Fifty heavy armored infantry from the west rushed in through a gap, and suddenly arrows rained down on them. The arrows jingled on the heavy armor, but they could not penetrate the armor. The heavy armor
The infantry smashed the door and rushed in. There was a scream in the room. At the same time, the heavy armored infantry from the east and the heavy armored infantry from the main entrance rushed in.
Behind the heavy armored infantry were thousands of Tang soldiers. They were fighting positional warfare, controlling territory from section to section, and quickly taking away various flammable items placed by the Yan army in various rooms.
The attack of the Tang army forced the Yan army in the county government to retreat continuously. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Tang army occupied the county government part, while the Yan army concentrated on the back house.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "Reporting to Jiedushi, General Ye said that all flammable and flammable items in all rooms should be removed."
Li Ye nodded and immediately ordered: "Attack the back house with fire!"
Thousands of rockets rose into the sky and shot into the back house of the county government. The back house began to burn. At the same time, thousands of Tang Army soldiers began to quickly carry flammable fodder and grain.
The fire in the back house got bigger and bigger, and the Tang army shouted in unison: "Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!"
Many soldiers of the Yan army ignored the leader's orders and ran out crying to surrender.
But Duan Baihu still led more than 300 soldiers who refused to surrender. They threw torches over the high wall, trying to ignite the fodder in the county government office. It was the easiest material to ignite. As long as tens of thousands of loads of fodder were ignited, the entire
The county government is finished.
Unfortunately, they did not grasp the timing well. All the food and supplies near the high wall were evacuated, and the torches thrown over were immediately poured out with water by Tang soldiers.
When the main hall of the back house collapsed, a group of soldiers covered in fire ran out crying, but they also lost the chance to surrender. The soldiers of the Tang Army fired arrows at random, killing all the more than a hundred people who escaped.
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The Yan army soldiers who escaped first were given a chance to surrender by the Tang army, but if they fought to the death before surrendering, they would not have any chance of survival.
Duan Baihu led more than a dozen generals to finally open the small door connecting the back house and the county government office. The back house was already a sea of fire, with raging fire and thick smoke billowing, but the county government office across the wall was calm and there was no fire.
In fact, this is also a characteristic of houses in the Tang Dynasty. There will be a fire wall at the edge of the house. If a fire breaks out in one family, it can prevent the neighbors from being affected.
Of course, only wealthy families have firewalls, but not in slums. If a house catches fire, a large area will be burned. The fire in Chang'an has always been the most troublesome disaster for local officials.
The high wall in the middle of the Nanyang County government office that divides the residential area and the administrative area is the fire wall. It was built very high. If a fire broke out in the back house, it would not reach the county government office.
Duan Baihu led a dozen generals and just rushed back to the county government office. What greeted them was fifty heavy armored infantry. The heavy armored infantry swarmed forward and surrounded Duan Baihu and a dozen of his men. A flash of sword light flashed and killed Duan Baihu and his subordinates.
His men were cut into dozens of pieces, completely annihilating the enemy force that resisted to the end.
With the end of the battle in Nanyang County, the battle in Nanyang City also ended. More than 5,600 of the 15,000 enemy troops were killed, more than 9,000 surrendered, and the Tang army suffered more than 1,000 casualties.
However, the general Tian Chengsi was not found. The last surrendered soldier reported that at the beginning of the street fighting, Tian Chengsi escaped from the north gate with more than a hundred men on horseback and fled towards Luyang Pass, indicating that Tian Chengsi They knew full well from the beginning that they could not defend Nanyang City.
After capturing Nanyang, the Tang army seized a large amount of grain and supplies, including more than 200,000 shi of grain alone, as well as a large number of weapons, armor, war drums, flags and other supplies, enough to equip 30,000 people.
Li Ye immediately divided his troops into two groups and ordered Li Baozhen to lead five thousand soldiers north to Luyang Pass and retake Luyang Pass.
He also ordered Pei Xiu to lead 10,000 troops to Tangzhou to recapture Tangzhou. There were 5,000 Yan troops stationed in Biyang County, Tangzhou, but it was not a big problem. The food and grass for this garrison was supplied by Nanyang. As long as they knew Tian Chengsi has been defeated, they will definitely abandon Tangzhou and retreat eastward.
At this time, Li Ye received news that the newly enthroned emperor Li Heng sent a special envoy, who has now arrived in Xiangyang.
Li Ye immediately led the army south and returned to Xiangyang.
There were two special envoys sent by Emperor Li Heng to Xiangyang. One was the imperial censor, Cao Risheng, and the other was the eunuch, Feng Yanhuan. They came with different missions. It can be said that one is strong and the other is soft. The soft one refers to Cao Risheng, who came to add Li Ye's support. However, Feng Yanhuan was in his first year of service and was assigned to serve as the supervisor of the Jianghan Army.
Then again, Li Ye's official rank has been conferred as a first-class hussars general, his title is a first-class prince, and he has been conferred the title of King of Lu. How can he get another rank and title? Indeed, after Li Heng ascended the throne, he was already conferred the title He appointed more than a dozen hussar generals, and also named more than a dozen county princes, such as Li Guangbi, Guo Ziyi, Pugu Huaien, Wang Sili, Dugulie, Yuan Yuan, Changsun Nanfang and others were all named hussar generals and given titles. The prince, to show his favor.
Then Li Ye, the hussar general, has been diluted. In addition, he, the King of Lu, is just a virtual king. What is a virtual king? He only has a title but no actual treatment. For example, he does not open a mansion, nor does he have a palace of Prince Lu. He received the prince's court uniform and gold seal, but he did not receive the corresponding salary and land treatment, nor did he receive the prince's honor guard.
So everyone calls Li Ye Jiedushi, or General, but basically no one calls him His Highness. In fact, King Yan of Anlu Mountain and King Long of Geshuhan are just like Li Ye, they are both fictitious princes. This is also something An Lushan is extremely dissatisfied with.
This time Cao Risheng came to Xiangyang to make a fuss about Li Ye's title and make him the real king. Of course, there are prerequisites for being the real king, and he must be from the clan.
In order to win over Li Ye, Li Heng also spent a lot of money. He put Li Linfu's memorial tablet in the Ancestral Temple. Of course, Li Linfu was indeed a royal family, but he was a remote royal family and was no longer qualified to enjoy the Ancestral Temple. However, Li Linfu got the honor of his grandson. , was actually listed as a clan member, then Li Dai of Zuo Xiangguo was also a clan member, and his son Li Ye, as a clan member, could also be crowned prince.
The eunuch Feng Yanhuan was Gao Lishi's adopted son. Gao Lishi's actual surname was Feng. Feng Yanhuan naturally took Gao Lishi's surname. Feng Yanhuan was not qualified to follow Li Longji and fled to Bashu. He and a group of eunuchs and maids ran away to Lingwu, continuing Serve the new emperor.
Li Heng opened a military council hall in the palace, also known as the military supervisory hall. There were dozens of eunuchs in it. The leader was Li Fuguo and the deputy leader was Yu Chaoen.
Feng Yanhuan knew how to read and write, so he became a member of the Supervisory Army Hall. This time he was sent to the Jianghan Army as a supervisor.
That afternoon, Li Ye led the army back to Xiangyang. He first returned to his mansion.
The Taoist temple next door has been built, and Dugu Xinyue named it Taiqing Palace. It is a branch of Taiqing Palace in Chang'an and commemorates his master Liefeng.
Because the emperor's special envoy came, Yang Yuhuan also registered as a monk in Taiqing Palace, taking the name Yuzhu Zhenren, just in case.
Of course, she only registered in the Taiqing Palace next door. She actually still lives in Li Ye's house, and this is still her new home.
Li Ye was also worried that Yang Yuhuan would be discovered, so he rushed back to the mansion first.
After meeting Dugu Xinyue and Yang Yuhuan, Li Ye felt proud for a moment and sat them both on his lap. He sighed and said: "I was shot in the face by a poisonous arrow in Nanyang. I thought I would never see it again."
I can’t see you anymore, but I’m so happy to see you again now!”
Dugu Xinyue wanted to stand up, but after hearing her husband's words, it was difficult to spoil his interest, so she had to face Yang Yuhuan face to face, and they were held in her husband's arms.
Of course, that's all. If Li Ye wanted to go further, it would be absolutely impossible.
Yang Yuhuan asked with concern: "Is the poisonous arrow on my husband's face okay?"
Dugu Xinyue knew her husband too well and said coldly: "Don't listen to his exaggerated words. What he said passed by him, at least he was still ten feet away!"
Yang Yuhuan covered her mouth with laughter and laughed. For a moment, her face was so beautiful that Dugu Xinyue and Li Ye were stunned.