Chapter Twenty-Four: Raise the whip and generously visit the Central Plains, not for hatred or grace

Read Shi Yonghuai

When I was young, I didn't know how difficult it was to walk, and I couldn't rely on the fence when I had a lot of chests. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The future is bumpy, the ambition is old, and the world is hard.

The erector talks about the world's affairs, and the prescription is only sold in ancient times.

The rivers and mountains are fortunate to meet the master, but the common people have not suffered.

------------------- Yanlei Sheng

Those who do not seek eternity since ancient times are not enough to seek a moment; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. Huang Chao, who is well versed in this truth, has long prepared everything in Wagangzhai, although he has taken Qingshan County for a while, but Huang Chao, who bears the name of a traitor, knows that Qingshan County is not a long-term foothold, not to mention that those big households and small traders and hawkers have always been hostile to Huang Chao and refuse to cooperate, just with the low city wall of Qingshan County, the flat terrain is incomparably easy to enter and exit, all of which make Huang Chao have to find another place as a base, otherwise a large number of officials and soldiers will arrive, plus those Xuanmen masters of the government, the family foundation he has painstakingly built will be broken with one blow, and even his life will be gone。

In the fifth month after Huangchao captured Qingshan County, the Song Dynasty finally sent the first official counterinsurgency army, with 3,000 ironclad troops and 200 elite cavalry, and the general who led the troops was also the famous Liu Mingchuan, a 60-year-old veteran who had been in the army for more than 40 years.

You must know that when Huang Chao just captured Qingshan County, the surrounding officials knew that the news was not reported, and they knew that Huang Chao confiscated the money and grain of those big households, and killed the whole family of many big households, and the remaining big families fled together and ran to the surrounding county governments to denounce it.

Soon after, the imperial court began to act, and what Huang Chao and others didn't expect was that they didn't know if the big families who fled exaggerated his strength and the number of traitors he led, and the imperial court suddenly became less courageous.

First of all, he sent dozens of hired Xuanmen cultivators, but they didn't even reach the Kaiyuan Realm, since these people were coerced and lured by Huang Chao, they followed Huang Chao to rebel with all their hearts. Next, wave after wave of Xuanmen scattered cultivation, retired officials, officials and other people came to Qingshan County occupied by Huangchao under the heavy reward of the imperial court.

The result was also unexpected by Huang Chao, half of them were ready to stay with Huang Chao, and half of them also said that they would not be enemies after they went back, and the implication was that if Huang Chao mixed well, they would come to help.

However, Huang Chao knew that this was just speculation, a group of wall grass, if he really counted on them, then he would definitely die without a place to bury, but they were not useless, let them go back and talk nonsense, confuse the judgment of the imperial court, and buy time for Huang Chao's next big transfer.

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"How's the preparation, Shopkeeper Du," Huang Chao asked

"Everything is ready, the oil, the wood, all the traps, some of them are suffering," replied the shopkeeper

"Well, it's good, this group of vendors are running away, the street is very empty, just set traps and these things"

"By the way, my father and the villagers have arranged to go to Wagang Village fifty miles away, and those cows, pigs, and livestock have been brought over?"

"It's all arranged, I can't imagine that Wagangzhai is really big, there are hundreds of acres in the valley behind that can accommodate tens of thousands of people there, you can grow rice and live in people to train soldiers, and there are mountains and rivers on Wagangzhai that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, although it is a little remote, but it is indeed a good place. Chief, how do you know that this is a place for hiding and training?"

"This, didn't I tell you, I have talked to Mr. Gu before, Mr. can be said to be well-versed in the world, astronomy and geography are everything"

"I see"

"After fighting with the imperial army in Qingshan County this time, we will all move to Wagangzhai, we must be cautious when we retreat, and try not to let them catch our brothers."

"I understand the leader, I will make it clear to the brothers, but we all escaped from the tunnel, so no matter how powerful Liu Mingchuan is, he can't imagine that we are pretending to fight, and then retreat from the tunnel after destroying Qingshan County. ”

"It's better to be careful, after all, Liu Mingchuan has been fighting for decades, and he hasn't seen anything, so be careful to travel a ship for ten thousand years. ”

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I don't know the will of heaven or Liu Mingchuan, the old general who has fought for decades, is confused, the war actually developed according to the wishes of Huang Chao and others, first Huang Chao and others pretended to fight on the city wall and then retreated to the various street entrances and county offices, Liu Mingchuan didn't care about 3721, even the cavalry entered the city, and walked towards the trap step by step along the route of Huang Chao's ambush.

Providence is like this, Huang Chao naturally will not let go of this great opportunity, one after another a few feet high flames or the thousands of troops of Liu Mingchuan who are burning in front or behind are ghosts crying wolves, and they are in great pain, and they have fled outside the city.

Just when Liu Mingchuan, whose hair was scorched and his eyebrows were half missing, scolded the old general angrily and searched everywhere for the culprit, Huang Chao had already retreated with six hundred Qingshan rebels. Leaving behind the fire-filled Qingshan County and Liu Mingchuan's thousands of remnants of the defeated army.

"Say goodbye to Qingshan County, although it is the starting point of my work, but Wagangzhai is a good base for me to build a good work. Huang Chao sighed as he retreated

Although the imperial court is mediocre, it has always been ruthless in the face of traitors, and it must be put to death, not to mention that the Qingshan Righteous Army led by Huang Chao is the only one to capture the county government (the traitors in Jiujiang Mansion before were considered internal ghosts to the imperial court, not the rebellion of the mud-legged cropper) and the traitors who did not die in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the 3,000 army.

"Lord Cai, although Qingshan County has been recovered, most of the county government has been destroyed by fire, and it will take five or six years to build it again, not to mention that the thousands of troops of the old general Liu Mingchuan were burned to death, wounded, and even Liu Mingchuan is recuperating, and the traitors in Qingshan County have now moved to Wagangzhai, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the three thousand troops are afraid that it will not be enough!" said a yellow-faced middle-aged official with a white face and a few beards

"What Lord Guan said is very true, but I have already discussed this matter with several other adults, this is our countermeasure, you can see how it goes"

"Well,..... Good time saving strength"

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"How is it, Team Leader Xu, is there any information about the dispatch of troops from the imperial court?"

"Back to the commander, this time they are very strict with the news, and I have not tried to find out any useful news after a lot of effort and silver. ”

"Well, I know, keep inquiring, don't skimp on your belongings"

"Why does the leader attach so much importance to the news of the imperial court's dispatch of troops, with the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of our Wagangzhai and nearly 10,000 villagers, even if there is an army of 100,000, he is not afraid, not to mention the situation in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they can't send an army of 100,000 at all. Shopkeeper Du said with a smile, since Huang Chao promoted him to be the deputy commander of the rebel army, managing tens of thousands of horses. He was particularly excited about the food and clothing of the animals.

"Alas, Lao Du, the book says, "Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is based on calculations to find out their feelings: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law." The Taoist makes the people agree with the superiors, so they can die with it, they can live with it, and they are not afraid of danger. The heavens, yin and yang, cold and heat, and the time system. The earth, far and near, dangerous, wide and narrow, dead and alive. Generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness. The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use. All these five will be unheard, those who know win, and those who don't know will win" You have also read some of them, and you understand the meaning of these words."

"Although the imperial court is dying, it is also much stronger than us, not to mention that the Xuanmen sect that holds the imperial court has not yet made a move, although thousands of years ago, the factions under the Yuan God should not directly participate in the mortal dynasty hegemony. Can ....."

Just as Huang Chao was talking, Hu Daqiang, the team leader who was observing the enemy situation at the bottom of the mountain, suddenly ran up and said breathlessly, "Mountain, down the mountain, there is a Mr. Gu at the bottom of the mountain who said that he wanted to see the leader. ”

"What, Mr. Gu, are you sure" Huang Chao suddenly became excited