Chapter 177: The History of Zhou Yu
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"Report, Anxi Gate was broken, the main general Zhang Wende ordered the city to fall, and more than 25,000 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were all killed in battle, and no one survived."
"Report, Longguang Gate was broken, more than 18,000 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were killed in the battle, and the rest of the soldiers were forced to withdraw into Changshamen.
"Report, Jiandong Gate was broken, General Sun Taiwu was hit by several arrows and died, and more than 13,000 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were killed.
"Report, Dingding Gate was broken, more than 20,000 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were killed, and General Liu Datong was captured.
Listening to the bad news in his ears, Li Zhi almost fell into a coma on the spot, the two sides fought from seven o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, bloody battle for four hours, eight hours, so far the eight gates of the imperial city have been broken four gates in a row, 200,000 imperial forest troops have killed and injured more than 70,000 people, as for the 400,000 recruits, there are nearly 100,000 casualties.
According to this posture, don't say that the reinforcements are coming, I'm afraid that it will be enough to carry it tonight.
Now Li Zhi is standing or sitting, and he walks around the hall anxiously.
"How could it be defeated so quickly, isn't my Imperial Forest Army claiming to be the most brave and warlike soldiers in the Tang Dynasty in addition to the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry, 200,000 people, plus Chang'an City, can't they hold it even for a day?"
In the hall of Nuoda, there was no one to answer Li Zhi's question, most of the people present were civil officials, and they didn't know anything about marching and fighting, just by looking at the virtues of the previous imperial history, there were nearly a million tiger and wolf divisions outside the city, and they actually let Liu Renliang lead people out of the city to fight bloodily, which can't be regarded as military idiots, it's just a bad pen.
In fact, it's no wonder that those imperial histories, the Tang Dynasty has been peaceful for so many years, and whether it is a big battle or a small battle over the years, it has always been a hundred victories, and there has not been a single defeat, which has also developed the confidence of the emperor and the peddlers and pawns, and the invincibility of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, but some rebels, even if there are a little more people, how can they be compared with the invincible and invincible Tang Iron Army?
Another point is that this group of imperial historians has never believed that it is a million people who surround Chang'an City, because in their opinion, it is impossible at all, it is 300,000 people at the top of the sky, and the key is more than 1 million? With such a large population vacancy, how can they, the officials, not know?
Except for the imperial history, most of the civil officials, including those present, thought so.
Million? It's called.
After all, they themselves have not done this kind of thing, this time Xue Rengui attacked Goguryeo, 450,000 troops, and they are also known as millions.
Call it this thing, to put it bluntly, it's bragging, for example, Xue Rengui's conquest of Goguryeo, if you really say 450,000, then people are probably not too afraid, that is, sigh, 450,000, there are a lot of people, but that is to sigh, far from the point of running away.
But if you say millions, it is estimated that you don't have to fight, all of them have taken the initiative to surrender, give a classic case, don't talk about it, let's talk about Lao Cao, Cao Cao's old comrade's glorious deeds back then, he was not known as 800,000 almost a million troops to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, to the group of calves in Dongwu, one by one frightened, eager to run to Cao Cao to surrender.
A little farther away, such as Cai Mao in Jingzhou, this brother has been thinking about surrender for a long time, of course, he belongs to the Zheng'er Bajing and wants to surrender to Cao Cao, and the group of finished goods in Dongwu is not the same concept, but to put it bluntly, this claim is to scare and scare ordinary soldiers, and the generals and masterminds of the army are not so stupid, you say a million is a million? Just kidding.
But now, this Chang'an city outside is a genuine million heroes, and it shouldn't be said that these civil officials owe the imperial history or what, yesterday Liu Renliang patted his chest and said that there were a million enemy troops outside Chang'an City, Li Zhi believed it at the time, but he immediately stood up a white and chubby Yushi in his forties, and sneered at Liu Renliang, probably saying how he was unreliable, and in the end, he directly tore his face and said: "General Liu, if you lose the four gates of Chang'an, you will lose it, after all, you are not a general defending the city, The emperor won't blame you, so why bother making these excuses? โ
Liu Renliang was almost killed by this Yu Shi Qi who almost drew his sword and killed him, damn, am I making excuses? If you have the ability, get out of the fuck and take a look.
Under these strict words of the imperial history who are not afraid of big things, Li Zhi is also a little skeptical, the authenticity of Liu Renliang's words may not be so many people.......
But today, as soon as the situation of losing four of the eight gates of the imperial city in a row happened, Li Zhi understood that he had been deceived by these under-drawn imperial histories, if there were no millions of people outside the city, how could the four gates be lost so quickly?
At that moment, Li Zhi's eyes looked at an imperial historian and said, "Lord Zhou, didn't you say that there are only 300,000 enemy troops outside the city?" Then why were they able to capture the four gates of the imperial city in a row, and also killed and injured hundreds of thousands of our soldiers? โ
"This ....... Your Majesty, there may be something else hidden......." Lord Zhou said with a bitter face.
Li Zhihao was angry with him for another secret, damn, are you talking about human words? There is another hidden secret, Li Zhi can see it, these imperial histories are impeaching this every day, impeaching this, there is nothing to accuse and accuse themselves, and to say that it is ugly is to scold him, and nothing else is useful.
In a word, they are fighting in the nest, and externally, they are like two dogs.
Li Zhi walked back and forth around the hall more than a dozen times, and as he walked, he couldn't help but sigh, and finally spread out his hands, looking at the group of civil officials in front of him who could only bow their heads and couldn't even come up with an idea, and sighed: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should think of a way for me." โ
"Report, Changxia was broken, and more than 10,000 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were killed in the battle."
Another news came that the city gate was broken, and Zhou Yushi, who had just said something else hidden, finally held his breath and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen's humble opinion, we are still ....... Let's withdraw from Chang'an first. โ
Li Zhi was furious, picked up a notebook, and slammed it on Zhou Yushi's body, saying: "Didn't you tell me yesterday that you wanted to defend Chang'an, saying that the ancestral foundation should not be lost, and now you want to run when you see the enemy's strength, Lord Zhou, are you all a group of wall grass?" โ
Lord Zhou hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted vigorously, "The minister is guilty, please spare your majesty." โ
Li Ji, the heroic martial prince, also said appropriately at this time: "Withdraw? Dare to ask Lord Zhou, where are we retreating? Now there are still 120,000 horses left in the Imperial Forest Army, and there are millions of heroes outside the city, do you think that with these 120,000 Royal Forest Army, we can break through any of the four gates of Chang'an guarded by a million troops? โ
Wu Zetian nodded silently, the reason why she advocated defending Chang'an before, is also to understand this truth, the four gates of Chang'an have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and now they are like turtles in the urn, even if they are desperate to attack a door, it is absolutely impossible to kill out, on the contrary, the enemy army will soon surround them, lose the protection of the palace city, and protect the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army who protect their evacuation, will definitely start a street battle with the enemy in Chang'an City.
And street fighting....... Hehe....... In the end, it is not a dead end, Wu Zetian understood from the beginning that it was not feasible to break through and evacuate, so he could only hold on and wait for reinforcements, but now I am afraid that I will definitely not be able to hold the moment when the reinforcements come, and it seems that I can only ....... Wu Zetian's eyes looked at Li Ji, Li Ji seemed to feel something, and nodded towards Wu Zetian, after the two of them understood, Li Ji said hoarsely: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know whether to say it or not." โ
Li Zhi was upset and said: "Duke Wu don't sell Guanzi, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." โ
Okay, Li Ji took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, now the situation is in front of us, it is useless to stick to it, and the old minister feels that it is the best policy to seek peace." โ
Hearing that Li Ji once again proposed to sue for peace, none of the civil officials present were opposed, and they were all silent, Li Zhi heard the word peace, paused for a while, and finally walked back to his dragon chair step by step, waved his hand weakly and said: "Just do what Aiqing said, and make peace with them, after speaking, Li Zhi glanced at Zhou Yushi and said: "Lord Zhou, then you will have to run in person." โ
"Huh?" When Zhou Yushi heard that Li Zhi asked him to sue for peace with the coalition forces, his face turned white with fright, damn, it is enough to choke whether he can come back alive or not, is that a good place, a camp of one million people, what is the difference between it and the Longtan Tiger's Den, Lord Zhou immediately shirked and said: "Your Majesty, this is this...... Wechen has been feeling cold recently, and I'm afraid I can't take on this heavy responsibility. โ
Li Ji immediately said lukewarmly: "Occasional wind chill? Zhou Yushi, isn't your face quite red? โ
"I'm ...... It's ......"
"Enough!!" Li Zhi couldn't bear it, and slapped the table and scolded: "You can't go into battle to kill the enemy, can't you negotiate with others, Zhou Gongliang, if you dare to shirk, be careful of your crime of bullying the king." โ
It's all come to this point, does Zhou Yushi dare to say anything more, so he had to bow his head and resign himself: "Weichen....... Compliance. โ
Two hours after Changxia was breached, Zhou Yushi reluctantly took a dozen followers out of the palace and walked towards the imperial city that had been abandoned by the coalition forces.
At this time, in the camp outside Chang'an City, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Qin Shihuang had received the news that the Tang Dynasty had sent people to negotiate peace, and was quietly waiting for the arrival of Zhou Yushi at the moment.
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