Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 263 The Uninvited Guest

Li Hanzhi was overjoyed when he heard that the imperial court wanted to mobilize the Zezhou army to pacify Huainan. The reason was simple. He really didn't want to stay in Zezhou.

To the north of Zezhou is Luzhou, where the Zuolongwu army of the imperial court is stationed at the pass, and the Zezhou army can't take advantage of it. Besides, the soldiers and horses of the feudal towns will not attack the imperial army unless they have to.

After all, the imperial court represents orthodoxy, and his official position was conferred by the imperial court. If the imperial court cuts his official position, there will always be something wrong with his name. To the east is Wei Bo, and even Li Keyong dare not attack casually, and Li Hanzhi naturally cannot .

It is adjacent to Hezhong in the west. When Wang Chongying was in charge of Hezhong, he still beat the autumn wind from time to time. Now that Hezhong is also occupied by the imperial court, Li Hanzhi naturally has no intention of looting Hezhong Mansion.

And the south is Zhengzhou, Zhu Wen's territory, Li Hanzhi has no time to hide, so how dare he take the initiative to provoke him.

In the past year, the Zezhou Army has not had enough to eat, nor can they wear warm clothes. If they want to go out to rob Zezhou, there are already no one left. If it is not for the Heyang Jiedu Envoy Li Kexiu to help them , I am afraid that the entire Zezhou army will starve to death.

Now all the Zezhou Army is thinking about going to Huainan, that is a good place, many veterans in the Zezhou Army are the remnants of Huang Chao, who fought north and south with the Daqi Emperor, and they have caused Huainan a lot of trouble.

"Master, when shall we go?"

"Why are you in a hurry, you still have to wait for the court's order!"

"Tell the emperor that our Zezhou army can be the vanguard and scout the way for the emperor!"

"Haha! Yes, explore the road first!"

Li Hanzhi squinted and said, "Now some eat and some drink, and the emperor even bestows imperial wine. Apart from no women, what else is there?"

That's right, when we arrived in Bianliang, the imperial court paid for eating, drinking, and drinking. This kind of carefree life is not bad!

Someone said: "If we go to Huainan first, we can grab the youngest woman and the most money first, but if we go late and are overtaken by others, there will be less to grab."

Li Hanzhi nodded, and said: "I'm afraid you can't get what you want, the imperial court won't allow looting, and Wei Bo has heard that hundreds of them were killed, all of whom were robbing women!"

"Haha, what are you afraid of? I'm robbing me. If the emperor doesn't like it, I'll go south and follow the footsteps of Emperor Daqi to Guangzhou. I'm so afraid!"

"I can see it!"

While the generals were playing, the guard said: "Commander, the emperor's envoy is here!"

Li Hanzhi stood up and led the generals to meet him.

"Your Majesty!"

"Angel, what is your Majesty going to do?"

The angel smiled and said: "Your Majesty has set up a banquet in the Chinese army, please envoy and all of you command and above generals to attend the banquet together!"

Li Hanzhi didn't think it suspicious, it was the same for the past few days, but he probably didn't care, the envoys of all the towns have already left today.

"Please report back to Your Majesty, the last general will arrive soon!"

"The banquet is ready, everyone, please don't keep His Majesty waiting!"

"No way!"

Li Hanzhi turned his head to look at the generals, and said triumphantly: "If I hadn't led you, you might never see the emperor in your life, so I will pay attention to you when you enter the imperial account, don't embarrass me! "

All the generals are very happy. A few days ago, there was only one commander. Today, I invite all the soldiers to admire the beauty of the sky. This life is enough.

The angel left immediately, Li Hanzhi and all the generals straightened their clothes, and with more than a hundred guards, they went out of the camp and went straight to the dragon tent.

At the military gate, Li Hanzhi unloaded his sword and handed it over to the guards.

"When you meet His Majesty, you can't have swords and cavalry on you. This is the rule. You clean up yourselves. If you find weapons inside, it's a crime of treason. I can't protect you!"

This has been the case for the past few days, and the generals have no doubts, and handed over all their weapons.

At this time, a group of soldiers led them to the Dragon Tent. Along the way, except for Li Hanzhi, everyone else was anxious and excited.

There was the sound of a large number of people walking outside. Looking back, the back road was already occupied by soldiers, and moving forward, even Li Hanzhi was a little suspicious. The previous few times were not so strict!
When she saw the dragon tent, her heart was at ease. At this time, Zhu Zhen led a group of military academies standing outside the dragon tent. When she saw Li Hanzhi, she smiled. When she approached, Zhu Zhen's expression turned cold instantly. The sergeants all drew their knives, before Li Hanzhi and the others could react, the knives pierced into the flesh, chopping up more than a dozen people into flesh.

But outside the military gate, Qi Ming's Zuowu cavalry army rushed all the hundreds of Li Han's guards who were left behind at the military gate, beheaded them all in a short while, leaving no one behind.

At the order of His Majesty the Emperor, the Zuo Huwei Army and Niu Cunjie's Xuanwu Zuo Army slowly marched towards the Zezhou Army camp, while Li Ye led the sixth cavalry army to surround the Zezhou Army from both wings.

The Zezhou army never expected that after a while, the imperial army would turn against them. Without a commander, the soldiers fled westward and northward like headless flies, and the southeast direction was already occupied by the imperial army.

But with the Bian River to the west and the Yellow River to the north, they had no choice but to jump into the river.

"Li Han's rebellion has been punished. The court only pursues the chief culprit, and the rest are innocent!"

"Put down your weapons, those who kneel on the ground will not be killed, and the rest will be treated as treason and will be killed without mercy!"

"Drop your weapons!"

Under the coercive rule of an army of [-] to [-], the Zezhou Army did not resist, and soon knelt down and surrendered.

As in Caizhou, under the supervision of the imperial army, all Zezhou soldiers were disarmed, and dozens of civil servants were divided into dozens of teams, and each person was registered one by one, numbered, and red-hot A soldering iron burns the number on everyone's face.

All those who are lonely and have no family members have their thumbs cut off and sent to the army as slaves.

Anyone who has family members but found no real evidence will also have their thumbs cut off and sent to the army as slaves.

The rest of the people are all ten people and one guarantee. If one person escapes, makes a disturbance, etc., the ten people are guilty of the same crime, and the family members are affected as slaves.

In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. His Majesty the Emperor has nothing to say about the Zezhou Army's gang of loyal wolves, and can only treat them in the most brutal way.

The big event has been decided, His Majesty the Emperor is in a good mood, he dealt with the Zezhou army without bloodshed, not a single one of his side was injured, and wiped out the Zezhou army cleanly, eliminating the biggest hidden danger so far.

Li Ye was in the dragon tent, holding a pen, frowning slightly, how should he explain it to Li Keyong?
At this time, in the Yellow River, a small fleet of [-] ships was slowly approaching the Yellow River ferry.

Although these boats are not big, their shapes are quite different from those on the Yellow River.

All the boats on the Yellow River have wide and flat bottoms, few sails, and most of them use oars.

And the bottoms of these boats are relatively narrow, and there are still masts standing in the middle, although the canvas is not hung up.

When the Zuo Xiao cavalry army in charge of patrol reported the situation to the emperor.

Li Ye was taken aback for a moment, but without realizing it, the pen in his hand fell down...

"Is it a sea ship?"

(End of this chapter)