668 Out of Control
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The Zhengshi Hall has cancelled the old rotating rules, and all prime ministers must come to the hall every day.
All military information reports in Henan are sent to Chang'an in a hurry. Li Yan now carefully reads the memorials sent below every day. No yellow reminder is required for the four memorials sent to Henan, Hebei and Northeast and Huainan. Once the memorials from these four towns are sent to Chang'an, they will be submitted to the Emperor, Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council as soon as they are sent to Chang'an.
Yang Fugong of the Privy Council, the Prime Minister and Minister of War, had bloodshot eyes, and reported to the emperor tired but firmly: "The towns and towns have the responsibility for the defense line of the qianshui. The court and the towns in Henan have gathered in Taining on the qianshui defense line to influence Zhongwu, Xuanwu, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huainan eight roads, a total of 80,000 troops were defended, and they would never allow the thieves to cross the defense line."
There are eight towns, but the so-called 80,000 soldiers and horses are included in the so-called civilians. The eight towns are on the Qishui defense line, and the real soldiers are only more than 30,000.
However, behind the Qishui defense line, there is an Eastern Capital defense line, where there are more than 30,000 troops from each town gathered by Cui Anqian, Zhang Zimian, Du Qing and others.
Although the Sishui defense line was broken and Huang Chao had crossed the Huai River, the belated dispatch of troops by two generals Li Jing and Gao Pian still made the whole court full of confidence in the extermination of Huang Chao.
Shi Pu, the Jiedushi Army commander in Xuzhou, squeezed away the former Jiedushi Zhixiang. He had just been granted the position of Jiedushi by the court, and he was determined to earn some performance for the court and stabilize the place.
When he saw the uninvited guests from the towns on Yuzhou Island opposite Haizhou suddenly sending troops to the three cities of Qushan, Shuyang and Xiapi. Shi Pu was not only not unhappy at all, but was very excited.
As soon as he became the governor of the Invasion Army, Huang Chao fought across the Huai River and occupied the important city of Sizhou, Linhuai, under his command. This would have a great blow to him. If Li Jing and Gao Pian had not sent troops, Huang Chao would have to use this as a basis. He had not sat for the position of governor, so how could Huang Chao rob him?
However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Invasion Army has always been a truly arrogant soldier.
The Invasion Army is one of the most famous military veterans in the Tang Dynasty. It has to make a big splash without reason, and it is often in chaos and mutiny.
Since ancient times, the Xuzhou area has been a strategic military location that connects the south and the north, especially after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. The land of Xuzhou was even more important to the Tang Dynasty.
However, since the establishment of the Jiedushi, the place has been uneasy. At the beginning of its establishment, the imperial court specially granted the title of Wuning Army, with the leadership of Xu, Si, Hao and Suzhou.
The Wuning Army was sandwiched between Ziqing Town and Huainan Town, and has always been an area that the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to and was stable. However, not long after its establishment, the Wuning Army began to enter a period of incomplete control by the court. Almost every ten years it would drive away a Jiedushi by force, and there would be more mutinies in smaller orders.
However, eighteen years ago, after Wang Shi served as the governor of the Wuning Army, he launched a massacre of the domineering Wuning Army. Almost all the Wuning Army were killed, and the court abolished the Wuning Army. In the end, only 3,000 people were retained.
After the repeal of the Wuning Festival, many soldiers became bandits and combined with the private salt thieves of the Jianghuai River. Finally, these recruited thieves and salt vendors, the garrison troops stationed in Guilin, killed officials and rebelled because they were not allowed to return due to the garrison period, which exposes the Pang Xun Rebellion in Xuzhou that swept across the southeast during the Yizong period.
After quelling the Xuzhou Rebellion, the court felt that Xuzhou's troops were empty, and finally established a new Jiedushi, named the Jieshi Army, hoping that this place could be influenced by the court and become the help of the central government. However, eight years after the establishment of the Jieshi Army, the court still failed to truly control Xu Si.
The current Jiedushi Shi Pu reported the mutiny and drove away the former Jiedushi Zhixiang and ascended the local military commander of the Jiedushi Jiedushi.
Although it controls the Invasion Army, this Invasion Army that has not been built for a long time is not strong. Compared with Li Jing in the north and Gao Pian in the south, it is really too weak.
When he saw Li Jing sending troops into his territory, although he was a little unwilling, he was helpless and did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he evacuated the troops from the three cities very readily and handed over the city to the town**.
Shi Pu saw Li Jing and Gao Pian sending troops, and the court mobilized various towns, and he decided that Huang Chao would be defeated this time.
In order to make some contributions, so as not to turn back and settle the matter of expelling Zhiqing with him in the future, Shi Pu actively sent three thousand soldiers to the Yishui defense line again. Of course, it would be false to say that Shi Pu had no selfishness. Most of the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses sent out several times were actually influencers that were not under his control, and most of the troops were influencers who were dissatisfied with his mutiny and gained the position of commander of the Jieshui.
Sending them to the Shui River can not only please the emperor and the court, but also use a knife to kill people and eliminate strangers. Even if these people can come back alive in the future, Shi Pu almost completed control of the Invasion Army during this period.
Although the Three Thousand Insurgent Army was reluctant, there was no way to do so at this time. They had to leave Xuzhou reluctantly and come all the way.
When passing by Xuzhou, the general who led the troops said to his subordinates: "Xue Jieshuai, the governor of Zhongwu Army in Xuzhou City, was originally the commander of our influence army. When we met, we went to Xuzhou City to rest for a while."
Xue Neng is the former predecessor of the Influence Army, and the ex-boss of Shi Pu Zhi Xiang.
Xue Neng, who was cooking fire in the mansion, heard that the old subordinates who were passing by Ruzhou wanted to enter the city to rest, agreed without hesitation. He also knew the generals of the generals of the army who led the army, and were also considered his old subordinates. Now he met an old friend in a foreign land, and was a pleasure in life. He felt that their request was reasonable, so he ordered to open the city gate, free up a court in the city, and place it for the soldiers in Xuzhou.
Xue Neng was very enthusiastic about these old subordinates. Not only did he welcome them into the city, but he also brought them delicious food and drinks to provide them with enough hot food. After drinking with the generals of the Initiative Army, Xue Neng went home to sleep with confidence.
However, Xue Neng just left, but the group of influencers complained with alcohol. First, they scolded Shi Pu to kill people with a knife and sent them to Ruzhou to get rid of them by Huang Chao. As they cursed, some people began to scold Xue Neng, thinking that the scale of Xue Neng was too poor. Xuzhou was such a prosperous city. They actually let them sleep on the court. The dinner connected to the wind was not as good as they imagined, nor did they have the rewards.
He complained like this, but in the end, someone simply called for a reward from the Xuzhou government.
As a result, these influencers were half drunk and rushed up. After they arrived on the street with swords, they soon turned into robbery in the street, and some even took the opportunity to tease and rape women.
The city of Xuzhou suddenly became in chaos. Xue Neng was woken up from his sleep, climbed to the top of the inner city, asked about the reasons for the riots, and found out that it was the invaders who caused trouble after drinking, asking for rewards, etc. Xue Neng saw that these old subordinates were so scared that they were so scared that they were almost always in response to their old subordinates.
After all this trouble, the chaos slowly subsided after almost the night of the war, the soldiers were almost awake.
The soldiers went back to sleep with all the spoils they had snatched.
The soldiers and horses in the city of Huazhou were led by Zhou Ji, the general of Zhongwu Army, to the Norishui River. However, Zhou Ji was not concerned about this task. With the examples of Li Jing and Gao Pian, why did he still learn from Cao Quanshi? Therefore, although he set out very early, Zhou Ji's troops walked for a few days, but they were still near Xuzhou and did not leave too far.
As a result, he soon received news that the influence army caused trouble in Xuzhou brought by his servants.
Zhou Ji and his subordinates were also in Xuzhou City. When he heard this news, he was angry at first, but then he changed his mind and realized that this was actually a great opportunity.
Didn’t Shi Pu, who was invading the army, take the position of the commander of the rank of the rank of the commander of the army? He could do this, why couldn’t he?
A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a general who does not want to be a military governor is naturally not a good general.
Zhou Ji was a good general who wanted to be a military governor. With a little excitement, he immediately ordered, "Return to Xuzhou and teach this group of influence army that bullies our Zhongwu Army brothers and sisters." Of course, the main reason for the rebellion of the influence army should be blamed on Xue Neng's traitor.
Under Zhou Ji's instigation, the soldiers of Xuzhou Army, who were worried about their family members in the city, immediately became angry. They quickly turned around. In the second half of that night, Zhou Ji led his army back to Xuzhou City with lightning speed.
The Zhongwu Army was in Xuzhou's battle, taking up all the right time, place, and people, and then a sudden attack.
Therefore, this battle was a one-sided massacre.
The three thousand soldiers who were still drunk and sleeping were all spared.
After killing all the Insurgent Army, Zhou Ji incited the soldiers to directly attack the General's Mansion, asking Xue Neng to come out and give an explanation.
Xue Neng had a premonition that when he heard that Zhou Ji led his troops back to the city, he felt that something was wrong. He directly took his family to escape in a carriage overnight. As a result, he was caught up by the cavalry sent by Zhou Ji on the way, and the whole family was killed.
After killing Xue Neng, Zhou Ji was impatient and naturally proclaimed himself as the Zhongwu Army's descendant, and wrote a letter to the court for the title.
However, the Zhongwu Army is under the jurisdiction of three prefectures, Xuzhou, Chenzhou and Caizhou. What Xue Neng now controls is just one Xuzhou.
After Qin Zongquan, who was in Caizhou, learned that the mutiny occurred in Xuzhou, he discussed with Sun Ru and gathered troops in his hands in the name of suppressing the rebellion, raided the governor of Caizhou, and then served as governor.
At the same time, after hearing the news of the mutiny, the military leaders of Chenzhou did not accept Zhou Ji's jurisdiction. Historically, Chenzhou was originally controlled by the brothers of the military leader of Chenzhou, Zhao Jue. However, now the entire Zhao family has moved to Dengzhou. However, Zhao Jue left, so there are naturally other people here to replace him.
When Cui Anqian was in the Zhongwu Army, he established the Yellow-Tou Army Zhongwu Eight Capitals. Later, although Cui Anqian was transferred to the court, the Badu still became the main force of the Zhongwu Army. At this time, the Badu was stationed in Chenzhou.
After the news of the mutiny came, Lu Yanhong, the eldest of the eight generals, made a cruel decision. After discussing with the other seven generals, he followed suit and drove away the governor of Chenzhou. Lu Yanhong became the governor of Chenzhou. The seven brothers below each made a small fortune and divided the treasury of Chenzhou.
In a blink of an eye, the Zhongwu Army was divided into three groups, the Caizhou Group, the Chenzhou Group, and the Xuzhou Group, with the state as a town of soldiers.
Zike Rang, the commander of the Taining Army, was in charge of the defense line of the Wushui River. Zike Rang could not believe the news. The Zhongwu mutiny and Xue Neng was killed. Zhongwu army was divided into three, each occupying one state. This news was like a bolt from the blue, which shocked Zike Rang.
After this change, the main force of the Zishui defense line, Zhongwu Army has been divided into three.
At this time, it can be said that Zhou Ji, Qin Zongquan and other generals were already in rebellion. It was no longer safe for Zike Rang to stay on the territory of the Zhongwu Army. No one knew whether Zhou Ji would continue to come and kill other influencers, and whether he would simply rebel!
After thinking about it, Zikejang did not dare to stay in the Shui River. He reported to the east capital and Chang'an, while leading the Taining army to retreat overnight that day.
The soldiers from other towns in the Qishui Defense Line were suddenly discovered that the defense line commander Zike Rang Jie and his Taining Army suddenly disappeared. Then the news of the Zhongwu Army's mutiny came out, and the soldiers and horses in the towns were shocked, but they followed them withdrew.
Chapter completed!