No matter how many sheep there are, they are not the opponent of the tigers, although more than a dozen Yulin officers and soldiers noticed the accident at the corner of the city wall, and also made the right move, trying to take advantage of the fact that the enemy army has just entered the city, and the number is not large, the enemy army in the city is suppressed on the ladder, but it is a pity that the armor of the Yulin officers and soldiers at this moment has become extremely heavy under the heavy rain, and the action room is not very convenient. Although he stepped forward desperately, how could he not be as good as others, and after only a moment, he had been killed by Hou Guozhong four or five people, and the rest saw that the Hou family's disciples had already flocked to the city, and they had no desire to fight, so they threw away their armor and fled, and the palace wall guards of Xuanwu Gate have opened a fatal gap so far!

I'm in a hurry, I'm really in a hurry! Li Hezong, who was commanding the defensive operation at the city gate tower, heard that the defeated soldiers had come to report that the Hou family army had broken through the city defense from the left, and his heart suddenly became anxious - although there are still several barricades behind the Xuanwu Gate Palace, and there are also a lot of guard facilities such as arrow towers, but after all, it is not as real as the palace city, once the city defense is lost, how can the tired soldiers of the Yulin Army ensure the safety of the Xuanwu Gate, once the Xuanwu Gate is lost, the entire imperial city will inevitably be unprotected, and at that time, he Li Hezong will become the sinner of the Tang Dynasty.

"Yao Huzi, take your people up to block the enemy army in Zuocheng, I will supervise the battle here, for the sake of the saint, fight!" Li Hezong also didn't care about the frontal defense, and now it was also a precarious situation, and he loudly ordered his deputy to pull the reserve team up to the city and go to block the enemy.

Yao Huzi, real name Yao Tong, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, is currently the left general of the Yulin Army, his father was the captain of Li Yuan's army when Taiyuan raised the army, deeply trusted by Li Yuan, and the official rose quickly, before the death of Wude seven years, he had climbed to the high position of the deputy commander of the "Tunying" (the predecessor of the Yulin Army), after his death, Yao Tong did not inherit his father's military position like the children of the general "Tunying", but devoted himself to the sixteen guards of the Southern Ya, starting from riding Cao step by step, and successively participated in the battle of the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun, and was promoted to the rank of Zuojin Wuwei Zhonglang General, Later, he was hand-picked by Li Shimin to be transferred to the Yulin Army and served as General Zuo, which was one of the few capable warriors in the Yulin Army.

Yao Tong's department has a total of 2,000 people, originally as a reserve, but because of the fierce offensive of the Hou army, the Yulin army defending the city suffered heavy casualties, and its department has been emptied, most of them have been filled in the city, and now there are only less than 400 people left, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the soldiers who can fight are only more than 200 at best, which has to count more than 20 personal guards around him, but at this time, hearing the general order issued by Li Hezong, Yao Tong did not hesitate, strode to the staircase behind the city, and shouted: " The sons and daughters are all here, all of them take off their armor and go to the left city with the general to kill the thieves! As soon as the words fell, he threw his helmet to the ground, and asked the guards to help remove the bright light armor on his body, and rushed towards the left city with a waist knife.

The morale of the soldiers was chaotic, the morale was difficult to protect, seeing the sound of shouting and killing from the left city, the morale of the officers and soldiers of Yulin in the hard battle suddenly fell sharply, the children of the Hou family who were originally suppressed by the large number of Yulin army heard the shouting of killing in the left city, although they did not know where the soldiers and horses were, but they could conclude that the attack on the city wall must be their own people, and the morale was greatly boosted for a while, everyone fought bravely, and the officers and soldiers of Yulin were embarrassed, and when the hearts of the officers and soldiers of Yulin were shaken, they fought with all their might, and occupied a section of the city wall of about four zhang not far from the city gate tower, Immediately, many soldiers of the Hou family rushed to the head of the city along the ladder, and the situation of the defenders had deteriorated, and it was not surprising that the city defense would fall sooner or later.

Seeing that things were going to be worse, Li Hezong's already blue face was shockingly pale at this time, and he waved his hand to call a personal guard beside him to his side, and commanded in a low voice: "Go, hurry up and show the Holy Lord: Xuanwu Gate is in danger, and I will defend it here, and hold on for half an hour at most!" The guard did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly answered, and rushed down the stairs at the edge of the city gate, and rushed towards the palace.

"Sons, show courage, don't lose the face of my Yulin Army, kill, drive the rebellious ministers and thieves off the city!" After the guards who had to report the news went, Li Hezong could no longer stand, regardless of the obstruction of the guards around him, brandished his long sword and rushed towards the section of the city wall occupied by the Hou family's army.

The battle in Chang'an City is raging, the fight outside the palace is in full swing, and the people in the palace are panicking, but all this seems to have nothing to do with Li Shimin, Li Shimin at this time not only does not care about the war outside, but even has the mood to play Go, one move and one style has a plank, and he plays chic and free, but the eldest grandson Wuji, who sits opposite Li Shimin, is not so carefree, listening to a tight shout of killing outside the palace, the hand holding the chess piece can't help but tremble violently, his face is full of sweat, and his fat face is terrifyingly white. Originally, his chess strength was not as good as Li Shimin's, and at this time, he was even more vulnerable, and there were only a few poor lonely chess pieces left on the huge board, and all of them were not alive.

"Your Majesty, the Xuanwu Gate is in an emergency, the chaotic army has fully rushed to the city, our army is blocking it, General Li started to play Your Majesty, at most you can hold on for half an hour, ask Your Majesty to send reinforcements quickly." The Yulin soldier fell to his knees and reported loudly.

"Hmm." Li Shimin didn't even raise his head, still looking at the chess game in front of him, but snorted noncommittally from his nostrils.

"Your Majesty, if the Xuanwu Gate is lost, this ......, Your Majesty, do you want to transfer troops to the rescue?" Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't sit still, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and asked for instructions.

The eldest grandson Wuji has always been Li Shimin's most favored minister, as soon as he opened his mouth like this, Li Shimin would not fail to give him face, raised his head, looked at the anxious eldest grandson Wuji, smiled indifferently and said: "Wuji, don't worry, Xuanwu Gate will not be lost for a while and a half, I have to take a look again, this chess game is not small, and it is not yet time to make a move." ”

"Your Majesty......" Eldest Sun Wuji still wanted to say something, Li Shimin shook his hand, stopped Eldest Sun Wuji's words, looked at the Yulin Army soldier who was kneeling on the ground and said: "You go back and tell your general that I have no reinforcements for him, and tell him that he can't hold on, and he will come to see me!" Go! ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Li Shimin had already said this, the soldier of the Yulin Army did not dare to slack off, kowtowed, got up and rushed out of the Ganlu Palace, and rushed back in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, without mentioning it.

"Your Majesty, now the battle in Tongxunmen is particularly intense, but with General Cheng here, it can still be guaranteed, even if the enemy army attacks again, there is no way to kill General Cheng, but Xuanwu Gate is the leader of the Yulin Army, this ......, there has never been an enemy army in the area of Chengtianmen on the left and right, whether to order Li Daozong to send some soldiers and horses to rescue Xuanwu Gate, but also to ensure that Xuanwu Gate is not lost." After the Yulin Army soldier who came to report the news went, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was really relieved, hesitated for a moment, but still spoke out and admonished.

Li Shimin chuckled and said: "The end of the strong crossbow can't wear the su, the Xuanwu Gate has hit until now, even if the Hou soldiers and horses can capture the city, they don't have the strength to go one step deeper, although this attack is fierce, but it may not be the main direction of Hou Junji's attack, I am not worried that the Xuanwu Gate will be lost, but the area of Chengtianmen, which has no war, is more suspicious, heh, Junji has been with me for so many years, they are familiar with each other, there is no secret at all, it is nothing more than who can't hold their breath first." ”

Li Shimin said it lightly, but the eldest grandson Wuji still couldn't rest assured, after all, those Ziyulin officers and soldiers were very virtuous, he knew very well in his heart, seeing Li Shimin's relaxed appearance, but it was not easy to persuade again, frowning and thinking about it: "Your Majesty, since the soldiers and horses in the Chengtianmen area cannot be mobilized, why don't you transfer some people from the palace guards and arrange them on the corridor of Xuanwu Gate to prepare for General Li, so can it be done?" ”

Li Shimin did not object to this, nodded with a smile, and just wanted to say something, but saw a figure flashing in the main hall, and Wuyin, dressed in black, appeared in the main hall, dripping with water all over his body, but he walked to Li Shimin's side regardless of it, and reported softly: "Your Majesty, General Qin in the north of the city has led his troops to break through the blockade and is rushing towards the Xuanwu Gate with all his might. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Okay, the time has come, order Li Daozong to divide his troops to attack!" ”

After all, the Yulin Army is the Yulin Army, although the number is several times more than the Hou family's children who rushed to the city, although several of the main generals are strong-willed figures, and they are all desperately fighting at the front line, but unfortunately the pampered soldiers can only be the honor guard that cannot be on the stage, and it is really unreliable to fight, the original advantage in geography and numbers can still be fought impressively, although the casualties are heavy, the scene can be seen to be passable, but since the Hou family army rushed to the city, The true face of the Yulin army was exposed, although it was a desperate struggle, but under the strong attack of the Hou family's soldiers, it was beaten back and retreated, and more and more sections of the city wall occupied by the Hou family army appeared, and the first problem was Yao Tong's department who was ordered to resist the enemy in the left city.

Yao Tong is able to fight, a body of martial arts is not trivial, but his soldiers are really a little cold, not to mention the slow rush, as soon as they fight, they will be defeated backwards, if it were not for a group of guards around Yao Tong can still fight, it would have been a collapse long ago, so anxious that Yao Tong scolded, but still couldn't stop the defeat of his subordinates, had to personally rush to the front, and led the guards to desperately resist the onslaught of the Hou family's army. But with the spread of the war, in addition to more than a dozen personal guards who are still fighting bloodily, the group of Zi Yulin soldiers under him died and fled, and they have long disappeared, leaving only a dozen people still struggling by his side, surrounded by the soldiers of the Hou family who are attacking with knives.

In such a dark and rainy night, Rao is reincarnation of the god of war can't stop so many swords and guns, not to mention that Yao Tong's martial arts are not high to the point of being invincible in the world, the battle has just started for a quarter of an hour, Yao Tong has been stabbed several times in his body, and the guards around him have died one by one, but Yao Tong is still fighting to the death.

"Kill, kill!" Yao Tong roared loudly in his mouth, and the big knife in his hand was also waving non-stop, slashing left and right, seeing blood with the knife, he blocked Hou Jiajun's several wild rushes with the strength of one person, but it was a pity that the road of his life could only go here - Hou Guozhong made a move!

Since rushing to the head of the city, defeated more than a dozen Yulin officers and soldiers blocking the road, Hou Guozhong did not continue to participate in the battle, he believed that the Hou family's soldiers had enough strength to rush over, and the main force at the city gate tower, front and back to flank the defenders, now he is concerned about when the Tang army reinforcements will move, so he just stood quietly on the city wall to observe every move in the Xuanwu Gate, until he found that his own soldiers who killed the head of the city have been fighting for a long time but have never made a breakthrough, and then rushed to the front line with a knife.

This unexpected heavy rain came and went quickly, the first moment it was still a heavy rain, the next moment it was a bright moon and sparse stars, the clouds opened and the fog dispersed, the bright moonlight shrouded the earth again, Yao Tong, who was covered in blood, raised his knife in his hand, like a killing god in the world, standing at the head of the city, shouting and shouting in his mouth, looking at the Hou family soldiers surrounded by his side without fear, that look at death as if he was at home made Hou Guozhong's heart hurt, but when he thought of the interests of the family, Hou Guozhong could only sigh helplessly, with a knife in his hand, silently stepped forward, and did not speak, just respectfully gave a military salute and said calmly: "Please!" ”

Yao Tong also served in the Sixteenth Guard, and Hou Guozhong was familiar with him, knowing that Hou Guozhong's martial arts were very strong, if it was in the past, he was not afraid of Hou Guozhong, but now he is seriously injured, and after fighting hard, it is no longer comparable to the past, he knows that he is inevitable, but he does not have the slightest fear, haha laughed and said: "Okay, please, wait underground!" As soon as the words fell, he yelled: "Kill! The burly body rushed forward, and the horizontal knife in his hand suddenly swung out, drawing an arc, and a move of "splitting Huashan" slashed down according to Hou Guozhong's head.

The knife is a good knife, the moves are also very fierce, the force is heavy, but unfortunately the seriously injured Yao Tong is a lot slower in speed, far less than half of the usual, such a fierce knife in Hou Guozhong's eyes is just a virtual appearance, although Hou Guozhong admires Yao Tong's loyalty very much, and also admires his courage to look at death as home, and really doesn't want to kill this loyal and upright man, but unfortunately Hou Guozhong has no choice, he can only use the knife!

Just when Yao Tong rushed to Hou Guozhong's three feet in front of him, Hou Guozhong, who had always stood still, sighed secretly, his figure flashed, and the person had rushed past Yao Tong's side, at the moment when the two of them intersected, the horizontal knife in Hou Junji's hand jumped under the moonlight, and only one knife had cut through Yao Tong's throat, but seeing Yao Tong's tall body shook a few times, a bloody arrow suddenly spurted out from his neck, and the knife in his hand hung weakly on the ground, and his whole body shook and fell on his back, Yao Tong died in battle!

"Alas!" Hou Guozhong sighed, a bean-sized tear ran down his cheek from the corner of his eye, but he didn't say anything, waved his hand and said, "Kill!" As soon as the words fell, a horse rushed towards the city gate tower, and the soldiers of the Hou family behind him also rushed to the battle group at the city gate tower after Hou Guozhong.

The troops led by Hou Guozhong are not much, and the total number of people is less than 100 people, but such a small number of manpower has become the last straw that crushes the camel - the morale of the officers and soldiers of Yulin, who has been divided into several sections by the children of the Hou family, has already fallen to the extreme at this time, but they are struggling to support it with a large number of people, and then they are rushed by Hou Guozhong, and suddenly the whole army collapsed, and the officers and soldiers who fled in the desert threw down their blades one after another, crowded and pushed and fled along the stairs near the city gate tower. In addition to some of the remnants of the Yulin officers and soldiers in the center of the city gate tower, most of the rest chased the defeated soldiers of the Yulin army and killed the palace city, rushed into the corridors on both sides of the Xuanwu Gate, and had the momentum of occupying the Xuanwu Gate in one fell swoop, the situation has reached an extremely unfavorable juncture for the Tang Army, if it were not for the existence of a few barricades and those arrow towers, I am afraid that the Hou family army may really take the Xuanwu Gate - the Hou family army is in high spirits, It's a pity that the Xuanwu Gate is not a side place, after all, it is a heavy place that the Yulin Army has been operating for many years, and the defense facilities inside are too complete, just when the Hou Jiajun rushed out of the corridor after the defeated soldiers, several arrow towers on both sides of the barricade suddenly shot out a dense rain of arrows, and in an instant, the Hou Jiajun was shot down a large area, because of the shirtless battle, the Hou Jiajun who was caught off guard suffered heavy casualties, and had to retreat to the corridor again, trying to regroup and launch an offensive again, but at this moment, a horn sounded from the south of the palace wall, Nearly a thousand officers and soldiers dressed in Yulin Army uniforms were rushing along the palace wall towards the Xuanwu Gate - the reinforcements of the Tang Army were finally dispatched!

As soon as he saw the Yulin officers and soldiers killed from the south, Hou Guozhong realized that something was wrong, and while ordering more than 200 people around him to go to block the attack, he ordered the Hou family's soldiers who rushed down the city to withdraw to the city immediately and prepare to respond, of course, Hou Guozhong did not forget to take out the fireworks hidden in the oilcloth bag on his waist in advance, but they were not set off immediately - Hou Guozhong could not determine whether the Tang army that came was the Tang army ambush that his old man said, he wanted to confirm it again.

Maybe it's because of the weak Yulin Army, which is as weak as a sheep, the Hou family's children who were ordered to go to block the reinforcements of the Tang Army are not very nervous, although the number is only one-fifth of the other party, but according to the comparison of strength, no one will take a thousand Yulin Army to heart, even Hou Chengzong, who went to block the unified army, has the same opinion, but unfortunately he was wrong, and he was very wrong - although the Tang Army who came was also wearing the uniform of the Yulin Army, it was an out-and-out strong army in Longzhou, stationed at the border all year round, From time to time, the strength of the Longzhou soldiers who fought fiercely with the grassland tribes was so strong that the Yulin Army could be compared, even if the Hou family's soldiers were physically strong, they might not be the opponents of the Longzhou soldiers, not to mention that now the Hou family's soldiers are already tired divisions, coupled with the carelessness of the enemy, how can there be any good fruit to eat, just one face, more than two hundred Hou family soldiers were put down most of them, and even Hou Chengzong became the ghost of the Longzhou soldiers, so the scene of chasing and fleeing appeared again, but the protagonist of this escape changed, It was the turn of the Hou family's disciples to flee frantically.

Not good! Hou Guozhong's eyesight is very good, when he saw that the combat power of the comer was amazingly high, he was secretly surprised in his heart, but he didn't care much, he hurriedly lit the flint, lit the fireworks in his hand, and threw it into the air vigorously......

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