Zhang Cunjing, who was on the opposite side, shouted loudly and said: "General Li, I, Lao Zhang, have been waiting here for a long time. My family has always admired General Gao Yi. How can the general sit back and watch the people all over the world suffer from the war?" Zhu Wen had said these words beforehand.

Please give it to Zhang Cunjing.

Li Tangbin was disheartened at this time. He looked at the thousands of men and horses behind him, sighed, threw away the sword in his hand, and said: "Li was defeated today and I am convinced."

When the people behind Li Tangbin saw that Li Tangbin had surrendered, they all put down their weapons. They joked that if they didn't put down their weapons, they would die. Since there was a chance of survival, no one was a fool.

Zhang Cunjing said: "That's offending." Several soldiers beside him winked, and two men tied up Li Tangbin and took him to see Zhu Wen. Li Tangbin was so brave that Zhang Cunjing had to be careful.

Son.

When Zhu Wen saw Zhang Cunjing holding Li Tangbin tied up, he hurriedly scolded: "Old Zhang, what did you do? I asked you to invite General Li over, who asked you to kidnap him?" As he said this, he went up to help Li personally.

Tang Bin loosened his bonds and ordered the banquet to be prepared, saying that he would get drunk with Li Tang Bin before resting.

Zhu Wen cordially took Li Tangbin and introduced him to Zhang Cunjing, Pang Shigu, Zhu Jin and others. Li Tangbin greeted the generals one by one. Zhu Wen said: "General Li, the world is in chaos now. It is the time for our generation to make contributions. Now it is great."

Qi Nong is unpopular and will fall sooner or later. Shang Rang is not someone who can achieve great things, so why does General Li keep following him?"

Li Tangbin sighed: "How could I not know this? But Shang Rang has been kind to me..."

Zhu Wen interrupted him and said: "You don't need to say it, I understand it. I, Zhu Wen, am not an unreasonable person. If General Li wants to leave, I will never force him to stay. But if General Li wants to stay, I support it with both hands."

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Li Tangbin did not expect that Zhu Wen would say such words, which moved him very much. He immediately knelt down and said: "From today on, my life, Li Tangbin, will be handed over to the general. I can only say one word in water or fire. If I, Li Tangbin, frown,

That’s not a good man.”

Zhu Wen helped Li Tangbin up with both hands and laughed loudly: "Please get up quickly. We are all brothers. Don't kneel down at every turn. We are all brothers in our army. All the generals call me Third Brother. If you don't mind,

If so, just call me Third Brother."

Those of Li Tangbin's men who wanted to stay would continue to serve as soldiers. Those who did not want to be soldiers were given five taels of silver and sent home. Those who did not want to go home were placed in the Xuanwu Army nearby. They could go to Daliang Bank to get a loan to buy land. This policy

It was very popular among the surrendered troops.

Since then, Zhu Wen gained another general.

Zhu Wen's troops rested in place for half a month. At this time, Li Keyong's troops had also arrived near Chenzhou and joined forces with Zhu Wen to prepare to attack Shang Rang, who was stationed in Taikang.

Shang Rang lost one of his generals and felt very unhappy, but he had no choice. He was determined to fight a tough battle with Zhu Wen, but he knew that he was no match for Zhu Wen. When he first met Zhu Wen, he

That scene couldn't help but flash before my eyes again.

Thirty thousand men of his own were being chased and beaten, but Zhu and Wen's thousand men were able to defeat the pursuers. The explosive things in Zhu Wen's army were simply the nemesis on the battlefield. The huge explosions could cause the cavalry's horses to blow up the group in an instant.

He can also blow up soldiers to pieces. So Shang Rang was a little scared when he met Zhu Wen.

In April of the fourth year of Zhonghe, Li Keyong, Zhu Wen, Shi Pu, Zhou Qian, Zhu Jin and other people attacked Taikang. Shang Rang was defeated and had to withdraw from Taikang. Five people took advantage of the victory to attack Xihua and garrisoned it.

Huang Siye of Xihua could not resist and had to abandon the city.

Huang Chao saw that people from all walks of life had gathered, and Chenzhou could not be defeated for a while, so he had to retreat to Guyangli. From then on, Chenzhou was besieged for more than 300 days before the siege was finally lifted.

Zhao Yan invited Li Keyong, Zhu Wen and others to enter the city. At this time, Chenzhou City was out of food. Not only was there no food in the treasury, but even the food of the wealthy merchants who had hoarded a lot of food had been requisitioned.

Almost everything that was edible was eaten. Most of the cavalry horses were also eaten clean.

Zhao Yan is a very shrewd person. Zhou Qi is his boss. Chenzhou belongs to the Zhongwu Army. However, Zhao Yan has never been very cold to Zhou Qi. In addition, Zhou Qi was dispatched for the rescue operation of Chen Zhou.

There were 5,000 troops, and only Zhu Wen was the one who really provided full support.

In order to express his gratitude to Zhu Wen, Zhao Yan respected Zhu Wen very much. In addition, Zhu Wen was kind and approachable, and he did not look down on Zhao Yan just because he rescued Chen Zhou. Therefore, Zhao Yan treated Zhu Wen particularly

Zhao Yan has been working in the officialdom for most of his life. How sophisticated is his vision? The first time he saw Zhu Wen, he knew that Zhu Wen was definitely not an ordinary person, and his future prospects were limitless.

Now, in troubled times, Zhao Yan certainly wants to find a strong backer, and Zhu Wen is undoubtedly a reliable backer. Since the Xuanwu Army is relatively close to Chenzhou, any problems can be solved nearby.

The news that Zhao Ji stood firm in Chenzhou reached the imperial court, and the ministers praised Zhao Ji's achievements one after another, and appointed Zhao Ji as the Minister of Military Affairs of the Military Academy, and the right servant of the inspector.

Although Zhao Yan is already in his fifties, he has a son who is only six or seven years old. He has a good-looking face and comes out with a glass of wine to toast everyone. Everyone likes this child very much. Zhu Wen asked this

As for the child's name, it turns out that the child is Zhao Yan, the youngest son of Zhao Ji.

Zhao Yan also secretly told Zhu Wen that from now on, everything in Chenzhou would be led by Zhu Wen. In this way, Zhu Wen actually gained another state. Although this state did not belong to the Xuanwu Army in name, Zhao Yan and the Zhongwu Army Jiedu envoy

Zhou was at odds with each other, so he took the initiative to move closer to Zhu Wen.

Now that the matter in Chenzhou has come to an end, people from all walks of life have withdrawn their troops. Zhu Wen was afraid that Huang Chao would be detrimental to the Xuanwu Army, so Zhu Wen ordered Li Tangbin to guard Bozhou, and he still took Pang Shigu and others back to Daliang.

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******************* Let's talk about Huang Chao's defeat in several battles in succession, and he was filled with anger. The person he hated the most was Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen was his own enemy.

The disciple was originally his most valued disciple, but unexpectedly Zhu Wen was able to seek refuge with Li Tang. How could this not make Huang Chao angry?

In addition, he has been besieging Chenzhou for more than three hundred days. Seeing that the food in the city is running out and the city is about to be destroyed, it is Zhu Wen who comes to ruin his major event. He simply refuses to do anything. Huang Chao leads one hundred thousand

The troops headed straight for Bianzhou.

Huang Chao was unlucky enough. Before the 100,000 troops arrived in Bianzhou, it suddenly started raining heavily while they were camping at night. Several feet of water accumulated on the ground. All the food and grass in the camp were washed away by the rain.

, had no choice but to move forward in the rain all night. Many soldiers from Daqi became deserters along the way. Even with the supervision of officers, some people still escaped.

In order to express his hatred for Zhu Wen, Huang Chao began to rob the people's property when they entered Bianzhou. If the people resisted at all, they would be killed on the spot.

Huang Chao encountered strong resistance in Weishi County. Huang Chao was very angry. When he actually attacked Weishi County, he ordered a bloodbath in Weishi County. Everyone in the city, old and young, was killed.

Shang Rang led 5,000 men and horses as the vanguard, and headed north from Weishi County, where he met Pang Shigu. Pang Shigu ordered Li Sian to open the way in front, with Shi Shucong and Zhang Qianyu as the left and right wings, and the army moved forward.

, fighting with Shang Rang's men.

Although Shang Rang's five thousand elite soldiers seemed to be in high spirits, they fell into chaos after several attacks by the spear throwers led by Li Sian, trampling on each other and causing numerous casualties. Before they could reorganize the army, Pang Shigu

He ordered a catapult to send a large explosive pack over, which blew up Shang Rang's troops to pieces. Shang Rang saw that it was nothing, so he hurriedly called for gold and retreated his troops. Shang Rang was still the same as in every battle he fought before.

Same, he is always the first one to escape.

Although he won a small victory, Zhu Wen was not satisfied. He knew that if the army led by Huang Chao personally attacked, it would be one thing whether Daliang City could be defended. So Zhu Wen wrote several letters asking for help.

He gave it to several nearby vassal towns, and Li Keyong, Shi Pu, and Zhu Xuan were all the people he wanted to win over.

Li Keyong and Shi Pu were both eager to make meritorious deeds. Their friendship with Zhu Wen was very shallow. The purpose of their trip was Huang Chao. If they could defeat Huang Chao, they would definitely gain great benefits. They would definitely be promoted and make a fortune. In the end,

The main thing is that there should be a lot of gold and silver in Huang Chao's army. These are the things they want. How can they let them go? Not to mention that Zhu Wen can owe them a huge favor.

It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.

At this time, the emperor's palace in Chengdu was not peaceful. The reason was that when Gao Renhou went to attack Qu Fongxing and Han Xiusheng, in order to win over Gao Renhou, Chen Jingxuan actually promised to give Gao Renhou the position of Dongchuan Jiedushi. This news spread to Dongchuan

In the ears of Sichuan Jiedushi Yang Shili, of course Yang Shili was not happy.

Yang Shili thought to himself, we are all Jiedu envoys, how can you, Chen Jingxuan, grant my territory to others? Why don't you grant others your own Xichuan?

Now that Gao Renhou had sent prisoners Han Xiusheng and Fong Fengxingsheng to Chengdu, in order to fulfill his promise, Chen Jingxuan had to ask his younger brother Tian Lingzi to step in and remove Yang Shili. After all, Yang Shili was a close confidant of Tian Lingzi and was also a general from the Shence Camp.

Tian Lingzi borrowed the name of the emperor to appoint Meizhou defense envoy Gao Renhou as the Dongchuan Jiedushi envoy, and transferred Dongchuan Jiedushi envoy Yang Shili back to Beijing to serve as Minister of War. To put it bluntly, he was asked to hand over his military power and be promoted openly and secretly.
Chapter completed!