Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 157
Wang Jianzhong's army was defeated for thousands of miles, which was beyond Li Ye's expectation. The situation on the battlefield was already under the control of the imperial army.

"Those who put down their weapons will not be killed, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!"

"Your Majesty has a decree that those who put down their weapons will not be killed!"

When the fleeing soldiers heard the words, they all put down their weapons, and very few of them who resisted in a corner were soon decapitated.

"Your Majesty, what Your Majesty!"

"Today!"

"Why are we at war with the emperor!"

Many soldiers went to the battlefield in a daze, and only then did they realize that they were fighting the emperor.

"Those who kill a thousand swords, damn it."

"Will His Majesty forgive us?"

"This is rebellion!"

Everyone is in danger when they are defeated.

Li Yun said: "Your Majesty, Wang Jian has escaped!"

Li Ye looked in the direction Li Yun was pointing at. Wang Jian led more than a hundred people and was fleeing north.

"Commander Li, lead the light cavalry of the headquarters to attack, one man and two horses, make sure to capture Wang Jian."

"Your Majesty, your safety..."

"It's enough to have heavy cavalry guards, hurry up!"

"promise!"

His Majesty the Emperor smashed Wang Jian's army to pieces like a rotten one. This scene dazzled all the town soldiers who followed.

Yang Sheng, the governor of the Weirong Army, thought that his own infantry was not weak compared to the imperial army, but he discovered the strength of the imperial army's infantry when he went to the battlefield.

Facing a powerful enemy, he dared to fight and dared to fight, which surpassed most of the Shu soldiers. Secondly, facing spears and bows, fighting hand-to-hand, the army was not defeated, and they could also form strange formations against each other. morale.

When Wei Rongjun meets, there may not be good fruit to eat.

Yang Shouzhen was only shocked by the dragon sword festival. When he was in Hanzhou, the imperial army only forced the Hanzhou army to surrender, but at this time, they charged forward and defeated Wang Jian's army in a dignified way.

You must know that Wang Jian's army used to be a god-like existence in Xichuan, 10,000 troops can suppress [-]+ Chen Jingxuan's army, and Longjian also suffered from Wang Jian's losses.

At that time, Wang Jian's troops were less than three thousand. Thanks to Yang Shouliang's troops from Hanzhong and Yang Shouhou's troops from Mianzhou, the siege was resolved.

Now there are 6 to 6 horses, [-] to [-] horses, Yang Shouzhen couldn't imagine it. He looked at Yang Shouhou and saw the shock in his eyes.

"If my Mianzhou soldiers charge forward, I'm afraid they will collapse before they even take part in the formation."

"My dragon sword soldier should be able to support for a while!"

"Support the fart!"

It's not like he doesn't know what the dragon sword soldier looks like.

Behind the Dragon Sword Army were the governors of various states who were watching the battle from the rear, and they were all dumbfounded at this moment.

It is not a matter of a day or two since Wang Jian wrecked Xichuan. In the past year, which Xichuan prefectures have not been wrecked by Wang Jian, and whether they are strong or not, they naturally have a deep experience.

This hearty victory made Xichuan states excited.

"Datang Zhongxing is hopeful!"

And the states in Dongchuan also gave up the idea of ​​following the crowd.

Li Yanzhao, Fei Cun and others were even more apprehensive and uneasy, thinking of the words of forcing the palace in the big tent in the outskirts of Hanzhou, they all looked ashamed.

Jing Xiang was silent on the sidelines. When he was attacking Tuoba Sigong, he was ordered to garrison in Fuzhou, and he did not see the emperor charge in person.

Today, he saw it, His Majesty personally took the arrows and stones, and he was brave on the battlefield, and it was another situation.

"The fate of the Tang Dynasty is endless. The timing of His Majesty's decision to intervene in Xishu is too good. One step earlier will not reveal the power of the court. If one step later, Wang Jian will surely become a big one. At that time, I am afraid it will not be as easy as it is now."

Jingxiang thought of Xuanwu again. When Zhu Wen was at the height of his power, he brought Li Keyong from Hedong to blow up Xuanwu's momentum. Now Zhu and Wen can't go east or west, Weibo is in the north, Sun Ru is in the south, and the four sides All locked, nothing can be done!

"The world is a chessboard, and every town is a chess piece. Your majesty covers the whole world. He has far-reaching intellect. He cultivates morality internally and externally serves majesty. It is an honor for Jingxiang to assist these sages to create a great Tang Dynasty and leave his name in history." !"

On the battlefield, black soldiers squatted on the ground, and discarded weapons and armor piled up like mountains.

"The whole army, the whole army."

After this round of charging, the Sixth Cavalry Army did not suffer any losses. The major event here was settled, and the rear team happened to be in a pincer attack with Zhu Zhen from inside and outside. Li Ye continued to lead the army to move forward.

By a small river seven or eight miles away, Hua Hong was still fighting fiercely with Zhu Zhen. To Li Ye's surprise, the armored rate of this army was far lower than that of Weixindu, and its endurance to death was far greater than that of Weixindu.

Half of them died in battle and they didn't collapse.

When it was reported that the leader of this battle would be Hua Hong, Li Ye was still searching in his mind, this person may not have left a name in the history, and suddenly remembered that the general Wang Zongdi under Wang Jian's command at that time, wasn't his surname Hua and his name Hong!

"Your Majesty, that person is Hua Hong."

Li Ye took a closer look and found that this man was seven feet tall, rather majestic, with sharp edges and corners on his face, and a long beard. He looked to be in his 30s, and he was very brave in the front line.

Li Ye ordered Zhu Zhenming to retreat, and shouted:

"General Hua Hong, do you want to follow Wang Jian's rebellion and resist to the end?"

Hua Hong stopped Changlong and looked at Li Ye. He saw the man coming in a heroic posture, the dragon flag fluttering in the wind beside him, and the cavalry behind him were waiting in formation.

He has also seen the world, and there is only one person in this world who can raise this banner.

Hua Hong was a little puzzled, why did he fight the emperor, what did Wang Jian hide from him?
The imperial prestige of more than two hundred years in the Tang Dynasty is still needed. Hua Hong is very clear about the consequences of fighting the emperor.

Looking at the surrounding soldiers, they were all exhausted, and many of them were wounded.

Hua Hong sighed, and said to the left and right: "I have become a traitor now. This is something I didn't expect, and I owe you all. I hope I can use my humble life to find a way out for you. If so , even if I die, I have no regrets."

"General Hua!"

All the soldiers in the army wept.

Li Ye looked at Hua Hong quietly, he didn't rush to surrender, it depends on Hua Hong's own choice, if he chooses to fight, Li Ye will lead the six cavalry troops to charge without hesitation, and defeat this army.

For those who dared to show their blades in front of the emperor, there was only one way for Li Ye to deal with them, and that was death.

After about a stick of incense, Hua Hong handed over the long sculpture to the deputy general, pushed aside the crowd, walked forward slowly, and suddenly knelt down at a distance of thirty or forty steps from Li Ye.

"Your Majesty, Hua Hong only wants to die, please let your soldiers let me go!"

Clang, clang!
The soldiers behind Hua Hong put down their weapons, rushed to Hua Hong's side, and knelt down together.

"I am willing to die with General Hua!"

"I am willing to die with General Hua!"

Zhu Zhen, who is as hard-hearted as a stone, also felt a burst of emotion. Although the soldiers are not strong, the soldiers are determined to die. No wonder such an army is difficult to fight.

He just saw too much tragedy. In order to break through the shield formation, someone in this army rushed directly to the spear, and even broke a gap when he was dying...

It is rare for soldiers to go to death calmly.

Li Ye was also moved. He got off his horse and came to Hua Hong. He helped Hua Hong himself and said, "The general is really a righteous man. I don't know if I have a chance to get the general's service?"

Hua Hong raised his head slowly, the two lines of tears were like streams.

"Your Majesty doesn't think I'm vulgar. Hua Hong is willing to die for His Majesty."

"What about you guys?"

"I would like to die for His Majesty!"

Li Ye was overjoyed, and asked his servants to bring a royal horse, and said: "This horse is named Wuzheng, and I calmed Tuoba Sigong with great endurance. Now I will give this horse to the general to travel."

"Your Majesty, this..."

"It's just a horse, the general doesn't have to be like that." Li Ye turned around and followed him: "Arrange doctors to take care of the wounded soldiers under General Hua's command."

"His Majesty……"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hua Hong's soldiers all shouted long live, even Hua Hong himself felt unreal, the courteous treatment His Majesty gave to his soldiers was too high.

"It seems that His Majesty is going to set up a new army again."

In His Majesty's eyes, the Old Tenth Army of the Infantry and the Eighth Army of the Cavalry are old-fashioned. Later, Zhu Zhen's Zuohuwei Army and Du Chongwei's Right Huwei Army were similar to the previous Eighteenth Army.The soldiers of the [-]th Army can enter the Martyr's Shrine after death and be enshrined by all generations.

As for the Left and Right Hanzhong Army, it is far behind the army above, but it is also a military title conferred by the emperor.

As for the Dragon Sword Army, the Mianzhou Army, and the Weirong Army, in the eyes of the emperor, they are just a pile of shit, they can only be used to clean up the battlefield and transport food, and they don't even have a chance to fight.

Li Ye led Hua Hong to Zuo Huwei's army, and said: "This battle is the fault of Wang Jian's rebels, who deceived the soldiers under his command. It is not the fault of General Hua. I am really saddened by the casualties."

Li Ye said to Zhu Zhen: "For the casualties of Zuo Huwei's army in this battle, I will use my internal funds to add a compensation."

Zhu Zhen knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be like this. The Zuohuwei army is willing to die for Your Majesty."

"Die for His Majesty!"

"Die for His Majesty!"

Li Ye helped Zhu Zhen up, feeling deeply in his heart, Zuo Huwei's army came from a guest army, and now he sees harmony, most of the soldiers here have had trouble with the emperor, and they ate and lived together.

Li Ye waved his hands, and said to the soldiers: "I not only want you to serve me, but also your sons to serve the Tang Dynasty. The rewards I handed down, you bastards, don't bet or prostitute. Go back to Chang'an this time." , Find a wife for me one by one, if you don’t give birth to two with handles, go back to farming.”

"Hahaha!"

Most of Zuo Huwei's army came from Xuanwu and Baoda, and they are all single, so they need to take a good rest when they go back this time.

His Majesty's slightly rude words greatly relieved the soldiers.

Not long after, I saw a horse team approaching from a distance.

When he got close, Li Yun got off his horse and worshiped: "Your Majesty, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. I humbled and captured Wang Jian, the thief chieftain, and 18 false officials under him. The rest will be executed."

"Okay!" Li Ye was greatly relieved, and the battle was complete.

After a while, Yang Shouliang, who was stationed in Chengdu, reported that just now, Yuan Youbin, the deputy defense envoy of Chengdu, beheaded the defenders Wang Zongshi and Wang Zongxiang, and sacrificed the city of Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)