Chapter 19 Seize Lishan
But it is said that at this time in the Tang court, Li Longji is a big thunder, it is really the anger of the Son of Heaven, ambushing millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting, not to mention all the prisoners who were beheaded in the autumn, not to mention the law, but also urgently summoned the ministers to the palace to discuss matters, and scolded An Lushan and the Tang Dynasty in the big court.
Just when Li Longji sat on the dragon chair and suddenly stood up, Minister Wei saw Su Xuan: "The Tang Dynasty led the rebels to attack Yangping Pass the night before yesterday, and is entangled with thieves to go to Beijing, and now the threat of the Tang Dynasty is greater than An Lushan, please make a plan as soon as possible to quell the rebellion." ”
Li Long basically wanted to jump a few more times on the Jinluan Palace and rectify the court, but what he didn't expect was that Yangping Pass was lost.
He was still a little confident, but when he heard this, his heart was empty, and suddenly he looked like a zombie whose soul had been extracted.
After a long time, Li Longji calmed down his emotions, and said in a hoarse voice: "You Aiqing, the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, when this is critical, please add your thoughts, know everything, say everything, be sure to sweep away the rebellion, and then rectify the dynasty!" ”
But what I didn't expect was that as soon as this remark came out, there was no one to interface.
Obviously, everyone knows that if you say the wrong thing at this time, your head will not be so preserved. At this moment, as soon as Yangping Pass is broken, all the barriers in Chang'an have been lost, and it can really be said that Chang'an is in danger.
Wei Jiansu was the first to say: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, since the Tang Dynasty has led troops to sneak into the periphery of Chang'an, then it should be a deep ditch and a high base, temporarily avoid its front, and then tell the world that the Tang Dynasty is a rebellion. ”
"Wei Xiang is right! Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty was very cunning, and the emperor was also deceived, and actually took refuge in Nanzhao, so far it can be seen that the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao have colluded, and he pretended to be defeated this time, which was also planned in advance, and all kinds of signs show that he is inextricably linked with the Nanzhao court......"
The person who said this was Yan Zhenqing, a master of Chinese calligraphy and painting, with an upright temperament, and now he is a household servant, thinking that Li Longji actually made such a big mistake, he still couldn't help but say it.
The more Li Longji listened, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted him: "Now is the time to find a way, time is more precious than gold, accuse me of unclear words, and discuss it later, don't be late, say, what can you do to make it difficult?" ”
Yan Zhenqing said: "The minister thinks that the emperor should immediately issue a 'guilty edict' to calm the public opinion of the government and the opposition, and then order the Shence Army Tongling Master Ma to lead the Shenjun to defend Lishan Mountain in order to win the opportunity to repair the Chang'an city wall." You must know that Chang'an has not been war-torn for a long time, and although the city is strong, the defense is lax and if it is not vigorously and resolutely rectified, it will inevitably cause a great disaster! ”
Hearing this, Li Longji finally nodded: "There is a certain amount of truth in what I said, go, spread my will, Ma Zhengzhang will take 3,000 people from the Shence army as the backbone, and transfer 6,000 elite soldiers from the Beijing garrison, so as to prevent the Tang Dynasty from occupying Lishan and peeking into the reality of my Chang'an!" ”
"Yes!" Ma Zhengzhang received the order at the moment, and quickly led the troops to garrison Lishan.
And Chang'an City, the nine gates of the capital are strictly rectified, and it is necessary to protect the safety of the Beijing Division.
And what is unbelievable is that Li Longji really listened to Yan Zhenqing's advice and issued an edict to sin himself, admitting that he was not a lot, and winning people's hearts.
However, immediately, Yan Zhenqing tasted the taste of being "entrusted with a heavy task" by Li Longji, because Li Longji sent him to immediately send an envoy to An Lushan's army, to show righteousness to An Lushan, and let him lead his troops to retreat from Luoyang.
This is actually just a plan to kill people with a knife, but at this moment, Yan Zhenqing wants to say that he is not going, but he can't find a strong reason to excuse himself.
As a result, a generation of great calligraphers, artists who have been glorious for all generations, were plotted by Li Longji in this way, and they were really ordered to lobby An Lushan, but the result was meaningless, because everyone knew that An Lushan could not turn back, and persuaded him to throw himself into himself. This great calligrapher was killed by the brutal An Lushan because of his insistence on integrity.
Of course, at this very moment, Li Longji still didn't care about the past suspicions, and activated peerless masters such as Gao Xianzhi, Niu Xianke, Zhang Qiu and Qiong, guarding the nine gates of the capital, and waiting for King Qin's army to turn back from Luoyang.
At this time, the threat of the Tang Dynasty, in Li Longji's heart, was not An Lushan, but the Tang Dynasty.
He regretted very much why he didn't have the conspiracy of the Tang Dynasty in advance.
In fact, of course, he didn't expect that Tang Dynasty could have had the opportunity to assassinate him, but he didn't carry it out.
So in this world, things are changing, and sometimes, it's really not clear who is right and who is wrong.
However, it was said that the Tang Dynasty army was very strong, from Yangping Pass to Chang'an, but it was only a place of dozens of miles, so the Tang Dynasty did not intend to urge the army to move forward, but ordered Xin Baijiang to be the vanguard, the four tigers of the Zhuan clan as the deputy vanguard, and the Ma army of 10,000 elite soldiers, leading the front to approach Chang'an Xiazhai.
He himself led the army to approach slowly, and when he saw that there were homeless people everywhere on the road, he had no time to take care of it, so he only discussed various strategies with Li Bai Shewa and the two of them, and the method of marching and stationing.
Tang Chao said with a smile: "Fortunately, between Yangping Pass and Chang'an is a land of flat rivers, which is not conducive to fire attacks, otherwise, I would be wary." Li Bai and Sheva nodded yes. This is no joke. With the advantage of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, regular battles, he will definitely not be afraid of anyone, he has self-confidence, even if Gao Xianzhi, Zhang Qiu and Qiong of the Dynasty bring troops to come, he is not afraid at all, after all, the army is stronger than the other, but once it is attacked with fire, it is difficult to say.
The Tang Dynasty attacked Yangping Pass in the middle of the night, and as soon as it was occupied, it went straight to Lishan without stopping, so it was only the first moment of noon, and it had already reached outside Lishan.
The Tang Dynasty immediately ordered the rear army to serve as the front army, laid out the formation, and led his subordinates to go to the front line with 3,000 people in person.
When the Tang Dynasty and Sheva Li Bai arrived, the clouds and fog at the foot of Lishan Mountain were gloomy and murderous, and the two armies were fighting on their own.
The commander of the Shence Army is Ma Zhengzhang, who is immediately at the high place of Lishan at this time, watching the battle between the two armies, although his troops are small, only more than 5,000 people, but he is indeed the elite of the Tang Dynasty, so the battle with Zhuanxin and other battles is not a matter of victory or defeat.
The martial arts of Yu Chaoen, the deputy commander of the Shence Army, are even more powerful, and he actually defeated Xin Baijiang and Zhuan Ren alone, and the rest of the Shence Army generals are also good martial arts, and they are guarding the pass, although there are many weapons in the front of the Tang Dynasty, but the fierce battle for three hours is still in a state of entanglement.
The Tang Dynasty was furious, and with this army of less than 10,000 people, it blocked the way of my Tang Dynasty's advance, so what else should I do as the original emperor, at the moment, shouted at the moment: "Give me a rush!" ”
With a finger of the Xuantie long sword, he commanded his subordinates to kill the past, and Li Bai and Shevadang opened the way first and took Ma Zhengzhang directly.
These 3,000 soldiers under the Tang Dynasty were like his brothers who had been born and died countless times, and their combat effectiveness was a grade higher than that of the vanguard soldiers in the Xin Baijiang belt, even compared with An Lushan's five battalions of personal soldiers.
The Tang Dynasty had already thoroughly analyzed the situation in Lishan, and felt that with the current strength of Chang'an, at most 10,000 people would be dispatched to resist, so they stationed a large group of men and horses at the foot of Lishan, and only led the vanguard troops to fight.
Sure enough, as he expected, Li Longji really only sent 10,000 people to garrison.
It's just a little unexpected that Li Longji actually dared to send Ma Zhengzhang, the barrier around him, out to fight, and he also brought the most elite large number of 3,000 divine troops, without caring about his own safety.
At this time, Li Longji can be said to be embattled, with sharp internal contradictions, and he is facing a coup crisis like the change in the year when he seized the door, after all, the royal princes such as King Qi and King Ling are still alive, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no danger at such a time.
Of course, Li Longji's danger is far more than that, because the imperial court, there are generals like Gao Xianzhi, there are also ministers with great power like Yang Guozhong, and there are many wavering forces.
But he still sent the young elites around him to fight under such circumstances, and he was not a person without courage.
This attack of the Tang Dynasty immediately made Ma Zhengzhang very nervous, because he could feel the pressure of the mountain coming, and he couldn't help but pull out the long sword beside him, but it was the famous Hanyu sword, which was originally Li Longji's saber before, but was later rewarded to him.
At this moment, he felt a threat, a strong threat, and a man dressed in white as snow approached him, making a cold and shining Longquan sword. It was also one of the top ten famous swords of the time.
He is Li Bai, Li Bai's sword is wonderful and has a moving color, so that you can hardly see the angle of his sword, and his sword is also derived from the shaking of his wrist, so it is full of suddenness.
But the huge pressure attached to the sword still made Ma Zhengzhang feel a strong oppression.
At this time, he had already recognized that the person in front of him was Li Bai, the ethereal character like poetry.
As soon as the two of them fought, their sword momentum shrouded them within a radius of three zhang, and it was difficult for outsiders to get close at all.
The person Yu Chaoen met was Sheva.
The thick-backed broadsword used by Sheva, such a weapon, can be used in horse combat or foot combat, and is used to deal with the purple gold knife in Yu Chaoen's hand, which is exactly the best to admire.
There are only two top masters in the Shence army, Ma Zhengzhang and Yu Chaoen, so once they are entangled, Xin Baijiang and the four tigers of the Zhuan clan can support it.
Although the Shence army is brave, but where can it match the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and his three thousand elite soldiers are elite divisions, gradually, the Lishan gate was captured, and the Tang Dynasty danced the Xuantie heavy sword, but it was like a tiger into the flock.
Disorderly! Chaos!
The Shence army began to be chaotic, and it was in chaos, and finally it could not support it anymore and broke up one after another.
After all, the defense of Lishan has always been carried, and in one day, where it can be repaired, there are gaps everywhere, which is also the main reason why the Tang Dynasty was able to quickly capture Lishan.
Ma Zhengzhang saw that the general trend had gone, so he made a false move, and Yu Chaoen led the remnants to flee to Chang'an.