Chapter 143: Wang Huang divides his troops
Although Wang Xianzhi didn't know whether he could conquer the Central Plains, he had to believe Li Chengbai's words and had to obey them. Not long after Li Chengbai and Chu Jiang Kaicai left, Wang Xianzhi urgently called the military advisor Wu Juncai to discuss the matter of going north with the commanders.
When everyone came, Wang Xianzhi said first: "The great cause of opposing the Tang Dynasty has not been completed, and the people are still in trouble. Although the land of Jianghuai is vast and unhindered, it is difficult to accomplish things. Since ancient times, "whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world", I want to relieve my unhappiness with General Huang Chao, and then join forces to return to the north, what do you think?"
When everyone heard that Wang Xianzhi was determined to continue to oppose the Tang Dynasty, they were all overjoyed and responded with each other. Wu Juncai shook his head and said, "Huang Chao has a gap with the general this time, I'm afraid I can't ask for it......
Before Wang Xianzhi could speak, Shang Rang hurriedly said, "How can the military advisor say this?"
Wu Juncai said, "Huang Chao is not a person who is willing to be subordinate. Now that he has 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, he is no longer comparable to what he used to be, so where is he willing to condescend to the command of the great general? 」
Wang Xianzhi muttered, "What Huang Chao did today is just indignant that the imperial court did not reward him with an official position. Although he did it with me, Qiu Ji and Jiang Kai also competed, but there was no damage in the end. Now that I have clearly rejected the edict and expelled the envoy, does he still have complaints? Not to mention that the grass army is a family, I don't think he will be so ruthless. 」
Wu Juncai saw that Wang Xianzhi still trusted Huang Chao, and hurriedly said, "The general still can't see clearly? Huang Chao wolf is ambitious, he wants to cut off with me, so that he can stand on his own!"
Wang Xianzhi saw that the military advisor was so eager, and his brows gradually frowned. He asked, "What if that's the case?"
Wu Juncai said, "The general can first go to write a letter to repair with him, inform him that we are going north to the Central Plains, and let him bring troops to meet here. If he is willing to come, it is the best, and if he refuses to come, let him go north, advance and retreat with me, and do not bring about his own destruction."
Wang Xianzhi nodded, and asked again, "If you go north, where should you go?"
Wu Juncai pointed to the map, and there were two words written on it. Everyone looked at each other and said in unison, "Ezhou?"
Wu Juncai nodded and said, "Yes, Ezhou. Since we entered Huai, we have avoided Ezhou several times, just because the city is strong and the grain is wide, and it is not easy to obtain. The defenders of Ezhou must also think that we are going to attack Yangzhou or continue to go south, and they dare not attack its city. But we did the opposite, taking advantage of the night to ride lightly and rush down. If you come to Ezhou, you can get rid of your worries and let go of your return to the north, and second, you can get your baggage and raise a large army. 」
Wang Xianzhi thought it was true, and then said, "There are still tens of thousands of horses in Jun's strengths, and they are still in the Tangzhou area at this time, but they can be used as a solution. 」
Wu Juncai said: "What the general said is very true, so that Shang Shuai can lead people and horses directly into Cai and Chen Erzhou, echoing us from afar. If this is the case, even if there is no Huang Chao all the way, we will not end up in a dangerous place where we go deep alone. 」
Wang Xianzhi no longer hesitated when he heard this, and immediately passed on three orders:
"Liu Piaoshuai and Shang Rang, order the two of you to lead 50,000 light horses and attack Ezhou at night, there must be no mistake. 」
"Spread the book to the handsome, let him harass Chen and Cai Erzhou, and take the army back to the north. 」
"Send a message to General Huang Chao and order him to go out on the same day, and join forces with us and others as soon as possible to participate in great things. 」
Liu Yanzhang, Shang Rang and others took the order in turn, and went to prepare without mentioning it. After Wang Xianzhi finished passing the order, he stared at the marching map on the case, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If you can send three roads at the same time, so that Li Tang can take care of one and lose the other, the grass army will win the Central Plains. 」
However, it was said that Huang Chao turned back to the Luzhou station overnight, and soon received a letter from Wang Xianzhi. After Huang Chao finished reading, he saw that Wang Xianzhi had not descended to the Tang Dynasty, but wanted to take the Central Plains north, and he was secretly relieved. But his anger did not subside, and he felt that the Central Plains was difficult to take, so he threw the letter at his feet and scolded: "Eager for quick success, the husband is not enough to plan!"
Huang Kuo, who was on the side, picked up the letter and read it, and couldn't help asking, "Big brother, General Wang has decided to take the Central Plains north, where should we go?"
When Huang Chao heard this, he snorted lightly and simply closed his eyes and said nothing. Huang Chao had already made up his mind to raise soldiers and horses in the Jianghuai area, and first occupy half of the country. Wang Xianzhi returned to the Central Plains at this juncture, which made him chaotic. But Huang Chao also knew very well in his heart that if there was no Wang Xianzhi's army to the left and right, the fifty or sixty thousand horses under his command would be a lone army, and sooner or later they would be eaten by the imperial court. What's more, except for the 8,000 children, the rest of the people are not surnamed Huang, but Cao. This also makes Huang Chao have to die and live with the grass army, if you want to break away from the grass army and stand on your own, it is to dig your own grave. But Huang Chao's ambitions are monstrous, and at this time, his wings are getting fuller, so he is unwilling to join forces with Wang Xianzhi again, and he is restrained everywhere. At such a dilemma, although Huang Chao had a plan in his heart, he was not easy to say clearly, so he closed his eyes and recuperated.
After a while, a tiger general stepped forward and said, "General Wang led his army north to take the Central Plains, and Shang Piao Shuai will inevitably respond from the side. If General Huang went straight to the Qilu states from here, so that the three roads were advancing together and responding to each other, the imperial court would inevitably lose sight of one and the other, and would be exhausted. When everyone heard this, the person who opened his mouth was the general Zhu Wen.
When Huang Chao heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, he saw that Zhu Wen could say what he wanted to say, and he unconsciously glanced at him again. Huang Chao slowly opened his eyes, and the brilliance in his eyes was like a treacherous situation, and he took this opportunity to say aloud: "We were originally the children of Cao, Pu, Yun, Yan and other prefectures, but unfortunately we left our hometown and committed ourselves to Jianghuai, how sad. The eldest husband was born in the world, and he can't stand in the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, so why can't he protect his father and help Sangzi, and be rich and noble? Huang is willing to regain his fanfare with all the soldiers and return to his homeland!"
Huang Chao's words were magnificent, which caused everyone below to be excited. When the soldiers heard that Huangchao was going to fight back to Henan Province, their morale was immediately boosted, and they were impassioned one by one, shouting in unison:
"Regain your fanfare, return to your homeland"
"Regain your fanfare, return to your homeland"
"Regain your fanfare, return to your homeland"
......
As a result, Huang Chao no longer coveted the land of Jianghuai, nor did he go to meet Wang Xianzhi, but led his headquarters and went straight to the land of Qilu.
At this time, in the easternmost ocean of Datang, there was no wind or waves. The clouds and water shadows are unobstructed. Occasionally, the breeze blows, but it attracts a lot of undercurrents.
There was a lonely boat floating on the sea, not far from a large island in the middle of the sea. On the bow of the ship stood two men, an old man and a young man: the old man was sixty or seventy years old, wearing a square scarf and sackcloth, and his eyebrows were charitable, and the young man was no more than twenty years old, wearing a shabby green shirt and cold eyes.
This island is Mu Liuyu, and this person is a fortune operator and Wei Qimu.
Wei Qimu frowned slightly, and said, "The Great Kyushu was lost in the Qin Dynasty?"
Bu Operator bowed his head slightly, and replied: "Back then, Xu Fu, the heir of the Yin and Yang family, took a boat to the east to find the three sacred mountains of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang. He has not returned to Middle-earth since. With the Yin-Yang technique of Middle-earth, there is no inheritance, and only some fragments of "Five Virtues Always" remain. 」
Wei Qimu suddenly sighed lightly, "I have heard people say that the inheritance of Yin-Yang Technique must be one male and one female, which is extremely harsh, so it is also the most likely to wither. Now that so many years have passed, I'm afraid that there may not be a inheritance in Japan, and there is little hope of finding "Great Kyushu". 」
Bu Operator said, "Don't worry, don't worry. It is said that the martial arts of the Wa Kingdom are called "Onmyoji", and the martial arts they practice are the Yin and Yang of the Yin and Yang family. The fact that the "Onmyoji" can be passed down to this day shows that its Yin-Yang art is far more complete than that of Middle-earth. 」
It was the first time Wei Qimu had heard the name 'Onmyoji', and he couldn't help asking, "What kind of person is 'Onmyoji'?"
Bu Operator said, "I've never been to the Wa Kingdom, so I only know the name of the 'Onmyoji', but I haven't seen him - it's probably a very powerful person. 」
Wei Qimu said, "If the Great Kyushu is in the hands of that 'Onmyoji', what should I do?"
Bu Operator laughed and said, "Do you still need to ask? Buy or exchange, coax or cheat, steal or rob - it's not all respectable. As for whether you can get "Great Kyushu", it all depends on your ability and creation. 」
Wei Qimu groaned slightly in his heart, and he had already calculated. Although he couldn't guess the mind of the divination operator, there was no other way. Moreover, Huang Zhen also said at the beginning that the Yin and Yang family's peerless "Great Kyushu" has long been lost, which shows that the divination operator is not nonsense.
Nodding, Wei Qimu said, "In this case, after I have cleaned Chen Jiabao, I will go to Japan. 」
Bu Zhuanzi shook his head and said, "It's about the safety of your master and others, why don't you have other thoughts? 」
Wei Qimu's heart tightened when he heard this, but his face was silent, and he said: "Japan is originally a foreign country, I don't know its astronomy and geography, nor do I know its customs and etiquette. But Chen Jiabao calculated against me, it is the crime that deserves death, and he can't afford to survive for half a minute. 」
Bu Operator shook his head again and again, and said angrily, "The stubborn man is a little more murderous. The right to sell the old man a favor, spare Chen Jiabao this time. 」
The corners of Wei Qimu's mouth were cold, and he seemed to smile and said, "What's the matter, the seniors have some friendship with Chen Jiabao?"
Bu Operator said, "There aren't many friendships, but Chen Jiabao has other uses, and I can't let you be ruined yet. 」
Wei Qimu squinted his eyes and said, "If I let Chen Jiabao go, what will my predecessors do to thank me?" Wei Qimu also knew very well in his heart that if he was determined to protect Chen Jiabao, he didn't have any way. Instead of competing with it like this, it is better to sell its affection and ask for some benefits.
Bu Operator laughed and said, "Hehe, in the past forty years, you are the second person to make conditions with me. Well, let's hear how you want me to thank you. 」
Wei Qimu couldn't help asking, "Who is the first person?"
Bu Operator smiled but did not speak. Wei Qimu paused slightly, and then said, "Why don't you teach me the ability of 'Thousands of Miles of Transmission'?"
Bu Operator couldn't help but wonder: "Good boy, it turns out that I have already calculated it in my heart. In fact, this "transmission of sound for thousands of miles" is not difficult, it is nothing more than "long strength, thousands of miles by wind". 」
Wei Qimu said: "'Long strength, thousands of miles by wind' is not difficult to practice, the difficulty lies in how to send this 'thousands of miles of sound' to only one person's ear. 」
Bu Operator's eyes showed the light of approval, and then he said, "Those who have strong internal strength can learn to transmit sound into the secret, and those who have strong strength can learn to transmit sound for thousands of miles. And if you have both, you can learn the art of "thousands of miles of sound transmission". I see that your internal strength is full, but your strength is a little lacking, and you must practice more often in the future. When both are ready, take the dantian as the sound, take the strength as the way, condense it as the line, and grow in the wind. 」
After that, he raised a finger and dotted Wei Qimu's forehead. Before Wei Qimu could react, a yellow light had crashed into his mind. Wei Qimu only felt a slight pain in his forehead, and then the dense seal characters began to come into view one by one - what is the secret of not "thousands of miles of sound"?
Wei Qimu knew that it was the fortune operator who taught the secret of "Thousands of Miles of Transmission", and he was overjoyed, so he immediately relaxed the barrier in his mind and memorized it with his heart. In just half an hour, the blue light in Wei Qimu's mind dissipated and returned to its original state.
Bu Operator nodded and said, "This is the end of the matter. Wei Xiaoyou, you and I will meet again in the future. After speaking, without waiting for Wei Qimu to reply, he had already taken a step and walked towards Muliuyu.
When Wei Qimu looked at Bu Operator, he saw that he walked effortlessly on the water, without any superfluous movements on his body, and there was no wave underwater, just like ordinary walking. It's just that when he takes the first step, he is one zhang away, and when he takes the second step, it seems to have crossed a hundred zhang! Wei Qimu was secretly surprised in his heart: "Ah, although this old man's longitudinal technique is not soaring through the clouds, he also has the ability to shrink the ground into inches!" When he came back to his senses, the fortune operator had long since disappeared. Wei Qimu couldn't help but exclaim, "Senior Fortune Operator, you have also taught me this ability of 'shrinking the ground into inches'. 」
After a long time, the words of the fortune operator came from the shore, and his voice was really like in his ears: "With your current skills, even if you learn such light skills, you can't perform them, and after you learn the "Great Kyushu", appreciate the extreme of heaven and earth, and the end of the four seas, I will teach you it not too late." 」