The heavy rain in the summer continued until midday the next day, and the trend slowly slowed down; it was just that the rainwater that continued to gather into stream-like waterways and curtains did not disperse Bei Nei ( Daming Palace) inside and outside Danfeng Gate, the blood rushing out from under the piles of corpses are also the same.
Meng Fangli, who is the Jidu Envoy of the Zhaoyi Army (Zelu Town), also constantly touched the rain flowing down his face, and stared at the green flag that was clustered in the rain not far away, which was still in tatters. . And within this short distance of tens of steps, it is like a moat born out of thin air. With the corpses and mutilated knives and spears that have been piled up to block the aisle, any effort that wants to cross it is combined. Make bubbles.
Speaking of which, the mountain hunters along the four sides of the above party land and the brave Zelu children, formed by the Zhaoyi army, which is long-range, foot-fighting and capable, was once the famous Northern Army, one of the few countries. One of the powerful forces of the court; although he has departed from the court because of internal contradictions and disturbances several times; but most of the years are still fighting on the battlefield of conquering no ministers and quelling the national crisis, and it is known as the Hebei barrier.
Everyone knows the allusion of "the emperor of Chang'an, the Weiboya soldiers", but they don't know that in the frontal battlefield, the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army have repeatedly blocked and resisted, and even defeated these Weiboya soldiers who are known for their brutality and brutality; or At the time when Yiding Town faced the repeated perils of the three towns of Hesu, Zhaoyi Army, which straddled the east and west of Taihang, was the first to rush to the rescue.
Although he changed his commander several times during the period, there were frequent changes, but only a paper edict from the court could easily return to Wanghua; however, no matter how elite the ranks are, they cannot withstand the torture and torture of the changes over time.
In September of the 4th year of Qianfu (877), Zhu Xie Chi Xin, Zhu Xieyi Sheng and his sons of the Shatuo Department raised troops to fight against the chaos and invaded Yunzhou and Shuozhou. In October, the imperial court ordered Zhao Yijun Jiedu Li Jun, Youzhou Jiedu Li Keju, Tuyuhun Helian Duo and Bai Yicheng, Shatuo Anqing Department and Sager Department to join forces against Li Guochang and his son.
As a result, Li Jun, as the envoy of the Beibei camp and the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, fought against Shatuo Zhuxieyi in the flood valley of the Kelan Army in Hedong and was defeated. Li Jun died on the spot with an arrow. The Zhaoyi army was in great chaos and was killed by Shatuo Li Ke. The imperial court then replaced it with Gao Xun. After the reconstruction, the Zhaoyi Army was already full of new and old soldiers.
Then, after the Zhaoyi army commander Chenglin’s anti-insurgency and robbery Jidu made Gao Xun stay on his own; as a defender, Meng Fang stood up in Tianjingguan to fight against the Zhaoyi army who claimed to be staying; Luzhou people also elected Wu Quanxun, an envoy of the Military Supervisory Yuan, to stay. Later, the Zhaoyi army contended for the era of "Three Stays".
It was not until Cui An led the Hedong army to intervene, behead Chenglin, and regain Wu Quanxu, and finally established Meng Fangli's position as the governor of the court. However, the second state of Hedong and the third state of Hebei in the Zhaoyi army had already become dilapidated in the war and the people's livelihood was withered; therefore, this time the army regained Gyeonggi, and the Zhaoyi army also vacated the last remaining old foundation.
Therefore, today’s Zhaoyi Army is filled with all kinds of young local youths and army children who want to promote and make money after the restoration of Xijing. They are brave but not tough enough; they can lead them and support the current situation. , Is the last group of veterans who survived the defeat of Honggu and the civil strife of the "Three Stays". Among them, there are still some of them who have been in the army for twenty or thirty years.
However, when they were in the exhaustion and fatigue of fighting all night, and lost the morale and courage to continue fighting, even as the master Meng Fangli, he could no longer continue to command and drive them with threats and temptations. Instead, they were subjected to various demands. Surrounded.
"Jinshuai, the rain is going to stop, and things still cannot be done..."
"Festival. I'm afraid the thief army's backup and firearms will come back soon..."
"The military should step back and regroup for the future..."
"Let's show the army up and down for me, save some bones, blood and seeds..."
However, Meng Fangli did not speak. Instead, he scanned the sincere, sad, helpless or sincere and calm faces with his eyes, as well as the blood stains that could not be washed away by the rain; in the end they only found a common one. Point is the kind of fatigue that comes from within, just like the residue left after the enthusiasm and vitality burn out.
It is also hard to imagine that this is the frustration and powerlessness brought to them by those Nanban thieves who are short and thin but tough and fighting. It is even harder to imagine that after being successfully attacked by these thieves, relying on the narrow and tortuous steps and corridors in the doorway, they can actually defeat and repel the offensives led by the Zhaoyi Army's tooth soldiers.
"Do you really want to stop drinking hate and this..."
Looking at the lead-grey gloomy and heavy clouds, the sky seems to be getting brighter and the sparse rain, Meng Fangli still clenched his teeth and continued:
"Just let a certain pro-commander tooth soldier rush once again. Since a certain Fu Xianggong entrusted him, how can he face to see you again! I only hope that you will continue to protect my Meng family..."
"Ma Gai! Yuan Fengtao! You two have been following a certain family for a long time, and are willing to follow a certain one last time..."
"Dare not to be ordered..."
"Only from the festival..."
The two generals who were named, a rough man and an old man hurriedly bowed and responded loudly: With Meng Fangli's statement, Zhaoyi soldiers and horses, who were originally full of fatigue and exhaustion, were suddenly inspired by a tragic and heroic burst. The momentum of the mourning soldiers, and the back of the temporary bunkers with strong knives and licenses once again gathered into an offensive momentum.
And Meng Fangli who made up his mind also made people take out many bundles of silk cloth, baskets and baskets of silverware and copper coins from his private pockets, and dump them in public on the ground full of mud and puddles, as Incentives with strong performance. At this time, the Zhaoyi soldiers who gathered in the first sequence also became more and more enthusiastic.
"I wish to swear to the death and serve the festival..."
"Carrying death with the thief is not at the same time..."
However, suddenly there was a faint thunder in the sky again, and in a blink of an eye there was a big tree covered with shadows like an umbrella, and a large number of branches broke and destroyed amidst the fleeting whistling sound. As for the Zhaoyi Army, who still has lingering fears about the firearms of the thief army; and the first array of fighting spirit that has not rushed a few steps away; at this moment, it is like being poured into a big bucket of cold water, and it suddenly disappeared like a rush. Have practiced average skill many times.
And the tooth soldiers who surrounded Meng Fangli were eager to support him, and regardless of Meng Fangli's hoarse anger and loud reprimand, they immersed themselves in the palace building inside.
And under the broken green flag just over ten steps away, he looked at the lineup of officers and soldiers who were hurriedly retreating, the Lang Jiang Qu Chengyu, who had been chopped down everywhere in a heavy iron armor, also It seemed that he suddenly lost the strength of his body's support, and slipped down on the rain-soaked steps and sighed majesticly:
"The ball almost died..."
And on a messy city wall in the northeast corner of Chang'an, under a makeshift shed, covered with a rain cloth, a cannon that was hung on the top of the city and dragged here for test shots also evaporated a lot of grayish white in the moist air. The smoke comes; it is accompanied by a series of hurried shouts:
"The shooting angle is too high. It has already passed over the city, and then lowered it by two and a half degrees..."
"Tell the people in the other artillery groups to radiate to the fullest extent possible in the direction of the city gate."
"We don't need specific killing effects, we must try our best to intercept and block, disrupt the retreat of the officers and soldiers who have entered the city..."
"Msang Gong, the Zhaoyi army failed in regaining Danfengmen..."
Not long after, Cui Anqian, who was sitting in the Chengtian Gate, also got the exact news. However, before he could make a statement, there were a lot of running and noisy sounds from outside, and finally gathered in front of Cui Anqian:
"Flying birds, many flying birds, coming in flocks from the west..."
Soon after, Cui Anqian, who was alarmed, came to the highest position in the west corner of the imperial city, enough to overlook the top of the Huizhengmen triple-que building inside and outside the city, and he saw the overwhelming bird and bird genus, and the black pressure pressed against the palace like a sky full of wind and sand. Coming from the direction of the city.
And in the direction where the birds flew, under the ocher yellow flag held high in the air, a bruised and muddy army began to appear in the field that gradually cleared after the rain. (End of this chapter)