Xin Si (the second year of the first month), Huang Chao's army once again stormed Tongguan, and transferred a lot of equipment and vehicles from the rear at any cost; Zhang Chengfan tried his best to resist, and from the time of Yin to the time of Shen, the bows and arrows of the Guanguan army were no longer able to shoot, so he threw stones at the Huangchao army;

There was a trench outside Tongguan, and the Huangchao army drove the prisoners and people to wrap firewood and straw bundles to rush into the trench, and dug the earth and piled it on the cart to follow closely behind, and after a while, the three deep trenches in front of the pass were all filled.

So, the army of Huangchao crossed the trench and arrived at the city to set up camp. At night, arson burned all the buildings to the ground. Zhang Chengfan then divided 800 soldiers and handed them over to the Wang Division, ordering him to refuse to guard the forbidden pit, and when the Wang Divisional Association led the army to the forbidden pit, the Huang Chao army had already passed.

On the morning of Renwu (the third day of the first month), the Huang Chao army attacked Tongguan from the east and west, and the Tang defenders were all dispersed, and Wang Shihui committed suicide; Zhang Chengfan led the remnants of the soldiers to escape back to Chang'an in civilian clothes, and traveled to Yehu Spring, where he encountered 2,000 Fengtian reinforcements arriving one after another, Zhang Chengfan beat their hands and shouted: "You are late!" ”

So the Fengtian soldiers hurriedly retreated to the capital, and began to scatter on the way.

The troops of Boye Town and Fengxiang Town, who came later, marched to Weiqiao, and happened to encounter the new army of Shence recruited by the capital, all wearing new clothes and furs, and couldn't help but be very angry, saying: "What merit do these guys have to wear such good clothes, we are fighting to the death but are cold and starving!" So he robbed the new army on the spot until it collapsed and fled, and then switched to the Huangchao army as a guide and marched to Chang'an.

Huang Chao led the army to attack Huazhou, and left the army to defend Qiao Chan. Located in Puzhou, Tang Hezhong (now Puzhou Town, Yongji County, Shanxi Province) Jiedu envoy mutiny, Duyu Marquis Wang Chongrong raised troops to house arrest Jiedu envoy Li Du, and established himself as the Jiedu envoy, but asked Huangchao to surrender and retain his original position.

So on the fourth day of the first month, Tang Xizong in Chang'an City issued an edict again, intending to re-appease the Huangchao department. However, then in Zheng County, the state of Huazhou,

"What, make me the king of Dongping, the envoy of the five towns of Tianping, Taining, Probation, Yicheng, and Pinglu; The prince and the young master, the special entry, the Shangzhu country; Is this treating me as An Lushan, Shi Siming and the like?。。 ”

Dressed in golden armor and yellow cedar and yellow nest, under the ring of a group of civil and military personnel, he looked at the Chinese envoy Mu Haogu who came to announce the decree with trembling on his face, and then laughed loudly to the left and right.

"However, since I am determined to bring the heavens to make up for the peace and hang the people to fight the crime, then let this great treasure of the world be in the hands of your polo boy for a few more days."

At the same time, the scattered Shence New Army and Fengtian soldiers had fled into Chang'an City one after another; and began to take advantage of the chaos to rob the homes of the people in the market. At this time, it was the moment when the hundred officials retreated from the court, and when they heard that the rebels had entered Chang'an City, the ministers and subordinates couldn't help but scatter you outside the Yintai Gate, and they went into hiding in separate ways.

When Prime Minister Zheng Ji heard the news, he summoned the Ouchi squads and the remnants of the Beiya Forbidden Army to prepare for the enemy; However, no one responded, and Jingzhao Yin Yang Zhizhi abandoned the crown and fled. Only Zheng Yuangui, the envoy of Zuo Jinwu Street, led hundreds of bad people, bad handsome people and evil young men to converge.

So he decided to enter the Huangcheng Da Nei to meet the Son of Heaven on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent people to hurriedly go to the Zhongwu army garrison outside the city, and contacted Yang Fuguang, who was in the town, to send troops into the city to maintain and suppress the situation. However, Zheng Jin pounced in the Hanliang Hall where the Son of Heaven rested.

At the same time, Tian Lingzi, who secretly sneaked back to Chang'an, also led 500 soldiers of the Shence Army to escort the disguised Tang Xizong out of the city from Jinguangmen; There were only four kings around the city, including King Fu, King Mu, King Ze, and King Shou, and a few concubines drove away with Luan.

And the people of the city, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the palace divisions of the Great Inner Dynasty did not know about it, and they did not know the whereabouts of the emperor.

After Tang Xizong left Beijing, he galloped around the clock, and most of the officials and clans couldn't keep up, and they fell behind one after another and scattered all the way. After the news that Tang Xizong's car had gone away gradually spread, the soldiers in Chang'an City and the people of Fang City rushed to break into the official office and the royal treasury to steal the gold silk.

At this time, Zheng Jin, who was still trying to save the situation in the city, received bad news again. Yang Fuguang, the camp supervisor who originally promised to lead troops into the city, after hearing the news that the Son of Heaven had abandoned and fled, also changed his course on the spot, abandoned the camp and baggage, and led his troops west around the city to follow the trail of the holy car.

"How can this be, eunuchs mislead the country, eunuchs mislead the country!! 1”

Zheng Jin, who only felt that the sky was falling apart and the earth was irretrievably broken, suddenly seemed to be much older; can only scream in pain at the left and right tears in tears.

After venting, he still tried to endure the grief and disappointment in his heart under the influence of reason, and ordered the left and right to collect the horses of the Ouchi Garden; He also summoned the family members and subordinates in the city, and drove out of the Xuanwu Gate, which was no longer guarded.

"Elder, shall we wait until this time to follow the Holy Driver?"

A driver asked for instructions

"No, I'm going to Fengtian to preside over the situation, in the garrison of the eight towns in the west of Beijing, there are still some soldiers and horses stationed in the Shence Camp, maybe I can do something in the future."

At this moment, Zheng Jin, who was strong in spirit, regained that tenacity and determination again, as if something was burning in his eyes.

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In Yuezhou, Zhou Huai'an also looked at a few recent war reports with mixed feelings.

First of all, Lei Mansuo's department, which was the focus of the attack, was attacked by firearms by waterwheels and ships on the shore of Dongting Lake, and the whole army was actually in chaos on the spot; Although after retreating more than ten miles from the lake, he quickly regained his strength and gained a firm foothold;

However, it was attacked and attacked by Liu Liumao, the general of the front formation, and several battalions of Taiping cavalry and cavalry battalions under his command. As a result, morale collapsed again, and ducks were completely released between the plains and waters of the Dongting Lake basin.

The result was the encirclement and annihilation battle that was expected to require careful arrangement, and thus it became a light cavalry victory in a rout battle and subsequent pursuit. As a key target, Lei Man's whereabouts are clear, and he has stirred up the honor guard.

However, as a product of a chain reaction, Xiang Zhu, the leader of the Shimen barbarians, who was burning and plundering on the north shore of Dongting Lake, and the seventeen-dong coalition army under his command, known as 50,000 people, began to retreat one after another.

Although the remedial nature of the assembly of naval forces, in cooperation with the local garrison and garrison that had not yet fallen, but the majority of the barbarian coalition army, mainly to the headquarters of Xiangsuke, was able to withdraw from the territory of Yuezhou, leaving behind a devastated place and scattered barbarians.

Then came the news from the southern division, since Zhou Yue was killed in the army, Shaoyang, the city of Shaozhou, also had civil strife and the fight of many forces; Therefore, under the leadership of the newly surrendered Min Miao and Deng Chune, the second hussar battalion led by Zhao Yinggong easily entered the city and occupied the key points.

After the subsequent arrival of several battalions and divisions, the situation in Shaoyang City was settled, and a new round of recruitment, prisoner screening, and gentry trials began; According to the other party's statement, as long as a few more garrison battalions are added, they can draw their hands to fight for the territory of Shaozhou and carry out more in-depth cleanup and suppression.

Well, with the resolution of the three roads in Xiangxi among the five enemy armies, Zhou Huai'an's plan to try the ability of micro-manipulation again and even personally command and kill the enemy also failed, and he could only obediently return to the boat and continue to march towards Jiangling with his Chinese escort force.

However, in the process of sailing, he got new news and changes; However, it was the so-called Jingnan Jiedu that made Song Hao's men and horses attack Guizhou, Xiazhou, Wanzhou and other places in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; With the echo and cooperation of the local gentry and wealthy clans, they expelled and destroyed the local rebel army nominally subordinate to Gangneung;

Later, he sent his deputy envoy Duan Yanmo to the south to cross Lishui non-stop, and attacked the territory of Lizhou controlled by Xiangzhu, connecting the three counties of Anxiang, Shimen, and Cili; Only Liyang, the state city, was left because Xiang Zhu's men and horses rushed back in advance, and suppressed and slaughtered the rebellion of the wealthy families and big families in the city, and it was able to be preserved.

Therefore, outside the Shannan Jiedu envoy Liu Jurong, who was attacking Jingzhou, the newly released Jingnan Jiedu envoy Song Hao, actually became the biggest winner of the five-way army this time.

(End of chapter)