Chapter 739: Recovering Luoyang (1)

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Kong Sheng's tent was brightly lit, Wu Xianwu Xie Li Biao, Li Hu and Yang Tong and others actually did not sleep at all, in fact, the movement in Luoyang City had already alarmed Kong Sheng's camp, this matter was obvious, Shi Chaoyi was leading the army to escape from the De'an Gate behind, but Kong Sheng did not order to chase and kill, and the coalition army could only stand still.

No one knows better than Kong Sheng that the pursuit will not have much effect, but will expose the reality that the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces on his side is not strong. Once Fan Yangjun comes back to his senses and turns around and kills a horse pistol, his 50,000 military horses will not be able to bear it.

All he wants is Luoyang. As for the main force of Shi Chaoyi's rebels, it is better to hand it over to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi to encircle and suppress.

Tian Chenghe's son Tian Hua came to visit at night, and Kong Sheng immediately understood why he came. Tian Chenghe's surrender is not too unexpected, because in the original history, Tian Chengsi surrendered to the Li Tang Dynasty, but this person was a wolf, and after surrendering, he supported the army and self-respect, poisoning the people, and later rebelled against the Central Plains like Shi Siming.

Kong Sheng sat in his handsome seat. Wu Xian and Wu Xie and other generals were divided into left and right, and Yang Tong had his own seat, just below Kong Sheng. For Yang Tong, who was the counselor of the military aircraft, Kong Sheng naturally had some respect. On the opposite side of Yuan Chao, there was Su Sannu, sitting in turn, but no one cared about the order.

Tian Hua walked into the big tent with a respectful face, and his blazing gaze skipped over all the generals, but directly projected on Kong Sheng's body. In the past two days, Kong Sheng left a deep impression on Fan Yangjun, the first time he killed the general Wei Li in less than a round, and then bombarded Luoyang to make Shi Chaoyi's men and horses lose their souls. Such a person, if not worthy of respect, must be worthy of reverence.

Kong Sheng's gaze was deep and majestic, he looked at Tian Hua and said lightly: "Tian Hua? The son of Tian Chenghei? ”

Tian Hua bowed down: "The last general is exact, my father Tian Chenghei, who was originally a military general in Weizhou, and then ran to An Lushan to kidnap and rebel...... Today, my father specially ordered the last general to come to meet the king of the county, wanting to lead the people to surrender to the court, and sacrifice Shi Chaoyi's family and concubines and hundreds of others and Luoyang City! ”

Kong Sheng smiled slightly: "If it weren't for the bombardment of Luoyang by this king, let Er and the others be frightened, I'm afraid your father and son would not have the intention of returning to the imperial court." However, although the father and son helped to abuse, the court is not to blame in the past, as long as you lead the people to surrender, this king will definitely show the court and His Majesty, and give you the corresponding reward, there is no problem. ”

Tian Hua smiled and said, "King of the county, my father thinks it's ......."

Kong Sheng knew that Tian Chengsi would definitely put forward conditions. Although he has not met Tian Chenghei, this person is a famous person in the history of this period, and there are many records in the history books, can Kong Shengyan not know his character?

According to historical records, Tian Chenghei was deeply suspicious and brave, although he accepted the orders of the imperial court on the surface, he secretly only tried to consolidate himself. He collected heavy taxes, refurbished armaments, counted household registrations, and forcibly recruited soldiers, so that within a few years, the number of troops reached 100,000. Tian Chengsi also selected 10,000 burly and powerful soldiers to serve as his guards, called Yabing. He appointed himself as an official in the territory, collected his own taxes, and although he was nominally a feudal town of the imperial court, he never fulfilled the obligations of a courtier.

Think about it, how can such a political speculator not have his own interests in mind? He will definitely take advantage of the time to submit to Kong Sheng and the Tang Dynasty to put forward various conditions. From the moment Tian Hua entered the big tent, Kong Sheng was watching this section like a fire.

Kong Sheng's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Tian Hua, what are the conditions for your father and son, just say it, this king will listen to you." ”

Tian Hua remembered his father Tian Chenghe's instructions, and said with a smile: "King of the county, in fact, my father and son have long wanted to return to the imperial court, but they have never had the opportunity. My father wanted to come, our Tian family is based in Weibo, and I hope that the imperial court can canonize my father as the envoy of Weibo Festival, and the 50,000 military horses under my father's command are all under the jurisdiction of my father, guarding Weibo for the imperial court, preventing the Hedong Army from invading Henan, and listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement. ”

Tian Huati's request is just the original direction of history, after Tian Chenghei returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was indeed named the envoy of Wei Bojie by the emperor, self-contained, leading the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement. This was an important factor in causing the Tian clan to cause the troubles in the Central Plains in the future.

Since Kong Sheng has traveled to this era, how could he watch the Tian family's catastrophe grow into a bully warlord who is no less harmful than An and Shi Siming, and will affect innocent people in the future?

Kong Sheng got up slowly, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he suddenly shouted: "The general of the rebel army, the minister of obedience, dares to threaten the imperial court and try to support the army and respect himself?!" Presumptuous! ”

"Go back and tell Tian Chenghe, just say that this king said that if you want to submit to the court, before noon tomorrow, lead the crowd out of the city to disarm and surrender! This king will play the Ming court as appropriate, and canonize Er's father and son as officials! As for the rest, don't be delusional! ”

"The king waited only until noon. If it doesn't fall at noon, the king will press on the army and bombard Luoyang again, razing Luoyang City to the ground along with the rebellion of your father and son! Get out! ”

Kong Sheng said indifferently: "Wu Xian Wu Xi, expel this son from the tent to this king!" ”

Tian Hua was terrified, he didn't expect that Kong Sheng would suddenly turn his face. He didn't dare to stay, didn't wait for Wuxian to drive away, and immediately fled from Kong Sheng's tent and camp in disarray, and fled back to Luoyang City overnight.

Hearing that Kong Sheng not only did not agree to his conditions, but wanted to order him to surrender unconditionally before noon, Tian Chengsi couldn't help but become furious. He wanted to surrender, on the one hand, because he was shocked by Kong Sheng's artifact bombardment, worried that Luoyang would not be able to hold it, and on the other hand, he was also trying to obtain greater political benefits from the Li Tang court. But if he didn't have the slightest benefit, how could he be willing to submit to the Li Tang court?

Tian Chenghe's father and son spent a whole half of the night and decided to rely on the high defense of Luoyang City, with 50,000 soldiers and horses, to confront Kong Sheng. In Tian Chengsi's view, he must show his due value to the Li Tang court in order to get the status and power he deserves.

But the next morning, the whole army in Kong's camp poured out, and the sound of the snare drum echoed in the wilderness for a long time. And the dozen or so powerful invincible general cannons that were not witnessed by Fan Yangjun were finally exposed in front of the public under the city.

Kong Sheng's 50,000-strong army lined up, murderous, and banners were all over the sky. And the black and cold holes of the dozen or so artillery pieces rushed straight to Luoyang City, putting on a posture of attacking the city at any time.

Time passed little by little, and the red sun hanging in the eastern sky gradually shifted to the sky, plating the entire Luoyang City with a faint golden light. The people in the city, including Fan Yang's soldiers, were a little uneasy, and they didn't know when the earth-shattering and heaven-like disaster like yesterday would come again.

Tian Chengsi hesitated whether to lead the army out of the city to test Kong Sheng's reality and at the same time beat the morale of his own military horses. But he has never made up his mind, because the scene of Kong Sheng killing Wei Li that day is still in his mind, and he knows that he still has these generals under his command, and none of them are Kong Sheng's opponents. Although the 50,000 Jiangnan coalition troops in front of him are not strong in combat, but Kong Sheng has mysterious and unpredictable means, if the artifact bombardment yesterday comes again, no matter how fierce these soldiers he belongs are, they are also flesh and blood, and they can't resist this great terror.

Kong Sheng looked up at the sky and saw that it was so dark that it was noon, and there was no movement in Luoyang City, and Tian Chenghe's father and son showed no sign of going out of the city to surrender. Kong Sheng was extremely indifferent in his heart, and immediately issued an order to bombard Luoyang three times in a row. The gap in the Changqing Gate that was bombarded yesterday had not been repaired by Fan Yang's army at all, but it was only surrounded with mud and sand to prevent Kong Sheng's army from attacking and entering.

After a while, there was a roaring sound in mid-air, Tian Hua looked up at the sky, and his face changed suddenly: "Father, dodge!" ”

Under Kong Sheng's strict orders, more than a dozen artillery pieces that had already been prepared launched the first round of ruthless shelling, and the direction of aiming and the focus of the bombardment were still yesterday's Changqing Gate and its left and right city walls and its upper towers.

The earth was shaking, the smoke and dust were rolling, the city walls were shaking, and the deafening explosion made all the defenders of Fan Yang lose their souls and become a mess. After an interval of more than 10 minutes, the smoke and dust had not completely dispersed, and the second round of shelling came suddenly today. In this way, the three rounds of merciless bombardment ended, and the entire section of the city wall of Changqing Gate had been completely bombed into a huge gap, and there was no defense. And its upper city tower is considered to have completely collapsed and turned into a ruin.

The defenders of Van Duong suffered heavy casualties, with at least thousands of casualties in two rounds of shelling and blasting that covered the sky without gaps. If it weren't for the fact that two soldiers stood in front of him, Tian Chengji would have been seriously injured by the flying shrapnel and the rocks that had been raised by the explosion.

The black and oppressive defenders of Fan Yang were frightened, and they fled desperately towards De'anmen despite the military order, preparing to escape from Luoyang, an existence that seemed to them to be like a hell on earth.

The military drum in the army on the opposite side sounded loudly, and Kong Sheng was about to give the order for the whole army to attack the city. At this moment, Tian Chengsi raised his arms on the city tower hoarsely, and shouted the sound of Kaesong's surrender.

In fact, the city gate does not need to be opened, because the Evergreen Gate no longer exists. And the Fan Yang army that Tian Chengsi could gather and was willing to surrender was actually only more than 10,000 people, and the other soldiers rushed out of De'anmen in an orderly manner, and fled in the direction of Mozhou like a tide.

Guo Ziyi's army had just arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang, when he suddenly heard a Malay report that the rebels of Fanyang had been defeated and fled in the direction of Mozhou. Guo Ziyi was taken aback, and said in her heart: Could it be that Kong Sheng has already taken Luoyang City? But it shouldn't be, with the rabble under Kong Sheng's command, it is no match for Shi Chaoyi's 100,000 iron horsemen in any case!

But as a famous general in the world, Guo Ziyi will never sit idly by and watch the rebels flee from under his nose to Mozhou. He immediately issued an order to hunt down the rebels, his official army was the elite of the Li Tang Dynasty's army, and this group of rebels who escaped from Luoyang City had no master general to command, and they had no intention of fighting, so they were naturally chased by Guo Ziyi's people and lost their armor and collapsed the army, with countless casualties.

He led his army to pursue and kill the defeated rebel army for most of the day, until evening, when he led the army back. In the wilderness, on the edge of the Luo River, the corpses of the rebels were everywhere, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.

At this time, Guo Ziyi had already received a great victory report from Kong Sheng to take Luoyang and surrender Fan Yang's general Tian Chengsi and 10,000 Fan Yang iron cavalry.

Fugu Huaien was a little depressed, and said irritably: "Dashuai, I didn't expect us to be a step late, this work of conquering the eastern capital of Luoyang is completely owned by Kong Sheng alone, which is really angry!" ”

Guo Yao sneered on the side: "Father, our army killed thousands of defeated troops, which is also a great achievement!" ”

Guo Ziyi smiled and ignored the dissatisfaction of the two. In fact, he also had some regrets in his heart. Although his military horses also had the merit of chasing and killing Fan Yang's defeated army, this group of defeated Fan Yang's army obviously escaped from Luoyang's remnants, even if they took advantage of the weakness to enter and annihilate thousands of people, but it was far inferior to Kong Sheng's brilliant exploits in Luoyang.

Moreover, everyone understands that Guo Ziyi's army is a pick-up of people's teeth. If it weren't for Kong Sheng to conquer Luoyang, how could they pick up the cheap?

What Guo Ziyi didn't understand was how Kong Sheng took Luoyang City in such a short period of time, by what means and at what cost. Shi Chaoyi's command is known as 100,000 iron cavalry, and Luoyang's city defense is profound, why can't he hold it for several days in Kong Sheng's hands?

Guo Ziyi was puzzled.

But in any case, Luoyang was conquered and recovered, and it returned to the hands of the official army and the imperial court, which is a good thing. (To be continued.) )