This battle made Zheng Jin's prestige far and wide, and Li Yi, the son of heaven who was far away in Chengdu, was ecstatic and sent a congratulatory telegram: "I know that there is no end, and the courage of Confucianism is nell!" The meaning of this sentence is: I don't know enough about Zheng Jin! As a powerless scholar, he has reached such a state of bravery!

This battle was quite a blow to Huang Chao in Chang'an City. He sat down in his chair and said nothing.

A few loud "boom" sounds interrupted Huang Chao's train of thought. Only then did he realize that the memories just now were like a nightmare, and how did he know that it was only the beginning of the nightmare.

Several loud noises came one after another, and it turned out to be the sound of earth-shattering thunder explosions - the Tang government army launched a general attack on Chang'an City!

If it is said that the Tang Zhuzhen soldiers who surrounded Chang'an were wolves, then it can be said that this wolf pack was not enough to pose a mortal threat to Huangchao for a while. But Huang Chao would never have thought that there was a fierce tiger that was enough to kill him, and he hadn't come out of the mountain at the moment. If it weren't for Zheng Congyan, a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, who did bad things with good intentions, as early as a year ago, Huang Chao's head would have hung on the tower of Chang'an City.

Who could this tiger be?

Li Keyong has two old enemies, one is Li Keju of Youzhou; The other is Helian Duo of Yunzhou. These two haven't picked up a bargain since the last time, and they are quite interesting, and they haven't come to trouble again. Li Keyong finally breathed a sigh of relief: It's time to go out of the mountain, the Son of Heaven is still in Chengdu and is looking forward to me to recover Chang'an!

One day in November of the second year of Zhonghe (882), the south gate of Daizhou City "squeaked" open, and 17,000 crow army iron horsemen were pressed by black. As an advance team, he went out of the city under the personal leadership of Li Ya'er. His father, Li Guochang, stayed in Daizhou. He is in charge of the military and political affairs of the Yanmen camp.

There are many good things that I can't help myself, and I have been waiting for a long time to come out. Since the incorporation of more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops brought by Chen Jingsi and Li Youjin. Then he defeated the Youyun Coalition Army that came to find the gap and cause trouble, and the Raven Army further developed and expanded, with more than 50,000 infantry cavalry.

Li Ke is not what it used to be, and even his weapons have been changed. He used to use a horse lance, although the horse lance is a sharp weapon for soldiers and the traditional standard of the Tang cavalry, but he always felt that he was not very effective, and it seemed that something was missing, and now he replaced it with an iron halberd. Li Ke used the nickname "Crow" in addition to that. There is also a nickname: Flying Tiger, so he named this weapon "Tiger Halberd". The name is good, but how powerful is it?

Everyone in the country knows that the weapon used by the famous general Xue Rengui is called the "Fang Tian Painting Halberd" -- the tip of the spear is in the middle, and the two sides are symmetrical crescent-shaped blades. The difference between the Tiger Halberd is that its crescent blade is unilateral, and this iron halberd is lighter and more powerful than the Fang Tian Painting Halberd. The weight of the halberd was twenty-eight catties, which happened to correspond to the age of its owner at the time: twenty-eight years old.

Let's take a look at the luxury camp that this advance team is different from the past: except for Gai Yu, Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Li Cunzhang and other original generals. Chen Jingsi, the Hedong Supervisor, and Li Youjin and other generals were added. In particular, the 13 Taibao of Hedong, which is widely circulated among the people, several of them are making their debut on stage. They are: Shi Jingsi, Li Cunxin, Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan, Li Cunxian, Xue Atan, etc. But don't underestimate these hairy boys who are only teenagers, they are the sword of Zhong Kui in the future. will gallop in the vast world of speaking with force with extraordinary skills, and become the nightmare of all evil forces in the late Tang Dynasty!

The majestic Taiyuan city wall could be seen from afar, and Li Keyong asked the advance team to bypass Taiyuan City to the west. He was first stationed in Lanzhou (now Lanxian County, Shanxi) to prevent Zheng Congchen from mistakenly thinking that the Ya'er army was coming to attack the city. He took Chen Jingsi and a guard of hundreds of people to Taiyuan City. He wanted to say to Zheng Congyan, the prime minister and envoy of the Hedong Festival: Bye-bye!

Li Keyong was so busy with military affairs, why did he make a special trip to Taiyuan to visit Zheng Congyan? Is it necessary to be so polite? You don't know. The purpose of Rick's trip was to get some money to pay his military salary. Without money, it is not easy for the troops to do ideological work. Without money, everything is in vain, and even the possibility of a mutiny is not non-existent.

In Taiyuan City, Zheng Congyan had already received a letter from Yang Fuguang, the privy envoy and director of soldiers and horses. In the letter, Yang Fuguang praised Li Keyong as the embodiment of loyalty and righteousness, and after saying a lot of good things, he cut to the point: "For the sake of Datang and everyone, please do your best to fund the food and salary of the Yanmen Army." Let them be bent on pleasing thieves without worries, and the country will be very fortunate! ”

Outside the city of Taiyuan, Li Ke shouted at the top of the city tower: "I am in the west, and I am willing to say a word to the public." "Meaning: I'm going all the way west, and I just want to say a word to Zheng Gong.

After a while, Zheng Congyan appeared on the city tower. Two people outside the city, one of whom used to be in his mind, "If it is not my race, its heart will be different." "The thief; One is the "political commissar" with whom he shares weal and woe (the nature of the work of the supervising army is comparable to that of the political commissar). At this moment, Zheng Congjing's heart for many years seemed to be like a morning mist, dissipating in the sun, and there was only a little guilt in his heart.

I saw Li Ke bow upwards and say: "Prime Minister Zheng, we have received the grace of the country in the world, and today at the behest of everyone, we are going south to King Qin, and I am here to resign." Before the last general arrives in the thief area, Zheng Gong only needs to help me financially. As for dancing knives and guns, fighting and killing, please look at the following. ”

Zheng Congyan hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Happy! To make friends is to make friends with people like you. Come on, come into the city, and you and I will have a few drinks. ”

Li Keyong: "I am in the military affairs, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time." The coming day is long, and when the giant is exterminated, he will drink with you again. ”

Zheng Congyan: "Okay, please wait for Li Yanmen." ”

After about two or three cigarettes, the gate of Taiyuan was opened, and dozens of good horses from the Western Regions were sent from the city, as well as a lot of gold and silverware, coins, and weapons. Zheng Congyan said: "I hastily gathered some gifts, and sent food and salary to the general's tent in a few days. ”

Among these gifts, the horses of the Western Regions were the most favored by Li Keyong, and he fell in love with a horse named "Carmine" at a glance. This horse is red like fire, with four hooves and a streamlined body, what a horse! Li Ke couldn't put it down with love and joy: "My mount, that's it!" ”

This is exactly what it is: it is easy to find it thousands of times, and it takes no effort to get it.

the wonderful history of the two Jin Dynasty hegemony;

Who is Zhu Wen? Worthy of Ouyang Xiu's hatred? Let's turn the pages of yellowed history. Find out.

Zhu Wen, the night of October 21 in the sixth year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (852). Born in Dangshan (now Dangshan, Anhui) in the ditch. Grandfather Zhu Xin and father Zhu Cheng were both gentlemen who taught in the countryside. Zhu Wen's family was poor when he was young, and his father died early. Zhu Wen and his two elder brothers, Zhu Quanyu and Zhu Cun, followed their mother Wang to foster the wealthy Liu Chongjia in Xiao County (now Xiao County, Anhui), and the Wang family worked for others. Zhu Wen's eldest brother Zhu Quanyu is "simple" and honest by nature, while Zhu Cun and Zhu Wen are "fierce", especially Zhu Wen, who is "cunning and incompetent".

Due to the lack of strict discipline when he was a child, of course, there are also personal personality reasons, Zhu Wen gradually developed some bad habits, and often had unclean hands and feet. Liu Chong hates this splash very much. Often served with a big stick. Zhu Wen once went to the village to gamble, but his gambling skills were not perfect, and he lost the deal, Zhu Wen had no money in his hands, so he tiptoed back to Liu Chong's house and stole the Liu family's cauldron to exchange money.

It's a pity that Zhu Wen's kung fu didn't reach home, and he was caught by Liu Chong before he ran out of the yard with the pot on his back. Liu Chong was furious: "Zhu San, see if I don't kill you today!" "Liu Chong's mother is different from Liu Chong. I liked this wild child very much, and I was busy stopping it, and Zhu Wen escaped.

Although Zhu Wen was not good at agricultural production, he was good at riding and shooting. often went out to fight with his second brother Zhu Cun, shot a few pheasants and hares to the Liu family, and the old lady could also get some. Liu Chong ate game. Naturally, he gave Zhu Wen a good look. Liu's mother felt sorry for this child and often combed Zhu Wen's hair. Liu Chong often counted his mother's troubles. Liu's mother told Liu Chong and other family members: "Don't underestimate Zhu San, this person has a different face." It will be a big thing in the future, treat him well, and our Liu family will follow him in the future. "This pot stealing splash will also become a big deal? The crowd laughed and disagreed.

This is the story of Zhu Wen's childhood, with Zhu Wen's family background, personality and ability, if he was born in a peaceful and prosperous era, he would be destined to be a wandering unemployed vagrant in the countryside, and if the situation is better, he will marry a wife and have a large number of children to live a small life, and it will be impossible to get ahead in his life. But he was born in troubled times, and Zhu Wen is also the most suitable to survive in troubled times, and a large number of historical facts have proved that a "hooligan scoundrel" like Zhu Wen who does not do his job properly has an astonishing probability of winning in troubled times.

Among the founding emperors of China, there were the most such people, such as Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Shi Le, Liu Yu, Chen Baxian, Wang Jian, Yang Xingmi, Guo Wei, Zhu Yuanzhang and others. And the founding monarchs of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms were basically born at the bottom of society. Because the heroes from the bottom of the society (not counting the dog males) are relatively familiar with the people's suffering, they can objectively comply with the requirements of the development of social productive forces.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao led the peasants who could not survive to launch a large-scale uprising, which affected the eastern part of the country. Xiao County is very close to Shandong, so Zhu Wen naturally heard the news of the Huangchao uprising, and his heart couldn't help but itch, instead of being angry with Liu Chong here, it is better to go out and have a break while he is young, as for life or death, then leave it to fate.

Zhu Wen told his two brothers his thoughts, Zhu Quanyu didn't want to go out, and he couldn't get out if he went out with his character ability. The second Zhu Cun thought the same as Zhu Wen, the two brothers entrusted the old lady to the eldest brother to serve, and then cried and worshiped the old lady and went north to join the peasant rebel army in Huangchao. This year, Zhu Wen was 25 years old, and coincidentally, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was also born at the bottom of the society, also joined Guo Ziyi's rebel army when he was 25 years old.

In the years of war and chaos, Zhu Wen's ability was fully exerted, and he followed Huang Chao into Henan, Jiangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou. However, Zhu Wen's second brother Zhu Cun died in Guangzhou, leaving behind two children: Zhu Youning and Zhu Youlun.

After Huang Chao entered Guanzhong, Zhu Wen said that he had sent Tang Yinzhou to recruit Zhuge Shuang, and he was even more trusted by Huang Chao. In June of the second year of Tang Guangming (881 AD), Zhu Wen fled back to Chang'an after being defeated by Yang Fuguang, the Tang superintendent army, in Dengzhou (now Deng County, Henan). But it didn't take long for the situation to take a turn for the worse, and Wang Chongrong, who was a "thief", was the first to attack and return to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang army attacked in a big way, and the Great Qi regime was crumbling.

Since Wang Chongrong returned to the Tang Dynasty, he has not made any decent military exploits, since Zhu Wen is here, let's break the fast with him. The two armies fought in the river, and the Tang army, inspired by Wang Chongrong's cry, greatly boosted its morale and defeated Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen felt that he couldn't win Wang Chongrong, so he entered Chang'an for ten chapters in a row, and asked Huang Chao to send troops to help.

At this time, the person in charge of Huang Chao's side was Meng Kai, the envoy of the left army, Meng Kai and Zhu Wen have always been at odds, I wish Wang Chongrong could kill Zhu Wen, of course, I don't want Zhu Wen to live a good life, and I deducted Zhu Wen's urgent letter. Zhu Wen couldn't wait for the left and right, and when he learned that it was Meng Kai who was in the middle of the attack, he couldn't help but be furious: "Faint Jun!" How to use such subordinates as servants, how not to make mistakes! Zhu Wen saw that the Tang army was gathering on all sides, and knew that something bad was going to happen to Huang Chao, so he moved his mind to betray Huang Chao.

Zhu Wen summoned his henchmen Xie Tong and Hu Zhen to analyze the pros and cons of Baohuang and Tang Dynasty. Xie Tong persuaded Zhu Wen: "Lord Huang raised troops in Shandong and gathered millions of people, because the Tang Dynasty was mediocre and the world was in turmoil, it became a big thing." But now that the imperial army is surrounded by Chang'an, and Wei Wu has returned, what can be done? The general wanted to be loyal to Lord Huang, but Lord Huang trusted Meng Kai, had no way to control the army, and the employment was unknown, so he couldn't last long. The general is heroic and smart, why hang himself from a tree? Acting at the right time is the true character of a hero. Hu Zhen also persuaded Zhu Wen to surrender to Tang, and Zhu Wen was overjoyed: "The world is rich, I won't take it today, when will I wait for it!" ”

In September of the second year of Tang Zhonghe (882 AD), Zhu Wen killed the prison army sent by Huang Chao and surrendered to Wang Chongrong. Zhu Wen apologized to Wang Chongrong: "Wen has been rebellious for a long time, and the crime is extremely evil, and now I am willing to return to the court and make contributions to the crime." Zhu Wen's face was thicker than the city wall, and he said: "If the handsome man does not give up, Wen is willing to serve the handsome as his uncle, and serve the dogs and horses." ”

Wang Chongrong had a capable nephew in vain, so he was naturally overjoyed, hurriedly recognized Zhu Wen, and flew to Chengdu to report the good news. Zhu Wen is Huang Chao's number one trump card, and after winning Zhu Wen, Huang Chao has not been jumping for a few days. The civil and military forces of the Tang Dynasty also knew this person. When Li Yi heard the report, he cried with joy: "Zhu Wen knows the current affairs so well, and I am honest with my loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty!" "Bai Zhu Wen recruited the deputy envoy in the river and gave him the name Zhu Quanzhong.

Where did Li Yi think that it was this "Zhu Quanzhong" who later killed two Tang Dynasty emperors in a row, killed all the Li Tang clan, and destroyed his Tang family's 300-year-old society.

Zhu Wen is indeed capable of fighting, and Zhu Wen knows the roots of Huang Chao. (To be continued......)