Ye Qingzhi's words had a great impact on Xu Zizhang.

Dayan is a country that is neither partial to literature nor heavy on military force, and advocates the use of both civil and military forces.

Therefore, there is the highest name of Wenzheng, and there is also the most beautiful name of Wuchen like Wuzhong.

So when Ye Qingzhi's words inspired Xu Zizhang's enthusiasm, Xu Zizhang had his own goals in his heart, and the glory and dignity of being a military general, he was not a civil servant, and he couldn't speak of Wenzheng, but he was a military general, and he had the qualifications to be called Wuzhong after death.

Therefore, just after walking out of the Taiji Palace, the Praetorian Guard general took his last step when facing the rebels outside the city.

At this time, on the city tower, a wave of war began, this time it was Xiao Wu who personally supervised the battle, and cut down the retreating soldiers again and again, and stabilized the pace of siege.

It's a lose-lose siege!

But at this point, Ji Ping didn't care about casualties.

This suicidal siege caused the Janissaries to suffer great losses, and they had to exchange their lives for their lives, and it was obvious that the Praetorian Guards were not enough to exchange with the rebels.

Therefore, it was only a short wave of attacks, and the Praetorian Guard lost 800 men, but the attack under the city did not weaken at all. Tens of thousands of rebel soldiers rushed to the tower, a complete siege of life.

All of a sudden, the Praetorian Guards on the city tower couldn't stand it!

Because as the commander of the rebels, Xiao Wu personally participated in the battle this time, and had personally climbed the city tower under the escort of his personal guards, Xiao Wu climbed the city tower and began to organize defense on the spot, providing time and space for his companions behind him. In an instant, hundreds of rebel soldiers poured into the tower.

In the face of the dead guards led by Xiao Wu, the Praetorian Guard defenders on the city tower were a little overwhelmed, and they continued to shrink the defensive line, showing signs of defeat and retreat.

After all, this cavalry has not experienced the baptism of war since it was formed, and they can be invincible when things are going well, but they don't have enough willpower in adversity.

When Xu Zizhang ascended the city tower, he happened to see this scene, his face sank, he raised his sword, and met Xiao Wu's rebels.

"Kill—" Xu Zizhang roared, striding towards Xiao Wu. The Praetorian Guard soldiers on the city tower saw Xu Zizhang's actions, saw that their own generals personally participated in the battle, and were encouraged, and all flocked to Xu Zizhang's side, and rushed to Xiao Wu and his rebel soldiers with Xu Zizhang.

"Kill-" Hundreds of Praetorian Guard cavalry followed behind Xu Zizhang and killed Xiao Wu and his rebels.

As soon as the two sides exchanged short soldiers, flesh and blood were splashed, and the scene was very tragic.

"Puff-" Xu Zizhang slashed the head of a rebel soldier, he felt a strong murderous aura, he just looked sideways, and saw Xiao Wu raise his knife and rush towards him, "Xu Zizhang, your opponent is me-"

Bell-bell--!

As soon as Xiao Wu's words fell, the battle knife slashed towards Xu Zizhang like lightning with an overwhelming momentum. Xu Zizhang ignored Xiao Wu's roar and mustered up all his strength to meet Xiao Wu.

When Xu Zizhang was in the Northern Liao Army, he was not a military general, he belonged to the Confucian general.

But this does not mean that his force is weak, on the contrary, his force is strong. Think about having a younger brother Xu Dachun who can rank among the top three in the Northern Liao and Beirong armies in terms of force, as an elder brother, Xu Zizhang is no matter how weak he is, how weak can he be?

When the two of them intersected with their swords, they had already made two moves, and at the same time, both of them took three steps back before they stood firm. Xu Zizhang's face was indifferent, holding the knife in both hands, he was taking a deep breath to accumulate strength, while Xiao Wu was shocked, he always thought that Xu Zizhang was a Confucian general, and his force was average, but today he found out that Xu Zizhang's force was not inferior to him.

At this moment, he knew that he had met a fierce enemy!

"Come again-" At this moment, Xu Zizhang had accumulated enough strength and took the initiative to rush towards Xiao Wu. He knew very well that if he wanted to drive down the hundreds of rebels who rushed up to the tower, he had to get rid of Xiao Wu.

"Kill-" Xiao Wu shouted, his high-spirited combat power burst out from his body, and he strode fearlessly to meet Xu Zizhang's sword.

Bell-bell-bell-bell-

The two are fighting together!

At the same time, the soldiers around them also intersected with each other and fell into a stalemate fight.

Ji Ping under the city was paying close attention to the qi qi on the city tower, and saw that Xu Zizhang was standing with Xiao Wu at all, and his strength was equal, he was a little in a trance, and asked the guards beside him, "Who is this person?" To Xiao Wu is not left behind? ”

"Your Highness, he is Xu Zizhang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard!" The guard whispered.

"It seems that the Praetorian Guards can't stand it, and Xu Zizhang will personally participate in the battle-" Hearing the words of the guard, Ji Ping showed a relieved expression on his face.

After pondering for a moment, he ordered to the guards beside him, "Order, intensify the attack-"

"No!" The guards took the order and strode away.

"Mr. Gu, the city is about to be broken!" Ji Ping said to Gu Qi beside him, "I don't know what we are going to do after entering the Taiji Palace?" ”

"Your Highness, we still have to follow our previous plan to destroy the edict made by Ji Wen, and then Your Highness will take advantage of the situation to ascend the throne and become the emperor." Gu Qi said arrogantly, "As long as His Royal Highness ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in front of the ministers, and let Bai Jin, Li Muzhi, Pei Wenju and others bow down to the ministers, even if there is no edict, you are also the righteous new monarch of Dayan." ”

"Yes!" Ji Ping nodded slightly, he also felt that Gu Qi was right, using force to force everyone to admit their legitimacy, especially Bai Jin, Li Muzhi, Pei Wenju and other veterans of the two dynasties, even if there was no Ji Wen's edict, what could they do? Otherwise, why would he use force?

Woo woo woo - woo woo - woo woo -

At this moment, the horn of the attack sounded under the castle tower, and 10,000 rebel soldiers lined up, 10,000 archers lined up, and the rebels intensified their attack.

"Shoot the arrows—"

"Whoosh-whoosh-" Ten thousand feathered arrows were fired at the tower, ignoring the Praetorian Guards and their own companions.

"Ahh

"Ouch-"

The screams came one after another, and many people were hit by arrows and fell in large numbers.

"Shoot the arrows—"

The second rain of arrows shot down on the towers, and many more Praetorian Guard soldiers fell in pools of blood.

……

"Rush-"

At the end of the third round of arrow rain, 10,000 soldiers rushed to the head of the imperial city, and 10,000 rebel soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city without regard for their lives and climbed the ladder on the city tower. The city tower was already in a scuffle, and there were more and more soldiers around Xiao Wu, who controlled one-third of the city tower. Therefore, the rebel soldiers who climbed the ladder here were not attacked, and they climbed the tower and rushed to the other side of the tower.

In this way, there are more and more rebels on the city tower, and there are fewer and fewer non-commissioned soldiers of the Praetorian Guard!

In the face of more and more enemies, Xu Zizhang was a little anxious, it didn't matter if he died in battle, but if Ji Qingchen didn't come again, let Ji Ping's army attack the Taiji Palace, Bai Jin and Pei Wenju and others in the Taiji Hall would be in danger, especially the edict in Bai Jin's hands, this is Ji Ping's real goal.

However, in the face of so many enemies, the current Praetorian Guard non-commissioned officers are a little overwhelmed!

"Kill--soldiers--the Praetorian Guards have no bad seeds-" Xu Zizhang shouted loudly, raising his sword again to meet Xiao Wu. But just when his war knife was only a foot away from Xiao Wu, his war knife couldn't get any closer, and his war knife froze at a foot distance from Xiao Wu's chest.

Because a feather arrow was hitting Xu Zizhang's throat.

"Bell-" I heard a crisp sound, Xu Zizhang's war knife fell to the ground, and he didn't dare to fall into a pool of blood.

In the distance, a rebel sergeant retracted his bow and arrows, drew his sword and charged at the Praetorian Guard. It was he who suddenly cast a cold arrow on Xu Zizhang, and killed Xu Zizhang with one arrow.

Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Xu Zizhang, who was born in the dignified Northern Liao Iron Cavalry and formed the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard, to die like this. However, he came back to his senses in an instant, immediately cut off Xu Zizhang's head, raised it high and shouted to the guards on the city tower, "Xu Zizhang is dead, if you don't surrender, do you want to fight again?" ”

His voice was very loud, and the words reached the ears of the Praetorian Guards on the castle tower at once.

Everyone moved their eyes to Xiao Wu, and were stunned when they saw Xu Zizhang's head in Xiao Wu's hand! Because everyone couldn't believe that their general died like this, and was beheaded by the enemy.

"Those who descend will not be killed-those who dare to resist will be punished by the Nine Clans-" Xiao Wu shouted loudly again, his eyes murderous.

"General—"

"General—General—" the Praetorian Guard sergeant, who had come to his senses, shouted in a low voice.

At this moment, he lost his backbone, and their bodies seemed to be emptied, and they had no desire to continue fighting, and they had no fighting spirit.

"Bell-"

"Ping-Pong-Ping-Pong-"

When many Praetorian Guard sergeants saw Xu Zizhang's head, the desperate pawns threw down the combat knives in their hands and knelt on the ground.

With the first, there was the second, and in a short time, all the 20,000 Janissaries on the tower threw down their weapons and surrendered.

"Kaecheng-" Xiao Wu shouted loudly, with a faint joy in his eyes, because as long as he entered the city and let Ji Ping sit on the throne, he would be a dragon hero and a supreme minister!

"Squeak-"

Xu Zizhang insisted on opening the city gate for an afternoon, and saw Ji Ping leading an army of two people slowly walked in!

……

On the Taiji Palace, Bai Jin, Pei Wenju and others suddenly stopped when they heard the shouting of the Taiji Gate, and they had a premonition of the crisis, and they were about to walk out of the main hall to see what was going on, when they saw a Praetorian Guard sergeant stumbling into the main hall.

"Prime Minister-Jin-Hou-The city is broken!" The Praetorian Guard sergeant shouted, covered in blood, and died as soon as he said this.

"What?" Bai Jin's face changed, he didn't expect that Xu Zizhang's 40,000 army still didn't hold the imperial city.

Pei Wenju's face on the side turned pale, Ye Qingzhi was angry, only Zhao Deyan and Guo Xing, who had just negotiated with Ji Ping, had the same expressions, but as long as they observed carefully, they could find that a trace of joy flashed in their eyes that was not easy for everyone to notice.

Just when everyone was stunned and had not yet recovered from the news of Xu Zizhang's defeat, heavy footsteps had already sounded outside the door of the Taiji Hall.

Then I saw a tall figure appear at the door of the Taiji Palace, it was Ji Ping, who rode a war horse and rushed into the Taiji Hall under the escort of hundreds of soldiers.