Late Tang

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In the fourth year of Li Xuanzhong and the first year of Li Ye Zhenlong, September [-]th. .

It has been a few days since Gao Renhou suddenly turned his face and attacked Wuguan and entered Lantian in Guanzhong.This sad news finally reached the ears of Yang Fugong of the Hezhong Prefecture. At this time, the commander of the Datang Alliance Army, the Rong Envoy of the Tenth Army and the Twelve Guards, the Lieutenant of the Left and Right Shence Army, the Privy Council Envoy, and the Xuanhui Academy Envoy Yang Fugong's face paled in shock, and his lips could not stop. Trembling, the eyeballs almost fell out.He couldn't believe it, and he couldn't believe the bad news that had just been delivered.

"Lan Tian, ​​how is Lan Tian?"

Lantian is not more than a hundred and eighty miles away from Chang'an, and it is already the last gateway to the southeast of Chang'an.Once Lantian is lost, Gao Renhou can directly march into Bashang and approach the city of Chang'an.

"Your Majesty transferred Yang Shouxin, the commander of the Yushan Battalion, and Li Shoujie, the commander of Shen Ce, to reinforce Lantian guard Hu Hongli. They are now desperately leading their troops to resist Gao Renhou. There are only a few generals, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight against the crowd. Your Majesty urgently ordered Wei Wang to return to Shi Guanzhong immediately, and King Qin will protect him!"

Jia Desheng, one of Yang Fugong's adoptive sons outside the house, hurriedly shouted: "King Wei, we must not withdraw our troops at this time. We and the coalition forces came out from the pass, and now we are confronting the [-] Qin troops here, just like riding on the back of a tiger." Shang Ye, how can you just retreat at this time. If we retreat in a hurry at this time, I am afraid that we will be taken advantage of by the Qin army, and we will die without a place to die."

It's just that Yang Fugong is in a mess right now, how can he listen to these things.All he thinks about is Chang'an, if Chang'an falls, then the son of heaven that their brothers have finally registered will fall behind Tian Lingzi's hands.Tian Lingzi will definitely abolish Li Ye when the time comes, and restore Li Xuan again.that time.There is no emperor in hand.Zhuzhen Festival handsome soldiers and horses.Who else would listen to his orders?Back then in Chengdu, when Tian Lingzi kidnapped Li Xuan and left him, he had to flee from Xichuan, because without the emperor in hand, he was just an eunuch.Now the old things are about to repeat itself, how can he not be afraid.

"No, I have to go back to Chang'an." Yang Fugong said tremblingly with a pale face.

Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong under the tent, heard this.His face instantly turned ashen.Only a few counties of Hezhong Prefecture remained in his Hezhong Town.If Yang Fugong withdrew, then the soldiers and horses of the towns would retreat immediately, leaving him alone, how would he face the [-] elite Qin army on the other side of the Fen River?Thinking that he was about to become a bereaved dog, Wang Chongrong felt terrified and uneasy.

"Wei Wang, absolutely not, absolutely not. If Wei Wang withdraws his army, it will be difficult to hold on to Hezhong. At that time, the Qin army will go south to attack Shaanxi, and the west will enter Guanzhong. The court is in danger!"

Just no matter how much he begged, Yang Fugong was like a bastard eating a weight.I am determined.And the other towns in Guanzhong still have the heart to stay here at this moment.Since leaving the customs, the situation has changed day by day. Seeing the Qin army attacking the city and pulling out the village, they were helpless.Especially after Yang Fuguang was captured, there was no commander with sufficient prestige in the coalition army. Yang Fugong led the army, but lost several good fighters in vain. Day by day, the situation has become more and more corrupt.Now that Tian Lingzi's internal strife has gone to Guanzhong to make matters worse, and Li Jing's two armies have also marched westward, who can still sit still.

Dongfang Kui, the governor of Baoda Festival, did not go to Hezhong in person this time. He pretended to be ill and did not fight. He only sent his son to lead [-] old and weak.At this time, he had already received an urgent letter from his father, telling him that Li Jing's three eunuchs from the same army had suddenly come to the west. big.In Dongfang Kui's letter, he not only asked his son to drive back, but also ordered him to persuade the commanders and generals to bring back the [-] soldiers and horses from Dingnan, Zhenwu, and Tiande.

"King Wei, we can't stay here for long. Guanzhong is our foundation. If there is a loss in Guanzhong, it will be truly lost. The soldiers of the four towns of Baoda, Dingnan, Zhenwu, and Tiande all think that it is time to Withdraw. If we delay any longer, Chang'an may be in danger. And now that Li Jing has gained a firm foothold in Luoyang, and all the important land in the east of the river is lost, we will continue to sit in this isolated place. I'm afraid that when the Qin army arrives one after another, we think I can't even walk."

"I can't retreat. The Qin army has reinforcements, and we also have reinforcements. Shannan Jiejun Liu Jurong has just defeated the Qin army in Xiangyang and Qin Zongquan's troops. He will soon go north to Luoyang. At that time, the Qin army must divide troops to defend..."

"Wang Shuai, come on, even if Liu Jurong defeats Qin Zongquan, they may not necessarily go north. Even if they go north, Luoyang still has [-] Qin clan elites led by Li Jing personally, and Xu Su also has Zhao Ji. Tens of thousands of elites. Even if Liu Jurong's tens of thousands of troops go northward, it is impossible to break through Li Jing's defense, let alone reinforce us." Dongfang Xin quickly retorted.

"Stop making noise!" Yang Fugong suddenly jumped into a rage, and shouted impatiently in a high-pitched voice. "I've made up my mind, I can't stay in the river for long. Tomorrow morning, I will immediately lead the Shence Army back to Chang'an for rescue. As for the other towns..."

Before he finished his words, Dongfang Xin immediately followed him, and I will immediately drive back to the feudal town tomorrow morning. "

All the generals in the other feudal towns also said that they would withdraw their troops. As a result, the scene that Wang Chongrong didn't want to see happened in the end.None of the feudal towns were willing to help him defend Hezhong, let alone counterattack and retake other states and counties in Hezhong.

In the early morning of September 36th, the [-]th Shence Army led by Yang Fugong left Hezhong Mansion first, and they withdrew from the camp and retreated slowly.Instead of retreating to Fengling Pass when they came, they retreated directly to the Pujin Bridge to the west, planning to cross the river directly from here to Tongzhou in Guanzhong and return to Chang'an.Immediately behind them were the four towns of Baoda, Dingnan, Zhenwu, and Tiande. This mob, which numbered [-], was the most active when retreating.In addition, Tonghua Jiedu Town**, Binning Jiedu Jingnan Army, Jingyuan Jiedu Zhangyi Army, Shanguo Jiedu Baoyi Army, Fengxiangwei** and other towns planned to go south to Fengling Pass and return from Tongguan Guanzhong.

At the beginning, the coalition forces withdrew in two parts, which was fairly orderly.But it didn't take long for this order to be broken.

At noon that day, several messengers galloped over, bringing even worse news to Zhuzhen.

Li Shoujie and Li Shouxin in Lantian, after holding on for many days and bloody battles, were finally outnumbered.Lantian was captured by Gao Renhou's army, commander of Dongchuan Festival.The Lantian defenders were almost gone.Only a small group broke through at night and fled back to Chang'an.Gao Renhou took advantage of the victory and advanced. He had stationed troops in Bashang and encircled Chang'an.

Hearing this news, Yang Fugong was shocked, and hastily ordered the Shence Army to speed up the time to cross the bridge, and even ordered to throw away most of the supplies, just hoping to cross the river and enter the customs as soon as possible.But in this way, a large amount of supplies began to be discarded on the road.Instead, it caused a blockage of follow-up troops.

Later, Dongfangxin also received an urgent report from Baoda Yuzhou. After receiving follow-up military reinforcements, Li Jing's three major Taibao troops crossed the river to reach [-] elite troops. They used Danzhou as their base and had captured most of Yanzhou. Linzhou is seriously threatening Linzhou.Although Dongfang believes that the [-] soldiers and horses here are all old and weak mobs, Dongfang Kui is already in a panic now, even if it is [-] mobs, if he can rush away.Can also hold out.Therefore, he urgently ordered Dongfang Xin to rush back for reinforcements immediately.

There is only one river bridge on Pusan.Although the bridge is very large, it will not take a while for tens of thousands of troops and a lot of food and grass to pass through.Several armies wanted to cross the river first, and finally began to fight for the crossing. The scale of the fighting became larger and larger, and the order on the bank became more and more chaotic, which eventually caused a major blockage and greatly slowed down the speed of crossing the river.

Half of the coalition forces were blocked in Puban by the Yellow River, but Li Quanzhong and other towns had already reached Fenglingdu on the bank of the Yellow River in the south.

Tanma reported the news back to Lin Wei, the general of Jiangzhou Zhengnan. Hearing the news, Lin Wei stared at the sand table for a long time, and finally showed a smile on his face.

"Pass down the order, the whole army rests immediately, eats in the dark, and crosses the Fen River at night!"

Yang Fugong's coalition forces did not have a unified command at all, and they barely maintained their airs when they left the customs. When they withdrew, they immediately dispersed and became chaotic.They didn't even arrange for the soldiers and horses in the back of the palace, the evacuation of the soldiers and horses of the towns, and the positions on the south bank of the Fen River, and there was not even a person to defend them.The remaining soldiers and horses from Hezhong Town stayed behind, but the front line was already like a sieve, full of holes.At this time, the coalition forces retreated for two days and one night, and some of them had already gone south to Fengling Pass, more than two hundred miles away.Part of it is still in Urasaka. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been stretched over a long line of nearly [-] miles and dispersed into three major parts. How could Lin Wei miss such a good opportunity to attack.

If the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces at this time was Yang Fuguang, or even Li Quanzhong or Li Changyan and other feudal commanders, they would not have made such a mistake.It's a pity that Yang Fugong didn't know about soldiers at all, and all the feudal towns were eager to withdraw, which caused the already loose coalition to make such a fatal mistake when retreating.

On the south bank of the Fen River, as night fell, Yuan Bao and Zhang Lun, Lieutenants of the Baibi River Central Defense Army, finished their day on duty and gathered in their tents to eat meat and drink.While drinking, he cursed Yang Fugong's retreat, and sighed that it was hard to hold on to the river, everyone was about to die, and the future was bleak.Halfway through the wine, the gongs and drums were beating, and the two were startled, knowing that it was an enemy attack.

The two put down their wine glasses, took out their helmets, put them on, and hurried out of the camp.Looking up, I saw that on the east and west sides, on the shining Fen River, several pontoon bridges had been built quickly, and on both sides, there were more engineers and soldiers of the Qin Army rushing to build more pontoon bridges.The engineers of the Qin Army are very professional. Their pontoon bridges have been made a long time ago. At this time, they carried them to the riverside and quickly docked and built them. One can be built in a blink of an eye.

On the pontoon bridge that has been built on the Fen River, several groups of Qin troops are riding over the bridge swiftly on tall horses, while the river defenders on the south bank in front of them dare not go forward at all. , but turned around like a swarm of bees and ran towards the south, hating their parents for losing two legs.

Yuan Bao couldn't help but let out a low voice, and scolded: "Fleeing on hearing the news, what a f*cking timid as a mouse, what are you doing!"

But when they looked up to the north bank, they immediately saw a fire rising into the sky on the north bank. Countless torches gathered together, illuminating the river bank as bright as day.These torches gathered into fire dragons, sweeping toward the south bank.

The two were stunned.

"Here, how many people are here?" Zhang Lun asked in a low voice.

Yuan Bao swallowed his saliva, and replied with some difficulty: "At least it must be above ten thousand riders!"

"This, this!" Both of them have fought many battles, but they used to fight wars between feudal towns, chaotic battles, scuffle battles, and they used to think that they were considered wars.But at this moment, it's just like messing around with a child.Tens of thousands of cavalry charged, and it was at night again. Although the momentum of thousands of horses galloping could not be seen, countless torches gathered.Plus that thunderous hooves.Ten thousand horses neighed.But it made people's heart beat faster and frightened.

Feeling the shock of tens of thousands of horses trampling on the ground, watching the fire dragons gathered by countless torches, their faces were already pale with fear!

When they regained their composure, the two of them lost their composure.They looked at each other, screamed, and all turned their heads and fled, joining the fleeing troops who had been despised by them just now.

The forward of the Qin army.It was led by Lin Wu.He has been riding his horse and standing on the high slope on the north bank, watching every move on the battlefield.

Everything in front of him surprised and surprised him.

Following Lin Wei's military order, he took the lead in launching a night attack. He originally planned to take advantage of the new retreat of the coalition forces and the opportunity for the Hezhong Army to mend the loopholes in the defense line before they came, and to test the attack.It would be best if he could cross the river. Even if he couldn't, he had to seize the opportunity tonight.He severely taught Xiahe Zhongjun a lesson and inflicted heavy casualties on them.

No one can think of it.At this time, there were still as many as [-] defenders in the river on the south bank of the Fen River, but they had already crossed the Fen River quickly and set foot on the land on the south bank after only one round of raids on the Baibi line.Surprise, big surprise.

Lin Wu couldn't bear the excitement anymore, he drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "The whole army strikes! Cross the river!"

On the battlefield, the bugle sounded passionately, and the charging horn sounded continuously. More Qin troops finally entered the battlefield one by one, striving to cross the Fen River.

On the south bank of the Fen River, a military flag embroidered with black flying eagles fluttered in the wind, hunting and hunting amidst the flames soaring into the sky.

With the flying of this military flag, a Qin army has already occupied a position on the south bank.

The Fen River has been crossed, and not far to the south is the Baibi Fortress on a high slope.This fortress with the mountains on its back and facing the river is a famous fort on the south bank of the Fen River. The battle between Li Tang and Liu Wuzhou in the east of the river was the battle that determined the surname.Now, the Qin army crossing the river is also facing the obstruction of Baibi City.

"Combine!"

Lin Wu held his sword and shouted. Facing this extremely dangerous high-slope fortress, his expression was dignified, but he was not afraid.The Hezhong Army voluntarily abandoned the South Bank, which was the biggest mistake they made.Now that he has crossed the Fen River, the Bobi Fort is no longer impenetrable.

What he led was indeed the cavalry of the Qin army, and cavalry was not traditionally a good unit for siege.But this is only in general, and for Qin Jun, it has always been an unusual path.Who said cavalry can't attack a city?

He decided to adopt the advanced tactics of the Qin army.

He divided the [-] riders into two batches of ten teams each.There are five hundred riders in each team, and he leads a group by himself, and the formation does not move.The other group of five thousand cavalry attacked Baibi one after another, but instead of climbing the city to fight, they first covered the attack with arrow rain, and then used the flying thunder cannons dragged by horses to carry out shelling in turn.

After the front team finished fighting for a while, the rear team took over, and took turns attacking in this way, covering the Fortress with saturated shelling until they were defeated.

Yuan Bao and Zhang Lun, who managed to escape into Baibi City, stood on the top of the city, panting in shock.When they saw the cavalry of the Qin army crossing the river with unstoppable momentum and continuing to charge towards the castle, they were stunned in surprise, and then laughed.Is Qin Jun stupid?Fort Berbeck is so dangerous, they actually use cavalry to attack such a military fort, they are really too conceited.

But they were only happy for less than a moment.

Then it was immediately discovered that the Qin army was not stupid or crazy to attack the city with cavalry.Rather, they have a brand new set of tactics. The bows and arrows they shoot from the top of the city can't even reach the opponent's cavalry.Every time their cavalry hit the city, they were out of the range of the bows and arrows on the city, but the opponent's crossbow was extremely powerful, and the range far exceeded them. Shot down.

But what frightened them more was not these bows and arrows, but the steel cylinders that were dragged by the cavalry as big as their arms.

As one torch was ignited, the iron cylinders that were quickly buried on the ground fired one after another, and there were earth-shattering cracks one after another.Then, the city began to shatter, and the earth trembled.Countless exclamations and screams sounded, and more defenders began to fall. Many people were blown to pieces, stumps and broken arms flew around, and blood splattered continuously...

Under the fierce attack of the Qin army, the city was full of defenders, and almost lost their casualties in just a few rounds!

September [-]th.

Shangyang Palace and Xianju Palace in Luoyang.

Gongsun Lan notified Lin Wei, the general of the Southern Expedition, that he had crossed the Fen River and defeated Wang Chongrong in the river.And in just two days.He has already won the good news of Hezhong Mansion.Wang Chongrong's Fenhe, Baibi, and Yubi defense lines did not delay the Qin army's footsteps at all.

A strategic location that must be contested by military strategists.The communication throat of Qin and Jin Dynasties, Hezhong Mansion, an important military place at the intersection of Guanzhong, Hedong and Henan, was captured by the Qin army.Wang Chongrong only led more than [-] defeated soldiers and retreated to Shanzhou.

After this good news, the officials immediately asked: "He was born a sage, and he thought of the people. Your Highness is the throne, and the destiny has returned! Today is another four or five years. If you are not in the right position, how can you comfort the hope of the people in the world?" ?In the past, the emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty punished Xiang Ji, and it was not against his feelings to persuade his followers to advance. Today, His Highness eliminates riots and seeks to survive the people, and he has made great achievements in the universe. Said, "The ministers dare to die!"

Has been persuaded three times.If you don't agree again, we will die for you!

This time it is the turn of Prime Minister Zheng Congxuan to take the lead in expressing his opinion: "Your Highness is humble. I write in the world, feel the gods, and I am willing to work for the livelihood of the people, and I am obedient to the invitation of the officials!"

After three times of persuasion, Zheng Congxuan didn't have much hope at first. According to Li Jing's previous firm attitude, he didn't seem to want to ascend the throne too early.But to everyone's surprise, Li Jing just humbly agreed a few times this time.

Li Jing waited for Zheng Congxuan to persuade him to come in again, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "The Central Plains has not been leveled, and the army has not stopped. My original plan was to wait for the world to be settled before discussing this matter. But since this is God's The decree, the request of the people, and you have repeatedly invited me, so I will follow the public opinion and listen to everyone! However, this matter is of great importance, and we must do it solemnly, and we must not be hasty. I have to ask you to consider and agree various etiquette."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were stunned for a moment, and then they were extremely happy.Li Jing finally let go, and everyone was relieved.

With King Qin's approval, the next thing will be a matter of course.

Li Jing then ordered Prime Minister Zheng Congxuan and the prime ministers of Zhengshitang to choose an auspicious day for enthronement.

To be enthroned, according to etiquette, there must be a complete set of etiquette system, which cannot be sloppy at all.As for setting a date, it is like ordinary people marrying a daughter-in-law and a daughter. You have to choose a good and auspicious date with great solemnity.Zheng Congxuan felt extremely honored to get this task, King Qin finally agreed to the advice of his leading officials, and now let him choose this big day, this is really a great honor, the honor that only Conglong Yuanzuo can have.

But before he came and calmed down the excitement in his heart, Li Jing said another sentence, which once again stunned all the officials in the hall.

"I have made a decision. Yanjing will be the capital of the new dynasty, and Yanjing will be renamed Shenjing! Officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, return to Yanjing immediately to prepare for various matters!"

This time, Zheng Congxuan was quite shocked.Everyone originally proposed to establish Luoyang as the capital of the new dynasty. The King of Qin did not raise any objections to this matter before, so he thought it was a settled matter.Who would have thought that on such an important day as today, King Qin finally agreed to the persuasion of the officials and agreed to ascend to the throne.But immediately threw out the decision to establish Yanjing as the capital!

So amazing.

The most important thing is that no one has really considered before that Yanjing will be the capital of the new dynasty.

Shenjing, Tianjing, Shendu?

Zheng Congxuan wanted to object, but after thinking about it, it is extremely inappropriate to speak out against such an important day today.Even if he is the prime minister, Qin Wang just agreed to persuade him to make the first important decision, and he immediately refuted it on the spot, which is a bit over the top.But let him accept the fact that Yanjing is the capital of the new dynasty, and he can't help but feel a little unwilling.

His eyes inadvertently caught a slight smile on Li Jing's face, and his heart couldn't help but move.Qin Wang suddenly accepted the persuasion today, and at the same time chose to throw out the decision to make Yanjing the capital at this time, which is not easy no matter how you look at it.It seems that he has long considered the matter of throwing away the capital of Yanjing at this time, and it is difficult for all the officials to object immediately.

Zheng Congyu's heart was shaken, could this really be an ambush by King Qin?If this is the case, then it really means that King Qin chose Yanjing as his capital after careful consideration, otherwise, he didn't have to think so hard.Thinking of this, most of the strong opposition to the capital Yanjing in my heart just now dissipated.

Well, no matter what, King Qin finally agreed to advance to the throne and establish a new dynasty.However, he suddenly remembered an important matter. A new dynasty was about to be established, and the capital of the country had already been decided, but the name of the new dynasty had not yet been announced by the King of Qin!Could it be that according to the usual practice, the title of King Qin's title Qin should be used as the title of the new dynasty?

Great Qin!Great Qin!Great Qin!Zheng Congxuan kept chanting two words in his heart, and every time he chanted it, his heart became more and more excited! . )