In March, Huang Chao on the front line in Fengzhou could no longer hold on, and the news of frequent defeats from the rear made Huang Chao extremely angry, especially the sudden shortage of food and salary, so that Huang Chao even issued a holy decree to remove all the rights of Huang Kui, the king of Qin who stayed in the capital, and directly let Chang'an stay in Zhang Li be fully responsible.

But not long after the holy decree was issued, the battle report of Chang'an was sent to Huangchao's table again, Tongguan was lost, Meridian Valley was broken by the Fengjia army, Chang'an stayed behind Zhang Li for fear of losing the capital, tightened the surrounding tens of thousands of troops, and recruited only a few remaining strong men to guard Chang'an, with about 120,000 guards, plus 40,000 or 50,000 guards in the imperial city, but also made Huangchao in anger and despair a little relieved.

Huang Chao has transferred all the defenders of Liangquan County back to Fengzhou, and at the same time, not long ago, he sent 30,000 soldiers and horses back to the rear, and deployed heavy troops at Dasanguan on the Chencang Road Pass, in case his rear road was raided and robbed by the crazy Fengjia army.

Throughout late March, the puppet Qi and the Tang Dynasty were still at a standstill, and even in early April, there was no fighting between the two sides except for large-scale troop transfers. However, as the saying goes, the eve of a storm is always calm, and it's true.

In mid-April, Meng Hong and Mao Hao, who were besieging Meixian, made a decisive decision after many careful discussions, abandoned Meixian, waved their troops westward, galloped to the aid of Wuzhangyuan, and joined forces with Yin Bo, Lin Han, Zhao Maozi and others. At the same time, Li Xiaofeng, who was in charge of the front and rear coordination in the Baoxiao Valley, finally completed the task, leading the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Feng family army under his command to leave the Baoxiao Valley and enter the Wuzhang Plain.

So far, Wuzhangyuan has gathered more than 50,000 elites, including the ace cavalry winged cavalry regiment, the Modao army and the Changlance cavalry regiment, led by Li Xiaofeng 20,000 people to sit in the Chinese army, Lin Han led the Modao army and Meng Hong to lead 8,000 people as a vanguard regiment camp, and the winged cavalry regiment and the Changlance cavalry regiment camped on both sides of the Chinese army as two wings to protect the Chinese army, and were steadily stationed in Wuzhangyuan.

Although the Fengjia army did not have large-scale siege equipment to seize the city this time, even according to the current deployment of troops, Yang Neng also thought that he could not break the deadlock in a short period of time, break through the defense line of Wuzhangyuan and go to Chang'an to rescue.

In fact, the number of rebels in Chencang County is not a lot, while shrinking the nearby troops, Huangchao in Fengzhou also keeps sending reinforcements to Chencang County, counting the last batch of 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Shang Rang, the total strength is close to 100,000. Even so, the one-sided killing scene when the more than a thousand Mo Sword Army under Fengzhou City faced more than 100,000 enemy troops still kept coming to Yang Neng's mind, and he didn't think that his people would be able to break through the defense line of the four or five thousand Mo Sword Army on the Wuzhang Plain.

However, it was not only 30,000 soldiers and horses who arrived at Chencang with Shang Rang, but also the holy decree of Huang Chao that the war in the Gyeonggi area must be quelled in a short time. This is equivalent to giving Yang Neng a death order, not to continue to hold on, but to take the initiative to attack, break through the defense line, and regain control of the Gyeonggi region.

On the day of Shang Rang's arrival, after Yang Neng welcomed the other party into the city, he started a fierce dispute at the reception banquet in the afternoon of the General's Mansion.

"General Shang! You're new to the city, and the situation is still a little uncertain! Why don't you listen to the opinions of all the generals here! For Shang Rang's arrival, Yang Neng was actually unhappy in his heart, after all, under the Yellow Nest account, Shang Rang's status was much higher than Yang Neng, so after mentioning the war just now, Yang Neng's face suddenly sank, although the holy decree did not mention that the coach would be replaced, but Yang Neng was still dissatisfied with Shang Rang, so he took this opportunity to give the other party a dismount in front of everyone.

"General Yang!" Shang Rang naturally saw Yang Neng's dissatisfaction, but because of the other party's special status at the moment, he still patiently hugged his fist at the other party and signaled: "Although Shang has just arrived, but the situation on the Wuzhang Plain, the Tanma under Shang has already investigated the situation and reported it!" Maybe Shang didn't know as carefully as General Yang, but Shang came by holy order, and I still hope that General Yang won't embarrass Shang too much! ”

"General Shang, I hope you don't move out of the holy decree to suppress Yang at every turn!" Out of politeness, Yang Neng had no choice but to arch his hand at Shang Rang, but his tone was a little yin and yang, and after pursing his lips, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the generals in the lobby and said, "General Shang, Yang is not doing this to resist the order!" But for the sake of the generals present, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city, and even more for the sake of our Great Qi Emperor! Since General Shang said that he already knew some of the situation, then Yang took the liberty of asking, General Shang thought that with the current strength of our army, could we break through the defense line of the 50,000 Feng family army on the Wuzhang Plain? ”

"Why does General Yang raise the prestige of others and destroy our morale as soon as he opens his mouth? Could it be that according to General Yang's wishes, I will just sit in this Chencang County and wait for His Majesty the Emperor to send someone to ask? Listening to the strange tone, Shang Rang also held back a resentment in his heart, looked at Yang Neng with a disapprehensive face, and said in a deep voice: "Our army has 100,000 people now!" Twice as many as the enemy! Why don't you dare to fight? General Yang, don't forget, the daily military ration of 100,000 people is not a small amount, and now our army has lost contact with the direction of Chang'an, and even the grain route has been completely blocked by the Fengjia army! We have to hurry up and break the deadlock! ”

"Opportunity? What chances? Yang Neng snorted coldly, rolled his eyes, looked at Shang Rang at the same time, and asked with a sneer: "Yang really wants to ask General Shang, what opportunity can General Shang seize at this moment!" ”

"General Yang! The opportunity has already been lost! Can't afford to lose again! Shang Rang suddenly felt anxious, and couldn't help but take two steps forward, glaring at Yang Neng and shouting: "Seventy or eighty percent of the Feng family's army are from afar, and they are in a state of exhaustion right now, if we can seize this opportunity, our army will be able to break it with one blow!" ”

"From afar? Hehe! Since General Shang also knows this truth, it is better for our army to continue to hold on, and when the opponent's food and grass are scarce, then wave his troops to attack, and he will definitely win a complete victory! Yang Neng sneered again and again, his eyes suddenly flashed, he glared at Shang Rang viciously, and asked in a deep voice: "As for what General Shang just said, he has lost a chance, Yang wants to ask for advice!" How did this opportunity come about, and how did it come to be?! ”

"Yang Neng!!" Seeing the other party's sudden change of face, Shang Rang couldn't help but be extremely angry, especially after seeing the other party's villainous face, he yelled even more: "When you arrived first with reinforcements, only a few thousand people from the Feng family army left Xieyu Pass, but you lost the opportunity due to poor command!" If it weren't for me still trying my best to speak in front of His Majesty, how could you Yang Neng be arrogant here today?! ”