Chapter 81: Escape from Chang'an
At this time, the soldiers of the He family were greatly encouraged, while the soldiers of the imperial court were silent.
Suddenly, another person rode a horse and rushed over, this time he learned to be obedient, and he stopped his horse a thousand steps away, and shouted: "Xiao Tian, Dong Xiangguo wants to talk to you." ”
Zhang Xiaotian laughed secretly in his heart at this time, I won't be stupid enough to shout and answer with you.
"It's not bad to humiliate him in public!" He Bao, who was beside him, immediately called someone over and said with a sneer;
Zhang Xiaotian immediately said: "Yes, then let him have something to say quickly, and let it go if he has a fart!" After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh first.
He Bao and Zhao Yun couldn't help but laugh when they heard the words, for Zhao Yun, it was a rarely seen expression.
I saw that the messenger was stunned when he heard the words, and reacted instantly, so he shouted: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and let it go if you have a fart!" ”
At this moment, the sound wafted back and forth between the walls and walls.
The He family burst out laughing at this moment, full of joy, while the court side was extremely indignant.
How can this continue? In the midst of the "rumbling" war drums, the imperial court soldiers and horses began to launch a battle to attack the palace.
The imperial court surrounded the army of He Fu, not counting the number of logistical support, the total strength reached 20,000 or 30,000 people, mainly infantry, which was already the force that the imperial court could summon for a while, and the He Mansion was heavily arrayed and trapped.
The imperial court originally didn't want to attack He Mansion in such a hurry, because He Mansion was in a dangerous place, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so as not to be greatly damaged.
also thought that there was a shortage of manpower and a shortage of food and grass supply in He Fu, and at this time, he saw that He Fu was full of morale, and he knew that he was wrong.
Originally, all the generals under Dong Zhuo supported the strategy of long-term siege, but how could they have thought that because of Zhang Xiaotian's words, Dong Zhuo would be furious and ordered a strong attack.
The He family is rich in the world, and now it is defending according to danger, which can resist the enemy's back attack, climbing and impact, and there are elite He family soldiers on the wall.
Therefore, even though the number of soldiers and horses in the imperial court has increased by more than ten times, there is still no certainty of breaking through He Mansion, and the only advantage is that the imperial court has unlimited support, which is enough to support them to fight a war of attrition.
Zhang Xiaotian, although they have authentic convenience, but all the stored materials and food have already been moved, and people outside the city have to flee to Yanzhou.
So they became alone, but their strategy was only to hold on for a while, so that the evacuated men and horses could get as far away from Chang'an City as possible, so they were all in a good mood and played an offensive and defensive battle with the imperial court soldiers and horses with a game attitude.
"Offensive !!" I only heard an order, "Rush!! Suddenly, there was a shout from below, holding the shield forward, and rushed straight to the gate of He Fu,
I saw the archers on the wall, raising crossbows and firing, and for a while, the rain of arrows sprinkled under the wall, and the soldiers and horses of the court were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, so that the soldiers and horses of the court suffered heavy losses.
After seeing one group of shots, another group of archers lying in ambush on the wall appeared, replacing the next group of archers, and the cycle was repeated.
The soldiers and horses of the imperial court obviously came prepared, bringing siege equipment "ladders" and "crashes", which should be the ancient siege equipment we are most familiar with.
It is a tool used by the ancients to climb over the city wall and siege the city. It's not the most common thing in many film and television works, it looks like a bamboo ladder.
This kind of device has wheels under it, which can be pushed to drive, so it is also called "ladder car", equipped with anti-shield, winch, grappling hook and other equipment, and some have lifting equipment with pulleys.
The ladder body can be lifted up and down, carried by manpower, and leaned on the city wall; The top of the ladder is equipped with a hook to hook the edge of the city and protect the head of the ladder from being pushed and destroyed by the defenders.
The "crash" is the main weapon in ancient China to destroy the city wall or city gate with force, relying on the force of the collision to destroy the city's defensive measures.
It is a thick log suspended from a beam with a rope or iron chain, with a metal cap at the back end of the log and a metal head at the front end, mostly made into the shape of a sheep's head, called a battering ram.
During the siege, the soldiers in action relied on the joint efforts of the soldiers in action to grasp the battering ram and move backwards and slammed into the city gate, relying on inertia and kinetic energy to destroy the city gate or the latch structure behind the gate.
The soldiers of the He family were condescending, well-prepared, and impregnable, coupled with Zhang Xiaotian's proper command, there were very few casualties, and the imperial court soldiers and horses had suffered thousands of casualties in one day, which can be described as heavy casualties.
Until this moment, Dong Zhuo and Liu Mangzhi still didn't understand why the other party was so well prepared in all aspects, because they had been closely watching the He family's every move.
I saw only people and supplies moving out of the city, but I didn't see anything coming in.
They didn't expect that there would be a tunnel, and this can't blame them for being stupid, it's almost impossible to build such a long tunnel.
There is also because if there is an authenticity, Zhang Xiaotian and others have no reason to stay here. How could they guess that this was the most critical link in Zhang Xiaotian's plan.
That night, the news came that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao and other armies wanted to crusade against Dong Zhuo, so frightened that Dong Zhuo and Liu Mang hurriedly dispatched troops and urged their generals to continue to attack He Mansion day and night.
It wasn't until the fifteenth day that the imperial court was able to attack the gate of Hefu under heavy casualties, pushed the ladder car to attack the city, and hit the gate of the mansion with a "crash".
The ladder cart is as high as the palace wall, allowing the enemy to quickly climb the car and climb the city; The crash car carried the solid wood and inflicted a continuous and violent impact on the gates and walls;
The flying tower was used by the archers, but they attacked the defenders at the top of the wall with a high momentum.
The soldiers of the He family used arrows and stones to fight back, and bombarded them with boulders. Deal with enemy climbs with weapons similar to long hooks, and pour boiling water or boiling oil down,
After killing and wounding nearly 2 or 3,000 enemies, the imperial court soldiers and horses retreated, only guarding the gate of Hefu. More than 100 people were killed and more than 200 were injured.
The wounded were immediately transported outside the city for medical treatment.
It was only at this moment that Zhang Xiaotian really felt how small the power of the individual was in the war, and it was a feeling of no joy for him.
On the twentieth day, He Fu showed that the general trend had gone. The weapons and equipment that could be used were exhausted, and Zhang Xiaotian immediately issued an order to retreat.
When the soldiers and horses of the imperial court entered the He Mansion, the entire He Mansion was completely caught in a sea of fire, and because the houses and trees were coated with fire oil, they were powerless to put out the fire.
The imperial court had no choice but to watch the fire burn for nearly ten days, leaving only a piece of coke and no tiles, and I didn't know what it was like in my heart, but it would definitely not be good in my heart.
In this battle, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court were killed and wounded, and more than 15,000 were injured, which shocked the whole country.
Although the He family produced a He Jin, it did not cause the resentment of the people, but it has always had a good reputation in the hearts of the people in the court, and the court forced them to rebel, so naturally there were complaints, and everyone was in danger.
It wasn't until a month later that the imperial court discovered a tunnel leading to the outside of the city from the bottom of the rubble, and Dong Zhuo, Liu Mang and others began to know that Zhang Xiaotian had fallen for his delay.
Dong Zhuo and Liu Mang were furious when they heard the incident, and they could only swallow their anger and have nothing to do.
At this time, they regretted a little in their hearts, they didn't use talents like Zhang Xiaotian, and they gave him to Cao Cao for nothing, which was really asking for their own hardship!
Yanzhou, the pearl inlaid on the North China Plain of the motherland, has a very long history and profound cultural accumulation.
Yan (yan), the ancient work "沇", "Historical Records of Xia Benji" "Yanzhou" as "沇州". Ancient as one of the nine states, more than 2,000 years ago Confucius, Mencius,
Zeng Zi and others once lectured here, and "poet immortal" Li Bai once lived here. Legend has it that after the success of Dayu's water control, the place of the world is Kyushu, and Yanzhou is one of them.
"The vast traces of Yu, painted as Kyushu, through the nine roads, the people have a sleeping temple, the beast has a lush grass, each has its own place, and the virtue is not disturbed", "Zuo Chuan" Xianggong four years quoted in the "Yu Ren's Proverbs" mentioned;
Kyushu are: Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou. The word "Yan" in Yanzhou,
Derived from Yanshui. Yanshui, also known as Jishui, originated in the Wangwu Mountains in Jiyuan County, Henan Province. Jishui is the south of the Yellow River and the north of the Yellow River, and later due to the change of the water system, there is no Jishui south of the Yellow River now.
It has both the friends of Zou Lu and Qiwei, and the old teaching of Taigong Tang Shu also has the legacy of Zhou Kong. His people are still good at Confucianism, straightforward in nature, and have the style of the ancients.
Yanzhou has a very long tradition of farming culture, which has shaped the character of Yanzhou's ancestors to abide by norms, respect authority, rigor, honesty and simplicity.
In addition, Yanzhou geographically belongs to the Lu culture region, and Lu culture can also be called Confucian culture, one of the most important characteristics is that it attaches great importance to personal character cultivation and moral perfection.
In the Ming Dynasty's "Yanzhou Mansion Chronicles", it is recorded: "Its customs are gentle and elegant, flashy but not shy, and have the style of sages and sages." Duanxin is the summary of this ethos and spirit.
Yanzhou is located in the southwest plain of Shandong, with "three holes" in the east, Mount Tai in the north, Weishan Lake in the south, and Shuibo Liangshan in the west, known as "Dongwen, Xiwu, Beidai, Nanhu".
When Zhang Xiaotian and his party fled from Chang'an to Yanzhou after a long journey, Cao Cao was enjoying the great gift sent by Zhang Xiaotian, bringing him one step closer to his dream.
At this time, Zhang Xiaotian took his wife He Shu'er, led Zhao Yun, He Bao and thousands of generals to knock into Yan, and was warmly welcomed by the generals guarding the pass.
While sending people to report to Chen Liu, and transferred ten big ships to avoid the suffering of their trek through the mountains and forests, and arrived at the north of Chen Liuzhi to land on the shore, He Miao had already led the generals and the four princesses, and Cao Cao's number one subordinate Xun Yu was waiting at the ferry, and the situation was very grand.
He Miao's father and daughter were overjoyed when they saw each other, as if they were in another world; Then he touched the sadness of Ho's heroic suicide, and mixed feelings! So he pulled the fourth princess to talk non-stop, and the pain of parting was solved.
And Xun Yu and another young man who looked like a military advisor greeted Zhang Xiaotian happily. I saw Xun Yu striding forward and pulling up Zhang Xiaotian's sleeves,
He smiled and said, "If it weren't for "Xiao Tian", who would have done this earth-shattering thing. ”