And Cao Shixiong in Mingdemen was also looking at the renewed flames in the distance with a complicated expression, and then turned his head to face the generals gathered on the left and right, and said solemnly:
"In the accidental fall of Bei Nei, the key people led by Cao Niangniang failed to respond, which means that our mission has been half-failed! Corresponding responsibility for wrong judgments and delayed timing, I would like to take care of the government... "
"I have already ordered the guerrilla battalion and the riding battalion on standby to form a guerrilla division, bypass the Chunmingmen-Qujiang line, and make a raid to the eastern suburbs of Chang'an to see if there is a chance to rescue and respond to some escaped. survivor.."
"Next, we can only do our best, and try our best to contain the enemy in the city before this round of offensive is exhausted, so as to maximize the destruction of its viable power as the first; I also hope that you will continue to encourage and work hard together. It!"
"De Ling" "Nuo!"
All the people present were also full of breath and responded in unison, and randomly turned into figures scattered and led their respective ministries to carry out orders. However, at this moment, Cao Shixiong sighed invisible, but he remembered the situation of Wang Pan, the big brother of the Stormrage Camp, who had made a special trip to consult and meet before he was ordered to leave the battle.
Nowadays, Wang Pan, who specializes in the welfare and subsequent placement of retired and returned soldiers, as well as the second and third line troops and the retired elders in the village to monitor things, can be described as the first class of Qing nobles envied by everyone in the governor's house. Nevertheless, his daily family life with a few wives, concubines and children is still as simple and unpretentious as Cantonese.
In addition to drinking a little wine and having no meat every day, I don’t have any special extravagance or extravagant hobbies; I only stay in the office in the city or in the home-raising house outside the city all day long; even if I bring my family by accident. It is also very low-key to go out to watch dramas with the mouth, and it is impossible to see the ostentation of being the No. 2 figure in the governor’s house and the first left-behind official.
Therefore, in daily life, except for some retired brothers who come to drink and chat, his life track can be said to be very simple; he also does not give outsiders the opportunity to approach, meet, and climb. Although it is inevitable to be boycotted by some eager old friends who are unkind to stone people, it is also very easy to avoid the many annoyances and most of the troubles caused by being in a high position.
The only time she took the initiative to intervene was when she ran into a young woman who was rushed to the doctor and intercepted the complaint because of a misbehavior. As a result, he didn't get too involved in this matter and expressed more opinions; only after confirming that the situation told by the other party was mostly true and handled properly, he unexpectedly adopted this little girl who was already alone.
Therefore, although he usually keeps a certain distance because he avoids suspicion in official business, he is polite and proportionate to maintain a certain distance; but when he really encounters hesitating problems, he still hopes to learn from this one, and his position in the governor’s office is detached. But it depends on the thinking of Big Brother who is more open about things.
However, Wang Pan, who was holding the third child who was learning to speak, and grinning with a straight smile, said to him lightly:
"Lion, aren't you just asking for trouble! Why do you worry and speculate, do you have any surprises and other ideas?"
"But that's not a matter of waiting, after all, it is something related to the King of Huang! I really have to face it in person in the future, and this feels especially tricky and dangerous..."
Cao Shixiong sighed without hesitation:
"You are already the number one general in the governor's office and your position, and your horizons will also broaden and grow, right? Why are you still confined to the background of the past?"
However, Wang Pan seemed to guess what he cared about and taboo:
"You have to know that King Huang was the founder who led everyone to fight the world. Who in the army dares to say that there is no connection with it? But is it not the chief governor who led the people to this step? Righteousness and ambition?"
"What's more, before King Huang, there was also an earlier soldier who rose up earlier to ask for life for the people, but abandoned the great cause of the rebel army halfway and wanted to seek the court's care, but in the end he could only usher in the defeated king of heaven. General?"
"Speaking of the head? Huang Wang also..."
Hearing this, Cao Shixiong seemed to grasp something in his heart.
"I don't know anything about other places, but for those people who have escaped from Chang'an one after another, my wife and I have met some of them. By the way, I also learned about some of the changes and loves that happened to the king in Chang'an..."
Wang Pan sighed:
"Lion! Let me tell you the truth, since the deeds and ways of employing people since King Huang became emperor in Chang'an, how different is it from the old dynasty of Li Tang? Those things that harm the country and the people are still high on the court, surrounded by the throne. Can you continue to enjoy fame and fortune by pretending to shout twice?"
"And again, the old brothers who survived are all rich and glorious, and they have been added to the ranks; but there are changes in the homes of the local people and the poor? Regardless of the disaster years and ordinary years, they are still exiled. How much has the people’s livelihood and the conditions of the people’s living conditions improved?"
"So I thought about Cai Ciang for years and understood that these are the remnants of God's extraordinarily love for my Stormrage Camp, so that such an immortal figure who is going to succeed in the saint can be born under my command."
"And I just took on a false name at the beginning, so that I can enjoy the wealth for so many years, and can continue to benefit future generations? And the lion, you, etc. are able to follow them side by side and become an important part of opening up a new situation and atmosphere. Member, this is a blessing that can only be cultivated in a few lifetimes!"
"Jiantou...because of this, my generation wants to be able to relieve the worries of the governor and do more!"
When Cao Shixiong heard this, he also responded quite emotionally:
"You must know that the chief governor really feels that he is kind to those dusty and ant-like people, and he is also true to his words and deeds in order to smooth out the injustice and contempt in this world;"
However, Wang Pan only sighed slightly at him:
"For this reason, at the mercy of cruel and cruel reputation, the blood of those rich and powerful families who have to be killed are flowing into rivers, and the migration and the soil are filled with grievances. All these things are not done for the rest of the world to be able to have. Live decently?"
"How can such a selfless, compassionate world ambition care about the great gains and losses of those subtleties? No matter what the future results in Chang'an, can it be able to stop the world trend that is gradually becoming a pattern?"
Having said this, Wang Pan couldn't help but his face changed in surprise and called out:
"broken.."
"What's wrong, what's wrong..."
Cao Shixiong was also surprised: Then he saw Wang Pan's expression turn into a wry smile, and he lifted his wet hem and said:
"Talking to you on a whim, but forgot to change the base cloth for the child... Not all of this fell on me..."
After regaining his thoughts, Cao Shixiong set his gaze back on Longshou Mountain in the distance. Among the magnificent Minggong building complex, he remembered that he had visited the main building in the north with a group of people visiting the main building the previous year, and cut it to pieces on the spot. The Yuta in the Mingtang will give everyone a piece as a souvenir, etc.
This piece of dark golden texture and rather hard texture was also carved into a personal seal for him to carry with him afterwards; after all, he could follow the governor into the Daming Palace and get this kind of symbolic souvenirs. It also basically represents their ranking and qualifications among the founding heroes and fathers in the future.
Therefore, this time when it was rare to give orders to lead troops to rescue Chang'an, Cao Shixiong also wanted to fight for the possibility of one or two more for his position in the new dynasty. Because, among the unceremonious discussions of many people in private, the Yellow King in Chang'an City, who has been in decline with the new dynasty of Daqi, is undoubtedly the value of being remembered and memorialized by others, far greater than the subtlety of being an eye-catching and embarrassing life. .
However, Empress Cao, who is especially valued and deeply rooted as the chief governor, is unavoidable from the accident that the ensuing death is indeed a fall. Thinking of this, he once again asked the following officer Zhang Zhongyu:
"Let's check again, where the enemy's Ministry of Industry and Technology's non-moving teams have reached, are there any messages and signals to come back?"
Inside and outside of today’s Chang'an city, there are several groups of officers and soldiers disguised as officers and soldiers are active; the main members of each group are basically from the northern people who were developed and transformed from the prisoners of the former officers and army. , And then joined a number of widows who had escorted Zhang Huaishen and fled south, and the team returned to the former children of the rebel army and Bujiu.
Therefore, with their authentic Guiyi Army Headquarters as a cover and cooperation, in this Chang'an City, which is dominated by the Western Army but belonged to a relatively complex official army, the activities will undoubtedly be more like a fish in the water. It was these special teams that were mixed in the city that sent out the signal at the critical moment at any cost that allowed the Taiping Army to discover the fact that Bei Nei had fallen for the first time.
At the same time, more than 20,000 Shu army generals, Wang Jian, who occupied the three city gates in the west of Chang'an City, were also secretly worried. Compared with the equipment and tactics, it is not conducive to the street fighting in the house, and is longer than the western army in the field and wave battles. The Shu army, who is known for his melee combat and bow and crossbow defense, is undoubtedly More suitable for this round of Taiping offensive good election.
Therefore, after the Shu army from the gates of the west of the city came to respond and support, the various parts of the Western army that were defeated steadily were finally between Anrenfang and Fenglefang, which were only three crossing streets within the imperial city. He stabilized his position; and endured wave after wave of firearm bombardment from the thief army, and used the beams and pillars from the demolition of nearby mansions to forcibly build a more solid and heavy front.
However, Wang Jian later discovered that even after such a battle on Zhuque Street, there was an elite battalion of Chengdu generals who were overwhelmed in the face-to-face melee, and another battalion’s superb crossbowmen were killed and injured more than half. , The other battalions of the Yellow Head Army responsible for containment and support were also injured. The total number of deaths and disappearances before and after is over 1,000.
This was the biggest casualty since he led the troops into the Pass. Even among the thieves who broke into the Great San Pass against the wind and snow before, the front and back frostbite, fall injuries, and war-deaths combined failed to cause such a large loss. It was lost in just half an hour here. This couldn't help but make him feel painful.
You must know that, in addition to major problems in the rear of Shu, the transportation is cut off, and several important commanders and supervisors are not in the customs; he has already regarded these men and horses in disguise as his basic future. Because, in accordance with the promise and conditions from the prime minister, Zheng Tian, as long as he can continue to control these people, he is not without the opportunity of the town.
Therefore, he then categorically rejected the plans and suggestions for an on-site counter-offensive, and on the grounds of the need to rebuild morale and replenish equipment, he ordered the troops to withdraw from the range of firearms bombarded by the Taiping thieves, and put the newly constructed front and fortifications. , Give it to those Western army idiots who don't know how to count.
However, next, a general who rushed over to report to him, but brought him an irritating news:
"It's not good. The third army of Zhongwu and Cao Jiajun of Xijin, near the Ximing Temple in Yankangfang, fought on the spot..."
In the former residence of Sui Dynasty minister Yang Su, who occupied a quarter of Yankangfang, it was later the residence of Emperor Taizong’s beloved Wei Wang Li Tai. Now it has more than 4,000 rooms divided into ten houses in Ximing Temple. At the top of a high tower near the street, the former returnees clinging to it were all in a stretched pose, slowly retracting the iron arm bow, looking at a street in the melee, and exhaling a deep breath;
Because he just shot an arrow with his own hands and attacked a friend of his childhood who was also a comrade-in-arms and a colleague who knew each other very well in the past. He shot him coldly and fell into the army confronting each other on the street, resulting in two titles of different banners. The officers and soldiers fought each other on the spot. Immediately he pressed the extra thoughts and slipped straight down the rope, and with the cooperation of his companions, he disappeared into the empty and broken temple.
Outside the city of Chang'an, those clan tribesmen who were not allowed to enter Chang'an without permission were finally given the corresponding order to start a big move. Some of them began to enter the West Neiyuan, Dongneiyuan, and Beicheng Jiadao through the opened city gate. There are also many flags with net worth along the moat under the city wall and culled towards the south of the city.
However, more feudal lords scattered in groups began to spontaneously search outside the city for those “thieves and rebellious families” who might have escaped from the northern part of the city who were used for wealth and official positions and offered high-priced rewards. Then, they inevitably ran into the Taiping Army Rangers heading for the search. At one time, many encounters and accidental conflicts were chased and chased by horses, and they broke out between the western and eastern suburbs of Chang'an at the same time.
Regardless of the true target that both parties want to find, it is like a general disappearance from the world. (End of this chapter)