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Chapter 634 The Great Sage King

Because the artillery was dragging, the journey was not very fast, and it was not until August [-]th that I arrived at the city of Xianyang.

At this time, Sun Xiaozhe was ready and deployed a large number of troops in Xianyang City.

Wang Hua dragged Li Longji out, looked at his troubled look, and said, "Your Majesty, where is Wang Xie today? Where are the Liu family, the Sima family, and the Cao and Sun families today? If If I don’t do this, the Tang royal family can survive for at most 100 years, and there will be no trace of your Li family in the future. Although you have given up many rights, you are still the nominal emperor and supreme leader of this country. Not only you, but also your descendants can live forever. Although I have sent soldiers to arrest you now, I am afraid that you may misunderstand, and once the overall situation is settled, I will give you justice immediately."

Li Longji snorted coldly and remained silent.But I thought in my heart that you have successfully conquered the country in my name.

But to this day, I have to rely on others.

While he was thinking about it, Wang Hua said, "Look, the general attack has begun."

It must be said that Sun Xiaozhe's ability to use troops is not good. Up to now, Wang Hua has deliberately kept it mysterious, and has not leaked the news of his return to the world.

Some people know, for example, Wang Hua had a detailed conversation with Guo Yingyi, the envoy of Jiedu in Longyou, and expressed his thoughts.Guo Yingyi is the third son of Guo Zhiyun. Wang Hua is kind to his father, so it is not easy to express his opposition, but he did not express his support. He just kept silent on this matter.It was also not leaked to the outside world.

The same was true for several other officials who knew that Wang Hua was back and had the power to notify the generals everywhere. They had no guts to oppose and no courage to support, so they all chose to remain silent and pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if they didn't know that Wang Hua had arrived at Mazai. Same as Poe.

Coupled with the endless wars, many areas were blocked by rebels.Therefore, other places don't even know Li Longji's current situation. They only know that Tongguan has fallen and the rebels have entered Chang'an.There are even more rumors about Li Longji's whereabouts. Some say he fled to Sichuan, some say he fled to Lingwu, some say he fled to Qinling to hide, and some say that Li Longji has been killed by the rebels. .

So the rebels were blocked in Mazaipo, but they showed more strength in other places.

But Sun Xiaozhe knew it well, Li Longji got a strong support, although he didn't know who it was, but this army should not be underestimated.

In Xianyang City, he put on a defensive look.There are many defensive tools on the top of the city walls, such as rolling logs and stones, or even the hot oil that Wang Hua likes to use is also inside the city walls for the people in the city to temper.There are also more than a dozen artillery pieces, as well as longbows and crossbows.

Under normal circumstances, to conquer such a fortified and dangerous city, one does not know how much sacrifice one would have to make.

But following Wang Hua's order, hundreds of cannons began to bombard fiercely, and the soldiers on the top of the city were lifted into the sky one by one, and even the city gate was bombarded by more than a dozen shells, and they fell down one by one. .

Has anyone seen anything like this since the beginning of the Cold War?
Some soldiers were clever and slipped away all at once, while others just stood on the top of the wall in a daze, not knowing what was going on.

With a wave of Wang Hua's hand, the troops under his command filed into the city, followed by the sound of broad bean-like gunshots in the middle of the city.

Wang Hua said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, I told you in the past that miscellaneous learning should not be underestimated. How do you feel after seeing it today?"

Li Longji's face was also very pale. The terrifying firepower not only frightened the enemy, but also frightened Li Longji himself.

He was speechless.

Wang Hua asked again: "Do you still think that the gold and silver reliefs I carved on the Kyushu tripod are fake?"

With that said, let's head into town.

Conquered Xianyang, began to cross the Wei River, and attacked Chang'an.However, when Sun Xiaozhe heard about this, he immediately took advantage of the slow movement of Wang Hua's army and gathered all the ships on the Wei River and burned them down.

Wang Hua didn't care either. He asked people to weave small rafts, and even started to caress the people.It was not until Xianyang City settled down that they began to lead the army to the edge of the Weishui River and put the artillery away again.On the other side of the Wei River, Sun Xiaozhe also built a fortification.

However, he far underestimated the power of thermal weapons.This time, the artillery brought by Wang Hua has a maximum range of more than 4000 meters and an effective range of 500 meters. It cannot shoot at the other side of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but how wide can the Wei River be?The artillery began to roar, and fierce tongues of flame spit out.

The fortifications on the opposite bank were immediately destroyed, and the rebels fled again.Only then did Wang Hua let his men cross the Wei River on a small raft, occupying the beach, and then built pontoon bridges.

Before arriving at Chang'an City, they followed suit and captured Chang'an smoothly.

Seeing this situation, Li Bi said with emotion: "The city wall is useless from now on."

It can't be said that the city wall is useless. If the rebels ruthlessly seal the city gate, the city wall of Chang'an City cannot be bombed with the power of artillery.Or in some strategic fortresses, solid blockhouses are built with concrete, and the artillery still loses its effect.
But this Li Mi has not completely surrendered until now, and it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, and Wang Hua will not take the initiative to reveal the biggest weakness.

He smiled and said nothing.

But for the general city wall, it is indeed useless now.

After entering the city, although there were still rebels stubbornly resisting according to the terrain, they surrendered one by one under the power of guns.

Wang Hua identified them one by one, and all soldiers or officials who coerced surrender were imprisoned.But all the troops belonging to An Lushan were beheaded.

Liu Yang felt a little pity, and he said beside him: "Inspector Ying, we are going to build the railway soon, and we need a lot of slaves."

After Wang Hua established the constitutional monarchy, many people forced him to claim the title of emperor, and they all felt very ashamed. At least he won the false title of emperor.However, Wang Hua was very disgusted with the title of emperor, so he said: "If you want to make me emperor, then continue to call me Yingdu. Yingdu is the emperor."

Everyone was speechless, the battalion governor was the battalion governor, and the emperor was the emperor. How could these two be the same thing?
But under Wang Hua's insistence, he reluctantly agreed.So everyone hypnotized themselves, this battalion governor is synonymous with the emperor.But in this way, Wang Hua set an example, and the ambitions of various officials were also reduced.

As for the construction of railways, steam trains have been developed long ago, but there is a key technology that has not kept up.That is bridge technology.Wherever a railway is built, it must pass through a river.Although I know that once it is cleared up, it will be a great weapon.Now the speed can reach [-] to [-] kilometers per hour, that is to say, it can reach [-] kilometers a day and one night. Whether it is for civilian or military use, it will enter an era of rapid speed, especially in the two continents. With this railway, it will be governed. It will also be easier.

But bridge technology can’t keep up, because there is a lot of money in the treasury, and a lot of iron ore in various iron mines, but it’s not on the agenda.

Until the appearance of simple electrical technology, welding appeared, and a new generation of young people grew up, the knowledge they received became more concrete, and more experts emerged.Bridge technology is only getting better day by day.He was preparing to overhaul the railway after conquering Dashi, but he did not expect the Anshi Rebellion to happen.But this plan cannot be broken. The overhaul of the railway from the Central Plains to Siberia will bring great benefits to the integration of the entire country.Especially in the north, where nomads are the mainstay, and it is also the gathering place of the most fierce people in the world. A short-term conquest cannot guarantee that they will not betray in the future.With the railway and the rapid deployment of troops, this place was completely governed.

But building the railway, under the current situation, will kill a lot of people.Such as building bridges, or opening caves.It is impossible to use regular citizens, all of them are slaves. As for how many people will die at the beginning of the great railway era, it is impossible to count, but it will be an astonishing number.

Li Mi was curious and asked, "What railway?"

Wang Hua briefly explained that Li Heng was walking ahead and walking well, but he trembled when he heard it.With his wisdom, how can he not know what impact the railway will bring when it is built?The Tang royal family is really over.He thought sadly in his heart.

But he doesn't know how many people will die and how much money will be spent to repair the railway with current technology.This is a huge city of Rome. Even when Wang Hua died, he did not know how many railways could be built.

Wang Hua said to Liu Yang again: "They plot against the country, and they are not even qualified to be slaves. But the people in other cells will only be slaves for the rest of their lives."

Not only the soldiers who participated in the rebellion under threat, but also some important officials, including some six ministers.

But following Wang Hua's order, nearly ten thousand rebels were killed in the city.The solemn murderous intent made one person dare not persuade him.

It's just that Li Heng still thought unjustly in his heart: You said that An Lushan rebelled, aren't you also rebelling?
The concepts of the two are different. He thinks that doing harm to his Li family is treason.Wang Hua believes that harming the country is treason.He thought Wang Hua was treason, but Wang Hua thought Li Longji was treason.Of course, under Wang Hua's killing intent, Li Heng didn't even dare to fart.

Wang Hua came directly to Jiudingfang. It took him nearly two years to make this Jiuding, and the preparation time was even longer.

However, the situation is very miserable, all the gold, silver and jewels are gone, together with the silk tapestry and two pieces of jade carvings, they are also gone.Fortunately, the white marble inscribed map was not harmed.Even so, the loss is immeasurable.

Wang Hua's face turned pale with anger, he called Cui Guangyuan, Cui Guangyuan snarled: "At that time, the emperor left and even the palace was looted, I didn't have enough manpower, and I sent people to maintain order later, otherwise the 81 pictures would not be enough." It was looted."

"Where did these things go?"

"They were all in the hands of the rebels. Later, after Sun Xiaozhe entered the city, he reported the matter to An Lushan. An Lushan then ordered his subordinates to search for three days, and even the private property of the people was searched. He also ordered the officials. During interrogations to extract confessions, even a little property was hunted down, and many people were killed for this. I heard that all these properties were transferred to Luoyang, and some were transferred from Luoyang to Fanyang."

I heard that in Fan Yang, Wang Hua also felt at ease.Soon the country will be under great governance, and a lot of money will be needed, which cannot be fully subsidized from Oceania.After all, the Tang Dynasty was too big and there were too many people.And his upcoming army, the most important one of them, will land from Youzhou and approach Fan Yang, the old lair of Anlu Mountain.

But he sighed: "The ill-gotten gains are better kept as little as possible, as they harm others as well as themselves."

"That's right. Before His Majesty left, he was afraid that the rebels would lose their property and vent their anger on the common people, so they kept the property so that these unscrupulous people could disappoint His Majesty's conscience." After Cui Guangyuan finished speaking, he looked carefully. Wang Hua.

A little scared in my heart, fortunately I escaped back to Mazaipo, otherwise I would also be imprisoned.

Wang Hua glanced at him meaningfully. Could it be that Cui Guangyuan saw that he liked "loyalty", so he took a gamble?That's why I said this sentence.

After reading it, he didn't make a sound, and the place where he arranged to live was still the old Chang'an house.

After handing it over to Zhang Jiuling himself, Zhang Jiuling returned to his hometown to sweep the grave in his later years and died of illness.Dafeng also lived in seclusion in Yunzhou, and Wang Hua sent someone to take her to Oceania, but she refused, and finally died of the same illness.Several houses in Chang'an are still there, but Zhang Jiuling's son took a small official position in another place, leaving only a few old servants to guard him, so he narrowly escaped the catastrophe.

Seeing Zhang Jiuling's house, Li Longji suddenly remembered Zhang Jiuling's previous advice, but he couldn't listen to it, and suddenly burst into tears.

Wang Hua remained silent, and Zhang Jiuling's resignation also meant a turning point for the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.Speaking of being bigger is also a turning point for the entire Han nation from prosperity to decline.

Animals regret first, people regret, the country makes you toss like this, what's the use of crying?
He had someone help Li Longji into the palace, but Wang Hua continued to live in this old house.

In fact, the palace is now in a state of disarray, all the good things have been looted, and you can even see the poop left by Hu Bing here and there, which stinks very badly.

There were not many eunuchs and maids left, so they tidied up in a hurry.

But the more Li Longji lives, the more he feels bad. This Wang Xiaoer lives in an ordinary house, and he lives in the palace, and Chang'an City is almost unbearable now. This is not a good thing.

The reaction was very timely. If he didn't make adjustments and thought he was the emperor, the end would be miserable.So I asked someone to let Wang Hua live in the palace together. Anyway, there are only two days now, but there are indeed two days.There are no two masters in the land, and indeed there are two masters.And the sun over there is brighter than yourself.

Wang Hua refused to listen, and replied coldly: "I can't enjoy it."

This sentence made Li Longji frightened. You can't enjoy it, and I can't enjoy it either. Very consciously, I brought my family and moved into Xingqing Palace together.That's where his private house used to be.After it was renovated, he often stayed in Xingqing Palace to work.

That's it, I was still very uneasy.

In fact, Wang Hua didn't intend to let him continue to live in the palace, the palace city of Luoyang, the palace city of Chang'an, plus Shangyang Palace and Daming Palace, what a luxury.After removing many privileges of the emperor, why did the Li clan live in the palace?
In the future, Wang Hua plans to turn these palaces into the nature of the Forbidden City, and let the people go in and enjoy them.

Li Longji saw that Wang Hua was still silent, so he worriedly sent someone over to ask questions, and Wang Hua replied: "You should live first."

Li Longji felt a little relieved in his heart.

This is all a trivial matter, Wang Hua now set his eyes on the east.

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Li Guangbi attacked Boling but failed to conquer it. When he learned that Tongguan had fallen and that even the emperor was missing, he became frightened and withdrew his troops to the south.Shi Siming led his troops to chase after him. This notorious Great Holy King of Zhou (his own strange title of emperor) was also very talented in military affairs. It was not easy to face Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, the two great military gods.

This pursuit did not benefit and was repelled by Li Guangbi.However, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi had no intention of fighting, so they withdrew their troops into Jingxing Pass, leaving Changshan prefect Wang Yu to lead the troops from Jingcheng and Hejian counties to guard Changshan.The position of Changshan is very important, leaning against Taihang Mountain, it is like a sharp knife inserted in Hebei.So after Li and Guo left, they still sent heavy troops to stay behind.

Due to endless wars and news interruptions, the newly appointed Governor of Pinglu, Liu Zhengchen, did not know that Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi had retreated. Hearing that Shi Siming had been defeated, he was greedy for merit and prepared to attack Fan Yang.But before the army arrived, Shi Siming led his troops to attack.This is a character who competes with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and Liu Zhengchen is defeated.Abandoning his wife and fleeing, more than [-] soldiers under his command died in battle.

After defeating Liu Zhengchen, Shi Siming was in the limelight for a while, Wang Yu was afraid and wanted to join the rebels.But the other generals were very angry when they learned about it.So taking the opportunity of playing polo, he was trampled to death by a horse.But the dragons had to have a head. At that time, Wu Chengen, the prefect of Xindu, had three thousand Shuofang soldiers under his command. The Changshan generals sent an envoy Zong Xianyun to lead the local elders to Xindu and invite Wu Chengen to guard Changshan.

This is a very heroic elegy. Although many people surrendered humbly, there are still many people who set up the banner of national unyielding.

Like this operation, no one directed it, and it was all done spontaneously.

Zong Xianyun persuaded Wu Chengen, saying: "Changshan is a strategically important place. It controls Yanji in the north, Luoyang in Henan in the south, and is in danger of Jingxing Pass. Occupying this important place is equivalent to choking the throat of the rebels."

Geographically, yes.

Zong Xianyun added: "Not long ago, the emperor took refuge in the west (because Wang Hua deliberately blocked it, there were many rumors, Zong Xianyun chose the most optimistic rumor), Doctor Li Guangbi retreated to Jinyang, Wang Taishou temporarily commanded the rear army , I want to turn the city against the thieves, go against the will of the people, and even die in a different place. General, you have a strong army, strict military orders, and invincible in the world. If you can put the national interest first, move the army to Changshan and echo Dr. Li from a distance, then no one will make a great contribution. can."

Wu Cheng'en didn't listen.

Zong Xianyun added: "The general does not listen to my advice, he must think that the army is weak. Now that the people are struggling to make ends meet, they all want to serve the country, and they are competing to form soldiers and set up villages to protect themselves. If you can offer a reward for recruiting, it will take less than ten days. You can recruit [-] troops, and then you can use them with the three thousand Shuofang soldiers under your command, and you will surely achieve great things. If you give up Changshan County and don't occupy it, and hand it over to the rebels, you will occupy Xindu, a place that extends in all directions, and you will be able to achieve great things. If you fight against the enemy, you will definitely fail."

Wu Chengen was still hesitant.

Zong Xianke and others wept away.

So Shi Siming attacked the Nine Gates, and the soldiers of the Nine Gates falsely surrendered and laid down their armor on the city. When Shi Siming ascended the city, the ambush soldiers suddenly attacked.Shi Siming fell to the bottom of the city, was stabbed by antlers in his side and injured, and fled to Boling.

After a few days of injury, he attacked again and Jiumen fell.Thousands of soldiers defending the city were beheaded.Then they besieged Gaocheng and fell into Gaocheng three days later.

And around Changshan.Because Wu Cheng'en could not be invited, the generals had no leader, and Zong Xianyun and others all died in battle, and even thousands of surrendered soldiers were massacred again.

In October, the rebel general Yin Ziqi besieged Hejian Mansion for more than [-] days, and Shi Siming led his troops to meet him.Yan Zhenqing condemned his general He Lin to lead [-] troops to rescue Hejian, but Shi Siming counterattacked and captured He Lin alive, so Hejian fell.The guard Li Huan was in Luoyang and beheaded.

Since then, from Hebei to the southeast half of the River, all have fallen into the hands of the rebels.

He was able to capture Jingcheng again, and Li Wei, the prefect, would rather die than surrender, and went to Zhanshui to die.

By this time, Shi Siming was like a military god, invincible.Then use two cavalry, holding a ruler book to recruit Le'an, Le'an surrendered as a county.Then surrounded Xindu, Wu Chengenguo, as Zong Xianke said, had no danger to defend, and had no choice but to hand over the horse warehouse, with 1 horses and [-] soldiers, and personally led Shi Siming into the city to surrender.However, because his father was Shi Siming's old superior, he was kind to Shi Siming, so after sending him to Luoyang, Shi Siming spoke well of Wu Chengen.Let An Lushan official return to his original post.

At this time, Shi Siming turned his attention to another person, one of his thorns——Yan Zhenqing.

　PS: There are still two chapters over, and I will try to finish the book tomorrow night.

　　
　
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