Chapter 153: An Lushan

— "Boom...... The explosive bag thrown by the catapult ...... successfully threw into the wall and exploded in the array of rebel defenses, and a huge explosion mixed with the screams of the rebel sergeants reached everyone's ears. With this loud noise, many fragments of mud, stone, bricks and tiles, as well as severed limbs and broken arms, flew up and fell immediately.

The lethality of firearms far exceeded that of arrows, so that the Tang army, who was about to attack again, couldn't help but cheer. They had already seen the power of the explosives pack when they were outside the Imperial City, so much so that the battle against the Imperial City was fought with ease, killing them without much effort, and forcing the defender Cai Xide to surrender. How can you not be surprised to see this powerful weapon in action again? The current firearms are only equipped in Yang Xi's army, not in Guo Ziyi's army, otherwise they would have been used in the unfavorable attack just now.

At Yang Xi's suggestion, more than a dozen explosive packs and dozens of grenades were thrown on a certain section of the wall, and with the sound of a huge explosion, the wall collapsed in the smoke of gunpowder. Without anyone's reminder, Guo Ziyi, who is very experienced in combat, immediately ordered another attack. After Guo Ziyi's order was issued, the tidal Tang army sergeant quickly rushed towards the gap in the wall that had been blasted open.

Although the walls of the palace are not as strong as the city walls, they are also a barrier that hinders the impact of people and horses. After the gap was blown open, the nearby rebel sergeants were either killed or wounded, and the rest of the people were also shocked and did not come to their senses. When the Tang army took advantage of the situation to attack, no arrows were fired, and even when the Tang army rushed into the wall, no sergeant stepped forward to stop it.

A total of dozens of explosive packs and hundreds of grenades were almost concentrated in a certain area and exploded, and the shock wave generated by the explosion was very alarming, and the injured people were definitely not able to stand up and fight again. Those who were not injured were not only frightened when they really felt the attack of this legendary very powerful weapon. It was also damaged by the shock wave. In the thick smoke rising into the sky, they didn't even see the Tang army attacking again, and they had already rushed in through the gap in the collapsed wall.

How can a person who has not experienced the war of the era of hot weapons come back to his senses immediately when he first comes into contact with the tremendous power of explosives and the "edification" of the billowing smoke? By the time they recovered from their extreme shock, the Tang Army's swords had already slashed at them.

The gap was soon widened, large areas of the wall near the blast point were torn down, and more and more Tang troops rushed in on horseback or on foot, and soon rushed towards the steps of the palace. The division of labor among the Tang troops who rushed in was clear. One went directly to the palace, while the others met the rebels who were quickly surrounding, preparing to capture the entire dormitory after defeating the defending rebels.

The dormitory where An Lushan lives occupies a wide area, there are several palaces and gardens, and the outer circle is surrounded by tall walls, which are especially heightened and reinforced, and this wall is the foundation of the defense of the dormitory, and the wall has been breached. There's nothing dangerous inside. There is no danger to defend, and the rebels in a certain section have suffered a major blow and suffered heavy casualties, how can they still resist the attack of the Tang army. The tide-like Tang army entered the palace through that gap.

As more and more Tang soldiers rushed inside, the momentum of the rebels was slowly disintegrated, and soon the palace gate was occupied by the Tang army, and the palace gate was also opened. The palace gates opened. More Tang troops rushed inside, and even Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who had just arrived, led their troops to rush in, and the rebels inside could no longer stop them. However, there was no mass surrender and flight of the rebels. They were still desperately resisting and wanted to rush over to stop the Tang army's assault on An Lushan's dormitory, but how could they resist the Tang army's rush and kill, they were quickly divided and surrounded and slowly annihilated. After Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi each led a sergeant to rush into An Lushan's dormitory, Yang Xi also led his personal guards to ride a horse into the palace from the wide open palace gate.

The battle to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the rebels was still going on in An Lushan's dormitory, but Yang Xi had ignored it, and the soldiers under his command would not give anyone a chance to escape and continue to resist.

He wants to go to the meeting, the Hu people who completely buried the Tang Dynasty in history, and he wants to take the opportunity to humiliate him.

Of course, Yang Xi has this idea, not because the current An Lushan makes him hate him so much, the current An Lushan can be said to have achieved his fame, and he has to "thank" this rebellion, otherwise he may not be able to leave a reputation in history. He was only angry that An Lushan in the original history completely buried the Tang Dynasty, and the eight-year rebellion brought the Tang Dynasty to an end and displaced countless people.

The Tang Dynasty is the proudest dynasty in Chinese history, and its influence on later generations is too great, and its territory can be said to be the largest in Chinese history. The Mongol Yuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty do not count, it was not the era of Han rule. In later generations, many people with lofty ideals were eager to restore the Han and Tang dynasties, such a glorious era was destroyed by An Lushan, Yang Xi of course hated this Hu people very much, and had long thought that if he was face to face with him, he must humiliate him as a villain, so that An Lushan lost face, and by the way, he showed his prestige.

The steps leading to the palace were full of blood, and there were corpses beheaded on the ground everywhere, most of them were rebels guarding the palace, and some were Tang soldiers who had unfortunately died. Yang Xi completely ignored the corpses everywhere and the blood flowing everywhere, and strode towards the main hall.

At this time, the men and horses led by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi had completely wiped out the rebel sergeants who were resisting outside the palace, and when they saw Yang Xi coming, they did not rush into the hall in a hurry, but stood and waited for Yang Xi.

Everyone knows that An Lushan's forbidden army and most of his personal guards have been wiped out, and there will not be too many soldiers in the hall, at most there will be only some personal guards of An Lushan, and they will be able to see An Lushan immediately. If An Lushan still has some heroism, there should be several options: first, suicide; the second is to simply surrender, saying that he will personally ask Tang Emperor Li Longji for guilt; The second is to fight to the end with weapons.

However, no one wants them to see the dead An Lushan when they go in, and it will be a pity if they can't capture An Lushan alive after the counterinsurgency battle is fought to the end. Wang Sili, Lu Chongben and Pang Zhong, as well as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's men, have already concentrated on attacking the west gate of the imperial city, Yang Xi does not have any worries, no matter how powerful Shi Siming is, it is impossible to toss up the storm at this time, so he will lead Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's people to meet An Lushan.

Yang Xi ordered the sergeant to stay outside, and he, Guo Ziyi, and Li Guangbi walked into the hall with their own personal guards.

There was still a lot of blood in the hall, and when Yang Xi led a group of people inside, there was still a team of sergeants with knives to meet them, but they did not resist, but directly chose to surrender under the order of a person in the hall. With the clanging of swords on the ground, the fierce but nervous sergeants gave up their resistance as ordered.

Yang Xi, who followed Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi into the inner room of the dormitory, saw a strong man with gray hair, a black beard, and a bearded appearance, holding a blood-dripping sword in his hand, sitting on the couch blankly, staring at Yang Xi and the others who walked in with dull eyes. In front of him, several scantily clad palace maids and eunuchs fell in pools of blood, looking like they had just been killed by him.

It was this person's order that made the nearly 100 sergeants in the temple throw their weapons and surrender.

immediately concluded that this person was Yang Xi of An Lushan, crossed Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, walked to the couch, and said proudly: "An Lushan, your end has come, you have lost everything, all the rebels have left, and even your son has raised troops against you!" Now that you're alone, when you started the army two years ago, you probably didn't think that this day would come so soon, right? Haha!"

Yang Xi raised his head and laughed a few times, the actual time was one year and four months, and the rebellion led by An Lushan came to an end, which was much shorter than the eight years that the "Anshi Rebellion" lasted in the original history. Completely changed history, he was very happy and proud, especially when he saw An Lushan alone, sitting on the couch in despair, this sense of pride was even worse, and he couldn't help but laugh a few times like a villain.

An Lushan raised his head suddenly, and the eyes of Mu Ran just now suddenly burst into a sharp light, staring straight at Yang Xi.

Yang Xi suppressed his smile, without any evasion, and looked at An Lushan without giving way, with a look of arrogance, and even his eyes were more fierce and resolute than An Lushan's. An Lushan's eyes are not very good, although the light in his eyes still makes people feel a little shocked, but these don't work for Yang Xi, even if An Lushan's eyes are not good, they will be like this before, let alone now.

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi didn't know what Yang Xi was going to do, but they didn't disturb Yang Xi's trembling majesty, but stood aside and watched quietly, and didn't steal the limelight. They were also quite surprised that Yang Xi had such a posture, this young man, the majesty and indifference on his face had a terrifying momentum.

In the end, An Lushan's momentum was a little worse, but his eyes did not avoid, but asked in a muffled voice: "You are Yang Xi?" ”

Yang Xi straightened up, and said with his hands behind his back: "This handsome is Yang Xi, Yang Xi, the youngest son of Prime Minister Yang Guozhong!"

"I really can't imagine that I have been repeatedly calculated by Yang Guozhong, a traitor, and now I have been ruined by you, a little traitor, I want to kill you!" An Lushan said, in everyone's surprise, he suddenly got up, took a leap, waved the long sword in his hand, and stabbed Yang Xi.

"Marshal, be careful!" Many exclamations came out, and Yang Xi's personal guards drew their sabers and rushed forward to meet them.

No one could have imagined that An Lushan, who had already ordered the guards around him, would suddenly break out and attack Yang Xi with a sword. (To be continued......)