The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 203 Enmity (Part [-])
Although the old man felt that Zhu Wen was very capable, as the successor leader of the Beggar Gang, he would not let it go.

Since the establishment of Houliang, the beggar gang has been causing troubles for Houliang, and has been looking for opportunities to assassinate Zhu Wen.

Helplessly, there are really many people around Zhu Wen with good skills, and they have never had a chance, so they didn't do it for a long time, knowing that he himself was killed later.

"Well, senior brother, since Zhu Wen is so trusted by Huang Chao, how could he become enmity with our beggar gang in the future? Isn't my master also a subordinate of Huang Chao?"

Now Zhao Xu also quickly entered the role, and Master Qi didn't have the slightest awkward tongue, but the more he called, the smoother he was.

"It should be like this, but people like Xiang Zhu Wen only live for their own interests. As for other things, he never thinks too much about it. He will go to whatever is beneficial to him without the slightest hesitation." Do it, so as long as the rebel army has a little trouble, he will betray."

What the old man meant was that for a person like Zhu Wen who puts himself first in everything, if things go well for Huang Chao's troops, that's fine.

But as long as there is a little setback, he may immediately change the direction of the wind and turn around to deal with Huang Chao's regime.

"People don't kill themselves, this sentence is more appropriate when applied to Zhu Wen later..."

The old man began to speak slowly again.

As Zhu Wen, who was thirty years old, continued to conquer the north and south, and established countless meritorious deeds, he also became a rare general in Daqi, and a dazzling star seemed to be rising.

But at that time, Zhu Wen participated in Huang Chao's army uprising not for the happiness of the working people, and he did not have such awareness.

What's more, he doesn't have any thought of doing justice for the sky, he still has self-knowledge, and he is not so noble as doing justice for the sky.

He was just for his own way out. He was tired of being a bandit and couldn't go home. Seeing Huang Chao's power, he thought about it

So I also thought to try my luck, so maybe there is a chance to get ahead, so he joined the rebel army out of a selfish desire to get rich and get ahead.

Because he analyzed it, if Huang Chao succeeds, he can still be a hero, and if it doesn't work, he can still be an official if he surrenders.

Before joining the Huang Chao Army, he had this idea, that is to say, if he couldn't get along anywhere in Huang Chao, he would find another way out in order to survive and get rich.

Sure enough, such an "opportunity" soon came to Zhu Wen, and Zhu Wen thus had more space.

When Zhu Wen served as the defense envoy of Tongzhou, Wang Chongrong, the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu of the Tang Dynasty, faced him across the river.

This Wang Chongrong was a general in the Tang Dynasty, and he also had a disgraceful side. He surrendered to the rebel army.

When Huang Chao's power was at its greatest, that is, when he attacked Chang'an, he actually surrendered with Li Du, the governor of the river.

But later, when Tang Xizong fled to Shu, he called on generals from all over the country to besiege the rebel army and rebelled back to the Tang Dynasty.

So this guy is really a guy who adapts to the wind, but now he is a Jiedushi.

With tens of thousands of elite generals in his hands who had defeated Huang Chao many times, he just held his breath and wanted to kill Huang Chao to avenge his surrender.

Of course, this person's commanding ability is worthy of recognition, because Zhu Wen has not won once since fighting against him.

Zhu Wen, who was getting smoother and smoother like this, was very depressed. The former general who was always victorious, now he has been defeated repeatedly.

Zhu Wen couldn't be blamed for this defeat, because he had too few troops available.

This is a flaw, there is not enough manpower, there is nothing you can do if Zhu Wen is a military god, and you are not a military god.

In desperation, Zhu Wen had no choice but to write to Huang Chao for help, asking the big boss to send some soldiers over, and he really couldn't hold on any longer.

Zhu Wen has been struggling there for 100 years, while waiting for Huang Chao to send reinforcements to come, life is very hard.

But after waiting left and right, there was no sign of Huang Chao's reinforcements at all, and he was also disgraced now.

Zhu Wen started to complain about Huang Chao here, I will fight for you, but you are better off, regardless of my life or death.

Zhu Wen really blamed Huang Chao for this. Huang Chao didn't even know about Zhu Wen's request for help, nor did he see any letter of request for help.

Letters asking for help were always stopped and suppressed by Meng Kai, who was in charge of military affairs. Meng Kai and Zhu Wen had some personal feuds, and at this time, they came to avenge their personal revenge.

So he burned the request for help privately, and waited to see how long Zhu Wen could last, and it would be best to die.

To be honest, Zhu Wen's life is very difficult now, and he almost can't hold it anymore. He also has other ideas.

In fact, he was too resentful, thinking that he was working hard for Huang Chao, but Huang Chao refused to save him, which made him very annoyed.

As the saying goes, when a tree moves to death and a person moves to live, he began to have other thoughts. It is impossible for you to ask him to be loyal to Huang Chao.

At this time, Zhu Wen's dog-headed military adviser, who is elegantly called counselor Xie Tong, saw this and took the opportunity to offer advice:
"Huang Chao started his career in the wilderness, he was a salt dealer, and he was able to occupy Chang'an only when the Tang Dynasty was in chaos. He didn't build a kingship by virtue of meritorious deeds, so it's not worthy of your long-term working with him.

Now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is in the middle of Shu, and soldiers from all walks of life are gradually approaching Chang'an, and the recovery of Chang'an is just around the corner.

This shows that the Tang Dynasty is not exhausted, and the heavens are still nostalgic for Li Tang's country.This cannot be violated by human beings.

Besides, general, you have fought hard and made great achievements outside, but people don't care about your life or death. General, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. "

Zhu Wen saw that Xie Tong's words were reasonable and in line with his own wishes, and he couldn't hang himself on a tree in between.

In order to survive and for his own future, he killed Yan Shi, the military supervisor, and led his troops to surrender to Wang Chongrong who was on the opposite side.

Of course Wang Chongrong was happy, Zhu Wen had a great reputation among rebels, how could he not be happy that he surrendered himself now?

So Wang Chongrong immediately reported the news to Tang Xizong with an urgent document of eight hundred miles.

Tang Xizong, who commanded the cockfight, couldn't help being overjoyed when he got the news of Zhu Wen's return, and said excitedly, "This is really a good general sent by God!"

Zhu Wen's name is really loud, and he often received it in the previous stage, and the thief approached Zhu Wen here.The thief captured Zhu Wen and waited for such news.

At that time, he was still angry, why didn't I have such a brave general in the Tang army? Now that Zhu Wen has surrendered, his ancestor's foundation can be preserved.

After Tang Xizong was overjoyed, he immediately issued an imperial edict to appoint Zhu Wen as General Zuo Jinwu and Deputy Envoy of Hezhong Camp Recruitment.

In order to show the importance he attaches to Zhu Wen, and to reward him for abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, he also gave Zhu Wen a name: Quanzhong.

Since then, Zhu Wen has jumped from an insurgent army to a well-organized regular army, and has become a member of the court, which is still the hottest one. .

After Zhu Wen surrendered to the Tang court, the Tang court appointed Zhu Wen as the governor of Bianzhou and the envoy of the Xuanwu Army, but he could not take up the post until the capital Chang'an was recovered.

Zhu Wen encircled Chang'an with all the Tang armies from all walks of life, and met his brother armies who had fought side by side in the past.

At this time, Zhu Wen worked even harder. There was no other reason, but he felt that he must have credit in order to gain a firm foothold in the Tang court.

Huang Chao couldn't resist, so he had to withdraw from Chang'an, break out, move south, and then head to Henan.At this time, Huang Chao didn't realize how difficult his situation was.

When Huang Chao, who retreated to Henan, attacked Caizhou, Tang Caizhou Jiedu envoy Qin Zongquan surrendered, and the Tang court was once again furious.

So Zhu Wen was sent to pursue Huang Chao's army, and Lao Zhu lived up to expectations and fought all the way to Bianzhou, that is, from now on he also became the governor of Bianzhou.

Huang Chao failed again, and led his subordinates to attack Chenzhou. Hearing that Huang Chao had arrived in Chenzhou, Zhu Wen ran over.

After more than 40 battles with Huang Chao, big and small, Huang Chao fled in embarrassment. Then Zhu Wen joined forces with the elite cavalry of Tanghe East Jiedushi to attack Huang Chao's army in Yancheng, and then defeated Huang Chao's army in Wang Mandu, north of Zhongmou. General Ge Congzhou of Huang Chao returned to Zhu Wen.

For a while, Zhu Wen was a loyal minister in Tang Xizong's eyes, and he looked at him differently.

Because of his meritorious service in chasing and suppressing Huang Chao, Zhu Wen was appointed as the inspector Situ, and Tong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi as envoy.

The so-called envoy is a collective name. Envoy refers to Jiedushi, and Xiang refers to prime minister. However, the Tang Dynasty did not have the official name of prime minister. At this time, it is called phase

This is not to mention that he was granted the title of Marquis of Peijun and later the King of Wuxing County. He has a prominent position. He also feels that Huang Chao is too strong now.

"In this way, Zhu Wen gained a firm foothold in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Huang Chao was very anxious, because now he is at the end of his way."

The old man was tired after talking so much in one breath, so he continued after taking a sip of the tea that Zhao Xu handed him over.

"In order to deal with the immediate predicament, Huang Wang sent his uncle to contact those martial arts figures to fight against the imperial court. It was at this time that our Beggars' Gang was established."

"After the establishment of the Beggars' Gang, the uncle led the disciples of the Beggars' Gang to assassinate the generals of the Tang Dynasty, including Zhu Wen of course."

"Although the uncle had a good personal relationship with Zhu Wen in the past, but now he shows no mercy. All he sent were elite masters to assassinate Zhu Wen."

"But now Zhu Wen's identity is different, and there are many people around him protecting him. He has never succeeded, and even once severely injured Zhu Wen, but in the end it was still a failure."

The old man said that Zhao Xu clearly felt the pity that the old man showed, probably because Zhuang Yifang failed to kill Zhu Wen.

"It was at that time that Zhu Wen and our beggar gang had formed a grievance. Zhu Wen began to chase and kill the disciples of our beggar gang. Our beggar gang was also not to be outdone, and opposed Zhu Wen everywhere."

"Since then, the hatred between the two sides has continued to intensify. Knowing that the master has passed away, our beggar gang has never forgotten the enmity between us and Zhu Wen.

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(End of this chapter)