Before the Tang Dynasty's eastern expedition against Goguryeo, the original garrison of Hanyi City was only about 2,000 people, and An Xuanhuan was the chief general of these 2,000 people.
After the Tang Dynasty raised troops to march eastward and crossed the Liao River, Goguryeo mobilized its troops frequently and added reinforcements to several cities that the Tang army might attack, including the city of Humiliation.
When reinforcements come, problems arise.
In the current national crisis, the king was not very confident about the garrison of each city, so along with the reinforcements, civilian officials from the capital Pyongyang were stationed in the city.
Nominally, the civilian official from Pyongyang was the deputy of the city guard, but anyone who was not a fool could see that this civilian official was actually the king's spy and supervisor.
At the beginning, 3,000 reinforcements and one civilian official were deployed to the city of humiliation.
An Xuanhuan, who originally lived like a local emperor in Hanyi City, did not have an easy life after the arrival of civil servants from Pyongyang.
This civil servant would intervene in every military and political affairs in the city, no matter how big or small. He also placed spies among the five thousand defenders to win over people's hearts, sow discord, and so on.
In short, this civil servant did not fail to do anything that a traitor should do.
Then, An Xuanhuan gradually realized that he seemed to have been ignored silently.
The generals he trusted in the past seemed to have a problem with him, and the soldiers under his command who once commanded him like an arm were no longer able to command him.
Now, there are only about a thousand defenders in the city who are truly loyal to An Xuanhuan. The rest have been either attracted or squeezed out by the civil servant, and have been reduced to pieces.
An Xuanhuan was full of resentment, but did not dare to say anything. After that civil servant took office, he secretly sent many documents of impeachment to the ruler of Pyongyang. It was his fault that he walked in the door with his left foot first every day.
His power has been eclipsed, the country's leader does not trust him, and his former generals have betrayed him one after another. An Xuanhuan has long been disheartened.
This was one of the reasons why An Xuanhuan decisively decided to betray Xue Ne after he came to her door, without even a few words of persuasion.
It's really not that Xue Ne's eloquence is so good, but that An Xuanhuan has long been resentful towards Goguryeo, and resentment can turn into betrayal as long as it is stirred up a little.
Therefore, it is difficult to say whether what moved An Xuanhuan was the money and beauty promised by Xue Na, or the twisted psychology of revenge on the ruler and civil servants.
After listening to An Xuanhuan's words, Xue Na suddenly felt disappointed.
I thought I could successfully persuade the enemy city guard to surrender and let him accomplish this great feat. However, I found the wrong person, Luther, who failed in the power struggle...
The defenders were unable to command, so why did they expect him to open the city gate, eat a pot of pulp, and welcome the king's army?
Xue Ne stared at An Xuanhuan with unkind eyes.
Damn, this guy looks like Luther. I should have noticed it a long time ago. I wasted so much time and saliva on him, but the result was nothing.
It seemed like I was infected by him and turned into Luther...
An Xuanhuan drooped his head, his expression looked like a typical Luther, feeling guilty and embarrassed, like a middle-aged man who boasted about his speech in front of his mother-in-law.
Before doing the work, the evil and charming man said, "I'm going to fuck you to death today." After two minutes, he lit a cigarette afterward, and was fucked submissively by the mother-in-law's disdainful eyes.
Xue Ne's eyes looked very contemptuous at this moment.
If not, what big cloves of garlic can you use?
Xue Ne immediately planned to give up An Xuanhuan and look for an opportunity to meet the civil servant and persuade him to surrender the city. However, after thinking about it carefully, this method may not work.
The civil servants transferred from Pyongyang must be officials who are particularly trusted by the king. Their loyalty is at least 90%, and it is difficult to impress them with money and beauty.
Besides, it was too late. The Tang army was about to attack the city, and Xue Ne didn't have much time to persuade him.
Looking sideways at the obedient guard in front of him, Xue Ne sighed.
The pants were all taken off, so it was just him.
Hooking An Xuanhuan's neck, Xue Na chuckled and said, "General An, you celebrate your birthday today, and I want to congratulate you."
An Xuanhuan was stunned: "Today is not my birthday..."
Xue Ne suppressed his smile and said seriously: "No, today is your birthday, and you plan to celebrate it in a grand way. All the civil and military officials in the city will be there to eat at your table, including the civil servant and the guard.
All the generals in the army."
An Xuanhuan was stunned: "Why?"
Xue Ne laughed again and whispered: "Have you ever heard of the story of the 'Hongmen Banquet'?"
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The battlefield five miles away from the Tang Army's camp.
The battle was already very fierce. The enemy troops in the middle broke through the front row shield formation and fell into a fierce battle with the Tang army behind them.
The three-eyed blunderbuss had lost its effect, and all the soldiers of the Tang army replaced them with swords and halberds.
Hand-to-hand combat, life and death.
The moment the enemy troops in the middle hit the Tang Army's shield formation, the formation was in chaos. The Tang Army fought in groups with Shihuo as a unit.
Liu Renyuan was worthy of being a powerful general. Not only did he personally go into battle to kill the enemy, but he also did not forget to command on the spot. He sent 500 soldiers to quickly insert into the melee battlefield and cut the enemy troops apart piece by piece. Then small groups of Tang troops attacked the enemy.
The army formed small encirclements.
Countless halberds were thrust out, and the enemy troops in the small encirclement fought desperately. The battlefield was filled with the shrill screams of the enemy and our soldiers.
Li Qinzai looked at the fighting of the soldiers in the front line with an expressionless face, feeling a little more at ease.
The situation is still under control. The number of enemy troops rushing into the front line has become less and less. Generally speaking, the Tang army has gained the upper hand in the fight in the middle.
Looking at the left and right wings, the enemy troops cruising around seemed to have found the fighter plane. After a sharp whistle, the enemy troops cruising on the left and right wings suddenly turned their horses and rushed towards the Tang Army's central formation.
I have to admit that the enemy's tactics were vicious and vicious, and their timing was perfect.
It was obvious that the enemy regarded these five thousand Tang troops as prey. They cruised around calmly before the battle, causing psychological panic and pressure on the prey, and finally launched a sudden attack.
A hundred steps away, the enemy troops on the left and right flanks galloped with all their strength and began to run wildly.
They were riding on horseback, holding a variety of weapons in their hands, and making strange sounds as they galloped.
Li Qinzai sneered, holding the central army still and guarding the left and right wings.
"Send the order, when the enemy is within thirty steps, light the fuse of the explosive package and throw it out with all your strength." Li Qinzai ordered coldly.
From a hundred paces to thirty paces, it takes almost only a few breaths to gallop the horse.
Soon the enemy troops rushed within thirty paces.
The soldiers immediately lit the fuse, and the strongest men in the army used all their strength to throw the explosive packets into the enemy's charging array.
There were another burst of loud noises, and the enemy troops on the left and right saw black and smoking unknown objects falling from the sky and landing on their horses and on the ground.
Before they could see clearly what it was, they were surprised to find that they were lifted up by a huge wave of air. The person's head and limbs were inexplicably disintegrated in mid-air, and finally turned into a shower of blood and blackened stumps scattered on the ground.