The Hexi army lasted for a year, and there were troops coming to challenge almost every day, and Dong Axing on the opposite side saw Li Yuanji killing, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army; Li Yuanji was struggling to chase and kill, when suddenly a series of artillery rang out, and the Hexi army was still ambushed every day for such a long time. Shan Xiongxin and Zhai Changxun went their separate ways, Dong Axing returned, surrounded the 10,000 Tang troops on all sides, and trapped Li Yuanji in the heart. Li Yuanji led his troops to kill hundreds of enemy troops in a row, but under the fire of the bows and crossbows of the Hexi army, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller.

Li Yuanji rushed to the Hexi Army Marshal Banner, and met Shan Xiongxin, both of whom were masters of the lance, and were also known for their bravery, fighting for more than 50 rounds, Li Yuanji fell off his horse and drew his sword to kill himself. Li Yude and Liu Dewei both died in the melee, Zhuge Quan ordered to attack Mianzhu, Gao Jifu and Jia Yanfu knew that there was no point in defending the city, and raised the white flag to surrender the city.

Wang Xiongtan learned that Zhuge Quan's army had passed Mianzhu, and when he saw Li Jing asking for a siege, Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "The king of Yue has an order to have a complete Chengdu, and there are 10,000 Tang troops and 150,000 people in the city, and there is enough food and grass, at least it will take a year, and when Zhuge Quan arrives, he will stay with Su Huer to help him, you and I will go back to Jiangling, and urge Cheng Ning Changzhen and Feng Ang to surrender; Zhuge Quan has been in Bashu for more than two years, so let him take this credit. ”

Wang Xiongdan suddenly woke up to the fact that Li Jing and himself sent troops from Danyang, swept Jiangnan to Jingxiang Bashu, and laid down half of the country, which must be seen by others, and it is time to converge; What King Yue's order is just a pretext from Li Jing. Zhuge Quan and Li Jing met outside Chengdu City, they had a very happy conversation, and Zhuge Quan was unwilling to forcibly attack back Chengdu City, so he provoked Li Yuanji's head, hoping to provoke Li Yuan to fight, but there was no reaction in the city.

Li Yuan is just drunk and dreaming of death every day, and he no longer has the tendency to swallow mountains and rivers in the past; Zuo Servant Pei Lian, Neishi Ling Xiao Yu, Nanzhou Thorn Shi Pang Xiaotai, Zhongshu Shilang Wen Dayou, Zuotun Wei General Xu Shixu, Hongluqing Liu Shilong, Kubu Langzhong Wushi Tong, Hussar Generals Wei Daoren, Wei Yan, Li Gaoqian and others After several discussions, they still did not know the essentials, so they could only wait and see if there was an opportunity to provoke a civil uprising outside Chengdu and see if there was an opportunity to provoke a civil uprising.

With the conquest of Shu County, only a lonely city in Chengdu was left on the Chengdu Plain, Li Jing left Su Hu'er and Yuwen Chengdu 15,000 people to assist Zhuge Quan, and he and Wang Xiongdan left Chengdu with the navy, boarded a boat in Neijiang County and went down the river back to Jiangling. When he was about to arrive at the White Emperor City, he saw two clippers coming, and Jiang Duo defeated the White Emperor City.

Xu Shao, the assassin of Xiazhou, dedicated Qutang Pass, and Chen Zhiluo led 10,000 Lingnan soldiers and wingmen who were good at walking mountain roads to kill the mountain, and attacked the Tang army's outer village in the White Emperor Temple, killing Yang Wengan, the assassin of Bingzhou. The Tang army had less than 5,000 people left, and Chen Zhiluo fought on the mountain road one by one, and Jiang Duo only released the airship at this time, bombed the White Emperor City, and helped Chen Zhiluo fight all the way into the city.

Li Guangdu led 8,000 naval troops to land to help the battle, the two sides fought for six days and six nights, Li Shuliang, the general of the Tang Army's Zuo Yiwei, was killed in battle, and Zhu Zhijin, the governor of Huizhou, surrendered; When Li Jiancheng led a thousand cavalry to break through, he was surrounded by the large army commanded by Jiang Duo, and the fat cavalry general Lei Yongji was killed by Jiang Duo before the formation, and Jiancheng was captured by the arrow.

Li Jing knew that once Jiang Duo's tens of thousands of horses arrived in Chengdu, the Tang army would be destroyed, so he landed on the shore to meet Jiang Duo, visited the White Emperor City, drank all his wine, and after a day of rest, took Li Guangdu's army and went back together. Jiang Duo and Li Jing had similar ideas, they stayed in Badong to deal with government affairs, and sent Chen Zhiluo, Wang Junkuo, and Wang Qi to bring another 15,000 horse infantry troops to reinforce Chengdu; In addition, Xie Yingdeng was ordered to set off from Brazil and unify 10,000 people and horses to Chengdu.

Zhuge Quan was not idle, arranged craftsmen to build various siege equipment, shot books into the city every day, persuaded the Tang army to surrender, and when the armies arrived, there were nearly 100,000 horses under the city of Chengdu, and Zhuge Quan decided to start attacking the city. Zhuge Quan chose Taicheng, during the Warring States Period, Qin Zhangyi and Sima Cuo first built Taicheng, and then built Shaocheng in the west of Taicheng, Taicheng is where Li Tang's palace and Yizhou Governor's Mansion are located, and Shaocheng is the seat of Shu County and Chengdu County.

In order to avoid major damage to Chengdu, Zhuge Quan attacked the east gate and north gate of Taicheng to the death, and pressed all the siege equipment such as arrow towers, ladders, and crashes at one time, and then continued to use airships to cover in the air to destroy the Tang army's reinforcements to the two city walls. In the three consecutive days of attack and defense, Yang Heng finally commanded the Perak battalion to blow up three city walls, and Xie Yingdeng, Yuwen Chengdu, and Dong Axing took the lead and rushed in with their subordinates.

Wei Daoren, the hussar general of the Tang Army, fought fiercely with Yuwen Chengdu in the streets, and was stoned to death by Yuwen Chengdu in 30 rounds; Liu Shilong, the Tang army who commanded the street battle, was shot in the throat by Xie Yingdeng and died, and when the city gate was captured, the infantry of the Hexi Army pushed the wooden oxen and flowing horses to attack it, and the balance of victory was completely tilted in favor of the Hexi Army. The Tang Army's Zuotun Wei General Xu Shixu and Hussar General Wei Yan were killed successively, and the Hexi Army rushed straight to the Shu Palace, but saw a raging fire burning in the palace.

Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Wen Dayou, and Wu Shi Tong took more than 2,000 officials, chamberlains, palace maids, and guards, standing outside the palace of the King of Shu in a daze. Pei Lin Muran said: "Li Yuan was ready to burn the city and fight, but was dissuaded by us, so he drove us out of the palace of Shu, and listened to the last guards who came out to say that Li Yuan did not want his family to be humiliated, so he killed all his women and children and threw them into the orangery, and he set fire to the inner palace all the way to self-immolation. ”

Pei Lin no longer called Emperor Tang, but called him Li Yuan, which shows that his mentality has changed, and he admits from the bottom of his heart that Li Tang is already history, and he is willing to face Chang'an and the Great Sui. Wang Jue felt a sadness in his heart, even if Pei Lin changed like this a day earlier and surrendered to Chang'an, at least his life was worry-free, and he could be a small official; But, hey, Wang Jue understands Pei Lian's helplessness, Li Yuan is not only his king, but also his friend for many years, and he can't bear to deviate at the last moment.

As soon as the hussar general Li Gaoqian saw the fire in the palace of the king of Shu, he ordered the Tang army in Shaocheng to lay down their arms and surrender; Pang Xiaotai, the defender of Taicheng, immediately opened the city gate and surrendered. The soldiers of the Hexi Army wanted to rush into the palace of the king of Shu to put out the fire, but Li Yuan had already let people set up the combustion materials, so that the fire was too big to get close, and the fire burned for a day and a night before it was gradually extinguished; The palace of the King of Shu was completely in ruins, and Li Yuan's body could not be identified at all.

Zhuge was afraid that Li Yuan would escape by means of the fire, so on the one hand, he appeased the people, and on the other hand, asked Shan Xiongxin to secretly investigate, and Pei Lin and others were all escorted to Chang'an; Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief, and the firecrackers were wild, no matter how strong Li Yuan was, he finally fell in front of Yang Chong. But Chang'an is now the most difficult time, and Bingzhou, Daizhou, Bashu, Jingxiang, and Hebei are all full of holes, and it is very difficult to rely on the supply of Jiangnan, Henan, Jianghuai, and Guanzhong. If it weren't for the abundant supply of grain and salt, all parts of the country would have been in chaos a long time ago.

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