Chapter 821 Encounter
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When Li Keyong was plotting to "resurrection", Zhu Wen was not idle either. He was sitting in the Xuanwu Festival Hall in Yacheng, Bianzhou, and urgently discussed important matters with the generals.
Zhu Wen, who was the same year as Li Jing, was not tall, but was a medium-sized person and very evenly grown, but his head was a little bigger. In his own words, he lost his father and poor family when he was young, and he couldn't eat enough, but his body did not grow up and his head grew.
Zhu Wen had an emergency meeting with the generals for more than two hours, for nothing else, but because the Great Qi Empire seemed to be in a bit of trouble. As I just received the news, Emperor Huang Chao of the Great Qi had led the Guanzhong troops to evacuate Chang'an, and set a fire before leaving to burn Yaoshi Chang'an. Now Zheng Ting is leading the Guanzhong Allied Forces to chase and attack, and Emperor Huang Chao has begun to flee with his troops again. To be fair, Zhu Wen is not loyal to Huang Chao at all.
Although he is now a general under Huang Chao and a commander of the Jieshi, he was the official army at the beginning and worked under the command of Li Jing, the most dazzling Qin king. Huang Chao is far inferior to Li Jing. Even if Huang Chao is called a lonely man and a widow, ascends the throne and becomes emperor, this cannot change his identity as a private salt dealer and a fallen scholar. No matter how his army changed from a Cao army to a Rebel army and then becomes a Qi army, it still cannot change the fact that most of this army are thieves.
But then again, although the Qin army was good, he had left the Qin army long ago and could not tolerate him there. However, Huang Chao trusted him very much, at least gave him the opportunity to stand alone. In Zhu Wen's words, a place that can accommodate himself is a good place, and being a bandit is better than being lifeless.
Zhu Zhen, deputy governor of Xuanwu, was the sworn brother who lived with Zhu Wen at the time. When he was in Li Jing's town, he was already a comrade-in-arms side by side. So he became used to speaking casually, and it seemed that he had not changed anything after becoming the deputy commander.
Zhu Zhen said: "This dog-good Shang Rang is just a waste, and Huang Chao is not a good thing. It is useless. When he first brought an army of 300,000 into Guanzhong, he did not rush to pursue and destroy the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he was eager to proclaim himself emperor in Chang'an and ascend the throne. Hundreds of thousands of country bandits who had never seen the world were all fascinated as soon as they entered Chang'an. All the mothers were robbed of property and robbed women first. If they had a little brain, not to mention that the Emperor and the court of the Tang Dynasty were destroyed, at least the towns in Guanzhong had already been defeated. As a result, people pretended to surrender, they believed it like a pig's head. I'm fucking, a group of idiots. As a result, in a blink of an eye, a hundred thousand coalition forces in the world came to kill. Before Chang'an was satisfied, they were about to run away."
"The general actually gave the emperor a long time ago and asked to take advantage of the victory to expand the results, but as a result, they went to Chang'an, and they still remembered us? Now that his mother Chang'an can't stay there, we have to help him block the Henan and Guandong coalition forces. His mother, his 300,000 army could not block the 100,000 coalition forces in Guanzhong. What should we do here in Henan? In the battle of Xuzhou, several times, urgently reported to Chang'an to send troops to support him, but had one and a half soldiers transferred to come?" Zhu Cun, a marching man in Xuanwu Town, also cursed.
"How could this dog behave like an emperor? He is a sold-out salt. Even if he wears a dragon robe, he is still a bandit. He has no ambitions and is a mob. Let's continue to work hard with them, sooner or later there will be no way out. I think we might as well learn from Zhuge Shuang, Wang Chongrong and others, and announced the change of flags and flags. Anyway, it's up to the Tang Dynasty." Zhu Zhen said.
Zhu Wen frowned and said, "We are not as good as Zhuge Shuang and Wang Chongrong. They are Tang generals. Although we have followed Li Jing and are considered Tang army, they have been in the old age of the celestial calendar. Besides, even if we want to return to Tang now, we don't burn incense, and we can't find the mountain gate when we carry pig's heads?"
Staff Xie Tong snorted and said with a wry smile: "Even if the general really wants to return to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid Li Jing will not tolerate it. We now have two prefectures in Bian and Zhengzhou. But to the east are Li Jing's vassal states, Tianping Army, Yicheng Army, Xuanwu Army, and the three towns of the Xuanwu Army. To the east, Huanghuai and Shandong are all Li Jing's territory. Even north of the Yellow River, most of them belong to Li Jing. The general returns to the Tang Dynasty. Even if the emperor Li Tang agrees, if Li Jing cannot accommodate him, if he sends troops to attack, he is afraid we can resist it. At that time, if Huang Chao also sends troops to attack, then the general will be not a person inside and outside, and he will be fighting alone."
Zhu Wen frowned even more when he heard this. Xie Tong was right. If Li Jing didn't buy the emperor's account, the matter of returning to Tang would be meaningless. "Then Mr. Xie means to continue to work with Huang Chao? But Huang Chao also looked at the grasshopper in the autumn and jumped for a while. After following him, there would be no good results."
Another strategist Hu Zhen smiled and said, "The Grand Marshal said it is indeed right. Huang Chao will never achieve great things, and it will only get worse in the future. However, I thought that the Grand Marshal should not be too rush to make a decision. In the current situation, if you have soldiers in your hands, you will not panic. As long as the Grand Marshal has elite soldiers and strong generals, whether it is Huang Chao, Li Yan, or Li Jing, they have to think about it. In the future, it is better to hold the troops temporarily and wait for a critical moment. Now, you can find a suitable buyer when you are at the price."
Xie Tong also said: "Now the Guanzhong Allied Forces are in a fierce position, and Huang Chao is forced to abandon Chang'an. Originally, all surrendered to Qi towns, anyway, if we return to the Tang Dynasty at this time, it will be just icing on the cake. Emperor Li Tang will not pay much attention. It is better to watch the battle for the time being as Mr. Hu said, let's watch the battle for the time being and wait for the opportunity. It seems that although Huang Chao will inevitably lose in the end, the situation may still be repeated in a short period of time. Huang Chao has been rampant in the world for many years, not an ordinary person. If the Tang army underestimates the enemy, they will inevitably suffer a great loss. By that time, the general takes action, it will not be icing on the cake, but a timely help. This meaning is absolutely different."
"How long will it take to wait for this opportunity?" Zhu Wen asked. Huang Chao's ship had already started to leak water, and he didn't want to stay too long.
"Maybe soon, maybe there will be some time, but I believe that this opportunity will definitely come!" Xie Tong said confidently.
This opportunity really came soon. Although Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an, he was not willing to evacuate Guanzhong. He planned to fight against the Guanzhong Allied Forces in Guanzhong. For this reason, Huang Chao began to gather all the troops and horses near Guanzhong. In addition, Huang Chao also issued an order to quickly summon many generals to the assembly battle.
Huang Chao's envoy rushed to Bianzhou and issued an emergency edict from the emperor, ordering Zhu Wen to lead the elite troops of Xuanwu Town to quickly rush to Tongzhou, Guanzhong. Immediately, Zhu Wen also served as the governor of the town **, as well as the commander of Tongguan, and the governor of Tongzhou.
Zhu Wen didn't know that when he received the edict, his neighbor opposite the Yellow River, Zhuge Shuang, the Heyang Jiedushi who had just returned to the Tang Dynasty, was gathering troops and secretly coming to Zhengzhou. This shaking grass wanted to use Zhu Wen as a letter of fame and show his loyalty to the court.
Zhuge Shuang, the governor of Heyang, was like a warrior of the age. He was tall and burly, brave and powerful, with a strong figure, not much thicker and thicker neck and head. He looked like a big grizzly bear. His face was filled with the usual expressions of military generals, coldness and perseverance.
This is the military head who struggled in a chaotic world. He climbed up for him and gave up everything, not even taking his own life seriously.
He worked as a minor official in the county town, a showman, a peasant army, and a rebel army, and a betrayed the rebel army to join the court. Then, he betrayed the court again and took the initiative to defect to the pseudo-Qi. Now, seeing that the situation is not good, he betrayed Huang Chao again without hesitation, and took the initiative to gather troops and prepare to attack Xuanwu and Zhu Wen, who was still a minister in the same palace not long ago.
A person who never takes his own life seriously will naturally not take other people's lives seriously.
For Zhuge Shuang, he has never been loyal. If so, it would be just that there were not enough chips for betrayal. As long as there were enough chips, he would betray him without hesitation.
However, Zhuge Shuang sent troops to Xuanwu Town not only to please the court. He sent troops to Xuanwu Town, but more to please both sides, to please the emperor and the court in Chengdu, and to please Li Jing in Hebei. Zhu Wen is a deserter under Li Jing. If Zhu Wen can be arrested and sent to Li Jing, he will definitely please Li Jing and get his support. As long as Li Jing's support is supported, he, the governor of Heyang, will rest assured.
That night, Zhuge Shuang brought the gathered 30,000 troops from Mengzhou to Huaizhou, and finally chose to cross the river in Wuzhi and land at Biankou on the south bank.
Biankou, here is the Ji River in Heyang and the intersection of the Yellow River.
Biankou is located on the opposite bank of Huaizhou, Heyang and belongs to Luoyang, but it is very close to Zhengzhou. When Biankou goes south, it is the Bian River Canal, which directly leads to Bianzhou. Not far to the west, it is the eastern gateway to Luoyang, the eastern capital, Sishui Wulao Pass.
That night, Zhuge Shuang led his troops across the river and walked dozens of miles of mountain road. He was trapped in the mountains and was resting at the foot of Guangwu Mountain at the junction of Luoyang and Zhengzhou. Zhuge Shuang was leaning against a big tree and crossing his legs, wiping his beloved three treasures, a Damascus Uz steel knife, a gold pocket watch, and a crystal thunderous mirror. These three things were all collection-level treasures he had bought from Dengzhou for a huge price. Especially the Damascus Uz steel knife, the handle of the knife was inlaid with a brave tiger head made of gold, and shining dazzling light in the late spring sunshine.
Several cavalrymen who were exploring the way hurriedly came to report that there was a road deep in the dense forest on the other side of the mountain, and there were traces of the team walking on the road.
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Shuang immediately ordered the scout camp to gather and ride a horse to inquire about the details in the direction pointed out by the soldiers.
After passing through the dense forest, at the end of the woods, there are two towering mountains, and there is a narrow passage between the two mountains that only one horse can pass through. The horse tracing stood there and looked up at the sky, and saw a thin line of blue sky.
The horse followed the footprints on the road and ran forward to Xu Yuan, but still did not find the owner of the footprints.
Exploring the horse to repay Zhuge Shuang: He went twenty miles ahead, but no enemy was found.
Zhuge Shuang never dreamed that he and Zhu Wen were about to encounter each other in the wild.
This is an important passage for Bian Zheng to enter Luoyang, pass through Hulao Pass, and then enter Luoyang.
The footprints on that path were the footprints of Zhu Wen's forward probing the horse.
At this time, Zhu Wen had just left Bianzhou, leaving his brother Zhu Cun to guard Bian Zheng. He, Zhu Zhen, Hu Zhen, Xie Tong and other soldiers, led the 50,000 Xuanwu army in his headquarters to prepare to go to Tongguan. His camp was twenty miles away on the other side of the canyon. If Zhuge Shuang's scout walked a few more miles, he would find it.
Zhuge Shuang's horse exploration did not discover Zhu Wen's camp, but Zhu Wen's cavalry discovered Zhuge Shuang's horse exploration, and followed them back to discover Zhuge Shuang's Heyang Army.
The news came back and a huge storm broke out in Zhu Wen's camp.
Zhu Zhen, deputy governor of Xuanwu, yelled at the general Ding Hui in anger: "Catch the general of the Zhengzhou Hefang Town, which is neglecting to defend, and shoot me. I am a bitch! There are thousands of people, and even Zhuge Shuang has crossed the river with tens of thousands of people. I don't know at all, why are they eating?"
Ding Hui said, "That guy is not to be jealous. The most important thing now is that we and Zhuge Shuang's soldiers and horses encountered in the field. The two armies only had thirty miles to meet. Judging from the return of the horse exploration, Zhuge Shuang did not know that we were here at this time."
Zhu Wen punched the table, and the water cups on the table jumped up: "Since Zhuge Shuang is coming to die and is rushing to see the reincarnation of the King of Hell, then we will kill Zhuge Shuang, who is raised by this bitch, and his 30,000 Heyang Army!"
Chapter completed!