Section 22 Siege of Xianyang
After entering the customs, the army of the three roads of the Han Dynasty advanced at great speed, sweeping the land like a wind!
Han Chengwei was unstoppable, and soon cleared the Beiting garrison in the western part of the inner history, and killed more than 20,000 Beiting cavalry troops, and then Han Cheng waved his army north to quickly capture Qi County, stability, and after capturing Niyang, Han Cheng's army was stationed in Niyang Cheng, and stuck to the northern border of Neishi!
Zhao Tiande was defeated in Tianshui City in the past, and captured Tianshui City with a thunderous force, and then continued to capture Wuwei County along the northwest direction, and continued to attack Juyan from the northwest, completely destroying the Beiting garrison in Longxi County! As soon as the Han army arrived, the Rong people missed the rich life under the rule of Dayong in the past, and various tribes rose up one after another to drive the Huns to meet the Han army! Soon Longxi County and Hexi County returned to our dynasty, and I immediately sent someone to the committee to appoint, so that Zhao Tiande could immediately settle the people, merge Longxi County and Hexi County and name Liangzhou, and arrange officials in counties and counties.
Their two-way army marched quickly, that is because the Huns have fewer garrisons, and the real main force of Beiting is in the Xianyang City that I am going to attack!
After Hu Ruolan Shan left Xianyang, the Right Xian King who stayed in Beiting led 100,000 cavalry to garrison! It is estimated that Hu Ruolan Shan told the Right Xian King when he left, telling him to defend the city and not attack, so when I crossed the Weishui River all the way north, the army almost did not encounter any resistance!
Xianyang City, this tall and prosperous capital is in front of you! I have been here, and I have also seen all kinds of prosperous and lively scenes in the city, although I Yongzhou tax reform for more than 10 years, how developed the market and business road, but at this time the Yongzhou City of the Han Dynasty is still not as prosperous as this Xianyang capital!
In the face of this Beiting defenders, no Xuanmen Dunjia formation can be used, and there is really no way to take this right Xianwang for a while! In order not to delay the capture of the Neishi station, I had to appoint a general under my command and let him lead 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry armor to the east, and go straight to the east fortress Hangu Pass, lest the Chu king Wulihan, who was defeated in Nanyang, raise a large army to aid Neishi!
Then I sent 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, led by five lieutenant generals, to occupy all parts of the eastern border of Neishi County in five directions, so that this Xianyang would become a lonely city in Beiting's inner history, and it would be difficult for the Youxian King and 100,000 Huns in the city to fly!
When they run out of food and grass and are dizzy from hunger, then the army can effortlessly seize the old capital of Xianyang and complete the dream that the old Qin people have failed to realize for 80 years!
I have been guarding in front of the gate of Xianyang City, and all kinds of slogans of preferential treatment of prisoners have been shouted, hoping that the Huns in the city will surrender the city!
I looked left and right, not only did I fail to expect the Huns to open the city and surrender, but a lot of unpleasant news came from the Han Dynasty!
In order to ensure that the grain and grass materials were foolproof, Prime Minister Zuo personally supervised the carriages and horses to escort them to the battlefield outside Xianyang City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiao Qing came to escort the grain and grass, the two conveyed unpleasant news, and the third was to persuade me to withdraw and return to Yongzhou!
In the cold wind of the night, I stood on the cold hillside, looked down at Xianyang City under my nose, and listened to Xiao Qing's slow report: "The king of Chu has 130,000 imperial soldiers, and he will attack westward in two ways, all the way north to Sanchuan County to the west to seize Hangu Pass, and all the way to Nanyang in detail! In order to ensure that His Majesty can successfully seize Xianyang and Hangu Pass in Neishi, Nanyang Hou Li Chengzu hurriedly led an army of 100,000 and went north to Sanchuan County to intercept the main force of the Chu army! Nanyang County was attacked by 60,000 cavalry of the Chu army, and Nanyang Hou was afraid that Nanyang would lose, so he sent 80,000 Nanyang disciples west to garrison outside the Gucheng Pass to prevent the Chu army from rushing to attack our Han Yongzhou! As a result, Nanyang County had to be defended by 50,000 infantry armor, and the Chu army attacked again and again, and the city was in danger! However, in order to ensure that His Majesty successfully captured Hangu Pass, and wanted to ensure that our Yongzhou was foolproof, Nanyang Hou still did not send a single soldier to help! In the end, Nanyang City was broken, and the Nanyang Marquis's Mansion was slaughtered, and even the servants and family members were not spared!
This is really bleak news, Li Chengzu can only be trusted, but I didn't expect that he would only care about the overall situation and neglect the care of his relatives for the sake of the big man and my agreement with him, and finally lost all his relatives overnight.
After listening to this, my emotions were a little out of control, and I asked in a trembling voice: "Then, that Nanyang Hou, have you ever killed back to Nanyang County to take revenge?"
Xiao Qing shed tears of emotion, shook her head and said: "Nanyang Hou still leads the army to guard Luoyang, and the army has not left Luoyang for half a step..."
...... I asked again in a sad voice: "I have been friends with Nanyang Hou for more than ten years, and I still don't know what my relatives are!
Xiao Qing wiped her tears and replied: "Nanyang Hou has elderly parents, a good wife, two sons and a daughter under his knees, the youngest son is only three years old, and the whole family and the Li family of 300 people died tragically in Nanyang County, none of them survived!"
I sat down on the hillside slowly, and I didn't know what was wrong, and tears flowed uncontrollably! Although I knew that this was just a virtual realm, I really, really didn't expect things to turn out like this! I had known that this was the case, and I should have asked Nanyang Hou to send my family back to Dahan to settle down in advance. It's not that I haven't thought about it this before, but if I do this, I don't trust Nanyang Hou, and I suspect that I will detain his family to prevent him from defecting!
Things have come to this point, I already feel that I owe Li Chengzu too much, how can I follow Xiao Qing's request to withdraw from the army, so how can I be worthy of such a huge sacrifice made by Li Chengzu for Hangu Pass!
Xiao Qing took a few steps forward, looking down at the scene of soldiers and horses passing through the night in Xianyang City, and then she turned around gorgeously in the cold wind, and her beautiful figure was not inferior to Lu Zhaojun.
Xiao Qing looked at me silently, and continued to report: "General Mengjia besieged Yelang City in Yizhou, worried that a forcible siege of the city would hurt Uncle Huang's life, so he only besieged it, hoping that Uncle Huang could retreat and surrender the city despite the difficulties! Unexpectedly, Uncle Huang secretly sent a secret envoy to Jiaozhou, so that the clan placed in Jiaozhou plotted to rebel again, and then secretly besieged Yuezhou with the Xiongnu and Chu army! The Chu army sent 20,000 cavalry to capture Yuezhou, and then entered Yelang with the Jiaozhou rebels in the west, and the three armies merged to repel the Mengjia army! Now General Mengjia has no choice but to order the Yizhou County Guard to lead the army to retreat, and after the round of Yuba County, General Ganwen and Andinghou's army, they will jointly defend the county city of Ba County!"
Originally, I thought that the rebellion of the emperor uncle was not to be feared, and Meng Jia could easily exterminate and arrest him and return to Yongzhou, but the emperor uncle was so stubborn and tried every means to die and struggle, and finally made the situation in the south so bad, and introduced the Huns into Yizhou!
Mengjia security army retreated to Yizhou, it can be seen that Mengjia is by no means an impulsive person, in the case of the enemy's strength and weakness, he did not fight hard, but chose to avoid its edge, and merged the army into one place to concentrate on defense, Mengjia's generals are indeed praiseworthy!
However, if Bazhou is lost, Yongzhou, the capital of our Han Dynasty, will be in front of you, and the danger of the Han Dynasty is even better than that of the past to defend against the enemy on all sides, and it is not unreasonable for Xiao Qing to implore me to raise troops to help Yongzhou!
Just when I was still hesitating, Xiao Qing stretched out his hand and pointed to Xianyang under the hillside and said: "Your Majesty, although the city of Xianyang is under your nose today, the city wall of Xianyang is impregnable, and the enemy troops in the city are also in good order. If we can't capture Xianyang quickly, my Han will be attacked on his back, and Yongzhou will probably be difficult to protect, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that I was indifferent, Xiao Qing continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty is determined to seize Xianyang regardless of the safety of Yongzhou, has Your Majesty ever thought about Empress Lu and Empress Dowager Meng in Yongzhou City, as well as Your Majesty's unborn ......!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Qing couldn't go on anymore, she couldn't stop crying, and sobbed sadly.
...... , this girl, how is it more sad than myself!
I had to reach out and hold her in my arms, warm her and comfort: "Sister Xiao Qing, you and I share life and death together, and we have the feeling of sister and brother, and it seems like a brother! I understand my sister's heart, I understand!"
Xiao Qing stretched out her hand and hugged me tightly, sobbing more and more sadly: "Your Majesty, although Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Han Dynasty, but after all, Empress Lu is also deeply affectionate to Your Majesty! If Empress Lu has an accident, how can I find such a wife with both virtue and virtue, Your Majesty!"
I smiled dismally after hearing this, reached out to help her up, wiped the tears on her face and said, "Sister, can you call me Brother Yu, I really expect Sister Xiao Qing to call me like this!"
Xiao Qing smiled awkwardly after hearing this, and then said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, how can you still be so naughty! In the hearts of the lower officials, Your Majesty is the king, and he is also my Xiao Qing's own brother!
After speaking, she pretended to be angry and reached out and pinched my nose, and the warm feeling was like family, intimate!
Suddenly, I remembered something, and then I took out a handkerchief from my arms, and asked while wiping Xiao Qing's tears: "Sister, then Li Chengzu values love and righteousness, what does Sister think of this person's character?"
Xiao Qing smiled at me, stretched out her hand and pulled the handkerchief, and replied while wiping her tears: "Nanyang Hou gave up his family for the country, endured humiliation and burdens under the hands of the Huns for many years in order to be loyal to Dayong, and built a solid foundation for my Han in Nanyang! Not to mention how Nanyang Hou is so great, just that full of men's enthusiasm is really full of pride and admiration by people all over the world! Not only can it be of great use, but it is also impossible to rely on the society of the country!"
"Oh!", I nodded, and said, "According to my sister, with Li Chengzu's character, can you ever be worthy of the qualifications that my sister once said to be a husband?"
Xiao Qing's face turned red after hearing this, she looked at me in surprise, her eyes widened, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what does this mean, how can you ask such a question!"
I sighed and breathed a long sigh of relief, and then I said slowly: "My sister can just answer my question, there is no need to be restrained, and there is no need to have reservations!
Xiao Qing nodded, and then said with a smile: "Well, Li Chengzu is indeed a good man, if I can be so wishful in this life, I Xiao Qing will be content!"
"Okay!", I immediately said happily: "I promised my sister that I would find a good husband for my sister, and today Li Chengzu is!"
After hearing the great urgency, Xiao Qing immediately stopped: "Your Majesty, you must not! Nanyang Hou's family is unfortunate, and it is also unspeakably sad, how can he talk about his children's affairs again, so it touches his heart, then Nanyang Hou is not in pain!"
I smiled and said: "My sister is not a man, and she doesn't understand the heart of a man! The family is unfortunate, and his wife and children are dead, which is indeed a great sorrow, so let Li Chengzu be sad for a while! When I take Xianyang and return to Yongzhou, I will go to Nanyang to mention the matter of my sister to Nanyang Hou! Nanyang Hou felt lonely and desolate at that time, if I learned that there was a brilliant and talented sister who loved her, and I had my relatives as a matchmaker for her, I would have turned my sorrow into joy and was overjoyed!"
Xiao Qing's face flushed, and she asked very nervously: "If Nanyang Hou is unwilling, Your Majesty don't be too reluctant, although I, Xiao Qing, am not a stunning beauty, but I also have a bit of thin face, and I don't have to get married!
After hearing this, I smiled and shook my head and replied: "These are two different things! I am a gentleman, and I am also a brother, not a husband! No matter how perfect and intimate I am, how can I compare to the love of that husband, hahaha!"
Xiao Qingdu is already a thirty-seven-year-old sister, but at this time she is very shy, and like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, she said very shyly: "Your Majesty ......"
I laughed louder after hearing this, and then I comforted her and said: "Sister rest assured, I will do my best to match you and Nanyang Hou, of course, this matter should respect the choice of the two, I will never force anyone!
Xiao Qing lowered her head in shame after hearing this, and didn't bother to say those hypocritical words to me, so she reached out and grabbed my arm, leaned lazily beside me, and said a little coquettishly: "In this case, then Your Majesty is in charge!"
Hehe, Xiao Qing is quite an atmospheric woman, and she rarely has any polite and hypocritical practices.
After leaning on my shoulder and thinking for a while, Xiao Qing frowned again and asked: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty decides that you have to take Xianyang City, then Xiao Qing will not say much!
I nodded, and was just about to tell her some more things and wave goodbye to him, when suddenly a raging fire began to erupt in Xianyang City under the hillside, and soon the city was burning everywhere!
Xiao Qing was shocked when she saw this, stretched out her hand and pointed at Xianyang City and said, "This, this, this Xianyang City is so luxurious and magnificent, how can you be willing to burn it!" Your Majesty, Your Majesty, quickly send someone to extinguish the fire, quickly!"
I also panicked for a while, and was just about to listen to Xiao Qing's immediate call to attack the city and put out the fire, when suddenly an adjutant general came to report and said: "Your Majesty, the thieves in the North Court are splashing fuel at the city gate, and now the three city gates in the north, south, and west are full of fires, and they are not allowed to enter! The thieves in the North Court gathered at the east gate and desperately broke through the siege, and the thieves fled to the east in a disorder, should we raise troops to pursue?"
I immediately replied: "Chase, must be pursued, and must not be allowed to flee to Hangu Pass!"
After the deputy general received the order, he immediately led the army to pursue, and killed countless people all the way overnight, forcing the Hun deserters to flee to the northeast into the territory of Hedong County!
Early the next morning, some soldiers quickly brought good news from the east side, Hangu Pass had been successfully taken, the road to Luoyang Li Chengzu had been opened, and the pass was safe!
In this way, I got Guanzhong, and I ordered Han Cheng to command the army to garrison all parts of Guanzhong, and then only brought 10,000 iron horsemen, and returned to Yongzhou from Meridian Road with Xiao Qing!