Tibet

Chapter 575
On the top of the city, Li Ye was paying attention to the enemy camp in the distance, with more than a dozen generals standing behind him. He said to Li Bi next to him: "What will An Qingxu do next?"

Li Bi smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing more than a military attack and a civil attack. If the siege fails during the day, naturally we have to try a night attack, or add large siege weapons. These are the methods. It's a civil attack. General Be careful."

"Wen Gong refers to Chang'an, right?"

Li Mi nodded, "They will definitely use countermeasures to transfer you from Xiangyang and let Li Huan take charge, but this is an opportunity."

Li Ye said coldly: "The opportunity will be discussed elsewhere, but we must make Luyang Pass become An Qingxu's nightmare."

He turned back to the generals and said: "There will be a night battle tonight. We will use the troops in the river to defend the city. General An, you will be responsible!"

The Jingxiang army had not yet had time to conduct night fighting training, but the Hezhong army had rich experience in night fighting.

An Taixuan bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"

Li Ye sneered again, "It's time for our thorns to come into play."

In Wu Lingyu's view, the westernmost point was a defensive loophole, but he didn't know that Li Ye was a master of sneak attacks on Guancheng, how could he leave a loophole for the enemy.

Just when the five hundred soldiers were still thirty steps away from the city wall, thousands of ambush soldiers appeared on the top of the city and raised their crossbows to shoot at the Yan army soldiers below the cliff.

Five hundred soldiers were caught off guard, and nearly 200 of them were shot down immediately. There were screams, and the rest of the soldiers turned around and fled, leaving corpses and wounded soldiers on the ground.

When Wu Lingyu saw that the sneak attack failed, he was furious and ordered: "Press up!"

Five thousand soldiers jumped up, carrying more than twenty siege ladders, and charged towards Guancheng like a tide.

The Sanqian Hezhong Army was deployed on the two-mile-wide Guancheng. They raised their crossbows together and fired at the running Yan army. The crossbow arrows shot into the crowd with strong force. The Yan army soldiers raised their shields to resist, but some people continued to fall down after being hit by arrows.

Just fifty steps away from the city wall, a large number of soldiers suddenly fell down, covering their feet and wailing in pain.

They picked the tribulus thorns that Tang Jun first sprinkled in front of the city wall. The body of this thorn is a small iron pill with three two-centimeter-long spikes on it. If it is scattered in the soil on the ground at will, there will definitely be one spike. The thorns are pointing upward, and the sharp thorns have been quenched with poison in advance. Once stepped on, they will inevitably penetrate into the soles of the feet. If the poison is not removed in time, the feet will be sawed off.

During the day, you might still be able to see a little bit of the sheen of poisonous caltrops, but at night it was so dark that the soldiers couldn't see anything.

At one time, more than a thousand people stepped on the poisonous tribulus. They fell to the ground, pulled out the poisonous tribulus from the soles of their shoes, and screamed in pain. The soldiers' shouting was more of a hysterical vent, indicating that they were injured. , can no longer attack.

The unknown fear under their feet made the Yan army soldiers behind them lie on the ground, not daring to rush forward again.

When Wu Lingyu heard that poisonous tribulus was blocking the road, he felt helpless and had no choice but to issue an order: "Send the order for the entire army to withdraw!"

The retreat bell rang, and more than [-] soldiers retreated one after another. They were shot by a burst of strong bows and crossbows from the soldiers at the top of the city. Hundreds more were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

Without even getting close to the city wall, more than [-] people died, and more than [-] people stepped on poisoned caltrops. This night battle was lost inexplicably, and it was really useless.

In anger, An Qingxu ordered Wu Lingyu to be beaten with a hundred military sticks, not because he fought a useless battle, but because he withdrew his troops back to the camp without his consent.

In Chang'an, Emperor Li Longji took Concubine Yang Guifei back to Daming Palace from Xingqing Palace. Since the rebellion of Anlu Mountain, Li Longji's visits to Taiji Palace have been significantly reduced. Mrs. Yang Yupei of Guo State started to go to Kang's Palace on her own after being prompted by Li Ye. When buying medicine at the drug store, Yuan Siyi was bypassed.

Moreover, at her request, Kang's Pharmacy changed the formula and no longer added goat grass pulp, so the Fushou Pills lost their aphrodisiac function.

Of course Yang Yupei had a reason for doing this. After An Lushan's rebellion, the Yang family was criticized by thousands of people and reviled by the people of Chang'an. A few days ago, Yang Zheng went to the streets and was surrounded by angry people. He was beaten violently and almost lost his life.

The direction of the wind began to reverse, and Yang Yupei was a little scared. Once the doctor tested the medicine and found that it contained aphrodisiac, she would not be able to take it and walk around.

She simply asked the imperial doctor to buy Fushou Pills directly for the emperor Li Longji. With the imperial doctor's adjustment, Li Longji's dependence on Fushou Pills was reduced a lot.

Concubine Yang returned to the palace first, while Li Longji walked slowly on the Qianbu Corridor with his hands behind his back, listening to the report from eunuch Yuan Siyi.

"I sent people to various places to check on the prince's condition. Everything is fine in other places. However, there was an accident in Xiangyang and the situation is more serious. I feel that I must report to His Majesty."

"Just say it! I'm listening."

"Your Majesty, Li Ye is in Xiangyang!"

"What?" Li Longji suddenly stopped, "He rushed from Anxi to Xiangyang so quickly?"

"No! He didn't go to Anxi. He was always in Xiangyang. Otherwise, how could he control the army with Li Dai being a scholar?"

Li Longji frowned, "Then what is Prince Xiang doing in Xiangyang?"

"Your Majesty, Prince Xiang is under house arrest by Li Ye."

"asshole!"

Li Longji suddenly became furious, "Who is he? He dares to put my son under house arrest. This world belongs to him or mine after all."

Yuan Siyi took the opportunity to provoke: "Your Majesty, Li Ye has always been reckless and reckless. He has not taken your Majesty seriously for a long time. He thinks he is Feilong's heir. He thinks he can inherit the throne. Your Majesty, it's time to deal with him."

Li Longji was so angry that he was about to explode. He took a few steps and immediately said: "Go and find Chen Xuanli!"

Chen Xuanli is the general of the Longwu Army, commanding [-] Longwu Army, and is a sword in Li Longji's hand.

Not long after, Chen Xuanli hurried over, bowed and saluted, "My humble minister, Chen Xuanli, is here to see Your Majesty!"

Li Longji gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Li Ye is in Xiangyang, does the general know?"

"I don't know the humble job!"

"He put Prince Xiang under house arrest and didn't take me seriously at all. He will soon become the second An Lushan, and I will never allow it!"

"Please give me your Majesty's decree. I will always be ready."

"Immediately send three thousand Longwu Army cavalry to Xiangyang and capture Li Ye to Chang'an. If he dares to resist, he will be executed on the spot, together with his father."

At this moment, Li Longji's murderous intention towards Li Ye and his son began to boil.

"Humble post obeys the order!"

Li Longji warned again: "This matter is of great importance and must be kept strictly confidential. Li Ye is not allowed to know the news in advance. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will strictly keep secrets!"

There were some things that Li Longji never imagined. His once most trusted general, Chen Xuanli, had secretly pledged allegiance to Prince Li Heng.

Chen Xuanli had to consider his children and grandchildren, so by being loyal to the prince at this time, he would have the merit of supporting him.

On the one hand, he sent General Li Guoxuan with three thousand cavalry to Xiangyang to arrest people.

At the same time, he sent someone to secretly send a note to Guangping King Li Chu.

In the Qinzheng Hall of the East Palace, King Guangping Li Chu quickly walked into the hall and saw his father Li Heng who was reviewing the memorial.

"Father, this is what Chen Xuanli just sent from his confidants."

Li Chu presented a note to his father Li Heng. Li Heng took a look at it and was secretly surprised. His father wanted to kill Li Dai and his son. Li Heng had just received a letter from Li Dai two days ago, saying that Jing Xiang had taken control and was actively preparing for war. , will soon face the Yan army heading south.

Of course Li Heng knew the importance of the Jianghan Passage. Once the Yan army blocked the Jianghan water transport, there would be no food transported into the entire Guanzhong, and famine would soon break out.

My father didn't even realize this. It must be that thief Yuan Siyi who was instigating the situation, which made my father only have hatred in his eyes and not the overall situation.

How could Li Huan be able to defend Jingxiang?
Li Heng thought for a moment and said to Li Chu: "Go and send a message to Dugu Ming, he will take care of it!"

　The Maweiyi Mutiny in history was the result of Chen Xuanli's defection to Prince Li Heng.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)