Chapter 279 Changes in An Lushan's mood
He could not cross the Yellow River for the time being, and staying on the riverside had no effect. Shi Siming returned to Xiangzhou to report to An Lushan.
The Heyang Bridge was cut off to An Lushan’s expectations, and An Lushan was not disappointed.
"It's just Feng Changqing. When I cross the Yellow River, I'll see if I don't take his dog's head!" After Shi Siming's description, An Lushan immediately knew who was the general who was across the Yellow River from Shi Siming.
Although Feng Changqing is also famous, An Lushan does not take Feng Changqing seriously.
Feng Changqing, the four famous generals during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was far less famous than Geshuhan, An Lushan and Gao Xianzhi, and was only ranked last. It was not that Feng Changqing was not as talented as the three, but their respective opportunities were different. Feng Changqing debuted later and led his troops to fight far less than the three.
An Lushan is not in a hurry to cross the Yellow River for the time being. It is already December now, and you have to wait for a heavy snow to freeze the Yellow River, and you will naturally be able to cross the river.
An Lushan rewarded the anti-army soldiers in Xiangzhou City and robbed several beauties from Xiangzhou City to serve them and drink and have fun together.
Just when An Lushan was drinking happily, a message came.
"Report--"
"The eldest son was beheaded in Chang'an City and his wife, Princess Rongyi, was also sentenced to death!"
"My son!" An Lushan fell on the wine glass in his hand and exclaimed in grief.
"What's my son's sin? He actually killed him and even showed his head!" An Lushan's eyes turned red, and finally even shed tears of sadness, but it was mixed with a strong evil spirit, like a wounded tiger.
Although An Lushan does not like his eldest son Anqingzong, Anqingzong is his first son after all, and he is born to his original wife. His relationship is different from other sons. Usually, he doesn't like this or that, but it's just because he has high hopes for his eldest son Anqingzong, not that he really doesn't care about his eldest son's life and death.
Now that I suddenly heard that my eldest son was killed and was beheaded and was beheaded. An Lushan only felt that his heart was hurting. It was so uncomfortable that he wanted to kill someone!
The reason why An Lushan raised an army without waiting for his eldest son An Qingzong to return to Youzhou City was because of the influence of the great strategist Yan Zhuang and the second son An Qingxu. Yan Zhuang told him that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had already become suspicious of him and that no matter what, it would be impossible for him to let his eldest son An Qingzong return to Youzhou. In addition, An Lushan was lucky and conceited, thinking that even if he rebelled, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang would not dare to kill his eldest son An Qingzong.
Now that An Qingzong is dead, all An Lushan's luck and conceit have been smashed to pieces.
"My son! I will avenge you for my father!" An Lushan roared angrily. The strong evil aura and murderous intent made the people around him feel cold. They did not dare to move at all, for fear of being angry with An Lushan.
Three days later, heavy snow fell in Lingchang area, the surface of the Yellow River gradually became frozen, and the ice layer became thicker and thicker, so there was no problem for the cavalry to walk on it.
An Lushan ordered to advance east from Xiangzhou and cross the river from Lingchang area.
Lingchang is located on the edge of the Yellow River. Although there is a moat, it is not a strong city. Moreover, even the Yellow River is frozen. How can the water in the moat be spared? It is naturally frozen.
An Lushan's army easily attacked Lingchang City and occupied Lingchang City.
From Lingchang City south are Bianzhou and Chenliu. It is inevitable that they will attack Rongyang and Luoyang and purge Bianzhou and Chenliu.
That night, An Lushan sent two generals, Shi Siming and An Zhongzhi, to lead 10,000 troops and raided Bianzhou City overnight.
The plains on all sides of Bianzhou City were not a strong city. In addition, the prefect of Bianzhou was incompetent, so he was unable to defend himself and was easily knocked through the city gate by An Zhongzhi's army and rushed into the city.
Bianzhou City was also captured by An Lushan's anti-army.
When they learned that An Lushan's rebel army had crossed the river and connected to Lingchang and Bianzhou, Chenliu people, who were only dozens of miles away from Bianzhou, were panicked. Zhang Jieran, the governor of Henan Dao, who had just taken office for a few days, was so nervous that he was a little trembling.
Chenliu has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times, much stronger than Bianzhou. Moreover, there were 10,000 soldiers defending in Chenliu City. In the past few days after Zhang Jieran took office, he recruited more than 20,000 soldiers, and together more than 30,000 soldiers defended, Zhang Jieran also had some confidence.
However, confidence is one thing, and real strength is another.
Not to mention that Chen Liu's original 10,000 defenders had never experienced war. The 20,000 recruits recruited later were to be nice, but it was actually a "recruitment". In fact, it was a way of sending one person from five households and forcibly recruited. Otherwise, in less than ten days, how could more than 20,000 recruits come from?
Although the more than 20,000 new recruits were given armor and swords, they looked like real soldiers. In fact, they had not received any training at all and were no better than the rabble.
"Woo---"
The sound of the trumpet sounded, and An Lushan's troops arrived at the city.
"Boom---" The first thing that appeared was the iron cavalry under An Lushan's command. Although the ground was covered with snow and the war horses could not step on any dust and smoke, the power of the cavalry was not manifested by the amount of dust and smoke. The rumbling sound of horse hooves and the bitter light emitted by armor and weapons under the snow were enough to make people frightened.
Look, the two defenders on the city wall fell weak because they were too afraid and their legs became weak. They fell directly from the city wall and died.
Seeing this scene, the other guards on the city wall became even more terrified and their morale was extremely low.
If the Henan Dao Jiedushi Zhang Jieran was determined to defend Chenliu, then the prefect of Chenliu Guo Na was extremely afraid, especially on the city wall, An Lushan's rebellion against the army was strong and strong, and he could not have the intention of resisting, fearing that after An Lushan captured Chenliu, he would not have a good end.
An Lushan's rebel army was unstoppable from Youzhou City, and now the morale is at its peak.
"Kill!" The vanguard general Shi Siming pointed his sword, and the anti-soldier soldiers shouted and carried the ladder, and pushed the siege car toward Chenliu.
The battle between Chenliu begins.
The anti-army soldiers were very fierce. Chenliu's defenders were no different from the mob in front of them. In less than half an hour, the anti-army soldiers had already attacked the city wall several times. If it weren't for the Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran and his personal soldiers to supervise the battle and endure it, Chenliu would have been defeated.
However, it is also in danger. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that if this continues, Chen Liu will not be able to defend himself sooner or later.
What should I do? What should I do? The prefect of Chenliu Guo Na looked pale, very scared and panicked.
He did not do it again and again! In the end, Guo Na gritted his teeth and decided to open a city gate to surrender to An Lushan Xiancheng. He heard that all the people who surrendered in Xiancheng were basically the original position of Liu. In other words, even if Chen Liu was occupied by An Lushan, he would still be the prefect of Chen Liu.
After all, Guo Na was the prefect of Chenliu, and the Jiedushi Zhang Jieran had just arrived in Chenliu for less than ten days. In terms of his foundation in Chenliu, he could not compare with Guo Na, and he could not stop Guo Na from opening the city gate.
"squeak----"
Since there was no advance notice, the anti-army soldiers were stunned when they saw the gate of Chenliu suddenly opened, but immediately took the opportunity to enter the city in surprise.
"Kill---"
The most unlucky thing was the people who followed the orders of the prefect of Chenliu Guo Na to open the city gate. When the anti-army soldiers rushed into the city, they did not care whether they wanted to surrender or not. As long as they blocked the road, they slashed their swords and slashed them.
Dozens of soldiers behind the city gate were directly chopped and killed.
After Guo Na opened the city gate, he originally wanted to "welcome" the anti-army soldiers entering the city in the city. However, the anti-army soldiers were like wolves and tigers. In excitement, they did not care about the city gate that Guo Na ordered to open. A Hu cavalry general rode his horse past Guo Na and stabbed him.
Guo Na's chest was slashed, and blood splashed out. Guo Na stared at her eyes tightly, unable to believe that he had been killed like this. At this time, he regretted ordering the city gate to let An Lushan's people enter the city.
The city gate was opened and the anti-army soldiers rushed into the city, and Chenliu's fall was an unchangeable fact.
"It's hateful!" Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he was unable to turn the world back, so he could only order the remaining soldiers of the defenders to escape from the other city gates.
Some soldiers successfully escaped from the city gate, while others were smart. They took off their armor that had just been put on for a few days, threw away the swords and weapons in their hands, ran back to their homes, pretending to be ordinary people.
The soldiers who escaped from other city gates were not so lucky. They were facing the pursuit of An Lushan's Iron Cavalry, and there were not many people who could escape. However, those who were originally Chenliu were just recruited, took off their armor and threw away their weapons and ran home, and escaped.
More than 10,000 soldiers were captured by An Lushan's anti-army army.
The anti-army soldiers led the prisoners on both sides of the road in front of Chenliu City Gate and welcomed An Lushan's carriage into the city.
An Lushan sat on the chariot and slowly drove into the city, with a very cold expression on his face.
From the time of hearing the news of the death of the eldest son An Qingzong, An Lushan never had a smile on his face, but had a gloomy face, and resentment and evil spirits were piled up in his heart.
"Kill them all!" Looking at the dense prisoners of Chenliu's defenders on both sides, An Lushan suddenly could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart. In order to vent his resentment, he brazenly ordered the more than 10,000 prisoners of Chenliu.
The anti-army soldiers on both sides were stunned for a moment, but the military orders were as high as a mountain. No one dared to disobey An Lushan's orders. He waved his sword and chopped off at these unarmed prisoners.
Not only did he kill more than ten thousand Chenliu prisoners, An Lushan also ordered the captured Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran to behead him.
For a moment, corpses were everywhere on both sides of the city gate, and blood flowed into a river.
Smelling the rich bloody smell in the air, An Lushan felt a lot more comfortable. He waved his hand and rushed into Chenliu.
Although An Lushan was tyrannical, he always knew that he had won people's hearts. Since he started a rebellion, he did not commit many killings. However, this time he blatantly ordered the killing of tens of thousands of unarmed prisoners. An Lushan's resentment was vented a lot, but it also affected his mood and laid the foundation for his future loss of all the military and people's hearts.
After capturing Chenliu and killing Henan Jiedushi Zhang Jieran, An Lushan led his troops to Rongyang and prepared to start the battle between Rongyang and Luoyang, facing Feng Changqing who was guarding the front line of Rongyang and Luoyang.
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Chapter completed!