subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Huang Chao received the news that Shang Rang was coming to vote, and led Meng Kai, Lin Yan and others to rush here.Although Shang Rang was a defeated general, he came to vote at a critical moment, but after all he still had 3 horses in his hand, and he and Meng Kai were life-and-death friends, so Huang Chao didn't dare to neglect.

Shang Rang stepped in front of Huang Chao, knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and said, "The last general Shang Rang pays his respects to General Huang."

Huang Chao hurriedly lifted his hands up, and said: "Hearing the news of the death of General Wang and your elder brother, Huang felt deeply sorry and regretted that he should not have divided the army with General Wang. If we two people worked together, how could Zeng Yuanyu be able to survive?" Is there a gap to take advantage of?"

Shang Rang shook his head and said: "If General Wang hadn't defected to the imperial court and fell into the trick of Yang Fuguang's old dog, causing my brother to die for no apparent reason, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today." After speaking, tears streamed down his face.

Huang Chao comforted: "Death cannot be brought back to life. General Shang, please express your condolences. I have been in exile for many years, and I have been living a life full of blood. I have long been prepared to throw my head and blood. Gui Elder brother and General Wang just left a moment earlier, although they are gone, we still have thousands of brothers..."

Shang Rang nodded heavily, and said: "From today onwards, I, Shang Rang, would like to be General Huang's pawn, but the General's order is to follow, and I hope the General will take him in."

Huang Chao said with a look of trepidation: "Don't mention the word "retaining" again. It is my honor to have General Shang's help. From now on, we will be brothers who live together and die together. To overthrow Baotang..."

Although Shang Rang is sometimes a little clever, he is also a bloody man at heart, with tears in his eyes, he said, "Yes, work together to overthrow Bao Tang..."

Zhu Wen said: "General Huang and General Shang, the banquet has been set up, please take the two generals first."

Huang Chao said: "Please, General Shang." Then he turned to Zhu Wen with a smile and said, "Is it the third child who cooks himself?"

Zhu Wen also laughed and said: "This is what the general is supposed to do. I haven't cooked for a while, and my hands are a little itchy. It's just in time to welcome General Shang, and I will also pay respect to Master by the way."

Huang Chao said: "Master, I haven't tasted your handicraft for some time, and I'm really panicking, hehe..." Turning to Shang Rang, he said: "General Shang, this Zhu Wen is my third apprentice, and he is a master at it. Delicious dishes, I seldom get to taste his handicrafts, it seems that today, thanks to you, I can satisfy my hunger."

Shang Rang looked suddenly enlightened, and said: "General Zhu is the disciple of General Huang. No wonder, no wonder, he is indeed a hero. In the next battle in Luyi City, he defeated Zeng Yuanyu's 8000 vanguard without a single soldier. The team has won countless food, grass and horses. I still thought that when such a powerful person appeared, it turned out to be General Huang's disciple, so it is understandable."

Huang Chao said with a smile: "The young man is a little victorious and can't be praised, be careful that he can't find the North, hehe... And in the future, you don't have to always call me General Huang, General Huang, it's so obvious." , you just call me Big Brother like Meng Kai, and I will call you Brother, hehe, Brother Shang, please!"

Shang Rang said: "That's it, brother, I'll be good at it, Brother Huang, please."

Shang Rang ate the dishes on the banquet, and praised: "Nephew Zhu Xian's craftsmanship is really good, slightly better than the chef in Zuixianlou, hehe, I didn't expect that you are not only good at fighting, but also good at cooking. You did such a good job, young people have a bright future, hehe..."

Zhu Wen said modestly: "Thanks to General Shang's praise, this junior is very ashamed, here is a toast to General Shang with a glass of water and wine."

The two drank a glass together, Huang Ying smiled and said, "Uncle Shang, my niece also offers you a glass of water and wine as a token of respect."

Shang is an old man. As early as when he first met Huang Ying and Zhu Wen, he knew that their relationship was not clear. When Zhu Wen intercepted the imperial army, he insisted on letting Huang Ying enter the city to defend the city, and Huang Ying insisted on defending the city. When he was not in the city, Shang Rang knew more about the relationship between the two.Immediately he laughed and said: "Niece Xian, you are afraid that Nephew Zhu Xian's drinking capacity can't drink me alone, so you have another round of fighting."

Huang Ying refused: "Uncle Shang, you are old and disrespectful, I will not obey, I will punish you three cups first."

After drinking for three rounds, everyone felt a little drunk.Shang Rang said: "Brother Huang, the court is corrupt and the people are in dire straits. Although the people from all over the country rose up one after another, they were like a mess and were quickly defeated by the court. The main reason is that they lack a real leader. If the righteous men who have the will to fight against the Tang Dynasty unite, the chances of overthrowing the Tang Dynasty will be even greater."

Meng Kai also said: "That's right, how about I send people to various places to secretly contact the righteous men who intend to fight against the Tang Dynasty, so that they will not make unnecessary sacrifices, and let them cooperate with our rebel army and wait for the opportunity."

Shang Rang said: "That being said, it's not easy to do. The reason why most righteous men resisted the Tang Dynasty was because they wanted to make contributions with their own abilities and leave a name in history in this troubled world. Although we are a rebel army, we can After all, if the name is not right and the words are not right, will those righteous men listen to us?"

Meng Kai was a rough guy, he couldn't help but be speechless after thinking so much.Huang Chao watched on coldly, and had no intention of speaking, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

Lin Yan didn't seem to care about these things, he lowered his head and sipped his wine, only occasionally looking at Huang Ying secretly from the corner of his eye.But Huang Ying often stared at Zhu Wen affectionately, which made Lin Yan jealous.

Zhu Wen guessed three points about Shang Rang's thoughts. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Shang Rang looked at the crowd, and said: "In my opinion, Big Brother Huang will simply establish himself as king, establish his own court, set up official offices, and command the world. If this is the case, righteous men from all over the world will definitely come to vote and overthrow the Tyrant Tang Dynasty, just around the corner."

Huang Chao still didn't speak, his face was dull, as if Shang Rang was not talking about him.

Of course, Meng Kai and the others all agreed, they followed Huang Chao to fight the world, and they just wanted to make achievements and leave a name in history.Not for these, what are they going through life and death for?It can be said that Shang Rang spoke out what everyone was thinking.

Zhu Wen, who had been silent all this time, looked up at Huang Chao, and Huang Chao also looked at him. Huang Chao said, "Third brother, tell me your opinion."

Zhu Wen said: "I don't think it's impossible..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, and Meng Kai and Lin Yan glared at him even more. If they hadn't looked at Huang Chao's face, they would have gone up and slapped him a long time ago.

Zhu Wen ignored the noise of the crowd and said: "Li Tang's 300-year foundation is no small matter. As the saying goes: 'A centipede is dead but not stiff, and a dead camel is bigger than a horse.' Now Gao Pian was transferred to Jingnan Jiedushi, sitting in town Jiangling; Zeng Yuanyu and Zhang Zimian are the chief and deputy envoys. These people are all talented generals, especially Gao Pian, who is good at fighting and is known as the ever-victorious general."

Zhu Wen glanced at everyone, and continued: "Father and son Li Guochang and Li Keyong are brave and good at fighting, and the Shatuo cavalry led by them are even more brave. Even Cao Quanzhen, Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin and others who met in Songzhou last time were also very brave. They are not idle people. Let me ask, if General Huang becomes king at this time, he will inevitably be besieged by various feudal towns.

"The reason why we can enjoy drinking and chatting here so leisurely is because the imperial court only treats us as rogues, and we haven't attracted enough attention from them. But once General Huang becomes king, he will become a serious threat to the imperial court. The feudal towns will be attacked in groups, the consequences are extremely unpredictable, please learn from General Huang."

Shang Rang said: "Although General Zhu's words are reasonable, if General Huang does not become king, the righteous people in the world will not have a unified leader. If this state of disunity lasts for a long time, I fear that the righteous people in the world will be too disheartened to regret it. "

Meng Kai said: "That's right, I agree. Brother Shang's statement, let me say that it is not an exaggeration for Brother Huang to be called emperor, let alone be called king!"

Lin Yan, Li Hanzhi, Li Qing and others all agreed.

After a commotion, everyone's eyes turned to Huang Chao. After all, the final decision was in Huang Chao's hands, and everyone followed Huang Chao's lead.

Huang Chao's face was dull, he slowly picked up a bowl of wine, raised his head and drank it down, and said: "Since all the brothers think so, I, Huang, can't let the hearts of the brothers be cold, if you become king, you will be king If the soldiers came, they would block the water and cover them with earth. If they were afraid of his court soldiers, they would not have raised troops at the beginning. Since all the brothers can follow Mr. Huang, it means that none of us is a coward who is afraid of death!"

After hearing Huang Chao's words, everyone's blood boiled, and they shouted loudly, "Huang Wang, Huang Wang..."

Only Zhu Wen secretly sighed in his heart. After all, he still couldn't stop all this, and history was still proceeding according to his original track.As soon as the news of Huang Chao's proclaiming the king spreads, the armies of various feudal towns will surely gather in the Central Plains, and the battles will be everywhere.It is the people who suffer.