Tiantang

Chapter 361 Luoyang Falls, Anlu Mountain Proclaims Emperor!

Chapter 369 Luoyang Falls, Anlu Mountain Proclaims Emperor!
Although Yan Zhenqing retreated to Luoyang, he couldn't just watch the rebel army approach the city.

Xingyang was originally the eastern gateway of Luoyang. When Xingyang fell, Luoyang's door was opened and exposed directly to the Anlushan rebels.

Since An Lushan led his army to enter Henan Province, he has won many battles and victories, his army's morale has been greatly boosted, and his arrogance has become even more arrogant. Therefore, An Lushan sent his generals Tian Chengsi, An Zhongzhi, Zhang Xiaozhong, etc. The forward led the elite troops to attack Luoyang.

Yan Zhenqing saw the rapid progress of the An army, so he cut off the Heyang Bridge and stationed in Wulao to resist the enemy by danger.It is a pity that Yan Zhenqing's army suffered heavy losses in the previous Bianzhou War, and the new army that was organized hastily was all untrained, extremely poor combat effectiveness, or unemployed vagrants.

Therefore, when the two armies fought against each other, under the impact of the iron cavalry of the Anlushan rebels, the new army immediately fell into chaos and was defeated.Yan Zhenqing collected the remnants, fought against the rebels again in Kuiyuan, and suffered a disastrous defeat; after that, he fought against the rebels inside the East Gate and suffered heavy losses.On the third day of September, Luoyang fell, and the rebels broke in from the four gates, burning, killing and looting.In the end, he had no choice but to escape from the broken body on the west wall of Luoyang Palace, and fled to Tongguan across the wall and abandoned the city to the west.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, fell like this, and the dangerous terrain around it became a decoration.

On the third day of September in the first year of Zhide, An Lushan captured Luoyang, the eastern capital, within less than two months of raising troops.For a time, the world shook.

Before that, the Anlushan rebels split into two groups in Bianzhou, pressing Luoyang all the way, and pressing Suiyang all the way, as Zhang Xuan expected, trying to go straight to the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, occupying half of the Tang Dynasty.

Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, defended the city with thousands of soldiers, competing with An Qingxu's tens of thousands of troops.Xu Yuan led the army to fight hard, and when the food was exhausted, they lived on rats and fruit, and occupied the city without leaving the city.The day before Luoyang fell, Suiyang was finally outnumbered and captured by An Qingxu's rebels.

Xu Yuan was captured alive by An Qingxu and sent to Luoyang. Xu Yuan refused to surrender, was killed by An Lushan, and died in a martyrdom.This is not to mention later.

On the fourth day of September, autumn is breezy and crisp.

An Lushan led his army into Luoyang city on tall horses.The prosperous city of Luoyang has gone through the flames of war between the two armies and the burning, killing and looting of Fan Yang's rebels, and the outer city has been completely deserted.

Dozens of Luoyang officials, led by a fat middle-aged man, hurried out of the city and knelt before the horse's head on Anlu Mountain.

An Lushan actually recognized the person under his feet as Henan Yin Daxi.

But An Lushan waved his whip arrogantly, and said calmly, "Who is kneeling down?"

"My subordinate Henan Yin Daxi welcomes the king into the city, please spare my life!"

Daxi knelt down on the ground in fear, fearing that An Lushan, who killed people without blinking an eye, would take him under the knife.Although he did not lead his army against the rebels.

"Daxi? Henan Yin?" An Lushan snorted softly, "Get up, for your sake of abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, this king will spare your life."

When An Lushan took Luoyang, he had to rely on someone to manage Luoyang City for him, so he generally would not kill officials who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.People like Da Xi still have a certain use value for him.

"Where are Li Yu and Lu Yi?" An Lushan twitched his lips slightly, swung the whip in his hand vigorously, and it exploded in mid-air.

"Returning to the king, Li Wei and Lu Yi should be in the mansion and have not escaped." Daxi said respectfully.

"Lead the way ahead! This king is going to meet these two people." An Lushan stabbed.

When the Anlushan rebels entered the mansion, Li's mansion was already empty, only Li Yu was calm and composed, dressed in court clothes, and sat alone in the mansion court.On the other hand, Lu Yi arranged for his wife to flee to Chang'an from Jiandao with the official seal in her pocket, while he himself sat in the Yushitai with his chest full.His subordinate officials have long since disappeared.

An Lushan sent troops to arrest Li Wei, Lu Yi, and the interviewing judge Jiang Qing. He pretended to be a corporal and greeted them in person at the gate of Luoyang Palace.

"My lords, Mr. An is being polite!" An Lushan said with a smile all over his face and clasped his fists.

He and these two are considered acquaintances. He knows that these two people have a good reputation and talent. If they can be allowed to surrender, it will be of great benefit to his next step of usurping the country and proclaiming himself emperor.

Li Yan ignored An Lushan, but looked at Lu Yi and clasped his fists and said, "Master Lu, Luoyang City was broken and fell into the hands of thieves. You and I are really ashamed that we failed to protect the city for the country!"

Lu Yi let out a long sigh, clasped his fists and said, "Lu is ashamed!"

"Lord Lu, please forgive me for taking a step ahead."

Lu Yi's shoulders trembled, his face blushed and he stared at Li Wei, trembling and cupping his fists, he said in a low voice, "Master Li, go slowly! Lu is here to accompany you!"

The two looked at each other and each raised their hands and laughed wildly.

After a while, Li Yan turned his head and glared at An Lushan, raised his hand and scolded, "An thief! Hu'er! The Emperor of Tang Dynasty treated you well, yet you dare to rebel. Such an unfaithful and unrighteous person will be punished by heaven." An thief, even if I die in Jiuquan, I wish I could eat your flesh and drink your blood!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent!" Li Wei cried loudly, then broke free from the encirclement of the rebel soldiers, and slammed his head into the cold palace wall. Blood flowed on the spot, his brains burst, and he died unexpectedly.

Lu Yi covered his face and wept bitterly.

Lu Yiyang pointed to Daxi, Tian Chengsi, An Zhongzhi, Zhang Xiaozhong and others who were beside An Lushan and angrily said, "People should know how to be obedient. You are the ministers of the court. If you are a traitor, you deserve death!"

"An Lushan dog thief..."

Just as Lu Yi was about to curse again, An Lushan became furious, pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and stabbed fiercely, hitting Lu Yi's abdomen.

Blood flowed profusely, and Lu Yi collapsed to the ground, but he continued to curse until he died.

The loyalty of the two, even if they are soldiers of the rebel army, no one present will be moved.

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As soon as Li Heng's brigade arrived in Qizhou, they got the news that Luoyang had fallen.

Li Tan and Chen Xilie, the kings of Jianning, described it in the report: "The palace was burned, and there was no one left in ten. Hundreds of grasses were abandoned, and there was no rafter. In the middle, there are less than a thousand households. Jingyi, Jing, is called by jackals. There is no military reserve. , and lack of manpower. From Zheng and Bian in the east, to Xufang, from Tan and Huaijing in the north to Xiangtu, it is cut off from the population, and it is depressed for thousands of miles..."

Li Heng tightly squeezed the memorial in his hand, his face was livid.

It doesn't matter if Luoyang falls and falls, the problem is that An Lushan can't wait to ascend the throne in Luoyang and proclaim himself emperor, and the country is named Dayan.He also publicly issued an appeal against Li Heng, calling Li Heng a thief who stole the country, and called on people all over the world to rise up and attack him.

How could Li Heng endure this?

"Bie An, damn it, damn it!" Li Heng roared in the big tent, shouting angrily.Among the attendants, none of them dared to speak.

Yang Guozhong looked at Li Heng's face, clasped his fists and bowed, "Your Majesty, Yan Zhenqing's successive defeats led to the fall of Luoyang and the people's deprivation. He should be punished for his crime!"

Li Heng raised his eyebrows suddenly, and looked at Yang Guozhong with an unkind expression.

Yan Zhenqing's consecutive defeats made An Lushan go straight, Li Heng was of course extremely annoyed.But for this sake, Li Heng also knew in his heart that it would be of no avail to pursue Yan Zhenqing's responsibility.If Yan Zhenqing was moved at this time, it would be even more unbearable if he changed in front of the battle.

More importantly, he is not available now.If Yan Zhenqing was beheaded, who would guard Tongguan for the Tang court?

At this point, Yang Guozhong was still busy framing others out of personal selfishness, Li Heng was getting more and more angry, but in the face of the national crisis, he couldn't get angry, so he had to forcefully suppress his anger.

"Yang Xiang, An Lushan captured Luoyang. The most urgent task is to order Yan Zhenqing to guard Tongguan and keep Chang'an, not to pursue his crimes. Huo Changqing, spread my will quickly and order all soldiers and horses in the world to speed up to serve the king. An Lushan, a rebellious usurper, was wiped out in Luoyang City!"

"Decree Yan Zhenqing, let me tell you what I said, if he doesn't give me another victory, if he loses to the rebels again, then he doesn't have to come to see me. Just outside Tongguan, die in the battlefield !"

Li Heng's voice was extremely cold and stern, almost becoming angry from embarrassment.

Since the start of the war, the court soldiers and horses have been defeated one after another, but they have not won a single game.No matter how powerful the Anlushan rebels are, how vulnerable are the court soldiers?
"Report!"

A palace guard hurriedly walked into the big tent and prostrated himself on the ground, "Report to Your Majesty, King Yongning Zhang Xuan led an army of 15 to go south to hunt for thieves, and now he has arrived in Qingzhou!"

Li Heng was overjoyed, and suddenly got up and said, "Okay, okay! Pass the decree to Zhang Xuan, come quickly to King Qin, I will go to Longzhou to wait for him!"

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Almost at the same time, Zhang Xuan got the news that An Lushan had taken Luoyang and made himself emperor.

Although everything was expected, Zhang Xuan still sighed deeply and remained silent for a long time.

The Tang army has been at ease for too long, and it is impossible to fight against the sturdy Fan Yang cavalry.But the combat power is so indiscriminate that it can only make people speechless.

Zhang Xuan looked around at the generals, and said calmly, "Everyone, the Anlushan rebels took Luoyang and claimed to be the Emperor of Yan. Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, died in the battle. Preservation. Since then, in less than two months, half of the Tang Dynasty has fallen into the hands of thieves, which is really embarrassing!"

Feng Changqing also sighed, clasped his fists and said, "Commander, if Luoyang falls, we can only hope that Yan Zhenqing can keep Tongguan. If Tongguan is lost again, Chang'an will not be able to keep it. And in this way, the court..."

Zhang Xuan gave a wry smile, turned to look at Guo Ziyi, "Guo Ziyi, is there any news from Your Majesty?"

"Responding to the Commander, His Majesty has sent someone to send an order, saying that he will wait for the Commander in Longzhou, and ask the Commander to lead the army to Longzhou to protect the Holy Driver!" Guo Ziyi said loudly.

Zhang Xuan sneered in his heart, but said lightly, "Draft a memorial for this king, saying that Luoyang has fallen and Tongguan is at stake. I will immediately lead an army to attack Tongguan day and night, trying to defend Chang'an——As for your majesty, please lead your army." If you go to Lingzhou, His Majesty will be safe and sound in Lingzhou."

(End of this chapter)