When Li Daozong was at a loss and hesitating, he suddenly heard a faint roar from outside Chengtian Gate. A moment later, the sound of shouting and charging came together like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, and it seemed that the entire city was shaking.
Li Daozong was ecstatic, raised his horizontal sword and shouted: "The army of the King of Jin is just outside the city. Let's quickly attack Chengtian Gate to join forces with the King of Jin!"
"rush!"
"kill!"
The soldiers under his command were full of morale and launched another fierce attack with red eyes.
Since the Xuanwu Gate entered the Taiji Palace, although the battle has been progressing smoothly, after all, the lone army is facing the stubborn resistance of the defenders and it is inevitably stressful. Not everyone can bear the pressure of the entire army being wiped out at every turn.
But now there is only Chengtian Gate between the Jin King's army. As long as the two armies join forces, the natural strength will surge, and the entire Tai Chi Palace will be under control. Victory is only a few feet away, how can we not go all out?
Outside the city, Yuchi Gong personally led his right guard troops to attack the Chunming Gate, and rushed all the way to the Chengtian Gate. When he saw the defenders at the top of the city running back and forth and making killing sounds, he knew that an army was attacking the city from within the gate at this moment. It was too late.
The troops were reorganized and immediately ordered to attack the city.
Thousands of soldiers carried the ladders and rushed to the bottom of the city. After setting up the ladders, they climbed up the city to attack.
The defenders were undergoing a heavy attack by Li Daozong, and their defense focus was on the inner city side. Yuchi Gong suddenly came and attacked, and his attack was even more powerful than Li Daozong's. There was no time to adjust the focus of the defense, and they were suddenly overwhelmed. There was chaos.
Inside the city, Li Daozong saw that the defenders on the city were in chaos, and that the attack from outside the city was obviously more intense. He immediately changed his strategy, ordered the siege to be abandoned, and concentrated his troops to rush to the city gate in an attempt to open the city gate from the inner city.
The defenders naturally refused to allow the rebels to rush into the city. Otherwise, the city gate would be lost. The rebels would attack from inside and outside, and immediately organized troops to defend the city gate.
The two sides fought fiercely in the narrow area under the city gate. The soldiers were furious. One side attacked and fought fiercely, while the other side risked their lives to resist. Due to the narrow area, the rebels were unable to exert their strength advantage. For a time, they were evenly matched, and the battle was tense.
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Outside the city, Yuchi Gong saw that the King of Jin had followed him, but Chengtian Gate was unmoved, and his eyes suddenly turned red. This king was also a brave and powerful man who killed generals and captured flags. In these years, he has been in a high position and has been pampered, but he has also been tempered.
Seeing that the occupation was not going smoothly, Jin Gu suddenly became fierce and jumped off the horse. He threw the horse to the soldiers, drew out the horizontal knife from his waist, widened his eyes and shouted: "Follow me to kill the enemy."
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Ignoring the obstruction of the soldiers around him, he held the horizontal knife in his mouth, took off his cloak behind him, and ran towards Chengtian Gate. He stepped over the collapsed suspension bridge, took a few steps to the bottom of the city, and pulled aside the soldiers under the ladder.
, stepped on the crossbar of the ladder, and with a sudden force, he rushed up four or five steps. At this time, he grabbed the ladder with both hands, then settled down, and then rushed up with all his strength...
The man who was several dozen years old was still extremely fit and strong. Before the defenders on the city had time to react, they jumped onto the top of the city after a few scurryings. With one hand, he took out the sword in his mouth and "swept thousands of troops" in front of him with a single stroke, pulling the defenders away.
Forced to retreat, they occupied a foothold at the head of the city.
Yuchi Gong took the lead in attacking the city. The soldiers around him were frightened to death. They followed him and climbed up hard. When Yuchi Gong stood firm, they followed him to the top of the city, and then spread out to surround Yuchi Gong.
among them.
Yuchi Gong was furious and shouted: "Why are you protecting me? I can still kill the enemy with my sword, I don't need your protection! Move forward quickly and capture the city gate!"
"Here!"
The soldiers formed formations in twos and threes and rushed toward the defenders. They immediately killed the defenders on the city into chaos, the defense collapsed, and more and more guards on the right side boarded the city.
The movement on the city obviously affected the morale of the defenders below the city. Li Daozong also personally led his troops to fight with Shi Shi. Finally, he dispersed the defenders gathered below the city, rushed to the city gate, and opened the gate.
The heavy Chengtian Gate creaked slowly open, and the midday sun shone in the dark city gate cave under the gate. What followed was countless rebels pouring into the city gate like a tide, stepping on it symbolized the great victory of the city. Tai Chi Palace, the highest power center of the Tang Empire.
Inside the city gate, soldiers were moving swiftly like a rolling torrent. Yuchi Gong and Li Daozhong met on the side of the road. The two most representative nobles of the Zhenguan Dynasty walked toward each other. When they came closer, they did not salute, but stretched out their arms to each other. They hugged each other and patted each other's backs heavily with their palms. All their emotions were unspoken.
Things in the world are unpredictable and fate plays tricks on people. Who would have thought that these two people who were supposed to enjoy prosperity and wealth would actually reach the point of rebellion?
Yuchi Gong glanced at the troops rushing toward Wude Hall like a tide, and asked: "Is the prince waiting for His Royal Highness King Jin here?"
Li Daozong thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Soldiers are very fast. We have now cut off the passage between Taiji Palace and the outside of the city. The entire Wude Palace has no way to advance or retreat. Your Majesty can only escape through the secret passage... No matter what happens to Your Majesty, we must be quick." Capture the Wude Palace and completely occupy the Tai Chi Palace, otherwise Fang Jun will arrive later and your life will be changed."
It would be best to capture Li Chengqian alive, but Li Chengqian has been living in Wude Hall since he came to the throne, which shows that there must be a secret passage to the outside world within the palace for him to escape at any time, so it is almost impossible to capture him alive.
But even if he was allowed to escape, as long as the Taiji Palace, the highest power center of the Tang Empire, was completely captured, it would mean that the imperial power had fallen aside, and the King of Jin could ascend the throne in the Taiji Palace, announce it to the world, and become the nominal ruler of the empire.
Li Chengqian was all on the run. Even though he was still the de facto emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he could only become the "pseudo emperor" of one side of the separatist regime.
As for whether Li Chengqian will make a comeback in the end, or whether the King of Jin will kill them all, it will not be too late to make long-term plans...
Yuchi nodded respectfully: "Then I will join hands with the prince to capture Wude Palace!"
The two of them got on the horses brought by their own soldiers, and surrounded by countless soldiers, they marched towards Wude Hall in a mighty manner.
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In the autumn sky, the willows on both sides of Tianjie are already withered. Due to the war in Chang'an, the daily operations of Chang'an and Wannian counties have long been stagnant, and municipal staff no longer work. As a result, withered and yellow leaves have accumulated thickly on the stone slabs blocking the drainage ditches. On the first floor, people and horses galloped past and picked up these dead leaves, circling and flying in the air. Before they could fall, they were picked up again...
The inner squares on both sides were arranged clearly, and the gates of the squares were closed. When the guard on the right in front passed by, Shi Qiu did not commit any crime. However, when the King of Jin entered the city, the troops accompanying him were in chaos. From time to time, scattered soldiers climbed over the walls of the squares and bullied them into the squares. Robbery and robbery are all crimes. These private soldiers of the powerful families were recruited in a hurry. Not only are their military skills severely lacking, but their military discipline is also equivalent to non-existent. It is unbearable to see the prosperous Chang'an City lying in front of you like a beautiful woman without defense. With evil thoughts in his heart, he completely forgot that he wanted to help King Jin achieve his great cause.
Li Zhi, surrounded by Xiao Yu, Chu Suiliang and others, galloped towards the Chengtian Gate. Although he saw his soldiers harming the inner square, he turned a blind eye. Now he was only thinking about entering the Taiji Palace and inheriting the emperor's great cause. What else could he care about?
These stragglers?
The worst case scenario is that after he ascends the throne, he will send a censor to investigate and punish him severely, but he has no time to care about it now...
Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, war has always been so cruel.
Li Zhi led the army to gallop along the long street. When they arrived at Chengtian Gate, Chengtian Gate had already been captured. The open city gate made Li Zhi's blood boil, and he was about to gallop into the forbidden palace that he had always dreamed of taking charge of.
But Xiao Yu grabbed the reins of the horse: "Your Highness, you can't do that! A fierce battle is going on in the palace right now. Soldiers and horses from all sides are fighting in a melee. The winner has not yet been determined. There are dangers everywhere. If Your Highness enters the palace rashly, he will definitely become the leader of all parties."
At the center of attention, there may not be anyone who will take the risk to attack, let alone others, but if the troops under Fang Jun come with firearms to attack... A gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone walk in a dangerous place!"
Li Zhi also calmed down, looked up at the newly rebuilt Chengtianmen, exhaled, and said: "We are not going into the palace, but we are waiting here at Chengtianmen for the good news from the Prince of Jiangxia and the Prince of Hejian!"
He deeply believed in Xiao Yu's words. He was forced to be in a dangerous situation before, and it was a last resort to take risks in the face of three sides of siege. Now that he has entered the palace, victory is not far away, how can he be in the most dangerous situation?
Trouble when you are close to victory?
If you are in Chengtianmen, you can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and you will be in an invincible position.
Xiao Yu then let go of the reins: "Your Highness Ming Jian!"
Immediately, they surrounded Li Zhi and entered the open Chengtian Gate. The soldiers left by Yu Chigong lined up on both sides and greeted the King of Jin at the city gate...
Li Zhi rode his horse along the long city gate and entered the Tai Chi Palace. The familiar towering roof of the Tai Chi Palace in front of him shone brightly in the sun, making him feel excited and unable to control himself.
Even for a great hero like my father, the only emperor in history, when he "rebelled and usurped", he entered the palace through the Xuanwu Sect to seize the imperial power, which made people in the world continue to question him, which is a major stain on his life.
But now he has led his army to capture Chang'an, entered the Tianmen in a majestic manner, and is about to ascend to the throne of great treasure and rule the world!
In the history books of later generations, who dares to label me Li Zhi as "usurper"?!
After entering the city gate, he dismounted. The Imperial Guards of the Jin Palace immediately took over the defense of Chengtian Gate from the guards on the right. They checked inside and outside and occupied strategic positions. Then Li Zhi walked straight up the horse path to Chengtian Gate.
Standing on the city gate and looking north, the entire Tai Chi Palace falls into view.
This beautiful river and mountain, the supreme imperial power, is at your fingertips...
Xiao Yu stood next to Li Zhi, letting the autumn wind blow against her face and making her clothes rustle, but she never felt the slightest chill. Instead, her blood boiled, her face flushed, and her body trembled slightly.
When he entered the Tang Dynasty, he was entrusted with important tasks by Emperor Gaozu. He played an important role in the Tang Dynasty's war to wipe out the world. Later, His Majesty Li Er "reversely usurped" and he participated in it to turn the tide and became the "Zhenguan Xun".
One of the best among "Chen".
However, the glory of the past is completely incomparable to the achievements that are about to be created now. This is an unparalleled achievement that single-handedly assisted King Zuo Jin to ascend the throne and overpowered all famous generals!
Under one person, above ten thousand people, with power over the entire government, leading the Lanling Xiao family to become the number one family in the world is the ultimate goal he pursues...