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Just when Li Jing led the Zhendong Army and Dengzhou to make every effort to relieve the disaster and production, the Central Plains was extremely unstable.

Yicheng Army Festival Envoy, also known as Zheng Slip Festival Envoy. In August 758, he set up the envoy of the six states of Huapu. In September, Zheng Cai was set up to make an envoy. In April 759, Zheng Chen Yingbo was set up as an envoy, and there were once Shenzhou, Gwangju, and Shouzhou, and later returned to Huaixi Jiedu.

Huazhou, as the eastern gateway of Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Central Plains, has changed its ownership several times. First belonged to the Huapu Liuzhou Jiedu Envoy, and later belonged to Zheng Cai Jiedu Envoy, then belonged to Chen Yinghao Jiedu Envoy, and then belonged to Huaixi Jiedu Envoy, and then belonged to Bian Zhou Jiedu Envoy, to 761 years, and then to Huawei Liuzhou Jiedu Envoy, to 763 changed to Huahao Jiedu Envoy, to 772 years, and changed to Yongping Army Jiedu Envoy, in 784, Huazhou returned to Xuanwu Jiedu Envoy, in 785, Yongping Army changed to Yicheng Army, and only Bianzhou, Huazhou and Chenzhou, Zhengzhou four prefectures were left under its jurisdiction, and Huazhou was governed. By 786, Chen and Zhou had another envoy to Chen Xujie, and the Yicheng army was left with only Zhengzhou and Huazhou.

The small slippery state has become the focus of the world at this time.

For no other reason, a group of salt sellers in Changyuan County, Huazhou, gathered 3,000 people to rebel and captured Changyuan County. Originally, this was just a trivial matter, but in today's year of famine, it is not uncommon for a few bold grass cowards to jump out.

Du Xian, the envoy of the Yicheng Army Festival and the secretary of the Ministry of Inspection and Engineering, was not surprised when he first heard that Wang Xianzhi had conquered Changyuan. Just ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses, and came to Changyuan.

After Wang Xianzhi captured Changheng County, his momentum was greatly boosted. Salt sellers in the Henan region and the remnants of Xu Xun's rebellion. They all responded and defected. There were as many as 5,000 people at one time. And at this time, Wang Xianzhi made friends when he was selling salt, and Huang Chao in Caozhou also brought more than a dozen brothers to discuss.

is not as reckless as Wang Xianzhi, but Huang Chao has read books and participated in the imperial examination. Although he has tried and failed, he is also a poet. Wang Xianzhi personally welcomed Huang Chao into the city. Changyuan County has now become a mess. Everywhere there were those rebel soldiers and horses, and these soldiers and horses Wang Xianzhi divided them into ten battalions with five hundred people. Led by his ten commanders.

However, it is said that it is a rebel army, but in fact it is just a group of bandits, and after the small Changyuan County was captured, it has already been looted. Not only were the great tribes looted, but even the ordinary people were not spared. All valuable belongings were looted, and many soldiers even took advantage of the opportunity to rape women.

Even though it was broad daylight at this time, there were still a few sharp and miserable women's cries in those streets and houses from time to time.

Huang Chao frowned, Huang Chao was already fifty years old at this time, although he participated in the imperial examination in his early years, he failed to pass the imperial examination. After writing the chrysanthemum poem full of golden armor in the city, he took over the burden of his fathers. Become the head of the largest salt merchant family in Caozhou. In recent years, on both sides of the Huai River, even the canal, the Yellow River, and even Hedong, Hebei, and even Guanzhong, there have been shadows of him selling salt everywhere. Over the years, Huang Chao has already changed from a scholar to the leader of a gang of smugglers in the rivers and lakes.

Cunning, ferocious, and ruthless, this is the current Yellow Nest.

Before Wang Xianzhi raised his army, he sent someone to Caozhou to send him a letter and invite him to join him. However, although he had a good relationship with Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao did not rush into trouble. While secretly preparing for an incident, he rushed to Huazhou with a few henchmen after hearing that Wang Xianzhi had captured Changyuan County.

However, as soon as he approached Changyuan County, Huang Chao was a little disappointed. Everywhere you can see the raiding rebels, these people are like a bunch of bandits, even worse than bandits. originally thought that the situation would be better when he arrived in Changyuan County, but he didn't expect that the situation here would disappoint him even more.

Wang Xianzhi's age is actually younger than Huang Chao, Huang Chao is more than half a hundred years old, but Wang Xianzhi is still a few years younger than Huang Chao. However, both families are salt sellers, and in terms of generation, Wang Xianzhi is from Huang Chao's father's generation.

Wang Xianzhi found the disappointment in Huang Chao's eyes, and hurriedly smiled: "A group of rabbit cubs are playing a little too much, Shang Rang, take some people to pass on the military order, immediately seal the knife, and go back to the camp!" ”

Sealing the knife means prohibiting further robbery and adultery.

"If the king has a long-term plan, he must have military discipline. The brothers below are no longer salt sellers, but soldiers. The army must be disciplined and restrained. In this way, we can win the hearts of the people! Huang Chao persuaded.

"What Huang Dangjia said makes sense, he is worthy of being a person who has read books, not like I don't understand anything. Now there is a shortage of people like Huang Dangjia in our team. In this way, you come over and enlist in the army together, I am the big boss, how about you being the second boss? Wang Xianzhi said with a smile.

Huang Chao shook his head: "Since you have raised troops, you have to have a name, I think you should get up a name as soon as possible and raise a banner, so that it will work." In addition, in the future, it can no longer be called according to the habits of the people on the rivers and lakes, and there must be a difference between the upper and lower levels, so that the soldiers and horses can be ordered. ”

"You are good at this Huang master, so you can help you choose a name."

Huang Chao thought for a while and said: "At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, and their name was the prince and the prince, and there was a kind of Chen Sheng, and the Great Chuxing. The slogan of the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty was that the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. We also have to come up with a loud slogan so that we can rally more people to follow. ”

"What kind of slogan do we choose, do you have any ideas?" Wang Xianzhi really doesn't know much about these. His idea was to pull the flag and rebel, recruit troops and buy horses, and then attack and plunder the city, grab money and food, hug beautiful women, eat wine and drink meat, and be happy.

"Pang Xun rebelled that year and proclaimed himself the general of the Heavenly Book. Why don't we just play the banner and make up the average? Then Wang Dangjia can be called the general of all the giants in the sea and the average general of the heavens. ”

"What's the point?" Wang Xianzhi asked.

Huang Chao stroked his beard and said: "Now that the famine has been going on for many years, the imperial court is unwilling to revive the disaster, and the powerful clans in that place are even more desperate to save them. The people are in deep water, and the people are not able to make a living, so we play the banner of making up for the average, which means seeking fairness for the people of the world, so that all the people can share the land and wealth equally. Let's enjoy peace and prosperity together. ”

"Good!" Wang Xianzhi doesn't really agree with these heavenly supplements. It's just that he's not stupid either. Huang Chaoyi explained. He understood how attractive such a slogan would be to ordinary people, especially the hungry people at the moment. What's more, Huang Chao also helped him think of a resounding title.

The general of the heavenly supplement and the lord of the sea are all in charge!

This name is loud, just a general can set off an extraordinary identity, not to mention, this is the meaning of the marshal, and all the heroes in the sea are unified. That is the marshal of the world's heroes and heroes. All the heroes in the world are under his command, this name is too good.

"That Huang is the deputy commander of all the heroes in the sea, let's run rampant in the world together!" Wang Xianzhi said with a smile. "And what's the name of our team?"

Huang Chao groaned, "Let's call it the Grass Army, the army of grassroots people led by reckless heroes!" ”

"Grass Army!" Wang Xianzhi recited it a few times, and slapped his thigh at the end: "Okay, it's called the grass army." ”

has a slogan and a name, of course, you have to write an essay, otherwise you will really become a group of grass cobs. The text was drafted by Huang Chao himself, and there is evidence in it. The various corruptions of the Tang Dynasty are listed, indicating that the Tang Dynasty has been from top to bottom. Corrupt ones don't work anymore. Now, it is the right time for everyone to stand up together, follow the grass army, and overthrow this rotten Li Tang, and then everyone will divide it equally.

Huang Chao looked down on those messy gangsters, and suggested that the grass army should be organized according to regular officers. According to the establishment of the imperial court, the grass army was five people in a team, ten people in a group, fifty people in a team, one hundred people in the capital, five hundred people in a battalion, and then two battalions and one box, five compartments and one army. It is completely compiled according to the 25th Five-Year Plan.

Two armies and one group, five gangs and one team, two teams are the capital, five are battalions, two battalions are compartments, and five compartments are armies. The First Army is exactly 5,000 men now.

Those original large and small ticket commanders, helmsmen, and incense masters, were also assigned to the positions of box owners, battalion generals, generals, team leaders, gang leaders, and army commanders at this time. was also set up as a deputy and there were officials such as Marquis Yu and Sima, but they suddenly looked like each other.

Ten ticket commanders all served as battalion generals, and several of them also served as the chamber masters, such as Shang Junchang also served as the marching Sima, and Bi Shiduo also served as the Marquis of Duyu. And Huang Chao also accepted the title of deputy marshal of the grass army, deputy commander of all the heroes in the sea, and deputy general of Tianbu Average.

Even a few henchmen brought by Huang Chao have also been given the title of general. At that moment, Huang Chao immediately ordered the cloth shops in the city to immediately rush to make the military flag and honor guard, and the robes of the whole army. The uniforms of the grass army are all earthy yellow, and the flags are also yellow, which is obviously different from the fiery red of the Tang Dynasty.

On the other hand, they scavenged for grain, grass, horses, mules and other things.

With Huang Chao here, the military discipline of the grass army was immediately much better. and then changed into a unified military uniform, and raised the flag, which is a bit presentable.

Wang Xianzhi handed over all these specific things to Huang Chao to do, and he only sang with his subordinate generals every day, and drunk and dreamed of death every day. On this day, Wang Xianzhi and the others were gathering for a banquet again, and the wine was half-drunk, and Huang Chao hurriedly arrived.

"The Yicheng Army Festival has made Du Xian lead the army to come, and it is only a day away from us!"

Wang Xianzhi was half drunk, burped, and said disapprerovitically: "Don't worry, the deputy commander, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court are all donkey dung and eggs are bright on the outside, just like this Changyuan county, those defenders on the appearance are dressed beautifully, but when they really make a move, they are all frightened." Then Du Xian will come, afraid of what he will do! ”

Huang Chao frowned: "The general should not underestimate the enemy, this Du Xian forbidden army general was born in a family, in his early years, he was the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and he fought with the Hu people, and he is very prestigious. Although he came with only 2,000 men, he was not to be taken lightly. ”

When Wang Xianzhi heard that Du Xian had even defeated the Hu people, he couldn't help but sober up a little. He still knows the fierceness of the Hu people, Du Xian can even defeat the Hu people, so he is not a useless person like the Changyuan County guard.

"How do we meet the enemy?"

"Du Xian is menacing, in my opinion, we might as well avoid its edge for the time being!" Huang Chao proposed.

"Are we going to hide?" Chai Xiao, one of the ten commanders of Huangchao, said loudly.

"It's not about being afraid to dodge, it's about taking the initiative to move and avoid its edge. We don't have much foundation in Changyuan County, and in my opinion, it is better to immediately lead the army into Caozhou, which is within the territory of the Tianping Army. In this way, it is not so easy for Du Xian to cross the border to pursue. Moreover, I have a plan, which can take Caozhou. "Huang Chao came out of the way.

Changhuan is just a county seat, and the grass army has gained a lot. This Caozhou is a state city, if Caozhou can be captured, the force will create a greater momentum, and there will be more people who will come to defect at that time. And Caozhou City, there must be more money, food, property and women in it.

As soon as Huang Chao said that he had a plan to take Caozhou, and he could avoid Du Tao's pursuit, everyone was moved at the moment.

"What are I going to do?"

"I led the grass army brothers to Caozhou by the commander of the capital, and I returned to Caozhou's hometown first, and also led the brothers to make trouble, and then I led the recruited brothers to come to join the general, and at that time, our army attacked Caozhou on both roads, and it will definitely be able to fight down."

Caozhou belonged to the Tianping Army, but Xue Chong's Jiedu of the Tianping Army was not as prestigious as Du Xian, the Jiedu of the Yicheng Army. In this war, you naturally have to pick soft persimmons and pinch them.

Shang Junchang was caught by Li Jing last time and sent to Xue Chong's hands, although Xue Chong sent him to Puzhou after being the most ruthless, but he also suffered a lot in Xue Chong's hands. At this time, it is natural to be revengeful.

"I'm in favor of fighting Caozhou!" Shang Junchang has always been Wang Xianzhi's right-hand man, and he is also a wise military advisor. He took a map and unfolded it, pointed to the location of Caozhou, and said: "Everyone, please see, the north of Caozhou is Puzhou, and Caozhou is the territory of the Huang Deputy Capital, where there is a foundation and popularity. As long as we take Caozhou, after securing the grain and grass and recruiting some soldiers and horses, we can take advantage of the situation to go north to Puzhou. And Puzhou is the territory of our generals and ten commanders. Further east, that's Jeju, and beyond that, it's Qiju. Needless to say, everyone also knows that now Wang Jingwu, the tooth general of Ziqing Town, is rebelling and is occupying Qizhou, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the momentum is flourishing. We can fight all the way from Caozhou, Puzhou and then Jeju, and finally get closer to Wang Jingwu. ”

Huang Chao nodded: "If we get to Jeju, then Wang Jingwu will be in the east, the Yellow River in the north, and Wei Bojun in the north." Wei Bojun also did not listen to the transfer of the imperial court, so that there would be less threats from both sides, and he could deal with Xue Chong with all his might. ”

In alliance with Wang Jingwu, then Wang Jingwu will not have a threat from the Tianping Army in the west, and the grass army will not have a threat from the Pinglu Army in the east, which is a win-win situation.

"I agree with this plan, I will go back to my hometown first, and the army will be led into Caozhou later!" Huang Chao Road.

"Good!" Wang Xianzhi was also moved by the bright prospects depicted by the monk Huangchao Junchang, if it was really like that, maybe then the imperial court would even crown himself as the envoy of the Tianping Army. (To be continued......)