Chapter 6 [Once Upon a Time in the Empire]
The faint Sang Xian and Qu Tutong left Ying Yanglang to guard the city with Yao Junsu, and he personally led tens of thousands of troops to chase and rescue Chang'an. In order to enter Renguan and arrive in Chang'an, he wanted to lead his army from Wuguan to Chang'an through Lantian. However, when the army reached Tongguan, it was stopped by Liu Wenjing's troops. At this time, Qu Tutong couldn't afford to wait, so he took the initiative to launch a center forward to Liu Wenjing's camp. And Liu Wenjing has time, to be more precise, Liu Wenjing is trying to delay time, so he ordered the sergeant to close the gate of the village and not to fight with Qu Tutong's army.
It is the rotation of feng shui, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi! At the beginning, it was Qu Tutong who defended the city in the city, and Liu Wenjing waited outside the city to attack the city, but now it is the opposite. In this way, the two armies held each other near Tongguan for more than a month. Qu Tutong was very anxious, because if this continued, not only would he not be able to rescue Chang'an, but his own grain and grass would also become a problem. So he planned to take a gamble - to attack Liu Wenjing's camp at night. It was the fierce general Sang Xianhe who took on the mission of this night attack. Sang Xianhe naturally understood the importance of this battle to rescue Chang'an, so he attacked Liu Wenjing's camp very hard, and personally led his brothers to rush up, Liu Wenjing's army was defenseless, and two of the three camps were quickly captured, leaving only the one guarded by Liu Wenjing himself. ,…,
Sang Xianhe did not hesitate...... Rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards the camp where Liu Wenjing was, and the soldiers were also excited when they saw Sang Xianhe so violent. In this way, Sang Xianhe led his brothers to kill left and right, back and forth several times, and the killing was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he ordered the soldiers to stop and eat. But what he never expected was that it was his order that gave Liu Wenjing a chance to breathe, and finally ruined this upcoming victory. At this time, Liu Wenjing's army had been beaten and half disabled, and only one of the three camps was left, and the remaining one was also severely damaged, and he was also injured by random arrows. When he thought he was about to die in the line of duty, Sang Xian, who was unconscious, suddenly stopped attacking. Liu Wenjing was very good at seizing the opportunity, he immediately sent troops to recapture the two camps that had been captured, and ordered hundreds of cavalry to detour back to the rear of Sang Xianhe and attack Sang Xianhe's army from the flank. The three camps also exerted their strength at the same time, launching a fierce attack on Sang Xian and the front.
Sang Xianhe didn't expect that Liu Wenjing, who was beaten hard, still had the ability to attack, but he couldn't catch it off guard, and some of them were cut off by Liu Wenjingjun before they even put down their chopsticks. Sang Xianhe was still very good at being a man at a critical moment, leaving behind thousands of brothers. Slipped away by himself. (Waiver only),...,
Qu Tutong was very sad to see Sang Xianhe coming back naked. Of course, he is not for Sang Xianhe, but for himself. The morale of tens of thousands of troops is now extremely low, and there is a strong enemy in front of him, he knows that he cannot defeat Liu Wenjing and Li Jiancheng. Time passed day by day, as long as Li Yuan captured Chang'an City, before Li Yuan led the army to fight him, Yang Guang would take his life first. At this time, he was persuaded to surrender. "Surrender!" This seems to be the only way out for Qu Tutong. But he refused! "I have received the grace of the country, I have been in two dynasties, and I have been favored by others, how can I retreat in times of crisis, isn't it just death?" In that era when changing bosses was faster than changing clothes, such a spirit was especially valuable. Li Yuan is a person who is very good at attracting talents, and Qu Tutong is not only a talent, but also a generation of generals. For this reason, Li Yuan sent his own child to recruit Qu Tutong, but Qu Tutong did not catch a cold, not only did he not catch a cold, but he also killed the child. Come on! Li Yuan, come and kill me! But beg for a death.
Li Yuan didn't have time to make a difference at this time, he still had a big thing to do--- capture Chang'an. At this time, many of the outlying strongholds of Chang'an had been conquered by Li Yuan's daughter, Princess Pingyang. and joined Li Shimin in Weibei. At the end of September of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (616), Liu Hongji and Yin Kaishan led an army of 60,000 and stationed in the ancient city of Chang'an (Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty). Li Shimin and Princess Pingyang's 130,000 people were stationed in Acheng (Qin Afang Palace). On September 27, Li Jiancheng led his troops to set out from Yongfengcang and rushed to Chang'an. On September 28, Li Yuan marched west from Fengyi County (present-day Dali County, Shaanxi) and arrived at the foot of Chang'an City on October 4, where he camped outside the Chunming Gate. The total number of people from all walks of life is more than 200,000. Li Yuan didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack Chang'an City, not because he didn't want this international metropolis, but because he didn't want to fight it yet. Li Yuan has time, which is slowly consumed. The reason why Li Yuan was so calm was because the Sui Dynasty had no more reinforcements to rescue Chang'an. Yang Guang himself was enjoying the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in Jiangdu (now Yangzhou), Wang Shichong in Luoyang was beaten by Li Mi all over the ground to find teeth, and the mud Bodhisattva crossed the river, and I could not protect myself. Although Yang Guang and Wang Shichong both have "difficulties", if they do not have "difficulties", they may not come to the rescue of Chang'an. And Qu Tutong really wanted to rescue Chang'an, but he just couldn't win against Liu Wenjing. Chang'an was like a child with a bare body, exposed in front of Li Yuan's more than 200,000 people. At this time, if Li Yuan wants to capture Chang'an, although he will pay a price, it is not difficult. As the old saying goes: attack the heart for the top, and attack the city for the bottom. …,
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Li Yuan followed this truth very well, and he kept sending envoys to Fengbiao, saying that he was forced to come to Chang'an helplessly, and that he was in order to help the Jiangshan Sheji of the Sui Dynasty, as long as the acting king Yang Yu opened the door and let me in, I would abide by the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and I would serve the king as the emperor. The emperor is still yours, the country is still yours, I just came to Chang'an to make soy sauce! Although Yang Yu in Chang'an City was only a thirteen-year-old minor, he was still very backbone, and he resolutely rejected Li Yuan, not only refusing, but also not even replying to Li Yuan. Let me be the emperor, you lie to the three-year-old child? To be honest, although Yang Guang is mediocre, several of his descendants still want to do something, such as this Yang Yu and Yang Tong of Luoyang. It stands to reason that Yang Yoo's refusal to open the door and surrender is understandable, after all, the belongings are his own. However, the Right Yiwei generals Yin Shishi and Jingzhao County Cheng Huayi, who were guarding Chang'an, also expressed their opposition to the surrender of Li Yuan. Of course, the opposition of Yin Shishi and Huayi did not mean how loyal they were to the Sui Dynasty, but that they had to fight Li Yuan to the end. To be honest, the person Li Yuan hates the most is not Yang Yu, let alone the Shangshu (Minister of Justice) of the Criminal Department and Jingzhao Nei Shi Wei Wensheng, who resigned at home.
It's the two brothers Yin Shishi and Slippery Yi. At the beginning, Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan. The two brothers Yin Shishi and Huayi, who were far away in Chang'an, got the news and dug up Li Yuan's ancestral grave in order to show their loyalty to the Sui Dynasty and their enmity against Li Yuan...... also burned Li Yuan's ancestral temple, and not only that, but later killed Li Yuan's son Li Zhiyun. There are so many rebels in the world, there is not much more Li Yuan, and there is not much less Li Yuan. Why do you say you want to dig up people's ancestral graves and burn people's ancestral temples? He also killed someone's son. Now the beam is bigger! Later, Chang'an City was broken, and Li Yuan cut the two brothers without saying a word. On October 27, Li Yuan saw that the persuasion to surrender was unsuccessful, and immediately ordered the siege of the city. You can't blame me for this, they didn't lower me to beat them, and I was also forced (to pretend). More than 200,000 troops, under the command of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, launched a fierce attack on Chang'an City from the southeast and northwest. After all, Chang'an City has high walls and thick walls, plus there are tens of thousands of city defense troops. Difficult to capture for a while. After more than ten days, Li Yuanjun suffered many casualties, and the Sui army was really unable to parry, so he took the initiative to abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city. On 9 November, the fighting finally picked up. Lei Yongji, the leader of Li Jiancheng's army, took the lead and climbed to the top of the city after defeating a few enemies. The city of Chang'an was eventually captured. ,…,
Surrender Surrender! There is no doubt that this is a derogatory term.
The person who is poured with this word feels more or less uncomfortable. Because when you quarrel with someone, or sometimes you borrow 200 dollars from someone and don't pay it back. Those people always speak up about this disgraceful thing intentionally (and pretending to be unintentional, of course). The goal is to disgust you. Although this trick is not very technical, it definitely works. People want to live, and those who don't want to live are not people, but animals. At the end of the road, people sometimes can't manage so much in order to survive. Compared to a small life, surrender is really nothing. But this is by no means absolute, because there are some people who regard honor and morality as more important than life. Such people we call heroes. There have been heroes since ancient times, such as Tian Heng in the early Han Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang in the late Song Dynasty and so on. Of course, such heroes are a minority of the few, and only one comes out in decades or even centuries. We should admire and respect those who refuse to surrender for the sake of temperament and morality. And we can't ignore those who accept surrender in order to survive. Yes, we may make the same choice when faced with the same dilemma. But if they do not hesitate to surrender to the enemy for the sake of fame and fortune, or even betray their compatriots and their country, then these people will undoubtedly be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. ,…,
Qu Tutong didn't want to surrender, he was already sixty years old at this time. Sixty is the age of retirement, and in ancient times sixty meant half of one's body buried in the earth. Qu Tutong is a general with backbone. He can't afford to live in his old age! So when Li Yuan sent his boy to persuade him to surrender, he killed him without hesitation. Li Yuan conquered Chang'an and arrested his family, but Qu Tutong was still moved. Leaving Sang Xian and the town to guard Tongguan, he took tens of thousands of horses and horses to Luoyang. Of course, he didn't do this to slip away, but he really couldn't beat Liu Wenjing, it was useless to stay in Tongguan, and the food in Tongguan was not enough for tens of thousands of people to eat. To be more precise, it is much safer for Qu Tutong to stay in Tongguan than for him to return to Luoyang, because at least Li Yuan will not take his own life, that is, starve for two days. But if you get to Luoyang, it's hard to say. At this time, Li Mi's army of more than 100,000 people blocked the water in the siege of Luoyang City, and even a mouse could not run in. Qu Tutong is only 30,000 or 40,000 horses, which is not enough for Li Mi to plug his teeth. Besides, at this time, the Sui Dynasty was still the legitimate government, and Yang Guang was still the legitimate emperor, according to Comrade Yang Guang's character, a person who lost the capital Chang'an, can he still let you celebrate next year's 60th birthday? Even if Yang Guang happened to be merciful in those days and didn't kill Qu Tutong, the ministers under him (such as Yu Wenhua) wouldn't spray you to death with a mouthful of salt soda! Qu Tutong is not a fool, of course he knows his current situation, but he still goes! ,…,
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