Huainan Road, Qizhou. Outside the city is a patch of snow, and on the head of the city are the banners of the grass army.

After Wang Xianzhi was defeated in Yizhou, the grass army lost nearly 100,000 people. He was frustrated to the east, and he couldn't be the Duke of Qi Huan for a while, so he marched westward and plundered all the states and counties in Henan Province, causing a great earthquake in the eastern capital, and hundreds of officials fled. Wang Xianzhi was about to take advantage of the situation to go west to Luoyang with great fanfare, but was defeated by Lei Yinfu in Zhongmu. He was blocked on both sides of the east and west for a while, so he had to listen to Huang Chao's words first, turn his troops, and drive south.

In October, the grass army entered Huai in two ways. Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junchang led more than 100,000 horses from Tangzhou and Dengzhou to the south, while Huang Chao led 50,000 horses from Shenzhou and Guangzhou to Huainan.

Although the Huainan border had been prepared for a long time, and the cities and cities had already sent heavy troops to defend it to the death, the grass army of 200,000 people swarmed in, and in an instant, they broke through the defense line and drove in. Liu Ye did not expect that the grass army would suddenly enter Huai, and it was difficult to stop it for a while, so he could only let it conflict.

In the past few months, the grass army has crisscrossed Huainan and is invincible. By December, there were more than 300,000 soldiers and horses.

Wang Xianzhi and his people went to Yingzhou, Fuzhou, and Suizhou along the way, and went straight to Qizhou. Qizhou Assassin Shi Pei Wei thought that it would be difficult to defeat the enemy, so he simply erected a white flag at the head of the city and surrendered without a fight. Not only that, in order to please Wang Xianzhi, Pei Wei secretly promised to ask for an official for him. When Wang Xianzhi heard this, he couldn't help but be shaken, and now settled in Qizhou, no longer continuing to attack the prefecture and county, just waiting for news from the imperial court.

On this day, the winter snow in the city of Qizhou was at the beginning of the day. The general Xingyuan Li Grass Army was the only one of the top ten commanders of the grass army, Shang Junchang guarded elsewhere, and the other nine were there. In addition, there are also military advisors Wu Juncai, Xiao Shang Shuai Shang Rang, and Chu Jiangkai.

Since the Salt Gang was forced out of Dongting Mountain by the Hundred Family League, Chu Jiang Kaifu returned to the Grass Army and returned to Wang Xianzhi's side. When Wang Xianzhi learned of the defeat of the Salt Gang, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, which also made him shake his determination to oppose the Tang Dynasty - without the funding of the Salt Gang, the grass army would be like a broken arm.

Suddenly, the soldier came and reported, "General, the imperial court has sent an envoy!"

When everyone heard this, their faces were different, and they were silent. After a long time, Wang Xianzhi laughed dryly, clapped his body, and said to everyone, "Everyone come with me to greet you. 」

Seeing this, Pei Hao hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "Ah, the holy decree came so quickly, it can be seen that the imperial court is heavy, and the lower officials have congratulated General Wang first!"

Wang Xianzhi was even more proud when he heard this, and immediately led everyone to welcome the envoy to the line. The messenger walked in, standing in the main hall without humility or arrogance, holding a golden edict in his hands and bowing to the northwest, and then called: "Wang Xianzhi, everyone listens to the decree."

Wang Xianzhi listened to the call, his legs couldn't help but weaken and he was about to kneel down to receive the order, but he hurriedly glanced at the voters, and saw that everyone was unhappy, so he endured it and did not kneel, only bowed lightly to the generals and stood to listen to the order.

The messenger did not mind, and read the edict in public: "Your Majesty: In recent years, disasters have fallen from heaven, resulting in the destruction of the fields and the fruitlessness of the crops, which is the misfortune of the community. If the sky does not raise people, there will be demons, and if the people have no existence, there will be chaos, and now the dust is raised in the four seas, and the universe is roaming, which is not the sin of everyone, and the fault of sincerity is also. Now forgive all the sins of all, and do not hold them accountable, in order to abandon the armor and return to the field, and forsake the evil and follow the good. 」

The messenger paused for a moment, and then read: "Wang Xianzhi is both a scholar and a martial artist, and he is the best at that time, but now he is a thief, which is tantamount to a pearl and jade covered with dust, and Qi Ji is in the dust, and it is my negligence. Today, he is promoted to the Zuo Shence Army and supervises the imperial history, is in charge of the forbidden army, and guards the Beijing Division, patrolling the prefectures and counties, and supporting the royal industry. Again, he ordered the secretary to dismiss the people on the spot and go to Beijing to take up his post on the same day, and there must be no mistakes. 」

When Wang Xianzhi heard this, he was first disappointed. He originally wanted to have 300,000 grass troops and become a festival. Now that the edict mentioned twice that the grass army should be dispersed, it became clear that the imperial court would not let him raise troops for self-respect. What's more, although Datang is big, there is no extra place for it.

Since the left and right can't be the festival envoys, it is not bad to be able to enter Beijing to take charge of the forbidden army, which is much better than doing things under the command of other festival envoys, and also has the position of supervising the imperial history. Although both are not of high rank, they are both powerful and available, which shows that the court did not take them lightly.

When Wang Xianzhi thought of this, his heart stirred again. Although the voters did not speak, there was a lot of dissatisfaction on their faces, but it was not good for a while. Shang Rang was young in the end, and he couldn't help asking, "The general has entered the court and become an official, where are our brothers?"

Seeing that Shang let go, all the voters also shouted: "Yes, we have raised things with the general, encountered a hundred battles, traveled thousands of miles, and never lost each other for a moment, but now we want to separate the government and the opposition, the noble and the low!"

Pei Wei hurriedly said, "Don't worry, all the generals, just wait for the general to enter the court, isn't it easy to recruit your brothers?"

The envoy also smiled and said, "Although Your Majesty has only made the king of Ya alone, it is not very difficult for you to think of being an errand in the forbidden army. 」

The voters were skeptical and remained silent for a while. Wu Juncai wanted to speak and stopped, but finally sighed in his heart. Wang Xianzhi's heart was fluttering at the moment, and he was about to receive the order, when a person suddenly came in and shouted, "Wang Xianzhi, have you forgotten what you said in the past!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, it was Huang Chao who broke in. Huang Chao was followed by three people, but it was his brother Huang Kui, his son Liu Ding, and the general Qiu Ji.

Wang Xianzhi saw that it was Huang Chao, his face was slightly sneering, so he had to press his body, and it was difficult to accept the order for a while, so he sneered and said, "Why did Brother Huang also come to Qizhou?"

Huang Chao said gloomily: "I'm afraid that if Huang is one step late, the word 'Grass Army' will no longer exist. 」

Wang Xianzhi heard that Huang Chao's words were not good, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he hurriedly smiled: "Brother Huang, where is this, I and all the brothers will naturally advance and retreat together, sharing honor and disgrace. 」

Huang Chao said, "If the general really has no intention of submitting to Li Tang, then he will kill the envoy to be innocent. As he spoke, he pointed one hand at the messenger before him.

When the messenger heard this, he said angrily, "I am an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and I am sent by the order of heaven, who dares to kill me?"

Huang Chao glanced at the messenger, snorted coldly, didn't pay much attention to it, and looked at Wang Xianzhi again.

Wang Xianzhi saw that Huang Chao was about to kill the envoy, and hurriedly said, "The two countries are still at war and do not kill the envoys, so don't lose the prestige of our grass army. 」

"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! If you don't submit to Li Tang, you won't lose the prestige of my grass army?" Huang Chao was even more furious when he heard this: "For your own wealth, you ignore my 300,000 grass army, what kind of face do you have to mention the word 'grass army'!" After saying that, he suddenly raised a fist and smashed it into Wang Xianzhi's face.

Wang Xianzhi didn't expect Huang Chao to suddenly make a move, and this punch hit the door. His face was painful, and when he heard Huang Chao humiliate himself several times, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, so he drew his sword and said, "Huang Chao, do you dare to commit a crime?"

Huang Chao didn't let it go at all, and he also held his sword in his hand, and sneered: "The old man even dares to rebel against the emperor's children, and he still says that he can't commit it!"

Seeing this, Wang Xianzhi shouted, "Good, good, good!" With that, he raised his hand and stabbed at Huang Chao.

Huang Chao sneered and raised his sword to catch it. When everyone saw this, they couldn't persuade them for a while, and they couldn't help them, so they had to let the two fight. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao fought more than a dozen moves in a row, but they didn't take advantage of the slightest, and said in their hearts: "This old man has such strength, but he can't be careless." ”

After more than a dozen moves, Wang Xianzhi thought that he couldn't defeat Huang Chao, and suddenly pulled away the long sword stabbed by Huang Chao, flashed to the side, and said sharply, "Where is Jiang Kai!"

Chu Jiangkai came out in response, and first bloomed a white sword ray, stabbing towards the Yellow Nest, which was really as bright as the moon and as fast as a meteor. Everyone was shocked, with Chu Jiangkai's martial arts and swordsmanship, where did Huang Chao receive this sword? Huang Chao was shocked but not confused, only heard a dragon groan behind him, rising out of thin air, and then the palm wind made a great effort, crushing the sword in one fell swoop. The palm did not disperse, turned into a dragon, but rolled towards Wang Xianzhi - it was Qiu Ji who made his hand.

Chu Jiangkai "Taibai Sword" trembled slightly, and he had already shattered the dragon's palm. He let Huang Chao go and then stabbed Qiu Ji. Qiu Ji was not in a hurry to make a palm, avoided the sword, and jumped out of the line in one fell swoop. When Chu Jiangkai saw this, he immediately chased him out. I saw that his figure did not stop, and his sword moves did not stop, and he had already stabbed several swords in a row.

The two top masters in the world today have made a move, and others can't interfere or intervene. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao didn't stop them, they all secretly gambled, just looking at which of Chu Qiu and the two was stronger and which was weaker, and who won and who lost.

At this time, Qiu Ji rose in the air, and then slapped out with a palm, and suddenly the wind and clouds changed, and the dragon chanted greatly. That palm was like a reckless dragon rushing out of the clouds, rolling straight towards Chu Jiang. Chu Jiangkai also swung the "Taibai Sword" to his heart's content, held it high above the top, and whispered, "The bright moon rises out of the Tianshan Mountain. I saw the Taibai sword in his hand turn around, and suddenly the white light was dazzling, like a bright moon suddenly flying from the ridge, and suddenly met with the palm wind. For a while, the dragon's palm roared continuously, and the "Taibai Sword" roared endlessly, and then the palm wind and sword qi dissipated together, causing the air flow to shatter and sand and stones to fly sideways.

Chu Jiang did not retreat but advanced, one move, the swordsmanship did not stop, and then another move "between the vast sea of clouds", and the dissipated sword light instantly gathered again. The sword was different from before, but it was as clear as a veil, as thin as a cicada's wings, half empty and half real in the air, and floating and swinging, as if it were a dream. Chu Jiangkai's sword momentum was completed in one go, and it had covered Qiu Ji in an instant.

Seeing this, Qiu Ji immediately sank into the dantian, and his right palm drew an arc in front of his chest, and then pulsated vigorously, surging straight to the end of his palm. As soon as the palm came out, the eight directions moved, the dragon roared in all directions, and the palm wind shook violently, sweeping towards the sword from the four wilderness and eight wildernesses.

Chu Jiang opened one move to exhaust it, and one move to start again. I only heard him whisper, "The fire of the furnace illuminates the heavens and the earth, and the red stars are filled with purple smoke. Although the sword disintegrated, it did not disappear, but turned into stars in the air, and it was extremely numerous. The sword changed again, no longer the color of the moon, but the color of fiery red. For a while, the heat was steaming, and the red star trembled. Chu Jiangkai's two swords were stacked one after another, and they were completely integrated, and their power was really greatly increased.

Qiu Ji still responded with a palm method, finishing with one palm, one palm up, and also sending two palms in a row, colliding with it hard, and breaking the red mang again.

Once Chu Jiangkai's "Taibai Sword Technique" was unleashed, it was like a surging river, and at this moment, he whispered: "The Yellow River falls into the sky and walks through the East China Sea, and thousands of miles are written into the chest. For a while, it soared into the sky, and the long sword reverberate, and its momentum was like the Yellow River rushing thousands of miles away in an instant, turning into a little bit. In another moment, that bit of cold light was negligently magnified, like a wave cracking and cracking......

Qiu Ji relied on a pair of fleshy palms, which was unique for a while, and Chu Jiang opened a battle with a "Taibai Sword", which was even more sharp. The two went back and forth, fighting hundreds of moves, but they still didn't know whether they won or lost.

After hundreds of moves, Chu Jiangkai couldn't help but secretly admire. He had never seen such a strong palm technique, and Qiu Ji's ability to practice such an excellent external skill was really amazing. Qiu Ji also praised Chu Jiangkai, and said in his heart: "The Taibai Sword Technique really lives up to its reputation, Chu Jiangkai has performed hundreds of moves in a row and has never repeated it once, which is impossible to crack. 」

At this moment, Chu Jiangkai suddenly shouted, "Two waters sandwich the mirror, and the double bridge falls into the rainbow. At that moment, the body moved, and it turned into two identical figures. The two "Chu Jiangkai" each carried a "Taibai Sword" and rushed straight towards Qiu Ji. The white light of the two "Taibai Swords" flowed, and each folded a few arcs halfway, wasn't it like two white waves rushing in a hurry? Chu Jiangkai's two figures were extremely fast, and in an instant, they had already rushed several feet, approaching Qiu Ji's body.

Seeing this, Qiu Ji's dantian surged, and his left hand sent a palm, like a sleeping dragon out of a mountain, and his right hand sent a palm, like a dragon out of the water. Although these two styles are different, Qiu Ji is two palms at the same time, which shows that his palm technique has been perfected, and he can do whatever he wants. These two palms are both preemptive moves, and the palm momentum is from scratch, from small to large, all in an instant.

Seeing that the two palms and two swords were about to meet, Chu Jiangkai suddenly shook the "Taibai Sword" when the sword was in its prime, and even the body slashed upward, like two flying bridges, bypassing both palms, and then stabbing Qiu Ji under the neck.