Huang Chao assumed the title of emperor and granted all ministers great titles. Zhu Wen was also among those awarded the title of "You Yi Shi".
Wanderers are also wanderers. They are mainly responsible for patrolling camps, preventing and controlling incidents, and are the captain of the security patrol team. Responsible for peripheral security work near the capital Chang'an, in short, doing peripheral work.
Zhu Wen's line of defense was the East Wei Bridge, which was above the Wei River in the northeast of Chang'an City. It controlled the Wei River and the Ba River. It was an important transportation thoroughfare and a distribution center for grain and grass. The grain and grass east of Chang'an had to be transported here first. Therefore, the strategic position is very important.
Fifty miles northeast of the bridge is Yueyang County, where a group of officers and soldiers are stationed. The commander is Zhuge Shuang, the military governor of Xia Sui.
When Huang Chao approached Chang'an, Zhuge Shuang was ordered to reinforce Tongguan. When he arrived with his troops, Tongguan had already fallen, so he stationed himself in Yueyang to wait for the next battle instructions.
Yueyang is north of the Wei River, close to Chang'an City.
Zhuge Shuang had his own plans for stationing troops here. He wanted to wait for an opportunity to join the "Chang'an Defense Battle", because if he only retreated because of the fall of Tongguan, he could retreat to Tongzhou instead of leaving the near and far away and retreating to the vicinity of Chang'an in one breath. But he never expected that Chang'an would surrender without resistance.
As a result, Zhuge Shuang's situation became more embarrassing. He originally planned to let Chang'an act as a human shield in front of him, while he hid in the north of the Weishui River, and safely dealt out last-minute hits to pick up heads, which was a relaxed and happy situation. Now he has become the frontline in the fight against Huang Chao.
Zhu Wen and Zhuge Shuang faced each other across the river, each guarding the north and south ends of the Dongwei Bridge, and they heard each other's voices.
Huang Chao sent Zhu Wen the highest instruction: unite all forces that can be united and try to win over those comrades who can be won over.
Zhuge Shuang is one of the "comrades who can be won over."
In his early years, he worked as a temporary worker (County Uncle Wu) in the county management brigade. He did the dirtiest, most tiring and hardest work, received the lowest salary, and was often insulted by his superiors. After being corporally punished by a county magistrate, he abandoned the military service with hatred and made a living by singing and singing in the countryside. He transformed from a temporary worker into an idle folk artist.
When Pang Xun rebelled, Zhuge Shuang happily gave up his art and became a thief. He led his art to join the army and was promoted to a primary school.
When Pang Xun was about to be defeated, Zhuge Shuang knew the current affairs wisely and surrendered his troops in time. Later, he was promoted to the defense envoy and the military governor.
He was originally a "Xu thief" and had a history of defecting in the face of battle. Now he was in an embarrassing situation where he was unable to advance or retreat. He was born to be a traitor.
When a thief sees a thief, he nods his head. They are all monks in the same temple, except Amitabha.
Gentlemen should be called like-minded, while villains should be called like-minded.
Zhu Wen tied a letter of persuasion to surrender on an arrow and shot it at Zhuge Shuang's camp opposite. As expected, Zhuge Shuang surrendered happily.
This is not Zhuge Shuang's first rebellion, nor the last.
Huang Chao appointed Zhuge Shuang as the military governor of Heyang and took control of it on his own.
At that time, the Heyang area was still in the hands of the Tang government troops. The Jiedu envoy was Luo Yuangao, one of Tian Lingzi's cronies, who had participated in the "Battling Betting on Three Rivers" sports meeting.
This man relied on human power, was cruel and greedy, and was very unpopular. His officers and soldiers were unwilling to sacrifice their lives for him, so they surrendered one after another. Luo Yuangao had no choice but to abandon the city and flee to Shu. The Heyang area was peacefully taken over by the Cao Army.
Huang Chao's operation of appointing his own people as officials in enemy-occupied areas and conquering them on his own is really coquettish, and it is not the last time he uses it.
Recruiting Zhuge Shuang, peacefully taking over Heyang, and clearing away threats from the east for Huang Qi's regime without using any weapons. Zhu Wen played an indispensable role. He was promoted to the chief inspector of the southeastern front army (the southeastern camp capital is Yuhou) and received a new mission. : Attack Dengzhou.
Zhu Wen lived up to expectations and took Dengzhou in one go, captured Zhao Jie, the governor of Dengzhou alive, and strangled the throats entering and exiting Jing and Xiang. This cleared away threats from the southeast for Huang Qi's regime.
At this point, the situation east of Chang'an was stable. Therefore, Huang Chao began to formulate a plan to march westward to pursue Tang Xizong.
【Battle of Longweipo】
To the west is Fengxiang. At first, the envoy sent by Huang Chao came back with news that Fengxiang had surrendered, but soon under the leadership of Zheng Tian, the chaos was brought to order and he returned to the Tang Dynasty.
The best policy is to subdue the enemy's troops without fighting.
Huang Chao continued to send Wang Hui as a lobbyist to explain the interests and harms to Zheng Tian with reason and emotion, hoping that Zheng Tian would understand the current affairs and obediently get out of the way.
At this time, Shuofang Jiedu envoy Tang Hongfu and Jingyuan Jiedu envoy Cheng Zongchu had led their troops to join forces in Fengxiang.
Zheng Wei killed Huang Qi envoy Wang Hui and sacrificed his head to the flag, vowing to kill the thieves!
So Huang Chao sent Shang Rang to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Fengxiang in the west.
Previously, Zheng Tian received a verbal commission from Tang Xizong to cut off the rear and stop Huang Chao from pursuing westward. Now, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty formally appointed Zheng Tian as the commander-in-chief of all war zones and dispatched corps in the Chang'an area (commander of all military camps around the capital) in the form of an edict, and issued an edict granting him the power to appoint meritorious officers on his own to regain Chang'an. The important task was entrusted to him. Zheng Tian immediately appointed Cheng Zongchu as his deputy commander-in-chief and Tang Hongfu as chief of combat staff.
Facing the fierce Huang Qi army, Zheng Tian responded calmly: he sent Tang Hongfu to set up ambushes in dangerous places, and he personally led thousands of people to sparsely set up a large number of banners.
Shang Rang didn't take Zheng Tian seriously at all, thinking that Zheng Tian was just a corrupt scholar.
Zheng Tian's previous job was to draft an edict for the emperor. It was precisely because the edict to remove the prime minister Liu Zhan contained praise for Liu Zhan that he was rejected by the "Baoyan Party" and became a "medical trouble case". "One of the victims. Those who play with pens all day long are just fine, but if they change the barrels of guns, they may not be easy to use.
Looking at Zheng Tian's troops again, they were sparse, not in formation, and the number of people was still small. Shang Rang despised Zheng Tian even more, laughing at him as a rotten scholar and ignorant of military matters.
Since the Cao army crossed the Huaibei River, it was almost determined by word of mouth. The Tang army was invincible, which further fueled Shang Rang's arrogance.
Shang Rang believed that Fengxiang's trip should be regarded as an armed parade of the Cao Army. It was a successful start and was about to succeed.
When he led 50,000 people to Longwei Slope, he was suddenly ambushed and was instantly defeated. More than 20,000 people were killed, and the corpses stretched for dozens of miles. Shang Rang fled back to Chang'an in embarrassment.
This battle is known as the "Battle of Longweipo" or "Victory of Longweipo" in history. It is of great significance and will be recorded in the annals of history forever.
Because this was Huang Qi's first head-on battle with the Tang Dynasty since the establishment of the regime. Its political significance is far greater than its military significance.
Countless pairs of eyes in the world are secretly watching, ready to change the court according to the results of the battle.
For example, Zhuge Shuang, who had just surrendered, saw that Huang Qi's regime was losing power. He immediately went to Tang Xizong and asked to abandon the secret and surrender to the bright side, and rebelled again. Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhuge Shuang to remain the military governor of Heyang;
The governors of Tongzhou, Huazhou, and Shangzhou under Huang Qi's regime abandoned the city and fled, breaking away from Huang Qi's regime;
Wang Chongrong, the queen who stayed in Hezhong, also killed the envoys of the Huang Qi regime and returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty. He joined forces with Wang Chucun, the envoy of Yiwu Jiedu, and entered the north of the Wei River;
Zhou Qi, the Zhongwu Jiedu envoy, was also successfully instigated by Yang Fuguang to rebel. He killed the envoys of the Huang Qi regime and returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty...
These vassal towns near Chang'an all chose to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and return to Qi when Huang Chaochang entered Chang'an. After the "Battle of Longweipo", they all tried to correct the chaos.
In addition, Tuoba Sigong, the governor of Youzhou, and Li Xiaochang, the governor of Yanyan, joined forces and vowed to defeat the thieves;
Qi Kejian, the envoy of Fengtian Town, sent an envoy to see Zheng Tian and asked for assignment of combat missions;
Pizhou general Zhu Mei killed the pseudo-Xinning military envoy of the Huang Qi regime, supported Li Chonggu as the military governor of Xinning, and led his army to approach Chang'an to attack Huang Chao;
The chiefs of the Shatuo and Tuyuhun tribes also united to go south to reinforce Chang'an...
Okay, let’s unfold the map and put Chang’an City in the center: to the west are Shuofang Tang Hongfu, Jingyuan Cheng Zongchu, Fengxiang Zheng Dan, and Yanning Zhu Mei; to the north are Xia Suituo, Ba Sigong, Yan Yan, Li Xiaochang, and Li Keyong from Tatar; to the east are Hezhong King Chongrong and Yiwu King Chucun; to the south are Zhongwu Zhou Qi, Yang Fuguang, and Li Yuan's expeditionary army in Xichuan...
After the "Battle of Longweipo", Huang Qi's regime fell into a situation of embarrassment from all sides.
Zheng Tian ordered all war zones across the country to raise troops to join forces to attack the grass bandit Huang Chao. After Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty fled to the west, the edict could not be delivered. Everyone thought that the Tang Dynasty had been destroyed. Suddenly, they received Zheng Tian's official document. They were deeply encouraged and saw the hope of victory, so they rushed to send troops to respond.
At this point, Huang Chao was forced by the situation and no longer pursued Tang Xizong westward (the thieves were afraid and did not dare to peek west of Beijing again).
Some scholars accused Huangchaoshu of being short-sighted, greedy for pleasure and losing his enterprising spirit after occupying Chang'an. He did not pursue and attack Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, leaving the Tang Dynasty a breathing space, which ultimately led to the failure of the uprising. This is quite irresponsible.
Although Huang Chao was not a great strategist, his vision was not so short-sighted. The "Battle of Longwei Slope" made Huang Chao exhausted and passive, unable to take care of himself and unable to pursue westward pursuit.
Zheng Tian, buoyed by the lingering power of the "Great Victory at Longweipo", gathered troops to liberate Chang'an.
