Chapter 163: Bloody Chang'an City (4)
The position of the emperor, Chrysostom can decide the world's major events as soon as it is opened, how can anyone resist such a temptation, even if Li Zhen is a human being in two lives, but it is also itchy and difficult to scratch, let alone others, but it is a pity that Li Zhen wants to think about it, but he still does not dare to make a time - at this time of turmoil, if Li Zhen really wants to intervene in a hand, a praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, and also plays a change in Xuanwumen, it is not without hope of success, but unfortunately Li Zhen can't, it's not that the strength to use force is not enough, but the situation is forced, Unless Li Zhen plans to make a big mess in the world, he can't do this, the reason is very simple: regardless of whether he can take advantage of the chaos to seize Li Shimin and force the old man to take the Zen position, even if he can do it, with Li Zhen's power in the court, he can't completely control the court situation, so that not only will the princes rise up to rebel, but the kings of the Li family, who hold great power in various places, will also raise the anti-flag, and at that time, the world will be in chaos, and Li Zhen will become Dong Zhuo's second. Li Zhen would never do the stupid thing that was so happy for a while but was infamous through the ages, so although Li Zhen's heart was itchy, he still didn't act out of his temperament, so he could only lead the royal guards and the 1,000-feather forest army to appease the south of the city according to the old man's prior deployment to ensure the normal progress of the curfew.
At the moment, the night is already a little deep, Chang'an City, which was originally deserted due to the curfew, is already pitch black, most of the people have fallen asleep, the original sparkling lights have gradually gone out, and there is silence in Chang'an City, except for the footsteps of the soldiers and servants who come and go to patrol the guards, there is no longer a trace of noise, Li Zhen led his subordinates to patrol back and forth in the South Street area several times, and never found anything abnormal, seeing that the appointed time with the sixth man is approaching, Li Zhen then led his troops to walk slowly towards the entrance of the Fengting, intending to see what tricks the sixth wanted to play first, but just after he reached the mouth of the clutch alley, there were still two streets away from the entrance of the Fengtingkou, and the turmoil in the capital division began - first in the east of the city, then in the west of the city, in the north of the city, the fire rose to the sky, the crying father and mother shouted one after another, the shouting and killing sounded into one, and the chaos began!
"All stopped!" Li Zhen looked up at the night sky that was red by the fire, raised his hand, broke off, and ordered the whole army to stand by immediately, waved Yan Eighteen to his side, and ordered calmly: "Eighteen Lang, notify the Gyeonggi Department, report the details quickly, this king is waiting here, go quickly!" Yan Eighteen didn't talk nonsense, he replied loudly, his figure flashed, the person had already left the saddle and flew up, landing on the roof of the street, and as soon as he raised his hand, a fiery red firework rose into the sky, exploding a dazzling spark in the night sky. The "Rising Sun" is worthy of being a powerful weapon in Li Zhen's hand, and the fireworks have only bloomed in the time of a pillar of incense, and several figures have rushed over from all directions, falling on the roof separately, and after a while, they quietly disappeared into the night.
"Your Royal Highness, there are chaotic soldiers in the east, west and north of the city, the number is unknown, the thieves set fire to all sides, and there are also large groups of enemy troops outside the city, and the three generals Xiao, Qiao and Qin have led their troops to carry out a comprehensive alert, and no movement has been found in the south gate, and General Lin Yaowu, the general of the left leading army, is gathering troops and horses, and his intentions are unknown." Yan 18 flew off the roof, knelt down in front of Li Zhen's horse, and reported loudly.
Gathering troops? Damn, what does this Lin Yaowu want to do? Grandma's, how can the old monkey have the strength to attack Chang'an City, those who set fire to the city and attack the city outside the city are just suspicious soldiers, their intentions are just to drag the defenders of the three gates, this one is absolutely undoubted, as for the south gate, hey, could it be that Lin Yaowu is the old monkey's person? So what does he want to do? Sneak attack on Lao Tzu? How can his more than 1,700 people endure Lao Tzu? Li Zhen frowned and thought about it, and went through Lin Yaowu's background, but he could not conclude the true intention of Lin Yaowu to gather troops, and when he was contemplating, he suddenly saw the fire in the direction of the palace, and the fierce shouting and killing sound resounded in the sky, and he was suddenly startled in his heart. General Cheng Lao has led his troops to start a bloody battle with the rebels. ”
Before Yan San's words fell, Yan Wu also arrived, also knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Highness, the brigade of thieves has arrived at the Xuanwu Gate, and they are now attacking the Xuanwu Gate. ”
Damn, the old monkey is so big, so many places at the same time, even if you attack the Xuanwu Gate, even the East Palace, this is really strange, with the old monkey using soldiers, how can you make a big mistake of scattering the army, no, there must be something strange here, these attacks should be feints! But where is the old monkey's main attack? In the face of Hou Junji's posture of attacking from all sides, Li Zhen was really a little confused, and he couldn't see through Hou Junji's true intentions, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while - Li Zhen's subordinates only had more than 2,200 people, and after deducting the 1,000 useless Yulin Army, there were only more than 1,200 people. If you can't determine the direction of Hou Junji's main attack and blindly send troops, you can't solve the danger of the palace at all, but there is a possibility of falling into Hou Junji's calculations.
Knotty! Extra tricky! Originally, according to Li Zhen's idea, the direction of Hou Junji's main attack was Xuanwu Gate, and the rest of the places were just suspicious soldiers, and his intention was just to involve the strength of the Tang Army and create a favorable situation for attacking Xuanwu Gate, but now Hou Junji attacked Xuanwu Gate and the East Palace respectively as soon as he started, which really made Li Zhen dare not make this conclusion - capturing Xuanwu Gate is of course absolutely able to clamp down on the inner court, and it can be killed into the inner court from the Tongxun Gate, but if the forces of Xuanwu Gate are involved and cannot be reinforced, the inner court will also fall. At that time, the Xuanwu Sect will be attacked by the enemy, how can there be any reason not to break?
There is no good news, but the bad news is coming one after another, just when Li Zhen is hesitating, the children of "Rising Sun" come one after another, and the news brought is more shocking than the other:
"Chengxi Xiao successfully led 800 troops back to the palace, but was blocked at the mouth of Wangchun Lane on West Street."
"Wang Cheng, the deputy general in the east of the city, led 700 troops back to the palace, but was blocked in the Lujiao Lane on the East Street, and the battle was not overcome, and the deputy general Wang was seriously wounded, and the department has retreated to the city gate."
"Qin Huaiyu in the east of the city led a thousand soldiers and horses to the imperial city, but was blocked at the entrance of Linglong Street, and is currently in a fierce battle with the thieves."
"The East Palace has fallen, Cheng Zhijie led his troops to retreat to the Tongxun Gate, and the situation is precarious!"
"The Xuanwu Gate fell into a fierce battle, the enemy army was large, and the soldiers of the Yulin Army guarding this gate suffered heavy casualties, and they were already in a state of exhaustion."
"Lin Yaowu, the guard of the South Gate, has led the army out, and is now coming along South Street."
Damn, damn old monkey, he can really fight, it's only been a long time, the East Palace has been lost, and the Xuanwu Gate is also dangerous, damn, even small characters like Lin Yaowu have jumped up. At this time, Li Zhen was able to conclude that Lin Yaowu did not have good intentions - according to the old man's will, Li Zhen was the person in charge of the South Gate area, and Lin Yaowu also had to be restrained by Li Zhen, and now Li Zhen did not order Lin Yaowu to attack, and this person actually acted without authorization, and his anti-intentions have been exposed, but Li Zhen still has a trace of doubt in his heart, and always feels that things will not be as clear as they seem on the surface, but the problem is that at this point, whether Lin Yaowu is Hou Junji's killer or not, Li Zhen has no choice, Whether it is for self-protection or to defeat Hou Junji's conspiracy, there is only one way to go to the war at the moment, and it is necessary to fight fiercely, only by defeating Lin Yaowu's department as soon as possible, Li Zhen has the possibility of getting out to rescue the palace.
"Dou Fulin" Li Zhen, who understood the key to the matter, flashed in his eyes, and shouted without looking back, just as some of the Yulin Junlang who were not willing to give up his soul took Dou Fulin by Li Zhen's broken drink, and his white fat body shook violently, and then he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”
"General Dou, this king ordered the troops and horses to be deployed here, no one can leave without the king's order, block this street, cover the queen's road, no soldiers and horses are allowed to pass without permission, there is no need to ask more soldiers who dare to enter this place, they will all be killed, if this order is violated, this king will cut off your dog's head!" Li Zhen laughed cruelly, staring at Dou Fulin with a pair of eyes as sharp as a knife, and a fierce anger suddenly rose, so frightened that Dou Fulin's whole body trembled up and down, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he replied tremblingly: "Yes, yes, yes, the last general." ”
At the moment of the great enemy, Li Zhen is too lazy to care about Dou Fulin's bad appearance, to be honest, if it weren't for the fear that the Yulin army would collapse first as soon as the battle started, resulting in the chaos of his own formation, Li Zhen would not have given this order, at this time, seeing that Dou Fulin had already received the order, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and led the ** war horse, took the bright silver spear from the victory hook, and shouted: "The Yulin army stays, and the rest of the people go with this king to kill the thief!" As soon as the words fell, he took the lead and rushed along the spacious South Street in the direction of the South City Gate, and the guards of the Yue Wangfu and the masters of the "Eagle Group" each responded to their orders, followed by Li Zhen and rushed up, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves suddenly burst out.
"General Dou, what should we do now? Do you want to go to reinforce the palace? Li Zhen and the others had already gone far away, and a Yulin military academy captain rode to Dou Fulin's side with a sluggish face, and asked in a low voice.
"! Do you want to kill Lao Tzu, grandma is a bear, didn't you listen to His Highness's order? Defend on the spot, no mistakes! Hurry up, all fucking dismount, set up the array, the archers on the roof, the shield swordsmen array, hurry! Dou Fulin woke up suddenly, scolded angrily and issued a guard order, most of the officers and soldiers of Ziyulin together were old soldiers who had never seen blood, and when they heard that they didn't need to go to war, they only needed to be deployed on the spot.
Hurry, hurry! Worried about the situation at the other end of the palace, Li Zhen was anxious, rode his horse and galloped wildly, and the red horse under the seat immediately let go of his four hooves, and a burst of madness left all the palace guards behind, but for a moment, Li Zhen had already seen the torches on the street in front of him being killed at high speed, and knew that Lin Yaowu's department had killed, although the guards behind him were still some distance away from him, Li Zhen did not restrain the war horse because of this, but kicked the horse's belly hard, shouting "Drive!" The jujube red horse neighed under the pain, went out like a sharp arrow, and rushed towards Lin Yaowu's department like a lightning speed.
"Stop coming! Yue King Li Zhen is here! When he could see the faint figure through the light of the torch from a distance, Li Zhen slowed down the speed of his horse, sank into the dantian, and shouted loudly, the rolling sound exploded in the night sky like thunder, and the rolling military horse suddenly made a commotion, and the speed of moving forward was greatly reduced, and it slowly stopped.
"This king is here, where is Lin Yaowu? Get out! Li Zhen restrained his war horse at a stone's throw from the defenders at the south gate and shouted loudly.
The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, this is not false at all, the school competition, the bloody battle of the gods and martial arts is just a matter of the past, Li Zhenyong's name of the three armies has long been spread all over the world, and now Li Zhen has arrived, and the tone is not good, the army at the south gate suddenly panicked, and the originally neat queue suddenly distorted, and the voice of discussion was loud.
"The army listened to the order: Li Zhen, the king of Yue, conspired to rebel, and he would capture the traitor Li Zhen by holy order, and the one who killed Li Zhen would be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the marquis of ten thousand households would be sealed!" Lin Yaowu, who was hiding in the chaos of the army, saw that as soon as Li Zhen arrived, his army's heart was in chaos, and he couldn't help but be anxious, and he shouted loudly.
In the chaos, Li Zhen had already quietly taken the big iron bow and three feather arrows in the quiver on his waist into his hands, but it was a pity that although Lin Yaowu was hiding in the chaos and opened his mouth, there were not many words to say, Li Zhen couldn't judge Lin Yaowu's exact location for a while, at this time, seeing the chaos of the enemy army, it was even more impossible to detect, seeing that many of the chaotic soldiers had begun to rush forward, Li Zhen was really a little anxious, not worried that he would be captured by the chaotic soldiers, in fact, with these miscellaneous soldiers who did not have much formation, even if there were more, Li Zhen did not take it to heart, Li Zhen is worried that once the war starts, it will not be able to end for a while and a half, which will inevitably affect the follow-up rescue of the palace, and the only chance to solve the battle as soon as possible is to kill Lin Yaowu as soon as possible, but at the moment, Lin Yaowu is obviously prepared for this, just instigating the rebels to attack, but hiding by himself, which is really a headache for Li Zhen.
"The Tang Dynasty soldiers listened to the order: Lin Yaowu colluded with the traitor Hou Junji to plot rebellion, this king was ordered to quell the rebellion, and you should immediately return to the city gate, and you will not be blamed for the past, otherwise it will be a serious crime to destroy the nine clans, and you will not retreat!" Li Zhen ignored the chaotic soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and shouted loudly again.
As soon as Li Zhen's words came out, the defenders of the South Gate, who were already in confusion, were even more chaotic at this time, and most of the uninformed soldiers did not know who was telling the truth at this time, and many sergeants not only did not rush forward, but quietly retreated, and more than 1,000 people were crowded together on the street.
Fighting is morale, an army without morale is in vain even if there are more people, at this time, seeing that the chaos on his side has appeared, Lin Yaowu can't hide it, waving a spear in the chaos, and scolding loudly: "Soldiers, Li Zhen Xiao'er is the thief who colluded with Hou Junji, on it, it is a great achievement to quickly take down this thief......
Ha, I've found you! Li Zhen's eyesight is outstanding, and when Lin Yaowu spoke again, he had already locked on Lin Yaowu's figure, sneered, pulled the bow and arrow in his hand round, and shouted: "Tide!" Three arrows came out in a row, whistling through the night sky, and went straight to Lin Yaowu, but at this moment, more than a dozen chaotic soldiers who rushed quickly had already rushed to Li Zhen's approach, and more than a dozen sharp spears flashed with the cold light of death in the moonlight, and there was only one goal, that was Li Zhen!
Shit, shit! Li Zhen didn't have time to see if the three arrows hit the target, and he didn't have time to take off the bright silver spear on the victory hook, and he didn't even have time to put the big iron bow in his hand into the quiver, seeing the two spears coming towards him, Li Zhen was furious and shouted: "The thief dares!" With a flick of his wrist, the big iron bow in his hand went out and smashed on the two spears, but when he heard the sound of "click", the two spears were suddenly broken into two by Li Zhen's strength, and the two cavalrymen who took the lead in rushing up saw that the situation was not good, and they fled to both sides, revealing more than a dozen spear cavalry who formed a group charge behind.
There is no doubt about the strength of the Tang cavalry, just like a dozen cavalry formed a group charge formation, its momentum is as shocking as the whole army's ten thousand horses, Rao is Li Zhenyi is bold, in the face of the crazy impact of these dozen cavalry, I can't help but beat a drum in my heart - if the two sides hedge, even if the enemy army is doubled, Li Zhen does not put it in his eyes, but at this time Li Zhen**'s war horse has not been started, except for the big iron bow in his hand, there is no other weapon, It is almost impossible to block the impact of these cavalry, and what is more troublesome is that Li Zhen can't escape, not to mention that it's too late for the war horse to turn around and start at the moment, even if he can escape Li Zhen can't escape, the reason is very simple, in addition to not weakening the momentum, so that the chaotic army has the possibility of regrouping, the main thing is: this wave of cavalry that launched the attack is Lin Yaowu's henchmen, if this group of men and horses can be defeated, even if Lin Yaowu is not shot to death, the overall situation will be controlled by Li Zhen - according to the Tang Dynasty military system, those who train soldiers do not lead the troops, The leader of the army is not responsible for training, Lin Yaowu is also one of the officers of the Sixteen Guards, he is not familiar with the current group of soldiers, the reason why he can control this army is because of the Holy Order and the cooperation of a group of henchmen, if there is no such henchmen, even if Lin Yaowu can barely control the army, he will definitely not be able to block the impact of Li Zhen's department, and a big rout is inevitable, so even if Li Zhen can hide, it is impossible to hide!
"Good time!" Seeing that the enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer, Li Zhen's pupils contracted suddenly, and with a loud roar, the person jumped up like a flying eagle......
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