My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 129 Taishi Dong burns down Yanjing

Looking at the silver token in his hand, Su Chen was really confused.

Tang Xuanzong just gave it to a poet, why did he bring his own concubine?
Sure enough, every emperor is different. This one did not recruit civil and military officials, but a woman. Is it because Ma Weipo felt guilty back then?Let a woman take the blame, so let her live her life again?
But if a dim-witted emperor in his old age could do this, Su Chen could figure it out.

But what is the famous Concubine Yang doing here now?

Useless in the army, useless in the city, filling the harem?She was the beloved concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the daughter-in-law of Li Shimin's great-grandson, so that was not a big deal.

"Everyone who comes here has his or her own secret technique... I don't think Yang Yuhuan also has it. It's just a waste to spend meritorious deeds on her now."

Su Chen simply hung the silver token directly on the wall of the carriage and put it together with the used tokens.Then his eyes fell on the two golden tokens of 'Taibai' and 'Pei'.

"Li Bai... I used to memorize your poems a lot when I was a kid. I didn't expect to see a real person today."

At this time, Su Chen still had [-] merit points in his hand, and he still had extra points to get a golden token.

The ancestral coffin was still noisy and noisy. Su Chen closed his eyes. While his achievements were rapidly diminishing, a gust of wind blew through the curtains of the car. Before he could open his eyes, a smell of alcohol hit his face.

Su Chen opened his eyes, and saw a figure swaying in front of him, wearing a white robe and green shirt, with a gray beard. As he shook, his head hit the wall of the carriage. His gray head slowly turned around, glanced at Su Chen in front of him, and smiled slightly. Opened his mouth.

"Hey! Ouch..."

With a bang, he fell into the car, his hands and feet twitched twice, and he snored.The Taoist priest outside and Dian Wei who was driving all poked their heads in and saw the sleeping drunkard smelling of alcohol. They looked at Su Chen in confusion.

"Dian Wei, take him down and hand him over to the soldiers behind to carry him on a stretcher."

When the carriage stopped, Dian Wei pulled the drunken and sleeping Li Bai out of the curtain with one hand, threw him on his shoulders, jumped off the carriage and walked towards the back of the cart.

Su Chen looked at another token and quickly hung it on the wall of the carriage. This was the worst time he had ever recruited heroes from all walks of life.Fortunately, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty still has two tokens. I will discuss with him when the time comes, not to get mascots... but to use some, even those with medical skills or observing objects.

"What a waste of opportunity. In the future, we will not support those small emperors. What if I get people like An Lushan and Qin Hui?"

"I have to think about those famous generals and the emperor above them, Li Cunxiao... who was the emperor at that time?"

At this time, the sun was slightly tilted, and the army was marching at a slow pace. After half a day, it had traveled more than 50 miles, and it was not very far from Yanjing. The Bingzhou Army where Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were located had already begun to cut down trees around them. In preparation for setting up camp, as for the siege equipment, the craftsmen in Longyang have dismantled the siege tower, and the captured Guimen crossbows and rams are being transported over.

Looking into the distance, Su Chen walked out of the car curtain, cutting off the chatter of the ancestors in the car. He stood in the car and looked at the distant sky, where fields, woods and the sky intertwined.

All around, scouts came and went from various armies, running in all directions.Su Chen felt the coming siege. He stood in the chariot and said with a smile: "How many troops do you think the emperor in the court has left? He forced my Su family to rebel. Who could have imagined that he would be in the situation he is today? Yanjing must be in chaos right now."

Xia Houyuan, Gao Shun and other generals who were recovering from injuries did not answer the call.

The carriage swayed slightly, and Su Chen stood steadily with his feet spread apart, his hands behind his cloak, and he looked into the distance and whispered again.

"Brother, look, I have come to Yanjing too, and this time I will lead my troops to avenge you!"

Nearly [-] Rongzhou troops marched straight in, approaching Yanjing.At this time, the spirit of Jin Ge has not yet come over, and the atmosphere of urgency and fear has enveloped the entire Yanjing. The government offices in the city have already experienced a shortage of manpower. Many low-level officials or middle-level officials have quietly left and bribed The soldiers at the city gate fled with their families.

The vanguard of the rebels outside the city stood still, and there was an unusual atmosphere in the court hall. Some ministers came to the table, requesting the emperor to send an envoy to talk to them, delaying as much time as possible, or simply let the emperor issue an imperial edict to silence the other party, Qingjun. , but the emperor found a reason to excuse them, and then there was no movement.

The atmosphere of deathly silence became more and more solemn.

On the day when the rebel vanguard came to the stronghold, Bei Gongye became gloomy and violent. He had long distrusted the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Even Xiao Wenbi was too lazy to ask the other party. The city was already in chaos, so he turned a blind eye. Close his eyes, after all, even Yan Jingling can't stop him, and he can't even reach out to the imperial city.

He just had a strong desire that when the other two groups of troops heard that Yanjing was besieged by the rebels, they could rush back as much as possible, work together internally and externally to fight a turnaround, and regain the prestige of the emperor.

Lin Guangyuan and Li Jinchen are in charge of the army. They still have soldiers available, and they are the most capable of fighting at the moment.

In the morning, he sent several fast horses to take the imperial edict to the two battlefields of the East Road and the South Road, so that the two of them led the troops back to King Qin of Yanjing as quickly as possible.

The afternoon gradually passed and night began to fall.

The palace was brightly lit, and the maids and eunuchs all around bowed their heads and did not dare to make a sound.On the square low couch surrounded by a tent over there, Kitamiya glanced at his son who was playing with a eunuch not far away.

After looking away, he drank the newly filled drink in one gulp. Queen Jiang opposite knew that he was in a bad mood and continued to fill it up for her husband.

"Your Majesty is worried about state affairs, so you might as well send the Grand Master to the palace to ask questions." "Queen... there are some things you don't understand. When I sat in this position, I found that people's hearts are unpredictable. I originally thought that he was a good teacher and friend who would accompany me. But when I looked back, I realized that this was not the case. They had all kinds of ideas in their minds..."

"Why did your Majesty say this?"

"Hehehe..." Bei Gongye turned the jade light cup in his hand in front of him, revealing the luster of the water on it, his smile became ferocious, and he gritted his teeth: "The queen still remembers Su Congfang's eldest son Su Yong? Haha, I let you The Grand Master killed him, but it was not until a few days ago that I learned that that man was still alive and well in the Grand Master's mansion... The Grand Master... he didn't regard me as his disciple at all... all the time In the past, I thought he was making plans, but now that I think about it, why did these plans fail? It was all because he did it deliberately, leading me to make mistakes step by step!"

"This old dog!" The emperor smashed the jade cup into pieces. The child who had just turned four years old was startled and burst into tears. The eunuch who was playing with him quickly picked up the prince and teased him.

Empress Jiang looked back and did not go to see the child. Instead, she took a handkerchief to wipe the wine stains on her husband's hands: "Then, Your Majesty... what are you going to do?"

"I have summoned the Grand Master to the palace..."

Looking at the queen who was wiping his palms, Kitamiya smiled and said, "... He sent Che Jin and his troops to his mansion again."

In the night, many things began to intertwine.

The horse galloped out and walked two blocks to the Grand Master's Mansion. Xiao Wenbi was eating. When he heard that the emperor wanted to see him, he put down his bowls and chopsticks without hesitation, got up and strode out.

In the darkness, under the west city gate, someone was hanging on a rope and slowly lowered outside. He glanced at the guard at the top of the city, turned around and ran away into the distance.

In the distance, a lurking spy saw the running figure and picked up his bow and arrow. The man waved his hands and shouted quickly: "Don't shoot, it's one of our own! I will bring a message from my general and come to surrender!"

Soon after, the silent military camp became agitated. Dong Zhuo, dressed in military uniform, rode out wildly, laughing loudly, pointing at the soldiers guarding the city with the message, "Lead the way!"

The armored soldiers walked out of the tents and lined up silently. Six hundred flying bears mounted their horses with a bang.

"My sons, follow me to explore the road first!" Li Jue galloped ahead on his horse, followed by six hundred flying bear troops. One of the riders caught the surrendered soldier on horseback and took him to the city gate.

Under the city tower, where everything was as usual, the city gate stood silently, slowly opened with a creaking sound, and as soon as a gap was opened, a figure with armor squeezed out, waving to Li Jue and other six hundred riders here: "This General, lead the troops into the city quickly!"

Even though Li Jue, who had extensive experience in battles, was no stranger to opening a gate, he had to be cautious after all when encountering the guard who silently looked at the surrender and the city gate that gradually opened completely. He raised his palm.

"Go and ride with two hundred men to control the city gate."

After a moment, two hundred cavalry rushed out from the queue behind and rushed towards the city gate. They felt a little uneasy. However, when they ran to the city gate, there was no arrow rain, and there was no sign of an ambush around them.

The surrendered guard was also at the same place, looking at Li Jue with a flattering smile.At this moment, a voice shouted loudly, and a patrol of hundreds of soldiers and horses saw this side and rushed over.

The first general was one of the several generals who had gone up to the tower during the day.

"Cao Lingchi, you surrendered your door to the thieves!"

At the moment when the general came with his troops and horses, Li Jue swung his iron spear and said, "Kill!" The remaining four hundred cavalry, together with the two hundred cavalry guarding the city gate, immediately hoofed up and followed the charging group of infantry. Just run over it.

The guard general named Cao Lingchi also drew his sword and shouted: "It is better to open the door to dedicate the city than to be a headless ghost guarding the city, like a man of war, accompanying the general's heavenly soldiers to Qingjun's side!"

Up and down the city, hundreds of soldiers under his direct command began to move. Some were holding their bows on the tower, while others were pulling up their horses on both sides of the city gate to set up defenses.

While the roaring fighting was unfolding on a street inside the city gate, [-] Xiliang soldiers led by Dong Zhuo also arrived at this moment. Without any extra orders, they rushed directly into the city gate.

Arrows flew through the night, and rockets landed on houses and trees. Riding on the night wind, fire shot into the sky.

The fire spread and illuminated the surrounding streets. In the bright firelight, soldiers poured into the city.

Iron hooves roared along the long street, crushing the intercepting team.

The beacon smoke rose to the west of the city, and countless footsteps spread under the city tower. The generals leading the cavalry rushed into the crowd, swinging their guns horizontally.

The figure standing on the tower, the former grand master and now the commander-in-chief, raised his butcher knife high, cut down the flag of Yan State, and fell down this simple and majestic long wall.

At this moment, the chaos of fighting finally broke out in the west corner of Yanjing.

(End of this chapter)