Chapter 109: Capturing Li Lan alive
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Li Lan was very frustrated, and he was also very unwilling, but he also had a very powerless feeling.
Because of his disgust for Li Jue, he was also very disgusted with Yang Xi, Li Jue's son, he was unwilling to fall into the hands of Yang Xi, but now that he was exhausted, he was a little helpless, and the feeling of despair filled his heart at this time.
When he watched the left and right dragon guard soldiers under the city slowly and neatly advance towards the Chongxuanmen City Tower, he felt that the end was coming, and he knew that this was a formation deliberately created by Yang Xi, the purpose was to intimidate him and the forbidden army on the city tower.
But he couldn't do anything about all this, and in desperation, he pulled out the sword at his waist and prepared to kill himself for honor.
He has always regarded himself as the most heroic and heroic member of the princes, and since he is defeated today, he will die with dignity, he does not want to be a loser and fall into the hands of Yang Xi, be humiliated by Yang Xi, and become a laughing stock.
But just as he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, the guards around him quickly snatched it away.
What guard would want to see his master commit suicide in front of him? Even if you kill to the death, it's better than killing yourself like this.
They immediately persuaded Li Lan to concentrate an elite group of men, fight to the death, and flee north into Zhongnan Mountain, just like Xue Wanche during the Xuanwumen Mutiny. After listening to the persuasion of several of his cronies, Li Lan also acquiesced.
At this time, he had little ability to think, and his head was almost blank.
However, just when some of the forbidden army soldiers were about to hug Li Lan to kill him, the soldiers of the forbidden army who were chasing from the direction of the palace also arrived at the city gate. They immediately rushed along the road in the direction of the city gatehouse.
The city gate is mainly to prevent attacks from the outside direction, and there is not much defensive effect on the men and horses rushing from the inside direction, and the passage leading to the city gate tower is on both sides of the city gate. In just a few moments, the battle was completely clear. Except for those who were killed, the rest of the sergeants quickly surrendered.
As a Zuolong Wuwei sergeant quickly rushed to the city tower of the Chongxuan Division, the resisting sergeants on the city wall had also been cleared, and the remaining two hundred sergeants guarded Li Lan to hide on the city gate.
However, the sergeants of the left and right dragon guards did not immediately attack the barely fortified city gatehouse, and Yang Xi also appeared at this time. He was followed by hundreds of sergeants of the most elite special operations team, and it was up to Yang Xi to decide what to do with it in the end.
Accompanied by Pang Zhong and Hun Mian and hundreds of special operations team sergeants, Yang Xi quickly ascended to the city tower.
He wants to face Li Ling as a winner, damage Li Lan's face, and take revenge for Li Ling. Li Jue is the emperor, and he was killed by Li Ling in this way, and in front of the unwitting soldiers of the forbidden army, he must act a play and let them know. He came to protect the emperor, he was loyal to the monarch, and he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty. It's just that it came too late, and he didn't have time to rush into the palace before Li Lan killed the emperor. Didn't protect the emperor. He is now rounding up Li Lan, a rebellious minister who dares to kill the king, the purpose is to support justice, maintain the order of the Tang Dynasty, and suppress all those who dare to rebel.
Of course, he is also building up his prestige. His journey in power in the Tang Dynasty began with today's suppression of Li Lan's rebellion and full control of the situation in Chang'an. He wants to establish majesty before all.
After Yang Xi led a group of people to the city wall, the original noise stopped, and the sudden silence made Li Lan and the others in the city gate tower very uncomfortable all of a sudden, and also increased the fear in their hearts.
But soon a voice sounded, it was from Pang Zhong, who commanded the main force of the Dragon Martial Army.
"Your Royal Highness, you have been surrounded, and your rebellion will not succeed, so make your men lay down their arms and surrender! His Royal Highness King Chung ordered that you should be given half a pillar of incense, and if you do not surrender, we will attack the city gate. ”
There was silence outside, and Pang Zhong's shouting voice was very loud, which made these people in the city gate tower startled again, and some people had already thrown their weapons and were ready to surrender. However, after seeing that the people on the side were still hesitating, these people who threw their weapons finally retracted their steps.
Pang Zhong shouted a few times, but he only heard the sound of a weapon falling to the ground inside, but he didn't see anyone coming out, so he finally stopped. In fact, it is almost impossible to attack the city gate tower, and now it is only necessary to act, so that the soldiers of the forbidden army gathered here know that what Yang Xi has done is benevolent and righteous.
Yang Xi stepped forward with a serious face, stood in the middle of a group of special task force members dressed in black, showing only two eyes, nose and mouth, and shouted in a neutral voice: "Your Royal Highness King Yong, I didn't expect you to be so vicious, you actually killed His Majesty the Emperor, and vainly sought the throne. His Majesty the Emperor is your own brother, and you have to kill your own brother for the sake of the throne. You are really a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person, hurry up and make your men lay down their arms, as long as they lay down their weapons, your men will be treated leniently, otherwise no one will live until tomorrow!" After Yang Xi shouted these words, regardless of how the people inside reacted, he immediately ordered Li Han, the commander of the special operations team on standby beside him, to prepare for action.
Li Han received the order and led two hundred sergeants who were all blackened to quickly step forward and prepare to rush in.
A sergeant went upstairs with great dexterity, ready to attack from the second floor.
Yang Xi wanted to see for himself how the current members of the Special Operations Team were fighting, and he also wanted the generals of the forbidden army present to see how terrifying the mysterious army he was holding in his hands was, which made these generals fearful. This time, Yang Xi led the forbidden army to suppress the rebellion, and he was also worried that someone would follow his example in the future, and after he became the emperor, he led the forbidden army soldiers to rebel, causing bloody conflicts in the palace again. If these soldiers of the forbidden army knew that he had another formidable army in his hands, then they would definitely weigh it when they wanted to plot.
When the time for half a pillar of incense came, Yang Xi ignored how the people inside reacted, and decisively gave the order to attack.
"Phew!" In a loud bang, the door of the city gate tower was kicked open, and then the members of the special task force rushed in from several directions, and soon there were screams from inside, as well as the sound of panic shouts and swords colliding, but it was only for a while, and the movement inside was less, except for the screams and angry scolding of some people, the sound of fighting and the sound of weapons colliding were gone.
Li Han quickly rushed out of it and reported the battle situation to Yang Xi: "His Royal Highness King Zhong, I have captured His Royal Highness King Yong, killed fifty members of the opposing party, and captured the rest alive, and our side has zero casualties." ”
In a few short sentences, the battle situation just now was clear, and there was no joy in Li Han's words, as if everything was normal.
Yang Xi nodded slightly, indicating that he was clear.
The action ability of the members of the special task force made Pang Zhong, Hun Mian and the others who were standing beside Yang Xi change color, and the time for their attack was only for a while, and the half-pillar incense was less than enough, and there was still a section of the remaining half-pillar incense just now. Judging from the situation of the prisoners, there were still several hundred people around Li Lan, and there were less than 100 members of the special operations team who participated in the operation, and they actually won an absolutely superior victory at the "price" of zero casualties. The well-trained forbidden army sergeants and their personal entourage around Li Lan were all good, but they didn't expect to be vulnerable at all. Some people had seen the capabilities of the Einsatzgruppen before, but today they knew that they were going to be particularly impressed by this team of men and horses personally controlled by Yang Xi.
In fact, the members of the special task force adopted the strategy of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and their first target was Li Lan. After quickly shooting Li Lan's personal guards, he captured Li Lan before he could react, and the rest of the sergeants quickly gave up resistance, and only 50 were killed by the members of the special operation team, a few were injured, and the others surrendered.
The members of the special task force took each other's lives, so the people they attacked were basically fatal with one blow, and those who were injured were lucky.
According to Yang Xi's orders, Hun Mian quickly stepped forward and escorted Li Lan and the remnants of his command over. Pushing Li Lan in front of Yang Xi, the others were all taken down.
Yang Xi looked at Li Luan, who was standing in front of him in embarrassment, with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness King Yong, we shouldn't have expected that today's events would turn out like this, you have made the palace that has been deserted for a long time lively, and another bloody battle has been staged, you are a sinner in the Tang Dynasty, I believe that your fate is already clear to you, and I will let the ministers decide what to do with you." Take it with you!"
He didn't give Li Lan a chance to distinguish or ridicule at all.
Li Lan, who originally wanted to scold Yang Xi for being despicable, was gagged by the forbidden soldiers who escorted him before he could say anything, and he couldn't speak anymore, and he was escorted down very unwillingly.
At this time, Pang Zhong came to report that he had received reports from the generals that the three major areas of Daming Palace, Taiji Palace, and Xingqing Palace had been completely controlled.
Just as Pang Zhong was reporting, Wang Sili and his servants Gu Huaien and Hun Shizhi sent another person to report that their men and horses had taken control of most of the gates of Chang'an City, and the remaining gates were being mastered.
The men and horses led by Li Ling's sons who attacked the mansion of Li Jue's sons have all been exterminated, and the main figures, including Li Jue, have all been captured alive, and the people in Chang'an City have not been greatly alarmed.
These situations have long been expected, Yang Xi does not think that if he continues to arrange it so strictly, the forbidden army in the palace and most of the garrisons inside and outside Chang'an City are under control, and it is possible that he will not be able to control the situation in Chang'an. At the moment, he didn't pay attention to the situation of the few city gates that had not yet been controlled, and ordered his subordinates to immediately pass the order, so that all the officials above the fifth rank would come to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace to have a very urgent discussion of court affairs.
Yang Xi also ordered at the same time that after the curfew ended, martial law would remain in the city, and no gate in Chang'an City would be open until the situation stabilized. (To be continued......)