In the middle of March of the first year of Zhonghe (882), the northwest of Chang'an was camped in the capital, and the Fengxiang Festival made Zheng Zheng lead the army to set off, and the soldiers pointed directly at the puppet Qi regime entrenched in Chang'an.

Accompanying the army were the envoys of various sections who participated in the Yellow Alliance, as well as the low-key King Li Bao.

Zheng Zheng gathered an army of 40,000 this time, and the other Jiedu envoys led an army of 10,000 to 20,000 were not equal. Among them, the smallest number was the Weizhou army, with only 3,000 people.

The allied forces from all walks of life are full of confidence in this battle against the Huangchao thief army, not only in terms of numerical superiority, but also in terms of momentum, using the official army to defeat the thief army, of course, this is just the idea of the army leaders themselves.

The low-key and wise King Ji doesn't think so, after all, it is this kind of warlord scuffle, and it is still for fame and merit.

Now although the Tang Dynasty is broken, the mountains and rivers are still there, and the Tang Emperor who is far away in Shu is very uninterested in political affairs, but he is extremely appreciative of the heroes and is generous.

Playing polo can win a festival, not to mention the great contribution to the recovery of the national capital? Besides, with the current situation of Datang, it is most in line with the emergence of a new Guo Ziyi, who it is, it depends on personal performance.

Zheng Jinnai is the leader of the five surnamed wang clans, and following him can not only increase his fame, but also raise his personal value and strength, so all the festival envoys are very enthusiastic about attacking Huangchao.

Li Bao is disdainful of fame, he has earned him praise and fame from the government and the opposition for a month in Chang'an, coupled with his status in the Li Tang clan, he doesn't need to add any more fame at all. On the contrary, he had to keep a low profile, so as not to irritate some people in Shu.

As for the representative of the Weizhou Army, as well as the political ally that Zheng Zheng recognized early on, Li Bao must show the posture of an ally.

In addition, Li Bao had to show his super strength, otherwise in front of the other Jiedu envoys, the Weizhou army would not be able to gain a foothold and gain the respect of other warlords.

This is also the reason why Li Bao made a lot of publicity in the military conference, in order to make other warlords realize the strong strength of the Weizhou army, this is also a test of the Weizhou army.

Li Baotong Tuoba Sigong bet that in the end, the most bandits would be eliminated and won. The winner can ask the loser to do one thing, and the rear must not refuse.

Tuoba Sigong is so arrogant, the most important thing is the more than 10,000 iron cavalry army under his command.

These are the capitals of his Tuoba family to dominate Youzhou, as the trusted Hu clan who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the Tuoba clan is far more honest than the Shatuo Li Ke who is extremely noisy in Hedong.

But honesty doesn't mean that he has no ambitions, Datang is so heroic, no matter what kind of person he is, as long as you identify with Datang and can be loyal to Datang, then Datang will recognize you as a citizen of Datang.

The heroic Tang Dynasty is characterized by this, and it has repeatedly emerged that such as Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi and other foreign names in the history of the Tang Dynasty have been represented.

But this is all off-topic, after all, the warlords at the end of the Tang Dynasty had their own scheming intentions and came together to deal with a rogue leader.

The Tang army got a scout report that Shang Rang, the second thief chief of the pseudo-Qi Dynasty, led an army of 50,000 thieves to the Fengxiang realm. However, the thief army was very arrogant, and they did not shy away from the snooping of the Tang army scouts along the way.

Many military leaders of the Tang Army were overjoyed when they heard this, this is a good opportunity, since Shang Rang is so arrogant, the opportunity for the big guy to become famous has come.

Li Bao didn't pay too much attention to Shang Rang, the unlucky bastard, he was just quietly observing Zheng Zheng. This frail old man had composure and wisdom befitting his age.

Zheng Jin's command is determined, and many military leaders are very obedient to him, after all, civilian officials who know how to fight are not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in other dynasties in history.

Zheng Zheng sent scouts to find out the whereabouts of the thief army, and on the other hand, he massacred the spies sent by the thief army under the elite cavalry under Tuoba Sigong.

Zheng Ji knew himself and his opponent, and he was strategizing, but Shang Rang was a blind man riding a blind horse and bumping into each other.

First of all, Shang Rang led a large army to pass through Tongzhou, plundered the remaining people in Tongzhou City, who greeted them attentively, and indulged the soldiers to smash and loot. For a while, there was a mourning in the city of Tongzhou.

After Zheng Zhen got the news, he was inexplicably sad and indignant. angrily smashed his favorite piece of Duanzhou inkstone into several pieces. The angry Zheng Zheng ordered the army to speed up the journey and rush to Longweipi, the decisive battle site, as soon as possible.

The reason why Zheng Zheng chose this Longwei Pi as the decisive battle place was because of the future King Li Bao. He mentioned it a little before Zheng Jin, and then Zheng Dadutong, who received the "divine revelation", immediately realized that Longwei Pi was really a godsend, so the elated Zheng Dadutong immediately held a military meeting and announced his strategy.

Zheng Zhen tried his best to capture Shang Rang, but Shang Rang took several of his colleagues to drink and dance leisurely in the most luxurious mansion in Tongzhou City.

The dancers are dancing a trendy dance from Chang'an, Kyoto. After Meng Kai and others were stationed in Chang'an, they searched for this kind of dancing girl who was both beautiful and artistic. The reason why he did this was not to hoard Juqi, so that he could use Mei Ji to make friends with other peasant army generals.

Today's banquet was held by Meng Kai, the grain officer of the army, and the purpose was naturally to tie up Shang Rang, the number two person in the Great Qi court.

The pioneer envoy Wang Bo has already led his troops to break into the Fengxiang realm, but Meng Kai is still happy and chic with Meng Kai and others in the rear, which really makes people feel a little weird.

The orchestra is silky and bamboo, coupled with the enchanting posture of the dancing girl, everyone in the hall is a little drunk, and everyone is drunk.

Meng Kai smiled, raised his glass to Shang Rang and said, "Taiwei, please drink this cup full." ”

"Oh, what does General Meng mean by this cup?" Shang asked with a smile.

"This cup is naturally to congratulate the captain for getting rid of the thorn in his heart." After Meng Kai said this, he also smiled tacitly at Shang Rang.

Shang Rang was interested, and asked: "Hearing General Meng say this, the big guys must be confused, why don't you ask General Meng to say it clearly, so as to solve everyone's doubts." ”

Meng Kai came from the smiling Shang Rang, and he muttered faintly in his heart, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this guy, and he actually wants to say the secret in his heart bluntly?

Meng Kai couldn't figure out Shang Rang's thoughts, so he couldn't help but hesitate, "What about this......"

"It's okay, Brother Meng, but please say it bluntly, the people attending the meeting today are all your own brothers, so they are naturally trustworthy."

Shang Rang's words made the leaders of the peasant army present rejoice, after all, they could call Captain Shang a brother and brother, and they would not meet a few times in their lives.

Meng Kai scolded in his heart: Old fox, a simple sentence will make a certain person inside and out, okay, you are amazing!

But since Shang Rang said so, there was no need for him to hide it, so he said: "I'm afraid that Wang Bo is in a catastrophe this time." ”

Shang Rang didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, but the other little leaders couldn't help but ask.

Meng Kai didn't look at Shang Rang and continued: "Who is this Wang Bo, the big guy must be no stranger." ”

Wang Ban is the nephew of Wang Xianzhi, another leader of the peasant army in the past, when Wang Xianzhi was defeated in Hubei, the prestige Shang Rang in order to take care of the overall situation and also for the safety of the Wang rebel army, so he led the rebel army to trek through mountains and rivers to join Huangchao.

After the convergence, the rebel armies of the two sides were no longer as united as before, and the gap between the two sides was also increasing little by little.

With the expansion of the Huang Chao Army's sphere of influence, and then Huang Chao's ascension to the throne as the emperor, the voice of the old royal family being suppressed became louder and louder.

Shang Rang, who was originally the leader of the royal family, gradually stopped caring about the old generals of the royal family, and at this time, Wang Bo replaced Shang Rang as the spokesperson of the old generals of the royal family.

With the old generals of the royal family being condensed again, not only Huang Chao was uneasy, but even he was worried.

On this expedition to Fengxiang, Huang Chao ordered Shang Rang, and Shang Rang immediately thought of Wang Bo, so he proposed to take Wang Bo as the striker and Meng Kai as a food envoy.

Originally, it was a trip to brush up on military merits, and as Shang Rang, who was close to Huang Chao, he naturally wanted to give his master Huang Chao an image of a loyal dog who could not only relieve your worries but also think about what you wanted, so his proposal Huang Chao was immediately approved.

Since Shang Rang had the intention to let Wang Bo die, he deliberately stayed in the rear, and naturally he didn't care about the Tang Army's suppression of his own spies.

All of this is made clear here, and the big and small leaders present seem to have been warned: if they are disloyal to the Yellow King, they will die in the future and be a fool.

After Meng Kai finished speaking, he realized that the beautiful sound that was still lingering in his ears had already stopped. He immediately said, "Why stop, continue to play."

Although Sizhu made a comeback, everyone present was no longer interested in singing and dancing at this time, because everyone's hearts had different changes.

At the same time, a group of people and horses on the eastern border of Fengxiang Mansion were leaking forward, although the moonlight was hazy, but the endless torches flashed in this night, which also made the group of people and horses undoubtedly hide.

There is a small group of knights hidden not far from this team, they have been peeking at this team of people for a long time, and when this team of people is about to disappear in front of them, one of the people in the team is looking like a person, and said softly: "We have been following for so long, and now we can finally be sure that they are a lone army, Yan Xiaoqi quickly went to Tuoba to report to Jun, I can't say that we have to do a vote first." ”

When Tuoba Sigong received a report from his scouts, his face was full of joy, haha, our Youzhou army will eat this thief army of 5,000 people first, what will King Ji'er do with himself when the time comes?

So Tuoba Sigong ordered all the people and horses, and secretly left the camp at night, and the high-spirited Youzhou army didn't know that at this time there was another small team of men and horses, quietly hiding in the night like a night owl in the deep forest, cold and cold!

The night was deep, and the half-hidden waning moon also seemed to show fatigue, quietly hiding in the clouds, in the dark night in the boundary of Fengxiang Mansion, the thousands of troops and horses rushing to the conflict were staging a sad song of blood and fire, and not far from the battlefield in a dense forest, an army of warlike tigers was lurking, waiting for the opportunity.