Chapter Twenty-Three: Troubled Times (Part I) [Sixth Update]

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Zhu Wen turned around and saw that it was Prime Minister Shang Rang, so he hurriedly saluted. After Huang Chao established the Great Qi, four prime ministers were appointed, but Shang Rang was undoubtedly the head of the crowd and won the trust of Huang Chao.

The root cause is that Shang Rang is the younger brother of Shang Junchang, and Shang Junchang is the general Wang Xianzhi who was sent by Wang Xianzhi to negotiate with the official army after Wang Xianzhi was persuaded by Yang Fuguang to surrender in the past, and was finally killed.

Shang Junchang died unjustly, Shang Rang hated the Tang family very much, and was one of the people who were most unlikely to surrender to the Tang family, and his ability to lead troops to fight was not bad, so he was valued by Huang Chao. In the face of such a figure, Zhu Wen has no reason to be disrespectful.

It was getting late, there were no officials walking nearby, and the civil and military generals at the banquet were basically one step ahead, Zhu Wen and Shang Rang walked side by side, the latter said: "I see that the general is worried at the banquet, I don't know why?"

Zhu Wen was secretly frightened, he originally thought that he had covered it up well enough, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Shang Rang, but of course he wouldn't say it explicitly, and asked instead: "The last general is fighting outside, I don't know the situation in Guanzhong, what is the current battle situation?"

Shang Rang was silent for a moment, "Some time ago, His Majesty appointed Wang Mei as the envoy of the Suining Festival, leading the city, and without waiting for Wang Mei to arrive, the former general of the town of Suizhou, Zhu Mei, rebelled, and he recommended Li Chonggu as the envoy of the festival, and he led the troops to invade Xingping, and now he is fighting with Wang Bo, who is stationed in Xingping. ”

Speaking of which, Shang Rang didn't say anything more.

Zhu Wen then knew that now there were wars on all sides of Daqi, and those feudal town soldiers, between the Tang family and the Great Qi, still chose to be loyal to the Tang family, or to fight for the Tang family.

At this time, Zhu Wen returned to Chang'an, which can be said to be just in time, Huang Chao was lacking a fierce general to lead the army to defeat all kinds of soldiers and horses.

The facts were not as Zhu Wen expected. Within two days, Huang Chao summoned him and asked him to lead his troops to fight against the troops and horses of the Suining Army, Fengxiang Army, Xia Sui Army and other troops who invaded Guanzhong.

Zhu Wen knew that he had just been defeated in Dengzhou, although Huang Chao did not blame him, but he was just waiting for him to atone for his crimes, and if the next battle was unfavorable, he was afraid that he would be punished for several crimes.

Zhu Wen did not dare to slack off, and after receiving the armor and sword soldiers and ordnance, he reorganized the soldiers and horses, practiced day and night, and then took the troops newly allocated to him by Huang Chao and set out to meet the troops of various feudal towns.

When Li Ye swept away the thief armies from all walks of life in the eastern part of the Guandong and approached Tongguan, Zhu Wen fought in the Guanzhong and defeated the Suining, Fengxiang, Xia Sui and other armies successively.

It is worth mentioning that Li Maozhen and Wang Jian, who were in Fengxiang's army, also fought with Zhu Wen, and the result was defeat. After this battle, the Fengxiang army had no strength to advance in the short term.

Li Maozhen and Wang Jian followed the remnants of the defeated generals back to Fengxiang, and together with the generals, they were scolded by Zheng Zheng, who was cut on his head and covered his face, and his words were very intense, which can be described as extremely insulting.

came out of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion and found a hotel to eat, Li Maozhen had a gloomy face and never said a word. Although Wang Jian didn't show much on his face, judging from the fact that he didn't do anything when he was facing a table full of dishes, he was obviously extremely uncomfortable.

"Song Wentong, are you still eating?" Wang Jian waited for a while, and finally couldn't help it, and asked Li Maozhen with chopsticks on the edge of the bowl.

Li Maozhen came back to his senses from deep thought, and he glanced at Wang Jian lukewarmly: "Why don't you eat?"

Wang Jian snorted and said, "Seeing that you have such a stinky face, how can I eat it?"

Li Maozhen's already gloomy face was instantly cold, he stared at Wang Jian, as if he wanted to swallow him in one bite, but then he relaxed, Wang Jian was trying to persuade him to eat, with some kindness, how could he be angry with Wang Jian for this.

Picking up the chopsticks, Li Maozhen picked up the dishes.

Seeing that Li Maozhen finally moved his chopsticks, Wang Jian, who couldn't hold back for a long time, hurriedly picked up the bowl and began to eat. It's just that Li Maozhen immediately put down the chopsticks again, he looked at Wang Jian, who was eating with relish, sighed, and his face, which was more beautiful than a woman, was full of surprise: "At this time, how can you still eat?"

Wang Jian's mouth was stuffed with food, and he slurred his words: "The people take food as the sky, why should they treat their stomachs badly?"

Li Maozhen rolled her eyes, and discussing the issue of eating with Wang Jian was simply boring.

He hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Although it is the bounden duty of you and me to go out to fight against the thief, but such a way of fighting as a military commander is completely to let the soldiers come forward to die...... Since Huangchao occupied Chang'an, Feng Xiang has not stopped for a day, and the army is either fighting on the battlefield, or on the way to the battlefield, there is no time to rest at all. The military commander recruited a lot of new soldiers, and the drill was not enough at all, so I asked you and me to take them to the battlefield, and with such a use of soldiers, even if we didn't die in battle, we would be exhausted to death in the end. ”

Wang Jian buried his head in the vegetables, and raised his eyelids to look at Li Maozhen: "What do you want?"

Li Maozhen frowned and frowned: "The resentment in the army is monstrous, I'm afraid it won't work if it goes on like this, this time you and I were defeated at the hands of Zhu Wen's guy, is it because you and I are not as good as him in the battle? It's that the trilogy is too messy! This time, you and I luckily picked up a life and came back, which is already a blessing in misfortune, but we were still angrily scolded by the military commander to punish you and me...... We didn't encounter such a situation when we were in the Shence Army, right?"

Wang Jian swallowed the food in his mouth with a loud sigh, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at Li Maozhen with a straight face: "The military marshal has obtained the military power given by His Majesty, and the high position and power are certainly not bad, but because of this, the military marshal is in a hurry to defeat the thief army and make meritorious contributions, but he is so anxious that he has indeed committed a taboo in the army." ”

Li Maozhen sneered: "The military marshal was originally just a scholar, and the first few times he was able to defeat Shang Rang, it was also because Shang Rang underestimated the enemy, and we had strong reinforcements on the side, and now when it comes to the real test of the soldier's talent, the military commander is naturally full of flaws." ”

Wang Jianzai looked at Li Maozhen carefully, as if he could see a flower on his face.

Li Maozhen blushed and looked angry: "What are you looking at?!"

Wang Jian didn't retract his neck as usual, but asked with a straight face: "You want to rebel?"

Li Maozhen was slightly stunned, and immediately gritted her teeth and said: "It's not a rebellion, it's Feng Xiang who needs to change his knots." ”

Wang Jian asked, "For whom?"

Li Maozhen didn't think twice: "Marching Sima Li Changyan is prestigious, very popular, and has good talents, if he replaces Zheng Jin, Feng Xiang's situation will be much better." ”

"Then it's decided. Wang Jian picked up the dishes and chopsticks and continued to eat, looking at his calm and relaxed appearance, he didn't even speed up his breathing, as if he had just talked to Li Maozhen, not to replace the commander who held the military power in the world, but just where to hang out after dinner.

"What else to eat!" Li Maozhen stood up and dragged Wang Jian away: "The night is long and dreamy, go see Li Changyan now!"

Wang Jian hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food, but before his mouth was full, he was dragged away by Li Maozhen, looking at the food far away from him, his eyes were sad.

Zheng Ji paced back and forth in the study with his hands in his hands, looking anxious and restless.

His henchmen stood in the room and watched him, almost stunned by him, but he couldn't say anything.

"Defeat after defeat, defeat after defeat! How can this be?" Zheng Jian sat down angrily, and couldn't help but hit the knot hard, "At the beginning, Shang Rang led 200,000 troops to attack, but we were all defeated neatly, why can't we win now?"

The staff shook their heads and sighed, not daring to say more, he had said the words of admonition many times, but Zheng Zhen did not listen to them once.

Zheng Jin holds the military power that makes the people of the world jealous, of course, he is eager to make meritorious contributions, otherwise this military power will not be stable, but the more eager he is, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Just when Zheng Ji was impatient and helpless, his personal soldiers hurriedly came over to report: "Military commander, the big thing is not good, someone is going to rebel!"

Zheng Zhen was startled, and his face changed greatly: "What did you say? Who wants to rebel?"

"Marching Sima Li Changyan, as well as Song Wentong, Wang Jian and other generals, have already rushed over with their troops, and they are about to surround the Jiedu Embassy!"

"Bold!" Zheng Ji was furious, and hurriedly went out and led people towards the gate.

When he arrived at the door, he saw a black area outside, full of armored warriors, and in front of the gate, there was a group of armored monks with a strong atmosphere, who were eyeing the mansion, and the first three were Li Changyan, Li Maozhen, and Wang Jian.

"What are you doing here? Do you want to rebel?" Zheng Zheng scolded angrily.

Li Changyan said coldly: "The military commander does not know the soldiers, and he has gone out several times lightly, so that the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and now the soldiers want to ask the military commander to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and also ask the military commander to conform to the will of the army." ”

"You...... Li Changyan, this marshal trusts you so much and lets you lead the army to go on the march, how can you be so ungrateful, do you want to betray the country and surrender to the thieves?!" Zheng Zheng pointed at Li Changyan's nose and scolded.

"How can we surrender to thieves if we are loyal and courageous, and sacrifice our lives to serve the country?" I just ask the military commander to hand over the military talisman!" Li Changyan said indifferently.

Zheng Zhen wanted to say something, but Li Maozhen was already impatient, "The matter has come to this, why should the commander say more? All the soldiers listen to the order and kill!"

The ironclad warriors suddenly swarmed up, and Zheng Jin's personal soldiers took the lead and fought with the other party.

On that day, Zheng Zheng was besieged by Li Changyan and could not control the tribe, so he finally had to flee from Fengxiang and hurried to Shuzhong.

Afterwards, Li Yanfeng fled to Chengdu Zheng Zheng as the crown prince and young master, with Li Changyan as the envoy of Fengxiang, and still ordered Fengxiang to raise troops to fight against Huangchao.

After Li Changyan succeeded as the envoy of Fengxiang Festival, he did not rush to go on the expedition, but fought vigorously. Wang Jian and Li Maozhen were reused by Li Changyan, and they led Ma Bujun respectively, becoming one of the most powerful figures in Fengxiang.

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Shuzhong, outside Chengdu, Xichuan military camp.

The fierce battle in the military camp was in full swing, and there were bloody soldiers everywhere, and this battle of tens of thousands of people lasted only two hours, and the situation was already very clear. The attacked Xichuan army suffered heavy losses and retreated step by step, leaving countless corpses along the way, while the troops responsible for attacking all sides were marching forward.

Tian Lingzi stood on the gate of the barracks, looking coldly at the battle in front of him, his brows did not stretch, obviously not very satisfied with the progress in front of him.

"Spread our military order, if you can't take down Guo Qi's head after half an hour, the generals above the command will have to come to see you!" Tian Lingzi coldly ordered.

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