Chapter 44 5. March to Chang'an!

In 1879, Huang Chao's army, which was not acclimatized to the environment, suffered a major epidemic in the south of the Five Ridges. Three out of ten soldiers died. The soldiers were unwilling to stay any longer, and proposed to return north to seek great things.Later Liang Taizu's second elder brother was lost in Lingnan at this time. Huang Chao issued a call to arms, claiming that the million-dollar rebel army was in charge of the observation and disposal of Shaoguang and other states, envoys, etc., and counted the eunuchs' monopoly, corruption and brutality of officials, unfair examination and selection, and burying talents in the Tang Dynasty. !The proclamation also prohibits the governor from buying private property, and the county magistrate exterminates the corrupt.He also declared that he would lead the army northward, enter Tongguan, and defeat Chang'an.The change of dynasty is indeed a major event.The climax of this great upheaval is at hand.

In October of this year, Huang Chao's army built thousands of large rafts. They set off from Guizhou, crossed Lingqu in stormy water, entered Xiangjiang River from Lijiang River, passed through Yongzhou and Hengzhou, and arrived at the city of Tanzhou.Li Xi, the deputy governor of the camp guarding Tanzhou City and the Hunan Observation Envoy, has a strong background. He is the great-grandson of Li Sheng, a famous general in the middle Tang Dynasty. However, he does not have the skills of his ancestors. Fifty thousand people and a large number of militias hid in the city and dared not go out to fight.It was useless to hide, Huang Chao rushed to attack Tanzhou, Li Xi didn't even hold it for a day, but although he had no way to defend the city, he was able to escape and successfully slipped away and hid in Langzhou.Huang Chao killed all the officers and soldiers defending the city, and threw the corpses into the Xiangjiang River, where the floating corpses covered the river.Shang Rang led his army to take advantage of the victory and advance to Jiangling City, claiming to have 500,000 people.

At this time, there were less than 10,000 troops in Jiangling City.So, what is the former Prime Minister Wang Duo, who is currently sitting in Jiangling City, doing since he invited him to go south to crusade against Huang Chao?Here we might as well quote a piece of Li Zongwu's deep blackness: "Huangchao rebelled in the Tang Dynasty, and the court ordered a certain public governor to conquer it. My wife was at home, packed her luggage, and came to his camp. After hearing this, he frowned and said to his staff: "Madame heard that Huang Chao is coming south and Huang Chao is going north again. What can I do?" The staff said: "For public affairs, it is better to surrender to Huang Chao." "This is what Wang Xiangye did in Jiangling City.But surrendering to Huang Chao can be a joke, but if you really want to think about it, it's safer to go north to meet your wife.

So Wang Xiangye threw Jiangling City to Liu Hanhong, a general of the original grassland army, saying that he was going to join Liu Jurong, the defender of Xiangyang, and fled northward.Liu Hanhong used his brains, and felt that he was originally a "thief", and suddenly changed his career to be a loyal minister, which would be a bit abrupt and would scare people, so he must not engage in such pranks.As for the bustling Jiangling City, anyway, left and right are robbed, and it is better for Huang Chao to rob me than to rob me, so I honestly "plundered Jiangling and burned it to the ground", then fled north with the troops, and returned to my old business. Continue to be a robber.This Liu Hanhong can still enjoy himself for a while, and he will be recruited again.It wasn't until he bumped into Dong Chang and Qian, the two living kings of Hades, in Yuezhou Observation Commissioner Ren, that the good luck came to an end.

The people in Jiangling City fled to the valley to avoid disaster. It happened to be a heavy snow day, many people died of freezing and starvation, and zombies were everywhere.This was an unprecedented catastrophe in Jiangling City since Emperor Liang Yuandi burned books in the Southern Dynasty, but such destruction is already commonplace in such an era of great turmoil.Since the Han and Wei Dynasties, Jiangling, which has always been the most important town in the middle reaches of the great river, has since lost its historical status. Wang Duo fled a little too hastily—in fact, Huang Chao's troops had to wait ten days to reach Jiangling City.Huang Chao's army did not stop after occupying the already ruined Jiangling City, and continued to attack Xiangyang, the important town of Jianghan, in the north.Judging from the traffic lines at that time, the distance from Jiangling to Xiangyang and then north to Henan was the shortest.At this time, Xiangyang defender Liu Jurong was guarding Jingmen with another Tang general Cao Quansheng.The strength of the Tang army along the way was not strong, but Liu Jurong was an old general who followed Kang Chengxun to defeat Pang Xun and had considerable combat experience. Cao Quansheng was also very brave and good at fighting.The second general will deploy his troops and be ready for battle.

The day before the battle, there seemed to be something wrong in the Tang army's position. More than 500 Shatuo war horses ran into the Huangchao battle formation with hooves, and a few Shatuo people chased the horses crying and rushing to the ground. How could Huang Chaojun let them succeed, rushed some people out to snatch the horses, and the dumbfounded Shatuo people had to run away.From the looks of it, this seems to be an accident. Huang Chao was quite puzzled: Shang Rang, why did you send your brother to make trouble? Why didn't you even hide it from me?Shang Rang was also at a loss: Boss, I think it was a liability accident, or the opponent's Bi Mawen wanted to surrender.

But the soldiers of the grass army didn't care about the reason, that was a joy, isn't it, five hundred good horses can be sold for a lot of money!So the big guys guessed and guessed, and hundreds of big and small bosses separated the horse, changing from two legs to six legs, each with a high-spirited look.He deserved Liu Jurong and Cao Quansheng, he couldn't even look down on a few horses, so why fight?Everyone giggled and winked: If you make a mistake, you have to pay the price. However, it shouldn't even be thought about. Is there such a cheap thing in the world? That night, the leaders who were assigned to the horses fed their new mounts well, and took a bath for the horses diligently. They were so excited that they could hardly sleep.The only trouble is that these are imported horses from foreign countries, they don't understand Chinese very well, and they don't listen to greetings very much.Fortunately, it eats grass and sleeps when it is made to sleep, and it does not resist when riding it. It does not seem to be a big problem.

Early the next morning, the two armies joined forces.Huang Chao hadn't finished setting up the formation yet, and the Tang Army's formation on the opposite side was full of confused foreign dialects.Huang Chao looked left and right, and found that everyone was in a daze, and no one understood, so Huang Chao could only shake his head, alas - it's all uneducated.We know that the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty did not test foreign languages, so we can have good reasons to speculate that even Mr. Huang Chao himself did not understand what people were calling at that time.

If Li Keyong from Shatuo was watching the battle, he would jump up like a cat happily.Of course, at present, because he killed government officials who discriminated against his father and son, he was hunted down by several Tang troops, so he fled to the desert and competed with ethnic minority chiefs using needles and leaves as targets. This is lively. The leaders of the grass army were wondering whether the opposite side was engaging in feudal superstition activities, chanting mantras, drawing talismans, jumping to the gods, etc., when they suddenly found that many heroes in their ranks had already started charging.These guys are so brave!

But what's going on, only the heroes on the horse know: the engine ignites inexplicably, the steering wheel doesn't work, and the worst thing is that the brakes don't work... There is one more thing that is terrible, everyone Amateur riders, many of them touched the reins for the first time yesterday, and it is very rare to be able to lie on the horse without being knocked off. However, in the eyes of the soldiers, the leaders are indeed quite brave today. It is different to have a horse to ride—although the posture of riding a horse is really ugly.Everyone followed suit.So the grass army began to charge the whole army in a mess.Tang Jun seemed to have ambushed some people in the woods on the opposite side, but when they saw the army charging, they all ran away in fright, only a few brave ones turned around and shot two arrows... What are you waiting for, chase!

When Huang Chao found out that the Tang army in front suddenly stopped fleeing, and began to defend tenaciously with the help of the established position, as calm as a mountain, he knew the weight of his opponent.Fast like the wind, slow like a forest, plundering like fire, immovable like a mountain!It's too late to call it "not good" at this time.The ambush fell like a landslide, and the chaotic grass army command completely failed, losing the ability to resist organizedly. The infantry had scattered and fled.The big and small leaders riding on horses continued to "charge" towards the densely populated place of the Tang army under the urging of foreign languages. At this time, the fools could understand what the Shatuo people were calling: "Horse, come back quickly! "The happy horse ran back, taking a large group of foolish captives who couldn't ride a horse.According to the report of counting prisoners after the Tang army, there were as many as twelve famous leaders of the Cao army. It is very suspected that the idea of ​​Liu Jurong and Cao Quansheng came from the "beautiful horse trick" that Li Guangbi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, bullied Shi Siming. However, the Tang army was limited in strength, and it was difficult to completely encircle and eliminate Huang Chao's army, and the annihilation battle became a defeat war.Taking advantage of the Tang army's opportunity to wipe out the remnants of the Cao army in the encirclement, Huang Chao led the rest to flee the battlefield.The two generals Liu and Cao took advantage of the victory and pursued them straight to the foot of Jiangling City. The history books say that "seven or eight of them were captured and beheaded", which seems a bit exaggerated, but there is no doubt that Huang Chao's army was severely injured in this battle. His subordinates persuaded Liu Jurong to chase after Huang Chao and eliminate him in one fell swoop, but Liu Jurong sighed, you bastards only know how to make meritorious service, have you not seen the lesson of Kang Chengxun? "The country likes to lose people. If you are in a hurry, you will save the soldiers. If you don't like officials and rewards, you will abandon them, or you will be more offended. It is better to keep thieves as wealth." Cooking, the enemy's country is destroyed, and the counselors are dead, let's keep them. Cao Quansheng led his troops across the river to pursue him, but the imperial court did not help, and inexplicably replaced him with Duan Yanmo at this juncture.As a result, this army also stopped the pursuit. With great difficulty, Huang Chao took a breath, recollected the scattered soldiers, and the army regained strength.He abandoned the empty city of Jiangling, attacked the important town of Ezhou by water, and broke its outer gate.In the first half of 1980, Huang Chao retook the old path of Pang Xun ten years ago, went eastward along the river, and plundered fifteen prefectures in present-day Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places. million people. In view of the threat to the land of wealth and wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court appointed Gao Pian as the commander of all roads and camps, and mobilized more than 70,000 troops from various towns to crusade against Huangchao.Gao Pian sent his general Zhang Lin and others to cross the Yangtze River, and defeated the Cao army commander Wang Chongba, and repeatedly defeated the Huang Chao army. Huang Chao was forced to retreat to Raozhou, and his general Chang Hong led tens of thousands of troops to surrender to the Tang army.Zhang Lin attacked Raozhou, Huang Chao was defeated and retreated to Xinzhou, and the Tang army easily captured Raozhou city. In the summer of this year, Huang Chao's army stationed in Xinzhou was hit by the plague again. Many soldiers died of illness. The Tang army took the opportunity to attack.Gao Pian was greedy for meritorious service, and told the court that Huang Chao would not be peaceful any day, so he sent back the troops from various towns that had come to support him, and promised to ask for the Jiedu envoy's Yue Yue on Huang Chao's behalf.As soon as Huang Chao waited for the reinforcements from the towns to return to Huaibei, he immediately turned against Gao Pian.Gao Pian realized that he had been duped, and was furious, so he ordered Zhang Lin to fight. Huang Chao, who had been prepared for a long time, defeated the Tang army under the city of Xinzhou, and Zhang Lin died in battle. Since then, the door for Huang Chao to cross the Yangtze River north has been opened.In July, Huang Chao led his army to cross the river from quarrying, Kehe Prefecture, Chuzhou, Weitianchang, Liuhe, and the main force arrived at the city of Yangzhou, Gao Pian's base camp, but Gao Pian dared not go out to fight.However, Bi Shiduo, the former general of Huang Chao's surrender, still had some courage, and advised Gao Pian to wait for the opportunity to attack, so that Huang Chao would not cross the Huai River safely and cause trouble for the Central Plains.Because Gao Pian's main force had been completely lost, and the reinforcements from the towns had retreated, Gao Pian pretended to be paralyzed by the wind and refused to attack, but strictly ordered the generals to defend themselves. Huang Chao originally planned to completely defeat Gao Pian before heading north, so he rested in Tianchang for more than 40 days. Seeing that there was no opportunity to fight, he led the whole army to go north, and defeated Tang general Cao Quansheng's 6,000 troops at Sishang, avenging Jingmen. In September, it crossed the Huaihe River and entered northern Anhui and eastern Henan. At this time, Huang Chao changed his title to "General Tianbu" (one is "General Leading the Earth"), and issued a notice to the Tang army everywhere, stating that he would go to Chang'an to question his crimes, and had nothing to do with the people, and asked them to keep their own territory and not listen to it. The court dispatched, causing trouble.Most of the vassals and towns don't have a good impression of the imperial court, and at this time they are watching the fire from the other side and watching from the sidelines. After Huang Chao's army crossed the Huai River, because they plundered a lot of property in the south and had a lot of funds, they didn't plunder much along the way.This measure of not disturbing the people is quite popular, and the people are very satisfied.Having lost the hearts of the world, the once glorious Tang Dynasty is now like a candle in the wind. But even at this time, the Tang Dynasty still had loyal ministers and brave generals.Taining Jiedu envoy Qi Kerang led an army of less than 10,000 people to resist steadily, fighting from the edge of the Huaihe River to the city of Tongguan, hoping to slow down the momentum of Huang Chao's advance and give the court a breathing space—but he forgot, How could the court, which couldn't even grasp the best opportunity, grasp the last straw? A few years ago, Wang Xianzhi led the grass army to Ruzhou, but watched helplessly as Luoyang City did not dare to attack and retreated.Today, Huang Chao led the grass army back again, this time, he had an army of 600,000 behind him.The gate of Luoyang opened suddenly, and this ancient capital fell for the first time since the Anshi Rebellion. But the troubled times are not over yet - in the next few decades, it will change masters like a lantern, there are warlords, thieves, misers, prodigal sons, ambitious people, and invaders... The peony is dusty, the poetry and books are lonely, and the affairs of the world Needless to say.No wonder later generations Li Gefei said: "The order and chaos of the world is the rise and fall of Hou Yu Luoyang." Qi Kerang, who was guarding Tongguan outside the city, wrote a letter to the court and begged: "The soldiers have fought many times, lack of resources for a long time, the states and counties are dilapidated, and the population is completely extinct. I'm afraid that once we are defeated, I beg for food and reinforcements to be sent early." The food is exhausted, the aid is exhausted, the soldiers are exhausted, the enemy is approaching, and we all count on the imperial court... But the imperial court at this moment can't count on it!In the chaotic city of Chang’an, more than 2,000 people from the Shence Army were assembled with great difficulty—that’s all, more than half of them were hired from the street to make up the number. A guy who can hold his weapon firmly and sit on a horse without falling off is considered a good man up. The little emperor personally reviewed the troops and cheered for the troops.The general Zhang Chengfan who led the team was not a fool, knowing that the outcome is mainly determined by strength, so he honestly told the emperor: Huang Chao has hundreds of thousands of people, and I have more than 2,000 recruits here. The 10,000 people who starved to death are probably useless, and we don't even have a logistics support plan. We are very chilling about it... You should call for reinforcements when you have time!The little emperor patted General Zhang on the shoulder. His opinion is very good. I think it is worth considering... You go first, and I will send reinforcements right away. In this way, Zhang Chengfan took a group of recruits to guard Tongguan, and went to Huazhou, looking for local officials to solve the problem of food, only to find that there was no one who could speak—Huazhou Governor Pei Qiangang transferred his job and left, others People fled to the mountains again, and the city was as quiet as death, only the rats were running around.The soldiers searched around and found that there were more than a thousand dendrobium rice in the Huazhou warehouse. After eating their last full meal, they prepared their own dry food for three days and continued to set off. The troops finally climbed to Tongguan, and General Zhang immediately set up defenses, but he also knew that it would not be of much use, and Qi Kerang outside the pass had already run out of food.On the same day that Zhang Chengfan's reinforcements arrived at Tongguan, the forward of Huang Chao's army also arrived. The large army of hundreds of thousands of people was mighty, with white flags everywhere, and there was no end to it.Qi Kerang plucked up his courage and resisted desperately, and actually repelled the attack of Huang Chao's forward troops, but the main force led by Huang Chao himself rushed to the battle and hundreds of thousands of people in the army shouted in unison. Shake the mountains. This battle was fought from noon to you, and although Zeke's ten thousand troops were brave and tenacious, they were so hungry that they had to burn the camp and retreat into the pass.But the hungry soldiers were no longer able to make an organized retreat, and Zeke turned the planned retreat into a rout.There is a passable canyon on the left side of Tongguan. Usually, because of taxation by the customs, this road is closed, and private passage is not allowed. It is called "forbidden pit".Zhang Chengfan's troops came in a hurry, and the number was small, so they didn't notice that there was still such a place that needed to be defended, so they ignored it. But when Qi Kerang's Taining army retreated, the defeated soldiers panicked and couldn't choose their way. Seeing that the door was closed and they couldn't squeeze in, they simply waded through the "forbidden pit". With ten or eight soldiers' successful attempts, naturally hundreds of thousands People followed, and thousands of people rushed past, and actually stepped on this valley full of thorns and vines into a smooth road. That night, Zhang Chengfan took out all the property reserves of the whole army and distributed them to encourage the soldiers and boost their morale.Then write a suicide note to the court: I left Beijing for six days, and I didn't see a single reinforcement, nor did I hear about the food and payment.On the day I arrived, the enemy also arrived, and Qi Kerang's troops outside the pass were already starving. I am currently resisting 600,000 enemies with 2,000 men.Naturally, I should be responsible for the loss of Tongguan, but I am afraid that the court counselors are even more to blame.I heard that the emperor wanted to flee to the land of Shu. If he really did such a foolish thing, the world would definitely fall apart.I ask the big men to use their brains responsibly, and no matter what, get me some reinforcements and food, so that the Tang Dynasty can still be saved. The last sentence is very powerful, so the original text is quoted: "Make Huang Chao follow the death of Anlu Mountain, and the death of Weichen Shengge Shuhan!" The Shan rebels fought the famous battles of Tongguan and Taolin, and Ge Shuhan was captured and killed. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has turned from prosperity to decline.Therefore, Du Fu's "Tongguan Officials" chanted: "Please tell the Guan defense generals, be careful not to learn from Ge Shu!" Of course Zhang Chengfan didn't want to imitate Ge Shu, but it was beyond his control, he could only choose to fight or run away.He chose to fight, even though the strength was so great, two thousand people against six hundred thousand people!No matter which camp Zhang Chengfan is in, no matter whether his behavior promotes or hinders the progress of history, we must admit that bravery and loyalty are the most precious spiritual wealth of human beings.Zhang Chengfan dared to use 2,000 to 600,000, which proved that the Tang army was not completely lacking in fighting courage. In this precarious elegy of the end of the world, the majestic spirit of the Tang Dynasty has not yet disappeared. In the early morning of the next day, Huang Chao didn't find another way, and persistently stormed Tongguan City. From Yinshi to Shenshi, the Tongguan defenders ran out of arrows and were already throwing stones at people.But Tongguan is still holding on.Difficult and long halberd, eternal use of one man - this is the natural danger Tongguan! Huang Chao's army used more than a thousand ordinary people to dig the earth and fill up the natural moat outside the Guancheng. At night, they set fire to the Tongguan tower.After the troops broke down the "forbidden pit" yesterday, Zhang Chengfan had discovered that it might become the enemy's breakthrough, but after all, he only had more than two thousand people in his hands, and they could barely defend Tongguan City together. Can't keep it. But Huang Chao also suddenly discovered the value of the "Forbidden Pit". That night, he sent Shang Rang and Lin Yan to bypass the "Forbidden Pit" and attack Tongguan City.Zhang Chengfan urgently sent general Wang Shihui and 800 people to intercept Shangrang's army, but it was too late. The 800 recruits in the field were no match for hundreds of thousands of people, so Wang Shihui had to retreat to Guancheng. The next morning, Huang Chao sent his army to attack Tongguan. Zhang Chengfan's army, which had only more than 2,000 people, finally couldn't hold on and collapsed. Wang Shihui didn't want to be a prisoner and committed suicide.Zhang Chengfan led the rest of his troops to break out of the encirclement and retreat.After running to Yehu Spring, he met two thousand reinforcements from Fengtian Town who had arrived late. At this moment, Zhang Chengfan could only smile wryly: "You guys came too late!" Although Huang Chao won the battle of Tongguan, the victory was more or less invincible: his 600,000 people and the hungry and fainted Qi Ke let Wan beat them up for most of the day, making Qi Ke let his whole body retreat; More than a thousand people fought for more than a day, and Zhang Chengfan slipped away with the remnants.At this time, the imperial court had figured it out, and expressed its willingness to grant Huang Chao the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army—but Huang Chao no longer cares about this, even his subordinates, Shang Rang and Meng Kai, may not I can see this as a Jiedushi. Huang Chao ignored the sincere proposal of the court.Because, Chang'an City is right in front of you! In the early morning of the third day after Tongguan was captured by Huang Chao, Tang Xizong and eunuch Tian Lingzi secretly took several princes and concubines, escorted by five hundred magical troops, and fled out of Jinguangmen to Xichuan.In the early morning of this day, most of the uninformed officials still insisted on going to court, but their emperor had already left his post without authorization.Some dutiful officials left their family property to follow the emperor, but the emperor fled too quickly, leaving these loyal subjects far behind.If there is danger, flee to Xichuan, this seems to be a family tradition in the Li and Tang Dynasties.Just like that, the emperor fled, leaving behind his officials and people, his thousands of miles of country, and his ancestral community...and fled. The defeated soldiers and ruffians took advantage of the chaos to loot and steal the treasury's property, and the city of Chang'an was in chaos.Fortunately, Chai Cun, the forward general of Huangchao, arrived in the afternoon and quickly brought the chaos under control.Tang Jinwu's general Zhang Zhifang and dozens of civil and military officials went out of the city to Bashang to meet Huang Chao himself. Huang Chao entered the city in a golden suit, with red silk on his left and right hair, brocade embroideries on his body, and weapons in his hands, surrounded by groups.Huang Chao, a failed scholar back then and now a hero in troubled times, looked at the majestic Chang'an City with emotion: Ah, Chang'an, I'm back again!Looking back, there are horses riding like a stream, and the carts are thousands of miles away. It is seven years of fighting and star shifting. Ask the world, who is the hero? The people of Chang'an gathered together to watch Huang Chao's army enter the city. Shang Rang said loudly in the crowd: "The king of Huang raised his troops, and he was originally a commoner. It's not like Li's family doesn't love Ru Cao. Ru Cao should live in peace and not be afraid!" The officers and soldiers of the Cao army were also immersed in the victory. In his joy, he not only speaks kindly, buys and sells fairly, but also competes for alms when he sees the poor.The people of Chang'an cheered thunderously.This seemed like the perfect ending. But on the stage of history, there has never been a short-term perfection and a story that is far from over.Whoever is confused by the beauty of the beautiful day in front of him is the biggest fool in the world. For an army like the Cao Army that has no solid base, no good logistical supplies, and no guarantee of fixed food and salaries, its military discipline is generally determined by the pockets and mentality of the soldiers.At present, the soldiers of the grass army are quite rich, and cheered because of the easy victory, seeing everyone like old friends. But the excitement can't last long.In a few days, everything will change. Hundreds of thousands of people have moved into the city, and housing is a big problem, and it is easy to cause conflicts if they squeeze into the homes of ordinary people, and it is unrealistic to sleep on the street every day.Food and drink for troops and common people is also a problem. Chang'an City, which is blocked from all sides, cannot feed so many people for a long time.Experienced military officers know that the soldiers must never be idle, especially the soldiers who have just fought. They are not afraid of the sky and the earth, and no one can control them. Only God knows what will happen. On these points, Huang Chao's staff department seriously failed in their duties.In other words, Huang Chao himself didn't consider the seriousness of the matter at all.A few days later, the soldiers who were far away from the war reverted to their old ways, looting everywhere, setting fire to shops and markets when they failed, and some troops began to kill.Especially those who have been officials, if they fall into their hands, they will undoubtedly die.The generals and officials were not idle, and when they saw a decent mansion, they drove the owner out.Qing History records: "Just a few days ago, because of the plunder, the people who lived in the house were tied up to ask for money, and the name was 'Taowu'. The rich and the rich drove away, and the thieves and chieftains went to the first place to fight for wives and daughters, and the officials were captured. Cut it down, Huolu can't give up, the clan princes and kings can't be compared." Huang Chao himself didn't want to destroy such a majestic capital, but the soldiers who herded sheep all over the street were extremely arrogant, and there was nothing in their hands. With a knife, who can control it?Now even when Huang Chao came out to speak, the soldiers ignored him. On December 13th of the first year of Tang Guangming, that is, January 16th of 881 in the Western calendar, Huang Chao, the emperor, was located in Hanyuan Hall, and hundreds of war drums were beating to replace the joy of gold and stone.Then, he ascended the Danfeng Building and issued a letter of amnesty, the country was named "Daqi" and the Yuan was changed to "Jintong". His wife Cao was the Empress of Daqi.Shang Rang is the Taiwei and Zhongshuling, Zhao Zhang is also serving as Zhongzhong, Cui and Yang Xigu are working together, which is the so-called "four prime ministers". These are the prime ministers.Cui Ben was the observation envoy of eastern Zhejiang. When Huang Chao went south to Fujian, he helped him to buy Jieyue.Taking Meng Kai and Gai Hong as the left and right servants to shoot and know the left and right military, Fei Chuangu was the privy envoy.This is the military command center.Dr. Taichang, a great poet of the late Tang Dynasty, Pi Rixiu, and others were Hanlin scholars, Wang Fan was Jing Zhaoyin, Xu Jian, Mi Shi, Liu Tang, Zhu Wen, Zhang Quan, Peng Zan, Li Kui, etc. Five hundred brave and strong men were selected as the guards, and the nephew Lin Yan was the envoy. In this way, the founding emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty began and ended his enthronement ceremony amidst the flames on all sides and the cries of the residents. Huang Chao, who became the emperor, also felt that his soldiers were making too much noise, so he issued a strict order not to kill people indiscriminately, and asked all troops to turn in their weapons.However, the crazy arrogant soldiers don't have the concept of "emperor" in their minds, so if they ignore it, the effect is quite limited. Huang Chao also issued an edict to convene the officials of the former Tang Dynasty. Those above the third rank were temporarily suspended for review, and those below the fourth rank continued to work in their original posts, but there were very few people who responded.Emperor Daqi was really angry: I can't deal with my own soldiers, can't I also deal with the plague officials from your previous dynasty?So he ordered Chang'an City to search and arrest.It turned out that many big fish were hiding in the walls of Zhang Zhifang's home, such as the two prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, Doulu and Cui Hang. This Cui Hang is a well-known figure in history.He was the chief examiner of the imperial examination in the second year of Qianfu, the year when Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao rebelled.The old man did not avoid his relatives, so he admitted Cui Dang, who was from the same clan, so there were rumors in the market: "The disciples of the master are all in collusion."This idiom is quite famous, so even Mr. Cui Hang is also famous. A big tree attracts the wind. Zhang Zhifang has the credit for ushering in the new dynasty, and he is not a big official, so he would not be able to beheaded, but the problem is that he is really popular and has too many friendships—he actually has two former prime ministers, more than a hundred Ministers and ministers came to him for protection—they trusted him and gave their lives to him. He, Zhang, had never done anything bad in his life, so he couldn't just betray his friend this time, right? With this hesitation, he kept this group of people for a few more days, and finally got caught by Emperor Daqi.A group of Qi soldiers surrounded Zhang's family and wiped out his whole family, as well as the two former prime ministers and more than a hundred ministers. On this day, the sky street was full of public servants. Chang'an City was the political and economic center of the Tang Dynasty. There were as many officials as a cow, and there were not a few foreign businessmen, let alone the Li Tang royal family.Such a commotion, involving the family of Zhu Lian, killed not a few people. There are some families that are miserable.Emperor Yizong's younger sister, Princess Guangde, is a kind girl, married to Yu Cong, and the couple have a very good relationship.A few years ago, because of court disputes, Mr. Yu Cong's family was expelled to the far south of Lingnan.Princess Guangde knew that her husband would not be spared, so if she wanted to plot against him, she would follow her son-in-law every day—the bad guys couldn't plot against the emperor's own sister, right?So, when she was on the road, she faced the son-in-law's shoulder to door, staring at him at all times to avoid accidents, and firmly grasped the son-in-law's belt when she sat down.In this way, after traveling thousands of miles, the son-in-law was "exempted".The princesses of the Tang Dynasty were all a bit pampered and willful, but this Guangde was honest, law-abiding, filial to her in-laws, and did not put on airs to her husband's relatives and friends. Everyone liked her very much. This time the son-in-law didn't want to betray his father-in-law and didn't turn himself in. If he was found out, of course he would be beheaded.Princess Guangde cried and grabbed the soldier's knife and said: "I am the daughter of the Li family. If you really want to kill me, kill me and Yu Pushe together..." So they were killed together. There are also many people who do not want to be humiliated, and the whole family commits suicide. This is the troubled times.