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Chapter 126 Li Shimin hates the fact that iron cannot become steel!

Even when he appointed military governors of Jiannan and Shannan Province in preparation for his escape from Chang'an, he actually decided on the candidates by betting on polo.

Li Shimin said angrily: "What a fool! Confused!"

Huang Chao was also shocked. No wonder their rebellion was successful! It would be better not to have such an emperor!
Thinking of this, Huang Chao's heart suddenly moved. He looked at Xiao Ran and Li Shimin, lowered his voice, and asked: "Two gentlemen, what do you think, let's just rebel against him? Such an emperor would be a good person if he stayed. Disaster!"

Xiao Ran didn't expect that he would actually tell Huang Chao that he was moved by what he said. He glanced at Li Shimin and saw that Li Shimin's face turned darker.

So Xiao Ran coughed twice and said, "Let's finish talking later, and then you can tell us what you think."

Huang Chao smacked his lips and nodded.

Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran and said, "Tell me about playing polo first. I want to see what's going on."

Huang Chao gave Li Shimin a strange look, wondering why he was so angry.

Xiao Ran didn't notice Huang Chao's eyes and said, "This matter, Li Xuan did something outrageous, but it was actually Tian Lingzi's handwriting behind it."

Li Zhen's interest in polo was mainly influenced by Tian Lingzi.

And this time too.

Li Xuan summoned four Shence generals, Chen Jingxuan, Yang Shili, Niu Xu and Luo Yuangao, to hold a polo match. The prize was the position of three important military governors in central Sichuan.

He stipulated that whoever scores the first goal can go to Xichuan, the richest among the three rivers, to be the Jiedushi. Others can only be assigned to the positions of Shannan West Road Jiedushi and Dongchuan Jiedushi. This is what happened in history. The infamous "hitting bet on Mikawa".

This incident was ostensibly presided over by Li Xuan, but the manipulator behind it was the eunuch Tian Lingzi.

At that time, Huang Chao's rebel army was gaining momentum and was approaching Luoyang and might enter Chang'an at any time.

The Sanchuan area, which is the prize of the ball game, is located in the south of Chang'an and is the rear area of ​​the capital. If Chang'an City is lost, the emperor can still follow the old path of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and go south to escape.

By then, whoever is the governor of Xichuan will be able to hold the emperor in his hands.

The four participants in the polo match are all generals of the Shence Left Army. No matter who wins, the actual control of Xichuan will fall into Tian Lingzi's hands.

Therefore, the so-called "hitting bet on Sanchuan" is just to solve the problem of internal interest distribution in Tianlingzi Group.

Li Shimin snorted coldly, "Li Xuan, a waste, is actually in the hands of a eunuch like Tian Lingzi!"

Huang Chao was a little surprised when he saw the angry Li Shimin.

At first, although he heard that Li Shimin's surname was Li, he didn't think much about it. But later, seeing how angry Li Shimin was, he thought, could this Mr. Li be a descendant of the royal family? After all, they are from the hereafter.

But now that he saw Li Shimin shouting Li Xuan's big names without any awe, he felt that it didn't look like him anymore.

Now Huang Chao was completely at a loss.

Xiao Ran looked at Huang Chao and said, "Li Zhan is indeed a waste, but your rebel army is flourishing."

When you hear how useless others are, you can at most scold you, but when you hear others praise yourself, you feel really good.

So Huang Chao quickly asked: "How can this method become so popular?"

Xiao Ran said: "Your rebel army was developing rapidly and advancing all the way, but you had a conflict with Wang Xianzhi."

At that time, the rebel army entered and left Qizhou and Huangzhou. Pei Wo, the governor of Qizhou, could not resist and agreed to petition Wang Xianzhi for an official position.

The two sides agreed to call off their troops, and Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and others went to the banquet with Pei Wo.

Soon, Li Xuan appointed Wang Xianzhi as the commander of the Zuo Shence Army. Wang Xianzhi's thoughts were shaken and he wanted to give up the struggle and accept an official position in the Tang court.

Huang Chao asked quickly: "What about me?"

Xiao Ran said: "That's what I'm talking about. He only sealed Wang Xianzhi, not you."

Huang Chao gave up immediately.

"What kind of truth is this? Am I, Huang Chao, inferior to him?"

Xiao Ran looked at the angry Huang Chao, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be angry yet. Think about it. When this uprising was recorded, it was generally called the Huang Chao uprising, and your name was used. You will be the king in the end."

Huang Chao felt happy when he heard that he was crowned king, and then asked: "What about Wang Xianzhi?"

Xiao Ran said: "I'm talking about this time. Wang Xianzhi was banned but you were not. Of course you are not satisfied."

Huang Chao nodded, not intending to hide his thoughts.

Xiao Ran said: "So the two of you naturally had a conflict."

At that time, Wang Xianzhi wanted to accept the reward from the court, but Huang Chao was dissatisfied, so he rebuked Wang Xianzhi and said: "We once made an oath together to conquer the world, but now we have only officials and left soldiers, so where can these more than 5,000 people go back?"

At this time, the crowd was furious and scolded. Huang Chao, furious, punched Wang Xianzhi.

Because of Huang Chao's scolding and the strong opposition from the peasant army, Wang Xianzhi reluctantly refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

They also plundered the soldiers in the state, and Pei Wo and the envoys all fled.

After the conflict, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao split their forces to fight, which also seriously weakened the rebel army.

Huang Chao frowned. Although he also knew that this would definitely not be beneficial to the rebels, but the two leaders had differences and estrangements, so naturally they had to separate, otherwise they would have to be on guard against whether one of their own would do it. Can stab a knife.

However, Huang Chao still asked: "What happened next?"

Xiao Ran said: "Then it was naturally time for you to become the king. After you separated, Wang Xianzhi once attacked Ezhou, and then the two of you joined forces again to attack Songzhou, and you separated again not long after."

Huang Chao complained silently: "The two of us are too tossing."

Okay, if you are so cruel, you will even complain about yourself.

Xiao Ran said: "That's not all. Later Wang Xianzhi died."

At that time, the Tang Dynasty recruited deputy governor Yang Fuguang to induce surrender again. Wang Xianzhi sent Shang Junchang, Cai Wenqiu and Chu Yanwei to the enemy camp to negotiate for surrender. On the way, they were kidnapped by Song Wei, the Tang recruiter.

Song Wei was greedy for merit, and then lied in a memorial, saying that Shang Junchang and others were captured by him in defeat, so Shang Junchang and others were killed, and Wang Xianzhi's plan to surrender the enemy failed again.

Later, when he was in Huangmei, Wang Xianzhi was defeated by the enemy general Zeng Yuanyu, and Wang Xianzhi died in battle. After Wang Xianzhi's death, the remnants of the peasant army went south and were active in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The other part was led by Shang Rang and went north to join forces with Huang Chao in Bozhou.

The generals elected Huang Chao as king, known as the "Great General Soaring to the Sky", and divided the officials. He drove more than 100,000 people from Henan and Shannan to plunder Huainan, and established the Yuan Dynasty as the king.

Huang Chao said dissatisfied: "What's going on with Wang Xianzhi! Since he has already chosen to rebel, why does he still want to surrender? If this is the case, he might as well just go and join the imperial court!"

Xiao Ran said: "Who knows, maybe I just don't want to live such a life of fighting and killing anymore, and you also surrendered later."

"Did I surrender too?" Huang Chao pointed at himself in disbelief, "Am I actually a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Xiao Ran couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud. Seeing Huang Chao look over with confusion, he said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. You were defeated at that time and many people died in the rebel army, so the court came to recruit them. Then you just agreed."

Huang Chao understood, "That's it."

Fortunately, he didn't surrender on his own initiative, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Xiao Ran continued: "And you surrendered this time, but in fact you rebelled against Tang again not long after."

Huang Chao was silent for a moment, and he realized that he was right when he complained that he could toss things around.

But this is inevitable, and it’s not just a fool’s errand. It all happens for a reason.

Xiao Ran said: "After you accepted the surrender, you estimated that the different orders among the vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty were not enough to threaten you, so you rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and attacked Xuanzhou. Then you led troops across Jiangxi, echoing the old king Chongyin, and defeated Qian. , Ji, Rao, Xin and other states, and then took the opportunity to open up a road of 700 miles and go straight to Jianzhou. "

"And to be honest, you are a rare good person when it comes to treating civilians during a war."

Li Shimin interrupted and asked, "Where do you start talking about this?"

Seeing Huang Chao's puzzled expression, Xiao Ran said: "At the beginning, it was widely spread among the peasant army that if they encountered Confucians, they would kill them, and the army would be destroyed. Therefore, after you led your troops into Fujian, all prisoners who claimed to be Confucians were released without questioning. ”

"Later, you led your troops to advance to Lingnan, turn around and advance north, and finally invaded the two capitals."

In September of the first year of the Guangming Dynasty, the peasant army crossed the Huaihe River. Huang Chao called himself "the general who leads the land", and the troops reorganized from the north of the Huaihe River. They did not rob property, but only drove strong men to serve as soldiers.

After the peasant army captured Shenzhou, they marched into Ying, Song, Xu, Yanzhou and other states. Wherever they went, officials from the Tang Dynasty fled in all directions.

When the peasant army crossed the Huaihe River north, Prime Minister Douluo once proposed to appoint Huang Chao as the governor of Tianping, and then send troops to get rid of him when he arrived in the town. Another prime minister, Lu Xie, refused to comply, believing that as long as he sent troops to defend Sizhou, the peasants would If the army cannot enter the pass, it will have to plunder the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and there will be nothing it can do.

Soon the peasant army moved northward, and Huaibei was in danger. Lu Xie then felt ashamed and said that he was ill, and the capital was filled with an atmosphere of terror.

At this time, the court was in chaos. Some people advocated mobilizing soldiers from all the towns in the pass to guard Tongguan. Tian Lingzi also asked himself to lead two Shence army crossbowmen to guard the pass.

Some people think that the peasant army has 600,000 people, and there are no heavy troops in Tongguan, making it difficult to hold on.

But Li Zhang still decided to let Tian Lingzi lead his troops to guard Tongguan eastward.

Li Shimin asked: "Did they hold on?"

Huang Chao was also a little nervous, this was related to his success or failure!

Xiao Ran said: "The soldiers of the Shence Army at that time were all the rich and powerful sons of Chang'an. They only bribed the eunuchs to sign up for military status in order to get generous supplies and rewards. They usually drove cars and horses, were leisurely and content, and had never experienced battles. Therefore, once they heard about the expedition, they were frightened. The father and son hugged each other and cried. In order to escape the war, they even hired traders and poor people to do it for them. "

"Just like this, what are they going to do to defend themselves, or take the lead? Even Tian Lingzi said he was the commander of the capital, but in fact he was just a distant leader. He just sent the left army and cavalry general Zhang Chengfan and others to lead the Shence Army to resist the war. After the Shence Army passed by In Huazhou, there was even only three days of rations, and the soldiers could not eat enough, so they naturally had no fighting spirit. "

Huang Chao felt relieved, it seemed that he had won.

Thinking of this, Huang Chao became even happier, "It seems like I won!"

Xiao Ran said: "Didn't I just say that you won, but you didn't win either."

Huang Chao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Could it be that I was beaten out again?"

Xiao Ran snapped his fingers and said, "Congratulations, you are right. At that time, you invaded the two capitals and even established Daqi. However, Li Xuan was not dead yet. When you ascended the throne, Li Xuan arrived in Xingyuan and issued an edict Various soldiers and horses recovered the capital Chang'an and then arrived in Chengdu. "

"In the subsequent wars, you suffered many defeats, ran out of military rations, and your subordinates did not listen to orders. You secretly made plans to escape. At this time, Li Keyong and others came to attack again. Naturally, you No, but fortunately Tang Jun is greedy."

At that time, Huang Chao fled under the cover of night. He still had 150,000 soldiers and horses. He threatened to go to Xuzhou, but in fact he left Lantian and entered Shangshan. He discarded his belongings along the way. The pursuing Tang troops scrambled to pick them up and had no intention of pursuing them, so Huang Chao was able to retreat with his entire army.

Xiao Ran suddenly sighed and said: "But maybe you ran out of luck and happened to catch up with the great famine. Although many places were attacked again at that time, it was a pity that not only the food and grass were used up, but also the grass roots, tree bark and so on. None."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ran looked at Huang Chao, and for the first time, there was no trace of smile on his face.

Huang Chao was a little frightened by Xiao Ran's look. He looked at Li Shimin in confusion. Li Shimin didn't know what was wrong with Xiao Ran, so he asked: "Why are you making such an expression? Are you trying to eat people?"

Xiao Ran said: "It's not me who wants to eat people, there's someone else!"

Li Shimin followed Xiao Ran's gaze and saw Huang Chao.

Huang Chao pointed a finger at his nose and said in disbelief: "Me?"

Xiao Ran nodded, "Yes, it's you. At that time, there was nothing to eat, so the peasant army captured people to satisfy their hunger. They ate thousands of people every day. They also made a hundred large stone buckets to grind up the skin and bones for food. ”

At this time, Li Shimin's expression changed when he looked at Huang Chao.

Originally, he thought that Huang Chao could be regarded as a hero no matter what, but this cannibalism was really frightening!

Huang Chao stood up in panic, waved his hands desperately and said, "No, no, no, there is absolutely no way I can do this! I'm not crazy!"

Xiao Ran looked at Huang Chao. To be honest, this matter was recorded in history books, but it was impossible to determine whether it was true or false.

Now Huang Chao does not look like someone who can do such a thing, but people can change. Huang Chao will definitely not do this now, but he can't say for sure in the future.

Huang Chao looked at Xiao Ran and Li Shimin and said, "I can't say what will happen in the future, but I will never do this now!"

Xiao Ran sighed and said, "It's useless to say that now. If it's true, then something like this will never happen again this time."

Huang Chao nodded repeatedly, and Li Shimin also said: "With us here, such appalling things will naturally not happen again."

Xiao Ran's face looked much better now.

(End of this chapter)