The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 100 Unspeakable pain, whose fault?

Arrows headed for the city, and the soldiers who were hit by the arrows turned over and fell from the wall. Under the city wall, there was a crowd of people, and the shields guarded against the falling arrows jingling on it, and then fell to their feet, one by one with their knives in their hands. The figure climbing the ladder spread up the city wall, and the comrades on the other ladders parallel to the left and right rushed into the crowd in front of them, and Ru Lin's spears also greeted the bandits who jumped into the city.

"push!"

The forest of guns rushed to the front, piercing the body of the bandit army who was slashing at him with a knife. The screaming rebel soldier held on to the handle of the gun that had penetrated his abdomen, pushed a few steps closer, and swung his knife to knock down a Taining army on the opposite side. fell to the ground.

Arrows across the sky criss-crossed and fell to the sea of ​​soldiers below, setting off some bloody flowers. The rebel army pushed forward like a wave and climbed up the ladder. More and more figures stood firm. There are figures of fighting everywhere.

On the other side of the city wall where flames and blood spread, banners stood on the hillside and fluttered in the wind. Several war horses breathed heavily, as if they felt the tragic battle over there, they planed the soil and shook their manes a little uneasy.

The general named Zhu Wen was riding on horseback, looking at the city fighting in the distance. He was a little surprised that the Taining army from Yanzhou was able to resist until this time.

"From the north to the south, and from the south to fight back, among the Jiedu envoys of the towns who have been taught, only this person is a bit tough."

He stroked the restless mane of the horse, turned his head and turned his head towards several generals from the bandit to the rebel army, "It's a pity that the general has an order first, Ruzhou must be destroyed, and the Taining army must also be disabled, otherwise it will be captured." Luoyang wants to go west to Tongguan, and it is easy to encounter the enemy head to tail."

One of them raised his hand on his horse's back and said with a smile: "General, it's good to have this opponent. It's a good time to check our soldiers. It's a pity that Qi Kerang doesn't want to surrender. It's a pity."

Zhu Wen was not tall, even a little fat, and he was a little out of step with the crowd sitting on horseback. He squinted his eyes for a while, and then laughed.

"What General Hu said, Zhu didn't know, but now is not the time for school inspection, Luoyang is about to be broken, and the general will not give me too much time."

After saying that, Zhu Wen pulled the reins and turned his horse around for two steps. He turned around and shouted: "Yan Zhang!"

Behind the generals, a young general rushed out, with a heroic face, a suanni helmet, and a red tassel on the top. While the horse was shaking, the upper body of the animal's head draped his arms softly, a big gun was thrust into the ground, and he sat down. He clasped his fists on the horse's back and gave a heavy arch.

"General, please order."

"Take the daredevils from the headquarters, climb to the top of the city, enter the city and seize the gate."

Following Zhu Wen's order, the young general dragged his cloak and flew down the hillside, holding up his iron gun and screaming. Hundreds of riders under his command rushed out of the formation. When they approached the city wall, they dismounted and followed Wang Yanzhang into the siege queue. , Climb up the ladder with the cover of a shield.

And behind the city wall on the opposite side, Zeke lived in a requisitioned private house, and was asking the doctor to take out the arrow on his arm, watching the blood sloshing in the basin, enduring the severe pain, his forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat beads.

He was originally the Jiedu envoy of the Taining Army in Yanzhou, and he was ordered by Chang'an to garrison in Ruzhou. At the same time, he also had other military envoys, but in the end, he only saw his own [-] troops in Ruzhou. , I have scolded that eunuch Tian Lingzi countless times in my heart.

"Damn eunuch, only Lao Tzu came here."

Zeke let out a curse, and the sound of fighting on the city wall outside suddenly boiled. He stood up suddenly, knocked over the blood basin at his feet, and called the guards outside: "The enemy broke the wall?"

"...A brother is going to inquire." The guard was also startled by the boiling sound just now, and his words were a little stuttering.

Looking at the city wall in the distance, people were chaotically running around, the sound of swords and guns clashing spread out, and the crowd rushed up. It was a kick that sent people flying out.

"Come over 50 people, follow me!"

The fighting soldiers of the rebel army naturally knew the young general, and shouted excitedly: "Come on, follow the king's general!"

In the intertwined battle group, many figures separated, grasping the knife to catch up with the general who came up, Wang Yanzhang casually shot the Taining soldiers who rushed from the side and swept down the city wall. In the direction ahead, the crowded gun forest hit him Coming over, the big gun swung back to the defense, and smashed into the opposite gun array with force, directly smashing one person to the ground.

"what--"

Wang Yanzhang roared sharply, the muscles of his arms swelled up to prop up his shoulders, the big gun swung sideways, smashing the gun forest to this side, and several Taining soldiers among them wanted to attack first, Wang Yanzhang's feet suddenly accelerated , rushed over, threw a big gun at a person, and at the same time it pierced through the door, his body turned against the stabbed spear head, reached out and pulled out the sword at his waist, pulled it out with a "clang", and slashed down with a backhand .

puff!
Blood splashed, and with a jingle, the stabbed spear fell to the ground, as well as half of the soldier's arm.

"Come on, follow me to seize the city gate and welcome the army into the city!"

He raised his heroic face, blood dripped slowly down the bridge of his nose and cheeks, he was tall and straight, holding a black gun in one hand, and a long sword in the other. Behind him, there were as many as a hundred rebel soldiers gathered , following the loud roar, followed him in the past.

Waves of blood, sword light, and human figures intertwined and collided continuously, forming a mass and approaching the inner steps of the city wall.

Seeing this scene, the personal guard stumbled, turned and ran down the city wall, rushed into the small courtyard where the wounded were housed, saw Qi Kerang standing at the entrance of the front courtyard, and reported the battle quickly.

"I can't hold it anymore. I can't hold it anymore"

Qi Kerang clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist. After a while, he asked his guards to gather the rest of the soldiers on standby in the city, and made preparations to break out from the north gate and retreat to Luoyang or Tongguan.

Soon, an army of only ten thousand left left the guarding soldiers and quietly left from the north gate. Halfway through, there were loud arrows shot from the sky.

This sudden ambush caught Qi Kerang by surprise, and an ambush army attacked his rear team. The soldiers marching in front were unaware, frightened, and suddenly panicked. , swept to the front.

"Stop, stabilize the front line, set up an ambush, the number of enemies is not large!!"

As a Jiedu envoy, Qi Kerang has experienced wars, and he also knows that there will never be too many enemies in ambush. After all, there are too many people and it is difficult to hide.

However, no matter what he shouted on horseback right now, some people listened, some people were panicked, and the rout soldiers rushing in mixed with this side, and the panic instantly infected everyone. Like a cliff collapsing, madly rushing forward.

The night was getting darker. In the direction of Luoyang, Liu Yunzhang, who was staying behind in Dongdu, received the news early. He stood on the tower holding the information, watching the end of the darkening night, countless rout soldiers came towards this side, his old body was cold. Trembling, almost fainting.

"You can't let the broken soldiers into the city. I don't know if there are bandits among them. I spread the news close to the city wall to shoot and kill them. I also told Qi Kerang to let him organize the army!"

The broken soldiers came like a tide, and after dozens of people were nailed to death by the arrows shot from the top of the city, they did not dare to approach and yelled at the top of the city.

Qi Kerang, who came in the chaos, was haggard and bloody. Along the way, he killed a few rebels, but he still couldn't control himself. He looked at the top of the city and yelled at them to push them away, and set up camp in the wilderness In the whole army, bloodshot eyes appeared in his eyes, like a beast trying to devour people, and the deputy general lowered his voice.

"Let's go to Tongguan, to Chang'an, I want to ask His Majesty, where are the other troops!"

He reined in the reins and turned the horse's head, raised his sword high, and shouted loudly to the surrounding soldiers to collapse. At this time, the panicked soldiers had stopped. Looking at the towering city wall, he felt a little relieved, and heard the words of his Jiedushi, Only then did they regroup and follow him to change direction.

Liu Yunzhang just sat on the tower, watching the sound of soldiers and horses moving outside without blinking. It took a long time before there was no movement.

"Stay behind, the rout has left."

Liu Yunzhang pursed his lips and didn't look at the general who came over, "Leave? It's good that Luoyang can't hold it anymore."

"Stay behind, whether you can keep it or not, we can still give it a try."

"Try what?! Try it with the few soldiers in the city?" The old man suddenly got up from his chair and yelled at the general, "Do you know that Luoyang is already a lonely city with no reinforcements around except Tongguan!"

The voice was so loud that the old man's face turned red. He turned around and walked to the city wall. Looking at the dark night outside, he seemed to have seen the picture of the brutal army that was about to attack the city tomorrow.

"The old man is not afraid of death. I don't hesitate to die."

The hoarse voice was carried lightly in the wind, and the soldiers around probably heard it and looked towards him.

"The anti-thieves are powerful. Since you can't keep it, don't sacrifice your life in vain. If you anger them, the people in the city will suffer. They are inhumane. It might be better to surrender. Let the old man suffer this stain alone."

The wind blew, and the long gray beard was gently stroked in the wind. Liu Yunzhang closed his eyes, then opened them, looked at Tang Qi fluttering not far away, raised his hand and waved it with difficulty.

"Tomorrow, dedicate the city."

Weak words sounded softly in the night to make a decision.

In the early morning of the next day, the envoy with the document dedicated to the city left the city on a fast horse, galloped across the field, and went to the military camp stationed more than 50 miles away. Soon after, another fast horse carried the news of Liu Yunzhang's surrender and dedication to the city. , It was not until the afternoon of the second day of September that he was able to pass into Chang'an and rushed to the imperial city.

The news of Luoyang's fall did not spread that day, and when Geng Qing heard about it, it was already early the next morning, and he was asking Yu Cong for some knowledge in the son-in-law's mansion, and practiced calligraphy along the way.

When the news came, Yu Cong went out and held it in his hand to take a look, his face suddenly changed, from white to green, then green to red, before Geng Qing asked him what happened, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out: "Liu Yunzhang! !"

The veins on his forehead were swollen, his face was flushed, he opened his mouth and spewed out blood, he grabbed the door frame with one hand, failed to grasp it firmly, and fell down.

　There is really only one chapter tonight, and the history of the end of the Tang Dynasty makes my brain hurt, especially the characters and details in it.

　　Another thing is to sort out the plot and integrate it, so that readers who don't understand this period of history can follow the plot to understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)