Prime Minister Wang Duo wanted to kill the thief but was unable to save his life. There was another episode during this period: Wang Duo was afraid of his wife.
It is interesting to say that although Wang Duo was henpecked, he had many concubines and was very lustful. This time when he went to Zhenjiang Ling, Wang Duo left his wife in the capital and only took his beloved concubine with him, staying away from his wife and letting himself go. His wife was very jealous, so she also set off to Jiangling to check the post. After Wang Duo got the news, he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. He said to himself: "There is a Huangchao in the south and a lady in the north. What should I do?"
His staff deliberately teased him and pretended to be frightened, saying to him: "Oh, then let's surrender to Huang Chao quickly!"
Wang Duo was embarrassed and laughed "haha" to relieve his embarrassment.
By the way, Wang Duo's final tragic end was related to his group of concubines.
Returning to the main story, facing Li Xi's loss of Tanzhou, Wang Duo did not have the courage to resort to the empty city strategy after Zhuge Liang lost the street pavilion. He ordered his general Liu Hanhong to stay in Jiangling, while he led his troops to flee to Xiangyang, claiming to join forces with Liu Jurong, the governor of Shannan East Road.
Wang Duo held Liu Hanhong's hands and told him expectantly: "The time has come for the organization to test you! We must not let Jiangling City be ruined by thieves again, and let the people of Jiangling always remember your name."
The enemy is present. This is the preset battlefield. Are you going to join forces at the rear? Can you please let your mind wander even if you lie? Even if you say you are leading troops to recapture Tanzhou. Wang Duo was so frightened that he could no longer talk or lie.
Liu Hanhong clapped his chest and promised him, "I will never let Jiangling City suffer the devastation of the Cao Army, and I will make the people of Jiangling remember my name forever!"
Wang Duo embarked on the road to escape with satisfaction.
As soon as Wang Duo left, Liu Hanhong launched a mutiny and looted Jiangling City. Then he set a fire and almost razed Jiangling City to the ground. The people fled into the valley, and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow. Bodies killed by the rebels and frozen to death were scattered all over the mountains and plains. It was too horrible to see...
Liu Hanhong fulfilled his promise with practical actions: Jiangling was indeed not squandered by the grass-roots army, and the wealth did not flow to outsiders. He took action himself. Of course the people of Jiangling also remembered his name.
After the "Three Guangs Policy" was implemented in Jiangling City, Liu Hanhong led his troops to flee north. From then on, he officially broke away from the control of the imperial court and became a bandit.
However, Liu Hanhong has not disappeared since then, and his story will be explained later.
More than ten days later, Shang Rang's "half a million troops" arrived at Jiangling City and calmly entered this dilapidated and deserted city.
In a short period of time, the Cao army successively captured important cities such as Guangzhou, Tanzhou, and Jiangling, and once again crossed the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and began to threaten the Yellow River Basin.
The results seemed brilliant. But when we calm down, brush away the flower petals on the surface, and reveal our true colors, we may come to another conclusion.
In Tanzhou, the opponent lets go;
Jiangling, the other party deliberately gave away people's heads;
The only head-to-head competition was in Guangzhou at the beginning. That is also because they pretend to surrender first and attack later, so as to be prepared for attack.
From an economic point of view, the situation of Huang Chaocao Army is even more bleak. Because the Jiangling City they took over was just a piece of smoking scorched earth. Apart from the houses in urgent need of repair, there were corpses everywhere.
Liu Hanhong's shameless bastard behavior objectively achieved the "scorched earth policy", which prevented the grass army from coming from afar from rest and replenishment.
Taken together, the Cao army at this time is already at the end of its strength. At this time, Huang Chao should make full use of the high military valuation premium to cash out political gains. He should take the initiative to demand peace negotiations and take the smart route of "using war to force peace."
Huang Chao was still immersed in the dream of being invincible and invincible. He decided to pursue the victory and not give Wang Duo a chance to breathe, using the fierce momentum of the grass army to expand the results.
The Cao army marched north from Jiangling and attacked Xiangyang.
Stationed in Xiangyang was Liu Jurong, the military governor of Shannan East Road. He was a ruthless character and had made military exploits during the "Pang Xun Rebellion". Later, Wang Ying of Zhejiang rebelled. Liu Jurong used a "tube arrow" to accurately kill the bandit leader Wang Ying and quell the rebellion.
Liu Jurong set up defenses at Jingmen, and Cao Quanzhu, who coordinated the defense, was also a ruthless character.
Cao Quanju was born in a family of officials. He had read poetry and books since he was a child and was proficient in bow and horse. He was a good student with all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and physical skills. He rose to prominence in the "Pang Xun Rebellion" and was promoted due to his merit. Now he is the commander of Jiangxi Bandit Suppression (Jiangxi Recruitment Envoy). ), Zizhou governor.
Both commanders are both civil and military and have rich experience in suppressing bandits and counterinsurgency. The two customized a combat plan for Huang Chao.
Since Huang Chao is a bit arrogant and arrogant, treating the army as paper tigers and thinking that he can destroy everything all the way to Chang'an City, let's go with the flow and take him into the ditch.
First, Cao Quanju sent 500 Shatuo cavalry to fight against the Cao army. As a result, when these Shatuo cavalry saw the endless array of Cao troops, they immediately became invincible and even abandoned their fully saddled and bridle horses and fled for their lives. The Cao army easily captured 500 precious Shatuo war horses, and their morale was high, thinking that the official army was nothing more than this. Little did they know that this was a trap set by Cao Quanzhu.
The next day, the Cao army generals rode the newly captured Sha Tuoliang horses to show off their power. Unexpectedly, a Shatuo man suddenly shouted Shatuo language loudly in the ranks of the officers and soldiers. Immediately afterwards, the Shatuo horse captured by the Cao army immediately ran towards the ranks of the officers and soldiers.
The Cao army was in chaos, and Cao Quanhuang deceived the enemy again. The Cao army entered the ambush circle inexplicably, and Liu Jurong, who had set up an ambush in advance, suddenly came out. In this battle, 80% of the Grass Army was annihilated and captured, and 12 important Grass Army generals were captured alive. The Cao army fled all the way and fled back to Jiangling City.
Monk Huang Chao let himself know that he was outmatched, so he gathered up the remaining soldiers and fled eastward across the Yangtze River.
Liu Jurong's pursuers arrived and killed and captured a large number of grass troops.
Seeing that Huang Chao Cao's army was about to be wiped out, Liu Jurong suddenly ordered to stop the pursuit.
What a familiar scene, it’s still the same recipe, and it’s still the same taste. There was Song Wei in the front and Liu Jurong in the back. The Cao army was about to be wiped out, and when Huang Chao stepped into the gate of hell, the pursuers stopped killing again and deliberately let them escape.
The generals are confused and have failed!
Liu Jurong's answer was exactly the same as that of Song Wei a few years ago, saying that the imperial court loves to let down people the most. When the thieves are strong, they will promote you and reward you. Once the thieves calm down, they will abandon you and even convict and imprison you. , it is better to keep these thieves as capital for our promotion and wealth.
Therefore, Liu Jurong's main force watched Huang Chao leave and saluted him with attention.
Only Cao Quanju led his troops across the river to pursue them.
But at this time, an official document came from the court: Duan Yanmo, the general of Taining, would replace Cao Quanhui as the commander of the bandit suppression.
The generals who wanted to kill the thieves were urgently relieved of their military power. It's a familiar plot again.
The angry Cao Quanzhu left the battlefield without looking back or saying a word.
The Cao army was reborn, and the remaining troops were in shock, but Huang Chao laughed "haha".
Only now did he calm down, and he finally figured out the account. The previous victory seemed to be a great victory, but in fact it was a loss-making business; and this disastrous defeat, which seemed to be a loss of money, was actually a huge fortune.
This wealth is his immortal aura.
Song Wei and Liu Jurong were Huang Chao's mentors. They taught Huang Chao how to survive in these troubled times, how to deal with the court, and how to defeat others without fighting.
Huang Chao believed more in his past struggle experience and used it more skillfully in the future.
Wild fire, in spring. Huang Chao gathered the remaining defeated generals, regrouped, and attacked fifteen prefectures including Ezhou, Raozhou, Xinzhou, Chizhou, Xuanzhou, and Hangzhou, affecting today's Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places, and his tribe expanded to 200,000 people. Resurrect on the spot with full health and BUFF.
Wang Duo was dismissed from his post, expelled from the court, and sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital. All officials promoted by Wang Duo were basically replaced.
Former prime minister Lu Xie was promoted to prime minister again because he always supported Gao Pian, who had repeatedly made military exploits.
Lu Xiangshu recommended Gao Pian as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression and ordered the troops across the country. Approved by the court.
Gao Pian then ordered the mobilization of the national armed forces to display the "Pian Pian combat style", with Mount Tai pressing down on the top and boulders crushing eggs.
Soon, Gao Pian had 70,000 elite troops with the Huainan Army as the main force (Gao Pian is now the Huainan Jiedu Envoy) and supplemented by task forces from various theaters. Their morale was high and they became the court's hope for annihilating the Grass Army. teacher.
A good prime minister's discerning eye recognizes a good general, and a good general sheds blood to assist a good prime minister. It becomes a good talk for a while, and it only becomes a good talk for a while.
What Gao Pian did next wiped away the great reputation their family had accumulated over generations. It can be said that he cheated his father, cheated his mother, cheated the whole family, and ruined his family, his country, and the world.
