Chapter 358 (2/2)

When Li Chengye defeated the Pinglu army and was ready to return to Beijing to recover his life, the anti thief army, after destroying and looting the Jianghuai River, had grown to 200000 people, and tens of thousands of core troops had excellent armour and considerable combat power, and officially became a force that could shake the world of Li Tang.

After Li Chengye led the army back to Beijing, he learned the name of the leader of the peasant uprising army from the urgent letter from the assassin of Huainan road.

Huang Chao - General chongtian!

The destruction of the Yangtze Huaihe River led to the cutting off of the grand canal again. This has a great impact on the dilapidated Luoyang and densely populated Chang'an.

The emperor restored Li Chengye's original Marquis of the county and urged him to attack immediately to eliminate the bandits.

Li Chengye originally wanted to attack immediately, but the Zuo Shence army, who had just finished the war, quit.

When they returned to Chang'an, they didn't even receive a penny of reward. They were injured in the war and had to pay for medical treatment. Moreover, if the military pay is cut, naturally I don't want to work hard with hundreds of thousands of rebels.

The imperial court urged, but the army refused to cooperate. Li Chengye had no choice but to return to the house and thank the guests behind closed doors.

He is also forcing the imperial court to pay the army enough. As the old boss of Zuo Shence army, he doesn't want his subordinates to die.

The ball fell to the emperor. If he was willing to stop the expansion of the palace and sell those valuable building materials, he could raise enough military pay, but the Emperor himself was unwilling.

At the urging of the Minister of civil and military affairs, the emperor was so angry that on impulse, he ordered Li Chengye to be arrested in the prison and scolded him for his incompetence and delay. Want to threaten with capital punishment and replace the general of the unification army.

But this caused great disaster on the same day. Zuo Shence army heard that Li Chengye was arrested. After the war, the soldiers were still angry and did not get a reward. Their dissatisfaction was even more serious. Coupled with the emperor's blundering, the officers and men in the army will be punished if they mistakenly take the main position, and their soldiers, large and small, will be severely punished.

In addition, everyone was extremely angry. As soon as the soldiers gathered together, they did not do anything. They immediately launched a mutiny, beat the right Shence army stationed in Chang'an and went straight to the Daming Palace, the imperial city.

The emperor and many civil and military ministers were scared out of control. Finally, Zhang Zhen kept a low profile and let Li Chengye out of prison.

Only then did Li Chengye persuade the whole army to withdraw for the time being. But Zuo Shence army was also afraid that the imperial court would retaliate against them.

So he refused to leave Chang'an City, but occupied many Li Fang, built fortifications and faced off with other forbidden troops.

Now the most capable troops in Chang'an are rebellious. Not only the emperor is afraid, but also the honourable and civil and military ministers living in the city.

So he even discussed that each family should give some money as a reward and military pay to these soldiers.

Finally, under the mediation of Li Chengye, Zuo Shence army began to leave Chang'an and agreed to go on an expedition.

But at this time, the left Shence army was no different from the warlords in the border town.

This time I sent them south to fight, no longer with the blessing of Wu yunchanglong as before, but like sending the God of plague.

Li Chengye is also the first time to go to war under such circumstances, and his heart is even darker about the future of Datang.

At this time, Li Chengye's position changed from Hebei road to Huainan road.

But this time, Li Chengye had no invincible confidence in the past, so he sent his second son Li Guangsi back to his hometown in advance and asked him to find his brother Li Dingguo.

After Li Chengye left, Zhang Zhen entered the imperial city again. Jealousy eroded his heart and gradually made him crazy. A plan for Li Chengye is gradually taking shape.