Chapter 62 Supervising the Battle of Tongguan
On the second day after the Tang Dynasty returned to Chang'an, An Lushan led the army to Tongguan, plus the original army of Shi Siming and Tian Chenghei, a total of 400,000 troops, besieged Tongguan together.
At this time, An Lushan was very annoyed, Ge Shuhan, this guy, had heard of him when he was in the northwest before, but he had always heard that he was at odds with the authorities in the court, and he didn't expect that this guy would come out to be loyal at this joint, leading an army of 100,000 to defend Tongguan, so that he suffered the biggest defeat since the rebellion.
Objectively speaking, Ge Shuhan's 100,000 troops, in terms of its elite, are inferior to the An army, but after all, they are also troops who have followed Ge Shuhan, the commander of the southern and northern wars, and they are well-trained and deserved.
In the military tent.
An Lushan's face turned blue, and his hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife, looking angry.
Everyone knows that today's "Emperor Dayan" is a "dragon" Yan is furious, just a Tongguan, Shi Siming with twice as many people as the opponent, more than a month of siege, but he can't take it, he still crossed the Yellow River early and called himself emperor in Luoyang, outsiders must be secretly laughing at me for being incompetent.
Even the commander with a little military acumen knows that Tongguan is the barrier of Luoyang, and this pass is not broken, even if he is the emperor in Luoyang City, he is still restless, after all, the distance of dozens of miles, the defenders of Tongguan can threaten the capital at any time, which is like inserting a dagger in his heart.
Some time ago, he, the "Emperor of Dayan", was busy canonizing his generals, busy deploying to deal with the Tang Dynasty that might invade westward, busy seizing grain and grass materials in the states and counties along the Yellow River, busy establishing the prince, and settling the harem, and now, he finally freed his hand, so he personally led 200,000 troops from Luoyang, and Shi Siming and other generals' troops attacked inside and outside, and it was necessary to take Tongguan in the shortest possible time, so that half of the Central Plains from north to south to Luoyang were all connected together, and then in one go, the "kid" of the Tang Dynasty was defeated. Destroy Li Longji and unify the whole world.
He now instinctively felt that Li Longji was no longer his worst enemy, his biggest enemy was the Tang Dynasty.
In his An Lushan's view, the Tang Dynasty took advantage of its rebellion and attracted the main force of the Tang Dynasty's army, using sharp knife tactics to directly take Chang'an and defeat Li Longji in one fell swoop.
This is the practice of villains, picking the ready-made cheap.
It is precisely because of this that he now despises the Tang Dynasty very much, thinking that the Tang Dynasty's sneaky approach, even if it wins, it will be disgraceful, hmph, when the time comes to face his own army, this kid of the Tang Dynasty will die without a place to be buried.
Of course, he was very aware of the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty, especially after he snatched Shi Siming's Xuantie heavy sword, it was even more powerful, and he would never be able to please him under his men. However, he now has 8,000 soldiers of Flying Tiger, Flying Bear, Flying Leopard, Flying Eagle and Flying Dragon, all of them are true warriors, and there are 200,000 troops under his account at any time to listen to orders, so his heart is very fixed.
The battle on the battlefield is not the courage of a horseman.
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"Weichen see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"
Shi Siming, Tian Chengsi, Cai Xide and other generals knelt down together, their hearts were all trembling, after all, this emperor, their former handsome, looked kind, even a little funny, but when he killed people, he didn't even wrinkle his eyebrows.
This emperor, he killed the enemy, but also killed his own people, and even when he killed his own people, it was even more terrible, because he did not kill quietly, he liked to kill in front of all the soldiers, and the blood of the killing was drenched, and the killing made people's hearts beat, and the timid could not even eat for several days.
Smack!
An Lushan's giant palm slapped out, and slapped a rosewood desk in front of him: "Useless things!" A bunch of rubbish! You call me long live, long live, but I won't live that long, because I will be angry with you people! A small Tongguan, you have spent so much money and food, and you have spent so much time, but you can't attack it? ”
A general screamed, fell down with a thud, blood flowed from his head, and he actually died.
It turned out that An Lushan's palm used dark energy, penetrating the back of the table, and after this blow, the dark table was torn apart, and a corner of the table was coincidental, hitting the prostrate head of a partial general, and killed him instantly.
An Lushan's martial arts, how powerful, have reached the early stage of the transformation realm, otherwise he would not be able to learn the rare criticism skills in the world, and when the Tang Dynasty assassinated him at that time, he skillfully escaped from the grasp of the Tang Dynasty.
With this full force, he knocked the corner of the table away, and the powerful dark energy attached to the corner of the table immediately exploded, not to mention hitting the person's head, but hitting the heart.
Although the rank of this partial general who died on the ground was high, his martial arts were still at the level of Mingjin, and once he was hit, he would naturally settle the account immediately.
"We are guilty, please punish the emperor!"
There was such a tragedy, and the courtiers all over the ground were even more frightened, and they kowtowed one by one, all begging the emperor to spare their lives.
An Lushan was overjoyed, he couldn't imagine that his anger was so fearful, but his face was still fierce and domineering: "You guys listen to me, you are limited to capture Tongguan within three days, otherwise, all of them will be beheaded, do you hear clearly?" ”
"Listen...... Clear! Shi Siming and the other generals were cold in their hearts, but no one dared to refute and obediently agreed.
In fact, everyone knows that with Tongguan natural insurance, even if it is limited to 30 days, it may not be effective, let alone 3 days. However, this stimulated the blood of Shi Siming and others, knowing that the emperor's order could not be disobeyed, and if it was violated, it would definitely be a fate, and it would be a death fate, and it would involve the nine clans.
The words that An Lushan said, even if he said it in anger, were holy decrees, and he had no jokes, if he couldn't attack Tongguan within three days, he would really behead these people together.
An Lushan's army is invincible in the northwest, in addition to the factors that Shi Siming's generals and his own martial arts are extremely high, the main reason is that he is like a mountain, once he can't complete the task, he will suffer cruel punishment, or even beheading.
"However, you are not afraid of not being able to complete the task, and you will all be ghosts under my sword. The reason is actually very simple, I didn't let you 200,000 horses go to death, because I will personally lead a large army to attack the front of Tongguan and attract most of Ge Shuhan's defensive forces, and when the time comes, you can attack the city to the death and attack the flank of Tongguan, understand? ”
"Understood." Hundreds of voices said in unison. Obviously, with these words of the emperor, their worries were removed a lot. In fact, although An Lushan has been proclaimed emperor, in fact, what he really has some talent is that he still has a little ability to lead troops and fight.
"It's good to understand. Shi Siming, Cai Xide, Tian Chenghe, the three of you stay, and the rest are all flat! ”
"Your Majesty."
At this time, the nearly 100 generals on the ground dared to take a breath, and Shane withdrew.
As a result, only one body remained on the ground.
"Come on, don't you hurry up and carry this corpse down!"
In the sound of the order, An Lushan's personal soldiers immediately came in and carried the body away.
An Lushan laughed: "Stupid! I've never seen such a stupid person, who clearly sees danger, but doesn't dodge, isn't this a death? Die well, die wonderfully, croak! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister feels that this matter is important and should not be hasty."
I don't know when, a Confucian man in white clothes and white fans appeared behind An Lushan, and at the age of about fifty, he waved his hand at him again and again.
"What the hell are you, dare to choreograph me, don't you?"
An Lushan was furious, this poor sour who didn't know the height of the sky actually dared to say that he was wrong.
"Your Majesty, if you don't generously sympathize with this general, the officers and men of the army will be cold to you, saying that you don't deserve their lives. Your Majesty, you have just been proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, the world has not really been pacified, you should be humble corporal, so that the people of the world will miss Your Majesty's kindness and come to take refuge, this is the only policy, and now the army has not yet attacked the city, but first killed the generals in the army, it is very inappropriate, I hope the emperor will think twice? ”
"Damn, you're still doing it, aren't you? Lao Tzu doesn't want to be an emperor if he doesn't read for a day, if you want so many mothers-in-law and mothers, come on, drag me out and kill them! ”
"Yes!" His own soldiers entered in response, but they heard the voice of an old man: "Noble, the old man will die with you!" Your Majesty, if you don't listen to good advice and kill innocents indiscriminately, the army's morale will be chaotic, not to mention that the emperor can't do it for long, even if he can't save his life! The old man and the noble are the same flesh and blood, if you want to kill him, why don't you kill me too? ”
Ordinary knelt down, tears flowing. It turned out to be Yan Zhuang, another strategist of An Lushan, who was noble and solemn and full of history books, who was hired by An Lushan with a lot of money before the rebellion to give him advice, especially in the matter of Luoyang becoming emperor.
But with the character of An Lushan Huren, he is extremely rough and kills people at every turn, and now in his anger, he doesn't say anything like an emperor, but he is even more crazy, and he doesn't think about noble merits, and he actually wants to behead him.
Yan Zhuang naturally couldn't sit idly by, thinking that since then, An Lushan would look at their merits and open up the Internet, but they didn't know that since this time, it has stimulated An Lushan's ferocity: "Mom, it seems that you are all impatient, drag it out and behead it together!" ”
His cry was hoarse and frantic.
This is a very different kind of An Lushan, when he is kind, you can think that he is a clown, but once he is angry, he is a fierce beast.
It is not enough for the ferocious beast to hide in the deep mountains, but unfortunately he has come to the city, and he will be piled up like a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.