Huang Chao invited the ministers to eat barbecue and drink wine, and the wine was half full.

Huang Chao asked Zhang Zhifang: "Zhang Zhifang, how do I treat you?" ”

Zhang Zhifang said: "The kindness of the saint is deeper than the ocean!" ”

Huang Chao said: "Then why do you want to hide the old dynasty minister and betray me." ”

Zhang Zhifang said: "There must be a misunderstanding in this!" ”

Huang Chao sneered: "Misunderstanding, then what is the explanation of the princess found in your family, and where is Zhu Wen?" ”

Zhu Wen immediately stepped forward, took out the head of the minister who was searched from Zhang Zhifang's house, and said, "General Zhang, you are fine, I have accepted your wife and concubine with a smile." ”

Zhang Zhifang's face changed, and he was about to resist, but the Huangchao guards on the side had already taken him down.

Huang Chao held an iron rod in his hand and smashed him to death.

Zhang Zhifang's family members, except for the female dependents, were all killed.

All, after being humiliated by Zhu Wen, the female dependents were sent to the officials of the peasant army generals.

Huang led this army of more than 30,000 people straight to Luoyang, because it had just been occupied by the peasant army along the way, so it was only blocked by sporadic Tang troops.

The envoys of the Tang Dynasty in various places are still in a wait-and-see state, and they just want to protect themselves.

Tang Xizong continued to issue orders, calling on the Tang army in various places to envoy Qinwang, but few responded.

Arriving in Luoyang, the entire Luoyang City was silent.

After enjoying a moment of tranquility, the rich families and ministers in Luoyang City had long been ruined by the peasant army's pursuit of money. As soon as these people fell, the poor people of Luoyang had no support, and they had no livelihood, and they had no other way out except to flee and join the rebel army, or to take refuge in the champion.

In Luoyang City, Tang Zhangwei saw the depressed situation in Luoyang City, and his heart was a little heavy.

Tang Zhangwei said to Huang Kui: "Now the morale of our righteous army is booming, but these two armies are fighting, and whoever has more cavalry will have the advantage." The crow army of the Nashatuo people has the advantage of horses. ”

Huang Kuo said: "The matter of the war must not be false at all, you and I are brothers, and if there is anything, just say it." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Now there are two more roads, one is that we continue to go south and fight to the death with Gao Biao, deputy ambassador of Huainan Jiedu." The second is that we go north and take the three towns of Heshuo such as Youzhou, so that we have a reliable rear, and then we can not only bless the Great Qi Emperor, but also quickly take the Huai River Valley.

Huang Kuo said: "I'm not afraid of leading the army north, but the three towns of Heshuo, as well as Luo Yuangao, the Heyang Jiedu of the Tang Army, and Gao Yan and others of the Zhaoyi Jiedu joined forces. ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "The Zhaoyi Festival makes Gao Gao is not the opponent of Zhuge Shuang, who was newly appointed by the Great Qi Imperial Court, and the Heyang Festival makes Luo Yuangao even more vulnerable. Only the three towns of Heshuo have strong troops, and they need to be guarded against. ”

Sure enough, Huang Chao's newly subdued original Tang Xiazhou Festival made Zhuge Shuang easily take most of Heyang and Zhaoyi.

Huang Kuo did not go south for the time being, but quickly went north and marched into the three towns of Shuofang.

In the recital to Emperor Huang Chao of Great Qi, Huang Kuo said: "If Youyan is uneven, the north and south of Great Qi will be enemy, and the east and west will be rejected." Although the younger brother is not talented, he is willing to seek peace for the imperial brother in the north, with the hope of the whole brother. ”

Wei Bo made Han Jian, Chengde made Wang Jingchong, and Youzhou made Li Keju. They were very nervous when they learned that Zhuge Shuang led his troops to defeat Luo Yuangao, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu, but they didn't pay attention to Huang Kui, especially Han Jian, the envoy of Wei Bo Jiedu, who thought that Wei Bo's soldiers were invincible in the world, and they didn't pay attention to Huang Kui.

Tang Zhangwei knew that the three towns of Heshuo were proud of the soldiers, and he said to Huang Kui: "The soldiers are fine, not many, we have selected 7,000 elite infantry and 1,000 horse troops in order to fight a decisive battle with Wei Bojiedu and Han Jian." That Wei Bojie Du made Han Jian's subordinate Le Xingda ambitious, so it is better for us to send someone to contact him. Promising to make him the new Jiedu envoy after recovering Wei Bo will definitely make him defect. ”

Huang said: "It's a good idea to go to war. ”

Tang Zhangwei sent five people, including Yu Feiyan, Li Gaoyang, Qin Wuce, Zheng Susi, and Gao Xunsi, to lobby Le Xingda together.

Hearing that he could be a temperance envoy, Le Xingda was very happy and promised to serve as an internal response in the war.

At this time, Zhuge Shuang sent troops to fight fiercely with the coalition forces of Wei Bojiedu envoy Han Jian, Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Jingchong, and Youzhou Jiedu envoy Li Keju near Weizhou, and he sent people to ask Huang Kui to send troops to support, and Huang Kui agreed to his request.

Tang Zhangwei selected 8,000 elite soldiers, including 7,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry.

At that time, Zhuge Shuang's 30,000 troops and the 40,000 coalition troops in the three towns of Heshuo were in a stalemate stage.

After Tang Zhangwei arrived at the battlefield, he first distributed all the dry rations to the soldiers, and then concentrated his forces to storm the most elite Wei Bojiedu envoy Han Jian's troops.

Wei Bojiedu made Han Jian's troops have 20,000 people, and the tooth soldiers are the elite of the elite.

Han Jian didn't expect that they would dare to attack him first, and they were beaten out of measure.

Tang Zhangwei led a thousand cavalry, brandishing sabers and Changge, and rushed towards Han Jian's tooth soldiers.

Wei Boya's soldiers bent their bows and shot arrows, desperately resisting.

A thousand cavalrymen, lined up in five rows, suddenly launched a charge, which still put a lot of pressure on Wei Bo's soldiers.

Many of Weibo's soldiers were split in half by the cavalry of the Great Qi, and the remaining sergeants still put up a stubborn resistance.

At this time, Le Xingda led his henchmen and shouted loudly: "Huang Chao personally led the elite cavalry to arrive, and the Tang army was defeated." ”

Wei Boya's soldiers lost their will to fight, and they were beheaded by the cavalry led by Tang Zhangwei.

The survivors were hacked to death by the 7,000 infantry who arrived later.

The battle formation of Wei Boya's soldiers was finally chaotic, and they all turned and fled.

In the process of fleeing, Han Jian was killed by the rebels.

The Chengde Festival of the Tang Dynasty made Wang Jingchong, and the Youzhou Festival made Li Keju lead troops back to his own domain.

Zhuge Shuang took the opportunity to pursue with the army, and he led the army into the territory of Wang Jingchong, the envoy of the Chengde Festival, because relatively speaking, Wang Jingchong's strength was weaker.

According to the promise, Huang Kuo gave up the position of Wei Bojiedu envoy to Le Xingda and renamed him Le Yanzhen.

Huang selected 10,000 elite soldiers from Wei Bo's military town, bringing his total number to 40,000.

Tang Zhangwei collected many mules and horses in Wei Bojun's town, and expanded the number of Ma troops to 2,000.

After a week's rest, Tang Zhangwei, who had moved to the border of Youzhou, led 20,000 elite soldiers to the lair of Li Keju, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu.

Youzhou, as the largest military town among the three towns of Heshuo, has been war-torn for a long time, whether it is the harassment of the Khitans or the rectification of neighboring military towns, they have never been afraid.

It's just that this time Huang Chao's younger brother Huang Kuo surrounded Youzhou City, but it made the people of Youzhou really anxious.

Because, this peasant army recruited the soldiers and civilians nearby, and if they surrendered, they were rewarded with food, gold, silver, and wine, and if they did not surrender, Huang Hua personally led his troops to attack, and after being captured, they were all sold into slavery.

As a result, the people surrendered. In desperation, Youzhou Jiedu made Li Keju ask the Khitans for help.

At this time, the Khitan tribe was in power by the Yaoran tribal alliance, and the Khitan Yaoran alliance consisted of eight divisions, namely Diera, Yimu, Pin, Yute, Wukui, Tulubu, Nirvana, and Tuju.

The Khitan Yelan Khan ruled this steppe tribe, and the Yelan Khan had 100,000 troops and 3,000 miles from east to west.

The power of the Khitan people reached the Taoer River area in the lower reaches of the Nenjiang River in the north, and reached the Youyou and Jiji areas in the south, and the Xi people in the west controlled and enslaved them. Yelan Khan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that Li Keju, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, and he led 60,000 troops to enter the palace in person.

Under the threat of Yelan Khan, the leader of the Xi people, Tudong Su, also led 20,000 troops into Kouyouzhou.

Tang Zhangwei continued to harass the surrounding Khitan cavalry, and Huang Hua personally led the army to surround Youzhou City, so a ridiculous situation was formed, that is, the army of Daqi surrounded Youzhou City, and most of the land in Youzhou was occupied by the Khitans.

The people of Youzhou have always hated the Khitans, and the soldiers of the Khitans are all equipped with their own horses, grain, grass and weapons, so they have carried out quite cruel plundering of the people of Youzhou.