Late Tang

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The Battle of Chang'an in May was simply a replica of the Battle of Longweipi.

However, the victor and loser exchanged positions.In this battle, the Tang army was defeated in four towns, and the losses even exceeded Shang Rang's defeat in Longweipo. The commanders of the four towns were killed, injured, and fled, losing nearly [-] soldiers and horses.A basin of ice water was poured on the allied forces of the Guanzhong towns who had just won the victory at Longweipi and their morale was high.

The rest of the towns in Guanzhong retreated hundreds of miles after hearing the news of the defeat.Zheng Tian intends to unite the towns and continue to attack Chang'an, but unfortunately no one has responded.The Battle of Chang'an made them see that Huang Chao was not at the end of his rope.A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and a centipede is dead but not stiff.On the contrary, the more Huang Chao was on the verge of defeat, the more powerful his last desperate blow might be.Now, no one wants to fight Huang Chao desperately.And who is willing to fall on the eve of victory?

Anyway, after this battle, although Huang Chao regained Chang'an, at least the threat to the towns in Guanzhong has been greatly reduced.

After Huang Chao's defeat, on April [-]th, he first withdrew from Chang'an City, and then held a grand entry ceremony.

But returning to Chang'an, Huang Chao was very angry.

Especially after knowing that he had left, the people of Chang'an welcomed the officers and soldiers, spontaneously searched and arrested the soldiers and family members of the Qi army who had not evacuated, and robbed some of the ordnance, food and supplies he had hidden in Chang'an city.

"I waited for them to be kind, but they turned their hearts to the Tang army. If that's the case, then don't blame me for being rude." In the Xingqing Palace that was not destroyed by the war, Huang Chao sneered, "Pass my order and hunt down all collaborators , one person colludes with the enemy, the whole family will be executed, the daughter will be sent to the army, and the property will be confiscated!"

This was a cleansing of the city. Huang Chao completely abandoned the appearance of benevolence and righteousness that he had barely maintained, and started a tragic massacre.

This was Huang Chao's third massacre in Chang'an City, but this time the scale far exceeded the previous two.

During the three days of washing the city, a total of 10,000 people died in this disaster, and another [-]+ women were beaten as prisoners and sent to the army as slaves.

Huang Chao used bloody massacres to show his brutality nakedly, maintaining his rule with high pressure and cruelty.

The Battle of Chang'an soon spread throughout the world.

Li Jing had already received the result of the battle on the third day after the battle, and he was not too surprised by this.After all, the battle of Longweipo made the Guanzhong Allied Forces overconfident and underestimated the enemy, and Zheng Tian, ​​a civil servant commander, could not really command the towns.It is common to have such a big defeat.No matter how bad Huang Chao was, he was still a thief who had run amok in the world. He had defeated so many feudal towns, how could he be defeated so easily.

The defeat of the Guanzhong Allied Forces in Chang'an cast a shadow over the rebellion war and poured cold water on it.

But for Li Jing, this may not be a bad thing, and it may even be beneficial to him.

If Huang Chao is finished so soon, he, the general of the world's soldiers and horses, will be finished, and Li Xuan in Chang'an will even make petty tricks with him.

Li Jing needed the bird, Huang Chao, so that he could retain his position as the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses.Of course, Li Jing couldn't make Huang Chao's life easy, otherwise, if he didn't make any moves and couldn't play a role, Li Xuan and the court would not rely on him so much.

Now, in the Battle of Chang'an, Li Xuan was slapped heavily, making him understand that he was too happy before.Moreover, after this war, other feudal towns in the world had time to re-examine the current situation.He, Li Jing, is still the strongest feudal town in the world, if they can't even deal with a Huang Chao, who would dare to have the slightest sense of wrongdoing towards Qin Fan?

Let Huang Chao and the court spend their time. If Huang Chao is gone, Li Jing will definitely become the next target of fire.Right now Li Jing doesn't have the time and energy to deal with the imperial court, it's time for Huang Chao to help him stand in front.But after this battle, he was not worried that Huang Chao would rise again.

Although Huang Chao's military performance this time is remarkable, he is still in a passive position in the overall strategy, especially when he engages in massacres and reigns with terror. This political strategy is a complete failure.History has proved that military achievements without political guarantees are absolutely impossible to last.

For this reason, Li Jing published a signed commentary on the Battle of Chang'an in the Yanjing Times, and used a wonderful sentence to describe the battle: Huang Chao beat the jailer, but he himself was still locked in the cell!

Not only that, after the Battle of Chang'an, the size of Huang Chao's cell has shrunk greatly.In the area under his actual control in Guanzhong, only Chang'an City, Tongzhou, Huazhou, and Tongguan are left.All other previously controlled areas have been lost.

And just when Huang Chao was victorious, the Jiedu Envoy of the Yiwu Army, the Deputy Commander of Hebei, and Li Quanzhong, the pioneer all over the world, led his troops all the way to the vicinity of Tongguan.

Daqi's Tongzhou Inspector Wang Pu heard that Huang Chao had withdrawn from Chang'an, but did not receive the news that it was just a tactical feint, so he panicked.At this time, Li Quanzhong's vanguard army was in Shayuan, which was very close to Tongzhou. Wang Bo knew that he was invincible, so he could only hope that Huang Chao would send troops to rescue him.But he just received the news that Huang Chao even lost Chang'an. After much deliberation, 36 tricks, Wang Pu's best plan is to go.He abandoned Tongzhou, took his troops with him, and fled all the way to Huazhou.As a result, Li Quanzhong regained Tongzhou without bloodshed.

Li Quanzhong, who was driven out of Hebei by Li Jing and had yet to settle down, immediately proclaimed himself the governor of Tongzhou.

After Wang Pu fled to Huazhou, Qiao Qian, the governor of Huazhou, met with Wang Pu. After some discussion, he suddenly felt sympathetic and sympathetic, and the heroes saw the same thing.At this time, they heard that Cheng Lingguan, the general guard of Daqi Tongguan, had also escaped.And the imperial court's Hedong coalition forces and Henan coalition forces are coming from the north and east.

Therefore, the two governors who were born as salt dealers simply did not even defend Huazhou, and fled to Shangzhou together.

When Li Quanzhong received the news, he couldn't believe that there was such a good thing in the sky.

Immediately, Li Quanzhong's soldiers and horses were swift, and they took down Huazhou and Tongguan, which were empty and guarded, one after another.

Huang Chao didn't know that for the sake of keeping his tactics secret, he didn't notify Tongzhou, Huazhou, and Tongguan in the east, but such a dramatic scene would happen.He had just spent all his time in Chang'an before he lured the enemy to advance lightly, defeated the Tang army, and stabilized his position.But in a blink of an eye, he lost the three important places of Tongzhou, Huazhou and Tongguan. To the east of Chang'an, all the feudal lords were lost.Tongguan, one of the important passages between Guanzhong and Henan, had already fallen before the Hedong Legion arrived.

It is true that the world and the earth work together, and the hero is not free when transported away.

When people are unlucky, drinking cold water will get stuck between teeth!

Li Quanzhong had shit luck, and a big piece of pie fell directly on his head.Not long ago, he had no choice but to lose all the land in Yiwu and Lulong towns, and was forced to leave Hebei.In a blink of an eye, he actually had the territory of Tongzhou and Huazhou again, according to the relevant East Gate.

Li Quanzhong immediately promoted himself again, and he immediately appointed himself as the envoy of the town [***] Jiedu envoy and commander of Tongguan as the vanguard envoy of the world's thieves, and let his eldest son Li Kuangwei take over as the governor of Tongzhou [***] Ma Bujun was the commander of the capital, and his second son, Li Kuang, served as the governor of Huazhou, and he was also the commander of the capital of [***] Yamen.

In the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck, and he had a good land again.

Wang Pu, Qiao Qian, and Cheng Lingguan, who had just fled to Shangzhou, actually made Song Yan, the governor of Daqi Shangzhou, also infected with panic. Immediately, Song Yan left his post with the three of them without authorization, and took the people with them. fled to Dengzhou.

At this time in Dengzhou, there was an elite army of the Qi State stationed here, and the main general was Zhu Wen who had just come all the way from Bianzhou.

Zhu Wen had just fought Zhuge Shuang in Biankou. Relying on the advantage of the number of soldiers and horses, coupled with surprise, Zhu Wen made a good deal.

In that battle, Zhuge Wen defeated Zhuge Shuang, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] people. Zhuge Shuang fled back to Heyang Town with only a few thousand troops.If Zhu Wen didn't think that the Heyang Allied Forces were about to go south, the land of Heyang was not easy to take, otherwise, he would have chased Zhuge Shuang's ass all the way into Heyang Town.

Zhu Wen made a lot of money in this battle, killing [-] enemies and taking more than [-] prisoners. His own loss was only more than [-] people killed in battle, making a lot of money.

After the victory, Zhu Wen took advantage of the victory and continued to advance. He had just rushed to Dengzhou in the south of Luoyang, and planned to choose Wuguan, another channel to enter Guanzhong besides Tongguan, to enter Guanzhong to avoid the interception of the Hezhong coalition forces.Who would have imagined that as soon as he arrived in Dengzhou, he heard the news that Emperor Daqi Huang Chao had evacuated Chang'an.

Zhu Wen had to stop marching and rest in Dengzhou to inquire about the next step.

After waiting for several days, Zhu Wen finally got in touch with Emperor Daqi Huang Chao. It turned out that the evacuation of Chang'an was just a military tactical feint.Now, Emperor Huang Chao has defeated the soldiers and horses of the four towns in Guanzhong, beheaded two Tang army commanders, and regained Chang'an. The rest of the towns in Guanzhong have retreated.

Upon receiving this news, Zhu Wen was preparing to move on to Guanzhong.

Who would have imagined that at this time, the Tanma urgently reported that the governors of Tongzhou, Huazhou, and Shangzhou, and the guards of Tongguan Qiqi left their posts without authorization and abandoned the three states and one pass.Now, the official positions and sites such as Zhen[***] Jiedushi, Tongzhou Inspector, and Tongguan Marshal who were awarded to him by Emperor Daqi not long ago have all been taken over by a Hebei guy named Li Quanzhong.

Hearing the news, Zhu Wen was furious.

He led his troops all the way here, just to take over the territories of Tong, Hua, and Tongguan.Because the land in Bianzheng was too close to Li Jing's sphere of influence, Zhu Wen often felt uncomfortable sleeping and eating.The land of Tong and Hua in Guanzhong is located between the east of Guanzhong and Henan. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. Guitang's plan.

But now, this piece of territory that already belonged to him was snatched by a defeated subordinate of Li Jing.

In the midst of this anger, a battalion patrol came to report that there were four people outside the camp who claimed to be the governor of Tongzhou, Qiao Qian, the governor of Huazhou, Song Yan, the governor of Shangzhou, and Cheng Lingguan, the guard general of Tongguan, led a group of four people to seek an audience.

"Straight mother, they still have the face to see me." Zhu Wen said angrily, "Bring them all in."

Four people including Wang Pu were invited by Zhu Wen to enter the tent of the Chinese army. As soon as they entered the tent, before it was too late to greet them, Zhu Wen immediately faced each other coldly and shouted angrily: "Where is the sword and axe? They left their posts without authorization and abandoned the land. Capture the four who escaped, immediately behead them, send them to Chang'an, and report to His Majesty!"

Wang Pu and others ran for their lives all the way. At this time, they didn't know that Huang Chao had already defeated the four towns and regained Chang'an.

Hearing this, he was shocked and said: "Marshal Zhu, Your Majesty has already withdrawn from Chang'an. The Tang army is powerful, and we are just waiting to preserve our strength."

Zhu Wen waved his hands again and again as if looking at a few piles of dog shit, but turned his head away.

Several burly sergeants rushed into the tent, and dragged them out of the tent regardless of the four people shouting loudly.After a while, four soldiers brought in four wooden trays, on which were placed the heads of Wang Pu and four other people, the blood was still wet.

After beheading four people, Zhu Wen still frowned, Zhu Zhen and all the generals also sighed.

No one expected that things would change like this.

They had just defeated Zhuge Shuang, and Huang Chao also defeated the towns in Guanzhong, but at this time a few useless people made the situation of the Qi army take a turn for the worse again.

The town [***] that belonged to them has already fallen into the hands of Li Quanzhong.

"Marshal, why don't you just surrender to Tang." Xie Tong said.

"at this time?"

"This is the time."

Zhu Wen asked suspiciously: "Didn't Mr. Xie say earlier that the time has not yet come?"

Xie Tong shook his head and smiled, "The so-called one moment is the other moment. I feel that this is the right time. The Guanzhong Allied Forces won a big victory at Longweipo earlier. If we surrendered to Tang at that time, I am afraid that Emperor Li Tang would not Putting us in the eyes, there will be no kindness. But now, Huang Chao defeated the four towns in Guanzhong in Chang'an, beheaded two commanders and seriously injured the first commander in the first battle, and wiped out nearly [-] Tang troops. It can be said that the morale of the Guanzhong coalition forces Nothing, no fighting spirit. Moreover, we have just defeated Zhuge Shuang who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in Bianzhou, and wiped out more than [-] prisoners. It fully demonstrated the strength of the general and our Xuanwu army."

"But just now Huang Chao also lost important places such as Tongzhou, Huazhou, Shangzhou, and Tongguan." Zhu Wen said.

Xie Tong said: "It was just an accident, and it will not affect the current situation too much. No matter what, Huang Chao still has strong strength now, and the soldiers and horses of the towns are absolutely unwilling to fight Huang Chao at this time. And the commander has shown Without our strength, if we are willing to surrender to Tang at this time, then for the Tang army, it will be a gift in the snow. They will absolutely be delighted to see it."

Hu Zhen also nodded at the side, Jiangtang is like selling fruit, you have to pick a suitable time to sell it.And now is such an appropriate time.This time can't be too early, too early, the fruit is not yet ripe, no one is willing to buy it, even if it is sold, there will be no high price.If it is too late, it may fall into one's own hands, and it will rot and cannot be sold.

"Marshal, if we want to get more attention from Tang Ting, we just need to fight one more battle, a good one."

"You mean to win the three prefectures of Shang, Hua, Tong, and Tongguan?" Zhu Wen asked.

Hu Zhen smiled: "If you can really win the three states and one pass, it will definitely be different. But Li Quanzhong is not an idler, we don't need to take risks. Now that Shangzhou is still unoccupied, it is better to be a commander-in-chief This Dengzhou will take over Shangzhou again, and then bring the four states of Shang, Deng, Bian, and Zheng, one hundred thousand soldiers, and the power of Xinsheng back to Tang, anyway, I believe it is enough!"

Zhu Wen pondered, "But who should we contact about returning to Tang?"

Xie Tong said, "Someone proposed to contact Yang Fuguang, he is the superintendent of the soldiers and horses in the world, and his elder brother Yang Fugong is a powerful eunuch in the palace, and he is serving as the lieutenant of the left army of Shence. I heard that the Yang brothers have been very favored by the emperor recently. , if we can get their protection, great things can be accomplished.”

"Okay, I will leave this matter to Mr. Xie and Mr. Hu." Zhu Wen thought for a long time, and finally nodded. "I leave it to you to contact Yang Fuguang. Now, let's discuss how to win Shangzhou as a meeting ceremony for returning to Tang." (To be continued.)