Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 268 The Desperate Yan Gaoqing

Chapter 268 The Desperate Yan Gaoqing
Changshan is a large state in Hebei and an important town in Hebei, with a large population and an important geographical location.

After Yan Gaoqing rebelled against An Lushan and brought Changshan back to the Tang Dynasty, in order to deal with Anlushan's counterattack, Yan Gaoqing actively recruited troops to strengthen Changshan's defense.

Some of Changshan's original soldiers and horses, together with the soldiers and horses Yan Gaoqing had recruited these days, in just eight days, Yan Gaoqing already had [-] soldiers under his command.

Just hearing this number is quite bluffing, but there are no elite soldiers among them, and the newly recruited soldiers have not received any training, and their combat effectiveness is very poor.

The so-called shooting the first bird, Yan Gaoqing is undoubtedly the first bird.

After Shi Siming and Cai Xide's two anti-armies crossed the Yellow River north from Luoyang, they rushed straight to Changshan.

To the north of the Yellow River is the North China Plain, and there is no place that must be conquered all the way to Changshan. Shi Siming and Cai Xide don't care about other states and counties, just staring at Changshan's menacing attack.

After marching overnight, in just four days, the two rebel forces, Shi Siming and Cai Xide, met under Changshan City and besieged Changshan City.

The [-] rebels led by Shi Siming and Cai Xide are elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles. Although Yan Gaoqing also got [-] defenders in Changshan City, Yan Gaoqing did not think arrogantly that he could compete with Shi Siming with his own strength. Cai Xide's strength is on par.

Yan Gaoqing was still very clear-headed, knowing that almost all of the [-] defenders in his hands were newly recruited without any training, and a slight casualty would cause chaos. If he was alone, it would be very difficult for Chang Shan Hold it.

Therefore, before Shi Siming and Cai Xide's army encircled Changshan, Yan Gaoqing sent his second son Yan Quanming and his subordinate Dou Wande to seek help from Wang Chengye on the east side of Changshan.

At this time, the number of soldiers under Wang Chengye was not less than that of Yan Gaoqing, and the combined force of the two was enough for [-]. If Wang Chengye was willing to send troops to contain Shi Siming and Cai Xide, Chang Shan still had a great hope of defending.

Yan Gaoqing didn't know what would happen if his son and Dou Wande went to ask Wang Chengye for help, he stared at the [-] rebels below the city who were well-organized and murderous.

"These were supposed to be the elite of the Tang Dynasty, but they rebelled with the traitor An Lushan!" Yan Gaoqing said very sadly.

Under the city wall, Shi Siming and Cai Xide also stared at Yan Gaoqing on the city wall.

Shi Siming waved his hand, and a soldier put a head where Yan Gaoqing could see it.

"Yan Gaoqing, Your Majesty treats you well and still lets you be the prefect of Changshan, but you dare to betray His Majesty. This is the head of your eldest son, and His Majesty has already killed him!" Shi Siming said coldly at Yan Gaoqing on the city wall. yelled.

At that time, An Lushan still kept Yan Gaoqing as the prefect of Changshan, but in order to prevent Yan Gaoqing from having a different intention, he also took Yan Gaoqing's eldest son as a hostage. Now Yan Gaoqing really brought Changshan back to Datang, An Lushan was furious, and of course he wanted to kill Yan Gaoqing's eldest son as a hostage.

Looking at the head of her eldest son, Yan Gaoqing's heart twitched violently, the pain made him almost unable to breathe.

However, Yan Gaoqing had prepared herself long before the uprising, and quickly recovered.

"How dare that rebel in An Lushan call 'Your Majesty'? I, Yan Gaoqing, am a minister of the Tang Dynasty, so I am naturally loyal to the Tang Dynasty. In order to wipe out the rebel An Lushan and ensure the country of the Tang Dynasty, my son's death is worthy of death!" Yan Gaoqing said righteously.

"Okay! Yan Gaoqing, you are ruthless enough. But not only your eldest son will die, you will die too, and your Yan family will be exterminated!" Shi Siming said, pointing to Yan Gaoqing on the city wall.

"Attack!" After finishing speaking, Shi Siming directly ordered the rebels to start attacking Changshan City.

"Kill!" The rebels did not carry heavy siege weapons such as catapults. The rebel soldiers only carried ladders to climb the city walls and logs hit the city gates.

In addition, the cavalry in the rebel army provided bow and arrow cover for the rebel infantry who attacked the city.

"Hoo! Shoo! Shoo!" The rebels shot arrows at the defenders on Changshan City Wall.

The defenders on the Changshan city wall also shot arrows at the rebel soldiers who were attacking the city violently.

Suddenly, arrows rained down, and soldiers were hit by arrows every moment.

Although the garrison soldiers on the city wall occupy a high position, most of the garrison soldiers are just recruits. Many of them don't even have armor and weapons, and their bow and arrow skills are also poor. Less, can't be opened and used.

Therefore, the arrow rain of the defending army is much more sparse and less accurate than that of the counter army, killing the enemy almost only by luck.

Naturally, the defenders who were hit by arrows were much more than the rebels who attacked the city.

"Ah!" After being hit by arrows, many defenders fell from the city wall.

This fierce siege battle lasted for a whole day, and the rebel soldiers attacked the city wall several times. Although Yan Gaoqing personally commanded the soldiers to kill the rebels each time, the defenders suffered heavy casualties after one day.

Originally, in a normal city offensive and defensive battle, the attacking side should suffer far more losses than the defending side.

However, since most of the Changshan defenders were recruits recruited in the past few days without any training, their quality was so poor that the number of casualties of the defenders was more than twice that of the siege rebels.

As night fell, the rebels did not continue to attack the city overnight.

This not only allowed the anti-army soldiers to have a good night's rest, but also the Changshan defenders could also have a good night's rest.

Although the rebel army stopped attacking at night, Yan Gaoqing kept frowning, full of sorrow.

Sure enough, the gap between the untrained defenders under his command and the elite soldiers of the anti-army is too big. If things go on like this, Changshan City will be unable to defend it in three days, and I don’t know how many times. What happened to Ziyan Quanming asking Wang Chengye for help? Why was there no sign of Wang Chengye's reinforcements coming all day?
What Yan Gaoqing didn't know was that the rescue he was looking forward to had no hope at all.

Because although Wang Chengye received his request for help, not only did Wang Chengye have no intention of bringing troops to help Changshan, but instead put his second son Yan Quanming and Dou Wande under house arrest.

"Kill!" At dawn the next morning, Shi Siming and Cai Xide ordered the rebels to attack the city again.

Another day of brutal offensive and defensive battles began.

When night fell again and the rebel army Mingjin stopped attacking the city, every brick and stone at the top of Changshan City was already stained red with blood. Bodies of soldiers and rebels piled up.

Yan Gaoqing has not slept well for two days.

"What about the reinforcements, why haven't there been any movement for two days?" Yan Gaoqing's lips were chapped, but under the worry and anger, he didn't even think about drinking water, he just repeated why the reinforcements hadn't come yet.

Wang Chengye is not far from Changshan. If he is willing to come to the rescue, there should be movement on the first day, but there is no!
"Could it be that Wang Chengye is unwilling to come to rescue Chang Shan?" The only thing Yan Gaoqing thought of was that Wang Chengye was unwilling to come to rescue, which made Yan Gaoqing feel sad and angry.
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(End of this chapter)

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