Neutralized three years, early April.

Following the defeat of Li Hanzhi and Li Yan by Han Pheasant in Xuzhou, after the rocket-like rise, the warlords of Xuzhou Li Keyong, Zhu Wen and Zhao Li, also lived up to expectations, and on the last day of the first month, on April 10, they defeated Huangchao, killed more than 10,000 guards of the grass army, captured tens of thousands of horses, and seized countless heavy grains and grass.

Huang Chao was defeated and led the remnants to flee to his hometown in Caozhou.

The news of Huangchao's defeat reached Xuzhou, and Shang Rang was anxious, for his future future, he must have a certain amount of capital, and Xiao County, which was close at hand, became his first target.

At the instigation and support of the soldiers under his command, Shang Rang suddenly burst out, and launched a fierce attack on Xiao County at any cost and regardless of the consequences.

In mid-April, Huang Chao led the remnants to sweep through Songzhou, attacking Suiyang County, the seat of Songzhou, and assassinating Zhang Rui and his family fled; And Yucheng, located in the east of Suiyang County, the Shi Jingsi Department of the Hedong Army, suddenly killed, taking advantage of Huangchao's unstable foothold and the exhaustion of the army, once again gave Huangchao a heavy blow, killing 3,000 enemies and capturing more than 10,000; Huang Chao fled, led thousands of remnants of the army, and fled into the Tiger Wolf Valley.

Xiao County, Xuzhou, is Shang Rang, Shi Pu both sides, the losses are extremely heavy, the blood fight to the most tragic time, Han Pheasant led the Xu Wei Army to suddenly kill, in one fell swoop to defeat Shang Rang, desperate Shang Rang, and finally led more than 10,000 remnants of the grass army, surrendered Han Pheasant.

At the same time, there were also Chang Hong, Zhao Zhang, Li Tangbin, Huo Cun and others who surrendered.

Han Pheasant did not stop, and immediately led his troops to besiege Xiao County, confronting Shi Pu, who had less than 10,000 remnants left, Shi Pu was in prison and was in danger.

In late April, Shi Pu had the intention to mobilize the people in the city to defend the city, but was stopped by the tooth general Guo Shaobin and the general Li Shiyue, and the two suddenly broke out and put Shi Pu under house arrest.

At the request of Han Pheasant, Guo Shaobin and Li Shiyue arrested Chen Fan.

On the tenth day, Guo Shaobin and Li Shiyue opened the city gate, took off their helmets and armor, and personally escorted Shi Pu and Chen Fan to surrender to Han Pheasant.

Han Pheasant, who took over Xiao County, once again searched the whole city on the grounds of looking for his sister, but still failed to find the three masters and servants of Yu Chi Jin, Zhu Li was so frustrated that he had to let Jing Ming continue to investigate and secretly visit, launch ghost guards, and go all out to find the whereabouts of Yu Chi Jin.

On the 25th, Shi Pu was torn apart by Han Pheasant on charges of tyranny and poisoning the people; On the same day, Chen Fan was beheaded for the crimes of looting, committing adultery, and murdering Li Min.

Xuzhou changed hands, and Han Pheasant screened out the old and weak guards from Xuzhou from Xu Weijun, and distributed salaries on the spot to let them go back to production.

This was followed by a reorganization of the army and the deployment of all parties.

Han Pheasant took Yang Shihou as the general, Li Shiyue and Huo Cun as the other generals, and stationed 10,000 troops in Huangkou to defend Songzhou.

With Chen Heng as the general and Guo Shaobin as the other general, he led 8,000 guards to the south and stationed in Qi County; With Chang Hong as the town general, he led 3,000 guards to be stationed in Huaiyuan, and the two were horns for each other to defend Huainan.

With Shen Ji as the general and Zhao Zhang as the other general, 10,000 soldiers were stationed in Pei County to prevent Yanzhou.

He led 30,000 Xu Wei troops back to Pengcheng to defend Yizhou.

On the day of Shi Pu and Chen Fan's conferment, on April 25, Li Keyong led his troops to chase into the Tiger and Wolf Valley and strangled the remnants of the grass army.

The Yellow Nest was destroyed, and a new chapter in history was opened.

The whole country did not have a scene of celebration, but the officials everywhere were still extremely happy, because they no longer had to worry about the fact that one day, the grass army would hit the door of their homes, kill them alive, and then rob them of their belongings and women.

The warrior warlords everywhere, mixed blessings and sorrows, the fall of the Yellow Nest, their way to obtain military exploits, since then there is one less way, for the ambitious, this is not good news, they have to find another way.

In the end, in the territory of Datang, the most powerful military group in the whole country will no longer have the name of Huangchao, and the strong strength of Li Keyong, Zhu Wen and others will also surface and be exposed in front of the eyes of the world.

The grass thieves are gone, but the world is still in flames, and a new pattern has emerged, how will the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuch group of the Tang Dynasty, the friends of the Tang Dynasty, and the warlords of the Tang Dynasty make their choices.

The big waves wash the sand, the passing water flows eastward, the tragic songs of heroes are endless, and the heroes of the times cannot be exhausted.

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Bianzhou, the Governor's Mansion.

Zhu Wen, who had just returned to Junyi County, hurriedly pulled two Confucian scholars into the study, as if he was about to discuss something intensively.

The Yellow Nest was destroyed, and the terrifying grass army was finally drowned in the long river of history, but Zhu Wen, who was sitting on the main seat, did not have the slightest joy, he frowned tightly, looking worried.

After the defeat of Huangchao, the Tang Dynasty has always been the largest armed insurrection force, Zhu Wen's brows not only did not stretch, but wrinkled, not to mention that he was originally from the grass army, and the biggest beneficiary of this counterinsurgency was not him.

On Zhu Wen's right hand, this Confucian with a horse's face is Li Zhen, who once cracked Zhu Li's plan to attack his heart, and he is also the mastermind behind the conspiracy to set up a situation and frame Zhu Li.

And on Zhu Wen's left hand, this lupine scarf, a handsome and handsome Confucian scholar, is shocking.

The ancients respected the left, and during the Battle of Weishui, Zhu Wen's number one strategist was still Li Zhen, but Li Zhen is now sitting on the right head in a regular manner, which shows that his position as the first strategist is obviously no longer the original one, abdicating and giving way to Xian.

Li Zhen, although insidious and narrow-minded, is a genuine, undeceived and resourceful man, and his strategic talent is by no means inferior to that of the Kuai brothers in the Three Kingdoms era, and the person who can make him willing to be in the last seat is obviously not simple.

This person is Jing Xiang, Zhu Wen's most relied on and most powerful mastermind, without one, Li Zhen and him can never be compared, whether it is character, open-mindedness, or wisdom and strategy, they are all a big difference.

If someone compares the two, it is an insult to Jingxiang.

Jingxiang, after Wang Jinghui of Pingyang, his grandfather Jingxin, the official to the rafters of Tongzhou, is also the son of an official eunuch. In history, Zhu Wen obeyed Jing Xiang's words, and when people said Zhu Wen, he must say that there are two phases, and Jing Xiang is one of the two phases.

If Zhu Wen is compared to Cao Cao, then Jingxiang is Xun Yu, and he has Zhu Wen's heart more than Xun Yu.

Ke Jingxiang has always stood in Zhu Wen's position, and put himself in Zhu Wen's shoes, so this person is worthy of Xun Yu, loyal to the sun and the moon, and is a rare courtier with integrity during the Five Dynasties period.

The Yellow Nest is dead, the grass thieves are gone, and the glorious era of belonging to the grass army is gone.

At this time, Zhu Wen frowned, Jing Xiang and Li Zhen seemed to know why he was unhappy.

Looking at the whole world, after the defeat of Huangchao, there are only a handful of people in the entire Tang Dynasty who can make Zhu Wen scruple.

Among these people, Li Keyong, as the envoy of the Hedong Festival, controlled the rich Hedong Province and the land of 12 states, and became Zhu Wen's confidant.

Theoretically, the six prefectures of Yun, Shuo, Wei, Xin, Dai, and Lan are also the control areas of the Hedong Jiedu envoys, and if Li Keyong completely controls Hedong, his power will be even stronger.

Let's not mention that Ulzhou was annexed by Li Keju long ago, just say that the five states of Yun, Shuo, Xin, Dai, and Lan are now all controlled by Zhu Chun, who Zhu Chun is, he is Zhu Li's father.

Although this middle-aged man in his forties doesn't care about anything, these five states are impregnable under Guo Qizuo's deployment, and with Li Cunxiao's courage and toughness, they can't shake it in the slightest, but it is also difficult for them to stretch south.

Even if there are still five states of land not recovered, Li Keyong is still too strong, Hedong in the late Tang Dynasty, is notoriously wealthy, Li Keyong controls the world's most courageous Shatuo guards, holding the world's richest Hedong, the reputation of the strongest warlord, well deserved.

And what about Zhu Wen, the envoy of the Xuanwu Festival, on the bright side, he now only has the poor land of Bian, Song, Bo, and Ying, how can he compare with Li Keyong?

It has been nearly a year since he took over as the envoy of the Xuanwu Festival, and he has secretly installed a lot of people in other states and counties, but Zhu Wen is still inferior to Li Keyong.

After the defeat of Huangchao, Zhu Wen, the most fierce opportunist, finally faced face to face with Li Keyong, the strongest feudal town in the Tang Dynasty.

How could Zhu Wen be willing to live under the people, his ambitions did not allow it, and those subordinates who followed him were also not allowed.

But now Zhu Wen is very embarrassed, due to the appearance of Zhu Li, Huang Chao died a year earlier than in history, if it is according to the development of normal history, when Huang Chao died, Li Keyong was certainly the most powerful warlord in the world, but Zhu Wen's strength was not inferior to him at all.

But now, Zhu Wen should have been a critical year of vigorous development, but he was brutally disturbed by Zhu Li.

Knowing Zhu Wen's worries, Jing Xiang arched his hand and said: "The chief manager is worried, is he worried about how to be promoted in the future?" ”

Zhu Wen raised his head and glanced at him angrily, as if to say, he asked when he knew.

Jing Xiang's face was full of spring breeze, and he didn't seem to be worried at all, and said indifferently: "Although the Yellow Nest is destroyed, isn't there still Qin Zongquan?" ”

"Qin Zongquan?" Zhu Wen glanced at Jingxiang in confusion and wondered.

In Zhu Wen's eyes, the current Qin Zongquan is not weighty enough, no wonder he is surprised.

Jingxiang didn't sell Guan Zi, and blurted out: "Huangchao is defeated, but Li Zongquan is still there, this person is brutal, vicious and cruel, unscrupulous, lawless, and soon he will inevitably become the leader of the party that will harm the Central Plains." ”

"At this time, the chief only needs to go through the horses, the internal knot slaughter, the external stability of the Li valve, and move from time to time; After the thief made a move, the chief manager took advantage of the situation to attack, leveled the thief, and added officials to the knighthood. ”

When Zhu Wen heard this, his brows stretched, and his fighting spirit instantly rose, but he was still a little depressed and said: "Neijie Zaifu, fight against the eunuchs, Tian Lingzi's old eunuch, I'm not too worried, but now I have to worry about Wang Zhongxian's dead eunuch." ”

Hearing him say this, Jing Xiang and Li Zhen also showed a hint of depression, who knows what medicine this Wang Zhong took first, for nearly a year, they have always found fault with Zhu Wen and them everywhere, if it weren't for the party of foreign ministers in the court, helping to suppress it, Zhu Wen's life is estimated to be even more difficult.

How did they know that Zhu Li had stolen four boxes of gold bars from Wang Doujin, and the message he left was to be dedicated to Zhu Wen, and with Wang Doujin's talent, he would definitely not be able to find any useful clues, so he could only tell his uncle Wang Zhongxian some news about catching wind and shadows.

Wang Zhongxian has been embezzling for so many years, and he finally accumulated some property and stored it in his nephew's house, just to support the elderly, and it was a little less than half all of a sudden, can he have no opinion on Zhu Wenneng.