In Shangrao City, a house that has been turned into a temporary secluded place.

"Senior Brother Gu, you are a little Meng Lang this time."

Zhao Zhang, the left envoy of the military government who came to visit, sighed at Yang Shigu.

"The Yellow King has the idea of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, but he is in danger of being disturbed by you. It's because I have to wronged you for a while. ”

He was once born in the same year that Huang Chao went to Beijing to take the exam, so although he joined late, he was also one of the confidants and cronies in the General's Mansion who controlled the power of wealth and planning in addition to the relatives headed by the eight sons of the Yellow Gate.

"Could it be that this ruined idea is to beg to surrender to the official army?"

Yang Shigu said with some self-deprecation and some bitterness.

"Don't tell me that you are vain, or that the dog's hands are soaked with the blood and debts of the righteous army, how can you be so easy to fool? I just can't figure out why the Yellow King is so desperate. What about it?"

"Shigu, you don't know anything."

Zhao Zhang sighed in agreement.

"Half a month ago, King Huang sent Liu Junku's envoy to Jiangling to make contact, but he didn't want to meet an unexpected person."

"What an unexpected character again."

Yang Shigu's mind was suddenly lifted.

"But it's the virtual monk who brought troops from Guangfu to help."

Zhao Zhang's expression suddenly became subtle.

"It is said that Liu Jurong's troops in Shandong have recently been defeated, and the siege of Jiangling has been relieved, and now he is stationed in the city to rest,。。

"It's him."

Yang Shigu's eyes couldn't help jumping, but he couldn't hide his surprise.

You must know that the Northern Expedition of the Righteous Army was only a moment of hesitation, and this guy actually led troops from Guangfu to fight; And Shandong Jiedu made Liu Jurong a strong enemy of the righteous army, and he was actually defeated in the hands of Lao Shiyuan.

"Brother Shigu, you ordered the soldiers and civilians of Jiangzhou to break through on their own, and go to the nearest rebel army to find another department."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhang hesitated before saying

"As a result, there is a general Guo Yan who pretended to be your An faction, and led a number of soldiers and civilians and their dependents, and most of the baggage ships to Jiangling along the water, but they fell into the hands of that virtual person."

After the news came back, there was a lot of resentment in the military government for a while; Some people even say that you have long been friendly with the void monk, and now you are secretly colluding with each other. So he made the people of the ministry yin. ”

“。。。。”

Hear here. Yang Shigu only felt that there was a resentment erected, but he didn't know where to vent and confess; Although there are many deviations in this, he hopes to preserve the painstaking and difficult points of the old and weak dependents as much as possible, and no one in the military government can understand it.

That captain Guo Yan was also known and sent by Yang Shigu, and his actions may have been overkill and biased. But in the eyes of those high-ranking military officials and generals, it is better to let the dependents of these rear troops fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers and be slaughtered, than to defect to Gangneung, which is also part of the rebel army.

He also suddenly understood why, after a few years of return, King Huang stopped mentioning that he should contact Guangfu privately, but directly sent him to envoy and negotiate with the Huainan army.

"At the same time, he also sent a message to him, and he will send troops to Hongzhou and Ezhou in Hejiangling in the near future, thinking that the righteous army should respond.

Then, Zhao Zhang looked at Yang Shigu helplessly and sympathetically.

He also said that if things did not go well in the original formation of the rebels, they could go south to Qianzhou and other places to repair one or two outside the ridge. The subordinates must be welcoming each other regardless of the previous suspicions. ”

"This... But it was my inconvenience and mistake. ”

Yang Shigu couldn't help but gasp deeply, and suddenly realized in his heart, but it was his previous remarks about finding another way out, and he inadvertently bumped into the anger and taboo of the Yellow King, and suddenly the accumulated dissatisfaction and resentment broke out.

After all, with the qualifications of the other party, he was only a small person newly recruited by the military government at the beginning, and he relied on the trust of the Yellow King to be able to use his means to rise to the top, but in the end, he was able to defeat and squeeze out the Yellow King's trust in the Guangzhou Guarded Meng Wei, and he was able to occupy the land outside the mountains.

Therefore, even if this rumor seems to be an acquaintance of kindness and affection; But with the spirit and dignity cultivated by the Yellow King who fought for most of the world and suffered repeated setbacks and defeats, it is a ghost to be able to openly accept this kind of advice.

What's more, compared with the other party, the army led in Hunan and Jingnan all the way to the battle and was invincible; The Yellow King's main formation here has been frustrated and repeatedly defeated in front of the Huainan army, and he has retreated again and again, no wonder some people will have all kinds of resentment and dissenting thoughts. Coupled with a series of incidents happening today, it is not surprising that he suspects that he is secretly communicating with him.

However, Yang Shigu was a little sad and disheartened. Now that he has the name of the Left Military Division in the military government, he doesn't even know about this kind of thing or is excluded by others in disguise, and he stepped into it in disguise and planted such a big heel.

And after saying goodbye to Yang Shigu, Zhao Zhang couldn't help but sigh; As an important adviser and important position in the general's palace, he should have kept a certain distance from the other party and maintained a business-like attitude, which is the basic way to reassure the superiors.

But now that the General's Mansion is in danger, he who is also a descendant and has not experienced too many tragic encounters in the mountains of corpses and blood, and he can't think of the generals and soldiers who have followed him for many years, and continue to maintain enough confidence and morale.

Therefore, we can only make an exception and find a way to find a way to retreat and retreat from Yang Shigu, the right army division who is suspected of having close contacts with Lingnai but has begun to lose power.

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In the suburbs outside the city of Shangrao, Shinshu, the green mountains are like daida fields.

In the colorful and vast array of officers and soldiers, Zhang Xuan's copper-colored broad face with silver armor and red clothes was as cold as iron, and he had a self-confidence, arrogance, and majestic aura, which made the left and right generals dare not face it squarely and bow their heads to their ears, and they also dare not make a difference.

This atmosphere of silence and suffocation was not until the earth-colored gates of Shangrao City were opened, and an army of the same bright ochre tone of armor was opened in the sound of drums and trumpets; Holding high the earthy yellow Daxu above and the five-color five-party flags clustered on the left, all show that as the head of the grass thief, the world's largest anti-yellow nest is located.

Looking at the front team and the middle army of the grass thieves who slowly appeared in the doorway, as well as the rear team that fished out from the two wings of the city side along the wall; Even after the successive setbacks and defeats a few days ago, the troops are still neat and imposing, but Zhang Lan can't help but admire from the bottom of his heart:

"This thief's head is still a little bit like this! No wonder you have been able to deal with the court for so many years. ”

"It's just fish swimming at the bottom of the kettle, and dry bones in the mound."

The gray-haired and white-faced veteran Mark Ji couldn't help but whisper compliments and echoes beside him;

"As long as you give an order, it's just a dead life."

He is also an outlier in the Huainan Army, born in the Shence Army in the early years and his ancestral home is from Liangzhou in the northwest, his father is the son of the Guiyi Army into the court, and he followed Gao Biao to fight in the world as a forbidden army. He is also one of the few people who can talk to Zhang Luan, the first person in the army, and his peers.

"And don't be in a hurry. But listen to what else the grass thief is saying on the other side. ”

Zhang Lan waved his hand and said meaningfully

"After all, I'm here to confer a festival on them."

"What Du Bing said is very true."

"The attack is reasonable."

The generals couldn't help but echo each other, and they all showed embarrassed but polite smiles. Immediately, a messenger of grass thieves came out to bow down in front of the official army, and loudly read out the pre-agreed "Weighing and Surrendering Table Seal":

"The nest starts from the lowly, between the gathering and the head of the gang... Hearing that Taizong's legacy Yu Ze went to the people for a long time, and the virtuous ministers were reprimanded to death, cowardly in power, rich and deep punishment, and the world was sad. All the thieves came out together, and it was the time to live. ”

“。。。 Now, I just want a place to live, I am willing to protect the territory and the people for the court, cultivate and eat by myself, and I don't want the court to pay for food... ”

When the long seal was read and presented to Zhang Lan's hands, he waved his hand undeniably, let people take the pre-prepared festival, and summoned the chief general Chang Hongdao, who had been hanging on the edge of the generals.

"You can disguise yourself and go up together to see if the yellow thief is in front of you."

"Order,"

Chang Hong hesitated, then cheered up and slapped forward.

After another half a ring, he saw that the grass thieves who had received the festival dismounted and knelt in the direction of the Son of Heaven to the north, and bowed in unison in the direction of the Son of Heaven to the north, when he came back and whispered:

"Back to the fight, it's indeed the yellow thief current... On the left and right, there are Huang Rui, the secretary of the eight sons of the Yellow Gate, Huang Rui, the right chief Shi Huang Rui, the Confucian official Huang Kui, the envoy Huang Ye, the patrol grain yard Huang Ge, the front wing general Huang Hao, and the door commander Huang Cun...

"In its array, there are Li Junru, the left army division, Cui Miao, the etiquette envoy, Bai Risheng, the inspector, the left formation is the deputy chief Shang Rang and the general Meng Juehai, Ji Kui, and the right formation is the commander Gai Hong, the general Fei Chuangu, Pang Shigu...

"The queen of the palace is Liu Ying, and the left army makes Meng Wei ,。。。。"

"You're doing a great job. You can make a big mark. ”

Listening to him introduce the situation he had spied on before the battle, Zhang Lan couldn't help but praise him in public and promised him.

"In the future, the main soldiers of a state can be released, and the position of defense and capture can be expected."

"Thank you for your kindness."

In a strange and complicated look mixed with envy, jealousy and hatred, Chang Hong was grateful. At least he knew one thing, that Gao Linggong had never turned down any candidate for the chief general's promotion.

Seeing the movement of the Huangchao Formation under the city slowly stepping forward to salute the festival, Zhang Lan's heart became excited and nervous at this moment, and at the same time, a smile appeared from the corner of his closed mouth.

He looked at the Yellow Nest Thief Army not far in front of him almost with bated breath, and said softly, "Come a little!" Immediately one of his attendants gave him a long sword, and he turned back to the group of generals with a large sword in his hand, and said:

"Ling Gong has been in business for several years, and success is today. You must capture the rebels alive and report them to the court, and you must not let a thief slip through the net! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he only heard several dull and boiling cannon sounds behind him, shaking the sky and clouds, and several ambushes between the mountains and fields on the left and near them. Suddenly, the drums shook the ground, shouting to kill the sky. From afar, large and small flags swept all over the mountains, waving in the wind under the bleak sun.

"Kill the thief with me. Serve your family and country, and shade future generations... ”

At this time, the Ma Jun who accompanied Zhang Luan knew that he was already screaming, and he rushed down the gang with a horizontal sword and a prancing horse. According to the predetermined plan, he led a Huainan Jian cavalry to take directly between the Chinese army and the front team where Huang Chao was located, in an attempt to cut the grass thief into two sections.

And when Zhang Lan heard the sound of killing on all sides, he also methodically urged the army to speed up. I saw the cavalry flying in front of me, followed by the infantry all over the mountains. The Huaiyang crossbowman with a neat formation and a rain of arrows is on the right, and the Danyang official who roars like a landslide is on the left.

In the blink of an eye, they chased after the spearmen of the front team who tried to stop and break the grass thieves, and they collided on the spot and broke off the spears, and the flesh and blood flew close to each other and fought.

(End of chapter)