In the night, an army of 20,000 people was rapidly moving to the northwest, this was the 20,000 Shence army commanded by Dou Wenchang himself, and their target was the 20,000 Jiannan Army stationed in Xipu County.

The eunuch group has no way to retreat, only by completely controlling the situation can they have the capital to negotiate with the civilian official group, Dou Wen has been forced to compromise and express his willingness to remain neutral, and now there are only 20,000 Jiannan troops outside the city.

At the same time, the eldest grandson Quanxu was also leading 20,000 Jiannan troops to kill in the direction of Chengdu, and according to his agreement with the Son of Heaven, his army would enter the palace at the fifth watch.

The two armies were about twenty miles apart, but they did not know each other, and in half an hour at most, the two armies would meet unexpectedly.

At this time, there is another army that is secretly tracking the Jiannan Army, this secret army is the eight hundred Jin army scouts led by Zhang Yuntong, of course, they also have a mission, they exist in Bashu as the family soldiers of the Dugu family, and secretly help the eunuch group to grasp the power of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the moonlight was very good, a round and a half moon sprinkled silver light on the official road, 20,000 Shence troops were speeding on the official road, a cavalry rushed over, and urgently reported to Dong Chunyang, the soldier and horse envoy of the Shence army, "General, an army was found five miles ahead, numbering about 20,000 people. ”

Dong Chunyang was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered: "The whole army stops advancing!" ”

He turned his horse's head, found Dou Wenchang, and clasped his fists on the horse and said: "Wenweng, there is an army of 20,000 people five miles ahead, and it is very likely to be the Jiannan Army." ”

Dou Wenchang didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and he actually encountered the Jiannan army halfway, but it is not surprising to think about it, this army must have rushed to the palace according to the plan.

He immediately asserted: "Order the senior officer to lie in ambush on both sides of the road and prepare for battle!" ”

The 20,000 Shen Ce army was well-trained, and quickly rushed to the fields on both sides of the official road, and ambushed in the vast fields.

About a quarter of an hour later, an army swept out from the north, and gradually entered the encirclement of the Shence army, at this time, a soldier suddenly found the army in ambush in the field, the army suddenly became agitated, and the eldest grandson Quanxu, who was marching in front of the army, also found the ambush, he was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly retreat!" ”

Dou Wenchang also found that the other party showed signs of retreating, and he shouted: "Attack!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drums sounded loudly in the field, and the 20,000 Shence army jumped up from the field, shouting and killing the Jiannan army on the official road.

The eldest grandson Quanxu is experienced, and he knows that as soon as he withdraws, the whole army will collapse, and he shouted: "The front army is arrayed to resist, and the middle army and the rear army will immediately press it!" ”

The Jiannan Army quickly adjusted its formation, the front army formed a large formation, and the Shence Army that rushed over to fight fiercely, the rear army and the Chinese army were also rapidly adjusted, and the formation was pressed, and the two sides started a big battle in the wilderness.

Two miles away in a forest, Zhang Yun led eight hundred soldiers to watch the two armies fighting in the wilderness from afar, although the two armies participating in the battle were the Southern Tang Army, but they were still easy to distinguish, their armor was different, the Shence Army was all Mingguang armor, while the Jiannan Army was leather armor, and the system of the helmet was also different, the Shence Army had three horns on the helmet, and the Jiannan Army was eagle ridge.

Although the equipment of the Shence Army was superior to that of the other side, both sides were obviously not used to night fighting, and both sides fought tied.

Seeing that the time was ripe to attack, Zhang Yun waved his hand and led eight hundred soldiers to kill the back of the Jiannan Army.

Zhang Yun's subordinates were equipped exactly the same as the Shence Army, but when they suddenly appeared, the Jiannan Army still thought that the Shence Army was killing from behind, and the Jiannan Army was suddenly in chaos.

But this army of 800 people is completely different from the Shence army in front, and the 800 army is like a tiger in the mountains, tearing a big hole in the rear army in an instant, and the army is killed in it.......

The soldiers were one enemy and three, killing the Jiannan soldiers on their backs, dead bodies everywhere, and the army of the five thousand was defeated and retreated, and finally they couldn't resist it, shouting, and thousands of soldiers scattered and fled.

The eldest grandson Quanxu was leading the front army and the middle army to fight hard with the enemy, and suddenly there was chaos in the rear, and when he was confused, a sergeant rushed to him and shouted: "General Qiqi, the enemy army is attacking from behind, the brothers can't resist it, and they have been defeated!" ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu was shocked, the enemy was attacked on his back and back, and if he continued to fight, his army must be defeated by the whole army, so he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the whole army retreats!" ”

'Woo-'

The horn of the Jiannan Army's retreat sounded, and more than 10,000 Jiannan troops immediately turned around and retreated to the north.

At this time, Zhang Yun and his subordinates had already left the battlefield first under the cover of night, but Dou Wenchang did not know it, he found that the enemy army was retreating, and he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Pursue the enemy army!" ”

The Shence army pursued the whole line, the Jiannan army was defeated, the people who were killed and surrendered were countless, the eldest grandson Quanxu fled all the way, and when it was dawn, he packed up the remnants of the army, only got less than 6,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers surrendered and surrendered, and those who fled home fled home, and thousands of people were killed.

The eldest grandson Quanxu led the army back to Pixian, and a few days later came the news of the palace, the death of the Son of Heaven, and the succession of the young emperor, which really made him disheartened, so he led the army south to Luzhou, and joined the 10,000 Jiannan army guarding the southern Xinjiang.

........

The day gradually dawned, Zhang Yun led eight hundred soldiers back to Dugu Manor in Shuangliu County, a night battle, he did not kill a single soldier, only paid the price of minor injuries to three people.

Entering the manor, he unexpectedly met Song Tian.

"Chief Song, your mission is over?"

Song Tian nodded, "I have brought back two hundred brothers and fifty subordinates, and I will stay in the manor for a while first, waiting for the order of His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

"That...... What about Ying Caihe? Zhang Yun asked.

A wry smile appeared on Song Tian's face, "After withdrawing from the palace, she handed the army back to me, and then she disappeared, I guess she shouldn't be in Chengdu now." ”

Zhang Yun smiled, patted Song Tian's back and said, "Let's go!" Go have a drink and we'll celebrate the mission. ”

"To be honest, I'm still confused about my tasks."

"Don't worry about it so much, you are just responsible for assisting Ying Caihe, and she will explain everything to His Royal Highness King Jin."

Song Tian was right to think about it, he put down the burden in his heart and followed Zhang Yun towards the manor mansion.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the palace issued an obituary, the old wounds of the Son of Heaven burst out, and unfortunately died in the night due to ineffective rescue, and the queen urged the north and south to reach a consensus as soon as possible to establish a new emperor and mourn for the Son of Heaven.

The defeat of the army, the compromise of the compromise, the Southern Tang Dynasty civil official group no longer had any hope of turning the tables, Zhang Yansheng and Cui Zao on behalf of the civil official group and the Northern Imperial Eunuchs led by Song Chaofeng negotiated and negotiated.

After three days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached a compromise.

The civil official group agreed to continue to maintain the status quo, not to move the capital to Chang'an for the time being, and the distribution of power between the two sides also remained unchanged, for this reason, the eunuch group compromised with the civil official group on the issue of Xinjun, they originally wanted to abolish the son of the crown prince Li Xu, but the civil official group did not like Li Xu, who was proclaimed emperor in Taiyuan, and preferred to depose the emperor Li Yi.

In the end, the eunuch group agreed to the proposal of Zhang Yansheng and others, and abolished Li Xiu, the three-year-old second son of Li Yi, the son of heaven, as the new monarch, and respected the queen Wang as the queen mother.

The queen mother immediately issued a decree, agreeing to Li Xiu's accession to the throne, called Emperor Renming, and posthumously crowned the first emperor temple name Dezong, so that the people of the world mourned.

On the fifth day of the first month, Li Xiu, who was only three years old, ascended the throne, and the queen mother listened to the government and changed the year name to Zhenyuan.

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Despite the thrilling coup d'état in Chengdu, the New Year in Taiyuan was unusually peaceful, thanks to the huge amount of loot seized from the Hui last year, this year's New Year, the supply of meat in Taiyuan City was abundant, and the price was low, so that the people of Taiyuan and even the entire Hedong had a very satisfactory New Year.

"Don't move, I won't paint if I move again!"

In the study, Guo Song sat motionless on the chair, his daughter Guo Weiwei was engrossed in painting a portrait of him, in fact, Guo Weiwei did not have the background of painting portraits, she had painted a few cats, when Guo Song inadvertently mentioned that he should have a few portraits, Guo Weiwei volunteered and insisted on painting a picture of King Jin for her father.

She has been drawing for two days, and she doesn't know how many pieces of paper she tore off, and even Guo Song is about to lose patience.

"Weiwei, can you just draw a face, Daddy still has important things!"

"Don't talk, I'm just painting my face!"

At this time, Xue Tao came in with a cup of tea, and seeing her husband's helpless face, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Weiwei, you've been painting for two days, give your dad a rest!" ”

"Mother, why do I always draw a bad face, isn't the cat face I drew last time very good?"

"Opening the face seems simple, but in fact it is the most difficult, you have drawn a few cats, you want to draw good people, how can it be so easy, or copy it for a year."

Guo Song heard the waterfall sweat, it turned out that his baby daughter had never painted people!

Guo Weiwei threw down the pen angrily, "I won't draw anymore!" ”

"How about Daddy drawing?"

Guo Song was just about to come over, but Guo Weiwei screamed, "Don't show it!" ”

She grabbed the portrait and ran away.

Guo Song had no choice but to say to his wife: "This child, I've been sitting for two days, what kind of picture do you paint me into, don't you even give me a look?" ”

Xue Tao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just think about Zhong Kuitu." ”

"Although Zhong Kui is a little ugly, he is also quite powerful."

Xue Tao couldn't hold back any longer, covered his mouth and giggled, "I'm not talking about Zhong Kui, I'm talking about the one at Zhong Kui's feet!" ”

Guo Song was so angry that he couldn't speak, "This dead girl, I hurt her in vain." ”

"That's it! All right! Don't worry about the child, Pan Changshi sent a message just now, and he had something to discuss with his husband in the afternoon. ”