Chapter 185: Counterinsurgency

In the barracks outside the city, when Zhang Yan left, he had already brought all the light cavalry to Yanmen, and now in the barracks outside the city, there are only heavy cavalry and heavy infantry left, two types of troops that are not conducive to long-distance attacks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The soldiers sent by Xu Guangqi to ask for help conveyed Xu Guangqi's order, and when they heard the seriousness of the situation and the safety of the palace, they immediately put on their armor and prepared to enter the city to quell the rebellion.

And the family has been planning for a long time, of course, they will not let the army stationed outside the city be ignored, and thousands of house slaves who appeared out of nowhere besieged the camp with weapons.

However, they forgot that the two most powerful arms of the Tang State were stationed here, the barracks of heavy cavalry and infantry.

Fortunately, the soldiers sent by Xu Guangqi came one step earlier, and at this moment the soldiers in the army were already equipped with heavy armor and were about to enter the city to quell the rebellion.

However, they were doomed to tragedy, and with the swords and guns of the house slaves, they could not pierce the iron armor of the heavy infantry at all, and at most they left only some traces, and then they were wiped out by the heavy infantry one by one.

The battle began and ended suddenly, and within a quarter of an hour the slaves completely broke down and fled in all directions.

And the heavy armor army didn't have time to clean up the battlefield, so they rushed directly to the city.

In the city, the domestic slaves of these families are much better than those outside the city, although they are not the opponents of the elite soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, but the battle situation on the long street has not been one-sided.

The streets are narrow, which is not conducive to the battle of the large army, and the combat effectiveness of the domestic slaves of these families is basically equal to that of the county soldiers, and they are also trained, which is enough to block the impact of the Tang army guards in a short time, so for a while, they will not be able to support the palace.

In front of Zhang Zaiwang's mansion, the battle has been white-hot, the Tang State Janissaries are worthy of being well-trained, relying on the advantage of equipment, forming a military formation to cooperate with each other, and their more than 400 people and the opposite 3,000 people have a draw.

A quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye, seeing that their soldiers could not attack for a long time, but were a little afraid of the Tang army, Wang Yan's face was gloomy, they originally thought that these four or five hundred people would be completely taken in only a quarter of an hour, but now nearly two quarters of an hour have passed, and they still haven't been able to take a step forward, but there is a faint tendency to be suppressed.

"Everyone, listen, kill a Tang army and reward a gold, if you can capture the Tang princess alive, a reward of a thousand gold."

As a last resort, Wang Yan could only use heavy rewards to stimulate the blood of the house slaves.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, this sentence will remain unchanged through the ages, hearing Wang Yan's words, these house slaves were all stimulated by the heavy reward, a daughter, this is a wealth that they have not seen for many years, and the most important thing is that there is also a reward of one gold for killing a Tang army, so as long as they kill a few Tang soldiers, they will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of their lives.

"Kill!"

At this moment, they completely forgot their fear, and looked at the Tang army in front of them, like moving gold, and rushed forward fearlessly, desperately trying to slash Tang Jun.

Although the Tang army was well-equipped and had light armor on its body, it was not heavy armor after all, and it could not block several slashes, and after a period of time, the armor on some soldiers began to crack, or they were cut in weak places, and many guards fell to the ground.

The outbreak of domestic slaves also made the scale of victory gradually tilt again, returning to the original point, and even the house slaves slightly gained the upper hand.

Cai Yan watched the guards fall to the ground one after another, and said to the soldiers guarding him beside him: "You leave ten people, and the others will also go to help kill the enemy." ”

"No."

As soon as the battle began, the guards divided about fifty people to guard Cai Yan's side, and after hearing Cai Yan's order, forty people immediately drew their swords and joined the battle group.

With the addition of these forty men, the Praetorian Guard barely managed to hold the situation.

And the people, who had been hiding at home for a long time, gradually understood what was happening in the city, and many bloody men began to hold improvised weapons, calling friends and friends to prepare to help the Praetorian Guards against the family's army.

On the main road of Jinyang City, the defenders of the four gates were also blocked here, they didn't think about marching from the small alley, but the family had already sealed all the entrances and exits, if they broke through in the alley, it was better to break through the defense line of the family directly on the main road.

Just when the two sides continued to stalemate, the neighing of war horses suddenly came from the rear, and the officers of the Jin army, who were commanding the soldiers to charge continuously, turned around and looked, and they were overjoyed, it turned out to be the soldiers in the military camp outside the city.

The first to appear were the heavy cavalry, who were covered with heavy armor from their bodies to their horses, like a torrent of steel, and shouted at the soldiers who were fighting: "Get out of the way!" ”

Soon, the Praetorian Guards all retreated to both sides of the road, giving way to the entire passage for the heavy cavalry to pass through, and even the family slaves who stood in front of them dodged away, after all, they really did not have the courage to block the impact of the heavy cavalry.

The house slaves, who had no time to dodge, were trampled under the feet of the heavy cavalry, and then turned into a mass of flesh, and the scene was extremely bloody and terrifying.

After the heavy cavalry, the house slaves were still immersed in fear, and before they could reorganize their formation, they were scattered by the Praetorian guards who followed

On the other side, there were several other defenders who did not have the support of the military camp outside the city, but they were helped by the people, and countless young and strong people with weapons in their hands attacked from the rear of the family's army, involving part of the family's troops, attacking from both sides, encroaching on the family's position step by step, and finally the family's house slaves could not withstand the pressure and began to flee.

And in front of the palace, the battle has been white-hot, the defense of the Janissaries has begun to shrink, they are still standing less than three hundred people, and there are loopholes in the defense, from time to time there are house slaves who cross their defense line and kill Cai Yan.

Fortunately, there are still ten people guarding Cai Yan's side, and the house slaves who rushed to Cai Yan's side were all cut down by them, but there was no danger.

"Work hard, they are about to lose their hold, as long as you catch the princess, there will be a reward of thousands of gold." Seeing that more and more guards had fallen, Wang Yan couldn't help but exclaim.

Hearing Wang Yan's voice, the house slaves seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and they regained their fighting spirit, launching a new round of impact on the defense line of the guards.

Just as the Janissary line was crumbling, the sound of horses' hooves resounded through the city, and then the ground shook like an earthquake.

"Hold on, everyone, reinforcements are coming soon."

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Xu Guangqi on the side began to boost morale.

Hearing that reinforcements were coming, the Praetorian guards also exerted their strength and burst out with the last fighting strength, forcing the family's house slaves to retreat and firmly hold the defensive line.

"Everyone, listen, we have no way out, if we want to live, arrest Princess Tang immediately, otherwise as soon as their reinforcements arrive, we will all die."

Wang Yan is also crazy, they are only one step away from success, as long as they can catch Cai Yan, they will be safe.