Chapter 818: Burning Chang'an
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Guanzhong, Chang'an.
The sun was still hovering below the horizon, and a crimson glow was reflected on the horizon, and it was another tiring morning for the Qi army who had just finished a night of patrol in Chang'an City.
On the side of Chengtianmen Street in the Imperial City, a soldier who had just gotten off duty and was about to go home to rest inadvertently looked up at a tall and majestic gate not far away, and found that there was something unusual.
This is the gate of Shangshu Province, located within the imperial city of the three cities of Chang'an.
The central institution of the Great Qi Dynasty was almost completely copied from the Tang Dynasty, so even the yamen in Chang'an City were the original yamen. As the most important Yamen of Shangshu Province among the six departments of the three provinces, Shangshu Province is located in the imperial city and is an important place for idlers.
Usually, the vermilion lacquer door is always polished and shiny, which can be used as a mirror. But today, a large piece of paper is inexplicably pasted on this solemn but sacred gate. There are also a lot of words written on it, which seriously destroys the majestic image of this heavy government.
The little officer on duty turned out to be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, and after Huang Chao came, he didn't have time to leave, so he simply carried a gun and food for Huang Chao. However, eating food in the imperial city is naturally stronger than ordinary soldiers, at least he still recognizes this word. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he was curious and took two steps forward and watched carefully.
When I got closer, I found that there was a poem on the door, or rather something that looked like a poem. After all, in the Tang Dynasty in the world of poetry, this thing is counted as a poem in addition to the number of words, and it is really not worthy of poetry.
"Since the big car went to Benxi, Guiluo fell into the deep pit and came out of the mud;
The name of the Yi is all sealed to forgive the mother. The prince of the county became a scholar and his wife.
The black hand of the plough flips the wat. carnivorous but humiliated, but eaten;
Only the general is not even. Nanshan is still in harmony with the sky! ”
This can be said to be a limerick poem, because even a random reader would not think that it is a poem. But fortunately, it is easy to understand, and even this little soldier can almost understand the meaning.
When Zhang San was really happy to see it, suddenly a large group of white-clothed and white-armored Qi army guards rushed over behind him and surrounded him in front of the door. Frightened, his face was colorless, and before he had time to justify, the master of Shangshu Province, the Taiwei and Shangshu Ling Shangrang, who had just led the troops to flee back from a defeat in Qizhou, were already murderous. Angry horses arrived.
Shang Rang used to be a salt dealer, but he had also been the deputy commander of the grass army, and now he is a lieutenant and a scholar, at least a limerick poem can still be understood. This poem is completely aimed at him, and it is written about his defeat, and he is extremely ridiculous.
The battle of Longwei is simply a shame for Shangrang.
50,000 elite soldiers left Chang'an, but less than 3,000 returned. Even he himself was hit by a stray arrow. It took a few days to hang my arm. As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he was scolded by Emperor Huangchao for a long time. was also impeached by many court officials, and when he finally returned home, he was surprised to find that the beautiful lady he had just married not long ago had hooked up with Huang Chao's nephew Lin Yan while he was leading the troops. Although he was not caught on the spot, the evidence was ironclad.
Who knew that he had just opened a few sentences, and the slut actually admitted it directly, and then went directly out of the house and took the car to another village in the suburbs.
When he thought that he was chased by Zheng Zheng in Qizhou like a dog, the charming Mrs. Liu he newly married, but in front of Lin Yan, he was so angry. But he came back from a new defeat, and he didn't dare to go to the trouble of Emperor Huangchao's most trusted nephew, the meritorious military envoy Lin Yan. Even, it can't even teach this lewd and cheating Liu family.
He was disciplined by the emperor in the court, impeached by officials, and was angry with the adulterer and adulteress when he returned home.
This just came to Shangya, but saw such a poem again, how can Shang Rang bear it?
Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?
Shang Rang was extremely angry, and immediately ordered that the guy who caused trouble out of curiosity be arrested, and then the nearby watchmen, sweepers, gatekeepers, and officials in Shangshu Province were all arrested and interrogated.
But when a group of guards were busy interrogating one morning, they didn't even have time to eat a bite of lunch, and the most embarrassing result was that everyone didn't know what to do, and they didn't know who posted the poem Lu Dao.
Such a result made Shang Rang even more furious and manic.
"Since their long eyes are useless, then they don't have to keep these tricks. They had their eyes gouged out and hung upside down, and let them wail unto death. ”
However, the brutal killing of these people did not make him feel any better, because the culprit had not been caught yet.
He issued a third order, ordering the arrest of all those who could write poetry and be literate in the whole city of Chang'an!
Shang Rang's guard leader was a little stunned, and stammered: "Tai Lieutenant, there are a lot of literate people in Chang'an City, are they all arrested?" ”
"Catch, catch them all, don't leave a single one! These people don't have a lot of good things. Shang Rang said hatefully.
As soon as this order was given, Chang'an, which was already very chaotic, jumped even more. As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there are many people in Chang'an City who can write two lines of poetry, and the guards sent by Shang Rang are very effective, and before dark, they have already made a lot of gains.
More than 3,000 people were caught just who could write poetry, and as for those who were at a poor level and could only read poetry and could not write, because the number was so large that even Huang Chao was alarmed by the last few people, and he specially came to ask what was going on.
Many suspects were caught, more than 3,000 people.
But among so many people, who was the one who attacked Captain Shang?
There were no witnesses, no witnesses, and no whistleblowers. The officials of Jingzhao Mansion interrogated for several days without a clue.
"What to do now? Do you want to let them go? Jing Zhaoyin asked.
Shang Rang gritted his teeth, "Aren't these scholars very hard-boned?" I asked them to come out to do official errands, but they all hid at home and pretended to be sick and crazy. How can he still come out and write anti-poems now? Damn, if that's the case, there's no need to be polite to them. ”
"I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake. Don't let anyone go! ”
Jing Zhaoyin was shocked. "Kill them all?"
"Kill the light. Not a single one to stay! ”
The next day, Shang Rang directly sent his own Ya army to escort 3,000 'Chang'an poets' from the prison, and then executed all of them in the suburbs of the city where his eldest brother was executed by the Tang Dynasty.
Shang Rang's madness is actually the mentality of many Qi civil and military forces in Chang'an City at this time.
After the defeat of Longweipi, inspired by this, the Guanzhong Eight Towns coalition army led by Zheng Zheng has taken advantage of the situation to advance, and several of them have even begun to ignore Huangchao in their eyes and have been approaching the periphery of Chang'an.
Shuofang Jiedu made Tang Hongfu lead his troops to directly garrison Huabei. It's just across the Wei River just north of Chang'an. The party member Xia Xuanjiedu made Li Sigong, and the party member Yan Yanjiedu made Li Xiaochang, a distant relative, join forces with the army and stationed in Fufeng Wugong. Wang Chucun, the general of the original Shence Army, who had just been crowned as the envoy of the Yiwu Army, and Li Quanzhong, the former envoy of the Yiwu Army, and now the pioneer of the Hebei Task Force and the deputy marshal of the Hebei Xingying, also led his troops to Shayuan. In addition, the troops of Cheng Zongchu, the envoy of the Jingyuan Army, and Zhu Mei, the deputy envoy of the Suining Festival, also reached the northwest of Chang'an, which was very close to the city.
The commander of the Guanzhong Coalition Army, the envoy of the Fengxiang Army and the commander of the camp of all roads in western Beijing, Zheng Jin, garrisoned in Xu.
The situation of Huangchao is very bad.
In the city of Chang'an, in the Taiji Hall of Daming Palace.
A huge sheepskin map was placed on the floor of the hall, and Huang Chao and the generals stood on this map of Guanzhong and watched it carefully.
More than a dozen eunuchs kept checking the military situation. Some flags and soldier models are placed on it to represent the situation in Guanzhong today.
Look at it from this map. The coalition forces of the various towns in Guanzhong, which attacked Chang'an, at least achieved a semi-encirclement of Chang'an from the east, west, and north, making the Great Qi court in Chang'an intermittent contact with him in Huazhou, Tongzhou and other places. In particular, the Hedong coalition army is moving south, and once they go south and directly insert into Shaanxi, they will cut off the main channel connecting Chang'an and Luoyang.
Now after losing those previously subjugated towns, Huangchao's Qi territory has shrunk by half in an instant, leaving only the eastern part of Guandong and the western part of Henan, plus half of Shannan.
The entire Qi country is divided into two major plates, the eastern part of Guanzhong and the western part of Henan.
If the Hedong coalition army goes south, the road to Luoyang through Tongguan will be cut off. At that time, the only way to contact Luoyang Chang'an is the Wuguan in the south of Chang'an.
What should I do if I am going to be beaten?
The wall is down and everyone pushes it!
The defeat of this battle in Longweipi caused the towns to fall into the well one after another, and pounced like wolves that smelled blood.
The strategic situation of the Qi Dynasty deteriorated in an all-round way.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please work together to tide over this difficulty." Huang Chao's brows were urgent, the emperor had not been in office for long, not long ago he was still immersed in the unstoppable joy of rampaging the world, sweeping the Tang Dynasty, and capturing the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty. Today, the palace is full of civil and military affairs, but it is already panicked, and no one dares to defend it.
"Your Majesty, the Tang army is menacing, our army is newly defeated, and the morale is low at this time, so it is really not suitable to meet the Tang army. Moreover, Chang'an is now short of food and grass, and it is difficult to fight a long-term defensive war. The minister thought that it was better for us to simply give full play to our strengths and temporarily evacuate Chang'an, a land of right and wrong. Judging from past experience, once the Guanzhong coalition army regained Chang'an, they also lost the strong pressure of external rush. At that time, it was even more difficult to get the various feudal towns in Guanzhong to cooperate closely and effectively coordinate operations, especially to let them fight in Guanzhong, which was even more difficult than letting the sow go up the tree. As long as we throw out Chang'an, a delicious bait that has no effect on us, we are not afraid that they will not take the bait. Zhang Juyan, the secretary of the ministry, saw that no one made a sound, so he was the first to play.
All the civil and military forces are waiting for someone to make a bird and release this first shot. As soon as they saw Zhang Juyan starting, they all echoed and said yes. Most of the civil and military officers in the palace were dressed in purple scarlet official robes, but in fact, a few years ago, they were just some salt sellers, bandits, and small officials. How do they know what these strategic layouts are, all they know is that Chang'an has become a place of right and wrong now, and they can't stay for a long time. As for the rest, leave it to me.
Huang Chao was a little reluctant in his heart, this is Chang'an, the capital of Daqi. Now I haven't stayed for long, this palace in Chang'an City, Chengheng, is so beautiful, but it has to be abandoned.
However, Huang Chao is not just a salt dealer, he has been rampant in the Tang Dynasty all these years, and he has broken through the encirclement and suppression of the official army again and again, relying on his decisive courage at a critical time. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Huang Chao finally decided that the hero would not suffer the immediate losses and temporarily leave Chang'an, a place of right and wrong that is too eye-catching.
However, this time I left, and maybe I won't come back for a while. Since this Chang'an City and Daming Palace can't live in it by themselves, then others don't want to enjoy it.
"Evacuate Chang'an in three days, and burn Chang'an before evacuating!" Huang Chao decided in a cold voice. (To be continued......)