Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 244
The battle between Pang Shigu and Li Yun was in full swing. Holding a huge sword, Liu Zhijun led his army into Pang Shigu's formation, throwing the Bian army into chaos.

Pang Shigu retreated in a hurry to stabilize his formation, and Li Yun's troops were under the cover of Liu Zhijun, so he had the opportunity to change horses and fight again.

At this time, the emperor's soldiers and horses were also approaching, and Pang Shigu hurriedly sent troops to take precautions.

Suddenly a person came out of the formation and shouted: "Where is Pang Shigu? Your Majesty is here. Come out and answer!"

Pang Shigu was still undecided, after deliberation he decided to leave the army formation.

Li Ye came out and said loudly: "Zhu Wen is rebellious, are you still obsessed with obsession and will follow the rebellion to the end?"

Pang Shigu shook his head and said: "The treacherous officials of the imperial court are in power, and we are all on the side of the Qing emperor. Who are you, you are really the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Qing Jun side!Li Ye laughed and said, "You can see that someone pretends to be the emperor!"

Pang Shigu looked in the direction of Longqi, and then at Li Ye. Li Hui on the left and right had followed Zhu Wen to face the saint, but he met Emperor Xizong.

General Du Xiuyi was originally a small school under Wang Chongrong's command. By chance, he once met His Royal Highness King Shou in Chang'an. At this moment, he saw that it was Allah. He nodded to Pang Shigu and said: "This person is the emperor!"

Pang Shigu looked solemnly, looked to the left and right, thinking whether it was an order, all the troops were out, and the emperor was taken captive.

Looking at the soldiers and horses around His Majesty, Pang Shigu shook his head slightly.

Li Ye said: "Pang Shigu, if you want to put all your eggs in one basket, you can give it a try. Your mother, wife, and three concubines, four sons, four daughters..."

Pang Shigu's face turned pale, Xu Yi, the supervisor of the Zuo Changzhi Army, hurried forward and said: "Pang Shigu, are you going to betray Marshal Jie?"

Pang Shigu couldn't answer.

Xu Yi said anxiously: "Order the whole army to attack! Kill the dog emperor!"

Hearing this, Li Ye's personal guards were furious and drew their swords to face each other, waiting for His Majesty's order to kill the supervisor.

Li Ye said: "Pang Shigu, don't mistake yourself, you don't care about your family, don't you care about the family of your soldiers? With your own thoughts, tens of thousands of lives are lost, where do you go, think about it!"

After Li Ye finished speaking, he returned to the formation. At this time, Li Jun and Liu Zhijun gathered the wounded soldiers, slowly disengaged from the Bian army, and approached the emperor's soldiers and horses. The two armies joined forces.

Pang Shigu was suspicious and didn't order to pursue him. The tenth general Zhang Linjun possessed himself and said, "General let the emperor go, make preparations in the morning. If you lead the army back to the camp, will Commander Jie let you go?"

Pang Shigu shook his head and said: "I have been with Jieshuai for decades, and I will only do anything if Jieshuai agrees. If I don't agree, I will never do it. Will Jieshuai doubt my loyalty?"

Zhang Linjun looked at Xu Yi, the supervisor, and said: "The general is sincere and loyal to Jieshuai, but the villain is slanderous, so we must guard against it!"

Pang Shigu shook his head and refused to listen, Zhang Linjun looked at Pang Shigu and sighed.

At this time, the infantry of Zhu Wenbian's army was also approaching, and Li Ye led the army to slowly retreat to a safe distance.

Only then did I roughly estimate that more than [-] troops were lost in the first battle, and even more were injured. It hurts, and there is almost no ability to fight again.

Looking back at the Bian Army, Wang Qianyu's cavalry basically lost its combat capability, Pang Shigu's troops were also disabled, and the Bian Army's infantry had no chance to rest. This outpost should have been profitable.

"The military order passed on to Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Luo Hongxin hastened to attack the city.

The general reported the situation to Zhu Zhen and the Jiedu envoys of the towns, and asked Zhu Zhen if he could choose a place to build a pontoon bridge to lead the east army across the river. "

After a while there was another messenger newspaper.

"Your Majesty, the Yiwu Army Jiedu envoy Wang Chucun reported that the Yiwu Army soldiers and horses are difficult to get out, and Hedong Town and Chengde Town are not allowed to cross the border. It is difficult for the army to walk. Please the imperial court coordinate the towns!"

Li Ye said: "Let's send Zhao Xi for a trip. I also want to see if Wang Rong, Chengde's military envoy, still sees the imperial court? By the way, I will send an edict to order Wang Rong to send 1 horses!"

"promise!"

Chengde's 1-strong army is optional, Li Ye wants to find out, what is Chengdezhen's attitude towards the court?

As the sun set, the sky gradually darkened.

The Bian army sent men to collect dead horses and horse meat on the battlefield, and loaded them into carts. Li Ye sent an army to approach, and the soldiers fled back in a hurry.

At this time, rumors arose in the Bian army camp. It was said that the imperial army had captured Bianliang, that the imperial court had bloodbathed Bianliang, and that the imperial court wanted to execute them all like Qin Zongquan.

Zhu Wen knew that Bianliang had not yet been breached, so he could only travel day and night to the city of Bianliang to stop the rumors and restore morale.

Li Ye returned to the Bianliang camp before the sun set, everything went as expected, there was no need to risk a night battle.

When I arrived at the Bianliang tent, I saw Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin kneeling outside the tent.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others tried their best to attack the city, but the city of Bianliang has not yet been captured. Please give your majesty two days to spare, and the minister will surely be able to capture Bianliang."

Li Ye helped the two of them up and said: "The punishment was because you didn't pay attention before, but now you are trying your best to attack the city, how can I punish you because Bianliang is not captured, come here, give me wine!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin withdrew, Li Ye had a simple meal, and then came to the dragon tent to call all the soldiers to discuss matters.

Zhu Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the thief Zhu Wen marched overnight, and now he is less than five miles away from Bianliang, and has already set up a camp.

The last general ordered the cavalry to attack to harass and monitor, and made people clamor in front of the battle to break the enemy's morale... All the troops fell asleep in armor, took turns to guard, and strictly ordered not to leave the camp without a military order.

In addition, the Wei Bo, Taining, and Tianping armies are ordered to set up camp at the city gate to block the inside and outside, please show your Majesty! "

Li Ye nodded, military affairs are still under Zhu Zhen's orders.

Zhu Zhen said again: "Your Majesty, the last general asks your Majesty to show you grace and forgive the crimes committed by the thief Cai Jun. All the soldiers of the Bian Army, but if there is any wrongdoing, please forgive me!"

Li Ye thinks about it, and thinks it is true. The Bian army implements the strict military law of drawing swords and chopping. Caizhou's soldiers must hold a group with the Bian army because the court does not tolerate it. If the court forgives their crimes, they will Will the will to resist still be strong?

Li Ye said with a smile: "Commander Zhu now knows that attacking the heart is the most important thing. Congratulations."

Zhu Zhen waved her hands and said, "Your Majesty, the last general dare not take credit for it. This was all proposed by Shao Hanqing, the marching commander of the Zuo Shence Army. The last general thought it was good, so he suggested it to His Majesty."

Li Ye said: "But the battle of Luoyang, Shao Hanqing who proposed the strategy of fighting against the enemy?"

"It's this man!"

Li Ye hurriedly sent someone to call Shao Hanqing into the account. At this moment, he suddenly reported that Zhu Wen had sent an envoy.

"Chen Xuanwu Jiedu Chang Shi Fu Jiang sees His Majesty!"

Li Ye said, "Say what's going on!"

Fu Jiang handed up the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy Zhu Jiedu is loyal to the king's affairs. The world knows that the affairs of the four states of Pu, Cao, Hua, and Zheng are forced by the situation. The imperial court pleads guilty, but only asks to return to guard this town, guard Xuanwu for His Majesty, and ask His Majesty for permission."

This is to gain time to rest!Aren't you afraid that the Hedong army will cross the river and be attacked by the enemy?

……

At this time, Zhu Wen's big tent.

Zhu Wen said: "In the past, there was a large army of the imperial court's various towns, and in the future, there was the army of Hedong.

Liu Handao: "Marshal Jie, the imperial court has more than [-] troops, and the supply of food and grass must be tight. As long as the army enters the city and defends the city, the food and grass will be unsustainable for a long time. retreat."

Zhu Wen nodded. Now half of the Bian army are soldiers from Caizhou, and the command is definitely not as good as before.

After a while, Shi Fu Jiang, the head of the guard, returned to the camp.

"Jie Shuai, the emperor agrees to a truce, and within three days, Jie Shuai will come to the Dragon Tent to plead guilty!"

Zhu Wen shook his head and said, "This is to relax the morale of our army!"

Since the truce should be agreed to retreat, and the two armies are so close to each other, swords are on the verge of breaking out. In such a state, the emperor agreed to truce, Zhu Wen couldn't believe it.

"Are there still troops attacking the city?"

Fu Jiangdao: "The offensive has slowed down a bit. All the troops have built military camps at the gate of the city, and Bianliang is blocked."

Zhu Wendao: "Zhu Zhen is a soldier. Our army's deathbed is Bianliang. Now the imperial army is separating our army from Bianliang. If we want to go back to the city, there is only one battle. Now I only regret that I couldn't kill this thief at that time." ah!"

Zhu Wen shook his head, with a solemn expression, turned to look at the lieutenant general Du Xiuyi, and asked, "Today, I can see it for real!"

"It is indeed His Royal Highness Shou Wang, the current emperor."

Zhu Wen looked at Pang Shigu again, and said, "Why don't you pursue him!"

If Pang Shigu led the army to attack, even if Zuo Changzhi's army was wiped out, as long as the emperor was captured, it would be worth it.

If the emperor is captured, is there any worry now?

Zhu Wen deeply hated that he was only one step away from victory, and that he missed a good opportunity just because of Pang Shigu, wouldn't it be regrettable.

"Zuo Changzhi's army was exhausted and unable to fight. The emperor's cavalry was too numerous, so they were unable to attack!"

Zhu Wen was furious, and said: "You still dare to argue, you just want to surrender, come here, take this officer to the gate of the army, and the leader of the owl will tell the army!"

All the officers and men knelt down and said: "Jie Shuai calm down, General Pang was negligent for a while, and he was not loyal to his ears. I beg Jie Shuai to forgive his crime and allow him to make meritorious deeds!"

"Apologize to Jieshuai!"

Zhu Wen waved his hand and said: "If you don't kill this person, how can you enforce military discipline!"

Liu Handao: "Jie Shuai, beheading the general before the battle is not good for the army. General Pang has a military reason, please forgive me!"

Zhu Wen suppressed his anger, and said: "Since all the officers and men are begging for mercy, let's leave it as it is today. For the time being, Zuo Changzhi's army will be led by Shi Shucong, and Pang Shigu will be demoted to be a general.

"Thank you handsome!"

Pang Shigu stood up slowly, his face ashen.

Zhu Wen led the generals to inspect the camp, and suddenly heard the sound of drums marching from all sides, and the continuous torches in the distance reflected the sky.

Zhu Wen hurriedly ordered the whole army to prepare for battle immediately, but the soldiers had just lined up when the drums sounded loudly and the torches were extinguished.

After waiting for half an hour, there was no movement.

"The sergeant is exhausted, unable to attack, and can only send out sentries!"

However, most of the sentry cavalry were hunted and killed by imperial cavalry when they left the tent, and every hour or two, there would be loud noises.

There were also cavalry shouting around the camp, saying that the emperor forgives the crimes committed by Caizhou's surrender and the crimes committed by the soldiers of the Bian Army.

Zhu Wen was upset and irritable, but he didn't know the enemy's situation at night, and he didn't dare to attack, so as not to be ambushed.

But every hour, the marching drum sounded, and the flames shot up into the sky.

And dare not ignore it, this night was really tormented.

(End of this chapter)