Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 392

Shi Siming's anti-army soldiers came to Tongguan City, and the people in Guanzhong panicked. Countless people began to flee. Even some officials in Chang'an City were packing up and preparing to flee at any time. The entire Guanzhong and Chang'an City were in chaos.

In order to win Tongguan and attack Guanzhong like Anlu Mountain did back then, Shi Siming only left his eldest son Shi Chaoyi to stay in Luoyang with 16 rebels, and he led another [-] rebels to attack Tongguan. The size of the army, as time goes by, the more rebels will be mobilized to Tongguan.

Shi Siming was like crazy, regardless of the life and death of the rebel soldiers under his command, he launched an attack on Tongguan day and night, as if he wanted to fill a road into Tongguan with the corpses of rebel soldiers. The army actually left more than 2 corpses under the city of Tongguan.

"Boom! Boom!" The catapult kept throwing boulders into Tongguan City.

Corpses cannot fill the city walls of Tongguan, and catapults must be filled with stones.

Guanzhong, Chang'an City.

Suzong Li Heng was also extremely flustered. He was afraid that he would not be able to defend Tongguan. If the rebels entered Guanzhong again and captured Chang'an City again, then this time it would definitely not be the same as last time. He ascended the throne in Lingwu, This is an opportunity to reshape the morale of the army and the people.

If Guanzhong and Chang'an City are lost again, Datang's situation will be more dangerous than the loss of Guanzhong and Chang'an City last time. By then, Datang may really be about to perish.

Suzong Li Heng also frantically deployed troops to supplement Tongguan's troops, and in any case he had to resist the attack of the rebels and defend Tongguan.

This Tongguan offensive and defensive battle was extremely tragic, and soldiers from both sides died every moment.

Arrows rained like rain, boulders flew, and the bloody aura seemed to dye the sky in Tongguan red.

The tragic siege battle lasted for nearly a month. Shi Siming's rebel army died and injured tens of thousands under Tongguan City. In Tongguan City, the Tang Army also died and injured nearly [-]. However, with Suzong Li Heng's crazy deployment of troops, the defenders in Tongguan City Not only did the number not decrease, but it increased.

On the Tongguan city wall, Lu Jiong was exhausted.

Under the city wall, Shi Siming was even more exhausted, and his eyes were red. Although he was replenished by forced soldiers, the number of rebels under his command did not decrease. On the contrary, it was [-] more than when he first attacked Tongguan. It was also impossible to capture Tongguan.

"'Your Majesty', almost all the young and strong in Luoyang, Chenliu and other places have been forced to requisition. If this continues, it may be difficult to get more soldiers to replenish, and Datang can continue to replenish from Guanzhong, Jiannan and other places. Soldiers from Jiangling, Jianghuai, Jiangnan and other places can also continue to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan, and "Your Majesty" was used as a siege, and the casualties of soldiers were nearly three times that of the Tang army. "Your Majesty" might as well sweep Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Jiangling and other places first. It is rich and rich, not only young and strong, but also rich in food and money, and after receiving a large amount of supplements, if you attack Tongguan again, you will be able to break it!" Geng Renzhi, Shi Siming's counselor, persuaded Shi Siming.

Shi Siming is not a fool, he has already realized this at this moment, why not return to Luoyang first, send troops to capture Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Jiangling and other rich places.

Finally, Shi Siming withdrew his troops back to Luoyang City and did not continue to attack Tongguan.

On the Tongguan city wall, the soldiers of the Tang army cheered.

After returning to Luoyang, Shi Siming sent his general A Shi Na Chengqing to lead [-] troops to conquer Yingchuan, Nanyang, etc., and finally went south to Jiangling. Xuzhou occupied Jianghuai.

Although it is said that Shi Siming failed to break through Tongguan in the previous month, and instead suffered more than [-] casualties, Shi Siming used the cruel and bloody elimination of Tongguan to train a not weak elite soldier.

Relying on this elite army, coupled with the fact that the generals of the Tang army were chilled by the Tang court, the resistance was not good, and many soldiers were transferred from Wuguan to Guanzhong, and the relationship between various places was empty.

The anti-armies of the three routes are all in turmoil.

After Ashina Chengqing defeated [-] Tang troops in Yingchuan, he captured Yingchuan, and then captured Nanyang, almost hitting the Jiangling city. Because there was no navy, he was blocked under the Jiangling city.

Tuo Yue also broke through Yanzhou along the way, occupying a large area of ​​Henan Road.

Shi Chaoyi made greater progress along the way, because Zhang Xun was demoted to Jiangnan by Suzong Li Heng, and without Zhang Xun in Suiyang, he was powerless to resist Shi Chaoyi's rebel army, and was easily captured by Shi Chaoyi's rebel army.

Suiyang is the gateway to Jianghuai. After taking Suiyang, Shi Chao's rebel army quickly invaded Jianghuai. In just over half a month, they occupied more than half of the rich land of Jianghuai.

From Yingchuan, Nanyang, Jianghuai, Yanzhou, etc., the rebels plundered a large amount of property, food, grass and soldiers, and the rebels swelled to more than 40, and their momentum became even bigger.

If it weren't for the fact that the anti-army was too brutal, massacring every time a city was breached, raped and plundered, and unpopular, the Tang army from all walks of life, the common people, the gentry, etc. gradually resisted together, and the momentum of the anti-army's continued expansion could be blocked.

However, at this time, the territory of Shi Chao's rebel army surpassed that of the Anlu Mountain period, and the momentum was still huge.

In Chang'an City, because of defending Tongguan, a lot of people's hearts have been stabilized, and because the anti-army is getting stronger and stronger, they are panicking again.

The rebel army has already taken troops under the city of Jiangling, and has captured most of the Jianghuai area. Yanzhou in Henan Province has also been captured. When Jiangnan is lost again, Datang is really powerless.

The people in Guanzhong and Chang'an were in panic, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River even started to flee. The entire Tang Dynasty was more desperate than the Anlu Mountain period. The Tang Dynasty was more dangerous and precarious than the Anlu Mountain period.

After all, during the An Lushan period, there were still Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi who were not world marshals who led the counterattack. Who is there in the Tang Dynasty now?Lu Jiong, Wang Sili?They are barely even generals, let alone handsome, and they don't have the talent and prestige of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi at all.

On the surface of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, two huge fleets are sailing, with the goal of Dengzhou and the Jianghuai coast.

There have been Jinyiwei propaganda in Henan, Jianghuai and other war-torn areas. There are fleets in Dengzhou, and the Jianghuai coast to take people to Andong to escape the war.

Facing Li Fei's prestige, a large number of people fleeing the war are also willing to cross the sea to Anton.

Especially the people of Henan Province, Yanzhou and Jianghuai were all captured by the rebels, and Qingzhou City was also in jeopardy. The people of Henan Province could not go south if they wanted to escape the war. No.

The Anton Shipyard continues to build large ships, and more and more sea ships transport people across the sea from Dengzhou and Jianghuai to Anton. The population of Anton is increasing at a rate of more than [-] per day.

Before the time came, Li Fei didn't care about the war in the Central Plains, but only further expanded the size of the Anton Army, and continued to expand north, east, and west.

Because many Khitans, Xi people, and Uro people who were completely conquered entered the Andong Army, and some new recruits were recruited, the Andong Army has now expanded to fourteen armies, with a scale of 28. If you count the expansion To the artillery battalion of the eight battalions, the Anton army was nearly 29.

This is not the kind of rebellion that Shi Siming's rebel army recruited into the army by force, lacking armor, and relying on looting. Every soldier of the Anton army is armed to the teeth, equipped with the most sophisticated equipment in the world, steel armor, Mo Dao, Heng Dao, Ma Jian, and God Arm Crossbow are all available.
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