Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Battle on the Outskirts of the City (7)

"Xue Yang, lead the troops to defend the city wall, and I'll open the city gate." Chai Jia saw Li Shunjie fall to the ground, beckoned Xue Yang to stay here to answer, and then began to rush down to the city gate with his personal guards. At this time, the Shence army was completely chaotic after the main general was killed, and began to rush towards the rear, and had no intention of competing with Chai Jia, so the group hurriedly opened the main city gate.

In order to hurry up, Li Tianyi, who was outside the city, began to let the front-line people gather at the city gate to wait when Chai Jia arrived at the city wall.

"Chai Jia, you immediately take the capable personnel and go straight to Nancheng to meet the lord, and leave the rest to me." Li Tianyi roared at Chai Jia from afar, and he himself drove to the city under the escort of the personal guards, and began to arrange soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress those Shence Army soldiers who were like headless flies.

But seeing that the orders were conveyed one by one, the Tiance army began to divide and suppress the Shence army under the leadership of their respective generals, and the liaison personnel sent by Xuanyingwei to the outside of the city also dispatched at this time, guiding the army to point out those marked targets one by one. According to the plan of Tiance Mansion, Chang'an City will be the base camp of Tiance Mansion for a long time in the future, and there must be no hidden dangers, so the secret guards arranged by Xuan Yingwei in Chang'an City are not only responsible for carrying out the plans that have been carried out, but also responsible for the task of investigating the spying of all parties.

At this time, in addition to the defeat and escape, some of the rebellious soldiers of the Shence Army began to go crazy, and the burning, killing and looting of Chang'an City also occurred in the heart of the former Tang Empire under the situation of defeat.

Hundreds of people were killed by this group of defeated soldiers, their property was robbed, and women were **. With the successful capture of the northern city, these Shence troops who were quickly driven to the center of Chang'an City began to concentrate on robbing those former court officials, and countless officials who did not follow Yang Fugong or did not receive Yang Fugong's order to travel were killed in this war. Even the former prime minister Du Rangneng, a descendant of Du Ruhui, would not even have survived if it weren't for the rapid advance of the Tiance Army.

The changes in the city also made Li Tianyi's method seem out of place. In order to reduce the harm of the chaotic soldiers, Li Tianyi decisively gave up the method of steady advancement, and let the seventh battalion concentrate to chase and kill the defeated soldiers as quickly as possible, and the ninth battalion was divided into a part to continue to implement the plan of Xuan Yingwei, and the others rushed to various important locations under their own personal leadership to reinforce, among them, when Li Tianyi arrived at Du Rangneng's mansion, a large group of Shence troops were wreaking havoc in this prime minister's mansion, and the crying of women and children made Li Tianyi's eyes instantly sharpened, and he waved his right hand, The thick murderous aura accompanied by the gloomy voice of words quickly filled, "Order the whole army to kill me, and those who dare to harm the people will be killed." ”

The herald quickly gave the order, but everything in Du Mansion made the bloodiness of the Tiance army reach its peak all of a sudden, almost at the moment when Li Tianyi gave the order, these Tiance troops who followed him rushed in at once, and the screams also sounded at this moment, but when the long knife flashed, the heads of the Shence army rose to the sky, and in less than a moment, the hundreds of Shence troops were killed cleanly. Du Rangneng was also found by the Tiance Army and brought to Li Tianyi.

However, Li Tianyi didn't have any intention to talk to Du Rangneng at this time, but he just explained that he closed the door tightly, and he hurried away after he had something to do with Tiance Army.

Li Tianyi didn't know that the order he conveyed at the gate of Du's mansion could be heard by Du Rang, which also changed the original mind of a minister. But Li Tianyi doesn't know all this now, Tiance Army Buddha also knows the mind of this commander at the moment, in order to speed up, as long as he is wearing a Shence army uniform and holding a weapon in his hand, he will come forward with a knife, this killing gave the people of Chang'an great confidence, it is rare to have an army in the troubled times to protect the people, especially in the late Tang Dynasty, the people are like mustard, and even in the eyes of some rulers, human life is food.

Li Tianyi was trying his best to encircle and suppress the rebels, but Chai Jia was rushing towards Nancheng, this road was basically all chaotic soldiers who fled in chaos, Chai Jia didn't have the heart to encircle and suppress, and a large group of people and horses gathered at the gate of Nancheng City far away made him overjoyed, and hurriedly beckoned the people around him to step forward immediately.

However, at this time, Yang Fugong had already opened the south gate with his last manpower, Yang Fugong commanded the man to take Zhaozong to the outside of the north city quickly, looked back at Chang'an City behind him, and suddenly said to his adopted son Hu Cheng behind him: "Prepare to set fire, doesn't Li Xuanqing want Chang'an City?" I set fire to the palace so that he could not get anything. ”

When Hu Cheng heard this, he was about to walk towards the city with someone, when suddenly a clear voice came, "Your Majesty the Emperor, Li Xuanqing greets." "A group of cavalry appeared in the clearing outside the city, and the first one was dressed in silver armor and quickly came to the side of the Shence army.

"Li Xuanqing, the prince of Lingyang County, pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor." After Li Xuanqing dismounted, he bowed to a young man in a yellow robe who was about the same age as himself beside Yang Fugong.

Emperor Zhaozong Li Hua only saw clearly at this time that the person in front of him who was about the same age as himself was the so-called royal disciple, that is, the person who would make trouble in the northwest. However, Zhaozong had not yet spoken, and Yang Fugong beside him said coldly: "Li Xuanqing, you are a rebel, the emperor has always had expectations for you, but you led the army to attack the forbidden army without authorization, in a vain attempt to usurp the dynasty, as a child of the clan, but you deceived the lord and stood on his own, and he was rebellious, what do you want to do?" ”

Yang Fugong's words made the Tiance Army behind Li Xuanqing change color, and the pro-guard team was about to step forward, but Cen Tianshi beside him suddenly quieted down.

"When Weichen Cen Tianshi, I will meet His Majesty the Emperor." Cen Tianshi walked over, walked over to himself and said with a smile after finishing the salute: "Wei Guogong's words are inappropriate, as a child of the royal family, how can my lord see the young master being bullied?" As a eunuch, Your Excellency is trying in vain to control the government and harm the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the Shence Army under his command is called the Forbidden Army, which is actually the real rebellion, holding the emperor hostage from above, and oppressing the people from below, doing all kinds of evil, you, Yang Fugong, are the biggest enemy of my Datang, and the one who wants to usurp the dynasty. As a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, he should be to eliminate the thieves, clean the king's side, and return the people of the world to a clear world. Your Majesty, my lord is here to ask Your Majesty to stay in Chang'an, and the Tiance Army will do its best to protect Your Majesty and cut off the traitors. ”

Cen Tianshi's words were loud and sonorous, and the Tiance army behind him shouted loudly, and the team of hundreds of people was stunned to shout out the momentum of tens of millions of people.

Li Xuanqing stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be embarrassed, the minister has absolutely no intention of bullying the lord, everything is only based on Your Majesty's wishes, if Your Majesty is willing to stay in Chang'an, the minister will definitely ensure Your Majesty's safety, within ten zhang, no one in this world can hurt Your Majesty." ”

When Li Xuanqing said this, he suddenly exuded an indescribable majesty, and the cloak behind him was windless, so that everyone in front of him couldn't help but retreat in unison.

Zhaozong looked at Li Xuanqing, his face moved slightly, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a group of men and horses drove in the distance again, instantly breaking the balance of Nancheng, only to see this group of men and horses driving closer, and a general led by him turned over and dismounted, and fell to the ground in front of Zhaozong, "Xuanwu Junding will meet Your Majesty, and his subordinates will ask the emperor to atone for their sins." ”

Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi glanced at each other, both understood the meaning in each other's eyes, and didn't say much, just stood quietly to the side. Cen Tianshi glanced at Wang Houchun, who was mixed in the guards, and the latter nodded and left the place quietly.

Zhu Quanzhong's men and horses finally arrived, and all the parties involved in this battle finally arrived at this moment. However, sometimes people are not afraid of not having a choice, they are afraid of having too many choices, and now there are three choices in front of Emperor Zhaozong at once, which makes it difficult for this young man, who has basically been a marionette since he ascended the throne, to choose. And Yang Fugong, who was beside him, suddenly turned very ugly when he saw Zhaozong's hesitant expression. But after all, he has been an official for decades, and his eyes rolled and he smiled: "Everyone, I see that it is difficult for Your Majesty to decide where to patrol for a while, why don't we turn the war into a jade silk for the time being, camp and rest first, and wait for Your Majesty to think clearly tomorrow?" ”

Li Xuanqing nodded quietly, just smiled: "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, you can choose where to move, what Xuanqing wants to say is that if someone dares to bully His Majesty's youth, please Your Majesty must inform Xuanqing that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tiance Army are ready to fight to the death for Your Majesty." After finishing speaking, he suddenly turned his head to Ding Hui beside him and smiled: "General Ding is tired of saddle horses, and he has worked hard all the way, I heard that your military division has been stranded in Chang'an during this time, and I thought that I had an overnight relationship with my Tiance army in Lingzhou, if the general sees it, please say hello on my behalf." After saying that, he quickly walked away with the people and horses, ignoring the reactions of the others present. Li Xuanqing's departure brought another change, that is, the baggage team that stayed in the rear army of Yang Fugong's Shence army quietly left his sight at some time, and with Li Xuanqing's departure, the gate of Chang'an City was also slammed shut.

"Good boy, you can make small moves under our noses, it seems that this place can't stay." Yang Fugong thought about it for a while, and naturally knew that Bacheng was an important person in the Tiance Army who secretly rebelled against his baggage team, and when everyone was focused on Li Xuanqing, he quietly entered Chang'an City with the baggage team and hid. With so much gold and silver treasures cheapened the Tiance Army in vain, Yang Fugong was in pain, and without saying a word, he directly took Emperor Zhaozong to Yang Shouliang's camp to stay.

"Lord Qiqi, the commander of Xuanyingwei has sent news that the Xuanwu Army and the Shence Army in Chang'an City have all been cleared, and Commander Hu has also surrounded Zheng Fan, the leader of the Xuanwu Army." Just when Li Xuanqing returned to the Tiance Army camp, the herald who came in a hurry brought Hu Xiaosi's latest news.

"Haha, lord, we can send the news to Ding Hui, and then prepare a banquet and wait for him to come to the door." Cen Tianshi laughed when he heard the news, and he sincerely admired his master's calculation ability.

Li Xuanqing stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Let's have a big battle with Li Ke, and we are exhausted and unable to stop the two of them." The news Xuan Yingwei estimates that it has been released now, and the rest will be handed over to Mr., don't be polite to Zhu Quanzhong, gold and silver treasures, grain and grass population, what do you want, don't be afraid of the lion opening his mouth. Anyway, in Zhu Quanzhong's eyes, the emperor is very important, and he won't care about these mundane things. ”

Cen Tianshi laughed, knowing that Li Xuanqing's mind would naturally not be polite to Zhu Quanzhong, and besides, Tiance Mansion was about to take over Guanzhong, Guanzhong had gone through war, the people were suffering, and the Guanzhong Plain was uninhabited for thousands of miles.

When Li Xuanqing arrived at the camp with everyone, the battle between the Tiance Army and the Shatuo people had ended, the logistics department was busy treating the wounded soldiers, and the front-line soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield in addition to the cavalry battalion that pursued the defeated soldiers. More than 200,000 people on both sides were fighting, and the corpses of tens of thousands of people must be cleaned up as quickly as possible. Compared to their own soldiers, they have to register for cremation and then mark the ashes one by one and take them back to Lingzhou, the corpses of the Shatuo people are much simpler, and they are thrown directly in a heap, and a fire is directly burned to ashes.

Xu Tianxiang took Wang Houchun and other generals who stayed in the camp to greet him. Li Xuanqing patted Xu Tianxiang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good job today, tell all the soldiers that tonight will reward the three armies and celebrate the victory of Chang'an." ”

Wang Houchun smiled and asked the herald behind him to quickly pass the order and said, "Xiao Si's side is all over, and now he is on his way back to the camp." ”

Li Xuanqing led the people to walk and said, "How is it arranged in the city?" After speaking, he walked into the big tent and beckoned everyone to sit down, and continued: "Let the cavalry battalion not chase Fangzhou, and turn to the defense on the spot after taking Tongguan, and don't overstimulate Li Keyong." ”

"The second battalion has been mobilized to enter the city, the lord can rest assured, Chang'an City will not spit out if it is taken down." Xu Tianxiang said with a smile.

"Okay, tonight, you cooperate with Mr. and Xiaosi to perform a play, and someone comes to give gifts, you have to pretend to be a little bit. Tiancheng, you follow the guard battalion to Nancheng with me, and the others are commanded by Tianxiang. Li Xuanqing smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, you will make money if you act well." ”

Just as Li Xuanqing was walking out, suddenly a team of people rushed in front of the camp, and one of them followed everyone quickly to everyone.

"Big brother." The timid voice instantly evoked the long-lost tenderness in Li Xuanqing's heart.