Chapter 23: Attacking from all sides
When Shewa saw the Tang Dynasty, he reported the incident in the camp, saying that An Lushan's son An Qingxu was waiting for him to come back in the camp.
"He's coming to see me again?" The Tang Dynasty was overjoyed: It seems that An Lushan can't capture Xuzhou, and he wants me to attack it.
"Yes. Now I'm resting in the inn. I don't know when His Majesty will return. ”
The Tang Dynasty immediately issued an order: "He will come to see me immediately." ”
During the time when the Tang Dynasty went to rescue Princess Qiushui, Sheva handled the affairs of the camp in an orderly manner.
He was very excited during this time, and he was really happy to see the Tang Dynasty chasing Li Longji around.
This is of course his lifelong wish, and the only reason for him to follow the Tang Dynasty, is to avenge Xie Xiaoyi. He is sorry Xie Xiaoyi, she is the only woman he loves who died for him.
He must fulfill her wishes.
He knew in his heart that as long as Li Longji was ambushed, he would go to live that kind of idle cloud and wild crane-like life.
He was clearly tired of the vendetta of the world.
When An Qingxu saw the Tang Dynasty again, he kowtowed and knocked, and the mountain shouted long live, and he greeted him with the courtesy of his subordinates, which made the Tang Dynasty Longyan happy.
Last time, when this guy flattered himself, the Tang Dynasty had already ordered that he should not announce the matter of him bowing to himself, so that An Lushan would not kill his head, and besides, when this kid returned to the An army, he would definitely not publicize his claim to the Tang Dynasty, and I am afraid that he would brag about himself.
"My father ordered the boy to be the messenger, and he specially visited His Majesty to attack Xuzhou together."
Speaking of presenting a letter, the Tang Dynasty dismantled it, and it really meant to fight Xuzhou, and the letter also said the specific way, the Tang Dynasty attacked the north gate of Xuzhou, and he An Lushan led the army to attack the east, west, and south.
After reading it, Tang Chao immediately replied to the letter, asked An Qingxu to bring the letter back, and promised to raise troops together the next day.
An Qingxu saw that the Tang Dynasty had stamped the jade seal of the new Tang Dynasty, and personally handed the letter into his hands, and couldn't help but appreciate it. The speed of the accident in the Tang Dynasty was really fast enough, and it was obviously a good idea, otherwise, he would not have replied immediately when he saw the letter.
That's really a bit outrageous.
An Qingxu left, and Sheva was a little surprised: "Your Majesty is so eager to attack Xuzhou, but what does it mean?" ”
According to Sheva's meaning, under the long-distance march of the army, it is necessary to rest for a while, and it is best to wait until An Lushan and Li Longji are exhausted before attacking in a big way.
"I mean three things. The main reason is that Li Longji was in charge of military affairs at the beginning and could not be as familiar as Li Heng, and taking advantage of this favorable opportunity was the best time to attack Xuzhou; Second, the city walls of Xuzhou are strong, and there is enough grain and grass in the city, if it were not for me and An Lushan working together, I am afraid that the war will be protracted. This seems to be beneficial to us, but the world is so big, there are many heroes, it is inevitable that there are no other heroes to occupy the city, and the world is divided, and it is really at that time, the difficulty of occupying the world has greatly increased; Third, An Lushan attacked Xuzhou to the death, according to Feng Xiao's guess, An's subordinates have done their best, but they still can't take it, which shows that Guo Ziyi and others are really good at defending, if An Lushan and I can't quickly capture Xuzhou, then the world's popularity will probably fall to Li Longji. Once the power of the old Tang Dynasty is revived, both An Lushan and I are in danger of destruction. ”
When Sheva heard this, he was deeply appreciative: "Not bad. At this time, it is not the time for us to intrigue with An Lushan, so get rid of Li Longji first, which is the most important thing. ”
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In the early morning of the next day, the Tang Dynasty ordered the soldiers to cook food on the third watch, and set off on the fourth watch, marching to the north gate of Xuzhou.
Feathered arrows, shields, ladders, and other things are ready, just waiting for the order to attack.
An Lushan's personal expedition this time, his generals include An Shouzhong, Li Guiren, Tian Qianzhen, Cui Youqian and others, 100,000 cavalry, 400,000 troops, mighty and mighty, besieging Xuzhou for more than a month.
However, although An Lushan's soldiers are well fed, and his generals are extremely elite, Guo Ziyi and others are not idle people, and they have fought so many battles. It's actually a win-or-loser.
Li Heng leaned on the fortified city, and retreated into the city when he could not resist it. Xuzhou is heavily guarded, and has been in business for a long time, and Xuzhou itself is a transportation hub connecting the north and south, which makes it always a battleground for soldiers, An Lushan wants to defeat Li Heng in one fell swoop, and he must take Xuzhou first.
On this morning, the morning sun was rising, An Lushan's three-way army, he himself attacked the south gate of the Chinese army, and An Shouzhong and Li Guiren each led an army to attack the east and west gates, gathered together in Shenshi, and officially opened the curtain of the attack in the sound of trumpets and cannons.
When the Tang Dynasty heard the cannon agreed with An Lushan, they also marched together, approaching the moat of Xuzhou, and ordered Shewa to beat drums and fight to challenge Li Longji. Li Longji was summoning his generals one by one that night to consult the affairs of the camp, and he was very tired, when he heard the sound of banging cannons outside the city, he turned over and got up, and asked left and right: "Why is this?" ”
Left and right replied: "An Lushan and the Tang Dynasty jointly attacked Xuzhou." ”
Li Longji's surprise was not trivial, he hurriedly changed his clothes and armor, climbed the city tower and looked down, only to see that the four gates of the east, west, north and south were densely packed with human heads, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
It didn't take long for Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Gao Xianzhi to all come to Li Longji's side, looking at him together, waiting for orders.
Li Longji immediately ordered the army to hold the city, especially on the corner tower and the female wall, and deliberately strengthened the defense.
As soon as Li Longji's order was finished, Guo Ziyi first said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the soldiers coming to the city without fighting are showing weakness to the enemy, if Your Majesty can be trusted, Weichen is willing to lead the troops out of the north gate to resist the Tang Dynasty first, and be ashamed of Your Majesty!" ”
Li Longji was overjoyed. In fact, he wanted to fight for a long time, but he was worried that the Xuzhou army was uneven, and everyone was afraid of rebellion, and the reason why he ordered it to be strictly guarded was that he was worried about being breached through the city gate.
"Good! Aiqing has the courage and knowledge, shares the worries of the monarchy, and is the minister of the society, I authorize you to wear this armor to meet the enemy Tang Dynasty. ”
After speaking, Guo Ziyi took off the protective gold zozi armor on his body and personally criticized Guo Ziyi's body.
Guo Ziyi knelt down to thank her, deeply inspired.
During this period of time, Guo Ziyi has experienced many battles, and he feels that his martial arts have grown, and even if he encounters the Tang Dynasty again, he is likely to be able to defeat him, so he automatically asks for help.
As always, Guo Ziyi was the first to ask for battle.
It was also under his leadership that some of Li Heng's troops gradually became elite soldiers.
"Your Majesty, the old minister contributes to the king, and I dare not descend, I am willing to go out of the south gate to meet the enemy An Lushan."
Li Longji's heart was even more ecstatic, knowing that this old guy finally couldn't sit still, and now he came out to ask for battle, probably wanting to get his own forgiveness. Of course, he knew that the last time he asked him to fight Shi Siming with Ge Shuhan, this old guy was playing tricks, which caused his most elite 100,000 elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty to surrender to An Lushan in vain, which was really a big mistake.
But Li Longji naturally wouldn't mention these old things at such a juncture now, and his face was full of joy: "General Gao's willingness to go out is something I am extremely happy about, and I will allow you to invite it!" ”
At that moment, Guo Ziyi and Gao Xianzhi left immediately, and each led 100,000 elite soldiers from their headquarters out of the city to meet the enemy.
In this way, Li Longji's confidence exploded, and he ordered the three generals Yu Chaoen, Wang Sili, and Bugu Huaien to lead another 300,000 troops to support Guo Ziyi, and be sure to resist the impact of the Tang Dynasty. He carried the Heavenly Sword in his hand, led Prince Xuanzan, Yang Xuanlin, and 100,000 elite soldiers out of the city to help Gao Xianzhi, and ordered the army in the city to hold the city, especially to resist attacks from the east and west.
As the right minister of the old Tang Dynasty, Niu Shengyu was entrusted with an important task by Li Longji and was ordered to replace him to guard the east and west gates to guard against the attack of An Shouzhong and Li Guiren.
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Rondo was a little excited, and the city gate was opened, and a group of people shot out, it was Guo Ziyi's army that arrived.
Both sides stopped within a distance of two hundred paces from the moat, and their bows and arrows stopped their formation.
Rondo wanted to compete for merit, and rushed out on a green horse, directly facing Guo Ai, who was galloping.
Because Guo Ai was related to Li Hengjun's horse, he was afraid of being affected, so he was eager to make meritorious service to show his loyalty to Li Longji, and took the lead, wielding an iron spear, and fighting with Rondo.
What a killing.
Rondo wins in a powerful move, and when the copper hammer strikes out, the wind whistles; But Guo Ai didn't fight hard with him, and the iron gun marksmanship was opened, knocking, hitting, barking, dialing, cymbal and other tricks were used, and he often used killing moves in an instant that could not be fired, forcing Rondo not dare to be too strong.
The two generals are good at killing. Tang Chao came out of the horse to the front of the battle at this time, and hugged his fists slightly with Guo Ziyi, who was coming to him: "General Guo, are we meeting again?" ”
Guo Ziyi saw that Guo Ai had no problem, and he didn't want to lose his manners in the three armies: "General Tang Dynasty, we are meeting again." ”
"Bold!" Countless voices sounded in Guo Ziyi's ears, but they were reprimanded by the generals behind the Tang Dynasty. Guo Ziyi said this, not calling the Tang Dynasty the emperor of the new Tang Dynasty, which was a great insult.
Guo Ziyi sneered: "Tang Dynasty." You were a rebellious minister of the Tang Dynasty, and when I call you a general, I already look down on you, don't you? ”