Chapter 160: Self-defeating
The first to enter Chang'an City was the 30,000 Tubo Scorpion Army led by Zhang Liang. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Jingzhou Assassin Shi Tang Kuan was half forced by his wife and concubine, and half out of consideration for saving his own life, and finally took the most shameful step in his life: he surrendered to Tibet. When Zhang Liang heard the news of Tang Kuan's surrender, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately entered the city to meet Tang Kuan in person.
In the past, Tang Kuan tried his best to cling to the Zhang family, but Zhang Liang refused to even open the door to him, and at this time, Zhang Liang took the initiative to rush into the city to see Tang Kuan, but Tang Kuan was even more ashamed: After all, the taste of being a traitor is not pleasant.
However, as soon as Zhang Liang entered the city to meet Tang Kuan, he didn't even leave him with a blush for him, so he asked Tang Kuan to be the guide of his army, guiding the 30,000 scorpion army horses under his command to kill Chang'an City without saddle.
When the news of Nasimo's heavy defeat in the Battle of Hezhou came, Zhang Liang immediately had an astonishing thought in his heart that he had not had since he led his army north: since God had given such a good opportunity, so that the revenge of the Zhang family's annihilation could be avenged in his own hands, how could he be willing to miss it in vain? Nasimo 60,000 soldiers and horses were broken in half, and it was impossible to recover in a short period of time, and his partial division that marched from the north along the way naturally became the main force of the march, if he could seize the favorable opportunity, wave his army to the east, and take Chang'an in one go, then Yu Gong, in front of Lange, he should have made the first contribution, and more importantly, he could take the lead in Chang'an, and understand the enemy with his own hands, and avenge his sister who died tragically in the palace a few months ago.
Thinking about this, Zhang Liang completely forgot the negative attitude of retreating to the mountains and spending the rest of his life in peace, and ******** threw himself into the battle for the shame of his family.
Tang Kuan faced Zhang Liang's aggressive request, and actually showed the demeanor of a "model of a hundred officials", not only full of promises to be a guide for the Tubo army, but also tried his best to meet the strength, and took the initiative to remind Zhang Liang that Jingzhou was lost, although Chang'an had no danger to defend, but there was still Jingyun Cong in Chang'an City sitting in the Generalissimo's Mansion, and there were 20,000 forbidden troops led by Wu Bi in the capital, which was quite strong, and the reminder should not be underestimated.
Regarding the 20,000 forbidden troops under Wu Bi's command, Zhang Liang didn't look at it, but heard Tang Kuan say that Jing Yuncong was still in Chang'an City, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
When Zhang Liang led the army to Fenning, more than 200 miles east of Jingzhou, under the guidance of Tang Kuan, sent a scout to inquire about the news near Chang'an: In the city of Chang'an, the emperor executed Wang Huaizhen, who was defeated and returned to Chang'an, and learned the news of the invasion of Tubo, and ordered Jingyun Cong to go out and lead 3,000 forbidden troops to garrison Fengtian in the southwest of Chang'an, intending to meet the invading Tubo army in person.
Zhang Liang listened to the news reported by the scout, and was still hesitant, and Tang Kuan, who was standing beside him, had already taken the initiative to make suggestions with a smile on his face: "The general doesn't need to worry too much. We just need to take advantage of Jing Yuncong's failure to gain a firm foothold in Fengtian, make a detour to the north, capture Wugong with lightning speed, and then kill Chang'an in one fell swoop, so that when Jing Yuncong discovers the movement of our army, the communication between him and Chang'an has been cut off by our army and has become a lone army, so naturally there will be no threat. ”
When Zhang Liang heard this, he looked at Tang Kuan, who was full of white hair, in surprise, and nodded frequently: "I didn't expect that Master Tang is actually a civil and military all-rounder who is well versed in the way of using soldiers. When General Ben leads the army to capture Chang'an, he will definitely ask for credit for Lord Tang in Da Lun and the Great General, so that you are above the forest tree, how about it? ”
Tang Kuan couldn't think of this careful thought that he had been jealous of Lin Shujiu for a long time, Zhang Liang was already like watching a fire, and he couldn't help but blush when he bowed down to thank him.
The development of the battle situation was even smoother than Zhang Liang imagined, and in less than a day and night, Zhang Liang's army had already killed under the Anyuan Gate in the west of Chang'an City. Tang Kuan saw that the opportunity for him to invite merit and reward had come, so he volunteered and suggested to Zhang Liang that he should go to deceive Anyuan Gate in the name of returning to Beijing after the defeat of the Jingzhou Assassin Army, so as to buy more time for the Tubo army to capture Chang'an.
Zhang Liang was happy that Tang Kuan was so willing to serve him, and immediately ordered the vanguard general Ge Tan to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to accompany Tang Kuan to the Anyuan Gate to call the door. This time, even Tang Kuan didn't expect that as soon as the prison guards guarding Anyuan Gate heard Tang Kuan's call, they opened the city gate and let Tang Kuan enter the city. Ge Tanze stood on a high slope two miles away from Anyuan Gate, and saw that Tang Kuan had deceived the west gate of Chang'an with almost no effort, and raised the cloud-piercing scorpion sword in his hand high to the sky, and with a shout, five thousand Tubo soldiers slaughtered into Chang'an like evil wolves......
Lai Xing'er disguised himself as a Tibetan sergeant, blended into the ranks of the Tibetan army, and walked towards the main gate of the imperial city at the north end of Suzaku Street---- Chengtian Gate. Before he got close to Chengtianmen, he heard the sound of a fight in front of him.
Lai Xing'er clenched the long sword in his hand, and ran forward with the flow of people, and when he didn't run long, he saw that about two or three hundred steps away from Chengtianmen, hundreds of Tubo soldiers gathered in a circle, waving the long sword in his hand constantly, and his mouth let out an excited shout, as if he was standing and cheering for someone. Lai Xing'er relied on his thin body, squeezed sideways between the figures, and when he came to the circle, he couldn't help but be so shocked by what he saw in front of him that he almost screamed on the spot.
I saw that in the circle surrounded by all the Tibetan soldiers, Jing Zhao was fighting alone with a tall Tibetan general with his sword.
The Tibetans had apparently regarded Jing Zhao as their prey, and were not in a hurry to take his life, but to watch him fight as a trapped beast, slowly exhausting the last bit of strength in his body before they were willing to kill him.
At this time, it was Ge Tan, the pioneer general under Zhang Liang, who was fighting against Jing Zhao. Ge Tan and the great butler Danba in Nasimo's house, the commander of the Scorpion Army's infantry army Butuo and the cavalry commander Shashi are known as the four tiger generals of the Scorpion Army, and they have the courage to be unstoppable, and this time he served as the vanguard of the Northern Route Army, and Nasimo can be said to have high hopes for him.
After Ge Tan commanded the soldiers and horses to rush into Anyuan Gate, he immediately ordered his sergeants to tie the captured Jianmen military captain guarding Anyuan Gate to him, and wanted to find out from his mouth the strength of the defenders in Chang'an City. We are here to welcome the army into the city by the order of the general of the left prison gate and the deputy supervisor of the inner service province, Lord Lu Guangting. Lord Lu ordered us to come and deliver a message to the general, who was willing to surrender and submit to Tibet, and asked the general's subordinates to be merciful and spare the lives of thousands of soldiers in the prison army. (To be continued.) )