Let's turn the time back a little, back to the moment when Xie Shufang led the army to the south gate of Xicheng and saw Li Er and the others opening the city without permission, and at the same time, the envoy sent by Feng Li, another important general of the Taiyuan Army, to contact Li Jiancheng also hurried back to Jinyang Palace, and once again reported that Wu Shi Tong conveyed Li Jiancheng's words and refused to meet, and also reported that Li Jiancheng's guards were all outside Li Yuanji's mansion to report important situations.

Although this time there were still ghostly warriors who came forward to deceive, but when things came to this point, Feng Li was suspicious in his heart anyway, and Feng Li immediately decided, while letting Yang Wengan, another of Li Jiancheng's other cronies, lead the army to closely guard important institutions such as Jinyang Palace and granary arsenal, and personally lead the people of his headquarters to rush to Li Yuanji's mansion to meet Li Jiancheng. As a result, only halfway through, there was a shouting sound from the south gate, Feng Li was shocked and did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the army to speed up, almost flying to the outside of Li Yuanji's mansion located in the southwest of Taiyuan Xicheng.

Seeing that Feng Li rushed to the scene with the people of the headquarters, there was already a big chaos outside the door of Li Yuanji's mansion, and the guards who had been brought by Li Jiancheng were desperately knocking on the door, yelling and demanding to open the door, and at the same time, there were guards who rushed to Feng Li, saying that the door of Li Yuanji's house was suddenly closed just now, and he refused to open it again. Feng Libao's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly shouted: "Immediately surround the Qi Mansion!" Bow and arrow ready! Knock on the door! Knock the door open! ”

At the same time that the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army under Feng Li rushed to the siege of the mansion and prepared bows and arrows, the guards were just about to hit the gate, and a human head suddenly appeared on the courtyard wall of Li Yuanji's mansion, but it was Li Shentong, the oldest qualified head of the old Li family, who asked very majestically: "Feng Li, you are so bold!" Do you know what this place is? Dare to come here? Go now, take your people away! ”

"Li Shentong?!" Feng Li was startled at first, and then immediately guessed a lot of situations, and hurriedly asked, "Li Shentong, where is Zuo Dudu?" What happened to Zuodu? ”

"Manager Feng, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Shentong snorted and said with a smile: "Zuo Dudu is the commander of the whole army, what do we dare to do with him?" He is very good now, but Qi Guogong is too sick now, and Zuo Dudu must stay by Qi Guogong's side, so he ordered us to close the door of the mansion and not allow outsiders to disturb him. Zuo Dudu also said that when the thief army comes, you just have to go to meet the enemy, and you don't need to worry about him. ”

"Less nonsense!" Feng Li was willing to believe it, pointed at Li Shentong with a horsewhip and shouted: "Invite Zuo Dudu to come out to see me immediately, otherwise I will crash in!" ”

"Zuo Du Du can't leave." Li Shentong replied loudly: "Listen to the voice, the thief army has been killed under the city gate, Manager Feng, you are the chief general of the Xicheng garrison, why don't you go and take a look?" ”

"Shoot the arrows!" Feng Li saw at a glance that Li Shentong was deliberately delaying time, and immediately ordered the arrows to be released, and the Taiyuan soldiers under his command did not hesitate, and immediately loosened the strings and released the arrows, but unfortunately the old fox Li Shentong had already prepared, and he shrank his head to dodge the dense feather arrows that shot at him, and then Feng Li ordered to hit the door again, and the guards immediately hit the door of Li Yuanji's mansion with their bodies, but the people of Li Mansion had already used their bodies to resist the gate, and the guards had not been able to knock it open several times. Feng Li was even more furious when he saw it, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to climb the wall and enter the hospital, and enter the courtyard to open the door.

The first soldier of the Taiyuan Army climbed the wall, and before he could jump into the courtyard, a wave of feathered arrows flew out of the courtyard, shooting him down the courtyard wall. Before the temporary, the Taiyuan Army warriors also shouted out the situation in the courtyard, "There are soldiers in the courtyard, they are the soldiers of the Duke of Qi!" ”

Angry and worried, Feng Li ordered the soldiers to storm the hospital at any cost, and the well-trained Taiyuan soldiers under his command also quickly formed a ladder to help their companions go up the wall, and Li Jiancheng's guards over there also desperately hit the gate like crazy, and the soldiers of Li Yuanji's mansion were not to be outdone, while constantly shooting arrows at the enemy on the wall, they threw a few gunpowder bottles outside the courtyard that they didn't know where they got them, and injured many Taiyuan soldiers. The inside and outside of Li Yuanji's mansion soon shook the sky, and the swords and guns collided endlessly, and the intensity caught up with the Nanmen battlefield, which was also in a fierce battle.

After all, there are a lot of people on Feng Li's side, and after a fierce battle for a small half a pillar of incense, twenty or thirty Taiyuan soldiers have climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, joining hands to cut down the Li family soldiers who were holding the gate, with their help, Li Jiancheng's guards, who were about to go crazy, finally crashed open the gate, shouting and killing into the courtyard, Feng Li breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the soldiers to kill into the courtyard, and he couldn't wait to dismount and rush into the courtyard. However, when Feng Li entered the gate, the soldiers of the Li Mansion had already retreated to the second gate to continue to hold on, Feng Li was even more anxious, and hurriedly led the army to attack the inner courtyard of the Li Mansion, and at the same time ordered the soldiers surrounding the Li Mansion to turn into the Li Mansion from the backyard and make every effort to find Li Jiancheng's whereabouts.

At the same time, the shouting and killing on the south gate of Xicheng had become significantly more intense, and some people reported that Li Er and others had opened the city gate, and Feng Li was even more distressed, so he could only hope that Uncle Xie could buy time for himself, and at the same time urged the soldiers to attack the backyard quickly. Fortunately, the officers and men of the Taiyuan Army also knew that the situation was critical, and they worked hard to move quickly, and they also removed a pillar when they hit the door and slammed the second gate of the Li Mansion, and finally succeeded in breaking through the second gate and entering the backyard.

The smooth progress has come to this point, although many of the soldiers in Li Yuanji's family who are waiting for him to hunt lackeys have been killed, and the rest are in a mess and have no power to fight back, but after carefully seeing the current appearance of the Li clan, none of the Taiyuan soldiers dared to take a step forward anymore - because Li Jiancheng, who was tied up with five flowers, had been surrounded by the Li clan, and Li Yuanji also personally carried a knife on Li Jiancheng's neck.

After receiving the report, he rushed to the scene quickly, and saw that Li Jiancheng was only captured but not harmed, Feng Li quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly said to Li Yuanji and the others: "Fourth son, why did you do this, I don't want to ask more, let Zuo Dudu go, I will let you go, you can go there if you like!" ”

"Let him go?" Li Yuanji smiled and said with a cruel smile: "Coax us as three-year-old children? Is that easy? Give way to me right away, we get to a safe place and naturally let him go! ”

Li Jiancheng, whose mouth was strangled, whined and asked Feng Li to attack, but Feng Li, who was a rat trap, would dare to attack? So after just a little calculation, Feng Li shouted: "Get out of the way, let them go!" ”

The soldiers of the Taiyuan army got out of the way according to the order, Li Yuanji laughed proudly when he saw it, and praised his brother with great satisfaction, and then immediately pushed Li Jiancheng forward, Li Shentong and Li Shuliang and other Li clans were each holding their blades to carefully protect Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, and carefully passed through the road given by Feng Li's subordinates, Feng Li couldn't find a chance to snatch back Li Jiancheng, so he could only lead the army to follow with a blue face, and monitor Li Yuanji and others going out.

Bad news kept coming like snowflakes, first of all, the Sui soldiers successfully captured the city gate, then they found that Liu Dewei had also defected, and then Xie Shufang was blocked outside the jack gate because he was entangled by the Sui soldiers, and at the same time, the Sui soldiers had already launched an ant-attached siege. Feng Li listened to the complaint, and in addition to sending someone to quickly order Liu Dewei and Xie Shufang's deputies to command their headquarters to fight, he yelled at Li Yuanji and the others: "Li Yuanji, you will release Zuo Dudu now!" I swear to heaven that you will go out of the city, and you can go wherever you like, and I will not stop you! ”

Li Yuanji and the others just laughed when they heard it, and they didn't take advantage of Feng Li's stubble at all, and Li Jiancheng tried hard to say: "Feng Li, leave me alone, kill these traitors, Taiyuan Yishi will take you as the leader from now on!" ”

With a bang, Li Yuanji smashed an elbow on Li Jiancheng's face, and yelled at Feng Li: "Immediately get out of the way completely, we have to go out of the city from the west gate, and when we go out of the city, we will release your master immediately!" Otherwise, everyone will die! ”

Dilemma, sweat was rolling on Feng Li's forehead, and after a little consideration, Feng Li could only order to his deputy Li Anyuan: "The battle at the south gate is urgent, I must go over immediately!" You take 500 soldiers to monitor them out of the city, and let them put the Zuodu at the city gate, but remember two things, one is that they must not be allowed to hurt the Zuo Dudu, and the other is that they must not be allowed to take the Zuodu out of the city! ”

Li Anyuan, who is also a loyal minister, agreed, Feng Li hurriedly led the army straight to the south gate to command the battle, and Li Anyuan led the army to carefully monitor Li Yuanji and others entering and leaving the city in and out of the city.

Li Yuanji's mansion is not too far from the west gate, and it didn't take long for Li Jiancheng to be forcibly brought to the west gate, and he ordered the city gate official to open the city gate, and the city gate official was at a loss, so he could only ask Li Anyuan for orders. Li Anyuan first ordered the soldiers to go to the city to confirm that there was no enemy outside the gate, and then shouted to Li Yuanji and the others: "Let the Governor of Zuo Du go, I will let you out of the city!" ”

"Open the city gate first, and then we'll let Li Jiancheng go." Li Yuanji replied with a sneer.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Anyuan still had no choice but to order the door to be opened, but he ordered that only one crack should be opened. When the door opened a crack, Li Anyuan ordered Li Yuanji and others to release them, and Li Yuanji and others were very cunning to put Li Jiancheng at the front as a shield, and then went out of the city one by one, and finally took a knife to Li Yuanji. It was also at this time that Li Jiancheng finally seized the opportunity and kicked his leg on the lower abdomen of the fourth brother, and when the steel knife cut a long wound on Li Jiancheng's neck, Li Yuanji also escaped from the city screaming.

Seeing this scene, Li Anyuan, who was overjoyed, hurriedly stepped forward to catch Li Jiancheng, and while examining the wound, he ordered the soldiers to go out of the city to chase and kill, but it was okay, Li Yuanji's steel knife was less than half a centimeter away from Li Jiancheng's carotid artery, and there was no fatal danger. Then when Li Anyuan hurriedly untied the rope on Li Jiancheng's mouth, the first thing Li Jiancheng said when he opened his mouth was to yell, "Go to the south gate immediately!" ”

Bang! Before Li Jiancheng finished speaking, there was a loud noise at the south gate, hearing the explosion sound that was obviously much bigger than the gunpowder bottle, Li Jiancheng and Li Anyuan both had a heartbeat, and an ominous premonition rose to their hearts, and they didn't care to check the results of chasing Li Yuanji and others, so they hurriedly got on their horses and went straight to the south gate of Taiyuan.

Everything is over, when Li Jiancheng and Li Anyuan and others rushed to the vicinity of the south gate of the West City, the Sui army flag has appeared in the city, it turned out that the loud noise was the Sui army soldiers lit the coffin full of gunpowder, hundreds of catties of gunpowder explosion not only as fierce as thunder, but also the Taiyuan army emergency jack gate also blew up most of the city, the Sui army soldiers took advantage of the situation to kill into the city, Feng Li commanded the army to fight, but still could not expel the Sui soldiers out of the city.

Seeing this scene, Li Jiancheng also made a decision on the spot, immediately climbed the city wall in person to take over the command of the defenders in the city, and also sent people to order Yin Kaishan and Shi Wanbao, who were on duty in the east city, to prepare for the transfer of the main force to the east city, and ordered Yang Wengan to hurry up and transfer grain and grass to the east city, and then yelled at the left and right: "Hold on to the end!" Kill me out of the city! Don't give up until the last moment! ”

The cruel and bloody Xicheng street battle began, the narrow long street was full of ants, the soldiers of the two armies were intertwined, the swords and swords were shadows, shouting to kill the heavens, the officers and men of the Taiyuan army desperately wanted to drive the soldiers of the Sui army out of the city again, but the soldiers of the Sui army were screaming and screaming that they must be killed in the city, the soldiers of the two armies saw blood with swords and knives, saw flesh with guns and guns, fought and killed in the streets and alleys, and the sound of dying screams came and went, one after another. Arrows in the sky are like locusts, Li Jiancheng, who was red-eyed, ordered the defenders to release arrows from the city, indiscriminately attacking the soldiers of the two armies who were fighting fiercely, the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army and the soldiers of the Sui Army were constantly falling down with arrows, but they were too late to beware of arrows from the sky, so they could only fight for their lives in the dense rain of arrows, and first strive not to be killed by the enemy on the opposite side.

The sky is already slightly dark, but the fire is also rising in the city one after another, in the fierce battle I don't know whether it is the soldiers or the fleeing people accidentally ignited the houses in the city, one after another the houses came out of the flames and smoke, the fire was blazing, the smoke was billowing, the soldiers of the two armies smoked and burst into flames, and fought fiercely in the firelight, the innocent people cried and ran in the firelight, and there were constantly innocent people who were killed or shot by stray arrows, Li Jiancheng saw these tragic scenes on the city wall, his heart was like a knife, but he was helpless.

I have to admit that the Taiyuan army soldiers who have been defeated in front of the Sui army are still quite tenacious and brave this time, even if the Sui army has already entered the city, there is no sign of collapse, and they have always resisted stubbornly on the narrow streets and in the houses, and the Sui army soldiers fought for the position space street by street, the Sui army stormed for nearly an hour, but failed to rush to the city wall and seize too much space in the city, on the contrary, there were many casualties in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Taiyuan army, and even the famous general Liu Shishan was seriously injured on the battlefield. Forced to withdraw from the battlefield and withdraw to the rescue outside the city. At the same time, Li Jing shook his head and sighed again and again outside the city, "Luck, if our army is really forced to attack head-on, I really don't know how much it will cost to attack the city and seize this Taiyuan City." ”

However, what is very cruel to the Taiyuan army is that no matter how bravely they resist and fight, the city gate opened by Li Er is destined that they will never be able to drive away the Sui army soldiers, whether it is equipment training or combat effectiveness of the Sui army soldiers who surpass them, they can continue to drive towards the city, and gradually give full play to the advantages of troops and combat effectiveness, as long as the Taiyuan army can not cut off the Sui army soldiers into the city, it is destined to not win this cruel street battle. Therefore, with the gradual passage of time and the gradual darkness of the sky, the Taiyuan army finally gradually showed its defeat, and a large number of Sui soldiers who entered the city gradually opened up the vast space in the city and gradually rushed to the top of the city wall.

Commanding the defenders to meet the battle in the city, Li Jiancheng did his best, and the Taiyuan generals on the city wall also did their best, except for knives, guns and weapons, all the objects that could be used to hurt the enemy have been smashed down the city wall, and the bows and arrows have been cast out early, and the city defense materials sent through the narrow city wall can't withstand such a huge consumption at all, and they can be used up in a blink of an eye just when they are sent to the front, but the soldiers of the Sui army are still like single-celled creatures who continue to step on the ladder to attack the city wall, one after another, and also seize several city wall positions, Covered more companions to quickly go to the city. And when they saw that the soldiers of the Sui army had already seized the steps of the city, the soldiers of the Taiyuan army could only beg Li Jiancheng to move to other city gates with tears.

After hesitating again and again, Li Jiancheng, who had nothing to do, could only agree to transfer to the east gate with tears in his eyes, Li Anyuan volunteered to stay in the south gate tower, and when Li Jiancheng quickly moved to the east section of the city wall under the protection of the guards, he saw in tears that the city tower guarded by Li Anyuan had been surrounded by Sui soldiers, and at the same time, there was a fire and smoke on the city tower, Li Jiancheng cried loudly, but the guards carried him to the east gate to fly up the city steps.

When Li Jiancheng rushed back to the granary located in the middle of Xicheng, Yang Wengan, who was directing the army to quickly transfer grain and grass, hurriedly came up to greet him and reported the transfer of grain and grass to Li Jiancheng. It's been an hour and a half, why did you transfer so much grain and grass? ”

"The people are in the way." Yang Wengan replied with a sad face: "The fleeing people blocked the road, and they couldn't kill them, and the last general had no choice." ”

Tie Qing glanced at the crowded streets and alleys with a blue face, and Li Jiancheng shouted: "Continue to transfer, even if you transport an extra stone of grain to Dongcheng!" Once we can't hold on to Xicheng here, we can only move to Dongcheng and continue to hold on! ”

"Mr. Yang! Mr. Yang! Oh no! Oh no! A frightened cry suddenly came, and a Taiyuan army herald struggled through the street crowded with grain trucks and soldiers, rushed to Yang Wengan and screamed: "The thief army is swimming down from Fenshui in a small boat and is setting fire to the bridge, trying to cut off our connection with Dongcheng!" No matter how much the brothers let their arrows go, they can't stop it! ”

The bridge that the herald said is the connecting bridge between the east and west of Taiyuan, and it is also the only road from the west city of Taiyuan to the east city. Presumably my friends know about it, so after hearing this report, Yang Wengan's face suddenly turned pale, and Li Jiancheng's face suddenly turned black and blue, gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Ying Liangxian, you are really ruthless!" ”

At the same time, in the Sui army array, seeing from a distance that Chen Fuliang adopted his own suggestion to attack the bridge from the upper reaches of the Fenshui River, Li Er was very proud, and ran to Li Jing and suggested: "Li Shangshu, in addition to street fighting, it is best for your army to give priority to seizing the East Gate Tower of Taiyuan Xicheng, and if you take it, it will be much more difficult for Li Jiancheng to escape to Dongcheng again, let alone transfer grain and grass to Dongcheng." ”

Nodding and accepting Li Er's suggestion again, Li Jing not only ordered Luo Shixin to personally lead the army to capture the East Gate Tower, but also said in his heart: "Although this son is smart, but he is as ruthless as a jackal, if he is used by a virtuous nephew, he must be a general, but if he has different ambi......tions, alas, if he is cut down now, I am afraid that everyone who surrenders will be in danger, and the virtuous nephew is really, why should I promise to give him a death free coupon?" It's not so easy to get rid of him. ”

Luo Shixin led the army to the east wall of Xicheng, and he had not yet been able to take the east gate tower, and he just saw the flag torches of the Sui army appear on the east wall of the east city in front of the granary, Li Jiancheng no longer dared to fight in the streets of Xicheng, so he could only hurriedly shout: "Order the whole army to move to the east city immediately, and transfer as much as you can." ”

The left and right generals immediately agreed, and then someone hurriedly reminded Li Jiancheng and his family members were in Jinyang Palace, and suggested that Li Jiancheng should give priority to transferring his family members across the river, and then transfer the army, but Li Jiancheng stomped his feet and shouted: "The enemy is already attacking the East Gate Tower, if the enemy takes the East Gate, our soldiers will all become turtles in the urn!" Transfer the army now! Let them move with the army! If you can cross the river, you can cross the river, but if you can't cross the river, let them die in Xicheng! ”