Chapter 28: Looking North to the Central Plains
Princess Suining is not a pampered person, her mother is an ordinary concubine who is not very favored.
When the eunuchs saw people cooking, in the eyes of their father Tang Yizong Li Luo, their eleventh-ranked daughter seemed to non-existent.
After his elder brother Tang Xizong Li Yu ascended the throne, he was named a princess.
After Huang Chao entered Chang'an City, Tang Xizong Li Yu fled and almost didn't bring Princess Suining with him. Fortunately, she was alert, often went out of the palace, and communicated with the servants and wealthy merchants of Chang'an, so she seized the opportunity, bribed Tian Lingzi, and was able to escape to Xichuan.
This time, she had been preparing for a long time, and she brought the golden cup from the palace and some of the money rewarded by the emperor's brother. Princess Suining privately stamped the big seal of Tang Xizong, and obtained the customs documents through her henchmen.
On weekdays, Princess Suining often rides horses with her brother, who loves to play polo, and helps coax the two nieces, Princess Tang Xing and Princess Yongping.
When this Tang Yizong's eleventh daughter Li Yi ran away, almost no one in the entire Tang Dynasty knew about it, and no one cared about it.
Princess Suining went all the way to the east, and she galloped away with two maids dressed as men.
The local Shu soldiers wanted to intercept them, but they claimed that they were soldiers of the Shence Army and had important things to convey, so they successfully passed through Dongchuan and Shannan West Road, and arrived at the territory of the Jinshang Capital Defense Envoy, and then they came to Shannan East Road.
Princess Suining was afraid that her brother would send someone to intercept her, but Tang Xizong was obviously attracted by the recent rapid changes in the military situation and had no time to pay attention to his sister.
When Princess Suining stepped into Shannan Dongdao, she felt that she had seen a new world different from Xichuan, a vibrant new world. It is not as decaying as the war-torn areas, nor is it as lifeless as the rest of the Tang Dynasty.
Beautiful houses, neatly dressed, and smooth roads all show that under Tang Zhangwei's governance, the people here live and work in peace and contentment.
An official of the Tang Dynasty, with spies from the Shannan Dongdao Intelligence Division, secretly followed the three visitors from other places.
As for Xichuan, everyone is worried about other things, such as the war situation in the same state.
In Tongzhou, the Hezhong Jiedu of the Tang Dynasty made Wang Chongrong garrison tens of thousands of troops, entangled with other generals of the feudal towns, and sent troops together.
The generals of the feudal towns in various places are determined to defeat Zhu Wen this time.
Because this Zhu Wen is too capable of making trouble, because Li Keyong and others have repeatedly defeated Huang Chao's army on other fronts.
Shang Rang and others had to withdraw their troops for a return visit, and at this time, the food in Chang'an City was cut off by the Tang army.
Huang Chao also had to eat bran vegetables, and at this time the Tang army fought with Zhu Wen in Tongzhou.
Wang Chongrong was supplemented by 10,000 Huai'an soldiers and horses, and Tang Zhangwei's subordinates Li Gaoyang, Qian Wuce, Zheng Susi, and Gao Xunsi all went to the city of Tongzhou.
In addition, Sun Chaoen, Zhuang Yuanzhi, Mo Juyi, and Linghu Daoming rushed to Huazhou with 20,000 cavalry from the territory of Wang Jian, the defense envoy of the Jin Shang Capital, which was the first time that Tang Zhangwei sent a large army to fight against Huangchao's troops, under the city of Tongzhou.
Wang Chongrong had 40,000 elite soldiers, and with the support of Huainan elites, they defeated Zhu Wen.
Zhu Wen and Li Gaoyang, Qian Wuce, Zheng Susi, Gao Xunsi and others fought each other, and were frightened by the legend of Tang Zhangwei's 500,000 army and one million militia in Jiangnan.
Knowing that Tang Zhangwei's army was also coming, he immediately sent someone to Huang Chao for help.
The reason why Tang Zhangwei changed his mind and immediately sent troops was because Huo Cun, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiba were frightened by Cai Hongde and Ou Qiaoyun, the heavy patient.
They didn't want to spend their lives in a hard labor camp, so they took the initiative to take refuge in Tang Zhangwei, and when Tang Zhangwei learned that he was actually targeted for assassination by Huang Chao, he was furious.
Tang Zhangwei said to Wei Wan'er: "I can't look at that scum like Huang Chao and win the world. Tang Zhangwei knew that Wu Yuanheng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and many powerful eunuchs were assassinated. If you don't destroy the Yellow Nest, your life may not be guaranteed.
Therefore, Tang Zhangwei, who has always been a watchman, decided to send troops to attack Huangchao.
Zhu Wen's messengers for help were all concealed by Meng Kai, the left army envoy of Huangchao, who was the first rebel general to follow Huangchao. He and Zhu Wen have always had conflicts, and when he suppressed Zhu Wen's letter for help, Zhu Wen felt very annoyed.
With the arrival of Tang Zhangwei's troops north, Huang Chao's order was no longer in Huazhou and Tongzhou.
The peasant army was short of food, and the front was becoming increasingly tight. In addition, Huang Chao lacks talents who can govern the world. These peasant rebels, who were bent on war and destruction, had no good means to appease the masses and the bureaucratic wealthy, so they became increasingly embarrassed.
Zhu Wen and Wang Chongrong were defeated repeatedly, and at this time, another 20,000 Huainan military horses entered the city of Tongzhou under the leadership of Yang Xingmi, and Zhu Wen was even more frightened when he saw 60,000 elite Tang troops.
In April, the Tang army again besieged Chang'an. Zhu Wen felt that Huangchao's time was running out, and he was bound to lose.
Tang Zhangwei's generals such as Sun Chaoen, Zhuang Yuanzhi, Mo Juyi, and Linghu Daoming led 20,000 cavalry to defeat Li Shen in Huazhou.
Huang Kui took the Eastern Roman noblewoman Irina to fight in various places, although he was the commander of the infantry, but Huang Kui had 6,000 cavalry under him.
The 7,000 cavalry of Huang Kuo and Huang Chao's nephew Huang Hao were the most mobile troops under Huang Chao, so Huang Chao ordered to join forces with them to deal with Li Keyong.
Huang Hao led 7,000 cavalry to fight with Li Keyong's main force, Huang Hua relied on 6,000 cavalry, and 20,000 troops fought against Li Keyong's other part of the force.
Li Ke used his troops to fight Li Cunzhen in Shayuan, which is today's Shayuan in Shaanxi.
Huang Kui didn't take Li Cunzhen in his eyes, but he didn't expect him to be extremely brave and defeated his army.
Huang Hao was not Li Keyong's opponent, but fortunately, their horses were fast and fled back to Chang'an City in time.
At this time, Zhu Wen, who was in Tongzhou, made up his mind, and said to his generals Hu Zhen, Xie Tong and others: "Why are we fighting hard? ”
Hu Zhen said: "Of course, I was promoted and made a fortune, and now Datang will overcome Chang'an in the near future, so it's better for us to do it anyway." Zhu Wen nodded, and asked Xie Tong again: "What do you mean?" Xie Tong said: "Surrendering to the imperial court is the right way." Zhu Wen said: "Great goodness, that's exactly what I mean." So, they began to discuss how to kill the Qi army's supervisor Yan Shi and general Ma Gong.
In September, when Zhu Wen invited Ma Gong, the supervisor of the Qi army, and Ma Gong, the general of the Qi army, to drink, he said: "I heard that you have a good relationship with Huang Chao, and I want you to pass on a message to me." The superintendent said solemnly: "What does the general want to say?" Zhu Wen said: "I accept the invitation of the Tang Emperor." The prison guards were shocked, and then, Zhu Wen threw the cup as a number, and Hu Zhen led the soldiers and horses to kill the two. After that, they surrendered to Wang Chongrong. Wang Chongrong was very happy, he said: "Now, the Tang Dynasty has pacified the Huangchao Rebellion, yes
Hopefully. ”
When Zhu Wen gave up Tongzhou, Huang Chao's deflated mouth after eating too many wild vegetables became even more ugly.
Zhu Wen was an important general of the Great Qi Army, and Tongzhou was the eastern barrier of Chang'an, so its strategic position was very important.
Huang Chao knew that Zhu Wen was going to stab his army in the vital point anyway.
Huang Chao lamented: "Zhu Wen'er misunderstood me. ”