The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 147 Untitled
The red sun was hanging in the sky, its golden light dispelling the fog, and tens of thousands of warriors were fighting frantically on Shouyang Mountain. From dawn to noon, corpses covered the earthen mounds, streams, bamboo forests, and ditches.

The Cai bandits' offensive was more and more powerful. Yin Tielin was too lazy to maintain the formation and only adopted the most popular wolf-biting fighting method of the Cai people.

The soldiers from Jin and Jiang prefectures rushed forward one after another to exchange their lives with the enemy. But to Yin Tielin's surprise, the Tang army did not collapse as he expected, but was very tenacious.

Almost all the warriors of the imperial guards and the infantry were recruited by Ximen Chongsui in Guandong and the northern provinces by sending generals and envoys of the Shen Ce Army. They were all good talents. The Shen Ce army was not a bunch of green hands.

On the mound, the officers of the Cai army watched the battle in silence. The chaos in the Central Plains in the past few years was ten times more cruel than this.

That year, the battle of Yan, Yun, Bian, and Hua was held outside Suanzao Gate. The two sides fought from 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and the corpses were scattered for dozens of miles without a clear winner. A few days later, the battle resumed from 4:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In the end, perhaps because of long-term meat-eating, malnutrition, and physical exhaustion, Cai's army was the first to withdraw.

Yin Tielin sat on a horse hide, looking at the battlefield leisurely: "Shouyang Mountain will be taken soon! When it gets dark, no, dusk, Li will ride away alone. Alas, he and Zhu Wen were also monarchs and ministers, I don't know why they have such a big hatred! He even killed his own emperor. We are not so cruel to Qin Zongquan. Quanzhong is a man, tut tut."

"If my parents weren't in his hands, would I work for such a bastard? He uses harsh laws and punishes soldiers harshly, and is no match for General Qin." A local general said lazily.

"Haha, every dynasty that changed was treated leniently for the sake of future generations. Zhu Wen was so vicious, almost as vicious as the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties. Let's see how his bunch of pigs and dogs die in the future." Someone else said.

"We should learn from Shao Guangchou, Wang Zhao, Ma Yin, and Hou Yan and rebel against him. I have made up my mind. When the main force of his army is gone, we will start a rebellion."

"Forget it. Since we are not going to rebel right away, we will not talk about the Emperor of Liang behind his back." Yin Tielin raised his hand to stop the generals from cursing: "First, take Shouyang Mountain! Once we enter Chang'an, we will be like Zhao Deyin and Ma Yin, who closed the door to capture cities and territories, and establish a territory and rule our own territories."

Sima Kanwu rolled out of the ditch, his naked upper body covered with wounds. It is indeed cool to fight shirtless, it is light and agile, and has an advantage in physical strength, but it is more dependent on martial arts.

"Fortunately, I am a match for ten thousand men." A gong sounded in the distance. Sima Kanwu looked around, the sun was shining on the bloody hills, and the Cai thieves who were all over the mountains gradually retreated and went back to have lunch.

In the central army camp, drums roared.

"Swoosh." A cold arrow pierced the throat of a Cai thief who was approaching the village wall and preparing to set fire.

"Swoosh!" Another arrow flew out and hit the thigh of Cai thief who was walking back with a spear on his shoulder and eating a cake.

Li moved back and forth behind the wall, occasionally shooting arrows from the gaps between the wood, and rarely missed. Apart from that, there was nothing else to do.

It's very frustrating, but this is reality. Not everyone is like Sima Kanwu, Li Cunxiao, Zhu Jin, Zhang Cunjing, Li Zan, who charge forward with bare flesh and move freely. The vast majority of people are like this: no one collects the bones left behind.

However, Wang Shi has made great progress from being ashamed of the enemy at the beginning to being able to rely on the strong city to defend, being able to win with more people and now daring to fight Cai thief hand-to-hand for a whole morning. This is the direction he has been working hard for, which is gratifying. Let's fight, let the arrogant Bian dogs know how powerful we Guanzhong men are. Before in Tongguan, the Bian dogs looked down on Wang Shi and thought that he was a group of soft eggs and cowards who only dared to shrink in their shells. Although I, Li, only have more than 30,000 elite soldiers, since Zhu Wen has abandoned Li Keyong, Zha Zhu, and Yang Shouliang with the idea of squeezing the persimmon, and comes to attack Hezhong first, I have to break a row of your big teeth before it counts.

On the sixth day of September, Zhu Wen arrived with 50,000 fearsome warriors.

The turning point that determines the ownership of Hezhong and the rise and fall of the three major forces of Liang, Jin and Tang has come.

On the seventh day, the capital heard the alarm. On the eighth day, martial law was declared in the capital. The court secretly ordered Jingzhao Yin Sun Weisheng, Privy Councilor Zhao Ruxin, Ye Ting Ling and Palace Envoy Yu Wenrou, and Feilong Envoy Zhang Chengye to "secretly prepare for a western tour". If Hezhong fell, all officials should immediately go to Zuofengyi to join the emperor and order the emperor to flee to Youfufeng or Yinjun.

On the ninth day, Cui Anqian, the governor of Yin County, led more than 20,000 Han and Tibetan warriors and able-bodied men into Chang'an.

He was previously busy dealing with the remnants of the Tubo in his territory and conquering the ignorant Tanguts in the six states. When the news of Zhu Wen's massive northward and westward advance reached him, he learned of the Hezhong Incident and that Li Keyong's forces were tied up in the four states of Lu, Wei, Xing, and Shi, so he led his troops back to the capital.

The main force was the Yincheng Army, which was reorganized by the seven Tangut tribes and some Han people. The rest were poor and miscellaneous Hu recruited locally. They were all equipped with weapons and war equipment, and they looked like they were real. The situation was urgent, and Governor Cui didn't care about the rule that foreign troops could not enter the capital without being summoned. He first entered Chang'an and prepared to meet the little emperor. If necessary, he would also go to participate in the war and defend Pubanjin.

But before that, he still had one thing to do - to put an end to the chaos.

Just like when An Lushan, Huang Chao, and Zhu Wen attacked Tongguan, Chang'an was in chaos before the outcome was decided. After the bad news spread that Zhu Wen had gathered 100,000 troops to besiege the saint who was defending Shouyang Mountain, officials and civilians rode donkeys and horses, carrying large and small bags to various counties in the capital to escape. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is understandable. But recently, every night, a large number of bad people covered their faces with white towels, violated the martial law order, and rushed into the market to kill, set fire, rob, and rape. Some people stayed around the palace and the forbidden courtyard, trying to rob concubines and treasures. This is worthy of extermination. These people like to be clever whenever they get the chance. Before Huang Chao came, they robbed first. After Huang Chao left, and before the government troops entered the city, they robbed first. To say that they are scoundrels is an understatement, they are born thieves.

"What is the Jingzhao Yin doing? Are the two street envoys, the imperial city envoys, and the Jinwu guards all dead? They should all be hanged if they can't manage the capital city well!" Looking at the mess everywhere, Cui Gong cursed and spurred his horse, "Kill! If there are thieves in any household, don't spare any chickens or dogs, chop off all their heads and pile them on the street." With an order, the army went out in all directions and began to search for bad people from house to house, dragging them out and executing them.

He himself went to Danfeng Gate with his personal soldiers.

"Prime Minister Cui."

"I haven't been a prime minister for many years." Downstairs of Danfeng Tower, Cui Gong met Prime Minister Zheng Yanchang: "Where is Sun Weisheng? Is this how you become the Jingzhao Yin?"

"I was called by the Grand Commandant to recruit civilians."

"How many soldiers are there to guard the capital?"

"There are 1,000 Flying Dragon soldiers, and He Zongyi's Tiance Central Army has 1,500 soldiers. The rest are from Shangqiu to attack Hezhong. They are not strong enough to catch the bandits."

"Is there any new news from the Saint?"

Zheng Yanchang looked at the gloomy sky that was about to rain, and said, "No. He should still be fighting fiercely with Zhu Wen in Shouyang Mountain. Yesterday, the Imperial Censor Wu Gongdu suggested sending envoys to the six counties of Qingyang, Liangzhou, Jincheng, Shancheng, Beidi, and Shangluo to summon Yang Shouzhen, Zhang Fan, Yang Shouzhong, Han Zun, Wu Xiong, Feng Xingxi and others to come to the rescue."

Mr. Cui looked shocked.

The troops under Yang Shouzhen, the commander of Jincheng, were the 10,000 Dragon Sword Soldiers brought from Shuzhong. The 6,000 troops under Yang Shouzhong, the governor of Qingyang, were also the old troops brought from Ren Lai, the governor of Wuding. Zhang Fan, the commander of Qingyang, was originally from the Jingyuan Army. Han Zun, the governor of Beidi, was originally from the Shuofang Army.

If these murderous men, who appear respectful but have sinister hearts and have temporarily submitted to the imperial court under pressure, were to rebel on the spot while the sage is in the river and Chang'an is empty, wouldn't they be more dangerous than Zhu Wen?
These people can only help you when you are strong, but you can never expect them to help you in times of need.

Who is Wu Gongdu? He came up with such a bad idea!

Fortunately, the two old hands, Du and Liu, did not do anything stupid.

Cui Anqian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can we summon the Ganzhou Uighurs and Liangzhou Geshu, Ashina, Pugu, and Murong tribes to come to the rescue? The Minister of Rites Su Rong was sent on a diplomatic mission to the Western Regions. He sent back several letters a few days ago, saying that the Uighurs and these foreign tribes are extremely loyal." Zheng Yanchang asked again.

"Come on." Cui Gong sneered and shook his head, "You can't trust the Han people, let alone the Uighurs. A broken drum is beaten by thousands of people. Seeing that Chang'an is empty and the great Khan is suppressed and beaten by Zhu Wen, it would be strange if he didn't have ambitions. Don't you know what it was like when the Uighur whipped Emperor Dezong's nose and bleeds, and plundered Luoyang? The tribute every year is not forced by the threat of the Zhang family in Dunhuang. I don't think I don't know this."

Zheng Yanchang choked. Could you please speak more elegantly? You are even more rude than a warrior.

"Where is Tuoba Sigong?" Cui Anqian picked his nose, wiped it on his purple clothes, and asked again.

"The troops have been stationed at the borders of Suizhou and Shizhou for many days. I have sent high-ranking envoys to urge them."

"This is a wild cat in Nanshan and an old dog in Hengshan!" Cui Anqian was furious. The Tuoba clan was really a man of action. After defeating Zhu Wen at Tongguan, he immediately came to the court in person and returned Shangjun. This time Zhu Wen came back and saw that the sage was at a disadvantage, so he immediately procrastinated.

"Come on, take me to see Du Rangneng, Liu Chongwang, and Li Xi." Cui Anqian dismounted and muttered, "I plan to take the Saint's concubines, princesses, and kings to Zuo Fengyi and settle them in Changchun Palace. If we fail, I will take the Saint's family to Yin County to try to make a comeback. If we stay in Chang'an, in case some ambitious person in the northwest of the capital takes the opportunity to cause chaos... I also have some things to discuss with them."

(End of this chapter)