Chapter 796: Not Giving Up Until I See the Yellow River
Master Tong's fingers were slightly curled up, his pupils were dilated, and his voice was trembling. It was unclear whether he was persuading Su Xuanming or himself.
"If they really massacred Kyoto, how cruel and outrageous would that be? I have never heard of it..."
Su Xuanming said solemnly: "Have you forgotten the old events in Chang'an in the previous dynasty?"
When Huang Chao attacked Chang'an City, the people of Chang'an lined the streets to welcome him enthusiastically.
Shang Rang, deputy commander of the rebel army, said to the people who came to watch: "We started the army just to let you live and work in peace, so we will never invade you."
In fact, in the first three days, Huang Chao's army did it, and they even gave a lot of money to the poor and helpless people in Chang'an City.
Unfortunately, this peace lasted only three days. Huang Chao's army burned, killed and looted, first killing the royal family of Li Tang, then the nobles, then the well-off families, and finally the civilians who had nothing.
There are naturally many reasons for this.
But it is undeniable that the magnificent capital city of Chang'an was massacred!
Master Tong instinctively did not want to confirm this guess, so he said, "The situation is different. At that time, Emperor Xizong took the lead and fled Chang'an."
Su Xuanming looked straight at Master Tong and said calmly, "To be fair, if the situation in Kyoto is not good, are you sure that the emperor will not abandon Kyoto and flee like Emperor Xizong did?"
Master Tong’s silence was deafening.
He argued in a hoarse voice: "Back then, Huang Chao's army massacred the city because Chang'an City could not afford to support their army of hundreds of thousands."
Su Xuanming: "Chang'an City relies on transfusions from various vassal states for food and fodder. Is it the same for Kyoto?"
They are all large and populous cities, and the output of surrounding farmland alone cannot support the city's population.
Master Tong: "When Huang Chao fought, he avoided the strong and attacked the weak. He never had a real territory."
Su Xuanming said dimly, "Fang La did conquer a lot of territory, but all of it was severely damaged, and nine out of ten houses were empty."
Without the ability to rebuild, it is better not to fight to capture these territories.
Master Tong was speechless.
Past mistakes are lessons for the future.
The tragedy in Chang'an happened only a few hundred years ago, but the records of it are still there in books.
Su Xuanming's last words made Master Tong make up his mind: "Every child who enters school has been asked by the teacher why they study. My initial thought was that I didn't want to study, but my mother forced me to study. Later, I thought about passing the imperial examinations and impressing all those who looked down on me."
Thinking of his youthful years, Su Xuanming's expression softened: "Later, I wanted to seek knowledge from books and find solutions from history books."
What is a prosperous age? How does a prosperous age become a prosperous age? How can a prosperous age be immortal?
Su Xuanming sighed and said, "I didn't find the answer, so I wrote to my mother. My mother said that if we just talk but don't do anything, there will be no answer. Only by doing it can we know whether this path is feasible. If it is not feasible, we can eliminate a wrong answer for future generations to seek."
"Master Tong, what about you?"
"Me?" Master Tong looked blank, "I forgot about it a long time ago."
Having said that, the next day, Grand Tutor Tong wore his newest official uniform and went to court in the most formal manner.
At the grand court meeting, Grand Tutor Tong cited classics and argued logically for marching out of the city to attack.
People from Grand Tutor Tong’s faction naturally followed closely.
For a moment, everyone seemed to see across time and space the high-spirited and successful young top scholar!
When the civil officials opened fire, the military officers dared not say a word.
Seeing that the voices in the court were becoming more and more consistent, the Emperor of the Great Zhou suddenly had an idea and fainted!
The emperor was dizzy, so it was naturally impossible for him to make a decision on the matter.
Master Tong was so angry that he was incoherent: "Pretending to faint! He must be pretending to faint."
He had been sitting on the throne for so long, and had not learned any other skills, but he was very skilled in Tai Chi.
"Master Tong, are you pretending to be unconscious? We don't have the final say."
As the saying goes, the first push is the best, the second push is weaker and the final push is exhaustion.
In every subsequent court meeting, whenever the matter of leaving the city was mentioned, the emperor would pretend to faint.
Afterwards, no one mentioned the matter anymore.
But some things will not happen even if you don’t mention them or think about them.
Outside the city of Kyoto, there were flags everywhere.
After a burst of military drums, the first wave of exploratory attacks by Fang La's rebel army began.
The dense crowds of people were driven forward, wailing and wailing.
The civil officials, who had originally thought that the moat alone could stop the rebels, finally realized how the rebels planned to cross the river.
They actually planned to fill the moat, which was twenty or thirty feet wide, with the bodies of innocent civilians!
This exploratory attack shattered the fantasies of many officials who had never been on the battlefield.
In their hearts, war is bloody, romantic, heroic and grand.
They will stand on the city walls, waving swords, speaking passionately, leaving a mark in history books, and even have their own poems.
In fact, when they saw the dark masses of soldiers like dark clouds attacking on the horizon, their armor and weapons were stained with blood and flesh.
Rounds of rain of arrows pierced the chests of innocent civilians.
The spring rain comes down like thunder.
The rain washed away the bloodstains on the ground, forming red streams that spread across the land and finally converged into the moat.
This scene vividly and vividly interprets the four words "mountains of corpses and seas of blood".
"vomit!"
The officials vomited.
Some people were trembling and sat down on the city wall.
Their eyes were full of fear and anxiety. It turned out that this was what real war was like.
Death is the norm, heroes are the exception.
Only then did they truly understand why Duke Yun, who had fought through countless tough battles, was madly loved by the Yunzhou border troops!
Because she can lead everyone to survive the battlefield and have the last laugh.
Su Xuanming clasped the bricks of the city wall tightly with both hands, his heart trembling with fear, and every cell in his body was clamoring to leave here and not look anymore.
But Su Xuanming still forced himself, opened his eyes wide, and watched this wave of tentative attacks carefully.
"Don't be afraid, Su Xuanming, you are my mother's son." Su Xuanming said to himself silently, "The army under the city wall is a chaotic one, not as brutal as the Tartars. Your mother, brothers and sisters all survived such a battlefield."
The siege equipment of Fang La's rebel army could not compare with that of Yunzhou. They only had a small number of arrow towers and siege vehicles, and even catapults, which were very few in number.
These precious instruments were covered with tarpaulins, and it was not time for them to appear yet.
The rebel army had few weapons, but many worthless lives.
The people who were forced to run forward kept falling down, and the people behind them stepped on their bodies or corpses to continue moving forward.
There are rain of arrows in front and blades behind.
They had no choice but to keep running forward, trying to reach the moat, jump in, swim across, and then knock on the heavy, thick city gate.
He tried to exchange his humble life for a chance to open the door.
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