Huang Chao learned that his brave warrior Meng Kai was attacked and killed by Tang Zhangwei, he came from his heart and shouted loudly: "Tang Zhangwei, I swear to stand with you!" ”

Qin Zongquan advised Huang Chao: "The king still has to focus on his body, otherwise the Tang Zhangwei thief will have more opportunities to take advantage of." ”

Huang Chao came from the bottom of his heart and said: "I swear to kill Tang Zhangwei, this little thief, Tang Zhangwei, I will your mother, and I will sleep with your wife!" ”

At this time, Tang Zhangwei, who was in the barracks, sneezed.

Bai Cunxiao said: "Someone must be remembering the general." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "We led the army south to take Qianzhong, so let Huang Chao run like this?" ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Huangchao can't run, we should quickly take all the feudal towns south of the Yangtze River, and then go north to clean up Huangchao." ”

Bai Cunxiao said: "The subordinates are willing to listen to the general's dispatch!" ”

In Jingnan, Tang Zhangwei met Wei Zhuang and said, "Very good! ”

The Tang Dynasty set up Qizhou, Qianzhou, Juzhou, Banzhou, etc. in central Guizhou, and implemented the system of parallel economic state and feudal state, and the area north of the Wujiang River mostly belonged to the economic state, which was governed by officials sent by the imperial court to directly control household registration and acres; To the south of the Wujiang River, there are dozens of prefectures, ruled by local indigenous chiefs.

At this time, Yang Duan from Hebei served as the envoy of the festival in Qianzhong.

In the early years of Tang Xizong, that is, in 874 AD, Yang Duan, a native of Hebei, responded to the recruitment of the imperial court and led his army to capture Banzhou, and then when the Huangchao army rebelled against the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty, he took the opportunity to expand the army and control the entire Qianzhong.

Tang Zhangwei led 100,000 elite soldiers into Qianzhong.

Yang Duan looked at his subordinates and said, "What do you mean?" Are we sending troops to resist Tang Zhangwei's army? ”

The Wuman tribes in northwest Guizhou have always kept their distance from the Tang Dynasty, and their leader, Xie Qingzhong, said: "Our army has fought many battles with Nanzhao and has never lost, so how can we be afraid of this little Tang Zhangwei now?" ”

Jie Du made Yang Duan moved by Xie Qingzhong's pride, and said loudly: "Since this is the case, we will lead the army and this Tang Zhangwei to the end." ”

Bai Cunxiao saw that his subordinates were a little struggling in the mountains of Qianzhong, and he said: "Everyone, let's break through this Banzhou City together, and we can completely control Qianzhong." ”

Ma Ling, a soldier who was trying to climb the mountain, said: "Isn't it a bit risky for us to go straight to Banzhou City, after all, we only have 15,000 people, and"

Yang Duan's eldest son Yang Hui defended Qizhou, his second son Yang Hui defended Qianzhou, and his good brother Luo Taiwang defended Juzhou, all of which were only feinted by Tang Zhangwei's army.

Yang Duan and his uncle Xie Dong, and his subordinates Xiang Shannan, Linghu Bu, Cheng Jiang, Zhao Jinu, You Wentian, Lou Jin, Liang Sanzhun, Wei Bu, Xie Wuhuan and other nine brave generals, and Yang Duan's children and soldiers guarded Loushan.

Bai Cunxiao feigned an attack on Loushan, and Tang Zhangwei had already led a large army to secretly cross Chishui and besiege Nabanzhou like an iron bucket.

Yang Duan looked at the 50,000 troops under Banzhou City, and said, "Why did this Tang Zhangwei have so many men overnight?" ”

Xie Dong said: "This Tang Zhangwei has self-respect, he did not go to the Central Plains to exterminate Huangchao, but after defeating Huangchao's brave generals, he surrounded us in Qianzhong with lightning speed, what is the reason?" ”

Yang Duan smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle, there is no excuse for this crime, then Tang Zhangwei has a large number of soldiers, so he started our idea." ”

At this time, Xue Abo, a white barbarian, ran over with a message from Tang Zhangwei, and he said: "Our general said that you have merit in recovering Banzhou, as long as you are willing to submit, he will appoint you as the governor of Yunnan!" ”

Yang Duan smiled dumbly and said, "This Tang Zhangwei has a good plan, he gave me the land of this Nanzhao." ”

Xue Abo said: "General Tang Zhangwei also said that if you want, then the land of Burma and the land of the Lion Kingdom in the Indian Ocean are all your territory. ”

Yang Duan slapped the table and said, "Did General Tang Zhangwei give me the land of Tubo as well?" ”

Xue Abo said: "This General Tang Zhangwei has not said yet, but if you are interested in those places, I think General Tang Zhangwei will send troops to support you." ”

Yang Duan said: "If you want to fight, why do you say so much nonsense?" ”

Under the city, Tang Zhangwei sent people to carry bags of salt.

Wei Zhuang asked puzzledly: "What is the general doing with these things?" ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "In this Tang Dynasty, the people are exploited by the officials and miserable, and the poor and barbarians have a lot of light food, I give them salt, and these people will return to me." ”

Wei Zhuang said: "This barbarian and the local soldiers and civilians have not yet been attached, and the general rashly sent out so much salt, I am afraid that he has made a loss-making deal." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Don't worry, absolutely not." ”

Under Banzhou City, many local people came to Tang Zhangwei's military camp to receive salt.

These salts are all white-collar workers, but they need to press their own handprints and write down their lives.

At first, only a few people came to collect it, but later more and more people came, and even people from Yang Duan's barracks came to collect it.

After all, salt is a monopoly in Datang, and this is even more true in Banzhou. Everything that is monopolized is scaryly expensive, and suddenly it can be white-collar, who doesn't go?

Yang Duan was furious and said, "This guy buys people's hearts, come here!" Search for me, but anyone who dares to hide salt privately will be killed! ”

Groups of wolf-like soldiers entered the homes of local residents and searched for salt.

The dog officials were all smiling, and they punched and kicked the people.

The young Yun Fennel received a small bag of salt, and he hid it under the stove, but he didn't expect it to be searched out by the officer who led the troops to Shannan.

Xiang Shannan slapped Yun Fennel in the face and said, "Dog, you actually dare to fornicate with Tang Zhangwei, you also deserve to eat salt!" This salt must be monopolized, and we must let the relevant departments of Datang sell it, otherwise you will be poisoned by that dog thief Tang Zhangwei. ”

Yun Fennel's tears dripped on the ground, how many officials in this Banzhou City, under the pretext of searching the salt given by Tang Zhangwei, extorted money, and robbed the people's daughters, all kinds of evil.

In normal times, Yang Duan still restrained these people, but now that Tang Zhangwei's army is besieging the city, he needs these officers and soldiers to serve him, so he has to turn a blind eye.

Tang Zhangwei heard his subordinates report that there was chaos in Banzhou City, he nodded and said, "Okay! ”

Wei Zhuang said: "I understand, the general and the people are benefited, sharing salt and giving small profits, this is to win people's hearts." ”

Wei Wan'er, who came with her brother, said: "This official is naturally greedy, and whenever he has the opportunity, he will knock on the bone and suck the marrow, the world of the Tang Dynasty has been almost three hundred years, and there are many interest groups like cows. As soon as this salt was delivered, those dog offals did not take the opportunity to bankrupt the people. The people in the city of Banzhou, in order to survive, had no choice but to rebel. ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Yes! Pass my generals and prepare to attack the city. ”