Chapter 120: An Lushan escaped
How Xiao Shisanlang sneaked into the city, Zhang Xuan didn't know, and the thousands of soldiers under Zhang Xuan had no way of knowing.
For a chivalrous man like Xiao Shisanlang, although the city wall of Chang'an is high, it can't stop him. It's just that a chivalrous person like Xiao Shisanlang, although his skills are strong and magical, he is high-spirited and bright, and he will not rely on his skills to do evil.
Xiao Shisanlang can help Zhang Xuan do some things, but he has his own principles and bottom line. If Zhang Xuan is purely a personal evil, Xiao Shisanlang will definitely not be able to help the abuse. Of course, if Zhang Xuan is such a person, Xiao Shisanlang will definitely not become a brother with Zhang Xuan.
The dawn of dawn was about to pierce the eastern sky, and there was still silence on the other side of Tonghua Gate.
During the period when the night is about to pass and the dawn is approaching, it is the time when the guards of the city and the feather forest are most tired. By the time a soldier noticed a dark shadow coming up the tower and let out an exclamation, Xiao Shisanlang had already galloped to the platform of the tower.
There was a clear sound of knives hitting and an alarm call from the city tower, and Zhang Xuan and a group of soldiers looked up, highly nervous.
In the end, according to the Yulin guards guarding the Mingde Gate, at least they are more helpful, although Xiao Shisanlang's martial arts are strong and the brocade is even more perfect, but after all, it is difficult to scream, and he can not resist the encirclement in the outflanking of hundreds of people and want to open the city gate, Zhang Xuan actually has no control in his heart.
However, Zhang Xuan knew that if Xiao Shisanlang didn't do anything, there would be no problem in escaping freely, otherwise he would never let Xiao Shisanlang take the risk.
About a cup of tea has passed. The news on the city tower is getting louder and louder, the torches are bright, and the figures are stacked back and forth, and the miserable cries are coming and going.
And at this time, the fire on the side of Tonghua Gate was soaring, and the noise of horses' hooves and the sound of military drums shook the sky.
Jia Yong's soldier Cao Zhou Xuchu leaned over with some concern, and said softly, "My lord, Xiao Yishi went deep into the tiger alone, I'm afraid it's ......."
Zhang Xuan let out a sigh of relief, silent, still staring at the city tower.
The sky gradually brightened a little, and the sky east of Chang'an had already revealed the white of the fish's belly.
!
A terrible scream suddenly sounded, and a corpse slipped from the city tower, falling under the gaze of Zhang Xuan and a cadre of soldiers, and instantly turned into a blur of flesh and blood.
The heavy city gate finally opened, half an hour after Xiao Shisanlang sneaked into the city.
According to Meng Jie, the captain of the Yulin Guard guarding the Mingde Gate, he was held hostage by Xiao Shisanlang, who was covered in blood, and commanded several Yulin guards to open the city gate.
Zhang Xuan suddenly turned his head to look at it, and at first glance, he saw Xiao Shisanlang holding a sword on the side of the city gate across the neck of a junior officer of Yulinwei, with his hair in a messy bun and a slightly embarrassed expression.
He completely lost his former calmness and calmness, which shows the hardships and hardships of his battle.
Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, took out the sword at his waist and swung it to the sky, straddled the horse and shouted in a deep voice: "Sons, go into the city with this official, punish the rebels, destroy the rebels, and protect Your Majesty!" ”
A soldier struggled to beat the snare drum, and in the shaking drumbeat, more than a thousand soldiers broke out into a thunderous roar: "Punish the rebels, destroy the rebels, and protect Your Majesty!" ”
Immediately, Zhang Xuan grabbed the horse's belly and took the lead in rushing towards the city gate. And more than 1,000 soldiers followed, with momentum like a rainbow.
Zhang Xuan did not follow the previous agreement with Ge Shuhan and Yang Lian, and directly led the army into Xingqing Palace.
Because he knew very well in his heart that Ge Shuhan's army had not yet conquered Tonghuamen at this moment, if the thousand men and horses he led rushed to Xingqing Palace stupidly, the emperor would not be able to save him, but would trap himself and fall into the outflanking of the thieves.
Zhang Xuan can't be stupid to this level, and he doesn't have much of a stupid and loyal concept to the emperor.
Therefore, he came exactly on his own path.
Ordered Zhou Xuchu to lead more than 100 soldiers to separate into pieces and go to all corners of the city, shouting everywhere: "Kill the traitor King Rong!" ”
Or, "Your Majesty has seen that all those who surrender on the spot will not die!" ”
There was a great deal of shouting and killing in the city. It goes without saying that the people in the market are frightened and don't dare to go out, and more importantly, the eight thousand horses of Yulin Wei in the city and the thousands of private soldiers raised by Li Wan have caused great confusion in the army, especially the guards at the various city gates no longer have the intention to defend the city.
Ge Shuhan led the army to break through the Tonghua Gate and approached Xingqing Palace. And almost at the same time, Yang Lian also led more than 1,000 soldiers to attack the Kaiyuan Gate, raided the Xingqing Palace in the shortest possible time, joined up with Ge Shuhan's Rong Ma on the halfway, joined forces in one place, and proposed a frontal attack on the Yulin Wei army and horses under Huo Qingbiao, who had retreated from all directions and gathered on the periphery of the Xingqing Palace, and the Yulin Wei was defeated on the whole line.
"Punish the thief and destroy the ...... No mercy! ”
Zhang Xuan led 900 people along the empty Suzaku Avenue to the northwest of the city to cover the past, shouting military trumpets along the way.
Xiao Shisanlang glanced at Zhang Xuan with some confusion on the horse, because the target of Zhang Xuan's march forward happened to be the same as Xingqing Palace.
The shouting of 900 military horses shook the sky through several streets and alleys, and gradually approached the Dongping County Mansion in An Lushan.
In the past two days, Li Wanxing forced the palace, no matter how he tossed outside, An Lushan turned a blind eye and hid in the mansion to thank the guests.
An Lushan is wishful thinking. If Li Wan usurped the throne, he would stand up and congratulate him as soon as possible, and then return to Fanyang to continue his great cause of preparing for rebellion. As long as the time is ripe, whoever he is the emperor will be the opposite.
And if Li Wan fails to usurp the throne, he can also prove his innocence, and he is not directly a thief, at most he will be coerced to complain.
Before dawn, the news inside and outside the city did not escape An Lushan's ears. After learning the news that Ge Shuhan led the army to rescue King Qin's escort, An Lushan immediately judged that Li Wan's rebellion this time would end in tragedy.
This is an intuition of An Lushan as a hero.
Regarding Li Wan's actions, An Lushan actually disagreed. In his opinion, Li Wan should have led his army into Xingqing Palace yesterday evening, beheaded the emperor under his horse, and immediately forced the imperial family and the Manchu Dynasty to support himself as the emperor, and then stabilize the situation at the first time.
Father and son, in front of the supreme imperial power, is a bird!
It's a pity that Li Wan is not An Lushan after all, Li Wan, as the emperor, not only did he think too much about the legitimacy and compatibility of his position, but he still couldn't be ruthless for a while if he wanted him to really kill his father.
Of course, this also has to do with his overconfidence. He felt that everything was under control, and that he had enough time and patience for the emperor to take the initiative to abdicate.
An Lushan and his eldest son An Qingzong were neatly dressed and were mentally prepared to meet the emperor at any time to ask for guilt.
But at this moment, there was a vigorous military horse operation and the clamor of killing the rebellious traitors outside the palace gate. An Lushan has always been suspicious, and more importantly, he has a ghost in his heart, and when he heard that a team of horses rushed towards the Dongping County Palace, he immediately panicked.
Immediately gathered two or three hundred families and personal soldiers with An Qingzong and poured out of the mansion, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to withdraw from the city.
But as soon as he left the mansion, he insisted on holding on to Zhang Xuan's 900 horses.
Zhang Xuan's 900 horses were the elite division of the Jin Wuwei for a long time, and the murderous army was neat and orderly, which was not comparable to the rabble of An Lushan's group of temporary house slaves, guards and a small number of personal soldiers.
An Lushan changed into the clothes of an ordinary domestic slave and hung his head silently. And An Qingzong hid in the guards of the family slaves and shouted, "Which general is in front?" In the next is the king of Dongping County, the son of An Lushan, the envoy of the Three Towns Festival, An Qingzong......"
Zhang Xuan smiled coldly, pretended not to hear, raised his sword and shouted: "Punish the rebel thief, destroy the ...... No mercy! ”
"Kill!" 900 soldiers brandished Mo knives and snake spears and rushed over, and An Lushan's people were not blocked at all, and they were also frightened. Some retreated into the palace, while others were scattered by the horses and fled in all directions towards the city.
After some scuffle, most of the people of An Lushan were exterminated. An Qingzong was captured, but An Lushan was nowhere to be found.
Xiao Shisanlang frowned, and said softly, "Brother, take someone to search for your brother again, this old thief must be hiding in the mansion." ”
Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and said in a low voice, "Brother, that's it." Let's kill the old thief and let him escape from the city. ”
At the end, Zhang Xuan shouted hard, "Sons, quickly follow this official to Xingqing Palace to rescue the driver!" ”
Zhang Xuan naturally intended to let An Lushan go.
Because in his opinion, it is actually very easy to kill An Lushan, don't have a good chance of this kind of rebellion, even in normal times, he has too many ways to destroy An Lushan. But killing An Lushan does not mean that An Lushan's party will be destroyed, his son An Qingxu is still in Fanyang, and his power has not been substantially weakened.
And An Lushan's death may bring even greater uncontrollable variables.
Rather than this, it is better to let An Lushan escape back.
As a result, even though An Lushan would not be directly involved in the rebellion of King Rong Li Wan, he also aroused the emperor's anger because he did not respect the holy oracle and fled from Beijing without permission, giving the Tang Dynasty an excuse to weaken its power and power.
This is Zhang Xuan's real intention of taking advantage of the chaos to intimidate An Lushan.
Zhang Xuan expected that Ding'an Lushan was not well prepared at this time, and he would not dare to raise troops. The Anshi Rebellion in history is the fourteenth year of Tianbao, and there is still a hundred obituaries and new years to share from this time.
Knowing that reinforcements had invaded the city, Yang Guozhong and Li Heng led the palace guards to defend Xingqing Palace to the death. So much so that Li Wan's military horses had just broken through the palace gate of Xingqing Palace when Ge Shuhan and Yang Lian's army arrived.
Under the internal and external attacks, coupled with Huo Qing's Yulin Weirong Ma Army, they had no intention of fighting at all. Most of the Yu Lin guards knelt down on the spot and threw down their weapons and surrendered, while a small number of them escorted Li Wan, Huo Qing, Gao Xianzhi and others to fight and go to Rongwangfu.
But he retreated into King Rong's Mansion, but was outflanked by Zhang Xuan and Ge Shuhan led the army and besieged King Rong's Mansion.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, Li Wan looked up to the sky and laughed wildly three times, spurting out three mouthfuls of blood. Then he took the sword in his hand, killed all his children, wives and concubines, and then killed himself.