Xu Bin gave the order to attack to Li Xu and three generals. Li Xu and Li Chongbao asked in disbelief: "My father is seriously ill, how can I think of leading the troops in battle?"
Xu Xiang replied: "Capturing Jiankang City is the best medicine to cure my lord."
In the afternoon, Li Xu personally supervised the battle. The artillery sprayed white smoke from the Yangtze River and in front of the Tang Army's camp. The artillery fire rolled in the Tang Army's camp. The light armored soldiers hid in the ditch with bows and knives. They waited for the artillery fire to stop before charging out of the ditch.
Come out and fight Yong Jun head-on.
Li Chongbao was so cruel that he actually asked Kong Ming Lantern to drop bombs and carry out indiscriminate bombing when the two sides were in a stalemate. Li Xuwei faced the cruelty of war and raised objections. Li Chongbao retorted to his brother with a cold face: "Compassion does not control troops, and righteousness does not control wealth.
, This is the awareness that a general should have. As a commander, you only need to grasp the general outline, and there is no need to dictate what happens on the battlefield."
Faced with his brother's rebuttal, Li Xu was secretly angry, but he also showed a high level of Qi-nurturing skills. He actually smiled and nodded and said, "Brother is right, I am the one who upholds the benevolence of a woman."
Li Chongbao glanced at his brother fearfully and quickly backed down: "This is a tactic used under special circumstances. If it is not necessary, it will not be used in the future."
Li Chongbao did have a unique talent in the war. He implemented military discipline management when he took charge of the army. Every time after the war, he used his own private money to reward meritorious captains and low-level soldiers. At the same time, he also killed dozens of corrupt officials.
People who are afraid of death. Whenever they encounter difficult and dangerous terrain that is difficult to conquer, they must rush forward and lead the troops to attack in person. An ordinary army can become fierce and fearless of death after being led by him in a short period of time.
Li Xu observed his brother's military commanding style and combat ideas from the sidelines. While admiring him, he also tried his best to observe and learn from them.
Soon the Yong army captured Caishi City, and more than 40,000 Tang soldiers in the city laid down their weapons and surrendered. Li Chongbao wanted to kill and execute these prisoners of war at once on the Yangtze River, so as not to delay the army's action and delay the fighter plane.
Li Xu firmly disagreed. The reason was that the unification war was about to end. At this time, we should recruit surrenders and rebels, treat prisoners preferentially, and disintegrate the resistance of some Tang troops. If we slaughter the prisoners at this time, we will not force the prisoners in Jiankang City.
Will all the Tang troops fight to the death?
After being refuted by his brother, Li Chongbao was still dissatisfied and claimed that he wanted to consult his father before his death bed and let him make a decision. At this time, Li Siye was already on his deathbed. He probably couldn't even hear his words clearly and was still holding on for a breath.
Prime Minister Xu Bin intervened to mediate the dispute between the two, and disagreed with Li Chongbao's decision to kill the prisoners. He thought to himself that Li Siye was right to worry, and Li Chongbao was indeed dissatisfied with his brother. This was left to him because his lord did not handle the family affairs well.
question.
Li Chongbao was still in awe of this cold-faced prime minister. He immediately obeyed his brother's order and ordered his troops to capture the Tang army and seize their weapons. After that, he took the initiative to distribute rations to the prisoners and pay for their return home, or persuade them to join.
This decision was indeed effective. The Tang army's will to resist continued to weaken. Most of the soldiers believed that the Tang Dynasty had exhausted its strength. Surrendering to the Yong army would only change the emperor, and it would have no impact on ordinary soldiers like them.
Just six days later, the Tang army attacked Jiankang City. In order to speed up the process of destroying the Tang Dynasty and allow his father to feel relieved before he could sleep, Li Xu ordered the Yangtze River Navy and the Jiangdu Navy to carry 60,000 people across the river each and bombard the river banks.
The remaining 200,000 troops surrounded the other three sides of the city wall. The navy company mobilized a total of more than 600 ship guns and Xuanwu heavy artillery pieces, and more than 100 giant Kongming lanterns, which was the most in any war.
The bombing of artillery and Kongming lanterns turned Jiankang City into a sea of flames, but there was still no good way to deal with the city wall. The only way was to use siege equipment to attack the city and suppress it with artillery.
Emperor Li Yu did not dare to stay in the city to supervise the battle this time. He had already led his ministers and the Shence Army to retreat to Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan in advance. Therefore, the morale of the Yong Army was obviously higher than that of the Tang Army. At about 6 pm the next day, Zhonglang General Xu Kuandi
One climbed the city wall and gradually expanded the victory.
Li Xu was overjoyed and quickly sent Prime Minister Xu Bin to the Chinese army's tent to report the good news to his father.
Xu Xiang ran staggeringly to the camp gate and said loudly: "My lord, Jiankang City has been destroyed."
After he entered, Li Siye had closed his eyes forever, and he didn't know if he could hear his cry.
In the ninth year of Yuanshuo in the Northern Tang Dynasty and the second year of Guangde in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Siye died during the southern expedition at the age of fifty-six.
However, due to a series of responses he made before his death, he summoned his successor Li Xu to quarry, allowing Yong's army to continue its southern expedition.
Li Xu appointed Duan Xiushi, Zang Xiye and Li Chongbao as generals and divided them into three groups to attack Yuhang, Yuzhang and Changsha. The Southern Tang army Guo Ziyi and the emperor retreated to Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan. The remaining Tang armies lost unity and coordination and fought independently. They were captured by Yong
The army attacked each city and defeated it.
Li Xu held a funeral for his father during the march, and the entire army was in mourning. Li Siye's coffin was also sent back to Chang'an by gunboat along the Yangtze River and canal, and was buried with the rites of a prince in Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture, Guanzhong.
In order to pursue the remnant forces of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Xu sent Duan Xiushi, who had captured Yuhang, to continue southward to attack Guangzhou. On the other hand, he sent the Yangtze River Navy to go south to the sea and reach Guangzhou port, where they jointly attacked Guangzhou with Duan Xiushi's ground army.
Li Yu and Guo Ziyi received the news in advance and took a sea ship to escape to Nanyang in advance.
After receiving the news, Li Xu sent the three armies to continue attacking Lingnan. He led the civil and military officials to Yangzhou. After inspecting the Yangzhou army, he took a gunboat and went north along the canal to Luoyang. The next month, Li Xu returned to Chang'an.
At the end of September, Emperor Li Jixuan of the Northern Tang Dynasty issued an edict, granting the Zen throne to Li Xu, and the Tang Dynasty was destroyed. Li Xu changed the name of the country to Yong, made Chang'an the capital, and changed the reign name to the first year of Xingye. It can be seen from the reign name that Li
Xu wanted to make great achievements as emperor.
The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to purge the remnants of the Tang Dynasty in various places, and use coercion and inducement to make the vassal states and Jizhou that were originally loyal to the Tang Dynasty join the new family. The second step was to lift the wartime state of the country.
, began to recuperate and resume production.
The south suffered the least damage during the Great Rebellion, so Li Xu personally selected inspection officials and sent them to Jiangdong to consolidate his rule. At this time, the remaining armies of the Tang Dynasty were mainly concentrated south of Guangzhou and on the border of Nanzhao. They were led by Pu Guhuai
There are more than 40,000 people under En's command.
Because the climate here is close to the tropics, there are primitive jungles everywhere that humans have not yet set foot on. Since Pugu Huai'en is from the north, he cannot adapt to the harsh environment of the tropics, and he soon suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
The capital was beaten by thousands of people, and the walls fell down. The army of Nanzhao also came out of the forest to harass the Tang army. Moreover, the famous Yong army general Youyan King Li Chongbao's army was attacking here. The Tang army could be said to be...
Enemy on both sides.
Moreover, I heard that after the emperor and Guo Ziyi led a navy to escape from the sea to Nanyang, the morale of the soldiers was generally low. It was a fool's errand to use them to defeat the Yong soldiers who were in good health, and Pugu Huai'en had already
I have made plans to sacrifice myself for charity.
After more than 20 days of arduous trek, the Yong army led by Li Chongbao finally found the Tang army remaining in Lingnan, and quickly launched an attack. The result was predictable. The Tang army was defeated in one fell swoop, and Pugu Huai'en vowed not to surrender.
He led the remaining troops to retreat deep into the jungle.
The Yong army dispersed in pursuit, and three days later they finally found Pugu Huai'en, who had committed suicide by a creek. At this point, except for the navy led by Emperor Li Yu who fled to Nanyang, the Yong army had eliminated all Tang Dynasty soldiers.