Chapter 53 Chapter Fifty-Third: Linghu Chao Yongqiu Wai Zhang Xun Yan Zhenqing Nine Sects Retreat the Enemy Soldier

Tongluo and Turkic ran away after grabbing things in Chang'an, which shows that the alliance is really not strong.They also create a lot of chaos before escaping.Cui Guangyuan, Jingzhao Yin, descended to Anlu Mountain earlier, and when Anlu Mountain came, he opened the city gate to welcome him.Seeing An Lushan and others retreat, Cui Guangyuan thought that the bandits had left, so he took off the official uniform given to him by An Lushan, led a group of subordinates, and surrounded Sun Xiaozhe's house. Sun Xiaozhe is one of An Lushan's most trusted people. why? Because this person's old lady slept with An Lushan, and he slaughtered countless civilians, lived in luxury, and spent money like water.Therefore, Cui Guangyuan, who was an undercover agent, was determined to kill this guy first.However, the operation failed because Son Hyo-cheol was not at home.Hearing that his home was trapped outside, he immediately reported the situation to Fatty An.An Lushan yelled that he had been fooled and was hunted down.Cui Guangyuan is not the kind of stubborn person, if the situation is not good, he will just run away.While running, he also called Su Zhen, the commander of Chang'an, and the two led a dozen undercover agents from the government and county magistrates to Lingwu together.

Li Heng met the two of them and had a pleasant discussion. He took Cui Guangyuan as Yushi doctor and Jing Zhaoyin, and sent him to Weibei to recruit officials and people; he took Su Zhen as Zhongcheng.In terms of Lingwu, 5,000 soldiers from Li Siye, deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and 7,000 elite soldiers from Li Qiyun, the marching commander, also came. Soon after, 50,000 soldiers from Guo Ziyi also came from Hebei.The power of the Lingwu Army was greatly boosted, and everyone finally had the courage to think about the grand plan of revival. On the first day of August in the first year of Zhide (756 A.D.), Li Heng appointed Guo Ziyi as Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and Changshi of Lingwu, and Li Guangbi as Minister of the Ministry of Households, stayed behind in the northern capital, and made peace with Zhang Shi.

Linghu Chao surrounded Yongqiu. After more than forty days, Linghu Chao heard that Emperor Xuanzong had gone to Shu, so he wrote a letter to Zhang Xun.The letter persuading him to surrender was lost by Zhang Xun, and the six generals under him all persuaded him to surrender.Zhang Xunkan was one of the six generals in the city, so he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed. Yongqiu died just like that. After Zhang Xun left the city, it would soon be occupied by bandit troops.It's just that everyone underestimated Zhang Xun. On the second day, Zhang Xun was still not ready to surrender, but hung a large portrait of the Son of Heaven (a portrait of Li Longji) in the hall, and led a group of soldiers to greet Li Longji in court.Zhang Xun made an impassioned speech and wept bitterly.Zhang Xun sent people to "invite" the six generals, who were tied up and reprimanded. You are a special advance in the court, and you are so favored, but you want to surrender and beheaded on the spot.

Combat is about wisdom, not just relying on courage. What kind of person is Zhang Xun? He sent people down the city wall, and let Linghu Chao fall into his trap.Linghu Chao vaguely saw a group of men in black descending from the city wall, he was overjoyed, he knew that Zhang Xun had no good intentions, ten thousand archers fired ten thousand arrows at once, and the arrows rained down all at once.In an instant, those who were let down were dead and motionless.Linghu Chao's emotions were high, but Zhang Xun's expression was serious. He twitched his lips, and gave the next combat command, "Pull up the scarecrow that has fallen down!"

Everyone worked hard all night, and took out a hundred thousand arrows from the scarecrow in black. The grass man borrowed the arrow, Linghu Chao hated it. On the second night, Zhang Xun sent the scarecrow down again, and the thieves shot a few times. Knowing that Zhang Xun was playing a trick again, they went back to rest. On the third night, Zhang Xun sent the scarecrow down again... On the fourth night, the thieves were too lazy to compete with such a mentally handicapped Zhang Xun. When they saw black clothes coming down, some thieves pointed at Zhang Xun as a joke.They will never forget how the 500 real people who dared to die rushed towards them this time.Those warriors killed near the big camp, everyone was at ease, most of them were asleep, and the night watchmen didn't know where they died.When the warriors came, the tens of thousands of people in the camp looked around in panic, heard screams, and fled in a hurry, but they didn't know where to go.And the men in black threw flames into the camp to burn down the camp, doing all sorts of evil.The dead soldiers hacked and killed, and the bandit soldiers ran away for more than ten miles in one breath.After running for a long time, Linghu Chao realized that there was no one chasing him, and there seemed to be only a few hundred murderers behind him!

Linghu Chao's face was flushed, he shouted loudly, and led the crowd to turn around and kill him back.The death squad sent by Zhang Xun also quickly withdrew after the camp was robbed, without giving Linghu Chao any chance to counterattack.Linghu Chao succeeded in besieging Yongqiu again, but after he besieged this time, he found a general on the city wall, standing motionless, like a dead tree... Suddenly, Nalang Jiang shouted and angrily reprimanded Linghu Chao. I don't know which one of the thieves is cheap, and they fired their bows and crossbows. Others followed, arrows flew like rain, and General Lang's face was pierced with six arrows.But what was shocking was that General Lang was injured and remained motionless.The thieves began to discuss anxiously. Some people thought that the thing must be a machine made by Zhang Xun, otherwise it wouldn't have stood still with six holes in its face.

Linghu Chao was also surprised and asked people to take a closer look to see if it was a real person or a dummy. The spies reported that that person was the living Lei Wanchun. Linghu Chao was shocked, and he shouted towards the city: "Zhang Xun, I have seen your military might, but can you defeat God's will?" Zhang Xun shouted: "You don't even know human relations, Still telling me the way of heaven?" Linghu Chao choked again.The two sides are quiet, and the bored can only count sheep.A quarter of an hour later, the gate of the city was suddenly opened wide. Seeing that Zhang Xun led a group of people to attack again, Linghu Chao asked people to stand up and resist.Zhang Xun was just Zhang Xun, his charge was changing, and he was invincible. After a while of charging, he killed more than a hundred bandit soldiers in one breath, and captured fourteen generals of the bandit army.

Linghu Chao was frightened, so he confronted Zhang Xun, but he did not get any benefit.After the discussion, this Yongqiu should not be surrounded. Even if Zhang Xun was captured, many people would die by himself.When everyone heard that Yongqiu would not be attacked, they rejoiced and raised their hands in favor, so the bandit army immediately packed up their things and fled into Chenliu, never daring to appear outside Yongqiu again.But it is impossible for the rebel army to stop. They did not attack Yongqiu, but they used 7,000 infantry and cavalry to garrison Baishawo.Since the troops are stationed here, they must be thinking about attacking the city and conquering the territory, so as to make up for the trauma Zhang Xun caused them.In the middle of the night, Zhang Xun inquired about the whereabouts of these elites, and made a sneak attack overnight, and all 7,000 troops were taken away. Afterwards, Zhang Xun immediately retreated, and encountered 400 bandit soldiers who were urgently rescued on the way. What happened to these 400 people? Not bad, but they were all captured alive.

Zhang Xun looked at the group of people who followed the bandit army to fight. Speaking of which, most of them were Hu people, and some were coerced soldiers.He announced that all the GUI, Tan and Hu soldiers will be killed, and all the coerced soldiers in Xingyang and Chenliu will be dismissed and returned to their jobs.After giving an order, a moving scene appeared in front of my eyes. The soldiers under duress in the two places did not want to go home, and were willing to fight with Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun took them in and used them properly.The news spread, and within a few days, the people saw that there was hope, and they rushed to get rid of the control of the bandit army and join Zhang Xun.After a few days, more than 10,000 households followed Zhang Xun to discuss the thief.

Pingyuan, the Nine Gates under Yan Zhenqing's rule, attracted the attention of Shi Siming and Cai Xide again.They led 10,000 people and attacked the Nine Gates in the south with great fanfare.It's just that ten days have passed, and even Shi Siming feels ashamed.However, persistence is victory. Seeing that Jiumen has no food and will soon be unable to support it, Shi Siming's confidence is still very firm. Soon after, the Nine Gates really surrendered. Shi Siming was very happy, went to the city for a military parade, and was caught off guard by the ambushes who were ambushing the city.Facts have proved that Jiumen is a false surrender!Facts have also proved that although Shi Siming has been very hard-working, he is still very clever.Seeing that the situation was not good, he panicked and wanted to run down the city, but the road was blocked.So, he had no choice but to choose the method of jumping off the building.From the city wall to the pile of corpses outside the city, Shi Siming performed a free fall. When he fell to the ground, the antlers penetrated his left chest.Fortunately, Shi Siming was fatal. The fracture of his left chest did not puncture his heart and lungs. He gritted his teeth, cried on his back, ran while crying, and fled back to Boling overnight.

This is the specific content of the Nine Gates Incident. Yan Zhenqing wrote the content, packed it into wax pills (moisture-proof and anti-corrosion, and is a common item among the people), and sent it to Lingwu.Emperor Li Heng praised Yan Zhenqing with great fanfare, and the official position was given to the Minister of Industry and Doctor of the Imperial History, and the real power was given to Hebei's recruiting, interviewing, and disposing envoys.Later, Comrade Yan Zhenqing's advanced deeds were announced by Li Heng to the counties in Hebei, and sent to Henan, Jiang, Huai and other places. At this time, people in the country knew that the new emperor Li Heng had ascended the throne in Lingwu.This inspired the ambition of the people of the world to restore the country, and finally someone led everyone to conquer the villains and return to their homeland. When the people of the Tang Dynasty shouted angrily, "Return my mountains and rivers", Shi Siming also heard the news.I think he must be angry, his ribs were pierced, and the battle of nine gates, besides embarrassment, is still embarrassing, so he is determined to avenge himself.With extreme anger, he led the army to kill the Nine Gates again.He would no longer believe the words of the nine gate guards, rectified the army, attacked for several days, and finally took down the small nine gate county.Shi Siming's vengeance was avenged, and he killed thousands of people to vent his personal anger. He then led his troops to encircle Gaocheng (East of Shijiazhuang) and pull them out. Shi Siming's luck is very good and very bad. When it is bad, it is very bad, and when it is good, it is very good.Now, his luck came. In September, Shi Siming surrounded Zhao County (that is, Zhaozhou, Zhao County, Shijiazhuang), Bingchen, and pulled it; he also surrounded Changshan. Ten days later, the city fell and thousands of people were massacred. The news of victory seemed to be able to inspire the bandit army, and the bandit general Li Tingwang also started his own actions during this time.He pondered over and over again, so he led more than 20,000 people from Fan and Han to attack Ningling and Xiangyi in the east, and set up camp 30 miles away from Yongqiu City.It seems that Li Tingwang is really tired of life.He had just set up camp not far from Yongqiu, before his butt was hot, Zhang Xun led a surprise attack with 3,000 soldiers and horses, hacked 10,000 people to death, and then quickly retreated.Li Tingwang only saw a group of people coming, and then left again, hacking and killing his group of people on the way, he couldn't figure out how Zhang Xun did it. He rectified the army, stopped fighting Yongqiu, and fled away in embarrassment. Chang'an and Anlu Mountain are doing everything, and the people are mourning. Since Mawei went northward, there were rumors in Chang'an that Prince Li Heng withdrew troops from the north and took back Chang'an (it was true).The people had nothing to do every day, so they hoped that Li Heng would come back soon.It has become like this, we are not afraid of anything, as long as the prince's army arrives, even if we are about to die, we will respond internally and return to the country after death.There was a lot of grief and indignation in the crowd, and from time to time someone took advantage of the chaos and shouted: "The prince's army is coming to attack the city!" At this time, regardless of whether the person shouting is true or not, the people in the market will scream like a tsunami.The thieves in charge of inspections were often frightened by this scene, their faces livid.Sometimes, someone sees smoke and dust in the north (maybe it's just a sandstorm), and sees the people in Chang'an so excited that the ground shakes with shouts, and they are so frightened that they want to run away. An Lushan was very frightened. Many murders happened one after another in the past few days. The heroes of Gyeonggi, regardless of life and death, lay in ambush by the roadside one by one, and assassinated the high-ranking officials of the bandit army at any time, in order to respond to the officers and soldiers.Bandit army officials are usually cautious and dare not go out easily: even if they go out, they are very worried and extremely afraid.The thieves began to slaughter, and those who killed were heroes who were famous in Gyeonggi.But something shocking happened just as they were killing. A righteous man in Guanzhong kills one, raises another pair, kills another pair, raises another village, punishes endlessly, and goes back and forth endlessly. You destroy my home, why should I be afraid of death? The action shocked the rebel army. From then on, outside the Ximenbian Bridge, outside Wuguan in the north and south, and outside Yunyang in the north, they were originally Anlu Mountain's garrison.The thieves couldn't be wiped out in time, and they went round and round, and the cycle went on and on, and many people died by themselves.After that, the thieves dared not go out, but only wanted to have fun in this one-third of an acre of land. In terms of Lingwu, Prince Li Heng also wanted to take back the two capitals immediately. He wanted Jianning King Li Tan, who had a bold personality and great talent, to be the commander-in-chief of the army.When he went north, Li Heng had few soldiers and encountered bandits many times. Thanks to Li Tan's care, Li Heng was able to survive until today.The soldiers all admire Li Tan, and others are filial. If Li Heng does not eat, he must not eat.