In the fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD), the second day of the first month of November, the time of Chen.

Yesterday, the Yangzhou army arrived at Sanheshu, set up camp in the rear of the rebels for ten miles, and rested overnight to recuperate. Today, at five o'clock, according to the agreed time, the two armies attacked at the same time, and the rebels were flanked in the north and south.

The vanguard of the Yangzhou Army is Wuzhou Zhechong Prefecture, which unites 5,000 Yangzhou militia. Cui Xuanji, the commander of the left Guoyi, and Song Xingzhi, the commander of the right Guoyi, served as the vanguard general and swooped down on the rebel fire dragon battalion.

In the entire Jiangnan Province, there are only seven Zhichong Prefectures, which are distributed in six states. The rank of the Origai Prefecture is divided into upper, middle, and lower levels according to the number of guards in the prefecture. There were 1,200 in the upper province (sometimes to 1,500), 1,000 in the middle province, and 800 in the lower province.

Wuzhou is the upper house, with a total of 900 armored guards, 400 bright light iron armor, bows, arrows, knives and guns fully armed, and it is the most elite army in Jiangnan Province. On the command platform of the Wu army's position, Wu Kang looked into the distance, looking at the ironclad soldiers, and his heart was full of luck. If the army was in Wuzhou, the rebels would not dare to go south, and they would not have succeeded in quelling the rebellion.

Since the friendly army is attacking, we can't show weakness, and Wu Kang immediately dispatched troops. Except for Longqiu, where the whole army was annihilated, the militia groups of the other five counties each drew out a full battalion to form a vanguard army of 5,000. Yu Hongzhi served as the vanguard general, and the fifth battalion commanded the deputy general of the mission, and swooped down on the rebel Fire Tiger Battalion.

In the huge sand table, all kinds of flags were planted around the Sanhe garrison position. Cui Xiaoqing was busy, and according to the frequent battle reports, he changed the position of the military flag and inserted various small flags. At eight o'clock in the morning, six military flags appeared in the box representing the dead: four blue flags (rebels), one red flag (Wuzhou Army), and one black flag (Yangzhou Army).

With such a gratifying battle loss ratio, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the psychological warfare had worked, and the rebels were at the end of their power. The meteor that fell into the enemy camp, the rumors spread by Di Renjie, became the last straw that crushed the camel. Wu Kangjue's incredible, the meteor that later generations liked to see, directly made the morale of the rebels bottom.

However, in a desperate situation, people will stimulate their potential and burn the small universe. At the stake of life and death, the rebel resistance was very stubborn, and the advance of the officers and troops was extremely difficult. Everyone knows that after surviving the battle of the rebels' trapped beasts, the small universe is burned out, and it is the time of the great rout.

It's over, and when the rebels collapse, go and happily collect people. Wu Kang withdrew his gaze from Lanyin Mountain and Slate, looked at Di Renjie, received the OK gesture, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Di Lao Xi'er has a strong ability to accept, and he has learned a lot of codes from Xiucai and them.

Instructed the military to observe, beckoned the younger brothers to sit down, and tapped their fingers on the sand table frame. Think about it for a few minutes and ask what is in your mind: "Colleagues, looking back at history, throughout the ages, the peasants have rebelled, and all of them have failed, why is this explained?" ”

About five minutes later, Si Bing Qin Li said: "When Qin Shi Huang came, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang set off the first peasant rebellion in Daze Township. Although it shook the regime of the Qin Dynasty, it ended in failure. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, based on it, destroyed Qiang Qin. In the end, they killed each other, and Liu Bang Ding Zhongyuan. ”

Wu Kang was noncommittal, glanced at Lanyin Mountain, and motioned for everyone to continue. Di Renjie inherited the past and the future: "Qin's participation in the army is reasonable, Chen Sheng and Wu Guangze Township rebelled, and was finally annexed by other rebels. This is the first destination of peasant rebellion. ”

Di Renjie also looked at Lanyin Mountain and continued: "The second destination is to be recruited by the gate valve and become a tool for changing the dynasty. When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, Fan Chong and Wang Kuang organized the Red Mei Army and were recruited by Liu Xiu. When Liu Xiu overthrew the Xinmang Dynasty, he began to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and exterminate all the peasant forces. ”

Wei Dingzhou took over: "The third destination was directly wiped out by the gate valve." Zhang Jiao, a Taoist priest at the end of the Han Dynasty, launched the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which was directly exterminated by the major warlords, causing a melee between the warlords during the Three Kingdoms period. ”

Di Renjie continued: "The fourth destination, which is also the most common, was directly exterminated by the official army. Such riots are all small-scale, similar to Chen Shuozhen in Muzhou. was able to conquer the city in Muzhou, but the local officials were too poor. However, the world is peaceful all around, and the people will not respond, and she can't rush out of Muzhou. ”

Wu Kang hummed and said lightly: "Huaiying's analysis is very good, this is the end of the rebellion, it was doomed from the beginning, and it is absolutely impossible to succeed." But colleagues, you are not answering what you are asking, I am asking about the cause, not the effect. ”

Everyone smiled, Di Renjie pondered for a moment, and said his opinion: "The fundamental reason for the failure of the farmer's rebellion is short-sightedness and lack of assistance from a large number of scholars. They are just farmers, they don't have enough knowledge and the ability to see the essence. It was the following officials who believed that such an uprising would never succeed. ”

This is debatable, Wu Kang agrees with the first half and disagrees with the last sentence. The real and completely successful, throughout history, there is one, that is, the founding president of Daming Company, the great Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang. However, it cannot be said that to end this topic and discuss it with them while focusing on slate.

I don't know how long it took, I suddenly heard the cheers of the whole army, then the cheers around me, and finally the hand was held. The slogan of "Datang will win" first came and went, and soon the three armies shouted. The light cyan Lanyin Mountain, on the slate at the west foot, outlines four big characters, showing black and red, which is unusually conspicuous.

Looking at the crooked strokes, Wu Kang aimed at Di Renjie and joked in his voice: "I said Di Lao Xi'er, you often boast about yourself, saying that your calligraphy is one of the best in Wuzhou. Look at the words you write, what are they all about? Left and right asymmetrical, not top-heavy. ”

Everyone laughed, Di Renjie's old face turned red, and he retorted with his neck: "It's not eye-catching, but at least it's words, in that case, you can't write it at all." It's not me who blows, or the sage of calligraphy, Xizhi, in that case, I can't write calligraphy! ”

Laughing again, colleagues thumbs up, Wu Kang thought so. In the middle of the night last three watches, Di Renjie and the bodyguards quietly climbed Lanyin Mountain. Lao Xi'er tied his belt tightly, hung a small bucket of honey, carried a special brush in his sleeve, tied a long hemp rope around his waist, and hung it in front of the slate.

A large brush is dipped in honey and written on the slate according to prior practice, with feeling and memory. Use Cui Xiaoqing's night pearl to shake up and down, left and right, and guide the people above to move, so as to brush out "Datang will win". Wu Kang is self-aware, and he can't do it by himself when he writes blindly in the dark.

Honey is the favorite of insects, and the little ones in Lanyin Mountain are definitely all attacking. Flying bats and weevils, and flightless black ants and red ants smell and gather. Along the honey lines, with an extremely small body, write a huge "Datang will win".

This is a long-planned "honey plan", and I have been holding back this big move, just waiting for the finals. Its fundamental purpose is to boost the morale of our army and suppress the morale of the rebels. For phenomena that are not understood, the ancients attributed them to ghosts and gods. A meteor can scare the guts, such a vast Tianzi project, and it is not scared?

The effect was immediate, and the latest battle report showed that the rebels had no intention of fighting, and the officers and troops were advancing faster and faster. The rebels of the 8,000 Fire Tiger Battalion were beaten and retreated again and again, leaving only 3,000 remnants of the defeated generals. Wu Kangjue was almost there, and he and the younger brothers confirmed their eyes, and nodded silently.

All colleagues went out, shoulder-to-shoulder in a circle, and surrounded Cui Xiaoqing. Stunned for less than half a minute, Xiao Cui, who was born smart, knew it all at once, and roared in his voice: "Wukang, you come back to me, if you dare to go down, I won't finish with you." ”

Can't see the outside and can't hear the footsteps, Cui Xiaoqing completely blew up and quickly determined the target. The five major members of the army are elders, and they are all old, so naturally they can't be presumptuous. Di Renjie and Ailang are of the same age, and they are usually brothers, so they are the best targets of violence.

clenched his small fists, gritted his teeth and slammed his waist and eyes hard. The powder fist hurt instantly, they had already premeditated, Di Renjie's clothes were actually padded with something. Cui Xiaoqing jumped like thunder and roared again: "You are a commander, not a pawn, hurry up and come back to me." ”

The rain of pink fists fell, and Di Renjie secretly rejoiced, fortunately accepting the suggestion and putting two books on his waist. However, even so, it still hurts to bared teeth, and I can't help but secretly regret it. In order to suppress the big guy, he invited his nemesis into the barracks, which was simply self-inflicted! Big guy, how do you live these days, there is a tigress at home, it's really pitiful.

Cui Xiaoqing's hand hurt, and she began to play the bitter card, crying and begging, don't let my family Ailang charge. Everyone pouted, it was he who wanted to go, and we couldn't stop him. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, to completely defeat the will of the rebels, and to get promoted and make a fortune, the big guy is also desperate.

It didn't take long for the "mighty" of the mountain and the tsunami, Cui Xiaoqing cried urgently, begging softly; The earth-shaking war drums, Cui Xiaoqing was desperate, stopped all attacks, and slowly wiped her tears.

When the wall of people dodged away, he ran to the North Battle Platform, saw a touch of red in the front, and his heart raised his throat. That goddamn bastard is charging forward again. All I can do now is pray sincerely and pray to the gods and Buddhas not to take my husband away.

The majestic figure, the red official robe, the black official hat, and the snowy horizontal knife really stand out from the crowd. Wu Kang gritted his teeth, his ears were full of howls, his eyes were full of enemy fangs, and he constantly raised his arms and machetes, harvesting countless heads and bringing up countless blood arrows.

Chu Shenke brought bodyguards to protect the left wing of the big guy; Xiucai brought bodyguards to protect the right wing of the big guy; Qian Shun took his own soldiers and kept moving forward. In their opinion, it is better for the big guy not to come, which completely increases the difficulty of the work. The rebels are like wolves that see blood, constantly concentrating in this direction...

The only good thing is that the soldiers of our army are even more desperate. is still the same sentence, those who are officials are not afraid of death, and those who are soldiers dare to work hard. A large number of soldiers took the initiative to get closer, wanting to get angry with the big guy and follow the big guy to kill the enemy bravely.

The two sides made a desperate bet, with their forces in force, and the final battle began. All the cavalry were dispatched, 200 cavalry from Wuzhou Army, 300 cavalry from Yangzhou Army, and 350 cavalry from the rebel army. Cavalry duels were more intense than infantry. In just half an hour, the official army won a complete victory, annihilated all the rebel soldiers, and the enemy general Cheng Siqian was awarded the head.

Lao Cheng is also pitiful enough, he was originally a lieutenant and a fourth-grade military attaché, but because of feudal superstition, he was fooled by Chen Shuozhen. In order to become an immortal, he colluded with Widow Chen and led the government soldiers to rebel. In the end, the head is in a different place, which is sad and lamentable.

However, Muzhou Zhichong Mansion is all cult believers, and they are the most poisonous diehards, and they are not afraid of death in battle. The officers and troops suffered heavy losses, and the poor Yangzhou cavalry had less than thirty cavalry left. Ninety horsemen remained in the Wuzhou army, and according to Wu Kang's instructions, they traveled outside the war circle. Regardless of whether they are friends or enemies, as long as they become deserters, they will all be beheaded under the horse.

On the command platform of the Yangzhou Army, all the bigwigs blackened their faces when they learned the results of the battle. Yangzhou Thorn Shi Fang Renyu, 62 years old this year, has a lion's nose and wide eyes, and is not angry and arrogant. A glance at the past, Bing Cao's face was like earth, and he hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed his head, cold sweat slid down.

Fang Da Gang is also a cow, Fang Xuanling's distant brother, his life has been brilliant, he has done the history of the Yanzhou Assassin and the Shaanxi Assassin, and was buried in Zhaoling after his death. The three red-robed military attachés next to him are the lieutenants of the three prefectures, all of whom are fourth-rank military attachés.

Fang Renyu refocused on the battle situation, and was soon attracted by the dazzling red robe in the center of the battle array. Slowly stretched out his finger and asked Cui Xingfeng beside him: "Cui Zhechong, that civil official who is charging into battle, is it not Wuzhou?" Wu Zhaoyi's cousin, Wu Kang, who was called 'Wu Yu' by Chu Suiliang? ”

Cui Xingfeng was a little embarrassed, Wu Yu was not a good word, and he sneered: "Don't hide it from Cui Gong, Wuzhou Zhichong Mansion is on the top, and we have never met." My brother said in the letter that he came to Wu in July last year and was appointed as a bad handsome. has always been prosperous, promoted to Wuzhou Driver, and concurrently served as a record to join the army. ”

Zhao Zhichong answered: "Back to Fang Gong, in the entire Wuzhou, except for Cui Tingshi, only Wu Kang can wear a scarlet robe." According to the inquiries of his subordinates, he offered Yonghui ploughs, oxen through noses, and sage gave scarlet silverfish bags. In this Muzhou rebellion, Cui Gong was unwell and assigned him to preside over the overall situation of counterinsurgency. ”

Qin Zhechong praised: "His subordinates got the news that he shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and once followed Wu Qi to suck abscesses for the soldiers." In the first battle with the rebels, he personally led the cavalry to attack and annihilated the rebels with 50 cavalry. With only 20,000 militiamen, twice as many rebels were blocked at Sanheshu. ”

Fang Renyu hummed, looked at the words of the slate, stroked his long hair and said: "This life is good, I have done a few big things, and I do have a doorway." I thought he was a wise general, but I didn't expect that he was both civil and military, and he was still a fierce general. ”

Lao Fang was very satisfied and continued: "Listening to Chu Suiliang, he is only twenty-two, and his future is limitless. The words on the mountain wall, which should be ants, attracted by the honey smeared ... First question, Siniang has reached the end of the year, and when he returns to Chang'an, he asks the saint to marry for his father, how about giving it to Wukang? ”

Fang Xianzhi was very satisfied, nodded and was about to agree, Cui Xingfeng immediately smiled: "Wu Kang, this melon, I'm afraid I will live up to your good intentions." Around the beginning of this year, he and his cousin Jiuniang got engaged, and at the end of September and the beginning of October, the two tied the knot. ”

Fang Renyu was noncommittal, regret flashed in his eyes, staring at the faint red shadow, and showing an approving smile. After about two quarters of an hour, slowly shaking his head, young people have hard work, and they must stay calm. Especially when killing the enemy on the battlefield, it is even more necessary to see the six ways and listen to the eight directions. Look at you now, you're rushing too far ahead, and the guards can't keep up.

If the bodyguards learn about Lao Fang's heart, they will definitely be grateful. The big guy is more than three positions, and he really overdid it. Wu Kang, as a party concerned, did not realize his recklessness until the horizontal knife in his hand collided with the ghost-headed broadsword, and he felt the soreness of the tiger's mouth.

The owner of the ghost head knife is no different in height from himself, and the five big and three thick are extremely strong. Seeing the hideous and familiar face, I instantly knew the details, this is the general Tianbao, Tong Wenbao's brother Tong Tianbao, carved out of a mold. Tong Wenbao died under my knife, and you came to give away someone's head again, but it was disrespectful.

The horizontal knife slashed horizontally, unstoppable, and ran to his throat. Tong Tianbao didn't resist at all, and slashed Wu Kang's stomach with a big knife, which was life for life. Wu Kang's head buzzed, and he instantly regained his clarity, and instead of returning to the sword to defend, he increased his strength.

In the blink of an eye, a blood arrow spurted out, and Tong Tianbao's body was in a different place. There was a sharp pain in the abdomen, and the abdomen turned over and overturned into the sea, and the sour water was spit out. At this moment, I finally understood that Tong Tianbao knew that this battle would be lost, so he deliberately came to exchange his life for revenge.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and the armor worn by Wu Kang is invulnerable. At the beginning, he was chased and killed by Tong Wenbao, and in the Hakka of Chushen in Cuiping Mountain, this kind of cloth was found and cut into self-defense armor. grabbed Tong Tianbao's head with one hand, looked at the scarlet robe that had been cut, and then struggled to cut down a few thieves.

Waiting for Xiucai and them to come up, they surrounded themselves and finally relieved themselves. Horizontal knife pestle, left hand rubbing belly, forcibly straighten the waist, raise the head high, between the teeth burst out of the "Tong Tianbao". Xiucai immediately shouted: Tong Tianbao will give the head, and those who surrender will not die.

The bodyguards shouted in unison, leading a large number of officers and soldiers. The Fire Tiger Battalion was a large group in an instant, and the rebels fled in all directions, like flies. Throwing his head to Qian Shun, he raised his horizontal knife and roared, rushing forward again, constantly slashing the rebels.

I don't know how long I killed, and I killed myself as a bloody man. Cut to death the one with the hoe, and slashed at the one with the kitchen knife, and the man suddenly fell to his knees, threw the kitchen knife and screamed, apparently collapsed. Wu Kang's brain was confused, and the horizontal knife was uncontrollable, and he killed him in an instant.

Two more surrendered and were killed, and Hula knelt down seven or eight. Looking at the little soldier who collapsed to the ground, howling and crying, his brain finally sobered up. The horizontal knife in his hand was less than an inch away from the soldier's nose.

After being stunned for half a minute, he withdrew the knife in his hand, jumped over the pleading face, and continued to chase and kill the standing. The deafening noise paralyzed his nerves, shut down his brain, and made him lose the ability to think. All movements are at the mercy of the eyes and the sword: whoever flees standing and fleeing, kills; Whoever crouches down and surrenders, pardon.

Until there was no one in front of him, until the officials and soldiers cheered, until Xiucai came to help, he finally stopped. Throwing off the hand on the sleeve, his gaze pressed down, and the black pressure was full of human heads, there must be one or two thousand people. Obeying the reprimand of the officers and soldiers, holding his head in his hands, squatting on the ground and trembling.

Qian Shun ran over, carrying a head in his hand, and grinned: "After interrogation by his subordinates, this is the head of the battalion commander Zhou Xiaoren." The Fire Tiger Battalion was either killed or captured, and was completely wiped out. ”

The four major battalions of the rebel "Dragon, Tiger, Biao and Leopard", the Fire Tiger Battalion ranked second, and it was really cool to annihilate them all. Wu Kang bowed slightly, and found that a mile away from the left front, there were two battalions of Yangzhou Army's hard steel fire dragon and fire biao; Two miles to the left, Yu Hongzhi led the vanguard army to fight with the fire leopard battalion.

Wu Kang gave the order: "Escort the prisoners of war back to the camp, don't abuse them, let them be fed; put the heads of Tong Tianbao and Zhou Xiaoren on the flagpole; The remaining brethren will follow me to destroy the Leopard Battalion. ”

Looking at the front right, about a mile away, the armored soldiers surrounded the command platform, vaguely in red robes, looking this way. Knowing who they were, he suddenly had a whim, raised his left hand and gestured OK, laughed a few times, and killed the fire leopard camp.

Cui Xingfeng immediately explained: "Back to the house stabbing history, that gesture means that everything is fine, please rest assured." ”

Fang Renyu was noncommittal, and the old man was very relieved that the rebels would be destroyed today. As for all well, you hold on to it. The old man didn't care about the great achievement of capturing the enemy chieftain, but the Yangzhou sergeant, his eyes were hot...