The moon and stars are scarce, Li Jinquan stood calmly on the tower of Dongcheng, admiring with great interest the fire still burning in the distance and the Tang army camp everywhere.

I don't know when, a dull thunderous sound gradually drifted from the city, until the shouts of killing and galloping horses intensified in his ears, Li Jinquan suddenly woke up, hurriedly turned around and shouted: "Where to fight?!" ”

"Handsome! Handsome! A lieutenant with a broken arm had just arrived, but he stumbled and fell off his horse, and under the frightened eyes of everyone, he ran and climbed all the way up the tower with difficulty, and the blood that flowed down the bluestone stairs spread terribly.

Li Jinquan recognized this familiar face at a glance, and his heart suddenly fell into an ice cellar, and he reprimanded anxiously: "Why are you here?" But something happened to the camp in the south of the city? ”

"Big, handsome!" The adjutant general seemed to have a very difficult time speaking, his face was pale at this time, and he squeezed out his voice vigorously: "The Baoxin Army is reversed!" The Tang army has entered the city from the south gate, and the camp in the south of the city has been breached...... The Tang army will soon arrive at the east gate......"

With a "bang", Li Jinquan retreated in a panic, and actually crashed straight into the stone pillar behind him, and the saber on his waist fell instantly.

"Li Song! Thieves are hateful! Li Jinquan spat viciously, then picked up the seriously injured lieutenant general, and roared angrily: "Enter your mother, there are 15,000 elite soldiers in the south of the city!" How could the Tang Army easily break through? How the hell do you keep it! Yes? ”

"Fire, fire...... Li Song arranged the fire oil in advance in the camp...... "Before the words fell, the deputy general, who was already disabled, passed out directly.

At this time, the eyes of the soldiers around them suddenly flickered, and then they all turned to face their boss.

"Li Yuan! Liu Renzhan! Li Song! Okay, ......" Thinking of the Weisheng Army in the camp south of the city, the hole cards he relied on to survive were being devoured by the flames, when Li Jinquan was desperate, he unconsciously glanced at the same fierce fire outside the city, and suddenly laughed a few times at himself, and then pointed at the sky angrily, screaming and scolding frantically.

"Thief God! Thief God! ”

Then Li Jinquan kicked the lieutenant general a few times, then picked up the sword on the ground, raised his hand and roared: "Sons, kill the city tower!" Kill all the Tang dogs! ”

"Kill all the Tang dogs!" The generals drew their swords one after another, and rushed down the city with great momentum surrounded by soldiers.

There was only one person missing, and he was silently hiding in the corner at this time, sweating for some reason.

......

At this time, on the central street of Shouzhou, Li Yuan was leading the elite cavalry towards the east city gate.

Almost all of the way were one-sided massacres, since the fire in the camp south of the city, countless rebel soldiers were killed in their sleep, and those small people who escaped in embarrassment had not had time to extinguish the fire on their bodies, and they were hunted by the Tang infantry as soon as they arrived at the street.

With the sound of "clanging" weapons colliding, most of the rebels had no time to cry for mercy, they were simply slaughtered, and the severed flesh and limbs were scattered everywhere, and the scorching and fishy smell was suffocating.

And the cavalry of the Tang Army was not far behind, and at this time they were wantonly trampling everywhere in the city.

I saw the light cavalry whistling past, the spears in the hands of the soldiers were raised flat on the right side, without any movement at all, the sharp blades of the spears swept up a blood mist just by the charge of the war horses, and several rebel soldiers who were pierced in the chest by the spears, with the belief of death, actually held the guns of the Tang Army with both hands frantically, and galloped quickly with the war horses, and these stubborn enemies were often dragged to the halfway, and they were already flesh and blood, and there was no sound at all.

The defeat of the rebels was caught off guard, and it was difficult to clean up.

Soon Li Yuan's cavalry came to the east gate illuminated by the torches all around, and Lin Sichang in front led nearly 7,000 people from the right wing of the Qinghuai army, violently impacting the city tower, and the arrows on both sides were flying all over the sky.

Different from the previous one-sided massacre in the city, the rebel combat strength here seems to be particularly tenacious, although the general trend has gone, but these rebel soldiers are not afraid in the face of the Tang army that is several times their own, in the doorway, on the stairs, fierce hand-to-hand combat has already broken out, row by row falls, row by row to make up, and the Tang soldiers who came after are still charging forward along the bloody road.

Soon, the corpses in many places were stacked on top of each other, like a rain of blood from the sky, and the gray and blue walls were washed to a dark black, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

Li Yuan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, it was not the first time he had seen a corpse, but the battle situation here was too fierce, the battle area between the enemy and us was too narrow, almost all of them were face-to-face to catch and kill, and it was really terrifying to see such a concentrated mountain of corpses and a sea of blood up close.

Sitting on the horse, Li Yuan looked coldly at the towering east city gate, the top of the city tower surrounded by the tragic battlefield in all directions, Li Jinquan's eye-catching handsome flag fluttered in the wind, it seems that the rebels here must be Li Jinquan's most loyal subordinates, these few remnants of the enemy actually withstood the Tang army's repeated attacks.

Now the rebel camp in the south of the city has long been wiped out, and the remnants of the enemy in the city are no longer in the climate, only Li Jinquan at the east gate is still leading the army to resist stubbornly, and this piece of rebels has obviously been killed and wounded more than half, but the battle has always continued. When many rebels fell from the city tower, Li Yuan saw it clearly, most of them had high cheeks and wide noses, and they looked like a typical Tuguhun look.

"It's a pity for these warriors!" Li Yuan knew in his heart that there had been several records of Li Jinquan in the history books, and after every war, he would add the label of "fierce and brave", in the culture of these grassland peoples such as Tuyuhun, this may be the reason why his subordinates are willing to sacrifice their lives for it.

The tragic battle continued, and Li Yuan saw that the battle situation was still stalemate, so he immediately ordered his own soldiers:

"Go to the West Gate to find Zhou Tinggou, and ask him to lead the army to continue to clear the remnants of the enemy in the city!"

"Go to the south gate, please Liu Dashuai transfer the bow and crossbowmen!"

After receiving the order, several pro-soldiers quickly turned their horses' heads and galloped away.

At this time, Li Yuan suddenly felt that the mount under him flickered, and hurriedly looked down, only to find that the blood at the city gate had spread to the green bricks under his feet, and the gaps between the stone slabs were sticky with bubbles, making the horse's hooves slip inadvertently.

"Dashuai!" With a familiar shout, Li Yuan raised his eyes and saw Lin Sichang running towards him quickly, at this time, his armor was full of swords and spear scratches, and in the hands of his personal commander, he was dragging a long sword stained with blood.

Li Yuan couldn't help frowning and said, "Who are you?" ”

I saw Lin Sichang gasping and said: "Boss, Li Jinquan has been seriously injured, and he has been besieged in the city tower at this time, and there are less than 100 people left around him. ”

Li Yuan suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, only to find that most of the fighting had weakened in a flash, the city wall was full of Tang army banner armor, and a large number of Qinghuai soldiers had surrounded the lonely city tower in the center, and they were nervously holding their blades at this time, confronting the remnants of the enemy among them.

In the midst of the desolation and sorrow, a shocking and desperate cry suddenly pierced the tower:

"Rather die in battle! Never live up to the grace of the handsome! ”

"Rather die in battle! Never live up to the grace of the handsome! ”

The shouts of these rebel soldiers in unison made Li Yuan feel awe-inspired, life is precious, these people died for the belief in their hearts, and they must be worthy of this respect.

Then he sighed lightly, and said to Lin Sichang expressionlessly, "Did you hear that?" ”

Lin Sichang nodded and stopped talking, immediately turned around, the long sword in his hand roared through the air, and shouted at the Tang soldiers at the head of the city: "Kill!" ”