Chapter 1 Ask (2)

A thick horned bow suddenly poked out from behind the battlements and shot feather arrows towards Lu Si, the commander of the baggage battalion. The bow holder had a distinct grassland face, and the feather arrows shot out were accurate and urgent. Lu Si, the commander of the baggage battalion, was caught off guard, and a red light burst out from his shoulder and fell on his back. Hundreds of crossbow arrows immediately flew towards the archer, and in a blink of an eye, submerged it in the sea of ​​crossbows.

Another team of Khitans and Han people, holding shields and rushing out of the city. Under the protection of the shield, they tried to approach the temporary bridge that was continuing to expand and strengthen. This wish was destined to be unfulfilled. The siege crossbow, the lifting crossbow, and countless horned bows of the attacking party were aimed at them at the same time, and long and short arrows came like locusts. The shields were torn apart, and the torches were smashed out. The adventurers who were dreaming turned into hedgehogs one by one.

Several siege crossbows tied with torches flew directly over the city walls, lit thick smoke in Bianliang City. In a flash, more fires surged up quickly in the south, north, east, and west of the city. Han Pu, who was sent by Liu Zhiyuan to the city in advance, led a group of dead soldiers to attack after receiving the signal. Their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the regular army, but the destructive power should not be underestimated. Xiao Huairang, the Khitan commander who was responsible for the defense of the whole city, drew people from the walls on each side again and again to quell the rebellion from behind. In this way, the already precarious city defense became thinner. About half a quarter of an hour later, several wooden bridges near the west gate of Bianliang were connected at the same time. Shi Hongzhao jumped off his mount, swung his axe, and rushed to the city first.

The hundred Khitan generals guarding the gate tried to organize people to close the city gate and put down the iron gate between the city and the inner city. Countless Liang soldiers jumped around, pulled out their weapons to fight with his followers. The team generals, Dutou, ten generals, and small pawns, "Liang soldiers" who were as gentle as sheep a half-day ago, were all like wolves and tigers, one after another. Even some old soldiers who had no contact with outside the city but just came to recruit money and worked hard to turn against each other at this moment. Together with the Liang soldiers who "promoted their righteousness", drove the Khitans away from the city gate and the iron gate to ensure that the road to the city was unobstructed.

Seeing that the Han army's battle flag had already entered the city gate, the Khitans guarding the city gave up the battle for control of the iron gate rowing and roared towards Shi Hongzhao. This was even more a wrong choice. Since they were colluded by Du Chongwei and crossed the Hutuo River without blood, they had met all cowards, so they overestimated the bravery of the Han people. With a light wave of the axe in Shi Hongzhao, the two ten Khitan generals who rushed over flew backwards like a watermelon, and their tendons were broken. Then, he raised the axe and slashed forward, "Crack!" The Khitan general who rushed over to stop him was split into two bloody pieces from his forehead!

"Ah--!" Brave is all relative. Even those who usually don't take death seriously know that they are afraid of death. Seeing that the top warriors on their side were cut through the center of their foreheads by an axe by an evil man in the other party, their intestines and stomachs fell all over the ground. The rest of the Khitan soldiers who followed him suddenly lost the courage to fight desperately, screamed loudly, and retreated backwards. The speed of the turnback was actually three points when they were rushed out of the city.

"But that's the case!" Standing in a building car five hundred steps away from the city wall, Liu Bang, the "direct descendant" of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the Shatuo clan, and the new Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhiyuan, shook his head and curled his lips gently.

It is said that the Khitans are unstoppable. If Du Chongwei and Zhang Yanze did not collude with him last year and turned around and retaliate, how could this group of Huawei's native buns who do not even understand the most basic offensive and defensive skills of the city? Du Chongwei and Zhang Yanze were also stupid and weak. They had already discovered that the Khitans were a group of native buns, but they did not have the courage to fight back again. As a result, one handed over most of the troops at hand and returned to the fiefdom to be a turtle, while the other one was simply removed by the Khitans and killed the donkey, and directly chopped their heads to soothe the people's hearts!

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for entering Bianliang as he wished! My great Han sancang is just around the corner!" Yang Bin, the Privy Councilor of the Great Han Dynasty, the Minister of the Secretariat and the Minister of Personnel, and the General Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, rushed up the stairs in three steps and danced in front of everyone. (Note 1)

From the time he persuaded Liu Zhiyuan to refuse the Khitans' recruitment and resurgence, and later, with Guo Wei, Liu Zhiyuan gave up the idea of ​​"using the emperor to command the princes" and proclaimed himself emperor, among the civil officials, he did not know how much sarcasm he had suffered. If the war in Bian this time was not going well, it would inevitably lead to political enemies Su Fengji and others attacking each other. Now, all dark clouds have dissipated. Facts have proved that the Emperor Yelu Deguang of the Liao Dynasty had no intention of ruling the Central Plains for a long time, and the Khitan troops left behind in Luoyang, Bianliang and other places were all paper tigers. As Shi Hongzhao rushed into the city gate, the entire war in Bian in the south was about to end with the complete victory of the Han army. King Liu Zhiyuan of Han successfully transformed his family into a country, and Yang Bin was about to take the position of the first civil official of the Han Dynasty because of his first contribution to the planning.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for successfully taking over Bianliang! I wish Your Majesty to pacify the world as soon as possible and unify the nine states!" Su Fengji, Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, Nie Wenjin, Feilong Envoy, and Li Jin, commander of the Imperial Guard, and others also climbed up the steps one after another. Some were wearing the robes of the court that had just been made, while others were still wearing old clothes, but the joy on everyone's face was like a false bag.

Whether they agree to go south in advance or oppose going south, the Han army successfully entered Bianliang to restore Bianliang, which would be beneficial to everyone. At least, everyone's newly promoted official positions were saved and there was no need to return to Taiyuan to sleep on firewood and taste gall.

"What's the point of congratulating the capture of Bianliang? There are only a few Khitans in it? As for unifying the Jiuzhou, it's even more shadowless. You guys shouldn't be happy too early!" Liu Zhiyuan was also very excited at this moment. However, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he felt it was necessary to pour some cold water on everyone, so as not to be proud and push himself away from the mistakes of Huang Chao entering Chang'an.

When the civil and military officials heard this, they were stunned at first, and then bowed down in a disloyal manner, "This is the lord, the lord, wise, be prepared for danger in times of peace, I am ashamed of myself!"

"I didn't deliberately save the fun of Er and others, and there was nothing to be proud of. It was far from unifying the Jiuzhou!" Hearing the perfunctory intention in the words of everyone, Liu Zhiyuan had to put away his smile and solemnly emphasized. "I have also read the secret report in advance that the total number of Khitans who stayed in Bianliang today is less than 4,000, and they are all not the elite confidants of Yelu Deguang, the old thief. Among the four Privy Councilors appointed by the pseudo-liang puppet emperor, three of them had already established contact with us. Therefore, it is not surprising that they can destroy the city in one go. It is really a great humiliation for us to be helpless!"

"Hehe, hehe, hehe!" The civil and military officials were speechless and could only lower their heads and smiled unceasingly.

There was indeed no suspense in today's battle. The Khitans themselves had no determination to fight to the end. The two important Khitan officials who were left by Yelu Chongguang abandoned their troops and fled one after another. In addition, most of the Han generals on the defense had already lost their sincerity to the Emperor of Han in advance. It would be strange if an unknown Khitan chief commander led more than 3,000 abandoned soldiers to fight against the 100,000 army. It would be strange if they could defend Bianliang City!

But the sure victory is also a situation that everyone is working together to fight, right? If the Han army cannot be defeated all the way and those fence-leaders who are left in Bianliang City by Yelu Chongguang, how could they take the initiative to lose to Cheng? The combat effectiveness of the three or four thousand Khitan soldiers is indeed not worth mentioning. But just half a year ago, the three or four thousand Khitan soldiers can sweep across Gun and Cao several states. The princes along the way either tied up their armor and asked to surrender, or stayed in the door without fighting. Who had ever fought like the Han army that they had no power to fight back?!

"Taking Bianliang, my Han Dynasty is only the two states of Bing and Yu." I don't know whether it is really aware of danger in times of peace or deliberately pretending to be worried, Liu Zhiyuan slowly walked on the cart and continued to whisper, "And there are still seven of the nine states in the world who are in control of the rioters. But Bingzhou is on the front line of the fight against the Khitan for many years and is already exhausted. And Yuzhou, alas, this fertile land has been ruined by the Khitans. After ten years of health preservation, it is unlikely that it will be able to return to its former appearance!"

These words were indeed based on facts. The smiles on the faces of the civil and military officials quickly cooled down, and a trace of desolation surged in their eyes to a greater or lesser extent.

Since the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, although the banners of Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Southern Chu, Southern Han, and Western Shu have appeared one after another, and no court has truly reorganized the Jiuzhou. Generally speaking, the princes regarded the areas from the Western Jing Luoyang to the Tokyo Bianliang as the heart of the Central Plains. Several battles of dynasty replacement did not last too long, and neither the new dynasty nor the old dynasty could bear to destroy the old places of both capitals.

However, the Khitans were not loyal to each other. For them, the entire Central Plains was a spoil. So after killing the Hutuo River, it was like robbers entering the market and wild beasts entering the flock of sheep. They burned, killed, looted, and did everything evil. Yelu Chongguang's Great Liao Kingdom never said that military pay and rations were mentioned. Whether it was the personal guards or the miscellaneous soldiers on the periphery, the supplies had to be robbed. After robbing the cities and villages, the villages and forts were robbed. In just half a year, the prosperity accumulated by generations of Central Plains people was completely destroyed!

Now, the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang has robbed the fun and ran back to Yanyun. The man who took over the old land of both capitals had to clean up the mess for him. He had no money to gather the people, and did not have enough money to recruit bandits. He even owed the world's heroes at the beginning of the year to buy the Khitan heads. He still doesn't know where to go?
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