Late Tang

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May, midsummer!

After a thunderstorm, the weather started to heat up.

In the increasingly hot weather, the Guanzhong battlefield is even hotter.

Facing the towns in Guanzhong who were fighting to be the first to be the first to enter Chang'an and win the first victory, Huang Chao was surrounded by people from all directions. A big fire directly burned half of the imperial city.

It has to be said that Huang Chao is always plotting to annihilate and deceive. He expected that Chang'an City is a piece of fat.

On May [-]th, Huang Chao left Daming Palace and led the Qi army to withdraw from Chang'an from the east.

As soon as the news came out, it was like throwing a piece of fresh pork in front of a pack of wolves who had been starving for the winter.The few Tang armies closest to Chang'an heard the news and rushed to Chang'an without waiting for the order of the coalition commander Zheng Tian.

The first to rush into Chang'an was the Deputy Commander of the Allied Forces of the Guanzhong Towns, Cheng Zongchu, the Deputy Commander of the Northwest Zhudao Camp, and Cheng Zongchu, the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu.

The few remaining people in Chang'an City saw the countless red banners, and they all thought that Huang Chao was finished. This period of horror under Daqi's rule was finally over, and the king will be restored in the future, returning to the peaceful years. They were all excited He ran out to meet the Jingyuan army, and even helped to carry the kitchen knife and pole, helped to search for some stragglers of the Qi army who were still in the future and were withdrawn, and took some arrows, knives and guns that the Qi army had no time to take away from the secret storage warehouse. Open it, take it out, and send it to the Jingyuan Army.

As soon as Cheng Zongchu entered Chang'an, Tang Hongfu, Shuofang Jiedu envoy Tang Hongfu, a hero in the First Battle of Longweipi, arrived next. He was one step behind Cheng Zongchu because he needed to cross the Wei River from Chang'an City. .

When night fell, Wang Chucun, the general of the Shence Army who came all the way from Chengdu, and Wang Chucun, the newly appointed envoy of Yiwu Jiedu, also brought [-] new elite soldiers of the Shence Army, and ran non-stop from the Dongwei Bridge into Chang'an. The third Jiedushi who regained Chang'an.

All of a sudden, soldiers and horses from the three towns poured into Chang'an, and there were more soldiers than people in Chang'an city.

Cheng Zongchu, Deputy Commander of the Allied Forces and Jiedu Envoy of the Jingyuan Army, saw that there were more and more people, and felt that in this way, the credit for regaining Chang'an would be greatly reduced.Immediately ordered decisively to block the news of other friendly forces in Zhuzhen who have not yet arrived, especially the coalition coach Zheng Tian, ​​to prevent him from knowing that Huang Chao has withdrawn from Chang'an. In addition, Li Xiaochang, Li Sigong, and Li Quanzhong are also strictly confidential .The more people come, the smaller the credit will be.

Of course, it was not Cheng Zongchu's idea alone to block the news.There were already three armies in Chang'an City, if Wang Chucun and Tang Hongfu did not agree, this matter would not be kept secret.In fact, this decision was made jointly by the commanders of the three towns.

They rushed into Chang'an so quickly, apart from fighting for credit and showing their heroic demeanor of beating dogs in the water, they also had more important small calculations.

This is Chang'an, 300 years ago.

Even though this place has been occupied by the salt dealer Huang Chao for a while, it is still very luscious.Food, gold and silk, beautiful women, and even the young and strong population.Now that Huang Chao is gone, in the eyes of Sanzhen, Chang'an City is now a huge trophy, like an optional shopping mall, and it's free, they can take whatever they want.Not only the supplies left by Huang Chao are theirs, but also the things of the people in Chang'an City. As long as they add a crime of arresting the remnant bandits, or add a crime of gangsters to the owner, then all of them belong to them.

There are quite a lot of things in Chang'an City, but no matter how many things there are, the more people will get them, the less people will be able to get them.The three towns are divided, which is better than the eight towns in Guanzhong, plus the two Yiwu Jiedu envoys Wang Chucun and Li Quanzhong, who do not have Yiwu territory, and the ten towns are divided together.

Therefore, blocking news is not only to grab credit, but also to grab money.

The three generals had a brief meeting, and immediately divided up their territories.

grab!

The commanders of the three towns issued orders to their respective armies almost at the same time.

Robbing money, robbing food, robbing women, robbing men, as long as it is useful, rob it.

Robbery was almost an inherent skill of all the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers of all towns were quite familiar with it.With an order, the troops from all towns rushed into every square and street in Chang'an like wolves and tigers.They don't need to motivate, mobilize, or do ideological work.One by one, they fought bravely and broke into pieces, rushing into every street and alley, looking for the thieves they could fancy.

Anything they fancy is called thieves, gold and silver, copper coins, jewelry, brocade, and grain.

Of course, it could also be a woman.

Anyway, the officers and soldiers who regained Chang'an have the final right to interpret this.

Of course, in order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the fire and pretending to be the heroes and soldiers who regained Chang'an to collect the filth, the former Shence Army general, the millionaire in Chang'an City, and now the Yiwu Army Jiedu envoy Wang Chucun, very cleverly asked his soldiers to wrap up Wear a white turban to rob.

Anyone who does not have a white turban on his head is not allowed to rob, and offenders will be punished as robbers.

But his idea is good, but the white turban he issued is nothing special.Those local hooligans also took the opportunity to wrap their heads in white cloth, pretending to be Tang Jun, and joined in the vigorous robbery.Originally, Tang Jun was just doing robbery, but with these people's fishing in troubled waters, the robbery gradually came under control.The robbery eventually turned into a robbery and annihilation of silver. Then, some people in Chang'an City began to rob and kill people, and then some people simply killed people and set fire to them.

The people in Chang'an City found painfully that these new officers and soldiers were not as good as the Huang Chao Army who had just left.After all, after the initial robbery and murder, Huang Chao has been very quiet for a while.

Outside Chang'an City, Bashang in the southeast.

Daqi Emperor Huang Chao did not go far, he stopped at the Bashang Post Station at this time, and was hiding here.Although the troops of the three towns that entered Chang'an sent scouts, they were all left behind by Huang Chao.Originally, this should have aroused the vigilance of the commander of the third town, but at this moment, the commander of the third town was busy robbing, and no one noticed this trivial matter.

However, Huang Chao has been sending out sentries to inquire about the movement of Tang Jun in Chang'an, like an experienced fisherman staring at the buoy on the water.

"Report!"

Another scouting horse galloped to report.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of the three towns that entered the city were looting everywhere, and they did not come after them. Moreover, the three towns blocked the news and did not pass the news to Zheng Tian and other town commanders."

"Report!" Another scouting horse arrived.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of our army hidden in the city have been mixed into the soldiers and horses of the three towns in the city."

"Report!"

"Brothers from the Death Soldiers Camp are pretending to be soldiers from the Three Towns and setting fire to people in Chang'an!"

"Report, the brothers of the Death Warrior Camp have successfully provoked the internal strife among the soldiers and horses of the three towns, and the soldiers and horses of the three towns have already started fighting."

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The constant reports made Huang Chao finally smile again.Tang Jun's actions confirmed his most optimistic predictions.They are scrambling for merit, busy with plundering wealth and cowardly, they have been scattered in the city, and there is no military discipline organization at all.Moreover, the troops in the three towns began to commit suicide and massacre under the instigation of the death squads hidden in the city by the Qi army.

For such a group of rabble, if you don't kill them and give them a lesson, then you are really sorry for the sincerity of these pigheads.

However, the only thing that worries Huang Chao is that Zhu Mei, the deputy envoy of Binning Jiedu, seems to have received the news and is leading his troops to rush towards Chang'an, wanting to get a share of the pie.

After pondering for a moment, Huang Chao made a decisive decision.

"Where is Meng Kai?"

The left servant shot Meng Kai forward, "The minister is here!"

"I ordered you to be the vanguard. Immediately lead [-] elite troops to enter the city disguised as the Binning and Jingyuan troops. First control the main gates of Chang'an, and then enter the city after receiving the army. In this battle, we must annihilate Cheng Zongchu, Tang Hongfu, and Wang Chucun. The soldiers and horses of the three towns are in the city of Chang'an!"

Meng Kai was also the leader of the local salt gang back then, and he had an old friendship with Huang Chao, and he has been Huang Chao's right-hand man in recent years.After getting the order, the action was very fast.They rushed ahead of Zhu Mei and arrived in Chang'an under the banner of Zhu Mei.

Meng Kai's army traveled very smoothly, and when they arrived at the city of Chang'an, they were even mistaken for the Binning army by the people in the city.Not only the gates of the city were opened, no one stopped them, even some people from the city came out to welcome them.

"Take down the city gate!" As soon as he entered the city gate, Meng Kai immediately turned his face, drew his knife and cut down the 'friendly army' who was leading the way.

Almost effortlessly, Meng Kai's elite vanguard captured one city gate, and then quickly rushed to the other city gates.

Huang Chao also arrived soon. At this time of life and death, Huang Chao's Qi army showed its original fierceness.One by one bravely took the lead, pouring into Chang'an City like a tide.

The Tang army in the three towns in the city has been scattered everywhere, and they are even fighting everywhere.

They robbed so many things that they were almost unable to walk even with their horses and men, and it was even more difficult to gather quickly.

Even when someone told Cheng Zongchu the news that Huang Chao had returned, the deputy commander of the Guanzhong Allied Forces, who was visiting the Daming Palace, even mistakenly thought that it was just the people below who were fighting.Today, within an hour, he has received countless reports of gang fights by soldiers from the three towns.Therefore, he was not at all alarmed.

As a result, Huang Chao's army entered the land of no one, and the Tang army in the three towns was defeated.

When Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu realized it, it was already too late. They both died under the arrows of the Huang Chao army, and almost all the soldiers and horses of the second town were wiped out.Only Wang Chucun was always vigilant because he had few soldiers, but he was vigilant against the two friendly troops in the city. Unexpectedly, this made him the first to discover Huang Chao's return carbine. went.

And until this time, Zhu Mei, the Binning Jiedu envoy who wanted to get a share, had just arrived.

In the end, what was waiting for him was not the beautiful gold and silver beauties in Chang'an City, but the ferocious Huang Chao army who was chasing and killing the remnants and defeated generals of the three towns.Zhu Mei was forced to get involved in the battle, and fought against the Qi army at Kaiyuanmen in the west of the city. As a result, the Binning army was outnumbered and defeated. Even Zhu Mei was shot through the neck by Lin Yan, the general of the Qi army.Fortunately, the tooth soldiers under his command desperately rescued them, and the defeated soldiers withdrew all the way to Xingping Dingguo Village, 160 miles west of Chang'an. A hole, after arriving in Xingping, unexpectedly woke up and came back to life.

However, Chang'an City, which had just been recovered, fell into the hands of Huang Chao again. The ten towns of the coalition army had already defeated four towns. (To be continued.)