Chapter 53: Unification of Kansai
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The scorching sun and silver sand of the Gobi Desert, the breeze blowing outside the Yumen Pass, rolling up the sand and dust and drifting away, after the dust, a black shadow appeared in the haze, dense as if appearing on the earth out of thin air. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info (genius only needs 3 seconds to remember d.)
The neat and orderly quadripartite military formation is the Taiping army with black armor.
Gan Ning, who was leading the army, looked up at Yumen Pass, waved his hand indifferently, and ordered an attack.
The spirit of slaughter permeated the heavens and the earth, and the drums shook and inspired the army.
The Taiping army in all directions flocked to Yumen Pass like a dragon entering the sea, and the archers were at the forefront, throwing arrows at the head of the city while running, and behind them there were soldiers carrying cloud ladders to the bottom of the city wall, and there were sword and shield soldiers holding shields to cover them, calmly and orderly, advancing and retreating.
Han Sui, who was standing at the Jade Gate Gate to supervise the battle, seemed to have become old in an instant after a winter, his rough face was full of wrinkles, white and messy, his silver beard moved with the wind, and his eyes looking down on the Taiping army outside the city were already full of gloom.
Guo Jia didn't give him a chance to turn over, he thought that hiding in Yumen Pass would allow the Taiping army to withdraw last winter, which would give him at least a few months to half a year to regroup, but the Taiping army was stationed in the city of Guangzhi in Dunhuang County for the winter, and always paid attention to the movements of Yumen Pass, and Han Sui was forced into a desperate situation.
At the moment, there is no way out.
The grain and grass were exhausted, the army was discouraged, and Han Sui knew that the Yumen Pass could not stop the Taiping army from attacking for three days.
Looking back at the western sky, Han Sui seemed to hesitate.
Escape?
Laughing at himself, Han Sui was disheartened, even if he fled from this Yumen Pass to the west, he was still dying, and there was no meaning.
Now there are only three generals who are still with Han Sui, candidate Cheng Yin, and his son-in-law Yan Xing.
The Taiping army attacked the city early in the morning and fought until the afternoon, and the difference in casualties between the two sides was not large, but the will to resist and fighting spirit of Han Sui's subordinates were gradually declining.
Han Sui, who was standing at the head of the city with a long knife, closed his eyes and did not move, there was a tragic battle under the city, and he was unmoved by the heart-rending screams and shouts of killing in his ears.
Cheng Yin, who was wearing armor, came behind Han Sui with the candidate, but the two came but stared at each other, squeezing their eyes to let the other party speak, and held each other for a long time, but the candidate spoke.
"Lord, according to the current situation, the Yumen Pass will be breached before sunset, and I hope that the lord will make a decision as soon as possible."
Han Sui remained motionless and did not say a word.
The candidate and Cheng Yin glanced at each other, and when Cheng Yin opened his mouth to persuade again, Han Sui suddenly said: "I am already old, even if I don't die today, I am also a person who is about to die, you are still middle-aged, go out from the other side of the city to surrender to Gan Xingba, Guo Fengxiao wants to accept people's hearts, and he will never kill you, he is aggressive, he just wants my life." ”
Han Sui opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, the clouds were like dragons, melting with the wind, mourning was greater than heart death, at this time, in his eyes, there was only the blandness of life and death.
Candidate and Cheng Yin were covered in cold sweat.
They came to persuade Han Sui to make a decision as soon as possible, but in fact, the two had discussed privately that Han Sui wanted to resist the Taiping army, and they could not accompany him to death. Han Sui was going to leave the customs and flee westward, and they would definitely not continue to suffer. The only way, they hope that Han Sui can take the initiative to surrender.
It's just that they didn't understand one thing.
Han Sui is the monarch and the number one sinner in Guo Jiabu's crusade, and Han Sui's fate is already doomed, either he escapes from the territory of the Han Dynasty or is in a different place.
As Han Sui's subordinates, candidate Cheng Yin can surrender, whether he will be prosperous and rich in the second half of his life depends on creation and luck, at least Yang Qiu's generals are living very well now, neither being beheaded nor becoming a prisoner, but leading Guo Jia to be a lieutenant, and his life is very stable.
The reason why the candidate and Cheng Yin want to surrender is also here, they are the leaders of the northwest department, but they were just subdued by Han Sui, and they can't go all the way with Han Sui.
But now, Han Sui did not surrender himself, but let the two of them go out of the city and surrender.
This approach is intriguing.
Is it a heartfelt word or a temptation?
The two hesitated, and their eyes exchanged to see each other's panic.
Han Sui!
A man who has no faith to speak of!
is a ruthless man who is famous for killing his own people since he fought in the northwest!
Bian Zhang, Li Wenhou, Beigong Boyu, Ma Teng and other alliance comrades-in-arms, Han Sui stabbed one to death and stabbed the next......
The candidate and Cheng Yin were afraid that they would be cut off by Han Sui as soon as they turned around and agreed to come down at this time, but if they supported Han Sui against the Taiping Army or fled to the west of Yumen Pass, wouldn't it be a fool's errand?
Not hearing the sound of departing footsteps behind him, Han Sui said softly again: "Hurry up, it is far better to go out of the city and surrender at this time than to surrender after the city is broken." ”
This makes sense, now that the city is not broken, it is the initiative to surrender.
Wait for the city to be broken and then fall, it is passive, not to surrender but to die.
Candidate Cheng Yin and the two were covered with cold sweat, under the scorching sun, their backs were wet with cold sweat, Cheng Yin's eyes were fierce, and the candidate nodded after seeing it.
A crisp weapon sound came from behind him, and Han Sui knew that something was wrong, but it was already too late.
A scimitar pierced through his chest, and it was the first time that Han Sui had watched the blood roll so closely, especially from his chest.
"Hahahaha......"
The pain had already numbed Han Sui, and the scimitar in his hand fell to the ground, and he laughed like crazy.
Cheng Yin was startled, let go of the hand holding the knife, and saw that Han Sui was pierced through the back by the knife without shaking or shaking, and he neither screamed nor fell, coupled with the sound of Han Sui's maniacal laughter, Cheng Yin mistakenly thought that Han Sui was a demon leaning over, stumbling and falling, and Cheng Yin's buttocks kept crawling backwards.
Han Sui actually spit out a lot of blood from his mouth, and his eyes were gradually dimming, and before he died, he just wanted to turn around and look at the murderer, if he still had the strength to open his mouth to speak, he would tell the two of them: I have been a villain all my life, but today is a gentleman.
But just as he twisted half of his body, a huge impact came from the side.
The candidate was also terrified, but when he saw that Han Sui wanted to turn around, he immediately rushed up and pushed Han Sui towards the outside of the city wall.
Han Sui flew out diagonally, his waist hit the side of the city wall and fell down, blood splashed from the air, Han Sui faced the sky on his back, and his majestic body fell down.
The blue sky was surging, and Han Sui seemed to see one face after another in the clouds, which were all the enemies he had killed all his life.
When Ma Teng's face appeared in front of him, Han Sui's dim eyes suddenly shone brightly.
Reaching out as if to touch Ma Teng, who was roaring at him with a hideous expression, Han Sui muttered to himself.
"Brother Shoucheng, you and I have been fighting for half our lives, you are wrong, I am also wrong, when Guo Fengxiao entered the customs, if you and I joined forces to block him in Chencang, how could I end up in such an embarrassing situation today? And if you look at today's horses, your Ma family will serve the Guo family for generations! Brother Shoucheng! Do you take it? Your Ma family is not a loyal minister of the Han family after all! It's a slave of a thief! ”
Bang!
Han Sui fell from the sky and landed with a bang!
The dust was raised around his corpse and scattered, and the people around him stopped moving and focused on it.
Half of his body fell into the dust due to the gravity of the fall, and Han Sui died on his back, dead without blinking his eyes, in the middle of his chest, a scimitar penetrated his chest and inserted there, blood beads slipped from the blade, and under the sun, the color was strange.
"Lord!"
Yan Xing, who commanded the defense of the city at the head of the city, naturally showed the strange tranquility of the battlefield where Han Sui fell.
The Taiping army surrounded Han Sui's corpse, and Yan Xing condescendingly saw it clearly, judging from the body's shape and clothing and the place where it fell, there was no doubt that it was Han Sui.
Tears appeared in his eyes, and Yan Xing's heart was full of mixed feelings.
He was forced by Han Sui to be a son-in-law, but Han Sui treated him with kindness after all.
He had been with Han Sui longer than anyone else.
With tears in his eyes, Yan Xing looked at the city head above Han Sui's fall point from the side of the city, and vaguely saw Cheng Yin and the candidate fleeing in a hurry, roaring angrily, Yan Xing ordered the soldiers to follow him to hunt down and kill the candidate Cheng Yin to avenge Han Sui.
The situation at Yumen Pass has changed abruptly, and civil strife has arisen suddenly!
Although the gate of Yumen Pass was not opened, the soldiers of the Taiping Army had moved forward unhindered, and the soldiers climbed up the city tower like several long snakes along the ladder.
A soldier in front of him carried Han Sui's body back and presented it to Gan Ning.
Before Gan Ning rode his horse, Zhang Liao, Meng Da, and Ma also patted their horses over, and the four of them looked down at the blood-stained corpse and were speechless for a long time.
I don't know why, at this moment, Ma didn't have a hearty revenge in his heart, but was a little sad.
Han Sui did not die in his hands after all, not even at the hands of the Taiping army.
Dust to dust, dust to earth, the inexplicable grievances and entanglements between the two families of Han and Ma officially disappeared at this moment.
Ma Ang closed his eyes, the shackles in his heart were completely freed, and there was no longer any resentment in his heart that would dominate his reason.
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The husband has made great achievements and made a name for himself, and he was born in troubled times, which is a God-given stage!
Gan Ning waved his hand to let the corpse be carried down, and then turned his horse's head to face the 30,000 soldiers and horses who had not yet been dispatched, and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, captures Yumen Pass, and charges!" ”
The head of the city of Yumen Pass has been controlled by the Taiping army, and the shouts of killing in the pass are shaking the sky, and the gate of the gate has already been opened from the inside.
Four generals, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Ma and Meng Da, led the army to charge.
Tens of thousands of troops are drifting like black clouds, crushing the city!
The sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and Yinling flew into the gate of Guancheng, and the iron hooves shook, and the people around Guancheng couldn't even stand steadily.
The fighting in the Yumen Pass quickly ended after the Taiping army entered in a surge.
The remnant sun is like blood, and the silver sand is boundless.
The heroic and majestic Gan Ning walked up to the city and listened to Meng Da's report.
"The Governor of the Metropolis, Han Sui was killed by the candidate and Cheng Yin's sneak attack, after which the Guannai fell into chaos, the two and Yan Xingsheng fought inwardly, Cheng Yin and the candidate were killed by Yan Xing's troops, Yan Xing died of exhaustion after our army entered the city, and the city surrendered to the enemy 2,138 people, and the rest were killed."
Gan Ning listened, his face was solemn, and he was facing the southeast, and the place behind thousands of mountains and rivers was Chengdu.
Kneeling down on one knee, Gan Ning took off his helmet and hung it slightly.
"The last general congratulates the lord on his unification of Kansai!"
Behind him, Zhang Liao, Ma, Meng Da and more than a dozen captains also knelt down on one knee with Gan Ning's movements, and their words broke through the sky.
"Congratulations to my lord for unifying Kansai!"