subvert the late Tang Dynasty

The imperial court had a trace of resentment towards Gao Pian when he sat and watched Huang Chao go north and did not send a single soldier. He had wanted to deal with Gao Pian for a long time, but he was unable to conquer him at all. Now Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan and others captured Gao Pian and drove him away. Lu Yongzhi killed Zhang Shouyi and other monsters, and the court was too late to be happy. Of course, he agreed to Qin Yan's request immediately.

At this time, Qin Yan already possessed the power of more than ten prefectures in Huainan on the surface, and his confidence soared. He stood on the majestic city wall of Guangling, and his heart was full of excitement, as if the whole world was in his hands.

Little did he know that Yang Xingmi, who was in Luzhou at this time, was making deployments to attack Yangzhou. In order to become famous as a teacher, Yang Xingmi took out the letter of plea for help sent by Lu Yongzhi in the name of Gao Pian at that time, beat drums and gathered the generals, and delivered the letter to the crowd. Will be circulated.Said: "Gao Pian, the king of Bohai County, has been bewitched by traitors these years, and he has neglected political affairs. As a general of Huainan, Bi Shiduo recruited Qin Yan, a soldier from another town, to interfere in Huainan's military affairs. I thought they wanted to kill Lu Yongzhi. , and return Huainan to a bright future. Who would have expected them to kill the people in the city and rob property after they broke through Guangling, doing everything they could, even worse than Lu Yongzhi."

"Although I have no relatives with Gao Pian, Gao Pian has always been kind to me. Although Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan are old with me, but now they are poisoning the people of Huainan, how can I sit idly by? Everyone is a hot-blooded man Let me march into Yangzhou, break through Guangling, rescue the king of Bohai County, and save hundreds of thousands of Li people from fire and water..."

Yang Xingmi's words made all the generals excited. Luzhou is not far from Yangzhou. Many soldiers have relatives in Yangzhou. At this time, of course they want to save their relatives. After hearing the words of the governor, everyone is gearing up and clamoring loudly. : "Break Guangling, save the people from the fire..."

At the end of April, Yang Xingmi led his troops out of Luzhou. Under the slogan of quelling chaos and eliminating traitors and saving the people from fire and water, he marched all the way to the east. In addition, Zhang Xiong, the pawn that Yang Xingmi arranged in Gaoyou, was helping secretly, spreading rumors everywhere, and the guards everywhere They turned to Yang Xingmi one after another. When Yang Xingmi reached Tianchang, his number had grown from a few thousand to nearly 2.

Lu Yongzhi, who happened to escape from Guangling, was attacking the nearby Huaikou with more than a thousand trusted troops. Although Zheng Hanzhang, the guard of Huaikou, was in Guangling, his subordinates still resisted tenaciously. He is returning from Guangling to the army to rescue him.Lu Yongzhi was afraid of being flanked by front and back, so he had to take refuge with Yang Xingmi with more than a thousand remnants.

Lu Yongzhi originally had [-] pro-armies, all of whom were elites selected from various armies in Huainan, with strong combat effectiveness. In order to keep this army for his own use, Yang Xingmi did not embarrass Lu Yongzhi, but instead incorporated this army. That's right, Lu Yongzhi's command was taken away.Now that Lu Yongzhi is under the eaves, he has to bow his head, and his previous prestige has subsided a lot.

However, Lu Yongzhi can be regarded as a person who can bend and stretch. After all, he has been in the arena for so many years, and he is in his sixties. How can he not be shrewd?

Yang Xingmi rectified the army in Tianchang, recruited troops from all over the country, and prepared to attack Guangling.

At this time, Zhang Xiong also felt that it was time to show his position, and his pawn, which Yang Xingmi arranged not far from the north of Guangling, should have a showdown with Bi Shiduo and the others.Zhang Xiong did not go when Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang attacked Guangling. He excused himself to stay in Gaoyou, saying that if Bi Shiduo's attack on Guangling was unfavorable, there would be a way out. Bi Shiduo thought Zhang Xiong was right, so he didn't think much about it.

But now Qin Yan is the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, and Bi Shiduo is the commander of the Huainan march. Qin Yan asked his confidant Chizhou governor Zhao Yu to be the observer of Xuanshe and stay in Xuanzhou. The ground is the foundation.Zheng Hanzhang also received awards, and the rewards received by the generals who participated in the battle were innumerable.Zhang Xiong, as one of Bi Shiduo's allies, although he did not send troops to help in the battle, he did have some credit.

At this time, Zhang Xiong asked Bi Shiduo for a large amount of property. Bi Shiduo took down Guangling, and he had to submit to Qin Yan. He was already in a bad mood. It was his fault, of course he refused.

Zhang Xiong didn't expect to get any property, what he wanted was an excuse, and now Zhang Xiong used Bi Shiduo's excuse of not giving property as an excuse to draw a line with Bi Shiduo, and blatantly took refuge in Yang Xingmi.

Yang Xingmi led an army of 3 troops to set up eight camps around Guangling City, and besieged Guangling City. Qin Yan transferred 3 troops from Xuanzhou to try to break the siege. On the way, he was killed by Yang Xingmi's generals Zhao Hui and Zhang Xiong. , Most of the [-] horses lost, and the heavy grain and grass lost countless.

The remaining more than 1 people broke up again, and only 6000 people actually entered Guangling, and most of them were injured, throwing away their helmets and armor, in a panic.This blow made Qin Yan angry. He thought that after his 3 men arrived, Yang Xingmi would definitely retreat. Unexpectedly, before the 3 men arrived at the city, there were only five or six thousand left.It's no wonder Qin Yan wasn't angry, and immediately executed the two generals who brought the defeated army into the city on the spot.

But these five to six thousand people not only did not bring food, but these thousands of people still had to eat. There was already a shortage of food in the city, and the food shortage was even worse at this time.But Qin Yan wasn't afraid. Although the city didn't have enough food and grass, it wouldn't be a problem to last for three to five months.

But who knew that Yang Xingmi was determined to fight Guangling, he fought dozens of battles with the people in the city, Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo all ended in failure.But Yang Xingmi's desire to break through Guangling is not something that will happen overnight.They simply planned to besiege the city for a long time. Anyway, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and the large rice fields outside Guangling City have turned yellow, so there is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass.

This is a real pain for Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo in Guangling City. These two men who followed Huang Chao in the South and North Wars were okay to charge forward, but they are far from Yang Xingmi in terms of strategizing. They are not at the same level at all.

Qin Yan and Yang Xingmi are also old acquaintances. When they were generals under Huang Chao's command, Yang Xingmi, as Huang Chao's second disciple, contacted people in the Jianghu and various green forest heroes in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, Qin Yan was already a general under Huang Chao's command, and Yang Xingmi There is no official position in the military yet.

Even though Yang Xingmi's rise has only been two or three years now, and he is only a governor of Luzhou, Qin Yan really doesn't take Yang Xingmi seriously.Qin Yan was afraid that Yang Xingmi would keep besieging the city and not go there. In that case, even if he didn't attack the city, he would starve himself to death.

Qin Yan simply ordered Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang to lead 5000 people out of the city to fight against Yang Xingmi, which is better than sitting in the city and waiting to die.

Yang Xingmi also knows that although he has a lot of troops, most of them are newly attached troops from various states and counties. It can be said that they are a mob. The real fighting power is still his direct descendants, but his direct descendants are only less than five thousand, and they are not opponents of the enemy at all. .

The staff member Yuan Xi suggested: "The enemy army is greedy for money, why don't we gather all the money and goods in the eight battalions in one battalion, and then deliberately show weakness and let the enemy army capture this camp full of money and goods? Money and goods, no intention to meet the enemy. But although there is a lot of money and goods, the enemy army is even more, there are 5000 people, those who cannot get the money and goods must share the money and goods with those who rob, Yes, they will inevitably kill each other, as the so-called 'two peaches kill three warriors' is the truth."

Yang Xingmi is also a smart person, so he knew everything, and immediately said: "We wait for them to make a fuss, and then we will make an ambush and wipe out this group of people. The money and goods are still our own. Hehe, Mr. Yuan, I'm afraid we will Only you can come up with such a good plan, and I will order people to prepare it."

Yuan Xi followed Yang Xingmi for many years. When Yang Xingmi started an incident in Luzhou, Yuan Xi began to be Yang Xingmi's adviser. At this time, he made outstanding achievements repeatedly and won Yang Xingmi's trust. He relied heavily on him and treated him with the courtesy of a military adviser.

Yang Xingmi acted according to the plan, as expected by Yuan Xi, Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang's troops captured Yang Xingmi's camp. Seeing that there was a mountain of money in the camp, the soldiers under his command hurried up to grab it. Many people even drew their swords and killed each other for the money. .Many of these people were Qin Yan's subordinates, and Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang were powerless to restrain them, so they could only lament in vain.

When Yang Xingmi saw that the fire was almost ready, he sent out a signal, and all the ambushes on both sides came out. The elite troops who were ready to fight against the disorderly army who were madly grabbing property, there was no need to say more about the outcome. The situation was simply one-sided. Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang Under the protection of the soldiers, he rushed out a bloody road and brought back less than 200 people to Guangling, and the others became ghosts under the knife.

Qin Yan was furious, but at the time of employing people, and Bi Shiduo also had his own team, Qin Yan didn't dare to kill Bi Shiduo, so he could only lose his temper and settle the matter.

Since then, Guangling City has not dared to fight on a large scale, Yang Xingmi has not attacked the city, but has been besieging Guangling City. The people who robbed Yang Xingmi were almost the same as sending food and materials to Yang Xingmi.

The siege lasted for more than half a year. In the past six months, dozens of battles were fought, but Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo never won once. The reinforcements from Xuanzhou were wiped out every time. is not that right?Yang Xingmi's strategy of besieging the city and fighting for aid was also Yuan Xi's idea.

At this time, there was not much food in Guangling City, and the price of rice had risen absurdly. Many people were starved to death. Everything that could be eaten in the city was eaten up, but most people still couldn't eat enough.

Relatively speaking, there is a lot of gold and silver accumulated in the city. Gao Pian was a salt and iron envoy and a rent envoy back then, and he accumulated a large amount of gold and silver, antique jade wares, and valuable calligraphy and paintings.These things are now occupied by Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo, and the soldiers under their command are also full of money.But these things can't be eaten as food, so the price of food in the city has become ridiculously expensive.

A bucket of rice can be sold for fifty taels of money (a tael is one thousand wen), and if converted into silver, it is five taels. The five taels of silver itself can buy a hundred shi of good rice, and one stone is ten dou, that is, It is said that the normal price of rice is five cents a bucket.Now the rice in Guangling City is sold for [-] renminbi a bucket, which means that under the siege, the price of rice in Guangling City has increased by [-] times, and it is still old rice, so there is no market for it.