Chapter 556 Jingxing Blood Case

Thirty thousand Youzhou iron cavalry galloped rapidly in the dark, like wolves on the grassland chasing their prey, with figures shaking, speeding like lightning, yellow dust rolling, and horse hooves shaking the sky and the earth, as if turning the earth over.

There has always been a saying in the army of the Tang Dynasty, called "East Iron Cavalry, Ximo Dao", which refers to the two most powerful armies of the Tang Empire. Ximo Dao refers to the Anxi Mo Dao Army, and the East Iron Cavalry refers to the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, which is the most elite cavalry in the Fanyang Army.

The reason why these two armies are called the world's number one is that they are inseparable from the region they are in Anxi. Most of these Hu people are tall and strong, suitable for using long-armed Modao. Fanyang has a large number of northern nomads who have grown up on horseback since childhood and have excellent horsemanship. From them, the best riders can be selected to form the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.

The Iron Cavalry in Youzhou was originally 20,000, but after several years of expansion by An Lushan, it has now reached 60,000, and his two powerful generals Shi Siming and Cai Xide were each commanded by 30,000.

The one who came to Jingxing today was the 30,000 Youzhou cavalry commanded by Shi Siming. They set out from Youzhou and ran hundreds of miles. Ten miles ahead was Tumen Pass.

Shi Siming was running all the way forward. In the night, he tried his best to look ahead. Halfway through, he already knew that a group of rebels had gone to Jingxing. He was faster and he had to intercept these rebels. In Shi Siming's view, these farmers who fled Hebei were rebels.

Shi Siming's eyes were full of murderous intent. No matter what the reason for betrayed them, he deserved to be punished. He waved his sword and shouted fiercely: "Start up and catch up with the traitor and kill him!"

Thirty thousand cavalry speeded up and rushed towards Tumen Pass like lightning.

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Outside Tumen Pass, tens of thousands of immigrants were still swarming into the pass, and no one realized that the God of Death was moving closer to them step by step. The Jiang clan and the Mu clan were clutching together again by chance. They were hostile to each other, but no one dared to cause trouble again. Yan Zhenqing had already entered the pass to take care of the immigrants in front, while Yan Gaoqing and the chief minister Yuan Luqian were maintaining order at the city gate with the yamen runners.

"Premier Yan! Chief Yuan!" Someone was calling them, his voice was quite anxious. Yan Gaoqing looked up and saw that Yu Fang, the captain on the top of the city, was waving to him, his eyes full of panic.

Yan Gaoqing is very familiar with this captain Yu Fang. He always smiles relaxedly and his tone is cynical. Now he is not only anxious but also a look of fear in his eyes. This makes Yan Gaoqing stunned and said to Yuan Luqian: "Continue to take care of the immigration, I'll go and take a look!"

He urged him to come forward, came under the city wall, raised his head and smiled, "Person Yu, what happened?"

"Premier Yan, Shi Siming's army has arrived. It will be here soon. You should enter the pass with Yuan Changshi, otherwise it will be too late."

Yu Fang's voice was very low, fearing that the people around him would hear it, but Yan Gaoqing was shocked. He suddenly turned around and looked into the distance. At the moment of turning back, yellow dust suddenly rolled in a few miles away, and murderous aura rose into the air. Yu Fang screamed in shock, "They, they are here!"

This sound was not suppressed, and many people heard it. The people who were queuing up to enter the customs looked back and saw small black dots appearing under the moonlight several miles away.

Everyone was stunned and silent for a moment. There was a sudden chaos in front of Tumen Pass, and people rushed to Guanzhong, "Escape quickly! An Lushan is here."

Hysterically terrified, crowded, pushed, trampled.

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The cry of the child and the screams of the old man made the door chaotic. The chief secretary Yuan Luqian tried his best to maintain order, "Don't be messed up, you can do nothing, people can get in first!"

His voice was hoarse, but it didn't work. A crowd came in a crowd, his horse was squeezed over, Yuan Luqian was overturned to the ground, his forehead was hitting a stone, and blood suddenly flowed and he fainted.

Two yamen runners hurriedly stepped forward to support him and shouted to Yan Gaoqing: "Premier Yan, Changshi Yuan is injured."

At this time, Yan Gaoqing was so angry that he could no longer care about Yuan Luqian, so he said to the two yamen runners, "You can carry Yuan Changshi into the pass, I'll go back and take a look."

He rode his horse toward the last team. The two yamen runners had no choice but to carry Yuan Luqian and run into the city. At this time, Yu Fang had already made the city gate open completely, and hundreds of defenders also left the city to help the people, removed the grocery carts, picked up the children, and supported the elderly, and just let the people go into the city, and the speed of letting them go into the city was accelerated.

Yan Gaoqing ran wildly all the way toward the team at the end. After crossing a short hill, he suddenly stopped the war horse and closed his eyes in pain.

Shi Siming's cavalry had already covered up and rushed into the immigration team. Crying sounds shook the sky and screams filled the fields. The immigrants were killed so that their heads rolled on the ground, their limbs were broken, their blood flowed into rivers, and their bodies were everywhere. The people were frightened and frightened. They ran from the official road to the wilderness and fled in all directions, but Shi Siming's cavalry did not let anyone go. They chased and slashed. The white-haired old man kowtowed to them and begged for his life, but his head was chopped off with a knife. The pregnant woman was not running fast, and was penetrated by the cavalry with a spear from the back, and nailed to the ground with a fetus in her belly.

The child was held in his arms by his grandmother and was killed by a knife. The man leading the ox cart was extremely sad and angry. He stepped forward and fought desperately, but was stabbed to death by the ox cart. His eyes were open and he died with his eyes open.

Shi Siming waved his sword and laughed wildly at the sky, "Those who follow me live, those who betray me die!"

"Kill! Kill everyone and judge the merits by the head."

The poor people immigrated west with hope, but were ruthlessly killed by An Lushan's army. The killing lasted for more than half an hour. When Yan Gaoqing fled into Tumen Pass with the last little girl, the city gate finally slowly closed. The home abandoned by the Iron Cavalry of Youzhou was blocked by the immigrants and it was difficult to hit the city gate. However, at this time, nearly 4,000 families outside Tumen Pass were wiped out, and more than 25,000 people were killed. In front of Tumen Pass, the bloody and pungent bodies were piled up, and it turned into a hell slaughterhouse.

Tumen Pass was the pass, and ten thousand men could not open. Shi Siming's cavalry did not bring siege weapons and was difficult to attack. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, he rushed to the front of the pass with a war horse and shouted sternly: "Call the prefect Yan to come out and see me!"

Yan Gaoqing stood on the top of the city. He stared at Shi Siming with anger, pointed at him and cursed: "Shi Siming, if you kill innocent people indiscriminately, the sky will not spare you. Sooner or later, you will die without a place to die!"

"snort!"

Shi Siming snorted heavily and said, "Yan Gaoqing, I won't be quarrel with you. I will only warn you not to overdo it. From now on, one more person defects, I will kill one person, ten people defect, I will kill ten people, and I will slaughter all the people in the state!"

He waved his hand and said, "Retreat!"

Thirty thousand cavalry turned around and left, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and in a moment they left, disappearing into the night, and the night breeze blew on the pass, everyone looked at the tragic phenomenon outside the pass with great grief and anger. After a long time, the gate of Tumen Pass opened again, and thousands of people ran out of the pass, crying to find their killed relatives.

Yu Fang punched the battlement hard, and he felt extremely guilty for his incompetence. At this time, Yan Gaoqing walked up to him and said, "The general has only 500 people. How could it be the opponent of Shi Zhe tens of thousands of cavalry? The general has tried his best. After all, most of the people have escaped into the pass. Now the most urgent task is to notify General Guo and let him know about the massacre in Jingxing. I am very worried that Shi Siming will go south and kill people again."

Yu Fang nodded and said, "I know, I'll send a letter now!"

He turned around and went down the city. Yan Gaoqing looked back at the Shura slaughterhouse in the distance, with a look of perseverance in his eyes. He had to return to Zhending County immediately and continue to organize immigration. Shi Siming's cruel killing further aroused his determination to organize the people to escape from Hebei.

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The Jingxing bloody case spread throughout Hebei within two days. The bloody killings really shocked many timid and fearful farmers. Many farmers who were already preparing to immigrate gave up the idea of ​​going west and picked up hoes to farm for Anlushan. However, the southern prefectures and counties accelerated their escape. Many people did not go to Hexi, but went to Dezhou to cross the Yellow River, head south to Henan Road, and fled to Jianghuai and Jiangnan.

At this time, Guo Ziyi's 100,000 army entered Xiangzhou and advanced to Weizhou. The 50,000 Cai Xide's army stationed in Weizhou under the pretext of training was unrealistic to cross the river to support Xu Shuyi, so they sent someone to report to An Lushan. An Lushan immediately approved Cai Xide's plan to give up his support to Xu Shuyi and the army withdrew back to Youzhou.

As Cai Xide's army retreated northward, Huazhou completely lost support. Li Qing'an's army began to march towards Huazhou. Li Guangbi and Li Sheng surrounded Xu Shuyi from the south and southwest to cut off the possibility of Xu Shuyi's incoming Jianghuai Li Lin in the southward. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Xu Shuyi officially surrendered to Li Qing'an. At this point, the entire Henan Road was occupied by the Anxi Army.

As time went by, the situation in the whole world gradually became clear. South of the Huai River, Li Heng's army retreated to Yiling, Xiazhou, which is today's Yichang area in Hubei, and continued to maintain its pressure on Xiangyang. Li Lin, Yangzhou, also made an important move, abandoned Yangzhou, withdrew the Wu Palace and his 100,000 troops south of the Yangtze River, and rebuilt the royal palace in Changzhou. Both hostile sides in the south were temporarily maintaining a balanced situation.

After the massacre of Jingxing in the north, An Lushan did not continue to go south to massacre immigrants in other prefectures and counties. On the one hand, he achieved the purpose of deterrence, and the number and scale of immigrants were greatly reduced. On the other hand, he was not ready for war. The army promised by the main Xi people and some Turkic tribes had not been fully in place, so he did not want Guo Ziyi to formally confront him for the time being, and he was stepping up his final war preparations.

Guo Ziyi, in accordance with Li Qing'an's strategic deployment, stationed a 100,000 army in Xiangzhou and began to use a compulsory method. The people from the six prefectures, including Generals, Bo, Ming, Bei, Wei, and Wei, evacuated the Hedong Road and Henan Road.

At this time, Li Qing'an requested the Political Affairs Hall, and appointed Deputy General Cheng Qianli of Guo Ziyi as the governor of the prime minister of Wei Jie and deputy marshal of the Northern Army, leading 50,000 troops to guard Xiangzhou and Weizhou, while Guo Ziyi retreated to Hedong. Together with Lei Wanchun's 20,000 troops, a total of 100,000 troops stationed in Hedong, and began to transform tens of thousands of militia groups in Hedong into formal troops.

At the same time, Li Guangbi was appointed as the governor of Henan Road, the marshal of the Central Army, Li Sheng was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Central Army, and the deputy marshal of the Central Army, commanding a 130,000 army to guard Henan Road.

Li Qing'an returned to Chang'an. At this time, the second batch of elite troops in Anxi totaled 80,000 and 40,000 cavalry in Hexi arrived in Guanzhong under the leadership of Li Siye, deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedushi and Li Fei Shouyu, deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedushi. With the army of Henan Road, Li Qing'an had an army of 400,000, and Guo Ziyi's 130,000 troops, the imperial army had a total of more than 500,000, which was on par with An Lushan's army.

The two sides continued to confront each other, and both sides were also accelerating their preparations for war at the same time. This was a kind of silence full of murderous intent, and the dark clouds of the war gradually began to gather over the Tang Dynasty.

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Chapter completed!