Han Shizu

Chapter 155
In urban warfare in the era of cold weapons, between offense and defense, the city wall is the focus.But as long as the attacker climbs to the top of the city and enters a situation of hand-to-hand combat, then for the attacker and the defender, the advantages and disadvantages are exchanged. The attacker can completely rely on the superior force to continuously press in and break through the city defense.

Of course, as far as the Han army is concerned, this process is a little easier.With the Yan soldiers making trouble inside and the Han army attacking outside, the already low morale of the Ye soldiers collapsed in a very short period of time.Abandoning their weapons and surrendering one after another, the Han army who entered the city received orders from their superiors. If the rebels surrender, they will not increase their killings.

Some Ye soldiers simply "revolted on the battlefield" naturally, turned their swords and aimed at "diehards", especially those troops appointed by Du Chongwei to supervise the war.On the battlefield, the team that supervises the battle has always been hated.Some warlords and soldiers were very witty, and imitated the example, expressing "revolt", but the Ye soldiers rushed up and killed them.

Sun Li led the army on the front line, and he didn't care when he saw this situation. The superiors only said that the Han army would not be killed and surrendered, and the Ye soldiers would kill each other. It didn't matter how many people died.His target was Du Chongwei's head.After reuniting with Yan Bing, Sun Li ordered the leading general directly, without even asking his name, and asked him to take him to attack Jiedu Mansion.

The general who was pointed out was naturally Zhang Lian, his nose was almost out of breath.This Han general is too arrogant, he simply doesn't take him seriously, without their Yan soldiers to support him, how could he enter the city so easily?However, no matter how tired your heart is, you still have to keep your head down and lead the way.Soon, the soldiers of Yan Bing found that their Commander Zhang became much more irritable.

At the same time as the battle started in the south, the other four gates also launched attacks one after another.Eggs cannot be put in the same basket, and besides, they can also support the South Gate battlefield.It's just that the progress is much slower than that of the South Gate, but after the situation on the South Gate spread, the city was broken one after another.

In the South Camp of the Han Army, Liu Zhiyuan personally visited the battlefield to supervise the battle. Standing on the tall tower watching the battle, watching the Han Army easily occupy the tower and break in smoothly, he couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing: "Okay! If the Yan Army doesn't lie to me, Zhang Lian will be the leader." achievement!"

"I waited for more than two months to besiege the city, and it was difficult to advance, but I suffered a lot of setbacks. As soon as the officials came, there were rebels to follow suit, and easily smashed this evil city, it is really destiny!" Murong Yanchao was beside him, patted his horse Fart, but this look went straight to Gao Xingzhou.

Gao Xingzhou's face twitched, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Liu Zhiyuan's dark face looked like a blooming chrysanthemum, he waved his hands and said humbly, "Without the hard work of all the soldiers in the past, it would be difficult to achieve today's ancient victory. This is the credit of all the troops, not my strength."

Liu Zhiyuan is smart now, so don't learn from Zhuang Zong. more than 20 years ago, although he was only a small character, but Li Cunxu was credited with his own merits and owed little favor to the armed forces, and he has witnessed what happened to him.

"However, if there is no majesty's power, how can there be such changes in the city? Soldiers will not be able to do their best to fight the enemy, and they still rely on your majesty's power!" Su Fengji followed closely.

"Prince Zhou did a good job too!" With a slight smile, Liu Zhiyuan turned his head and praised Liu Chengyou in a relaxed mood.

"This is all the credit of Guo Rong, the commander of Deqing." Liu Chengyou calmly gave the credit to Guo Rong.

Under Long Yan's great joy, Liu Zhiyuan did not hesitate to praise him, saying: "Guo Wenzhong raised a good son. He turned the tide and stabilized the situation in the Lujiadian before, and this time he has broken the city. Such a young man deserves a great reward. Good promotion!"

"Your Majesty, the defenders at the central gate of the southern city have been completely controlled. Most of the Ye soldiers surrendered, and the rest scattered to the city. Commander Sun Du has led his army to join the Yan soldiers and attack the Jiedu Yamen! The gates are all blocked by stones, wood, etc., and the city gates are still inaccessible!" Soon a small school of the Imperial Guard in charge of communication came to report.

"Okay!" Liu Zhiyuan has almost become a melon-eating crowd who can only applaud.

In high spirits, he ordered Gao Xingzhou: "Gao Qing, immediately arrange follow-up troops to enter, clear the rebels as quickly as possible, and control the whole city, especially the government offices, treasuries, and museums! Gather people and move the people under the city. Clean up the debris blocking the way!"

"Yes!" Gao Xingzhou replied, and left in a hurry.Murong Yanchao couldn't sit still, so he also went to help.

"Yedu, let's go to my heart!" Looking at the fallen "Du" flag at the top of the city, Liu Zhiyuan took a deep breath, and sighed as if he was relieved from a heavy burden.

Probably because he sucked in too much cold air, Liu Zhiyuan couldn't help coughing violently a few times, and his body swayed.Seeing this, Liu Chengyou hurried forward to support him, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

With a smile still on his lips, Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand: "It's okay."

He said this, but he didn't intend to stay on the tower for a long time, let Liu Chengyou supervise the army, and with the support of his servants, he went downstairs slowly and returned to the imperial tent.Liu Chengyou looked at Liu Zhiyuan's back from behind, with a dull expression and deep eyes, and he could clearly feel Liu Zhiyuan's body trembling just now.

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Liu Chengyou quickly looked away, but he noticed that Su Fengji was also looking at Liu Zhiyuan's back, staring at Liu Chengyou, his heart couldn't help jumping, he quickly looked away, looked around, pointed at Yuancheng, and felt guilty. Said: "I don't know, whoever can take Du Chongwei's head will enjoy the position of Marquis."

Liu Chengyou looked at Su Fengji calmly, and said lightly: "It depends on who is luckier!"

During the chaos in the city, Du Chongwei was sleeping soundly in the government office with his concubine in his arms.The big actions of the Han army yesterday frightened him enough, especially the words of the Han army to confuse the soldiers, which made his nerves extremely tense, and he felt that everyone looked at him very strangely.

Fortunately, God favored him, and the freezing rain fell, which made him sleep more peacefully last night.He was ready to send someone to negotiate a surrender before the Han army's next attack.

Woke up by the soldiers in his sleep, Du Chongwei was still angry, and he was still a little confused when he learned that the battle had started: "How could the Han army attack the city?"

In his opinion, it just rained yesterday, the roads were muddy, and the city walls were slippery. The Han army would never dare to attack rashly.When he learned that Yan Bing rebelled and welcomed the Han army into the city, Du Chongwei was shocked, got up and put on his clothes, and cursed Yan Bing traitors.

They sent people to check the situation, but they couldn't do it once they went there. On the contrary, the killing sounds around them became louder and louder, especially when they came from the south.At this moment, Du Chongwei panicked completely, and hurriedly summoned the tooth soldiers to strictly guard the Jiedu Yamen.The Jiedu Yamen in Yedu is actually a small city, enough to rely on to resist the enemy.Of course, Du Chongwei's purpose was not to use the wall to resist, but to protect his family and property. He knew too well what it would be like after the foreign soldiers broke through the city.At the same time, he sent his confidantes out of the city to surrender to Liu Zhiyuan, only to save his life and property, and in order to ensure the delivery of his surrender, he sent more than a dozen people.
However, Du Chongwei obviously chose the timing of surrender, which was too late.

"What do you want to do?" In the lobby, Du Chongwei and his family gathered together, looked at the soldiers who surrounded him in surprise and anger, and shouted angrily: "Quickly retire this commander and guard the government office! "

The two leaders, one tall and one short, are Du Chongwei's most trusted generals.Looking at each other, the tall one said coldly: "Du Shuai, the imperial army has broken through the city, brothers don't want to die!"

Obviously seeing the murderous intent in Yajiang's eyes, Du Chongwei's heart sank, and he said in a little panic, "I have sent someone to surrender!"

Hearing this, the tall man smiled coldly: "Simply surrendering, how can we have a better life in the future. The imperial court has offered a heavy reward to Du Shuai, and we are more willing to use Du Shuai's head to seek a promotion!"

As he said that, the tall tooth general pulled out the knife from his waist, and Du Chongwei stepped back several times in fright, pointing at him with a trembling hand: "How dare you do this? I have always regarded you as brothers and sisters, and I want to kill you!" Me! You ungrateful, unfaithful things!"

"In terms of kindness and loyalty, Du Shuai, you have no right to criticize us!" The tall man showed a cruel smile, took two steps very suddenly, and stabbed Du Chongwei in the abdomen, unable to react at all.

There was a sudden scream in the hall, and Du Chongwei's heirs, wives and concubines panicked.However, the lobby was already surrounded by dental soldiers, and the tall one didn't care, and excitedly cut off Du Chongwei's head, which was bloody and cruel, but made him even more excited.

Before he was happy for a few breaths, a knife pierced his chest from behind. Under the severe pain, he heard a sneer: "It's better for me to take the benefits of this feudal lord!"

The short man had a happy smile on his face, holding a bloody knife in his right hand, and Du Chongwei's head in his left hand. He turned his head to look at Du Chongwei's family in the hall, and said ruthlessly, "Kill!"

The tooth soldiers around were very obedient, raised their swords and chopped at Du Chongwei's son and female relatives, intending to kill them all.

Running around, only a young beautiful woman stood up, and calmly shouted at the soldiers: "You can't kill me, I am the daughter of the court commander Gao Xingzhou!"

This sentence really frightened the dry tooth general, and they all looked at the short tooth general.

He rolled his eyes, lifted his knife and raised his head to salute Gao, and said with a smile, "Gao Shuai's daughter, of course I can't kill her. Come, please come down and protect me."

When Mrs. Gao was taken away from the hall, there was another miserable wail from the hall, and she sighed silently.
In the original history, Du Chongwei's rebellion lasted for nearly half a year. Even under Liu Zhiyuan's personal conquest, he still failed to take Yedu.Not to mention the exhaustion of the imperial treasury, the casualties of the Han army were still very high. In the end, the food and fodder in the city could not be sustained, so Du Chongwei surrendered, and the rebellion was ended in a "dignified" way.

That rebellion was a serious blow to the nascent Han Dynasty.

This time, Liu Zhiyuan's expedition was much earlier, and the imperial court was stronger and more prepared, so within three months, he was decided to rebel.Even so, it dragged on long enough.

However, Du Chongwei was unlucky. Before he could surrender in time, he was rebelliously killed by the tooth soldiers, and his family was almost wiped out.
(End of this chapter)