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The twenty-third day of the first month of Guangming is the traditional year, Chang'an City because the city is full of thieves besieged, so the atmosphere of the New Year is not strong, people are most concerned about when they can wait until the thieves retreat, and then the big guy will live a comfortable life. 『，

However, the optimistic atmosphere in Chang'an City is spreading, because the Huangchao thieves were repelled by King Ji twice in their sieges, so the people's favorability towards King Ji has skyrocketed, and at the same time, Emperor Li Yu's reputation has naturally declined even more.

When Li Bao got this information from Hu Sanbao, he immediately exerted his expertise in public opinion warfare, and actively publicized that the reason why he stayed was because of the emperor's decree.

In addition, the reason why the emperor will tour Shu in the west is because there is a traitor, as for who this traitor is, he did not clearly point out, only said that this person is the emperor's cronies, and has a huge impact on the emperor.

After the news was released, the people in Chang'an City immediately used their imagination and speculated that it was the traitor next to the emperor who caused the big guy to fall to this point.

The reason why Li Bao did this was to maintain the Li Tang royal family, although the emperor was greedy for fun and did not do his job, but after all, he was a symbol of Li Tang and could not be smeared by the people. In addition, he did a good job, and he also represented the image of Li Tang's royal family.

The second is that he wants to start creating public opinion and seize the opportunity to ruthlessly Kuroda Lingzi. This time is the best opportunity to let the people know more about Tian Lingzi's affairs and the bad things he has done.

These two goals were achieved, and Li Bao could carry out other things in the future.

After dealing with this matter, Li Bao turned to arrange for the people in the city to celebrate the New Year, after all, the New Year is approaching, all the people are trapped in the city, and he, as the ruler, must provide some benefits for the people under his rule.

This is also his responsibility and obligation as a person in a high position. Otherwise, losing the hearts of the people at this time will outweigh the losses for him.

Since it is going to be the New Year, it is necessary to get more wine and meat, but now Chang'an City is very lacking here, the siege has been more than half a month, and there are more than four or five hundred thousand people in the city, and the daily consumption is not a small number.

There are no cattle and sheep, Li Bao can only think of a way from the imperial garden in the Daming Palace, which has all kinds of rare birds and beasts specially for the royal family to enjoy, as well as horses, mules, horses and so on.

These are all meat, but it is still too little, Li Bao can only go out for the sake of the people's hearts, he ordered Hu Sanbao to slaughter all the edible food in the imperial garden, and the meat sorted out is distributed to the brave soldiers as a reward.

In addition, people are encouraged to slaughter livestock at home, and the government gives additional subsidies, and then sells them at the places designated by the government.

As for the liquor in the city, it was allowed to be sold freely, but under a licensing system. If you want to buy alcohol, you must have a "wine ticket" issued by Fang Zheng, and each adult man can only buy one pot of wine.

These "meat tickets" and "wine tickets" are from the memories of Li Bao's fathers in later generations, and the planned economy in the years of natural disasters has made him feel very much, and the current situation in Chang'an City is very serious, so he has no choice but to do it.

After dealing with the internal affairs in the city, the next headache is how to contact the outside of the city.

Although Huang Chao was afraid of the power of artillery and no longer attacked the city, he stayed outside the city and did not leave, and Li Bao could not get out.

Li Bao can still support it relatively speaking, but after besieging the city for a long time, it is inevitable that some people in the city will not be able to think about it and have crooked thoughts. Once that happens, it will be the time of Li Bao's demise.

It has been a long time since he lost contact with the outside of the city, Yang Siqi's Flying Dragon Army has been cruising outside, Zhang Qingping doesn't know what the situation is, and no one has dared to attack Huangchao and come to Chang'an to Qinwang, which shows that Huangchao's power is still very large.

He had to find a way to get in touch with the outside of the city and know the situation outside, and then he could find a way to break out, and being trapped in Chang'an City was not the way he should die.

The north wind is howling, this wax moon is a little abnormal, and there have been no serious snows in Chang'an until now, if it snows heavily, the Huangchao army outside the city will definitely retreat.

Li Bao looked at the peasant army camp outside the city, it was still black, and he couldn't help but wonder, what are they doing in Huangchao?

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Huang Chao was very distressed now, he never thought that this small clan prince in Chang'an City would actually become the ultimate obstacle for him to reach the top.

The officers and soldiers in the city have a weapon that can thunder, how exactly this weapon is launched, and why it is so powerful, so that he and his generals are very big.

Today is the usual gathering of generals, Huang Chao looked at the many generals in the big tent expressionlessly, wondering if the big guy has the answer after so many days, and can solve the puzzle of the secret weapon in the city.

Shang Rang twisted his short beard and looked at the few iron balls on the low table beside him, these iron balls were not very big, but they were the size of an adult's fist, but after being launched from the black barrel, the power was very amazing, basically killing and injuring four or five people to a dozen people.

In addition, the weapon is fired with a loud noise, like thunder on a sunny day.

They've never seen such a strange weapon, so they haven't come up with a reason for it so far. The soldiers under them are very superstitious, and they are afraid of being punished by ghosts and gods, so they are really a headache in Chang'an City.

Huang Chao stared at it for a long time, but no one spoke, so he had no choice but to turn to Shang Rang and say, "Does the military advisor have anything to say?" ”

Shang Rang thought for a moment and coughed, "Now that we want to attack Chang'an City again, I'm afraid it won't work." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the military spirit is no longer available. In addition, there is not much food in the army, and the people sent to the towns to urge food have not returned, and they do not know when they will be able to bring back military food. ”

It was already obvious that Shang Rang said this, and he was going to persuade Huang Chao to withdraw from the army. At this time, others didn't dare to say it, but Shang Rang couldn't help but say it.

After all, with the passage of time, Chang'an City is bound to become weaker and weaker, but they can't afford it even more, once they are besieged in Guanzhong by the feudal towns that wait and see, they will die without a place to bury.

As soon as Huang Chao heard Shang Rang say this, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, "How can this be true, a certain army has risen to the present, and there are no invincible opponents in the span of thousands of miles, and we have fought all the generals of the Tang Dynasty, and we don't want to go to this Chang'an City, but we are blocked by a small clan, and I really can't swallow this breath!" ”

"King Huang is angry, at this time and at that time, we can't attack Chang'an for a long time, but that King Ji is relying on the high walls of Chang'an City, and we are not good at attacking the city. Is it ,......, if we retreat temporarily, and wait until the morale and military spirit are ready before attacking Chang'an, what does the Yellow King think? ”

Shang Rang's words made many people unconvinced, but the situation at this time was very strange, those Tang officials who said that they surrendered were actually grass on the wall, once Huang Chao suffered heavy losses under Chang'an City, then they would inevitably switch to the Tang Dynasty again, and the already broken peasant army would become fat in their eyes.

Faced with such a precipitous situation, Huang Chao also had to think twice. In the end, he let out a long sigh and said, "According to the will of the military division, where do we turn?" ”

Shang Rang took out a simple map and put it in front of Huang Chao, "Huang Wang, please see that Luoyang is also the imperial capital, Luoyang is located in the south bank of the middle reaches of the big river (Yellow River), across several rivers of Yiluojian, leaning on the mountain in the north, facing Yique in the south, according to the tiger prison in the east, and there is Kunban in the west.

Now Luoyang is in our hands, since Chang'an can't be attacked for a long time, it is better for us to temporarily withdraw from Luoyang, Chang'an can leave a general to besiege, and wait until the spring of the next year when the flowers bloom again, we will break through the imperial capital of Chang'an. ”

Shang Rang's suggestion is very feasible, after all, half of the Tang Dynasty has basically been beaten by the Huang Chao Army, Luoyang is not far from Chang'an, and the fast horse will arrive in a few days, and after the spring of the next year, no matter how strong Chang'an City will be.

Now that the plan has been decided, the next thing is who is going to stay here and freeze, all the generals are a little dodgy for a while, joking and killing for more than a year, who doesn't want to go to Luoyang to indulge in the world of flowers for a few days, if he is ordered to besiege Chang'an City here, it will not be boring to death.

Huang Chao looked at the generals under the hall, and he spoke: "Who is willing to ask Ying to stay under Chang'an City?" ”

All the generals bowed their heads together, and Huang Chao looked at it, and understood in his heart, but at this time he also knew that the work left behind was not a good job. But no matter how good it is, someone has to do it.

So he turned to Shang Rang, "Who does the military advisor think is suitable?" ”

Shang Rang's face turned white, how could he do such offending words? "This matter still needs to be decided by the Yellow King, and I think that the generals will definitely not disobey the Yellow King's order."

Shang Rang refused to offend people, but he also said that whoever the Yellow King pointed to, he would admit it.

When Huang Chao heard this, he hesitated in his heart, he looked at Meng Kai, this former fellow countryman, was just about to speak, but he didn't want Meng Kai to speak first, he said: "Huang Wang Rongyu, a certain unit suffered heavy casualties under the city on the day the army first came, and a few days ago a certain army led the army in the west of the city and also took the lead, but the mysterious weapons in the city were powerful, and a certain department was defeated again. ”

As soon as Meng Kai said this, Huang Chao immediately understood what he meant, but this fellow villager was the best at patting him on the back. So he also found a reason to excuse Meng Kai.

When the other generals heard Meng Kai say this, they all scolded this sycophant in their hearts, but they couldn't refute him, his men were injured twice, this is an irrefutable fact.

Meng Kai was proud in his heart, and naturally had a smile on his face. He looked at the other people, and when he saw Zhu Wen, he immediately had an idea, so he spoke: "Huang Wang Rongyu, I want to recommend someone to relieve Huang Wang's worries." ”

"Oh. Who does General Meng recommend? Huang Chao asked.

"This person is Zhu Wen and Zhu's military envoy, this public army has outstanding merits, and the best management of the army, if General Zhu is left to besiege again, Chang'an City will definitely not be able to get out of trouble." Meng Kai said, and didn't forget to give Zhu Wen a look.

When Huang Chao heard this, Meng Kai said this, and then thought about Zhu Wen's past achievements, he also felt that this person was suitable, so he said: "General Zhu will let you stay this time, how about it?" ”

Although Huang Chao asked him what he meant, he didn't give him a chance to refuse, Zhu Wen had no choice but to bow his head and take the order, "No!" ”

Now that everything has been decided, Huang Chao announced the dissolution of the meeting, and the generals retreated.

Zhu Wen left alone sullenly, Shang Rang walked at the end, looking at Zhu Wen's back, he felt sorry for him in his heart, but Meng Kaishen's Yellow King trusted, this is also a fact, if he wants to gain a foothold in the army, he has to take care of this guy.

However, since he has retreated to Luoyang, Huang Wang's heart is sick, and he has to deal with it quickly, otherwise he will let others take the lead, and he will not go to this rare opportunity to persuade him.

Therefore, after Shang Rang returned to his military tent, he immediately sent people to contact Huang Ye, Lin Yan, Meng Kai and others to discuss major matters.

As for the unlucky guy Zhu Wen, Shang Rang plans to write a letter to him after they are pulled, and let Zhu Wen also write a letter of advice, this favor, Zhu Wen will definitely not forget himself in the future.

Thinking of this, Shang made his heart even more proud.