When Gao Pian went south, the first person to suffer was of course Cao Shixiong in Hangzhou. Cao Shixiong was a good charger. Although he also had some strategies, who was Gao Pian's opponent? In just three days, Cao Shixiong captured Hangzhou, including Qiantang City, in his hands.

Seven county towns were lost one after another, and Cao Shixiong died in a bloody battle. Most of his troops were surrounded and annihilated by Gao Pian, and the rest either surrendered or fled.

Gao Pian saw that among the eight counties in Hangzhou, Lin'an was the only one that had not been invaded by bandits. Hearing that it was the fault of Dong Chang and Qian Liu, he actually met them in person and praised them. He also asked Dong Chang's "eight generals" to say goodbye.

Guarding eight counties, Dong Chang effectively controlled the entire Hangzhou.

Qian Liu served as the deputy commander of the "Eight Capitals", and Dong Chang himself served as the commander. The position of Hangzhou governor was temporarily vacant, and Dong Chang actually became the Hangzhou governor, although he had not yet been appointed by the court.

book, but he believed it was just a matter of time.

Gao Pian led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to continue southward, passing the Yi victorious army, and entered the land of Fujian and Yue. After resting for a few days, he continued to march towards central Fujian.

On this day, an uninvited guest came to Hu Zhen's tent stationed in Gutian County. The person was a woman. Although she was a woman, she had dark skin and a tall and strong figure. She was Cao Shixiong's daughter Cao Ruhua. But at this moment, her face was full of tears.

, there were many wounds on his body, and his dark complexion turned a little gray due to excessive blood loss.

Hu Zhen had met Cao Ruhua when he was in Hangzhou. Hu Zhen unexpectedly saw Cao Ruhua here and saw her in such an injured state. He knew that something must happen in Hangzhou. He asked in surprise: "Miss Cao, is the situation in Hangzhou bad?"

Change? Where is General Cao?"

Cao Ruhua cried bitterly: "My father has died in the battle. All seven counties in Hangzhou have been captured by Gao Pian. My father's troops were almost wiped out. Because he risked his life to protect me, I was able to escape."

Hu Zhen was shocked and hurriedly sent an army doctor to check Cao Ruhua's injuries. He ordered people to report to Huang Wang quickly while strengthening the defense of Gutian and other counties. He had experienced Gao Pian's power in Xinzhou.

Hu Zhen admired Zhu Wen's intelligence very much, but the ambush directed by Zhu Wen himself was unable to cause any harm to Gao Pian, and even lost his troops. Even Zhu Wen's second senior brother Yang Xingmi was missing because of that battle, and his life or death was unknown.

What's more, it is extremely difficult to defeat the military god of the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield.

He was stationed at the outermost edge of the rebel base. Of course he was the first to face Gao Pian. Can he stop Gao Pian's army? Hu Zhen sighed secretly and said with a wry smile: "I can only hope that a miracle will happen!"

Hu Zhen's urgent document arrived in Fuzhou, and the whole city was shaken. Although more than half a year had passed since the battle with Gao Pian, the soldiers of the rebel army were still frightened when they thought about it. People were panicked for a while, and Zhu Wen saw it and knew it.

There is no way to fight this battle. We are not afraid of having a small number of troops. What we are afraid of is that the army has no fighting spirit, and what we are afraid of is low morale.

It seems that the plan to use Fuzhou as a long-term base has come to nothing. He, Zhu Zhen, Zhang Yan and others are busy, but the efforts over the past few months are about to be in vain. Zhu Wen has many regrets in his heart, but what can he do?

? With the thousands of troops in his hands, he can fight against Gao Pian? It is simply a fantasy. Cao Shixiong had more than ten thousand people, but he was wiped out by Gao Pian in just three days, not to mention the mere number in his hands.

Thousands of people!

When Huang Chao's wife Cao Shihong heard that her brother had died tragically and her niece was seriously injured, she was so furious that she fainted. The maids and old ladies hurriedly tried their best to wake Cao Shihong up, and Cao Shihong burst into tears.

Huang Chao felt three parts sad and seven parts ashamed. When he promised to give several counties in Hangzhou to Cao Shixiong, in fact, he just wanted Cao Shixiong to act as a buffer between himself and Gao Pian. It can be said that Cao Shixiong's death

It has a great relationship with him. But he never expected that Cao Shixiong would marry his girl, and what he never expected was that it only took Gao Pian three days to eliminate Cao Shixiong.

Huang Chao held a secret meeting with some of his generals in Fuzhou's government office to discuss strategies to deal with Gao Pian.

Zhu Wen did not attend this meeting. He had attended such meetings many times, and every time it was Meng Kai, Shang Rang and the two who said whatever they said. The opinions of himself and others were almost ignored.

Zhu Wen, fearing that Hu Zhen would be unable to survive alone in central Fujian, asked Huang Chao to allow him to lead his troops to fight Gao Pian together with Hu Zhen.

Huang Chao refused, and ordered people to quickly notify Hu Zhen to lead his troops to withdraw south. Huang Chao sighed: "Now that the morale of the army is so high, how can we fight against Gao Pian? Don't show off the courage of an ordinary man. If you have three strengths and two weaknesses, one of my disciples will be dead."

Your senior brother is the only one left. Although your senior brother is good at martial arts, he is only a general, not a handsome man. Your second senior brother is also missing. How can I still put you in danger? It’s not that I don’t trust you as a teacher.

It is because of his commanding ability, but the morale of the army is really unstable right now, and some soldiers even tremble when they hear Gao Pian's name. It is really not appropriate to have a decisive battle with Gao Pian at this time!"

How could Zhu Wen not know this? The reason why he wanted to fight Gao Pian was because he didn’t want to follow the old path of history. He wanted to change the original historical pattern, not only for himself, but also for the sake of the world! Tang

The history of the last five generations is a history of blood and tears written with the lives of millions of people. If the situation develops according to the original trajectory of history, I will see this tragedy happen with my own eyes, and even my second brother Zhu Cun will fight.

Death battlefield!

All this is what he doesn't want to see, and he doesn't want to see himself and Huang Chao turning against each other. If that happens, how will the relationship between himself and Huang Ying develop?

Zhu Wen glanced at Huang Chao, who had a kind face, and was filled with emotion. He sighed secretly, is it true that history cannot be changed? Is he just watching all this happen?

Huang Chao patted Zhu Wen on the shoulder and said, "It's time for us to go in. Shang Rang, Meng Kai and other generals are still waiting for us in the hall."

Zhu Wen didn't say anything else, and just followed Huang Chao into the hall silently. Zhu Wen didn't hear a word of what the generals in the hall were saying.

In the end, all the generals unanimously decided that the rebels would abandon Fuzhou and continue to move south...

Zhu Wen sighed secretly, knowing that this time he had been defeated by history again. He thought of the historical records about Zhu Cun's death in Guangzhou, and walked towards Zhu Cun's residence with difficulty...

As soon as Zhu Wen entered, Zhu Cun asked anxiously: "I heard that Gao Pian went south? What are King Huang's plans?"

Zhu Wen sighed and said: "What else can we plan? With morale so low, King Huang had no choice but to abandon Fuzhou and continue south along the coast to Lingnan."

Zhu Cun also sighed secretly. The rebel army retreated again and again, when will it end?

Zhu Cun's wife Wu Hua has given birth to a son, named Zhu Youning. He is still in infancy, under one year old, and she is still pregnant with another child for two or three months. At this time, Wu Hua is holding her son Zhu Youning beside the bed.

Playing, teasing his son to call him Uncle Zhu Wen, but Zhu Youning is not yet one year old, how can he talk? He just screams "Yiyiyiya" and grabs here and there in the air with his chubby little hands.

Looking at this scene of family happiness, Zhu Wen felt warm in his heart. He secretly swore to himself that he would do everything possible to prevent Zhu Cun from participating in the war in Lingnan, just in case.

Zhu Wen once again thought of his wife and children a thousand years later, and felt sad in his heart.

Zhu Riguang, who was once cheerful and humorous in the 21st century, has merged into this turbulent era without knowing it, and has become Zhu Wen, the hero of this turbulent era. The smile on his face has been replaced by vicissitudes of life and melancholy.

The annual rings of time are constantly turning, and the world is constantly changing due to the rotation of time. The sea turns into mulberry fields, and the mountains turn into river valleys. But is all this really destined by God? Or is it just a matter of course?
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