Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 457
"Ah! Ahh!"

When Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan, quietly gave a thumbs up to Cui Guang, another old fox from Shangshan, Mr. Shusun, an important minister of the Han army who lived here as an envoy in the city of Linzi, the capital of Qi, more than 270 miles away, suddenly sneezed twice. , then rubbed his nose and muttered strangely: "There is no wind or cold, why did the old man sneeze? Could it be like our King of Han said, sneezing for no reason, is there a shameless rat plotting against the old man behind his back? "

Of course, Mr. Shusun quickly forgot this little matter, because even though he lived in Linzi temporarily, Mr. Shusun was still very busy with his official duties. It is also necessary to temporarily take up the position of the temporary intelligence chief of the Han army in Qi State, and continue to collect various military and political information of Qi State, so that the Han army can basically grasp the various actual conditions of Qi State, so that it will be like driving the Yan army in the future. Drive the Qi army to help the Han army launch the battle to destroy Chu.

In addition, Mr. Shusun has to be concerned about the withdrawal of Tian Heng's rebels from Qi, because Tian Heng's rebels rebelled against Qi under the banner of the Han army in Jiaodong, and they belong to the Han army in honor. , Now Tian Heng has agreed to be ordered to lead the troops under his command to evacuate from Qi State. Mr. Shu Sun, who is an important minister of the Han army, will do his part, so of course he must participate in this important event.

Fortunately, it should be because he understands that thin arms cannot twist thick thighs. Although he was first used by the Han army and then betrayed, Tian Heng still swallowed his anger and chose to fulfill his promise. He led the army on the third day after receiving Uncle Zhou's order. More than 6000 rebels under his command went north to Jimo, and then under the supervision of the Qi army, they marched westward to Linzi along the road left by Qin Shihuang. The speed was quite fast, and they could travel more than [-] miles a day.

During this period, the [-] Qi army led by General Tian Wang of the Qi State, of course, followed Tian Heng's rebel army to follow and monitor. The fear was that Tian Heng's army would suddenly turn around and kill the Qi army by surprise, but it was still okay. Although the Qi army's suspicion and distrust of Tian Heng's rebels was palpable, Tian Heng still swallowed his useless gas, not only trying to restrain the soldiers from harassing the people and harming the place, but also trying to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings with the Qi army. , and once visited Tian Wang's army in person, drank with Tian Wang, who was also a descendant of the Qi royal family, and reminisced about the old days, pretending to absolutely trust Tian Wang and Qi's army.

Tian Heng is a minister of Xiang Kang in reputation, and the Qi army who has surrendered to the Han army will of course not attack him unless he is crazy, so Tian Wang not only treats Tian Heng with courtesy, but also believes him a little bit. Tian Heng's sincerity in leaving, and also reported the situation to Linzi, Tian Jia and Mr. Shusun were also quietly relieved, and began to increase their confidence in the smooth transfer of Tian Heng's rebels.

That's not to mention, when there was only more than one day's journey left to Linzi, Tian Heng sent his nephew, Tian Guang, the son of Tian Rong, the former Prime Minister of Qi, to Linzi with gifts, and met with Tian Heng and Tian as a nephew. Tian Jia, who was of the same generation as Rong, told Tian Jia with tears about his farewell feelings. Fu Di begged Tian Jia to forgive him and his uncle Tian Heng for the crime of rebellion. Family affection, not only immediately expressed that they should not blame the past, but also personally helped Tian Guang, the son of the old boss, to weep, and showed considerable sincerity to appease Tian Guang and Tian Heng behind him.

After hosting a banquet for Tian Guang, because Tian Heng's rebels will arrive at the city of Linzi the next day, Tian Jia also discussed with several Qi courtiers and Mr. Shusun how to meet Tian Heng's rebels. Tian Chang, the grand master of etiquette in the Qi State, said, "Your Majesty, Tian Heng is not only your clan, but also a subject under the King of Han's command. Now he has voluntarily left our Qi State, and he may never come back again. I suggest, Your Majesty, you might as well go out of the city to meet Tian Heng in person, and hold a farewell banquet outside the city to honor him, so as to show your Majesty's affection for the same clan, and your Majesty's respect for the King of Han."

"Never!" Qi Xiangtian Ya immediately objected: "Tian Heng came with an army, and His Majesty came out of the city to meet him personally. If something happened suddenly, wouldn't His Majesty be in danger immediately? To show His Majesty's respect for Tian Heng Enyi, it is enough to send an important court official out of the city to greet Tian Heng on behalf of the king, why does the king have to go out of the city in person?"

"Is Xiangguo worrying too much?" Tian Chang said with a smile: "The former fan Tian Heng came to the army of General Tian Wang in person, and now Tian Heng sent Tian Guang to Linzi one step ahead, and he has already expressed enough sincerity for reconciliation. I’m still not at ease with them, and I’m not even willing to meet Tian Heng in person, and spreading the word, doesn’t it appear that our king is too harsh and ungrateful?”

After finishing speaking, Tian Chang turned to Mr. Shusun again and said, "Mr. Shusun, Tian Heng is now a subject of your Han country, what do you think?"

According to common sense, Mr. Shusun must of course hope that Tian Jia will go out of the city to meet Tian Heng, who is now a courtier of the Han army. One of the advantages is that he likes to have a face and not face. After a little calculation, Mr. Shusun still said to Tian Jia: "King Qi, although Tian Heng is really sincere this time, King Qi, you should give him a little face and go out of the city to meet him personally. To him. But what Tian Xiangguo said is right, people’s hearts are in the belly, Tian Heng is here with an army after all, for the sake of caution, it is better for the king not to go out of the city in person."

Tian Jia was originally not very willing to see Tian Heng who dared to raise troops to rebel against him, and after hearing what Mr. Uncle Sun said, Tian Jia immediately nodded and said: "Mr. , as the king of a country, it is best not to venture into dangerous places lightly. How about this, I will trouble Xiangguo to go out of the city in person tomorrow to meet Tian Heng on behalf of the widow and see him farewell."

Tian Ya, who was loyal to Tianjia, was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately clapped his hands and sang promises. Tian Chang first glanced at Mr. Shusun quietly, and then quickly complimented Tianjia's wise decision with a smile on his face, and dared not persuade Tianjia to go out of the city to meet Tian Heng in person. a group of people.

During the hasty preparation and arrangement, the night passed quickly, and just after noon the next day, he received the news that Tian Heng's army was not far from Linzi, so Qi Xiang Tian Ya hurriedly led some Qi officials and Mr. Chidao outside the city went up to meet Tian Heng's rebels.Not long after that, Tian Heng's rebels, carrying the red banner of the Han army, arrived at the steoshui ferry in the west of Linzi, and soon after the soldiers of the Qi army gave way, they began to line up to cross the bridge and cross the steoshui. The [-] Qi troops that followed temporarily lined up on the east bank of the Steoshui River, preparing to wait for the Tian Heng rebels in front to cross the river before continuing westward.

It was at this time that Mr. Uncle Sun, who had already accumulated some military experience, discovered an important problem, and hurriedly went to Qi Xiangtianya, who was leading the team, and said, "Xiangguo, why didn't you consider the order of crossing the river beforehand? Linzi City is in the On the west bank of the Steroshui River, you should let your troops cross the river first, right?"

"why?"

Mr. Shusun was taken aback by Tian Ya's strange rhetorical question. After suddenly remembering that Tian Ya was born as a civil servant and had no experience in leading troops in battle, Mr. Shusun came to his senses and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Tian Xiangguo, let Tian Heng's army cross the river first. It's too dangerous. If he has any other intentions, he only needs to block the bridge after crossing the river, or directly destroy the bridge. Your army on the east bank of the Stein River will not be able to cross the river for the time being. When the time comes, you will be able to cross the river within a certain period of time. , there is no way to restrain Tian Heng."

Mr. Uncle Sun reminded me that Tian Ya, who was born as a civil servant, has just woken up, but it is useless to wake up. Tian Heng's rebels have already started to step on the bridge to cross the river. If Tian Heng is asked to stop, let the people behind The army of Qi State crossed the river first, and no matter who they replaced, they would feel insulted, so Tian Ya had no choice but to reply in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. It doesn't matter much, there are army guards in Linzi city, even if there is any accident, we can return to the city immediately."

Mr. Shusun thought about it, so he honestly closed his mouth and stopped inciting slander, and said in his heart: "It's okay, Tian Heng is not a fool, I must understand that even if he suddenly strikes, he will definitely not be able to break into Linzi city. With a little delay, Qi's army will be able to cross the river in other places for reinforcements immediately, and he will not do such a foolish thing."

After another period of time, Tian Heng's rebel army successfully crossed the steroid water, and began to line up towards the south gate of Linzi. Tian Guang, who accompanied Tian Ya out of the city, also hurriedly said to Tian Ya: "Tian Xiangguo, my uncle is here. I'll go over and explain the situation to him first, and then bring him to see you."

Tian Ya agreed without even thinking about it. Mr. Shusun, who is good at details, came back to his senses when Tian Guang walked towards Tian Heng quickly, and said to himself: "Why does something seem wrong? Tian Guang, a young man, must first Going to say hello to his uncle?"

With this concern, Mr. Uncle Sun of course put all his energy into paying attention to the situation of Tian Heng's rebels. He also saw Tian Guang walking back to the team of Tian Heng's rebels from a distance, and soon went to a party. The car was delayed for a while, and then Tian Heng's rebel army stopped advancing very quickly, and then...

Immediately afterwards, I just saw a group of Tian Heng rebels suddenly charge, and when the group rushed towards this side, Mr. Shu Sun, who had rich experience in escape, immediately understood what was wrong. He quickly pulled Tian Ya and shouted: "Tian Ya Xiangguo, hurry up! Tian Hengpifu rebelled!"

As he said that, Mr. Shusun still dragged Tian Ya and rushed to the south gate of Linzi. Tian Ya only recovered when the charging Tian Heng rebels shouted to kill, and hurriedly followed Mr. Shusun Even scrambling towards the south gate of Linzi, the civil and military officials and ceremonial guards of Qi State brought out of the city by Tian Ya immediately fell into chaos, and also fled to the south gate of Linzi one after another. Responding, he was cut down by Tian Heng's rebels and stabbed many times in a blink of an eye.

The fastest reaction, and the ability to run away is not inferior to Liu Laosan, the life-saving master on the battlefield. Of course, Mr. Shusun was the first to rush into the south gate of Linzi, and he couldn't wait to rush at the city gate defenders who were already in chaos. He yelled and asked them to close the city gate immediately, but Mr. Shusun forgot that he was not an official of Qi State, and of course the city gate guards did not listen to him.Fortunately, Tian Ya, who was dragged to escape by Mr. Uncle Sun, also fled quickly. Mr. Uncle Sun didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly shouted at Tian Ya: "Tian Xiangguo, let your people close the city gate, if Tian Heng Peep's bandits storm the city, and we're all done."

Tian Ya thought so, and quickly ordered the guards to close the gate immediately. However, when the gate guards began to push the gate to close, many Qi officials and etiquette guards who were still outside the city had already cried frantically, "Don't let the guards go!" Close! Don't close! We haven't entered the city yet! Don't close, we haven't entered yet!"

Hearing these cries, Tian Ya, whose heart is far less vicious than that of Mr. Uncle Sun, hesitated for a while, and subconsciously shouted: "Don't worry, let our people try their best to get rid of it." Come in first!"

"Tian Xiangguo, are you crazy?" Mr. Shusun yelled angrily, "What time is this? What do you care about them?"

Tian Ya woke up, and immediately ordered to close the gate again, but what even Mr. Shusun didn't expect was that a group of soldiers of the etiquette guards of the Qi State who had already rushed to the gate suddenly showed their weapons and pointed at the Linzi gate that was closing. The soldiers slashed and stabbed, and quickly chopped down and scattered the gate soldiers, and pushed open the half-closed city gate again. The Tian Heng rebel soldiers behind were cheering and charging with all their strength, and quickly rushed through The moat!
"A traitor? How is it possible? There are also people from Tian Heng in Linzi City?"

After the jaw-dropping roar, Mr. Uncle Sun suddenly came to his senses, and he immediately understood the reason why Tian Chang, the leader of the Qi State, urged Tian Jia to go out of the city to meet Tian Heng in person - according to the system of the Qi State, the etiquette team in the capital Linzi It is in charge of Tian Chang, who is in charge of ceremonial guests. He wants to put some of his own people in it, isn't it the same as playing?
It was too late for Mr. Shusun to understand this. With the help of the traitors of the Qi army, the soldiers of Tian Heng's rebel army had already rushed into the south gate of Linzi with shouts, slashing and killing the defenders of the south gate of Linzi who were caught off guard with red eyes. , and the defenders on Linzi city and the garrison in the city because the incident happened so suddenly, how could there be time to come to reinforce and stop it?So Mr. Shusun had no choice but to flee for his life in Linzi city for the second time in less than a month, rushing back to the posthouse where he was temporarily staying to change his clothes and prepare to escape.

At the same time, Tian Heng's rebels also divided up their troops to block the steoshui bridge, cutting off the east bank crossing the river to reinforce the Linzi defenders, and they also succeeded in killing and dispersing the defenders of the steoshui bridge by virtue of their sudden first-mover advantage. Race against time to destroy the bridge to prevent the Qi army from crossing the river. Although Tian Wang, the general of the Qi State, immediately urged the army to attack, but because of the narrow bridge and the rising water during the flood season, he was never able to cross the bridge to reinforce the capital guard. The army was firmly blocked on the east bank of Steoshui by only [-] Tian Heng rebels. Tian Wang screamed in anxiety, but there was nothing he could do.

Things have come to this point, if Tian Jia can be more decisive, and quickly lead people to abandon the city and flee, then he must still have the hope of making a comeback, but the luxurious life in Linzi City has seriously eroded Tian Jia's will and corroded his will Courage and courage, when the great change came, Tian Jia not only did not think that he should run for his life, but instead ordered the Qi Palace guards to guard the palace, and also ordered the garrison in the city to reinforce the palace with all their strength, so as to keep his palace pavilions and luxurious life.

Of course, Tian Heng's rebel army firmly seized this opportunity. First, under the leadership of Tian Heng and Tian Guang, they went out of the city, and then went straight to the palace of the King of Qi, which they were very familiar with, and kept yelling, "Kill! Enter the palace! Get rid of Tian Jiafu! Kill!"

Relying on this fearless determination to die, Tian Heng's rebel army smashed several garrisons in Linzi city who came to rescue the palace one after another like a broken bamboo, and then used the beams snatched in the city to break open the palace gate, red-eyed They swarmed into the palace and headed straight to the main hall of the Qi Palace. At this time, Tian Jia came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream. He remembered that he should run away first to save his life, and led a group of guards to flee in a panic into the harem.

Of course it was too late to do so. Many people in Tian Heng's army were very familiar with the internal situation of the Qi palace, and they asked his whereabouts from the captured eunuchs and court ladies, and they caught up with him in a short time. Although his guards were loyal and fought to the rear, they still failed to stop the large and powerful Tian Heng rebels. When several soldiers of the Tian Heng rebels chased after him, they first hooked him with their spears, and then He was killed in the harem with random swords and spears.

"Tian Chi is dead!"

The news quickly spread in and out of the city of Linzi like a thunderbolt. Hearing this news, the desperate Tian Heng rebels cheered like thunder, their morale was greatly boosted, and they lost the soldiers of the Qi army who were loyal to them. Then the morale collapsed, and the soldiers fled one after another. After hearing the news, Mr. Uncle Sun, who had already changed into the clothes of ordinary people, did not dare to hesitate at all. He ran out of the city to escape for his life in chaos, and dared not stay in the city to die.

On that day, relying on a surprise attack and the support of the Qi traitors, the Tian Heng rebels completed a nearly perfect beheading action. Occupying Linzi, the capital of Qi, the Qi army had [-] troops following and monitoring Tian Heng's rebels, but because of Steushui's obstruction, they could not prevent Tian Heng's rebels from completing this action.And when Tian Wang led the army of Qi State to rescue them under the city of Steoshui from other ferries, not only the four gates of Linzi had already been controlled by Tian Heng's rebels, but Tian Jia's head had also been hung on the head of Linzi city.

Seeing that Tian Jia was dead, the army of Qi State who had finally arrived at the city of Linzi was in an uproar. Although Tian Wang, who was furious with the bullfight, immediately ordered his troops to attack the city, but because he had no siege weapons, he was easily killed by Tian Heng's rebels. , and finally can only be forced to give up.As soon as Tian Heng saw Tian Wang's army retreat on the city, he immediately announced three orders. At the same time, they sent people to contact Tian Wang, seduced him with a high salary, and threatened the lives of Tian Wang's whole family in Linzi City, and persuaded Tian Wang to lead his army to return to Tian Guang. .

Tian Heng's third order, of course, needless to say, is to ask the Western Chu Army to send reinforcements to him as soon as possible, to help him suppress the subjects who refuse to submit to Qi.In addition, Tian Heng also repeatedly urged the envoys he sent to contact the Western Chu Army: "Remember, we must ask the Western Chu Army to send us reinforcements as soon as possible! Otherwise, we will win Linzi, Can't stop the counterattack of Tian Jia and the rest of the family, and Qi Guo doesn't know who will be cheaper in the end!"

(End of this chapter)