The alarm bell sounded loudly, and it immediately alarmed the 1,000 tiger army left behind in the camp in front, which was the last defensive force except for the Ouchi guards who guarded the emperor's safety.

This is also to blame Emperor Tuoba Jian for being irritable after a long time of attacking, and in a fit of rage, he sent almost all the soldiers and horses that could be used to attack the city, causing the guards around him to be too weak.

The Tiger Ben general who stayed in the camp of the Tiger Ben Army changed his expression when he heard the alarm bell, and immediately gathered the remaining 1,000 soldiers and horses, and before the team was assembled, he heard the lookout post come to report: "General, it is the general Zhu Xiuzhi of Yunzhong Town who has reversed, we have seen his banner, he has a thousand cavalry!" ”

Su Guli was furious: "I know that these generals have wolf ambitions, they are all unfed Aries wolves, and they are too deeply hidden!" It's too late to straighten out the formation, everyone listens to the order, and goes out with me to stop the Yunzhong Army and kill Zhu Xiuzhi! ”

"Yes!" More than 1,000 tiger troops rushed towards the outside of the camp under the command of the general, and because they didn't have time to straighten out the formation, the whole team looked a little chaotic.

As soon as they ran out of the camp, before they could turn to the camp, Zhu Xiuzhi had already led the cavalry of the Yunzhong Army to collide with him, galloping at high speed, and the powerful impact force rushed Su Guli and the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army under him.

"Kill-" Zhu Xiuzhi roared with a long lance in his hand, and swept away four or five tiger troops with one move.

Su Guli spotted Zhu Xiuzhi at a glance, and rushed up with a roar: "Zhu Xiuzhi, you white-eyed wolf, give me death!" ”

"Barbarian, Zhu has endured you for a long time, and today is the time to take your dog's life!" Zhu Xiuzhi's face was hideous, and the green tendons on the arm that grabbed the lance burst out, and the long lance stabbed straight through like lightning.

"Dangdang" The two weapons rang out, and Su Guli was stabbed under the horse by one of Zhu Xiu's guns.

As soon as Su Guli died, the Tiger Ben army, which had been scattered, had lost the courage to continue fighting, and his subordinates became slow to fight, their energy was not concentrated, and there were more casualties in the blink of an eye, and the others were timid and retreated in the direction of the palace.

The emperor's palace is next to the camp of the Tiger Army, there is not even a fence and a fence, Zhu Xiuzhi led the cavalry of the Yunzhong Army to rush to the outside of the palace in one breath, but all the soldiers and guards who blocked in front were mercilessly killed.

In the palace, Emperor Tuoba Jian was alarmed, "What happened outside?" Why is there a sound of fighting! ”

A large internal guard rushed to bow down and said: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Yunzhong Town has led Zhu Xiuzhi to lead the troops to defect, and the Tiger Ben army with the strength of the bones has been killed, but the commander of Xiling is leading the brothers to resist!" ”

"What? Zhu Xiuzhi? Tuoba Jian heard that his body was like being struck by lightning, his body shook, and his face became pale, he suspected that Zhu Xiuzhi was in Cao Ying's heart in Han, but a few days ago, Zhu Xiuzhi told the truth and led his troops to dig a pit and kill the rebellious general Xu Zhuo and a thousand soldiers, and his suspicions were gone.

"What a Zhu Xiuzhi, he actually played a bitter trick with me!" Tuoba Jian gritted his teeth and shouted to the eunuch next to him: "Quickly send an edict to Daqian to lead troops to rescue the driver!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" A few old eunuchs with a few little eunuchs quickly ran to the outside of the palace, but they were quickly rushed back, it turned out that the ministers and officials of the imperial court who lived in the nearby camp were so frightened that they ran in the direction of the palace after getting the news, and the eunuchs who went to deliver the decree couldn't get out at all, so they finally squeezed away the ministers and galloped away in the direction of Longcheng.

Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and other ministers hurried to the palace hall and bowed their hands to Tuoba Jian, who was already very flustered: "Your Majesty, Zhu Xiuzhi's defection, the top priority is to send people to Daqian, Tuoba Qiu, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and others to send a decree to them to bring troops to rescue them!" ”

"In addition, please evacuate the palace as soon as possible, it will change later!"

Tuoba Jian calmed down a little, and said to the frightened ministers of the army: "Don't be impatient, I have sent someone to send a decree to Daqian and others to rescue them, as long as the Tiger Ben Army and the guards can resist for a while, I and Zhuqing will be safe!" ”

Cui Hao said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's too late!" When the ministers came, the Tiger Ben Army had already been killed and dispersed, and I heard that General Fu Guli had been killed in battle, and no one gathered the fleeing Tiger Ben Army anymore! The number of guards is too small, I'm afraid that I can't stop Zhu Xiuzhi's iron cavalry from rushing to kill, so let's move quickly! ”

Tuoba Jian said angrily: "I shouldn't trust Zhu Xiuzhi, this guy should be cut with a thousand cuts!" Convey the decree to Xiling, let him block Zhu Xiuzhi for me, and let him inherit the title of King Changshan! After saying that, he stomped his feet and turned around and walked to the side of the main hall.

The eunuchs and the guards in the store immediately protected Tuoba Jian, and the ministers of the army followed one by one in fear.

But before they could make a move, several Ouchi guards who had opened the way in front of them were killed by several sharp arrows, which frightened the eunuchs and ministers into screaming loudly.

"Retreat, go back, the front is blocked by traitors!" One of the guards shouted, holding a sword in front of the emperor.

Tuoba Jian was escorted by the guards and turned around and left quickly towards the side door behind him, but the opposite side door was also blocked by Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army cavalry, and another wave of arrows came in, and several guards and eunuchs in the lead were shot into hedgehogs.

The side doors of the two main halls that escaped were blocked, how is this good?

"Stop it, stop the traitor! Whoever kills Zhu Xiu, I will crown him king! "At the critical moment, Tuoba Jian can't care about the knighthood.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the guards have gone out to kill back, talking about them quickly retreating, and retreating very quickly.

Tuoba Ke Xiling took the remaining more than 20 internal guards, covered in blood, and quickly retreated to the main hall with swords, protecting the emperor Tuoba Jian and the ministers of civil and military affairs.

I saw Zhu Xiuzhi riding a horse and rushing in with a large number of Yunzhongyun cavalry, and the influx of a large number of cavalry compressed the emperor, the guards and the ministers of the army in a very small space, and the entire palace hall was crowded with cavalry.

The guards were vigilant one by one, and the ministers of the army were terrified, their faces were pale, and they trembled like quails drenched in the rain.

"Zhu Gongzu, since you were captured in the slipway, in the past few years, Your Majesty has not only given you the princess of the clan as a wife, but also given you a mansion and a large number of cattle and sheep and servants, and the treatment is no different from that of the prince. Can the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty treat you so courteously as His Majesty? A minister pointed at Zhu Xiuzhi and said angrily.

Zhu Xiuzhi carried a blood-dripping lance on horseback and bowed to Emperor Tuoba Jian: "Your Majesty's kindness to the minister, the minister has received it, but the loyal minister does not serve the second master, the minister thanks His Majesty for his kindness in the past few years, the minister has nothing to repay, he can only apologize to His Majesty after this incident!" ”

A lieutenant next to him reminded: "General, we are running out of time!" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi nodded and said to Tuoba Jian: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being disrespectful!" The soldiers obeyed the order and killed—"

Tuoba Ke Xiling was furious: "The traitor dares! ”

The cavalry in the clouds raised their spears and threw them, "whoosh······

The guards guarding the emperor were nailed to death by spear piercing, and Tuoba Ke Xiling roared and brandished his war knife to split the spear that kept shooting, but he failed to block Zhu Xiuzhi's lance and was pierced through the chest by a lance.

Tuoba Jian saw with his own eyes that Tuoba Ke Xiling and the Ouchi guards who were blocking him were slaughtered, and the cavalry of the Yunzhong Army rushed up and drowned him and the ministers and eunuchs behind him.

At this moment, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, Mao Xiuzhi and others, who were commanding the army to attack the city outside the southern city wall of Longcheng, heard the alarm bell from the palace.

Hua Mulan exclaimed: "It's not good, it's the palace side that has been attacked!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and Mao Xiuzhi's faces also changed.

Hua Mulan immediately said: "Brother Junsheng, the palace is dangerous, we must lead troops to escort it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "The army is attacking the city, how can it be withdrawn for a while?" So be it······ Your right wing army is resting, without further ado, you take the right wing army to rush over first, and my side orders to gather the troops and horses, and then rush over! ”

Hua Mulan also knew that Zhao Junsheng was telling the truth, and promised: "Okay, I'll go!" With that, he turned and galloped to the rear.

After Mulan left, Zhao Junsheng said to Mao Xiuzhi: "Mao Taishou, you hurry back to the baggage camp to sit in the town, you must protect the safety of all the baggage grain and grass, and the baggage must not have an accident, otherwise the army will not be able to stay here for a moment, and there is still a danger of collapse, understand?" ”

"Rest assured, the lower officials will rush back to the baggage camp, I hope the baggage camp is not chaotic!" After Mao Xiuzhi finished speaking, he bowed and left, with a few entourages, in the direction of the baggage camp.

Zhao Junsheng sat on horseback and turned his head to look in the direction of the palace, where the flames were already soaring, and his eyes flickered.

After a long time, he ordered: "Order the army to gather and assemble!" ”

"Dangdangdang······" The sound of gold rang out.

The Youzhou army, which was besieging the city, retreated like a tide, and quickly assembled under the command of Bai Jinguang and other cadres.

"Let everyone find their horses and assemble!"

"Yes, Envoy!"

It is indeed a helpless move to let the cavalry siege besiege, Zhao Junsheng has been quite steady and steady in commanding the siege in the past few days, and he has done a good job of protecting the generals, he is not impatient when attacking the city, and the loss is not much, but he also lost more than 500 people, which is much less than that of other armies.

Soon, nearly 2,000 cavalry of the Youzhou Army rushed back to assemble, and Bai Jinguang reported to Zhao Junsheng: "General, all the horses have been assembled!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was silent for a moment, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head to the east, and ordered: "Go, follow me!" ”

More than 2,000 cavalry of the Youzhou Army soon disappeared into the night.

Two miles north of the bridgehead on the west bank of Chongqing.

A cavalry march swiftly to the bridge in the night with torches, the horses running out of breath, and the knights on horseback laughed one by one.

One of the lieutenants laughed and said: "Today is really happy, it is so happy to see the Xianbei generals and nobles who used to be powerful in front of us being killed by us one by one!" ”

The surrounding cavalry chimed in.

This cavalry is Zhu Xiuzhi and the cavalry under his command, just from the direction of the palace to kill the encirclement of the Wei army to chase and intercept and flee here, a thousand cavalry after fighting with the Tiger Ben army and the Ouchi guards, and three times and twice in the retreat to break through, now there are less than 300 people left, and the loss of nearly 700 people.

"General, there is a bridge across the river in front, there should be no Wei army to stop us again!"

As soon as the general's words fell, someone in front of him shouted: "General, the bridgehead is occupied!" ”

A large number of torches suddenly appeared on the left and right sides of the bridgehead, and a large number of cavalry blocked the bridgehead from the left and right sides, Zhao Junsheng stepped forward and looked at Zhu Xiuzhi, who was leading the troops, and said loudly: "Brother Zhu, Zhao has been waiting for a long time!" ”

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