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- Chapter 70 History of Ding'an (please vote)
The next day, the Anxi Army did not launch an attack early in the morning as usual. This made Zeng Pei in the city very strange. However, he did not feel relaxed in his heart. Zeng Pei was very alert. As the saying goes, anything abnormal is a monster. , the Anxi Army has launched attacks on time every day for four days, and there must be something wrong now. Zeng Pei told the garrison on the city to pay close attention to the movements of the Anxi Army, and then prepared to go down to the military camp.
Just as Zeng Pei was about to leave the city wall, suddenly three trumpet blasts were heard from the Anxi Army. Zeng Pei quickly turned around and returned to the city. Suddenly, the three doors in front of the Anxi Army camp opened wide, and groups of soldiers walked out in neat steps. At the military camp, Zeng Pei looked at the other military camps. Every military camp had its doors open, and almost all the Anxi troops came out of their camps to form formations.
Neat phalanxes were lined up under Luoyang City. The front row was a phalanx of spearmen, followed by sword and shield soldiers. The front of the Mo Dao soldiers was extremely wide, and the Mo Dao soldiers holding crossbows stood quietly, and then there was a row of There were probably tens of thousands of cavalry in the platoon, and hundreds of thousands of troops stood around the Luoyang city wall. There was almost no noise. The soldiers stood upright in silence, with murderous intent rising into the sky.
Zeng Pei knew that the Anxi army was about to launch the final siege, so he quickly asked someone to send a message to the palace, and then ordered all the soldiers to prepare to go up to the city to defend the city. The reserve team all approached the south gate where the Anxi army had the largest concentration. The army also began to mobilize nervously.
Zeng Pei observed that almost all the generals' flags of the Anxi army appeared, including Li Hu's black tiger and Li flags, Li Guiren's green wolf and Li flags, and the Wu brothers' crossed sword and Wu flags. , even He Donghai¡¯s unicorn shark flag appeared, and all the military flags were concentrated at the south gate, seeming to be waiting for something.
Zeng Pei knew that he must be waiting for the arrival of Sikong and Li Zuoguo of the Anxi Army. Sure enough, there were three trumpet blasts soon after, and thousands of cavalry galloped out of the main camp. The horses were really like dragons and the men were like tigers, and the black armor was like a dark cloud. The whole earth was swallowed up, and a huge flag with Li characters was held high by a powerful knight. Behind the flag, a majestic war horse came galloping with Li Zuoguo on its back.
Li Zuoguo¡¯s military flag is very special. It is a black flag with no pattern decoration on it. It is just a big "Li" with a tense character.
Li Zuoguo's flag was settled at the front of all the military flags. Li Zuoguo rode to the front alone, pulled out a huge horizontal sword and pointed it diagonally towards the sky. All the Anxi troops cheered like a mountain roar and a tsunami: "Ten thousand people Victory! Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories!" the soldiers repeated over and over again, and the phalanxes in the distance joined in the cheers one by one, and the entire city of Luoyang was enveloped in the cheers.
Li Zuoguo pointed his sword forward, the cheers disappeared, the war drums sounded, the entire Anxi Army still did not move, the trebuchet began to fire, and then the crossbow arrows flew into the sky like black clouds and rushed towards the Luoyang City Wall. Under the three walls, each of the Anxi Army had ten soldiers. The phalanx began to move and the siege began.
Zeng Pei risked being hit by crossbows and boulders to watch from the city. The Anxi Army's attack was very strange. Only ten thousand people attacked each wall. The rest of the Anxi Army did not move, and the siege troops were very small. It was concentrated, only concentrated on the opposite side of the city gate. Zeng Pei was puzzled.
But since I couldn¡¯t figure it out, I didn¡¯t think about it in detail. Zeng Pei shouted: ¡°Let Yan Shen¡¯s army prepare to attack the city. Prepare kerosene on the city to beat rocks. Be careful to avoid flying rocks and crossbow arrows. Anyone who retreats will be killed.¡±
In fact, these 10,000 troops are not for attacking the city, but for each thousand soldiers of the Anxi Army to protect a hundred soldiers carrying a huge package. These soldiers are one of the four troops founded by Li Zuoguo, the soldiers of Huoziying, carrying What was attached was the newly developed Hongtian Lei made of highly efficient gunpowder. It was actually a gun bag wrapped in cowhide.
The soldiers of the Yan Army on the city were beaten down by the superior long-range suppression of the Anxi Army. However, the Yan Army was also used to such suppression by the Anxi Army. Anyway, they just waited for the Anxi Army to board the city and then went up to fight hand to hand. The Anxi Army below the city slowly approached. , the moat outside Luoyang City has been filled with more than a dozen channels, which can lead directly to the city. The original stone bridge at the city gate has been demolished by Zeng Pei, but the difference between whether there is a bridge or not is not big.
The Anxi Army stopped as soon as they reached the moat. The stone carts and crossbow arrows continued to pour down. A total of 3,000 Huozi battalion soldiers from the three gates quickly came out of the formation under the cover of the same number of shield soldiers and rushed towards the city gate. He ran to the city gate and stacked the Hongtianlei on his back one by one, piling them into three high piles.
Dozens of officers pulled out long fuses and drew out the fuses on each pile of thunderbolts. The fuses were as thin as a finger, and a bundle was about a hundred meters long. Dozens of fuses were used to ensure that all the fuses were The thunderbolts can be detonated at the same time to exert maximum destructive power.
Afraid of accidentally injuring the soldiers of the Huozi camp, the stone carts had stopped shooting. At this time, Zeng Pei on the south gate tower realized something was wrong, and immediately ordered the archers to risk the crossbows of the Anxi Army and start firing arrows at the bottom of the city. The Huozi camp below the cityThe soldiers began to suffer casualties. The dead soldiers Anxi Army directly tore off a metal sign from their waists and left, while the injured soldiers were carried or pulled away as quickly as possible with the help of their comrades.
The medicine fuse was lit, and the soldiers of the Huozi Camp evacuated quickly. The soldiers of the Anxi Army who were covering the city also began to retreat. The medicine fuse that emitted red light was like dozens of red fire snakes, rushing towards the Luoyang City Gate. Under the fire Under the frantic shouts of the Ziying soldiers, the Anxi army under the city retreated quickly. It only took three hundred breaths, or almost ten minutes, to retreat a mile away. This meant that the bows and arrows on the city had long been out of reach of the Anxi army.
Li Zuoguo saw that all the soldiers had basically withdrawn, and he was full of expectations for this thunderous thunder. Each soldier carried ten kilograms of gunpowder. A hundred soldiers would be enough for a meal. Such power should be able to kill tall people. The gate of Luoyang City is closed, and it is estimated that a gap can be blown out, so that the defense of the city wall will disappear, and the Anxi Army can attack the city.
Li Zuoguo was far away from the city wall, so he couldn't see the situation of the medicine. He just felt that the few minutes of waiting were so long.
The Anxi Army's crossbows also stopped firing. Zeng Pei slowly poked his head out from the city wall. The medicine fuses under the city had been burned into the door opening, and the fire was no longer visible. Zeng Pei was very surprised. The city gate's defense was relatively strong. Yes, Zeng Pei also blocked the city gate with huge rocks. The Anxi army advanced and retreated without attacking the city wall at all. What is the reason?
Zeng Pei shrank his head, turned around and wanted to say something to his messenger. The next moment, it was like thunder exploding in his ears, white light bursting out, black smoke rising into the sky, and a continuous loud noise that not only shook the Yan army on the wall and twisted their noses. With his mouth tilted, even the Anxi Army arrayed in the distance was stunned. The soldiers standing in the front row only felt a wave of heat hitting their faces, and then they couldn't hear anything in their ears. The Anxi Army's well-trained war horses Many were frightened and jumped wildly in the queue.
Many soldiers in the front row immediately fell to the ground, with blood coming out of their ears. Although Li Zuoguo was far away, the loud noise also frightened Heiyun who was sitting down. Standing alone, Li Zuoguo quickly clamped the horse's belly and used He stroked Heiyun's horse's neck with his hand and comforted Heiyun.
Li Zuoguo cursed Zhang Xiaodong in his heart for being unreliable. He didn't expect that the power of the thunder was so powerful. A ton of gunpowder could kill people with just the loud noise. The distance was too close. Li Zuoguo and all Anxi were stunned. The military officers looked toward Luoyang City. The black smoke from the explosion had dispersed, and the south gate of Luoyang City after the explosion appeared in front of them.
The entire three southern gates of Luoyang City are gone, and even the majestic towers above them have also disappeared. The 50-meter city walls on the left and right sides of the city gate have also collapsed, just like a city wall made of sand that was stepped on by a naughty child. , revealing a huge gap with a frontal width of about 150 meters, and there were almost no survivors of the Yan army on the walls on both sides. Many people had no wounds on their bodies, but they were bleeding to death on the ground from seven holes. They were simply shocked to death by the loud noise. of.
As for Zeng Pei on the city tower, he and his soldiers had been blown to pieces. The rubble that flew up into the air turned into a rain of rubble and fell down, mixed with broken flesh and limbs. Some were lighter. The broken objects and corpses actually flew to the side of the Anxi Army. All the Yan soldiers who survived had stood still. All their wills had been destroyed by this earth-shattering explosion. Many of them were hit by these things falling from the sky. Without saying a word, Yan Jun was hit in the vital part by a fist-sized stone and fell to the ground dead. He no longer had the concept of life or death.
After standing silently for a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers of the Anxi Army discovered that a big hole had been opened in Luoyang City and the city wall was broken. The Anxi Army was much more frightened than the Yan Army. At this time, their morale suddenly rose, and countless The soldiers raised their weapons and cheered.
The other two Luoyang city gates were in similar miserable condition as the south gate. Three tons of gunpowder directly tore large holes in the three gates and the city wall. Li Zuoguo ordered: "attack with the whole army and occupy Luoyang."
The Anxi Army rushed toward Luoyang City. The black soldiers were overwhelming and powerful. There was no reaction at all on Luoyang City. Li Zuoguo slowly sheathed his sword and smiled. Luoyang City was captured.
The Anxi Army's attack on Luoyang was unexpectedly smooth. Perhaps these three earth-shattering explosions directly destroyed the Yan Army's resistance. The Yan Army almost knelt down and surrendered when they saw the Anxi Army soldiers. There were also some The Yan army, who was frightened out of their souls by the explosion, stood there like a goose until he was kicked down by an Anxi army soldier.
After the war, the Anxi Army discovered that there were more than a thousand Yan troops and was shocked into idiots. The people in Luoyang City did not expect that the city wall would fall so quickly. The Anxi Army rushed quickly along the streets and alleys of Luoyang, concentrating on the Yan Army soldiers near the city wall. Accounting for more than 80% of the Luoyang defenders, they surrendered to death under the attack of the Anxi Army. The Anxi Army quickly controlled most of Luoyang City.
At this time, the Emperor of Luoyang received the news that the city wall had been lost.The palace was already in chaos, with officials and maidens running around in the palace. An Qingxu was leading more than a hundred loyal guards to the side entrance of the palace in a hurry. War horses were ready at the entrance, because most of the troops were folded in After reaching the city wall, the plan to hold on to the inner city failed, and An Qingxu had no choice but to escape.
When he arrived at the door, An Qingxu got on his horse, and the guards behind him also got on their horses. An Qingxu was wearing the same armor as the guards, his face was ashen, annoyance and unwillingness filled An Qingxu's heart, and fear was like a big hand. Holding An Qingxu tightly, he didn't even notice that there was no one in the small school field outside the door.
After mounting his horse, An Qingxu was about to give the order to set off. Suddenly, the side door was quickly closed, locking An Qingxu and his party out of the palace gate. Countless soldiers came out of the street in the distance. I am afraid there were thousands of them. An Qingxu's pitiful cavalry of more than a hundred people quickly approached the door.
An Qingxu¡¯s eyes widened in horror. How could Anxi¡¯s army be so fast? An Qingxu took a closer look and saw that these soldiers were wearing the uniforms of the Yan army. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He also saw that it was Yan Zhuang, the prime minister of the Yan state, who was walking in front. An Qingxu's heart dropped.
"Prime Minister, you have actually organized so many soldiers to protect me and break out of the south gate." An Qingxu shouted in surprise.
Yan Zhuang stood still at a distance, and the soldiers behind him also stopped, but did not say a word. The weapons in the soldiers' hands were pointed at An Qingxu and his party intentionally or unintentionally. A guard beside An Qingxu whispered in An Qingxu's ear. Said: "Your Majesty, the situation is not right, they don't seem to be here to protect the Emperor."
An Qingxu was horrified and shouted to Yan Zhuang: "Prime Minister, why don't you protect me from breaking out?"
Yan Zhuang laughed loudly: "Repay me, An Qingxu, today Yan Zhuang is determined to surrender to Li Sikong. You are my gift to Li Sikong, don't even think about escaping."
An Qingxu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave: "Prime Minister, you"
Yan Zhuang¡¯s face turned solemn: ¡°However, the two generations of your An family have been kind to me, Yan Zhuang, so I¡¯ll be kind enough to leave your body intact.¡±
After saying that, Yan Zhuang waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot!"
The soldiers behind him immediately raised their bows and arrows, and fired a dense rain of arrows at the more than a hundred cavalry at the door. Yan Zhuang organized more than 20 Yan Chen's private soldiers of more than 2,000 people, just to use An Qingxu as his commander. An Qingxu's qualifications for promotion in front of Li Zuoguo are a great gift to Yan Zhuang, but it is best for this gift to be dead, otherwise An Qingxu will say a few words about himself in front of Li Zuoguo, which will be a great disadvantage, so Yan Zhuang He just came to kill An Qingxu.
Nearly a thousand arrows were poured out at once. It was said that the distance was less than fifty meters, and the lethality was astonishing even further away. After five rounds of shooting, five thousand arrows were launched, and each of more than a hundred people could Allotted fifty feather arrows, An Qingxu and his guards were shot like porcupines at the palace gate. An Qingxu was protected by several of his loyal guards, and not a single arrow hit him.
However, after being pulled out of the pile of corpses by soldiers commanded by Yan Zhuang, An Qingxu's face was numb and he seemed to have lost his mind. Yan Zhuang, regardless of An Qingxu's condition, directly ordered his people to cut off An Qingxu's head, and then entered The palace beheaded all three sons and four daughters of An Qingxu, and captured all the concubines. Yan Zhuang immediately sent people to contact the Anxi army, preparing to surrender with An Qingxu's head.
Thinking about it in Yanzhuang, he had made a contribution. Li Zuoguo couldn't have spared An Qingxu's life. Moreover, he killed all An Qingxu's heirs. This might be what Li Zuoguo wanted to do but couldn't do. I'm afraid it was in line with Li Zuoguo's wishes. , Yan Zhuang carefully studied the journey of Li Zuoguo's fortune, and felt that Li Zuoguo was a tyrant. Yan Zhuang, who thought he had a trick, was rewarded by General Li Zuoguo coming in person, so he led a group of surrendered ministers of the State of Yan to wait at the palace gate.
After a while, Yan Zhuang and others saw a flood of Anxi cavalry emerging from the street, like black torrents gathering at the palace gate. Yan Zhuang and others knew that Li Zuoguo had arrived, and quickly knelt down at the palace gate. An Qingxu and The heads of the seven children were put on trays and placed in front.
Yan Zhuang and others did not dare to raise their heads. They only felt that the Anxi cavalry stopped their horses, and then the sound of hoofbeats of a war horse came into their ears. They slowly came to the front of the kneeling people. Yan Zhuang and others knew that this must be Li Zuoguo, and they shouted loudly together. He said: "I surrender to pay my respects to Sikong."
A clear voice came: "Are you Yan Zhuang? Raise your head."
Yan Zhuang slowly raised his head, and there was a horse standing in front of him. The rider on the horse looked very young. Although he had a beard on his chin, his vigor showed that he was not old. Although he was young, he was wearing a suit of armor and a majestic figure. Bai Zhan's murderous aura was faintly coming, creating a huge sense of oppression. Yan Zhuang knew that the person in front of him must be Li Zuoguo, who had built up from scratch and conquered most of the world.
At that moment, Yan Zhuang did not dare to look too much, and lowered his eyes: "This is Yan Zhuang."
Yan Zhuang raised his head and Li Zuoguo also saw Yan Zhuang¡¯s face clearly.He is handsome, with three long beards that accentuate his solemn and scholarly look. He has a broad forehead and a hooked nose. Li Zuoguo secretly cheered. This guy has such good looks for nothing, but he is a famous capitulator. He who knows the current affairs is a hero. This is the person he is referring to.
Yan Zhuang betrayed two masters and killed two emperors. In the original history, after the Anshi Rebellion was put down, Yan Zhuang got along like a fish in water with Suzong Li Heng. Li Zuoguo looked at Yan Zhuang's eyes and became colder and colder. It's really uneasy to have such a snake-scorpion figure around you, and you never know when he will bite you back.
"Yan Zhuang, you have done a great job by killing An Qingxu to lower your capital, but you are such a traitor, how can I dare to trust you? You killed An Qingxu, and An Lushan also died because of you and An Qingxu Under conspiracy, they all reuse you and trust you like this. Do you think I should kill you or use you?" Li Zuoguo said coldly on the horse.
Yan Zhuang broke into a cold sweat immediately. He knew that he was at the critical moment of life and death. His experience was clear at a glance. It was impossible for Li Zuoguo not to know that the deaths of An Lushan and An Qingxu were directly related to him. However, An Lushan's death was relatively secretive but Li Zuoguo also drank it down in one gulp. Yan Zhuang's eyes turned sharply and he tried desperately to think of a solution.
By the way, if Li Zuoguo really wanted to die, why would he say these things? Yan Zhuang raised his head slightly and met Li Zuoguo's sharp eyes. Yan Zhuang quickly lowered his head, but did not see murderous intent in Li Zuoguo's eyes.
Yan Zhuang hurriedly fell to the ground and said: "An Lushan is violent, and the ministers are restless, fearing that the situation will be in danger, so they use tricks to kill them. I thought An Qingxu was the master of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't want to be ambitious and talented, and tried to use his arms as a chariot. Yan Zhuang was deeply afraid of Sikong Tian. Wei, Nai He is a civil servant. He can only surrender when Sikong breaks the city. An Qingxu refuses to surrender and tries to escape. He has no choice but to kill him. If there is a clear master, why should Yan Zhuang repay him with death? Nai Jun treats his ministers like grass, then I will treat you as king. For the sake of the enemies, I ask Sikong to give me a clear warning."
When Li Zuoguo heard this, he looked at Yan Zhuang and said nothing. The meaning of Yan Zhuang's words was very simple. Neither An Lushan nor his son were wise masters. If they tried their best to assist but were still afraid of being killed, they would have no choice but to resist. The murder of the master was also forced. As expected of a prime minister of two generations, Li Zuoguo said: "So your Yan Zhuang's life is more important than the life of your master? Then where is your way of being a minister? I will kill you in the future. Are you going to kill me too?"
Yan Zhuang's back was soaked with cold sweat. Li Zuoguo was aggressive and his murderous intent was not concealed. Yan Zhuang said reluctantly: "Sikong, the guilty minister dare not defend himself. I only ask Sikong to spare the guilty minister's life. The guilty minister should do his best to Sikong. Sikong wants to kill the guilty minister, but the guilty minister will never complain, so he will poke it when it is cited."
Li Zuoguo looked at the heads of An Qingxu's family on the ground and said, "Although they are thieves, they are still powerful. Let's give them a good burial. As for you? Yan Zhuang!" Li Zuoguo paused here and Yan Zhuang felt that his whole body was weak. The surrendered ministers of the State of Yan who followed Yan Zhuang and knelt down behind them were all sweating through their clothes. They didn't know if Li Zuoguo would kill all of them.
"You have merit in killing An Qingxu. I will not kill anyone with merit. Just be a scribe next to me and do your job well. If you think of anything you shouldn't think about, then you will have to kill the whole family. "
Yan Zhuang felt like he had returned to heaven from hell. The huge contrast made Yan Zhuang dizzy for a while. His hands were weak and he could no longer support his body. He had to lie on the ground and said: "The guilty minister Yan Zhuang, thank Sikong for not killing him." Well, I don't dare to have any more thoughts. As long as Sikong feels that I am guilty, I will definitely sacrifice my life with both hands without Sikong taking action."
Li Zuoguo's words were meant to give Yan Zhuang a hard blow. Although Yan Zhuang was a bad person, his abilities were really outstanding, otherwise he would not be highly valued by An Lushan and his son. Whether it was handling government affairs or governing the local area, Yan Zhuang was very capable. Li Zuoguo has to use such a talent with ease, but the continuous betrayal also requires Li Zuoguo to give him a good beating before he can use it.
Li Zuoguo ignored Yan Zhuang and looked up at the Luoyang Palace. The glazed tiles reflected the sun and the yellow light overflowed, making it look solemn and magnificent. The rebel An Lushan was completely wiped out in his own hands, with only less than two seconds left. In 1999, the eight-year Anshi Rebellion that was supposed to sweep through most of the Tang Dynasty was swept away by Li Zuoguo like catkins in the wind.
Ten days ago, Shi Siming organized the grassland tribes and gathered 110,000 troops. They fought a decisive battle with Asulu's 60,000 troops in Youzhou. The result was a huge defeat. Shi Siming's army dispersed and he was shot to death by random arrows from Asulu rangers. In the rebellion, 30,000 soldiers were killed and 40,000 were captured. The remaining tribal cavalry fled to the northern grasslands.
At this point, the two main rebels of the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming, were crowned respectively. An Qingxu died at the hands of Yan Zhuang. Only the northeastern part of Hedong, Fanyang and Hebei Provinces have not yet been recovered. It is only a matter of time before they are all pacified. It is said that the Anshi Rebellion has been completely put down.
Li Zuoguo took advantage of the situation and not only defeatedAnlu Mountain also captured Chang'an and Luoyang, and held Anxi, Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, Hedong, Henan, Hebei, Fanyang and Guannai Dao. It captured most of the entire Tang Dynasty and had more than a million elite soldiers. , sealing off the remaining power of the Tang Dynasty to the south of the Yangtze River. Regardless of population or land, Li Zuoguo was far stronger than Li Heng in the south. When the time is right, Li Zuoguo will surely sweep the world. This is what every Anxi person firmly believes. Doubtful, many people in the world now believe that Li Zuoguo can unify the world.
Li Zuoguo¡¯s momentum has been achieved. This year, Li Zuoguo turned twenty. (End of Ding'an History Volume)
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