Huang Chao's soldiers and horses were indeed incomparable to the powerful soldiers in the feudal town. When Li Yunze led the armored cavalry into the camp, chaos immediately arose.
Countless people were running like headless flies, and almost everyone was screaming meaninglessly. It was so chaotic and chaotic.
Fortunately, Li Yunze didn't pay attention to them. At most, he would throw a torch when passing the tent and knock any unlucky guy out of the way.
Their targets were numerous siege engines.
He rushed over and killed the guarding sergeants, and then smashed the jar filled with kerosene he carried on his horse.
When the jar was smashed, the kerosene sprayed all over the siege equipment.
Wait until the torch is thrown over, wait until the torch is thrown over, and today's business is finally done.
The mighty armored cavalry rushed out of the chaotic camp and returned to the city, leaving behind them the Shura field with flames rising into the sky.
Huang Chao was furious when he heard the news. He sent all the unlucky guys who were guarding the siege equipment to the grinding room, which is where stones are used to make food raw materials.
I have clearly told you many times to be careful about night attacks, but you were still burned by the army. What's the use of keeping such a piece of trash?
What to do if the siege equipment is burned? Of course, continue to build it.
Huang Chaojun, who had to do it all over again, was full of complaints.
You must know that the raw materials for building siege equipment have to be brought back from the distant Qinling Mountains.
And in order to preserve precious animal power, human hands were used to cut and drag the crops.
This winter has been so cold and tiring that I don’t even know how much I have died from exhaustion and freezing.
In the past, this kind of work was done by captured cannon fodder, but now that we can't capture enough cannon fodder, we can only use auxiliary soldiers to do it.
The auxiliary soldiers naturally complained, and then Huang Chao ordered to silence them with a knife.
After some operations, the morale of Huang Chao's troops dropped greatly.
For thieves, morale is always the most important. When morale is low, it is normal for them to collapse at the first touch.
Under this situation, Huang Chao skillfully dispatched troops and horses to spread around Chang'an City and plunder further away.
Zhu Wen's troops were ordered to go to Yueyang, but unexpectedly they met Zhuge Shuang, the military governor of Xia Suiyin, who surrendered.
Zhuge Shuang is not happy at all, he is very angry now.
Li Guochang and Li Keyong, father and son, who had previously gone with Wu Shitai, the governor of the Zhenwu Army, to crusade against the rebellion, were recalled halfway to deal with Huang Chao's attack on Guanzhong.
When he finally arrived at Yueyang, he was shocked to find that all the more than ten thousand elite soldiers under his command had been taken away by Li Yunze!
Although the Jiedushi envoys in the late Tang Dynasty were often killed by the imperial court, their subordinates, other Jiedushi, their own sons and adopted sons, and...
But after all, he was a Jiedushi at the peak of martial arts, a real emperor of one land.
If Jiedushi wanted not to be killed and to be a good local emperor, he had to hold wealth in one hand and soldiers and horses in the other hand.
Now that Zhuge Shuang found that his soldiers and horses were missing, it was equivalent to losing his life.
If his life is gone, no one will be angry.
He had no way to go to Chang'an City, and he only had a group of fang soldiers and cronies around him. If he entered Chang'an City rashly, he would be chopped up by Li Yunze immediately.
This was a common occurrence in the era of separatist vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty.
But he is unwilling to go back like this. If he goes back, he will probably be killed by his own tooth soldiers on the way.
Zhuge Shuang, who was angry and frightened, immediately chose to surrender when he saw Huang Chao's troops approaching.
Presenting the news that Xia Suiyin's soldiers and horses were taken away by Li Yunze was only enough to save Zhuge Shuang's life.
If you want to get more benefits and rewards, don’t even think about it.
You don’t have any soldiers and horses in your hand, but you still want benefits? This is what you want to eat!
In order to fight for the treatment, Zhuge Shuang happily presented another important news to Huang Chao.
"What, the Dog Emperor is doing martial arts?"
After hearing Zhuge Shuang's story, Huang Chao stood up from the golden seat and asked, "Is this true?"
Zhuge Shuang saluted respectfully, "How dare you talk nonsense in front of the general. The Emperor of Tang originally wanted to flee to Sichuan, but for some reason he stopped near Wugong. An envoy was sent the day before yesterday, and he ordered the general to send troops to relieve the siege of Chang'an."
The soldiers and horses in hand are all gone, and there is no way to solve the problem!
He, Zhuge Shuang, wished that Li Yunze fell from the top of Chang'an City!
"Okay, okay." Huang Chao was overjoyed, "You have done a good job, and you will be rewarded heavily by the Emperor if you kill the dog."
"Thank you, General."
Zhuge Shuang has no integrity. Surrendering the rebels and betraying the emperor is as easy and simple for him as eating and drinking.
There are rumors that he is a descendant of the Zhuge family. If Zhuge Liang knew that his descendants were so miserable, he would probably not be able to cover the coffin.
Without any hesitation, Huang Chao immediately mobilized the elite cavalry and personally led the troops around Chang'an City and headed straight for Wugong in the west.
To avoid alerting the defenders, he took a long detour.
It was true that it escaped the observation of the defenders, but it could not escape Li Yunze's drone.
Seeing the large number of rebel cavalry detouring to the west, Li Yunze was a little confused for a moment and didn't understand what they were doing.
After all, according to the historical information he knew, Li Xuan at this time had already followed in the footsteps of his ancestor Li Longji and fled all the way to Chengdu. He just lacked a fat girl to perform in Maweiyi.
Li Yunze didn't know that he had defended Chang'an City and asked Li Xuan to stop and wander around Wugong Mei County instead of going straight to Chengdu.
The reason is not complicated. For Li Zhang, Chengdu is far less interesting than the Chang'an city he is familiar with.
All his favorite things to play were left in Chang'an City.
Not only Li Xuan was there in Wugong Meixian County, but many noble families and nobles who had paid Li Yunze's exit fee were also gathered around their emperor.
Li Yunze was puzzled for a long time and couldn't figure out what Huang Chao meant.
When the drone was flown again for reconnaissance, they unexpectedly saw Huang Chao sitting on the golden chair actually going there in person, and immediately ordered all the cavalry to assemble.
Although it was not clear what Huang Chao was going to do, there must be something important since the big thief chieftain was personally dispatched.
When the enemy is doing something important, stop him!
It took a long time to finally gather the cavalry scattered throughout the city. Li Yunze led thousands of cavalry to open the Yanping Gate and rushed out in a mighty manner.
Huang Chao has at least ten thousand cavalry, maybe even more, and it is not safe for Li Yunze to lead less people.
The thieves who blocked the Yanping Gate were shocked and shouted to close the camp gate and prepare for battle.
They thought Li Yunze was here to kick the camp, so they ignored them and took a detour to the west.
During a normal march, the cavalry is not as fast as expected because it has to maintain horsepower.
But when it comes to marching in a real hurry, the speed is terrifying in comparison.
Xia Houyuan could run five hundred miles in three days. Huang Chao was not as good as Xia Houyuan, but it only took him one and a half days to run two hundred miles.
Li Xuan, the eunuchs, and the dignitaries were as unreliable as ever.
They gathered at the martial arts side and were still busy fighting for power and profit all day long, fighting cocks, dogs, and polo.
Apart from occasionally paying attention to whether the siege of Chang'an City was lifted and when they could go back, they never thought that the traitors would pursue them to Wugong Mei County.
It seems that as long as Chang'an City has not fallen, those traitor soldiers will stay outside the city and attack the city like withered sand.
A lot of soldiers and horses had gathered during these days, but most of them were sent out to break the siege of Chang'an City.
At this time, there were not many soldiers and horses left on Wugong's side. Apart from the accompanying Shence Army, there were only those led by Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu.
Cheng Zongchu was the military governor of Jingyuan, and Tang Hongfu was the military governor of Shuofang.
They stationed thousands of soldiers and horses here to protect the emperor, but their soldiers and horses were busy fighting for pay and food, and they were constantly in conflict with many ministers.
Li Xuan escaped, so it was naturally impossible for him to take the treasury with him.
The ministers who defected to the emperor were even less likely to dig into their own pockets to provide subsidies. After all, there is only a thousand-year-old family, not a thousand-year dynasty. The dynasty is gone, just kneel down again. Yanshenggong has already set the example, so it is absolutely right to follow suit.
Without money and food, the warriors would naturally make trouble.
Then, Huang Chao's cavalry arrived, and everyone no longer had to worry about this.
The Huangchao cavalry's surprise attack came very suddenly, or it could be said that the Jingyuan Army and Shuofang Army were all focused on making trouble and did not take warning at all.
As soon as the thieves appeared, they directly reached the center of the temporary line.
After a brief resistance, the Jingyuan Army and Shuofang Army quickly chose to flee.
It’s not that I don’t dare to fight, it’s that I don’t want to fight.
No one would work in vain without money and food. If they didn't switch sides and surrender on the spot, Huang Chao would be worthy of the court.
Cheng Zongchu and Tang Hongfu resisted desperately, but they were unable to block the surging cavalry charge, and were soon submerged under the iron hoofs.
Many ministers and nobles who fled from Chang'an City ran away crying and screaming in an unknown place like Wugong, but they were overtaken and slaughtered mercilessly by the bandits.
Looking at the fine clothes of these people, Huang Chao's eyes turned red and he shouted angrily, "Kill, kill, kill! Killing one is a sin, killing ten thousand is a hero! If you kill nine million, you will become a hero among heroes! Kill them all!" "
The ministers wanted to run, but how could their legs outrun the cavalry horses?
The entire Wugong County was turned into a bloody slaughterhouse inside and outside, and the streets across the county were covered with the corpses of ministers.
Many cavalrymen came and went, trampling under the flying hooves of horses, and the whole street was in a mess.
What made Huang Chao angry was that after searching the entire county, several of the emperor's concubines were caught, but the emperor was not found.
After questioning the concubine, she found out that Li Zhan was playing polo with the prince and eunuchs outside the city.
At this time, Li Xuan had already learned that the county town had been captured by bandits.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately turned his horse's head and galloped towards Mei County.
Naturally, Tian Lingzi and others would not go to the county seat, but took a few confused princes with them and hurriedly rode away.
As for the people in the county, who can control them?
Huang Chao was busy massacring officials in the county, but he gave Li Xuan enough opportunities to escape.
When the furious Huang Chao was about to gather his troops again, Li Yunze rushed to the battlefield with his cavalry.
