Chapter 684: The Battle of Chang'an (Continued)
Li Han asked Guo Zhao how to deal with it, and Guo Zhao persuaded: "The general of the defeated army deserves to be punished, and His Majesty can send an envoy to the military camp to announce the edict, remove his military power, demote him to Yuanzhou Sima, and then punish him strictly when the war is over." Li Han said: "Will he rebel against me?" Guo Zhao said: "Half to half." Your Majesty is not strict with orders today, how can each general be willing to use his life, and how can he serve the world? ”
Li Han shook his head: "Li Quanzhong still has 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and if you kill him at this moment, these 10,000 people will probably be the enemy." If you don't get it right, you will force him again, and follow the example of the Pei brothers to take refuge in Tubo, which is even more self-defeating. It is better to pardon his capital crime and make him retreat to Suining to recuperate, so as to copy the back road of Tibet. ”
Guo Zhao repeatedly advised, but Li Han finally refused to listen, and sent an envoy to Li Quanzhong's camp to pardon his crimes, and ordered him to retreat to Suining to recuperate, in order to threaten the back road of Tibet.
Seeing that Li Han was so lenient and indulgent to Li Quanzhong, the various ministries were not convinced, and they perfunctory the military orders of the imperial court.
At this time, Li Jiang returned to Chang'an, and when he heard that the emperor had dealt with Li Quanzhong in this way, he was shocked and admonished: "If you don't kill Li Quanzhong, how can you serve the world?" Although Li Quanzhong has 10,000 troops and horses, he is my Tang Dynasty athlete, how dare he openly resist the order? Today, he is indulging in light, and he only accepts a heart, but he loses his trust in the world. Li Han also regretted this, and hurriedly asked what to do.
Li Jiang said: "Please go to Liu Wu and other troops to express condolences to restore the prestige of the imperial court." Li Han agreed.
When Fengxiang was defeated, Li Xianyi asked to go out of the town of Fengtian to protect Chang'an, and Li Han agreed. Chudu rushed all the way, and was suddenly blocked by Fengtian City, and he couldn't attack it repeatedly, and he was anxious. Seeing that the various units of the Tang Army were gradually stabilizing their positions, and Chang'an was also waiting for the battle, it was expected that they would not be able to take any advantage, so they had the idea of retreating.
Aduya persuaded: "If you retreat at this moment, all the troops will follow and chase you, but it is not beautiful." The emperor of the Tang Dynasty indulged Li Quanzhong, but all the departments were not convinced, and the station was extended, and they refused to exert force. Fengtian soldiers are young and strong, and they can block my way, but they can't copy my back road. It's better to take Chang'an directly, if you scare away the Tang Emperor, it is naturally the best, if you can't, you can also scare him, he will force the troops not to pursue, and I will be safe and sound if I retreat. ”
At the beginning, the capital was good, and immediately ordered all armies to bypass Fengtian and take Chang'an.
Although Li Quanzhong escaped death, he was disgraced, and suddenly heard that Li Jiang went to Liu Wu and others to condolence in the army but did not come to his own army, and he was suspicious, saying that Han Yi, Hu Chuan and others said: "I was framed by Liu's father and son, and the army was defeated by Fengxiang, although Your Majesty pardoned me, but Li Jiang and others still want to put me to death." ”
Han Yi used to be the capital of Zuo Longxiang's army in the old days, and he was very good at intelligence, and he had his eyes and ears in the Zhaoyi and Tianping armies, and Li Jiang's every move could not escape his eyes.
Hu Chuan said: "Li Jiang and Li Mao have colluded, and eighty percent of them are the key brothers. Li Quanzhong said: "I have no grievances with Li Mao, what does he want to do to me?" Hu Chuan said: "Li Maotun is in the river, what to do, it's not that he wants to take advantage of the chaos in Guanzhong to get a vote." Li Jiang colluded with Liu Wu to harm your eldest brother, and Guanzhong will inevitably be in chaos, so it will be Li Mao's heart. ”
Hu Chuan's words were plausible, Li Quanzhong smiled and didn't answer, he moved his gaze to Han Yi and asked, "Li Jiang went to Liu Wu's camp and really said that he would take me when the battle situation calmed down?" ”
Han Yi said: "What a big deal, how dare I talk nonsense." ”
Li Quanzhong took the case and said: "I am dedicated to the country, but I was framed by traitorous ministers, how can there be such a truth in the world?" I want to lead the army to Chang'an to plead my grievances, but if you brothers don't want to go, say it, I won't force it. If we are defeated in the future, we will be finished, and if it is done, it will not be too late to be brothers again. Han Yi and Hu Chuan led the way and said: "Where does the eldest brother come from, I will be like a brother, and I will accompany the eldest brother in the sword mountain and the sea of fire." ”
Li Quanzhong had made up his mind and immediately began to prepare for the march to Chang'an.
He did not move, but the Tubo people took the lead, and the three brothers of Chudu, Aduya, and Pei Jia supervised 70,000 troops to reach the city of Chang'an. Li Han was shocked when he saw that the early capital gave up Fengtian to take Chang'an.
Entering the four palaces, please prepare, the news came out, shaking Chang'an, and for a while, the officials and gentry fled from Chang'an and took refuge in the eastern part of the country.
General Li Lai led the army out of the city, camped in the north of Qingliang Mountain in the west of the city, confronted the enemy, and the camp was not completed, and the army of the first capital had arrived. The Adu Yadu forward fought, originally trying to try the truth, but he didn't want the Tang army forward to collapse at the first touch. Seeing that the advance had been defeated, Li Lai panicked, abandoned the brigade, and fled back to Chang'an first.
As soon as he left, the 30,000 military horses that had been put together improvised suddenly retreated like a landslide. The Tubo people were shocked, and the Shence army, who did not untie their clothes and armor, would fall down like paper paste, is there a deception?
The excessive caution of the Tubo people gave Li Lai the opportunity to escape, and after he was defeated and returned to Chang'an, in order to exonerate himself, he exaggerated the strength of the Tubo army one-sidedly, and the empress dowager of the four palaces was panicked, and privately informed the relatives of each family to prepare in advance.
When the people in the city saw that their relatives and noble families were still fleeing, they had no intention of being nostalgic. Chang'an City was already in chaos, and it was even more chaotic at the moment. The Empress Dowager of the Fourth Palace summoned Li Han and asked if Chang'an could defend it, and Li Han said that she could keep it in order to reassure the Queen Mother. Empress Dowager Guo scolded sharply: "Fengxiang was defeated, Fengtian was defeated, Qingliang Mountain was defeated again, and now Chang'an is an empty city, how do you defend it, what do you guard, and take the emperor's filial piety to guard?" Li Han was shocked and didn't dare to say anything.
The queen mother persuaded: "If the city cannot be defended, the emperor should not be reckless, follow the story of Tianbao, and patrol Shuzhong." ”
Li Hannuo retreated, told Guo Zhao, Guo Zhao said: "Don't go to Chengdu, Chengdu is in a corner, the sound is incompatible, it is difficult to control the world, it is better to go to the gold merchants, if Chang'an has nothing to do, then return to the dynasty, if you can't do anything, then patrol the eastern capital, and still control the world." Li Han said: "This is a very good statement. Keeping the whole picture planned. ”
Guo Zhao has a high character, but he is impatient with drama affairs, and he has always been a Qingwang official, and his actual hands-on ability is very poor. The emperor asked him to plan the transfer of the palace, it was really difficult for him, and he was at a loss for a while, at this time, Li Quanzhong's department suddenly crossed the Weishui, crossed the Longshou Mountain and reached the Daming Palace. Li Quanzhong led the armor into the palace and asked the emperor to patrol Luoyang.
The forbidden army guarding Chang'an has been defeated under the Qingliang Mountain in the west of the city, Chang'an is now an empty city without defense, Li Han is afraid of refusing Li Quanzhong to cause a mutiny, so he has to temporarily obey his will, and issued an edict to patrol the eastern capital, under the protection of Li Quanzhong, he left Chang'an first and went to the eastern capital Luoyang.
Under the full recommendation of Li Quanzhong, Li Han appointed Prime Minister Li Jiang to stay in Xijing and organize the retreat of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jiang was still in Liu Wu's camp at the moment, and when he heard the news, he rushed back to Chang'an in the starry night, but he was still a step slower.
In the late summer and early autumn of the first year of Kaicheng, the army of the early capital conquered Chang'an, and about 8,000 people from the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty, concubines, clansmen, ministers, and nobles fell into the hands of the Tubo people.
At the beginning, Li Han did not dare to escape, and sent Aduya to lead the elite 10,000 people to track, Chang'an fell, the emperor hunted in the east, the earth in Guanzhong cracked and the sky collapsed, and the various departments had no intention of fighting, Huazhou and Tongzhou abandoned the city and fled to Luoyang with the emperor. Aduya's soldiers entered Huazhou bloodlessly, and in the face of the city's wealth and goods, they did not take a single penny, and went straight to Tongguan after replenishing supplies.
The scouts in the army told him that Liu Wu was confronted in front of Tongguan because of the battle with Li Quanzhong over who would protect the emperor's eastern hunting.
Capturing the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and making immortal feats, this is Aduya's highest goal!