"Kill, drive the traitor out of the city!"

The sound of killing on the city wall shook the sky, and there was a rare mess below. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis time, it seems that the original rules of response can no longer effectively maintain the morale of the defenders of the city and fight bravely against the enemy.

"I heard that Doctor Qin is going to die, in the future, who will be able to lead us to kill traitors in the future?"

In addition to the voices of the determined thieves, there are also many people who are greatly discouraged because they feel that the road ahead is hopeless, and they are unwilling to deal with the rebels besieging the city to the end.

"Didn't Doctor Yu Shi appoint General Guo to be in charge of commanding and promoting? General Guo is also the ...... among the dragons and phoenixes."

"At such a time, do you still have the heart to quarrel, if all the rebels come to the city, none of us will live to see the sun tomorrow!"

Quarrelling, hesitating, resolute, and dying, all kinds of emotions are intertwined and entangled, like a long snake stirring the nerves of the defenders of the far gate.

This has always been the main direction of attack of the rebels, so the defenders here have rich combat experience, but unfortunately the people's hearts suddenly dispersed, and the combat efficiency immediately plummeted.

In just half an hour, several sections of the city wall were controlled by the rebels. However, controlling several sections of the city wall still did not pose a fatal threat to the defense of Chang'an, and the rebels tried to consolidate the results on the city wall, and waited until there were enough people to climb the city, and then fought hard to capture the open gate, and only by leaving the city gate open could it be considered a fatal blow.

I saw that the rebels kept piling up corpses on the road, trying to prevent the Tang army from regaining the lost sections of the city wall, and at the same time dividing and outflanking the Tang army trapped in it, so that the occupied sections of the city wall could be connected.

When Qin Jin arrived at Kaiyuan Gate with Wuhu Huaizhong, the battle on the city wall had really reached a dangerous moment. Even he himself did not expect that the rebels would attack in one go, and they had the momentum to break through the city.

Without thinking much about it, Qin Jin immediately led hundreds of followers to kill him, and at the same time ordered the united troops in the city to come to assist in the defense. Such a large-scale dispatch has never been done in the past month or so.

The addition of the new force stopped the defenders of the city from retreating, Qin Jin had long been unable to care about the principle of not being in danger easily, and was the first to rush forward, the horizontal knife in his hand and the gold and iron slashed, cutting the flesh and skin, and the hot blood splashed his face.

His heart was beating faster, his brain was excited, except for the constant chopping and chopping. The guards were frightened, in order to ensure Qin Jin's safety to the greatest extent, they could only rush further than Qin Jin, and they were even more desperate.

"Yes, it's Dr. Yushi, I'm not mistaken, right?"

Someone finally discovered that the reinforcements were not ordinary defenders, and the armor of all the soldiers was in the style of the authentic forbidden army, and in Chang'an City, those who were qualified to wear the armor of the forbidden army, except for the Shenwu army, was the right guard in charge of the imperial city guard.

And it is impossible for the Imperial City Guards to come here to help defend the city, so only the Shenwu Army remains. There are not a few soldiers in the city who have seen Qin Jin, and after being reminded at this time, they immediately recognized it, and it was Qin Jin who fought with the traitors at this time.

The morale of the defenders was steep and blazing, and the tide that swept back on the stone wall swept over again, and the rebels were caught off guard, and the formation was suddenly in chaos.

Rao so, the rebels quickly stabilized their position, and it was not easy for the Tang army to recapture the city wall occupied by the rebels.

After all, Qin Jin was in poor health, and after the initial momentum passed, he immediately felt that his physical strength was exhausted, and the horizontal knife in his hand was as heavy as a thousand catties, and every swing and chop seemed to consume the strength of his whole body. However, he could only tell himself that he had to grit his teeth and persevere to the end, and if he withdrew, why should he expect the soldiers around him to go up and fight hard?

For the first time, Qin Jin's personal guards suffered a large number of casualties, and this time the total number of people he brought with him was about two hundred, but in this short quarter of an hour, more than fifty people were killed and wounded.

The city wall is very wide, even if a dozen war horses ride side by side, it will not feel crowded, two hundred people are only responsible for the safety of Qin and Jin, and the rest are played by the defenders, squeezing the space of the rebels on the city wall one after another. Soon, however, the tide was reversed, and as the rebels climbed the walls in more and more numbers, they began to fight back rhythmically.

Suddenly, someone suddenly discovered that many rebels had fallen straight into the city with ropes, trying to seize control of Kaiyuanmen.

"It's not good, the rebels want to take the city gates!"

There are also many people in the city who are responsible for protecting the city gates, but under the sudden blow, they are a little difficult to support. In a desperate move, a battalion of united soldiers arrived in time and joined forces with the defenders to kill all the rebels who had raided the city.

The news of the danger of the battle at Kaiyuanmen soon spread to the Taiji Palace, and there was a scarlet-robed official kneeling in front of Li Heng, who was shocked to learn that the city wall had been occupied by the rebels, and he couldn't care about the crimson-robed official kneeling in front of him.

"Quick, Xuan Li Mi, Xuan Chen Xilie, Xuan Qin and Jin ......"

He said the names of seven or eight important ministers in one go, but he was stunned for a moment and said:

"Chen Xilie doesn't need to, go to Xuanyi, what are you doing in a daze?"

Li Heng's face was bloodless, his voice was hoarse, and he reprimanded the eunuch who was slow to react.

The eunuchs standing in the palace were all spoiled by Li Heng's sudden attack, and in their impressions, Li Heng was definitely a gentle and easy-going person, but they didn't expect that there would be such a loud time.

The eunuchs did not dare to delay for a moment, and ran out of the smoke and announced their own edicts.

Li Heng pondered for a while, then sat back on the imperial couch, then raised his eyes to stare at the scarlet-robed official who was still kneeling on the ground, and asked through gritted teeth:

"Is what you just said true?"

The tone of the scarlet-robed official was categorical.

"Chen Xilie's personal ** on behalf of his subordinates, there is no half-sentence falsehood, the ministers know that they are guilty, please punish Your Majesty!"

Li Heng smiled bitterly.

"You are indeed guilty, and I will punish you, but the top priority now is to defend Chang'an City. Otherwise, even if I punish you, what's the point?"

The scarlet-robed official didn't dare to answer, so he had to kowtow to the ground, not daring to raise his head for a long time.

At this time, Li Fuguo roared into the hall.

"Saints, saints, the mutiny of the private solidarity soldiers in the south of the city has subsided, and everyone is safe!"

This is finally good news, Li Fuguo is clearly saying that King Guangping is safe and sound, and his body involuntarily relaxes, but the whole person seems to have collapsed, sore and weak.

"Who quelled the mutiny?"

Li Fuguo paused before saying:

"It's the Imperial Doctor, who personally led people to quell the mutiny, and no one was injured!"

After that, Li Fuguo recognized the scarlet-robed official kneeling in the hall, who was Zhang Yan, the son of Zhang Shuo, the prime minister of the Three Dynasties, who had been in close collusion with Chen Xilie for several days. What is he doing here? A sudden question arose in his heart, and Li Fuguo suddenly trembled, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

But at this moment, the Son of Heaven was in front of him, and he could only stare dryly, without any chance or room to trade with this despicable villain.

Li Heng pointed at Zhang Yan and said to Li Fuguo:

"Zhang Yan confessed that the chaos in the city was all because of rumors, and the rumors were deliberately spread by Chen Xilie, have you ever heard of it?"

The Son of Heaven asked so bluntly, it really made Li Fuguo embarrassed, this may be a temptation, or it may be the truth. But what kind of mind did the Son of Heaven have to ask this, and he could only block it.

"Back to the saint, the slave doesn't know, but the rumors in the city have also heard it, and I didn't think that it was actually Chen Xianggong's instructions!"

As soon as Li Fuguo's words fell, Li Heng casually threw out a book of 10,000 words and landed directly in front of him.

"Take a look, the joint concert of the hundred officials. ”

Seeing this, Li Fuguo's back was completely wet with cold sweat, but fortunately, his bet was right, the Son of Heaven didn't know that he was also involved, so he leaned over and picked up the book of ten thousand words, and when he opened it, he gasped. This is actually a joint petition by hundreds of officials to invite the Son of Heaven, with Chen Xilie as the prime minister, to open the government and lead the country's affairs!

Li Fuguo was shocked, but also felt funny, Chen Xilie is crazy?

The Tang Dynasty has long been different from the prime ministers of the Qin and Han dynasties. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the prime minister was the sole minister, the governor of the opening government was in charge of state affairs, officials were appointed and dismissed, and all government decrees were issued by the prime minister's office. The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was nameless, and according to the custom, the governor of the three provinces was crowned with the three products under the Tongzhongshu Sect, or the Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhongshu Sect with a lower rank as the prime minister.

Moreover, the governors of the three provinces, such as the Zhongshu Order of Zhongshu Province and the servant of the Menxia Province, are only three-grade officials. As a result, the position of the prime minister has weakened many times compared to the Qin and Han dynasties. If the prime minister wants to open the government and lead the state like he did in the Qin and Han dynasties, it is equivalent to overriding the three provinces and overthrowing the emperor, I am afraid that it is no different from rebellion.

Li Fuguo weighed the joint book in his hand, and felt that it was weighing a thousand pounds. Chen Xilie, Chen Xilie, you are looking for death yourself, don't blame Li for falling into the well.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Fuguo fell to his knees and said loudly:

"Sage, Chen Xilie deserves to be punished for his crimes!"

Li Heng's dark color was complicated, and he didn't say a word for a long time, but after all, he sighed, came to Li Fuguo, took the joint letter, got up and came to the candlestick, put it on the flame, and in an instant there was a fluttering flame.

Li Fuguo was shocked when he saw this, and lost his voice:

"Saints, never!"

The joint letter is evidence that Chen Xilie was put to death, and if it is burned, won't it be a cheap old fellow for nothing? After all, in terms of power, it is much better to have one less person than one more.

Li Heng ignored it, and only waited for the ashes to scatter on the ground before he said slowly:

"In an eventful autumn, I can't bear to punish the important ministers, and in vain I will ruin people's hearts, for the sake of Chen Xilie's service to the first emperor for many years, let him be a minister!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Li Fuguo was unwilling, but even Zhang Yan, who had been kneeling, trembled. If Chen Xilie easily escaped this catastrophe, if he turned over one day, how would he let him go?

However, after all, Zhang Yan is soft-spoken, how can the Son of Heaven let him get his wish!