subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Although Huang Chao's troops suffered a few small-scale defeats, they did not hurt the root cause after all, but they were not as invincible as before.The main reason is that Gao Pian's generals, Zhang Lin and Liang Yan, are too powerful, and most of the rebels' troops are mobs recruited temporarily. Although there are a large number of people, there are also a few good generals, but it is useless to have no elite soldiers.

Zhang Lin took advantage of the victory to attack Raozhou (Boyang, Jiangxi), with great momentum.But after all, Huang Chao's troops were several times more powerful than Zhang Lin's. No matter how powerful Zhang Lin's troops were, he could not attack Raozhou for a while, and the two sides became a confrontation.

Even though Huang Chaokong had a hundred thousand troops, he had no choice but to frown and recruit the generals to discuss how to defeat the enemy.

Meng Kai first yelled: "Brother Huang, what is there to discuss, the worst is that our 2 troops will be dispatched together to fight to the death with Zhang Lin, I don't believe it, but his [-] horses can really hold back our [-] troops! "

Shang Rang also echoed: "That is, we use the crowd tactics, and we can crush him to death with people."

Zhu Wen said: "No, there is a saying in the art of war: 'Soldiers are expensive and elite are not expensive. It can be counted on. That's why I don't agree with General Meng's statement."

Meng Kai sneered and said, "Could it be that we're just here to waste time with Zhang Lin? I heard that Li Guochang and his son in the north have been pacified, and all the people from the north are about to go south. We can even deal with a little Zhang Lin No, how to deal with the armies from all walks of life?"

Zhu Wen's expression remained unchanged, and he talked eloquently: "Soldiers are deceitful! Since they are incapable of fighting, they can only be outsmarted. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" also said: "The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the soldiers." , and attack the city.'Why don't we work hard on the word'mou' and the word'jiao'? The decisive battle with the enemy has fallen behind."

Meng Kai snorted and said, "I, Lao Meng, is a big bastard, don't talk about his mother's words, I can't understand you!"

Zhu Wen knew that Meng Kai was used to vulgarity, and he didn't have the same knowledge as him, so he said, "Since Old Uncle Meng doesn't understand, let me put it bluntly, that is, you need to use your brain in war, and you must correctly handle the relationship with the enemy. If you don’t use your brain and just fight, then even if you win, it’s not worth the loss.”

Although Zhu Wen didn't make it clear that Meng Kai had no brains, the people present naturally understood what Zhu Wen meant when they heard Zhu Wen's words.Some generals have long disliked Meng Kai, but Meng Kai has a high position and authority, so he can't afford to offend him.Seeing that Zhu Wenming had scolded Meng Kai openly this time, and made Meng Kai unable to retaliate, he couldn't help shouting.

Meng Kai's expression changed, and he said, "General Zhu, is he saying that I, Lao Meng, have no brains?"

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "How dare you? I'm just explaining it literally. I don't mean to satirize Mr. Meng. Uncle Meng is too worried, haha." Zhu Wen is like this. Prisoner, once someone provokes him, he can do anything. The massacre in Guangzhou is an example.

Meng Kai knew that bickering was not Zhu Wen's opponent, and he wanted to punish this ignorant boy, but thinking about Huang Chao's father and daughter behind Zhu Wen, he had to suppress his anger.Sometimes people are like this, this moment, that moment, Meng Kai could ignore Zhu Wen at the beginning, but now he can't, Zhu Wen has not only made many military exploits, but also is Huang Chao's future son-in-law, even if it is someone like Meng Kai, If you want to offend Zhu Wen, you have to weigh it first.

Seeing that both of them smelled like gunpowder, Huang Chao hurried out to smooth things over. He laughed aloud and said, "Now we are discussing the military situation, and we will definitely have different opinions. If the opinions are the same, then there is no need to discuss it." He turned to Zhu Wendao : "Third brother, tell me what you think first."

Zhu Wen bowed to Huang Chao and said, "Zhang Lin has won a new victory and his morale is high. What we have to do now is to wait until the morale of Zhang Lin's army is low before launching an attack and annihilating Zhang Lin in one fell swoop."

Seeing that Meng Kai was furious and silent, Shang Rang said at Zhu Wen's words: "How can we wait? Now Zhang Lin is biting us like a mad dog. We don't want to win without a fight. And the northern feudal towns Soldiers and horses are gathering towards the south of the Yangtze River, once the army is encircled, we may be unable to fly."

Zhu Wen said: "This requires the 'conspiracy' and 'communication' I just mentioned. Zhang Lin has followed Gao Pian for many years and is good at using soldiers, but Zhang Lin loves money. We can bribe him with a lot of money to stabilize Zhang Lin first. Then write to Gao Pian, saying that we want to accept the imperial court’s offer to recommend King Huang as Jiedu envoy. As long as the imperial court agrees to make Huang Wang as Jiedu envoy, we will stop fighting. Although Gao Pian can fight, he is very happy , we will definitely agree to it at that time, and we will have a chance to breathe. Gao Pian will definitely not let other feudal towns cross the Yangtze River to compete with him in order to claim the credit for himself."

This time, Huang Chao also doubted Zhu Wen's words, hesitating: "Are you so sure that Gao Pian will do what you want? What if Gao Pian didn't do what you wanted, but let all the Taoists in Jiangbei go?" Going to the south of the Yangtze River, I'm afraid we won't be easy to deal with."

Zhu Wen said in his heart: "The things I'm talking about are all things that actually happened in history. I'm not afraid that Gao Pian will not do this. Even if Gao Pian uses other strategies, I still have a way to solve them."

Zhu Wen said confidently: "Although Gao Pian has never been defeated in his life, but now that he is old, I am afraid that he no longer has the bravery of the past, and his spirit is definitely not as good as before. What's more, Gao Pian It may not be true that we will fight with us for the sake of the court, and let others reap the benefits. Because of this, Gao Pian is really nothing to worry about."

Many people didn't take Zhu Wen's words seriously. Indeed, Zhu Wen's words were just hypotheses. Could it be that Zhu Wen was really a roundworm in Gao Pian's stomach, and he could clearly know Gao Pian's thoughts?

Huang Ying believed in Zhu Wen's words, knowing that Zhu Wen must have his reasons for saying so.

Huang Chao was also undecided, but he didn't want to really fight someone like Gao Pian, it would only be a lose-lose situation.He looked deeply at himself, the third disciple, trying to see his thoughts from his eyes, but Zhu Wen's eyes were so clear, how could he see a clue?

Huang Chao pondered for a while, remembering that when he was trapped by various soldiers and horses in Puzhou, it was only after hearing Zhu Wen's false surrender strategy that he escaped from the encirclement.This time, his strength is not comparable to that of the past. Even if Zhu Wen's strategy cannot succeed, the big deal is to pay some bribes given to Zhang Lin, and there will be no big loss.

Huang Chao put his heart on hold, and said: "Just do it like this. I will leave this matter to you, the third child. It is of course the best if you can succeed. If you can't succeed, it will not be too late to fight Gao Pian to the death."

Zhu Wen bowed to accept the order.

Gao Pian's top general, Zhang Lin, was in high spirits at this time. He had just won a few battles and was in the army to reward the three armies.Regardless of Zhang Lin's gentle manners, he can drink quite a lot, and he never refuses the toasts from his subordinates.He has already drank more than ten bowls of spirits in a row, but his face still does not change.All the generals praised Zhang Lin for his good drinking capacity, and he was called a fairy in the middle. Zhang Lin just smiled, and was not in a hurry to deny it.

A general said: "General Zhang, after a series of victories, it seems that Huang Chao is not as terrible as imagined, but all the people in the south of the Yangtze River have nothing to do with Huang Chao, they are really useless.

"That's right, I think tomorrow I'll flatten Raozhou, capture Huang Chao alive, and sacrifice it to Marshal Gao." Another general said.

Although Zhang Lin is also very conceited, he still knows that capturing Huang Chao alive is just talking, how can he take it seriously?Seeing the pride of the crowd, he said solemnly: "Everyone, don't underestimate Huang Chao. After all, Huang Chao has an army of [-] people, and we are beyond our reach. Don't be dazzled by the little victory in front of you."

Seeing Zhang Lin's seriousness, everyone nodded in agreement, but they didn't think so in their hearts.

Suddenly the sergeant came to report, saying: "Report to the general, Huang Chao sent an envoy to see the general."

Zhang Lin and other generals who were drinking stopped suddenly, Zhang Lin frowned and said: "Huh Chao's envoy, hmph, this Huang Chao is really bold enough to send an envoy to see me and let him in , I want to see what kind of person Huang Chao's envoy will be."