Chapter 154: Destroying the Gate
In urban warfare in the era of cold weapons, between attack and defense, the city wall is the focus. However, as long as the attacker climbs to the top of the city and enters a situation of hand-to-hand combat, then for the attacker and the defender, it is a mutual advantage and disadvantage, and the attacker can rely on the superior forces to continuously press in and break the city defense.
Of course, for the Han army, this process is a little easier. In the case of the rebellion of the Yan soldiers inside and the strong attack of the Han army outside, the lowly Ye soldiers who were already in morale collapsed in a very short period of time. They abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and the Han army that entered the city received an order from above that if the rebels surrendered, they should not increase their killing.
Some of the Ye soldiers simply and naturally "revolted on the battlefield", turned the knife and aimed at the "diehards", especially those who were appointed by Du Chongwei to supervise the war. On the battlefield, the team that supervises the battle has always been hated. Some of the Overseers were very knowledgeable and did what they did, saying "uprising", and as a result, the Ye soldiers rushed up and killed them.
Sun Li led the army on the front line, seeing this situation, he didn't care, the boss only said that he would not let the Han army kill and surrender, and the Ye soldiers killed each other, and it had nothing to do with him how many people died. His target is Du Chongwei's head. After joining up with the Yan soldiers, Sun Li directly supported the leading general, without even asking the name, and asked him to take him to attack the Jiedu Mansion.
The general who was ordered was naturally Zhang Lian, and his nose was almost crooked. This Han general is too arrogant, he simply doesn't take him seriously, without their Yan soldiers to respond, can he enter the city so easily? However, no matter how tired your heart is, you still have to lower your head and lead people to lead the way. Soon, the soldiers of the Yan soldiers found that their commander Zhang was much more irritable.
At the same time as the battle on the south side began, the other four gates also launched attacks one after another. Eggs can't be put in the same basket, and besides, they can also respond to the South Gate battlefield. It's just that the progress is much slower than that of the south gate, but after the situation on the south gate spreads, the city is broken one after another.
In the southern camp of the Han army, Liu Zhiyuan personally came to the battlefield to supervise the battle, standing on the high tower of watching the battle, watching the Han army easily occupy the city tower and break into it smoothly, he couldn't help but stroke his palms and laugh: "Good!" Yan Jun doesn't deceive me, Zhang Lian should be the first to remember! ”
"We waited for more than two months to besiege the city, and it was difficult to move forward, but we suffered a lot of setbacks. As soon as the official family came, there was a righteous army to follow suit, and it was really destiny to break this evil city easily! Murong Yanchao was beside him, patting his ass, but this look glanced straight at Gao Xingzhou.
Gao Xingzhou's face twitched, and he seemed a little embarrassed.
Liu Zhiyuan's black face was like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he waved his hand and said modestly: "If it were not for the hard work of the soldiers in the past, it would be difficult to have today's ancient victories, this is the merit of the army, not the power of me." ”
Liu Zhiyuan is smart at this time, and he can't learn from Zhuang Zong. More than 20 years ago, although he was still a small role, Li Cunqiao contributed to himself, and he was ungrateful to the three armies, and he could be regarded as witnessing what happened.
"But if there is no majesty's heavenly might, how can there be such a change in the city? Soldiers will not be able to do their best in defeating the enemy, and they still rely on the prestige of His Majesty! Su Fengji followed and licked.
"King Zhou is also doing well!" Smiling slightly, in a relaxed mood, Liu Zhiyuan turned his head and praised Liu Chengyou.
"This is all the work of Deqing's commander Guo Rong." Liu Chengyouyun lightly gave the credit to Guo Rong.
Under the joy of Long Yan, Liu Zhiyuan did not hesitate to praise him, and said: "Guo Wenzhong raised a good son, and the previous Lujiadian turned the tide and stabilized the situation of counterinsurgency, and this time he has the merit of breaking the city. Such a young man, he should be rewarded and promoted! ”
"Your Majesty, the defenders of the middle gate of the southern city have been completely controlled, most of the Ye soldiers have surrendered, and the rest have broken up in the city. Sun Du's commander has led the army to join the Yan soldiers and attack the Jiedu Yamen! All the gates of Yedu are blocked by stones, woods and other things, and the city gate is not yet accessible! Soon a colonel of the forbidden army who was in charge of the communication and herald came to report.
"Good!" Liu Zhiyuan has almost been reduced to a melon-eating crowd that can only applaud.
Beaming, he instructed Gao Xingzhou: "Gao Qing, immediately arrange for the follow-up troops to enter, clear the rebels as quickly as possible, and control the whole city, especially the government offices, libraries, and pavilions!" Gather people to clean up the debris that blocks the road under the city! ”
"Yes!" Gao Xingzhou answered and hurried away. Murong Yanchao couldn't sit still, so he also went to help.
"Ye Du, go to me for a piece of heart disease!" Looking at the "Du" flag that had fallen at the head of the city, Liu Zhiyuan took a heavy breath, sighed as if relieved.
Probably because he inhaled the cool air too violently, Liu Zhiyuan couldn't help coughing violently a few times, and his body shook. Seeing this, Liu Chengyou hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
Liu Zhiyuan still had a smile on his lips and waved his hand: "It's okay." ”
said this, but he had no intention of staying on the tower for a long time, letting Liu Chengyou supervise the army, and he went downstairs slowly with the support of the inner servants, and returned to the imperial tent. Liu Chengyou looked at Liu Zhiyuan's back from behind, his expression was blank, his eyes were very deep, and he clearly felt that Liu Zhiyuan's body was trembling a little.
Seemingly......
Liu Chengyou quickly withdrew his gaze, but noticed that Su Fengji was also looking at Liu Zhiyuan's back, staring at Liu Chengyou, his heart couldn't help jumping, he quickly looked away, looked around, pointed to Yuancheng, and said a little weakly: "I don't know, who can take down Du Chongwei's head and enjoy the position of marquis." ”
Liu Chengyou looked at Su Fengji calmly, and said lightly: "Then it depends on whom, who is more lucky!" ”
In the city, when the chaos arose, Du Chongwei was in the palace, hugging the beautiful concubine and sleeping soundly. Yesterday's big move of the Han army scared him enough, especially the Han army's demagogic shouts, which made him nervous to the extreme, and he felt that anyone looked at him very strangely.
Fortunately, God favored him, and the freezing rain caused him to sleep relatively peacefully last night. He was ready to send someone to negotiate surrender before the next Han army launched an attack.
Woken up by his own soldiers in his sleep, Du Chongwei was still angry, and when he learned that the battle had started, his mind was still a little unconscious: "How could the Han army attack the city?" ”
In his opinion, it had just rained yesterday, the roads were muddy, and the city walls were slippery, and the Han army would never dare to attack rashly. When he learned that the Yan soldiers had rebelled and welcomed the Han army into the city, Du Chongwei was directly excited, got up and hurriedly dressed in clothes, and scolded the Yan soldiers and thieves.
Sending people to check the situation, it will not be gone, but the killing sound around it is getting louder and louder, especially from the south. At this time, Du Chongwei was completely panicked, and hurriedly gathered the tooth soldiers and strictly observed the yamen. Yedu's Jiedu Yamen is actually a small city, which is enough to rely on to resist the enemy. Of course, Du Chongwei's purpose was not to use the wall to resist, but to protect his family and goods, he knew too well what the scene would be after the foreign soldiers broke the city. At the same time, he sent his henchmen out of the city and surrendered to Liu Zhiyuan, just to save his life and family property......
However, Du Chongwei obviously chose the time to surrender, it was too late.
"What do you want to do?" In the lobby, Du Chongwei and his family gathered together, looked at the soldiers who surrounded him in shock and anger, and shouted angrily: "Why don't you step down for Ben Shuai and guard the government for me!" ”
The two leaders, one tall and one short, are Du Chongwei's most trusted generals on weekdays. Looking at each other, the tall one said coldly: "Du Shuai, the imperial army has broken the city, and the brothers don't want to die!" ”
Obviously seeing the killing intent in the eyes of the tooth general, Du Chongwei's heart was cold, and he said in a little panic: "I have sent someone to surrender!" ”
Hearing this, the tall man smiled coldly: "If we simply surrender, how can we have a better time in the future." The court has a heavy reward for Du Shuai, and we are more willing to use Du Shuai's head to seek a promotion! ”
As he spoke, the tall man pulled out the knife at his waist, and Du Chongwei was so frightened that he took a few steps back, stretched out his trembling finger and pointed at him: "You...... How dare you do that? I've always regarded you as a sibling, and you want to kill me! You ungrateful, unfaithful, unrighteous things! ”
"On kindness and loyalty, Du Shuai, you are not qualified to talk about us!" The tall man showed a cruel smile, jumped up two steps very suddenly, and stabbed Du Chongwei in the abdomen, unable to react at all.
In the hall, there was a sudden exclamation, and Du Chongwei's heirs, wives and concubines were in a panic. However, the lobby had already been surrounded by tooth soldiers, and the tall man didn't care, and he happily cut off Du Chongwei's head, which was bloody and cruel, but it made him even more excited.
Before he could take a few breaths, a knife pierced his chest from behind, and under the severe pain, he only heard a sneer: "It's better for me to take the benefits of this feudal marquis!" ”
The short man showed a happy smile on his face, holding a blood-stained knife in his right hand, carrying Du Chongwei's head in his left hand, turning his head to look at Du Chongwei's family in the hall, and his eyes were fierce: "Kill!" ”
The surrounding tooth soldiers were very obedient, and raised their knives and slashed at Du Chongwei's son and daughter, intending to kill them all.
Running around, only a young beautiful woman stood up and calmly shouted at the rebels: "You can't kill me, I am the daughter of Gao Xingzhou, the commander of the imperial court!" ”
This sentence really frightened the dry tooth soldier, and they all looked at the short tooth general.
I saw that his eyes rolled, he raised his knife and saluted the Gao family, and said with a smile: "Gao Shuai's daughter, naturally you can't kill it." Come on, please come down for me, and protect it well. ”
When Gao was taken out of the hall, there was a miserable wail in the hall in his ears, and he sighed silently......
In the original history, Du Chongwei's rebellion lasted for nearly half a year, even in the case of Liu Zhiyuan's relatives, he still did not take Yedu. Not to mention that the imperial court exhausted the treasury, the casualties of the Han army were still very large, and in the end, the grain and straw in the city could not be sustained, and Du Chongwei surrendered, and only then did he end the rebellion "decently".
That rebellion was a heavy blow to the nascent Han Dynasty.
This time, Liu Zhiyuan's relatives marched much earlier, and the power of the imperial court was stronger and more prepared, so he was convicted of rebellion in three months. Even then, it dragged on long enough.
However, Du Chongwei was unlucky, and before he could surrender, he was killed by the tooth soldiers, and he was almost wiped out......