Chapter 523: Breaking the Courage

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On the south bank of Juyeze, the grass army camped against the water, and the 150,000 soldiers and horses camped for more than 40 miles.

In the camp of the Chinese army of the grass army, dozens of senior generals of the grass army gathered together, and each of them hung the rank of the general. In the huge tent, Wang Xianzhi, the general of the Tianzhu Dynasty and the commander of all the nobles in the sea, sat on the top of the throne, and below him were two on the left and right.

On both sides sat the generals of the grass army, but the generals on both sides were distinct. On the left is Wang Xianzhi's commanders, headed by Sima on the march and Shang Junchang, the general of the auxiliary state, and below are Chai Cun, Bi Shiduo, Cao Shixiong, Liu Yanzhang, Li Chongba, Wang Chongyin, Shang Rang and other generals, but there are few generals such as Liu Hanhong, Chu Yanwei, and Cai Wenqiu. Later, more than ten new generals were added, and they were all the leaders of the salt sales with Wang Xianzhi.

On the right, sitting is Huang Chao, the deputy commander of the grass army, and below him are Meng Kai, Gai Hong, Zhao Zhang, Chang Hong, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiba, Liu Tang, Liu Shanfu, Zhang Guimu, Zhang Juyan, Huang Hao, Lin Yan Huang Cun, Huang Ye, Huang Kui, Huang Qin, Huang Bing, Huang Wantong, Huang Sihou and other generals.

The two sides look like they are amicable, but in fact, they are already distinct.

Wang Xianzhi sat at the top, seemingly still on the generals, but in fact he was uncomfortable, as if roasting on the fire.

At the beginning, after capturing Yizhou, Wang Xianzhi discussed with Huang Chao and Lin Jingwu. Lin Jingwu meant that the three families went east, took the land of Ziqing and Pinglu Wuzhou, destroyed Song Wei, and then seized Li Jing's territory. Then it was united with the Three Towns of Hebei in the north and the Khitan and Bohai Silla in the east. Based on Ziqing. Rip the ground and seal the territory. Establish yourself as king.

However, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao disagreed, in their opinion, it was obvious that Wang Jingwu took advantage of Ziqing Town. First, Song Wei is not easy to fight, and second, Song Wei has defeated Li Jing in the east. Even if Song Wei and Li Jing both took it, but this Ziqing Town was originally Wang Jingwu's territory, and it was really defeated, but I was afraid that Wang Jingwu would cross the river and tear down the bridge.

Wang Xianzhi also made a proposal. That is to fight to the south, the southeast is rich but there are no soldiers and horses. Over the years, Qiu Fu, Pang Xun, and Wang Ying have all been able to easily make a mess in the southeast, and it is good to go to the south. When there is a big trouble in the south, maybe they can force the imperial court to cut a few pieces of territory in the southeast to them, and seal them as a festival.

Wang Jingwu and Wang Xianzhi's proposal was based on the essence of Zhao'an from the beginning. Huang Chao was extremely dissatisfied, Huang Chao seemed that Zhao'an was all fake, and it was impossible for the imperial court to really accept Zhao'an. It is even more impossible to give you a piece of land for you to be a moderation envoy. Huang Chao's goal is higher, and what he wants is to have golden armor all over the city. I will kill a hundred flowers when they bloom. If you want to make trouble, then make a big fuss. He proposed to kill Luoyang directly, as long as Luoyang is taken, the world will inevitably be shaken, and then he will directly kill Chang'an and change the dynasty.

However, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Jingwu were completely frightened by this proposal, and it was impossible to say it in their eyes in the nearly three hundred years of Li Tang Dynasty. Even An Lushan couldn't destroy the Tang Dynasty, how could a few of them be.

The three of them discussed for a long time in Yizhou, but they did not reach an agreement after the last meeting. After the most unhappy dissolution, Wang Jingwu returned to the army to fight Song Wei, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao also had a difference, although Wang Xianzhi did not go south after the most Lu, but the two later also divided the army into two places, one to fight Jeju, Puzhou, Caozhou, Huazhou, one to fight Yizhou, Yanzhou, Songzhou, Yunzhou.

At the beginning, everyone developed very well, but after the defeat of Xue Chong and the Li family, the soldiers and horses of several towns in the Central Plains either went to Xichuan or Daibei, and no one could stop them. In just over half a year, they have successively attacked Kyushu, each with more than 100,000 troops.

Wang Xianzhi directly led his troops to Songzhou, originally wanting to threaten the southeast Caoyun of the imperial court and forcing the imperial court to recruit an official position. As a result, I didn't expect that when I got away with it, I provoked the evil star Li Jing, and he directly hit him and fled like a lost dog. There were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but in the blink of an eye, there were only 3,000 left.

fled all the way to Caozhou to see Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi regretted not being at the beginning. Fortunately, Huang Chao still recognizes him as the capital and still worships him as the master. However, staying in the Huangchao Army during this time, Wang Xianzhi felt more and more uncomfortable.

Although Huang Chao didn't lose him in etiquette, he didn't speak loudly when he didn't have soldiers in his hands. He is now almost a mud bodhisattva, and he can only watch but not say anything. He was very smart, he just looked at it and didn't say anything, Huang Chao asked him, let him make up his mind, and he let Huang Chao decide for himself.

It turned out that the Ten Votes Shuai and Huang Chao were of the same level, and now Ge Congzhou, Lin Yan, Zhang Guiba, Huo Cun and others under Huang Chao are all more powerful than the Ten Votes Shuai.

Maybe he should leave here with his brothers, otherwise, sooner or later, he will have to give up all of his own affairs to Huang Chao. Wang Xianzhi sat on the upper seat, holding his chin with one hand, but his mind was full of thoughts. When he fled here, he had only 3,000 brothers with him. Fortunately, these 3,000 are all old brothers, and during this time, he also recruited troops and re-expanded them to 20,000 horses. Although except for the three thousand, they were actually all recruits, but the number of people was always a lot, which gave him a lot of confidence. If he leaves with his troops, as long as he doesn't encounter a super star like Li Jing again, he believes that he should still be able to recover his strength quickly. Otherwise, staying in the Yellow Nest Army, he would never be able to regain his strength.

Just thinking about this, he suddenly heard Huang Chao calling him.

"Dutong, the current situation, I don't know what instructions Dutong has?" Huang Chao looked up at him.

Wang Xianzhi was wandering in the sky just now, and he didn't even know what they were talking about, so he didn't have any instructions. At the moment, as usual: "It's better for the deputy to make up the mind of the deputy capital." ”

Huang Chao saw Wang Xianzhi's attitude, and couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, when he was selling smuggled salt in the early years, he always felt that Wang Xianzhi was righteous and very righteous. But now it seems that this person is just the ability of a smuggler of salt, let him lead the grass army, but I am afraid that sooner or later it will be finished. He still can't figure out the battle of Yucheng, Wang Xianzhi has nearly 100,000 people, how can there be 3,000 people left who were defeated in the first battle?

Even if it is 100,000 pigs, scattered on this plain, it will not be able to catch them in ten days and a half months.

Restraining the anger in his heart, Huang Chao still said seriously: "According to the Tanmalai report, Li Jing has just accepted the daughter of Zhang Rui, the assassin of Songzhou, as the lady of the sixth room, and now he has led the army to leave Songzhou. ”

When Wang Xianzhi heard Li Jing's name, he suddenly couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and his face changed: "Li Jing sent troops, but he came to Juye?" ”

Huang Chao saw that Wang Xianzhi was so afraid of Li Jing, and his name had changed color in fright, and he couldn't help but despise it even more in his heart. Wang Xianzhi has already been broken by Li Jing, such a person can't count on him to lead the grass army. The future of the grass army has to be led by him.

According to reliable sources, Li Jing led his army out of Songzhou, not to Caozhou, but along the north bank of Surabaya to Yanzhou. According to my speculation with several generals, Li Jing's trip was not intended to join the Six Towns, but to go around our backs, garrison the Yanzhou Prefecture City of Bianqiu, and connect Rencheng and Gongqiu, as well as Pinglu, Yuncheng, and Shouzhang to the east of Juye Ze, to form a huge interception net. Join forces with Xue Chong's Tianping Army and Li's Taining Army to block our back road. ”

Wang Xianzhi heard that Li Jing had gone to copy their back road, and his face changed completely. His lips trembled and said, "Then what are you waiting for, before Li Jing has blocked the back road, let's withdraw immediately." ”

Huang Chao's brows furrowed, twisted into a Sichuan character, and his hands were even more clenched into fists.

Said coldly: "Withdraw, where to retreat at this time?" Now that we have withdrawn, hundreds of thousands of troops have been mobilized, how can it be so easy to withdraw? As soon as we moved, the officers and troops of the six towns on the opposite side would inevitably catch up immediately. When the time comes, hand over your back to the officers and soldiers, who can stop it? ”

"And alternate retreats?" Wang Xianzhi doesn't want to stay here at all. There are 100,000 allied troops in six towns in front, and there is also the Zhenguo army of the great evil star Li Jing in the back to block the retreat, which is simply a dead place.

"Huh, alternate retreat?" Huang Chao sneered, the most difficult thing to command an army is to retreat rather than attack. A good attack is not a real skill, but a good retreat is the real test of the general's ability and the quality of the soldiers. If it is an elite soldier and horse, they can still retreat alternately, but what kind of soldiers are they now, don't you know in your hearts? 100,000 officers and troops are behind the buttocks, no matter who is behind at this time, he is sure that the troops serving as the queen of the palace will definitely collapse, and it is unlikely that anyone will really complete this alternate retreat.

"If we withdraw at this time, the morale of the army will be completely lost, and at that time, the retreat will become a rout. I think that only by fighting a battle with the official army, and by winning a battle, can we save the current unfavorable situation. Huang Chao said firmly.

Wang Xianzhi's face was ashen, there was still a battle at this time, who to fight with, and how to fight?

Huang Chao's strategist Zhao Zhang got up and said: "I agree with General Huang, retreat now, the grass army will be difficult to fight in a short time." At that time, it was not only the six towns coalition army, but the twelve towns coalition army to encircle and suppress, and even other towns would come up and step on it. While the current generals still have morale, I expect that the officers and soldiers will definitely underestimate the enemy. Since Li Jing didn't go straight to Juye, but took a detour to the back, this is a great opportunity. Let's directly attack the officials and troops of the six towns in front, as long as we can defeat them, we don't have to retreat then, but directly kill Caozhou, Biansong and even the eastern capital Luoyang. Then the Zhenguo Army, the Tianping Army, the Taining Army, the Reform Army, the Huainan Army, and the Pinglu Army don't have to worry. Even, on the contrary, it can directly take Luoyang, Biansong, Chen Xu and other important cities, if Luoyang is unfavorable to attack, you can also drive directly to Shannan and go south to Jianghan! ”

"But, but there are 100,000 officers and troops on the other side, can we fight it?" Wang Xianzhi said worriedly.

Lin Yan said dissatisfiedly: "How can the general destroy his own prestige and increase the morale of the officers and soldiers." How are the officers and soldiers? Won't the officers and troops be defeated? The Tianping Army is not defeated in our hands, and the Taining Army is not defeated in our hands. ”

Shang Jun glared at Lin Yan angrily and scolded: "Lin Yan, you dare to be disrespectful to the general? ”

Meng Kai hurriedly said loudly: "Second Brother Shang misunderstood, misunderstood, how dare General Lin be disrespectful to the general, just talk about things." ”

In the end, Huang Chao, who held the military power, persuaded Wang Xianzhi, who had no real power in his hands, to take the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers of the six towns. (To be continued......)