Tiantang

Chapter 382 Kill!

Chapter 390 Kill!

Li Yu and Li Guangbi waited for several days in the big camp outside Luoyang City, but they were very impatient when they did not see Zhang Xuan.

But without seeing Zhang Xuan, this will cannot be announced.Guo Ziyi approached Guo Ziyi repeatedly, but Guo Ziyi only said that Zhang Xuan led the army to pursue the rebels, but there is no news so far.

Li Guangbi had no choice but to continue to wait.

At this time, Li Siye, who was chasing the remnants of An Qingxu's rebel army, joined forces with Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun's Shence Army, surrounded Linzhang, and trapped An Qingxu and his followers in Yecheng (that is, Linzhang ).

Li Guiren, An Qingxu's main rebel general, was defeated by Li Siye's Modao army and fled to Hedong in an attempt to join Shi Siming's troops.

Yecheng was surrounded by [-] Tang army regiments, and An Qingxu in the city had only a few thousand rebels around him, and the city walls of Yecheng were low, making it difficult to hold on.With such a huge disparity in power, one can imagine what An Qingxu would end up with.

Seeing that the general situation was over, An Qingxu was about to kill himself in despair, but Yan Zhuang snatched the saber away.

"Your Majesty, no!" Yan Zhuang whispered.

An Qingxu looked back at Yan Zhuang sadly, and said sadly, "Mr. Yan, I have no other way out, and the only thing I can do is die!"

"Your Majesty, why should you commit suicide? The so-called death is worse than life. Since our army's defeat is over, it is better to write a letter of surrender and surrender to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Yan has heard that the Tang Emperor is lenient. As long as His Majesty bows his knees, his life will be preserved. Even, in the future There is still a chance to make a comeback." Yan Zhuang said softly.

"In the eyes of Emperor Tang, I was rebellious, and surrendering is death. It would be better to end it myself." An Qingxu sighed, "After only a few months since I ascended the throne, my army was defeated like a mountain. Could it be God's will! It seems that we settled down It's really sad to have the strength to be king and hegemony, but not the luck to change dynasties!"

Yan Zhuang shook his head, "The rebel is Anlu Mountain, and His Majesty has nothing to do with it. Your Majesty can blame the king of Anjun for all the crimes of rebellion, write a letter to proclaim his minister, and order the 13 counties of Fanyang to accept the land and surrender. It should be no problem to save their lives. "

An Qingxu originally wanted to die, but he failed once, and was persuaded by Yan Zhuang for a long time, the so-called desire to die faded away.

After hesitating for a long time, he still listened to Yan Zhuang's suggestion, and Yan Zhuang wrote a respectful and humble letter of surrender, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and at the same time ordered the 13 counties of Fanyang to submit to the imperial court.

morning.Li Siye and Nan Jiyun were about to give the order to attack the city, when they suddenly saw the city gate opened, An Qingxu led a group of puppet civil and military ministers of the Great Yan Kingdom, holding high the white flag, and went out of the city to surrender.

Li Siye and Nan Jiyun let out a sigh of relief.

Since An Qingxu surrendered, the siege battle was saved, the casualties of the soldiers were avoided, and it was the best to win without fighting.

Li Siye, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, three generals of the Tang Dynasty straddled their horses, staring condescendingly at a group of rebel leaders headed by An Qingxu who walked over in a dejected manner, and couldn't help laughing.

An Qingxu gritted his teeth and walked quickly, while Yan Zhuang bowed to Li Siye and Nan Jiyun and bowed down, "Three generals, this is my lord's letter of surrender, as long as His Majesty is willing to forgive me For other crimes, all the 13 counties of Fanyang will surrender their land."

Li Siye sneered, "Your lord? You're just a traitor! An ignorant child, how dare you call yourself emperor! And you, who bewitched An Lushan to rebel first, then murdered the lord, and now persuade An Qingxu to surrender The imperial court, the morning clouds and the evening rains, have no integrity at all! A capricious villain like you should be punished on the spot!"

Yan Zhuang was so ashamed and indignant by Li Siye's words, even though he was a prisoner, he couldn't help rebutting, "An Lushan rebellion has been prepared for more than ten years, how could it be destroyed because of Yan! How can someone kill him for the sake of the heavens? As for surrendering in Kaesong now, he knows the current affairs and knows how to advance and retreat, so how can he become capricious!"

Yan Zhuang's defense made Li Siye a little speechless.He didn't expect that there are such thick-skinned people in this world, who are obviously selfish and selfish, and can betray anyone as long as they have interests, but when Yan Zhuang talks about it, they become righteous, it's simply...

Li Siye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and cast a disdainful glance at Yan Zhuang, "You are really eloquent—but what use are you for a shameless person like you? Come, drag this thief down and kill him!"

Yan Zhuang was shocked, and even opened his voice and shouted, "Yan is a surrendered minister, and His Majesty the Tang Dynasty is a benevolent and righteous king, don't kill surrendered ministers!"

An Qingxu and others who had already walked to the front suddenly heard Yan Zhuang's trembling voice, and couldn't help but tremble with fear, but they didn't dare to look back.

Li Siye smiled, and thought to himself, "The emperor is in Chang'an, the emperor can't hear you calling for help here."

Li Siye waved his hand, and several vicious soldiers stepped forward, about to take Yan Zhuang down to behead him. Nan Jiyun smiled and said to Li Siye, "Brother Li, before coming here, the commander-in-chief once told Nanba that if If you can capture Yan Zhuang alive, let him live, and the commander-in-chief wants to meet this man in person."

Li Siye was stunned, and then waved his hands to let the soldiers take back the pale Yan Zhuang.

After walking through the gate of hell, Yan Zhuang's legs trembled and he was weak.

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in the cloud.

The Jingyuan Army dispatched by Zhang Xuan to Fan Yang was blocked by Fan Yang's army in the cloud. Because the general Meng Ping underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, all three battles were lost. The [-] Jingyuan Army either died or fled back. Hexi.

Just when An Qingxu of Yecheng was preparing to surrender to the Tang Emperor with the 13 counties of Fanyang as a bargaining chip, the 13 army of Shi Siming and his son rushed from Shuofang to Fanyang and occupied the [-] counties of Fanyang in the shortest time.

Shi Siming was originally Fan Yang's general. He marched into Fan Yang under the banner of An Qingxu.When he realized that the situation was wrong, Shi Siming had firmly controlled the situation.

Fanyang is the old nest of Anlu Mountain. It has been in business for nearly 20 years and has accumulated countless supplies, money and food.In addition, the An Lushan rebellion attacked the Central Plains, looting the gold and silk property from the counties and counties along the route and Luoyang, the eastern capital, and hoarding them in the Fanyang secret treasury.

In this way, it was cheaper for Shi Siming.

Shi Siming got a huge fortune, from which his ambition gradually grew.

He just wanted to occupy Fan Yang and form a country of his own, fighting against Zhang Xuan.Now that I have this idea, the matter of surrendering to Zhang Xuan will naturally come to naught.

In the turmoil, the situation is changing rapidly. As an ambitious man, it is not surprising that Shi Siming has repeated so many times.

While reorganizing the hearts of the people in 13 counties of Fanyang, reorganizing and annexing the remnants of Li Guiren, and at the same time recruiting troops to strengthen his strength, he deployed heavy troops at the pass from Henan to Hedong and Fanyang, preparing to prevent Zhang Xuan from going north to Fanyang.

As soon as Zhang Xuan raised his troops, he was ready to establish himself as emperor in Fanyang.

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Luoyang.

After the Anlushan Rebellion and the war, Luoyang City was dilapidated, and the population was even more desolate.Although Zhang Xuan regained Luoyang and Henan, the people who fled Luoyang before the war did not return because the rebellion had not yet completely ended.

It wasn't until the news of An Qingxu's defeat and surrender in Yecheng that the people scattered in Luoyang and prefectures and counties in Henan slowly dragged their families back to their hometown.

The weather in Yangchun and April, the earth rejuvenates, and the wind is gentle.There are people coming and going at the gate of Luoyang City, the common people and merchants are happy, and there are gradually signs of returning to the prosperity of the past.

All the way soldiers came with horses and whips, and the people passing by hurriedly gave way.

"Isn't the person bound on the horse the Emperor of Yan, An Qingxu?"

"A certain family recognizes the white-faced scholar, and that is Yan Zhuang, Prime Minister of the Great Yan Kingdom!"

"These rebellious officials and thieves are harming the people, they deserve to be killed!"

Some civilians who had survived in Chang'an when the rebels occupied Luoyang City stood beside the road and whispered, pointing at An Qingxu and other traitors and generals who had been escorted over, cursing secretly.

Li Yu and Li Guangbi took a few entourages and stood far away beside the official road, staring at An Qingxu and other rebel captives who were being escorted into the city, and looked at each other.

"Your Highness, I will go to the city and take over An Qingxu and others, and then send them to Chang'an for His Majesty to deal with!" Li Guangbi mused, "Since An Qingxu has surrendered, the court should punish him!"

"Hasn't Zhang Xuan returned to the army triumphantly?" Li Yu frowned and asked.

Li Guangbi smiled coldly, "Your Highness, Zhang Xuan should actually be in Luoyang, but he just avoided seeing me. Your Highness, since he has been procrastinating, then we might as well..."

Li Guangbi whispered a few words in Li Yu's ear, and Li Yu nodded silently.

Li Guangbi's guess was right, Zhang Xuan had already returned to Luoyang, but he kept avoiding Li Yu and Li Guangbi, even though they were the so-called imperial envoys, and there was an imperial edict to announce.

An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang and others were escorted back to Luoyang City, and naturally they were directly escorted into Zhang Xuan's commander-in-chief.

Zhang Xuan was dressed in a blue casual robe, sitting solemnly behind the Shuai table, Guo Ziyi, Pugu Huai'en and others lined up on both sides.

An Qingxu walked in dejectedly, followed closely by Yan Zhuang and the few prominent civil servants and military generals among the rebel army.

An Qingxu forced a smile, and bowed down to Zhang Xuan, "Sinner An Qingxu, pay homage to King Yongning!"

"There is no King Yongning here, only Marshal Ma of the Anti-Rebellion Army." Zhang Xuan stared at An Qingxu, smiled lightly, pinched An Lushan's letter of surrender with two fingers, and said calmly, "An Qingxu, it is said that you Is it the way to say that you should surrender to His Majesty the Emperor instead of to this Commander?"

An Qingxu remained silent.

"Your father and son launched an army to cause chaos in the world, causing people to live in misery, and the people of Li to suffer untold misery. Fan Yang's rebels burned, killed, looted and plundered civilians and women in Henan, Lianghuai, and Jiangnan.

"And a villain like you, who kills his father, is unfilial and often becomes a traitor, will have more than a death sentence—someone, push An Qingxu out and behead him for public display!"

An Qingxu's face changed suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice, "An has already surrendered to His Majesty the Emperor, without His Majesty's order, how dare you..."

Before An Qingxu finished speaking, Zhang Xuan suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Push it out, kill!"

(End of this chapter)