According to Tobu Tachibana's explanation, the correctness of Zhou Peigong's judgment was confirmed. Changes had indeed occurred within the Xixia people. The huge emerging empire was not rock solid, but was surrounded by crises. When the emperor personally conquered the east, a rebellion broke out in the hinterland of the empire. The emperor
His uncle Chuhubu Ubas rebelled.
Emperor Galdan resolutely ordered the entire army to return west. The natural dangers of Tongguan had already given him a headache. This majestic pass reminded him of the Diaoyu City in the Southern Song Dynasty. How many Mongolian athletes were under this city needlessly. Anyway, there will be opportunities in the future.
Yes, the top priority now is to quell the civil unrest.
Qie Xue's army was the first to retreat, having fought back to the Tianshan Mountains two months ago. The New Auxiliary Army remained in Shaanxi as a rearguard force, and launched feint attacks at Tongguan every now and then to show the presence of the Xixia Army in Shaanxi.
As a result, the Tongguan Ming army did not dare to advance westward. It was precisely because Liu Ziguang rushed out of the city to attack last time that he forced the new annexed army to retreat.
The 10,000-strong Tubu Tachibana army has been destroyed. In front of them is Chang'an City. This thousand-year-old capital has been at the mercy of its enemies for eight months. It is hard to imagine the extent of the poison. In order to avoid a tragedy like that in Weinan, Liu Ziguang ordered the army to advance lightly.
Entered Chang'an overnight.
The Red Shirt Army that entered Guanzhong through the Yellow River waterway only had more than 15,000 men, 3,000 war horses, a few light artillery pieces, and insufficient ammunition and dry food. Fortunately, 3,000 war horses from the Tubu Tachibana troops were captured, which allowed them to arm another army.
The cavalry camp is coming.
All the red-shirted troops were good at riding horses and cannons. They became cavalry when mounted on war horses. Six thousand knights galloped straight towards Chang'an. Liu Ziguang's Chinese rear team used all means of transportation to follow behind.
A steam armored chariot was attached to more carriages and drove forward at full speed on the Guanzhong Plain. However, due to too many vehicles being towed, the ground could not bear the heavy front of the vehicle, and it fell into the loess not far from Fifty Mile Fort.
Unable to drive out, the Red Shirt Army simply abandoned the armored chariot, took off the weapons on it, carried it on their shoulders and carried it with their hands, and continued to move forward. Weinan to Chang'an was not very far in the first place. After galloping all day and night, they finally saw the majestic chariot in the early morning.
The Chang'an City Wall.
Like Weinan, the city of Chang'an is also filled with smoke, the city gates are open, and the Hussars Battalion and the Forward Battalion have taken control of all parts of the city. Zhou Peigong rode alone to report to Liu Ziguang: Chang'an has become an empty city, with nine out of ten rooms in the city, but there are no
There are signs of massacre. The remaining citizens of Chang'an are all old, weak, sick and disabled. According to them, the young adults and children were kidnapped by the Xixia people, and all the property they could carry was loaded into cars and taken away. Now Wang Fuchen has led
Two thousand people gave chase and asked the commander to give further instructions.
"Chase! All the cavalry are sent out to chase, and they must be stopped." Liu Ziguang said. As soon as Zhou Peigong handed over his hand, he reined in his horse and left.
"Commander! Let us go." Liu Ziguang heard anxious shouts in his ears. He turned around and saw that it was his own bodyguards. The young men's eyes were shining with hatred, and the veins in their hands holding the reins were exposed.
I heard the clicking sound of my teeth.
The sacking of Chang'an by the Xixia people was strikingly similar to the sacking of Bianjing by the Jin people in the Northern Song Dynasty. All the children in the city were robbed of their treasures and silks. The only difference was that there was no shame of the capture of Emperor Jingkang. This painful history is the history of the Red Shirt Army.
One of the most frequently mentioned contents in cultural training classes happened to coincide with this moment, which naturally aroused the indignation of the soldiers. Even the general's personal guards could not help but go into battle to kill the enemy.
"Morale is available." Liu Ziguang secretly thought, and immediately issued an order. Except for necessary logistics personnel to stay and set up military depots, all soldiers should march forward lightly to rescue the people of Chang'an.
On the official road eighty miles west of Chang'an, a mighty procession stretched for hundreds of miles, with oxcarts, mules and horse-drawn carriages, hauling the gold, silver, fine silks, silks and even pots, pans, spoons, tables, chairs and benches plundered from Chang'an. Next to the convoy were groups of people.
The cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs moved forward slowly driven by the Xixia cavalry. The people of Chang'an were tied into a string by a long rope and walked forward like animals. Some weak people who walked a little slower were beaten by the Xixia cavalry.
The soldier's leather whip struck him hard.
Although the Xixia people established an empire, they still have the barbaric nature of the nomadic people. Cutting off the heads of their enemies and plundering their wives, children, and property has been their ancient tradition and what they are most happy to do. Invading Guanzhong made their
They were able to indulge themselves most happily. The wealth of the wealthy Han settlement exceeded their imagination. If it weren't for the emperor's order, they would have wanted to live here.
The team moved very slowly because there were too many things. It was equivalent to a large-scale relocation of the entire city of Chang'an. There were 300,000 civilians captured, including a large number of women and children with small feet. These Han people with thin skin and tender flesh
, they complained endlessly if they hurried a little bit, which made the Xixia soldiers’ teeth itch with hatred. But then again, although these little ladies are not as strong and able to work as the women in the desert, they are white and tender and really beautiful. Take them back and lock them up.
The feeling of refreshing in the tent in the morning and evening is unmatched by women of this ethnic group.
At noon, the brigade stopped to rest. The Xixia soldiers sat cross-legged together and made a barbecue. They randomly grabbed a sheep from the flock, skinned it and roasted it. From time to time, the soldiers threw one or two pieces of meat into the captives.
The prisoners who had walked for two days without water or rice started to loot like crazy. They laughed loudly. Even the sentry on the war horse who was responsible for surveillance bent over with laughter. However, this did not affect his duty. When he saw
When two prisoners quietly untied their ropes and broke away from the team, trying to sneak away in the chaos, the sentries immediately drew their bows and arrows and nailed them to the ground alive.
After eating the mutton, the soldier took off the skin bag hanging from the saddle, drank a lot of kumiss, wiped his oily hands on his clothes, and walked into the prisoner team to see the handsome woman.
After dragging the woman out to enjoy, the woman's husband or father and brother came to rescue her. While dragging the woman back, she begged the soldiers. The Xixia soldiers did not understand Chinese, so they pulled her in a hurry. They pulled out their machetes and chopped them off.
After a few heads, these people became honest and allowed the Xixia soldiers to snatch the girl away, then took off their clothes and fucked her fiercely in the open space on the roadside. The other Xixia soldiers watched and laughed, and some couldn't hold it back and broke in.
Entering the prisoner team to select decent-looking women, there was a lot of crying and begging for a while. The simple and kind-hearted people in Guanzhong were no match for the brutal and tough Xixia soldiers. They could only watch them humiliating their own people on their own land.
Wives, daughters, sisters, and that bloody man's eyes were about to burst into flames, but they were forcibly held back by their old man and could not step forward to fight.
The compartment was noisy, and a horse came galloping over, delivering an order: Distribute food to the prisoners to ensure that they would have enough strength to continue moving forward. So the Xixia soldiers happily took out naan bread, broke it into small pieces and threw it into the crowd.
, just like feeding the mouth, distributing food every two days is a rule set by the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Army, which not only maintains the required energy, but also prevents rebellion because the food is full and the body is strong.
As these small pieces of naan bread were thrown out, the prisoners were still robbing each other, but instead of eating them themselves, they offered them to the elders in the team. However, the elders were unwilling to eat them themselves, so they had to be stuffed in the small fortress.
Seeing this scene, the Xixia soldiers just sneered: The Han people are hypocritical, because they are not hungry enough. If they are hungry enough, they will eat the flesh of their own mother and father.
There was a Xixia soldier who could speak a little Chinese, teasing the hungry people with naan cakes: "Just call dad and I'll give you a piece of cake to eat."
The crowd was silent. Finally, someone couldn't hold back the pain of hunger. He stood up and called "Dad" and wanted to get the pancake. However, he was kicked down by a Xixia soldier. "Kneel down and shout!" So the man had to kneel down.
, called daddy again in a humiliating voice, and then got a small piece of moldy pancake. After devouring it, tears burst down his face, and the arrogant laughter of the Xixia soldiers could be heard in his ears.
The victor has all the rights to torture the captives. These people can only blame their own army for their failure. The Xixia people launched a massive attack a year ago. The Shaanxi army held Chang'an for several months and suffered heavy casualties. Finally, Kaicheng surrendered until the Shaanxi local government
After the destruction, the imperial army that had been hesitating in Tongguan came over. It was unknown what agreement it had reached with the Xixia people, and Chang'an was recovered without a single blow. I thought that the world would be at peace, but who knew that the good days would only last a few days?
The Xixia people came back and occupied Chang'an again.
The days of foreign rule were like endless dark nights with no light. They were even more cruel than the Zhou Zhenglong regime that imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The Xixia people killed people on the street as casually as they killed dogs. They would just grab whatever they liked and kill if they didn't give it.
All the roads at the pass were controlled and no one was allowed to pass. The people endured the humiliation and lived in espionage, hoping that the Xixia people would get out as soon as possible and the imperial army would come back as soon as possible. However, when the Xixia people began to set fire to the city, looted all the property, and escorted them on the long westward journey
Only then did they realize that the imperial court no longer wanted them, and from then on Chang'an could only remain in memories.
The team moved very slowly, but the Xixia people were not worried, because they left a strong team of 10,000 people to block the Ming army. The Guanzhong Plain is a narrow strip running east to west, and 10,000 cavalry are enough to hold off the pursuing troops for a long enough time -
---If the Ming army really dares to pursue it.
The Xixia soldiers were having fun and laughing unscrupulously. Whenever they stopped to rest or camp, it was their carnival time. Just as a few rough soldiers were lying on the ground and humiliating Han women, they suddenly paused and exchanged doubts with each other.
eyes, then jumped up naked and put his ears to the ground to listen.
Thunder is the thunder of thousands of galloping horses. Men who were born in the desert and grew up on horses are all too familiar with this sound, but who could catch up so quickly?