"Uncle Zuo, please continue to talk, I'll listen!" Wang Yi saw Wang Zuo stop and urged. Hearing this, Wang Yi had basically guessed his life experience and probably guessed Wang Zuo's identity, but he didn't ask anything, just listened to Wang Zuo's story quietly.

Wang Zuo glanced at Wang Yi and continued to tell: "After Du Fuwei arrived in Chang'an, he was appointed as the crown prince Taibao and the prefect of the Taishu Ling. He was highly powerful and was above the King of Qi Li Yuanji. It can be said that the best result is that all those who entered the capital will be rewarded..."

"Before Du Fuwei left, he was worried that Fu Gongyu would cause chaos. Sure enough, in the second year after his departure, that is, the sixth year of Wude, something happened in the Jianghuai army..." Wang Zuo said that there was a very painful expression on his face, but he gritted his teeth and continued: "Fu Gongyu pretended to be Du Fuwei's letter, and he was responsible for the general Wang's military and respectfulness, and had two hearts, so that he would hand over military affairs to Fu Gongyu. After receiving the letter, the general was very sad. Despite the opposition of many generals, he entrusted his illness at home and stopped interfering in military affairs. He handed over military affairs to Fu Gongyu, hoping to prove his loyalty to Du Fuwei with this action. The general's behavior was just right at Fu Gongyou's heart, so he took over the Jianghuai army and forged Du Fuwei's secret order, saying that he was abused in Chang'an and asked Fu Gongyu and Wang Xiongdan to raise an army to attack Li Tang..."

Hearing this, Wang Yi finally couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Zuo, Fu Gongyou forged Du Fuwei's letter. Can't he recognize General Wang? As Du Fuwei's adopted son, I believe the general must be very familiar with Du Fuwei's handwriting!"

Wang Zuo didn't seem to have expected Wang Yi to be confused. After a moment of stunned , he said, "Fu Gongyou and Du Fuwei are sworn brothers, and are very familiar with Du Fuwei's handwriting. It is not difficult to copy. Later, I heard that this was the idea of ​​his subordinate Zuo Youxian..."

"But General Wang should also know that if Du Fuwei had a letter from Chang'an, he should not have written it to Fu Gongyou, but should have been handed over to him directly. At that time, General Wang was in charge of the Jianghuai area. What could he bypass him?" Wang Yi was still confused!

"That's true," Wang Zuo said with helplessness and grief: "At that time, we... many generals under General Wang's men were suspicious, especially one of the deputy generals called Chen Zhuo, who said so. Unfortunately, General Wang cared too much about Du Fuwei's attitude towards him. He would rather believe that he had it than be suspicious of Du Fuwei. He handed over all the military affairs to the shameless traitor Fu Gongyu, as the letter means..."

"So that's it! Uncle Zuo, keep talking..." Wang Yi sighed after hearing Wang Zuo say this. He couldn't understand why Wang Xiongdan, who was very strategic in Wang Zuo, was so naive in such a thing, and could not find the flaws!

"Fu Gongyou succeeded his plan and immediately raised an army to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. He also knew that General Wang's prestige in the Jianghuai Army was unwilling to follow him, and most generals in the Jianghuai Army were unwilling to follow him, Fu Gongyou to cause rebellion, so he personally led people to coerce General Wang to rebel, but was rejected by the General: 'The world is Fang Jing, the king is in the capital, so he should guard the brigades carefully, but how can he do the tribe and barbarians? Although Xiongdan died, his friendship will not follow him!" Fu Gongyou was angry with his reprimand, and he was afraid that after the General returned to the army, all the generals would obey the general and would not want to listen to him. Soon, the general was hanged and his wife was killed. There were also many subordinates of the General who did not want to obey Fu Gongyou and many subordinates were killed. The Jianghuai Army was purged, and the main generals were replaced with Fu Gongyou's confidants..."

When he said this, Wang Zuo stopped again. Wang Yi looked over and saw that Wang Zuo's face was already full of tears!

"Uncle Zuo, is that General Wang my father?" Wang Yi asked in a trembling voice, tears also rolling down his eyes.

Wang Zuo stared at Wang Yi in a daze. Ren did not wipe away his tears, nodded or shook his head, and continued in a sad voice: "General Wang has a general named Chen Zuo. He fled to Shandong for his family in a crime in the early years and was rescued by the general. Because he praised Chen Zuo's talent and treated him like a brother, Chen Zuo's family was able to live in peace with the support of the general. Chen Zuo himself joined the army and was led as his right-hand man by the general. This time he advised the general not to hand over the military affairs to the traitor of Fu Gongyu, but..." Wang Zuo sighed and tears rolled down again.

"Uncle Zuo, you..."

Wang Zuo wiped his eyes, waved his hand and told Wang Yi not to ask questions first, and continued: "Fortunately, Chen Zuo was very sensible. When he was helpless in persuading the general, he quietly led more than 10,000 troops he led to set up a camp in another camp... The wife was also afraid that Fu Gongyou would cause chaos and affect the general and his family, so she secretly entrusted the second son of the general and the third girl who was only six months old to the old... Chen Zuo... She didn't want to leave the general and stayed with the general, but was killed by Fu Gongyou's traitor..."

"After Fu Gongyou killed the general and his wife and was preparing to eliminate his subordinates loyal to the general, Chen Zuo led his more than 10,000 people to protect the second son and the third girl in his cradle, and fortunately the general's prestige in the Jianghuai army. The generals knew that the general's most powerful deputy general escorted the second son and the third girl of the general out, and there were not many people to stop him. Many people just bluffed. In the end, less than 30,000 people came to chase him under the treacherous man Fu Gongyou..." Speaking of this, Wang Zuo burst into tears and could not continue to say anything. Wang Yi was also crying. He did not expect such a tragic scene.

Wang Zuo pulled out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped his eyes, raised his head, stared at Wang Yi who was crying with red eyes for a while, and then tried his best to say: "The men and horses led by Chen Zuo are all warriors of war, the most elite troops in the Jianghuai army, and have always been the decisive force for the general to win in battle. The generals belonged to him are all brave and good warriors selected by the general himself. Although the 30,000 troops led by Fu Gongyou were also elite troops, they did not get any advantage... The generals worked together to fight a bloody road and fled to the south of Jiangnan. Fu Gongyou was worried that there would be another chaos in the Jianghuai army and did not dare to chase and kill them. The more than 10,000 people led by Chen Zuo fled to Hangzhou after nearly half of the loss..."

Wang Yi also wiped away the tears in his eyes and continued to listen to Wang Zuo’s story!

"When fighting against Li Zitong's troops, the general led his army to chase Hangzhou and personally led his army to capture Hangzhou. After winning, he also sent his generals to guard Hangzhou. At that time, the general of Hangzhou's town was Wu Jin's confidant. Chen Zuo's troops were able to settle down in Hangzhou with Wu Jin's support..."

"After rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, Fu Gongyu claimed to be the emperor, the country was named Song, and he used Zuo Youxian as the Minister of War. At this time, Li Xiaogong and the Tang army led by Li Jing had already headed to the Jianghuai area to suppress the rebellion. Fu Gongyu no longer had the ability to take care of the escaped people... Li Xiaogong and Li Jing were all powerful generals who were good at fighting, and he also had generals who were good at fighting, such as Li Shiji and Kan Ling. Kan Ling was General Kan who followed Du Fuwei into Chang'an. How did the Jianghuai army lose General Wang be the opponent of the Tang army?

...Not to mention that there are also troops led by General Kan in the Tang army. General Kan has always been responsible for the military discipline in the Jianghuai Army. He is selfless and treats everyone equally. He has a high prestige... General Kan leads the army to charge, and the Jianghuai Army surrenders when he hears the news. Fu Gongyu suffered a lot of defeat. Finally, he was captured by the Tang army in Wukang in the seventh year of Wude and was killed immediately. Soon the Jianghuai land was occupied by the Tang army... Wu Jin, the general guarding Hangzhou, did not know where to go after sending his subordinates to surrender to the Tang army..."

"Uncle Zuo, after this..." Wang Yi saw Wang Zuo stop and couldn't help asking.

Wang Zuo waved his hand and told Wang Yi not to ask for questions first. He would continue to say. Wang Zuo said again: "After Fu Gongyou was captured, he revealed to Tang army commander Li Xiaogong that Du Fuwei was the mastermind of the rebellion, and took out a forged letter. At this time, Du Fuwei had died suddenly in Chang'an for some reason. After receiving Li Xiaogong's report, Li Yuan was furious and ordered Du Fuwei to seize Du Fuwei's official position and confiscate his property... Those who followed Du Fuwei to Beijing were also implicated. General Kan, who made great contributions in the rebellion to quell Fu Gongyou, had a dispute with Li Xiaogong because his property in Jianghuai was copied by Li Xiaogong. As a result, Li Xiaogong reported his rebellion and was executed by Li Yuan. Many others were also executed!"

Wang Yi was shocked when he heard this and couldn't help but ask again: "Uncle Zuo, then my elder brother... the eldest son of General Wang, was he also killed?"

Wang Zuo shook his head, "According to the news from Chang'an, the eldest son of the General was not executed, but was thrown into prison and there was no news!"

After hearing Wang Zuo say this, Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It was better not to be executed. He vaguely remembered that after Li Shimin became emperor, he rehabilitated several generals in the Jianghuai Army, including Wang Xiongdan!

Seeing Wang Yi's anxious look when he was just asking him, Wang Zuo was a little relieved. He stared at Wang Yi and looked straight for a while, and then showed a sad look. "It's a pity that the second son of the General was injured while running away, injured his head and lost his mind..."

"Uncle Zuo, why...why did he... get hurt?" This is what Wang Yi really wants to know!

"The second young master was only ten years old at that time, but he practiced martial arts with the general since he was a child. He was very skilled in martial arts. After hearing that the general was hanged by the traitor, he wanted to rush back to avenge his father. Old man... Chen Zuo had to stop his son Chen Fu, but he didn't expect that the war horse he rode was injured by a wandering arrow and threw the second young master off his horse. At that time, the place where he was traveling was a river valley. The second young master fell on the ground and fell into a coma at that time. Old man ordered his son Chen Fu to lead people to protect the second young master to rush out first... Fortunately, most of the people arrived safely in Hangzhou, but the second young master couldn't speak after he recovered from his injury, and he became stupid. Alas..."

When he said this, Wang Zuo squeezed out a little bitter smile, and finally stopped crying, and his voice calmed down a little.

After sighing, Wang Zuo continued: "The remnants of the Jianghuai Army who fled to Hangzhou were almost 6,000. They took advantage of the turmoil in Jiangnan and the bandits were constantly scattered. When the Tang army did not fully control the situation in Jiangnan, they dispersed the parts and stationed in Qiantang, Yuhang, and Fuyang, and all changed to the Wang surname to commemorate General Wang, and prepared to raise the second son of the General to plan for funeral..."
Chapter completed!