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

Chapter 1677: Kill the Demon Queen, Punish the Three Clans, and Use Fiery Oil
"Change Tang to Zhou and change the era name to Tianshou." Li Xuan spread his fingers, and the imperial edict in his hand floated into the Yi River with the wind. However, at this moment, the Yi River had completely dried up.

Countless black-armored soldiers rode on horses on both sides of the Yi River, their eyes fixed on the imperial edict that fell into the Yi River.

"Commanders!" Li Xuan's voice rang out calmly and clearly throughout the world, followed by a gnashing voice: "Our Queen has proclaimed herself emperor."

Suddenly, countless black-armored soldiers were in an uproar.

Although they had heard fragments of it before, no one dared to believe what they heard.

Queen of Heaven, she actually proclaimed herself emperor.

Queen of Heaven, she actually proclaimed herself emperor.

"Yesterday, she killed Emperor Ruizong. This morning, she helped Emperor Zhongzong's youngest son, Li Chongjun, ascend the throne. But only half a day later, she ascended the throne and became the emperor."

Li Xuan gently urged his horse forward, then turned around and looked at the countless soldiers in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said loudly: "After killing Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, she completely tore off her mask, ascended the throne, changed the Tang Dynasty to Zhou, and destroyed the world.

Soldiers, this king asks you, do you agree? "

"No, no, no." Countless people raised the long spears in their hands and roared with gritted teeth.

Tang Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, they are all citizens of Tang Dynasty, who knows what the Great Zhou Dynasty is.

"Okay, now follow me and kill towards Dingding Gate." Li Xuan turned around and raised the long spear in his hand forward: "Kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

……

Almost at the same time, all the Tang Dynasty soldiers surrounding Luoyang were activated. In an instant, they all rushed towards the ten gates of Luoyang, leaving no one behind.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers completely surrounded the entire Luoyang city in an instant.

At Dingding Gate, Yan Huaidan looked solemnly at the densely packed soldiers outside the city that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Although Luoyang City is vast and has a huge number of soldiers defending the city, the number of troops outside the city is currently greater than they know.

And according to the news, Hua Dazhi, Yongzhou Prefecture, and all the states in the world will send troops to join King Peng.

By that time, the military force under King Peng will reach a terrifying 200,000.

An army of two hundred thousand surrounded the city.

If they fail to deal with King Peng before then, and really wait until an army of 200,000 men besiege the city, they will really only be able to watch themselves fall into the tragic situation of Wang Shichong little by little.

"Yan Huaidan." Li Xuan's calm voice spread across the entire city gate tower, and Yan Huaidan immediately looked up at the city below.

Among the countless black-armored cavalrymen, Li Xuan slowly rode up and finally arrived in front of the city gate.

Outside the moat, Li Xuan looked up, stared at Yan Huaidan, and asked contemptuously: "What should I call you now, Yan Huaidan, the general of the Tang Dynasty's imperial guard, or Yan Huaidan, the general of the Zhou Dynasty's imperial guard?"

After hearing Li Xuan's words, Yan Huaidan suddenly felt his face burning, and even the entire city wall couldn't help but feel a commotion.

Great Zhou, Great Zhou.

In the morning, they were still celebrating the ascension of the new Tang emperor to the throne. Now, they have become soldiers under the command of the Empress of Zhou. They are unable to adapt to this change of identity.

"Great Zhou!" Li Xuan sighed, looked to the side, and said softly: "Soldiers, tell those traitors on the city wall, who are we?"

"Tang, Great Tang; Tang, Great Tang; Tang, Great Tang..." Countless soldiers gathered their spears and white flags, and shouted loudly to the sky with great excitement.

Today, they are the only legitimate ones in the world, and all others are traitors.

"For the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xuan suddenly shouted, interrupting everyone, then he tightly grasped the long spear, pointed it at the top of the city, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, let the enemies on the city see the ability of our Tang Dynasty soldiers. Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Amid the loud shouts, countless soldiers suddenly retreated in an orderly manner in a strange way.

That's right, retreat.

The military flags waved, and all the cavalry retreated at the same time. At the same time, dozens of wide flatbed carts were quickly pushed forward.

Everyone followed the order, and no one rushed forward recklessly because of anger in their hearts. Instead, everyone walked in an orderly manner, one in front and one behind.

When Yan Huaidan, who was on the top of the city wall, saw this scene, his breathing became heavier.

"Boom!" A huge rolling stone came out from behind and hit the top of the city in a blink of an eye, instantly crushing a bloody path and then fell from the top of the city directly into the city wall. The soldiers who were preparing to go up to the city were crushed to death before they could even move.

The stones kept rolling backwards, and all the soldiers on the road ahead were crushed to death in an instant.

More huge catapults appeared under the city, and the power gap caused by the height difference between the upper and lower walls was completely bridged in a very short time.

More than a dozen catapults threw out more than a dozen boulders in a blink of an eye, all of which hit the city wall with incredible precision.

Endless blood and countless wails suddenly rang in Yan Huaidan's ears.

Yan Huaidan gritted his teeth and cursed: "What are you still standing there for? Catapults, crossbows, fire them all."

The city wall of Luoyang was extremely wide, and catapults of considerable size were moved directly to the top of the city wall, with one placed every five meters.

Between the two catapults were countless densely packed crossbows.

As the command flag was waved, endless boulders and crossbow arrows on the city walls immediately smashed towards the rapidly approaching carts on the other side of the moat outside the city.

With a dull "bang", a catapult hit the cart accurately.

In an instant, the tarpaulin pressing on the cart was knocked down, revealing countless tightly tied straw bags and the dirt inside.

The cart was pressed upside down for a moment, but at this time, the soldiers behind it quickly grabbed the rope tied to the handrail of the cart, and then pulled and pushed the cart diagonally to sprint forward quickly.

The boulders that were thrown at them from the city walls and the crossbow arrows that were shot at them all fell on the carts at that moment.

Only one or two unlucky guys were shot by Fu Yuan and killed by rolling stones.

Under the attack of countless crossbow arrows and rolling stones, the cart was soon pushed to the front of the moat.

The next moment, there was a flash of a knife, and the rope on the cart was instantly cut, and the straw bags tied on it all fell into the moat in an instant.

With a "bang", the cart was pushed directly into the moat by the soldiers in an instant.

The moat, which originally had little water, was suddenly filled with half of straw bags, and at the same time a cart was pressed on it.

At the same time, the soldiers pushing the cart instantly hid under the cart, pushed open the small hole reserved on the cart, and the crossbow arrows instantly shot towards the top of the city.

"Duoduoduo..." Countless arrows fell, almost turning the cart into a hedgehog, but none of them penetrated the cart, as if there was a steel plate added inside the cart.

The cart was pushed into the moat and was immediately out of the range of the crossbows and catapults.

Because it is too close to the city wall.

Only countless arrows kept falling from the top of the city, but they were not powerful enough.

However, compared to the crossbow arrows behind the cart, the densely packed feather arrows that seem to have no end are really terrifying.

With a loud "bang", a huge rolling stone hit the top of the city wall directly, killing a large number of people instantly.

But soon, more people came up and skillfully drew their bows and arrows to snipe each other.

More carts rushed up and were quickly set up on the moat, heading quickly towards the city gate.

……

Amid the sounds of endless fighting, Li Xuan looked at the top of the city wall with cold eyes.

After a long time, he turned to look at Su Baotong and said, "They have also transferred the idle guards, Qianniu Guards, and Jinwu Guards in the city to the city. They are now fully defending the city."

Su Baotong nodded and said solemnly: "The things that Luoyang City lacks the least are crossbows and rolling stones."

"There are at least millions of crossbows in Luoyang City. If we really storm, I'm afraid we will suffer heavy casualties."

Li Xuan's eyes became serious. His opponents were not just the people in Luoyang City.

Su Baotong nodded silently, then took a step forward and whispered, "Prince, it's time for us to use those things."

"Hmm!" Li Xuan turned his head and looked at the top of the city wall, and said softly: "Okay, let's get ready. We have been observing for so long. Let's attack them once and see what effect it will have. It's best to teach them a good lesson and then withdraw our people."

"Yes!" Su Baotong's expression suddenly became excited. He bowed, turned around, and quickly went to the back.

Li Xuan looked at the top of the city wall, looked at Yan Huaidan on the top of the city wall, and his expression became more and more indifferent.

Like his gaze, countless black-armored soldiers were also looking at the arrows on the top of the city wall that were as dense as raindrops and seemed endless.

After the initial impulse passed, all the soldiers under Li Xuan became serious.

The siege of Luoyang was extremely difficult. If it were still like this now, they probably wouldn't know how many casualties they would have to suffer before they could capture the city.

Many people's eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Xuan.

Their commander never achieved victory by sacrificing the lives of his soldiers.

At this moment, the catapult that was throwing rolling stones suddenly stopped. The next moment, the slide of the catapult rose out again, and the basket was replaced with a lighter one.

One by one, wine barrels were placed onto the hanging basket by solemn-looking soldiers, and a strip of cloth at the tail was quickly ignited.

Su Baotong stood beside the catapult and suddenly waved the command flag downwards.

The next moment, more than a dozen wine barrels were thrown out at once.

……

Yan Huaidan stood at the foot of the city gate tower, looking at the wine barrel flying over, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He immediately shot the bow and arrow in his hand at a flying wine barrel.

In an instant, the feather arrow had penetrated the wine barrel directly, but then, the black viscous liquid rolled towards the top of the city.

Yan Huaidan immediately understood what those things were, and he couldn't help but shout, "Retreat, retreat..."

But it was too late. With a "bang", the wine barrel hit the city wall and exploded instantly. Suddenly, countless black sticky liquids splashed on the city wall.

The strip of cloth at the tail of the wine barrel flashed with fire, and the next moment, a large area of ​​fire had spread rapidly.

Catapults, hidden crossbows, and many soldiers were trapped in an endless sea of ​​fire in an instant.

Endless wailing sounds suddenly rang out.

"Get out of the way! This is flaming oil!" Yan Huaidan grabbed a soldier who tried to put out the fire and pulled him back to the city gate tower, but he looked at the scene in front of him in horror.

The flames from the burning incendiary oil spread rapidly, not only the catapults and crossbows, but even the boulders and crossbow arrows piled on the city walls were all burned in an instant.

Near the top of the city, a small section of the wall was already a sea of ​​fire.

But even so, there were more wine barrels below, no, oil barrels. More oil barrels were thrown up continuously and then burned violently on the city wall.

The flames shot up into the sky, scorching hot.

Screaming and wailing, his eyes were bloodshot.

……

Looking at the flames burning on the top of the city, Li Xuan turned sideways and asked softly, "Bo Yu, do you think the people in Luoyang City are scared?"

"The power of Hellfire is too strong. The people in the city will be terrified when they see the top of the city on fire." Chen Ziang bowed slightly, and then said cautiously: "But too much fire is not conducive to attacking the city."

"That's for next time." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "After shocking everyone, it's time to start our next task. Let's get ready."

"Yes!" Chen Zi'ang bowed solemnly, then turned and walked away.

After a long time, the fire on the city wall was finally completely extinguished.

A fishy smell suddenly spread up and down the city wall, making people feel nauseous.

Yan Huaidan, his face covered in black ash, walked out of the city gate tower. Looking at the corpses burnt to charcoal around him, the catapults that were completely burned, and the Fuyuan crossbows, he couldn't help but tremble all over, feeling panic in his heart.

Turning his head to look outside the city, Yan Huaidan discovered that all the black-armored soldiers under the city wall had withdrawn, leaving only the wooden boards remaining in the moat.

At this moment, a "creaking" sound was heard, and the next moment, the catapult outside the city threw out a black object again.

Yan Huaidan and other soldiers on the city wall retreated subconsciously, but then they saw those black objects fly directly over the top of the city wall and fall into the city.

With a "pop" sound, a black wine jar broke under the feet of a soldier, revealing countless densely packed papers.

A soldier subconsciously picked up a piece of paper and saw the words written on it: "Alas!

Under the vast sky, there are many strange things happening.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there was an evil queen who usurped the throne, went against the will of heaven and went against human nature.

Alas!

Someone once said: The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and then a female ruler named Wu replaced the Tang Dynasty.

There was a witch named Wu Mei. When she asked about the prophecy, she was overjoyed. She then tried every possible means to enter the Tang Palace.

Through intimidation, oppression, frame-up and false accusations, she became the empress of Emperor Gaozong and later had four sons with him.

It is called Hong, it is called Xian, it is called Xian, and it is called Dan.

It symbolizes harmony and a large family.

However, he harbored evil intentions and tried to steal the sacred artifact.

Emperor Gaozong was ill, so he asked the empress to run the government. The ministers were against it, but they could do nothing about it.

The emperor and the empress had four legitimate sons, but due to the evil spirit, all four died.

In the second year of Shangyuan, Emperor Xiaojing Li Hong died of illness, and people at that time said that he was poisoned by the evil queen.

In the first year of Tiaolu, Crown Prince Li Xian was deposed. Everyone knew that he was forced to do so by the evil queen.

In the first year of Hongdao, the emperor died and Crown Prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Zhongzong.

However, half a year after Emperor Zhongzong ascended the throne, on May 15th of the first year of Sisheng, he was deposed and killed.

In December of the first year of Sisheng's reign, the tomb of the deposed Crown Prince Li Xian was discovered in Bazhou. After investigation, it was found that he was strangled to death by General Ma Sizong of the Left Jinwu Guard.

On July 27th of the second year of Sisheng, Emperor Ruizong Li Dan died of unknown cause.

On July 28th of the second year of Sisheng, the evil queen established Zhongzong's son Chongjun as emperor. However, less than half a day later, she deposed Chongjun, took the throne herself, and ascended the throne.

She became the female emperor Wu Zhao and changed the country's name to Zhou.

Luoyang is the capital of Zhou.

Zhou, enemy country.

Luoyang is enemy territory.

Now King Peng has surrounded Luoyang with his troops. As this is an enemy country and enemy territory, we will use all means at our disposal, including but not limited to fire attacks and water attacks, in the hope of destroying Luoyang in the shortest possible time.

Even if countless lives are lost and millions are killed in the battle.

However, God is merciful and kind.

Therefore, within three days, the people in Luoyang who did not want to rebel were allowed to leave Luoyang and go to Yong, Bing, Zheng, and Jing provinces.

After leaving, don't come back for half a year.

Three days later, King Xuan of Peng will attack the city in order to exterminate the Pseudo-Zhou. Those citizens who stay in the city will be considered as traitors.

According to the law, three generations of the clan will be exterminated and no mercy will be shown.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

The soldier who picked up the paper looked down and saw that the pile of paper on the ground had completely disappeared.

As if they were blown away by the wind, not a single one was left.

(End of this chapter)