Chapter 496: The building has fallen to the west and the east
"Ye Gong, why don't you arrange it in the second half of the night, taking advantage of the thief's sleep in the second half of the night, and then ignite the gunpowder, blow up the city wall, and take advantage of the situation to attack the city, so that the thieves can't be prepared?"
Ye Chang was ready to blow up the city with gunpowder, which was no secret at this time. Therefore, seeing Ye Chang giving an order, Chunming beside him asked with some curiosity.
"If we are facing a really strong enemy, it is naturally better to choose the second half of the night, but are there any strong enemies in the city now?" Ye Chang said with a smile: "A group of fearless people, just to stand in the city to strengthen their courage, if I peel off their seemingly solid shell in front of them, how will they choose?" ”
There are nearly 200,000 rebels in the city, but it does not mean that these 200,000 people are all An Lushan and Shi Siming's cronies and dead soldiers, although most of them are subordinates who can rebel with them, but if it is really impossible to do anything, they may not be willing to die with An Lushan Shi Siming.
Even if An Lushan could control the generals' families to threaten them, he couldn't control every soldier. If the walls are broken, where will these soldiers still have the heart to fight to the death? They have already scavenged in Chang'an City, and their only idea should be how to disguise themselves as ordinary people and flee back to their hometown to become a rich man.
And the soldiers have fled, leaving only those generals, what is the use?
"Moreover, Bian Ping got the news, An Lushan is also prepared in Chang'an City, he wants to give me a fire city, if I am An Lushan, I will definitely choose to break through and escape before the bombing of the city, and abandon the tail to survive. He, like you, must have thought that I was bombing the city in the middle of the night, and would never have thought that I would do it just after noon! ”
Speaking of this, Ye Chang stood with his hands behind his back, and Chang'an City stood majestically like a mountain in front of him.
"Almost." Touching out the pocket watch, Ye Chang muttered.
Pocket watch is also a new product of Liaodong watch workshop, the current size is still large, about a palm square, and because only the best craftsmen handmade, in order to ensure its accuracy, so the output is very low, to sell on the market, a value of tens of thousands.
The time on the pocket watch was 12:14 p.m.
When the time of the pocket watch pointed to twelve o'clock, the underground rumbling sounded, Chang'an City began to shake violently, and the people in the city, whether they were soldiers or civilians, were panicked and scattered around, and after the shaking of the earth was over, they looked around in a daze, wanting to know what had just happened.
If it is close to the north city and the east city of Chang'an, it can be seen that a large section of the city wall has collapsed in the north and east of Chang'an City, and only the broken walls remain.
The gap in the city wall is more than ten zhang long, and the length of the collapse is several times that of this, such a drastic change makes everyone who sees this scene, whether it is soldiers or ordinary people, frightened.
All kinds of rumors about Ye Chang surfaced in their hearts again.
Especially the soldiers of Anshi and the two, some time ago in the Chang'an City circulated in the news of the loss of Tongguan, there was Ye Chang summoned the thunder of the sky, smashed the gatehouse, a scene that happened today, how similar to the rumors, it was a muffled thunder underground, and then the ground shook the city, and the city wall collapsed.
Not only that, at the beginning, there was also a general Cai Xide who was killed by lightning on Tongguan, and this time on the city of Chang'an, two sections of the city wall, there were hundreds of soldiers or killed or injured, and even turned into powdered corpses and bones!
Immediately after the collapse of the city wall, it was the Tang army that began to attack. An Lushan and Shi Siming were not unprepared, although they had misexpected the time when Ye Chang would launch, they had already arranged reserve troops on the edge of the city, just in case, let these reserve troops plug the gap. But the city wall has collapsed so much, and even the ditches outside the city have been filled with collapsed stones, how can these ordinary soldiers not be shocked?
Such a big gap, how much does it cost to plug it, and Ye Chang still has a strong soldier like a grenade, in addition, they go to block the city, in case Ye Chang summons the divine thunder again, wouldn't it be in vain to die?
Originally, there were only two spiritual pillars for the defenders in the city, one was the awe of An and Shi, and the other was the confidence in Chang'an Jiancheng. But now, almost in the blink of an eye, one of the pillars has collapsed, and the previous Anshi infighting has also shaken the other pillar.
Therefore, I don't know who took the lead, these rebels almost did not hesitate, turned and fled, and there were few people to plug the gap in the wall.
Even if there were still a few people loyal to An and Shi, when they saw that there were only a few people left, they had to flee with them.
An Lushan was watching his cronies pack up their things, and he had already made up his mind to set fire to the city tonight and then break through and escape.
"What's the sound?"
When the explosion came, he jumped to his feet, terrified.
Because of Shi Siming's infighting, he moved from Xingqing Palace to Daming Palace, Daming Palace is in the north of the city, not far from the bombed city wall, that kind of vibration came, coupled with a loud noise, An Lushan already understood that Ye Chang actually blew up the city wall in the daytime!
Shouldn't it be at night? Didn't Ye Chang's dog thief always boast of cherishing the lives of his soldiers, and it was more advantageous to attack the city at night?
An Lushan's mind was completely clouded, and after a while, he suddenly woke up: now is not the time to reflect on his mistakes, but to think about getting out!
"Yan Zhuang, Yan Zhuang people, call him quickly!" He shouted again and again, and then called out the names of several of his trusted generals, these people were the people he trusted, and they were also the core force he was preparing to take with him to escape from Chang'an. Since he has made up his mind to survive with his tail cut off, except for these people, everyone else, he is ready to give up.
After calling these names, he remembered one more thing: "Qingxu, let him act, let him act!" ”
He roared and shouted, and the samurai in the courtyard were in chaos. He lost his cool at the moment, and waved the leather whip that he had grabbed from nowhere, and saw who was whipping whom, which made the yard even more chaotic.
After shouting for a while, I saw a familiar figure rushing over with a rolling belt, but it was An Qingxu.
"Father, it's not good, it's not good, the north city and the east city were blown up at the same time, and now the Tang army has entered the city, although our army is still resisting, it can't hold out for long......"
"Yan Zhuang, where did Yan Zhuang go?"
"Ran away, the child heard that he had already run away, and the soldiers couldn't find anyone!"
"What, Yan Zhuang also ran away?" When An Lushan heard this, he finally sobered up a little and asked in a daze.
"Father, what do you care about him now, we have to go!"
"Someone, find me Yan Zhuang, I will kill his whole family, I will eat his flesh and sleep his skin! Of course, if he hadn't instigated it, how would I have rebelled!" An Lushan was furious again, he only felt that the blood was surging upward, his eyes were black, and he could still see a little bit of vision vaguely, but now he couldn't see anything.
He shouted and scolded frantically, because he was very clear in his heart, and he knew that he had no way out this time. The original plan to survive was completely nullified because of Ye Chang's abnormal siege time, Ye Chang was ready, but his escape preparations were not ready, even if he wanted to leave, it was difficult to escape.
"Father, don't be strict, what should we do, you have an idea!" Although An Qingxu is slurred on weekdays, he speaks smoothly at this time.
"Yes, yes, take an idea...... Qingxu, what I arranged for you, do you remember, light the fire, light it for me everywhere in Chang'an, even if you die, you have to let Ye Chang and me be burned to death, Li Longji, you can't get anything! ”
Hearing his father's voice like a madman, An Qingxu finally understood that at this time, he was still counting on his father to make up his mind, and it was purely waiting for death. He didn't say a word, and was about to leave, but was grabbed by An Lushan's neck.
"Father, I'll go here, I'll go!" Feeling that his father was clutching him, and he had completely lost his ability to judge, An Qingxu shouted.
"Also, kill them all, Yan Zhuang, Li Zhu'er, kill them all, and then you die too, die with me!"
An Qingxu shuddered suddenly: "Father, the emperor ......"
"Kill, kill! Come here, pigs, kill me!"
An Lushan, who couldn't see anything clearly with his eyes, was full of fear at this time, and the more he understood in his heart, the more crazy people became, and even thought of pulling this world to destroy with him.
Li Zhu'er trembled on the side, looking at An Qingxu with pity. An Qingxu was thinking about how to get rid of An Lushan, and at this moment, he heard An Lushan shouting: "Why don't you do it yet, yes, yes, you are going to rebel, I should have killed you a long time ago, I should have killed you a long time ago, and established Qingen as the prince, he is much stronger than you, you ...... a shaft."
An Lushan said as he grabbed An Qingxu's throat, intending to strangle him. Although he was riddled with injuries, his body was fat and his strength was extremely large, and An Qingxu struggled with all his might, but he couldn't break free. He couldn't speak, he had difficulty breathing, and his heart was anxious, so he could only aim his eyes at Li Zhu'er on the side.
Li Zhu'er trembled there with fright, looked at him, and suddenly understood what he meant.
An Lushan is already crazy, killing sons, killing slaves, he will kill anyone!
If An Lushan kills An Qingxu, how can he Li Zhu'er live?
At this time, Li Zhu'er didn't know about Lu Dao, An Lushan was completely blind because of the surging of qi and blood, he only knew that An Lushan would never let go of himself. Therefore, he gritted his teeth, pounced, pulled out the sword on An Qingxu's waist, and then stabbed into An Lushan's abdomen!
An Lushan only felt that the severe pain in his abdomen was unbearable, and as soon as he let go of his hand, he took two steps back, and touched his abdomen, which was wet and full of blood.
"It must be the thief who will harm me." An Lushan sighed and fell to the ground.
An Qingxu, who broke free, rubbed his neck and looked at An Lushan on the ground with a frightened gaze. An Lushan was not dead yet, lying on the ground panting. An Qingxu raised his eyes and looked around, and found that the warriors in the courtyard had all fled when An Lushan went crazy.
"How can this be?" He thought to himself.
Although he is good at archery riding and archery, but because of some stuttering, he has long had a low self-esteem.
"By the way, there's one more person to ask for ......"
After pondering for a while, he suddenly remembered someone, and immediately stepped out of the door, and found that Li Zhu'er also followed him out, and couldn't help but sigh.
The rebellion and the separation of relatives are so far!
He finally gathered a few hundred soldiers and horses, and after going out into the street, he caught the stragglers scurrying all over the street, gathered more than a thousand people, and then ran to the east. Along the way, he grabbed the retreating defeated army and asked each other, and learned that Shi Siming had retreated to the south of the city, so he turned south. At this time, there were murderous voices in Chang'an City, and An Qingxu looked around, and there were few people who arranged arson to carry out the order. He knew in his heart that at this time, those dead soldiers were only afraid that they had their own plans, but they couldn't pursue it.
Although Chang'an City is big, it will eventually come to an end, and it didn't take long for An Qingxu to arrive at Shi Siming's side. Shi Siming's military appearance was also untidy, and the number of people around him was not much more than him, and when he saw his soldiers and horses coming from a distance, he immediately made a posture of vigilance. An Qingxu personally stepped forward and shouted, Shi Siming came out to meet him, An Qingxu was startled when he saw Shi Siming's appearance.
Shi Siming was by the city wall at the time of the explosion, and was ordering people to continue to listen to the movement underground, so the collapsed rocks hit him. Although he was lucky enough to pick up his life, his whole head was wrapped in gauze, and he was angry at this time, and when he saw An Qingxu, he said sharply: "What about An Lushan, could it be that he broke his tail to survive, and he didn't even want your son?" ”
An Qingxu didn't dare to say that An Lushan was stabbed by Li Zhu'er and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he cried: "My father is seriously ill and can no longer support it, I was ordered to come to Uncle Shi and ask my uncle to take care of him!" ”
Shi Siming was stunned, and was about to refuse, but when he saw these soldiers behind An Qingxu, he suddenly changed his mind: "That is the case, you and I might as well join forces, and now there is a city gate in my hands, let's go out of the city immediately!" ”
The city gate he said was still in his hands, in fact, the water gate of Qujiang Pond, where there were fewer Tang troops, and after their nearly 3,000 men and horses rushed out of the city, they did not dare to go east, but could only go south, towards the continuous peaks of Nanshan.
But after escaping for less than a few miles, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the smoke and dust covered the sky, showing that the army was chasing. Seeing this situation, Shi Siming turned his head to An Qingxu and said: "It's urgent, if you want to get out today, you can only do it separately!" ”
An Qingxu was stunned: "How to act separately?" ”
"You and I will each lead the headquarters, and we can run as many people as we can." Shi Siming said.
"But ......"
"If you don't agree, we'll fight now!" Shi Siming said sharply: "All the disasters are caused by your father and son, take your first achievement and Ye Chang, maybe you can save my life!" ”
When he said this, his eyes showed a fierce light, and An Qingxu was so shocked that he retreated again and again, and he could only lead his own headquarters.
Seeing that he was still facing south, Shi Siming's eyes flashed with a fierce light, he looked back at his side, and said to a cronie: "Duan Qinu, how do I treat you?" ”
"The general treats me like a mountain, and I am willing to die for the general!" Duan beggar said.
"That being the case, choose a lame horse, leave yourself with some wounds, and wait here, when the pursuers come here, they will ask you where I have gone, and you say where you have gone." Shi Siming pointed in the direction An Qingxu left.
When Duan Qinu heard this, he immediately understood his plan, this was a plan for the golden cicada to come out of its shell, and only someone who was deeply trusted by Shi Siming could do it. He nodded vigorously and responded: "The villain knows the way, and the villain will definitely live up to the general's trust!" ”