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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 490: All glory and power are in vain

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    "Can we start?" Xin Jinggao couldn't wait any longer, so he urged Yue Xi again.  Yue Xi smiled: "Okay, just wait for the general's order." "Okay, attack the city." As Xin Jinggao gave the order, the trebuchet stopped throwing stones, and the strange vehicles began to move forward.  Cai Xide saw the appearance of these strange cars and sneered: With these cars, they can't even cross the ditch in front of the city, how can they get close to the city wall? But as the strange cars approached, Cai Xide suddenly said "Eh": "So that's what it is." Then  Under the strange car, two long pieces of wood were clearly sticking out. They looked like tracks, but they were only five feet long. They seemed to be tools used to build bridges to cross trenches. Cai Xide pointed at the strange car and ordered: "  "Shoot through them." The bed crossbows at the top of the city began to take aim with Wangshan, and then gathered together to shoot, but the strange car was protected by iron plates. Although every time it was shot, the strange car would shake violently and the iron plates would bend and deform.  , but it was still not overturned after all.  "Kaicheng, prepare to go out to fight." Seeing this situation, Cai Xide made an immediate decision.  "We cannot let these strange vehicles build bridges easily." The trench outside the city is another line of defense for Tongguan, preventing the enemy from easily approaching the city wall.  Cai Xide gave an order, and the city gate opened immediately, and the cavalry that had been prepared rushed out.  Almost at the same time, Xin Jinggao also ordered: "Attack the city." To seize Tongguan, it is impossible without casualties. When he gave the order, all the troops immediately mobilized and rushed towards the city wall with shouts.  The crossbow on the city suddenly made a heavy sound, and the iron spears used as crossbow arrows were shot out, causing a large number of casualties in the Tang army in a short period of time.  However, there were still a large number of Tang troops swarming in front of the trench, shooting arrows desperately, and shooting back the rebels who rushed out of the city gate.  But compared with shooting from above, it was a disadvantage after all, and the defensive equipment at the top of the city did pose a great threat to the Tang army.  "It's coming, it's coming." Seeing the bloody battle in front of the city, Yue Xi's face turned a little pale, his hands and feet were cold, and he just hoped to get closer soon.  At this moment, he felt a little annoyed. After all, he was not familiar with military affairs. He should not have pushed those strange cars forward so early, only to receive a fierce reaction from the opponent.  "However, hard work will eventually pay off. Although the casualties were heavier, the vehicles finally crossed the trench - not with the long logs they prepared themselves, but with the help of Xin Jinggao's command of the soldiers to fill the soil despite the rain of arrows.  After they crossed the ditch, they went straight to the city wall.  Cai Xide ventured to look down on the city and found that they seemed to be digging into the corners of the city wall.  Seeing this situation, Cai Xide chuckled: "After all, he is a scholar. If he can dig through the wall, then Tongguan will no longer be Tongguan. Pour water." Above the city head, scalding boiling water was poured down. Although it was blocked by the iron plate,  Even though it was blocked, it was still poured all over the ground.  When he first saw the water, Yue Xi's expression changed drastically. He almost jumped up and screamed, but when he realized that it was only water and not oil that fell, he was relieved and said "slow down" again and again.  Xin Jinggao glanced at him with some dissatisfaction and ignored him.  He was already a little disappointed with Yue Xi's "secret weapon". Fortunately, he had other preparations. He had people arrange the equipment, prepare ladders, city climbing vehicles and other items, and prepare to start climbing on his own.  It was at this moment that the cars finally noticed something was wrong. One of them was pushed under the door and then quickly backed out.  Then other cars came here one after another and then left.  Cai Xide was at the top of the city and saw these strange vehicles starting to retreat. He was very suspicious: Are they coming to the battlefield to make fun of them?  "Retreat, let our people retreat." Yue Xi took Xin Jinggao's hand and shouted: "It's done, it's done, just wait three minutes."  But retreating is not urgent or slow.  Cai Xide always felt that something was wrong at the top of the city. He leaned over the city certificate and looked down again. After looking for a long time, except for finding a hole in the place where the strange cars had parked, there was nothing else out of the ordinary.  "The enemy seems to have piled some things in the pit." someone shouted.  Cai Xide frowned. No matter what it was, it was definitely not a good thing. He ordered: "Shoot me with rockets." The archers at the top of the city immediately took rockets and shot toward the bottom of the city. Some people also threw down torches, and then they heard a loud bang.  There was a loud noise, and the entire ground in Tongguan shook.  "Grenade" Cai Xide was so shocked that he could hardly stand still. He relied on holding on to the city ultimatum to avoid making a fool of himself. A flash of thought flashed in his mind, and the word immediately emerged.  Although he did not participate in the coup on New Year's Eve, the name "Grenade" was already well known. Even the military order issued by An Lushan specifically reminded him to pay attention to the Tang army's use of this strange weapon.  The momentum just now was very similar to the rumored grenade. Cai Xide hurriedly stretched his head to look, but saw only a cloud of gunpowder smoke. After the wind blew away the gunpowder smoke, several collapsed places appeared on the Tongguan city wall.  But this collapseIt is too small, at least for the city wall, it is just a layer of oily skin that has been peeled off, and there is no damage at all.  Such a huge momentum only caused such a little damage. Cai Xide couldn't help laughing when he saw this situation: "This is Ye Chang's magic weapon, it is not as good as a trebuchet" Before he finished speaking, he heard  There was an earth-shaking loud noise. This time, the sound came from his feet. He was standing on the city gate tower, and this loud noise was from the gunpowder placed in the city gate hole.  The largest amount of gunpowder was placed here. The gunpowder contained in painted wooden boxes weighed nearly a thousand kilograms, and it was inside the city cave. With this loud noise, not only the city gate exploded, but also the city tower shattered and collapsed.  Cai Xide and his main men were all standing on the tower, so without exception, they were all swallowed up by the smoke and rocks. Although the sounds just now were loud and the smoke was billowing and the fire was soaring into the sky, they were actually caused by gunpowder.  They were not buried well and the number was relatively small, so it was like child's play.  This door opening is the most important thing, and this is true, and the door opening is structurally weaker than the city wall. After being bombed, the collapse occurred due to the destruction of its own structure.  When the smoke cleared, Xin Jinggao looked at this scene and was immediately overjoyed.  "Attack the city, beat the drums, attack the city" There was chaos at the top of the city. This was the best time to attack the city. Although the effect of the first few explosions was very poor, after all, the last one blew down the city gate.  This collapsed part became a weak link in the siege.  He patted Yue Xi's shoulder hard: "Not bad, not bad, it is indeed a good thing." He was so excited, but Yue Xi couldn't be happy.  "How could this happen" Yue Xi stared at the Tongguan city wall and muttered.  He is one of the few people who has come into contact with gunpowder, so he knows very well that when the power of this wooden box gunpowder was tested on the island, a small box could lift a cement house away.  This is the root of his confidence. In his opinion, the Tongguan city wall should also be lifted off, instead of just collapsing like it is now.  Even in the instructions given to him by Ye Chang, it was said that gunpowder blasts would be enough to break through any fortified city, and did not say that it would only cause the towers to collapse.  The power in actual combat is very different from what Ye Chang described.  "However, he is a person who is good at summarizing. Ye Chang's statement should be correct, because there is experimental verification on an isolated island, so there must be something wrong with today's blasting method.  "By the way, it shouldn't be like this It should be digging into the ground and blowing up the city in a relatively sealed environment, instead of just digging a shallow hole randomly" He was mumbling to himself. Xin Jinggao couldn't understand and couldn't understand.  Too lazy to pay attention anymore, he just watched the troops shouting and charging towards Tongguan again.  The rebels on the top of the city could no longer organize a counterattack. The explosion just now was too loud, and the collapse of the city tower also frightened them. Although the initial formation of the gunpowder attack on the city was not very beautiful, and the result was just that, at least it caused  The intimidation effect is full.  Therefore, during this siege, when the rebels finally began to resist decently, the Tang army had already climbed up the collapsed city gate.  "It's done." When Xin Jinggao saw this situation, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "This Tongguan has fallen into my hands." As he said, the rebels in the city saw that the situation was irreversible, and abandoned their weapons and surrendered one after another. A few who escaped from the city were also captured.  The Tang army intercepted it after going around Pujin Pass to Tongguan.  Chang'an City, it has been a rare sunny day these past few days, and the warm sun shines on this imperial capital.  But some people are cold in their hearts.  The platform for Zen meditation was built only yesterday, and the cement on it has not yet been put on. Li Heng stood in front of the steps below the platform with a blank expression, watching the ceremony above.  Since Cao Pi usurped the throne from Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the Chinese dynasties have changed, and there have been many abdication rituals. The Jin Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty, the Song Dynasty even those Hu nationality regimes that took over the Central Plains also had to learn this form.  , there was the Northern Qi Dynasty in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Wei Dynasty also abdicated to the Sui Dynasty. Even the Tang Emperor Li Yuan nominally accepted the abdication from the Sui Gong Emperor Yang You.  Now it's his turn.  Li Heng suddenly felt like laughing.  He tried his best and even killed his relatives and rebelled against his father, and finally sat on the throne of the emperor. However, less than two months had passed and he had to hand over the jade seal representing the emperor's throne.  After handing over, if An Lushan can really secure the world, then he will die inexplicably in about one or two years. History books record a "violent death". If An Lushan cannot secure the world, before his final demise,  An Lushan will definitely not keep him.  Although Li Heng was clearly aware of this, he still did not dare to resist.  He glanced at the proud and solemn figure standing beside him, and then lowered his head.  Yan Zhuang was indeed proud. After An Lushan ascended the throne, he made it clear that he would be given the post of minister. After the situation stabilized, he could even become the prime minister of the new dynasty together with Ji Wen.  Now An Lushan still needs to rely on the reputation of veterans from the old dynasty, so Chen XiLie and Jiwen are the phases.  Chen Xilie was shaking his head on the stage and was reading a lengthy article on abdication. An Lushan was on the other end of the Zen platform. Although he was not officially the emperor yet, his ceremonial umbrella canopy was no different from that of the emperor.  Even last night he officially stayed in Xingqing Palace. This palace that Li Heng neglected was An Lushan's favorite place. When he was still a minister of Li Longji, he would feel envious every time he entered and saw the beauty of the palace.  heart of.  "Watch the monkey and wear the crown." Among the officials watching the ceremony below, someone murmured something. Wang Wei turned his face and looked around, but he didn't see who was speaking.  Not only him, but others are also looking for who is so brave.  They have long been impatient with everything in front of them, even Chen Xilie on the stage, but their lives are at stake, and no one dares to resist, so they can only twitch their faces and continue the show.  Fortunately, An Lushan was also impatient.  After returning to Chang'an, his injuries began to relapse. If it weren't for the rhetoric of Yan Zhuang and others, he would never have engaged in any Zen practice. As soon as he sat on the throne, he had a strong army and a strong horse. At least no one in Chang'an City dared to be dissatisfied.  , Han people tend to be polite, and after struggling for so long, he did not understand the forty-six parallel prose that Chen Xilie read above. He only knew that the more this guy nagged, the more tired he would be standing here.  Seeing that two quarters had passed on the clock, he was no longer willing to wait, strode forward, and walked directly onto the meditation platform.  This is not etiquette.  So when he saw him walking up, Chen Xilie's eyes were dazed, he didn't understand what was going on, and he didn't know whether he should continue reading.  An Lushan snatched the long piece of paper from his hand, threw it aside, and then waved to the audience: "Come up." Li Heng knew that he was calling him, and he snorted coldly in his heart, wishing for God  Lightning suddenly fell and killed Anlu Mountain.  "It's a pity that the thunder on New Year's Eve was the sound of hand grenades, not a real thunderbolt from the sky, and if it were a thunderbolt from the sky, he, Li Heng, would not be spared either.  "Your Majesty, you'd better get on stage as soon as possible." Yan Zhuang whispered next to him.  Li Heng looked at the other side again, where Ji Wen looked solemn and sighed: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of delaying it any longer, it's better to be more relaxed." "I treat you well, why bother?  "Is that so?" "Your Majesty treats you well, so why bother forcing your Majesty? Ye Chang treats you well, so why bother pushing Ye Chang?"  Li Heng saw that a samurai was coming over with his sword pressed. He knew that he could not delay any longer. He could only take steps and slowly stepped onto the stage. One step, two steps, only nine steps in total. He was very eager in his heart. What would happen in these nine steps?  Variety.  But what disappointed him was that nothing changed until he took the stage.  Behind him, Ji Wen and Yan Zhuang also came up holding the seal.  According to the ceremony, Li Heng took over the seal from the two men, and then worshiped the seal at Anlu Mountain. Li Heng then passed the seal to Anlu Mountain, and then worshiped at Anlu Mountain. This was regarded as the completion of the abdication ceremony, and the exchange of positions between the monarch and his ministers.  Change.  After that, hundreds of officials paid homage and granted rewards and amnesty.  Li Heng grabbed the seal and his hands shook involuntarily.  He hadn't grasped the seal yet Tears suddenly welled up in his eyes. He tried several times but could not get the seal into An Lushan's hands. An Lushan stared at the seal and finally got impatient and directly  Take it from his hand.  Li Heng was still holding on, but he heard An Lushan yell: "Let go." Under this scolding, Li Heng could no longer hold on, let go, and started crying.  More than ten years of planning finally came to nothing. From then on, it was difficult to save one's life, let alone regain the seal.
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