Chapter 253: Shu Annihilation
When Xiang Jie heard the news, he hacked to death several messengers who came to deliver the letter, and the last messenger saw the tragic images of several predecessors, so he used a clever method and began to shout from the moment he entered the door of the camp: "Your Majesty is besieged by the Tang army in Huizhou, please come to the rescue of the general." ”
Xiang Jie was angry and wanted to settle accounts with the messenger, but after searching the entire camp, he didn't find the messenger, thinking of this, Xiang Jie found out that he had been tricked, it was not the messenger at all, it was estimated that it was the ghost of the Tang Kingdom's Jinyiwei.
But things came to this point, Xiang Jie had to give up the plan to rescue Kunlun Pass, Xiang Jie had to lead the most elite army of Southern Chu back to Huizhou, before he reached Huizhou, the prince of Panyu came to the distress message, now the southeast division of the Tang Army is wandering on the sea of Panyu every day, the prince asked for rescue, Xiang Jie heard the news, simply broke the jar and fell, and divided the army of 30,000 to Panyu.
For this reason, the entire arrangement of Dazheng to Southern Chu has been fully effective, and the Three Kingdoms no longer have a way back, only to fight to the death with the Tang army at Kunlun Pass.
The current commander of Kunlun Pass is Liu Xiang, the prince of Dian State, when Liu Xiang first accepted this task, he was full of confidence, and he led the 130,000 Three Kingdoms Alliance, if he couldn't even stop the 30,000 troops of the Tang State, then he might as well find a wall to crash to death, and there was also a 100,000 army of Southern Chu behind.
230,000 against 30,000, no matter how you calculate, you have won, but unfortunately the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, first of all, the Kyoto of Shu was broken by the Tang army, and the 50,000 Shu army ran away without even saying hello to themselves, followed by the 100,000 army of Southern Chu also withdrew, and the 230,000 army became 80,000 in a few days.
On this day, Liu Xiang was convening the generals in the big tent, Liu Xiang briefly explained some words to strengthen the defense, and then the generals went down to prepare.
There is only one person who has not left, and this person is the commander of the 30,000 Yelang country, Zhang Sign, because the Yelang country has suffered the most from the tea poison of the Tang Dynasty in recent years, and it has even reached the point of being destroyed, so the least number of people from the Yelang country this time, only 30,000 people, and these 30,000 people are also put together by Yelang with the strength of the whole country, so to speak, if these 30,000 people are gone, then the Yelang country is waiting to be destroyed.
It is for this reason that although Zhang Xiang is not the commander of the coalition army, he is more anxious than Liu Xiang, especially after hearing the news that Shu and Southern Chu have withdrawn, Zhang Qi angrily scolded the ancestors of these bastards.
Liu Xiang coughed and asked in a low voice: "General Zhang, if you want to hold it now, you will have no fighting spirit and no morale, or let's take a step back for the time being." ”
Zhang Qian hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, by all means, the prince can think about it, the terrain of Kunlun Pass is dangerous, if we can't stop the Tang Army in Kunlun Pass, then we can't stop it if we go to other places, and then the Tang Army will not be able to break us all at all." ”
Liu Xiang nodded and said, "What General Zhang said is extremely true, so let's take a look at it." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness, please rest assured, this time the warriors of our Yelang Country will take the lead."
"Okay, then it's going to trouble General Zhang."
After Zhang Jian left, Liu Xiang snorted coldly and said: "I don't know what is dead or alive, you want to die here, but you don't want to die here, besides, the world is so big, where to go is Lone is also a king, why bother with this?" ”
As soon as Liu Xiang's words fell, an old eunuch walked in and said with a sneer: "Your Highness is wise, Your Highness's daughter's body, it's not worth it here, Your Highness will listen to the old slave's persuasion, and leave this place of right and wrong quickly." ”
Liu Xiang scolded angrily: "Old minion, you really don't understand the rules more and more, can you enter the lonely handsome tent casually?" Hurry up and get out, Lone didn't sleep well last night, go to bed first. ”
A cold light flashed in the old eunuch's eyes, but he still respectfully kowtowed and retreated.
Liu Xiang stretched his waist, then lay on the bed, and slept comfortably, before going to bed, Liu Xiang also muttered: "It's a pity that there is not even a girl in such a big city as Kunlun Pass." ”
When Liu Xiang was sleeping, there was a sudden explosion outside, Liu Xiang was awakened, picked up the knife in his hand and roared angrily: "Someone, what's the matter?" ”
Soon the old chamberlain ran in again and said, "Your Highness, it was the Tang army attacking the city, and the sound outside was the gunpowder of the Tang army. ”
"What? Impossible, where did the Tang Army get the gunpowder? Some time ago, they also attacked the city for several days in a row, and they didn't see a single gunpowder. Liu Xiang asked incredulously.
The old chamberlain smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, the old slave also saw it a few days ago, it was not the regular army of the Tang State that attacked the city, but the private army of the Feng family and some other Lingnan clans, of course these private armies will not have gunpowder." ”
With a "snap", a loud slap hit the old chamberlain's face, and Liu Xiang scolded with a pale face: "Old minion, if you dare to shake the heart of the army, I will cut you first." ”
"Your Highness forgives your sins, and the old slave knows your mistakes." The old chamberlain hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Liu Xiang still didn't understand his hatred, and kicked the old chamberlain again, at this moment, there was a sudden thunder outside, and the old chamberlain hurriedly hugged Liu Xiang's leg regardless of his injuries and said: "Your Highness, God blesses, it's raining, and the Tang Army's gunpowder can't be used." ”
"Haha, sure enough, it's God helping Guya." Liu Xiang said with a confident look.
This heavy rain affected the siege of the Tang army, the Tang army retreated like a tide, Ji Meng pointed at this god and scolded for a while, the three-way army, the other two roads are going well, only here is himself, just wanted to make a move, but was stopped by this damn weather.
Feng Jing whispered beside him: "Dashuai, the rain here is coming urgently, and it is going quickly, and the city can be attacked again tomorrow at the latest." ”
Ji Meng snorted coldly and went to the baggage camp to check the storage of gunpowder.
At this time, Liu Xiang in Kunlun Pass was celebrating with Zhang Jian and others, Liu Xiang felt that he had found the weakness of the Tang army, he only needed to drag it for a month, and when it came to the rainy season, it would rain every day in Lingnan, and the Tang army that could not use gunpowder would not be so difficult to fight.
After three rounds of drinking, the old waiter brought by Liu Xiang hurriedly ran in and whispered a few words in Liu Xiang's ear, Liu Xiang's face changed greatly, and he waved his hand to let the old waiter go down first.
Seeing Liu Xiang's bad face, Zhang Jian asked cautiously, "Your Highness, is there anything important?" ”
Liu Xiang ignored the look of the old eunuch next to him, sighed and said: "General Zhang, I just received information that the 50,000 army of Shu was ambushed by the Tang army in Lin Mang, and the whole army was destroyed. ”
As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the big tent gasped, and the old chamberlain shook his head beside him, and scolded in his heart: "This mallet, this kind of thing is said so openly, doesn't it shake the hearts of the army?"