"Inform Xue Wanli, arrange the spiral array, immediately cut off the connection between the snake head of the Xuanwu Army and the snake body of the Chinese army, and bring Ge Cunzhou's troops out of the military formation." Wang Houchun's former army war drum corps and horn corps blew the most turning point of this war. After receiving the order, Xue Wanli, Liu Baoliang, Qian Ning and others led the army to immediately hook up and turn together, and the large array rotated in a spiral shape, driving everyone in the array to do centrifugal movement from left to right.

"Immediately order the rear army headquarters to set off immediately to attack Dezhou City, and the artillery battalion will cooperate, this battle will make Zhu Quanzhong a lost dog from now on." Yang Tiancheng waved his hand to let the rear army reserve join the battlefield and began to carry out the siege mission.

"Tiancheng, leave it to Houchun here, let's go meet Ge Cunzhou and them." Xu Tianxiang saw that there was no more fighting on the battlefield of the Chinese army at this time, and the two sides had stopped fighting after the Chinese army of the Xuanwu Army was taken out of the position by his own spiral array, and Ge Cunzhou also led the main generals to come to the side of the Tiance army.

"Ge Dashuai, don't come unharmed." Xu Tianxiang rode his horse and hurried over, and then bowed his hand to Ge Cunzhou and hugged his fist.

"Ge Cunzhou's 70,000 people came to meet him." Ge Cunzhou's face turned red when Xu Tianxiang said it, but then he returned the salute.

"The generals will follow me to the barracks, and the brothers of the other Xuanwu Army will be received by Xue Wanli." Xu Tianxiang took Ge Cunzhou and others back to the barracks.

After the end of the Chinese army's war, Wang Houchun and Chen Yu joined forces and began to encircle and suppress Zhang Quanyi and other troops, while Wu Wanlong and Li San led the reserve army to besiege Dezhou City.

At this time, Zhu Quanzhong, who was on the tower of Dezhou City, looked at the scene in front of him and almost fell off the city wall, the upheaval of the Chinese army made him faintly feel the conspiracy under his anger, Ge Cunzhou surrendered to the Chengtian Ce Army on the battlefield, this kind of plan can not be done in a day or two, his own army commander surrendered to the enemy before the war, so how many people like Ge Cunzhou exist in the Xuanwu Army, the team created by himself?

"Lord, the situation is bad, please withdraw from Texas immediately and go to Xuzhou for temporary refuge." Xie Tong walked forward neatly in his official uniform.

"Tell me, did you know about Ge Cunzhou's defection to the enemy early on?" Zhu Quanzhong grabbed Xie Tong's sleeve, and a trace of cold air came out between his teeth.

Xie Tong nodded and said, "The minister already knew. ”

Xie Tong's reaction made Zhu Quanzhong cut off the last trace of thought, and he couldn't control his anger anymore, and roared, "Do you know why you didn't tell me? This loser wasted my trust in him, promoted him to recklessness, and appointed him as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang, but in the end he took refuge in Li Xuanqing. Tell me, why didn't you stop it? Why didn't you tell me? ”

"Success or failure turns empty. The lord is just a king and a loser. Xie Tong was originally pulled to the ground by Zhu Quanzhong, but at this time he stood up and sighed, his voice was full of sadness, "Lord, Hitomi has been following the Lord for twelve years, but the general trend of the world is now in the hands of Tiance Mansion, and our internal fighting is in vain to drain the vitality of Huaxia, and after death, we will also be nailed to the crime of harming all beings." In this case, it is better to withdraw from the world and live the people in one or two. ”

"Win or lose? How do you know that I, Zhu Quanzhong, am not Li Xuanqing's opponent? Ge Cunzhou did not defect to the enemy and rebelled, and my Xuanwu army may not be able to defeat the Tiance army. But you, one of you turned his back on the enemy and did not report it. So far, what kind of righteousness is the world talking to me? Do you really think I can't kill you? Zhu Quanzhong sneered.

"Xie Tong has been ready for a long time, and he is here to say goodbye to the lord." Xie Tong straightened his clothes and said solemnly: "Although the will of heaven cannot be violated, the minister has not forgotten the grace of the lord's knowledge, and the reason why he is here today is to die clearly." ”

"Yanzidu and the forbidden army immediately escorted the lord south to Xuzhou." Xie Tong's cheeks suddenly left a line of tears, which made Zhu Quanzhong's nose sour for no reason, and then the swallows quickly set up Zhu Quanzhong and walked down from the city wall of Dezhou City.

"Lord, see you in the next life." Xie Tong watched Zhu Quanzhong being taken away, smiled slightly, turned over and looked at the Tiance Army who was already close to the city wall, and jumped down from the city wall in depth.

This jump made the Tiance Army stop suddenly, and all the soldiers of the Tiance Army who were ready to fight felt the sadness of all the actions they had done before for no reason, the twilight of the hero, the end of the road, and the sentimentality of being unable to return to the sky.

This jump also made the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army who had not yet withdrawn from the city tower mourn, and they knelt on the ground in unison, and sent the military division away.

This jump also made Zhu Quanzhong lose his soul suddenly, and his tears flowed for a long time, not only lamenting that his hegemony was empty, but also saddening Xie Tong's personality and his last loyalty.

On the ninth day of August in 891 AD, the Tiance army broke the Xuanwu army outside the city of Dezhou. Ge Cunzhou, the commander of the Xuanwu Army, led more than 70,000 people to surrender to the battlefield, and Dezhou City was successfully taken. Xuanwu Army Strategist Xie Tong jumped out of the city and was martyred, and was then buried in the suburbs of Dezhou by Ge Cunzhou and other old generals of the Xuanwu Army. Zhu Quanzhong hurriedly evacuated from Dezhou to Xuzhou with his forbidden army. On the way, the news of the coup d'état in Bianzhou came again, this time there was no interception by Xie Tong and others, Zhu Quanzhong learned for the first time that his nest was ended by his son, and he couldn't afford to fall ill under repeated blows, and once again realized why Xie Tong finally arranged for himself to go to Xuzhou, but at this time, Zhu Quanzhong only had less than 10,000 people in his hands, and there was no way to punish Zhu Youqi, but to avoid the other party's marching route, and the Liang court faced the dilemma of falling apart after four months of existence.

Zhu Quanzhong's side was extremely down, but the Tiance Army had frequent successes. After the victory of the Battle of Texas, Wan Yi on the Western Front also took Zhengzhou and connected Bianzhou together. Under the joint efforts of the eastern and western armies, the Central Plains refers to the recovery of the sun.

"General Ge, my lord has summoned me to the end of August, and at the end of August, I ask you generals to follow me back to the Chang'an base camp to receive an audience from my lord." In the Dezhou Headquarters, Xu Tianxiang summoned thirteen generals of the Xuanwu Army, including Ge Cunzhou, after arranging the reception personnel of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Ge Cunzhou and others also did not care about Li Xuanqing's consistent approach, and since Cheng Wei and others entered Beijing to meet him safely and soundly, these people who surrendered to Cheng Cheng regarded it as a fashion to be able to receive Li Xuanqing's reception.

"Please take my brothers to Chang'an. I want to retire, and as I get older, battlefield battles are not suitable for me, so I should leave more opportunities to young people. Ge Cunzhou smiled bitterly.

As soon as he said this, Liang Chuan and the others were immediately anxious, but before they could speak, they were interrupted by Xu Tianxiang, "General Ge is worried about the country and the people, and we have heard about it for a long time, and now I admire the rapid retreat." However, my lord and young son will be full moon next month, and even if the general wants to retire, he should not miss such a grand event. Besides, now that the general has returned to the Tiance Mansion, he is also serving under the lord's account on the same level as me, so isn't it not good that the lord will not go to the first summons. ”

Xu Tianxiang's words made Huo Cun and the others nod again and again, and Zhang Guiba said directly: "Big brother, what the marshal said is yes, we just surrendered to Cheng and didn't even obey the lord's summons, wouldn't it make our colleagues in the Tiance Army think that we are holding a shelf?" Let's go, I'll prepare some gifts later, and we can't go empty-handed to participate in the young man's full moon wine. ”

"You guys go and prepare gifts, I want to talk to Dashuai alone." Ge Cun turned his head and motioned for Zhang Guiba and them to go out first.

"General Ge wants to talk to me about Zhu Quanzhong?" After Xu Tianxiang saw the others go out, he looked at Ge Cunzhou and said with a smile.

"Please don't blame the handsome, after all, Cun Zhou and others have had a master-slave friendship with him for more than ten years, and now I betrayed him and changed the court, and I have been the first to others and myself. After all, he is the old master. Ge Cunzhou's face was a little embarrassed, but he still spoke.

Xu Tianxiang waved his hand and pulled Ge Cunzhou to sit down and said, "I naturally know the general's intentions. It's just that one can't just talk about personal friendship and ignore the general righteousness. Zhu Quanzhong is actually meritorious to the people, at least the life of the people in the Central Plains he occupied is quite passable, and the Zhu family father and son also know the importance of the people, which I think is difficult for others to give the people a way to live in the troubled times except for my father-in-law. It's just that Zhu Quanzhong is moving against the tide and obstructing the great cause of world reunification, but it is a complete act of separation, which we cannot tolerate. ”

Xu Tianxiang's words made Ge Cunzhou's face change, and he said, "Then what if I am willing to replace him?" Can't you just let him live? ”

"I think General Ge misunderstood me. What I mean is that if Zhu Quanzhong is caught by us, we will treat him fairly and will not be beaten to death with a stick. Xu Tianxiang patted Ge Cunzhou on the shoulder and said, "Tiance Mansion has a special law court, which will independently judge his merits and demerits, and be impartial. ”

"In the same way, General Ge has no way to replace him, your credit is your credit, you can't give it to others, and others can't take it away. My family is determined to build a whole new social system. When the general arrives in Chang'an, he might as well take a look and walk more. Today's Chang'an has a new era of weather. Xu Tianxiang said with a smile.

Xu Tianxiang's words still made Ge Cunzhou a little puzzled, but at the same time, he also unlocked the shackles that he had been pressing on his heart for so many days, and he also laughed when he heard the words: "Since this is the case, I will also go to Chang'an to see and understand, otherwise even if I return to the mountains and forests, I will be out of touch with the public." ”

"Alright, that's it. The recruit office of the soldiers Tiance Mansion brought by the general has already sent people over, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to re-train them, and some soldiers may also be disarmed and returned to the field, and the recruit office and the logistics department will issue a full amount of retirement money and arrange for them to return to their hometowns and settle down. In the past two days, the general has arranged for people to cooperate with the recruits. Xu Tianxiang nodded.

"Don't worry, Cunzhou has already been arranged. The brothers will definitely obey the arrangement. Ge Cunzhou stood up and answered.

"Chief of Staff, the minister sent an urgent military report." Xu Tianxiang originally planned to chat with Ge Cunzhou about the system of planning the army, but was interrupted by the guards outside the tent. Immediately afterwards, the guards sent a military report.

Xu Tianxiang glanced at it and sighed: "General Ge should know about Zheng Fan and Zhu Youqi's actions, right?" Taking advantage of the inability of our army to take care of the inability of our army to take care of Dezhou, the two of them actually dragged nearly 100,000 people in the Dengzhou area to cross the sea. ”

"Forget it, this matter is not under the jurisdiction of our Central Plains Command for the time being. We'll talk about that then. Xu Tianxiang rubbed his eyebrows, this Zheng Fan is really unguardable, Bianzhou was interrupted by Xue Yang and planned to go with the people, but he didn't expect to do it again in Dengzhou.

"Dashuai, their destination is Samhan." Ge Cunzhou thought about it and still said what he knew, "This matter, Zheng Fan and Zhu Youqi have been planning for a long time, waiting for this opportunity. Samhan has a small territory and bad folk customs, so it is hoped that the commander will make a decision as soon as possible, and the safety of the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians cannot be ignored. ”

"Don't worry, Xuan Yingwei's side has already arranged for someone to come over, and when the time comes, we will meet and act. Although Sanhan is also in turmoil now, relying on the strength in their hands will not be able to suffer for a while. I'll report to the lord and see if the navy can help you on the northern front. Xu Tianxiang shook his head, obviously not optimistic about the navy, Guo Chongtao's current fleet size, fighting and cooperating is okay, if you want to fight independently overseas, it is not a star and a half.

"If the handsome man needs it, he is willing to serve the dogs and horses." Ge Cunzhou bowed deeply.

Xu Tianxiang waved his hand and said, "Without further ado, General Ge will arrange the reorganization of the army immediately." I will let Tiancheng take charge of the war in the Central Plains, and we will strive to set off back to Chang'an in five days. This kind of strategic adjustment requires the decision of the lord himself. ”

When Xu Tianxiang and Ge Cunzhou were discussing Zhu Youqi's escape to Sanhan, Yang Tiancheng had already unified the army and marched south from Dezhou, Li Tianyi's Cangzhou Army was responsible for recovering the Shandong Peninsula, Chen Yu's army attacked westward and joined Wan Yi's Western Front Corps to recover the western region, and most of the people in the central Central Plains were personally led by himself and Wang Houchun to catch up with Zhu Quanzhong's pace.

At the same time, Yang Xingmi, who was far away in the Chuzhou area and was preparing to attack Suzhou, also received an urgent notice from Xuan Yingwei and led his troops north to attack Xuzhou and participate in Zhu Quanzhong's siege and annihilation battle.

And Zhu Quanzhong entered Xuzhou first, and then the Xuanwu Army garrisons in Xuzhou and other places rushed to Xuzhou to converge. In just a few days, Zhu Quanzhong concentrated almost all the troops in the southern part of the Xuanwu Army, totaling more than 100,000 people, and prepared to sit in Xuzhou.

In fact, the reason why Xie Tong chose Xuzhou before his death was also because Xuzhou had a rich region, a lot of grain and grass, and the army stationed in Xuzhou as long as the troops were enough to hold on for a year and a half. Moreover, Xie Tong also left a back hand in Haizhou, which is close to the Yellow Sea in Xuzhou, and the ships made by Zheng Fan at that time also left a lot in Haizhou, which can be regarded as the last means of escape for Zhu Quanzhong.

However, Zhu Quanzhong obviously didn't want to give up so easily, and after concentrating 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, Zhu Quanzhong's mind was once again occupied by the thought of revenge.

With him sitting in Xuzhou, the final battle of the Central Plains competition is bound to start in Xuzhou. It's just that this time the Tiance Army is really surrounded on all sides. Nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses under Yang Tiancheng and Wang Houchun swept through Puzhou and Yanzhou all the way like a devastating force.

On August 15, 891, that is, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Tiancheng's Chinese army commander arrived in Xuzhou and took the lead in the battle of Xuzhou.