Huang Xianzhi's army tore off the mask of hypocrisy and began burning, killing and looting in the city.
This move will naturally arouse the dissatisfaction of countless people.
It's just that they can't do anything no matter how dissatisfied they are, because in front of Huang Xianzhi's 600,000-strong army, resistance will only lead to more brutal treatment, making this kind of killing even more difficult to stop like a raging fire cooking oil.
What's more, the ordinary residents in Chang'an City have no resistance at all when faced with powerful soldiers. No matter how many people there are, it is useless.
But the resentment is still accumulating.
Someone wrote a poem on the gate of Shangshu Province to mock Huang Xianzhi's army who killed innocent people indiscriminately after entering the city.
And in this poem, there are a few lines like this.
"Every family is bleeding like a fountain, and the voices of injustice are everywhere. Dancers and singers have secretly donated money, and all babies and young girls have been abandoned... A man jumped up the golden steps, half-shouldered to show shame. He held on to his clothes and refused to come out.
The wealthy family died under the knife of red powder and balsam...The prosperity of the past was buried, and everything looked desolate and had no reason. The inner storehouse was burnt to beautiful ashes, and the bones of the princes were trampled in the streets!"
Although Huang Xianzhi is a private salt dealer, he is also a diligent scholar. Of course he understands the meaning of these lines of poetry.
So Huang Xianzhi was furious and gouged out the eyes of all the officials and soldiers guarding the Shangshu Province at that time.
Then, he went on a rampage in Chang'an City to hunt down people who could write poetry, killing more than 3,000 people in a row.
He didn't want to let go of those who couldn't even write poetry but were literate, so he sent them all to the battlefield to do hard labor.
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Chu Ge watched all this silently, with mixed feelings in his heart.
In fact, judging from the scenes he saw, the descriptions of this content in history books were probably exaggerated.
After all, there are so many people in Chang'an City. There should be more than 3,000 people who can write poetry, and there are so many people who are literate. It is more or less unrealistic to escort them all to the battlefield to do hard labor.
But Huang Xianzhi did become furious because of this poem, so he arrested and killed many people. This did happen.
Just like it is recorded in the history books that Huang Xianzhi used big rocks to crush bones and kill people to make military rations. This must have been made up by later generations of scholars to demonize Huang Xianzhi. Because anyone who has cooked will know that after crushing people directly, they will only get feces and urine.
, a mixture of viscera, bones and residue, it is impossible to eat it.
Eating people is not the way to eat them.
It is fake to crush people with big rocks and crush their bones to make military rations, but eating people is probably true.
Perhaps the records of Huang Xianzhi in history books are exaggerated and fabricated by many later generations of scholars. The real Huang Xianzhi is not as ferocious and terrifying as a demon as recorded in historical records, but it is estimated that there will definitely be no shortage of various evil deeds.
The reason is very simple. If he can really enforce the orders and prohibitions and do no harm to the people, then he cannot have an army of 600,000 and be completely defeated.
Sometimes it's something as simple as people's opinions.
Although Sheng Taizu was also a rebel, he was able to enforce orders and prohibitions that were difficult to do in that era. He cherished the people's strength and did not plunder or persecute the people. He was also able to know people well and assign them well, which attracted heroes from all over the world to come to join him.
If Huang Xianzhi can do it, then even if he is stigmatized by future generations, he will at most be stigmatized like Sheng Taizu, and will not become a monster with nothing but chaos and violence.
When he saw all this from God's perspective, Chu Ge's heart was complicated.
As a modern person, Chu Ge certainly sympathized with the peasant uprising.
Because they are all poor people from the oppressed class, who are under the rule of ignorant kings and sycophants. They can't survive after being hit by natural disasters, so they can only rise up.
The world does not treat them as human beings before they are forced to become evil spirits.
However, after seeing their behavior, it was difficult for Chu Ge to continue to sympathize with them.
When the strong are angry, they draw their swords at the stronger; when the weak are angry, they draw their swords at the weaker.
If an uprising that truly conforms to the general trend should be like a spark that starts a prairie fire, then Huang Xianzhi's army is more like a wildfire without mercy and purpose.
Wildfires only care about taking advantage of the wind and burning everything, whether it is good, bad, beautiful, or decayed, everything is burned cleanly.
After the wind stops, the wildfire will extinguish, leaving only ashes of burned beauty.
From a positive perspective, the wildfire burned down the old system and dealt a heavy blow to the crumbling decadent dynasty; but from a negative perspective, the wildfire greatly destroyed the production at that time, but did not establish a new one amidst the violence.
order, but caused greater chaos.
From this scene in Chang'an City, we can see that Huang Xianzhi will never be able to conquer the world.
Wildfires are, after all, just wildfires.
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Chu Ge's vision left Chang'an City and headed west.
After suddenly crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, his perspective caught up with Liang Xizong's driving.
Liang Xizong planned to flee from Chang'an and go straight to Shu, just like the route he took during the Anshi Rebellion.
But this time when passing through Maweipo, I couldn't blame the woman.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared in front and stopped Liang Xizong's car.
Liang Xizong was so frightened that he finally felt relieved when he saw an old minister flipping off his horse in front of him.
“Your Majesty! I await the death penalty!
"So far, all the generals in Sheji have harmed the country. Please, Your Majesty, kill your ministers to thank the world!"
Liang Xizong hurriedly stepped forward and helped the veteran minister up: "Zheng Qing, how could this be your fault? I plan to go to Xingyuan (name of place) and order all the military governors in the world to recover the capital. Are you Zheng Qing?"
Fengxiang Jiedu Envoy must guard all strategic locations and never allow the rebel army to expand its power again."
The veteran minister nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty!
"However... the road to Xingyuan is difficult and difficult to travel. If there is an emergency, I may not be able to report it to Your Majesty in time. Please allow me to take advantage of it and make a decision at the right time."
Liang Xizong thought for a while and agreed: "Okay! Gou Li Zongshe, whatever you do!"
At this point, Chu Ge's vision finally quickly descended and came to the veteran's body.
Then, talent skill cards finally appeared.
[E. Observation of details (blue): Your observation and memory of details are improved. 】
[Wu Kang’s speech (blue): Your speech becomes more infectious and persuasive, and it will also enhance the effect of Haoran’s righteousness. 】
[Ding · Troops and Formation (Gold): You can naturally master the basic marching and formation strategies and reach the level of commanding troops of an ordinary general.]
In addition, there are also three golden talents that are already built-in by default: "memory fragments", "morale boosting", and "survival from desperate situations".
Looking at the three talent and skill cards in front of him, Chu Ge fell into deep thought.
After the conversation between this veteran minister and Liang Xizong, Chu Ge had naturally determined his identity.
Zheng Tian, now fifty-five years old, had served as prime minister of the Liang Dynasty and was currently the military governor of Fengxiang.
Chu Ge read the historical materials thoroughly, so he basically understood this Zheng Tian.
Although Zheng Tian had limited abilities and could not really save the Liang Dynasty in this precarious situation, he was one of the few normal people in the court at that time who could really do things and was willing to do things.
During his tenure as prime minister, he had disagreements with another prime minister. Both sides had different opinions on whether to recruit Huang Xianzhi or to exterminate Huang Xianzhi.
Another prime minister, Lu Xie, believed that Huainan Jiedushi Gao Pian was enough to destroy Huang Xianzhi, so he did not agree with the plan of recruiting.
Zheng Tian was already aware of the threat of Huang Xianzhi's "millions of people, who could defeat the army", so he suggested appeasing him first and granting him the title of Lingnan Jiedushi to temporarily appease him, and then annihilate him when the time was right.
Many of Huang Xianzhi's men were people who were revolting due to famine. Once they were given official positions, they would be homesick in the rich land of Lingnan after having enough food and clothing. By then, Huang Xianzhi's army would be dispersed, and another battle would determine the outcome.
As a result, Liang Xizong did not adopt Zheng Tian's views.
As a result, when the edict was issued, the two prime ministers had a dispute, and Lu Xie was so angry that he threw the inkstone on the ground. Liang Xizong was furious and thought that it was difficult for the prime ministers to set an example for the world by quarreling with each other, so he dismissed both prime ministers and demoted them.
Judging from what happened next, it is obvious that Zheng Tian was right.
Huang Xianzhi only occupied Lingnan at this time, so he could still be appeased by a Lingnan Jiedu envoy. However, the court did not meet his request, so Huang Xianzhi was furious and continued to raise troops northward, heading towards Jianghuai.
However, Gao Pian, the military governor of Huainan whom Lu highly valued, did not attack at all. He only defended passively and allowed the rebels to cross the border.
At this time, Liang Xizong regretted that he had not listened to Zheng Tian and asked him to serve as the military governor of Fengxiang.
Then, Huang Xianzhi's army captured Chang'an, and Liang Xizong fled in a hurry. On the road, he met Zheng Tian who came to rescue him, and that's how the above conversation came about.
Judging from the results, although Zheng Tian still failed to save the Liang Dynasty from destruction, he successfully gathered an army, recruited the scattered Shence Army and Jiedu envoys from various places, and successfully defeated Huang Xianzhi's army, becoming the most powerful force in the Liang Dynasty.
Then he took a breath.
Chu Ge guessed that now he would have to find a way to replicate Zheng Tian's operation.
Just looking at the innate skills in front of him, Chu Ge hesitated.
"It comes with three golden talent skills by default, 'Inspiring Morale' and 'Escape from Desperate Situations', both of which are very useful.
"Surviving a desperate situation can allow the character to reach his limit in a desperate situation, and it is not only a blessing to warriors, but also a blessing to literati.
“Not to mention boosting morale, it’s almost a panacea skill.
"This time, two blue and one gold talents have been refreshed, and they are all E and D level talents, which can be said to be quite powerful.
“It’s just that this Level E golden talent is somewhat useless.
"The formation of troops allows me to naturally master the basic formation strategies and reach the level of an average veteran.
"If you are a player who has no knowledge of battle formations, this will greatly improve you. But I also know how to march and fight, so I don't need this...
"If it is a talent that directly improves combat ability, you can consider it.
"Observing the subtleties seems to be of little use. So, Kang's speech can be used in conjunction with 'Inspiring Morale'. It should be the most useful talent, right?"
After some analysis, Chu Ge lightly clicked on the talent card of "Kang's Statement".
Zheng Tian is a scholar, so combat talents are of little use.
The formation of troops is indeed worthy of the golden talent. It can directly allow players who don't know anything about military affairs to reach the level of a veteran. But for players like Chu Ge and Zhao Haiping who already know how to fight, it doesn't mean much.
Unless this skill can continue to improve the ability to lead troops and directly elevate them to the level of General Han Fuyue and Deng Yuanjing, then it is worth acquiring.
Therefore, after comprehensive analysis, Kang's statement is more useful.
Because the most important reason why Zheng Tian was able to defeat Huang Xianzhi was not that he was good at fighting, but that he successfully convinced his generals and the military governors from various places to send troops to besiege Huang Xianzhi.
It is impossible to defeat these people under Fengxiang Jiedushi alone.
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After selecting a talent skill, the surrounding scene changes rapidly.
Chu Ge found out that he had assumed the role of Zheng Tian and returned to Fengxiang Jiedushi's mansion.
All the generals in the military government have been summoned.
Next, it's time to show off your real mouth dodge skills.
Chu Ge was still very confident. After all, he had the two talents of Kang's Speech and Encouragement, plus the righteousness of the scribe players.
How do you lose when three talents ride on the face?
Chu Ge was convinced that his eloquence might not be as good as the real Zheng Tian in history, but at this time, with the blessing of the three talents, he would definitely be able to surpass him.
"Gentlemen!
"The traitor Huang Xianzhi has invaded the capital, and our Liang Dynasty's more than 200-year-old foundation is at risk!
"This thief started out by selling illegal salt. Instead of farming and weaving, he lived a life of robbery, joined a vicious gang, and disturbed the countryside.
"Plundered my towns, overthrew my capital, insulted my clothes, and massacred my common people. They regarded human life as the same as grass and grass, saying that great treasures can be stolen as easily as chess pieces. Instead, they stole the palace, falsely claimed their names, and worshiped them with a rotten sheep's head.
Lord, continue the dog's tail to order the official. The curtain of the swallow's nest is to be praised, and the fish is still playing in the cauldron!
"Huang Xianzhi has gone against the grain, acted recklessly, and plundered wantonly. He has already lost the support of the people. We are all loyal people, and we are trying our best to help. It is time to raise a million strong troops to gather in the pass and wipe out the bandits. We are shameless and bloodthirsty!"
Chu Ge made a congratulatory speech and lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour.
This speech was naturally made from the perspective of the Liang Dynasty and Huang Xianzhi, and some of the details were excerpted by Chu Ge from Zheng Tian's "Essay on Pursuing Thieves" in history.
In addition to enumerating Huang Xianzhi's crimes, historical anti-thieves' articles also praised the merits of the Liang Dynasty, saying that Liang Xizong had "deep love and education, and great ambitions", and also said that the Liang Dynasty was "large-minded in politics and punished in vain."
"Chaan, Yiyi diligently walks in the royal way, and diligently serves the living beings, enough to pass on the treasures to infinity, and the Yao Tu to immortality" and so on.
But Chu Ge didn't say this, because in his opinion, Liang Chao himself was just as bad, maybe a little stronger than Huang Xianzhi, but his strength was limited.
Therefore, he couldn't do such a thing as pinching his nose and bragging about Liang Xizong.
Although the "doctrine of destiny" was very popular in ancient times, aside from this, Chu Ge still has a lot to say.
For example, what Huang Xianzhi did in the capital.
He allowed his men to burn, kill, and plunder the city, and they hunted down scholars who could write poems. They also killed all the Liang Dynasty clan members, civil and military officials who were still in Chang'an at this time, and killed them all.
All kinds of atrocities have actually offended almost all classes.
You must know that the capital is in the world, and most of the officials in many places have relatives and friends in the capital.
Their relatives and compatriots were slaughtered, so they naturally hated Huang Xianzhi deeply.
Even if there are no relatives or friends in the capital, scholars all over the world will definitely feel a sense of sadness when they see Huang Xianzhi treating the scholars in the capital like this.
Therefore, Chu Ge hopes to use this to arouse the spirit of common hatred among everyone.
With the blessing of the triple talent, Chu Ge's words were truly passionate and moved many generals.
However, when he finished his speech, what greeted him was not the shouts of death rising from the sky.
There was silence in Jiedushi's house.
After a long time, finally a general spoke.
"Mr. Zheng, I think that since the bandit army is so powerful, we should wait for all the Qin Wang troops to gather before making any plans."
"The last general agrees. To send troops at this time is probably the same as throwing an egg against a stone."
"Zheng Xianggong, I am afraid that the general trend of the world cannot be resisted by human power..."
"I heard that Huang Xianzhi has sent envoys to deliver letters to various military envoys. Mr. Zheng, we might as well see what Huang Xianzhi says and make plans before it's too late..."
With his extremely rational attitude, Chu Ge instantly realized that if he wanted to pass the level this time, it might not be as simple as just talking.
Did Huang Xianzhi's actions in Chang'an cause people to separate?
yes.
But so what?
We talk about destiny and people's hearts, but no matter how we talk about it, we can't avoid two words, that is strength.
At this time, both the generals under Zheng Tian and the military governors from various places could see clearly that Liang Dynasty... pills.
The reason why Gao Pian, the governor of Huainan Province, did not move his troops and allowed Huang Xianzhi to plunder was because he saw that the Liang Dynasty was over, so he had his own thoughts.
Jiedushi in various places basically controlled the local financial and military power. Since the Liang Dynasty court was unable to control them, once the Liang Dynasty fell, they would become a separate force.
Under such circumstances, why did they send troops to help the Liang Dynasty destroy Huang Xianzhi?
It is said that the world is populated by virtuous people, but obviously everyone also knows that the so-called "virtuous people" must ultimately be supported by strength.
Therefore, Zheng Tian, played by Chu Ge at this time, cannot command these generals.
This is not to say that these generals are greedy for life and afraid of death. The key is that these generals also believe that this move is meaningless.
These generals are waiting for the military governors from all over the country to send troops together, so that they can defeat Huang Xianzhi's 600,000-strong army.
However, the military governors in various places were also waiting for one military commander to be the first to send troops.
Everyone has their own agenda, and no one wants to be the one who stands out.
What's more, both the generals under Zheng Tian and the governors from other places had the idea of surrendering to Huang Xianzhi.
After all, those who know the current affairs are distinguished.
No matter how cruel Huang Xianzhi was, he was still cruel to the people and those who defied him. But after all, he did not massacre those who surrendered to him.
For each Jiedu envoy, it is the best choice to stand still at this time, ostensibly surrender to Huang Xianzhi, and wait and see what happens.
Chu Ge wanted to say something more, but suddenly he felt a rush of fire in his heart, his vision suddenly went dark, and he collapsed to the ground.
