Densely dense soldiers surrounded the inside and outside of the dormitory. The civil servants and generals of Wu State stood at the foot of the steps, all of them looking anxious.
King Wu, who had been in the Jianghuai River for twenty years, had a sallow complexion and had long lost his former heroic spirit. Like every old man who was about to die, he was lying on the bed weakly.
After falling unconscious several times in a row, everyone understood that King Wu was about to die.
After taking the new appointment as Huainan Liu, the eldest son of the Yang family, Yang Wo, knelt under the couch with his head lowered and his eyes darting around. Sometimes he looked at his second brother Yang Wei, who was also kneeling next to him, and sometimes he glanced at him with his peripheral vision.
Sweeping the more than ten military generals behind them. Those who can enter the dormitory at this time are all high-ranking generals of the Wu Kingdom. The attitude of these people will determine whether they can ascend to that prominent position.
Yang Wo knew that although he was appointed as the queen of Huainan, it did not mean that he was the successor of the prince. Nowadays, it is different from the past. Only by receiving the title of Prince Hongnong can one be the legitimate prince of Wu.
For Yang Wo, there is only one real threat, and that is his younger brother Yang Wei.
The father is confused. The second brother is only eight years old. How can he be the king of a country?
Among the generals behind him, Zhang Hao, the commander of the Left Ya Army, and Xu Wen, the commander of the Right Ya Army, were Yang Xingmi's confidants. Even if Yang Xingmi's body was in this state, they were always loyal and never had second thoughts. Yang Wo once wanted to win over him.
They turned to him, but failed, which made Yang Wo feel a little bit wrong.
Therefore, he transferred his confidants Li Jian, Zhou Ben, Chen Zhang and others to Jiangdu in the name of reinforcements. These three people were also kneeling behind him at this moment, and they were the arms that Yang Wo relied on most.
The dormitory had been silent for a long time, with only the occasional sound of King Wu's heart-and lung-piercing cough coming from the bed. I don't know how long he waited before King Wu spoke again: "Mi Zhicheng... Mi Zhicheng comes forward..."
Judge Zhou Yin of Jiedu was standing next to Yang Xingmi. He lowered his head and reported, "General Mi is leading the troops to defend the city. He can't get away now. If you have any orders from His Highness, just send him a message."
Mi Zhicheng is known as a magic arrow. He has fought for Yang Xingmi for many years and is now the most prestigious general in Jiangdu. After Li Shenfu died in battle, his status among the Wu army was second only to Wang Maozhang.
Since Liu Jinhou launched a surprise attack on Jiangdu with his partial troops, Mi Zhicheng hastily fought several battles with him outside the city. He lost all his troops and generals and was defeated. It was not until yesterday that he led the remaining army to retreat into the city. With Mi Zhicheng's entry into the city, the entire Wu Kingdom had actually
You know, Jiangdu cannot be saved. No city wall can withstand the earth-shattering thunder!
When he heard that Mi Zhicheng had retreated into the city, King Wu's eyes darkened. Zhou Yin was heartbroken at the side, but he said comfortingly: "Your Highness is relieved, the soldiers are in high spirits, and I swear to protect Jiangdu from worries..."
King Wu on the bed managed to raise his arm, waved it weakly, sighed, and said: "The situation is dangerous. There is no need to hide it from Gu anymore... Gu's end has come... Yang Wo has been summoned to stay..."
Yang Wo's heart tightened, and he immediately knelt forward and heard Yang Xing secretly say: "If you want to stay behind, you will control Jiangdu. Help General Mi defend the foundation...call Yang Wei..."
Yang Wei wiped away his tears and crawled to Yang Xingmi, crying and shouting: "Father..."
Yang Xingmi rubbed Yang Wei's face with his withered fingers for a while, and then tried to cheer up and said: "With Yang Wei as the observer of Xuanzhou, we set off today. We will go to Xuanzhou; Zhou Yin, Zhang Hao, Xu Wen and others will lead the army.
Colleagues…”
Before he finished speaking, blood spilled from the corner of Yang Xingmi's mouth and he passed out again. There was a panic in the dormitory.
Yang Wo's face was ferocious, veins popped out on both palms, and the anger in his heart was unspeakable. Yang Xingmi's Jun Ling was like a heavy hammer, shattering the last vestiges of his illusions. It is said that tiger poison cannot eat its seeds, but in my own family
But my father was even more ruthless than a tiger and even wanted his own life!
He stood up suddenly and strode out of the dormitory with determination. Li Jian, Zhou Ben, Chen Zhang and other generals also followed behind. The remaining generals of the Wu army watched Yang Wo and others leave with worried faces.
The back view of the girl, with mixed feelings in her heart.
After leaving the dormitory, Yang Wo rushed out without looking back. The Yajun soldiers in the palace wanted to stop them. Li Jian, Zhou Ben, Chen Zhang and others immediately raised their swords and glared at each other. Yang Wo snorted coldly.
, leading everyone to break out of the palace.
When he came outside the palace, he faintly heard shouts of killing coming from outside the city. Li Jian asked: "Commander, what should we do now?"
Yang Wo looked up at the sky and said coldly: "Gather the sergeants, let's go back to Xuanzhou! Whoever wants to defend Jiangdu will defend it! I will never defend it!"
"But the sergeants are all stationed on the west city. If they are summoned, Jiangdu will be doomed..."
"Stupid, if we don't leave now, we will be doomed!" Yang Wo shouted sternly.
This loud shout suddenly woke up Li Jian, Zhou Ben, Chen Zhang and other generals, and they all shouted in unison: "Obey the order!"
At this moment, a shocking sound was suddenly heard from outside the north gate. Yang Wo and others followed the sound and saw large pieces of smoke rising halfway up the sky and rolling in all directions. The situation was extremely horrifying.
Yang Wo's face turned earth-colored and he murmured: "Jiangdu is finished..."
As the north gate of Jiangdu collapsed, large armies of Weizhou troops wearing iron armor poured into the city in neat lines. In the front row and on the left and right sides were sword and shield soldiers carrying large shields. They covered the armored spearmen and strong crossbowmen.
Walking along the street, alleys and alleys were cleared of the resisters in the city. The whole process was not fast, but it was very steady.
When the Weizhou army attacked outside the Wu Palace, they encountered resistance from more than 2,000 Wu troops who rushed in. This was also the only time the Wu army fought in formation in the entire inner city battle.
At dusk, although many streets and alleys in the city were still in fierce competition, the large-scale organized resistance of the Wu army had been wiped out. The Weizhou army commanded Liu Jinhou, inspected Wen Sishuo, and Sima Laixingguo led the army to command.
The troops marched into Jiangdu and arrived at the Palace of King Wu.
The entire palace was controlled by Weizhou's army. In front of the palace gate, a large number of civil and military officials from the state of Wu were kneeling, all tied up. The leader was a child less than ten years old. Yang Wei, the second son of Wu King Yang Xingmi, was also the king of Wu whom Yang Xingmi favored.
heir.
Liu Jinhou and others went straight to the inner palace. The shivering waiters and maids lay down together, crying softly when the swords of the Weizhou army soldiers were snatched away. There were high piles of dead bodies under the west steps outside the palace. Judging from the costumes, they were all killed in battle.
Sergeant Wu.
Yang Xingmi was lying on the Ganjin Bahe white jade bed, with a gold silk blanket covering most of his body. There was undried blood at the corner of his mouth, his face was like gold paper, and his left hand was weakly hanging on the side of the bed, as if he wanted to grab it.
What……
Liu Jinhou seemed to be asking, but also seemed to be talking to himself: "Yang Xingmi? King Wu?" He turned around, looked at the Weizhou soldiers in the palace, and then swept away the shivering waiters and maids on the ground, and burst out laughing.
Very enjoyable!
Wen Sishuo and Lai Xingguo couldn't help but be happy, looking at each other with excitement in their hearts!
After Liu Jinhou had laughed enough, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and ordered: "Send the report to Sizhou. The Weizhou army has gone to Jiangdu and recovered the corpse of the Wu thief Yang Xingmi!"
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Starting from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a flurry of good news spread to Luoyang, and the whole east was in great joy.
Zhong Shao's tribe defeated the Wu army in Xuyi, and Huainan general Wang Maozhang and others were all in the city!
Liu Jinhou's troops successfully attacked Gaoyou and opened the passage to Jiangdu!
Zhong Shao's tribe occupied Chuzhou, and all Chuzhou officers and soldiers surrendered!
Liu Jinhou's troops captured Jiangdu. King Wu Yang Xingmi and general Mi Zhicheng died. Hundreds of civil and military officials from the state of Wu, including Yang Wei, Zhou Yin, Zhang Hao and Xu Wen, asked to surrender!
Zhang Yanshou's troops on the left side of the Yanzhou army captured Shouzhou, and Huo Cun's troops captured Luzhou!
The Yanzhou army's right wing Dinghui headquarters captured Hezhou, and Yang Chongben captured Xuanzhou!
Liu Jinhou sent his army south. He seized Huzhou and forced his troops to Qiantang!
The Yang Group, which had dominated Huainan for twenty years, was suddenly destroyed. The speed of the country's destruction was jaw-dropping.
Accompanying the good news came an equally avalanche of memorials from the courtiers.
All the memorials have only one content - to urge the new emperor to meditate to the throne less than half a year after he ascended the throne!
The emperor Li Zuo issued two decrees in succession, intending to surrender the great treasure and pass on the national weapons to Li Chengzhong, but both were rejected by Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong's original intention was to wait for another six months or a year before the world was peaceful before ascending to the throne with unrivaled achievements, so he was always hesitant.
But the courtiers couldn't wait any longer. The new Dragon Crown Crown Crown had been prepared for a long time. All the etiquette of the Zen Ceremony had also been practiced secretly several times. Everyone was waiting eagerly, and everyone was eager for the new emperor.
The succession to the throne is eager for the arrival of a new dynasty and a new atmosphere.
Just when Li Chengzhong was hesitating, another heavyweight report arrived in Luoyang - the great victory in Nanyang!
Zhou Xiaolang, the commander of the Mozhou Army, and Zhao Ba, the commander of the Zhaozhou Army, set up an ambush in Nanyang and defeated Zhao Kuangning's Chu army. They beheaded dozens of generals and subordinates under Zhao Kuangning and beheaded tens of thousands. Zhao Ba then attacked with cavalry and quickly captured the enemy.
They attacked Dengzhou and Xiangzhou, and directed their troops towards Jingzhou. Currently, the Mozhou Army is catching up with the Zhaozhou Army and is preparing to march towards Jiangnan West Road and Lingnan Road.
It was another battle to destroy the country. Such achievements should naturally be attributed to Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong himself did not expect that the war would progress so smoothly. This suddenly reminded him of the Liberation War in later generations. After the three major battles, the war progressed like mercury falling on the ground and a blow thousands of miles away. This is so similar to the current situation.
When Emperor Li Zuo's third abdication decree came down, Li Chengzhong finally stopped refusing.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign, Li Chengzhong ascended the ninth-level golden palace at the Eastern Capital Dynasty meeting and formally sat on the dragon's collapse. This year was changed to Guangxing, the first year of Guangxing.
In February of the first year of Guangxing, King Qian Luo of Yue wrote to Luoyang, willing to surrender to the imperial court, and accepted the three-law order of leaving the country, reorganizing the army, and closing the army. Li Chengzhong issued an order to comfort him, and recruited Qian Luo to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to retain the title of king, and to be awarded the honorary title of the Tang Dynasty.
Serve in the hospital.
In April, the Cangzhou Army and the Weizhou Army entered the East Road of Lingnan. Wang Shenzhi gathered troops in Fuzhou to resist. Zhong Shao and Liu Jinhou defeated Wang Shenzhi's troops. Wang Shenzhi was captured, deported to Luoyang and beheaded.
In May, Mozhou Army and Zhaozhou Army entered Lingnan West Road and surrounded Panyu. In August, Liu Yin left the city and surrendered.
In October, the Yingzhou Army and the Guizhou Army entered Shu from Hanzhong and successively captured more than ten important places such as Jianzhou and Mianzhou before approaching Chengdu.
In December, Wang Jian, the king of Shu, set fire to his palace and committed suicide. The fire in the palace lasted for three days.
In April of the second year of Guangxing, the Tang army was reorganized again, reorganizing the left and right guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right Wu guards, the left and right Wei guards, the left and right leading guards, the left and right Jinwu guards, the left and right prison guards, and the left and right Qianniu guards, for a total of sixteen guards.
Each guard has more than 16,000 people. It is a first-class army directly under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. It is divided into five directions: northeast, due north, northwest, due west and southwest, and is responsible for external military affairs.
In addition to the Sixteenth Guards, there are also left and right Shence Army, left and right Longwu Army, and left and right Yulin Army, each with more than 20,000 people, guarding the capital, Dongdu and Beidu. They are three major battalions, with dual internal and external responsibilities.
Function.
The Guards and Military Division is divided into the Guards Division, the Palace Front Division and the Horse Army Division. Each division has 6,000 people to guard the imperial palace.
Preparatory brigades are set up in each state, and reserve battalions are set up in each county. Each battalion has 250 people and is responsible for clearing up local areas and appeasement and public security.
In July of the second year of Guangxing's reign, the Jinwu Guards entered Qinghai-Tibet and appointed ministers stationed in Tibet.
In September of the second year of Guangxing, the left and right Weiwei led the left and right guards into Ganlong and destroyed the Uighurs. The army went all the way to the west, annihilating dozens of tribes and kingdoms, and rebuilt the Anxi Protectorate in Congling.
Since then, the Tang Dynasty has ushered in its third prosperous age, which shocked the Western Regions.
In the fifth year of Guangxing's reign, a fleet of thirty large ships set out from Fuzhou and entered the Western Ocean.
In the ninth year of Guangxing's reign, 30,000 Tang troops crossed Congling and appeared in Talas again.