Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 447 Pigs can’t transform into dragons
"call--"

The sound of breaking wind kept ringing. Although An Lushan was blind, his fighting power seemed to be stronger. The knife in his hand danced in a ball to prevent others from getting close.

In his imagination, the Tang soldiers wanted to advance, but he forced them back one by one.

"Who can kill me? Who?!"

But in fact, Xue Bai and his subordinates just stood there quietly watching, as if enjoying a non-stop Hu Xuan dance.

Finally, as the last loyal guard of the Emperor of Yan was chopped down in front of the dragon throne, Xue Bai said: "No one here wants to kill you, oh, except Li Zhu'er. And what we want is to capture you alive." "

"You are not Xue Bai." An Lushan yelled, "I am already blind, you can't prove to me that you are Xue Bai, hahaha."

"It's not important, just end this scandal."

Xue Bai turned his head and glanced. Hu Laishui understood, picked up an injured rebel soldier from the ground, and pushed it to Anlu Mountain.

At that time, Hu Laishui entered Luoyang in the name of an envoy, but in fact he came to deliver a message to Li Zhuer.

"puff."

not dead?

At the same time, Hu Laishui came forward, holding a whistle stick, and hit An Lushan's hand hard.

An Lushan was really brave, and he knocked down Hu Laishui in a sumo wrestling posture.

However, An Lushan, who had rotten feet and was blind, no longer tried to stand up and run away. Instead, he crawled on all fours and rushed up, while groping with his hands to pick up a knife.

He became even more crazy and wanted to raise the knife and strike again, but the knife was too powerful and got stuck on the opponent's shoulder blade.

The map of Luoyang Palace was obtained through Da Xixun, but there is a small story in it. After Da Xixun stole the map, he was unwilling to hand it over to Li Xiazhou directly and put forward many conditions. Li Xiazhou said that it was difficult to do it at the moment and he had to take a look at the map before doing his best. But with this glance, Li Xiazhou drew it again after he returned. .

There was a heavy sound, the broken window was smashed, and sawdust flew into the air.

His body weighing more than 300 kilograms became his best weapon at this moment. He slammed his head on Hu Laishui's chin like a wild boar hitting a tree, making a loud "thud" sound.

"Hold them!"

The third floor of the Mingtang is a twenty-four-sided shape, symbolizing the twenty-four solar terms. Anlu Mountain broke through the "Qingming", and a huge figure rushed out of the Mingtang and jumped into the night sky.

He looked extremely bulky, with his belly hanging to the ground and wiping blood all over the ground, but in fact he was extremely flexible, as if he had transformed into the Zoroastrian fighting pig god.

Li Bai said that "a dangerous building is a hundred feet high", and the Mingtang is 294 feet high. Although it is three stories, it is enough to build a thirty-story ordinary building.

Hu Laishui climbed up and tried his best to catch An Lushan's feet, but his weight was less than half and he was dragged forward.

"You bastard, you don't dare to see me naked outside, are you going to get this slap?!"

Only then did An Lushan realize that two unknown people were grabbing his legs.

Then, he realized that he was head down and had hit the Mingtang door and did not fall to the ground.

Suddenly, someone yelled from behind.

But An Lushan was too heavy, and he couldn't hold it back and flew out of the Mingtang.

Hu Laishui tried his best to hold An Lushan, but was carried out of the bright hall. For a moment, he felt like flying in the sky. He saw the fire in the distance and the stars in the sky.

So high up in the sky, the wind was blowing fiercely.

But he didn't want to die, and he was extremely unwilling.

He felt that he was really going to turn into a pig dragon and soar into the sky...

When Hu Laishui stood naked in the ice and snow, he whispered to his ears in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Promise solemnly, I will use it again when the Prince of Tang ascends the throne."

With a sound, An Lushan finally hit a person, and a shrill scream was heard.

"Stop him!"

"Wow!"

Did he really transform into a dragon?

An Lushan rushed out and felt an incomparable freedom. In an instant, he defeated all the contempt, insults, abuses, blames, and illnesses that had tortured him for a long time, because they would eventually disappear.

An Lushan denied it, but seeing that Yan Zhuang was leading the team, he actually knew that it was Xue Bai who was coming. And what Xue Bai wanted was not his life, but his more than 100,000 border army knights.

Xue Bai is an ambitious man, and he can also see Yan Zhuang's ambition. With this understanding of his "old friend", he made a choice, and Yan Zhuang also made a choice, and he was not disappointed.

"Boom."

From a distance, it looks like a dragon with a head as big as a pig, about to dive towards the ground.

He will never give it!
"Boom."

Hu Laishui immediately suppressed An Lushan with his whistle stick, hoping to achieve the great feat of capturing the leader of the thief, and he also let out a bad breath.

There was another sound, and An Lushan thought he was going to be smashed into mud, but he felt the sores on his body being hit in great pain.

Some soldiers who reacted quickly grabbed An Lushan's other leg, and more soldiers rushed forward and grabbed them desperately.

This blow was so heavy that other people would have been hit with broken bones. An Lushan's skin was thick and fleshy. Although there were no broken bones, it was still so painful that he couldn't hold the knife in his hand.

Because the Tang army had just arrived, Li Yazhou had already approached An Shouzhong by playing dominoes, and reported to Xue Bai by means of an arrow letter, giving him a map of the Luoyang Palace and informing him that he had instigated the internal agents around An Lushan.

That night Xue Bai got the map and realized that Li Yazhou's plan was not to blow up Mingtang, but to lure him into the palace. After receiving a letter from An Shouzhong from the city, Xue Bai realized that Li Yazhou's frequent contacts might expose him, so he sent an envoy to pass a message to Li Zhuer.

"Tie him up!"

"Hold it!"

"Strength!"

A swooping dragon suddenly released its strength and hung limply on the high wall.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty rushed forward and grabbed the fat An Lushan.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Hu Laishui was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. When he realized that he had not fallen to death, he immediately screamed several times.

He felt severe pain in his hands, and one of his legs was pulled as if it was broken.

"Pull them up!"

Xue Bai also stepped forward and joined forces with everyone to pull back the soldiers and An Lushan little by little.

He thought of the dream he had. Tonight, he really stopped the black pig from turning into a dragon in Anlu Mountain.

By capturing An Lushan alive, he could better accomplish what he wanted to do.

"Useless!"

An Lushan's belly was stuck on the floor and he tried desperately to jump down, but was tied up like a pig waiting to be slaughtered. He had no choice but to curse loudly.

"I'm going to die of illness soon. You can't catch me alive! I'm a humble bastard with rotten diseases all over my body. How dare you touch me? Hahaha, I'm so lowly that I became the emperor!"

Xue Bai did not listen to An Lushan's roar, and only ordered him to be taken down.

In his eyes, An Lushan's so-called emperor was very ridiculous. However, just as he raised the corners of his mouth, he turned around and saw the dragon chair placed in the middle of the hall.

The craftsmanship is beautiful, and the pure gold dragon head is extraordinary, but what is really attractive is not the craftsmanship, but the power it represents.

Xue Bai's eyes narrowed, and he felt an urge to go over and sit down.

Yan Zhuang watched An Lushan leave and said to Xue Bai, "Do you know why I supported him?"

"Why?"

"The suffering and injustice that we untouchables have suffered since childhood." Yan Zhuang sighed slightly, "As nobles, I am afraid that you cannot understand it."

Xue Bai knew that Yan Zhuang was referring to something, hinting that he had heard the rumor that he was Li Ying's son.

This is a good thing. After Yan Zhuang experienced An Lushan, he was willing to choose to assist a reliable candidate with identity and ability. After all, the reason why Yan Zhuang rebelled was to become a powerful person, not to overthrow the powerful, so he has been imitating the style of aristocratic families.

Xue Bai didn't need to explain, he just nodded lightly, but he looked back at the dragon chair again and said, "No, I can understand."

"is it?"

"I haven't forgotten that I was also born as a slave." Xue Bai said.

Yan Zhuang smiled and was noncommittal, secretly thinking that Xue Bai was too cautious.

~~
Li Yazhou walked into the Mingtang and learned that Xue Bai was still above, so he climbed the stairs.

When they reached the third floor, they saw Xue Bai holding a telescope and looking in the direction of Hanjiacang City.

"Pindao thought that Lang Jun would be sitting there." Li Xia pointed to the dragon chair on Monday and said half-jokingly.

"Sit down in no hurry." Xue Bai said.

Li Xiazhou stood beside him, looked at the stars with his hands behind his hands, and said: "I once told An Lushan that if his left assistant and right bi can't protect him, his life will be taken away by Lang Jun. Unexpectedly, one day It’s a prophecy.”

"I don't think his destiny is very good." Xue Bai said: "I don't believe in your nonsense, I believe in myself."

"After all, he is the emperor of Dayan and has not yet ascended the throne."

Li Xiaozhou spent these years developing gunpowder at Luhun Villa. He obviously had some suspicions about Xue Bai's ambitions, and that's why he pretended to be so sophisticated.

"Let's get down to business." Xue Bai said, "You brought explosives with you into the city with Yan Chunqing. Where are the explosives?"

Fortunately, Li Xia Zhou said: "It was escorted by Fan Lao and transported to Shaanxi County along with Gao Xianzhi."

"and then?"

"At that time, Gao Xianzhi saw that Luoyang could not be defended, so he prepared to place gunpowder on the narrow road in Shaanxi County in order to achieve miraculous effects. He retreated in a hurry, but left me behind. I don't know what happened to him in the future."

In the direction of Xue Bai's sight, there was already a fire in Hanjiacang City. He was a little worried that the explosives had fallen into the hands of the rebels. The king was rarely in danger, so he felt relieved after asking about the situation.

Suddenly, a horn sounded in the distance.

~~
An Lushan was locked in darkness. Suddenly he heard the sound of a horn and couldn't help but prick up his ears.

With his sharp ears, he heard that the sound was coming from the west, and he was pleasantly surprised.

"Ashina Chengqing is here!"

This was followed by a few expletives.

"Xue Bai, if you don't let me die, you will die soon..."~~
Contains Jiacang City.

But Tian Qianzhen saw Xue Bai's flag entering the city and was about to catch the turtle in the urn. However, as soon as the Tang army entered the city, they quickly detonated explosives.

What was different from what he expected was that the Tang army did not intend to blow through the city gate and invade Luoyang. Instead, they directly attacked the city and blew up the gate tower. As a result, half of the turret collapsed, and the rebel generals, drums and other objects were billowing. come down.

When such a big movement reached Ziwei City, An Qinghe couldn't see it at all. He thought that the Tang army could not blow through the inner city gate, and everything went well with the plan. Little did he know that Tian Qianzhen was already in a bitter battle.

If the ambush fails and is ambushed instead, that's it. After all, the rebels occupy the terrain and the casualties are not heavy. Moreover, the Tang army did not seem to have many troops, but they were just making a lot of noise.

But as the war progressed, bad news came from Ziwei Palace first.

"The Tang army has entered the palace city!"

At first, the sentry on the watchtower of Yucheng saw the torch array in the palace and saw that a group of people fought all the way from the west city to Yisui Palace, and then from Yisui Palace to Mingtang. Soon they met with the palace guards. Kill in a group. At that time, the generals under Tian Qianzhen still didn't believe it and ordered the sentry not to shake the morale of the army.

But drums for help soon came from the palace, and An Qinghe's flags kept shaking above the Mingtang.

"The commander sends the order, all soldiers and horses rush to rescue Mingtang!"

Such shouts were everywhere, and finally reached Tian Qianzhen's ears. He was immediately anxious and wanted to return to the army immediately to save An Lushan first.

Then he found that he had shot himself in the foot - Hanjiacang City had been completely sealed. It was originally intended to prevent the Tang army from entering the inner city, but now it made it impossible for the rebels to support them.

Tian Qianzhen secretly thought that he had fallen into Xue Bai's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and couldn't help but worry about the safety of Anlu Mountain.

Even if he did this, the morale of the rebel soldiers was even more chaotic, so many people refused to wait any longer and rushed down the city, but they forgot that it was they who had personally laid Hanjiacang City into a trap.

A torch fell to the ground and instantly ignited the thatch that had been splashed with kerosene. The four hundred grain cellars dug into the soil cannot be burned, but the thatch covers on top of them are very flammable. The snow on them has been swept away in advance. The fire quickly spreads and the flames spread. Rolling wildly, each rebel soldier was rolled into his mouth.

Tian Qianzhen couldn't bear that his clever plan ended up harming his own team. He was furious and rushed down to the city to fight the Tang army regardless.

"kill!"

Perhaps Tian Qianzhen still hoped to defeat the Tang army and rescue Anlu Mountain.

What he didn't expect was that a fire in Hanjiacang City would attract soldiers and horses who might have rushed to Anlu Mountain to the north of the city.

~~
"Report!"

The sentinel horse rushed to Ashina Chengqing and reported: "I found a huge fire in the north of Luoyang City. It seems that the Tang army has entered the city."

"Move at full speed! Rescue Luoyang!"

Ashina Chengqing first issued an order to personally lead three thousand cavalry to attack the enemy. At the same time, he shouted: "Ashina, please come to the city! You enter the city from the west gate and ask to see the saint."

"Here!"

The general of the border army acted decisively, and immediately divided his troops into two groups and rushed towards the fire.

Soon, the sound of horns sounded throughout the area, cheering for the rebels and intimidating the Tang army.

~~
"General, the enemy has arrived."

The one who was fighting fiercely with Tian Qianzhen was Wang Jinlan. Although he was powerful, he actually didn't have many troops.

Tonight, the main force of the Tang army followed Xue Bai into Luoyang to control the situation, while he only led 800 people to pretend to attack Hanjiacang City.

"Prefect Xue has entered Mingtang, so we can retreat." A general suggested.

"No!" Wang Nan shouted, "The situation is not yet completely under control. If the elite rebel soldiers are allowed to enter Luoyang, something may happen."

He then decisively ordered: "Tell them that Zahu has been defeated, and those who don't surrender will be killed!"

So the soldiers of Tang Dynasty shouted loudly, which in turn frightened the rebels. They want to defeat Tian Ganzhen's tribe as soon as possible, then defend the city, and then resist the elite rebels who have just arrived.

When Tian Qianzhen and his soldiers saw reinforcements coming, their morale was greatly boosted.

"Fan Yangxiao's cavalry has arrived, and the officers and soldiers will be defeated!"

Tian Ganzhen took the lead and rushed to the front. His sword flew in his hand and he killed several Tang soldiers. Gradually, he could clearly hear the sound of horse hooves from the reinforcements.

As long as Ashina Chengqing charges over, they can annihilate the invincible Longyou general Wang Haolan.

"Coming, coming! Charge and kill them!"

~~
"Shut up!"

At the same time, Ashina Chengqing's cavalrymen had reined in their reins and made adjustments.

They put on their armor, each transferred to the accompanying war horse, fastened the saddle, held up the spear with one hand, and grasped the saddle ring with the other hand, preparing to charge.

But at this time, Ashina came back from the ceremony, drove his horse straight to the front of the formation, and reported: "Brother, An Shouzhong is here!"

"Have you entered the city? Have you seen the saint?"

"Let An Shouzhong talk to you."

Ashina Chengqing frowned and turned his eyes. Seeing that An Shouzhong was not wearing armor and was wearing ordinary clothes at home, he shouted, "What happened?!"

"Holy...Prince Dongping has surrendered."

An Shouzhong didn't tell the truth.

The fact is that Yan Zhuang earned his general seal, and Xue Bai used his general seal to enter the Luoyang Palace from the west city gate. At that time, An Qinghe, the coach who defended the city, was just staring at Hanjiacang City without any defense.

An Shouzhong was originally hesitant and did not decide to surrender. But before his domino game was over, Yan Zhuang had come back. He didn't return his general seal. He just said that the overall situation had been decided and asked him if he wanted to live or die. This time, he quickly made his choice.

"What did you say?!" Ashina Chengqing shouted.

"Xue Bai has entered the Ziwei Palace. The Lord of the Palace was captured by him and surrendered."

"how so?!"

"Tian Qianzhen and An Qinghe took away my military power." An Shouzhong said sadly: "The generals were changed before the battle. In addition, they were young and did not know how to fight, allowing Xue Bai to seize the opportunity and attack the city in one fell swoop."

Ashina Chengqing was very angry and said: "My elite soldiers will be here soon, why can't we hold on for one more hour? Before the big thing is accomplished, we start fighting for power!"

"It's useless to talk about it now. Defeat is a foregone conclusion." An Shouzhong looked at Hanjiacang City from a distance and said, "Tian Qian is really the culprit. It's useless for you to rescue him. Why not surrender to the imperial court and find a good career?"

"Fart, there are still more than 100,000 elites. Killing back to Fanyang to break the earth and become king will be happier than surrendering to the imperial court."

Ashina Chengqing scolded and looked at An Shouzhong with murderous intent in his eyes.

An Shouzhong was shocked and didn't understand why An Lushan was captured, but Ashina Chengqing didn't seem to care.

"Brother." Ashina said politely, "I think what he said makes sense. The prince has been arrested. Everyone should consider their future..."

~~
"Kill!"

Tian Qianzhen fought fiercely for longer and longer. He had dozens of wounds on his body and was completely turned into a bloody man.

However, the reinforcements that were close at hand never came over.

He thought that Ashina Chengqing was adjusting the formation and kept encouraging the soldiers to persist a little longer.

But the cruelty of the battlefield is that it doesn't matter how much you want to win or how hard you work, or how good your martial arts skills or intelligence are, it will always kill people mercilessly regardless of your will.

"puff."

A spear penetrated Tian Ganzhen's body from his broken breastplate. He roared and held it tightly to prevent the enemy from pulling it out.

He was still standing, but he had lost too much blood and his body had no strength. Instead, he stood leaning on the barrel of the gun.

The eyelids slowly closed, but then opened again, because they saw the morning sun rising and shining on the world.

When he was dying, Tian Qianzhen realized how good it was to be alive.

For the first time, he felt reluctant to die, but he dared to rush forward in this life, and he had to waste his life to this extent.

~~
There was a little snow piled on the telescope tube, and Xue Bai's eyebrows were also stained with frost and snow.

He saw the rebel flags being pulled down from the top of Hanjiacang City and replaced with Wang Jinlan's flags, and he also saw the fire being put out.

"It's indeed empty."

When the lid of the grain cellar was burned down, revealing the empty cellar below, Xue Bai sighed. I can imagine the depression of An Lushan, and I can also understand the hardship of the people of Henan who have lost their food reserves.

When the telescope was moved, one could see that Ashina Chengqing had set up camp in the north of the city. He neither chose to attack the city nor surrender, so he had to negotiate terms.

After a while, the snowflakes in the sky covered the corpses and pools of blood in Qianyuanmen Square, as if covering up the impact of the rebellion.

In the snow, Yan Zhuang walked towards Mingtang with An Shouzhong.

"Prefect Xue...Lang Jun."

An Shouzhong looked majestic, but seemed a little timid. He followed Yan Zhuang's example and saluted Xue Bai. It's not that he has always been so cowardly, but the richer he gets, the more he wants to keep, the less willing he is to give it all, and the less courage he has.

"Ashna Chengqing said that he could surrender, but the court had to make him the military governor of Fan Yang and let him lead his troops back north."

Xue Bai asked: "Did he say why?"

"He said that if he didn't agree, he would invade Luoyang."

Feeling Xue Bai's aura, An Shouzhong relayed these words and then added, "It's really arrogant."

"It would be weird if you weren't arrogant."

Xue Bai was not angered by Ashina Chengqing's attitude. On the contrary, he was well prepared.

Historically, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty gradually formed a situation of separatist vassal towns. In his view, Li Heng and his son had unshirkable responsibilities, but on the other hand, the treatment of these surrendered generals was far more difficult than killing an Anshi. Lushan is much more complex and important.

First of all, Xue Bai couldn't be frightened in front of these people. A look of contempt naturally flashed in his eyes, and he asked leisurely: "How much food and grass has he brought, or how much food and grass is there in Shaanxi Province, and he dares to make such arrogant remarks?"

An Shouzhong stood there in a daze for a while before he realized that Xue Bai wanted to ask him to leave the city for questioning. Although he was reluctant, he still said: "Yes, I will ask him."

After An Shouzhong left, Yan Zhuang said: "Although Ashina Chengqing didn't know that Hanjiacang was empty, after seeing the fire last night, he was sure that we didn't have much food. In addition, Xingyang and Kaifeng should not have been captured yet." Bar?"

As the mastermind of An Lushan, he still understands the overall situation, so he can see that Xue Bai's situation is somewhat worrying.

"What if An Qingxu rushes to save his father and is surrounded by Li Tingwang. Luoyang may not be able to defend an isolated city, so it is better to pretend to agree to Ashina Chengqing's conditions and talk about it later."

"No." Xue Bai shook his head resolutely, thinking that although Yan Zhuang's approach solved the immediate problem, it would cause bigger problems in the future, even too big to make up for. "Don't be frightened by the tiger skin pulled by these military leaders. , An Lushan is in our hands. In fact, their general has a guilty conscience and a shaken military spirit, but he is still greedy and has a persistent evil spirit. If this example is allowed, there will be endless troubles."

The fact before us is that the rebel army's more than 100,000 elite soldiers are sandwiched between Luoyang and Tongguan. They are unable to advance westward and return eastward, and they will not be able to hold out in a few days.

This chaos will basically be settled in the early stage, and there is only one last step left...

(End of this chapter)