In fact, when Guo Yingyi and Du Ji sent people to Chang'an for help, the Cui brothers had already realized the seriousness of the matter. As the Jiedushi of Jiannan, he could only really control the surrounding areas of Chengdu and several states on the Jinniu Road, and he could not control them at all.
Block the lychee road.
Guo Yingyi and Du Ji concentrated all their forces in Yuzhou, which was enough to ensure the smooth flow of this passage into Shu.
Cui Ning knew that if he waited like this, he would be waiting for death. He had lost the initiative and had to take it back with his own hands.
He and his brother Cui Mi led the unity battalion to go out in full force, and only sent some weak soldiers and remnants to provoke at the gate of Yuzhou City, trying to induce the other party to fight them in advance.
However, this strategy has no effect on Guo Yingyi and Du Ji. They know the strength of the Unity Camp, and the two of them are not people who dare to take risks and seek great success. As long as they huddle behind Yuzhou City to ensure the safety of entering Shulichi Road, Li Siye will naturally
They will send elite and superior troops to quell the rebellion. This kind of achievement is a sure success.
After Cui Ning and Cui Mi failed to attack the city, they finally determined that the situation was not good and hurriedly retreated to Chengdu. They also mobilized a large number of people to stock up on food and grass. Once the imperial army arrived, they could only huddle up and defend.
At the end of October, Zang Xiyan led his army to Yuzhou. After the three parties gathered, they determined unanimous leadership and began to march along the Sichuan Basin towards Chengdu, and finally formed an array under the city wall.
The Cui brothers' foundation in Chengdu is not solid. The grassroots officers in the unity camp generally have no hope that they can control Shuzhong. One month since they decided to rebel, their sphere of influence still radiates around Chengdu.
Two hundred miles away, not to mention that Chang'an has personally sent troops to fight. How can a small arm twist his thigh.
Zang Xiyan was not only very skillful in fighting, he was also good at manipulating people's hearts. After he led his troops into the city of Chengdu, he did not directly attack the city. Instead, he sent soldiers to continuously shout and send messages into the city.
The content of the cloth contains a hint of Li Siye's self-blame. King Yong said that he did not understand the situation in Shuzhong, and the establishment of a staff system in the army should have been gradual, which caused the senior officials of Shuzhong to overreact. Not only would he not hold the Unity Camp accountable
The majority of officers and soldiers, even brothers Cui Ning and Cui Mi, will be given a lighter sentence.
Many soldiers and junior officers in the Unity Battalion picked up such cloth. By the time the information reached Cui Ning and Cui Mi, the entire Unity Battalion knew about it. The biggest disadvantage of those in high positions is that the delay in transmitting information is too long.
Cui Mi came to his brother with an arrow wrapped in cloth, and said solemnly: "Brother, please see, this was shot by the besieging army tonight."
Cui Ning read the contents of the silk book carefully and couldn't help but frown. Cui Mi asked tentatively from the side: "Brother, do you think King Yong intends to let us go?"
"You're lying to me," Cui Ning slapped the case with his palms and scolded his brother for his unsteady behavior of having illusions about the enemy: "Intercepting the imperial officials and supporting the troops to support themselves, which one is not a serious crime of beheading, Li Siye is not like
The Li Tang royal family is so weak and easy to fool, but he has the intention to kill! He has already sent a large army to the city, you can imagine how serious this matter is!"
"Once you and I listen to his words, withdraw our defenses, leave the city and surrender, strip off our military power and be sent to Chang'an, then we will be serving as slaves for each other."
Cui Mi sighed and said: "You and I don't believe the lies of the imperial court, but we can't guarantee that our brothers will believe it."
Cui Ning suddenly felt a chill in his head and asked in a cold voice: "What does this mean?"
"The enemy fired more than one arrow, and hundreds of silk books wrapped in cloth fell into the city. The rest were picked up by the brothers."
"Bastard! It's over!" Cui Ning stomped her feet hysterically a few times, then looked up to the sky and sighed: "Are you and I brothers actually going to die in Chengdu today?"
He suddenly turned to Cui Mi and asked: "How many people in the unity camp are truly loyal to you? You can not be afraid of the enemy's temptation to divide."
Cui Mi didn't understand what he was going to do and said vaguely: "Three thousand, no, two thousand!"
"I also have a thousand tooth soldiers under my command. Before some people rebel and open the city gate, you go back and collect some gold and silver. I will also take away some things. We will lead these three thousand people to surrender to Tubo and borrow money from Tubo."
Use your strength to take back Shuzhong."
"Wait a minute." Cui Mi asked confusedly: "If we go to Tibet, they may accept us, but how can they help us take back Shuzhong? Are they willing to do things that are not beneficial to Tibet?"
Cui Ning snorted and said, "Of course I won't. I exchanged the conditions for the Tubo Zanpu to send troops in exchange for the ten prefectures and thirteen Jisi prefectures of the Baoning Protectorate to the west of Shu County. At the same time, I nominally surrendered to Tibet and accepted Zanpu's canonization.
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Cui Mi opened her mouth in fear: "Are you trying to betray the country for glory and become a traitor to the country?"
"It's true that I am willing to be a traitor to the country, but I am betraying my country to survive. If your brother and I don't take refuge in Tubo, it will be a dead end. I just want to use the power of Tubo to preserve myself."
Cui Mi could not rebuke his brother's behavior. No matter what, they were brothers who were always bound together.
He immediately went down to summon his generals, gathered some of his cronies and their subordinates, and waited for Cui Ning's order to evacuate from any gate of Chengdu.
People inside the unity camp in the city were panicking. The lower-level officers didn't know what Cui Ning was thinking right now. They discussed it secretly many times and came to the conclusion that Cui Ning would never be buried with him, but they would also give him a chance to surrender in person.
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They waited for about five or six days, and the Yong army led by Zang Xiyan also waited outside the city with confidence. They knew that if Cui Ning stubbornly resisted, most of the soldiers in the city would not follow him.
The sudden news happened sixteen days later. Suddenly, Cui Ning's tooth barracks and Cui Mi's trusted troops disappeared from the city overnight.
The Cui brothers blocked the news before escaping. Only the two of them and a few cronies around them knew about it. They pretended to make a plan to attack the enemy at night, and then gathered 3,000 personal guards in the backyard of the Jieduzheng's mansion and attacked from the north.
He quickly left the city in the direction of the gate and fled towards Yazhou.
The two brothers escaped without being discovered on the first day. The army in Chengdu was still patrolling the city walls step by step. However, the generals soon discovered that they could not find their commander, and they were blocked by the steward when they went to the Jiedushi's residence.
But the shrewd generals soon noticed the anomaly. In this tense situation with troops approaching the city, the fact that brothers Cui Ning and Cui Mi had been patrolling the city wall day and night, and now not showing up for a long time speaks for itself.
One of these generals is named Zhang Xiancheng, who is a veteran in the Jiannan Army. However, because his father Zhang Shougui was dismissed by the court prematurely, he did not receive the glory of his father. His promotion in the army was relatively slow, and he was still only united.
He is the marching commander of the camp. But because he is senior enough, he still has a lot of weight in speaking in the camp.
Zhang Xiancheng realized that something was wrong and saw the steward's eyes flashing, so he asked both softly and hard: "Steward Cui, things are not as usual now. The imperial army is under the city wall outside. Doctor Cui and Jun Cui cannot come out to take charge of the situation, and the soldiers will lose their military morale."
It is unstable. Once the city is broken, can I bear the responsibility or can you bear it? When the army enters the Jiedushi's residence, will you still be dead?"
The steward snorted and retorted: "Is it possible that if you wait one more day, the city will be breached? What does Alang do to feed you generals?"
"Do you know how to fight? Do you know what a crushing defeat means? If the imperial army attacks the city, not only our lives will be in danger, but your heads will also have to be moved!"
The steward shivered in fright, looked timidly at the several military leaders behind Zhang Xiancheng who were suppressing their anger, quickly pulled Zhang Xiancheng aside, and whispered: "It's not that I don't want to disclose, it's just that people talk too much, I'm afraid
If word spreads, it will cause big trouble."
"If you don't say the disaster is greater, now you can only tell me that I am the one."