Chapter 155: This Is the Way It Should Be (2)
Zhu Wen is regarded as one of the most mysterious generals under Huang Chao, brave in battle, outstanding in strategy, and repeatedly victorious in battle, but such a prominent general, but he did not get the highest trust of Huang Chao, ranking far behind Huang Kuo, Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang, but what everyone saw was that Zhu Wen didn't care about this, still led the army to fight, and completed the combat tasks arranged by Huang Chao to the letter.
No one knew what Zhu Wen really thought, not even Huang Chao.
This Zhu Wen, who has great fame and controversy in history, is the one who ended the Tang Dynasty, and it is precisely because of the implicit and unrevealed that Zhu Wen was able to stand out from everyone and finally ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Honor.
It's a pity that Li Rupei's crossing changed history and caused Zhu Wen's plan to encounter a great setback.
Zhu Wen has always been committed to building a good relationship with his subordinate officers and soldiers, as for whether Huang Chao particularly trusts him, he doesn't particularly care, as long as he can slowly cultivate the strength to be loyal to himself, it is a matter of time before he comes out, of course, Zhu Wen at this time does not have such a grand goal, the purpose is to be able to seek an official and a half position, change his identity, and live a prosperous and wealthy life.
The rise of the iron-blooded army, so that Zhu Wen felt a huge threat, for the situation in the Tang Dynasty, he has an extraordinary ability to judge, but also has a completely different view, following the Huangchao battle for a long time, he feels that the demise of the Tang Dynasty is a matter of time, for their own interests, the Jiedu envoys in various places do not obey the arrangements of the imperial court at all, the prestige of the royal family and the imperial court is declining day by day, especially the Jiedu envoys in the north, they have long not obeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, do whatever they want, the imperial court is controlled by eunuchs, and many upright people cannot see the future, It was also unable to grasp power, and this situation lasted for many years, causing the Tang Dynasty to continue to decline, the life of the common people became increasingly difficult, and there were rebel teams everywhere.
Heroes emerge in troubled times, Zhu Wen adheres to this view, and Huang Chao is the hero in his eyes.
In fact, Zhu Wen first followed Wang Xianzhi to rebel, after Wang Xianzhi was killed, followed Huang Chao, whether it was in terms of age or experience, Zhu Wen admired Huang Chao, and really wanted to follow Huang Chao to rebel, but as time went by, Zhu Wen's heart slowly changed, Huang Chao rebelled for six years, and there were constant ups and downs, in Zhu Wen's opinion, even if Huang Chao occupied the capital Chang'an and could become the emperor, I am afraid that he would not be able to surrender many festival envoys, speaking of which is the same as the identity of these festival envoys, In the final analysis, there is a problem with Huang Chao's identity, and all the scholars in the world are adhering to orthodox thoughts, unless Huang Chao has enough eloquence and strategy to completely overthrow the Tang Dynasty.
It's a pity that Zhu Wen didn't see such signs.
The main reason is that Huang Chao has too extreme understanding in dealing with the gentry and wealthy households, including scholars, you must know that even if Huang Chao overthrows the Tang Dynasty, he still has to focus on relying on these people to stabilize the country. If you offend all these people, it will be impossible to sit firmly in the end.
Zhu Wen couldn't find a good opportunity, after all, his background was also rejected by the imperial court, so under the current situation, he could only follow Huang Chao, but the sudden rise of the Iron Blood Army made him nervous.
The commander of the iron-blooded army is Li Rupei, the king of Yi and the envoy of Shannan Xidao, this Li Rupei is an authentic royal child, although he has not seen Li Rupei, but Zhu Wen knows that this Li Rupei is by no means ordinary.
can quietly exterminate the 60,000 army under the command of Huang Chao, and be able to lead Shannan West Road, such a skill, even Zhang Lan and Cao Quanyang can't do it.
If Li Rupei can become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, there will definitely be fundamental changes in the world, and at that time, Huang Chao may also face the fate of destruction.
Zhu Wen didn't want to die, he was still young, less than thirty years old, and he needed to enjoy life.
In the dark, Zhu Wen even had the idea of taking refuge in Li Rupei, if he could follow Li Rupei's side, he would definitely have a great future in the future, but this was just an idea, an idea buried deep in his heart.
The top priority is to get the greatest trust of Huang Chao, to be able to hold greater military power, in today's troubled times, it is safest to have an army in hand, and now the opportunity has come, Huang Hua and Zhao Zhang, who are ranked in front of him and have a higher status than him, have all died, but Shang Rang is left, but Shang Rang has exposed a huge flaw this time, so that he is in danger.
This is Zhu Wen's opportunity, and it would be a pity if he couldn't seize such an opportunity.
Two hours later, the chief of the guard beside Huang Chao came to Shang Rang.
Shang Rang's face didn't have much expression, after being reminded by his own soldiers, he sensed that something was wrong, but the matter had come to this, it was impossible to escape, only to see the general Huang Chao and show his heart was the last hope.
Seeing the chief of the guard, Shang Rang spoke first.
"The chief of the guard is here, and he is not busy saying that there is anything to do, whether he can fulfill a certain wish."
"General Shang has any wishes, please say."
"I want to meet the general, and I have some words, and after I meet the general, I can say it."
The chief guard also had no expression on his face, and looked at Shang Rang for a while before slowly speaking.
"General Shang should know that the general leading the army is going to conquer the Iron Army, and he is very busy, and it is impossible to find time to meet General Shang."
Shang Rangleng for a moment, his relationship with the chief of the guard was very good, he thought that the chief of the guard would agree to his request, to know the trust of the chief of the guard, Huang Chao, take him to see Huang Chao, there is no big problem.
"What the chief of the guard means, I can't see the general, I understand, please tell the chief of the guard, what's the matter with coming this time."
This time, it was the turn of the chief guard to be silent, and he did not speak for a long time.
A smile appeared on Shang Jean's face.
"Chief of the guard, you and XX are both brothers from the trenches, what is the matter is directly said, there is no need to swallow and vomit, no matter what decision the general makes, XX can bear it, think about General Zhao Zhang, who has been killed by the Iron and Blood Army, and the 40,000 sergeants, everything can be endured."
The captain of the guard sighed and finally spoke.
"General Shang, this is an order, there is no way, what else does General Shang want, even if he says it, he swears here that he will do it for General Shang."
Shang Rang's face turned pale, he didn't understand why things had developed to this point, even if Huang Chao wanted his life, he should also be given a chance to speak, wouldn't it be too unjust to be executed in such an unknown way.
Suddenly, Shang Rang thought of Zhu Wen and the smile on Zhu Wen's face before leaving.
"Chief of the guard, I know, I won't embarrass you, I have a question, I want to ask the chief of the guard to answer, has General Zhu Wen been to see the general."
The chief guard nodded in approval, but did not speak.
"Did Zhu Wen talk for a long time beside the general?"
The head of the guard nodded again, but still did not speak.
"So-and-so understands everything, so-and-so dies without regrets, think about so many brothers who died, think about General Zhao Zhang who was killed, and General Huang Kuo, so-and-so has nothing to regret, but there is one point, so-and-so must say it, please tell the general that the chief of the guard must pay attention to this Zhu Wen, you can't let Zhu Wen have too much power, in addition, there is a letter here, if the general encounters a critical situation, you can give the general a look......"
The soldiers beside the chief of the guard poured out a glass of white wine, the white wine was bubbling, and at a glance you could see that it was poisonous wine, and if you drank such poisonous wine, you would die in a few minutes, and it was very painful.
Jean raised his glass.
"Chief of the guard, remember what he said, please pay attention to Zhu Wen, don't be confused by Zhu Wen, this is all you say, and General Zhao will make peace underground."
After speaking, Shang Rang drank the poisonous wine in the cup in one gulp.
Soon, the painful Shang Rang couldn't help but squat down, his hands pressed the position of his abdomen, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his head, two minutes later, a wisp of blood came out of his mouth, and soon more and more blood came out, Shang Rang began to vomit heavily, slowly fell to the ground, and his body began to curl up, but from beginning to end, Shang Rang did not **.
Seeing Shang Rang fall in front of him, the head of the guard had a very bad face, and the people around him didn't dare to speak.
When Shang Rang was dying, his eyes were always staring at the chief of the guard, and his eyes were very clear, that is, he hoped that the chief of the guard would inform Huang Chao of what he said.
With Shang Rang's head, the chief of the guard went in the direction of the Chinese military tent, he was very uncomfortable in his heart, Shang Rang's great achievements, is it because of a failure, he will be removed, doesn't the general understand the consequences of Shang Rang's execution, and the general also decided to spread Shang Rang's head throughout the army, so that everyone can see Shang Rang's ending.
What Huang Chao wanted to express was nothing more than to say that Shang Rang's status would not be forgivable if there was a problem of principle in the march and battle.
In the distance, Zhu Wen came over and spoke with a smile.
"Chief of the Guard, have all the orders been carried out?"
"General Zhu, according to the general's orders, he carried out the order."
"Alas, in fact, a certain is also ashamed, General Shang asked a certain to inform the general of some things, a certain felt that there were some problems at that time, and also advised General Shang, don't say what you shouldn't say, but General Shang didn't listen, which led to such an ending, a certain monk general was born and died many times, why didn't he think of it, and didn't report the words of General Shang to the general."
When the chief of the guard saw Zhu Wen, he was originally a little vigilant, but after Zhu Wen said these words, the chief of the guard felt that there was some truth, maybe Shang Rang thought that Zhu Wen had sued in front of the general, so he had a grudge against Zhu Wen, and even before he died, he had to pull down Zhu Wen.
"I really regret it, so I will follow you to the Chinese military tent and meet the general, so I will naturally make all the explanations."
The chief of the guard was not easy to refuse, so he let Zhu Wen follow behind him and walked towards the Chinese military tent