First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 180
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Zhu Can was originally a small official in the county. After being recruited into the army, he became a deserter, and then fled to various places. He was defeated by Gao Junya's army and only escaped with his own body. First class.

Zheng Yuanxuan gave a fatal blow from behind, Zhu Can saw that something was wrong, so he led thousands of remnant soldiers to flee into the forest in a panic, as cunning as rabbits, Zheng Yuanxuan divided his troops to pursue, but failed to catch up, finally let Zhu Can escape.

Later, when I came to Niuwei Mountain, I saw corpses strewn across the rocks. Gao Chong stood in front of the mountain gate, covered in blood and in a state of distress. Afterwards, more than a thousand Tang soldiers clung to each other closely, with the smiles of the rest of their lives on their faces. survived.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Yuanxuan was very touched, immediately got off his horse, stepped forward quickly, and held the exhausted Gao Chong tightly, "You should be the first in this battle."

Hearing this, Gao Chong grinned, but felt that his eyes were darkened, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

To the east of Dengzhou is Xianzhou. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, it was changed to Tangzhou, and the government is located in Biyang.

To the east of Biyang City, there is a spacious house, which is enough to show the power of the owner of this house in the county, just because there are two characters on the door plaque, Yang's house, this is the house of Yang Shilin, a wealthy man in Xianzhou.

At this time, Yang Shilin was having a banquet in the middle hall of Yang's house, and a burly man was laughing loudly. This man was Yang Shilin, a local hero from Xianzhou. There was a young scholar sitting in the hall, who was obviously from Xizhou Vanda.

"Then according to what Brother Fan said, that thief Zhu Can must be defeated this time?" Yang Shilin said happily.

Fan Da nodded, and said firmly: "Zhu Can's troops are originally from bandits, and they must be vulnerable when food and grass are cut off. If the army and people in Xizhou are united, Zhu Can will undoubtedly be defeated."

Yang Shilin was greatly moved when he heard the words, "Zhu Can is a thief who feeds on people and has no conscience. This defeat is really doomed by heaven."

Fan Da shook his head when he heard the words, "It's not predestined by the heavens, it's just that the king and the people of the Tang Dynasty worked together to wipe out this thief."

Yang Shilan listened for a while, and then smiled and nodded in agreement, without saying anything. Although Fan Shi and his son worked for Li Yuan, Yang Shilin is now a citizen under Wang Shichong's rule.

"Since it is known that Zhu Can's downfall will only happen overnight, brother Yang doesn't want to start a career?" Fan Da raised his brows, and his words were full of temptation.

Yang Shilin was stunned when he heard the words, and then he waved his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Fan, don't make fun of a certain family. In troubled times, it is not easy to barely maintain the family business. How dare you talk about your career."

Fan Da's face was serious, "Brother Yang, I have known you for several years, I know your ability, and I know your ambitions, and now I came to Xianzhou overnight, not just joking with you, if Brother Yang continues to shirk, it will be Treat Vanda as an outsider."

Hearing these words, Yang Shilan was startled, and then fell silent. Fan Da continued: "Brother Yang's family has a huge fortune, and he was often exploited by Wang Shichong and Zhu Can in the past. Even if you pay tribute every month, it will not satisfy you." Their only appetite is strength, which should be able to protect the entire family business, brother Yang is highly respected in Xianzhou, with a single call, there are tens of thousands of people who agree with each other, and only the inventory in the house can support the army, with such strength, why should they rely on others?"

Yang Shilan drank the wine in his glass and slapped it on the table, "A certain family doesn't want to pay tribute every month, but the princes in troubled times have become a climate, how can a certain resist?"

Fan Da shook his head and said with a smile, "But I don't know that brother Yang is so ambitious, he can't be the lord of the separatist regime, but he can still be regarded as the minister who founded the country and followed the dragon."

"Brother Fan, what do you mean?" Yang Shilan narrowed his eyes, "Are you here to be a lobbyist for Emperor Tang in Guanzhong?"

Fan Da shook his head, "I'm here only for personal friendship, and has nothing to do with the Tang court. Dare I ask Brother Yang what he thinks of the Tang Dynasty?"

Yang Shilin thought about it for a while, and then said: "Wang Shichong was defeated in the east, Xue Ju was defeated in the west, sitting in the fertile fields of Guanzhong for thousands of miles, and even recruiting the land of Bashu, he has become a hegemony."

Fan Da was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said directly: "Since that's the case, how about we vote for Tang together? Brother, raise your arms and rise up, separate Xianzhou, and then go west to attack Zhucan with Xizhou. , the elder brother should not lose the Duke of the county."

"Surely there will be a Duke of the County?" Yang Shilin's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and asked.

"The former governor of Dengzhou, Lv Zizang, conferred with the county, so he was bestowed the title of Duke of Nanyang County. His elder brother first made contributions to donating land and then attacked Zhu Can. He should not be inferior to Lv Zizang," Fan Da said bluntly.

Yang Shilin was silent when he heard the words, his face was cloudy and uncertain. After a long time, he got up awkwardly, went straight to Fan Da, and held Fan Da's hand tightly, "I've had enough of Wang Zhu's birdishness. If I do it, I will spend all my wealth and recruit troops to buy horses. First, I will destroy Zhu Can and the people, and I will ask my brothers to help me."

Fan Da was overjoyed, so he agreed.

Then Yang Shilin recruited his good friend Tian Tianzan. Tian Zan was the magistrate of Huai’an County (Xianzhou), and he was very brave. , assassinated the governor of Huai'an that night, and then quickly took control of Biyang City.

As soon as the county guard died, the county magistrate became big, with Tian Zan on the official side, and Yang Shilin, who had a high reputation among the people. The two quickly spread from Biyang City, took over Xianzhou, and the recruitment flag was raised. In two days, [-] soldiers and horses were recruited, and the total number of defenders in Hexian Prefecture was [-].

At this time, Xianzhou also received the message that Zhu Can was defeated and fled back to Champion County of Dengzhou in a panic. Tang Jun was marching into Dengzhou under the command of Taichangqing Zheng Yuanxuan.

Yang Shilin was overjoyed, so he sent envoys to Xizhou that night, using the land of Xianzhou as a step to enter, and attached it to Datang. The next day, he issued a notice officially announcing that Xianzhou was attached to Datang, and then sent troops out of Dengzhou to fight with the Tang Dynasty. Zheng Yuanxuan's troops in Xizhou attacked Zhu Can together.

Champion County, which was the fiefdom of the champion Hou Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty, was now the capital of the Great Chu Emperor Zhu Can.

The county government office was transformed by Zhu Can into a magnificent imperial palace. In the apse at this time, Zhu Can was feasting, holding a piece of tender meat in his hand and nibbling.

The attendants in the palace kept silent, for fear of offending Zhu Can.

"Your Majesty, Yang Shilin and Tian Zan of Huai'an raised troops to join Li Yuan, claiming an army of [-], and they will attack Nanyang in a few days."

Just as Zhu Can was eating with gusto, a general rushed into the hall to report out of breath.

Zhu Can paused when he heard the things in his hands, "Yang Shilin? That guy is a bit courageous, how many soldiers and horses do I have in Dachu?"

The generals murmured and dared not speak.

Zhu Can stared, "Say, let alone eat you."

"Less than... less than [-] people".

(End of this chapter)