Chapter 92: Enemy Attack
Before An Lushan could go crazy, there was a rush of footsteps outside the main hall.
"Your Majesty, it's not good!"
"Enemy attack!"
It turned out that after Li Hao, the commander of the rebel army outside Chang'an, saw that Cheng Ping'an succeeded, he expected that the rebel army would be in turmoil at this moment, so he ordered Ye Kai to lead the Hui army to feint to attack the south gate, and ordered Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi to attack the east gate.
"Kill!"
"Rush!"
"Capture An Lushan alive!"
For a time, the shouting and killing outside Chang'an City shook the heavens and the earth, resounding in the sky over the entire Chang'an City, and it was heard for a long time.
"Ah......h
"The enemy is coming, ...... Stop defending! ”
At this moment, the rebels were already disheartened because the grain and grass were burned, and now they were attacked by the Tang army, which further hit the morale of the rebels, and many soldiers even forgot to resist and planned to flee.
If one person fled, a second would follow, and then a third, and a fourth, and in less than a cup of tea, the defenders of the city had already deserted.
"Don't escape!"
"No one is allowed to run!"
"There is no forgiveness for those who escape!"
A rebel defender brandished the scimitar in his hand and hacked to death a few deserters with a knife in his hand, and the other soldiers saw this, so they could only climb the city wall again to resist the Tang army.
However, they were already discouraged, how could they withstand the fierce attack of the Tang army.
Thundered!
As the siege chariots continued to crash into the gates, the once solid gates began to crumble, and they looked like they were about to be knocked open.
Click!
I don't know how long it took, the East Gate finally broke open under the attack of the Tang Army soldiers who were not afraid of life and death, and in an instant, countless Tang troops swarmed in.
"Kill!"
Stinging ......!
Cheng Ping'an, who rushed to the east gate in chaos, stabbed the general who was supervising the battle in the heart, and then was heavily picked up and flew up, and finally smashed directly into several soldiers who wanted to attack and kill him.
At this moment, An Shouzhong, the commander of the rebel army, was also awakened by the shouting and killing in the sky, and hurriedly put on armor and rushed out of the tent with a scimitar.
"Zhang Tongru?"
"Zhang Tongru ......"
An Shouzhong shouted a few times towards the tent, and then saw a general in silver armor appear in front of An Shouzhong.
"Marshal......!"
"What the hell is going on out there?"
"Marshal Qiyu, just now that the Tang army is in the city and has burned all our grain and grass, after the Tang army outside the city learned the news, it has begun to attack the city!"
"What?"
Hearing this, An Shouzhong was stunned.
At this time, his heart was also half cold, the grain and grass were destroyed, An Shouzhong knew what this meant, and the balance of the war would shift to the side of the Tang Army.
"Quickly gather all the generals to the tent for discussion?"
In desperation, the caretaker ordered.
"Marshal, it's too late, I'm afraid the Tang army has already entered the city at this moment, listen to the last general's advice, and stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!"
"Let's get out!"
Zhang Tongru tried his best to persuade him.
The current situation is already very unfavorable to them, staying and fighting will not change the outcome of the defeat, it is better to withdraw from Chang'an City before the Tang army has formed an encirclement of Chang'an City.
"What did you say?"
"Did you let Ben Shuai be a deserter?"
Hearing this, An Shouzhong reprimanded angrily.
"Marshal!"
"If you don't leave at this time, you won't be able to leave this place......"
Before the words fell, I saw a soldier covered in blood limping into the tent: "Marshal, the east gate has been broken by the enemy, and the brothers can't hold on......"
Before he could finish speaking, the soldier had passed out from his injuries.
"Damn it!"
After listening to this, An Shouzhong gritted his back molars, his face was full of unwilling and angry, and after weighing the pros and cons, An Shouzhong finally gave the order to retreat!
"Removal ......"
Inside the Royal Palace.
Prince An Qingxu saw this personal guard hurriedly rushed to the palace and went straight to An Lushan's bedroom.
"Your Majesty!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!"
Li Yang, the chief of internal security, reported in a low voice.
Hearing that it was his son coming, An Lushan hurriedly walked out of the dormitory.
"Father, the situation is not good, Erchen is here to escort you out of the city!"
An Qingxu said.
"What about An Shouzhong?"
"What about Zhang Tongru?"
"Let them come to me!"
An Lushan roared.
It was not easy to sit on the throne of the emperor, and An Lushan was of course unwilling to escape from Chang'an City here.
"Father, our food and grass are gone, and now the soldiers are disheartened, and they have no power to return to the sky, and now they can only withdraw from Chang'an City first, and then seek other things!"
When An Qingxu heard this, he tried his best to persuade him.
"Yes, Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!"
"As long as people are still there, there is still hope for everything!"
Li Yang on the side also agreed.
Soon, Cheng Ping'an led tens of thousands of horses to break through the outer defense line of the rebels, and went straight to the inner courtyard of the palace, vowing to capture An Lushan alive!
Cheng Ping'an took the lead, and soon fought with the forbidden army guarding the palace.
"Kill ......"
"The person who captures An Lushan alive will be rewarded with 10,000 gold, and the official will be promoted to the third level!"
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, as soon as these words came out, all the soldiers rushed forward without their lives, and soon the forbidden army was in decline, and defeat was already a matter of time.
The sound of fighting outside the palace soon reached An Lushan's ears, and it was not until this moment that he realized that the general trend had gone and he had to choose a strategic retreat.
"Withdraw!"
An Lushan snorted coldly and ordered.
The battle lasted for a day and a night, and this time the Tang army defeated the rebels, beheading more than 70,000 enemy troops and defeating the rebels.
The fly in the ointment is that rebel leaders such as An Lushan and An Qingxudi took advantage of the chaos to escape from Chang'an City and chose to abandon the city and flee.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Hao led the army to officially enter Chang'an City, and did not commit any offense to the people in the city. ”
"The Tang Army is mighty!"
On the other side, Ye Kai also led the Hui army to enter the Red South Gate, but they were very different from the Tang army, and after entering the city, even though the soldiers under his command were looting.
For a while, the people at the south gate were crying and dogs jumping, and the smoke was miasma.
"Become a general!"
"Become a general!"
A soldier hurriedly came to Cheng Ping'an and told Cheng Ping'an what the Hui army had done after entering the city.
After Cheng Ping'an listened, his face was full of anger.
"Marshal, did they know about this?"
In the final analysis, he is just a pioneer officer, and it is not his turn to take care of this matter, so he asks this.
"Marshal he seems to know, but ......"
The soldier said hesitantly.
After listening to it, Cheng Ping'an generally knew what was going on, this matter must have been tacitly approved by the emperor, otherwise they would not dare to act so boldly.