Late Tang

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Guanzhong, Chang'an.

The sun was still lingering below the horizon, and a crimson glow was reflected in the sky. For the Qi army who had just finished their overnight patrol in Chang'an City, this was another exhausting morning.

On the side of Chengtianmen Street in the imperial city, a soldier who had just come off duty and was about to go home to rest, inadvertently looked up at a tall and majestic gate not far away, and found something unusual.

This is the gate of Shangshu Province, located in the imperial city among the three cities of Chang'an.

Daqi's central organization is almost completely copied from the Tang Dynasty, so even the yamen in Chang'an City are the original yamen.As the most important yamen of the Shangshu Province among the six departments of the three provinces, the Shangshu Province is located in the imperial city, and it is an important place for institutions, and idlers are not allowed to enter.

Usually, the vermilion lacquer gate is always polished and shiny, which can be used as a mirror.But today, a large piece of paper was inexplicably pasted on this solemn but sacred gate.A lot of words were written on it, which seriously damaged the majestic image of this heavy government office.

The junior officer on duty turned out to be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty. After Huang Chao arrived, he had no time to leave, so he simply carried a gun for Huang Chao to eat.However, eating food in the imperial city is naturally better than ordinary soldiers, at least he can still recognize this word.Seeing that there was no one left or right, he was so curious that he took two steps forward and watched carefully.

When I got closer, I found that there was a poem on the door, or something like a poem.After all, in the great Tang Dynasty where poetry is the world, this article is considered poetry except for the number of words, and it really cannot be regarded as poetry.

"Since Dajia went to Benxi, Gui fell into a deep pit and came out of mud;

The title of the city was completely granted to Yuan Liang's mother, and the county monarch became a scholar and wife.

The black hand that helps the plow turns over the wat, but the flesh-eating Zhu Hun eats the squid;

Only the ordinary is not equal, Nanshan is still as good as the sky! "

This can be said to be a doggerel, because even a casual reader would not think it is a poem.Fortunately, it is easy to understand, even this little soldier can almost understand the meaning.

When Zhang San was really happy to see it, suddenly a large group of Qi army guards in white clothes and white armor rushed over behind him and surrounded him in front of the door.He was so frightened that his face was pale, and before he had time to defend himself, the masters of Shangshu Province, the Taiwei and Shangshuling Shangrang, who had just led the army back from the defeat in Qizhou and fled in embarrassment, were already full of murderous looks and rode their horses angrily.

Shang Rang used to be a salt dealer, but at least he was the deputy commander of the Cao Army, and now he is a Taiwei and Shang Shuling. At least one doggerel can still be understood.This poem is completely aimed at Shang Rang, and it is written about his defeat in the army, and it is full of ridicule.

The battle of the Dragon's Tail is simply a disgrace.

Fifty thousand elite soldiers left Chang'an, but less than three thousand returned.Even he himself was hit by a stray arrow, and his arm was hanging for several days before he recovered.As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he was scolded by Emperor Huang Chao for a long time and raped by many court officials. Finally, when he returned home, he was surprised to find that the beautiful lady who had just married not long ago had married Huang Chao's wife while he was leading the army. Nephew Lin Yan conspired to form a gangster.Although they were not arrested and wiped out on the spot, the evidence is solid.

Who would have thought that he had just said a few words, that woman actually admitted it directly, and then went out of the mansion and took a car to the Biezhuang in the suburbs.

When he thinks that he was chased like a dog by Zheng Yu in Qizhou, and that his newly married Mrs. Liu, who is extremely sexy, is lying in front of Lin Yan, and when he is rewarded by the king, he is really angry. .But he just came back after a new defeat, and he didn't dare to trouble Lin Yan, Emperor Huang Chao's most trusted nephew, the hero army envoy.Even, he couldn't even teach this promiscuous and cheating Liu family a lesson.

He was trained by the emperor at the top, raped by the officials, and angry with the prostitutes when he returned home.

How can Shang Rang bear to see such a poem when he just came to Shangya?

Is it bearable, what is unbearable?

Shang Rang was so angry that he immediately ordered that the guy who caused trouble due to curiosity be arrested, and then the nearby watchmen, sweepers, doorkeepers, and officials in Shangshu Province were all caught for the truth. , next to the interrogation.

But when a group of guards were busy interrogating all morning, they didn't even come to have a bite for lunch. In the end, everyone asked three questions and didn't know who posted the poem.

Such a result made Shang Rang even more furious and manic.

"Since their eyes are useless, then they don't need to keep this pair of tricks. Gouging out their eyes, hanging them upside down, and letting them howl to death."

However, killing these people cruelly did not make him feel better, because the culprit had not been caught yet.

He issued the third order, ordering the arrest of all those who can write poetry and who can read and write in Chang'an City!

The leader of Shang Rang's bodyguard was a little stunned, and stammered: "Taiwei, there are a lot of literate people in Chang'an City, should we arrest them all?"

"Catch, catch them all, don't keep a single one! These scholars don't have many good things." Shang Rang said bitterly.

With this order, Chang'an, who was already very chaotic, jumped up even more.As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there are quite a few people in Chang'an who can write two lines of poetry, and the guards sent by Shang Rang are very effective. Before dark, they have already gained a lot.

Those scholars who can write poetry alone have captured more than 3000 people. As for those literate people who can only read poetry but not write poetry, because the number is too large, even Huang Chao was alarmed in the end, and came here to find out what happened. What happened, Shang Rang finally ordered the release of other people who could not write poetry, and only detained the more than [-] people who could write poetry.

Many suspects were caught, more than 3000 people.

But among so many people, who is the one who attacked Shang Taiwei?

There were no witnesses, no witnesses, and no reports.The officials of Jingzhao Mansion interrogated for several days without any clue.

"How to deal with it now? Do you want to let them go?" Jing Zhaoyin asked.

Shang Rang gritted his teeth, "Aren't these scholars very hard-headed? I asked them to come out to do official work, but they all hid at home and pretended to be sick. How can they come out and write anti-poetry now? Damn, if this is the case, Then you don’t have to be polite to them.”

"I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go!"

Jing Zhaoyin was shocked, "Kill them all?"

"Kill them all, leave no one behind!"

The next day, Shangrang directly sent his Yajun to escort three thousand 'Chang'an poets' out of the prison, and then executed all of them in Goujiling, the suburb of the city where his elder brother was executed by the Tang Dynasty.

Shang Rang's madness is actually the mentality of many civil and military officials of Qi State in Chang'an City at this time.

After the defeat of Longweipi, inspired by this, the coalition forces of the eight towns in Guanzhong led by Zheng Tian have taken advantage of the situation and advanced, and some of them have even begun to ignore Huang Chao, and have been approaching the periphery of Chang'an.

Shuofang Jiedu envoy Tang Hongfu led his troops to station directly in Huabei, just across the Wei River just north of Chang'an.Li Sigong, the envoy of Xia Sui from the party, and Li Xiaochang, the envoy of Jieyan from the party, are a pair of distant relatives who joined forces and stationed in Fufeng Wugong.Wang Chucun, the former general of the Shence Army who had just been named the Jiedushi of the Yiwu Army, the former Jiedushi of the Yiwu Army, Li Quanzhong, the vanguard of the Hebei Task Force and the deputy commander of the Hebei Camp, also led his troops to Shayuan.In addition, Cheng Zongchu, the Jiedu envoy of Jingyuan Army, and Zhu Mei, the deputy envoy of Binning Jiedu, also arrived in the northwest of Chang'an, very close to the city.

The commander-in-chief of the Guanzhong Allied Forces, the Jiedu envoy of the Fengxiang Army and the commander of all the roads and camps in the west of Beijing, Zheng Yu, stationed troops in Yuyu.

Huang Chao's situation is very bad.

In Chang'an City, in the Tai Chi Hall of Daming Palace.

A huge sheepskin map was placed on the floor of the hall. Huang Chao and the generals stood on the map of Guanzhong and watched it carefully.

According to the military situation, more than a dozen eunuchs kept putting some flags and soldier models on it, representing the current situation in Guanzhong.

Judging from this map, the coalition forces of the towns in Guanzhong who attacked Chang'an in the Qi State have at least semi-encircled Chang'an from the east, west, and north. Site contact is intermittent.In particular, the Hedong Allied Forces are heading south. Once they go south and directly penetrate Shaanxi, they will cut off the main channel connecting Chang'an and Luoyang.

After losing the towns that he had previously surrendered to, Huang Chao's territory in Qi State had shrunk by half in an instant, leaving only the eastern part of Guandong and the western part of Henan, plus a small half of Shannan.

The entire Qi State is divided into two major plates, the eastern part of Guanzhong and the western part of Henan.

If the Hedong coalition forces go south, the road from Tongguan to Luoyang will be cut off.At that time, the only way to contact Chang'an in Luoyang is the Wuguan road to the south of Chang'an.

What should I do if I'm about to be mobbed?

The wall is knocked down!

The failure of the battle at Longweipi caused the towns to fall into trouble one after another, rushing towards them like a pack of wolves smelling blood.

The strategic situation of the Qi Dynasty has deteriorated in an all-round way.

"My dear friends, please work together to tide over this difficulty." Huang Chao frowned urgently. He hadn't been emperor for long. Not long ago, he was still immersed in rampaging the world, sweeping the Tang Dynasty, and conquering the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty. He was unstoppably happy among.Today, the hall is full of civil and military officials, but they are already panicked, and no one dares to speak out.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army is approaching menacingly, and our army has been defeated again. At this time, morale is low, and it is really inappropriate to confront the Tang army head-on. Moreover, Chang'an is running out of food and grass, and it is difficult to fight a long-term defensive battle. I think it's better for us to just use our strengths." , to temporarily evacuate Chang'an, a place of right and wrong. According to past experience, once the Guanzhong coalition forces regain Chang'an, they will lose the strong pressure to rush out. Cooperating in battle, especially getting them out of the pass, is more difficult than letting a sow climb a tree. As long as we throw out Chang'an's delicious bait that has no effect on us, we are not afraid that they will not take the bait." Zhang Juyan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Seeing that no one made a sound, he was the first to play.

All civil and military forces are waiting for someone to make the first bird and fire the first shot.Seeing that Zhang Juyan started, they all agreed and said yes.Most of the civil and military people in the palace are dressed in Zifei official robes. In fact, they were just some salt sellers, bandits, and petty officials a few years ago.They don't know what kind of strategic layout these are. What they know is that Chang'an has become a place of right and wrong now, and they can't stay for long.As for the rest, never mind.

Huang Chao felt a little bit reluctant, this is Chang'an, the capital of Daqi.I haven't stayed for long now, the palace in Chang'an City, Chengheng, is so beautiful, but I have to abandon it.

However, Huang Chao is not just a salt dealer. Over the years, he has run across the Tang Dynasty and the world, breaking out from the encirclement and suppression by the government and army again and again, relying on his decisiveness at the critical moment.After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Huang Chao finally decided that the hero would not suffer the immediate losses, and temporarily left Chang'an, a place that was too eye-catching.

However, this time I left, maybe I won't come back for an hour and a half.Since the Daming Palace can't live in Chang'an City, no one else can enjoy it either.

"Evacuate Chang'an in three days, and burn Chang'an before evacuating!" Huang Chao decided in a cold voice. (To be continued.)