People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1669: Relocation of graves, endless psychological warfare methods

At Jianchun Gate in Luoyang, Wei Yuanzhong looked coldly at the countless cavalrymen at the end of his sight.

"Are you still unwilling to give up?" Yan Huaidan walked up from the side, wearing red clothes and golden armor, with a burly figure. He raised his head and looked towards the direction of Gongling at the end of his sight, and said softly: "If everything is really as you said, Brother Yuanzhong, what are our chances of winning?"

"If we can't kill King Peng, we won't have a chance of winning. But as long as we can kill King Peng, we will have a chance of winning." Wei Yuanzhong turned around and looked at Yan Huaidan with gritted teeth: "As long as King Peng is dead, the Queen Mother only needs to issue an edict to pardon the generals, and King Peng's men can be used by the Queen Mother, and then she can raise an army in Chang'an and pacify the world."

Yan Huaidan turned around and looked at Wei Yuanzhong as well, and asked seriously: "Brother Yuanzhong, with five thousand cavalrymen hiding in Songshan, how likely is it that they will not be discovered by King Peng and then killed by him?"

"It's only twenty miles. The cavalry can charge through in a quarter of an hour. If King Peng sends people to stop us, if he sends too few people, they will die. If he sends too many people, that would be perfect." Wei Yuanzhong looked at Yan Huaidan and said through gritted teeth, "In this way, you can lead the entire city's forces to charge out, stab him hard from the back, and then kill him."

"Feint to the east and attack in the west." Yan Huaidan sighed and said, "Brother Yuanzhong, didn't anyone tell you that King Peng is best at this?"

Wei Yuanzhong looked at Yan Huaidan with a cold gaze and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Yique Pass and Xuanyuan Pass fell one after another. Brother Yuanzhong, have you not learned your lesson?" Yan Huaidan turned sideways and looked in the direction of Yique Pass, and said solemnly: "Although Yique Pass fell after the night attack, it was after Qu Chongyu quietly arrived from Shannan.

In addition, Xuanyuan Pass, Xuchang and Xinzheng have all fallen, and the 20,000 troops from Huainan have also fallen into the hands of King Peng, which means that he now has an additional 60,000 troops.

Sixty thousand!"

There were 20,000 troops from Shannan Road, 20,000 troops from Huainan Road, and the troops brought by Qu Chongyu from Hanzhong, totaling 20,000 in total.

It was as if Wang Guo’s 20,000 people had been completely swallowed up by him.

Yan Huaidan, with his hands on the parapet, looked into the distance with heavy breathing, and said, "Even if we kill all the people in front of us, as long as King Peng escapes, we will have no power to fight back. We can only let his people kill their way into Luoyang City, or even into the Imperial Palace... Right now, the one who can lose money and hurt others is not us, but King Peng."

Wei Yuanzhong could easily hear the sound of Yan Huaidan gritting his teeth, and his face suddenly became helpless.

In his eyes, this was the best chance to defeat Li Xuan. He concentrated all his strength and killed the 30,000 people in front of him.

However, Wei Yuanzhong overlooked the fact that Li Xuan would not sit idly by and allow them to attack him.

Either he would send people to rescue himself at this time, or he would send people directly to Luoyang and break into the palace.

The key point is that it is easy to kill these 30,000 people, but it is difficult to kill Li Xuan.

Su Honghui had not taken any action regarding the matter at Yique Pass, but Qu Chongyu had already quietly sneaked up to him.

Now, they have gathered all the military forces in Luoyang City. Are all Li Xuan’s spies in Luoyang City blind?

I'm afraid that as soon as their troops moved, Li Xuan had already received the news.

Finally, there is Li Xuan. As the top general in the entire Tang Dynasty, there is no one else in the entire Luoyang City who can compare with him.

There is not even anyone who can be compared with Tang Zhenxing and Li Duozuo.

Not to mention, there is another Wang Fangyi on the north bank of Luo River.

He was also a general who was no less powerful than Pei Xingjian.

……

"Once we fail to attack and kill King Peng, then everything will be completely ruined. Luoyang will be lost, the imperial palace will be lost, and the Queen Mother will be lost too." Yan Huaidan looked at Wei Yuanzhong helplessly.

The reason why they ultimately rejected Wei Yuanzhong's plan and allowed Wei Yuanzhong to lead 5,000 cavalry into Luoyang was because his plan was too unfeasible.

Even if they gathered all their strength to fight Li Xuan, their chances of winning would be less than... no, not even more than 30%.

Especially with Wang Fangyi outside, the chances of winning are even lower, but if they fail...

"Can't afford failure?" Wei Yuanzhong sighed softly and shook his head helplessly in his heart. This was their last chance to turn everything around at the moment.

"Such a plan is not impossible, but it requires a prerequisite. Kill Wang Fangyi, let the other generals under King Peng sit on the sidelines, plant spies around King Peng, or poison him, so that when he is attacked, he cannot command the army, and he even becomes a burden to the army. Only in this way can we win the battle." Yan Huaidan could not help but clench his fists.

Wei Yuanzhong nodded calmly. Bribery, rebellion, betrayal, poisoning, indeed, this is in line with the Queen's style.

But will King Peng give them such an opportunity?

"Hey, what is that?" Wei Yuanzhong suddenly caught a glimpse of a carriage coming towards them at the end of his sight.

What's very strange is that there seems to be a vertical pole inserted into the carriage.

That’s right, a vertical pole.

The four-meter-high vertical pole is almost level with the top of the city wall.

And on the vertical pole, there seems to be something tied...

Person, it turned out to be a person.

Under Wei Yuanzhong's horrified eyes, a figure tied to a vertical pole was placed on the carriage and quickly moved towards the direction of Jianchun Gate.

Soon, Wei Yuanzhong and Yan Huaidan saw the man's face clearly at the same time.

"It's General Xue!" Wei Yuanzhong and Yan Huaidan were both shocked.

As the carriage got closer, the figure tied to the vertical pole became clearer and clearer.

Xue Guwu, General of the Left Qianniu Guard Xue Guwu, former General of the Right Jinwu Guard Xue Guwu.

Xue Guwu, a burly man, naked except for a pair of red leather pants, was tied tightly to a four-meter-high vertical pole and dragged by a carriage to the Jianchun Gate.

Wei Yuanzhong and Yan Huaidan could clearly see that Xue Guwu's face was pale, he could not move at all, and his eyes were full of death.

If he had not been able to control his head from swaying up and down with the carriage, Wei Yuanzhong and Yan Huaidan might have thought he was dead.

Suddenly, Wei Yuanzhong seemed to understand something and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Gongling, they came from Gongling, King Peng wants to..."

"Come on, pass the order down, prepare the Fuyuan crossbow." Yan Huaidan gave the order in a hurry. When Li Xuan was at Dingding Gate, he made half of the soldiers on the city wall defect with just a few words.

Now, Xue Guwu has come to the city again, how can people not be nervous.

You should know that before in Lanzhou, Li Xuan had used Fan Yunxian and Xue Shao, and when in Chang'an, he used Ma Sizong.

Ma Sizong is dead, Fan Yunxian has not been seen for a long time, and Xue Shao is the only one alive.

Every time he used this method, it would cause great turmoil among the people. Now he sent Xue Guwu to the front of Luoyang City.

If Xue Guwu really opens his mouth, who knows what will happen.

Empress Wu was always worried about Xue Guwu.

"You have to be careful." Wei Yuanzhong did not look at Yan Huaidan, but Yan Huaidan knew that Wei Yuanzhong's words were meant for him.

"You are right. King Peng will not allow us to attack him. Even if he arrives at Gongling today, he will not let go of the attack on Luoyang City. What's more, his going to Gongling is itself a part of the entire psychological warfare tactic, and he must have follow-up measures." Wei Yuanzhong looked in the direction of Gongling, his eyes couldn't help but become solemn.

Gongling Mausoleum is the burial place of Emperor Zhongzong.

Li Xuan went to Gongling to remind everyone that Emperor Zhongzong died unjustly.

Sending Xue Guwu here now is also a part of the overall psychological warfare strategy.

Moreover, Li Xuan is not outside the city right now.

What does he want to do.

Wei Yuanzhong looked towards the direction of Gongling, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

Yan Huaidan nodded slightly and looked to the side. More than a dozen Fuyuan crossbows were already ready.

As long as Xue Guwu appeared within the range of Fu Yuan Crossbow, he would shoot him to death with one arrow.

……

The carriage slowly stopped, three arrows' distance from the city gate.

No matter how it was adjusted, the Fuyuan crossbow could not hit Xue Guwu.

At the same time, the face of the coachman driving the carriage appeared clearly in front of everyone, Ma Jingchen.

The man was none other than Ma Jingchen, the General of the Left Guard, who had fought with Wei Yuanzhong before.

Yan Huaidan suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Yuanzhong. Wei Yuanzhong also looked confused and even murmured, "He should be dead!"

"No, he is not dead. He even joined King Peng's army." Yan Huaidan has understood.

It was probably after being captured that Ma Jingchen was persuaded to surrender by King Peng and finally surrendered.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that Ma Jingchen was abandoned by Wei Yuanzhong.

Wei Yuanzhong's expression had become serious again, and he looked straight at Ma Jingchen who stood up in the carriage.

Ma Jingchen stopped the carriage, then used wooden blocks to stop the front and rear wheels, and finally borrowed a horse from the carriage.

The next moment, Ma Jingchen jumped on his horse and rushed towards the city wall.

When he was within an arrow's reach of the city gate, Ma Jingchen suddenly drew his bow and shot an arrow directly at Wei Yuanzhong's face.

After shooting the arrow, Ma Jingchen turned around and left without even looking at the result.

The huge Fuyuan crossbow quiver behind him shot arrows down, but it didn't hurt him.

Seeing that Ma Jingchen ignored Xue Guwu who stopped in front of the city gate and went straight to a farther place, Yan Huaidan, holding the long arrow, was a little dazed.

Wei Yuanzhong slightly turned his body, then took the note off the long arrow in front of him, and then patted Yan Huaidan's arm.

Yan Huaidan suddenly came to his senses and took the long arrow in front of Wei Yuanzhong.

Wei Yuanzhong took a deep breath and then opened the note in front of him.

Suddenly, I saw two words written on the note: relocate the grave.

"Move the tomb." Wei Yuanzhong softly read out these two words. He was a little confused at first, but in an instant, he was startled and cried out: "Oh no, Prince Peng wants to move the tomb of Emperor Zhongzong."

"Ah!" Yan Huaidan was stunned, but at this moment, the sound of endless fighting suddenly came from all directions.

Yan Huaidan turned around suddenly and saw thousands of cavalrymen rushing to the Yongtong Gate in the south, and then countless long arrows shot directly at the top of the city.

They came too quickly, and Yongtong Gate was not fully prepared at all, so they were allowed to leave in the blink of an eye.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves suddenly came from above again, and Yan Huaidan turned around.

At the Upper East Gate, thousands of cavalrymen rushed to the gate, shot a round of arrows, and then quickly left.

"Shangdong Gate, Yongtong Gate, Qixia Gate, Dingding Gate, Houzai Gate." Wei Yuanzhong closed his eyes and counted the directions from which the voices came. Then he suddenly looked towards the direction of the imperial palace and said solemnly, "There are also Anxi Gate, Hui'an Gate, Huiyou Gate, and Longguang Gate. All the ten gates in Luoyang, except Jianchun Gate, have 2,000 cavalrymen attacking them."

"Two thousand cavalrymen, nine gates, that's eighteen thousand cavalrymen, plus Gong Ling's thirty thousand men." Yan Huaidan shook his head bitterly and said, "Although I expected that he wouldn't be so simple, I never thought that he wouldn't give us any chance at all."

Wei Yuanzhong only felt a heaviness in his heart. What Yan Huaidan said was right. Now the person who could harm others with his own strength was no longer them, but Li Xuan.

"Then what about the person in front of us? What is King Peng planning?" Wei Yuanzhong raised his head and looked at Xue Guwu, who was standing three arrows away from the city gate, with a serious expression.

(End of this chapter)