According to the agreement between Huang Zide and Zhang Bingzhong, after Zhang Bingzhong raised the banner to rebel, Huang Zide must immediately kill him from Shangluo Mountain to deal with each other. Therefore, when Zhang Bingzhong rebelled again, he immediately sent an envoy to urge Huang Zide to act. However, Huang Zide did well on credit issues. The envoy sent only when he reached the vicinity of Xichuan heard the news of Huang Zide's attack on Shangnan.

There were also three envoys sent by Zhang Bingzhong, the one who took the lead was called Ke Quxie, and the two people around him, one was called Ma Bao and the other was called Huang Jingui. The three of them pretended to be traveling doctors in the rivers and lakes, and went to Shangluo Mountain. At that time, the three of them were tired of walking, and they drank some water at a tea stall. There were also a few people dressed as merchants who were also resting there, drinking tea and talking. Ke Quxie has always been meticulous, so he wanted to listen to what they said, but he heard this sentence: "It is said that the 'Shuntian King' who originally fled in Shangluo Mountain was also killed from the mountain." Now they are besieging Shangnan. ”

"Oh, fortunately, we walked fast, otherwise we would have been surrounded in Shangnan City." Another businessman-like person said, "Didn't you say that Huang Zide was defeated by the official army at Tongguan and the whole army was wiped out? How could he come out and surround Shangnan again. ”

"How many words can be believed by those officials of the imperial court?" The man from before sneered, "I heard that the 'Shuntian King' came out of the mountains with an army of 100,000 this time and surrounded Shangnan......

Hear here. Even Ke Quxie couldn't help but show a smile. Huang Zide came out according to the agreement, and it seems to be true. But what kind of "100,000 army" or something, it is so fake that there is no edge. After following Zhang Bingzhong for several years, he naturally knew that in the mountains of Shangluo Mountain, not to mention 100,000 people, it was difficult for 5,000 people to survive.

I listened to a few more words, but there was nothing of value. The three of them got up, gave the tea money, walked out of the tea stall, and walked along the official road for a while, and gradually there was no one around. Ke Quevil then stood up and said, "It seems that Huang Zide really killed it." Brother Huang, you rush back to report to the Eight Great Kings, and Brother Ma and I continue to Shangnan. ”

When Huang Jingui heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "That's fine, it's just that Brother Ke, Brother Ma, be careful all the way." The three of them parted ways here, Ke Quxie and Ma Bao continued north, while Huang Jingui turned back.

Ke Quxie and the two went all the way to the north, hurried slowly, walked for two days, and arrived in Shangnan. But he saw that there was no army under the city of Shangnan, but the city gate was closed, and there were soldiers everywhere in the city, and he still looked nervous. A number of arrows could be seen under the walls, and it was clear that there must have been a battle here. It's just that at this time, the besieging side no longer knows where to go.

"Huang Zi probably can't attack this city." Ke Qu thought evilly, "He came out of the mountains, and it would be good to have one or two thousand people." Most of them led some people to block the city gates, and then sent soldiers to the countryside to rob those big families. However, this Shangnan County must also be more guarded, but I am afraid that the rich family will have already run into the city, and he will probably not be able to grab anything. Looking at this situation, most of them saw that they couldn't grab anything, so they left. Seeing that the city gate was still not open, most of the time he had only been gone for a long time. I don't know where he is now. ”

It's just that the surroundings of Shangnan are deserted, and no one can be found to ask at this time. Ke Quxie could only discuss with Ma Bao beside him: "Brother Ma, where did you say that now, this Huang Zide has gone?" ”

"Huang Shunzi has few people, and he must move closer to our king, if he goes to our king, it is nothing more than two ways. One is to go south through Xichuan, and we came from this road, and there is no reason why we can't meet them. Moreover, the imperial court transferred troops to fight the eight kings in the past, and most of them also had to take this road, they were so few people, they were not afraid to meet the army of the imperial court? So I think they can only go to Yunxi and Baihe. Marble replied.

Ke Quxie nodded and said, "What Brother Ma said is true." Let's go to the countryside to have a look, and if we really go far, we will chase after Yunxi. ”

The two men had made up their minds and did not turn to the south, where there seemed to be a village in the distance.

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At this time, Huang Zide's army was indeed marching towards Yunxi. From Shangnan to Yunxi, there is a narrow official road. Walk through the mountains. Not far from this road, there is a Wangjiazhuang. The son of the owner of this royal estate was in charge of the priest in the county. Huang Zide also knew that this Wangjiazhuang had something to do with the government, so he knocked this Zhuangzi down when he passed by.

Speaking of which, Wangjiazhuang also has a village wall, and there are also Zhuang Ding, and the number of people is also more than 100. However, Huang Zide had an elm cannon at this time, and the army had just carried out hatred education, and now he only said to the army that the Wang family was a filthy official, and through the disasters of these years, he didn't know how many fields he had seized, so he successfully mobilized the soldiers' hatred for the Wang family. Then a few elm cannons bombarded, and the soldiers rushed with the newly made ladder and knocked down the village.

Speaking of which, there is actually nothing in this Zhuangzi. When Huang Zide picked out the flag, the owner's family hid in the city, and the valuable soft nature was also brought into the city. Still, a lot of grain was found in this village—but these things were worth gold and silver, and could be easily brought into the city. If these grains were according to Huang Zide's old habits, they would naturally be taken away directly. However, before he was killed from Shangluo Mountain this time, Huang Zide had already decided that he could no longer be a "rogue", but a new saint who "hanged the people and killed crimes". In this case, it is necessary to show love for the people everywhere. So he asked people to find all the tenants in Wangjiazhuang, and then in front of them, he first explained the meaning of "hanging the people and cutting down crimes", and then set fire in public, burned the IOUs that these tenants owed to the Wang family, and then distributed a bucket of grain to each person. The tenants were so thankful that they didn't dare to ask for it, but Huang Zide ignored it, and simply stuffed the grain to them, and then let the army take the rest of the grain and continue south.

Huang Zide's headquarters continued to walk south in the mountains for more than ten miles, and a small road appeared on the right side of the official road. This trail is able to go around Shangnan and head north. Huang Zide committed suicide and went to Luoshan, so he did not plan to go south, but planned to make the appearance of going south first, transfer all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to the south, and then go around to Henan, and give the imperial court a knife from behind. He attacked Shangnan County and Wangjiazhuang before, but in fact, he just wanted to make a southward appearance. And this road was explored more than a month ago.

Huang Zide led the men to the trail, and then began to speed up the march and rush north. Xuan Yi estimated that the news of Zhang Bingzhong's rebellion should have reached the imperial court, and the imperial court's reaction was about to come out. In the previous life, the imperial court first asked Xiong Shanhuo to take Zuo Liangyu to suppress Zhang Bingzhong, but they didn't want to, these two people were in a hurry, but they were ambushed by Zhang Bingzhong and suffered a big defeat. Then the imperial court put Xiong Shanhuo in prison, let Yang Fei replace Xiong Shanhuo, and the governor besieged Zhang Bingzhong with soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and Zhang Bingzhong suffered defeat and retreated to Sichuan. Then he was caught up by the official army at Agate Mountain and almost annihilated. But in this life, Xuan Yi estimates that most of these stories will not happen again. Because at most, when Yang Fei personally supervised the division, besieged Zhang Bingzhong, and forced him to flee to Sichuan, Huang Zide should be able to suddenly kill out of Henan with his army. At that time, the situation in the world will be completely different from when he was in his previous life.

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Wuchang, Governor's Palace.

The cigarettes on the incense table were still rising, but the Chin Cha had already finished reciting the holy decree. Governor Xiong Shanhuo kowtowed and said, "Minister, Xiong Shanhuo is grateful." After kowtowing, Xiong Shanhuo stood up, and the official who delivered the decree stepped forward and handed the holy decree to Xiong Shanhuo and said: "Xiong Weng, Zhang Thief rebelled, and the saint was furious. Elder Yang Ge also asked me to bring a message, saying that it was necessary to eliminate the Zhang thief as soon as possible, and not let him and the yellow thief echo each other. Now there is a lot of discussion in the DPRK and China, if Xiong Weng has nothing to see here, he is a saint, and I am afraid that he will not be able to suppress the discussion. ”

Xiong Shanhuo nodded and said, "Please also ask Gong Li to reply to Yang Ge Lao, Xiong will definitely take the head of the thief this time." ”

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After sending off Qincha, Xiong Shanhuo immediately sent someone to call the chief soldier Zuo Liangyu. first read the holy decree to him, and then said: "General Zuo, Zhang thief is in turmoil, and the Son of Heaven is uneasy. Fortunately, before the Zhang thief rebelled, the imperial court was not completely unprepared. When the old man accepted the surrender of Zhang Thief, he placed him in Gucheng, with Zuo Zongbing in the south, Wang Zongbing in the west, and He Zongbing in the north, and hundreds of thousands of troops had actually formed a big encirclement for him. As long as we move fast enough, we can defeat the thief with one sentence. General Zuo, I don't know when the army under your command will be able to move. ”

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said: "Lord Governor, there is something in the country, and it was originally the time for the sons and daughters to serve the country, but the governor also knows that during this time, the army of the last general has been lacking in military salaries, and now, the sons and daughters are not full of food, even if they want to serve the country, they are also powerless." ”

The situation is different today than it was more than a decade ago. At that time, military generals had almost no status in front of civilian officials. In front of the civil servants who are governors, even if they are first-class military generals, their status is as low as a slave. A governor can decide their life and death with almost a word. But now, things have changed. The imperial court became more and more unable to pay military salaries, which made the supply of the troops under the command of the general soldiers more and more dependent on the general soldiers themselves. In most times, a general is not only in charge of how his army fights, but also in charge of all the logistics and supplies of this army. Then this army will undoubtedly become his private army, and he will become a warlord in the truest sense of the word. These warlords have soldiers in their hands, and the court can't control them at all. They did not obey the dispatch, and the court could only remove them from their official positions at most, but they still had to continue to take the original army to "atone for their sins". It won't be long before they have to be reinstated. Therefore, even a governor like Xiong Shanhuo nowadays has little to do in the face of a warlord like Zuo Liangyu.