Huang Chao borrowed the wine to rejuvenate and finished the "Yongju Poem", and said with a smile: "If the heroes gather in Luoyang today, why don't our righteous army take advantage of this sharp spirit to march westward in one fell swoop, break through the last line of defense of the imperial court, Hangu Pass, overthrow the Li Tang Dynasty, and return the world to peace!"

The generals applauded in unison, and they all said: "The soldiers are fast, it is better to turn this celebration banquet into a practice banquet, and as soon as the banquet is over, they will be fully equipped and marched into the army!"

Huang Chao saw that the morale was available, and he was also full of confidence, and shouted: "Okay, the lonely king will practice for the soldiers!"

Xu Zhi was afraid that Huang Chao would underestimate the enemy too much after drinking, and persuaded: "King Huang, although the art of war is cloudy: the soldiers are noble and fast, but the main force of the official army in the Battle of Luoyang is only a rout, and it has not been annihilated by our army, and the towns around Luoyang are also eyeing the enemy, if I venture into the army, the rear will be empty, and the grain and grass will be insufficient, and the Yellow King will be carefully deployed before entering the army!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Huang Chao listened to Xu Zhi's words, and was a little displeased, and also persuaded: "Father, what Brother Xu said is reasonable, now Li Xiuyun has gathered tens of thousands of defeated troops from the imperial court in Tongguan to fight to the death with our army." Our army has a tiger in front and a wolf in the back, and we must not be sloppy!"

Shang Rang also persuaded: "What the princess and the concubine said makes sense, even if the Yellow King wants to enter the army immediately, he must also consider who is the vanguard, who is the response, who is the backup, and who will hold Luoyang!"

Zhu Wen won the first merit in capturing Luoyang because of Shang Rang, and this time he stepped forward and made his debut: "Huang Wang! His subordinates are willing to be the vanguard of this expedition, and take Tongguan in one fell swoop for Huang Wang, and go straight to Chang'an!"

Huang Chao was still angry about listening to Zhu Wen's slander, misusing Ye Luchun, and almost killing Xu Zhi, he glanced at Zhu Wen and sneered: "General Zhu, you have always been cautious in doing things, or for our army's backup, escort grain and grass!"

Zhu Wen saw that Huang Chao was still worried about the past, and said again: "King Huang, forgive your subordinates for saying bluntly: now the war between our army and the official army is about to break out. Although his subordinates are incompetent, they are willing to be loyal to the enemy for the Yellow King this time!

Huang Chao then drank and sneered: "General Zhu, this is a fierce thing to lead troops to fight, you can't be confused for a while, who is wrong, what is wrong! The lone king does not distrust you, the lone king is sympathetic to the general's old age, these things still let the young people exercise more!"

Zhu Wen had no choice but to sigh, Huang Chao didn't pay attention to him, but turned around and said to Xu Zhi: "The old man has heard that the Shaolin monks are brave, Xu Zhi, Zhi'er, you lead the Shaolin heroes to be the vanguard of our army, you must first capture Hangu Pass, and plan General Shang to enter the pass, and go straight to the Tongguan military camp of the imperial court, and the old man and General Zhu personally lead the army to support you! The soldiers will take a short rest and send troops in three days!"

After all the generals got the order, they were all excited, especially Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, An Jingsi, Xue Atan and others wanted to become famous in one fell swoop through this battle and avenge the Shaolin brothers who died.

The words are divided into two ends, and when Li Xiuyun, Yun Feiyang, Zhou Chen, Liu Jingren, and Guo Sheng led thousands of officers and troops to encircle and suppress Shaolin Temple, they were still allowed to sneak attack the Dengfeng military camp under the mountain. The main generals of the official army were all in the Shaolin Temple, so there was no one to command the enemy, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers had to flee in all directions, and the army could not be formed.

After Li Xiuyun got the news, she was shocked, and immediately asked Yun Feiyang and others to stop pursuing the Shaolin monks, and went to various places to gather the rout army that fled everywhere, she saw that Shang Rang's army had come to Luoyang City, and stopped the idea of the generals to rescue Luoyang, and personally led thousands of rout troops to slowly move westward, retreated into Hangu Pass, and rested and assembled in the area of Tongguan.

Li Xiuyun convened everyone to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army in the future, and Li Xiuyun first said: "God does not bless me in the Tang Dynasty, which makes Caokou so rampant, he has now occupied Luoyang, and the next step must be to go west to Chang'an." My Guanzhong garrison plus these guerrillas are less than 30,000, how to meet the enemy next, and ask the generals to express their opinions!"

Zhou Chen said: "Princess, the situation is very critical now, according to the opinion of the subordinates, we must prepare for the worst!"

Li Xiuyun asked, "General Zhou, what is the worst-case scenario?"

Zhou Chen replied: "Back to the princess, until now, we must remind Banzai, let Banzai and the hundred officials prepare for the destruction of Chang'an City and the fall of Sheji!"

When Li Xiuyun heard this, he said angrily: "Bold, before our army meets the battle, the general says such discouraged words, how can he boost morale and keep the enemy out of the country?"

Guo Sheng saw that although Zhou Chen's words were not listened to, there was some truth in them, and he persuaded: "Princess, although General Zhou's words are too pessimistic, they are not unreasonable, please think twice, please think twice!"

Li Xiuyun knew that she was a little out of shape, and said with a pleasant face: "General Zhou, then according to what you see, if Chang'an City is broken, what should we do?"

Zhou Chen replied: "According to the humble opinion of his subordinates, we should follow the story of Suzong of the previous dynasty and garrison Lingwu in order to revive and recover!

Li Xiuyun sighed: "Okay, Hongye, you prepare a pen and paper, and you will play your father according to the general's words!"

Liu Jingren said: "Princess, there is one more thing to do urgently: it is now the end of the year, the world is cold, and the winter clothes of the soldiers have not yet been distributed! Many soldiers are still wearing thin summer clothes, and all the armies have complaints!"

Li Xiuyun said: "Then trouble General Liu to make a hard trip, bring the letter of the princess, meet the saint, and let the military department prepare some military salaries to come back!", Liu Jingren answered, and went on an errand.

Li Xiuyun saw Yun Feiyang standing there without saying a word, and asked, "Why didn't General Yun say a word?"

It turned out that Yun Feiyang knew that the rout of the official army was related to the encirclement and suppression of Shaolin by himself with his own troops, and he was ashamed of the court and the princess, so he was ashamed, so he didn't say a word, but he saw that Li Xiuyun didn't blame him for this, but smiled and asked about his opinion, his heart was hot, and he bowed down and replied: "Back to the princess, the subordinates are guilty, and they shouldn't besiege Shaolin privately, so that the military camp is empty, and let the grass invade and lose the good Central Plains!"

Seeing that Yun Feiyang took the initiative to take responsibility, Li Xiuyun was also a little unbearable in her heart, and comforted: "General Yun, this matter is not your fault alone, and this princess is also responsible for the unknown fault of encountering the enemy." Let's not say these frustrating words, this princess wants to hear your strategy against the enemy!"

Yun Feiyang said: "Now we have no choice, we can only make two preparations: as soon as the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court arrives in Tongguan, the princess can personally go to the front line to swear an oath, boost morale, and fight a decisive battle with Caokou! Second, we can let the Jiang Gang Leader, Jiang Gang Leader, Ouyang Gang Leader, and Yelu Gang Master transfer the masters of this sect to form a Jianghu Loyal and Righteous Army to assist in the defense of Hangu Pass, and let these heroes assassinate the generals of Caokou, so that we can divide and delay the attack of Huangchao!"

Zhou Chen listened to it and praised: "Princess, inspired by General Yun, I also suggest that you can transfer the officers and troops of the towns on the front line of Huaisi to defend Guanzhong together with the soldiers of Tongguan!"

Li Xiuyun said with a smile: "General Yun still has a way, and you will personally handle the matter of asking the heroes of the rivers and lakes to save the trouble, General Yun! In addition, the affairs of Xuanwu, Zhongwu, Yicheng, Tianping, and the probation of the various armies to come to King Qinqin of Chang'an are also asked to go quickly with the princess's order and arrow token! By the way, Huifeng and Ou Yangguang also rushed back!", Yun Feiyang and Guo Sheng each agreed, and then took the order and left.

Zhou Chen saw that Yun Feiyang and the others had left, and said softly to Li Xiuyun: "Princess, now that the situation is in a hurry, we have to use the inside line of our rebels to make a last stand!"

Li Xiuyun sighed: "General Zhou, now the imperial court is not as strong as before, friends from all walks of life are watching the success or failure of the imperial court and Caokou, where are the close friends now? Besides, isn't that Yeluchun also not calm down and defected from Caokou? He is now in the cloudy tent, apart from him, where do we have an inside line?"

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Isn't there still a Zhu Wen in the Huangchao army who only recognizes glory and wealth? The subordinates decided to go to Luoyang in person and try to meet Zhu Wen, as long as the princess promises to give him a big reward, I believe he will be tempted!"

Li Xiuyun said: "Then work hard for the general, go and return quickly!", after Zhou Chen got the order, he put on a little makeup and went to Luoyang overnight to see Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen was pacing in the courtyard of his mansion, sighing and sighing, when suddenly Butler Zhu came in and said, "There is a merchant outside who asks to see him!"

When Zhu Wen was upset and irritable, he shouted, "I don't see any merchants!"

Steward Zhu stood and did not walk away, but offered an egg-sized night pearl with both hands, and a piece of white and flawless Hetian jade, and said: "This is a meeting gift from the rich merchant of Huifu to the adult, the man said, now is the troubled times, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, businessmen are greedy for small profits, and generals can get big profits, you might as well see them!"

Zhu Wen listened to the merchant's words, and was stunned at first, knowing that he had something to say, so he had to say, "Then please come in!"

When the Hui merchant saw Zhu Wen, he took off his coat and hat, Zhu Wen took a look by the candlelight, and was startled, what kind of Hui merchant was Zhou Chen, the court lobbyist who had been with him before, he hurriedly withdrew from the person, closed the door tightly, and asked: "Don't you know that the two armies are currently fighting, so you came alone in danger?"

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "It is precisely because of the war between the two armies, the more dangerous it is, the more you have to make a big deal with the general!"

Zhu Wen didn't know what kind of medicine Zhou Chen was selling in his heart, and asked, "What deal?"

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "I heard that last time, General Shang Rang captured Luoyang and grabbed the first credit, and this time in the west, King Huang handed over the responsibility of the vanguard to his beloved daughter and son-in-law. The general can fight well, but he is just an outdated chess piece, and he will be hidden in the snow forever!

Zhu Wen saw that Zhou Chen knew a lot of inside stories in the army, and asked rhetorically: "These are all untruths that Your Excellency has heard, why should Your Excellency take them seriously! Besides, even so, it is not the old man's mind, this general hopes that he will not risk arrows and stones for the rest of his life, and will not fall into the sword and blood?"

Zhou Chen smiled again: "Why should General Zhu be wary of his subordinates? As soon as he entered Luoyang, he heard the people in the market talking one after another, how could the Yellow King take improper measures, how could he abandon the heroes around him and take the risk of appointing a stinky Xu Zhi? How can this military affairs be a child's play!"

Zhu Wen listened to Zhou Chen's words of compliment, and then he was a little more relieved, and asked, "Is this the rumor in Luoyang?"

Zhou Chen saw that Zhu Wen paid great attention to his status and reputation, but deliberately did not show it in front of outsiders, and said with a smile: "This will be fake, if the general doesn't believe it, he can send someone to visit the market tomorrow!"

Zhu Wen sighed at this time: "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, the old man is really puzzled by the military arrangements of the Yellow King, that day the Yellow King not only refuted the old man's request in front of everyone, but also let a yellow-haired boy serve as the striker, which is really incomprehensible!"

Zhou Chen said in a low voice: "General Zhu, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"

Zhu Wen replied: "What can't be said between you and me!"

Zhou Chen sighed: "From the point of view below, this time the Yellow King reused a Xu Zhi who had no military experience and abandoned a veteran like you, which is obviously dissatisfied and distrustful of the general! Can the Yellow King not chill the soldiers by doing this? How can the soldiers not be suspicious of each other, and how can they fight hard against the enemy!"

Zhu Wen sighed, "It's also to blame the old man for listening to Your Excellency's advice, the cunning rabbit three holes, but the result is self-defeating, and now the court is defeated, and the old man has also lost the trust of the Yellow King!

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "This is the general's cleverness, although the Yellow King has some advantages in momentum, but there is the Tongguan natural danger of the imperial court in the front, and the hundreds of thousands of encirclement and suppression troops of the imperial court in the back. In the long run, even if the Yellow King occupies Chang'an, he will only be proud for a while, and the country will eventually return to the hands of the imperial court! Therefore, why should the general be in such a hurry to cut off contact with the imperial court? Why not take a look and make a decision!"

Zhu Wen said helplessly: "Now I can only listen to Your Excellency's arrangement, what plan does Your Excellency have for me?"

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "The general is a smart man, why do you need to hand it over to you when you come down, you just need to hint at the time, plan, and direction of your army's actions." I promised to only attack their two armies, and help the general completely get rid of the thorn in his eye, and Xu Zhi monk let!How about it?"

Zhu Wen said with a smile: "This deal is good, but the imperial court is now difficult to protect itself, even if the old man tells our army's plan of action, how can you do the old man a great favor? This business is obviously a loss for the old man! It's not worth doing!"

Zhou Chen persuaded again: "General Zhu is a little restless, listen to the next words, do not hide it from the general, there are still 30,000 people in the official army, plus the soldiers from the towns transferred from Huaisi, a total of about 80,000, even your army is currently less than 100,000, the two sides are equal, and the main force of your army is in the Yellow King and your follow-up troops, so the imperial court used heavy troops to attack Xu Zhi's partial division, as long as the general is a little slow, there should be seven or eight layers of certainty." Even if the Xu and Shang armies are not destroyed, they will inevitably lose the trust of the Yellow King after they are defeated, and the Yellow King can only use you as the vanguard again, then the military power and heavy responsibilities will inevitably return to the general, so our business can be done, and it is worth doing!"

Zhu Wen thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I have to think carefully about this matter, Your Excellency promised to tell the secret in the "Tui Bei Tu" last time, but now he only said some irrelevant verses, and I am afraid that I will be fooled again!"

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Wealth and danger are sought, if the general doesn't trust him, he will leave immediately, the secrets in this "Tui Bei Tu" we have a limited grasp, but we have told the general everything one by one, but it seems that Xu Zhi should have more in his hands than us, as long as the two of us stare at him, we can get what we want!"

Only then did Zhu Wen sigh and said, "Since Your Excellency said so, we will cooperate again, if we don't see the benefits I want again, we will never see each other again!"

Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Okay, just like that, I hope the general will have a promise!", Zhu Wen also readily agreed.

Besides, Zhou Chen successfully completed his mission, and when he returned to Tongguan, he saw that Yun Feiyang, Jiang Chengfeng, Ou Yangguang, Ye Luchun and others had already summoned the disciples of the Changjiao Gang, the Tiger Gang and the Black Dragon Sect to come to Tongguan, Guo Sheng also invited back the 40,000 elites of Huifeng and Huaisi, and Liu Jingren also brought 10,000 brightly dressed Imperial Forest Army.

Li Xiuyun saw that all the troops had arrived at Tongguan as scheduled within two or three days, but the food and salary issued by the imperial military department had not arrived for a long time. Li Xiuyun saw the report that Xu Zhi, the pioneer of Huangchao, had already set off from Luoyang with 5,000 men and horses, and would arrive at Hangu Pass in the near future. Li Xiuyun also ordered to summon all the armies to gather in the school field, she was dressed in plain clothes and plain armor, rode a war horse, accompanied by Yun Feiyang, Zhou Chen, Liu Jingren, Guo Sheng, Huifeng, Jiang Chengfeng, Ou Yangguang, Ye Luchun, etc., to inspect the armies, only to see the military flags fluttering on the horse field, swords and guns like weaving, and emitting a faint cold light under the sunlight. Li Xiuyun inspected the Jingyuan Army, the Lantian Army in Guanzhong, the Xuanwu Army, the Zhongwu Army, the Tianping Army, the Yicheng Army, and the Reform Army, as well as the newly built Jianghu Zhongyi Army. When all the soldiers saw Li Xiuyun, they knelt down one after another, and shouted in unison: "All the soldiers and soldiers see Her Royal Highness the princess, may the princess be a thousand years old!"

Li Xiuyungao immediately waved her hand to let the soldiers flatten, she drew her sword again, raised it above her head, stopped the soldiers' chanting, and said loudly: "Soldiers, now the grass outside the gate is rampant, they have attacked and harassed the Central Plains from the south of the Yangtze River along the way, burning and looting everywhere they passed, eating people and drinking blood, just like demons, and now they want to go west to commit crimes, coercing and taking advantage of public opinion, soldiers, you say: What should we do?"

Yun Feiyang took the lead and shouted: "My hot-blooded men must swear to defend the country, eliminate violence and the people, and stick to the country!"

All the soldiers also waved the spears and spears in their hands, and shouted: "My generation of hot-blooded men must swear to defend the country, eliminate violence, and defend the country!"

Li Xiuyun saw that the morale of the generals was high and the people's hearts were available, so he ordered: "Except for the newly formed Jianghu Loyal and Righteous Army, the Lantian Army is stationed at Tongguan with General Liu, and the rest of the armies will be drawn with the princess on the same day, stationed in Hangu Pass, and will fight back against the attack of Caokou in one go!"