Chapter 719: The Emperor's Mandate (2)

Hearing that Li Xun had broken through the imperial city, Zhao He's whole person was silent for a moment, and the situation was changing too quickly.

Zhao Bolin said urgently: "Your Highness, the East Palace has not been able to be attacked for a long time, and the soldiers are impetuous, once this news spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

There was not much time for Zhao He to think, if Li Xun's soldiers and horses rushed through the White Horse Gate, it was very close to the East Palace, and once this happened, the news could not be hidden.

At that time, the morale of the army will be shaken, and rumors will spread, even if Zhao He has many more soldiers and horses than Li Xun, but what is the use of an army with no desire to fight, no matter how many people there are?

Zhao He immediately asked two generals to lead 4,000 troops to strengthen the defense of Baimamen and Wuxuanmen, although those two places were easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now there are only 1,000 soldiers to guard, and the defensive force is a little weak.

After arranging the situation in the rear, Zhao He's eyes continued to look ahead, where the offensive and defensive battle was still continuing, with the arrival of the eldest grandson Wuyang and Zhao Ke to the front line, the charge was at the forefront, which suddenly led to the morale of the whole army, which was originally a little declining, and the soldiers of the whole army were greatly encouraged, and the intensity of the siege was once again promoted to the strongest.

Seeing more and more soldiers rushing to the head of Donggong City, Zhao He clenched his fists, it's almost over, everything is about to end, and the dream that he has been looking forward to for many years is finally about to succeed.

Zhao Dezhao looked at Zhao He, his personality was impulsive and impatient, but at this moment, he seemed a little too silent.

Zhao Bolin pulled the corner of Zhao Dezhao's clothes and said in a low voice: "Brother Dezhao, why do you never say a word?" You've always been scheming, and it's not your character to be so silent. ”

Zhao Dezhao sighed and said softly: "I gave His Highness two strategies before and after, the front, everything went smoothly, and he successfully seized the throne, and the latter, he divided some soldiers and horses to control other areas of the imperial city, once things changed, I could also go out of Fengjing through the southeast of the imperial city, escape to Hedong, advance and retreat, but unfortunately, ......"

Zhao Bolin frowned and said nothing, Zhao Dezhao's strategy had been proposed before the move, and more than once, but in the end it was rejected by Zhao He, Zhao He was determined, he was determined, he threw it alone, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent, and he didn't think about any way out at all.

Zhao Dezhao's suggestion, in Zhao Bolin's view, is very good, this coup, although the actual initiator is Zhao He, but the apparent perpetrators are Zhao Ke, the king of Hengshan, and Sun Wuyang, the general of Yulin Wei, Zhao He is involved in the fight against the rebellion and justice, if the situation changes, Zhao He fled to Hedong, he has tens of thousands of elite forbidden army forces in his hands, plus his foundation in Hedong, the resurgence of the mountain, in order to have a later effect, it is not impossible, even if it is impossible, Zhao Xun will be in a short period of time, I'm afraid that there is no way to take Zhao He, at least, Zhao He is on the hegemonic side and is the prince of the domain, there is no problem.

It's a pity that Zhao He's will is very strong, he vetoed all concessions, his goal and all his thoughts are only one, that is, to take out Zhao Xun and seize the emperor's throne, other than that, he will not do any other considerations.

Zhao Bolin shook his head and said softly: "You and I understand Your Highness's intentions, and it is useless to say more. ”

Zhao Dezhao was silent, looking at the battle ahead, his mood was heavy and abnormal, Zhao He concentrated all the soldiers and horses in the East Palace, the strength was concentrated, but he also put himself in a position where there was no way to retreat, once Li Xun and the opposition forces joined in the future, the control of the imperial city was seized by them, and at that time, everyone was compressed in a corner of the East Palace, and there was no way to escape.

Li Xun has already invaded the imperial city, and there are two ways to go to the East Palace, one is the White Horse Gate, which is also the nearest road, and the other is the Wuxuan Gate, which has to make some detours.

"Li Xun, which way to go?"

Yan Yi asked out loud.

Fu Meng immediately suggested: "The White Horse Gate is the closest to the East Palace, and the other party must have thought that we would go there, so there are definitely many defensive forces in the White Horse Gate, and it may be better to go to the Wuxuan Gate." ”

Fu Meng's suggestion was immediately agreed by Liu Hu, Zhu Zhengguo and others.

Li Xun nodded, and his wrinkled suggestion was the same as he thought.

Li Xun turned around and looked around, after a big battle, a team of 6,000 people, there were still about 5,000 soldiers left, the damage was not great, and the spirit and morale of the soldiers in the whole army were also very good, which gave Li Xun the courage and courage to continue fighting.

Li Xun looked at Zhu Zhengguo and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhu, although the imperial city was broken by us, the loss of the 10,000 forbidden troops defending the city was not large, the main force still existed, their chaos was only temporary, and they would soon regather their team and then pursue it." ”

Zhu Zhengguo said with a serious face: "Leave a thousand people, and leave it to me here." ”

Li Xun said: "Give you 2,000 people, be sure to hold on for at least an hour, and by then, Li Zhong and them should be almost there." ”

Zhu Zhengguo said with some hesitation: "The number of people is too small, I'm afraid you will ..... over there."

"Now is not the time to be reckless."

Li Xun waved his hand, declined Zhu Zhengguo's kindness, and then looked at Liu Hu: "Liu Hu, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to break off with Zhu Zhengguo." ”

Liu Hu grinned, patted his chest and pretended to say, "As long as you're okay over there, I'll be fine here." ”

Zhao He's army besieging the East Palace, more than 40,000 people, even if Li Xun throws it alone and pulls all the 5,000 people over, it is difficult to win, but the number of people cannot be too small, less, it will not be able to shake the army formation of Zhao He and others, only by shaking their formation, can the morale and spirit of the rebels be greatly affected, the morale and spirit of the rebels began to weaken, and the offensive of the East Palace will naturally weaken, the military strength of the two sides is extremely different, of course, there is no suspense about victory or defeat, but as much as possible to delay the time of final defeat, It is the only thing Li Xun needs to consider at present, time drags on, and before the final defeat, Li Zhong's follow-up strength may arrive.

"Take care."

"Take care."

Li Xun and Zhu Zhengguo hugged their fists and said to each other to take care, and then, Zhu Zhengguo led two thousand soldiers to occupy Wude Gate, waiting for the arrival of nearly 10,000 forbidden guards in the imperial city.

Li Zhong took a few personal soldiers, almost single-handedly, to the Jinwuwei Yamen.

Xia Wenkai sat there, silent, Li Xun sent someone, Zhao He sent someone, Zhao Ke also sent someone, and some people also came to lobby, Xia Wenkai categorically refused at the first time, his attitude towards everyone was the same, and he also made his position clear, no one helped.