All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 296 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
"Brother Chen~"

"Brother Huang~~"

Outside Caozhou Nanhua City (Heze), General Chongtian and General Titianxingdao met again.

After some pleasantries, the two sat down in a nearby pavilion.

No one paid attention to the delicious food and wine on the stone table as both sides were busy talking.

"Brother Chen." Huang Chao gradually lost the fear he had at the beginning of the uprising. He was much more confident in his words. "This time, you and I joined hands to defeat the armies of Zibo, Qingping and Lu. The whole world was shocked."

"Indeed." Chen Ran responded casually, "According to the court's practice, Song Wei will be dismissed soon."

Other vassal states are difficult to manage, but the ones directly under the imperial court are still effective.

This situation continued until Huang Chao attacked Chang'an City and the emperor fled to Chengdu.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty court had completely lost its control and influence outside Guanzhong.

All the military towns, prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court, as well as the vassal states, began to attack and annex each other.

Song Wei was the governor and even lost his own seat. How could he have the face to continue working?

"This person's ability is acceptable." Huang Chao confronted Song Wei for several months and actually suffered a great loss.

After all, the Pinglu Army has nearly 20,000 guards and guards, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

“I wonder who will take over after he leaves office?”

"It should be the deputy governor, An Shiru." Chen Ran thought for a moment and understood what Huang Chao meant. "The general wants to seize Ziqing Town?"

"That's exactly what I meant." Huang Chao said bluntly, "If Brother Chen is interested in occupying Zibo and Qingzhou, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"I have no intention of doing that."

Chen Ran immediately denied it and said, "If Brother Huang is interested, just go get it yourself."

In Huang Chao's view, since his hometown of Zibo and Qingzhou had been stolen by Chen Ran, there must be chaos and the morale of the army would be unstable.

Now is a good time to seize this place.

Since Chen Ran doesn't want it, of course I will accept it with a smile.

In Chen Ran's opinion, Huang Chao only looked at the surface and still followed the strategy of occupying land and seizing cities.

There is nothing wrong with occupying land and seizing cities, but the mistake is choosing the wrong place.

Given the environment in Ziqing Town, it is like facing powerful enemies on three sides, and it is impossible to defeat them.

Even if they occupied it, they would soon face siege from various warlords.

This is a good thing, as it can attract firepower to Chen Ran.

Seeing Chen Ran agree so easily, Huang Chao was overjoyed.

He immediately stated, "Ziqing Town was destroyed by you, Brother Chen, so I took advantage of it. How about this, Caozhou and Yunzhou will be handed over to Brother Chen for repair."

Now is the rising period of their careers, and their opponents are extremely powerful, so it is far from the point where they are trying to sabotage each other.

So Huang Chao was definitely sincere in giving the compensation.

Chen Ran was not polite and immediately said with a smile, "In that case, thank you very much."

After agreeing on the next course of action, the two men ate and drank for a while and then returned to their respective camps.

If it were the historical Huang Chao, he would have plundered and taken away many people before leaving Cao and Yun states.

But Chen Ran changed his character. Not only did he not plunder and coerce, but he also released a lot of grain to help the people. His good reputation soared.

Chen Ran stayed here to rest and was not idle.

After revisions by Ge Congzhou, Wang Jingwu, Liu Xun and others, he began to search for famous generals of the late Tang Dynasty.

After searching for a while, I actually found some.

'Meet the historical figure Pang Shigu, who was sincere and loyal, and extremely loyal to Zhu Wen. In the end, he set up a camp by mistake and failed to move it, resulting in a disastrous defeat and death in the army.'

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

Pang Shigu was a general under Zhu Wen. He was a model of loyalty and always obeyed Zhu Wen's orders.

When he led his troops to attack Yang Xingmi, he stationed in a low-lying area.

The generals under his command said that the terrain here was too low and dangerous, so it would be better to set up camp on higher ground.

Pang Shigu said, "You can let me set up camp on the high ground, but bring the order from the Jiedushi."

Afterwards, Yang Xingmi dug the dike to release the water. A general came to report that a flood was coming and asked to move the camp quickly to avoid it.

Pang Shigu, however, killed the man, saying that he had shaken the morale of the army.

The result was naturally self-evident. Not only did tens of thousands of troops collapse, but he himself died in the battle.

"This modification is simple." Chen Ran quickly changed 'extremely loyal to Zhu Wen' to 'extremely loyal to Chen Ran'.

Pang Shigu shuddered, then bowed to Chen Ran and said sincerely, "Pang Shigu, a native of Nanhua, Caozhou, is willing to serve the general at his utmost."

"Okay," Chen Ran responded casually as he looked at the reward subtitles floating in front of him. Unexpectedly, he was so shocked that he blurted out "What the hell?~~~"

'Note: Pang Shigu's modification has been completed and the rewards are now being issued.'

'Note: 10,000 boxes of White Elephant instant noodles were distributed.'

Chen Ran was confused. What was going on? Why did instant noodles appear?
Pang Shigu didn't understand and looked at Chen Ran with some fear, afraid that he would drive him away.

Chen Ran, who had calmed down, said, "You can join the guards."

"Thank you, General!" Chen Ran asked everyone in the tent to leave and took out a box of instant noodles.

I opened the carton and saw thirty full packs of instant noodles with only the brand name and no other information.

The system didn't fool him, it was indeed instant noodles.

Chen Ran immediately took out two packets and said, "You only dare to give me instant noodles? If you have the guts, bring me some tanks."

A few days later, another famous general whose name was recorded in history books was found.

"Wang Yanzhang, a native of Shouzhang, Yunzhou, pays homage to the general."

The voice sounds a bit like a duck's voice, that's because Wang Yanzhang is in the voice change period.

Looking at the boy in front of him who was about ten years old but had a naturally strong body, Chen Ran fell into deep thought, "Can a child do it?"

'Meet the historical figure Wang Yanzhang, who joined the army when he was young, was brave and good at fighting, and was good at using iron spears. He was known as "Wang Tieqiang". He was recognized by the world as the second most powerful general in the world after Li Cunxiao. He was fair and strong-willed, and angrily denounced the powerful and cruel to the people. He fought for the Liang Kingdom until the last moment.'

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

"This is probably a worried and scared sixth grader who is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 180 grams." Chen Ran smiled and changed 'angrily rebuked the powerful and the ruthless' to 'angrily killed the powerful and the ruthless', and changed 'fighting for the Zhu family until the last moment' to 'fighting for the Ming country until the last moment.'

In the future, when you encounter cruel and powerful people, you don’t need to curse them, just go up and chop them up.

As for the Ming Dynasty, I have become accustomed to it and am too lazy to change it.

"Young man." Chen Ran patted Wang Yanzhang on the shoulder. "How about following me and becoming a founding hero?"

Wang Yanzhang immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"

He had not yet killed any cruel and powerful people, nor had he become a founding hero, so naturally he did not receive any reward.

But it doesn't matter. Chen Ran values ​​this second-best general in the world even more and decides to keep him by his side and personally train him. "How about you join the personal guard and be my standard bearer?"

"I am willing to serve the general!"

Chen Ran's gaze turned to Wang Yanzhang's grandfather Wang Xiu and father Wang Qingzong.

After asking, I learned that the two had studied, but had never been an official in the court. This was inevitable. If they were not from aristocratic families, how could they become officials? Just because they studied hard for ten years? It was so funny~~~
"In that case, you two will serve as clerks in the army."

While Chen Ran was recuperating in Cao and Yun states, Huang Chao sent a large army to attack Zibo and Qing towns.

Huang Chao's reputation for benevolence and justice towards the people had already spread everywhere. Wherever his army passed, large numbers of people would come to join him every day.

The size of its team is growing like a snowball.

By the time his troops penetrated deep into Qingzhou, their number, including men, women, old and young, totaled more than 100,000.

At the same time, the Tang court finally responded to a series of defeats.

The first thing was to immediately remove Song Wei from his post as Jiedushi of Zibo and Qingzhou, and replace him with An Shiru.

There is only one requirement for An Shiru, which is to defend the territory of Ziqing Town.

The second was to issue imperial decrees to the surrounding military governors, requesting them to send troops to quell the civil unrest.

Wuning Town, Xuanwu Town, Zhongwu Town, Weizhou Town, Henghai Town, and even the farther Zhaoyi Town, Hedong Town, Youzhou Town etc. all received the imperial edict asking them to send troops.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty court still had some remaining prestige.

Except for Youzhou Town, which refused on the grounds that the distance was too far, all other towns sent troops to varying degrees.

However, most of the vassal states were just putting on an act and at best they were just waving flags and shouting slogans.

After all, ambitious people would be happy to see the Tang Dynasty collapse as soon as possible so that they can realize their ambitions.

If we were to say that the town truly and sincerely sent troops to fight, it was Weizhou Town.

The reason is obvious. The area around them is in chaos, and they want to take advantage of the chaos to seize benefits and occupy territory.

After Chen Ran applied for the post of Jiedushi of Weizhou Town on the street but was rejected, the guards of Weizhou Town recommended Han Junxiong, one of the ten generals, to be the Jiedushi.

The court later reissued an edict of approval and gave him the name Han Yunzhong.

At this time, Han Yunzhong was ill and was about to die.

His son Han Jian led the troops out of Weizhou and attacked the heartland of the Pinglu Army.

Upon hearing the news, Chen Ran immediately stopped his rest, gathered his troops and started to move out.

It is true that Wei Bo's soldiers are unruly, but they are also an excellent source of soldiers.

Chen Ran planned to select the elite prisoners after defeating them and form the Silver Spear Elite Division.

As for why people should surrender to him and work for him, that is naturally arranged.

In history, after Han Jian was defeated in the battle, people in Wei Bo Town immediately rebelled. This kind of thing was absolutely normal in Wei Bo Town.

Wherever there is rebellion, there is killing. If the Wei Bo army that went out to fight learned that their families had been killed and they had no way to retreat, it is not impossible for them to surrender to Chen Ran.

At that time, as long as all the generals and troublemakers in the army are killed, the rest of the things will be easy.

Of course, the prerequisite is that we must first defeat the Wei Bo army led by Han Jian.

Huang Chao entered Ziqing Town. Facing the Pinglu Army whose morale was low due to lack of supplies, he won battles again and again, capturing cities and territories, and was very happy.

Unexpectedly, Han Jian led the Wei Bo army to attack, but they were defeated repeatedly and lost a large amount of land.

The Wei Bo army seized a large tract of land, and when they divided their troops to garrison there, they not only dispersed their forces but also stretched their supply lines.

The Wei Bo army, which had been chasing Huang Chao's main force all the way, did not notice that Chen Ran, with more than 10,000 troops, had bypassed Juye Lake and appeared behind them.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

(End of this chapter)