Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Storm of Chang'an [1]
The closer he got to Chang'an, the stronger the sense of crisis in Liu Xiu's heart, as for why he had this feeling, Liu Xiu himself couldn't say clearly, anyway, there was a voice in his heart that kept calling on him to stay away from Chang'an, the farther away the better.
The general's mind is disturbed during the battle, and it is a nightmare for an army. Fortunately, Liu Xiu knows his strengths and weaknesses very well, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, when he is in this kind of turmoil, he will delegate power to his subordinates, and he will not participate in any decision-making, but only be responsible for taking the blame.
On the practical ability to lead the troops to fight, Wang Sunqing itself is stronger than Liu Xiu, the two get along during this time, often debate, drills, also monarchs and ministers are also mentors and friends, with the experience of the previous life Liu Xiu led the army often engaged in surprise attacks and Wang Sunqing led the army but has been steady, the two sides have their own merits at the beginning, but after Liu Xiu and Wang Sunqing each learned each other's way of leading the troops, Liu Xiu gradually lost his advantage, and was often abused and collapsed.
"Make bold assumptions and be careful to verify. This army is the foundation of our survival, and we cannot afford to lose it. Liu Xiu was restless, and he told Wang Sunqing again.
"Rest assured, my lord, I will not let you down!"
In the Imperial City of Chang'an, Wang Mang was also restless, and he couldn't tell why, anyway, he had a strong sense of crisis in his heart, as if he would die at any time.
"Regent, the slave family wants!" On the bed, a bewitching and beautiful woman was wrapped around Wang Mang's arms like a snake, and Wang Mang just wanted to reply, and another woman was entangled.
A few years ago, Wang Mang didn't believe that he, the successor of communism, would abandon *** quotations and the spirit of Marx, perhaps this is not called abandonment, but when a person's power reaches its peak, he wants to replace it.
"Beauty, you lie down and rest for a while." Wang Mang appeased the two lustful beauties beside him, and shouted out of the door: "Come on, Xuantaibao Wang Shun, Dasikong Wangyi, and Dasitu Wang are looking for an audience!" ”
The little yellow door that was keeping vigil outside the hall immediately responded when he heard the order, and immediately ran out of the Weiyang Palace and invited the adults on the list in the bed.
The regent summoned him late at night, and the ministers did not dare to delay for a moment, and hurried to Weiyang Palace, and saw that Wang Mang was already sitting in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, and snacks and tea had been prepared on the case.
"See the Regent!" After saluting, the ministers found their seats and sat down, among which Wang Shun was late, Wang Mang wanted to be angry, but Wang Shun had gray hair and a sickly face.
It turns out that everyone is old, and before they know it, they are over fifty, and the lofty words and ambitions of Lingyun seem to be just yesterday, after a moment of silence, Wang Mang made a major decision, that is, after quelling the Zhai Yi rebellion, he officially ascended the throne and became the emperor.
The courtiers present all cheered, although Wang Mang's current power is equal to that of the emperor, but after all, the name is not right, but if Wang Mang is called the emperor, everything will be different, the founding of the country can cover the descendants, and people are alive and courageously moving forward, isn't this!
The episode ended, Wang Mang began to talk about the purpose of calling everyone this time, he recounted that he had always felt a strong sense of crisis coming from the direction of Hedong County recently, and he asked if there was anything unusual about Zhai Yi's army, but the result made him happy and disappointed.
The happy thing is that Zhai Yi's rabble is still living in a dream, and the disappointed thing is that the sense of crisis in his heart has never been answered, but Wang Mang has never questioned his sixth sense, because over the years, his sixth sense has never been wrong.
There was no danger on the march all the way, Zhai Yi was even more convinced of his intelligence, last year the Qiang people rebelled, Wang Mang had already sent generals to lead the elite to quell the chaos, so Kyoto was empty, and he was unable to fight with himself at all.
Zhai Yi accelerated his march and surrounded Chang'an at night, and the firelight illuminated the entire Chang'an city.
"King Mang, the Son of Heaven Liu Xin has arrived, why don't you open the door and surrender quickly." Wang Mang has never appeared, Chen Feng's voice roared, not to mention how the enemy army felt, Liu Xiu was already eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.
In the front hall of Weiyang Palace, a lot of civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all present, with one by one the generals out of the column to lead the order to leave, the Chang'an War is about to kick off, Wang Shun, Zhen Feng two generals ordered to guard the Weiyang Palace, to prevent undiscovered sudden attacks, Wang Yun led the order to garrison the Pingle Pavilion, Wang Yan led the order to garrison the north of the city, Zhao Hui ordered the troops to prepare their own support at any time, Zhen Han was the general to command the whole army.
Outside Chang'an City, Chen Feng shouted for a long time, but no one wanted to bird him at all, and Chen Feng ordered the siege of the city in anger, but was notified to Zhai Yi and scolded back.
"This is simply the enemy's agitation method, because the siege soldiers need to hold torches at night, and they can't play their due combat power at all." Of course, this is just Zhai Yi's opinion, but Liu Xiu and Wang Sunqing feel that their army can even attack a dangerous checkpoint like Tongguan, which shows that this is a trap.
Compared with those who fell asleep, Liu Xiu and Wang Sunqing did not sleep all night, they were not sleepy but did not dare to sleep, time proved that their guess was correct, the next morning Chang'an City Gate opened, Zhen Han led the army to meet the battle.
The enemy chose to fight, which was a good thing for Zhai Yi, he ordered the army to attack, and the generals Liu Yu, Liu Huang, Chen Feng, Zhao Ming, and Huo Hong rushed forward with their soldiers like a chicken blood.
As soon as the two armies clashed, the difference between the regular army and the miscellaneous army was incomparably clear, and Zhen Han's army was nailed to the outside of the city gate, making it difficult for Zhai Yi's army to move an inch.
"Order Zhao Ming and Huo Hong to leave the enemy army alone, forcibly assault from the side, and kill into Chang'an City."
After receiving the order flag, Zhao Ming and Huo Hong were just about to attack but found that they suddenly had two more troops in front of them, and the two generals, Wang and Yan Qian, followed by the army and rushed out of the city gate to meet the battle.
The war is changing rapidly, Zhai Yi has repeatedly urged but Liu Xiu's army has not moved, which has made Zhai Yi murderous to Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiucai is too lazy to bird Zhai Yi, he will never put himself and Pao Ze in danger.
"Report! A large number of soldiers and horses were found ten miles away! The scout came to report, and Liu Xiu's heart that had been anxious finally calmed down.
"It's a trap." Liu Xiu immediately called Pang Meng and asked him to command the banner soldiers, and ordered the soldiers of Xihai County to move closer to him and retreat.
As soon as the order flag was played, two more armies were killed in the imperial city of Chang'an, led by Wang Qi and the second general of the king level.
"Withdraw quickly." As soon as Liu Xiu gave the order, Wang Mang's army that had been ambushed outside the city earlier was killed, and the Seven Route Army was led by seven generals, Sun Jian, Wang Yi, Wang Jun, Wang Kuang, Liu Hong, Wang Chang, and Dou Kuang.
The matter has come to this point, whether it is Liu Xiu or Zhai Yi, the anti-reckless coalition forces have been completely dumpled.
Looking at the black and oppressive enemy army in front of him, Liu Xiu took a sharp breath to calm his mood, and after a while, he took the lead and shouted: "If you want to live, follow me to kill it." ”