Chapter 1711 Half of the Tang Kingdom has been lost
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"How brave!" Li Xiaogong shouted loudly, and hurriedly hid behind a big tree nearby.
Amidst the buzzing sound, a rain of arrows fell. Li Xiaogong managed to avoid the rain of arrows and hid behind the big tree. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden sound of wind above his head.
Li Xiaogong screamed secretly, and quickly drew his sword and struck upwards.
With a "bang", he knocked away the killer who jumped down from above his head. Unexpectedly, before he could catch his breath, he took back the long knife in his hand, and four knives were slashing at him from all directions at the same time.
Li Xiaogong tried his best to dodge, but the man above his head was very powerful. He couldn't regain his strength for a while, so he barely dodged three knives. He couldn't dodge and received a knife on his right thigh.
With a roar, Li Xiaogong slashed three times with lightning speed, knocked back the other three people, and seriously injured the assassin who injured him with one kick.
But at this time, his breathing was rapid, and his body was already staggering and unsteady.
Li Xiaogong stretched out his hand to hold on to another tree next to him to steady his body. Only then did Li Xiaogong feel a numbness in his thigh, and then he felt pain.
"No, it's poisonous." Li Xiaogong's face was livid, and he roared to the sky, which was considered as a message to the soldiers in the front yard. However, before he could roar, he felt dizzy, fell to the ground with a thump, and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
Su Wei led four generals out from behind a rockery and ordered Li Xiaogong to be tied up. Then he took out the general's tiger talisman from Li Xiaogong's body and ordered to his confidants: "Come here, in the name of Li Xiaogong, summon
All the generals in the city, including captains and above, are here to discuss matters."
However, before Su Wei's people could go to the camp, under Yuehu's arrangement, several of Li Xiaogong's confidant generals had already received news that Su Wei, the supervisor, had framed the general for rebellion and had captured him.
, intending to kill and destroy Li Xiaogong's entire family.
In particular, Li Xiaogong's second son Li Wenyong was originally a general in the army. After hearing the news, he immediately became anxious and led five thousand cavalry directly to the Supervisory Army Mansion.
Su Wei and four of Li Shimin's confidant generals thought that this was done very carefully. Who would have thought that as soon as Li Xiaogong captured one side, Li Xiaogong's direct descendants and family members in the army on the other side knew about it. They were caught off guard and had no time to adjust.
The soldiers were surrounded by soldiers led by Li Wenyong and others. Originally, Li Wenyong and others did not think of directly killing Su Wei and the four generals. Unexpectedly, during the melee, these five people died inexplicably.
Of course, these five people were shot to death by cold arrows fired by secret masters from the Da'an National Security Bureau. And not only were these five people dead, but Li Xiaogong, who was originally just poisoned, also died.
On the one hand, Li Wenyong and others were angry that Li Xiaogong was killed by Su Wei and others. On the other hand, they also knew that Su Wei and the four generals were the confidants of His Majesty the Emperor Li Shimin and represented His Majesty the Emperor. At present, they had no room for maneuver, even if
They had no intention of rebellion, and His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial court also determined that they were going to rebel.
Moreover, now that the matter has come to this, they can't help but suspect that their father or their general Li Xiaogong has also secretly colluded with Da'an Guoyou.
Therefore, there was no need for the people arranged by Yuehu to guide them. Li Wenyong and others first killed all Su Wei's people and the personal soldiers, confidants, direct relatives, and family members of the four generals, and then... they just opened the door and surrendered.
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Outside the city, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Pei Yuanqing were also shocked. Although they knew that the Security Bureau had formulated
A plan for alienation. Yuehu, the extremely coquettish chief of the Alienation Department, personally arranged the matter in the city, but he only thought that Yuehu and others could cause chaos within Tongguan City, and at most they could solve it.
People, open a certain city gate from the inside, then lead them into the city, and engage in a large-scale street battle with the defenders.
Unexpectedly, Yuehu and others were so fierce that they directly caused a fight between the guard general Li Xiaogong and the supervisory army, killing both of them, and causing the people below to open the door and surrender.
This is really a way to capture the east gate of the Tang Dynasty without spending a single soldier.
To be honest, facing the high and thick walls of Tongguan City these days, as well as the gunpowder weapons that the defenders on top of the city also have, Qin Qiong led Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing and others have also formulated several plans to break the city, let alone
Even if it succeeds, the loss will be at least 10,000 to 20,000 people.
"Luo Shixin, you immediately lead your 50,000 cavalry through Tongguan City and leave the city directly from the west gate. Without delay, use lightning tactics to launch a surprise attack into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. You decide when to stop, but you must not go too deep.
Falling into siege by the Tang army."
"Pei Yuanqing, stay with 50,000 troops under your command, follow me to take over Tongguan City, and complete the reorganization of the surrendering army within three days, and then withdraw your troops as soon as possible to follow up on the Tornado Legion."
Although Qin Qiong was shocked, it did not affect him from issuing the most correct order at this time. Moreover, he knew that the situation in Tongguan City was not known to the rear of the Tang State, so he asked Luo Shixin to pass directly through the city and attack the Tang State as quickly as possible.
A surprise attack was carried out in the hinterland, catching the Tang Dynasty off guard.
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Da'an Kingdom, Tianxiang three years, September 3rd.
At the east gate of the Tang Dynasty, Tongguan City opened its doors and surrendered.
On the same day, Luo Shixin made a lightning strike into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Within three days, he marched 600 miles and captured six military villages and eight county towns. He directly captured the entire Tongguan County and most of the adjacent Hongnong County.
In the end, Luo Shixin had to stop because he divided his troops to garrison the captured military villages and county towns, and the number of troops he could mobilize was less than 5,000.
At this time, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty received the news that Tongguan had been lost and that Luo Shixin had defeated dozens of cities. He was shocked and quickly mobilized his army to set up defenses at the border of Shangluo County.
During this period, Qin Qiong disrupted the organization of the 100,000 surrendered troops in Tongguan City. According to the personnel information provided by the Security Bureau, he promoted and reused some of the surrendered generals, and incorporated all the 100,000 surrendered troops into Luo Shixin's Tornado Army and Pei Yuanqing's Taiyuan Army.
Legion.
At this time, Da'an's army on the Eastern Route doubled in size and became extremely powerful.
However, Qin Qiong was not in a hurry to launch an attack immediately. Instead, he digested the captured Tongguan County and Hongnong County. After the officials sent by the imperial court in Da'an gradually took control of the two counties and further reorganized the surrendered troops, he continued to attack.
Shangluo County of Tang Dynasty launched an attack.
As long as Shangluo County is captured, we will directly face the boundary of Jingzhao Prefecture where Chang'an City is located.
In fact, not only the army on the east route, Xu Shiji left Shangguan Hu in the west to stare at Heifengguan City. He led the 50,000 Wagang army to advance to Hechi County. As long as he captured Hechi County and captured Xianyang City, he would also be able to advance towards Hechi County.
Chang'an City.
For a time, for the Tang State, the battlefield situation took a turn for the worse. Except for Changsun Wuji, who led an army of 150,000 in Luoyang in the southeast, and Li Jing, who led an army of 150,000, failed to capture it with all possible means, the Da'an Kingdom
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The two armies are less than 500 miles away from Chang'an City.
The Tang court was frightened, the officials were frightened, and the morale of the army was inevitably affected.
Changsun Wuji, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, personally led the troops to guard Luoyang City. Although he had an extraordinary mind and powerful methods, and he had received the true inheritance from his father, Changsun Sheng, he was not only good at martial arts, he was also good at commanding troops and fighting.
However, although Changsun Wuji wanted to block the news from the 150,000 defenders in Luoyang City, under the secret operation of the Security Bureau in Luoyang City, the 150,000 defenders still inevitably knew that the east and west directions were clear.
The army is failing one after another, and there is news that the Da'an army is about to reach Chang'an City.
Moreover, the secret agents of the Ping An Mansion spread rumors wantonly, disturbing the people's morale and thus affecting the morale of the military. Within a few days, the morale of the Luoyang City defenders dropped significantly.
Li Jing seized the opportunity and at the cost of the self-destruction of two hundred steel-armored soldiers, he finally allowed a wave of troops to attack the city of Luoyang and establish a stronghold. The two sides fought at the city for a long time, and finally the Da'an army gained a foothold at the city.
More and more people climbed up to the top of the city, and eventually the city was breached.
Sun Wuji, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, considered defeat before fighting. He was obviously fully prepared for street fighting after the city was broken. The street fighting that followed lasted for a full day and night. In addition to the casualties caused by the siege in these days, Li Jing led the South Route Army to finally pay the price.
It took nearly 20,000 troops to completely capture the city of Luoyang.
Moreover, Changsun Wuji saw that it was difficult to recapture the city of Luoyang, so he decisively left behind 50,000 troops to cut off his troops, and then led a calm retreat with 80,000 people.
At this point, the Luoyang War, which lasted for more than a month, ended. The final result was that Da'an State captured Luoyang City and two counties near Luoyang, which had special significance, beheaded 50,000 Tang troops and captured 30,000 surrendered troops.
This kind of casualty ratio would be regarded as a great victory if compared to the Sui Dynasty and even the previous dynasties. However, compared with the foreign wars between the Far East Army and the Da'an Kingdom in recent years, it can be regarded as the largest casualty.
There are three factors that caused such a large number of casualties.
First, the Tang army also had gunpowder weapons, and they were the defenders of the city. They still had grenades and explosive packets from the top of the city, causing great losses to the Da'an army that was attacking the city.
Secondly, when Yang Guang built the new capital in Luoyang, the city wall was extremely tall and strong. It could be called the largest city and the most fortified city in the world. In addition, in the past two years, the Tang State also reinforced it according to the standards of preventing gunpowder weapons.
Third, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Changsun Wuji, was worthy of being the first among the twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty. His planning, methods, military management, and personnel were extremely powerful. If it weren't for Li Jing and other outstanding men of the same level,
Instead of fighting, if someone else tells the truth, whether they can capture Luoyang City so quickly is a matter of two minds.
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Changsun Wuji led 80,000 defeated troops all the way back to Shangluo County City, and immediately ordered preparations to defend the city. According to his estimate, within half a day at most, Li Jing would lead an army to pursue them, lay siege to Shangluo City, and then launch a violent attack.
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There were originally 20,000 troops in the city, and with the 80,000 who returned, there were still 100,000 troops in Shangluo County.
After these days of fighting, it has been further confirmed that the Tang Army cannot defeat the same number of Da'an troops in the field, but Luoyang City can hold on for more than a month and inflicts a lot of casualties on the Da'an Army. This gives Changsun Wuji the confidence to absorb Luoyang City
After learning the lesson, we stayed in Shangluo City for a month, but the premise was that there must be enough food in the city.