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The emperor was wearing a dark robe today, with a golden crown on his head, and a Shang Fang sword around his waist. Recently, the Son of Heaven has lost a lot of weight, but there is a compelling heroic spirit between his eyebrows. Since his assassination, the young emperor seems to have matured a lot in the blink of an eye, and has begun to really care about military and political affairs.

For a long time, the emperor no longer played balls, gambling on geese, watching plays, and playing chess. The emperor summoned important ministers in the Yanying Hall almost every day, and his usual activities and hobbies were all changed to horseback archery and fencing.

Everyone was amazed that the emperor was simply a different person.

However, at this time in the hall, facing the several urgent reports of the military situation just reported by Yang Fugong from the Privy Council, the emperor's face became gloomy.

First of all, some time ago, all the soldiers and horses of the Zhudao camp were all under the command of Gao Yu, and 110,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Huainan, including the 40,000 Zhenguo troops dispatched by Li Jing to the south, and marched south to Jiangxi to suppress Huangchao.

At the beginning, Gao Piao's subordinates, known as one of the two generals, Zhang Luan, killed the Yangtze River, and Huang Chao sent Wang Chongba, the general of the righteous army, to meet him, but he was defeated and surrendered. Huang Chao personally led the army to meet the attack, but the battle was defeated again, and his subordinate general Chang Hong led the people to surrender again. Huang Chao had no choice but to retreat to Raozhou.

Gao Biao went south this time, and he was very active in the battle, and he did not give Huang Chao a chance to breathe.

The general Zhang Lan took advantage of the victory and swung his army to advance, directly attacking Raozhou, Huang Chao had to lead the army to meet again, and Zhang Lan fought in Dayuncang, resulting in three defeats and three defeats, all the way back to Xinzhou, Jiangxi.

Zhang was aggressive and led his army to the outside of Xinzhou.

At this time, the plague happened to break out in Shinshu again, and the Huangchao army, which had been defeated all the way into the city, fell two or three percent in less than a few days. The morale of the rebels was very weak.

When the Son of Heaven who was far away in Chang'an received these successive good news from Gao Yu. They were already excited. It is believed that the yellow thieves have finally reached the end of the road, and the annihilation of these thieves is just around the corner. For this reason, the emperor also issued an order to greatly reward Gao Biao and all the soldiers, and even promoted Gao Biao to the position of captain. I look forward to Gao Biao, a famous general, who can quickly destroy the yellow thief this time and solve the southeast disaster.

The yellow nest in the city was trapped, and he couldn't win or run away, so he repeated his old tricks. Ask Zhang Lan to surrender.

Huang Chao gave Zhang Lan a large amount of treasures and asked Zhang Lan to truce for two days, because he wanted to ask Gao Lu to surrender.

Just a two-day truce, you can get such a large amount of money, Zhang Lan agreed.

And when Gao Biao heard the news that Huang Chao was going to surrender, he sneered and didn't believe it at all.

It is believed that the yellow nest will surrender and the sows will go up the tree.

Gao Biao thought that he had seen through Huang Chao's tricks, and then he thought about it, maybe Huang Chao was really cornered, but he didn't want to accept the surrender of the grass thief at all. I want to come up with a plan.

In a letter to Gao Biao asking him to surrender, Huang Chao expressed his willingness to surrender to Gao Biao. However, I hope that Gao Biao can recommend to the imperial court and help him find a position as a festival envoy.

Gao Biao immediately replied to Huang Chao, agreed to Huang Chao's request, and asked Huang Chao to go to Yangzhou to surrender to Zhao'an.

At the same time, Gao Yu immediately played a concert to the court, assuring the emperor that Huang Chao was about to be wiped out by him. Therefore, the soldiers and horses of the other towns asked the imperial court to transfer back to their own towns. This letter was transmitted to Chang'an, and the court was jubilant. At this time, the four towns of Hebei were opposed, and the imperial court was using troops everywhere, and if the soldiers and horses of Zhaoyi towns could be transferred back, it would naturally be a good thing. No one in the court doubted Gao Biao's words, after all, Gao Biao had been invincible over the years, whether it was a party member or a Nanzhao person, and he had never disappointed the court. For a while, the imperial court thought that the grass thieves were just around the corner, so they immediately ordered the transfer of the three towns of Zhaoyi, Reform, and Yiwu, as well as the Zhenguo army that was leading the fleet to escort merchant ships in the Yangtze River, and asked them to withdraw their troops and return to the town.

Each town received an order from Gao Dutong to return and leave the Jiangxi battlefield.

As a result, Huang Chao used this time to heal the wounded and sick soldiers, boost and restore morale. Then, after the soldiers and horses of Zhuzhen left, Huang Chao tore up Gao Yu's letter and declared war on the Tang army again.

Gao Yu, who had been teased once, was furious and ordered Zhang Lu to attack. As a result, Zhang Lan, the nemesis of the Yellow Nest, who had no sharp spirit, launched a decisive battle with the righteous army whose morale was at its peak and full of intelligence to regain anger.

As a result, the victory belonged to those who were prepared, Huang Chao won a great victory, while Zhang Lan was killed, the Huainan army was defeated, and the thieves south of the Yangtze River could no longer resist Huang Chao.

After the victory, Huang Chao took advantage of the situation to connect Muzhou, Wuzhou, and Xuanzhou in eastern Zhejiang, and then crossed the Yangtze River north at the quarry ferry, and directly killed Tianchang and Liuhe in Huainan Town in one fell swoop. It is only fifty miles away from Yangzhou, the marshal capital of Gao Biao.

At this time, Bi Shiduo, the commander of the Yuancao Army under Gao Biao, strongly persuaded Gao Biao to attack and meet the battle, and called Hu Douzhou's Zhenguo Army to land in Yangzhou to help in the battle.

However, Gao Biao did not accept his advice, but instead shrank the remaining Huainan army near Yangzhou, not only took the initiative to give up the road to the north of Huangchao, but also transferred the most elite cavalry troops to Hailing, east of Yangzhou, heavily guarded, to prevent the Zhenguo army at the mouth of the Yangtze River from landing in Yangzhou at this time.

At the same time, in order to shirk responsibility, Gao Yu sent 800 li to expedite to the imperial court.

In the emergency stamp, Gao Biao exaggerated: "The army of Huangchao is as many as 600,000, and it has been stationed in Tianchang, and it is less than fifty miles away from Yangzhou, which is defended by the ministers!" ”

Chang'an City has not yet come and how long to be happy, and the soldiers and horses of the towns have not even returned to the town, but Gao Biao has been beaten and did not dare to go out of Yangzhou, and even dared to play a fold, brazenly saying that there are 600,000 grass thieves?

Huang Chao had 300,000 people when he attacked Jingmen, but he was annihilated by Cui Yunqing and Liu Jurong in the first battle, and almost 200,000 were captured. The remaining 100,000 fled to Jiangxi, and after attacking the city and plundering 15 states, the 200,000 people were restored.

was then defeated by Zhang Lan in three battles, plus the plague, there were only about 100,000 people left.

100,000 thieves, Gao Biao was embarrassed to say 600,000.

And at this time, Gao Biao still had almost 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and there were more than 20,000 people in the Zhenguo army at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and Zhou Bao on the south bank of the Yangtze River also had more than 30,000 people in his hands.

As long as Gao Yu is willing to fight, the official army is still stronger than Huang Chao. After all, although there are 100,000 in Huangchao, many of them are not old pawns, but just some newly coerced young people.

The emperor's face became very gloomy!

Li Jing, who originally regarded it as the dry city of the country, played with self-respect when he was critical, with an ambiguous attitude and looked up.

Now, even Gao Yu, whom he regarded as the pillar country, actually began to play with self-respect.

Looking at Gao Yu's letter full of lies, Li Yi, the son of heaven on the throne, who was full of anger and hard work, was in a mixed mood. Just now, there are mountains and rivers infinitely delicate, overlooking the garden full of spring infinitely good. In the blink of an eye, it had fallen to the bottom, only to see black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it.

Countless emergency recitals were sent to Chang'an in an expedited manner, and the Huangchao army was already approaching the Huai River.

At this time, the emperor couldn't even mention the responsibility of Gao Biao. Gao Biao is far away in Yangzhou, and the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Now that Hebei is reversed, Huangchao is going north, Li Jing is not advancing, at this time, the court does not care about reprimanding Li Jing, and of course does not dare to scold Gao Yu.

What's more, the situation has come to this point, and it is not urgent to pursue responsibility, and the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the Huang Chao who is about to come north. Li Yi looked around at the ministers with expectant eyes.

Henan is the hometown of Huangchao, this area has been rampant by grass thieves several times, coupled with the previous drought, locust plague, flood and later famine, military disaster, the Central Plains of Henan, has already been full of holes, and the people's hearts are also the most unstable. Across the Yellow River, the four towns of Hebei reversed. If Huang Chao is allowed to kill Cao and Pu in Henan's hometown again, then the grass thieves and the Hebei rebels will be connected together.

The ministers in the palace are now frowning urgently and worried. If Henan and Hebei all fall into the hands of traitors and rebels, this will no longer be a trivial matter. At that time, the entire canal will be controlled by them, and the Yellow River, the Ji River, and the North-South Canal will all fall into the hands of thieves. Losing these arteries, Chang'an couldn't hold on for a few days.

Prime Minister Dou Lu Ying proposed that Huangchao Lingnan Dongdao be given the envoy of the Jiedu and let him go to Guangzhou. Huang Chao has always wanted to be a festival envoy, and he also asked for a festival envoy in Guangzhou. Now we simply grant him the title of Celebrity. He was no longer required to hand over his troops and horses, and let him directly lead his troops to Guangzhou to take up his post.

In this way, Huang Chao went to Lingnan, away from the Central Plains, Luoyang, and Chang'an, so that the imperial court could free up its hands to solve the four towns of Hebei first. At that time, the imperial court mobilized all kinds of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Huangchao and exterminate this smuggler of salt.

It is the so-called this time and that time.

Li Yi, the Son of Heaven, agreed with this proposal, anyway, Guangzhou had already been slaughtered by Huangchao, and in addition to Guangzhou, a prosperous trading port, Lingnan Dongdao was just a miasma that no one wanted to go to. It's good to give this place to Huangchao for the time being, just to win time to destroy the four towns of Hebei first.

However, Lu Xi poured cold water on Dou Lu Ying and the emperor's wish, when Huang Chao begged for the envoy of Guangzhou, first, there was nowhere to go, the officers and soldiers chased after him, and secondly, Lingnan was also very prosperous. But now the situation is different, and Guangzhou is in ruins. And Huang Chao is in a good situation, and he has just defeated the world-famous Gao Yu. At the same time, the four towns of Hebei also took away a lot of pressure for Huangchao. Now Huangchao is eager to lean towards the Yellow River. Unless the imperial court named Huang Chao as the envoy of the Tianping Army at this time, it was possible for him to agree. But how could the imperial court seal him the Tianping Army?

Therefore, Lu Xi, who had lost a lot of points in front of the emperor because of Gao Biao's ally, immediately proposed, "With the appetite of Huang Chao now, how can it be filled by a Lingnan Dongdao Jiedu envoy?" Even if he was awarded the Guangzhou Jieyue, it would be impossible to stop him from continuing to attack, just to make the imperial court lose face in vain! What should be done now is to immediately mobilize the troops of all provinces to hold Sizhou, with the commander of Xuanwu as the commander of all armies, and block the grass thieves on the line of Huai and Si. As long as Huang Chao can't break through the defense line, he can only turn back and plunder Huainan, and Gao Biao will not be able to sit still, so Huang Chao can only fall into the middle of our southern and northern armies, and finally can only bring about his own destruction. ”

Li Yi compared the proposal of Prime Minister Dou Lu Yao and Prime Minister Lu Xian in his heart, and finally felt that Lu Xie's proposal was more feasible, so he immediately made a decision and acted according to Prime Minister Lu Xie's plan.

Tian Lingzi held a white whisk in his hand, stood in front of the emperor's throne, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was dozing, and did not say a word about the resolutions of the monarchs and ministers in the palace. And the ministers in the palace seemed to have forgotten this former powerful eunuch for a while.

However, under Tian Lingzi's calm face, Tian Lingzi smiled coldly at the plan of the Son of Heaven and Lu Xie! (To be continued......)