Chapter 91: Fierce Battle
"Queue up in front, the left and right wings occupy the roof, protect the archers, archers, sixty paces ahead, release the arrows." When Li Xian arrived with soldiers and horses, the area around Zhangchengmen had been occupied by Tai Shici, and the troops of the black pressure were rushing towards this side with men and horses.
"Hum~"
A row of arrows rose into the air, and under the cover of the night, with a terrible scream, it was submerged into the state army, and Tai Shici on the opposite side quickly ordered the troops to stop, and said sharply: "Raise the shield, order the left flank to surround the enemy's rear, and the archers occupy the roof!" ”
In the skyrocketing firelight, the arrows on both sides did not stop, and at the same time, the people and horses on both sides also quickly approached, fighting in one place, Tai Shici's strong bow trembled continuously, and he singled out the enemy generals to shoot and kill, the stalemate between the two sides was not long, less than a quarter of an hour's effort, Li Xianam's side was already a little unstoppable.
The city gate was broken, the Xiliang army, which was already not high morale, did not burst out with the due combat effectiveness, and the manpower was not as good as Tai Shi Ci, and when the left wing of Tai Shi Ci appeared in the rear, the Xiliang army began to be chaotic.
"General, Dong Cheng led the guard department to rebel! Attacking the General's Palace! A soldier hurriedly rushed to Li Xian's side and shouted.
Li Xian's face turned dark, seeing that the situation in front of him was no longer under his control, and he couldn't understand why the Xiliang soldiers, who were known for their bravery, were so useless now, and were even pressed and beaten by this gang of new troops in Bingzhou, but it was too late to think about it at the moment, and the Li family's family members were all in the general's mansion.
"The front army continues to resist, and the rest of the soldiers come with me!" Turning over and getting on the horse, Li Xian quickly mobilized the army to rush back, where was Tai Shici willing to let in, he had seen that the fighting spirit of these Xiliang troops was not high, and after deliberately slowing down a little, he suddenly ordered the whole army to attack, and in an instant, the broken Xiliang army was crushed, and he did not love to fight, and chased after Li Xian.
An army suddenly appeared on one side, and said sharply: "And state thieves, don't be rampant!" ”
But it was Li Jin who heard the fight here, and led his troops to come to the rescue, and when he saw Tai Shici defeating a Xiliang army and rushing in the direction of the General's Mansion, he immediately led his troops to intercept it.
Under the firelight, the two teams of men and horses fought together, the sound of killing shook the sky, that Li Jin was quite brave, with the Xiliang army to point to the east and west, in the face of the morale of the Hongzhou army, it was not the slightest down, and the Xiliang army under its account was also quite combative, Tai Shici was blocked by it for a while and it was difficult to advance.
Several battles, did not take advantage, but Tai Shi Ci did not want to fight with it, the current situation in Chang'an City is chaotic, it is the weakest time, waste a minute of time here, the situation in Chang'an may be stabilized, now Tai Shi Ci, but the state of the lonely army, once entangled, is likely to fall into danger.
But the generals in front of him are quite handy, and the Xiliang army under his command is also quite brave, and it is difficult to bargain for a while, Tai Shici rode on horseback, looking at Li Jin who was running back and forth in the firelight in the distance, the distance between the two sides was a little far, and there were many shield-wielding guards on the side of the other party.
Taking a deep breath, Tai Shi Ci took off the carved bow from the horse, bent the bow and set up the arrow, and silently looked at the position of the other general, after three breaths, Tai Shi Ci suddenly pulled the carved bow in his hand to perfection, and as soon as his fingers were loosened, the cold arrow cluster quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Li Jin, who was commanding the battle array, suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and subconsciously made a dodge action, and looked back at the same time, but when he saw a little cold star and the moon, he had time to react more in the future, and he felt a pain in his eyebrows, his eyes were scattered, and a sharp arrow had pierced his head.
"The two wings retreat, the Chinese army attack!" Seeing that the opponent's general was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, Tai Shici had already changed into his own halberd, and shouted loudly.
The Xiliang army lost its main general, and was rushed by Tai Shi Ci like this, and the formation was suddenly chaotic, and the generals of each department began to fight on their own, and they were soon broken by Tai Shi Ci.
In the chaos of the army, Tai Shici saw Li Jin's dead corpse, shook his head slightly and sighed: It's a pity.
Today this is a street battle, the distance between the two main generals is too close, if they encounter it on the real battlefield, there is no chance to shoot the enemy commander so easily.
After defeating this Xiliang army, Tai Shici went straight to the General's Mansion, according to the information obtained by Chen Mo, if he attacked Chang'an, taking the General's Mansion was the fastest way to end the battle.
On the other side, when Li Xian led his troops back to the general's mansion, he saw a group of men and horses storming the general's mansion, this is Li Wei's mansion, there are many elite soldiers in the arch guard, Dong Cheng came to attack with the guard's department, but he failed to capture, seeing that Li Xian led his troops to come, Dong Cheng had to abandon the general's mansion and lead the troops to fight, the two teams fought in front of the general's mansion, Dong Cheng's guard was defeated after all, so he had to retreat, on the other side, Tai Shici had already led his troops to arrive, Li Xian saw this, and had to lead his troops to retreat to the general's mansion to defend.
"This general, this official is Dong Cheng, the captain of the guard, and my daughter is a noble person in the heavenly womb, and the general's department can be temporarily handed over to the command of this official!" Dong Cheng looked at the murderous merger army behind Tai Shi Ci, his eyes lit up, and he said loudly to Tai Shi Ci.
"Get out!" Tai Shici was watching the defense of the General's Mansion, and he was a little surprised to hear someone running to ask him for military power, this official in Chang'an spoke without brains?
If it were another person, such as Huangfu Song, Zhao Wen, etc., he would definitely not open this mouth if he had this thought, but Dong Chengnai was born in the army, he was originally a general of the Niu Auxiliary Department, and later his daughter became a nobleman, plus the Xiliang Army was in power, so he got the post of Wei Wei, but in terms of concept, he is still relatively straightforward, after all, if it is not his daughter, he is only a middle-level general, and now he suddenly sits in a high position, and is relied on by the ministers of Chang'an, and he is a little floating.
"Impudent!" Dong Cheng was furious when he heard this, so he wanted to do it.
"Huh?" Tai Shici turned his head, his eagle-like eyes fell on Dong Cheng, and he slowly raised the halberd in his hand.
The state army behind him quickly lined up in formation, and when Tai Shici gave an order, they were about to attack.
Dong Cheng's face changed, his subordinates were not many, he had just fought with Li Xian, and he had lost a lot, how could he have the courage to make a move with Tai Shici at this moment, and silently retreated with the remnants, although he was a little embarrassed, but at this time, fighting with the Bingzhou army was considered a cannibalism, and he had to take care of the overall situation.
"Attack!" Tai Shici pointed to the General's Mansion, he didn't go to compete with Dong Cheng, he fought here, as long as he broke through the General's Mansion, he would be considered a victory.
The General's Mansion is Li Dao's Mansion, and it is also the reconstruction of the Taishi's Mansion in the past, the walls alone are two zhang high, and there are corner towers and arrow towers on all sides, and its solidity is comparable to that of ordinary small cities, but after all, it is not a real city, and it is useless to be solid alone.
The Bingzhou army fought here, although it was tired, but the momentum was getting higher and higher, on the other hand, the Xiliang army under Li Xian was demoralized, although it failed to capture it for a while, but it had already shown defeat.
When Huangfu Song and others arrived with some gathered men, they saw the Bingzhou army frantically pouring into the general's mansion, and the sound of fighting rushed straight to Xiao Han.
"And the state army?" Huangfu Song turned his head to look at Dong Chengdao.
"Well, that is the leader of the generals is quite rebellious!" Dong Cheng nodded.
"Why did you send troops without permission?" Huangfu Song sighed, looking at the soldiers behind Dong Cheng, originally they could wait for the Merge State Army and the Xiliang Army to be defeated and then come out to clean up the mess, but now they have to appear in front of the two families in advance and expose their hole cards prematurely.
"When I heard that the state army was entering the city, I was anxious to ......" Dong Cheng hesitated, he wanted to take the credit alone, learn from He Jin and Dong Zhuo to control the Son of Heaven in general, and dominate the world, but who knew that it would backfire, and there would be a situation in front of him.
Huangfu Song waved his hand, how could he not know Dong Cheng's thoughts, he didn't ask more at the moment, looked at the battle in the general's mansion, and muttered: "Li Xian's defeat has been decided, but the military power in this city should be controlled by us, while the two sides have not yet decided the victory or defeat, Shao, Ma Yu, Liu Fan, the three of you will go to all sides with my order to rein in the defeated army of Xiliang and grasp the military power!" ”
"Whoa!" The three of them hurriedly agreed, and each went to collect the defeated army.
"Old general, I am willing to do my best!" Dong Chengyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, he also needs military power.
Huangfu Song didn't know what he was thinking, shook his head and said, "Wei Wei has another important task, this thief's first merit can't be given to Chen Mo!" ”
"The general's meaning is ......," Dong Cheng looked at Huangfu Song with some puzzlement when he heard this.
"The defeat of the Li thief has been decided, but the state army may not be able to capture it alive, this general's mansion is rebuilt from the former Taishi Mansion, if Li Xian's thief is defeated, he will flee to Xuanping Gate, you follow me to Xuanping Gate layout, intercept and kill Li Xian's rebel thief!" Huangfu Song turned around and said.
Dong Cheng felt reasonable, if he could kill Li Xian, it would not be too late to seize his military power! At that moment, he led the troops to follow Huangfu Song to Xuanping Gate.
In the general's mansion, just as Huangfu Song said, with the continuous influx of the Bingzhou army, Li Xian was a little unable to resist, so he had to protect Li Wei's wife and Li family's family to retreat from the back door, as for the people in his own mansion, Li Xian couldn't care about it.
"The thief is gone!" Tai Shi Ci found Li Xian's intentions for the first time, he naturally didn't want to run away with the credit in hand, and the attack was more fierce at the moment, but in this general's mansion, many of them were Li Xian's henchmen, and at this moment, seeing defeat, one by one, they were not afraid of death, and with the help of the familiar terrain, they would be blocked by the state army, it was Tai Shi Ci, and it was difficult to clear these soldiers for a while, and Li Xian protected the Li family and family to escape.
On the other side, Li Xian led his troops to escape from the general's mansion with his family, slightly relieved, and Li Xian's wife was still a little confused, and asked: "Xian'er, where should I go at this time?" ”
"Chang'an has been broken by thieves, I should escape from the city as soon as possible, find my uncle, and after meeting with my uncle, I will make a plan." When Li Xian said these words, he was a little bitter, Li Dao handed over Chang'an to him, and now there are four brothers, one was killed by his own hands, one was captured by the enemy, and the other did not know life and death, he didn't know how to explain to Li Dao.
While he was talking, a large number of figures suddenly appeared on the roofs on both sides, Huangfu Song expected it well, how could he be polite when he saw Li Xian at this moment, and with a shout, the guard commander who had already been ambushed quickly appeared, and shot wildly at Li Xianam's side.
Li Xian had already reacted at the moment when he noticed the ambush, and hurriedly pulled his uncle and mother in front of him, but this arrow cluster was not only put from the front, there were archers shooting on the houses on all sides, but in an instant, Li Xian and Li Xian's wife were shot into hedgehogs, and many soldiers around were also shot.
"Kill!" Huangfu Song looked at Li Dao's scattered and fleeing family members, with murderous intent in his eyes, and said calmly: "None of them will be left!" ”