Ximen Sigong, Yang Fugong, Yang Fuguang, and Zhang Tai, the eunuchs. The opponents are getting stronger and more powerful, and their wings are getting more and more abundant.And what scares him the most is the emperor's attitude towards him. Don't look at the series of official titles he holds at this time, such as the Duke of Jin, the envoy of the Tenth Army and the Twelve Guards, the Lieutenant of the Left Army of Shence, the envoy of the Privy Council, etc. .But if the emperor resents him, he will eventually be a rootless duckweed.

"Brother!" Tian Lingzi smiled wryly, half drunk and half awake, "Today I will tell you the truth. In the current situation, it is good for Huang Chao to occupy Chang'an for a day. If the soldiers and horses of the Qin Kings of the towns really regained the two capitals, they will be destroyed. Huang Chao, I'm afraid that will be the time when your brother and I will confer the head."

"Then what should we do?" Chen Jingxuan said full of fear.He has just lived a good life for a few years, and he hasn't enjoyed enough yet.

"What should we do? What else can we do? Of course, we need to control the troops and control the territory. Now we control Xichuan, as long as we can manage this place well, we have soldiers and territory in our hands. At that time, even if one day, we really The whole world can't tolerate our brothers, at least, we still have the power to protect ourselves."

"Brother, will there really be such a day?" Chen Jingxuan asked in despair.

"I hope that day will never come." After Tian Lingzi finished speaking, he fell headlong on the table and passed out drunk.

In the palace in Chengdu, Zhang Tai, the general of the Right Prison Gate, walked into the palace quickly, "Report to His Majesty immediately, and report to the Son of Heaven immediately on a certain day of great joy."

The guards woke up Li Xuan, and the trek all the way from Chang'an to Chengdu, plus the matter of abandoning Chang'an, made Li Xuan feel uneasy. As a result, after arriving in Chengdu, Li Xuan was always uncomfortable and lay in bed all day.

After Zhang Tai entered the room and saluted, he immediately excitedly reported the affairs of the Central Plains to the emperor.

When Li Jing ordered all the towns in the world to attack Huangchao with troops, the towns responded, and Guanzhong, Hedong, and Henan had already organized three major coalition forces. After a long time, Li Xuan, who had been depressed and thinned a lot, finally breathed a sigh of relief, jumped up excitedly from the bed, his face was flushed, and shouted excitedly and tremblingly: "I knew that people's hearts have not yet turned their backs on Datang!" , Li Qing will finally live up to me! The day when the thieves bestow the head will not be too bad, and the day when the two capitals are recovered, and I will return to Chang'an will not be too long!"

Li Xuan took Zhang Tai's hand and asked him to explain the details carefully.

After listening to Zhang Tai's narration, Li Xuan's heart couldn't be calmed down with excitement, and he was in a state of depression, pacing excitedly in the palace with fists clenched and robes on.

"I want to issue an imperial edict to reward the officers and men of King Qin, and immediately draw up an edict for me. All officers and soldiers below the rank of Liu Nei will be honored three times, rewarded ten thousand, and ten pieces of silk,"

Zhang Tai quietly reminded, "Your Majesty, the imperial court can't afford so much money to reward."

Li Xuan hesitated, "Then reward each person with a hundred guan, and after the war is settled, the court will reward them based on merit."

Hundreds of banknotes seem to be a lot, but in fact, the banknotes issued by the imperial court have long been priced at the same price as paper. One hundred banknotes can be exchanged for one hundred Wen at most.But Zhang Tai didn't say anything, what else can he say at this point.

"Also, immediately reward the King of Qin with 1000 hectares of Yongye farmland, [-] households in Jiazhen Shiyi, and three generations of Li Jing's ancestors as kings. In addition, [-] million coins will be rewarded."

Li Jing is now unsealable, and the official is the best, so Li Xuan can only give Tian a reward.Li Jing wouldn't pay attention to this little money, but Li Xuan could only take out this.

"Create Zheng Tian as Tongping Zhangshi, Shizhong, King of Longxi County, deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses of the world, and marshal of the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong, and control the soldiers and horses of the towns in Guanzhong."

"Conferred the title of Zheng Congxuan as Zhongshuling, the king of Hedong County, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses of the world, and the marshal of the soldiers and horses of Hedong, and controlled the soldiers and horses of the Guandong towns."

"Conferred the title of Zuo Pushe in the Shangshu and King of Xingyang County to Yu Yu, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses of the world, and the marshal of the soldiers and horses of Henan, and controlled the soldiers and horses of the towns in Henan."

"Confer Yang Fuguang as the military envoy of the army and horse capital of the world, and confer the title of Hongnong County King, and coordinate the soldiers and horses of the various kings!"

Li Xuan's tone was passionate, and he named four new county kings in a row, and even the eunuch Yang Fuguang was named county king because he persuaded the Zhongwu tribes to return to Tang anyway.In addition, hundreds of generals were rewarded in a row, and the generals of King Qin's army below the third rank were directly promoted to the first rank of Sanguan, and those below the fifth rank were directly promoted to the second rank of Sanguan.

After reading the reward order in one breath, Li Yan let out a long breath. Now, he is waiting for all the towns to attack Huangchao together and recover the two capitals!