At this point, Huang Chao, who had been in the Central Plains for nine years, was finally defeated and wiped out. What is left to future generations is endless controversy, including praise and abuse. Anyway, each has his own reason. Regardless of the merits and demerits of Huang Chao's death,

But Huang Chao's starting point was good, but later he became increasingly arrogant after occupying Chang'an. The territories he previously occupied turned against the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Shang Rang was reused, and heroes like Meng Kai presided over the political situation, but he himself was obsessed with martial arts. This

It finally led to Zhu Wen's surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Without Zhu Wen as a general, the Qi Dynasty finally collapsed, leaving behind a war-torn and riddled Central Plains land.

Although Huang Chao was defeated and "died", Qin Zongquan led a large number of Huaixi elite soldiers to plunder everywhere. History has proved that Huaixi people have always had the potential to be bandits. During the years of the Li and Tang dynasties, Huaixi rebelled many times. Later Li Suxue

After the night attack on Caizhou and the capture of Wu Yuanji alive, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty was afraid that Huaixi would rebel again, so he abolished the establishment of Jiedu envoys in Huaixi (Huainan West Road).

Caizhou was under the jurisdiction of the Zhongwu Army. Later, after Qin Zongquan occupied Caizhou, he annexed Guangzhou and Shouzhou. Later, in order to win over Qin Zongquan, Yang Fuguang appointed him as the military governor of the country and governed Caizhou. Later, Qin Zongquan was captured alive by Meng Kai.

, surrendered to Huang Chao.

But Qin Zongquan himself was very ambitious. He did not besiege Chenzhou for more than 300 days like Huang Chao. Instead, he directly robbed the states and counties. He adopted the strategy of surrounding the cities from the countryside. The people in the states and counties had to follow Qin Zongquan when they were unable to survive.

Soldiers. Qin Zongquan's strength has rapidly expanded over the past year. There are two to three hundred thousand troops and horses across the Central Plains. No vassal town dares to resist.

Qin Zongquan's general Lu Tang captured Song, Bian and other states, Zhang Hao captured Ruzhou and Zhengzhou, Sun Ru captured the eastern capital Luoyang, Mengzhou, Shaanzhou, and Guozhou, Qin Xian captured Jiangnan, Qin Gao captured Xiangzhou, and Deng

Zhouzhou, Tangzhou and other places...

For a time, all the vassals and towns reported to the court one after another. They all said that Qin Zongquan was more vicious than Huang Chao. He did not leave any chickens or dogs behind. Not only did he take away the money, food and property, but he also killed all the people. He didn't say anything about the killing.

People pickled it with salt and used it as dry food for the army during the march.

This is simply a demon that is even more beastly than a beast. It pickles human flesh into bacon and dry food. Fortunately, Qin Zongquan thought of it.

Originally, using human flesh as food was just a slanderous idea that Zhao Yan came up with to make Chenzhou's soldiers and civilians defend the city. However, the devil Qin Zongquan actually did it, and even went so far as to make it salty even after eating it all.

Eating meat with it is simply unconscionable.

But Qin Zongquan didn't like to fight tough battles. Most of them would only plunder some counties and villages. The main targets of plunder were ordinary people and businessmen, and they rarely attacked big cities. In addition, the Huaixi states are rich in mules and horses, so Qin Zongquan's army had

There are a large number of cavalry, many of which ride mules that are taller than war horses. However, mules are relatively stupid and not as useful as war horses, but they are much stronger than infantry.

Now Qin Zongquan attacked from all sides, and his generals even occupied Luoyang, the eastern capital. The Tang army guarding Luoyang was unable to guard it, so they had to flee in all directions and join the armies in nearby towns to find shelter. Many people also defected to Zhu Wen, including Zhu Wen.

There is Ding Hui, the gatekeeper of Dingding Gate in Luoyang.

Ding Hui came to Daliang with dozens of defeated troops and asked to see Zhu Wen, the Jiedu envoy. Zhu Wen had met Ding Hui once in Luoyang. At that time, Ding Hui was just the city gate captain of Dingding Gate.

In the past few years, with the continuous battles, Ding Hui has also improved and become a general. He still guards Dingdingmen, but at this time, he has ten captains under his command.

Sun Ru attacked Luoyang, the eastern capital. Ding Hui fought hard for more than ten days. In the end, he could not resist. The city gate was breached. Only thirty or fifty of Ding Hui's thousand men and horses were left. Ding Hui himself was also injured in many places, but in the end

Saving a life can be regarded as a great blessing among misfortunes.

Among the vassal towns near Luoyang, only Zhu Wen was stronger, and Zhuge Shuang in Heyang could only protect himself. Wang Duo, the governor of the Yicheng Army, had too much to take care of himself, so it would be good if he could stop Sun Ru's rebel army. Following this

People of this kind have no future at all. That's why Ding Hui thought of Zhu Wen. Now Zhu Wen has the status of envoy and prime minister, and he has also been granted the title of Marquis of Pei County.

An ideal person to seek refuge with.

Ding Hui arrived at Daliang City. At this time, the situation was chaotic. When the soldiers guarding the city saw Ding Hui and dozens of others wearing tattered armor and carrying weapons in their hands, they thought they were bandits who wanted to enter the city, so they hurried out.

A group of people surrounded them. The leader of the school captain shouted: "Hurry up and put down your weapons, otherwise we will shoot without mercy."

Ding Hui threw away the saber in his hand, ordered dozens of his men to put down their weapons, and said loudly: "I am Ding Hui, the guard of Dingding Gate in Dongdu. I have something urgent to ask to see the Marquis of Pei County."

The school captain who was guarding the city saw that Ding Hui was injured and was not lying, so he immediately ordered people to go back to the city and report to Zhu Wen. When Zhu Wen heard that Ding Hui was coming, he immediately went out of the city to greet him. Zhu Wen quickly came to the city gate.

When he saw Ding Hui, who was wrapped in many bandages, he shouted from a distance: "General Ding, I haven't seen you for many years. Why do you have time to see me, my little brother?"

When Ding met Zhu Wen, his demeanor was as good as before. He became a military envoy, became a prince and became prime minister, but he was still so approachable. He knew in his heart that he had come to the right place. Ding Hui immediately knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "I have never seen you before."

Lord Marquis, the Eastern Capital has been captured by Sun Ru. The Qin clan is very powerful. We have lost the city and have nothing to rely on. Today we have come to seek refuge with Lord Marquis. We hope that Lord Marquis can accept it." Ding Hui is a straight man and does not mince words at all.

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Zhu Wen just admires people like him. Although he is not handsome, he should be a rare general. Zhu Wen and Ding Hui exchanged pleasantries for a while, and ordered Ding Hui to go take a bath, change into clean clothes, and have a good sleep.

Besides, Ding Hui did feel very tired. Seeing that the Marquis was so considerate of him and others, Ding Hui felt warm in his heart.

Zhu Wen knew that this time Qin Zongquan must have more troops than Huang Chao, and they would be able to fight.

Originally, the famous Confucian general Cui Anqian was left behind in Dongdu, but later he was replaced by Li Hanzhi, who was famous for his brutality. Li Hanzhi's ability was certainly not on the same level as Cui Anqian. Otherwise, Dongdu would not have been captured so quickly.

Another point is that Sun Ru, who attacked Dongdu, is definitely not an ordinary person.

Zhu Wen also felt the pressure now. After all, Luoyang and Zhengzhou had fallen, and Sun Ru's army was not far from Bianliang.

Lu Tang often sent out cavalry to rob the people of Songzhou and Bianzhou. Zhu Wen did not have many extraordinary soldiers. By the time he heard the news and ran out, Lu Tang's men had already run far away and could not catch up.

Zhu Wen also had a bad temper. He didn't know who to turn to if he wanted to get angry.

Although Sun Ru occupied Luoyang, the eastern capital, it was impossible to stay in Luoyang for a long time. Their fighting method was mobile warfare, and it was impossible to stay in the same place for too long. There was another more important reason.

Maybe he could be tolerated and stay in Luoyang for a long time.

Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru's banditry has been reviled by people all over the world, so their defeat is bound to happen sooner or later. Zhu Wen knows this very well.

It was July and the heat was intense. Qin Zongquan ordered his younger brother Qin Xian, generals Zhang Hao and Lu Tang to send an army directly to Bianliang in the name of avenging Huang Chao. More than 100,000 soldiers were stationed outside Daliang City. Eighteen soldiers were established.

Set up a company camp and prepare to attack Bianliang.

Zhu Wen was also very anxious after receiving the report. He stood at the top of the city and looked at the dense enemy troops in the distance with a telescope. However, at this time, Zhu Zhen, Ge Congzhou and others were not in Daliang City, but went to Shandong Prefecture.

To recruit soldiers, Zhu Wen actually planned to recruit Huang Chao's old troops, so he asked Ge Congzhou and others to go with him. Even Zhu Zhen was an old member of Huang Chao's army.

In the battle of Wangmandu, Huang Chao's more than 100,000 people died in the battle, but less than 20,000 surrendered. The remaining 890,000 horses returned to their hometowns, and some rushed into the mountains to become mountain kings. Zhu Zhen and Ge

The purpose of going to Zhou and others was to recruit these unstable factors to Xuanwu and give them food to serve as soldiers. On the one hand, it reduced the unstable factors in society, and on the other hand, it could also increase the strength of the Xuanwu Army. It could be said that it killed two birds with one stone.

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Zhu Wen never expected that Qin Zongquan would attack Bianliang at this time. Although there were more than 10,000 troops in Bianliang City, they were no match for him. Now he could only wait for Zhu Zhen, Ge Congzhou and others to come back.

Plan. Although Zhu Wen did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, Qin Zongquan realized that Bianliang City was impossible to defeat after attacking the city several times.

There are many large catapults on the walls around Bianliang City. What the catapults throw is not stones, but bombs. These hollow iron balls are filled with a large amount of explosives and a large number of iron nails, caltrops and the like.

Once something explodes in the enemy's camp, the shrapnel on the iron ball plus the iron nails in the iron ball, iron caltrops and other things will quickly fly around under the action of gunpowder, harvesting the lives of those who attack the city.

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Now Qin Zongquan knows what it means to be powerful. Not to mention that he has more than 100,000 people. With this kind of attack, even a million people can't attack. No matter how many people come over, they will just make a "bang" sound.

It can knock down a large area. What's more, the horses are afraid of the sound of cannons. The cavalry will immediately blow up the camp and trample themselves when they see this kind of thing. The infantry is also scared to death when they see this kind of thing. Just kidding, no one is afraid of this kind of thing, no matter how thick it is.

Even the armor can't stop its bombardment. When there are many people in the crowd, one of them can kill hundreds of people at once, and countless people are injured.

As a result, Zhu Wen did not go out of the city to fight, and Qin Zongquan did not dare to attack the city. Both sides were exhausted. At this time, Zhu Jin's troops had not had time to return to Yunzhou, and they were also helping to defend the city in Daliang. Now only Pang Pang was left in Daliang City.

Shigu and Xu Huaiyu were two generals. They analyzed the current situation for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a clue.

Xu Huaiyu wanted to go out of the city to rob the camp at night, but Pang Shigu certainly disagreed. Robbery of the camp was not a joke. The chance of the entire army being annihilated was relatively high. After all, there were too many enemy troops, and there were only more than 10,000 people in Bianliang City.
Chapter completed!