The tragedy in Chang'an City is not over yet.

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.

…

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...
To be continued...