Chapter 172: Loyalty to the Death
Tian Hu's implanted identity is a bandit leader in the Bashu area, when Li Xiaogong led the army into Shu, he saw that the Tang army was strong, and heard that several of his friends in Guanzhong who also rebelled had a good future after returning to the Tang Dynasty, so he also took refuge in the Tang army with the intention of gaining some fame and fortune.
It's a pity that Tian Hu's wishful thinking came to naught in the end. When the bandit forces in Guanzhong returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan had just raised troops, and it was the time when development was urgently needed, so Li Yuan would treat these rebels who returned to the Tang Dynasty.
And when Tian Hu returned to obedience, the Tang Dynasty had already made great efforts to close the middle of the world, and looked down on the world. Li Xiaogong's expedition to Shu was also pushed all the way, and there was not much obstruction at all. Tian Hu's submission naturally didn't make much sense, and Li Xiaogong just casually rewarded Tian Hu with the position of a partial general.
When Tian Hu returned to the Tang Army, he had great hopes, but he only got the position of a partial general, which naturally made him resentful of Li Xiaogong.
What happened after this made Tian Hu's resentment towards Li Xiaogong even deeper.
Tian Hu was able to gather people in Bashu to rebel, relying on the two generals under him, Bian Xiang and Shan Shiqi. After Tian Hu returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiaogong found these two fierce generals when he rectified his subordinates, so he promoted them to Tian Hu's head.
The former trilogy actually rode on his head, Tian Hu himself was not a broad-minded person, he had an objection at that time, just because the people of Bashu were stable, Bian Xiang and Shan Shiqi gradually began to alienate him after being reused by Li Xiaogong, Tian Hu had no choice but to force the objection in his heart.
And now Li Xiaogong left him behind, which seemed to him to be no different from sending him to death. Yun Tianbiao's slap completely aroused the resentment in his heart.
At the moment, he didn't know how to speak, and took advantage of the fact that Yun Tianbiao and Luda had no time to be distracted from the battle, and led dozens of cronies to quietly walk down the city wall, and ordered the soldiers guarding the city gate to open the city gate.
"General Tian, the Sui army is now attacking the city on a large scale, won't we open the city gate at this time to let the Sui army in?"
The captain guarding the city gate said that his hand had been pressed on the hilt of the knife, and said vigilantly: "General Tian, what do you want?" ”
Tian Hu laughed fiercely, pulled out the knife at a lightning speed, cut off the head of the captain with a knife in his hand, and shouted: "Li Xiaogong's reward and punishment for the dog thief are unknown, and now he keeps us here to be his substitute ghosts." Those who know the times are Junjie, brothers, open the city gate with me and return to the Sui army! ”
These cronies behind Tian Hu are all from bandits, and they have always liked to be strong and ruthless, and they have repeatedly violated military discipline after being adopted by Li Xiaogong. Li Xiaogong is strict in governing the army, so naturally he will not show mercy to their subordinates.
With Tian Hu's order, these soldiers who were dissatisfied with Li Xiaogong immediately waved their blades and pounced forward like wolves predatoring, and instantly killed the soldiers guarding the city gate and opened the closed city gate.
The Sui army, which was charging, suddenly saw the city gate wide open, and they were all frozen for a while, lest the Tang army have any conspiracy and tricks, and quickly formed a defensive formation in place.
"The main general left by Li Xiaogong behind the palace must be his confidant, but it is impossible for the thousands of Tang troops defending the city to sacrifice their lives for the Tang Dynasty. This must be the infighting of the defenders of the city. ”
Li Yu, the chief general who commanded the infantry to attack the city, figured out the key to it after a little pondering, and immediately decided: "Order the whole army, don't hesitate, immediately attack the city." Then send someone to report to General Su Dingfang in the rear, the Tang army in the city is infighting, the city gate has been opened, please attack quickly! ”
"Kill, break the door, destroy the Tang thief!"
With Li Yu's order, the Sui soldiers who were climbing bravely turned their guns and rushed towards the city gate.
After receiving Li Yu's report, Su Dingfang, who was closely following the siege infantry, immediately ordered the whole line to attack. Together with Lu Junyi and Jiang Song, the two generals each led 5,000 cavalry, rushing to the city gate like a tide.
"This general, the villain Tian Hu, although he is a partial general of the Tang Army, has always been interested in the Great Sui. It's just that Li Xiaogong has a very strict control over the army, and the villain has never found a chance to serve the Great Sui. ”
Tian Hu, who seized the city gate, saw Li Yu dressed as a general when he entered the pass, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face to express his intention: "Until today, General Yue Fei is approaching Chengdu, and Li Xiaogong has no choice but to lead the main force to retreat westward, leaving only the villain and Yun Tianbiao to guard the gate, and the villain has found an opportunity to meet Wang Shi!" ”
Li Yu nodded slightly, no matter what purpose Tian Hu surrendered for, now is not the time to delve in.
"General Tian was able to open the city gate for our army this time and avoid a large number of casualties for our army. In this battle, General Tian's first merit must be remembered. It's just that now the war is not over, and there are still some remnants of the Tang army in the city who are stubbornly resisting. ”
"General Tian, you have been following Li Xiaogong to guard Kuimen for a long time, and you must know the situation in the pass very well, so please trouble General Tian to guide our army and surrender those Tang troops who are still resisting our army along the way. After the end of this battle, I will definitely ask for credit for General Tian, Your Majesty and several marshals are clearly rewarded and punished, and when the time comes, General Tian will definitely be able to increase his official position and become a knight, and he will enjoy endless glory and wealth. ”
After listening to Li Yu's words, Tian Huden was overjoyed, and without saying a word, he became the guide of the Sui army and led the Sui army all the way forward.
Yun Tianbiao, who was fighting with Luda on the city wall, suddenly saw the fire at the city gate, and countless Sui soldiers were swarming in, and he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly forced Luda back with a false move, and then rushed down the city wall along the Yongdao with the Qinglong Yanyue knife.
As soon as he got off the wall, several henchmen covered in blood stumbled over, claiming that Tian Hu had rebelled and seized the city gate to let the Sui army enter the city.
"Ahh Tian Hu dog thief, I will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces! ”
After hearing this, Yun Tianbiao was furious, and the green dragon knife in his hand smashed down hatefully, slashing sparks on the ground.
A henchman cautiously proposed on the side: "General Yun, now that the city gate has been lost, and our army is gone, I think we should retreat quickly!" ”
Yun Tianbiao shook his head hatefully, gritted his teeth and said, "His Royal Highness the King of the County ordered me to hold on to Kuimen for three days to buy time for him to retreat westward. But now that he has only been gone for a few hours, I have lost the door, what face do I have to see him? Needless to say, today I, Yun Tianbiao, have only one death to serve the country. If you are afraid, just go now, I, Yun Tianbiao, will never blame you. ”
As the saying goes, things gather like and people are grouped. Tian Hu's cronies are all villains who are greedy for fame and fortune like him, while Yun Tianbiao's cronies are all loyal and righteous.
After listening to Yun Tianbiao's words, several cronies glanced at each other and said together: "General Yun, our brothers will never be as greedy for life and afraid of death as Tian Hu's dog thief, and today we will accompany General Yun to Huangquan together!" ”
"Okay, it's really my Yun Tianbiao to have a brother like you!"
Yun Tianbiao laughed and said, "Since the brothers are willing to follow me, then let's go to Tian Hu, the dog thief, first, and pull him down from Huangquan even if he dies." ”