Chapter 361
Although Li Jue died, the sound of killing in Chang'an City still did not stop.
First of all, the news of Li Jue's death could not spread throughout the city as soon as possible in such a chaotic situation.
Secondly, the generals of the Western Liang, especially the Hu generals, knew that they had a serious sin and had no way to survive, and they were determined to fight to the end.
So even if you hear the Han soldiers shouting "Li thief has been given the title", you will feel that this is a lie trying to further damage their morale.
But the street battles in the city were intertwined with the enemy and the situation was complicated, and the troops under Liu Bei were obviously not very experienced in this area. In previous years, if they encountered such a siege, the city gates and even the main treasury palaces in the city were broken, the enemy would have surrendered long ago. How could there be a street battle to the end?
The troops that lacked street fighting experience soon fell into a melee, and even accidentally injured in the darkness caused by difficulties in identifying the enemy and us. As they fought, they could not confirm which blocks had been occupied and which blocks were still in the enemy's hands. Occasionally, a friendly army that surrounded too fast broke out from behind and was regarded as enemies by the front troops in the dark. They cut each other several times before they could find out and stop.
Of course, the same misjudgment and murder in the dark also occurred frequently in the Li Jue rebels, but the lives of the Li Jue thief army were worthless, and it was nothing to kill each other, and it would not be possible to make up for the losses of the Han army.
The chaos continued until halfway through the fifth day, and finally improved as the sky was dawn. After the initial baptism of fierce night-and-street battle experience, the soldiers gradually advanced to the Tao and grasped the situation. The generals strictly restrained the troops' advancement speed, fought steadily, and eliminated the accidental injuries.
I have to say that Zhang Fei has good practical experience and on-the-spot learning ability. Even though he had just fought for a while, he had gradually figured out how to command such a battle situation, and he also had a deeper understanding of the reason why Li Su had to deploy the offensive direction in this way before the battle.
"No wonder Boya advised his elder brother to attack the North Gate by surprise. For such troops who are still so fierce and fearless in street fighting after the city is broken, we must seize the most important core of the city and force the enemy to rescue it. This way, we can be like an anvil, as if it is still as a mountain, waiting for the enemy reinforcements to hit and kill them. In this way, we will save ourselves from searching for rebel soldiers one by one."
What I fear most when fighting street battles is that the enemy is broken into pieces. You don’t know where there are a few people hiding, so I will give you a few cold arrows.
How to avoid it? It is to snatch the most valuable target in the city as soon as it starts, and you must save the enemy if you attack it!
For example, during World War II, during the Battle of Stalingrad, the German army was initially debilitated by the scorched earth defense of the Soviet army. Later, it was discovered that the key was to grab the Central Railway Station, because capturing this place would cut off the Soviet army's contact with the outside world in the city. No matter how serious the Soviet army suffered, they would have to come to rescue and counterattack, so that there would be no need to search the ruins.
During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Central Railway Station changed hands thirteen times in a week. Basically, the Soviet and German troops could only occupy for half a day and then attacked by the opponent, becoming a huge meat grinder.
Zhang Fei did not know the war history in later generations, but he is now part of history. After experiencing all this himself, he captured the essence of this command with his keen battlefield talent, and then he did not rush to push it out, and even wanted to conceal the news of Li Jue's death instead. He even sent false information to the enemy that Li Jue was in critical condition and urgently needed rescue, forcing the enemy to come to the meat grinder to die.
But the enemy was happy to believe the news that "Li Jue is not dead and needs rescue in an urgent manner". Even if the opposite news came out earlier, they took it for granted that "what said that Li Jue died must be fake news from the enemy, and that Li Jue is still alive is the truth."
Li Ying and Li Jin and other Li family generals were like surging tides. One rushed outside the east gate of Weiyang Palace, and the other fought to rescue him from the west.
Outside the east and west gates of Weiyang Palace, there is a relatively open square, and the terrain is just the battlefield.
Further east of Dongmen Square is Jianzhang Palace, which was expanded during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. There is a river between Jianzhang Palace and Weiyang Palace, called Yushui, which is a tributary of Weinan and flows through the city through the palace. The land on both sides of Yushui is relatively flat but slightly muddy, and the war horses cannot rush up at all, so the main force of the rebel infantry was concentrated.
Further west of Ximen Square is Changle Palace, and there are some buildings standing in the square in the middle, namely the Arsenal, Jingzhao Yin Mansion and some abandoned mansion ruins, including Huo Guangdi, which was built in the Western Han Dynasty.
Huo Guang made great contributions during the rebellion of Emperor Xuan of Han and was extremely honored. However, his descendants were later involved in major rebellion cases and were exterminated. However, the Han Dynasty royal family always had the attitude towards Huo Guang that he "did not hold Huo Guang accountable, and believed that he had made contributions in his lifetime." Therefore, between the Weiyang Palace and the Changle Palace, the former site of Huo Guang's mansion was left behind, thinking that future generations were warned.
Nowadays, the Arsenal, Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Huo Guang’s former residence, and a large open area around it have become a flesh and blood slaughterhouse. Because this area is relatively solid in geology and is suitable for cavalry charges, the rebel cavalry troops are also gathered in this area to fight.
Taishici and thousands of crossbowmen arranged firepower output on the palace walls. Generals such as Gao Shun blocked the door below and rushed down, and the corpses gradually piled up in the square.
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As the rebels tried to counterattack the east gate of Weiyang Palace again but failed, another major unfavorable incident occurred on the battlefield.
As the commander of the reinforcements on the east side, Li Jin was discovered by Taishi Ci from Wei Que while commanding the troops to charge. After more than 150 steps, he actually shot Li Jin in front of him and died on the spot.
The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and the troops blocked the door and lined up to defend immediately turned to counterattack. The gun array was like a forest, pushing back the cavalry that rushed up to the rebels. The rebels became increasingly collapsed because of the sudden death of the main general.
Several rebel generals had blood on their faces. Seeing that the Li family generals who were supervising the battle were also dead, they couldn't help but feel scared and began to think about their way out.
A nobleman of the Southern Xiongnu's uniformed bone-du-level marquis applied blood on his felt hat. After searching for a while, he found a Han cavalry general. Zhang Xiu, who was on par with him, hurried over to discuss.
"General Zhang! Li Jue is probably dead in the palace. It's useless to kill like this. Why don't we find a way to break through? Those friendly troops are infantry, and they can't run far anyway. Let them attract Zhang Fei's attention. If we can run, we can run away. If we can't go anywhere else, we can't go out of Wuguan to join Yuan Shu! Didn't Lu Bu break through like this back then?"
There were nearly 10,000 cavalrymen in the city, but when they were defending the city, the cavalry could not ride horses and had to fight on the city walls. But they were still kept, and now they were all used for street fighting, so it is indeed possible to break through.
Among these nearly 10,000 cavalry, Zhang Xiu's direct troops were about three or four thousand, and there were five or six thousand Li Jue's troops, mainly the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu in the northern county and the five Hetao counties.
The man who spoke to Zhang Xiu was named Beiligudu Hou, who was the Southern Xiongnu Gudu Hou in Shangjun. The old system of the Southern Xiongnu, all the leaders of the tribe alliance who commanded the clans of a county were called "Gudu Hou".
For example, the "Xubu Gudu Hou" who killed Qiangqu Shanyu and rebelled was the Gudu Hou of Shuofang County, and was recommended as the New Shanyu by the Gudu Hou Gong of several other counties.
At present, this Beiligudu Marquis is one of the more powerful Gudu Marquis among the Southern Xiongnu rebels. He could not get more than 5,000 cavalry by relying on the county alone. Li Jue actually recruited all the Southern Xiongnu cavalry in Shuofang County to fight, and both counties were temporarily commanded by Beiligudu Marquis.
As soon as Zhang Xiu made up his mind to break through, he organized his troops to turn around and retreat towards the east gate.
However, they had been fighting on the open battlefield between Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace for too long. When they wanted to retreat, they found that the East City Gate had also been broken by the Han army, and a large number of cavalry troops of the Han army were put into the city.
The cavalry troops were not suitable for the initial battle to attack the palace, but they were very suitable for blocking and dividing the enemy along the streets. Therefore, they entered the city late and stayed in the second-line position, just waiting for the right opportunity to attack.
In addition, a commander of the Han army climbed up the tower and used a telescope to observe the enemy situation. Therefore, Zhang Xiu and Beiligu Duhou were about to break through when their new trends were discovered and were intercepted with preparation.
When Zhang Xiu saw the intercepting cavalry suddenly appearing on the opposite side, he was a little surprised because the cavalry did not seem to be in Han costumes. Although Liu Bei spent money to upgrade some equipment, the felt hats and other clothes were obviously Huns.
But the Hou of Beiligudu was too familiar with the enemy opposite, and he was slightly timid at first glance, knowing that today is a never-ending situation.
"Belly dog thief! Hu Chuquan is here! Seven years ago, you colluded with the Hou Subu Gudu to kill my father, and today I will take my life! I can teach you how to be a ghost and remember that Hu Chuquan is the only Chanyu!"
It turned out that during the feint attack and tentative process of the siege a few days ago, Zhuge Liang climbed the tower every day to use a telescope to observe the movements and banners of various departments in the city. Then he discovered the Southern Xiongnu cavalry of the Marquis of Beiligudu and his banners.
Zhuge Liang went back and took the initiative to investigate. Anyway, there were only five Gudu Marquis in the five counties of Hetao. Who colluded with Li Jue and became a mercenary for Li Jue, which was easy to investigate. After checking the historical records, Zhuge Liang found that this Gudu Marquis was considered to have a grudge against Hu Chuquan to kill his father. Although he was not the main culprit of rebelling against Qiang Qu Shanyu, he was at least an important accomplice.
Hu Chuquan followed Liu Bei's northern expedition this time, with the original intention of fighting a smooth battle and getting some spoils.
Then Liu Bei may promise that he would temporarily manage Beidi County, give him weapons and equipment supplies, and support him to attack the pseudo-Shanyu and his men under his command who had already raised the banners and rebels of the Han dynasties.
However, one of the enemies who killed his father appeared, Hu Chuquan must not be able to work harder, otherwise how could he build his prestige?
Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei about this discovery and suggested that Liu Bei also bring Huchuquan to the pursuit stage of the siege battle. Anyway, this kind of tough battle that will kill many people is worse than letting the Han cavalry fight to the death, it is better to let the Huns fight the Huns.
When Liu Bei heard this, he felt it was very reasonable, so he took a high eye for Zhuge Liang's military talent and transferred the information to Huchuquan.
After several years of consumption, Yu Fuluo took away nearly 10,000 Xiongnu Khan's personal guards, only 7,000 to 8,000 troops were sent during the Northern Expedition, and only more than 6,000 were left after the decisive battle in Jingyuan. But since it was to avenge his father, Hu Chuquan no longer preserved his strength, and directly went to more than 6,000 people to block Zhang Xiu and Beili's retreat to the east gate to break through.
The two sides fought back and forth on the long street and square. The Huns and the Huns, the Huns and Xianbei were minced in a burst of crazy meat. Hu Chuquan relied on Liu Bei to provide him with a batch of iron-breasted armor, and gained the upper hand, and made an exchange ratio of at least three to one or even five to one.
Moreover, the Southern Huns did not like Han people who liked to keep prisoners when fighting, and they did not hold back at all the troops who were culprits of rebellion. Not long after, more than two or three thousand bodies of the Beiligu Duhou troops lay down on the street, and each of them had incomplete heads.
Zhang Xiu was also affected by Hu Chuquan, which was as powerful as a mad tiger, and gradually came back to the taste: Hu Chuquan killed Beili and wanted to avenge his father, so it was impossible for him to let him go. After Hu Li breaking through with Beili, it was simply implicit himself and shared the enemy's anger and hatred value! It's not worth it!
After Zhang Xiu was implicated and damaged more than a thousand cavalry, he finally figured out this truth and would rather go around the south gate to break through! He would not go all the way with Beili.
Unfortunately, after all this trouble, there were only more than 2,000 cavalry left by Zhang Xiu. Fortunately, the Han army seemed to be neglecting to prevent the South Gate, and it might be that the Han army had not yet captured the South Gate and the city tower, so there was no one to stop him.
Zhang Xiu was overjoyed and ran all the way. On the way, Li Jue's remnants and officers stopped him and asked him wherever he was going, and blamed him for escaping in the battle. Zhang Xiu was too lazy to pay attention. He was really obstructed and forced Zhang Xiu to go to the north of the city to rescue Li Jue. Zhang Xiu stabbed him to death with a shot and continued to run for his life firmly.
Shortly after Zhang Xiu left, the Queen Beligudu behind him was shot and killed by the archers under Hu Chuquan. Hundreds of arrows were stabbed on the body, and he kept killing him. He was almost in a tragic state like the Tauman Shanyu who was shot by Mingdi.
Seeing a long street turning out, the south city gate of Chang'an was already in sight, Zhang Xiu saw a scene that surprised him again, and then turned into a terrifying scene.
It turned out that Liu Bei's army did not focus on attacking the South Gate at the beginning, so Liu Bei's army did not come in in the south city. But just when Zhang Xiu arrived, the city gate suddenly opened. The guards blocking the gate on one side of the city were killed and dozens of people were killed. The rest of them scattered in birds and beasts, and were slashed from behind by the Han army that poured in like a flood, killing heavily.
"Damn it! This is just broken!" Zhang Xiu secretly hated his bad luck, but he also knew that life and death were here. Although the city gate was broken, the number of enemies blocked at the city gate would also decrease, and many enemy soldiers would pour into the city and scatter. Maybe this was also a good opportunity to break through.
Zhang Xiu raised all his strength and martial arts, and ran wildly with his personal soldiers, and assassinated all those who were in charge, and the Han soldiers were killed, and the soldiers on his own side could be killed as long as they blocked the way.
The siege did not expect that shortly after breaking the gate, the siege immediately encountered such a large cavalry force rushing towards the city gate. He was caught off guard and was killed by Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu himself assassinated more than a dozen enemy soldiers, killed through the inner gate, and entered the urn city.
As long as you kill the outer gate of Wengcheng, you can go to Wancheng to join us! Didn’t Lu Bu survive like this two years ago?
People are always looking for spiritual sustenance. Zhang Xiu suddenly felt that he was hot all over and his overdrawn physical strength seemed to have returned. Lu Bu's advanced deeds became the spiritual pillar that supported him to survive.
Just when he was in excellent condition and had an explosive potential, the enemy finally realized that the Han cavalry troops who were left outside the city rushed into the outer gate of the city, completely blocking the way out. The leader of the white horse and silver spear was Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu alone occupied the city gate on one side of the urn city, and they had no choice but to retreat.
"Bili Gu Du Hou and Hu Chuquan are going to be divided into life and death, it seems that we are going to be divided into life and death! Two years ago, Guo Si was here, thinking that he could block Lu Bu, but he was lying on his thigh for more than half a year. Zhao Yun, let's see how long you have to lie down today!"
Although Zhang Xiu knew that his martial arts skills were worse than those of the other party, he still tried his best to find psychological hints for himself, comparing Lu Bu to give himself confidence, and then hinting that Zhao Yun was Guo Si's courage.
After a brief psychological construction, Zhang Xiu led the remaining cavalry to rush towards the outer gate of the city, and the two sides collided into a group.
The moment the two horses intersected, Zhang Xiu rolled the horse's heads away, temporarily widened the distance between the two, and then swept across Zhao Yun's thigh with a gun in one hand.
Because of Zhang Xiu's temporary turn, when he swept out the shot, the two sides were actually 15 feet apart, and were not within the attack range of holding guns with both hands. Therefore, they could only hold the gun in one hand and sweep across the tail of the gun. In fact, the lethality is limited and the arm strength is very high, and it depends entirely on the inertia of sweeping.
Zhang Xiu's decision was quite unreasonable to martial arts. Obviously, he just wanted to make achievements but not make mistakes. Even if he scratched Zhao Yun's thigh slightly, he found a lottery head and supported him to continue fighting.
He wanted to "shock Zhao Yun like Lu Bu stabbed Guo Si" and find confidence to survive.
"Puchi-Puchi-" Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up, and then he became dark.
It was lit because the gun blade he swept across actually cut a hole in Zhao Yun's thigh.
When people are in a high state of tension, due to the visual tunneling effect, they will only focus on the point they are staring at, and their sensitivity to movement and stillness next to them will suddenly decrease and turn a blind eye.
This is also why later generations of riot shields as riot equipment had to apply a red dot on the front of the shield, because when the hostages were very nervous, they suddenly saw the riot shield and instinctively were attracted by this red dot, subconsciously shooting the red dot, and missed the first opportunity to attack the effective target.
Zhang Xiu was obviously also involved in such a physiological instinct misunderstanding because of his high tension and divine taunt.
So the subsequent gloom was because Zhang Xiu did not notice a white light swaying in front of him until the last moment. Zhao Yun also threw the gun at this. Although he came back, he hit his throat.
After succeeding with one blow, Zhao Yun was still a little confused: his thigh is indeed closer to the enemy horizontally, and he will be hit faster, but it is not fatal! Is this Zhang Xiu suddenly stupid? Because he will lose his combat power after he hits the enemy with one shot? He actually doesn't even save me from helping him with this move?
However, even if Zhang Xiu returned to rescue him, he would have to hold on to twenty more moves under Zhao Yun's gun, and he would still die today. Perhaps he used this method to exchange for his own death to be rude. Although he was killed instantly, at least he did not die in vain.
He left at least a wound on Zhao Yun's thigh, and few other enemy generals who fought with Zhao Yun for years did this.
With Zhang Xiu's death, the remaining resistance in the city was soon completely destroyed, and the remaining troops in the west of the city were soon destroyed. Li Jin was also killed by Guan Yu's troops in the chaos in the street fighting, but it was not Guan Yu himself who killed him.
Chapter completed!