Looking at Sun Sansheng's anxious old face, Li Xian was really a little angry - of course the urgent military situation must be reported to the general, but it also depends on the situation, right? At this moment, people's hearts have not been completely stabilized, and Sun Sansheng was
If Li Xian didn't prepare in advance, things would be in chaos.
In fact, Li Xian did not expect that the Yue King's army would arrive so quickly when the weather was freezing. It was impossible to say that he was not nervous. You must know that the Tang Dynasty now implements a government military system. Although the troops are hidden for the people to see,
It seems that it can save a lot of military expenses, but it has a negative consequence, that is, when the country suddenly encounters trouble, it is difficult to mobilize enough troops, even in the eastern capital of Luoyang, the Shiwannan Camp, which has just returned from the Turks,
The soldiers have now dispersed, and there are only a few left-behind officers and soldiers in the military camp. Even if Li Xian issues an edict at this time, it will take at least ten days to gather the army. Obviously, this will
One end is hopeless.
If the King of Yue's army comes quickly, all Li Xian can rely on is Cheng. Li's two Yulin troops and the Donggong Guards lead an army with a combined strength of less than 10,000, and even if they can be temporarily mobilized
Luoyang Prefecture has a standing army of 3,000, and the total strength is only over 12,000. Excluding the important passes such as the Imperial City that have to be defended, the number of troops that can really go into battle to defend against the enemy will not exceed 10,000. As for the Hexi Army, now
We are still on the road and it is hard to say when we will arrive. There is no doubt that the situation is not that optimistic.
"My dear friends, don't be nervous. I have known for a long time that the King of Yue wants to do something evil. Now the Guanlong Iron Cavalry has passed the Weishan Pass and is on its way to Luoyang. The thieves are not going anywhere!"
No matter what the real situation is, the people who need to be comforted must be calmed down quickly. No matter how upset he is, Li Xian will not bring it to his face. Instead, he smiles slightly, waves his hand, and declares very proudly.
"Your Majesty is wise, a traitor will die without a burial place!"
"Your Majesty is so wise that all the ministers admire you!"
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Most of the courtiers present were originally from the neutral faction, and they finally stood on the right team. Naturally, they didn't want the power of Conglong that they had just obtained to be in vain. Regardless of whether what Li Xian said was true or false,
They all climbed up the pole, each one spouting praises like a tide, until Li Xian really felt like he had goosebumps.
"Everyone, please go and do your work!"
The military situation was so high that Li Xian had no intention of chatting with the courtiers. He waved his hand and got into the chariot. Zhang Mingwu led two thousand guards and went to the Qinzheng Palace in a mighty manner...
"I will wait to see your Majesty!"
At the Qinzheng Palace, Li Duozuo, who had attacked several times but failed to enter the palace, was furious at the generals. Suddenly he saw Li Xian's chariot approaching, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Uneasy, he hurriedly led the generals to greet him, and bowed and greeted him with great respect.
"Excuse me."
Li Xian walked slowly off the chariot, looked around at the anxious soldiers, and then at the Sanwu Division who were on guard in the Qinzheng Hall. He felt quite impatient, but did not blame Li Duozuo and others.
The man just shouted calmly.
"I would like to thank His Highness for your kindness. Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Now that Li Xian had spoken, the generals did not dare to neglect him. They thanked him according to court regulations and stood aside.
"Your Majesty, the thieves are gathering in the palace. The general is incompetent and has failed to kill the thieves as planned. Please punish them."
Seeing Li Xian's cold expression, Li Duozuo, who knew that the battle was unfavorable, could not help but feel a little more uneasy, and hurriedly spoke out to plead guilty.
"It's okay. It's not a crime of war. General Li, thank you for your hard work."
Although he was dissatisfied with Li Duozuo's delay in winning the Three Martial Arts, Li Xian did not bring it to his face. Instead, he smiled slightly and comforted Li Duozuo warmly.
"General, please give me orders to attack again. I will definitely defeat the thieves and pay them back!"
Seeing Li Xian bringing the East Palace Guards and his troops, Li Duozuo was afraid that he would lose the opportunity to make a contribution, so he took a peek at Li Xian's face, gritted his teeth, and loudly called for battle.
"Well, General Li is commendable for his loyalty and bravery, and I am very relieved. However, things have changed now. The King of Yue has rebelled, and his army is marching eastward. I still need General Li to lead his troops to defend Luoyang for me. I am overworked. I'm afraid it's inappropriate, so I'll let the East Palace Guards lead the team to cooperate with General Li's troops to defeat the thieves."
Li Xian was in a hurry to arrange combat matters, so there was not much time for Li Duozuo to waste. If nothing else, if Li Duozuo's troops could attack it, they would not be defeated again and again. At this time, If we attack again, we may not be able to make much progress. Of course, this is not because Li Duozuo's troops are incompetent, nor is it because the soldiers are useless. It is really limited by the terrain. If we can't set fire, we must break through the dense defense. The palace gate was indeed quite difficult. Because of this, Li Xiancai did not blame Li Duozuo. However, he would not agree to his request to attack again, so he pondered for a while and issued the decree in a deliberation tone.
"Promise, I will obey the order!"
Li Xian had already said this, so Li Duozuo did not dare to persist, so he could only bow his head and accept the order with great reluctance.
"Zhang Mingwu."
Seeing that Li Duozuo didn't object any more, and Li Xian didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, he raised his voice and shouted loudly.
"The end is here!"
Zhang Mingwu followed Li Xian around for a long time today, but he still couldn't get a fight, and his hands and feet were already itchy. When Li Xian called his name, there was no reason not to stand up and accept the promise. Son.
"I order you to send a group of soldiers to cooperate with General Li's command, and within a three-hour time limit, we can capture the Qin Zhen Palace for me. There must be no mistakes!"
Li Xian glanced at Zhang Mingwu who was gearing up, looked solemn, and issued his decree in a tone that left no room for doubt.
"promise!"
Zhang Mingwu was quite unwilling when he heard that his troops could only send out one group of soldiers, but he never dared to bargain at this moment. He bowed and hurriedly agreed to the promise, and went to arrange the manpower himself.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. The general will arrange a strong attack right now."
If Zhang Mingwu felt that it was not enough because he sent too few troops, Li Duozuo disagreed. In his opinion, a team led by only a few hundred soldiers was of no use, and they were sent away in vain. However, Li Xian's decree had already been issued. Even if Li Duozuo was dissatisfied, he did not have the courage to raise objections. He could only bow down and ask for his life, then strode back to the formation, roaring and delivering the final blow. Order.
"Don't panic, your Majesty has sent people to mobilize troops outside the city. The soldiers from the South Camp will be here in a moment. As long as we can stop the thieves, we are all heroes of the country. My Majesty will never treat you badly!"
At this end, Li Xian was dispatching troops and generals, and Wu Chengsi in the Qinzheng Hall was also desperately cheering up the remaining troops under his command, making a lot of random promises with empty words and white teeth.
"That's right, what Wu Shangshu said is that we all have received great kindness from the empress, and we should fight to the death to repay her. If we fight to the end, whoever dares to retreat from the battle will be killed without mercy!"
Like Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi is also very aware of the fact that no matter whether they surrender or not, if they fall into the hands of Li Xian, they will definitely die. Rather than die in vain, it is better to fight to the end. In view of this, he himself
He fully cooperated with Wu Chengsi to sing a white face, waved his sword, and issued threats viciously.
"Fight bloody to the end, fight bloody to the end!"
Wu Yizong did not have the eloquence to confuse right and wrong like the two clan brothers. However, he took the lead in shouting slogans but was still quite enthusiastic. The remaining officers and soldiers saw Li Xian's arrival and did not quite believe what San Wu said and responded.
His voice naturally seemed a little weak.
"Ohh Ohh ohh……"
Before Sanwu's mobilization farce could come to an end, Zhang Mingwu personally led a team of East Palace guards to press forward amid a burst of shrill horn sounds.
"The crossbowmen are ready, shoot them to death!"
Although the East Palace Guards have a small number of people, their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. This is something that the officers and soldiers of Yulin know very well. Seeing Zhang Mingwu's troops walking slowly, Wu Yizong, who is responsible for commanding the battle, can't help but become nervous.
He hurriedly roared, and with this order, more than two hundred crossbowmen arrayed on the steps immediately raised their bows and arrows, nervously aiming at the approaching East Palace Guards and their troops.
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"Crossbow ready!"
Seeing that the crossbowmen of the Yulin Army were so nervous and on guard, Zhang Mingwu curled his lips in disdain and gave a low drink. He immediately saw the hundreds of marching East Palace guards untiing the trousers hanging from their right waists.
The crossbows each aimed at the target.
"shoot!"
As the troops led by the East Palace Guards gradually approached, the distance between the two sides quickly shortened to sixty steps. At this time, they were just within the effective range of the serial crossbows in the hands of the East Palace guards, and the Yulin officers and soldiers
The bow and arrow in his hand had a shooting range of only about fifty steps. This was obviously a great opportunity for the East Palace Guards to lead his army to defeat the enemy. Zhang Mingwu would not miss it, but after hearing his roar, more than a hundred East Palace Guards brushed the ground.
The trigger was pulled, and more than a thousand steel arrows whizzed out like locusts, piercing the space at high speed, instantly arousing a scream like ghosts and wolves from the unprepared Yulin officers and soldiers.
"Draw out the gun and charge!"
Under the rain of arrows, the crossbowmen of the Yulin Army who were originally lined up on the walkway outside the palace were basically shot to death on the spot. The rest were so frightened by the dense rain of arrows that they lay down behind the fence without even their heads.
He dared to lift the general up. When he saw this, Zhang Mingwu hurriedly roared again, but when he saw that the guards of the East Palace who had missed their arrows quickly dropped their crossbows, picked up the muskets inserted in their left waists, and fired
He opened his legs and launched a wild charge.
"The crossbowmen counterattack, and the shield swordsmen step forward, ready to engage in battle!"
As soon as he saw that the East Palace Guards had launched a charge, Wu Yizong became furious, waving his sword wildly, and urged his soldiers to prepare for the strong attack of the East Palace Guards.
"Fire!"
Just when Wu Yizong was panicking and mobilizing his troops, the guards of the East Palace had taken advantage of the chaos and rushed to a distance of only ten steps away from the steps. However, when they heard Zhang Mingwu roar, the gunshots suddenly rang out like exploding beans, and the smoke filled the air.
In the middle, bullets roared into the chaos of Yulin officers and soldiers, and dozens of people were immediately swept away.
"Draw out the sword and kill the thief!"
Before the Yulin army could recover, Zhang Mingwu roared and pulled out the horizontal sword from his waist, rushed up the steps like a flying god, and rushed into the chaotic army like a god and demon, slashing wildly with his sword.
In an instant, several people were killed in a row, and all the Yulin officers and soldiers were so shocked that they couldn't move out of the way. The already chaotic formation became even more chaotic. When the East Palace guards who were killed later rushed forward, they immediately fell into a complete collapse.
Regardless of their state, they turned around and fled into the palace.
"Attack and kill!"
Li Duozuo, who personally led the army as the second echelon, saw that Zhang Mingwu's troops had only one attack and opened the door of the palace. For a moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart, not for any other reason, just because he let Zhang Mingwu
The purpose of fighting the vanguard was to make Zhang Mingwu suffer some hardships, in order to show that his previous defeats were not a crime of war, but he never expected that the fighting power of the army led by the East Palace Guards was so powerful. Although he was shocked, he also
Not forgetting the business, he roared and led his troops to rush in towards the opened palace door.
The combat effectiveness of the veteran soldiers of the Yulin Army is not good. The reason why they were able to defeat Li Duozuo's strong attacks several times in the early days was just the geographical advantage. Now that the geographical advantage has been lost and the morale of the army is in chaos, how can they stop it?
Zhu Zhang, Li's two elite troops rushed to kill, and the battle was over in just a stick of incense. All three warriors were killed in the battle, and the remaining 800 troops of the Yulin Army except for the more than 300 who died on the spot.
, the rest surrendered. At this point, the entire imperial city has completely fallen into Li Xian's control...