Late Tang

"Decree of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Followers: The traitors Yang Fuguang and Yang Fugong plotted rebellion and caused chaos. They supported the emperor's seventh younger brother Li Ye as a puppet ruler. They stole the capital Chang'an and peeped at the artifacts. They are really treasonous and unforgivable crimes. They are the envy of all gods and men. unacceptable..

Tian Lingzi, the military observer, is my father, following the instructions left by the late emperor, and accepting the generous grace of the dynasty.Loyal and conscientious, dedicated to stabilizing the country of Datang.Now raise the flag of righteousness together with the lords to clear the evildoers

Today, as far as the remote Baiyue in the south and Sanhe in the Central Plains in the north, there are groups of cavalry and chariots linked together.With flags fluttering on the banks of the great river, will the great cause of restoring the Tang Dynasty still be far away?

The sound of the class moves and the north wind rises, and the sword energy rushes while the south fights flat.If you are silent, the mountains will collapse, and if you are loud, the situation will change.Using this to control the enemy, how can the enemy not be destroyed?How can we not succeed in this attempt?The public class either lived in the Han Dynasty, or cooperated with Zhou relatives;

It seems that His Majesty's words of grace are still in your ears, how can you forget your loyalty?

If they can turn the current misfortune into blessings, devote their allegiance to the present, and jointly establish the meritorious service of saving the royal family, then the various titles and rewards must be as strong and long-lasting as Mount Tai and the Yellow River.If you are nostalgic for the current vested interests, hesitate at critical moments, and fail to see the situation clearly, you will definitely incur severe punishment in the future.

Please see who owns the world in today's domain!

On August 28th, the fourth year of Zhonghe in the Tang Dynasty, Pei Tanxuan was ordered by Zhongshu.Cui Lingfeng, Minister of Zhongshu.Zheng Hangxing, a member of Zhongshushe.Minister Wei Zhao.Sun Mi, Minister of the Yellow Gate.To Zhongchen Zheng Xi, Zhang Pu, Cui Yuan and others.

Please submit the book as shown on the right.System paid outside the implementation, sincerely.It was September [-]st in the fourth year of Zhonghe in the Tang Dynasty.

After the emperor's edict officially signed and approved by the capital was read aloud, Chen Jingzhong, the military supervisor of the Northern Expedition, came to the front of the army with a smile on his face, surrounded by a group of royal guards. Before the battle, they saw him coming, but they didn't even turn their heads.

However, Chen Jingzhong didn't seem to care about his attitude, he walked to the high platform in front of the formation, and swept across the soldiers triumphantly.He knew Gao Renhou's resistance to this secret order, but so what?

He coughed twice at the throat of the drake, Gao Renhou stretched out his hands and pressed down, and the soldiers of Sanchuan, who were still very noisy just now, immediately quieted down.Chen Jingzhong's face was a little ugly, and a trace of fear for Gao Renhou flashed in his eyes.

He turned his head to look at the generals of Sanchuan, and screamed: "Tian Gong and Chen Shuai, today is the day of the Double Ninth Festival, which is also the time for us to kill the rebellious ministers and traitors, Brother Yang Fugong and the false emperor Li Ye. At this moment, Right here, we will attack Wuguan and fight back to Chang'an! Starting tonight, all the traitors and thieves who stand in our way back to Chang'an will not die if they surrender. If they dare not surrender, they will all be killed on the spot. Do not stay."

After a pause, he continued to shout in a shrill voice, like an actor singing loudly, "The Yang brothers, the rebels and thieves, they stole Guanzhong and usurped the government. They insulted the emperor, our emperor. They insulted the emperor. Everything His Majesty does is also an insult to us.

The emperor worries about the humiliation of the minister, and the emperor humiliates the minister to death!

If they think they can insult our Majesty, but don't like any punishment, then they don't take us seriously at all! "

Chen Jingzhong's dry words did not make the soldiers from Sanchuan react too much. This result made Chen Jingzhong a little surprised and a little embarrassed.He was at a loss and turned his head to look at Gao Renhou. Although he always looked down on this warrior, at this moment he knew that he was indeed inferior to this warrior in commanding soldiers.

Gao Renhou took a step forward with a dark face, clenched a fist with his right hand and pressed the sword with his left. His eyes swept across the formation like lightning, and he raised his right hand that was clenched into a fist, and the sound was like a bell.

"Bros!"

"For nearly 300 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, countless soldiers fought bravely for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, desperately fighting bloody battles, and saved the empire from fire and water again and again. No matter how difficult or dangerous it was, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty never gave up. This empire Never fell!"

"The Turkic people didn't kill him, the Tubo people didn't kill him, and the Uighurs didn't kill him."

"Not in Anlu Mountain, nor in Huangchao."

"today!"

"Yang Fugong will never steal him!"

"Yang Fugong helped the false emperor to steal Chang'an and occupy Guanzhong. They will not let us go back to Guanzhong. They will occupy our homes and land, rob our women, and enslave our brothers."

"Do you want to never return to your hometown, do you want your brothers to be their slaves, do you want your wives and daughters to be their slaves, do you want your home land to be their property?"

"No!" The sky-high shout sounded, and countless soldiers shouted out the word no.Most of the [-] Sanchuan Northern Expedition soldiers and horses were withdrawn from the Guanzhong area to Sanchuan.No one wants to never be able to return to their hometown again, no.

Gao Renhou drew out his long sword, "Tonight, we will fight bloody battles. After dawn, we will capture Wuguan. I assure you, Chang'an will be ours, and Guanzhong will be ours. We will turn the tide and protect the king!" , to save the Great Tang, and to make great contributions. We will be heroes. When the sun rises, you will be the biggest contributors to the Great Tang, you will get the land and titles, increase officials and give money, and share the prosperity!"

There was a burst of shouts, and those Sanchuan soldiers were all excited by Gao Renhou's short words.

"Wuguan is right in front of you, brothers, pick up your sword and follow me!"

The ninth day is called the Double Ninth Festival.

That night, the sky was full of moon and black stars, and the wind was high.

Gao Renhou ordered his soldiers and horses to attack Wuguan.

Wuguan, 180 miles southeast of Shangzhou, the Danjiang River, a tributary of the Han River, crosses the mountains in the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains from northwest to southeast, and cuts through a narrow and long valley, becoming a passage between the north and the south in the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains.

This passage goes up to the northwest, and after crossing the watershed of the Qinling Mountains, it can go directly to Lantian in Guanzhong and descend to Chang'an.Down to the southeast, that is to the Nanyang Basin.

Wuguan, just at the southeast exit of this passage, stands in danger, guards this passage, and becomes the southeast gateway of Guandong.Wuguan is also the southeast gate of one of the four major gates in Guanzhong, known as the Hundred and Erqin Pass.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong expanded eastward, expelled Jin from eastern Shaanxi, and competed with Chu for the Shangluo area. Wuguan has been owned by Qin since then. base.When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, the two sides were at a stalemate between Xingyang and Chenggao in Henan.Xiang Yu attacked Liu Bang with heavy troops, and Liu Bang was under great pressure. You Yuansheng suggested that Liu Bang go out of Wuguan and station troops in Wan and Ye to divide the strength of the Chu army.Liu Bang adopted his advice and went south to Wuguan. Xiang Yu suffered enemies from the north and the south, and gradually declined.

As far as the situation of mountains and rivers is concerned, Wuguan is less dangerous than Tongguan. As soon as you enter Wuguan from the southeast, you can go to Lantian and go down to Chang'an.Moreover, Wuguan is far away from Chang'an, there is an emergency, and rescue is not urgent.Therefore, in the Kwantung forces' research, more of them still take the Wuguan route.

Liu Bang's westward expedition to Guanzhong, in order to avoid the danger of Tongguan, took a detour to Nanyang to capture Wuguan, entered Lantian, defeated the Qin army in Lantian, marched to Bashang, Qin Prince Ying came out, and Qin Sui died.Liu Bang entered the Qin Dynasty from Wuguan and opened up a way to attack the key.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the situation in Guanzhong was chaotic, and Wuguan was often an important channel for various warlords to enter and exit Guanzhong.In the fifth year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu Liu Han captured Luoyang. Yan Ding, the minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, entrusted Qin Wang Sima Ye to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan to rebuild the Xingtai of the Western Jin Dynasty.In the 12th year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Hengwen made a northern expedition to the former Qin Dynasty, marching from Wuguan to Bashang, and suppressed Chang'an.In the [-]th year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after Liu Yu's Northern Expedition, in addition to the main force marching west along the Yellow River for a frontal attack, the other generals Shen Tianzi and Fu Hongzhi went to Wuguan for a flank attack. When the main force of the Jin army was still fighting hard outside Tongguan , Shen Tianzi had already invaded Wuguan, entered Qingni, restrained most of the main force of the Later Qin Dynasty, and effectively cooperated with Tongguan's frontal attack.In the confrontation between the Eastern and Western Wei, Gao Huan used three routes to attack the key. In addition to the two routes of Tongguan and Puban, he sent another general Gao Aocao from Wuguan to attack Qingni.Among the three roads, only Gao Aocao who attacked Wuguan won a certain victory.

In the late Tang Dynasty, the vassals and towns were separated, and the southeast millet and silk transportation route was blocked by Li Xilie in Huaixi, so he diverted to Jingxiang and entered Guanzhong from Wuguan, which became the lifeline of the Tang Dynasty.

It is precisely because of these precedents that Tian Lingzi, who was blocked in Sanchuan by the Yang brothers, always wanted to return to Chang'an via Wuguan.At the beginning when Yang Fuguang forced Zhu Wen to oppose him, Tian Lingzi actively contacted Zhu Wen, because Zhu Wen took control of Wuguan at that time.Later, Jinshang Town was captured by Yang Fugong, and Yang Fuguang contacted him to fight against Li Jing.Tian Lingzi agreed on the surface, but in fact it was just for the sake of annihilating Guo.He sent troops not really to see the lips dead and teeth cold, but to send soldiers and horses to the city of Wuguan.

Yang Fuguang considered the long-term, and for the sake of the overall situation, he would rather kill Yang Shili than make peace with Tian Lingzi in order to fight against Qin Fan together.Unfortunately, he overestimated Tian Lingzi's overall view and underestimated Tian Lingzi's lower limit.Tian Lingzi is just a guy who is short-sighted, but he will take revenge.Yang Fuguang drove him out of the court, how could he not avenge this revenge.

It's not that they didn't report, it's just that the time hasn't come yet, and now, when the Chang'an court and Li Jing finally fought extremely fiercely, Tian Lingzi finally showed his knife.

Wuguan, Guancheng is built on a relatively flat highland among the canyons, with the steep Shaoxi Mountain in the north and dangerous points in the south.The circumference of Guancheng is three miles, and the city wall is built with earth, which is slightly square.One door is opened in the east and the west, and the volume hole is covered with bricks and stones.The terrain of Guanxi is relatively flat, but only going out of the Guandong, the mountainside twists and turns, the cliffs are high and the valleys are deep, narrow and difficult to walk, so Wuguan was a battleground for ancient military strategists.

This is the throat of Qin Chu at the head of Qin and the tail of Chu, the key to the lock in Guanzhong.

In the past, Wuguan belonged to Shangzhou, and Jinzhou was separated from Shannan Dongdao in the early years to form Jinshang Town.During the Huangchao Rebellion, Jinshang Town was captured by Zhu Wen, but not long ago, Brother Yang Fuguang suddenly attacked Zhu Wen and captured Shanguo and Jinshang, and Wuguan also fell into the hands of Brother Yang Fugong.

Here, Yang Fugong stationed [-] soldiers and horses, which is not a lot.

However, when Qin Fan was advancing westward like a broken bamboo, Yang Fugong raised his army to go out to fight. Although the number of soldiers and horses in Wuguan remained the same, the quality dropped a lot.Several elite Shence troops were transferred away in exchange for a group of recruits.

In the dark night, under the city of Wuguan, Gao Renhou personally led a group of the best of Xichuan's elite, and the yellow-headed army touched the city.At this time, the 5000-strong Yellow-headed Army was led by five generals, including Wang Jian, who had fled from the eight capitals of the Zhongwu Yellow-headed Army founded by Cui Anqian and strengthened by Yang Fuguang.The five generals who were driven to Chengdu by Zhu Wen swallowed their land and soldiers, but unexpectedly got the trust of Tian Lingzi, a fellow villager, and was entrusted with important tasks.

At this time, Wang Jian, the escort general, was the forward of the Yellow-headed Army, and led his men to the city.

Tonight, it was the turn of the Shence Army recruits transferred from Chang'an to defend the city at Dongguan. In the middle of the night, the autumn wind was cold, and the recruits guarding the city could no longer bear the cold. Fell asleep.

The city wall, nearly three feet high, is very high. If there is an elite guarding the pass carefully, it is true that one man can guard the pass, and no one can open it.

It's a pity that the defenders closed at this time are only recruits.

"Hey, wake up!"

The guard on duty who patrolled the city kicked the soldier who was already asleep at the foot of the wall and kicked him several times before the guard finally woke up.

Just as the guards were looking at the star officer with a gloomy face in fear, suddenly black shadows jumped down one after another from the nearby battlements.The guard froze for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and when he saw that it wasn't a few night owls, he immediately opened his mouth wide in horror, pointed there, but remained speechless for a long time.

The star officer followed his fingers and turned his head to look back, but in his pupils, he saw a little cold light coming first, and then a sharp piercing sound rang in his ears.

"Enemy attack..." He just came and shouted two words in surprise, the sharp arrow had already shot through his wide-open mouth, and came out of the back of his head.The officer on duty didn't understand how he came back until his death. There were [-] defenders in the city, and [-] Sanchuan allied troops twenty miles outside the city.Who are the enemies and where do they come from?

Bang, the dead body fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

Several patrolling guards and soldiers defending the city let out sharp screams almost at the same time, and the star officer who fell in front of them let them understand what happened.Whoever came, in short, they were attacked.

Wang Jian shot down an officer defending the city with an arrow, snorted coldly, and swung his right hand. Several yellow-headed soldiers who had jumped onto the top of the city immediately took off their bows and crossbows one after another. A burst of strong bows and crossbows passed by. The panic-stricken defenders all shut their mouths forever.

"Team A and Team B follow me to seize the gate, Team C and Team D clean up the gate, and the brothers behind go to the city, let's go!" Wang Jian quickly ordered according to the tactics drawn up before the attack, and then rushed towards the horse road in the lower city. go.

The clang of the alarm bell has already sounded hastily, followed by the whine of the horn.

After a while, there was already a commotion on the top of the city, the flames were soaring into the sky, and shouts of killing were everywhere.

Gao Renhou, who was lying in ambush not far outside the city, stared at the direction of Guancheng. When he saw bursts of flames rising into the sky, he finally tightened his grip on the handle of the knife, jumped up suddenly, and shouted: "Take it!" Pick up the knife and rush with me!"

The city head is lost, the city gate is lost, the city gate is lost...

The city gates were opened, the drawbridge was lowered...

Gao Renhou led the army and rushed to Wuguan. Amidst the roar, the Sanchuan Northern Expeditionary Army poured into Wuguan like a tide.

When the sun was rising in the east, the original flags on Wuguan had been pulled down, and several flags of the Northern Expeditionary Army stood high, facing the golden rising sun, fluttering with the wind, and hunting! (To be continued.)