Chapter 724: The Emperor's Mandate (7)
The battle on this side of the East Palace has reached the last moment, the entire wall defense of the East Palace has been breached, Zhang Jin led the last less than 2,000 soldiers, retreated to the East Palace, stubbornly resisted to the end, and swore not to surrender.
Hengshan King Zhao Ke and Yulin Wei General Changsun Wuyang led the charge, which greatly boosted the morale of the whole army, after the final general attack, finally broke through the defense of the East Palace, Zhao Ke died on the spot in the charge, Changsun Wuyang was lucky to survive, but his left eye was also in the fierce battle, completely scrapped.
The eldest grandson Wuyang has fallen into madness, no matter what the ending of tonight is, his life will come to an end, Zhao He has a secret in his hands, once this secret breaks out, not only his eldest grandson Wuyang will die, but the entire family will also be implicated and a huge disaster, so the eldest grandson Wuyang has no choice but to sacrifice himself and save the entire family.
"Kill, kill me, don't leave one, haha."
The eldest grandson Wuyang's face was covered with blood, and his hideous face became extremely distorted because of the severe pain in his left eye, he waved the sword in his hand without purpose, laughing wildly, and the soldiers obeyed the order, while continuing to attack Zhang Jin and other last resistance forces, while carrying out a brutal massacre of the palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace.
At this critical juncture, Li Xun led nearly 7,000 soldiers and finally rushed to the East Palace.
The situation is changing, of course, the plan must also change, Li Xun's initial plan is just to use the periphery of the East Palace to attract part of the forbidden army as much as possible, reduce the defensive pressure of the East Palace, and then hold on, waiting for the arrival of Li Zhong's follow-up reinforcements, but now, the East Palace has been breached, and the life and death of the crown prince Zhao Xun are uncertain, and at this time, according to the previous plan, it is undoubtedly to sit and watch Zhao Xun die.
"The East Palace has been breached."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may have been killed."
When the officers and men of the whole army saw that the East Palace was broken, their morale was suddenly weakened, and the fierce advance spirit that had just gathered was rapidly dissipating.
Li Xun is also pale and mentally confused, if the prince is killed, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to his politics or life, and emotionally speaking, the palace is in chaos, his aunt Li Yi is nowhere to be found, he doesn't know life and death, if Zhao Xun is also dead, his relatives in this world are really few.
At the critical moment, his wrinkled mind was more stable and clear, and he said to Li Xun in a deep voice: "General Li, the shouting and killing sounds in the East Palace are clearly audible, the battle is not over yet, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may still be alive." ”
Hearing this, Li Xun quickly stabilized his mind and raised his eyes to see, sure enough, although the city wall of the East Palace had been broken and occupied by Zhao He's rebels, the shouts of killing inside were still loud, which showed that the defenders of the East Palace were not completely wiped out, and they were still resisting to the death.
Thinking of this, Li Xun was in high spirits, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, have you ever heard the sound of fighting in the East Palace, the battle is not over yet, this is the signal sent to us by His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Kill."
Li Xun shouted loudly and gave the order to attack.
Li Xun led the charge, led 7,000 soldiers, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Zhao He's rebels from behind.
Li Xun said this in order to inspire the confidence of the soldiers of the whole army, but it was so accidental, the reason why the shouting and killing in the East Palace was so loud was indeed intentional by someone, this person was called Wang Chengzong, and he was a captain.
Because of the case of Ipsulan, on the way back to Fengjing, Wang Chengzong once led his wife Ipsulan to visit Li Xun, and the two met several times.
Although Wang Chengzong is a Han Chinese, but under the rule of the Dashi Empire for hundreds of years, it has been completely alienated, the whole clan believes in Tianlan Religion, in the period when Li Xun ruled the western part of Longyou, because of the early run-in and other factors, Tianlan Sect once broke out a big riot, and finally was suppressed by Li Xun with an iron fist, in this war, Wang Chengzong's father, brothers and sisters and more than 20 relatives were killed, but his wife Yipu Sulan was rescued by Li Xun, the two had both great hatred and great kindness, plus Wang Chengzong enlisted in the army, Li Xun did not treat him specially, the rewards and punishments were fair, and after the suppression of the Tianlan Sect riot, the many promises made were also fulfilled one by one in the next two years, and all these things, Wang Chengzong's mood began to become very complicated, for Li Xun, he didn't know whether to be grateful or continue to hate.
Zhang Jin rushed to Wang Chengzong's approach and shouted loudly: "Are you crazy, you have the strength to shout here, it is better to leave this strength to the enemy." ”
Facing the siege of many enemies around him, and the fierce battle for several hours, Wang Chengzong was covered in blood, and there was a tiredness on his face that could not be concealed, but his eyes were still resolute and his expression was still calm.
Wang Chengzong grinned and said: "Just make preparations in advance, if Li Xun leads the army to arrive, if they see that the forbidden army has broken through the East Palace, they will definitely think that the prince has been killed, in this way, the morale of the whole army will inevitably plummet, maybe they will protect themselves and choose to retreat and leave, I let my soldiers shout loudly, one is to boost morale, and then to spread the voice, no matter who comes, as long as they hear that there is still movement on the side of the East Palace, they will understand that the battle is not over, and the prince is not dead." ”
"You kid has a kind of laughter at this time."
Zhang Jin patted Wang Chengzong's shoulder heavily, laughed and said, his heart was full of admiration for him, this person is a man who is not afraid of death.
At the same time, Wang Chengzong's words also woke up Zhang Jin, as long as the prince is alive, the battle will not end, and at this time, either Li Xun or other people's reinforcements are likely to come at any time, and at that time, things will take a turn for the better.
Zhang Jin immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, you must hold on, our reinforcements have arrived, keep the prince, and everyone will have a share in the glory and wealth." ”
Zhang Jin has a bold personality, stresses righteousness, and attaches great importance to feelings, such a person is naturally worthy of trust, so when his words came out, everyone did not have the slightest doubt, and really thought that the reinforcements had arrived, and suddenly their spirits were greatly boosted, and the original despair on everyone's faces was immediately replaced by extreme excitement, all the fatigue and negative emotions were all swept away, and the movements in everyone's hands suddenly became violent, Zhang Jin took this opportunity to lead more than 1,000 people to carry out a counterattack, and actually knocked thousands of forbidden soldiers out of the inner hall of the East Palace.
Zhao Bolin's face was extremely ugly, his heart was sad and indignant, and he roared in a low voice: "A group of wastes, occupying an absolute advantage, has not been able to take the crown prince Zhao Xun for a long time, and has been delayed here for more than three hours in vain, and has missed our major event!" ”
"No wonder they, Yu Linwei has lived in the imperial city for a long time, and he doesn't fight, there are many children of families in the forbidden army, and when it comes to a critical moment, how can they be expected to fight to the death for it?"
After Zhao He said these words silently, he looked up at the sky, a trace of white light appeared faintly in the sky, it was almost dawn, at this moment, Zhao He suddenly had a strong premonition, in this fateful struggle, he was afraid that he would become a loser.
It was also at this time that behind Zhao He, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing.