Chapter 47: The Destruction of Chang'an City
When the Xiliang army saw all this, their hearts were different.
Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and others deeply admired Dong Bai, Tong Yuan and others, and when they were in Xiayang, they obviously felt that the strength of this army was good, and now they feel their spiritual encouragement.
Li Dao and Guo Yan, who wanted to fight for control, were caught off guard by such a move. originally thought that Dong Bai would be stupid to give money and food, but he didn't expect to make such a speech and slogan.
The most surprised was Jia Xu.
He has a lot of experience, and knows that the ordinary powerful landlords like to directly use tough means to solve problems, while the scholars and poor families will use money and speeches, and their speeches are often long and ornate, and they have a good effect among officials, scholars, and students, but it will not work if they are put down in the ranks.
However, Dong Bai's speech was concise and easy to understand, and the three points covered almost all the demands of the soldiers.
This kind of speech is much more useful than talking about revenge for Dong Zhuo, after all, even Dong Zhuo's soldiers' most urgent demands are security, rewards for meritorious deeds, and peace and contentment.
The morale of the Xiliang army was high, after all, no one had considered the demands of these soldiers, whether it was Dong Zhuo, Li Dao or other generals. In the past, they followed the generals or the heads of their families to fight for their merits and wealth, but this time they knew that they were fighting for themselves, for their own border troops.
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Wang Yun and Lu Bu couldn't suppress the situation in Chang'an City, although Chang'an City was designed to improve the defense effect, first of all, the height reached 12 meters, and the overall shape was designed as an irregular square, especially the west wall of Chang'an was an inclined plane rather than a straight line, which could specifically defend against the enemy attacking from the west.
However, this time the Xiliang army was killed from the east, and at this time Chang'an had as many as twelve city gates, which needed a large number of people to maintain. Wang Yun, who knew a little about military affairs, specially brought nearly 100,000 sturdy people around Chang'an into the city as laborers, and it was for this reason that he specially recruited them.
Even worse is the logistical aspect. Chang'an already has a population of more than 200,000, plus these 100,000 or so laborers, and the logistics have long been overwhelmed. In particular, the officials and scholars spent exaggeratedly, and in order to compete for the resources in the city, there was a faint situation of separatism and hegemony in Chang'an City.
At this time, if someone specially records the panic, disputes, separatism and tragic situations of the past five days, it will also be a famous work of historians in the future.
But there's no sixth day left!
At that time, the various departments outside Chang'an City were ready, and the whole army shouted again, "Eliminate traitors, give rewards, and divide the land!" The defenders of the entire Chang'an City were panicked when they heard it, and many soldiers also had the same demands as them, since there was no tendency to slaughter the city, of course they didn't want to fight with this tiger and wolf army.
At the end of the day, the various units beat drums and began to attack. The North Gate is Tong Yuan's turn of more than 10,000 people today. With an order, the new Xiliang sergeant took the lead, wearing armor and holding a shield to cover the crossbowmen approaching the city wall.
The army had just approached, but saw that the city gate was slowly opened at this time, and multiple city gates in Chang'an were staged at the same time.
The soldiers who opened the city gate were the soldiers and horses recruited by the former general Zhao Qian from Shu. Zhao Qian is a native of Chengdu, Shu County, and has participated in dozens of battles to exterminate the Yellow Turban, Baibo, etc., and the official worships the Tai Lieutenant, and later became a former general because of discord with Dong Zhuo.
He had a Shu army of 2,000 men, including 300 Bandun Man. This army of soldiers and horses, not long ago, followed him to conquer Liu Yan, who had seized Shu land, has now become the last reserve force in Chang'an.
At this time, because of the poor treatment at the bottom and the arrogance and domineering of Lu Bu and others in the past few days, considering the difficult situation in Chang'an City and the high morale of the Xiliang Army, it is directly reversed. Even Zhao Qian had no choice but to surrender.
Under the leadership of the Shu soldiers and the original Xiliang soldiers, as long as there were no generals such as Lu Bu or the city gates guarded by die-hard high-ranking officials and scholars, after hearing that the Xiliang army entered the city from individual city gates, they all turned back.
Only the five gates of Xuanping, Qingming, Bacheng, Luocheng, and Fu'an, which are close to the east, have not missed because they are Wang Yun, Lu Bu and the officials and scholars who oppose Xiliang, and they personally guard it.
The troops led by Tong Yuan immediately controlled the two gates of Chucheng Gate and Hengmen in the north of the city, and arranged Geng Qing and others to defend them strictly.
The whole army immediately took control of the eastern and western cities closer to the north of the city, where a large number of refugees were housed, and surrendered almost without resistance. Tong Yuan knew that their homeland no longer existed, and there were other arrangements for them in the future. At this moment, soldiers and horses are arranged to guard it to prevent other departments from coming to kill and plunder.
At this time, Chang'an was in chaos, completely chaotic, and the Xiliang army continued to pour in.
Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other departments broke through various sections, and on the main roads in Chang'an City, the sound of fighting and wailing resounded endlessly, and it echoed in this centuries-old city in an instant.
Today, the Luocheng Gatehouse, which is located in the north and east of the city, is personally defended by the Chaozhong Taichang Zhuangfu. Chong Fu was born in the family of the former minister, and was the son of a famous minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After Dong Zhuo became the ruler of Luoyang. The conquest of Xun Shuang is commonplace. In the first year of Zhongping (190 AD), Xun Shuang died of illness, and Chong Fu took over as Sikong. The following year, he was deposed because of an earthquake. Later, he was appointed as a Taichang.
After Wang Yun took control of Chang'an, this person was a famous scholar and one of the core figures of Wang Yun's party, and of course he was reused. In the past few days, I have tried my best to send doormen, slaves and maids to participate in the defense of the city.
Today's face-to-face attack was Dong Bai, Tong Yuan's subordinate Dong Jiahu Cong and Xiliang surrendered to the army. These soldiers and horses are well-equipped, and the morale and appearance of Guo Yan's subordinates are completely different from yesterday's, and they are terrified just by hearing the other party's shouts.
After the other party began to attack the city, Chongfu has been a little restless. In particular, the first round of attacks was covered with a non-stop rain of arrows, killing and injuring nearly 1,000 of his refugees and minions. However, relying on the Zhong family's two hundred heavy armor parts, he fought hard and temporarily repelled the other party.
Zhong Fu is over 50 years old, and his face is white and wide because he eats very well. At this time, he straightened his clothes and armor, held a sword, and even though he had no bottom in his heart, he showed full confidence.
These famous families are good at showing these personal qualities and bearings, but the situation has collapsed, and no matter how much they hide it, they can't hide it.
After a while, a scout walked quickly to the side of the seed whisk and shouted, "Plant too often! The Shu soldiers actually opened the city gate to join the enemy, a large number of enemies have entered the city, and the east and west cities have fallen! ”
When he heard this, he secretly said in his heart: "The city gate has been opened, and it seems that it will not work." Most of the people around our scholars are their own private troops, and it is absolutely impossible for them to have anything to do with the Xiliang army. It seems that as long as the border is full of traitors, it is not enough to settle the world if it is not a famous family of our clan. ”
Seeing that the soldiers and horses outside the city are going to attack for the second time, it is really difficult for him to defend or save.