Returning to the outside of Suiyang City, still under the cover of the fog in the early morning, Li You led the Beiwei Army to kill through the encirclement of Yin Ziqi's rebels, and returned to Suiyang City under the response of Zhang Xun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he went out of the city, he took fifty backswordsmen, but when he came back, there were less than thirty left, and he didn't even bring back a reinforcement or a stone of food, Li You was inevitably depressed, but Zhang Xun and other generals were still enthusiastic, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for warmth, and when he saw that there were no reinforcements behind him, he didn't scold, but just kept comforting, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

Among them, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan inevitably sighed in their hearts, if Nan Jiyun stayed outside and didn't come back, he could save a few seeds for Suiyang City, and now that he came back, it would be difficult for him to escape his life. However, it is precisely because of this courage to die calmly that they have such a deep friendship with Nan Jiyun. Okay, it's good to come back, when the time comes, let's go to Huangquan together, but there will be no loneliness on the bridge, Zhang Xun and the others thought in their hearts.

"Lord Zhongcheng, the last general got the news when he went out to ask for help, in August, the king of Guangping and Marshal Guo had already commanded the army to defeat the thief army in a battle and recover Chang'an, and now they are mobilizing troops to attack Luoyang, presumably it won't be long before the two capitals will be recovered." Li You began to tell the defenders of the city the good news he had heard.

Zhang Xun and the others were immediately overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly pulled Li You's arm and asked, "Chang'an has returned to my Datang?" What a joyous event! ”

"That's right, when Marshal Guo led the army and the thief army to confront each other, the Hui soldiers and horses came out from behind the thief army, and the thief army was defeated under the front and back attacks, and Chang'an also returned to the hands of my Datang." Li You told the story of the first battle of Chang'an.

"This is very good, now that Chang'an has been recovered, then the defeat of the thief army is just around the corner." Zhang Xun's face was full of joy, but he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, using the Hui people to expel the rebels should be another lure of wolves into the house, right? Now that Datang's troops have been consumed heavily in the rebellion, if these Hui people see the weakness of Datang, there will be many things from now on.

"In addition, the imperial court decreed that Lord Zhang Hao was crowned as the Zhongshu Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi, Henan Jiedu Envoy, Dutong Huainan and other provincial military forces, and commanded Lu Jiong, Lai Yao, Li Yi, Li Siye, Li Huan Five Jiedu envoys, recovered Henan, Hedong counties and counties, and my Suiyang City is the place that Lord Zhongshu is most concerned about; The last general learned from Zhenyuan that Lord Zhang had ordered Haozhou Assassin Lu Qiu Xiao to lead an army to aid Suiyang City. Li You continued.

"I have heard for a long time that Zhang Daren is both civil and military, and he will not be as sluggish as Helan Jinming, but Lord Zhang has suddenly risen to a high position, so Lu Qiuxiao may not necessarily act according to his military orders?" Before Li You could speak, Zhang Xun opened his mouth and said, there are no outsiders here, so Zhang Xun is not afraid that these words will affect morale.

"Your Excellency is wise." Li You couldn't help but praise it, Zhang Xun analyzed the situation so thoroughly without leaving the city, it was really admirable, he gritted his teeth and said, "The last general rushed to Haozhou immediately after learning the news, and did not see a single reinforcement along the road, and asked the business travelers passing by, and they all said that there was no sign of sending troops in Haozhou City." ”

"Traitors mislead the country!" Xu Yuan slapped the wall hard, the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang City were trapped in the lonely city for more than half a year, blocking the rebels for Linhuai, Haozhou and other cities, but they seemed to be out of the world, and it was really hateful to have misled the country so far, and the people on the side of Wanchuan, Jia Ben, Yao Yu and others also scolded one after another.

"Okay, let's listen to Nanba." Zhang Xun stopped their scolding.

"So the last general returned to Zhenyuan, and asked General Li Ben to send a letter to Lord Zhang, informing Lu Qiuxiao of his refusal to help, and hoped that Lord Zhang could get the news as soon as possible, so that he could send reinforcements to help Suiyang." Li You finished his words in one breath.

"Although Lord Zhang Hao was recommended by the traitorous Minister Yang Guozhong to enter the court as an official, but Lord Zhang is honest, knowledgeable, and full of poetry and books, both civil and military, if he can get the news, he will definitely rush to Suiyang. We just need to hold on for a long time, maybe Master Zhang will be able to arrive, right? Zhang Xun is full of confidence in the prime minister with the same surname as him.

Zhang Xun then asked people to let the Tang army have recovered Chang'an, and the commander of Henan and Hedong military affairs was replaced by Zhang Hao, the two good news spread throughout Suiyang City, and the matter of Luqiu Xiaodun's troops not moving forward was concealed, and the morale of the people and soldiers in the city was high for a while, and the cheers were worn to the rebel tent outside the city.

"Oh? Are you saying that only Nanba and his thirty cavalry entered the city today? Yin Ziqi, who was blindfolded on his left eye, looked coldly at the general in front of him.

"Yes, the last general saw that the Nanba handsome people rushed into the city, there was no reinforcement behind him, and there was no food supply on horseback, it seems that they did not find reinforcements." The general replied cautiously that Yin Ziqi was even more furious after he was injured, and he was afraid that he would be beheaded for public display if he accidentally provoked him.

"And what is the reason for the cheers in the city?" Yin Ziqi asked again.

"Perhaps... Maybe it'......" The cold sweat on the general's head came out densely, and he said for a long time, "Maybe they learned the news of Chang'an." ”

"Humph! If it weren't for those Hui people, how could Chang'an fall into the hands of Guo Ziyi? bribed the Hui Hui army with the golden silk woman in Chang'an City, this Li Heng became the king of a country in vain! Yin Ziqi slapped the table hard, even a rebel like him couldn't stand these things.

Li Heng begged for aid from the Hui Yingwu Khan, and the reward was to recover all the beautiful women's property when recovering the western capital of Chang'an, and let the Hui people **** burn and plunder and return to China. Later, because he was afraid that the sacking of Chang'an would cause panic among the people of Luoyang, the eastern capital, he defended An Qingxu to death, so it was changed to Luoyang; Later, Shi Siming rebelled, Li Heng's son Li Yu followed his father's practice and begged for aid to the Hui on the same terms, Luoyang was sacked twice in just five years, and the Hui people burned and looted everywhere with contempt for the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperous eastern capital of Luoyang turned into a desolation.

After this incident, the glory of Tian Khan was lost, and the royal family of Datang also lost the hearts of the people in the world, and since then Datang has irreversibly declined.

"Now that the defenders in the city have completely run out of reinforcements, we will step up the offensive from tomorrow, and we must take Suiyang and attack Jianghuai before Zhang Hao arrives." Yin Ziqi deserves to be a long-term general, and immediately judged the cruel reality faced by Suiyang City, "Only by breaking Suiyang and entering the Jianghuai Great Yan Dynasty can we have a chance to turn defeat into victory." ”

The generals took orders one after another, and they gathered the last soldiers under their command and prepared to launch a final attack on Suiyang City, which had blocked them for more than half a year. (To be continued.) )