subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Wang Xianzhi was really angry. He had already received the news that Shang Junchang had been beheaded in Chang'an East City. This undoubtedly directly challenged Wang Xianzhi's endurance limit.Shang Junchang is an old brother who joined forces with Wang Xianzhi, and his friendship for decades is not insignificant. Although Wang Xianzhi is selfish by nature and is not a gentleman, after all, Shang Junchang was killed because he was negotiating for him.

Shang Junchang also has a high reputation in Wang Xianzhi's army, not to mention he has a younger brother Shang Rang, Shang Rang's influence in the army is only under Wang Xianzhi's.Shang Rang was deeply saddened when he heard the news of Shang Junchang's death. For these Jianghu people, the blood debt must be paid with blood.

On the first month of the fifth year of Qianfu, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the city of Jiangling was full of joyful songs, laughter and the sound of firecrackers.

Cui Zhiwen, Jiedu envoy of Jingnan and governor of Jiangling, was wearing a precious sable fur. He was celebrating the New Year with a few friends in the city. The silk and bamboo orchestra, singing and dancing, was a scene of peace and prosperity, but he didn't know that a catastrophe was coming.

The spies sent by Wang Xianzhi to the city in advance occupied the north gate of Jiangling with almost no decent resistance, and when the other defenders found out about the situation, the brigade led by them had already rushed into the city.

This doesn't look like a war at all. It seems like a massacre. The officers and soldiers guarding the city were decapitated before they could react.The thick white snow was splashed with bright red blood, and screams pierced the night sky, playing an intriguing symphony for this new year.

When the defenders retreated into the inner city, there were only 3000 troops left, losing nearly two-thirds of their strength.The sudden sneak attack of the rebel army entered the city like soldiers descending from heaven, leaving them no room to resist.Morale was at its worst.

Fortunately, Jiangling City was the residence of Jingnan Jiedu Envoy, and there were no less than [-] troops defending the city. Apart from the outer city, there was also a very strong inner city, and Wang Xianzhi's army could not attack it for a while.

Wang Xianzhi's troops shuttled back and forth in the city, searching for the fish that slipped through the net of the officers and soldiers. I don't know how many innocent civilians were killed by mistake, and they just fell on the snow, trampled over and over again by the iron hooves of the rebels...

In troubled times, life is so despicable. People say "human life in troubled times is as cheap as grass", and they also say "it is better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in troubled times". This is the reason.

In Wang Xianzhi's mind, he should be able to break into the inner city and capture Jingnan Jiedushi alive that day.But what he never expected was that he didn't break into the inner city for five days, a full five days.But there was a sad news that Li Fu, the governor of Shannan Dongdao, came to rescue Jiangling with Shatuo cavalry as the vanguard.

Li Fu had a feud with Wang Xianzhi for killing his son. Hearing that Wang Xianzhi attacked Jiangling, of course the whole army came to rescue him, intending to avenge his son.There happened to be [-] Shatuo cavalry in Xiangyang, so Li Fu made them the vanguard.

After Li Guochang (Zhu Xie Chixin) and Li Keyong's father and son followed Kang Chengxun in the Southern and Northern Wars to suppress the Pang Xun Uprising, the power of the Shatuo cavalry can be said to make the world terrified.

Of course, Wang Xianzhi is no exception.What's more, the rebel army stationed in Jingmen had already fought a battle with Li Fu's vanguard, and was defeated by Shatuo's soldiers.Wang Xianzhi was a little confused, he didn't want Li Fu to trap him to death in Jiangling City with his army, Wang Xianzhi's life creed was to leave the green hills without worrying about firewood, so let's withdraw.

But it was impossible for Wang Xianzhi to retreat in vain. Before retreating, Wang Xianzhi's troops looted all the money, food and wealth in Jiangling City, and killed them immediately if they resisted.The last torch burned the outer city of Jiangling. Only half of the 30 households and more than a million people in Jiangling City survived, and all of them were injured.

When Li Fu arrived, he could only see countless people dragging their children and their daughters, crying for their fathers and mothers, cursing, "God damn Wang Xianzhi, I will die..." The flames in the city were already strewn high, and the fire fighting was no longer possible. It was possible, Li Fu could only watch helplessly as the fire burned for two days and two nights.All that's left is a piece of scorched ruins...

When the news reached Chang'an, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.The massacre in Jiangling City can be said to be the largest massacre after the uprising of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, with the death toll reaching hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

However, Song Wei, the recruiter appointed by the imperial court, was still nesting in Shenzhou. Hearing the news that Jiangling City was broken, he didn't even dare to go for rescue.A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the city of Chang'an, which was originally like a pool of stagnant water, boiled. Memorials from all parties floated to Daming Palace like snowflakes, and Li Zhang couldn't do it anymore.

Most of the memorials impeach Song Wei for being old and fatuous, sitting on a large army and seeing danger, and requesting Song Wei's removal from the post of envoy.This time even Lu Xie didn't dare to intercede with him, the facts were all there, even if Lu Xie was eloquent, it was useless, and it might even hurt himself, so he simply stopped talking.

At the same time, Yang Fuguang, the supervisor of the envoy's yamen, also handed a memorial to Li Xuan. The memorial stated that Wang Xianzhi was lured to surrender a few days ago, and Wang Xianzhi sent his general Shang Junchang to Luoshan outside Shenzhou City for negotiations.However, he was obstructed by Song Wei, who hijacked Shang Junchang halfway, and lied about a decisive battle with Shang Junchang outside Shenzhou City, defeated the bandit army, and captured Shang Junchang alive.So deceiving the emperor, I request Song Wei to be dismissed from his post as recruiter, and to be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor.

If this crime is proven, Song Wei will not be a black hat, it is still unknown whether his head can be kept.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient evidence, Song Wei's crime of deceiving the emperor cannot be confirmed.But the prime ministers of Zhongshu are not fools. It is clear at a glance who is who and who is wrong. In order to draw a clear line with Song Wei, Lu Xie first proposed to remove Song Wei. Of course Zheng Tian and Wang Duo did not object.

Zheng Tian suggested that Zeng Yuanyu be the recruitment envoy, Xiao general Zhang Zimian be the deputy recruiting envoy, and Yang Fuguang still serve as the supervising army.Veteran Gao Pian served as Jingnan Jiedu envoy, and sat in Jiangling to prevent the rebels from going south.In the Tang Dynasty, Gao Pian was like a mythical figure with high martial arts skills and a deep understanding of the art of war. He belonged to the category of ever-victorious generals.

Li Fu was also awarded the title of Tongping Zhangshi because of his contribution to saving Jiangling.

After Wang Xianzhi pushed Jiangling, he went north to Shenzhou. He was not afraid of Song Wei, an old guy.But he never expected that the recruiters stationed in Shenzhou had been replaced by Zeng Yuanyu and Zhang Zimian, who were good at fighting.

Just when Wang Xianzhi was attacking the southern city of Dashenzhou with full confidence, the officers and soldiers in the city actually left the city from the north gate, and Zhang Zimian, the deputy envoy who recruited them, attacked from behind.When Zeng Yuanyu reported to the imperial court, of course it became "Shenzhou great victory, killing more than [-] bandit soldiers under Wang Xianzhi..."

The matter is far from over, there is still a bigger blow waiting for Wang Xianzhi...