- "General, An Qingxu has sent someone to welcome us into the city!" A lieutenant galloped up to Pang Zhong and reported the situation loudly.

"Bring the man with him!" Pang Zhong, who had stopped his mount, calmly gave the order.

The envoy who An Qingxu sent out to the city to meet the Tang army was immediately brought to Pang Zhong.

"Report to the general, Your Majesty in the city...... An Lushan's men and horses are attacking the Dexian Gate guarded by His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince's men and horses are almost unable to hold on, please send reinforcements to the general as soon as possible," the messenger pleaded breathlessly: "General, let the humble position take you into the city." If it is too late, the city gate may be occupied by An Lushan's men and horses. General, the three city gates north of Luoyang have been opened, please enter the city as soon as possible. ”

Hearing what the other party said, and hearing the earth-shattering shouts of killing coming from the direction of the city, Pang Zhong believed what the sergeant in the appearance of a lieutenant said, and immediately ordered: "Order all departments, enter the city immediately!"

Pang Zhong said, immediately drew out his sword, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, prepare to fight, this is the last battle to quell the rebellion, if there is no military merit in this battle, don't think about military merit in the future, kill!"

With Pang Zhong's order, the marching soldiers also drew their swords, shouted loudly to kill, and accelerated their marching speed.

The long dragon of torches soon arrived at the city of Luoyang.

According to Yang Xi's arrangement, the men and horses led by Pang Zhong personally rushed directly to the Dexian Gate, and Wang Sili's department later went to several other city gates to control the passage into the city as soon as possible and facilitate the subsequent arrival of the people and horses.

The gate of Dexian Gate was wide open, and Pang Zhong commanded the men and horses to rush in quickly, and the rebels defending the city did not stop them.

Pang Zhong ordered a group of men and horses to rush to the city, preparing to take over the city gate, and then ordered the sergeant to pass the order to An Qingxu: "Order An Qingxu." Open the gate of the city of Urn, and I will lead the brothers to kill it!"

Thousands of sergeants quickly rushed to the city gate tower and reported Pang Zhong's order, and soon someone conveyed An Qingxu's order, and a team of sergeants who received the order hurried over and opened the strong gate of the urn city. The gate of the urn city opened, and in the amazement of countless rebels who were preparing to attack the city Dexian Gate, the Tang army holding a war knife quickly rushed over under the leadership of Pang Zhong.

"Brothers, kill ......," Pang Zhong roared with a wave of his sword. Defeat the rebels in front, Luoyang City is ours, kill!"

With Pang Zhong's sharp order, the rolling iron cavalry quickly passed through the squeaky gate of the urn city and rushed into the city.

The rebel Tian Chenghei, who was preparing to attack Dexianmen, did not expect that the Tang army had already attacked Luoyang City, and directly killed from inside the city gate.

It's just that the Tang army that followed Pang Zhong to kill was only a few thousand. Tian Chenghei led 20,000 men and horses, and in order to prevent the men and horses on the head of the city from being killed, they were arranged in echelons, and those men and horses who were ready to enter the city were scattered by Pang Zhong's troops. But the nearly 10,000 people led by Tian Chenghei still maintained the battle queue. Pang Zhong's troops rushed directly past the rebels who were quickly defeated, and crashed headlong into the horses led by Tian Chenghe.

"The prince colluded with the Tang army and plotted against him. Kill!" Tian Chenghe, who was red-eyed, also drew his war knife and ordered the sergeants around him to kill him.

Who understands. Now it is a critical time of life and death, if the Tang army is successfully charged and killed, and his own troops are defeated, then Luoyang City will be captured by the Tang army immediately, and the general trend will be stopped. Only by desperately resisting and driving out the Tang army that attacked the city can there be a slight turnaround.

Under Tian Chenghe's example, nearly 10,000 people around him also formed a display and killed Pang Zhong's department.

Tens of thousands of horses were fighting fiercely inside the Dexian Gate. The venue was not open enough, and the people on both sides could not put themselves in position, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while. However, at this time, the defenders on the head of the city continued to shoot arrows down, and Pang Zhong's charge was also fierce, and the follow-up men and horses continued to pour into the city, and the fighting spirit of the rebels slowly collapsed.

Just as more and more Tang troops rushed in from the direction of the city gate, finally some generals couldn't bear this situation and turned around and fled. In this case, the escape is like a plague, the most infectious, has been Pang Zhong's scattered rebels, began to rout on a large scale, no matter how Tian Chengsi shouted, he couldn't stand it, and finally a large-scale escape occurred, groups of rebel sergeants turned around and fled in the direction of Luoyang City, and more and more people fled. "General, the Tang Army's offensive is too fierce, we can't withstand it, let's withdraw quickly!" Tian Chenghe's lieutenant shouted anxiously.

Tian Chengsi also knew that the place where there was no danger to defend could not withstand the combined attack of the Tang army and the Anqing Xu department with the superior forces, his own troops had been defeated, and if he held on for a while, as long as the follow-up reinforcements of the Tang army arrived, his men and horses would definitely be annihilated, and he could only reluctantly order at the moment: "The whole army retreats, retreat in the direction of the imperial city!" Regardless of that, he led his guards and fled quickly.

The main general also fled, and the rest of the troops had no fighting spirit, and the rebels who were originally strangled with Pang Zhong's troops also rushed to flee.

Seeing that the rebels were completely defeated, Pang Zhong, who was in the rise of killing, immediately waved his sword and raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, the rebels are defeated, follow me, kill!"

With Pang Zhong's order, the sergeants around him also shouted, shouting loudly to kill, and for a while, Luoyang City was full of deafening shouts of killing.

While Pang Zhong and Tian Chenghe's men were killed together, Wang Sili's troops had also arrived at Luoyang City, and he attacked the other two city gates in the north, Hui'an Gate and Anxi Gate. When he arrived with his army, the city gate had been opened, and his Tang army went directly into the city.

There were no rebels attacking the city gate in the direction of Anximen, and tens of thousands of Tang troops under Wang Sili entered the city at a very fast speed.

When Wang Sili's troops and Pang Zhong's troops entered the city, the attack pattern was also the same, that is, when the Lord personally led his men and horses directly into the city, he ordered an army of about 5,000 people to climb the city gate tower and prepare to take over the city gate. However, his troops, like Pang Zhong's troops, encountered the non-cooperation of the rebel Yin Ziqi's troops, and the men and horses under Yin Ziqi's command did not allow the Tang army to take over the city gate, and the two sides almost clashed.

When Pang Zhongbu rushed to the city gate tower and was about to take over the city gate, Tian Qianzhen's men and horses were also uncooperative, they were unwilling to hand over control of the city gate tower, and the two sides had friction, but as more and more Tang troops rushed into the city, An Qingxu finally reluctantly issued an order for the Tang army to take over the guard of Defu Gate. But Yin Ziqi was still relatively tough, that is, he was unwilling to give up the guards of the two gates of Hui'anmen and Anximen under his control, and confronted the Tang army that was preparing to take over, and finally a conflict broke out.

But the clash was only small-scale, and as several grenades exploded in the rebel formation, the clash was also stopped under the orders of Yin Ziqi and one of the lieutenant generals who led the Tang army. The follow-up men of the Tang army have been pouring into the city in a steady stream, and Yin Ziqi, who saw this situation, could only reluctantly agree to the request of the Tang army and give up control of the two city gates.

More and more Tang troops entered the city, going deep into the city, preparing to capture the other city gates-

Yang Xi also led the army to arrive at Defu Gate at dawn and climbed the city gate tower.

The battle in Luoyang City is still going on, and it is very fierce.

The Tang army had captured several city gates, but those gates south of the imperial city and Luoshui, as well as several gates north of Luoyang and east of Luoyang, were still under the control of the rebels. The rebels have already destroyed several bridges such as the Tianjin Bridge in Luoyangshui, and the Tang army has killed Luoshui, but they have not been able to rush through it at once, and they are trying to find a way to erect a pontoon bridge. And a large number of men and horses have already gathered near the imperial city, preparing to attack the imperial city.

After receiving the news of the Tang army's siege of the city, An Lushan had already shrunk the defensive line and retreated most of his troops to the imperial city, wanting to confront the Tang army with the help of the tall walls of the imperial city.

After dawn, the battle will be more intense.

Yang Xi, who had already received a detailed report from various ministries, had already let go of most of his original hanging heart, and he believed that nearly 100,000 people would attack Luoyang City, and it would be a matter of time before Luoyang was completely captured.

Firearms did not play a big role during the siege, and then when attacking the imperial city, it was time for firearms to play a role.

When Yang Xi stepped on the Defu Gate Tower, An Qingxu, Tian Qianzhen, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and others all came out.

"The criminal minister An Qingxu has seen Marshal Yang!" An Qingxu was embarrassed and stepped forward to salute Yang Xi.

Solemn, noble, and Tian Qianzhen also saluted Yang Xi, who was dressed in military uniform.

Yang Xi also returned the salute politely, and carefully looked at these important people under An Lushan a few times, and in the other party's even more embarrassed, he said: "A few people can abandon the darkness and surrender to the Tang Dynasty at a critical time, and the handsome man is very happy." After the war subsides, the marshal will definitely submit your deeds to the court, and I believe that His Majesty the Emperor will have a heavy reward. ”

"Marshal Yang is like a god in his use of soldiers, and the criminal ministers are very admired......" An Qingxu snorted, not knowing what to say. The main reason is that Yang Xi is too young, and some words are pulled down and said without face.

At this time, Tian Qianzhen stepped forward and respectfully saluted Yang Xi: "Marshal Yang, the last general has been defeated by the marshal several times, and he was not convinced at first, but after seeing the army you led so powerful today, he had to be convinced. The last general should have abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the marshal a long time ago, instead of making a fearless struggle. ”

Seeing that what Tian Qianzhen said was a bit explicit, I didn't know how to say it solemnly and nobilizing, and it was even more embarrassing.

But at this time, Yang Xi spoke: "Everyone, you are polite, since you have returned to the Tang Dynasty, then we will be colleagues working together in the same hall from now on, don't say many kind words, now that the war is not over, this commander wants to hear from you, how to capture the imperial city!"

But before Yang Xi finished speaking, there was a loud shout outside.

A sergeant hurried in after obtaining permission, and loudly reported that Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops had attacked the east of Luoyang and were preparing to launch an attack on the gates east of the city. Yang Xi immediately stood up and saluted An Qingxu, Tian Qianzhen, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and others: "Everyone, please wait, when Ben Shuai first goes to greet Guo and Li, the two envoys of the festival, and then come to listen to your story!"

"Marshal, the last general asks to go with you to meet Marshal Guo and General Li!" Tian Qianzhen unexpectedly stood up and asked.

"Okay then, General Tian will go with Ben Shuai!" (To be continued......)