subvert the late Tang Dynasty

After Huang Chao and Cao Shihong's wedding ended, they only stayed in Qiantang for two days before leading the army south.Before leaving, I said a meaningful sentence to my uncle Cao Shixiong: "Sooner or later, Gao Pian will attack Hangzhou. I will go to the south to explore the road first. Brother, don't stick to these small cities in Hangzhou. If you can't, go south and join us. .”

Cao Shixiong was very grateful in his heart, he nodded in agreement, and the two sides bid farewell.

Huang Chao's army marched for two days and was about to reach Lin'an. Monk Meng Kai Rang proposed to capture this small county town that had not been captured so far to vent his hatred.Huang Chao was noncommittal, what's the big deal about a small county town, just let them make up their minds.

At the same time, Dong Chang in Lin'an City had already heard the news that Huang Chao's army was going south. Although Lin'an was not the only way for Huang Chao to go south, with Huang Chao's troops, wouldn't it be fun to pull out his small city?Dong Chang organized a militia group to resist the attacks of various rebels as a commoner. Not only did he not be wiped out for several years, but he grew stronger day by day, which shows that he is definitely not someone who is waiting for nothing.

Dong Chang discussed with his generals, and Qian Liu said, "This battle cannot be fought by force, but by outsmart."

Dong Chang smiled wryly and said, "Of course I know about this big brother, but what specific method does Brother Qian have?"

Qian Liu said without changing his expression, "Adopt it accordingly."

The others snorted coldly, thinking: If you say it, it means you didn't say it.

Dong Chang also showed disapproval on his face, and was about to speak, when Qian Liu continued, "Brother, you can give me 1000 troops, and I will try to see if I can get Huang Chao to leave this place!"

Everyone sneered in their hearts, 1000 people?What are you kidding?Huang Chao has tens of thousands of troops, at least 7 people, what can a mere 1000 people do?

Some people even wondered if this kid wanted to lead 1000 people out of the city to join Huang Chao?This was a good idea, but they didn't dare to say it, after all, Qian Liu was Dong Chang's number one confidant.

Dong Chang really had no choice but to see that Qian Liu had proposed such an unsolvable solution, and even he wondered in his heart whether Qian Liu wanted to go out of the city and join Huangchao?After all, 1000 troops is a piece of cake for Huang Chao's tens of thousands of troops, not even food.

But he had no choice but to let Qian Liu go out of the city. Qian Liu had given him many surprises and created miracles more than once.This is a big gamble, and the bet is the lives of hundreds of people in Lin'an County and his family.The key to winning or losing lies on Qian Liu.

After Qian Liu left the city, he stationed troops on the eight hundred miles (ancient place name, northeast of ancient Lin'an City) on the north shore of Qingshan Lake, and personally led more than [-] personal guards to scout the enemy's situation.Huang Chao's vanguard was found near Tiemao Mountain. It was said to be a vanguard, but in fact it was just a scout of dozens of people (that is, scouts, also called sentries).

Qian Liu took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain, and more than [-] people lay in ambush on Tiemao Mountain. When Huang Chao's scout troops arrived, more than [-] people fired arrows and crossbows at once.These people were all personal guards trained by Qian Liu himself. They were familiar with bows and horses. After two rounds of arrow rain, more than [-] Huang Chao's scout troops fell down.The rest of the people were suddenly attacked, and they didn't know how many troops the enemy had, and they panicked and fell into chaos.

After the third round of arrow rain by Qian Liu and others, Huang Chao's scouting force had only a few dozen people left. With a loud shout, Qian Liu took the lead to rush down the mountain on his horse, followed by more than [-] horsemen around him.

Most of those who can be scouts are shrewd people, and most of them who escaped for their lives are good. If they were not attacked suddenly, most of them would not be eliminated so easily by Qian Liu.At this time, seeing more than [-] riders rushing down the hillside, I knew that I and the others were no opponents, and it was better to turn around and join the big army instead of making unnecessary sacrifices.So more than a dozen people winked, turned their horses and ran back.

Qian Liu's attack on these people was just to give the rebel army a disarm. If these scouts were completely wiped out, the enemy would not be able to understand their own reality and dare not rashly attack Lin'an City.

But if they were left alive and allowed to go back, the situation would be counterproductive. Instead, it would become a surprise, which would arouse the anger of the rebel army.So Qian Liu couldn't allow them to escape, so he hurriedly chased after him.Qian Liu hung the Zhangba horse lance beside the saddle, took off the iron tire bow on the back, and every time the horse shot without stopping, one person fell off the horse.

Just when there were only five escaped scouts left, dust rose up in the distance ahead, obviously a large group of people rushed over.

Qian Liu reined in his horse fiercely, and the horse stood up fiercely in a state of high-speed sprinting.Just when the horse's front legs were off the ground, Qian Liu clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and when he reached out with his right hand, three sharp arrows appeared in his hand.He didn't stop at all, and almost didn't make any aiming action. As soon as the bowstring rang, three sharp arrows flew out.

Just as the three sharp arrows flew out, the horse under Qian Liu's crotch actually made a 180-degree turn around its backward axis.As soon as the front legs of the war horse landed, Qian Liu turned around, and two sharp arrows flew out. Almost at the same time, Qian Liu pinched the horse's belly, and the war horse flew back in the same direction.

To put it tediously, this series of actions was almost completed in an instant. The three sharp arrows shot before hadn't gone far, and the two sharp arrows shot by Qian Liu for the second time had already left the string. Huo moved quickly.

What is unbelievable is that none of the five people running for their lives in front turned over and fell from the high-speed horseback, and the dust on the ground flew up, blocking the bodies of the five people under the dust... At this moment, Qian Liu's more than [-] personal guards had just reined in the galloping horses. Everyone was shocked, and they all fell in admiration of Qian Liu's elusive archery and equestrian skills.

More than [-] people were stunned for a moment, then turned their horses' heads hastily, and hurriedly chased Qian Liu away.

Huang Chao's vanguard saw from a distance more than [-] cavalry chasing their own scouts who were exploring the way ahead, and knew that the enemy was coming, and the vanguard was led by Shang Rang's confidant General Li Tangbin.He hastily ordered the army to advance quickly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw five of his scouts fall off their horses one after another, falling into the dust and motionless.More than [-] enemy troops also returned to Mayuan one after another.

Li Tangbin sent people to report to Shang Rang, and at the same time led the vanguard to chase in the direction the enemy was fleeing.

Shang Rang heard that more than [-] enemy troops dared to attack the scout troops of the rebel army. This was an unprecedented thing in the past. Could it be a fraud?Shang Rang thought to himself.Hastily ordered Li Tangbin's personal soldier who summoned him to tell Li Tangbin quickly, slow down the pursuit speed, and be careful in ambush to prevent the enemy from being deceitful.

After the soldier took the order, he got on his horse and galloped away.

But Qian Liu and the others were flying all the way, and they saw the bank of Qingshan Lake. There was a small village by the lake, and there were only a dozen or so families living there.This place is already very close to Qian Liu's garrison. Due to the war, there are only a few old and weak women and children left in this small village who have not fled yet, and the others have already fled to other places.

One of Qian Liu's soldiers said: "Commander Qian, if you enter our barracks here, the people in the village will know our truth. Just in case, we might as well kill the people in the village and burn this small village, so that they don't give Huang Chao's attention. Men and horses serve as guides."

Qian Liu also knew that it would be dangerous to keep these people, but he still couldn't bear to kill these old and weak women and children. He sighed and said, "If we kill these old and weak women and children, then what is the difference between us and the rogue Huang Chao?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "Former general, the most important thing is the most important thing, I can't tolerate the benevolence of you as a woman!"

Qian Liu yelled angrily: "Shut up, or we will be dealt with by military law!"

The soldier said: "Then let's take all the villagers away..."

Qian Liu sighed: "The pursuers are approaching, it's too late, let's go, at worst we will find another way..." He said and galloped away first.The other [-] or so people had no choice but to keep up.

The old and the weak in the village didn't know that they had already walked through the gate of hell. Seeing an army passing by, they hurriedly closed their doors.

In a short time, Li Tangbin's troops arrived at this small village. Li Tangbin ordered people to go to the village to ask about the way, and by the way, inquire about the situation of the enemy army.

The soldiers went to the village and brought out a shivering old woman. Li Tangbin asked, "Do you know how many people there are in Lin'an? Where are the troops stationed?"

The old woman was very frightened, and stammered: "The people in Lin'an are not far from here, they were stationed there yesterday, it seems that there are quite a few people... stationed in... eight hundred miles, yes, eight hundred miles ...I've told you everything I know, the general doesn't want to kill this old slave..."

When Li Tangbin heard this, he took a deep breath and set up troops for eight hundred miles!How many people are there?Where did Lin'an get so many people?With some disbelief in his heart, he said: "The people in Lin'an really have troops stationed for eight hundred miles?"

The old woman kept kowtowing, and said: "It's true, how dare this old slave lie to the general, it's eight hundred miles away." She thought, "Eight hundred miles is a small hillside, not far from here, so many people are here How could we not know where they are stationed?

But how did she know that Li Tangbin had misunderstood the place name Babaili as Lin'an's team was as long as Babaili.Li Tangbin had just received Shang Rang's order to "prevent fraud". After listening to the old woman's words and thinking about the twenty or so enemy soldiers in front, it seemed as if they were leading him and others into an ambush. I believe it eighty-nine points.

At the moment, Li Tangbin camped on the spot, did a good job of defense, and personally went to the rear army to discuss countermeasures with Shang Rang.After listening to Li Tangbin's conjecture, Shang Rang confirmed his own conjecture even more. Could it be that Gao Pian secretly mobilized troops to surround the front to ambush?Otherwise, where did so many people come from the small Lin'an County?Before he could think about it, he immediately ordered Li Tangbin to turn his army around to the southeast and bypass Lin'an City.

That's not to mention, he also asked Li Tangbin to continue to advance southeast. Since Gao Pian's army may gather near Lin'an, he must have a plan. advance.

Shang Rang went to see Huang Chao in person to report the military situation, and even told Huang Chao that tens of thousands of troops secretly dispatched by Gao Pian were stationed outside Lin'an City. Fortunately, he discovered it early, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.He also explained to Huang Chao that he had asked Li Tangbin to lead the vanguard battalion to march to southern Fujian without authorization.

How did Huang Chao know whether it was true or not? After hearing what Shang Rang said vividly, of course he believed it to be true. He even praised Shang Rang and ordered the army to turn to southern Fujian.

Qian Liu made preparations for the battle in Daying, but after waiting for a day, the rebel army did not arrive. The spies he sent came back to say that Huang Chao's army had bypassed Lin'an City and headed towards southern Fujian.Qian Liu couldn't figure it out, how could he know that because of his benevolence, there would be a huge misunderstanding, which scared away Huang Chao's 7 horses.

It is precisely because of this incident that Gao Pian treats Qian Liu and Dong Chang differently.Gao Pian wrote to the imperial court, stating that Dong Chang was the governor of Hangzhou, and Qian Liu was the general and commander of the capital of Jingjiang.This undoubtedly gave Dong Chang and Qian Liu greater capital, and played a decisive role in the future development of these two careerists.