Chapter 359 The winner and the loser

"Huh-huh-"

With heavy breathing, Wang Tianyong used his last strength to push open the city gate.

The light from the bonfire illuminated the barbican city, and he saw each and every one of them turning to look at him, with surprise in their eyes. These eyes gathered together to achieve his supreme glory.

He will never know that in the old time and space, he also climbed the Cangshan Mountain, but ended up alone and helpless in the end. Although he tried his best every time, sometimes a lot of luck is needed on the battlefield.

This time, he was lucky enough.

"Go to the city!"

The Nanzhao soldiers in Wengcheng were still looking up at the fireworks, while the Tang army was already rushing towards the city gate.

Wang Tianyun was still pushing the city gate when he was suddenly surrounded by a crowd. His robes held him in their arms and patted his back hard.

"Good job, eating dog intestines, really good job!"

Wang Tianyun laughed loudly and deliberately shouted: "The Anxi Army is the strongest!"

This time, the soldiers in Hexi and Longyou were too lazy to argue with him and indulged him, shouting: "The Anxi army is invincible in the world!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Wang Tianyun laughed until he was exhausted, but still did not rest. Instead, he took a wine bag, drank a sip, threw the wine bag to his soldiers, wiped his mouth and said: "I will lead the way and capture the royal city!"

He seemed to have endless energy. After drinking, he became more energetic, turned around and rushed towards the city.

As soon as the Tang army entered the city, the morale of the Nanzhao army was on the verge of collapse.

The reason why Meng Shezhao was able to unify the six imperial edicts was precisely because of the support of the Tang army. They had always been in awe of the Tang army and needed successive great victories to gradually overcome it. When the hope of victory was shattered, awe turned into fear.

This psychological change soon affected the combat effectiveness. After the Tang army entered the city, they quickly formed a dominant position on the battlefield.

"Where is the commander of the rebel defense?"

On the way here, Wang Tianyun asked Zheng about the location of the Taihe City guard general's command. At this time, he raised his hand and pointed at an archery tower in the city. The Tang army then went straight to the enemy tower and killed them there.

For Mou Ju, the commander-in-chief of Nanzhao's army, the change came too fast. One moment, he saw Duan Jian and Wei arriving with his army, and Nanzhao's victory was imminent. The next moment, the city gate was suddenly opened.

Before he could even figure out what was going on, the Tang army had already reached the arrow tower where he was.

Mouju looked over and saw that the situation was irreversible. He couldn't help shouting: "It's over! It's over!"

He is rude and ferocious by nature, and he looks like a "southern barbarian". Just looking at his appearance, he looks like an uncivilized savage. But when things happen to him, he actually doesn't panic at all. He yells randomly, but his eyes are straight.

change.

"Surrender!" Mouju shouted, "Hurry up the lowering flag! Surrender!"

Saying that he surrendered, he took off his armor without hesitation and descended from the archery tower with his hands raised high.

He had thought about it. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had to govern Liuzhao and the Cuan tribe in eastern Yunnan, and he could not do without Nanzhao. Although Nanzhao rebelled this time, as long as his attitude of surrender was good enough and he could escape unscathed, there would still be opportunities in the future.

Opportunity for rebellion.

"Don't shoot the arrows, don't shoot the arrows, I surrender!"

Facing the cold arrow clusters outside, Mouju put on a scared look, hunched his neck and squatted down, moving towards the Tang army bit by bit, his movements looked very funny.

At the same time, he continued to shout: "Don't kill me, I am useful to you! I can make the soldiers of Nanzhao not resist. I can go to the royal city to persuade Ge Luofeng to surrender..."

Wang Tianyun sneered and did not kill Moju, waiting for Wang Zhongsi to come and make the decision.

After a while, Wang Zhongsi came over accompanied by the generals, and Wang Tianyun heard Gao Shi talking.

"Duan Jianwei's soldiers and horses are at the foot of Cangshan Mountain. The southern barbarians are afraid that they are pretending to surrender and want to delay time. The top priority is to break through the royal city..."

Wang Tianyun was convinced of Gao Shi's views. He stepped forward, performed a military salute, and said in a low voice: "Commander, I have something to say."

Wang Zhongsi was very fond of this general who had crossed Cangshan Mountain. He nodded and listened to what he said.

"Commander Jie, the Nanzhao people can deceive them into surrendering. We can also deceive them and let Geluofeng go out of the city to surrender. After they all surrender, it is not up to Commander Jie and the saint to decide whether to kill or not."

Wang Zhongsi shook his head and said: "Now that we have entered the city, why is there any need to resort to deception?"

"Is this important?" Wang Tianyun asked: "General Gao used these methods in the Western Regions. He first gathered these chiefs, rewarded them, asked them to arrange their troops, and then killed them all."

Gao Xianzhi was very good at deceiving people, and Wang Zhongsi also heard about it.

Let’s not talk about the battle of Xiaobolu Kingdom. Last year alone, Gao Xianzhi first made peace with Shi Kingdom, and then took advantage of Shi Kingdom’s unpreparedness to send troops to sneak attack, captured the King of Shi Kingdom and his tribe, and killed all the old and weak;

On the way, they attacked Tuqishi secretly and captured his khan on the grounds of Tuqishi's betrayal.

This is really useful, but Wang Zhongsi doesn't like it. He thinks that deception has to be used as a last resort. Gao Xianzhi has repeatedly broken trust with others, even with the enemy, and sooner or later there will be backlash. If the Tang Dynasty wants to conquer and govern Yunnan, it should

Establish prestige. Not to mention that in this situation where the overall situation has been decided, cheating to reduce a little trouble is too much.

"Hold it!"

Wang Zhongsi did not put on a pleasant expression, nor did he expect Mouju to recruit Ge Luofeng and other chiefs for him, nor did he promise anyone preferential treatment.

If you want to surrender, you can just take them back to Chang'an and offer the prisoners under the palace.

What Mouju thought was that once he surrendered, Wang Zhongsi would step forward to help him up, comfort him, and order him to help on the spot. Unexpectedly, he still had to be taken into custody, so he immediately refused, took a few steps back, and shouted: "Give me a break."

I will surrender my life!"

If he wanted to be taken into custody, he might as well take advantage of the chaos to escape from Taihe City, hide in the mountains and forests, and wait for the Tang army to leave before gathering his old troops.

Wang Zhongsi looked at the figure who was escaping in a hurry, his face was as dark as water, and he said: "You have betrayed the Tang Dynasty, and you still want to pretend that nothing happened and continue to be a great chief. It is not such a good thing."

The Tang army attacked and wanted to capture Mouju. Seeing that he resisted fiercely, they simply chopped off his head with a sword.

Soon, a head was hung on the city gate, shocking the Nanzhao soldiers.

Wang Tianyun raised his head, met Mou Ju's eyes that were still round until death, and scratched his head helplessly, thinking to himself that Wang Zhongsi's character was really too strong, and completely different from Gao Xianzhi. But he had no idea about it.

The solution is that he is the coach, and since the coach gives orders, he will just follow the orders.

"Attack the Royal City!"

"Walk!"

Wang Tianyun didn't complain and strode towards the royal city.

This is the last step left to put down the Nanzhao rebellion.

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Royal City.

On the couch paved with golden brocade, Ge Luofeng sat upright, thinking that Duan Jianwei had indeed not let him down and had regained Longwei Pass so quickly.

The performance of the second son Duo Chuan was also very good.

However, Ge Luofeng knew that he would never pass the throne to Duo Chuan. His intention was already very clear when naming his sons. Ge Luofeng, Feng Jia Yi, Yi Mou Xun, Yi Nan Zhao

Traditionally, the first character of a son's name is the last character of his father's name to show inheritance.

In addition to tradition, the marriage with Tubo also made Ge Luofeng even more reluctant to pass on the Duo biography. He did not want to see a Nanzhao queen with a strong maternal power.

And his grandson Yimouxun is still very young. He must live long enough to ensure that the throne can be smoothly transferred to his grandson a hundred years later...

"Your Majesty! It's not good!"

An exclamation interrupted Ge Luofeng's reverie. He came back to his senses and wanted to ask what happened, but the news had fallen into his ears.

"The Tang army broke through the city gate and entered the city!"

Ge Luofeng didn't believe it.

Unable to accept the sudden turn of events, he personally climbed to the top of the royal city to observe the situation inside the city.

"Your Majesty, it's true." Yang Zifen rushed over, bowed low, trying to hide the panic in his voice, and said: "The Tang Army Wang Tianyun's troops crossed Cangshan Mountain, attacked Wang Zhongsi from inside and outside, and opened the city gate..."

Ge Luofeng asked: "Is it too late to hold on to the royal city until Duan Jianwei arrives to support us?"

Yang Zifen hesitated and replied: "Your Majesty, once Taihe City is defeated, the morale of the army will be exhausted. I'm afraid it will be difficult to wait for reinforcements to defeat the enemy. Surrender now, and there is still the possibility of protecting the Meng family's dominance of Nanzhao. It's too late, I'm afraid

Wang Zhongsi refused to surrender. Just then, Mouju wanted to surrender, but was beheaded by Wang Zhongsi."

Ge Luofeng was unwilling to give in and stared at the foot of Cangshan Mountain.

He could see the light of fire in the distance, and guessed that it was Duan Jianwei fighting against a certain Tang general. If Duan Jianwei could attack and rescue the siege, he would have a chance to save his royal career.

Time passed little by little, and a ray of morning light shone on the Erhai Lake.

Duan Jianwei has not launched the offensive yet.

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"General Duan, send troops!"

Duo Chuan rode his horse to catch up, rushed to Duan Jianwei's side, and urged: "Go up and defeat the Tang army."

"Wait a moment."

Duan Jianwei was also helpless and said: "We conquered Longwei Pass overnight and ran all the way to Taihe City. The soldiers' physical strength has been exhausted. Now the troops are not full and the formation is not organized. You can see that the Tang army is condescending and ready for a strong attack. At this time,

Not a good time."

"Didn't you talk about driving Xianyu Zhongtong's defeated army to break the formation?"
To be continued...