Chapter 961: Under the Chengtian Gate
The enemy army is already retreating, and the morale is completely lost, where can they stop the charge? One by one, they fled.
Zhang Long led people to rush to the Taiji Hall in one breath, and when he saw Xue Zhi leading people to kill, he shouted loudly: "General Xue, this place has been taken by my Jinyi Guard, so don't bother." ”
The Hanzhou Army has three generals surnamed Xue, Xue Wanche is General Xue, and Xue Rengui is General Xue, and everyone is used to calling Xue Zhi General Xue Xiao, which is convenient for differentiation.
"It turned out to be Zhang Long, Master Zhang." Xue Zhi motioned for the army to continue the pursuit, stepped forward himself, and saw that the entrance of the main hall was full of blood, and the main hall was also bombed with holes everywhere, he immediately thought of something, and asked with a shocked face: "You used grenades to blow up the Taiji Palace?" ”
"Can't you blow it up?" Zhang Long asked rhetorically.
"Yes, this place belongs to you, give it to me, I don't dare to ask for it, think about how to explain it to King Han, this is the Taiji Palace, spread it ......" Xue Zhi said and shook his head, looking at Zhang Long's eyes full of sympathy.
"What's the problem?" Zhang Long asked.
"You take the initiative to ask for guilt, maybe King Han won't say anything." Xue Zhi said that he was about to leave.
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Long shouted, seeing Xue Zhi stop and turn around, he continued: "The Taiji Hall will be blown up, it's a big deal to cut off my head, just now, we killed countless enemies, let's not talk about it, but the explosion killed and injured more than a dozen senior enemy generals, and the enemy army is now leaderless, and it is the time to chase and kill." ”
"Understood, with this credit, the King of Han should not want your head, the enemy army has no leader, it is a good time to chase and kill, this general will accept your affection." Xue Zhi's eyes lit up and he hurried away.
"It's a pity that we don't have many people, otherwise we will catch up, and it will be a great success, and it will be cheaper for him." The battalion commander said depressedly, looked at Zhang Long, and couldn't help but ask, "Division commander, did you blow up here...... It's not going to really cut off our heads, is it? ”
"What are you afraid of, the order was given by me, and if you want to cut me, you will also cut me, you act according to the order, no fault, don't worry." Zhang Long comforted and strode towards the main hall.
The roof of the main hall was blown out of several holes, and the moonlight spilled in, lying quietly on the ground without moving, a little cold, the ground was full of blood, and there were no corpses in sight.
Even the dragon couch was blown over, and the incense burner rolled down to the corner.
Once solemn, brilliant and mighty, the Taiji Hall has now become a ruin.
"Division commander, another army is coming." A brocade guard ran up to say goodbye.
Zhang Long hurriedly left the hall and came to the door to see that in the direction where everyone came from the east, the Jinyi Guard and a large army that had been sent out to check before came over, led by Xue Rengui, and hurriedly greeted him: "General Xue." ”
"Master Zhang, what's going on here?" Xue Rengui returned the salute.
"Back to General Xue, our department stormed the Taiji Palace, killed more than a dozen senior generals and evacuated, not long after the enemy retreated in the direction of the imperial city, General Xue Xiao killed from the direction of the Yeting Palace in the west, just led people to chase and kill, and your army arrived." Zhang Long hurriedly said.
"Killed a dozen high-ranking generals?"
Xue Rengui keenly grasped the key information, knowing that it was impossible for Jinyiwei to lie, Zhang Long was still an old man in Qinjiazhuang, and he was deeply trusted, and he couldn't lie to himself, so he was immediately overjoyed, and added: "In this way, the enemy army is scattered, and it is a good time to chase and kill, do you want to join us?" ”
"Let's go!"
Zhang Long agreed.
The army quickly rushed forward, passing through the Taiji Gate, in front of which was a large square, through the square was the Jiade Gate, then the Chengtian Gate, and after the Chengtian Gate was the Imperial City.
Chengtianmen is not a thin courtyard wall, but a tall and thick city wall, the city wall is heavily guarded, the gate is closed, Xue Zhizheng is leading people to shoot at each other, and the fight is extremely fierce.
Seeing Xue Rengui coming over with his troops, Xue Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "See General Xue." ”
"Polite, tell me about the situation?" Xue Rengui returned the courtesy.
"Our army chased and killed everywhere, but we didn't know that the enemy had already prepared, and the bow and arrow pressed the formation, forcing our army to be unable to get close, covering the enemy army through the Chengtian Gate, and then closing the city gate, and the subordinates were angry, and the fight started."
"Don't worry, retire." Xue Rengui proposed.
Xue Zhi also knew that such a fight was purely impulsive and not cost-effective, so he immediately asked someone to give the order to retreat, and then asked: "General Xue, it seems that the enemy army is going to rely on this city wall and fight our army to the death." ”
"I have seen the palace city map, this section of the city wall has four hundred zhang, the palace city and the imperial city are separated, in addition to the Chengtian Gate and Yong'an, Guangyun, Changle, Yongchun four gates, and the East Palace over there Jiafu Gate, at present, the enemy's battle plan is divided into two, divided into the palace city and the imperial city, the palace city sent troops to ambush, intending to ambush, after the defeat to evacuate, ready to defend the imperial city." Xue Rengui said indifferently, but a pair of tiger eyes stared at the defenders on the Chengtian Gate, shining.
"The Great General means...... Break through from other doors? Xue Zhi asked.
"No, it's almost dawn." Xue Rengui said and looked at the sky.
Xue Zhi looked dazed, what does this siege have to do with dawn, is it possible to wait for dawn to fight?
Xue Rengui saw Xue Zhi's doubts and explained: "Judging from the current situation, the enemy has about 100,000 defenders in the palace city, including 50,000 in the harem, and about 20,000 in the Yeting Palace and the East Palace. ”
"I understand, our army fought repeatedly, although it won a big victory and killed fifty or sixty thousand enemy troops, but it was also physically exhausted, and the crossbow arrows were used up, so they needed to replenish and rest, and it was best to wait until dawn to fight again." Xue Zhi reacted.
"Maybe the enemy army also expects this and is recuperating, so it's better to replenish the consumption as soon as possible and kill it, and catch the enemy off guard." Zhang Long proposed.
"It also makes sense, but it is necessary to assess how many people in each army can fight, and not impulsively." Xue Rengui said and looked at the guards around him, and advised, "Go and contact King Han quickly......"
"No, this king is here." A majestic voice came.
Xue Rengui looked back and saw that it was Qin Huaidao, and hurriedly went up to salute.
Xue Zhi didn't dare to slack off, and followed forward to salute.
"You two arrived here first, and you seem to have played well."
Qin Huaidao smiled and said a word of encouragement and looked at Zhang Long.
Zhang Long hurriedly pleaded guilty: "King Han, in order to succeed in beheading, his subordinates blew up the Liangyi Hall and the Taiji Palace. ”
"How's it going?" Qin Huaidao asked.
"Liangyi Hall blew up a group of generals, subordinates were worried about being surrounded, and they didn't care to check the results of the battle and led people to kill, rushed all the way to the Taiji Palace, and killed more than a dozen senior generals, the details are unknown, surrounded by the enemy legions, worried about the annihilation of the group, so they didn't care to come forward to check, and once again they broke out of the encirclement, please punish the King of Han."
"Please punish King Han!" The other brocade guards also hurriedly clenched their fists and pleaded guilty, their faces aggrieved.
If I had known that this hall could not be blown up, I would not have said anything.