Chapter 162 Luoyang is in a hurry
Gao Pian's family was imprisoned in the mansion. No one was allowed to go out. There was no food in the mansion. Gao Pian had dozens of children, groups of wives and concubines, and a large family. They were so hungry that they were emaciated and sallow. He had no choice but to eat all the food that had been stored in the mansion.
Clothes and utensils made of leather were boiled to satisfy hunger, and life was miserable.
Even Qin Yan had no intention of letting them go. His reason was that Gao Pian was trying to have an affair with Yang Xingmi and used sorcery to interfere with his own battle, so he killed (buried alive) all the more than 300 members of Gao Pian's family, pitiful for a generation of famous generals.
Gao Pian, who had unparalleled martial arts skills, was first half-destroyed by Lu Yongzhi with poison, and he had been hungry for so many days, plus he was old. At this time, there was no room for him to fight back, so he was dragged to death like a dog.
They were buried alive in the big pit they dug...
Pity the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty. He fought countless battles in his life, conquered Jiaozhi, pacified Nanzhao, suppressed Xichuan, and defeated Huangchao... He spent his whole life in the army. It can be said that he never lost a single battle on the battlefield. He had excellent literary talent and unparalleled martial arts. Who knew that his later life would be so bleak?
After death, there was not even a tomb. A family of more than 300 masters and servants were buried in a large pit. As the sun and moon rotated, they turned into a piece of loess.
When Yang Xingmi heard the news of Gao Pian's death outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart. When he fought with Gao Pian on the bow of the Yangtze River, how majestic Gao Pian was? His white beard was fluttering and his face was rosy, but now he is already gone.
Is it sad or pitiful to die in heaven?
Yang Xingmi followed Yuan Xi's suggestion and asked all the soldiers to wrap their heads with white cloth and wear mourning for Gao Pian. As a result, soldiers from all over the country rushed to and fro, shouting to avenge Gao Pian.
Three hundred soldiers were selected from Lu Yongzhi's thousand elites and sneaked into Guangling City on a rainy night. While the soldiers guarding the city were changing their defenses, they occupied the city gate and opened the city gate wide to let Yang Xingmi's army into the city.
Come.
Yang Xingmi's generals Li Shenfu, Tian Kai, An Renyi, Zhou Ben and others led their troops into Guangling City. Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo and others saw that the situation was over, so they had to abandon the city and abandon Guangling. After Qin Yan and the others escaped from Yangzhou, they
I found that there were only 3,000 troops around me, and their stomachs were growling with hunger. They came out in a hurry and didn't bring any food with them. In desperation, they had to loot a nearby small village and barely got two days' rations.
After Yang Xingmi occupied Guangling, he sent out food to help the hungry people in the city. The people in the city were grateful to Yang Xingmi. From then on, Yang Xingmi occupied Yangzhou, pacified the people and allowed them to rest and recuperate. The officials and people in the prefectures and counties in Huainan supported Yang Xingmi one after another, and wanted him to be the envoy of Huainan.
Just when Yang Xingmi was attacking Guangling, Zhu Wen defeated Qin Zongquan one after another, and Qin Zongquan's power was gradually regained. Zhu Wen sent his uncle Cong, An Jingsi, Zhang Qianyu, Niu Cunjie and others to lead their troops to eliminate the remnants of Qin Zongquan in various places.
power. Zhu Zhen, Li Tangbin, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou and others led the army to face Qin Zongquan head-on. Now Qin Zongquan can only stay on the Caizhou front line.
Qin Zongquan lost, and Sun Ru also had a hard time. Zhang Quanyi and Li Hanzhi often sent troops to harass, and Zhu Wen even let Hu Zhen occupy the Yicheng Army (governing Huazhou). Hu Zhen was also wise and courageous. After standing in Huazhou, he quickly
He went south and occupied Zhengzhou, which was less than two hundred miles away from Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Sun Ru made a prompt decision, looted all the property in Luoyang City, and burned the thousand-year-old capital with fire. Unfortunately, Luoyang City, which was the most prosperous place in the world during the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, was burned to the ground. How many people were displaced and how many people were killed in the fire.
Loss of life?
Just this one fire is enough to make Sun Ru a sinner for the ages!
After Sun Ru withdrew from Luoyang, Hu Zhen took the opportunity to expand outward and occupied several cities.
Zhang Quanyi also took the opportunity to set out from Huaizhou and occupy the empty city of Luoyang. Luoyang was the eastern capital of Li Tang. Although it was burned to ruins, his status was still there.
Li Xuan issued an edict to appoint Zhang Quanyi as Henan Yi, ordering him to recruit the refugees and rebuild Luoyang.
When Zhang Quanyi came to Luoyang, there were less than a hundred households in Luoyang city. Zhang Quanyi sent people everywhere to appease the refugees, reclaim wasteland, and develop production. He personally led his soldiers to help the people plow the fields and sow seeds. If there was no seed, he would get it from the government office first. After harvesting,
Then return it. As a result, refugees from all over the country returned one after another.
Li Hanzhi occupied the three cities of Heyang and appointed himself as Jiedushi, but he did not engage in production. He lived by looting all day long, which caused widespread resentment among the people. He often borrowed grain from Zhang Quanyi.
The first few times, Zhang Quanyi lent him money out of friendship with Huang Chao, but Li Hanzhi never repaid the loan, and he came to borrow food again and again. Which one could bear it?
, Zhang Quanyi was cruel and refused to lend it to him. Li Hanzhi was furious and even threatened Zhang Quanyi to attack Luoyang.
But Zhang Quanyi is not made of paper. The clay figures are still earthy, not to mention that Zhang Quanyi is also a dignified man with seven feet. Zhang Quanyi simply struck first and sent out surprise troops to attack Heyang. Li Hanzhi was not popular among the people in Heyang, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were against him.
He hated Zhang Quanyi to the core. When he saw Zhang Quanyi coming to kill him, the officers guarding the city opened the door to meet the enemy. Li Hanzhi had to retreat to Zezhou and asked Li Keyong from Hedong for help.
Li Keyong defeated Li Cunxiao and An Xiuxiu, while Kang Junli and other generals attacked Luoyang.
Zhang Quanyi hurriedly asked Zhu Wen for help. Zhang Quanyi and Zhu Wen had been friends for many years, but they had not had much contact over the years. Now he asked for help rashly, and he didn't know whether Zhu Wen would agree. In order to save Luoyang and the safety of his family, he resolutely
Chapter completed!