Zhuge Shuang did sign and draw a pledge on it, but the reality is: There were two regimes at that time, one was the Tang Dynasty and the other was the Great Qi, which regime supervised and arbitrated? In practice, whether this piece of paper has legal effect or not depends on Zhuge Shuang himself. He said yes, and there was. He said no, no. Later practice proved that Zhu Wen was indeed played by Zhuge Shuang as a monkey this time.

What does this feel like for Zhu Wen, who is used to treating others as monkeys? If we think about it from another perspective, it is not difficult to understand. From then on, Zhu Wen no longer believed in laws and regulations, he only believed in the role of hostages.

Because Zhu Wen brought Zhuge Shuang's book, Huang Chao admired him very much. A month later, in February of the first year of Zhonghe (881), Zhu Wen was appointed as the vanguard of the southeast camp to attack Nanyang. From this time on, Zhu Wen really became the only general under Huang Chao.

Long before the loss of Tongguan, Chen Jingsi, the supervisor of Hedong, was ordered by the lord (the eunuch's title to the emperor) to serve as a military envoy to the north and go to the north to recruit troops and break the thieves. A total of more than 10,000 people were recruited, including: Shatuobing (Li Youjin's department), Tuyuhun soldiers (Mihai Wan's department), and Anqing soldiers (Shi Jingcun's department). The military situation was urgent, Chen Jingsi did not dare to delay, and led this group of miscellaneous troops to the south in a hurry.

Because the conscripted soldiers are all from the north, they are used to being fierce and tyrannical. When he went to Jiangzhou, he did not change his thief nature and plundered on a large scale. Then carrying a large bag and a small bag, he returned to Yanmen Pass in the north and stationed in the west of Lao County. Li Youjin shook his head and sighed again, and said to Chen Jingsi: "In this group of rabble, there is no senior general who can't take them. My brother Situ father and son (Li Guochang, Li Keyong. Brave and feared, just because he offended the court. And the expatriates living in Saibei do not dare to come back. Now if the Son of Heaven sends an edict. Let him lead the troops, and the heroes of the north will respond. The nest thief is not enough to level it! ”

They didn't know that Li Keyong had already sent troops south at this time, and Chen Jingsi listened to it and thought so. The messenger rushed to Xingzai (the moving central government) and reported to the Son of Heaven. He also instructed them to report the matter to Yang Fuguang, the privy envoy and the Zhongwu Supervisor, when passing through Zhongwu Town.

When Yang Fuguang heard the news, he wrote a handwritten message and handed it to the messenger, saying: "You don't have to go here, the mountains are high and the roads are far away." The Son of Heaven has issued an edict appointing Li Keyong as the envoy of the Yanmen Xingying Festival. Go back and tell Chen Jianjun that he can directly lead the troops to Daizhou to find Li Keyong. ”

The situation of Li Ke's dispatch and return of troops. Yang Fuguang already knew. A few days ago, he talked about this when he met with Wang Chongrong in Hezhong: "The reason why Li Keyong did not go south in time to Qinwang was because he was blocked in Taiyuan, and he did not intend to stand still and watch the fire from the other side. If he wills, he will come! ”

After speaking, Yang Fuguang said to himself again: "Alas! The militaristic plan made Zheng Congyan a mess. ”

Yang Fuguang's prediction is very accurate, and Li Keyong will definitely go south. He is a young man with conviction and ambition, how can he not want to make progress because of a little trouble?

After Zhu Wen left Liyang. Zhuge Shuang's staff expressed their incomprehension: A nameless rat, as soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, we will turn our back on the three-hundred-year-old Tang Dynasty and surrender to the thief. It's going to make people laugh when they get it out.

"What do you know?" Only then did Zhuge Shuang say what he really thought in his heart: "At present, the hundreds of thousands of troops of Huangchao are all around Chang'an, and our Liyang camp is close to them. If they don't, the first target of the thieves will be us. We're a little bit of a family. How to beat others? This is called overcoming rigidity with softness. ”

In fact, Zhuge Shuang was only half right. He is not alone. During the same period, there were other government forces around Chang'an, and soldiers and horses from various feudal towns were gathering in Chang'an, gradually forming a situation of encirclement of the Chao army.

Now the question is, Emperor Li Yi has taken refuge in Xishu, and the Central Plains is scattered, who else will control the overall situation? Of course, the big boss is still Li Yi, and at this time he is staying in a place called Xingyuan halfway through. Although his Son of Heaven is a government-in-exile, it has all kinds of administrative functions. Isn't there a buzzword called "remote control" now? By the way, Li Yi is sitting in Xingyuan at the moment, remotely controlling the work of the gangsters in the Gyeonggi area, of course, the behind-the-scenes command is the eunuch Tian Lingzi.

A few days ago, when the emperor left Beijing and arrived at Luogu, Fengxiang Jiedu made Zheng Zheng pay homage to him by the side of the road and asked the Son of Heaven to stay in Fengxiang. Li Yi said: "I don't want to get too close to the thief, so I will go to Xingyuan for the time being, and the important task of recovering the capital division will be entrusted to Aiqing." ”

Zheng Jin knew that he couldn't keep it, so he had to take a step back and say: "Due to the scaby road, it takes time to report and the fighter plane will be delayed, so please give your majesty the power to act cheaply." ”

Li Yi agreed without hesitation.

Huang Chao soon gave Zhuge Shuang a new appointment: the envoy of the Heyang Festival. It's just that it didn't be explained, Heyang was going to take it by his own strength. To go, or not to go? Zhuge Shuang weighed it again and again, and felt that his arm couldn't twist his thigh after all, so he still went to Heyang hard. Zhuge Shuang's name is really extraordinary, the Heyang soldiers who came to resist him, as soon as they saw him, they put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. The guard general Luo Yuangao fled with a few retinues and defected to Xingyuanxing. (This is only found in the "General Guide to Governance", and the reason for this is still a mystery.) ）

People's hearts to Tang! In the few days since the emperor arrived in Xingyuan, loyal and righteous people have been rushing to serve the central government. "The Yiwu Festival made the king hear that Chang'an was lost, and he cried for days. If you don't take the edict, you will raise an army to help, and send 2,000 people to Xingyuan Wei to drive. —— "Information Governance Tongjian".

The original Hanlin bachelor Chengzhi, Shangshu Zuocheng, and household servant Wang Hui were forced to become officials by Huang Chao in Chang'an, and he resolutely refused. A month later, he fled to the river, wrote a recital, and sent someone to Xingyuan Xingzai. Li Yi issued an edict and appointed Wang Hui as the secretary of the military department.

Prime Minister Wang Duo, since he carelessly lost Jingzhou, he has been idle in Liu Jurong's Xiangyang. A few days later, Huang Chao fled eastward, and Wang Duo returned to Jiangling (present-day Jingzhou, Hubei) to preside over the aftermath of the disaster. Now, he also rushed to Xingyuan Xing, and Li Yi appointed him as the young master of the prince, Situ and his servant, and Tongping Zhangshi.

Li Yi also distributed a number of letters of appointment, and added officials to some important figures who could influence the current situation. For example, adding Zheng Ji to the Ping Zhangshi, adding Huainan Jiedu to make Gao Biao the eastern capital (although Li Yi was very dissatisfied with Gao Biao's recent performance), and adding Hedong Jiedu to make Zheng Cong's subordinates serve in the middle.

After that's all you do. Tang Xizong Li Yi's car was only driving with wheels rolling and staggering towards Chengdu.

How is Song better than Tang? You probably want to say. Heavy text is better than martial arts. The results of the Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force are known, so I won't talk about it. In fact, the war in the late Tang Dynasty was not entirely caused by heavy force. The Tang Dynasty did not take the military lightly, and even during the war, the imperial examination was carried out as usual.

Chen Jingsi and Li Youjin rushed to Laoxian County with Yang Fuguang's edict, and went to Daizhou with 10,000 rabble, defecting to Li Keyong. The edict reads: "Keyong, now there are Chen Jianjun and Li Youjin's subordinates, because it is difficult to control the arrogant soldiers, so they go to Daizhou and listen to them in front of the general's tent." Er ate a closed-door soup outside Taiyuan City. Russia has heard of it. From the people, the reason is not noticed, and the mistakes of the former should not be remembered. Today, the Chaokou is in turmoil in Beijing, the Son of Heaven is displaced, and the people are devastated. Once the edict was issued, the number of soldiers going to the province was increasing day by day, but they were unable to move forward. However, please ask the general to think of Tang Sheji and uphold the lonely loyalty of the eight generations. Quickly raise troops to the south, thinking that it is an example. I have sent a note to Taiyuan that military rations must be supplied. Eagerly awaited! - Yang Fuguang, director of soldiers and horses. In the second year of Zhonghe, the sixth day of the first month, the first month. ”

For the attachment of his uncle Li Youjin. Especially seeing that he brought more than 10,000 people, Li Keyong was of course very happy. He was not daunted by his betrayal. Because Li Keyong himself is also betraying himself back then? After reading Yang Fuguang's letter to him, Li Keyong was even more grateful. This is exactly what it is: the man who is a confidant dies. The love of old friendship is more important than the mountain!

Li Keyong was about to reorganize his troops and horses to go south again, but he still couldn't go. What's going on? The old enemy is looking for trouble.

A few months ago, Li Ke used Daizhou to parade south, and the pomp and circumstance was unprecedented. This incident caused quite a stir in the Daibei region, and in the city of Yunzhou, the defense of Datong made Helian Duo perched and restless. He thought: If Li Keyong makes immortal achievements because of this, he will definitely seek revenge on me, how can it be good?

Later, when he learned the news that the Crow Army had returned to Daizhou, his face immediately turned from gloomy to sunny, and it turned out to be a false alarm. Li Keyong, it's not right to be amorous, and the court didn't invite you to break the thief, what kind of excitement is the kid? Helianduo didn't understand and shook his head helplessly.

He couldn't forget the past three years ago: he didn't hesitate to spend his blood and sent people to Yinshan with gifts to bribe the Tatar chieftain and buy Li Ke's head. As a result, the head was not bought, but the gifts sent were like meat buns for beating dogs, and there was no return. If it's just that the gold and silver silk silk are gone, it's fine, but which one of those Tang Sancai and shadow celadon is not priceless? This is all caused by Li Keyong, I will not give up!

He immediately wrote four letters asking for help and sent them out. One was sent to Tiande, and the envoy of the martial arts was made to Qi Bizhang; One was sent to Taiyuan, and Zheng Congyan was sent to the east of the river; One was sent to Youzhou and handed over to Li Keju, the envoy of the Lulong Festival; One was sent to his own jurisdiction to assassinate Shi Suyou. Ask them to send troops together, and take advantage of Li Ke's fledgling wings to gather him in Daizhou City.

In March of the second year of Zhonghe (882), Helianduo asked for help everywhere, and three of them reacted and agreed to send troops. Only Taiyuan Zheng Congyan ignored it. Seeing that the time was ripe, Helian Duo decided: In addition to leaving more than 2,000 people to defend the city, the whole army poured out! He ordered a few men and horses, about 30,000 people, and the number of troops was a little less, but it didn't matter, there were other three-way soldiers and horses together, which was enough.

Ulzhou Assassin Shi Suyu acted the fastest, he was a subordinate of Helian Duo, and he couldn't do it if he wasn't active. But before he could get to the city of Daizhou, a news came that made him jaw-dropping: his home (Ulzhou City) was served by Li Keyong. Su You and his 3,000 soldiers have become homeless vagabonds, where did they go for the long night? Nearby Garrison Beauty Valley.

Li Ke used this trick very beautifully, and this trick is theoretically called "sports warfare". With only five hundred cavalry, he easily took the city of Ulju.

Helian Duo decided to recapture Ulzhou first, and after he joined Li Keju, the army was about 70,000 people, and the two coalition forces besieged the city of Ulzhou. Li Ke lit a fire, burned the city's treasury, and then led 500 cavalry out of the city and smashed the coalition camp.

Li Ke used a horizontal knife with his right hand and a long lance with his left hand, and slashed from afar, and no one could get close. is killing sexually, and a general is blocking the way. He held a forty-pound nine-ring machete, and when he swung it slightly, the iron ring on the back of the knife made a "clanging" sound. I only heard him shout loudly: "Hey, it's Li Ke who is coming?" ”

"It's Ben Shuai, who are you?" Although Li Keyong and Helian Duo are rivals, they have never met.

"If you want to ask me who I am, sit tight and don't fall off. I am the Datong defense envoy appointed by the Tang Emperor, Zheng Sanpin, and Helian Duo is also. Let me ask you, what kind of demon method did you use in Yinshan to escape? and all my gold and silver treasures have been lost. ”

Li Keyong was angry and funny, and scolded: "You shameless person, you still have the face to say, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, even if I don't kill you, the gods will punish you." ”

"Wow! I'm so angry, the anti-thief Li Ke uses it, and he takes his life. Helianduo said, raised his knife and slashed at Li Ke with the head, and Li Ke used a long lance to pull away without hurrying. Helian Duo's sword sank, and the knife came down along the horse's lance, and Li Ke used to withdraw the lance at the same time, turned to the side and dodged. I was secretly shocked: so dangerous! Li Keyong never gave him a chance to shoot again, and he made several shots in a row, as fast as lightning. Helianduo parried again and again, drenched in cold sweat. I thought I couldn't play anymore, and if I played again, I would die, so I turned the horse's head and fled. Li Keyong did not pursue, and rushed out of the camp with 500 cavalry and returned to Daizhou City.

At this time, the central government in Chengdu had a new personnel arrangement: in view of the imperial family's distress, General Gao Biao led an army of 70,000 or 80,000 to stay in the beautiful Dongtang for several months, and it is said that he had a great time, and Li Yu was extremely depressed about this. It was decided to abolish Gao Yu's military posts such as the commander of the army camp (commander-in-chief of the government army) and the eastern commander (commander of the eastern theater of operations), and only retain the post of salt and iron transfer envoy (soon, this last fat difference was also lost.) ）。

Alack! A generation of famous generals Gao Biao, the evening festival is not guaranteed, and the end is sad.

Someone said: "The five dynasties of the remnant Tang Dynasty were an era without the concept of loyalty. "In this regard, I just want to say: in addition to Li Keyong, there is another person who should be able to silence the person who wants to say this. This person is not very famous in Chinese history, let alone well-known to modern people. He was a famous poet, a man of letters, and at the same time a prominent statesman. In the late Tang Dynasty, which was like a candle in the wind, he entered the picture as a literati. His loyalty and martyrdom are comparable to those of Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang in later generations, and the cause he fought for was to maintain stability and unity, not to fight outside, because there was no external trouble. His name is Zheng Jin! (To be continued......)