Chapter 426
Shi Siming's rebel army was at the foot of Tongguan City, and the people of Guanzhong were panicked, and countless people began to flee. Even some officials in Chang'an City were packing up their things and ready to flee at any time. The entire Guanzhong and Chang'an City were in chaos.
In order to capture Tongguan, as An Lushan did, Shi Siming, who only left his eldest son Shi Chaoyi with 20,000 anti-army troops to stay in Luoyang, and he led another 160,000 anti-army troops to attack Tongguan. At the same time, Shi Siming also sent people to recruit soldiers everywhere to expand the scale of the anti-army. As time goes by, the more anti-army troops mobilized to Tongguan.
Shi Siming was like crazy, regardless of the life or death of the anti-army soldiers under his command, and kept attacking Tongguan day and night, as if he wanted to use the bodies of the anti-army soldiers to fill a way to attack Tongguan. In just a few days, the anti-army army actually left more than 20,000 corpses under the city of Tongguan.
"Boom! Boom!" The catapult cart kept throwing huge rocks into Tongguan City.
If the body cannot fill the city walls of Tongguan, the catapult must be filled with stones.
Guanzhong, Chang'an City.
Suzong Li Heng was also extremely panicked. He was afraid that he could not defend Tongguan. If the anti-army again allowed to enter Guanzhong and capture Chang'an City again, then this time there would never be the opportunity to ascend the throne in Lingwu and reshape the hearts of the army and the people.
If Guanzhong and Chang'an City are lost again, the situation of the Tang Dynasty will be more dangerous than the last time that Guanzhong and Chang'an City are lost. By that time, the Tang Dynasty may really be destroyed.
Suzong Li Heng also frantically mobilized troops to replenish the troops in Tongguan, and he had to withstand the attack of the anti-army and defend Tongguan no matter what.
This offensive and defensive battle in Tongguan was extremely tragic, and soldiers from both sides died in battle at every moment.
Arrows were like rain, huge rocks flew, and the bloody aura seemed to dye the sky in Tongguan red.
The tragic siege lasted for nearly a month. Shi Siming's anti-army suffered tens of thousands of casualties under Tongguan City, and nearly 50,000 were killed or injured in Tongguan City. However, with the crazily dispatching troops by Emperor Suzong Li Heng, the number of defenders in Tongguan City not only did not decrease, but instead increased.
On the Tongguan wall, Lu Jing was exhausted.
Under the city wall, Shi Siming became even more tired and his eyes were red. Although his crazy and forced soldiers to recruit, his anti-army army did not decrease. Instead, he had 10,000 more than when he first started attacking Tongguan. However, if this continues, he may not be able to capture Tongguan.
"'Your Majesty', Luoyang, Chenliu and other places have almost been forced to conquer them. If this continues, it will be difficult to get more soldiers to replenish them. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty can continue to replenish them from Guanzhong, Jiannan and other places. Soldiers from Jiangling, Jianghuai, Jiangnan and other places can also continue to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan. Moreover, as a siege, the soldiers were killed and injured nearly three times that of the Tang army. It is better to sweep across Jianghuai, Jiangnan and Jiangling first. It is rich, not only green and strong, but also has a lot of money and food. After receiving a lot of supplements, attack Tongguan again will surely be able to destroy it!" Geng Renzhi, a adviser of Shi Siming, persuaded Shi Siming.
Shi Siming is not a fool, and he has realized this at this moment. It is better to go back to Luoyang first and send troops to capture wealthy places such as Jianghuai, Jiangnan, and Jiangling.
Finally, Shi Siming withdrew his troops back to Luoyang City and did not continue to attack Tongguan.
On the walls of Tongguan, Tang soldiers cheered.
After returning to Luoyang, Shi Siming sent his general A-Envoy Na Chengqing to lead 50,000 troops to Yingchuan, Nanyang and others, and finally went south to Jiangling. General Tuo Yue led 40,000 troops to Henan Road. His eldest son Shi Chaoyi led 70,000 troops to Suiyang, and Xuzhou occupied Jianghuai.
Although Shi Siming failed to break through Tongguan a month ago, and more than 100,000 were killed or injured, Shi Siming used Tongguan's cruel and bloody elimination to train a strong elite soldier.
Relying on this elite army, coupled with the various Tang army soldiers being disheartened and unfavorable to the Tang court, and the relationship between many soldiers being transferred from Wuguan to Guanzhong, all over the place was empty.
The three anti-army forces were all unstoppable.
After defeating 30,000 Tang troops in Yingchuan, Ashina Chengqing captured Yingchuan, and then captured Nanyang, almost reaching the foot of Jiangling City. Because there were no naval troops, he was blocked under Jiangling City.
Tuoyue also conquered Yanzhou along the way and occupied a large area of Henan Road.
Shi Chaoyi made greater progress all the way because Zhang Xun was demoted to Jiangnan by Emperor Suzong Li Heng. Without Zhang Xun in Suiyang, he was unable to resist Shi Chaoyi's rebel army and was easily captured by Shi Chaoyi's rebel army.
Suiyang is the gateway of Jianghuai. After taking Suiyang, Shi Chaoyi's rebel army quickly attacked Jianghuai. In just over half a month, he actually occupied most of the rich land of Jianghuai.
From Yingchuan, Nanyang, Jianghuai, Yanzhou, etc., the anti-army plundered a large amount of property, food, grass and soldiers. The anti-army expanded to more than 400,000, and the momentum became even more powerful.
If it weren't for the anti-army that the anti-army would be too cruel, and every time they broke through a city, they would slaughter and plunder, which would not win the hearts of the people. Gradually, the Tang army and the people, the gentry and others resisted together, which would barely block the momentum of the anti-army's continued expansion.
However, at this time, the territory of Shi Chaoyi's anti-army also passed the Anlushan period and its momentum was still huge.
Chang'an City has become more and more panicked because of defending Tongguan and defending Tongguan.
The anti-army had already reached the city of Jiangling and captured most of the Jianghuai area. Yanzhou on Henan Road was also captured. Once Jiangling was captured by the anti-army, all the Jianghuai areas were captured. The anti-army might break through the Yangtze River and attack into Jiangnan. If Jiangnan is lost, the Tang Dynasty will be unable to make up for the situation.
The people in Guanzhong and Chang'an City were in panic, and the people in Jiangnan even began to flee. The entire Tang Dynasty was more desperate than the An Lushan period, and the Tang Dynasty was more dangerous and more stormy than the An Lushan period.
After all, during the period of An Lushan, there were still two people who were not in charge of the world, including Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who were not in charge of the world, leading the troops to counterattack. Who is there in the Tang Dynasty now? Lu Jing and Wang Sili? They even forced the generals, let alone the generals, and they did not have the talent and prestige of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi at all.
On the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, two huge fleets sailed, with the goal of Dengzhou and the Jianghuai coastal areas.
There were long ago Jinyiwei in Henan Road, Jianghuai and other areas of war, and there were fleets in Dengzhou, and they accepted the people along the coast of Jianghuai to go to Andong to avoid the war. The prince of Beiping would ensure the safety of the people, and the anti-army did not dare to attack Andong.
In view of Li Fei's reputation, a large number of people who escaped from the war were willing to cross the sea to Andong.
Especially the people of Henan Road, Yanzhou and Jianghuai were all captured by the anti-army, and Qingzhou City was in danger. The people of Henan Road could not go south if they wanted to escape the war. The only way was to escape from the sea to Andong, and there was no room for choice.
Andong Shipyard is constantly building large sea ships, and more and more sea ships transport people from Dengzhou and Jianghuai to Andong, and the population of Andong is increasing by more than 20,000 per day.
Before the time came, Li Fei ignored the wars in the Central Plains and only further expanded the scale of the Andong Army, and continued to explore north, east and west.
Because many Khitans, Xi people and the completely conquered Uro people entered the Anton Army, and some new recruits were recruited, the Anton Army has now expanded to 14 armies and a scale of 280,000. If the artillery battalions were expanded to eight battalions, the Anton Army would be nearly 290,000.
This is not the kind of anti-army that Shi Siming rebels forced to join the army and lacks military armor. Every Anton soldier is armed to his teeth and is equipped with the most exquisite equipment in the world, including steel armor, modao, horizontal sword, horse spear, and divine arm crossbow.
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Chapter completed!