Chapter 703 The more suspicious you are, the more people will betray
Originally, during the war against Jin State to pacify Zhang Wenli and break through Zhending City, according to the official history line, the Khitan and the Beiping State's interference and the rebels' desperate resistance in the city continued for more than a year. The key figure that led to the final break of Zhending City was Ren Yuan, the judge of the Zhaoyi Army.
However, according to the original trajectory, Ren Yuan told Zhending soldiers and civilians in Zhenzhou to give up resistance and said bluntly to Zhang Wenli's son Zhang Chuqiu, "Sit and wait for death, don't you wait for your order?" That night, a rebel general from the city brought the Jin army into the city.
However, because Zhang Wenli killed Wang Rong and usurped the throne, the time for Jin State to dispatch a large army to conquer was much earlier than the official history line. Therefore, the cruel butcher who was covered with blood from his adoptive father and his entire clan was not yet as scared as the level of being infected with severe cervical abdomen. He also heard that the Jin army defeated the Khitan, subdued Beiping and siege Zhending, and was frightened and frightened.
Therefore, Ren Yuan used the attacking tactics against Zhending City and launched a large-scale shooting of the army in the city, which also made Zhang Wenli, who was suspicious, even more murderous...
"Send the order! All the soldiers who shot Jin dogs into the city are burned. Those who dare to pass the letter will be killed! Those who secretly dismantle the reader and kill them! No... not only do they want to kill those who violate the order, but also kill them all! Anyone who has picked up the arrow branches with the letter will also want to kill them!"
In the palace of Zhao Kingdom, Zhang Wenli's hysterical roar suddenly came to mind. His face was extremely ferocious and his expression was crazy and fierce, and it seemed that he was no different from a beast that could suddenly rush to eat and choose people to eat.
The progress of the situation was completely unexpected... For Zhang Wenli, the King of Beiping, King Chuzhi, suddenly led the Khitan southward to attack Lulong's army, and the troops invaded Yan and Zhao, forcing the Jin army to pay a certain price of casualties... This was certainly an unexpected surprise. However, the Wei Dynasty he wanted to rely on did not make any noise, and seemed to have no intention of supporting him as King of Zhao, and jointly fought against Jin.
With Zhang Wenli's character, what caused the invasion of foreign tribes in the northern border and to disrupt the Central Plains? As long as he could obtain greater power, that would be a big deal? He could not understand no matter what, why would the Wei Dynasty miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and refused to take advantage of the Khitan, Peking and the rebels in Zhao State led by him to take advantage of the three-on-one opportunity to send troops to stab Jin State hard?
Li Tianqu! I'm going to be your ancestors of eighteen generations! I can't stand it anymore. You really want to let Jin occupy the entire territory of Zhao!?
Zhang Wenli scolded Emperor Wei Li Tianqu in his heart, but he also knew very well that he usurped the throne of Zhao, not only was he unreasonable, but he also massacred his adopted father Wang Rong's family and washed away the inner garden of the royal palace. What's more, he rebelled when he launched a mutiny, or as a minister of the Wei Dynasty... King Li Cunxu of Jin had no reason to forgive his crimes.
As long as he breaks through the city walls, he can annex the capital of Zhao. If he repeatedly expresses his willingness to surrender to Jin, Zhang Wenli knows it is tantamount to sending his own head to Jin. However, if he wants to join the Emperor of Wei, the Wei Dynasty ignored him. The King of Jin cannot accept him, a rebel minister who killed the throne... What else can he do? He has to bite the bullet and hold on!
In the palace hall, in addition to Zhang Wenli, his parents and children Zhang Chujin, Zhang Chuqiu, confidants Gao Meng, Han Zheng, and even the Zhao army guard general who was incited to launch a rebellion at the time. Many of them looked different when they saw Zhang Wenli pace back and forth, and their anxious look seemed to be crazy. The worry on their faces became more and more serious...
Zhang Wenli, who was originally very suspicious, supervised the affairs of the city guard every day. Thousands of soldiers followed him when they were in and out. Whenever they saw suspicious signs or disliked them, they would immediately kill them without asking for the reason. Many people who were forced to repair the city gate lost their lives inexplicably.
The war in the city was tight. In order to resist for a long time, Zhang Wenli ordered the troops of the army to plunder the surplus grain in the city. The people in Zhending City were already suffering. However, the male men in the family were forced to go to the tragic battle in the city. This was not because of the crossbows of the Jin army, and the crossbows, they could even die innocently under the sword of Zhang Wenli and his personal guards.
There were already wailing sounds in the city, and people often heard heart-wrenching crying sounds caused by the tragic death of relatives... However, Ren Yuan, the judge of the Jiedushi who was in charge of the Zhaoyi Zhenya Army, shot a large number of surrender manifestos into the city, which also stimulated Zhang Wenli, who was extremely suspicious, to become even more crazy...
Now Zhang Wenli is becoming more and more abnormal in spirit. Some of the generals of Suwei who were incited by him to lead troops to rebel and mutiny can't help but wonder:
At that time, it was because King Zhao was greedy for pleasure and was incompetent and incompetent, and secretly ordered the execution of nobles such as Li Sima, and others. I was afraid that I would not let my confidants go, so I responded to Zhang Wenli's rebellion together... But now it seems that we were not only bewitched by Zhang Wenli, but were elected to the throne of Zhao...
The Jin army is now in a fierce offensive, and Zhang Wenli is becoming more suspicious and suspicious, which also makes the people in the city very resentful... As he continues to resist, he will sooner or later, he will not be able to end well. Then how can I hide it from this guy and lead the Jin army into the city?
After all, the paper cannot be kept in danger. Even though Zhang Wenli wanted to kill and demolish the soldiers and civilians in the city who were circulating the Jin army's orders to recruit surrender, many military generals present had already read the documents that were shot into the city in private.
Now looking at Zhang Wenli's irritable and crazy look, but unable to change the status quo, some people realized that continuing to be like a grasshopper tied to a rope was just waiting to die... So among the rebel generals in Zhending City, one of the rebel generals began to secretly plan and contact the siege troops led by Ren Yuan outside the city, and then responded to the Jin army and entered the city.
However, the two previous arrows and surrenders were launched into the city, but there was no response. Ren Yuan then dispatched his troops the next day according to his original plan and began to attack the city with deterrent attacks. On the city of Zhending, another arrow was like rain, and stones were flying.
Ren Yuan watched the battle situation and saw that Zhaoyi Zhenya Army had suffered a certain amount of casualties... According to his plan, he still had to put pressure on the military and civilians of Zhending City, and there was no need to let his soldiers carry out the tragic tactics of ants attacking the city... Therefore, the war lasted only for an hour, and he issued a military order, and the troops of the Jin army's siege retreated back to the stationed military camp like a tide.
However, after this siege, the military academy immediately reported military information. It turned out that during the battle just now, dozens of arrows shot from above the city were mixed with the sharp edges of gold and iron clusters, and were picked up by soldiers who found it strange. There were also cloth tied on it. It was obvious that someone in the city responded to Ren Yuan's actions of sending troops to surrender.
After hearing the report, Ren Yuan immediately took the arrow branches and opened the cloth tied to it, and saw that it read:
Zhao general Li Zaifeng paused his head, and the noble man from the king's army was favored. At that time, we were originally a close confidant of the King of Zhao, Li Shishang, but because the superiors advised the killing of the treacherous Shi Ximeng with military advice, the King of Zhao wanted to clean up and harm our guards, and the rebel minister Zhang Wenli took the opportunity to incite us. We had to help the thieves lead troops to seize the throne, which was also for the sake of protecting ourselves.
How could Zhang Wenli kill King Zhao and then baptized the palace, not only led troops to resist the King's Army, but also was vicious and cruel, and he often killed generals, soldiers and soldiers. The people in the city had already caused resentment from heaven and others.
I regretted it, but I was just being held by the thief before and fought against the king's army, all because of the situation. I hoped to go to the court to Kuanxu. I hoped to ask the king's army to send troops tonight. At three o'clock in the hour of Hai, I sneaked to the north corner of the east gate of Zhending. I had already agreed with my soldiers to help climb the city at night (according to the "Old History of the Five Dynasties, Later Tang Dynasty, Biography 14": On that night, Zhao General Li Zaifeng's son rushed to join the king's army to pick up the king's army, so the troops climbed the city), and helped the king's army to fight Zhang Wenli and a group of thieves, hoping to make meritorious contributions.
Chapter completed!