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In the middle of the Jinyang Palace and the outer city of Taiyuan, in the east of the city, it is the place where the right Yi guard, who is responsible for guarding the court, is stationed.

Five thousand soldiers of the Right Yi Guard had already gathered, but the General of the Right Yi Guard, Sima Dekan, did not follow Yang Xuan's order and immediately went to besiege the soldiers and horses of the Zuo Yi Wei Yu culture. Sima Dekan was also from Guanlong, and his father was once a middle-level general in the Northern Zhou army. However, his father died early, leaving his widowed mother and clan to raise him alone.

At the most difficult time, although Sima Dekan was young, he had no choice but to follow the butcher to kill pigs to make a living. Later, he had an affair with the monk Shi Cang in the nearby temple, and the monk taught him to read and write. When he grew up, he enlisted in the army and became a guard of the Praetorian Guard, and later followed Yang Su, the most powerful man in the dynasty, and made a lot of contributions, and then followed Yuwenshu several battles, and was finally valued by Yang Guang as a guard general, guarding left and right. With the help of the Yang family and the Yuwen family, coupled with the emperor's attention, he was able to continue to climb.

By now, he has become one of the twelve guards of the right Yiwei general, the Duke of Jin. It can be said that all of this today is completely the hand-picked allocation of Yang Guang, the son of heaven.

"General, the soldiers have been assembled, please instruct" After the generals gathered the soldiers and horses, they came over and reported loudly.

Sima Dekan snorted, stood up, and picked up the three letters in his hand. Of these two letters, one was a warrant sent to him by Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, asking him to immediately lead his troops to besiege Yu Wenhua. The other two, one of which was a secret letter from Yang Wu, the former deputy general of the black-clothed Iron Guard, told him that the emperor had woken up, and also made an edict to pass on the throne to King Yan, and appointed Li Yuan and other eight ministers as ministers to jointly assist King Yan to ascend the throne. Now I want Yang Wu to write to him, hoping that he will continue to be loyal to the emperor.

The last letter is Yu Wenhua's handwriting, and what is written in the letter is nothing more than how Yu Wenshu took care of him back then, hoping that he can now read on the love of the year and help Yu Wen's once.

Pinching these three letters, Sima Dekan hesitated.

He didn't hesitate because the emperor woke up, or because of the old favor of the Yuwen family who helped him back then. Over the years, he has climbed up step by step, from the bottom to this position, and he deeply understands the hardships of the road to power. What really made him hesitate was the change in the situation, since the emperor woke up, and since Li Yuan and the others got the edict, then this turmoil was full of variables. The battle for the throne was bloody and cruel, and if he took one wrong step, he would be crushed to pieces, and he could not afford to think about it too much.

"General, the operation has begun, please give an order," the subordinate general on the side reminded with concern. If you miss tonight's big event, you won't be able to explain it at that time.

After Sima Dekan hesitated for a long time, he said in a deep voice, "Pass the order, close the barracks, and everyone stay in the camp and wait for the next order." Without the general's warrant, no one is allowed to leave the camp, and those who violate the order will be beheaded" After saying these cold words, Sima turned back to the house with the treasure sword, leaving all the generals to look at each other, but no one dared to disobey.

In the black-clothed iron guard camp, Pei Xingyan still stayed with the King of Liao, and he sent his own guard captain to order the transfer of troops to the Xiande Hall to assemble. The captain of the guard had just arrived at the camp, but found that the black-clad iron guard camp was in chaos at this time.

In the barracks, except for those soldiers who were on duty outside, the rest of the soldiers had been divided into two factions at this time, fighting each other and attacking each other. At a glance, the captain of the guard clearly found that the one on the left was led by Yang Wu, the commander of the former black-clothed iron guard, and the people standing beside him at this time were all trusted generals among the original black-clothed iron guards. On the contrary, what was barely resisting on the right was the troops and horses commanded by those generals who were assigned by Pei Xingyan after he became the commander of the black-clothed iron guard.

"His Majesty the Emperor has woken up, His Majesty has an order, Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, conspired against the rebellion, and ordered Ben to eliminate Yang Xuan's remaining party Pei Xingyan. All the brothers in black and iron guards listen well, as long as they attack Pei Xingyan and other traitors together at this time, Your Majesty will not be guilty of the past, if you kill the rebels, Your Majesty will reward you for your meritorious deeds, brothers, go up together" Yang Wu carried a big bow, the bowstring turned over, and there was always a person on the opposite side who fell. As he shot, he shouted loudly, and Pei Xingyan, who couldn't resist for a while, was even more panicked, and the more he fought, the more he retreated.

"Brothers, don't listen to Yang Wuhu, Your Majesty woke up at the end of a few months in a coma, how could he suddenly wake up now. What's more, King Liao is His Majesty's only prince now, even if His Majesty wakes up, he will pass on the throne to His Royal Highness, how can he say that His Highness is rebelling. The current situation is clearly that Yang Wu has channeled through Nayu Culture and others to rebel, brothers, side by side. Hold on a little longer, and the reinforcements of His Royal Highness the King of Liao will arrive. ”…,

As soon as the general's words fell, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside.

"Our reinforcements have arrived, brothers, go up together, kill Yang Shun, and get a reward for meritorious service" The general excitedly carried the halberd forward.

Suddenly, an arrow flew in, and the arrow shot like lightning into the center of the general's brow. The general fell down with disbelief in his eyes, and in the afterglow, he saw that the soldiers and horses had already arrived on horseback, and looking at the armor, it was the Xiaoguo army of the Left Reserve Mansion.

It's just that he clearly remembered that Li Jiancheng and his father Li Yuan of the Xiaoguo Camp had already voted for the King of Liao, so why did they attack him now?

Li Jiancheng arrived with 5,000 men and horses, and gathered the second brother Shimin's father-in-law Yang Wu and other generals, for a while like chopping melons and vegetables, although the black-clothed iron guards were the strongest soldiers in the army, but these people were not the previous black-clothed iron guards, but they were hurriedly recruited from the army behind Taiyuan City. In the chaos, he lost his generals again, and he couldn't support it for a long time, and he kept retreating. was attacked by Li Jiancheng's cavalry for a while, and immediately completely dispersed and fled in all directions.

Outside the main hall, Pei Xingyan led his subordinates to kill the black-clothed iron guards directly to the Yuwen Chengji brothers, and the two sides disagreed and fought together. The soldiers and horses on both sides are equal, the elite is similar, and in the court, there are no heavy weapons, not even war horses. These Praetorian Guards in gorgeous armor were dressed in shining bright light armor, long shields like walls, horizontal swords like snow, and spears like forests.

Pei Xingyan picked up several Zuo Yi guards in a row, and after a while, he had already killed in front of the Yuwen Chengji brothers. The Yuwen Chengji brothers did not panic, they all came forward with a lance battle, and the two sides came and went, and they couldn't fight. Pei Xingyan is brave, but the Yuwen brothers are victorious in tacit understanding, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat for a while.

Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, who was watching the battle later, did not see Sima Dekan's right Yi guards and horses for a long time, and Li Jiancheng's Xiaoguo army arrived, and he also felt a trace of strangeness in his heart. Looking at the bloody soldiers fighting in front of the main hall, he hurriedly took out a golden arrow engraved with his name, "You quickly take this arrow outside the palace city, and let Yu Su, Yu Rou, Yu Hui, and Yu Xi immediately lead 20,000 people into the palace to clean up the rebellious party." ”

The four of Yu Su are all the sons of Yu Shiji, and they are all Wenchen and do not command the army. However, tonight they are all in charge of liaison outside the palace, and as long as the arrows are passed to them, they can quickly move in the troops.

The captain with the golden arrow led a team of men and horses had just left the Xiande Palace, turned a few palace gates, but suddenly killed a group of men and horses from the oblique stab. The first general, who was more than a foot tall, stepped on a charcoal fire dragon horse, and held a powerful and unpopular weapon, the phoenix wings and gold boring.

Horses are like dragons, people are like tigers, I saw a lightning rushing, and before the captain could react, he was already pierced into the horse by Yuwen Chengdu. A sergeant on the side had already found Yang Yin's arrow from the lieutenant and presented it.

Yuwen Chengdu easily won the arrow, but there was not much smile on his golden face. Nodding, he pointed in the direction of the hall with the blood-dripping phoenix wings and gold boring, and without saying a word, he took the lead.

The soldiers and horses rushed to the door of the hall, the two brothers of Yuwen Chengji in front of the hall were still fighting with Pei Xingyan, Yuwen Chengdu waved a finger, the "kill" order was concise but powerful, and the soldiers behind him were speared horizontally, stabbing forward.

Hesitating with a sharp arrow, Yuwen Chengdu quickly cut through the fighting men and horses on the battlefield with his men and horses, and went straight to Yang Yun and others with his subordinates. Yang Yun and the others over there also saw that the situation was not good, and did not wait for reinforcements, but waited for this Tianbao general first, and they all rode their horses for a while, desperately rushing to the outside of the palace.

Yuwen Chengdu did not fight with those people and horses who left behind along the way, wielding phoenix wings and gold boring to kill a bloody road, and chased after him.

Yang Jian was as anxious as a lost dog on the horse, he never thought that everything he had planned would suddenly become like this. Riding on the horse, he galloped wildly, and according to the persuasion of the guards, he abandoned the dazzling armor and helmets on his body, and hurriedly changed into a set of ordinary small school armor on the horse.

After passing through the palace gates, he finally rushed to the outside of the palace gate in the next city. But he was shocked to find that the outside of the palace wall was even more chaotic at this time. In the darkness of the night, countless torches were shaking in all directions, and countless soldiers were running around chasing and fighting. Yang Jin's first impression when he saw this scene was that Li Yuan did not defend the city, and let other people outside the city rush into the city. …,

But just a quick glance, he had already seen that in the firelight, there were many soldiers guarding one place, and as far as the eye could see, the general of the generals under the firelight was none other than Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Kingdom. And if you look closely, the soldiers and horses who are constantly besieging their Miyagi guards are the armor banners of the Hedong Army.

Yang Jun only felt a mouthful of blood gushing up his throat, and his throat was sweet for a while, but he was already angry and vomited blood.

Seeing this scene, Pei Yun and the others, who were all replaced by soldiers, also completely understood, and they all fell for the old fox Li Yuan.

"Your Highness, I can't stay in Taiyuan City anymore. The most important thing at the moment is to get out of the city immediately, gather Pei Renji, Yang Yichen and other generals, and lead the troops and horses to counterattack Li Yuan, so there is still a glimmer of hope. Although Pei Yun said so, he also knew in his heart that Li Yuan, the old fox, would not move, since he had already made a move, how could he have no other arrangements? Now that they are driving out of the city, they are afraid that Pei Renji and their army will also be more auspicious.

Yang Jin's face was like a blank piece of paper, and at this time his mind was already in a mess, he nodded and agreed to go out of the city. But before leaving, he didn't forget to say to the guard beside him, "What about Li Yuan's third daughter, Li Xiuning?" Where is she? Now his heart was full of anger after betrayal, he couldn't do anything with Li Yuan for a while, he just wanted to immediately pull Li Yuan's daughter and throw it to those sergeants to defile.

The guard searched around for a long time, and hurriedly said, "Back to His Highness, I'm just afraid that I'm still in the palace at the moment, and I didn't have time to bring it together in the panic I left just now." ”

Yang Yun also wanted to send someone to bring it, but Xiao Yu said in a hurry, "Your Highness, now that time is pressing, don't care about another woman." As long as we gather a large army out of the city, and then counterattack Li Yuan, and when Li Yuan is defeated, every woman of the Li family will be at the disposal of His Royal Highness. ”

Yang Jun looked at the soldiers and horses who couldn't resist Li Yuan, and he was also panicked in his heart, so he hurriedly gathered some of the soldiers and horses, and led the men and horses to the north of the city like a gust of wind. Li Yuan's soldiers and horses tried their best to intercept them, but Yang Yun and the others were also trapped beasts desperately, and their hearts were fierce and excited. And Yuwen Chengdu, who was behind, finally gathered the two elder brothers and rushed to the West City Gate with Zuo Yiwei's soldiers and horses.

Although Li Yuan's Hedong soldiers added up, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and recruited recruits from various places, but Li Shimin had already taken most of them out of the city before. At this time, Li Yuan led another 40,000 people to storm Yang Xuan's soldiers and horses outside the palace, and there were not many soldiers and horses left behind at the city gates.

Yang Yun stormed the north gate, Yuwen Chengdu stormed the west gate, and without waiting for Li Yuan's reinforcements to arrive, the two teams had already broken through the door and left the city. When Yang Jian rushed to the Hebei Army camp in the north of the city, it had become an empty camp, and the empty camp was full of fire, and all the logistics grain and grass were burned down in an ember, but it was Li Shimin who took Pei Renji to attack the Wensheng camp not long ago, and took the opportunity to set fire to the Hebei Army camp.

By the time Yang Yun and the others arrived in front of the camp of the Kansai Army, there had already been a scuffle here. Previously, Pei Renji gathered nearly 200,000 horses from all outside the city to attack more than 100,000 horses from Wei Wensheng's Guanlong group.

Although Wei Wensheng had few people, he had already taken precautions, Pei Renji's sneak attack could not be changed and he attacked strongly, and the two sides fought together, and there were heavy casualties in the night. When the two teams were defeated, Li Shimin, who was supposed to attack Wang Shichong, instead joined forces with Wang Shichong with 150,000 troops, and suddenly killed from the east and west.

Outside the city of Taiyuan, by the Jinshui River, the mountains are full of firelight, and all the ears are full of screams of tearing and killing. The radius of dozens of miles is like a ghost domain, full of screams and wails, horses neighing and people howling.

Standing by the Jinshui River, Yang Jun was completely shocked. Seeing this incomparably chaotic battlefield by the Jinshui River, he understood that he had lost, completely lost. At this time, not to mention that it is already more difficult to gather an army to counterattack Li Yuan in Taiyuan City, even if he goes to find Pei Renji and others.

On the other side, the three Yuwen Chengdu brothers who rushed from the city also looked shocked, and even Yuwen Chengdu, who had always been extremely calm and moody, couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and a little panic appeared in his eyes.

The world is in chaos ......,