Chapter 336: Zhao Huan is captured
As Wang Rong's guard, Wang Wei has never relaxed the training of the guard. Wang Mao understood that the reason why the guards were directly expanded from the guard battalion to the guard division was to be able to become a sharp knife of the Tang army.
In the establishment of the personal guard division, there is a special team of nearly 200 people, with Wang Xu as the general of the festival, as Wang Rong's guard. The guards of the festival are divided into three times, each day and night, to guard Wang Rong's station.
When Wang Mao was training the personal guard division, he borrowed a lot from the training methods of Tengxiang and Wu Xiang, and also learned the training methods of Xiao Cavalry and Hussar.
After kneading the training methods of these four divisions, Wang Mao sorted out a detailed training method, and after reporting to Wang Rong, after review and trial training, it was passed through the personal guard division.
I saw several rows of guards in front of me dismounting, holding ring-headed knives and round shields. Then they removed the flying claws from the horse's luggage, which were different from ordinary ones, and the ropes were mixed with iron wire, and the knives were constantly splitting, and the fire would not break.
On the imperial city of Xindu, the envoy of the imperial city has already discovered that something is wrong, and on this happy day of celebration, everyone is drunk, and they have already gone back to their respective homes to sleep. And because it was wartime, the curfew was enforced early, and it was unlikely that there would be fires everywhere in the city.
Such an abnormal situation, there must be something wrong in the city, I don't know who rebelled, the imperial city envoy did not hesitate, and directly woke up the imperial city guards who were resting, and asked everyone to go to the city to guard. At the same time, the imperial envoy also sent people into the palace to report to the emperor and the crown prince.
When the "rebels" came to the imperial city, the imperial city envoys finally saw clearly through the fire of the "rebels", what kind of "rebels" this is, this is the Tang army, and they are preparing to attack the city!
"Quick! Don't be stunned, shoot these enemies for me!"
With a wave of the ring-headed knife in his hand, the Imperial City envoy commanded the Imperial City guards under his command to shoot with bows and arrows.
"Ding... Clang... Bite... Bell"
The shields in the hands of the guards suddenly rang non-stop, and the impact of the arrows was not as fierce as expected.
While protecting themselves, the guards couldn't help but speed up their pace and quickly approached the walls of the imperial city.
"Phew! Swish! Whew!"
Hundreds of flying claws were thrown into the air, and then firmly slammed into the bricks of the wall.
"Up!"
Two guards held their hands on the wall, and the third soldier climbed up, stepped on their shoulders, pulled the ropes, and climbed towards the city.
"Can't let them go up the wall, quick, shoot them to death!"
The imperial city made a bow and arrows, crossed the battlements, and shot down the city. The power of the arrow was so great that it directly shot the shield in the hands of the soldiers who climbed the city wall.
However, the Imperial City Envoy obviously failed to shoot the second arrow, and just as he was about to withdraw back to the back of the battlement, a three-edged iron arrow flew quickly and stabbed into the Imperial City Envoy's head.
Blood splattered, stunned the Imperial City guards on the side. Under the city wall, Wang Hao put down his long-armed crossbow, his eyes were cold, and with a wave of his hand, more guards poured towards the city wall.
After the death of the Imperial City Envoy, the Imperial City Guards became headless flies. The guards of the imperial city in Xindu of Ji State have long been no longer the elite at the beginning of the founding of the country.
At the beginning of the Ji State, in addition to the euphorbia, warriors, and sharp soldiers, the most elite was the Imperial City Guard, which was the army signed up by the Emperor of the Ji State. Bingyuan selected brave men from the various armies of the Ji State to rush into it.
However, as time went on, the position of Imperial City Guard became more and more honorable. As a personal soldier of the emperor of Ji, no one dared to eat empty salary. However, the Imperial City Guards became a shortcut for the children of the nobles to enter the official career, after all, as the emperor's personal soldiers, the Imperial City Guards had quite frequent contact with the emperor.
It is precisely because of this convenience that the imperial city guards became the army of the children of the nobility, which is commonly known as the "old soldiers". In this case, those low-level soldiers drawn from the various armies of the Ji State were constantly squeezed out by the children of the nobility.
For more than two hundred years, the guards of the imperial city have long ceased to be elite, and the children of the nobles have enjoyed a privileged life, eating imperial food, going to the Ji Pavilion, bragging, and fartizing. However, they had no force at all, and as a result, they could not withstand the attacks of their own guards.
When pro
Wei climbed the city wall and stepped on the top of the city, which doomed the end of the fall of the imperial city. Wang Rong's guards quickly dispersed the imperial city guards near the city gate.
"Crunch! ——」
The gates of the imperial city were opened, and Wang Hao waved his sword and shouted, "Rush!"
Then, he rushed into the imperial city first.
The hustle and bustle outside the Imperial City had already reached the Imperial Palace.
For many days, Zhao Huan was in poor health and was sick in bed. However, on such a celebratory day today, Zhao Huan drank a few more glasses of wine and took tonics. After coming to the interest, he pampered the favorite concubine who had not been caressed for many days.
After a busy while, Zhao Huan was just about to fall asleep when he heard his chief eunuch shouting outside, "Holy Lord! Holy!"
Zhao Huan got up impatiently, opened the palace door, frowned and asked, "It's so late, what's the matter?"
The chief eunuch was covered in cold sweat, and Zhao Huan thought that he had just gone to do something.
The chief eunuch couldn't help but speak, knelt on the ground and wept, "Holy one! The Tang army has invaded Xindu City, and is now attacking the Imperial City, please move quickly!"
When Zhao Huan heard the news of the Tang army's attack on the imperial city, the whole person was stunned, he frowned, and shouted: "Nonsense, the Tang army has already been defeated to Fucheng, how can it appear here again?" And attack the Imperial City? Aren't you afraid that I will cure you for your sins?!"
The chief eunuch was in a hurry, he pointed in the direction of the city wall, and said loudly, "Holy Lord, look over there! It's already in flames, it's the Tang Army attacking the city!"
Zhao Huan looked over there, of course he knew that it was impossible for Xindu City to be so bright, and under the strict curfew, it was impossible for so many people to carry torches.
At this moment, an imperial city guard staggered to Zhao Huan, knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Holy Lord! The Imperial City Envoy has been shot by the Tang Army, and the Imperial City guards have also been killed by the Tang Army.
Zhao Huan's head was dizzy, the day was still heaven, and the night became hell. Such a big gap made him collapse, and he only had one thought now, that is, to escape, escape from the imperial city, escape from Xindu, and go to Qinghe County and Hejian County.
"The Emperor of Ji is there! Don't let him run!"
Tang Jun's shouts came, which surprised the attendants and palace maids in the courtyard.
But anyone who dared to step forward to block it was sent away by the Tang Army without saying a word.
Zhao Huan was just about to run, but he found that he couldn't move his pace, and when he looked down, he saw a half-naked favorite concubine holding his thigh, and said in a crying voice: "Holy Lord, take me, take me and run away."
Zhao Huan didn't say a word, he kicked her away, what kind of joke, this is an escape, not a spring outing, with a woman, how can he escape quickly.
However, Zhao Huan couldn't escape after all, and the soldiers of the personal guard division surrounded him and his entourage very quickly. Wang Mo looked at Zhao Huan, who was surrounded in the middle, and said sharply, "Zhao Huan! Make your men surrender! Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"
Zhao Huan looked at the Tang army surrounding him layer by layer, and finally recognized the reality, and said loudly, "I surrender! Surrender!"
In this way, Zhao Huan was arrested, and then he was taken to the large square outside the main hall. Here, he saw his crown prince, sons, daughters, queens, concubines, etc., a bunch of people.
He even saw the Minister of State Lian and the general Pang Jun. Then he was pressed to his knees in front of a young man.