Tang Xizong, who was far away in Shu, heard the news that Tang Zhangwei led an army of 100,000 to prepare for the restoration of the Central Plains in the north, he was very happy, and ordered Tang Zhangwei to be promoted to the commander of the world's soldiers and horses, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the same Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi.

The Zhongshu Sect of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the real prime minister Pei Che, said to Tang Xizong: "Tang Zhangwei has so many titles, he will definitely be satisfied with the saint!" ”

The eunuch Tian Lingzi was noncommittal, he said: "There is no contentment in the world's festivals, this Tang Zhangwei trains troops every day, Xingnong persuades Sang, I am afraid that his ambition is not just to calm down the Huangchao Rebellion." ”

Wang Hui, the right minister, said: "If this is the case, won't we die without a place to be buried?" ”

The eunuch Tian Lingzi said: "Today, there are more than 40 towns, and this Tang Zhangwei only has three towns, and the world may not belong to him. It's better for us to persuade Li Keyong to enter the Guanping Huangchao Rebellion. ”

So, the eunuch Tian Lingzi wrote a letter to Zheng Congyan, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, saying: "Wait for the Shatuo army to enter the customs, you can't send troops to stop it." ”

At the end of the second year of Yuanhe, the Tang Dynasty sent Chen Jingsi, the envoy of the Northern Supervision Army, to recruit the Shatuo rebels and ask them to atone for their crimes, and Li Keyong led an army of 50,000 to the south, including 20,000 cavalry.

Hedong Jiedu made Zheng Congyan look up to the sky and sighed: "Tian Lingzi misled the country, this Li Ke used to enter the customs, Huangchao and this thief will certainly be broken, and the Central Plains will never have peace." ”

Tang Zhangwei led the army forward, and Jiao Jufan, the eunuch of the Tang Dynasty, observed Pei Qian's territory through Xuanxi.

Xuanhui observed the three states of Xuan, She, and Chi, and also assassinated the history, and governed Xuancheng.

Pei Qian led the troops and asked Tang Zhangwei: "I am not guilty, why did you lead the army to invade my border?" ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "I led the troops here because I heard that Qin Yan, Sun Ru and others, the remnants of Huangchao, together with the thief Wang Xu, were in the places of the Eyue Observation Envoy, the Jiangxi Observation Envoy, the Hunan Observation Envoy and the Fujian Observation Envoy, and they were fearless. Sun Ru led the troops to attack Xuanzhou, Shezhou, and Chizhou, and I am here to help you. ”

It turned out that Huang Chao knew that the envoys of the Tang Dynasty saw that they could not succeed, so they sent troops north to King Qin, so they sent the general Qin Zongquan to the south.

Qin Zongquan sent his brother Qin Zongheng and the general Sun Ru as the vanguard and led the army south.

Huang Chao's troops and horses were defeated by Wei Youji and Yu Feiyan in Huainan Shouzhou, and they fought thousands of miles and came to the city of Hongzhou in northern Jiangxi.

That night, Sun Ru feasted his troops, beheaded Qin Zongheng on the seat, and swore an alliance with Liu Jianfeng, Ma Yin and the general Xu Dexun, and led 7,000 cavalry to the north, in a vain attempt to attack Xuanzhou and other places.

However, Xuanhui observed that Pei Qian had already defended the city.

However, how could Tang Zhangwei give up such a good opportunity?

Sun Ru, Liu Jianfeng, Ma Yin and the general Xu Dexun met with Wang Xu, and they discussed. Wang Xu led his army south to break through the territory of the Fujian Observer Envoy, while Sun Ru and others attacked Xuanzhou City and other places.

All the cities that were attacked by Sun Ru, he swept up and left, leaving the old and the young behind.

Outside the city of Xuanzhou, the people cried, and although Tang Zhangwei was rejected by Pei Qian, the envoy of Xuanzhou, he still sent troops to capture many villages outside the city. At the same time, Tang Zhangwei sent troops to attack Sun Ru, forcing his army to flee to the territory of the Hunan Observer Envoy.

20,000 Huainan elite cavalry almost wiped out the cavalry regiment of the Baitiao Army, which Sun Ru was proud of.

Once the Huainan cavalry took a stand, almost no one on the opposite side could stop it.

The two sides fought fiercely at the place where Xuanshu observed Pei Qian, but Xuanshu observed Pei Qian but had to watch from the wall.

Bai Cunxiao's 100,000 barbarian soldiers went north, wrapped in cloth, and pretended to be the Huangchao army.

Bai Cunxiao's army besieged Xuanzhou, and Tang Zhangwei deliberately broke the siege and sent a large army to occupy Shezhou and Chizhou.

The local defenders, first, saw that the surrounding suburbs were occupied by Huainan soldiers and horses, and secondly, they saw that the Huainan army was strong, Huainan was very different, and the people were rich, so they tied up the defenders and took the initiative to surrender.

Bai Cunxiao used the generals Zhong Jiwen, Lu Yue, and Jiang Gui to pretend to be Huangchao's army and took the initiative to attack Xuanzhou.

100,000 barbarian troops shouted to attack the city with cloud ladders, fully armed to trap the camp, the Greek fire made the defenders of Xuanzhou cold, just one day and night, Xuanzhou City was broken.

Tang Zhangwei was overjoyed, pretended to attack, and took advantage of the situation to occupy Xuanzhou, so far Xuanwei observed that Pei Qian's territory was owned by Tang Zhangwei.

Looking at Pei Qian, the Xuanhui observation envoy who was handed over to him by Bai Cunxiao, Tang Zhangwei asked, "How do you feel under your feet?" ”

Xuanxi's observation made Pei Qian weak, and said: "I am stupid and offend the general Huwei, please forgive me." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "It's okay, I will lead the army north on the same day, and I should be the Datang Kuangfu Sheji." ”

Having said that, Tang Zhangwei sent a large army to attack the territory of Li Mi, the observer of Eyue, and everyone at that time thought that Tang Zhangwei would lead his troops north, or attack the territory of Wang Wei, the observer of Jiangxi, or send troops to the territory of Zheng Yi, the observer of Fujian, but they did not expect that he would send troops to attack Ezhou, where Li Mi, the observer of Eyue.

Because Tang Zhangwei personally led an army of 100,000, including 20,000 elite cavalry, it only took two weeks for Tang Zhangwei to sweep through the entire territory of Eyue.

Tang Zhangwei owns the land of five states, with more than 400,000 soldiers, known as the strongest army in the world.

The Tang Emperor Tang Xizong, as well as the feudal towns of the world, were shaken by its rapid expansion.

At this time, the Shannan West Dao Jiedu made Niu Cong, the Jiangxi Observation Envoy Wang Wei and the illustrious Hunan Observer Li joined forces, the Jingnan Jiedu made Chen Ru, the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Liu Jurong and the Zizhou Assassin Cao Quanhui joined forces with 200,000 troops

Fujian Observation Envoy Zheng Yi and Wu Ning Jiedu Envoy Shi Pu refused to send troops in the name of righteousness.

The illustrious Hunan observer Li was stationed in Tanzhou. originally did not want to send troops, but Tang Xizong, at the instigation of the eunuch Tian Lingzi, ordered a meeting of teachers to win favor with the ministers.

At this time, Lu Yanhong, the general of Niu Cong, the envoy of the Shannan West Road Jiedu, expelled Niu Cong and appointed himself as the Shannan West Road Jiedu Envoy.

Tang Zhangwei immediately recognized Lu Yanhong's appointment, and dispatched 200,000 troops to attack Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao. Shannan Dongdao governed Xiangzhou, Fuzhou, Yingzhou, Fangzhou, and Junzhou, and Lu Yanhong and Tang Zhangwei joined forces to besiege Xiangzhou.

Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Liu Jurong very shrewd in politics, but because of his self-respect, after defeating Huangchao in Jingmen, he let go of Huangchao's army, which made Huangchao resurrect and attacked Chang'an City.

Tang Zhangwei spread the word to the world and pointed out Liu Jurong's hypocrisy. Tang Zhangwei sent 30,000 elite cavalry and 50,000 infantry to encircle Xiangzhou, Fuzhou, and Yingzhou respectively.

Lu Yanhong sent troops to occupy Dengzhou, and his men marched on the city of Xiangzhou together with Tang Zhangwei's Huainan army.

Liu Jurong's troops fought with the Huainan Army and Lu Yanhong's army in Jingmen and Xiangzhou in Yingzhou, and the two armies fought more than ten fierce battles.

Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Liu Jurong's troops invincible and fled to Shuzhong.

The eunuch Yang Fugong was ordered to send an envoy to Shannan Dongdao at that time and was captured in Yingzhou.

Yang Fugong asked Tang Zhangwei; "The general has millions of soldiers, and he doesn't want to serve the country, why do he raise troops to fight with the princes?"