"It is of great literary talent and majestic momentum. Who wrote this slogan? There are many allusions that I don't know."
Liu Zhaosun was holding the bandit's slogan that the coir raincoat guards had captured from outside the city. He read a few sentences hastily and was shocked. It was so old, but Li Xianzhong was still using the parallel prose (parallel style) of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which was flashy and mediocre.
Academician Qian Qianyi coughed twice and was about to explain to Emperor Wu Ding the many allusions mentioned in the essay on bandits when he heard His Majesty the Emperor continue:
"The article is well written, but I don't know how the battle went. I remember the article "Pleading for Xu Jingye to Fight for Wu Zhaoxi" written by King Luo Bin back then. What was the final outcome of Xu Jingye who swore to crusade against Wu Zetian?"
Qian Qianyi quickly took over the conversation.
"He was defeated and fled to Runzhou, where he was killed by his subordinates."
"So Li Xianzhong will also be defeated. The more he swallows now, the faster he will die."
Yang Hao and Qiao Yiqi looked at each other. Standing next to them were Wang Huazhen, Yuan Keli and other important ministers. Kang Yingqian had been squeezed out of the core of Daqi's power. The person who replaced Lao Kang was Yang Hao, the abbot of the state.
Yang Hao is obviously not at peace with being just a relative of the emperor. He is now the highest civil affairs official in the Kaiyuan system, and also serves as the chief minister of the cabinet of the Daqi Dynasty. With the blessing of the state abbot, he can be said to be the most influential person in the imperial court. It can be seen that recruiting a How important is a good son-in-law.
The bandits were approaching the capital, and the officers and soldiers in various parts of Shanxi were not within the sphere of influence of the Kaiyuan system. After Liu Zhaosun became emperor, the original generals and generals in Shanxi simply changed the word "Da Ming" on the plaque at the gate to "Da Qi". In addition, Other than that, nothing remains the same.
Therefore, it is obviously nonsense to expect these local snakes to side with Emperor Wuding. Yang Hao has been involved in the officialdom for many years, and he still clearly sees the Shanxi officialdom.
"Your Majesty, I and other ministers in the cabinet believe that the capital should be moved."
As soon as Yang Hao said this, several other civil servants around him agreed, but Yuan Keli remained silent.
"Move the capital? Where to move? Hangzhou or Fuzhou?"
When he said this, the scene of the Jingkang disaster appeared in front of Emperor Wuding's eyes. Huizong and his son were hunting in the north, and Kang Wang Wanyangou crossed the river on a mud horse and fled southward from Hangzhou to Fuzhou.
"Come on, quickly bring the "History of the Song Dynasty" and study it carefully to see how Zhao Gou moved south."
Hearing that Emperor Wu Ding's tone was unkind and everyone around him stopped talking, Yang Hao gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Majesty, we are going to Liaodong..."
"Liaodong?" Liu Zhaosun's eyes suddenly became fierce, staring at his father-in-law, which made Yang Hao's hair stand on end. Emperor Wu Ding suppressed his smile and said word by word:
"Three years ago, I led an army of 100,000 people to enter the Pass from western Liaoning and strive to conquer the world. Now that I have abandoned my helmet and armor and fled back outside the Pass, how can I have the face to meet the elders of Liaodong! I have said long ago that I will not escape, and the prince will not I will not go south, I will fight to the death with Li Xianzhong in the capital."
Yang Hao shook his head and was speechless. Qiao Yiqi couldn't help but said: "Xiang Yu refused to cross Jiangdong back then, so in the end he had to..."
Emperor Wu Ding chuckled: "I am not Xiang Yu, and the city of Beijing is not Gaixia. I have experienced strong winds and waves, so there is nothing to be afraid of! Once Li Xianzhong and Zhu Changhui are destroyed, I will be the lord of the world, and Daqi will become an empire on which the sun never sets." "
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On the sixth day of March in the first year of Wuding, the Tang army arrived at Juyongguan. Song Tong and the eunuch Cao Zhizhi surrendered without a fight. The "North Gate Lock" of the capital, known as the natural danger, was opened in front of the Tang army without firing an arrow.
In the evening of the same day, the vanguard of the Tang army arrived at Tucheng in the north of the capital (i.e. the ruins of the city wall to the north of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty). Li Xianzhong set up camp in Gonghua City, Shahe River between Changping and Beijing, and set the Tang army's central camp here. General Liu Zongmin served as the siege commander. Command, responsible for capturing Beijing.
On the 17th, Liu Zongmin led 80,000 troops and arrived at the gates of Beijing. The Tang army immediately began to gradually clear the outer fortifications.
Among the 80,000 people, except for 20,000 old troops of the Tang Army, the remaining 60,000 were refugees who surrendered to the Qi Army from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places and who joined during the Eastern Expedition.
After learning that Yongding Gate had experienced war not long ago and the city wall was damaged in the battle, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered the focus of the attack to be shifted from Desheng Gate in the north to Yongding Gate in the south.
Nearly 100,000 troops surrounded the city of Beijing. Artillery was set up on the other side of the moat, roaring continuously in the night. The artillery brought from military towns in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shanxi used thousands of captured Shenjiying Shenhuo Feiyao. , firing coveringly at the Qi army's position on the other side of the moat. However, these large rockets, which are accustomed to performing Brownian motion, always fly around after being ignited. At least two hundred of them turn around and rush towards the cannon fodder of the Tang Army who are recharging their energy in the rear of the formation and preparing to attack the city with ants. , after killing and injuring hundreds of people, it triggered a large-scale internal strife between the bandits and the artillerymen of the Tang Army.
When Liu Zongmin saw this, he was very angry and sent his old battalion to supervise the battle. They killed dozens of trench-filling cannon fodder and artillerymen who participated in the fight indiscriminately, and managed to suppress this inexplicable internal strife. However, the artillerymen were no longer alive or dead. Launch the Divine Fire Flying Crow produced by Shenji Camp. The refugees in the front row also consciously stayed far away from the artillery.
"Why are you arguing! Why are you fighting? There is no one who won't die in a war! How many people will die are afraid of the hammer, you immortals are stern, your mother is a bitch, and you are a donkey. Each of you comes here, and I don't know how many people are stepping on you behind you. Dead man, all the rich women of the imperial court are in the city. If you don’t attack the city properly, you will have your own people beating your own people. If you conquer this city, I will reward you! If you dare to do evil to your own people again, I, I will castrate him!"
Liu Zongmin was riding on a black Hexi horse and scolded loudly. He waved his riding whip and cursed out all the curse words he had learned from several leaders these days. After finishing the scolding, he felt that it was not enough, so he swung the riding whip and pointed at The refugees who were still running around in front were whipped away.
"Those who cheat on donkeys are looking for death!"
The elites of the old battalion waved their scabbards and riding whips, and finally suppressed the mob in front of them. The artillery continued to fire. With bursts of explosions and misfires, iron balls passed over the bitterly cold wind in the suburbs of Beijing and smashed into the Qi army's position.
Liu Zongmin reined up his horse and stood on a small slope three miles south of Yongding Gate. A large flag with the word "Liu" written on it fluttered in the wind above his head.
The weather turned dark and there was a chill in the wilderness. Liu Zongmin shivered, rubbed his little hands and looked at the fireballs rising under the night sky, and said with surprise in his heart:
"Why don't the stubborn officers and soldiers fight back? Do you have to wait until I push the cart to the city?"
If he had not received accurate information that the main force of the Kaiyuan Army was still in the capital, Liu Zongmin would have long thought that his own Emperor Wuding might have abandoned the city and fled.
From Shaanxi to Shanxi and then to Henan, Liu Zongmin had a smooth journey. Except for a few gestures with Qin Yuji at Ningwuguan, he basically had no opponents.
Therefore, he did not show any concern about conquering the capital. The scouts reported that there were still tens of thousands of Kaiyuan troops in the city, so what? It's not like the Tang army has never fought against Liu Zhaosun's men. The troops in Hequ, Shanxi, have long been defeated by the old camp. It is estimated that by this time, the man named Deng has been beheaded by Zhang Zicheng.
"No, Centipede Chuan likes to cut the human body into eight pieces and cook them in a frying pan."
Liu Zongmin whispered and narrowed his eyes. He was really tired after working hard on his horse for the past few days and coming all the way from Taiyuan.
As dusk fell in the distance, the Tang army fired two more rounds of artillery. The barrels overheated, and hundreds of artillery pieces finally stopped. Liu Zongmin said impatiently:
"That's enough, save some artillery. What if Liu Zhaosun is standing on the city wall and we smash him to pieces? King Chuang will use his head to pay tribute to a bear Li Lai."
