Chapter 44: Chang'an Quells the Rebellion
At this time, the Huhou Mansion was already in a mess, the Seven Star Tower had become scorched earth, and the medical hall and other courtyards had all collapsed. The workshop is also a mess everywhere, seeing this Ouyang Xuan's nameless fire, several years of hard work, now he has to start all over again, how can he not be painful, the corn and potatoes that should have been planted have now been replaced with low-yield corn and wheat. Find the master father Hiroshi, "Quickly go to the Yamauchi base and let people come back." Damn, this revenge is not avenged, and it is not a person". "No!" After receiving the order, the master father Hong took a hundred personal soldiers to open the entrance of the secret passage and enter the fish. This secret passage, Ouyang Xuan built for five years, and went straight to a flat land in the mountain that could accommodate 10,000 people. There are steep cliffs on all sides, and outsiders can't enter, this is still what Ouyang Xuan stumbled upon while hunting, and there are several caves where people can hide.
"Command the whole army and camp in front of the mansion." Before the order was issued, Tanma reported: "General Yu, General Zhang Yu of Liang led 100,000 Han troops to turn around and march fifty miles away." "Damn, if I don't give you a nod today, I really don't know how ruthless I am. Passing the order, the whole army lined up and was twenty miles away from Hebei. The battalions are prepared for wartime". "No!". The herald responded and delivered the order.
Fifty miles is not a difficult task for the Yulin Army, and it only takes two hours to arrive. But it was difficult for the Han army, which was all foot soldiers, and when the Yulin army was completed, the Han army had not yet arrived. At this time, the master father Hiroshi who came out of the secret passage brought a lot of ammunition, as well as fifty trebuchets improved by the students of the other academy, and I don't know where they were hiding. When the sun was setting in the west, 100,000 soldiers slowly came behind the vanguard. Seeing Ouyang Xuan lined up, he had to hurriedly set up a formation to meet him a mile ahead. Ouyang Xuan stepped forward immediately: "Please lead the soldiers to reply in front of the formation." After half a day, the Han army camp galloped out of the camp and said: "The last general is ordered by the Queen Mother to intercept and wait here." "General Zhang, can you know that a certain person is cutting through thorns and thorns outside the Saiwai, sweeping the Xiongnu Monan, reducing the border troubles of the Han land, and the people in the court and the central government actually plotted to kill a certain relative and enslave the people of the fief, I don't know if you can bear it?"
"It's useless to wait for too much, you are rebelling, and a certain person will lead the army to ask for it."
"It is better to advise General Zhang to surrender immediately, and not to kill the killer. The 200,000 allied troops of the Huns died overnight, and you can be the enemy? ”
"Surrender to the rebels, a certain has never thought that a certain is loyal to a master, and he will wait to fight despite the horses."
"Or, even if you seek death, so-and-so will be fulfilled with you."
Returning to his own military formation, Ouyang Xuan ordered that all the trebuchets should use yellow explosives, and the gunners would fire four high-explosive shells and four medicine packs, and they would be put on standby. Looking at the Han army in a hurry, Ouyang Xuan shook his head: "Order, the whole army shouted: Those who surrender will not die, otherwise there will be no bones." The herald promised to deliver the order.
A moment later, 50,000 people shouted in unison: "Those who descend will not die, otherwise there will be no bones left." Whoever descends must not die, otherwise there will be no bones left." After shouting for a quarter of an hour, no one came out. Ouyang Xuan gritted his teeth: "The trebuchet targets the enemy's military formation, and launches it freely." All cannons, four medicine packs, target enemy formations, free fire". As Ouyang Xuan's sword blade fell, a loud noise came from the Han army's formation with white smoke a moment later. The 100,000-strong army could not see the edge, but it could not withstand such a wild bombardment, and the trebuchet was like dynamite that did not require money, and it was launched package after pack. The improved trebuchet uses a geared upper bow, which is convenient and fast. It was bombarded for half an hour, and less than thirty percent of the opponent could stand. Under the cover of the explosives pack, the infantry phalanx slowly moved forward, and when it was close to the range of the explosives, Ouyang Xuan ordered the trebuchet bombing to stop. Pointing forward, the cavalry galloped out from both flanks and fought with the infantry phalanx into the formation, first with a salvo of bows and crossbows, followed by a sharp saber slash. The infantry ate the surviving Han army little by little according to the existing rhythm, and after half an hour, the battlefield returned to calm. The 100,000 army was killed, and those who fled were chased and killed by the cavalry, and Zhang Yu was directly beheaded by Ouyang Xuan. He ordered a man to find a man to bury the dead. Except for dozens of minor injuries, none of the Yulin Army died in a single unit, which is a combination of technology and strength.
After the battle is over, the main father Hong organizes the people to clean up the battlefield. After the Yulin Army replenished its equipment, it rested for a while, and the whole army set off overnight and went straight to Chang'an Anmen. There can't be a little respite, otherwise when reinforcements from all over the country come, the killing will be heavier, which is not what Ouyang Xuan wants to see. At two o'clock, the soldiers came to the camp of the southern army of Zongmiao, and they did not speculate, and before the 120,000 southern troops had time to line up, they were bombarded by trebuchets and 60 artillery, and when the cavalry and infantry army formations had not yet started, the remaining less than 80,000 living southern troops were killed and surrendered under the leadership of the low-level captains. Ouyang Xuan sent talented people in his own army to surrender the army and take over the command. Overnight, he camped in front of the temple and confronted Anmen. All battalions were on high alert, undressed and unarmoured, sleeping directly on sheepskins, and scouting non-stop.
When the first rays of sunlight shone down in the early morning, a group of courtiers stood outside the camp gate, led by Dou Ying and Han Anguo. These people came after the army set up camp, and Ouyang Xuan never saw them, so he stood like this for half a night. When he got up in the morning, Ouyang Xuan ordered people to arrest and detain all the courtiers outside the camp gate, and beheaded those who resisted. There were really a few marquis who disobeyed the order, shouted insults, and were so angry that the Yulin soldiers gritted their teeth, and in the last anger, they cut off those few guys who didn't have long eyes, and the leader was divided into five horses. To do all this in front of those courtiers is to give them a kind of deterrent.
At this time, Ouyang Xuan was very angry, and the consequence was to eat breakfast, and no one except the generals in his army was gone. The siege of the city was very easy for Ouyang Xuan, the trebuchet and the 60 cannon cooperated very well, and in less than half an hour, the Anmen City collapsed, and it was all rammed earth walls, so there was nothing difficult. Ouyang Xuan's sword pointed forward, the infantry phalanx led the city, and the battle in the city, the cavalry was out of weakness, and it was better for the infantry to come. When the cavalry and the southern army were surrendered and set up camp, they were sent by Ouyang Xuan to the city gates, and their task was to prevent those who left the city. The reason why Anmen was chosen was because it was the garrison of the Southern Army, second, there was no moat, and third, there were no civilians living here but the imperial palace. As for the Northern Army, some were brought out by Zhang Yu, and the others were under Ouyang Xuan's surveillance, once there was something abnormal. Ouyang Xuan had time to react now, after all, the military camp was far away, and there were less than 20,000 people left.
After the trebuchet collapsed the Anmen Gate, it was sent to the Bacheng Gate and the Zhicheng Gate. The phalanx of foot soldiers crossed the remnants of the city wall and slowly moved forward behind Ouyang Xuan, like a tank, crushing all the soldiers and all kinds of resistance they encountered. When they arrived at the arsenal, they were directly bombarded with 60 artillery. Killed the guards, seized the arsenal, climbed to the highest point of the arsenal, can overlook the entire Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace, set up 60 guns here, carried out two rounds of bombardment of the Immortal Hall of Changle Palace, and carried out a round of bombardment of the front hall of Weiyang Palace. The infantry divided into two routes, one went straight to Weiyang Palace, and the other surrounded Changle Palace. Ouyang Xuan stood on the high platform of the arsenal, as long as he saw a bow and arrow shooting from the city tower, he would personally shoot a shot. As long as there is an anomaly in the two palaces, direct shelling or rifle fire is found. Until then, the entire Chang'an City was under Ouyang Xuan's control. There were also rebels, but they couldn't stand up to the rain of crossbow arrows and sharp shells. The herald came to report that they found Liu Qi, who was under house arrest by Tian Wei, and Zhou Yafu, the prime minister who had starved to death, and captured the eldest princess Liu Concubine and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, as well as the Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Wang, and captured the crown prince Liu Che who was commanding the rebellion in the North Palace. As well as many important ministers in the court, the princes who lived in Chang'an City "" issued an order to bring everyone to the Xuanfang of Weiyang Palace, and if there was any disobedience, no matter how honorable they were. The whole army was ordered to be on strict alert, and the remnants of the Northern Army were notified to surrender immediately, otherwise there would be no mercy." Immediately ordered someone to dismantle the 60 cannon, beat the horse and went straight to the Xuanfang room of Weiyang Palace. Before the others arrived, Liu Qi was close, and under the escort of two personal soldiers, he sat on the main seat of the Xuan Room. Ouyang Xuan came in and just bowed his hand, then sat directly on the position of the subordinate general, took off the meteoric iron sword, placed it on the desk, and arched his hand at Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being rude." Without him, the minister cannot be considered disloyal. Born and died, he led the troops to pacify the Monan Xiongnu and reduce border troubles for the Han family. However, the ministers of the Han family took advantage of the emptiness of the palace to harass their family and beloved disciples, destroyed the land and went bankrupt. If it weren't for the minister's precautions, I am afraid that the minister's family and beloved disciples would have died in the hands of the dukes. Can the ministers tolerate it? The minister has worked hard for several years to manage the industry, and all the new agricultural grain has been destroyed, please ask Your Majesty to make the decision for the minister."
"I know the difficulties of waiting, I have been waiting for several months, and I am proud of it. It was only the continuous victory reports that made the princes of the DPRK and China afraid that they would become bigger and endanger the Han family, so they asked for the suspension of grain and grass materials. In order to urge the Xiongnu to weaken the strength of Hu Hou, I returned to the division under the edict. I and the prime minister did not approve it. As for the intrusion on the family, it was all done by the queen mother's coercion, but Zhou Cheng resolutely refused to allow it, was detained by the queen mother, and the prime minister died of hunger strike. I was also trapped in the Qilin Hall for more than nine months, and I couldn't get out. This time, I will reward Hu for his efforts in quelling the rebellion." "Your Majesty can know that Wang Zang and others have already corresponded with the Xiongnu, and the attack on Yan last spring was all invited by Wang Zang and Zhao Juan." Before he finished speaking, the soldiers at the door came to report, "General, the prisoners are brought here, and they are waiting to be dispatched." "Bring them up, and see what kind of perfidious people they are."
Leaning slightly, the people led by the Empress Dowager Dou were tied up and pressed into the hall, Ouyang Xuan swept everyone with cold eyes, basically the important ministers of the court were basically there, but Wei Juan and Tingwei Zhidu were missing, and the most hateful Tian Wei. Find a pro-soldier and "go and find out, where are the crown prince Fu Weiwan and Ting Weizhi." "No!".
"It's really okay for you to wait. The generals led the army to fight outside, and you and others killed our family members inside. It's really going to be a rebellion against us. Was this the case when the Han dynasty suppressed the founding heroes? It's really chilling, how mighty the Marquis of Huaiyin was back then, the Han Dynasty was all obtained by the Marquis of Huaiyin, and he could have enjoyed the victory, but he was forced by Gaozu and Lu Houxiao to be unjustly killed. Others, such as Yingbu and Han Wangxin, seem to be the same. This is not them, I can't stand coercion, I wanted to fight to pacify the Xiongnu border trouble, continue to disarm and return to the field, and live with peace of mind. I never thought that you would stab you in the back, attack the mansion, destroy the fields and go bankrupt, this is to die * forced to wait. I didn't want to do this, but you had to do it. Fortunately, the loyalty of his subordinates was successful. Another, the Queen Mother. Someone who has offended you? How could this be so-and-so. Don't forget that your eye disease is a certain doctor, and if such and such can be cured, it can also be destroyed. Since you want to be the queen of Lu, you will not be able to fulfill it, who is the king of Liang? narrow-minded, just because of a prophecy from the female pavilion marquis, he sent two thousand rangers to assassinate Yu, but he didn't want to pursue it. What else do you have to say, since you have acted, it doesn't matter with etiquette and law." Ouyang Xuan stood up, holding the meteoric iron sword, kept pointing at everyone, and said fiercely.
"The old body has something to say. Bringing troops into Beijing is not only a rebellion, but also a rebellion? ", Empress Dowager Dou is still domineering." Whether it is against or not, it is not in you, Your Majesty Yu Xuan has the grace of knowing it. If it weren't for Your Majesty's compulsion, Xuan Zi would not have rebelled, but would only assist Your Majesty in quelling the rebellion and eliminating rebellion."
The soldier whispered in Ouyang Xuan's ear: "General, my subordinates found Taifu and Tingwei in Tingwei's prison. According to the jailer, he was imprisoned for refusing to carry out the decree of the Empress Dowager." Ouyang Xuan nodded, turned to Liu Qi and said, "Your Majesty, the foundation of the Han must not be shaken, and the case of Empress Lu cannot be repeated, please ask Your Majesty to cut everything." But the minister has a word, and those who are involved in the minister's family must not be spared", now the entire Chang'an is under the control of Ouyang Xuan, and whatever he says is what he says.
"Hu, this matter involves a wide range of issues, and I am afraid that it will be the deceased who is afraid that it will be the camp of the dynasty, which will damage the foundation of the country and shake the foundation of the country, so I will judge it slowly." In fact, Ouyang Xu also had some doubts, that is, how could Liu Wu get involved with Queen Wang and jointly detain Liu Qi under house arrest. Encouraging the Queen Mother to seize power, these Ouyang Xuan didn't understand it very well, and he also wanted to find out the reason.
"It's okay, wait. Someone came and handed them over to the court lieutenant." "No!" Huo Xin took the order and ordered the Yulin Army to drag everyone out of the hall, load them into the prisoner car, and go straight to the Imperial Governor's Office, regardless of whether Liu Qi agreed or not. Ouyang Xuan asked Liu Qidao without yin or yang: "Your Majesty, today's matter, according to Your Majesty's opinion, how should we do it?" ”。 Liu Qi's brain has already been shut down now, and this time he has also messed up, his personality is very cowardly, and there is no minister to give advice at this time, and he has no ideas. It took a long time to speak, "I know how to do it, and I will definitely give the world and Hu Hou an explanation."
Ouyang Xuan is not impossible to abdicate even if Liu Qi abdicates now, but it will cause a lot of trouble. aroused the public indignation of the people in the world, now is not the time, and there is no further pressure on Liu Qi, but the army he trained must not be handed over again, this is his own guarantee, Ouyang Xuan also plans to expand the Yulin army to 100,000. "Your Majesty, in this extraordinary period, the Yulin army led by the minister gets along with the minister day and night, and it is very harmonious, at this time I am afraid that it is not appropriate to hand over the military power, and the land of the Huns led by the other minister still needs to be guarded, and continue to expand the training of soldiers to prepare for the needs of the north. Another minister recommended the Taishou Ling Dai of Beidi County to serve in the court. The ministers also have no intention of doing things in the court, but just want to train soldiers and apprentices, plough the fields, and get some strange tricks to sell some money and grain." "I will play accurately, and the number of soldiers can be expanded to 5,000. I will draft an edict to appoint Hu Hou as a general, and I can appoint the generals of the Yulin Army on my own. When the situation was not yet stable, the Yulin Army temporarily defended Chang'an, under the command of Hu Hou". "The minister's decree, the guards in His Majesty's palace are temporarily undertaken by Yulin, and Your Majesty can act with confidence. The minister retired".
When I returned to the mansion in Chang'an City, I saw Liu Hui, who I hadn't seen for more than a year, and I was very affectionate. Everyone else is fine, but after this toss, the body is obviously a little old, and it is powerless. After all, it was Ouyang Xuan who used Jinshi water to prolong his life, came out of the room, and checked the pulse of the old man, obviously lacking qi and blood, listening to his lung disease, night sweats in the afternoon, it should be tuberculosis infection. "Chun Yugong, there is a lung disease, this disease penicillin can not be treated, you need the streptomycin developed by Xuan." Saying that, he ordered people to find two bottles of streptomycin that had been repeatedly purified, and these streptomycin were made by the streptomyces that were inadvertently obtained in the cave at the beginning, and after many times of cultivation with the agar extracted from unicorn cabbage, stone cauliflower, and Jiang Li. Mixed with the normal saline made by herself, she did a skin test first, and saw that there was no allergic reaction, so she asked the righteous concubine to inject intramuscularly according to the amount she taught, and injected it every day. I was prescribed a pair of Chinese medicine to nourish the nerves, and I took it on time and in the right amount every day.
By the time the work was over, it was past dinner time. The soldiers probed the horses and reported: "My lord, my subordinates have found out that the Marquis of Wu'an is now hiding in the Huainan King." Please make it public". "Order you to bring five generals, Wu'an Hou to arrest back, if the king of Huainan has something wrong, kill him." "No!" Before Tanma turned around and went out, Han Liang hurriedly came to report, "The soldiers and horses of King Liang and King Huainan have captured Luoyang and are coming to Chang'an." No.: Qing Jun's side, help the Queen Mother, save King Liang".