When we arrived at the wounded soldiers camp, Abba took the lead and walked into the tent. He saw many wounded soldiers lying on wooden beds on both sides of the aisle. Grandma and some concubines and maids were bandaging the wounded soldiers. The queen passed away six months ago, and Amma is now the master of the harem. In order to stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, she led her concubines and maids to assist the imperial doctor in caring for the wounded.
When my mother saw my father, she quickly came over. After bowing, she said, "Your Majesty, you see, so many people are injured. Can we hold the imperial city?" My father said solemnly, "I don't know if we can hold it. , but I will fight until my last breath!"
At this time, there was a rumble in the distance. Although it was dull, it was very clear. Everyone listened for a while, and Pei Ji said, "Is it thunder?" Liu Wenjing rolled her eyes and said, "It's a sunny day, what kind of thunder is it?"
"Then tell me, what is this sound?"
"how could I know?"
The eldest brother said: "It seems to be coming from outside the imperial city." Dad waved his hand: "Let's go to the top of the city to have a look." Mom quickly said: "Your Majesty, I also want to go."
"All right".
Everyone climbed back to the top of the city. Abba looked into the distance and saw clouds of blue smoke floating in the air in the direction of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, with little bits of fire flashing from time to time. Outside the imperial city, pillars of smoke rose from time to time, and the air waves generated by the explosion threw the shattered limbs into the air. The rebel soldiers panicked and fled, and many soldiers who were climbing the ladder also jumped down and fled for their lives.
Mom stood next to Dad and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, what's going on?" Dad looked at it for a while and said with certainty: "This is the cannon of Zhiyun's new army."
cannon? My grandma heard Li Zhiyun mention it, but she just saw it with her own eyes today. It was really eye-opening! A long-lost smile appeared on Abba's face, and he said with confidence, "With the support of cannons, we will definitely be able to defend the imperial city!"
Huazhou, Xiaoji Camp. The deep sky was dotted with stars and the bright moon, and the military camp was completely silent. At this time, a group of soldiers on night patrol came over, and the rustling footsteps broke the endless silence. One or two horses' sneezes came from the stables in the distance, which sounded particularly clear.
In the Chinese military tent, King Yong'an Li Xiaoji was studying "Spring and Autumn Annals". The four treasures of the study were placed on the shiny black lacquer table in front of him. On the left corner of the table stood an arrow box of purple purlin wood, with twenty arrows inserted in it. There is a fire token arrow, and on the candlestick on the right corner of the table, there are two thumb-thick gold-painted red candles.
The curtain was opened, and a gust of night wind caused the candle to sway a few times. After a while, it burned steadily again. A young general came in. He walked to the desk, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, someone is coming from Chang'an." Li Xiaoji put down the book in his hand and said, "Please." The general turned to the outside and shouted, "Come in." Bar."
After a while, Cai Hu was helped in by a soldier. It was one hundred and eighty miles from Chang'an to Huazhou. He rode non-stop all the way. His horse died of exhaustion halfway through. In the last thirty miles, he could only move on foot. Cai Hu staggered to the table, pushed away the soldiers, lifted up his clothes, knelt down, clasped his fists and said: "The Prince of Chu proposes to join the army, Cai Hu, to see Prince Yong'an." Li Xiaoji quickly stood up, walked around the large table and came to Cai Hu came forward, helped him up and said, "Cai Canjun, please rise. I know you. Last time I was captured in Xia County, you and Zhiyun rescued me." Cai Hu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Li Mi rebelled and invaded Chang'an City. The King of Chu sent a humble minister to ask for reinforcements."
ah? When Li Xiaoji heard this, he was shocked and said: "No wonder I sent several groups of scouts and failed to find out the whereabouts of the Wagang rebels. It turned out that they went to Chang'an." He pondered for a moment and said: "Don't worry, Cai Canjun, I will immediately Send troops to reinforce Chang'an."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave of that humble post."
"where are you going?"
"Jingzhou."
Li Xiaoji hurriedly said: "Cai Canjun, you are tired, so let me send someone to deliver the message to Jingzhou for you." Cai Hu shook his head and said: "No, the humble body can still withstand it. However, the humble horse is on the road. If you run away to death, please ask the prince to lend you a horse."
"What's so difficult about this?" Li Xiaoji turned to the general and said, "Go and ask someone to bring my king's jade unicorn." The general agreed and went out.
Li Xiaoji sent Cai Hu outside the tent, and a soldier brought a horse. Cai Hu took the reins and put the stirrups on his horse, raised his fists at Li Xiaoji and said, "Your Majesty, I will resign from my humble position!" After saying that, he turned the horse's head and galloped out of the gate of the military camp.
Li Xiaoji turned around and said to the young general: "Beat the drums and gather the generals immediately to send troops to Chang'an!"
"yes!"
Because of the interference of the New Army's artillery, the rebels failed to capture the imperial city. Li Mi became angry and summoned a large number of troops to attack the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, hoping to destroy the cannons in one fell swoop. Li Zhiyun ordered the New Army to set up a tight defense line around the artillery positions and repelled several rebel attacks.
Li Mi's Chinese military tent was located in the Xingqing Palace next to Chunming Gate in the east of Chang'an City. The war was not going well, and he was walking back and forth in the palace like a trapped animal. At this time, Wang Bodang came in and reported: "My lord, the general has just received bad news. Li Xiaoji has led more than 10,000 troops to come for reinforcements. Now there are only twenty miles away from Chang'an."
Li Mi was shocked when he heard this. Although he expected that the Tang army around Chang'an would come for reinforcements, he didn't expect them to come so quickly. He was stunned for a moment, pointed with his hand and said: "Quickly lead your troops to intercept them, and you must not let them get close to Chang'an City." Wang Bo immediately said "obey the order", turned around and went out.
Wang Bodang gathered his troops and left the city through Tonghua Gate in the east of Chang'an. After walking five or six miles, he met the Tang army. Wang Bodang ordered the army to set up a formation and prepare for it.
Wang Bodang drove his horse to the front of the formation. He raised his eyes and looked towards the opposite side. He saw the flags of the Tang army fluttering and their helmets bright. In front of the formation were several generals wearing armor and dismounting their horses. They were surrounding them like stars holding the moon. There was a man sitting steadily on a tall horse. He wore a golden helmet and silver armor, and held an eight-foot-long spear in his hand. He looked to be in his forties and had a round face. The body is slightly rich.
Wang Bodang said loudly: "Is the person across from you King Yong'an?"
"It is this king," Li Xiaoji said, "Who are you?"
"I am Wang Bodang, the general of Zuowuwei."
"It turns out to be General Wang. Your Majesty treats you well. Why do you want to raise an army to rebel?"
Wang Bodang sneered and said: "We came to join the Tang Dynasty, hoping to work together for a great cause, but you Tang Dynasty people have never regarded the Wagang Army as your brothers. Those officials in power are not only arrogant and rude, but also often ask for bribes , extortion, really deceiving others! We, Wagang brothers, are all hot-blooded men, how can we endure it again and again, and retreat again and again? So we rise up and resist!"
"If you have any grievances, you can appeal to the emperor. You should never raise troops to rebel. However, it is not too late to repent now. General Wang, if you dismount and surrender, I can plead with the emperor to pardon your rebellion. sin."
"I, Uncle Wang, am a well-known man, how can I turn my back on the Lord to survive? You and I should see what happens on the battlefield!"
"General Wang is stubborn, so don't blame me for being rude." After Li Xiaoji said this, he turned around and ordered several generals, "beat the drum to cheer and follow me to kill!"
When Wang Bodang saw the Tang army charging towards them, he quickly led his army to meet them. The two sides fought against generals, soldiers against soldiers, and captured against each other. For a time, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and the sun and the moon were dark.
In the next few days, reinforcements from the Tang army arrived one after another. Li Mi saw that the situation was not good and ordered the army to withdraw from Chang'an City. However, it was too late for him to escape. The Tang army had surrounded Chang'an City on all sides, and the rebels were trapped on all sides. Gao Jifu and Li Yude were defeated and captured. Only Wang Bodang, who led thousands of troops, desperately protected Li Mi and broke through the encirclement and fled to the northeast.
Li Mi, Wang Bodang and others escaped from Tongguan and traveled eastward for three to four hundred miles. They were relieved when they got rid of their pursuers.
At dusk, they camped in a small village. The soldiers were hungry and tired. There were only a dozen households in the village. They robbed all the food from the people's homes and only had half full.
After Wang Bodang inspected the camp's defense, he came to Li Mi's residence. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Li Mi and Lonely Chunyan sitting face to face at a broken table, drinking wine they didn't know where they got. Li Mi saw him entering the room and greeted him: "Bodang, come here for a drink?"
"No, I don't want to drink." Wang Bodang said, took a bench and sat down next to him.
Uncle Wang felt very unhappy when he saw that Lonely Chunyan could still drink with peace of mind. He thought that it was this woman's bad idea that made things come to this point. But if you think about it carefully, you can't blame her alone. Didn't she try your best to encourage Li Mi to start an army? Looking at Li Mi again, he also looked peaceful, calm and unhurried.
"Lord, what should we do next?" Wang Bodang couldn't help but ask.
Li Mi put down his wine and said, "I have thought about it, let's go to Yizhou. I have sent Jia Guifu to Yizhou and asked him to order Zhang Shanxiang to send troops to meet us." After a pause, he frowned and said, "It's just , and another question, this place is hundreds of miles away from Illinois, how can the army march without food?"
"Isn't this simple?" Lonely Chunyan said, "Ahead is Taolin County. The county seat has been captured. There is plenty of food in the county government granary. You can take as much as you want."
After hearing this, Li Mi nodded and said to Uncle Wang, "Just do what Madam said!"
"As you command!"
The next morning, Wang Bodang ordered the soldiers to snatch more than a dozen sets of women's clothes from ordinary people's homes in the village. He selected a dozen brave soldiers, put on women's clothing, wore masks, and hid their knives under their skirts. These soldiers came to Taolin County (now Beilao Town, Lingbao City, Henan Province) and mingled with the people entering the city. When they passed the city gate, they took out their swords and seized the city gate in one fell swoop. Then, Wang Bodang led a large group of troops into the city, broke into the county government office, and robbed all the grain in the granary.
