Chapter 223: Abandoning the City

"It's the soldiers brought by Da Sima!" A young military general's sharp eyes first saw Shang Shucheng of the military department at the back of the team.

"The Ministry of War, where did the Ministry of War transfer so many soldiers? Cheng asked: Where did the talisman come from? He Wuyu was pleasantly surprised, slightly surprised.

Due to the wartime, the garrison in Guilin City was not as strictly controlled as usual, but in general, he Wusu knew how many soldiers and horses He Wusu had, and the military department was only a civilian yamen, and did not directly control the military power.

"These soldiers can fight! The thieves have been stopped! Zhu Tianlin glanced at He Wusu meaningfully, and said in an accentuated tone: "Although Cheng Wen disagrees with the first assistant, his loyalty to the emperor is average, and those who can go into battle at a critical moment are good soldiers, so why should the first assistant worry too much." ”

Two years ago, the Great Western Army returned to the Longwu Imperial Court, Zhu Tianlin was the backbone of the Zhao'an faction, and he presided over the negotiations with the Western Army, but Sun Kewang surrendered and rebelled, Zhu Tianlin became the target of public criticism for a while, and was under tremendous pressure.

He Wuwu didn't mean to say a word, and he actually attracted Zhu Tianlin such a big set, and there was some anger in his heart, but he was very well cultivated, his face was impassive, and he nodded approvingly: "The country is a good general, Bandang knows loyal ministers, Fu Ji'an (Fu Guan), and Cheng Xianzhi (Cheng Wen) are all pillars of the imperial court, and they are the most talented people with rapid changes, and they will be able to protect His Majesty today......

The ministers were here to point out and discuss, and Emperor Longwu didn't say a word, always staring at the battle at the street intersection in front of him.

interface. The Imperial Forest Army, loyal to Emperor Longwu, had retreated step by step, but was suddenly reinforced by a new force. The courage and confidence to fight were restored, and there was no longer a defeat and flight. Instead, they turned around and fought with the rebels, the width of the streets in this era was limited, and as long as the soldiers fought to the death and did not retreat, a hundred and ten people could block a street tightly, not to mention that they had hundreds of people, and quickly stabilized their positions.

Cheng Wenbing was divided into two divisions, and walked quickly to the palace with more than 200 people, asking to see Emperor Longwu.

"Minister, Cheng asked. Please move out of the city immediately to take care of everything. Cheng Wen was dressed in light armor, and hurriedly saluted and said: "There has been chaos in the city for more than half an hour, and the thieves have been dispatching quite methodically, and they have planned clearly for a long time in advance. ”

"In this ......, although there are many thieves, I have sent troops and horses to exterminate them. The outcome is still unknown, how can you escape lightly? Emperor Longwu insisted.

"Your Majesty, there are seven city gates in Guilin, and any one of them is a monstrous disaster. The thieves broke out at this time, and it was necessary to dedicate the city to Liu Wenxiu, and now nearly half of the city gate was blocked by the thieves. has lost the news, and at this moment it must have been attacked from the inside and outside. If the Western Army enters the city in a big way, it will be too late for His Majesty to leave! "Cheng Wen has the help of the Intelligence Bureau. The battle situation is more accurate than that of Emperor Longwu, more timely, from all kinds of signs, the chaotic army is using the method of attacking the east and the west, attacking the palace is to attract the Longwu army to help, and the second is also to intercept and delay Emperor Longwu and important officials, to prevent them from escaping in large numbers, the offensive in all directions looks fierce, but in fact, the thunder and rain are small, and the palace has not been attacked for half an hour.

All in all, the real target of the rebels is definitely not the palace, but one of the city gates that are difficult for the Longwu army to protect, Guilin is going to be lost nine times out of ten, and running away as soon as possible is the right way!

"Well, that's it, everyone pack up and retreat to the east gate!" After much hesitation, Emperor Longwu was finally persuaded by everyone.

Other bottles and cans are not important, the most important thing is people, there are too many non-combatants around Emperor Longwu, and it is not easy to evacuate safely, but fortunately, the worst preparations have already been made during this time, and the queen, the prince, civil officials and others were soon sent to the cart, escorted out of the palace by the Imperial Forest Army, and went straight to the east gate.

This direction is the route that Cheng Wen came to just now, a large group of rebels have just been defeated, Emperor Longwu's convoy has traveled all the way, only encountered a few small groups of rebels, all of which were lightly killed, and then encountered the troops who led the army to come to the aid of Plug Yinxi and other departments, and came to the east gate without danger.

On the tower of the East Gate, the banner of the Longwu Army fluttered high, and the city wall was also as usual, obviously in the hands of the Longwu Army. Because the Li River is not far from the east gate, it is difficult for the western army to develop a formation, and it may be attacked by the enemy's naval division at any time, so it has not been regarded as the focus of the attack, and the contact between the Longwu army and the outside world depends on the Li River wharf, but it attaches great importance to the east gate, and there are heavy troops stationed here.

"Out of danger!"

Everyone was overjoyed, and rushed forward at a faster speed, but there was a sudden chaos behind them, turning their heads to look, a raging fire was burning in the direction of the palace, after Emperor Longwu and others evacuated, the defenders had lost their fighting spirit, and were soon attacked by the rebels.

Immediately afterwards, there was a tsunami-like sound in the direction of Nancheng, although the distance was very far, it could be clearly heard that it was the war drums and shouts of the Western Army.

"Your Majesty, the south gate must be lost, and the city of Guilin is broken!"

"Sure enough, as expected, if I still stay in the palace at this time, I am afraid that there will be more evil and less luck." Emperor Longwu was not good at riding, and he also sat in a big car, turned around and looked back, his face was extremely solemn: "Let's go, avoid Liu Wenxiu's edge for the time being, at most two years later, I will definitely lead the soldiers and horses back to Guilin!" ”

The city of Guilin is broken, the city is no longer a place to stay for a long time, the army hurriedly called open the city gate, escorted the convoy of Emperor Longwu rushed out, after the city was broken, the Longwu army was defeated like a mountain, it was not safe to flee anywhere, only on the boat could avoid the pursuit of the Western army.

Come on, the pier is just ahead!

The warship of the Longwu Army's naval division is parked on the riverside!

As long as the Western Army didn't chase after it at this time, don't think about it again...... No, what sound? Western Army! It's the cavalry of the Western Army!

On the outside of the corner of the city wall, there is a flat avenue, a team of cavalry galloped on horseback, the smoke and dust are clear, it is the elite cavalry under the command of Liu Wenxiu of the Western Army, the speed of the cavalry far exceeds the convoy, look at the angle and speed of their running, it will definitely block the way of Emperor Longwu, and they will no longer be able to rush to the dock to get on the boat.

Plug Yinxi hurriedly led the army forward to stop him, but the cavalry of the Western Army did not entangle with him, the front team made a small circle to the side, bypassed Plug Yinxi and rushed to the dock, followed by a steady stream of follow-up troops, and soon wrapped Plug Yinxi's men and horses in the middle, and then flooded towards Emperor Longwu's convoy. (To be continued......)