subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Zhu Wen also knew that although the Li and Tang Dynasties existed in name only, they still ruled the world on the surface after all, just like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms Period.Although there is no strength, but the appeal is still there, this is an invisible force.

Now that Qin Zongquan is proclaiming himself emperor, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and unpopular, Zhu Wen took advantage of this opportunity to raise the banner of recruiting troops, and recruited troops in the name of King Wuxing County of the Tang Dynasty to expand his power.

Because Qin Zongquan's ally Lu Yanhong provided Qin Zongquan's military deployment, Zhu and Wen won great victories in the next few battles with advanced weapons and accurate intelligence, and Qin Zongquan retreated steadily.

To put it bluntly, Qin Zongquan can only be regarded as a grassroots bandit. He was born as a loyal military general. How can he have any strategy for governing the country?Only the militarism, wars everywhere, and what's more inadvertent is the premature proclaiming of emperor, which put Qin Zongquan into a situation where he was surrounded by enemies.

What's more, Lu Yanhong, an ally, betrayed information behind his back. How can there be any reason to be invincible?

But Zhu Wen didn't like Lu Yanhong. Of course, he wouldn't let Lu Yanhong, a duplicitous guy, sit in Xuzhou, an important military location, for a long time. A person like Lu Yanhong only had interests in his eyes and would not be loyal to anyone.Zhu Wen was also afraid that if he crossed Xuzhou and entered Caizhou westward, Lu Yanhong would cut off his way back from behind. Wouldn't his team be alone?

So Zhu Wen was not in a hurry to go west, but first stationed in Chenzhou to rest. The governor of Chenzhou, Zhao Ji, was very grateful for Zhu Wen's kindness in retreating the enemy, so he heard that Zhu Wen's troops had arrived in Chenzhou, so he hurriedly Out of town to meet.

Zhu Wen asked Zhu Zhen and others to station the camp outside Chenzhou City, and he brought Zhang Guiba and Ge Congzhou into Chenzhou City to discuss with Zhao Ji how to deal with Qin Zongquan.

Now that Chenzhou has experienced repeated wars, traces of smoke and fire can be seen everywhere on the city walls, as well as cracks from huge stone bows and crossbows.However, the city walls of Chenzhou are taller than before, and the moat is wider and deeper.Zhu Wen couldn't help but nodded secretly after seeing it, and thought: "This Zhao Ji is an expert at defending the city. This Chenzhou City has been besieged and attacked by Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan for several years, but it has been standing still. I have to say that Zhao Ji has contributed a lot."

Zhao Ji let Zhu Wen into the living room, and ordered to prepare a banquet.Zhao Ji said: "In recent years, Qin Zongquan has been looting everywhere, and he once besieged Chenzhou. Xiaguan City has a small army, so he can only defend the city. Fortunately, the county king has won successive battles and sent troops south, which forced Qin Zongquan to retreat. Xiaguan Dai All the people in Chenzhou city thank the county king for repelling the enemy again." After saying that, he got up and bowed down.

But was stopped by Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen said: "Lord Zhao is so righteous, this is how to protect the people of Chenzhou from being poisoned by Qin Zongquan. , why should I say thank you?"

Then Zhao Ji talked about Lu Yanhong who occupied Xuzhou, and signaled that Lu Yanhong was treacherous and cruel, and should not be trusted.

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "This is exactly the reason why I stationed troops in Chenzhou. After all, Xuzhou is in the hands of Lu Yanhong. If our army advances westward, I still feel a little uneasy. Only by occupying Xuzhou can the army go west calmly." Go forward and destroy Qin Zongquan."

Zhao Ji asked suspiciously: "The king of the county wants to attack Xuzhou first?"

Zhu Wen shook his head and said: "Siege is not a good strategy. Even if it can be fought, it will definitely cost a lot of troops and money. It is better to use wisdom."

Zhao Ji wanted to ask how to outsmart him, but considering that this was a military secret, he had better not ask. If Zhu Wen wanted him to know, he would say it without asking. If he didn’t want him to know, it would be considered If he asked himself, he might not answer.

Sure enough, Zhu Wen said: "I think Xuzhou will go to war with the Qin bandits in a few days, and then you and I will just watch the tiger fight."

Zhao Ji understood Zhu Wen's strategy all of a sudden, and couldn't help admiring Zhu Wen even more.

Zhu Wen's trick is really beautiful. He used the information provided by Lu Yanhong to defeat Qin Zongquan's troops many times, but recently "accidentally" let Qin Zongquan's spies inquire about the information he got from Lu Yanhong. Qin Zongquan was definitely furious, and was about to attack Lu Yanhong in a few days, but Zhu Wen rested his army in Chenzhou and watched them dog-eat-dog. No matter who wins, Zhu Wen will be the final winner in the end.

Sure enough, five days later, Lu Yanhong sent his cronies to ask Zhu Wen for help, saying that the Qin thieves had invaded on a large scale and asked Zhu Wen's army for support. The troops from the other feudal towns can only be dispatched after they arrive.

Lu Yanhong also seemed to understand Zhu Wen's intentions at this time, secretly regretting in his heart, and scolded Zhu Wen in his heart.But it was too late to say anything now. Qin Zongquan's army had already reached the city, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

But it is obvious that Lu Yanhong's ability to defend the city is not as good as that of Zhao Ji. With Chenzhou City, Zhao Ji can let Huang Chao's 20 troops besiege the city for more than [-] days without breaking the city.He, Lu Yanhong, has only persisted in a big city like Xuzhou for a month, and he is already powerless. If he wants to abandon the city and leave, it is impossible. Chance.

Finally, Lu Yanhong couldn't hold on anymore, and the city was breached by Zhang Xun. Lu Yanhong himself fought hard and died, ending his brutal and short military career, leaving only resentment to future generations.

The battle in Xuzhou has always been under Zhu Wen's attention. On the night when Zhang Xun occupied Xuzhou, Zhu Wen's army attacked Xuzhou at night, blasted open the city gate with explosives, and captured Xuzhou in just one night. , Zhang Xun suffered heavy losses when he attacked Lu Yanhong, how could he stand up to the attack of Zhu Wen's new force at this time?He had no choice but to flee back to Caizhou overnight.

In anger, Qin Zongquan chopped off this general who had been defeated repeatedly, and ordered his younger brother Qin Xianshuai to stop Zhu Wen, and asked the generals Sun Ru and Zhao Dechen who were fighting in the south to return to the army quickly to rescue Caizhou.

But now that Zhao Dezhen occupies Xiangyang, knowing that Qin Zongquan has been defeated repeatedly, he has already planned to make a living by himself, how could he return to the army and fight Zhu Wen for his life?But Zhao Dezhen was afraid that Qin Zongquan would make trouble for him, so he had to send envoys to Zhu Wen, expressing his willingness to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and follow the imperial army to destroy Qin Zongquan.

Of course Zhu Wen was overjoyed when he received the news, and immediately went to the imperial court to declare that Zhao Dechen was the Jiedu envoy of Shannan Dongdao, and the deputy capital commander of Caizhou's camp, to assist all the feudal towns to attack Qin Zongquan.

Sun Ru is even more powerful, he can't even shake off Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru is now no less than Qin Zongquan in terms of troops, and he is even worse in terms of combat effectiveness. Obedience to Qin Zongquan?

Seeing that the two armies ignored him, Qin Zongquan only had 2 troops led by Qin Xian, and 5 of his own descendants. Liu Jianfeng's 2 troops also had an ambiguous attitude. Efforts can only be used to strengthen the momentum, it is useless at all.

Fighting a war is a very expensive thing, and it is also very time-consuming. Sometimes it takes several months to fight a battle back and forth. Fortunately, Qin Zongquan's defeat is now determined. After Zhu Wen occupied Xuzhou, he played Zhao Ji in name As the envoy of the Zhongwu Army, Xuzhou has actually become Zhu Wen's frontline base. All the money and food are transported from the rear to Xuzhou first, and then sent to the front line.

Zhu Zhen, Li Tangbin, Ge Congzhou and others are all stationed in Xuzhou, ready to attack Caizhou at any time.

At this time, it was already the first month of the third year of Guangqi, time flies, Zhu Wen has become a general honed in the flames of war, and Zhu Zhen, Li Tangbin, Ge Congzhou, Pang Shigu, and Huo Cun have also become five people. He lost his five tiger generals, and followed Zhu Wen to fight on the front line of Caizhou.

Zhu Wen also replaced Shi Pu, who did not do much, and became the commander of the four-sided battalion in Caizhou. Doom is not far away.

In the past two years, many major events have happened. After Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong launched Chang'an, Zhu Mei, the governor of the Jingnan Army (Binning Army), occupied Chang'an. Li ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.He wanted to coerce the emperor to order the princes, but unexpectedly, no one responded. Occupying an empty city in Chang'an has no strategic significance at all, and Kongzi was reviled.

Fans and towns from all walks of life submitted petitions to kill Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi knew that he would not be tolerated by the feudal towns all over the world, so he had to join his elder brother Chen Jingxuan in Xichuan and serve as the supervisor of the army in Xichuan.

On the Jiangnan side, Dong Chang and Qian Liu had killed Liu Hanhong and annexed Liu Hanhong's forces. Dong Chang occupied Yuezhou and appointed Qian Liu as the governor of Hangzhou.

The Yicheng Army Jiedu made An Shiru immoral and incompetent, and he was incompetent in running the army, which led to the mutiny of the soldiers. Zhu Wen took the opportunity to let Zhu Zhen, Hu Zhen, Xu Huaiyu and others send out surprise troops to occupy Huazhou and appease the army and the people.After Liu Huzhen was in Huazhou and temporarily stayed for the Yicheng Army, Zhu Wen went to Li Xuan to ask for the appointment of Hu Zhen as the envoy of the Yicheng Army.Since then, Zhu Wen has occupied the Xuanwu Army and the Yicheng Army, and owned two towns, but in fact the Zhongwu Army that Zhao Ji served as Jiedushi is also Zhu Wen's power. It can be said that Zhu Wen's power has reached the peak of the various towns.

In terms of military strength and territory, the feudal towns are incomparable with Zhu Wen.

Heyang Jiedu envoy Zhuge Shuang died of illness, and his son Zhuge Zhongfang took over as Heyang Jiedu envoy. The generals Liu Jing, Li Hanzhi, and Zhang Quanyi (Zhang Yan) were at odds with each other, but Sun Ru took the opportunity to capture Heyang , Jiedu made Zhuge Zhongfang flee to Bianliang, and went to seek refuge with Zhu Wen.

Since then, Zhu Wen's name has been powerful in the Central Plains, and his military strength is unparalleled. He has become a backbone force against the traitor Qin Zongquan.

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