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The old practice of rotating duties in the government hall has been abolished, and all prime ministers must come to the hall every day.

All military intelligence reports from Henan will be sent to Chang'an by 800 miles expedited. Li Yi now has to carefully read the following recitals every day, and all the recitals sent by Henan, Hebei, and Northeast Huainan do not need to be posted with yellow tips. As soon as the recitals of these four towns are sent to Chang'an, they will be submitted to the emperor, the political affairs hall, and the Privy Council as soon as possible.

Yang Fugong of the Privy Council, the prime minister and the squire of the military department, his eyes were bloodshot, and he reported to the emperor tired but firmly: "The town is responsible for the defense line of Lishui, and the imperial court and the towns of Henan have gathered a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses in the defense line of Taining, Reform, Zhongwu, Xuanwu, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huainan to defend, and never let the grass thieves cross the defense line. ”

There are eight towns, but the so-called 80,000 soldiers and horses are counted even in the people. The eight towns are in the Lishui defense line, and the real soldiers are only more than 30,000 people.

However, behind the Lishui defense line, there is also a defense line in the eastern capital, where there are more than 30,000 people from various towns gathered by Cui Anqian, Zhang Zimian, Du Xian and others.

Although the defense line of Surabaya was broken and Huangchao had crossed the Huai River, the belated dispatch of troops by Li Jing and Gao Biao, the two generals, still made the Duman dynasty full of confidence in the victory of exterminating Huangchao.

It wasn't long before Shi Pu, the probationary army in Xuzhou, squeezed out the original Jiedu envoy, and now he has just been awarded the position of Jiedu envoy by the imperial court, and it is the time when he is bent on working hard for the imperial court to earn some performance and stabilize the place.

When I saw those Zhenguo Army guests who came uninvited on Yuzhou Island opposite Haizhou, they suddenly sent troops and stationed in the three cities of Qishan, Shuyang, and Xiapi. Shi Pu was not only not unhappy at all, but was very excited.

He had just been sent to the probation army. Huangchao crossed the Huai River. It occupies Linhuai, Sizhou, an important city under his command. This was not a small blow to him. If there is no Li Jing and Gao Biao's troops, if Huang Chao can't be done, he will have to use this as a basis, he hasn't sat enough in this section, how can he let Huang Chao rob it?

However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the probation army has always been a real proud general.

The Reform Army is one of the most famous soldier groups in Datang. If you are unreasonable, you will make trouble for three points, and the army will mutiny at every turn.

Since ancient times, the Xuzhou region has been a military strategic place connecting the south with the north, especially after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. The land of Xuzhou is even more important to the Tang Dynasty.

However, since the establishment of the festival envoys, there has been no peace here. At the beginning of its establishment, the imperial court gave the Wuning Army a special name, and it had four prefectures: Xu, Si, Hao and Su.

Sandwiched between Ziqing Town and Huainan Town, the Wuning Army has always been an area of great importance and stability in the Tang Dynasty. However, not long after the establishment of the Wuning Army, it began to enter a period of incomplete control by the imperial court, and almost every ten years it would drive out a Jiedu envoy by force, and there were more mutinies in smaller ones.

However, eighteen years ago, after Wang Shi served as the envoy of the Wuning Army, he killed the domineering Wuning Army. Almost killed the Wuning army, and the imperial court abolished the Wuning army. At the end of the year, only 3,000 people remained.

After the abolition of Wuning, many soldiers became grass robbers, and combined with Jianghuai private salt thieves, and the Xuzhou garrison army in Guilin, which was composed of thieves and salt dealers who were recruited, killed officials and rebelled because they could not return to their posts during the military period, which unveiled the rebellion of Pang Xun in Xuzhou that swept the southeast during the Yizong period.

After quelling the rebellion in Xuzhou, the imperial court felt that Xuzhou was empty, and later built a new Jiedu envoy and named the probation army, hoping that this place could be influenced by the imperial court and become the help of the central government. However, eight years after the establishment of the Reform Army, the imperial court still failed to really control Xu Si.

Today's Jiedu envoy Shi Pu is a mutiny that drove out the original Jiedu envoy Zhizhi, and ascended to the local military head of the probation army.

Although it controls the reforming army, this reforming army, which has not been built for a long time, is not strong, and it is too weak compared to Li Jing in the north and Gao Biao in the south.

When he saw Li Jing send troops into his territory, although he was a little unwilling in his heart, he was powerless, and he didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he evacuated the troops in the three cities very happily and handed over the city to the Zhenguo army.

Shi Pu watched Li Jing and Gao Biao send troops, and the imperial court also mobilized various towns, and for a while decided that Huangchao would be defeated this time.

In order to make some contributions, so as not to turn back to him in the future to settle the matter of the previous mutiny and drive away the details, Shi Pu was very active and sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to the Lishui defense line again. Of course, it would be false to say that Shi Pu did not have the slightest selfishness, and most of the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses sent out several times were actually reformers who did not belong to his control, and most of the leaders were reformers who were dissatisfied with his mutiny and obtaining the position of marshal.

Sending them to Lishui can not only please the emperor and the court, but also kill people with swords and eliminate dissent. Even if these people can come back alive in the future, using this time, Shi Pu has almost completed the control of the probation army.

Although the 3,000 probation army was reluctant, there was no way at this time, so they had to reluctantly leave Xuzhou and come all the way west.

When passing through Xuzhou, the general who led the troops said to his subordinates: "Xue Jieshuai, the envoy of the loyal army in Xuzhou City, was originally the commander of our probation army. happened to meet, let's go to Xuzhou City to rest for a while. ”

Xue Neng is the former commander of the probation army, and the predecessor of Shi Pu's predecessor.

Xue Neng, who was roasting fire and chanting poems and drinking tea in the house, heard that the old probation army passing by in Ruzhou wanted to enter the city to rest, so he agreed without hesitation. It is said that he also knows the general of the probationary army who led the troops, and he can be regarded as his old department. Now I meet my old acquaintance in a foreign country, and I am happy in life. At that moment, he felt that their request was reasonable, so he ordered the city gate to be opened and a court in the city to be vacated for the soldiers of Xuzhou.

Xue Neng was still very enthusiastic about these old departments, not only welcoming them into the city, but also delivering hot meals to eat and drink. After drinking with the generals of the probation army, Xue Neng was relieved to go home and sleep.

However, Xue Neng had just left on his front foot, and as a result, this group of probationary soldiers complained with the strength of wine. first scolded Shi Pu for borrowing a knife to kill people and sending them to Ruzhou to get rid of them with the hand of Huang Chao. Scolding and scolding, some people began to scold Xue Neng, thinking that the scale of Xue Neng's reception was too poor. Xuzhou is such a prosperous city. Actually let them sleep on the court. The dinner of the wind did not have the good wine and meat as imagined, and there was no reward.

complained like this, and after reaching the worst point, some people simply shouted to the Xuzhou government to ask for a reward.

As a result, this group of reformers was originally half-drunk, and they rushed up, and as soon as they arrived on the street with swords, they quickly turned into street robberies, and some even took the opportunity to molest and rape women.

The city of Xuzhou was suddenly in chaos. Xue Neng was woken up from his sleep, climbed to the head of the inner city, and asked the reason for the rebellion, only to learn that Lu Dao was a drunken army who made trouble and asked for a reward and so on. Xue Neng saw that this group of old subordinates were carrying knives and scared wine one by one, and they almost responded to the requests of the old subordinates below.

After tossing like this for most of the night, the rebels of the probation army almost woke up, and the chaos slowly subsided.

The rebels went back to sleep satisfied, with all the loot they had robbed.

The soldiers and horses in the city of Huazhou were being led by Zhou Qi, the general of the Zhongwu Army, to Lishui at this time. However, Zhou Qi was not interested in this task. With the examples of Li Jing and Gao Biao in front, why do you have to learn from Cao Quanyang? Therefore. Although he set off very early, Zhou Qi's department walked for a few days, but it was still near Xuzhou and did not leave too far.

As a result, he soon received the news that the probation army brought by his family was making trouble in Xuzhou.

Zhou Qi and the families of his subordinates were also in Xuzhou City, and he was angry at first when he heard the news, but then he changed his mind and couldn't help but realize that this was actually a great opportunity.

Didn't Shi Pu of the probation army mutinier and ascend to the position of marshal, can he do this, what can't he do?

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a general who doesn't want to be a temperate envoy is naturally not a good general.

Zhou Qi was a good general who wanted to be a festival envoy, and with a little excitement, he immediately ordered, "Kill back to Xuzhou and teach this group of reformers who bullied our loyal army brothers and sisters a lesson." "Of course, the rebellion of the probation army should mainly be blamed on Xue Neng's eating inside and out.

Under Zhou Qi's instigation, the soldiers of the Xuzhou army, who were worried about their families in the city, immediately became angry. They quickly turned around, and in the second half of the night, Zhou Qi led the army and returned to the city of Xuzhou with lightning speed.

The Zhongwu Army was the first battle in Xuzhou, occupying the right time and place, and it was a surprise attack.

Therefore, this battle is simply a one-sided massacre.

The three thousand probationary troops who were still drunk and asleep were not spared.

After killing all the probation troops, Zhou Qi instigated the soldiers to kill directly to the Shuaifu, asking Xue Neng to come out and give an explanation.

Xue Neng had a premonition as early as when he heard that Zhou Qi led his troops back to the city. Directly took his family to escape in a carriage overnight, but halfway through, he was caught up by the cavalry sent by Zhou Qi, and the family was all killed.

After killing Xue Neng, Zhou Qi couldn't wait to be the queen of the loyal army, and asked the court to ask for the seal.

However, the Zhongwu Army has jurisdiction over three states, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Caizhou. And what Xue Neng controls now is just a Xuzhou.

Qin Zongquan, who was in Caizhou, learned that there was a mutiny in Xuzhou, and after discussing with Sun Ru, he gathered his troops and horses in the name of countering the rebellion, raided the Caizhou Assassin History, and then appointed himself as the Assassin History.

At the same time, after hearing the news of the mutiny, the military leaders of Chenzhou did not accept the jurisdiction of Zhou Qi at the same time. Historically, Chenzhou was originally controlled by the Zhao Li brothers, the military leaders of Chenzhou. But now the entire Zhao family has moved to Dengzhou. But Zhao Li is gone, and there are naturally other people here.

At the beginning, when Cui Anqian was in the loyal army, he established the Yellow Head Army Zhongwu Badu, and later although Cui Anqian was transferred to the central government, the Badu still became the main force of the Zhongwu army. At this time, Badu was stationed in Chenzhou.

After the news of the mutiny came, Lu Yanhong, the eldest of the eight generals, was ruthless, and after some discussion with the other seven generals, he followed the example and drove away the assassin history of Chenzhou, and Lu Yanhong became the assassin of Chenzhou. The seven brothers below also made a small fortune each and divided the treasury of Chenzhou.

In the blink of an eye, the Zhongwu Army was divided into three, Caizhou, Chenzhou, and Xuzhou, with the state as a town.

The towns that were sitting on the defense line of Lishui commanded the Taining Army Jiedu to make Qi Kerang couldn't believe the news, the Zhongwu mutiny, Xue Neng was killed, and the Zhongwu Army was divided into three, each based on a state. The news came like a bolt from the blue, leaving Zike stunned.

After this change, the main force of the Lishui defense line, the loyal army, has been divided into three.

At this time, it can be said that Zhou Qi, Qin Zongquan and other generals were already in rebellion. It was no longer safe for Zikerjean and the troops of several other towns to stay on the territory of the Loyalist Army. No one knows whether Zhou Qi will continue to come and kill the other reformers, or whether he will simply rebel!

After thinking about it, Qi Kerang didn't dare to continue to stay in Lishui, on the one hand, he reported to the Eastern Capital and Chang'an, and on the other hand, he led the Taining army to retreat overnight.

Early the next morning, the soldiers and horses of the other towns of the Lishui defense line suddenly found that the commander of the defense line, Qi Kerang Jieshuai, and his Taining army had suddenly disappeared. Later, the news of the mutiny of the Loyal Army came out, and the soldiers and horses in all towns were shocked, but they followed and evacuated.

In the blink of an eye, the original more than 30,000 soldiers, tens of thousands of young and strong auxiliary soldiers, and as many as 100,000 people in the Lishui defense line have been abandoned in the blink of an eye! (To be continued......)