Li Ji squeezed Ma Shan tightly and gritted his teeth. Damn it, Luo Yi was discovered by him. An unstoppable murderous intention arose in Li Ji's heart. He shouted loudly: "Pass it to me." Order, mobilize three thousand iron guards to besiege Luo Yi's house, kill both young and old!"
"Your Highness!"
Staff Qian Rong ran over in a panic, "Your Highness, please calm down, the Sui army is outside the city, and now there is internal strife in the Tang army, something big will happen!"
Li Ji was furious, and Ma Shan pointed at him, "When Luo Yixian city surrenders, will there be no big problem?"
Qian Rong was speechless. He sighed deeply in his heart and lowered his head. He did not dare to say any more. He could not tell which was right or wrong, which was more serious. If he did not kill, Luo Yi would surrender. If he killed , Luo Yi also wants to surrender.[
More importantly, King Qi had murderous intentions for Luo Yi from the beginning, but now that he had found an excuse, he was not willing to let him go. Qian Rong had no choice but to let King Qi go.
Li Ji strode out of the Yamen. Three thousand iron guards were already assembled. This was an escort composed of three thousand strong soldiers he selected from the Hanzhong garrison. Most of them were soldiers from Guanzhong who had just been established the day before yesterday. All cavalry, with three of his bodyguards serving as generals.
Three thousand cavalry gathered in the street in a dark crowd. Li Ji got on his horse, raised his spear and shouted loudly: "Luo Yi rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, sons and daughters, follow me to kill the traitor!"
Three thousand cavalry launched together with great momentum and followed Li Ji towards Luo Yi's mansion.
Luo Yi's residence is located in the north of the city, close to Beidaying, and only a few hundred steps away from the north city gate. In the north of the city, Luo Yi has gathered thousands of soldiers. While he sent people to report the news to the Sui army, he continued to assemble the army.
Luo Yi no longer had any intention of procrastinating. He knew better than anyone else that Li Ji wanted to kill him and he could not defend himself. In this critical situation, Li Yuan would only listen to his son's side of the story and would never give himself a chance to defend himself. He At this time, there was no way out except surrendering to the Sui Dynasty.
The north city gate has been opened wide, and the top of the city is filled with white flags of surrender. The sudden sound of horse hooves in the city is like the beating of war drums. Luo Yi shouted loudly: "The small white formation of bows and crossbows is ready!"
Two thousand crossbowmen lined up, densely filling the streets, and the city was also covered with a thousand soldiers. As the thunderous sound of horse hooves got closer, Li Ji led three thousand iron guards and rushed to At the intersection, he already knew that Luo Yi was not in the mansion and went to the north gate. The war horse turned around and rushed towards the north gate like a tsunami rushing into the city.
Luo Yi looked at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer with cold eyes. He had already entered the shooting range. He shouted, "Shoot!"
Thousands of arrows were shot out at the same time, and the arrows were fired at the cavalry like a storm. The cavalry who were hiding screamed, and instantly fell down in large numbers, with corpses strewn all over the ground. Li Ji was in the middle of the team, holding a large shield in his hand. He fell down in a large area, which made his eyes red, and he shouted wildly: "Rush up and cut Luo Yi into pieces with a thousand knives!"
The cavalry charged again. At this time, another round of dense arrows came. The cavalry team was ready and raised their shields one after another. The number of cavalry hit by arrows was greatly reduced. Luo Yi saw that the bows and arrows could no longer intercept the cavalry, so he ordered again, " Pikemen come out!"
Three thousand spearmen rushed forward and collided with the cavalry. The crossbowmen also changed their spears and surrounded and killed more than 2,500 cavalry from all sides. A bloody fight broke out inside the door...
At this time, the Sui army was outside the Eight Key Points, waiting for changes in Nanzheng City as if watching fire from across the bank. However, the Sui army soldiers did not set up camp or disband to rest. Instead, they were fully armored and lined up in the wilderness waiting for the order to attack.
Xu Shiji had a strong intuition that the conflict between Luo Yi and Qi Wang Li Ji had intensified, and the final break between them could not last tonight, and the two would inevitably engage in a life-and-death fight.
Marching Sima Yao Jindong laughed at the side and said: "General Manager, I feel that a fierce battle has begun between them. With King Qi's impatient character, he will not give Luo Yi time to regain military power, and will definitely strike first."
Xu Shiji sneered, "Soldiers say, you should trust the people you employ, but not the people you doubt. Since Li Yuan didn't trust Luo Yi, he shouldn't have appointed him as the general manager of Hanzhong from the beginning, and only ordered his son to seize power at the most critical moment. This
Can Luo Yi swallow the breath?"
"Does the manager mean that Li Ji seizes power? Is this Li Yuan's intention?"
Xu Shiji nodded, "If it wasn't Li Yuan's intention, how could Li Ji get the Emperor's Sword above?"
Yao Jindong also sighed, "That's why Your Highness said that the defeat of the Tang Dynasty was actually due to Li Yuan's employment. This statement is not true!" [
At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed at the top of the city and shouted: "General Manager, the white flag has been replaced on the top of the city."
Xu Shiji also saw it. The whole city was replaced by white flags, which cheered him up. He turned around and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"
The soldiers of the Sui Army were in a commotion, cheering up and gearing up one by one, eager to try. At this time, a Tang Army cavalry galloped over and was stopped by the Sui Army patrol. After interrogation, they brought him to Xu Shiji. The Tang Army cavalry knelt down on one knee and tilled the tiller.
Report, "The King of Qi wanted to kill General Luo, and a civil war broke out between the two armies in the city. General Luo was willing to surrender to Sui Ping and asked the Sui army for support."
After saying that, the Tang Army cavalry took out a letter and presented it. It was Xu Shiji's personal letter to Luo Yi last night. This is the best token. Xu Shiji took the letter and thought for a moment, then turned around and ordered! "Is General Sheng Yu here?"
A general responded, "The general is here!"
"You can lead five thousand cavalry to the North City to investigate the situation. If there is indeed an internal strife in the city, you can immediately occupy the North City Gate and report to me in time!"
"I humbly obey my command!"
General Lu Li led five thousand cavalry and galloped towards the north city. At this time, Xu Shiji's eyes were full of expectations. Sure enough, he was planning to attack the enemy. This counter-insurgency strategy was done so beautifully. This Wang Jian has made great contributions! Your Highness should be granted the title.
He is the governor.
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The city was already in chaos. Fierce fighting broke out in the city between more than 7,000 troops loyal to Luo Yi and nearly 10,000 troops loyal to Li Ji. The war was not limited to the North City. East City and South City were also engaged in fierce fighting. In the melee,
The soldiers took the opportunity to break into houses, plunder property, and rape women. The situation in the city reached extreme chaos.
Among them, the melee in the North City was the most brutal. Reinforcements from both sides came from all over the city and joined the battle. Nearly 8,000 people fought in the North City. The shouts of killing were loud. Corpses were lying on the streets and open spaces in the North City, and blood flowed.
Chenghe, thousands of soldiers were killed in the melee, and more than half of the three thousand iron guards were killed or injured.
Although Li Ji was exceptionally brave, he was still hit by two arrows in the melee, one of which hit his left leg, causing him to almost fall off the horse. At this moment, a bloodied general rushed over and shouted loudly
: "Your Highness! The Sui army has entered outside the city."
This news shocked Li Ji. He turned back and looked at the North City Gate. He saw that the North City Gate controlled by Luo Yi had been opened wide. Hundreds of Sui Army cavalry had entered the city. They were completely different from the Tang Army. Their momentum was
The swiftness and fierceness, and the strong will to kill the enemy, make people shudder.
Li Ji was desperate. He originally wanted to kill Luo Yi as quickly as possible and reorganize the army, but he did not expect that the situation was getting more and more serious and the war was getting more and more intense. No! This is not his responsibility, it is Luo Yi's.
He tried his best to save the consequences caused by Yi's surrender to the Sui Dynasty, but failed.
"Follow me!"
Li Ji roared loudly, turned his horse's head and ran towards the west. More than a thousand cavalry left the battlefield and fled along the street towards the west gate. On the top of the city, Luo Yi had already drawn an arrow, aiming at Li Ji's back.
An arrow shot out of the pine tree like lightning, hitting Li Ji's back. Li Ji shouted, threw away his long spear and rolled off his horse. His guards tried their best to rescue him, and rushed out of the west city desperately, running to the north.
Half an hour later, as 30,000 Sui troops entered Nanzheng City, the internal strife in Nanzheng City finally came to an end. This internal strife lasted for more than an hour, with more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians dead, and more than 10,000 injured.
Not to mention countless, the whole city was dyed red with blood, corpses were strewn all over the ground, it was so horrific that Xu Shiji couldn't help but sigh.
Luo Yi was also covered in blood. He came forward and knelt down on one knee, holding his fist high and saying: "The guilty minister Luo Yi is willing to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and serve the Sui Dynasty."
Xu Shiji did not dismount and help Luo Yi up. This internal strife could be completely avoided. If Luo Yi was willing to surrender last night, then these soldiers and ordinary people would not die on the streets. This Luo Yi did not really want to surrender, but had no choice but to do so.
surrender.
Thinking of this, Xu Shiji snorted loudly, pointed his riding whip at Luo Yi, and ordered around, "Tie him up and kill him!"
More than a dozen Sui soldiers seized Luo Yi and tied him up like wolves. Luo Yi shouted: "General Xu, I obeyed your words and surrendered the city, why did you kill me?"
"Hmph! You didn't surrender sincerely, but you were forced to surrender in Kaicheng. If you had surrendered earlier, would so many soldiers and civilians have died?" [
Luo Yi was scolded into silence and lowered his head. At this time, Yao Jindong stepped forward and begged: "Manager, General Luo can't help himself. He is willing to surrender. This is a meritorious service. If the merits are equal to the faults, please spare him!"
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The generals came forward to plead for mercy, and Xu Shiji said coldly: "For the sake of everyone's pleas, I will spare your death so that you can be loyal to the imperial court. You will naturally have a future. If you dare to have ulterior motives or have different intentions, I will need your head."
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After saying that, Xu Shiji waved his hand and said, "Untie him!"
The soldiers let go of Luo Yi, and Luo Yi felt resentful and regretful in his heart. The regret was that he was the dignified manager of Youzhou back then, but he was taught a lesson by a junior and almost lost his life. The regret was that if he had known about this, he should have done it back then.
After surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, he was now also the general manager.
Luo Yi was dissatisfied, but did not dare to show it. He could only lower his head and said: "Thank you General Xu for not killing!"
Xu Shiji waved his hand and ordered his generals: "To appease the people, we must not disturb them any more. All prisoners of war who rob property or rape civilian women will be beheaded!"
"As you command!"
All the generals were busy. Outside the city, as Gao Zikai sent troops to occupy various passes, this meant that Hanzhong fell into the hands of the Sui army.
The fall of Hanzhong completely cut off the connection between Bashu and Guanzhong, and also cut off the Tang Dynasty's retreat. The time for the decisive battle between the Sui and Tang Dynasties gradually matured. As Hanzhong was occupied by the Sui army, the decisive battle between the Sui and Tang Dynasties officially kicked off.