All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 290: General Chongtian shocked the world, General Taitian kept silent about wealth

Caozhou, Jiyin City.

Huang Chao was worried and cursed Chen Ran while drinking.

"We agreed to start a rebellion, but it's been several months and there's still no news! He looks so righteous, but he's actually a liar!"

He was filled with resentment. They had agreed to start the rebellion together, but after he started the rebellion, Chen Ran disappeared.

Now the imperial army has surrounded Jiyin City. It is the famous Shence Army. Huang Chao is very nervous.

"General~~~"

Huang Chao, who was drinking alone, saw his nephew Lin Yan stumbling in and was immediately furious. "Why are you in such a hurry? Is the Shen Ce Army attacking the city?"

Although the Shence Army had already been rotten inside, outsiders did not know about it.

The Shen Ce Army they knew was still the invincible and brave Shen Ce Army as rumored.

In fact, before the real big war broke out, not many people knew that the Shence Army was useless.

"General!" Lin Yan panted and shouted, "Shen Ce Army, retreat!"

"Uh" Huang Chao, holding the wine glass, suddenly turned into an emoticon.

"How can it be?!"

"It's true!" Lin Yan pointed to the door. "They really retreated!"

Huang Chao threw away the wine glass, rushed out quickly, and ran all the way to the top of the city wall.

Looking outside, it was indeed a retreat. No, it should be a large-scale rout!
There was no organization or rules at all. Tens of thousands of soldiers were running around everywhere, and the sounds of people shouting and horses neighing were endless.

"Great General!" All the Huang family members came over and shouted, "The Shen Ce Army has been defeated."

"This..." Huang Chao felt that he was still drunk and shook his head vigorously. "Is this a trick to lure the enemy?"

"General," Huang Cun responded immediately, "Even if Lord Li Wei was resurrected, he would not be able to stop this kind of rout."

"Good!" Although he didn't know why the Shen Ce Army collapsed, Huang Chao immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Open the city gates, go out of the city and chase them!"

When fighting a war, the most comfortable thing is to fight a favorable battle of chasing and killing the defeated soldiers.

The morale of the rebels soared and they marched out of the city with unstoppable force, killing and capturing tens of thousands of people.

They chased all the way to the bank of Juye Lake (Liangshan Lake), where they encountered Chen Ran's troops.

Huang Chao, who had learned from the interrogated prisoners that the total collapse of the Shen Ce Army was caused by Chen Ran's surprise attack on Juancheng, seizing the food and grass of the Shen Ce Army's logistics troops and sending troops to cut off their retreat, changed his previous verbal abuse and anger and took the initiative to visit Chen Ran's camp.

'Meet the historical figure Huang Chao, who was good at riding and shooting, and had a talent for poetry. He was an outstanding military strategist, but also ruthless. He brutally attacked the noble families, ending the family rule that had been passed down for hundreds of years. However, he was too cruel to the people, which eventually led to his downfall.'

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

This was the first time that Chen Ran triggered subtitles after arriving in the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Without time to think about the revision, Chen Ran immediately stepped forward and greeted Huang Chao, "General!"

"Captain Chen~~~"

After some greetings, Chen Ran turned sideways and motioned Huang Chao to enter the tent for the banquet.

Both sides sat down, exchanged some polite words, drank a few glasses of wine, and flattered each other before getting down to business.

"Captain Chen has helped a lot this time." Huang Chao was in a good mood and spoke very politely. "I will never forget this kindness!"

"General, you are too kind." Chen Ran laughed and looked at each other. "We are all people who cannot bear the persecution of the court and have no choice but to start a rebellion. We should take care of each other and help each other to deal with the court together."

"Well said!" Huang Chao slapped his thigh and picked up the wine glass. "When the water floats up, it will be white~~~"

Another round of banquet, Huang Chao spoke again, "Since Chief Chen has started a rebellion, he should be given a cool title."

In an era with many illiterate people, a cool title can indeed play an important role.

Just like Huang Chao, who called himself the Great General Chongtian.

"That's right, General." Chen Ran nodded. "I have the same idea. I am willing to raise the banner of 'doing justice for the heavens'."

"General who acts on behalf of heaven?"

Huang Chao frowned slightly. He claimed to be the one who could soar to the sky, but Chen Zihou wanted to enforce justice on behalf of heaven.
But he soon felt relieved. Everyone was equal, so it didn't matter.

The next topic is the key point.

"We have captured a lot in this battle." Huang Chao said seriously, "It is all thanks to the help of the general. I am willing to give all the prisoners and military supplies to the general~~~"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people around who did not understand the meaning of the words changed color.

Although he failed to pass the imperial examination, Huang Chao was actually a cultured person.

The meaning of this statement is, ostensibly, to thank Chen Ran for the gift, but actually it is a test.

As expected, Chen Ran understood.

He shook his head and responded, "We are all fighting together, so we should share the profits among ourselves. How can we take it all by ourselves?"

Huang Chao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said generously, "Then I will follow the general's orders."

Chen Ran pondered for a moment, then said, "How about this, we will split the military supplies, equipment, armor and horses equally. As for the captives."

Hearing this, Huang Chao and others looked at him a little nervously.

When a large army starts an uprising, people are the most important thing. The more people there are, the greater the power.

The number of prisoners captured this time was at least 20,000, all of whom were regular troops of the imperial court. This was a lot of capital.

"How about I just take prisoners from Puzhou?"

Huang Chao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately raised his glass, "The general is so righteous!" Although there were many captives, Chen Ran only liked a few of them.

The Shen Ce Army, which is mainly composed of vagrants from Chang'an City, is absolutely not acceptable.

The troops gathered from nearby counties and cities were the ones left after selection, and Chen Ran actually didn't want any of them.

The real strong soldiers are not here.

After the discussion, Huang Chao had captured nearly 20,000 prisoners, and his power would surely be greatly boosted after digesting them.

Chen Ran only took more than 2,000 Puzhou prisoners and soon returned to Puzhou escorting a large amount of captured spoils.

Before parting, the two agreed to split into north and south, with Huang Chao attacking the south and Chen Ran attacking the north, supporting and caring for each other and working together to fight against the imperial court.

After returning to Juancheng, Chen Ran counted the men, horses and supplies and reorganized them.

About 3,000 strong men were carefully selected and formed the Silver Knife City under the old name.

Chen Ran appointed himself as the commander-in-chief and set up two wings.

He personally led the left wing and appointed Wang Wende as the commander of the right wing.

There are five battalions in each wing, five teams in each battalion, and fifty people in each team.

Ten people form a group, with their backs to the flag.

There were 2,500 soldiers on both sides, and another 500 soldiers were from the cavalry directly under Chen Ran.

Previously, there was a shortage of horses, so the so-called cavalry mostly marched on foot.

After Qi Kerang's Shence Army was defeated and a large number of war horses were abandoned, Chen Ran finally formed a cavalry team.

The number of auxiliary troops assisting this army was nearly 8,000.

There are several departments including the military craftsman camp, fireman camp, baggage camp, auxiliary soldiers camp, medical team, livestock team, and veterans camp.

In other words, the number of soldiers and horses directly under Chen Ran's control at this time was more than 10,000.

Compared with the previous Huang Chao in Caozhou next door, the scale was much larger.

After he started the rebellion, he had occupied the entire Caozhou. The people who had no food to eat and Pang Xun's former subordinates all came to surrender.

By the time they had taken more than 20,000 prisoners, their number had reached 60,000 to 70,000, and they were now busy attacking Yunzhou.

Chen Ran modified his character, changing "too cruel to the people" to "kind".

Because of this, Huang Chao distributed food to the people after entering Yunzhou, and enforced strict military discipline to prohibit disturbing the people, which won the hearts of the people and attracted countless people to join him.

By the time Chen Ran had made preparations, countless carts full of supplies were heading northwest with the troops to Yanggu County, Jeju. At that time, Huang Chao had gathered nearly 100,000 people, claiming to have an army of 200,000, with an astonishingly powerful force.

The imperial court was shocked when it received the news. It first issued an order to strip Qi Kerang of all his honors after escaping the war, and made him take the blame for the defeat.

Then he appointed Song Wei, the governor of Pinglu, as the commander of the various military camps to recruit troops to fight against bandits and command the troops from all over the Central Plains to attack Huang Chao.

As for Chen Ran, because he had too few people and was low-key, people in the court regarded him as Huang Chao's subordinate.

After receiving the imperial edict, Song Wei immediately mobilized the Pinglu Army to march to Yunzhou.

At this time, Pinglu Town was no longer the Pinglu Town in Yingzhou, Liaodong, but Ziqing Town.

The previously huge Ziboqingpinglu town was broken up, leaving only the five states of Zibo, Qing, Qi, Deng and Lai to form the Ziboqing Town, known as the Pinglu Army.

Song Wei also believed that Chen Ran was a detachment under Huang Chao, so he only sent a force of troops to deal with him, while he led the main force to attack Huang Chao, who was said to have an army of 200,000.

Chen Ran’s team is not large, with only over 10,000 people.

The number of carts that could be carried was in the thousands.

The carts were filled with food, military supplies, and various daily necessities.

"General." On the march, Wang Wenyu asked with some melancholy, "Why don't you stay in Puzhou?"

People in the Middle-earth have a strong sense of homesickness, and when the troops left Puzhou, many people were emotional.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Ran strictly controls the number of teams and selects them carefully.

Everyone who came to join him would be asked whether they could accept mobile warfare away from their hometown.

Those who are unwilling will simply not be accepted.

Not many people with families were willing to go with them, and their families were all settled in the old camp.

"I've said it before." Chen Ran, who was riding his horse, responded without turning his head, "If you don't want to leave, you can stay."

The reason for not keeping Puzhou and choosing mobile warfare was that this was the era of separatist regimes in the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Tang Dynasty's imperial court was very corrupt, its army was extremely powerful.

At this time, the imperial court still had some prestige, and when it issued an order to mobilize troops from the vassal states to fight, the people were willing to come.

Chen Ran knew very well how terrifying the fighting power of these vassal troops was.

Staying in Puzhou would mean a dead end. The only way out was to fight out in a mobile manner and expand our strength.

"Do you think it's so easy to start a trouble?"

Chen Ran said solemnly, "There are more than a million soldiers from all over the country, which is more than the population of Puzhou. If we stay where we are, how long can we resist the waves of soldiers coming at us?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. If the army comes and fights, what will happen to the local people? No one will bury them if they die. If they stay, they will only bring trouble to the villagers."

At this point, his tone gradually softened, "One day, I will come back."

(End of this chapter)