Eight hundred and seventieth chapters rear was attacked
In the autumn of the second year of Yuanshuo, which was also the autumn of the second year of Shi Siming's Shuntian year, Shi Siming also held a grand ceremony to worship heaven on the earthen platform outside Youzhou City. He said that he was going to obey the destiny and attack Li Siye and his Hexi Army. For this purpose, Shi Siming specially asked scholars to write
After the sacrifice, he read loudly to the sky: "Today I obey the destiny of heaven, slay the enemies and rebels, bring peace to the world, revive China, restore peace and happiness to the world, and bring clarity to the world, in order to save the millions of suffering people in the world.
The common people of Li have created immortal achievements! I want to personally conquer the enemy and kill the traitor Li Siye! I hope the sky will bless me. I will win the battle and conquer the enemy!"
In Shi Siming's eyes, Yunzhou is as important as Tongguan to Guanzhong. Although he has ascended the throne as emperor in Luoyang, Youzhou and Yingzhou are his foundation, so this time he must take Yunzhou no matter what.
The state was taken back.
He gathered 100,000 soldiers from Youzhou, and the horses galloped for dozens of miles. Finally, they met Li Siye's army about 30 miles west of Yunzhou, who was preparing to attack Youzhou. The two sides formed a field battle, and Li Siye himself rode a fast horse and carried a sword.
In front of the great banner, Shi Siming was opposite wearing golden armor.
The two of them were extremely jealous when they met like enemies, and started to talk: "Li Siye, you are a rat who stole Guanzhong and became king, hijacked Li Tang's family and became a false emperor, trying to seize the world, you want to ask me about this sharp knife in Shi Siming's hand."
Promise or not."
Li Siye chuckled and said: "My grandson, you are just a small military envoy under the command of the sheep thief in Youzhou. Because you rebelled and seized a high position, you died suddenly in Houlu Mountain. You lived in Youzhou and had strong soldiers, so what happened?
The ambition to become an emperor is really just to be crowned as a monkey and not to overestimate one's own abilities."
Shi Siming returned to the formation angrily, and immediately beat the drums himself to urge the cavalry to go into battle. Li Siye also ordered to blow the bronze trumpet, ordering the flying tiger cavalry to go into battle. The second son Li Chongbao charged forward with a silver spear in his hand. The cavalrymen drew their horned bows on their horses and fired at each other.
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The battle progressed until four o'clock in the afternoon, and Li Siye's side gradually felt the difficulty. In order to reverse the situation, Li Siye ordered the bombardiers to tie fierce thunderbolts to the arrows of the Fuyuan Crossbow, and aim at the Yan Army cavalry formation who were riding horses to charge into the formation. Suddenly, the ground was filled with thunder.
Rolling, flames rolled in the enemy's cavalry, and the horses were frightened and fled in all directions, and actually rushed towards their own camp.
Seeing that something was wrong, Shi Siming quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and retreat back to Yizhou.
Li Siye's army already had very few violent fire mines and explosive bomb mines in stock, so he did not take the opportunity to pursue them. He found that after war after war, the soldiers' dependence on firearms had become far greater than he expected, and it had almost reached the point where they were almost gone.
With artillery and fierce fire and thunder, they have no confidence in winning when they go to the battlefield.
Li Siye quickly wrote to Xu Bin, the military advisor in Chang'an, asking him to order people to escort more fierce fire mines and explosive bomb mines to Yunzhou to provide confidence and fire support for the army.
Unexpectedly, his letter was not sent, and the urgent official document from Chang'an had been delivered. The postman who delivered the letter knelt down in front of him panting, crossed his hands and said: "Lord, Chang'an is in urgent need!"
Li Siye took a look at the letter and found out that he secretly led 30,000 troops to the north to attack Shi Siming. Some loyal minister of Li Tang in Chang'an leaked it to Guo Ziyi in Hanzhong. Guo Ziyi took the opportunity to lead his army out of Baoxie Road and attacked Taibai County and
In Mei County, Ashina Chulu who was stationed in Mei County was defeated and retreated to Zhouzhi County.
Xu Bin replaced Li Siye in Chang'an and quickly sent Duan Xiushi and Bai Xiaode to lead the troops from the suburbs of Chang'an to Zhouzhi County to meet the enemy. Unexpectedly, Guo Ziyi made a false shot and went north to attack Fufeng County. Zhao Chongxun, who was stationed in Chencang, also quickly led his troops north to meet the enemy, causing
Chencang County's military strength was empty.
Guo Ziyi's third son, Guo Xi, took the opportunity to attack Dashan Pass through Chencang Road and broke through Dashan Pass. Guo Ziyi led the army to turn around and join forces with his son to attack Zhao Chongxun in a pincer attack. Zhao Chongxun was naturally defeated and quickly retreated to Qianxian County.
At this point, Guo Ziyi has completely controlled Fengxiang County, like a nail that has completely driven into Guanzhong.
Only then did Xu Bin realize that none of the generals under Li Siye could deal with the Guo family and his son, so he had to write a letter in person to report the situation in Guanzhong and ask his lord to come back and personally preside over the battle.
Guo Ziyi's sudden attack interrupted the military progress of Li Siye's northern expedition to Youzhou, and also gave Shi Siming a chance to breathe. Perhaps this hero in troubled times should not have died, and Shi Siming would feel lucky in his sleep.
Li Siye was extremely angry in his heart. He felt as if he was being teased. His overall strategic plan and his expectation of unifying the north had all come to nothing.
He immediately planned the current situation in Hedong and ordered his son Li Chongbao to take charge of Taiyuan, Bai Xiaode to guard Yunzhou, and Zhao Chongxun, who was originally guarding Fufeng County, to guard Shangdang and Pujin Ferry. He himself led 30,000 troops to quickly turn back and rush back to Guanzhong.
He quickly changed his strategic thinking and decided to capture Hanzhong and Shuzhong first, so as to ensure the strategic depth of Guanzhong. Guo Ziyi wanted to restore the glory of the old Tang Dynasty and regarded Li Siye as his enemy. Such contradictions are irreconcilable and impossible. was neutralized, so he could only eliminate the opponent before he could safely deal with Shi Siming.
After Li Siye returned to Guanzhong, he personally mobilized the Feihuqi and Xuanwu artillery battalions and sent troops to prepare to recapture Fengxiang and Chencang occupied by Guo Ziyi.
With Duan Xiushi and Tian Zhen as the vanguard, he came to Fengxiang City. He saw Guo Ziyi and his son standing on the tower in the distance, with smiles on their faces and looked extremely proud. This was Guo Ziyi's method of provoking generals, and Li Siye didn't feel much anger in his heart. He stood with ancient values and standpoints. In the above, Guo Ziyi is the righteous party and represents the position of Tang Dynasty and loyalty, while Li Siye and Shi Siming are the real rebels.
"Guo Linggong is here well. I didn't expect you to care about me so much. When I couldn't defend myself, you suddenly gave me such a knife. I really couldn't resist it."
Guo Ziyi laughed and said: "It is my duty, Guo Ziyi, to suppress rebellion and punish rebellion, especially to kill big thieves like you. Today's battle in Guanzhong is precisely to support Zhengshuo of the Tang Dynasty and demonstrate loyalty and filial piety. You traitorous ministers will surely be reviled for eternity."
Li Siye smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter what you say. The key is to look at the means and the ability to fight. I'm afraid Guo Linggong's loyalty will be in vain."
"Bombard the city and capture Chencang!"
Hundreds of Xuanwu cannons were pushed onto the gun emplacement. The gunners lit the gunners and blasted wildly at the city wall. Guo Ziyi was so blown that he couldn't stand still. His son Guo Xi quickly escorted him into the city tower.
After a burst of shelling, Tian Zhen personally carried shields and led troops to attack the city. However, Guo Ziyi's tactical skills were indeed strong. He personally led the soldiers to shoot arrows and throw wood on the city wall. The Hexi army suffered heavy losses for a while.
While Li Siye ordered the artillery to calibrate the target and bombard the city wall, he personally led the people to rush to the city, pushed the huge battering ram to the city gate, lit the twister, and quickly retreated.
The top of the battering ram made a violent explosion, knocking the huge city gate to the ground, and the soldiers of the Hexi Army entered the city screaming in front of each other.
Guo Ziyi decisively withdrew from Chencang without hesitation and retreated to Dashan Pass. Li Siye led his army to attack Dashan Pass. After several battles under the cover of artillery fire, he finally recaptured Dashang Pass before dark.
Of course, he could not stop there and pursued Guo Ziyi's heels along Chencang Road to the edge of the Han River. The Battle of Hanzhong officially began.
Guo Ziyi retreated to Hanzhong City, reinforced the walls with strips of stone, and prepared to hold on and resist. At the same time, he sent people from the lower reaches of the Han River to Nanyang and Xiangyang for help, hoping that Li Heng, who was more settled in the south of the Yangtze River, could send some troops to assist Hanzhong.
The imperial court elders and Hanzhong officials who stayed with Guo Ziyi in Hanzhong all advised Guo Ziyi to abandon Hanzhong, retreat to Chengdu in the middle of Shu, and rely on the natural dangers of Jiange to defend, but Guo Ziyi flatly refused, saying: "Hanzhong is Shuzhong's foreign aid, and it is also the way to expand outward.
, once we abandon Hanzhong, we will be hiding and acting as a coward, and we will never have the chance to recapture Guanzhong in the future."
You are always thinking about taking back Guanzhong. Being able to defeat Fengxiang this time is already an extraordinary performance.
Of course, they did not deny Guo Ziyi's ability, but Guo Ziyi's side was too weak. When he was defeated and retreated to Hanzhong, he only had more than 10,000 defeated soldiers left. After just two years of recruiting brave soldiers, the number was re-expanded to more than 30,000.
Li Siye had already relied on the abundant troops and food supplies in the three areas of Guanzhong, Longyou, and Hexi. He had as many as 200,000 troops under his command, and his military strength was the strongest in the world.