Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 198 Chaos in Huainan
The Huainan Rebellion began with Gao Pian, who was the grandson of Gao Chongwen, a general during Tang Xianzong's time, and was born in a well-known Bohai Gao family.

Gao Pian was brave and good at war since he was a child.

During the Dazhong period, Gao Pian was promoted to the military envoy of the Youshence Army because of his meritorious service in suppressing the party. Later, he pacified Annan and guarded Shuzhong.

When Huangchao was in chaos, Gao Pian broke Huangchao by the Yangtze River, surrendered his generals Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, Li Hanzhi, and dozens of others.

At that time, the imperial court personally granted that Gao Pian could recruit soldiers from all over the world, which means that the imperial court allowed Gao Pian to expand his army anywhere.

All of a sudden, Gao Pian's limelight was boundless, and he completely drifted away. He was sitting on an army of more than [-] and supported his own self-respect, but he did not fight Huang Chao, and watched Huang Chao attack Chang'an.

At this time, the imperial court had lost patience with Gao Pian, and Emperor Xizong decreed that Gao Pian should be removed from the military power, as well as his water transportation, salt and iron transfer envoy, and many other official positions.

For a while, Gao Pian's subordinates were all alienated, and his subordinates Lei Man, Zhang Yu and other generals defected one after another.

But Gao Pian didn't know it, but at this time, he pursued immortality and used Lu Yongzhi, a warlock.

As a result, Huang Chao's general Bi Shiduo took advantage of the loophole and led his troops to imprison Gao Pian. From then on, the Pandora's box of Huainan turmoil was opened.

Gao Pian's general, Yang Xingmi, who was the governor of Luzhou at the time, heard that Bi Shiduo had imprisoned Gao Pian, and was furious. He mobilized all his troops to hunt in Yangzhou with Bi Shiduo.

At this time, Bi Shiduo had few soldiers, so he asked for help from Qin Yan, who was also Huang Chao's surrender general and then Xuanshe Jiedu envoy.

Seeing that Bi Shiduo asked for help, Qin Yan hurriedly handed over Xuanshe to Zhao Jizhi, the governor of Xuanzhou at the time, and hurried to rescue Bi Shiduo in Yangzhou. Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Yangzhou, the two joined forces and were defeated by Yang Xingmi.

Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan knew that they couldn't defend Yangzhou, so they killed Gao Pianji's family members, led their troops to plunder Yangzhou, and fled to Hezhou with their troops.

At this time, another big evil star came to Huainan.

They take pleasure in cannibalism, use the living as rations, burn, kill and loot, and do all kinds of evil;
They make a living by massacring cities, and regard the common people as worthless, inhumane and extremely cruel.

They are famous for their ability to fight, and they fight and kill warlords. They are invincible and dominate one side!
They are the [-] "Tuan Baitiao Army" headed by Sun Ru.

Sun Ru was a brutal man with a powerful army. He led the "Tutuan Baitiao Army" to run rampant in the Jianghuai area. He was invincible and invincible.

As soon as Yang Xingmi gained a firm foothold in Yangzhou, he immediately led his troops to fight Yang Xingmi to the death and defeated Yang Xingmi.

Seeing this, Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan hurriedly led their troops to join Sun Ru, but they were both beheaded by Sun Ru, and the soldiers were annexed by Sun Ru. From then on, Sun Ru's army became even more powerful.

After Yang Xingmi was defeated and left Yangzhou, he returned to his hometown Luzhou, and Sun Ru followed him to capture Luzhou. For a while, there was almost no place for Yang Xingmi in Huainan.

In October of the first year of Dazhi, Yang Xingmi was forced to go south to Xuanshe, intending to attack Xuanzhou and Shezhou where Qin Yan was originally located. Just last month, Yang Xingmi's general An Renyi beheaded the governor Zhao in Xuanzhou, and finally found a place to live. place.

As Yushan's personal guards inquired more and more news, Li Ye was also adjusting his strategy against Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi.

At this time, Sun Ru had captured half of Huainan, and Yangzhou, Hezhou, Chuzhou, and Luzhou were all in his hands. Now Sun Ru is leading an army across the Yangtze River and heading south to attack Runzhou (now Zhenjiang).

However, just like Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru attacked prefectures and counties, but did not manage them, and assigned generals to guard them. When there was a shortage of money and food, he would plunder.

"How many soldiers are there in Luzhou, Hezhou, and Chuzhou?"

Duan Kun said: "Luzhou has more than a thousand soldiers, and Hezhou and Chuzhou have more than a hundred soldiers. Sun Ru usually gathers his army in Yangzhou, and the main force of the bandits is the 5000 Tutuan Baitiao Army. Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan were recruited. There were more than 1 troops in the department, and more than [-] rout soldiers were gathered along the road one after another, making a total of more than [-] soldiers."

"What about Yang Xingmi?"

"When Yang Xingmi went south, there were only 1 infantry. Now that he has conquered Xuanzhou and Shezhou, he has surrendered more than [-] soldiers. He is now recruiting soldiers. It is estimated that there are [-] soldiers."

Li Ye asked Ma Jun, the man of the army, "How about the food and grass in the army?"

Ma Jun replied: "Your Majesty, the gold merchants transported 80 shi of grain and grass to Luoyang, and [-] shi of grain and grass from Chang'an to Luoyang. Now they need to supply the Zuo Huwei Army, the Left Shence Army and the Right Shenwei Army, as well as more than [-] cavalry. [-] soldiers from Luoyang, and now there are [-] soldiers from Caizhou, and the Youyulin Army is almost arriving in Luoyang.

Your Majesty, the imperial court now has to support nearly 30 horses, and consumes 20 shi every month. If it continues, it may not last until the summer harvest. "

His Majesty the Emperor shook his head, he did not expect that the conquest of Caizhou would cause a lot of trouble.

Yushan's personal guards entered the city first and closed the treasury. Caizhou's treasury contained a lot of money, which was not bad compared to the national treasury. There were 300 million copper coins, more than 5 taels of silver, and more than a thousand catties of gold. This shows how ruthless Qin Zongquan searched.

But the food is pitifully low. There are only [-] shi of grain and grass in several states, which can't last a month.

"How much grain and grass are there in the Guanzhong granary?"

Ma Jun said: "Your Majesty, excluding the troops from the Guanzhong Roads and the grain supply in Chang'an, the maximum you can save is 100 million shi, but this part of the grain and grass is for natural disasters, and it is reserved for unexpected events!"

Li Ye nodded, and when 100 million shi of grain and grass were transported to Luoyang, it would become 50 shi, and then transported to Caizhou, only 30 shi remained.

This road is mostly a flat road. If it is transported to Huainan, cross the Huaihe River, the water network will intersect all the way, and it will not be known if there are [-] stones in Yangzhou.

Simple calculations, even if the treasury is full of money, I will not be happy.

Not only could they not send troops to Huainan, but some of these people in Caizhou had to move to Luoyang and Shanguo, and the imperial court couldn't afford to support these people.

Li Ye sometimes thought about it, wishing he could kill all these people, Caizhou's 10,000+ soldiers and civilians, the support has caught up with the army under his command.

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court's tax is one in ten, and the people have a lot of surplus food. Why don't you take all the money in the treasury to buy food in the hands of the people for military use!"

Li Ye nodded, this idea is also good.

"There is also Shannan Dongdao, and Zhao Deyu's place has to be resolved. An order is issued to let Zhao Deyu come to Caizhou to see me."

"promise!"

Under the city of Caizhou, His Majesty the Emperor summoned Zhao Deyan's angels to set off and set off at full speed.

Shen Cong, Chen Yan, Xiao Hao and others knelt outside the city to greet them. All three of them bared their chests and abdomen, and wrapped vines on their backs to show that they were guilty of the thorns.

Li Ye did not enter the city immediately, but set up a camp at the third mile of the west gate of Caizhou.

The 6000 left Huwei army, the [-] Fucun Jingyuan army, the left and right Xiaowei army, the left and right cavalry army, and [-] cavalry from the fourth army advanced. The troops entering Caizhou City were temporarily restrained by Zhu Zhen.There is only one purpose, to disarm the Caizhou army first.

(End of this chapter)