After Long Zhi led the army to kill the Tang soldiers who were guarding the city gate, he immediately greeted the deputy general Sheng Yanshi and said, "General Sheng, you lead the army to guard the city gate." Ben will lead the army to the palace to capture Li Yuan's old thief alive! ”

Sheng Yanshi arched his hand and said with a slight smile: "The last general will help General Long to succeed!" ”

"Thank you, General Sheng, for his good words!" Long Zhi laughed, slapped his horse and went to the imperial city to kill.

"The Sui army has entered the city, the Sui army has entered the city!"

The only elite in Chang'an City is Li Yuan's Imperial Forest Army, but they are all stationed in the imperial city to protect Li Yuan's safety, and the thousands of garrisons in Outer Guocheng are recruits who have just been recruited a few months ago.

Ryuji led all the cavalry of the whole army, a total of more than 4,000 people, to expel the defeated soldiers, and slaughtered all the way to the imperial city along Suzaku Street, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, like thunder.

The sudden attack of the Sui army not only caught the defenders of Chang'an City by surprise, but also caused great panic among the people of Chang'an City. The originally bustling Suzaku Street changed in an instant, and countless people carried baskets and belongings on their backs, only hating their parents for missing two legs, and fled to their homes as if they were flying.

Dense crowds crowded each other to block the road, and some Tang army defeated soldiers and ruffians mixed in to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"The armies stepped forward to guide the people, and those who dared to kill one of the people without permission and manipulate one thing of the people in vain will be killed!"

At the critical moment, the military advisor Li Mi arrived with nearly 1,000 Sui army foot soldiers, and after killing more than a dozen Tang army routs and ruffian hooligans, the chaotic situation was finally stabilized.

Long Zhi led his troops all the way to the imperial city, at this time he had no intention of killing the Tang army in front of him, these Tang troops had already been frightened, and they would only run for their lives like a headless fly, and they didn't dare to turn around and fight back, it was more useful to keep them than to kill them.

In front of the Vermilion Bird Gate, Zhou Yuan, the Tang general guarding the gate, learned that a Sui army had entered the city, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed. But at this time, countless defeated soldiers and many people living in the inner city were already shouting, stumbling, and scrambling to be the first. Dozens of soldiers who wanted to go up to close the city gate were pushed out by the flow of people, and both sides of the city gate were desperately resisted, and they could not be closed at all.

Seeing that the city gate could not be closed, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but feel anxious, standing on the city wall and stomping his feet. Suddenly, a soldier beside Zhou Yuan pulled him a little nervously, pointed to the distance and said, "General, look, what is that?" ”

Zhou Yuan followed the soldier's direction and looked into the distance, only to see that the dust was thick in the distance, and the sound of heavy iron hooves hitting the earth could be faintly heard.

"It's not good, the Sui army has already killed it!"

Zhou Yuan's heart sank, and he hurriedly led more than a dozen henchmen to run down the city gate, shouting at the crowd that was crowding together to block the city gate hole: "The Sui army is here, hurry up and close the city gate, close it!" ”

But in such a chaotic scene, who would pay attention to the shouting of others? Even though Zhou Yuan tore his throat and yelled, the panicked crowd still frantically fled towards the city. Seeing this, Zhou Yuan finally became angry, waved his knife and slashed over the few defeated soldiers and people who squeezed in front of him, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, get out of the way!" ”

Zhou Yuan's bloody suppression did not achieve his expected goal at all, but only made the already panicked crowd even more chaotic. Some timid people were so frightened that they crawled and turned around and ran.

However, some of the defeated soldiers of the Tang army thought that if they stayed in the outer city, they would definitely become the ghosts of the Sui army, so they still desperately squeezed into the city.

The crowd went back and forth, and from time to time someone was pushed to the ground, and the sounds of cursing, crying, and pleading mingled together, and the scene became even more chaotic than before.

"Brothers, kill! Capture Li Yuan's old thief alive and reward 10,000 taels of gold! ”

Long Zhi rode his horse to kill, and when he saw the chaos in front of Suzaku Gate, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately slapped his horse and stepped forward.

"Rush!" Thousands of Sui cavalry cheered in unison, like a sharp iron arrow, and shot into the crowd in an instant. The long knife slashed horizontally, the horse lance stabbed directly, and the Suzaku screamed again and again in front of the door, wailing constantly. The crowd was stabbed to the ground in pieces, turning into the ghosts of the Sui army's horses.

Among them, the dead and wounded must not only be the Tang soldiers, but also many Chang'an residents who fled for their lives in a hurry. But at this time, Long Zhi and his subordinates couldn't manage so much, and the main reason why the Sui army was able to be so powerful now was because the Tang army was caught off guard and the Tang army had no time to react.

But once the Tang Army is given a chance to breathe, the good situation may be reversed in an instant. Therefore, the current Sui soldiers can only turn into demons, no matter whether it is the Tang Army in front of them or not, they will not hesitate to swing their swords and cut down.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Sui army was unstoppable, Zhou Yuan knew that the loss of the city gate was a foregone conclusion, his face became pale, his legs bent, and he cried in the direction of the palace: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, I am ashamed of my trust in Your Majesty, and the last general deserves death!" ”

As he spoke, Zhou Yuan pulled out the saber at his waist and wiped it on his neck, cut his trachea, staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.

"Rush into the imperial city and capture Li Yuan alive!" Long Zhi completely ignored Zhou Yuan's self-inflicted murder, and mercilessly rode his horse to trample on Zhou Yuan's corpse, and went straight to the imperial city to kill.