Outside the city of Bianzhou

When the two sides are fighting, the grain and grass are naturally the top priority, and they must be placed in the safest place. Therefore, the military village where the Caizhou army stored its baggage was located on the north bank of the river, and there were defenders along the river to strictly guard against it, and there was no danger of failure.

However, it didn't matter if it was just the baggage soldiers who were responsible for transporting supplies, and their camps were randomly placed in the open space on the shore; Maybe in an emergency, you can throw it into the battlefield to die, although it is not helpful, it is good to blunt the enemy's knife, this should be the idea of the middle road camp Du Shen Cong.

Xu Cun stood outside the camp waiting for Lu Ben, who had not yet returned, his expression was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and his heart was restless!

Since the war between the two sides, Xu Cun's brothers have been even busier, and they are tired of running between the baggage camp and various battlefields every day. Originally, the work of transporting grain and grass had to be shared by large-scale people and camel animals, but wherever the notorious Caizhou army went, people were wiped out, where could they catch people for them to drive?

According to historical records, the first expedition of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to Goryeo dispatched 30 armies of soldiers and horses, each with 20,000 troops, including 4,000 cavalry, 8,000 infantry, and 8,000 baggage soldiers. According to the establishment of the army in the early Tang Dynasty, if the whole army was 20,000 people, the logistics troops accounted for about 6,000, and the proportion was about 30%.

And now, the Caizhou army of 150,000 people under the city of Bianzhou has only less than 10,000 heavy soldiers, and in the face of the heavy daily transportation tasks, they can only work non-stop, and they can barely support it.

Even if you are so tired, you are in danger of dying at any time. Although it is only that the coolies do not need to go into battle directly, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and recently, there are often baggage teams that have just arrived at the designated place, but they find that their military village has been occupied by the enemy.

Xu Cun also kept instructing the brothers in private: "When you go to the battlefield, you must first see the situation clearly before you go, as long as you find that the situation is not right, it is important to quickly throw down your baggage and save your life." "There seems to be no other way.

Today, Lu Ben took people to deliver food to Zhang Hui's army, but he hasn't come back yet, how can he not make Xu Cun worried?

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Bian Xiao Village, located fifteen miles north of Bianzhou City, was also a thriving village in the past. Now, the Caizhou army is besieging the city of Bianzhou, and it has become a battlefield.

The people of the village were afraid of harming the pond fish, so they had already scattered and fled, leaving only this empty village. Due to the suitable location and a few good houses, it naturally became the residence of the commander of the Caizhou Army.

In the evening, Lu Ben drove the ox cart on the way back to the baggage camp, and according to the military order, he had already led people to send the grain to General Zhang Hui's camp before the time, but he was temporarily arrested to carry the dead bodies on the battlefield, so he delayed the time to return to the camp to resume his life.

The soldiers who accompanied him were all his brothers, and he was now the captain of the fire, much stronger than a few months ago, and had been in the baggage camp for more than three months, and he was tired of running every day, but his body recovered quickly.

The ox cart passed by the entrance of Bian Xiao Village, and Lu Ben saw the unkempt idiot again, still sitting under the big locust tree outside the village, and actually maintained the posture when he saw it in the early morning.

Since the Caizhou army of more than 100,000 people set up a battle formation here, there are almost no people nearby, only this idiot, I don't know where he came from, he stayed here all day long and stupidly and motionless, his body was dirty, he couldn't distinguish his face at all, his dull eyes looked into the distance emptyly, his hair was unkempt, and he could smell a disgusting stench from afar.

Lu Ben, as usual, did not stop when he passed by the idiot, nor did he speak, just sat on the wheel of the car and threw a chaff cake in the air and continued to hurry, the idiot saw the bran cake thrown on the ground and did not thank him, but just picked it up and chewed it slowly.

When he saw this idiot for the first time, Lu Ben remembered himself under the city of Caizhou, so every time he passed by the entrance of the village, he would give him a little food.

Hearing that someone in the army assassinated Qin Zongquan last night, Lu Ben couldn't help but smile slightly on the corner of his mouth, but he knew that it didn't succeed, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Of course, a little regret can't suppress the joy in my heart.

In a good mood, the shot will naturally be generous, and Lu Ben generously threw all his day's rations to the idiot today.

The pawn Lu Ben is in a very good mood today, and the "king" Qin Zongquan is full of worries.

For more than three months, the battle of the Caizhou army has not been smooth, and it stands to reason that the disparity in strength between the two sides should not be the current situation.

In this battle, the Caizhou army almost poured out, led by Lu Tang, Zhang Hui and Qin Xian, three generals, nearly 100,000 soldiers, and the soldiers were killed in three ways. And Zhu Wen, who was trapped in the lonely city, only had 20,000 soldiers and horses under his tent, and the ratio of troops between the offensive and defensive sides was close to five to one.

Qin Zongquan, who was drinking and having fun in Zhengzhou City, originally planned to sit back and wait for the victory of this unsuspenseful battle, but the progress of the war was jaw-dropping!

Qin Zongquan originally thought that Zhu Wen would retreat into the city and not be able to defend it, but he did not expect that he would take advantage of the weakness of Caizhou's large number of troops who could only be scattered and stationed, and frequently took the initiative to attack, first defeating Lutang in Wansheng, and then breaking through Qin Xian's four camps in Banqiao, killing more than 10,000 people. On the third day of the fifth month, Zhu Wen sent troops to attack Chigang and defeated Zhang Hui's subordinates. Qin Zongquan was furious after receiving the news of the defeat of Qin Xian, Zhang Hui and others!

Therefore, Qin Zongquan personally led the most elite 30,000 horses under his command to rush to the aid of the Bianzhou battlefield, raised the handsome flag in Bianxiao Village, and personally sat in the Chinese army to supervise the battle; So far, a total of 150,000 Caizhou troops have gathered under the city of Bianzhou, and 36 magnificent camps have been set up, and the decisive battle for the Central Plains is about to begin!

Qin Zongquan still knows his old rival Zhu Wen very well, this old enemy is a character born for troubled times.

On the night of December 21 in the sixth year of Xuanzong Dazhong, Zhu Wen was born in Wugouli, Dangshan County, Songzhou. His father and grandfather were both well-known Confucian scholars in his hometown, and although they had never become officials, their excellent family style also won the Zhu family supreme honor, so that they were able to marry the more famous local official families.

The eldest brother Zhu Quanyu, the second brother Zhu Cun, and Zhu Wen are the third. Due to his father's early death and poor family, his mother Wang took their brothers to feed at the home of Liu Chong, a relative in Xiao County. When Zhu Wen grew up, he didn't like to work, he was idle all day long, and he often promised himself to be heroic and heroic, and the villagers were very disgusted with him, and Liu Chong, the head of the family, also didn't like him, only Liu Chong's mother favored him, and he said: "Zhu San is very human, and you Cao is good at meeting him"

During the reign of Emperor Qianfu, the world was famine for many years, groups of thieves gathered together, and Huangchao took the opportunity to rise in Caozhou and Puzhou, and there were tens of thousands of hungry people who volunteered to follow him.

After four years of Qianfu, Zhu Wen, who was restless and self-conscious, and his second brother Zhu Cun finally left their hometown and joined the Huangchao Army together. When he moved to Lingnan, Zhu Cun died in battle, and Zhu Wen became the captain because of his merits, starting his career as a hero in troubled times.

On December 5 of the first year of Guangming, the Huangchao rebel army captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and Xizong was forced to flee to Chengdu. At this time, Tang General Zhuge Shuang led the soldiers and horses of the Gongbeixing Battalion to be stationed in Liyang, and Huangchao sent Zhu Wen to recruit Zhuge Shuang, who was persuaded by Zhu Wen to surrender to Huangchao.

In February of the first year of Zhonghe, Zhu Wen was appointed as the capital of the southeast camp, captured Dengzhou, captured the assassin Zhao Jie, blocked the Tang army attacking north from the Jingxiang area, and stabilized the situation in the southeast of the newly established "Great Qi" regime.

In June, when Zhu Wen returned to Chang'an, Huang Chao personally went to Bashang to work with the army.

In July, Zhu Wen was transferred to Xingping, west of Chang'an, to fight against the Tang army mobilized from the prefectures of Sui, Qi, Dun, and Xia.

In August, Li Xiaochang and Li Sigong were stationed at Dongwei Bridge, and Huang Chao sent Zhu Wen to resist, and Zhu Wen defeated the Tang army in the area of Dongwei Bridge.

In November, Zhu Wen took advantage of the victory in Fuping to defeat the soldiers and horses of Li Xiaochang in Dunzhou and Li Sigong in Xiazhou, and the second Li was defeated and fled back to the original feudal town.

So far, Zhu Wen has steadily become the first-class fierce general of the Huangchao army. But the reincarnation of heaven, "winning a hundred battles" is always just a good wish!

In February of the second year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao appointed Zhu Wen as the defense envoy of the same state and let Zhu Wen attack on his own. Zhu Wen led his troops south from Danzhou and soon conquered Tongzhou. At that time, Wang Chongrong set up tens of thousands of troops, entangled other feudal towns, and planned to recover Tongzhou, Zhu Wen and Wang Chongrong fought at the border of the river, Wang Chongrong selected 30,000 elite armor soldiers to attack Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen was terrified, and all the boats were scuttled in the river.

After Zhu Wen was defeated by Wang Chongrong, he asked Huang Chao for support, and entered the seal ten times, all of which were hidden by Huang Chao's relatives, and heard that Huang Chao's army was embarrassed and distressed, and the army was disheartened, and his cronies and generals advised him to surrender to Tang anyway, Zhu Wen deduced that the Huang Chao rebel army would fail, so he was prepared to surrender to the imperial court.

In September of the second year of Zhonghe, Zhu Wen and his henchmen plotted to kill Yan Shi, the military envoy of Huangchao, and led the soldiers and civilians of Tongzhou to surrender to Wang Chongrong.

Yang Fuguang wanted to kill Zhu Wen, but Wang Chongrong stopped him and said: "Now that the soldiers and horses of Huangchao are surrendered, all those who surrender will be pardoned, and Zhu Wen is brave and available, and it is ominous to kill him." ”

Zhu Wen, who saved his life, immediately recognized Wang Chongrong as his uncle to show his loyalty, and Wang Chongrong also reciprocated the favor, and rushed to write a chapter and report it to the court on the same day.

Xi Zong was overjoyed when he saw the chapter in Shu County, and said happily: "This is the general given to me by God!" The edict granted the official position of General Zhu Wenzuo Jin Wuwei, serving as the deputy envoy of the Hezhong Xing Battalion, and giving him the name "Quanzhong". From then on, Zhu Wen led his old troops and Wang Chongrong's soldiers to act together, and fought everywhere he went.

In February of the third year of Zhonghe, the imperial court appointed Zhu Wen as the envoy of the Bianzhou Assassin History and the Xuanwu Army, and Zhu Wen finally became a feudal official who dominated one side.

Qin Zongquan confronted him for the first time, or under the command of Huang Chao, he was ordered to lead the army to besiege Chenzhou for more than 300 days, the armies of both sides of the attack and defense have run out of food and grass, and the people fled in all directions and had no food to collect. In order to raise military rations, the desperate Huang Chao actually went crazy, and ordered Qin Zongquan to use human flesh as food, set up hundreds of giant hammers, and started work at the same time, and set up a human flesh workshop to supply military rations.

When the soldiers and civilians of Chenzhou were desperate, several reinforcements led by Zhu Wen arrived, and they fought with Qin Zongquan dozens of times under the city of Chenzhou, and finally Qin Zongquan was defeated by Zhu Wen and returned in vain.

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In the face of such a difficult opponent, no one dares to take it lightly!

In the event of a big war, we must be cautious in everything, and if we make a mistake, we will lose everything. The night before, Qin Zongquan's handsome tent actually infiltrated the assassin, but fortunately he went to Shen Cong to discuss the military situation and escaped, and the assassin was really good, and disappeared silently surrounded by a large number of guards.

Qin Zongquan, who was secretly rejoicing, didn't know that the assassin was not only extraordinary, but also a very persistent person!