Yin Ziqi's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes flashed coldly from time to time.
He knew his situation very well.
Everyone else in the tent could evacuate, but he could not.
He thought he had the largest number of troops, with nearly 300,000 people. , so many people only have two days of food and grass.
How to evacuate?
I'm afraid that there will be troubles before they evacuate to Xuchang and Suiyang areas.
They all collapsed without food and grass.
The other generals didn't have many troops.
They could just plunder a county or a city along the way to get some food until they found a place to stay.
But he couldn't.
The food and grass needed by 300,000 horses was not one.
The amount is small.
Even if an entire county is plundered, the food obtained will not last for a day.
Yin Ziqi thought for a long time, stood up and said to everyone: "Well, if you think about it carefully, you must be able to come up with a proper solution.
I will go to the toilet first, and when I come back, we will continue our discussion.
Today we must Let’s discuss a solution.”
Everyone didn't doubt his presence, and started talking about him after he left.
After Yin Ziqi left the tent, he immediately called in some of his confidants Li Huaixian, Yang Zongwang, Linghu Chao and others, and said, "You must have heard the news of Luoyang City's surrender to Li Tang.
Now An Taiqing, Niu Tingjie, Tian Qian Zhen and some other generals believed that the battle could not be fought and wanted to retreat to Xuchang, Suiyang and Bianzhou.
Rest and recuperate.
They can withdraw because they don’t have many soldiers.
They can solve the food and grass problem by looting along the way.
But we are different.
We have nearly 300,000 people.
We don’t have enough food and grass to support our return.
In the Xuchang and Suiyang areas, the army will collapse on the road because of lack of food and grass, so we cannot withdraw."
Yin Ziqi's prestige in the hearts of his generals was still very high.
The generals all nodded, thinking that Yin Ziqi had considered it thoroughly.
Li Huaixian cupped his fists and asked: "Commander, you and I tell us what we should do.
Whatever the commander says, we will do it." " Several other people also agreed: "Yes, we will follow the commander."
Yin Ziqi's face was sullen and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He said coldly: "An Taiqing, Niu Tingjie, Tian Qianzhen and other people are not good enough to work with.
These people are not enough to succeed and are more than capable of ruining things.
I don't want them to take away the troops and weaken me."
It’s better to kill them all, gather their troops, and then divide our troops into two groups, with me leading the way.
Let our troops attack Hangu Pass according to the original plan.
On the other hand, Li Huaixian, you will take their troops to attack Luoyang.
As long as we succeed all the way, we can solve the food problem.
In addition, we can also send a team of troops to conquer the nearby counties.
After scraping everything, it shouldn’t be a big problem to find enough food and grass to last the army for ten days and a half.”
After hearing this, all the generals began to think about it.
After careful consideration, these people all felt that only Yin Qizhi's method was the best at this time.
It could not only gather troops and horses, not weaken the strength, but also solve the food problem, so everyone started to think about it. agree.
But Linghu Chao asked: "Commander, these people are also generals after all.
If we kill them today and the court investigates them in the future, how will we explain it?"
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Li Huaixian sneered and said: "Hey, An Qingxu can't even protect himself.
How can he still have the energy to care about us these days?
You can only talk when you have soldiers in your hands.
If you don't have soldiers in your hands, talking is like farting."
Linghu Chao nodded when he heard this: "Okay, let's do it."
Seeing that everyone had unified their opinions, Yin Ziqi immediately said to Li Huaixian and others: "Okay, in that case, hurry up and prepare a team of elite soldiers to quietly arrive outside the big tent.
With my order to throw a cup, you can rush into the big tent to secure the place."
Taiqing, Niu Tingjie and Tian Qianzhen were all killed."
Li Huaixian and others immediately clasped their fists and agreed: "Follow the order."
Everyone dispersed and went their separate ways, and Yin Ziqi quickly returned to the tent and continued to discuss with An Taiqing and others.
Everyone argued in the tent for a while.
Some people said that they should take a detour from the south to the Xuchang area, while others said that they should take a detour from the north to Xingyang.
Others said that they should simply divide all the food and separate with their own troops. act.
Yin Ziqi was so angry that he didn't bother to talk to these people anymore.
He picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp, then immediately threw the wine cup to the ground.
There was a "touch" sound.
Immediately afterwards, Li Huaixian, Yang Zongwang, Linghu Chao and others rushed into the tent with swords and a group of sharp-edged soldiers and cut down anyone on sight.
An Taiqing blocked Li Huaixian's knife and said in shock: "What do you want to do Yin Ziqi?
This is your person, what do you want to do?”
Yin Ziqi sneered and said: "What are you doing, you cowards?
Keeping you here can only hold you back.
Instead of letting you withdraw with your troops and weaken our army's strength, it's better for me to kill you, collect all your troops and then fight to the death with the Tang army."
Go ahead and kill me, leaving no one behind."
Yin Ziqi had a large number of people, and An Taiqing and others were killed.
They were single and weak, and were quickly chopped to the ground one by one.
There were corpses and severed limbs everywhere in the big tent, and blood splattered all over the big tent.
It's everywhere.
After killing An Taiqing, Tian Qianzhen, Niu Tingjie and others, Yin Ziqi immediately ordered: "Li Huaixian, you each take a group of people and go quickly to kill all their cronies and soldiers.
You must eradicate the roots."
Collect their soldiers and horses and kill them all if they resist."
"Take orders," the three of them said, holding their weapons and clasping their fists, and then left happily.
In just a short time, Yin Ziqi cleaned up all the cronies and soldiers of An Taiqing, Niu Tingjie, Tian Qianzhen and others, and their armies were also recruited.
Soldiers these days also bully the weak and fear the strong, and follow whoever has the biggest fist. mix.
That night, Yin Ziqi summoned Li Huaixian and other confidants to discuss the move.
Yin Ziqi said to everyone: "We don't have much food and grass.
Tomorrow we will divide our troops into three groups.
On the first group, I will lead my own troops to attack Hangu Pass, and Linghu Chao will follow me.
On the second group, Li Huaixian will lead his own troops and those recruited today.
A total of 100,000 people and horses went there To attack Luoyang City, I will only give you two days of food and grass.
You must capture the third route of Luoyang City within two days.
Yang Zongwang will lead 20,000 people to the surrounding areas to rob the army and plunder as much food as you can.
As soon as the food arrives, it will be shipped back quickly, do you understand?"
Everyone clasped their fists and said, "I understand."
"Okay, everyone, go back and rest early.
Tomorrow, we will cook at Mao and then lead our troops to set off at Chen."
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At Hangu Pass, the marshal of the Tang army camped.
Zhao Ziliang was wearing thick armor, a steel helmet with red tassels on his head, a red cloak on his shoulders, and holding a waist knife while observing the rebel camp fifteen miles away on the wall of Hanguguan.
Wang Can galloped over from the direction of the marshal's camp on a fast horse, hurriedly climbed the city wall and walked quickly to Zhao Ziliang and whispered: "Marshal, the matter in Luoyang City is done.
Now Gao Shang has brought the officials of Luoyang City with him.
General He and an army of 20,000 people announced their surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
The flag of the Tang Dynasty was hoisted on top of the city, the city gates were closed, and the supply of food and grass to the rebel army of 400,000 people was cut off.
We sneaked into the The rebels' detailed operations brought news that Yin Ziqi launched a mutiny in the military camp, killed An Taiqing, Tian Qianzhen, Niu Tingjie and others, and gathered their troops.
He decided to divide the troops into three groups to launch operations tomorrow, one group led by Yin Ziqi.
The main force of the rebel army attacked Hangu Pass, the second group led by Li Huaixian led 100,000 troops to attack Luoyang, and the other group led by Yang Zongwang led 20,000 people to plunder the surrounding counties to raise food and grass."
After hearing Wang Can's report, Zhao Ziliang touched his beard and sneered: "It seems that Yin Ziqi understands his situation very well.
He knows that he has too many troops and is unlikely to evacuate to a safe area, but others want to evacuate.
Yin Ziqi simply killed several other people and recruited their troops.
In this way, he alone had the final say in the 400,000-strong army.
On the one hand, the Chinese forces are fighting against me, and on the other hand, they are actively raising food and grass, hoping to survive this difficult period.
On our side, I am not worried that they will be able to break through Hangu Pass in a day or two.
I am worried about Li Huaixian's troops breaking through Luoyang.
Now that Luoyang has just surrendered, the hearts of the soldiers and people in the city are still unstable and cannot withstand the fierce attack of the army, so they summoned the generals to the marshal's camp to discuss matters."
"Yes, Marshal" Soon, military envoys, deputy envoys and others from all armies rushed to the marshal's camp in the dark.
The lights in the marshal's tent were brightly lit, and the oil lamps were burning loudly.
When everyone arrived, Zhao Ziliang asked Wang Can to give a brief briefing on the military situation.
After Wang Can introduced the military situation, Zhao Ziliang said: "The situation is like this.
Luoyang can no longer fall into the hands of the rebels, and Yang Zongwang cannot be allowed to plunder the surrounding counties.
Luoyang City and surrounding counties have experienced wars in recent years. , the people are miserable, so we cannot passively defend, we can only take the initiative and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop Yin Ziqi's main force will then use the power of victory to conquer Li Huaixian and Yang Zongwang.
They must move quickly to prevent them from harming the people and the city of Luoyang.
Tomorrow, 10,000 infantry will be left to guard Hangu Pass, and the other 100,000 horses will go out to welcome them.
Enemy, light a fire to make food at Mao hour, and go out to attack the enemy army at Chen hour.
Do you have the confidence to defeat the 300,000 rebels?"
The generals said loudly: "Yes" Zhao Ziliang said solemnly: "The voice is not loud enough, and the confidence seems not enough."
The generals shouted again: "Yes" In the eighteenth year of Tianbao, February 14th.
When the morning light appeared in the sky, both the Tang army and the Yan army started to light fires and cook food.
After breakfast, they organized their armies and set off.
There was a large open space in front of Hangu Pass.
After the Tang army came out of the pass, they immediately set up their formation in the open space in front of the pass. , the front, rear, left, center, and center were arranged according to the named positions, while the rangers, heavy cavalry, archers and marshal's escorts were all under the sole command of Zhao Ziliang, placed together with the Chinese army, ready to be dispatched into battle at any time.
When Yin Ziqi led a large group of troops to Hangu Pass, a sentinel from the front came to report that a hundred thousand troops of the Tang Army had come out to fight.
Yin Ziqi secretly said in his heart: "Okay, let Yin come and meet you, a famous general who is famous all over the world.
Let’s see what you can do to defeat my 300,000-strong army”: