Chapter 31: The Destruction of the City (I)

Li Ru nodded, and then ordered: "Open the city gate and let these people in, but don't be negligent, these people will be detained first, and not one of them can be let go." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The general nodded his head and in a few moments descended to the city gate, and soon the army of nearly two thousand captives began to enter the city.

Li Yue continued at this time: "Teacher, what is the other party's plan to release these people back, can't they guess that we will detain this group of people, even if they all turn against each other, they can't make any trouble." ”

Li Ru was also puzzled, and when he was wondering, he heard the captives who had just entered the city start shouting, and after listening carefully, he heard them shouting: "Thank you Lord Li Li for saving your life......

Other words of thanks to Li Li kept popping up, and some even knelt on the ground, vowing to be a cow and a horse for Li Li for the rest of their lives.

After Li Ru heard these words, his old face couldn't help trembling, and his hands kept shaking, and he exhaled for a long time before he exhaled and said: "What a Jia Xu, you don't lose the name of a poisoner, you are ruthless and vicious enough!" ”

After speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he turned around and fell.

Frightened, Li Yue hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and when the teacher regained some calm, before she could speak, she heard Li Ru say in a low voice: "Yue'er, go back and pack your bags, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the city." ”

Li Yue was taken aback and said, "What do you mean by what the teacher said?" ”

Li Ru trembled and continued: "Your cousin Li Li is about to raise troops, the first thing your brother did after escaping back was to rape and kill your cousin Li Li's wife, if it wasn't for your father's death to suppress it, it is estimated that your cousin would have made a rebellion, and now these captives have come back, as soon as they enter the city, they shout to be loyal to Li Li, how can your father not be afraid?" You can be sorry for your cousin once, and you don't care about being sorry for him once, so your father will definitely kill the killer and get rid of Li Li directly, this is your father's truth, and Li Li is so brave, how can he be arrested? ”

Li Yue was shocked and said in a panic: "Didn't my cousin's wife die of illness?" After speaking, I found out that something was wrong, I just met with this cousin and sister-in-law, and I didn't look like I was going to die of illness, but my brother Li Shi returned, and misfortune happened the next day. ”

Thinking like this, he suddenly looked back at the direction of the city, and Li Yue seemed to have heard the sound of the sword soldiers in the internal fighting.

It's over, it's all over.

Everything came very suddenly, and the day after these captives entered Chang'an City, Yuan Yun could see that the defenders on the city wall began to be in chaos, and some people were even retreating from the city wall to the city, looking very panicked.

Two days later, on a foggy morning, a small cavalry team entered the camp of the Powder Army, led by Li Ying, and he was followed by two young men, one named Li Jin and the other named Li Xian, both of whom were Li Li's own brothers.

After the three of them surrendered their weapons, they were taken to Yuan Yun's camp, as the generals of the defeated army, they had no place, so the three chose to kneel in the middle of the camp.

It's just that to Li Ying's surprise, the commander of the enemy army is really an eighteen-year-old young man, which is really a bit shocking, but the two people standing next to the young marshal know each other, Jia Xu is an old acquaintance, and Zhang Liao also saw it when he was in Luoyang.

At this moment, seeing that these two people were very respectful to this young man, there was no doubt that this person must be the commander of the Powder Army.

Yuan Yun looked at the three people in front of him, but he was a little surprised in his heart, it was only a few days, the other party began to mess with himself, he originally thought that the enemy would be chaotic for a while at most, but he didn't expect it to be so completely chaotic, and the enemy cavalry outside the city all chose to surrender.

Glancing at Li Ying, who was kneeling, Yuan Yun put something with the other party's name tag on the table, and then smiled: "You should be Li Dao's younger brother, why did you suddenly choose to surrender?" It's not that you don't have the ability to fight, can you solve the confusion of this commander? ”

Li Ying glanced at the two nephews on the left and right, sighed and said: "The family is unfortunate, the family wants us to die, we can only choose a way for ourselves, and now we surrender in the hope that the marshal can give us people a way to live."

Now that there has been a fierce battle in Chang'an City for several days, although my eldest nephew Li Li chose to resist, but the strength in his hands is not good, and now he has been surrounded by Li Wei's army in his own fortress, and I believe that his head is about to land.

And those of us outside the city have a deep relationship with Li Li, and there is no possibility of escaping this disaster, and when we left the city, our families were also handed over to Li Li to take care of, and now they are all surrounded in the fortress, and once they are broken, there will be no survival, so even if we defeat the Gunpowder Army, what awaits us is still Li Wei's butcher's knife. ”

When Yuan Yun heard this, he sighed in his heart, Li Dao was really to the point of rebellion, once these cavalry outside the city were detained or disbanded, a lonely city would no longer be able to resist the gunpowder army.

"Li Wei's immediate relatives, this commander can't guarantee it, but your lives should be unhindered......"

"Don't be handsome, these people say they are here to surrender, who knows if they are wolf ambitions, don't let them live!" It was Duan Xuan who suddenly spoke, this old thing had already entered the camp tent when he spoke, and when he saw Li Ying, he spat and foamed fiercely.

Yuan Yun's face was slightly cold, this Duan Xuan was already crazy if he wanted to take revenge, if these three people were killed in the current scene, those cavalry would definitely fight to the death, and the gunpowder army would only be defeated.

After thinking about it, Yuan Yun shouted in a deep voice: "Before this handsome man announced that you came in, you trespassed without permission, don't you want your head?" Come! Give me a stick! ”

As soon as the words fell, the three guards rushed out with sticks and began to provoke people without giving any face.

Duan Xuan saw the enemy at this moment, his eyes were already bloodshot, and when he saw the guards attacking, he just turned around a few times and knocked all the people to the ground, while he pulled out the sword at his waist and went straight to Li Ying.

With a bang, Zhang Liao decisively stepped out to hold Duan Xuan's long sword, and then saw Zhang Liao suddenly take a step forward, kicked Duan Xuan's chest, and kicked it out of the camp.

In the end, Zhang Liao didn't stop, but followed the sword, grabbed a few steps outside the tent, and then kicked out, simmering in the abdomen in the middle, Duan Xuan immediately rolled out five or six steps, and the blood in his mouth flowed.

Zhang Liao sighed secretly, this Duan Xuan is really a good hand, although he can't defeat himself, but he can always avoid the key point when he is in the most danger, he wanted to cripple it today, but he still missed, now that he has been recruited, it is not good to press step by step.

Yuan Yun didn't pay attention to the camp tent anymore, but said to Jia Xu: "What is the crime of the person who trespasses into the big tent of the handsome man without permission?" ”

Jia Xu clenched his fists and replied: "Capital crime!" ”

Yuan Yun's eyes were cold, and he said, "Then execute it!" ”

Duan Xuan heard it clearly outside the camp tent, and only then did he open his mouth and laugh at this moment: "It's not the marshal who has the final say now, I already have the documents of the imperial court here, and I am ordered to leave none of Li Wei's relatives after breaking through Chang'an, and the edict of the imperial court is also written, I, Duan Xuan, is no longer under the command of you Yuan Yun, what else can you do to me?" ”

Yuan Yun frowned slightly, took the edict of the imperial court from the hands of his own soldiers and read it, and then sneered: "The general will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch, hasn't General Duan heard this sentence?" ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun waved his hand and shouted: "Temporarily detain this person, and after returning to Xudu, this commander will ask you what Duan Xuan means in our army?" ”

After that, Yuan Yun didn't pay attention to Duan Xuan, who was taken away, but turned his head to the three people who were still kneeling in front of him: "You have also seen it, there are many people who want to kill you, but this commander will try his best to ensure that you are not lost, but it is only limited to the marshal barracks." ”

Li Ying sighed and said: "Before, Duan Xuan's family was killed by Li Dao, and it is no wonder that he wants to take revenge, but now that we have come to this point, we have no choice, and then it is all up to the marshal's arrangement." ”

"Very good, since you are honest, I will not lie to you, you must be a dead end when you go to Xudu, when Chang'an City is broken, I will order someone to let you go, if you need it, I can even help you arrange a back road, this is the condition that this commander can give you, if you accept, hand over those cavalry, if you don't accept, even if you attack, we will divide the victory and defeat."

Li Ying smiled bitterly and bowed down, the battle with the Gunpowder Army had already been fought several times, and once the other party was fully guarded in the camp, he would not have any chance at all, it was just a one-sided slaughter.

As for continuing to wander around the periphery, it is also impossible, if there is no support from the grain and grass in Chang'an City, those cavalry under his command will not last long and will run out of food.

So no matter how you think about it, it's just a way to fail, since the enemy commander in front of him can say these things that are not hidden, Li Ying feels that he can believe it.

So he immediately handed over the seal letter in his hand, and then ordered his nephew Li Xian to gather the cavalry troops and prepare to disarm and surrender.

After doing this, Li Ying hesitated for a moment and asked, "When is the marshal going to attack the city?" If it is immediate, please also ask the marshal to rescue our family. ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and then said with a smile: "Just when you entered the camp, four thousand gunpowder army soldiers had already rushed to the east gate, as expected, the east gate should be blown open soon." ”

As soon as Yuan Yun finished speaking, he heard a loud noise that seemed to come from the sky, like rolling thunder through the entire Gunpowder Army camp, and the eastern city of Chang'an was finally breached.

Xiao Liu led a thousand gunpowder soldiers to rush into the city first, as soon as they entered the city gate, they began to fire a salvo of steel crossbows, and those enemy soldiers guarding behind the gate immediately fell to the ground, they could not imagine that their shields could not defend against the opponent's crossbow arrows.

After the steel crossbow was fired, the sword and shield men began to burst into the city in batches with a loud howl, and immediately occupied all the dangerous places, and fierce battles began on the city walls, and the sound of swords and soldiers clashing was continuous, and soon it was muffled by the explosion of gunpowder shells.

In a short time, the east gate was completely silent, and the defenders began to crumble, and no one wanted to continue to fight these terrible enemies, so they could run as fast as they could.

When Xiao Liu stood at the head of the city, the 4,000 gunpowder army had all entered the city, and then began to spread, carefully sweeping forward, all the enemy troops in the streets and alleys could not stop the steel crossbows in their hands at all, so they could only continue to lose their posts and retreat.

Xiao Liu looked into the city from a high place, and found that smoke had risen in the center of the city, obviously there was a fierce battle, seeing such a scene, he smiled on his face, and the enemy really began to fight among themselves.

"Report! The commander has an order and instructs us to go and rescue Li Li's family. ”

Xiao Liu took the order, and then shouted to the three teams beside him: "The fortress of Li Li's family is in Dongcheng, can you rescue the three teams of them?" ”

The teams did not answer, but raised their crossbows and gunpowder bullets in their hands, and then rushed out with their brothers and men without looking back.

Xiao Liu didn't pay attention to these three teams anymore, because they didn't have many people, but their combat power was definitely not small, and the steel crossbow was combined with gunpowder bullets, even if the opponent was ten times as many as them, they could only be driven away like dogs.

Xiaoliu's main target now is the old palace, and the lord Yuan Yun specially explained to him that he must not let Li Dao burn it there, because the lord said that he wanted to satisfy his desire to visit, the palace in Xudu is too small, there is nothing to look at, and Luoyang's was burned by the fire, and now only the old palace in Chang'an still has some scale, if it is burned again, it will really disappoint people.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xiao Liu ordered a thousand gunpowder army soldiers and sword and shield hands, and began to drive towards the location of the old palace, and those who blocked were all shot.