Chapter 15: Capture Black Tooth Changzhi Alive
Li Jing ordered people to clean the cannons as soon as possible and not have the wet gunpowder. He took out a pile of gunpowder again and asked the artillery to continue bombarding the Eastern Capital.
After dealing with Li Yuanjia, the scout came to report to him, and tens of thousands of soldiers emerged from the Eastern Capital City.
"Tell the Beiwei Army to attack!"
Li Jing said leisurely.
"yes!"
The messenger took the order and rode his horse wildly to convey Li Jing's military order.
After receiving the order, Wang Gang led the Beiwei cavalry to launch a charge first, and Yue Yun led tens of thousands of Beiwei infantry troops to follow behind.
The two of them worked together for many years and had a very tacit understanding. Just one look in Yue Yun, Wang Gang could understand Yue Yun's thoughts. With the cooperation of the two, the Beiwei Army commanded by them was brave in fighting, and they were invincible in the battle.
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Wang Gang's cavalry tangled with the cavalry of Cheng Wuting, and slashed each other. Soon the Beiwei cavalry gained the upper hand!
Although the imperial guards led by Cheng Wuting are also elite troops, they are still far behind the Beiwei Army, one of the five elite troops in China!
Except for Emperor Taizong of Tang's Xuanjia who can be compared with the Beiwei Army, no matter what other troops are, they are not the opponent of the Beiwei Army. If you dare to go out of the city to compete with the Beiwei Army, it has to be said that the courage of the Tang imperial guards is commendable!
Soon, the 10,000 cavalrymen under Cheng Wuting were defeated by thousands of Beiwei cavalry commanded by Wang Gang. Cheng Wuting was defeated and fled back to the Eastern Capital.
Yue Yun's Beiwei Infantry fought with the imperial guards led by Heichi Changzhi and Qu Chongyu, and the battle situation was extremely fierce!
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"Leader!"
The commander rushed over. When Li Jing was still a few meters away, he pulled the reins of the horse and quickly braked!
"The Beiwei Cavalry Commander Wang Gang, led the Beiwei Cavalry to repel the enemy cavalry, and the enemy general Cheng Wuting fled back to the Eastern Capital."
"Very good! The first battle was won! Passing this news will make everyone happy. Who can attack the Eastern Capital first and give a hundred glutinous land and a thousand taels of gold!"
Hearing the good news, Li Jing slapped his hands and said, "Go and see if the artillery is there any better?"
The messenger turned his horse's head and galloped away, conveying the news of the victory of the first battle, greatly boosting morale.
After the artillery positions were cleaned up, all the water in the barrel was disposable. After drying, the ammunition was loaded and the leads were ignited. With a loud bang, the shells smashed towards the eastern capital.
The already crippled walls of Dongdu City have become even worse and shaky. Each shell will take away a lot of gravel.
If it happened to fall to the top of the city, dozens of people would be killed. In short, everyone is in danger now, looking for cover to hide, so as not to be killed by shells.
Heichi Changzhi, who went out of the city to fight, was defeated and captured, and Qu Chongyu was killed by Yue Yun, who was the leader. The tens of thousands of imperial guards brought out were even more casualties. Seventy percent of the imperial guards were killed in battle, and the remaining majority surrendered.
A very small number of people fled back to the Eastern Capital.
Wu Zhao and Li Jing who received this news were in a different mood. Li Jing was so excited that he almost danced happily, but Wu Zhao was so angry that he was furious.
He scolded Qu Chongyu and Heichi Changzhi as incompetent waste, and even ordered the two wastes to be scouted and the whole family was beheaded!
The ministers couldn't help but persuade him. The unlucky Qu Chongyu had just sacrificed his life for the court. Before his health was cold, his family went down to accompany him on the road.
As for Heichi Changzhi, his family was not in Dongdu, and his only son was left in Heyuan to resist Tubo. Therefore, it was a bit difficult for Wu Zhao to kill Heichi Changzhi's family!
But we can't just give up like this. Wu Zhao ordered that all living things in the Black-Toothed Chang's Mansion be slaughtered, and all chickens and ducks be killed to improve the food!
When Li Jing learned that he had caught Hei Ya Changzhi, Li Jing happily trotted all the way, greeted him in person, and loosened his ties!
"I have long admired the reputation of the general. Today I have seen the general's respect. As expected, I am very arrogant. I heard that the general resists Tubo and Turks, maintains peace on the border, and is invincible in battle and defeats all the attacks! I am really the strong minister of the Tang Dynasty! Can the Tang Dynasty have a general?
Such a pillar of talent is really a blessing for my Tang Dynasty!”
"As a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, why should the general help the evil and shake the country of the Tang Dynasty? How can the general be worthy of the favor of the late emperor's recognition?"
Li Jing first put a high hat on Heiqi Changzhi, and then took a sharp turn for the subject and accused Heiqi Changzhi.
Black teeth are always shocked!
It was you who rebelled and cholera, the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty, how could you say that I was sorry for the late emperor? It was you who was sorry for the late emperor, okay!
"You are rebelling and committing the unforgivable crimes of the Tang Dynasty. As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, you will be loyal to the people who are in charge of the rebellion under the orders!"
The way of black teeth.
Heichi Changzhi was a general loyal to the Tang Dynasty and was ordered to quell the rebellion. He just did his job well. No matter from that perspective, he had no mistakes!
On the other hand, Li Jing, as a royal family, was restless and self-disciplined and shared the worries of the court, but rebelled. This was a traitor. From a legal perspective, Li Jing was wrong!
"You are wrong! General Black-toothed, now the treacherous ministers in the court are in power, bewitching the empress dowager to shake my Tang Dynasty. I raised an army to clear the treacherous and slander in the court, and to protect my Tang Dynasty's country!"
Li Jingyi said righteously.
Heichi Changzhicai didn't believe Li Jing's rhetoric. What's the excuse of purging the king is just an excuse. After all, it's not about rebelling. Using purging the king as an excuse to put a layer of "justice" on himself!
All they do are the acts of traitors. No matter how high-sounding they are, they are rebels and will always be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
These black-toothed Changzhi don’t know how to say it, just think about it in his heart. As a former senior official in Baekje and later became a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, the black-toothed Changzhi knows what it means to know the times as a hero!
Anyway, Li Tang's country belongs to the old Li family, and the empress dowager and the prince in front of him are also considered a family. They have internal conflicts, so it is better not to participate too much!
Black teeth are silent!
"I admire the general very much. I don't know if the general is willing to follow me to clear the king's side, to attack the treacherous and slanderous people in the court, Tathagata's handsome ministers, and to jointly protect the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Jing asked when he saw that Heichi Changzhi did not refute.
"I am willing to follow the prince, clear the emperor's side, kill the treacherous and slanderous people, and jointly protect the country and country of the Tang Dynasty!"
Heichi Changzhi immediately knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said.
At this moment, the saying that a person who knows the times is a hero is fully demonstrated!
Anyway, whoever he is loyal to, he is a general of the Tang Dynasty. No matter who becomes the emperor, the Tang Dynasty belongs to the Li family. Whether it is the current emperor or the prince in front of him, no matter who sits on the imperial throne in the future.
The emperor, the whole world's surname is Li.
"General, please come up quickly. I am more confident that I can get the help of the general and eliminate the treacherous slander in the court!"
Chapter completed!