Even the injured and killed horses of the Tang army were pulled back to Heyang by Zhu Wen's logistics troops, and dozens of them were skinned and disemboweled so that the rebels in Heyang City had a good meal. Especially those who broke out from Xia Yang

Most of the people and horses had not had a full meal for several days. At this time, there were not only good white flour buns, but also large pieces of horse meat and greasy horse meat soup. Even the internal organs of the horses had been cleaned and stained.

A big pot of soup. This will satisfy the brothers' craving.

The remaining thousands of war horses that were killed or injured were also made into dried meat. As high-quality dry food for the army during the march, each soldier received a lot. This time the soldiers were very happy.

Now there are more than 20,000 troops gathered in the small city of Heyang, making this small county very crowded. After Zhu Wen entered the city, he first summoned the generals. Pang Shigu suffered from the longest time of hard fighting.

He suffered multiple stab wounds, but still insisted on coming to see Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen said: "Brother Pang, you are injured, go back and rest quickly."

Pang Shigu chuckled and said: "They are just some skin wounds. They have been bandaged. They are not serious. If the Tang army dares to attack the city tomorrow, the general can still go into battle to kill the enemy." In fact, Pang Shigu was also very particular about what he said.

, he himself is a surrendered general, and Zhu Wen trusts him so much. If he doesn't behave more actively than others, why not let other generals gossip?

In fact, it was Pang Shigu who was overly concerned. The people who followed Zhu Wen were all bloody men, and they also respected heroes. Pang Shigu was not only superior in martial arts, but also upright by nature. Xu Huaiyu, Zhang Cunjing and others had already regarded him as a hero.

Brothers looked at it.

Seeing that Pang Shigu insisted on coming to discuss the matter, Zhu Wen did not force it, so as not to make him feel any grudge. Zhu Wen turned to Xu Huaiyu and asked: "How is the situation in Tongzhou now?"

Xu Huaiyu said: "Tongzhou is also very critical. Wang Chucun, Zhuge Shuang, Li Xiaochang, Tuoba Sigong and others each led their troops to surround Tongzhou. General Hu Zhen heard that the general was trapped in Xia Yang, so he personally led five thousand troops from Tongguan.

Went to Tongzhou to inquire about the general. General Hu wanted to go north to Xia Yang to relieve the general in person. He happened to encounter the supervisor Yan Shi from Chang'an. Yan Shi was Meng Kai's confidant. He heard that enemy troops were gathering in Weibei, and he was frightened.

To save our lives, General Hu had to be stationed in Tongzhou, so the last general led his men to Heyang to discuss with Lao Zhang how to break the siege of Xia Yang, but unexpectedly the general had already broken through the siege."

Zhu Wen frowned and said, "Are you saying that Chang'an sent people to Tongzhou to supervise the army?"

Xu Huaiyu said: "Exactly, the supervisor's name is Yan Shi, who is Meng Kai's confidant. He said that since General Hu Zhen has arrived in Tongzhou and General Zhu is not here, he will let General Hu take charge of military affairs. I have already left Tongzhou.

It has been a few days since I came to Tongzhou and I thought that since Hu Zhen is in charge and Zhu Zhen is assisting me, everything should be absolutely safe."

Zhu Wen nodded, sighed and said: "It seems that Meng Kai and the others still don't trust me, Mr. Zhu, and actually sent a Yanshi to monitor me. If I, Mr. Zhu, really want to join Li Tang, a little Yanshi

How can you control me?"

Xu Huaiyu said: "General Hu said the same thing. General Hu and Mr. Xie both asked me to say the same thing to the general, but the general didn't know whether to say it or not."

Zhu Wen heard that Hu Zhen and Xie Tong actually asked Xu Huaiyu to bring him the same sentence. This sentence must be very important, but Zhu Wen felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He had to

He said: "There are only four of you, me, Lao Zhang, and Xiao Pang here. There are no outsiders. If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter if you say it directly."

Xu Huaiyu said: "General Hu said that Da Qi is declining day by day, and I am afraid that Chang'an may not be able to hold it. What's more, Tongzhou is isolated in Weibei, and Li Xiang of Huazhou has too much time to take care of himself. Although Tongzhou has a high city and deep moats, after all,

It is not a place to stay for a long time. Whether it is Wang Chongrong, Yang Fuguang, Wang Duo, including Zheng Congchan from Hedong, as well as the troops of Tuoba Sigong and Li Xiaochang currently stationed in Yijun Village, any one of them wants to annex Tongzhou.

Besides, many of the ministers in Chang'an were wary of the general's achievements, so General Hu asked the general to first think about these brothers who have lived and died together for many years."

Sure enough, as Zhu Wen expected, it was exactly what he was thinking about. Zhu Wen asked expressionlessly: "Is it similar to what Xie Tong said?"

Xu Huaiyu said bravely: "Exactly, but Mr. Xie said it more implicitly. Mr. Xie said that since Chang'an no longer trusts us, there is no need for us to go all the way. Also, Mr. Xie said that the general should not

We need to connect personal feelings with the life and death of the entire army, and let the general focus on the overall situation."

How could Zhu Wen not know that the current situation is very unfavorable to the Qi army, and history has proven that Huang Chao will eventually be destroyed. Now Guanzhong is full of deserted fields and dilapidated houses. It is difficult to see human habitation for dozens of miles, and occasionally there are a few

Personally, they were all scouts and spies sent by each feudal town.

The situation in Guanzhong is becoming increasingly difficult. Chang'an has become an empty city, and even the supply of grain and grass is a problem. Most people in Guanzhong are afraid of war, and have fled to the mountains to form strongholds to protect themselves. Therefore, although Huang Chao occupied Guanzhong, there were no people to pay taxes.

, the army stationed in Chang'an was nothing but empty-handed. Especially when Shang asked them to massacre the people in the city when they entered the city, robbed the people's property, gold and silver, and "hunted for things". That time, the people's hope for Daqi in Chang'an disappeared.

Suddenly, the warm welcome turned into deep hatred.

As the saying goes, the world is dominated by those who win the hearts and minds of the people. Zhu Wen, as a good young man in the 21st century, certainly knows this truth. On the contrary, Zhu Wen looks at everything from the perspective of history and sees everything more thoroughly.

More clear.

Although Zhu Wen is now the newly victorious division and has destroyed many enemy troops, it is just a drop in the bucket for the huge Li Tang Dynasty. Zhu Wen has clearly realized that the Li Tang Dynasty is still nominally the common ruler of the world.

All the vassal towns must obey the command, not to mention their combat effectiveness, nor their true loyalty to the Li Tang Dynasty. But they will never allow Huang Chao to occupy Chang'an, let alone unify the world.

Just kidding, these Jiedu envoys are the emperors in their own territory. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The emperor can control so many things? But if Huang Chao is allowed to unify China, then these vassal towns will undoubtedly be the first to be eliminated.

The hat of a remnant of the former dynasty is enough to drink a pot of wine.

Zhu Wen was constantly thinking about the development direction of the situation. Should he continue to fight against Li Tang's vassals and towns, or should he join Li Tang like Zhu Wen in history and first gain the trust of all vassals and towns in the world?

From now on, he can legitimately have his own base. Zhu Wen also believes that with his current military strength and military talents, the Li Tang Dynasty will definitely welcome him to join.

But Zhu Wen had to consider the relationship between Huang Chao and Huang Ying. Huang Chao was his master. He didn't get along with Zhu Wen for a long time, but he cared a lot about Zhu Wen, not to mention Huang Ying, and Zhu Wen.

Wen has always regarded Huang Ying as his wife. But if Zhu Wen once defected to the Li Tang Dynasty, his relationship with Huang Ying and his daughter would definitely turn into enemies.

If he didn't take refuge with Li Tang, he would definitely be a dead end. Zhu Wen clearly realized that Wang Duo and Wang Chongrong would definitely not give up with him, and would definitely organize a larger-scale attack. Zhu Wen's men alone could not defend them at all.

Live. If you want to seek refuge with others when you fail, they may not be able to offer such high conditions.

Zhu Wen sighed and expressed his thoughts to everyone. He wanted everyone to help come up with an idea, but the only thing Zhang Cunjing and the others said was: General Zhu will follow his lead in everything. As long as Zhu Wen says or does anything, they will obey unconditionally, because they

Being able to sit in the position today is entirely due to Zhu Wen. It can be said that without Zhu Wen, they would be just an ordinary soldier or a small colonel. It is impossible to become a general such as a general or a deputy general.

.So they were very grateful to Zhu Wen. In addition, Zhu Wen never treated them as subordinates. Zhu Wen treated them as brothers. This made these hot-blooded men even more moved.

Zhu Wen looked at them, thinking a lot in his heart, but he couldn't express it at all. He opened his mouth and said: "Everyone has been tired all night. Let's go back and rest first. Tomorrow I will go back to Tongzhou in person to see what's going on in Tongzhou."

We’ll make plans based on the situation.”

Everyone dispersed, and everyone was constantly thinking about the issues Zhu Wen had just mentioned, but as they said themselves, as long as Zhu Wen said or did something, they would never say a word.

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In Tongzhou City, the newly arrived supervisor stood firmly on the wall and looked at the dense crowds of people below the city. He was filled with emotion. As a supervisor, he was not a eunuch, but he was highly regarded by Meng Kai. It was not because of how good he was.

How capable he is, but because he is loyal enough to Meng Kai.

Tongzhou is the last line of defense in the northeast of Chang'an. For Meng Kai, there is no room for loss. But he never thought that Zhu Wen had captured Tongzhou City. Zhu Wen cared more about the gains and losses of Tongzhou than Meng Kai.

Meng Kai sent people to Tongzhou to supervise the army, which happened to offend Zhu Wen. The people Zhu Wen despised the most were people like this who were causing trouble behind the scenes.

The people under Tongzhou City are none other than the troops of Tuoba Sigong and Li Xiaochang of the Tang Army, as well as Zhuge Shuang, the military governor of Heyang, and Wang Chucun. These three armies have been besieging Tongzhou for five or six days. Although

Several large-scale attacks were launched, and both sides suffered casualties. But generally speaking, the troops led by Hu Zhen and Zhu Zhen took advantage of the high walls and deep trenches. Tongzhou also stored a lot of finished earthquakes.
Chapter completed!