Chapter 997 Bloody Battle in Chang'an

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, alien troops, especially cavalry troops, have been entering and exiting the city gate continuously, for some reason.

This is only on the bright side. Whenever night falls, Chang'an City will be extremely chilling.

With the assistance of court officials, Chinese and Chinese military officials, Ouyang Shuo mobilized Shenwuwei to quietly carry out a large-scale cleansing in Chang'an City, removing An Lushan's eyeliner in Chang'an as much as possible one by one.

However, one has limited time, and the other is that Shenwuwei is not a professional to do this. I am afraid that the ministers of the DPRK and China have their own concerns, and the cleaning operation is not very smooth.

There must be fish that slip through the net in Chang'an City.

Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to order Shi Hu to strengthen the guards of the city gate and cut off the internal and external communication channels.

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On the fourth day of the battle, Baqiao.

Baqiao is located on the Bahe River ten miles east of Chang'an City. It is the east gate of Chang'an City and connects the main traffic arteries in the east of Chang'an.

Early in the morning, Ouyang Shuo quietly rushed to Baqiao to bid farewell to Feng Qiuhuang and his party.

The trick of soldiers and horses entering and leaving Chang'an City for several days was just to cover up the withdrawal of the main force from the barracks. There are only 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry left in the barracks in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, led by division commander Ma Xiu.

The remaining 100,000 fine riders, with Ran Min as their general, Ma Chao as their deputy, and Feng Prison Huang accompanied them all the way north to Lingwu City to join the Tang Dynasty army led by Guo Ziyi.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to use Chang'an City as a bait to attract the main force of the rebel army, to win the opportunity for Guo Ziyi's troops to annihilate Shi Siming's troops in one fell swoop, and then directly captured Fan Yang, the old nest of Anlu Mountain.

In order to make a quick decision, Ouyang Shuo spared no effort to take risks, and dispatched 100,000 fine riders to the north to help out.

With the help of this elite soldier, with Guo Ziyi's talents, he has neither eunuchs to supervise the army nor colleagues to fight against each other.

The premise is that Chang'an City must be able to survive the main attack of the rebel army.

As soon as the new emperor came to the throne, he sent out a call for suppression to the whole country, ordering the kings of the world to work hard, and assumed a posture of coexistence and death with Chang'an. If there is a mistake in Chang'an, then everything will be over.

In order to defend Chang'an City, in addition to recruiting new soldiers, Ouyang Shuo also ordered Jiannan Jiedu envoy to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to go north to support Chang'an City in the name of Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses.

Roughly counting, the troops guarding Chang'an include 30,000 Shanman heavy infantry, 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, 30,000 Jiannan elite soldiers, and 60,000 temporarily reorganized recruits, making a total of 140,000 troops.

The number of young adults recruited is estimated to be around 100,000.

With this large army, Ouyang Shuo is confident to fight against the rebels.

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In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

The preparations for the battle in Chang'an City are coming to an end, and the vanguard of the rebel army has also appeared on the outskirts of Chang'an. Just the day before, Jiannan Jiedu envoy led 30,000 elite soldiers, traveled day and night, and finally arrived in Chang'an.

A big battle is about to start.

On the tenth day of the battle, the main force of the rebel army finally arrived outside Chang'an City.

In this expedition, in addition to the 300,000 foreign troops in the An Lushan camp, there are also 150,000 rebels, led by An Qingxu, the son of An Lushan.

An elite army of 450,000 is enough to devour everything.

In addition, there was a group of special visitors in the team. They were dressed in tatters and looked terrified. They were ordinary people who were driven forward by the army like cattle and sheep.

The army set up camp ten miles outside Chang'an City, and further forward, it was Bahe River.

Dichen and the others rode across the Baqiao and observed the majestic Chang'an City from a distance. When they saw the ditches outside Chang'an City, Dichen smiled slightly, "I knew the old fox would play this trick."

In the Battle of Muye, Ouyang Shuo used the trenches to win a battle, and now he did it again.

"Qian donkeys are poor." Jun Shen smiled confidently.

After watching for a while, Di Chen rode back.

"Go back, we will officially attack the city tomorrow, I want to see what else the old fox can do."

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Early the next morning, the mighty army crossed the Bahe River and approached the city.

The north and east sides of Chang'an City are protected by wide moats and ditches, which are not easy to attack. The rebels attacked the city this time and selected the West City Gate and South City Gate.

The mighty army went around the east, and everyone took their positions.

In order to avoid command confusion, Di Chen made an agreement with An Qingxu that 300,000 foreign troops would be responsible for attacking the south gate, and 150,000 rebel troops would be responsible for attacking the west gate.

It took two hours just to get the army in place.

On the city wall, the new army that had just been reorganized looked at the vast army outside the city, and there was panic in their eyes. They had just learned to line up, and they were thrown into a cruel battlefield.

In order to temper the new army, Ouyang Shuo evenly distributed 60,000 new troops on the west wall and south wall, and 30,000 Jiannan elite soldiers and 30,000 Shanman heavy infantry were also deployed on these two sides.

In addition, the mountain barbarian infantry also acted as a supervisor.

The real battle started at ten o'clock in the morning, but I saw groups of ordinary people, driven by the army, struggling to push the siege vehicles, trebuchets, and mobile arrow towers towards the city wall.

When a trench is encountered, a trestle bridge is temporarily set up.

These people were recruited by An Qingxu from around Tongguan at the suggestion of Di Chen, just to serve as cannon fodder and reduce losses for the army.

"These bastards are simply insane!"

When Shi Hu and other generals saw this, they showed expressions of intolerance, but this was a decisive battle of life and death, and there was no room for mercy.

"emission!"

With an order, the catapults arranged on the city wall began to operate.

One after another, sharp whistlings tore through the sky, and black spots appeared on the city tower, like "sparrows" flying into the sky. The densely packed stones expanded rapidly in the field of vision, and thousands of stones the size of millstones carried a terrifying The impetus fell from the sky, like a dense meteor shower falling into the sea, splashing blood-red waves. Hundreds of innocent people fell in a pool of blood, staining the ground under their feet.

The wailing of the people before they died resounded through the sky, which was moving. The city guards couldn't bear it when they saw it, they were their compatriots. But the military order is like a mountain, and he can only launch an attack while crying silently.

Dichen and the others showed no kindness, they killed a batch and sent another batch.

"Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy." Di Chen explained to the law enforcement team.

For the common people, there is still a glimmer of life to move forward, and 100% retreat will be executed. They have no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward.

In troubled times, life is like nothing.

Because the campaign map has no side effects, it is easier to arouse the dark side of human nature. In Chang'an, Ouyang Shuo abolished and established things at will, used the treasury wantonly, and recruited laborers; Dichen didn't care about the lives of ordinary people and trampled on them wantonly, it was the same.

With a large army in hand, they can modify the rules of the battle at will.

For the people on the battle map, no matter which side they are, they are actually devils from another world.

From the beginning of the battle, it was a long-distance competition between the two sides. The purpose of the rebels is very clear, which is to use trebuchets and mobile arrow towers to suppress the long-range firepower of the city wall defenders and clear the way for the infantry to attack.

In just one hour, more than 10,000 civilians died on the battlefield, and their corpses filled the trenches to the brim, completing the final mission.

Di Chen smiled in satisfaction, and gave the order for the general attack. He seemed to have seen the moment when the army broke through the city wall, entered the city, and captured Ouyang Shuo alive.

Victory is at hand.

"kill!"

One by one, the elite divisions stepped on the corpses of the common people, braved the rain of arrows, and charged towards the city wall.

Crowds of people like mountains and seas, cars rumbling, iron armor clanging, horses howling and wind blowing, such a huge offensive made the defenders at the top of the city unable to restrain their chills.

When the black army was five hundred meters away from the city wall, the defenders' counterattack began.

"Free Fire!"

The trebuchet was suppressed by the rebels, and the defenders had strong bows and crossbows.

The dense rain of arrows poured down, bringing countless deaths and fears.

Without an order, the rebel soldiers did not dare to take a step back even if there was a sea of ​​swords and swords ahead. They stepped on the bloodstains of the phalanx ahead and launched round after round of charges.

The closer to the city wall, the fiercer the defenders' counterattack, the arrows poured down like a torrential rain, and the stones flew down like birds in large numbers. The boulder was so heavy that the ground trembled when it hit the ground.

The stones fell into the army formation, making big holes in the ground, and the rebel soldiers were swept down in pieces, crying and screaming endlessly.

The rebel soldiers just rushed forward, regardless of casualties, and marched forward bravely.

At this moment, within a hundred meters of the west and south city walls, it has become hell. Hundreds of large bed crossbows installed on the city tower were fired at the same time, and the crossbow arrows were swept away one by one.

In this terrifying metal storm, flesh and blood were as fragile as paper, and the soldiers in the front row were smashed to pieces before they even had time to shout "Help".

Screams, groans, blood, death, panicked people and horses trampled each other, arrows rained like locusts, and the sharp wind that pierced the air filled the space, making it suffocating.

Arrows flew horizontally, and rolling stones fell down like hailstones. The rebels did not dare to look up or take a step. Some soldiers tried to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, but they were immediately trampled into mud by the follow-up troops.

The soldiers screamed and howled, jostled and jostled each other and trampled each other. Someone lay down to avoid it, but their heads were trampled by the panicked horses, and a miserable howl echoed from a distance, not like a battlefield, but like a slaughterhouse.

On the front line, Di Chen and the others looked solemn.

Before the war, they never imagined that the counterattack of Chang'an defenders would be so fierce.

"Didn't you say that the old fox brought cavalry? Where did he recruit the city defense troops?" Di Chen was puzzled, and felt uneasy for the first time.

The cannon fodder tactic made a good start, but it didn't bring the good result that Dichen wanted.

It was Ouyang Shuo's temporary recruitment of 100,000 young and middle-aged men who made the first contribution in this battle. These men who are not even recruits are really useless.

They can operate crossbows, throw stones, lay logs, and carry supplies for the defense of the city. They are still very competent. When the family and the country were in danger, these people showed the blood and bravery of the men of the Tang Dynasty, and they were not afraid of death.

In order to protect their wives and children in the city, they did not hesitate to fight to the end.

The majestic style of the Tang Dynasty can be seen at a glance.