Chapter 359: Soldiers besiege Luoyang
Under the encirclement and suppression of the internal and external Qin army, the Zhao army that hastily met the battle was defeated and lost, Shi Sheng's left arm was cut by Lei Qizhi, and under the desperate protection of the left and right, when he broke out of the encirclement, he was hit by two more arrows on his back, and after fleeing back to Luoyang with half of the defeated soldiers, he had to report that Lei Qizhi took advantage of the situation to seize the Shaanxi County and the second city of Lushi in Hongnong County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Shi Sheng lay on the couch, let Lang Chinese medicine treat injuries, but still angry, rarely in front of everyone, including the most trusted general Guo Quan, etc., all of them were heavily blamed for the twenty military sticks, and said that since he joined the army at a young age, he has never suffered such a big loss.
Shi Sheng had no choice but to take the initiative to ask Shi Le for the guilt, saying that it was his own negligence that led to the unnecessary casualties of the soldiers, and he felt very guilty and uneasy in his heart, and asked Shi Le to punish him.
After a while, Shi Le replied, but he didn't blame much, but comforted Shi Sheng a few words, and only let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service. Shi Sheng was overjoyed, and the heavy burden that he had suppressed in his heart for many days naturally disappeared. In fact, he didn't know that because Shile had been sick intermittently for two or three months, he specially invited the monks to come and pray for blessings, and the monks told him that if he recuperated his mind more, and killed less anger, he could invisibly increase his blessings, help eliminate bad delusions, and the disease would naturally fade. Therefore, after receiving Shi Sheng's recital, Shi Le was indeed very angry, but finally suppressed his emotions and did not do any punishment.
In order to sweep away the bad luck and reverse the decline to inspire people, after the New Year, Shi Le was called the Great Zhao Tianwang in Xiangguo, and the emperor was the same. A few months later, he was officially called the emperor, the country name was Da Zhao, the Yuan Jianping was changed, the second son Shi Hong was appointed as the crown prince, and the rest of the civil and military were rewarded, and the edict was issued at home and abroad to temporarily suspend military affairs and recuperate from the policy.
The government and the opposition are also happy and comforted, but only Shi Hu is resentful and resentful. When he rewarded the ministers before, Shi Le remembered Shi Hu's great merits, and promoted him from the Duke of Zhongshan to the King of Zhongshan, and promoted him to the rank of Taiwei and Shang Shuling, making him the first of the kings, with heavy troops and real power, so that he was greatly rewarded and rewarded for his contributions over the years.
But Shi Hu's requirements are more than that, and his psychological goal is to go straight to the crown prince who can inherit the throne of the great unification in the future. Seeing that Shi Le made his own son Shi Hong the crown prince and Da Danyu, he couldn't help but be very disappointed, and in private he gritted his teeth with hatred and anger: "Since the establishment of the capital Xiangguo, the lord has bowed his hand, sat back and enjoyed his success, relying on me as an arrow stone, charging into battle. Over the years, I have gone through hardships in the south and the north, and it is I who have fought bloodily, and I am the one who has achieved the great Zhao achievements! The title of Da Shan Yu should be awarded to me, but now it is given to the yellow-kissed child born to the slave maid, which is infuriating to think about, and it is difficult to sleep! When the Lord dies, I won't let him have any more offspring! ”
But such a rebellious contradiction, of course, would not be heard by Shi Le, so Shi Hu was still in a high position and watched for a while. Zhao Guozhong's letter ordered Xu Guang and Guanglu Doctor Cheng Yao, two elders, seeing that Shi Hu was becoming more and more domineering, so he repeatedly persuaded Shi Le to get rid of Shi Hu as soon as possible, so as not to leave a huge disaster in the future, although Shi Le hesitated, but after all, he still did not listen. Shi Hu hated Xu Cheng and the others to the core, the two were shocked and frightened, and they were very uneasy, so the two sides naturally looked down on each other and did not mention it.
In the city of Chang'an, the two phases of the Qin State have repeatedly come to mention to Gao Yue, and they all say that the people of Shi Le Yidi still steal the emperor's name, and the king is wise and martial, and he should be the supreme position as soon as possible, so as to mark the orthodoxy and collect the hearts of the people in the world.
First, dozens of civil and military people discussed, and then all the courtiers came to invite, and then even the people were uncontrollable, and both the government and the opposition came to persuade them. Gao Yue discussed what he had previously discussed after recovering the eastern capital Luoyang. Some ministers said that they could either be called the Great Qin Heavenly King first, but Gao Yue directly said that the name of the Heavenly King was set up by the people of Hu Yi, and he did not have the name of the emperor, but he did the emperor's things, which was simply a ridiculous act of self-deception. My emperor and Han boy are heroes of Middle-earth, who disdain to do this fallacious act of covering their ears and stealing bells, either they don't do it, or they inherit the unification openly, what is the use of asking for the name of the king of heaven?
When he said this, the ministers naturally thought that he was hinting at something, so they were all happy to stop making noise, and just waited with peace of mind. Soon, Gao Yue ordered the attack on Luoyang.
After more than a year of relative silence, the Qin army finally made a big move. This time, with 8,000 Xiazhou troops as the partial division, the south specifically attacked Hedong, the main force of Chang'an was 30,000 people, with the right minister Han Yong as the commander, and Yang Tao, Li Hu, He Cheng, Yao Xiang and other generals were transferred to the deputy second, and Yang Jiantou was appointed as the forward, and 6,000 Xiliang iron cavalry were recruited to beat the drum to the east. When the soldiers passed through Hongnong, they gathered 5,000 people from Lei Qizhi's department, marched to the east, and quickly defeated Mianchi and Yiyang, and then marched to Mengjin Port, which was only 20 miles northeast of Luoyang.
After Shi Sheng lost several battles, he stepped up the defense of Luoyang on the one hand, and quickly asked Shi Le for help. Shi Le was of course frightened when he heard the report, and held an emergency military meeting with his sick body, and planned to use Shi Hu as the main general to save Luoyang. But Shi Hu said that he had been suffering from a splitting headache and confusion for several days, and he said that he was sick. Shi Le had no choice but to invite his old brothers and subordinates for many years to come out for Taobao, a veteran general who was one of the eighteen horsemen under his command, and annoyed him with military affairs to go west. Peach Leopard is an old general who has been fighting wits and courage with Zu Ti for a long time, and has extremely rich combat experience. Hearing Shi Le's call, he immediately received the order, took over the important task of the general of the expedition to the west, commanded 40,000 elites, and rushed to Luoyang to resist the Qin army.
At that time, Han Yong saw that Luoyang was strong and extraordinary, and it was difficult to overcome it for a while, so he ordered all the crops outside the city to be harvested, and all the people in villages and towns were moved, and deep trenches, big trees and high bases, and many wooden fences were erected, and then Luoyang was surrounded on all sides, cutting off all foreign aid, and completely isolating Luoyang City.
The Peach Leopard soldiers arrived at the Tiger Prison, and before they could rest, they continued to advance westward, intending to take advantage of the raging momentum and repel the Qin army in one go. However, Han Yong had already heard the news and waited for it, without a trace of panic. When the two armies immediately fought each other, the Zhao army repeatedly attacked, and the Qin army formed a formation to defend, without retreating, and again and again, Tao Leopard saw that the Qin army really had no gaps to take advantage of, and could not take advantage of it at all, so he had to order a temporary retreat of ten miles, facing the Qin army across the camp.
But after all, Peach Leopard is a veteran, and he knows that he has come to save Luo from afar, and the most important thing is to fight quickly, reverse the long-term siege of the Qin army, and boost the depressed morale in the city, so as to reverse the decline in one fell swoop. Therefore, early in the morning of the second day, Taobao ordered 5,000 iron cavalry to be the backbone of the attack, supplemented by 30,000 crossbows on both sides, and attacked the Qin army in a big way.
At this time, the Qin military was eating breakfast, and suddenly the alarm sounded loudly, and they all knew that it must be an attack, and they all jumped up and shouted to fight back. Yang Jiantou, the general of the left, had not swallowed the rice in his mouth, so he simply spit it out, while picking up the double knife, jumped on the horse without having time to put on the armor, beckoned to the pro-soldiers on his side, and then took the lead, galloping out like a gallop, and rushed straight into the Zhao army formation, repeatedly impacting, like a sharp knife, viciously stabbing towards the enemy's heart.
Under the banner of the Zhao army, the peach leopard golden helmet and golden armor with white hair were guarded by the fully armed majestic soldiers. He held his breath and watched carefully, only to see from a distance that Yang Jian's first group of 100 people were rushing left and right in his own army, and there were many kills and injuries as if they were in a no-man's land, so he couldn't help but hate it, so he issued a strict order, demanding that this small group of mad soldiers be annihilated. Under the military order, the unique majestic horn sound on the battlefield sounded, and then a black and heavy iron horse appeared in the field of vision of the peach leopard, and then rushed towards the Zhao army with a fierce posture of stepping through the mountains and rivers.
"That's, that's Liangjun!"
Tao Leopard's eyes widened, he looked at the military banner, and knew that it was the world-famous Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and he couldn't help but be angry. Immediately, I saw my own cavalry destroying the front, colliding with the Liang army in one place, fighting and parrying, and immediately became passive and difficult. Peach Leopard's face became cold, and he immediately ordered another 3,000 cavalry to step forward, and he must suppress the offensive of the Liang army.
But at the same time, the Qin generals He Cheng and Li Hu, each with 5,000 infantry, resolutely forced the middle of the Zhao army from the flank, trying to divide it into two, so that it could not take care of each other. And Lei Qizhi and Yao Xiang also led 3,000 strong horses each, followed the Liang army, and charged forward in the shape of a zigzag. In addition, Yang Tao, the general of the Qin army, was with two thousand light horsemen, but he was dozens of steps away from the left side of the Zhao army, keeping a distance and repeatedly cruising and shuttling, constantly throwing arrows wildly, causing great damage and trouble to the Zhao soldiers who were concentrating on fighting.
On the battlefield, countless figures of men and horses are crowded, like countless dense ant colonies, intertwined and fighting on the compass-like land. The big and small battle flags were constantly cut off, and they were re-raised, waved and shaken. The soldiers of all divisions, to the beat of horns and drums with different sounds, followed the generals or banners, all buried their heads in a battle to the death, blood drowning sweat, and deafening shouts of killing muffled the wails and howls.
On the top of Luoyang City, Shi Sheng had a full view of everything, seeing that the reinforcements were becoming more and more unfavorable, but he was suffering from being surrounded by the Qin army under the city in all directions, not to mention the city gate, and it was difficult to even hang down the soldiers, so even if he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, he could only be forced to accept the ending he was willing or unwilling.
After a whole day of hard fighting, the Zhao army finally couldn't support it, showing a defeat, the peach leopard was angry and unwilling, and personally went into battle to cause trauma, and had to start retreating to the tiger prison. Shi Sheng in Luoyang City, seeing the defeat of the peach leopard, couldn't help but feel cold from his chest to his back, thinking that if he didn't flee again, when the Qin army came to besiege Luoyang again, he would surrender except to starve to death. So he made a quick decision, taking advantage of the chaos under the city, organized thousands of elites in the city as the forward, suddenly broke through the east and south gates, and broke through the city with the momentum of virtual and real, and fled towards the tiger prison with the footsteps of the peach leopard.