Chapter 329: East-West Strike

More than a month later, when all parties were ready, Gao Qin and Shi Zhao suddenly attacked at the same time, sending elite troops from the east and west, and attacking Liu Zhao in a big way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Shi Zhao, with Zhongshan Gong Shihu commanding 40,000 troops, sent out from Puyang, recovered Chen Liu, and went straight to the tiger prison; With Pengcheng Gongshi, who had just quelled the rebellion and annexed the state, he led 20,000 people, crossed Taihang from Pingyang, went south to Mengjin, and attacked the hinterland of Luoyang; He then ordered Hedong Gong Shisheng to send troops from Xuchang to sweep Dengfeng and Xinzheng areas south of Luoyang with 30,000 people, and clear the surroundings; Reinstate Changping Gong Shi Lang, wave 20,000 troops, cross the Yellow River, and be sure to take Heyang City in Luoyang Beiping, which can be used to seize Shikan in Mengjin. In the end, the ultimate strategic goal of making Luoyang an isolated city without help was achieved, and then besieged in one fell swoop.

This time, Shi Le requisitioned more than 100,000 strong troops, supplemented by 300,000 people, countless materials and salaries, and with the determination not to turn back until the goal was achieved, he launched a powerful offensive against Luoyang, the root place of Liu Yao. Before leaving the division, all the major generals received the edict written by King Zhao, repeatedly emphasizing the importance and seriousness of this attack, and never allowing each other to pass the buck, disobey, frame or even fight privately. If so, whoever is there, shall be immediately court-martialed, the whole family shall be confiscated, and the wife shall be deposed into slavery. Shi Hu Shisheng also knows the seriousness of the current problem, as long as he wins the battle, he can say anything in front of Shi Le; If you turn a deaf ear and the old germination sprouts, resulting in the defeat of the battle, there will be no two words except a tragic death. So I finally temporarily abandoned the previous suspicions, and was able to start from the overall situation, so that we could cooperate with each other, and all parties echoed and went hand in hand.

Shi Zhao's army, overwhelming the mountains and seas, attacking several roads together, and the former Zhao country was in flames. Liu Yao was furious, and immediately sent 50,000 troops to defend Heluo, and at the same time planned to recruit 30,000 soldiers and 100,000 stone grain from Chang'an to help. But before the holy decree was issued here, an urgent report had been sent from there, and Gao Yue actually attacked Yongzhou with the strength of the country at the same time, and Chang'an not only could not help strongly, but was also in danger, but came to him for help. Liu Yao was shocked, had to grit his teeth and insist, and strictly ordered the crown prince Liu Yin to resist it, and do his best to recruit the domestic people to replenish the source of troops. For a time, in the area of Guanzhong and Heluo, the golden drums frequently sounded the melee of the Three Kingdoms, and the momentum vibrated the world, and all sides were eye-catching.

In response to Shi Le's invitation, when the appointed time came, the Qin army immediately moved. This time, Gao Yue took Hu Song, the assassin of Yongzhou, as the commander of the former army, commanded 30,000 soldiers and horses in advance, and formulated a plan to go straight to Jingzhao County to attack Chang'an. Hu Song was trying to wash away the shame of the snow, but of course he promised, and the Yongzhou army acted quickly. Gao Yue led 40,000 troops as the main force to support and drove away from Xiangwu. In addition, he ordered 10,000 Xiazhou troops to go south to attack Beidi County in Dongyongzhou, and Liangzhou sent 10,000 troops to attack Fengyi County in the north, as a flank echo, so that the front of the former Zhao army was forced to lengthen, taking care of one and losing the other.

It is said that the Yongzhou army moved when he heard the order. When Gao Yue traveled to Liquan on the front line, the good news came that the front army was actually under the city of Chang'an and planned to besiege the city. Gao Yue was very surprised, because from Liquan to Chang'an in the east, there were enemy soldiers all the way, ranging from thousands to nearly 10,000, not only was it not a smooth road, but it was a deep defense line, and I didn't expect the striker to be so efficient. According to Hu Song's report, it turned out to be all the credit of Shiping Taishou Li Feng.

Li Feng's 5,000 soldiers were his old subordinates when he was in Shu. Although these Sichuan soldiers are not burly and majestic Northwest Hans, they are all extremely strong and fast, jumping back and forth like sharp pawns. has followed Li Feng for a long time, and he has been able to do the same and unite and love each other. And like the main general Li Feng, after returning to the Qin State, there is still no real feats, this time he is eager to establish miraculous feats, not only to prove the interests of the Sichuan soldiers in front of friendly troops, but also to show his demeanor well in front of Gao Yue.

As the vanguard of the Yongzhou Army, Li Feng marched quickly. In the field, Li Feng's soldiers were often divided into dozens of groups in an instant, and the enemy also responded with the dispersion of troops, and as a result, the Sichuan soldiers quickly gathered.

When encountering a city, Li Feng never surrendered, and went directly up the ladder to attack the city. The Sichuan soldiers were swift, climbed to the middle of the city wall in a few blinks, and threw the hook claws made of wrought iron onto the city, and connected the thick hemp ropes that were tightly tied around the waist, and the ladder ropes were used, and the climbing dexterity was like an ape. The defenders easily knocked down the ladders, and the Sichuan soldiers had ropes to rely on; If you cut the rope and forget that there is a ladder; In the midst of the chaos, it was too late to destroy the ladder and break the rope at the same time, and the Sichuan soldiers had already jumped up. And the shield he held was specially made, woven with old vines, tightly covered with three layers of buffalo skin, and soaked in the water for an hour before the battle, and then the soldiers held the shield to cover the front of them, and fought bravely. The enemy can't splash oil, the fire can't burn, when fighting in close combat, the rattan shield is soaked in water, the cowhide is slippery outside, and the old vine inside is tough, full of rigidity and softness, and the long and short blades were helpless for a while. Stunned, the Sichuan soldiers had already jumped on the enemy tower to fight back, so the defenders often could not support it, and the soldiers collapsed and fell.

Li Feng, with his unique subordinates and style, attacked fiercely as if he had entered a no-man's land, and the first army took the lead, and he actually rushed to the city of Chang'an. Previously, Hu Song was worried that he would be in danger if he went deep alone, and he was going to suspend it, and then he thought that the momentum was rising, why bother suppressing it, and he knew that Gao Yue's main force was coming, so he simply waved the army, accelerated the pace, followed Li Feng all the way, and then surrounded Chang'an City.

On the second day, the cannon outside the city rumbled, the drums sounded abyss, and the cheers were deafening. Liu Yin, the prince of Zhao in the city, knew that there was another enemy army killed, so he hurriedly transferred troops to the throne, and ordered him to hold on, while bringing his attendants, he hurriedly looked around. But I saw that the besieging Qin army was all raising their spears and shouting, and on the horizon in the distance, countless black-armored armies were surging like a tide, and their murderous spirit soared into the sky. Russia and the two converged, covering the sky and the sun, surrounded by a particularly tall Xuanxi main flag, and came proudly. Everywhere they went, all the Qin soldiers and generals saw the eye-catching word 'high' on the flag, and they became more and more jubilant, and the momentum of the Qin army shook the heavens and the earth.

Gao Yue rode his horse and stood under the main flag, looking at the noisy scene, looking up at the majestic silhouette of Chang'an City, and couldn't help but think of the first time he came to King Qin, and finally held on to Chang'an City for 100 days to resist the Xiongnu army. The past flashed through his mind one by one, and the emperors and generals at that time had all disappeared, and he himself was now a powerful clan in the world. Many years passed in a flash, when he was outnumbered and defenders of the city, and finally sat back and watched the country's demise and was unable to do anything, so he had to accept the will and flee helplessly. Now he has personally led the tiger army to besiege Chang'an with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and the momentum is too high to look up. This huge change in roles and the strong contrast of identities make people feel a lot of emotion, and they just say that they make people happy.

With his siege order, more than 70,000 Qin troops immediately boiled, like a black tide, wanting to completely submerge Chang'an City. Liu Yin in the city, seeing that this situation was unprecedentedly serious, and the scale of the Qin army was also unprecedentedly large, he was already terrified in his heart. However, the situation in Dongyongzhou was already very unoptimistic, and the Beidi County and Fengyi County on the north and south sides were attacked by the Qin army at the same time. And Sizhou Heluo, who was also attacked by Shi Le's army on all sides, became increasingly poor, and had the heart to ask Liu Yao for help, but Liu Yin understood the current embarrassment of his father, far more than him. As a last resort, Liu Yin had no choice but to cheer up and resist with all his might.

Two years passed in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it was the first year of Yongchang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (322 AD). During this period, from the land of Guanzhong to the area of Yanyu, the long war has not stopped. Qin and Later Zhao invested countless elite soldiers and strong generals, lost countless manpower and materials, and their national strength was greatly consumed. However, after a long period of continuous attacks, the former Zhao Empire, which used to be proud of the world, has now shrunk sharply, and the people of the country have a sense of desolation and fear in the twilight. In the east, the former Zhao only left Hongnong County in Sizhou and Henan County under the jurisdiction of the capital Luoyang, while in the west, all the land was lost to Qin, leaving only a lonely city in Chang'an, which was surrounded and impassable, similar to his master Liu Yao, who was still struggling to support.

In the past two years, the former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao was exhausted. Under the frantic offensive of the East and West, he tried his best, but he still could not recover the increasingly obvious decline. Now when the building was about to collapse, he had to order the prince Liu Yin, who was still holding on to the lonely city, to give up Chang'an, try to return to Luoyang, and join forces to resist Hou Zhao. Compared with his old enemy Gao Yue, Liu Yao actually hated Shi Le the most in his heart. He believes that Gao Yue is a Han Chinese anyway, and he has always belonged to an enemy country, and it is normal for them to be hostile to each other; And Shi Le was originally a retainer, and after he was full-fledged, he flagrantly betrayed and rebelled against the old master, this kind of rebellious and bad behavior is outrageous, and it is really tolerable and intolerable.

Liu Yin, the former prince of Zhao, relied on the unusually majestic Chang'an and the large savings in the city, and it was rare to persist for two years. But now, it is also the end of the strong crossbow, and it is difficult to support it, and the Qin army still has no intention of retreating. When he was discussing with his subordinates whether to break out of the city, he received the will of his father, so Liu Yin wrote a sincere letter to Gao Yue, saying that his father was in trouble and could not be saved, as long as he was let out of the city and left, he was willing to hand over Chang'an City immediately. In the letter, Liu Yin begged, the battle between the two phases is for the public, in the past, Ende did not dare or forget, now the army of the Duke of Qin is strong and powerful, he is willing to retreat from the edge, please Gao Yue to open the net, and then give him a way to run to Luoyang.

At that time, Gao Yue was also dragged to exhaustion. Seeing that Liu Yin had the intention of withdrawing from Chang'an, he really couldn't ask for it, and let him avoid it, because he wanted to fight Shi Le in the east, and he could even sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that the two Zhao before and after could fight hard, why not. Therefore, Gao Yue immediately replied in person, promising that as long as Liu Yin did not set fire, plunder, or kill in vain, he would give up Chang'an peacefully, and agreed to open the net and let Liu Yin leave safely. So the two reached an agreement, and three days later, Liu Yin led more than 8,000 remnants of the army to Luoyang without looking back. After Chang'an City, the last fortress of the former Zhao in Guanzhong, also fell into the hands of Gao Yue, so far, the vast land west of Tongguan has become Qin soil.