Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Death of Heavenly Strategy
On the ninth day of November in the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan, who was also the envoy of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong, mobilized his subordinate Tang soldiers and a total of 150,000 people from Tongluo, Xi, Khitan and Murowei, known as 200,000, to raise troops in Fanyang under the pretext of "worrying about the danger of the country" and crusading against Yang Guozhong in the secret edict. The Anshi Rebellion arose.
The iron cavalry swept through Hebei, and there was no one to join forces.
Taiyuan and other border areas urgently reported it, but unfortunately Tang Xuanzong thought it was the next resort of those political enemies who hated An Lushan.
It was not until November 15 that Tang Xuanzong finally believed in the fact of An Lushan's rebellion under all kinds of conclusive evidence. Urgently dispatched troops, but unfortunately it was too late.
The elite border army is far away and cannot quench the thirst of the near, and the young and strong troops temporarily recruited in Chang'an and Luoyang and the city defense troops in various places lack training, which is the opponent of the wolf-like elite soldiers in a hundred battles.
In December, the An'an army had approached Luoyang, the eastern capital, without encountering any decent resistance, and on December 12, Luoyang fell, and Li Xin, who was left behind in Tokyo, and Lu Yi, the middle of the imperial history, refused to surrender, and was captured and killed by An Lushan.
On the first day of December, An Qingxu, the second son of An Lushan, personally led a large army to force Luoyang. not only carried the most elite wolf tooth army under An Lushan, but the general lineup was even more luxurious. The military advisor Xu Guidao sat in the Chinese army, and the mountain wolf "General Cao", the "thunder wolf" Sha Qibo, and the "sky wolf" Ashina led heavy troops from Lifen, and also dispatched the three major elders Hei Tooth Yuanyou, Ling Hu Wound and Su Mansha.
Such an elite is naturally not for the almost empty Luoyang City, let alone for the superficial Shence Army.
The army passed through Luoyang City without entering, and in An Qingxu's eyes, it was just a soft cake that could be eaten at any time. There is only one threat to the army, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, even if it has been weakened in a thousand ways, it is still a powerful Tiance battalion.
At the foot of the North Mountain, the Tiance camp is no longer what it used to be.
The commander, Li Chengen, was forcibly transferred to Chang'an by several imperial orders at the beginning of the war to protect the safety of the saint in close quarters.
Zhu Jianqiu, who participated in the military affairs, was rumored in the rivers and lakes that "the three wisdoms of the world are only inferior to one autumn". There are no talents, but there are no soldiers to adjust. Zhu Jianqiu analyzed the situation and came to the conclusion that Luoyang cannot be guaranteed, which is not difficult. But how to deal with Tiance himself, this stumped this wise man.
The Grand Commander is not there, and the dragons are leaderless. Although Zhu Jianqiu had a plan, it was difficult to speak.
The occupation of Luoyang by the wolf's tooth army is a foregone conclusion, and the main battlefield in the future will inevitably be the first line of Tongguan. But without the prestige of the Great Commander, is it possible for the Heavenly Strategies to abandon the camp, give up their dignity, and retreat without a fight?
Zhu Jianqiu tried his best to persuade Qin Yiyan, the deputy commander who stayed behind, Cao Xueyang, the general of Xuanwei, and Yang Ning, the head of the general sect. It's a pity, how could I have thought that the Wolf Tooth Army would come so quickly.
Qin Yiyan went to Luoyang to coordinate defense and was trapped in the city. Yang Ning finally realized the crisis and asked Zhu Jianqiu to lead people to retreat to Tongguan. It's a pity that it was late, and Xuanwei General Cao Xueyang took the initiative to stand up and was responsible for breaking off the rear and buying time for the evacuation of the army.
Cao Xueyang led the 3,721 Tiance soldiers who volunteered to stay behind to guard the gate of Tiance. And Yang Ning himself, dragged the previous battle of Guangming Temple, and faced off with many Mingjiao masters, and the remnants of his internal injuries that had not healed, and guarded the Beibi Mountain Pass alone.
As soon as the wolf-tooth army arrived, there was no nonsense and directly began to attack. This is a race against time, An Qingxu aims to destroy the Tiance Miao descendants, and Cao Xueyang has to work hard to delay time.
The siege war is cruel, although the gate of the Tiance camp is not as strong as the city of Luoyang Chang'an, but as the foundation of Taizong back then, the facilities are perfect, no less than the general city.
The Wolf Tooth Army did not start with its elite home formation, but instead sent its vassal legions.
An Lushan had rebelled, and he no longer cared about public opinion in the world, and recruited a large number of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. There are black list masters in the Western Regions, demons from Tianyi Sect, and some Ming Sect members who are unwilling to fail.
Although the main force of the Ming Sect retreated to the Western Regions with the sect leader Lu Weilou, it went incognito and developed in a low-key manner, in order to make a comeback. But there are still some who are unwilling to fail, and when they saw An Lushan's rebellion, they took the initiative to vote. In order to rekindle the flame and burn all the remnants, there are members of the Ming Sect who are willing to shed their blood for the Holy Sect. What's more, the enemy is still the head of the sect to exterminate the Heavenly Ce Mansion.
It's just that among the Mingjiao sect, there are a few people who are a little uncoordinated. Although their weapons were also double knives, they were different from the roughly three-foot, briskly scimitars commonly used by the Mingjiao sect, but two strange broadswords about five feet six long.
Moreover, the Mingjiao sect members called an enemy to meet and their eyes were extremely red, and they rushed the most fiercely, killed the most ruthlessly, and suffered the most casualties. But these seven or eight people, but a little bit of a wise sense of self-preservation, have been on the edge of the battlefield, taking advantage of advantage, and retreating when there is danger.
The northern mountain pass is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army. Yang Ning can be described as a husband here, and he can't open it.
The Wolf Tooth Army was not stupid, and did not waste its troops here, but sent two elders, Ling Hu Shu and Su Mansha. Just an old man who has not recovered from his internal injuries, the number one swordsman in the Western Regions is enough, not to mention the star-picking elder Su Mansha, who is proficient in "Heavenly Demon Confusing Heart Dance".
It's a pity that the wolf's tooth miscalculated. Yang Ning, the head of Tiance, is not something that the younger generation can humiliate.
Su Mansha's magic dance had no effect on Yang Ning, who was hard-hearted, if it weren't for Yang Ning's serious injuries and dragging, one shot would have killed this beauty from the Western Regions.
But Su Mansha still succeeded in causing Yang Ning's internal injury, so that the fox injury took over the opponent, and the new and old generations fought together.
Even in the face of the injured Yang Ning, Ling Hu couldn't win easily. But as time passed, Yang Ning's injury was plagued by pain, and the follow-up was insufficient, and the victory was gradually drifting towards Linghu injury.
Ling Fox's heart is extremely complicated, as a swordsman, this kind of behavior of taking advantage of others is despised by himself. But at the same time, I am afraid, I still have this strength under serious injuries, and how many enemies I was in my heyday?
Just as Ling Hu was about to kill the killer, he suddenly felt something strange and floated away.
In a flash of light with its own light effect, eighteen shiny tiles appeared on the scene.
Ling Fox's brows furrowed.
Shaolin? Didn't the army trap Shaomu Mountain and force these monks to close the mountain? Where did the fish come from?
And the eyes of these monks looking at themselves, why are they so weird?
The fiery fire in his eyes, even if those ordinary people looked at Su Mansha, they were not so hot. The desire to eat himself made Ling Fox have a bad association.
Although he is the most beautiful man in Mobei, he is the first swordsman in the Western Regions, and he has not yet dared to look at himself like this as a disgusting thing that is not as good as Long Yang. A strong murderous intent rose in Ling Fox's sad heart.
A plain-clothed monk in the lead waved the dragon stick in his hand.
"Kill the dog man and woman before the army arrives."
With a hungry roar, the eighteen men rushed towards the man and woman.
Ling Fox shrank his eyes, and he didn't pay much attention to the second-rate people.
But is this the formation? Arhat Array Golden Body Realm, Shaolin Secret Formation Master!
As soon as the thought of danger arose, the figures of the two were drowned in the shadows of the sticks.