Zhang Jianyuan stood on the earth mountain outside the north gate, looking down at the Changsha City below. The rising sun was shining on Zhang Jianyuan. He was wearing a purple robe with gilded edges, and he was as majestic as a god.
Seeing the flags and flags on the city flashing and a procession approaching from a distance, Zhang Jianyuan turned to Mei Er, Mei San and Mei Si who were standing aside and said with a smile: "Three worthy brothers, today is the day when the city of Changsha will be destroyed."
Mei Er glanced at his sworn brother. The eldest brother, who had become the leader of an army of nearly 100,000 and claimed to be the King of Xiang, was smiling at the moment. There was no trace of frustration in his eyes due to the setbacks in the offensive for days. Instead, he was extremely excited. He seemed to have seen a great victory.
The other two looked at each other and asked, "I guess the elder brother must have a clever plan?"
Zhang Jianyuan stroked his beard and smiled: "There is indeed a plan to make Changsha collapse without a fight."
"Oh, I don't know what to do?"
"My dear brother, you will know later."
----------------------------------------In Changsha City, Wu Ziyi did not show the slightest hint of worry.
, since he had planned to defend the lonely city at all costs, he had no hope of leaving alive. He touched a long box at hand, with a calm expression, then picked up the book on the table and read it seriously.
The generals around him could clearly see what the commander was looking at. It was "Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Biography of Geng Gong"
Geng Gong, courtesy name Bozong, was born in Maoling, Fufeng (now northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi Province), and was a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Geng Gong's father, Geng Guang, was Geng Gong Shaogu, the younger brother of the famous general Geng Yan. He was generous and strategic since he was a child, and had the talent of a general
In the winter of the seventeenth year of Yongping (74 years), Cavalry Captain Liu Zhang led his troops to attack the chariot division, and asked Geng Gong to serve as Sima. Geng Gong, along with Fengcha Captain Dou Gu and his younger brother-in-law Captain Geng Bing (son of Geng Yan’s younger brother Geng Guo)
, Geng Gong’s younger brother) Pojiang charioteer
After the Che Division was surrendered, the imperial court re-established the Protector of the Western Regions. Geng Gong and Guan Chong were appointed as Wuji Colonels (official name, in charge of farming, and belonged to the Protector of the Western Regions), and they were respectively stationed at Wangbu Jin behind the Che Division
Pucheng (now northwest of Qitai, Xinjiang) and Liuzhong (now northeast of Aiding Lake, Xinjiang), the former king of Cheshi, each sent hundreds of soldiers to take office. Geng Gong took office and issued a proclamation to warn Wusun and promote the mighty virtue of the Han Dynasty.
, Wusun Kingdom, from King Dakunmi down, were very happy to send envoys to present famous horses to the Han court, and were willing to send princes to serve as emperors. Emperor Geng Gong then sent envoys with gold and silver cloth to welcome his princes and attendants.
In March of the next year, the Shanyu of the Northern Huns sent King Zuo Luli with 20,000 cavalry to attack the chariot division. Geng Gong sent Sima with 300 troops to rescue him. On the way, he encountered a large Xiongnu army and was outnumbered. The entire army was wiped out and killed by the Northern Huns.
The queen of the chariot division (governing Tugu, in the Bogduo Mountains in the south of Jimusar, Xinjiang) Ande, turned his troops to attack Jinpucheng (now northwest of Qitai, Xinjiang). At that time, there were few soldiers in the city and the situation was critical. Geng Gong personally went to the city.
When commanding the battle, he asked his subordinates to apply poison to the arrowheads, and shouted to the Huns soldiers: "The Han arrow god, those with sores must be different." After shouting, he fired poison arrows with a powerful crossbow.
But it quickly festered, and he was horrified. A heavy rain fell from the sky, and Geng Gong took advantage of the storm. He sent his troops out of the city and stormed the enemy's formation. He won a great victory. The Huns soldiers were frightened and said one after another: "The Han soldiers are really awesome."
!" So he led his troops away.
Geng Gong expected that the Huns would come again, so in May he selected Shule City (today's Kashgar, Xinjiang), which had a stream flowing through the city, to defend it in July. When the Huns attacked again, Geng Gong recruited thousands of soldiers to bravely charge into the enemy's formation.
The Huns were defeated, so they camped under Shule City and cut off the water from the springs. Geng Gong was short of water in the city and ordered his soldiers to dig a well, but when it was dug to a depth of 15 feet, there was still no water. The soldiers were so thirsty that even horse manure juice was squeezed out.
After drinking, Geng Gong saw this, looked up to the sky and sighed: "I heard that the general of the second division (that is, Li Guangli) drew his sword and stabbed the mountain, and the flying spring gushed out. How can the gods of Han Germany be poor now?" So he straightened his clothes, bowed to the well again,
After praying for the generals for a while, the flying spring gushed out. The troops were extremely happy and jumped for joy. The mountains shouted Long Live Geng Gong's soldiers raised water from the city to show to the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were surprised and thought that the Han army had gods to help them, so they withdrew their troops.
At that time, Yanqi and Qiuci united and killed Chen Mu, the governor of the Western Han Dynasty. The Northern Huns surrounded Guan Chong in Liuzhong. In November, Emperor Ming died and no reinforcements arrived. The Cheshi Kingdom betrayed the Han Dynasty and joined forces with the Xiongnu.
Attacking Geng Gong, Geng Gong encouraged the soldiers and bravely resisted the enemy's chariots. Mrs. Wang's ancestors were Han people, so she often quietly informed Geng Gong of the military situation, and privately provided the Han army with food and salary, but it was a drop in the bucket. After a few months, the Han soldiers ran out of food.
, was in trouble, so he cooked the armored crossbows and ate their sinews and hides. Geng Gong and the soldiers pushed for life and death, so the whole city worked together and determined to defend the city. However, due to lack of food and grass, the sergeants gradually died, and only a few dozen Shanyu were left.
Knowing that Geng Gong was in dire straits, he wanted to recruit him to surrender, so he sent an envoy to tell him: "If he surrenders, he should be named the King of White House and his wife will be a woman." Geng Gong pretended to agree, lured Shanyu's envoy to the city, and killed him with his own hands.
, burned on the city, the envoys and officials saw it, and went away wailing. Shanyu was so angry that he increased his troops and besieged the city, but he was still unable to capture it.
When Guan Chong was just besieged, he wrote to the court, requesting that troops be sent to rescue him. Emperor Ming was dead and Emperor Zhang ascended the throne. After receiving the memorial, he sent a letter to the ministers to advise Sikong. Fifth Lun thought it was not appropriate to send troops to rescue Situ Baoyu, saying: "The court sent people to the place of danger."
However, they abandoned them at the critical moment. Externally, this would encourage the hostile forces to show their unscrupulous arrogance, and internally it would harm the loyal and honest ministers. From now on, nothing will happen on the border. If there is an alert for a moment, the Xiongnu will again
How can you send people to lead troops as generals when they invade the country? Besides Geng Gong, Guan Chong only has dozens of soldiers left each. The Xiongnu surrounded and attacked for many days, but they have not captured yet. It can be seen that although they are few and powerful, they are trying their best.
To serve the country, we should dispatch troops from Dunhuang and Jiuquan to rescue."
According to the proposal, Emperor Zhang sent General Geng Bing of the West to garrison in Jiuquan to carry out the duties of the prefect; he sent Qin Peng and Wang Meng and Huangfu to assist Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and Shanshan, with a total of 7,000 soldiers. In the first month of the first year of Jianchu (76 years)
, went to Liuzhong to attack Cheshi, attacked Jiaohe City, beheaded 3,800 people, captured more than 3,000 people, and 37,000 camels, donkeys, horses, cattle and sheep. The Northern Huns saw the situation and fled, and the Cheshi Kingdom surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
But Guan Chongye had died in the battle, and the reinforcement generals saw this and wanted to abandon Geng Gong and return to the army. Previously, Geng Gong had sent his military officer Fan Qiang back to Dunhuang to collect the cold clothes of the sergeants, so he was also in the army during this expedition. At this time, the generals wanted to retreat, and Fan Qiang was in the army.
The Qiang resisted and refused to obey, so the generals did not dare to advance, so they had no choice but to divide 2,000 troops to rescue Fan Qiang. Fan Qiang marched from the north of Tianshan Mountain, encountered heavy snowfall, and went through many hardships before reaching the lower part of Shule City. Hearing the sound of soldiers and horses in the city, he thought that the Huns were attacking the city.
Surprised, Fan Qiang, who was about to resist the war, shouted outside the city: "I am Fan Qiang, and the imperial court sent troops to meet the captain." Everyone in the city shouted long live the opening of the door, and saw the reinforcements crying bitterly. At this time, there were only twenty-six people left in the city.
The next day, when Geng Gong and others returned eastward, they were chased and harassed by enemy soldiers. The Han army fought and marched. Geng Gong's men and horses numbered twenty-six when they set out from Shule. Because the soldiers were hungry and weak, along the way,
There were many dead people. When they arrived at Yumen Pass, only thirteen people were left. Their clothes were in tatters and they looked haggard and withered.
The lieutenant general Zheng Zhong arranged for Geng Gong and others to wash themselves, change their clothes, and submit a memorial to the emperor, hoping to commend Geng Gong: "Geng Gong defended the isolated city with a single soldier, and was like the Huns, fighting against tens of thousands of enemies for months and years.
, mentally and physically exhausted, he dug mountains into wells and boiled crossbows for food. Out of the hope of death, he killed and injured thousands of ugly captives. They were all loyal and brave, and they did not show shame and respect for the great man. There has never been a time in ancient and modern times when it was appropriate to be honored.
, General with force"
Geng Gong returned to Luoyang, and Bao Yu also reported to the emperor, saying that Geng Gong's integrity exceeded that of Su Wu, and he should be awarded a knighthood. So, the imperial court appointed Geng Gong as the Cavalry Commander, and Shi Xiu, Geng Gong's Sima, was appointed as the mayor of Luoyang, and Zhang Feng
He is the Sima of Yongying, the military official Fan Qiang is the co-prefect, and the remaining nine people are all members of the Yulin Army.
From the siege of Jinpucheng in March of the 18th year of Yongping to the entry into Yumen Pass in March of the first year of Jianchu, it took two years to rectify the situation. There were less than a hundred soldiers hanging outside the fortress, with the hope of death. Tens of thousands of people were sitting in front of the impoverished city.
The enemy repeatedly defeated him; without the support of horses behind him, the soldiers with the same ambition would not leave until death. Although the famous general in ancient times could not pass, people praised him for "saving Su Wu". What a sincere statement!
The generals looked at each other, could it be that the commander wanted to be Geng Gong? But although Geng Gong became famous in the end, too many people around him died. Even if the commander could really become Geng Gong, would they be able to become those pitiful few?
Survivor, who can know?
At this moment, an extremely hurried and urgent voice suddenly came out: "Report! - The Beimen civilian army mutinied and is now out of control! The rebel army is about to enter the city!"
When the generals in the Hunan Governor's Yamen heard this, they were stunned. Wu Ziyi slammed the book and shouted angrily: "How could the North Gate mutiny! What's going on!" But the ordering soldier didn't know the reason.
Wu Ziyi could only kneel down and kowtow fiercely. Wu Ziyi gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I, Wu Ziyi, will never surrender. I will live and die with Changsha!"
----------------------------------------Below the North Gate Tower, the two doors are close
The heavy door that had not been opened for half a month, with the joint efforts of dozens of mutinous soldiers and Minzhuang, rumbled open, opening its door to Zhang Jianyuan's military formation waiting outside the city...
"Brother, why are our troops not allowed to enter the city?"
Mei Er and three others hurried to Zhang Jianyuan's horse, opened the basin collar, and revealed three puzzled faces. The mutiny at the north gate quickly affected the defenders at the gates of Changsha City. The people of Changsha, who had long been unable to bear Wu Ziyi's oppression, began to rebel.
Before Zhang Jianyuan's men entered the city, they had already turned their swords and guns to kill Wu Ziyi's men. Wu Ziyi's regular army was forced to support the various city guards and fled to the governor's office to besiege the rebel generals from the east, south, and west.
In the city, the most elite troops controlled by the three brothers of the Mei family in the Yueyang rebellion were left outside the city waiting for orders. At this time, the three of them finally became impatient and angrily ran to their eldest brother Zhang Jianyuan to question him.
"Who can say that your troops are not allowed to enter the city?" Zhang Jianyuan smiled and said, "You are my brothers, so naturally you should enter the city with me!"
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what the elder brother meant. The three pairs of eyes suddenly lit up. They quickly took their own horses, got on their horses, drew their swords, pointed at the city gate, and shouted: "Follow me into the city!"
The road inside the city gate is rugged, with deep pits on the ground made by stone bullets. On both sides of the road are scattered piles of stones and broken mud pellets. In the open space, various weapons are piled up like mountains, which are abandoned by mutinous soldiers.
If the weapons here are further into the city, they are already beyond the reach of the trebuchets. The road is flat, the houses are complete, and it seems that it is not damaged at all.
But during this month, under Wu Ziyi's high-pressure rule, people were killed every day to exterminate their families. Attacks and sieges outside the city completely stopped the daily work of the residents in the city. Craftsmen and merchants were all trapped in their homes day and night, fearing death.
The coming of the storm made every resident who was fully clothed and seemingly unscathed had dull eyes and pale face. They stood timidly on the roadside and at the door, timidly watching the cavalry led by Zhang Jianyuan and others galloping slowly through the long street. Although
Under Zhang Jianyuan's strict order, no soldier dared to take advantage of the chaos to do anything illegal. The entire work of taking over the city was in order, and there seemed to be no mistakes, but these people still looked frightened.
"The first priority after capturing Changsha is to appease people's hearts; secondly, we must reward meritorious people, appoint officials, establish rule, and reestablish order; reorganize cities and towns, arrange passes and garrisons, and provide compensation for those injured due to war.
The families who died, the people who were rescuing the land that had been delayed by the military shortage... But the most important thing is to recruit troops quickly to prepare for the imperial court's counterattack..."
Every soldier who marched with their heads high was high-spirited and high-spirited. But Zhang Jianyuan, who was sitting on the horse, had already gone beyond the battlefield and thought of a series of thorny issues after this battle.
There is a wide and flat bluestone official road ahead. After walking for a while, two huge towers appear in front of them. In the middle of the towers is the gate of the governor's office. The gate is open, and a general of the Central Army of the Wei Dynasty, clad in red, falls.
Sitting in a pool of blood, he looked forward with wide eyes. His eyes were hollow and he could no longer see the breath of the living.
The corpses of his subordinates were scattered all around, entangled with the corpses of many Zhang Jianyuan soldiers. As for this general, one arm was cut off, with only a few blood-red tendons remaining, and a deep scar on his cheek.
, exposing thick white bones, and there were several spears inserted under his ribs. It was these spears that supported his body from falling.
The Governor's Yamen, located in the center of the central axis of Changsha City, was originally the emperor's palace. Because the Wei emperor had not visited Hunan for many years, it was later renamed the Governor's Yamen. Therefore, the Governor's Yamen is particularly large. From the large Yamen
Looking in from the gate, you can see a straight avenue. It was a wide and straight avenue until an arch bridge blocked the view. The road was covered with corpses, which shows how fierce the fighting here was.
Zhang Jianyuan jumped off his horse, looked up at the lintel of the tall governor's Yamen, then looked at the soldiers beside the gate who were giving him military salutes, and asked: "How is the situation inside the Yamen?"
"Back to the prince, General Huang Liansheng and General Meng Qihui have led their troops to fight in. Wu Ziyi only led a few soldiers to retreat to the backyard."
Zhang Jianyuan nodded and said: "Fourth brother, please lead the army to control the left wing courtyard. Money, grain, rice, jewelry and jade are stored there. Don't lose anything!"
"Yes, big brother!" Mei Si promised with clasped fists, leading a team of people to quickly break into the gate and rush towards the building complex on the left.
"Lao San"
"My little brother is here!"
"Hurry up and take control of the courtyard on the right. Household registrations, account books, maps and other items are stored there. These are important items that will determine whether Changsha can be quickly grasped by us. Don't miss anything!"
"Little brother, I obey!"
Mei Sangen did not hesitate and immediately led his people towards the right wing courtyard.
"Second brother!"
"My little brother is here"
Zhang Jianyuan said: "Follow Brother Yu directly into the middle hall!"
"My little brother obeys your orders"
Zhang Jianyuan nodded and waved his hand forward. Mei Er immediately led more than a thousand of the most elite soldiers of the Yueyang Rebellion Army to roar in and rushed in front of Zhang Jianyuan. There were no servants in the governor's Yamen for a long time. The maids and servants were screaming and running around.
, as soon as he saw Zhang Jianyuan's army passing by, he immediately fell to the ground and touched his forehead with his hands. He was too respectful. No one in Zhang Jianyuan's group paid attention to them, and they rushed past them and walked along the buildings on the central axis of the governor's office.
, wading through the dead bodies on the ground and chasing after him.
Wu Ziyi did not have many men in the yamen. His regular troops were only a few thousand, and they were distributed to dozens of gates in Changsha City as final reserves. In addition, among the strong defenders of the city, two confidants were placed for every 100 people to supervise the battle.
Therefore, in the center of Changsha, there are not many people in the Hunan Governor’s Yamen.
At that time, there was a mutiny. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Wu Ziyi's trusted generals immediately retreated to the inner city. The north gate was immediately opened by the mutinous soldiers, and Zhang Jianyuan's troops entered the city. All the elite troops came out to attack Wu Ziyi. They pursued Wu Ziyi so quickly that Wu Ziyi had no time to come down and blockade.
At the inner city gate, most of his elite troops who were distributed at various city gates to prepare for war were unaware of the changes in the north gate. By the time Zhang Jianyuan's army broke into the inner city gate, various armies had already rushed towards the main city gates, cutting them off from each other.
