Chapter 518: Chengcheng will not be defended
"Damn, it's blocked!"
After splitting the city gate, which had been smashed by the rushing car, the rebels were shocked to find that the hole in the city gate had been blocked by bricks and limestones, and the ash had long since dried up, and was as hard as stone. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Dig up, Lao Tzu doesn't believe in evil anymore, the city gate has been slammed open, and there is still this bit of earth and stone!"
However, the rebels had some knives, guns, crossbows and arrows in their hands, and they had no tools to take advantage of them, so they smashed them with sharp axes but only saw a white mark on the dry soil and stones, and they were helpless for a while.
The news was quickly sent to Tian Chengsi, and the excitement was suddenly swept away, he only thought that if the car crashed into the city gate, everything would be much easier, who would have thought that the defenders in the city actually sealed the city gate with earth and stones. At the same time, he also realized the determination of the defenders of the city.
If the four gates are blocked with earth and stones, this is clearly the heart of fighting to the death!
As soon as he thought of this, Tian Chengsi was unlucky, he wanted to pick up a bargain in Fengling Pass, but he didn't expect to meet a group of madmen who didn't want to die. Fengling Pass is indeed very important, but it will not cost thousands of lives to be buried with it, right?
However, Tian Chengsi is not a person who gives up lightly, since he has set a goal, how can he give up after a slight setback?
"Attack, attack! Kill these madmen!"
The captured people of Ruxiang are worthless, Tian Chengsi doesn't care at all, and uses these lives to consume all the ordnance in the city, which can be regarded as a well-deserved death.
Knowing that it was impossible to make progress in today's siege, in order to consume the ordnance and materials in the city and reduce the morale of the defenders in the city, he still ordered the overseer team to drive the people of Ruxiang to attack the city.
"Withdraw the rusher! it's useless to stay there!"
Although the punch is useless, the wood used to build the punch can be removed to build a ladder, and it would be a pity if it was discarded.
Suddenly, several violent explosions startled Tian Chenghe, and he hurriedly looked over, but saw a cloud of white smoke rising from a city gate, and he didn't know what had happened.
It took a long time for someone to run out of the smoke covered in blood and crying, and while running, he shouted:
"Tang Jun has invited Lei Gongdian Mother, Tang Jun has invited Lei Gongdian Mother......"
The shouting sound was not small, but the battlefield was noisy, and Tian Chengsi couldn't hear it clearly three miles away from the city wall, just looking at the soldiers who fled in a panic, and his heart was inexplicable. He summoned Li Baochen and explained:
"Send someone to ask what happened!"
A moment later, Tian Chengsi burst into a rage.
"Fart! Even the thunder male and electric mother, the troubles of the army's heart, are all slaughtered by Lao Tzu!
The sharp axe swung up and fell, and the heads of the unlucky people who ran back first fell to the ground one after another, and the black blood in the cavity spurted out a foot or two away, and the body fell to the snow, convulsing violently......
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Outside the city of Chang'an, the rebels once again routinely attacked the city, tens of thousands of people hit the city wall like a tide, and Sun Xiaozhe's banner was waving in the wind, as if an invisible force urged the rebels to fight to the death. However, Sun Xiaozhe himself was not under Chang'an City, and at this time he had secretly arrived under Chengcheng City in Fengyi County.
Sun Xiaozhe had already gathered the men and horses assigned to various counties, and gathered in Fengyi County, as many as 50,000 or 60,000. He was determined to win this battle, because the Tang army of Fengyi County, which had retreated to the front line of Baishui and Chengcheng, controlled more than 60% of the grain in Guanzhong, and as long as the strong attack was successful, even if Tongguan temporarily fell into the hands of the Tang army, what would happen?
As early as three days ago, Sun Xiaozhe got the news that Tongguan had fallen and Tian Chengsi was missing.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Sun Xiaozhe strictly sealed the news, only saying that Tongguan had been raided by the Tang army and had been repelled at this time. But in fact, he was so angry that he already had the intention of killing, and only secretly swore that if he caught Tian Chengsi in the future, he would definitely kill this person with a thousand knives.
However, anger is anger, and the way to deal with it must not be confined to ordinary people.
If ordinary people learn the news that the back road has been cut off, they will definitely fight back frantically and recapture Tongguan at all costs. But after all, Sun Xiaozhe is worthy of the name of a general, and he knows that the success of the ** raid on Tongguan must have been planned a long time ago, and now he must be ready to fight to the death.
In this case, Sun Xiaozhe did not intend to play his cards according to Tang Jun's expectations, didn't Tang Jun want to cut off his back road? He also cut off the soft spot of the Shenwu Army, as long as he captured Feng Yijun and defeated those stubborn Shenwu Army, he could take more than 60 percent of the grain in Guanzhong from them, and even if the back road was cut off at that time?
As long as there was enough food, Sun Xiaozhe was sure to calmly retreat, and when he could capture Chang'an and capture Li Hengjun's ministers, all the resistance of the Tang army would naturally lose its meaning.
Under such a plan, Sun Xiaozhe pretended that he was still in the besieging army outside Chang'an and ordered people to routinely attack the city, but in fact, he personally arrived at Fengyi County with his guards to supervise the siege. If he wanted to hit Tang Jun by surprise.
The guards of Chengcheng are Chengcheng Linglu Sigong and Chengcheng both know the soldiers and horses Xin Yunjing.
Speaking of Chengcheng Ling Lu Sigong is a legendary figure in the Guanzhong area, this person is a native of Jingzhao Sanyuan, a ranger swordsman when he was young, and later a virtuous name entered the office, successively as Ye County Lieutenant, Gu Zang Ling. It has been less than two years since the Chengcheng Order was moved, and I didn't want to encounter this earth-shattering chaos, let alone that the Sanfu Heavy Land could also become a place for rebellious soldiers.
It is known that Xin Yunjing, the soldier and horse envoy, was born in a family of generals, almost all of his father, brothers and children were generals in the army, and the Anshi rebels had been under the command of the Hedong Jiedu envoy since the rebellion, and later was defeated by Shi Siming's department, so he had to retreat to the mountains of Hedong and deal with the rebels. coincided with Qin Jin's attack on Hedong, so he took his men and horses to join the Shenwu Army.
After Qin Jin entered Beijing, he transferred Xin Yunjing's department to Fengyi County and returned to Yang Xingben's control.
At this time, the defenders of Fengyi County retreated to the line from Baishui to Chengcheng one after another in accordance with the order of Du Fu, the county guard. In order to avoid the enemy's edge, in order to free up enough time and space to counterattack.
Whether it is Tongguan or Chang'an, there is a not short supply line to the north of Fengyi County, which can not only share the strength and energy of the rebels for the defenders of Chang'an, but also relieve some of the pressure on the local defenders of Fengyi.
However, whether it was Qin Jin or Du Fu, they all underestimated the resentment in Sun Xiaozhe's heart. According to the deduction, Sun Xiaozhe should recapture Tongguan at all costs after learning that the back road of Tongguan was cut off, but what he never imagined was that he ignored Tongguan and frantically rushed to Feng Yijun.
Sun Xiaozhe's move came suddenly, and it really caught Du Fu, the county guard, off guard, and Xin Yunjing's troops were scattered in Chengcheng to the east of Chengcheng to the west bank of the Yellow River, and there were only 10,000 people stationed in Chengcheng at this time.
At the beginning of the battle to defend the city, Xin Yunjing, the commander of the soldiers and horses, immediately realized that there was a deviation in the deduction of the imperial historian and the county guard, because the rebels actually invested nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Chengcheng alone, which was clearly a posture of not being defeated and not giving up.
Therefore, before Chengcheng was completely besieged, Xin Yunjing sent several messengers to Baishui and central China to send letters of help to Yang Xingben and Du Fu respectively.
The rebels launched a stormy attack on Chengcheng at any cost, and in just three days, the defenders of the city suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and more than half of the arrows and other supplies were consumed. If this situation continues, it won't take seven days for Cheng City to be completely breached.
Xin Yunjing found Lu Sigong in despair.
"The rebels are strong, you and I are afraid that there is no way out, only to fight to the death!"
At this point, he has firmly established the idea of fighting to the death, no matter whether Lu Sigong has the intention to fight to the death with him, he plans to send people to break through the siege, and tell Du Fu and Yang Xingben not to send people again, and must mobilize as many men and horses as possible to hold on to Baishui and the central part, otherwise once the rebels succeed, the plan to close the door and fight the dog will be in vain.
At this time, Lu Sigong was cleaning up the newly injured sores when he was guarding the city during the day, and he smiled sadly when he heard the words.
"The strong man died in Sheji, just as I wanted, and fought side by side with Brother Xin, I am really fortunate in three lives!"
After speaking, large tears rolled down his eyes. Lu Sigong is not crying about his imminent fate, but regretting that he will not be able to see the day when the court will calm down. He has always believed that the destiny of heaven is still in the Tang Dynasty, and the Anshi rebels are grasshoppers after the autumn, and they can't stumble for a few days, and the court will clean up all these ghosts sooner or later.
The two sighed for a while, and then turned to discuss the strategy of defending the city. Although he has already saved the heart of death, he still can't let the rebels get Chengcheng happily.
As long as the rebels are dragged in Chengcheng for one more day, Du Fu and Yang Xingben's preparations will be one more day, and their deaths will be more worthwhile.
"More than half of the arrows in the city are consumed, and most of the rolling wood and stones are also used, once there are no such things, I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the impact of the rebel tide. ”
The Cheng city wall is no more than two battles high, and in the face of the impact of nearly 100,000 people, the city will be broken by the rebels if it is not caught.
"It's easy to say, all the houses in the city are demolished, and the beams and pillars can be used for a while. ”
A gloomy look flashed in Lu Sigong's eyes, as the Chengcheng Commander, he had the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, but now he wanted to demolish the people's houses, and his heart was suddenly like a knife.
"Fortunately, most of the people in the city have followed Du Zhijun north to the central city, even if the city is broken, they will not all die!"
Listening to Xin Yunjing's comforting words, Lu Sigong was even more gloomy, and ordered his entourage to hastily bandage his left arm, and then took Xin Yunjing to the city to see how many houses could be demolished and how many masonry beams and pillars could be removed.
After walking along the street for a while, Lu Sigong Xin Yunjing realized that if all the houses were demolished, let alone seven more days, even one or two months would be enough. However, there is also a fatal problem that they cannot get around.
"It's a pity that the food in the city is only enough to cover the half-moon scene. ”
Xin Yunjing laughed and said:
"There is a half-moon scene, and Sun Xiaozhe's army is almost consumed!"