Time gradually reached the third watch, and Nan Jiyun led three hundred elites to Fanglin Gate again. The square was empty and no one was there. You would definitely be discovered if you walked through the square. The best way was to walk through in a big way.
The guard general of Fanglin Gate is called Jiang Tao, and he is a general. Of course, he is not an important general, and his military rank is relatively low. It is not his turn to guard important city gates. He is just a subordinate of General Ying Yang, Qiu Deren.
Qiu Deren is responsible for the defense of the entire palace area.
Although it was already the third watch, Jiang Tao did not dare to go to bed and watched the movements outside the palace with vigilance. Just now, the soldiers noticed something unusual. There seemed to be a dark shadow outside, which made Jiang Tao inexplicably nervous.
"General, look!" a soldier shouted from behind.
Jiang Tao turned around and saw a group of soldiers, numbering two to three hundred people, coming from the palace.
Jiang Tao was startled, which army is this?
"Password!" a soldier shouted in the distance.
"The north wind is howling!"
This was the password that had just been changed. The other party actually knew it, which meant that it was one of his own. Jiang Tao's highly vigilant mind relaxed a little.
Nan Jiyun led 300 people to the top of the city. He quickly observed both sides of the city. There were about a hundred people above the city gate. The remaining two thousand soldiers were distributed on the two-mile-long city wall. He had to kill them in the shortest time.
Soldiers above the city gate.
At this time, Dugu Ren stepped forward to negotiate with Jiang Tao, "General Jiang, we are sent by Magistrate Zhang to help defend the city."
"You just have to guard the granary, you don't need it here."
While the two were negotiating, Nan Jiyun slowly walked up behind Jiang Tao, and suddenly stabbed the back of Jiang Tao's neck with the spear in his hand like lightning.
"I say it again, no! Please reply immediately."
Before Jiang Tao finished speaking, he suddenly became mute, his eyes bulged, and he saw the tip of a spear piercing his throat.
"Do it!"
Dugu Ren roared loudly, and three hundred soldiers simultaneously attacked the nearest Yan army soldier, causing screams.
Nan Jiyun drew out his spear, and Jiang Tao's body fell limply to the ground. He swung his spear to kill the enemy group. The spears were like a rain of pear blossoms, and he assassinated more than 20 people in an instant.
Nan Jiyun is far inferior to Li Ye in terms of speed and strength, but his marksmanship and skills are much higher than Li Ye. For example, Li Ye can pierce the enemy's neck with one spear, which can be described as cruel and cruel, but for killing people
, at least 70% of this power is wasted, Nan Jiyun will not waste it, he will draw the gun as soon as he pierces the enemy's throat, without spending any more effort.
In the martial arts showdown between the two, Nan Jiyun was far from Li Ye's opponent, but in terms of killing enemies, Nan Jiyun's killing efficiency was on par with Li Ye's.
There was a huge chaos on the top of the city. Soldiers from the Yan army on both sides rushed towards the city gate. Nan Jiyun shouted: "Protect the alarm and open the city gate!"
Li Xiyue led his men to remove the alarm bell and pull out the big iron pin at the top of the city. Several soldiers below slowly opened the city gate and ran out, holding up three torches and waving them.
Li Ye, who was a mile away, saw the torch and was immediately overjoyed. He ordered: "The whole army attacks!"
"Woo——"
A low horn sounded, and the entire army quickly gathered. Twenty thousand cavalry led the way and charged towards Fang Lin Gate.
On the top of the city, the two armies were engaged in a fierce battle. Although the three hundred soldiers were not many in number, they were all highly skilled in martial arts and had extraordinary skills. They held shields and short spears in their hands. They killed the enemy troops on both sides and retreated steadily, leaving all the soldiers lying on the ground.
Corpse.
The cavalry rushed into the Fanglin Gate like a rushing flood. Seeing the tide of Tang troops rushing into the palace city, the defenders on the city turned around and fled for their lives.
Nan Jiyun handed over the military power to Dugu Ren. He changed the Yan army's helmet, got on his horse and chased his cavalry.
The alarm bell at the Xuanwu Gate at the north main entrance of Tai Chi Palace rang, "Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Immediately afterwards, the Jingyang Bell above Hanyuan Hall also rang, "dong-dong-" for a moment, the whole city was shocked.
The Jingyang Bell will be rung only for major events, usually when the emperor dies, the queen mother, the emperor dies, or the prince ascends the throne, etc.
But An Taiqing didn't care about this. The news of Jingyang Bell spread throughout the city, so he took Jingyang Bell as a major military intelligence alarm.
An Taiqing led three thousand people to guard Mingde Gate. It was already the third watch. He was really sleepy and wanted to go down to the city to take a nap. But just before walking down the corridor, suddenly, the Jingyang Bell in the direction of the palace rang.
Mingdemen, who was more than ten miles away, heard it clearly. An Taiqing was startled, and he was completely exhausted. He stared at the north in surprise, and suddenly realized that Li Ye's army was actually killing people from the palace.
After coming in, they did not attack from the south.
An Taiqing shouted sternly: "Send the whole army to assemble on Zhuque Street!"
But in fact, he could only assemble 10,000 troops from the south, the east and west walls, and the troops from the north, and it was impossible to rush over to assemble.
Before the 10,000 troops in the south were assembled, the Tang army's cavalry came like a tide. An Taiqing couldn't wait any longer. He shouted, "Kill -"
"Kill--"
Six thousand infantrymen held spears in hand and charged at the Tang army. The two sides collided violently, with the sound of clashing spears and knives. The two armies fought on Zhuque Street.
Zhuque Street is fifty feet wide, which is equivalent to three football fields lined up side by side. There are tall walls on both sides. This width is conducive to the performance of the Tang Army's cavalry.
But the 10,000 infantrymen are also very powerful. They are the Youzhou Yan Army. They are the best among the best and are well-trained. They formed a spear formation to fight against the cavalry. Although there were many dead bodies, the infantry formation did not retreat even one step. They were very brave.
The cavalry of the Tang Army also suffered increased casualties, and were constantly knocked off their horses by the spear formations of the infantry.
Seeing that the opponent was fighting very hard, Li Ye immediately ordered: "Order the heavy armored infantry to detour and attack both sides of the enemy!"
Zhuque Street is not a closed space. There are many intersections on both sides of it, which are passages between squares. Although these passages cannot be compared with the width of Zhuque Street, they are not narrow lanes. They are at least several feet wide.
Enough for three carriages to travel abreast.
Not long after, two thousand heavy armored infantry suddenly came out from the road south of Lanlingfang and Yongdafang. One thousand heavy armored infantry on each side, wielding Mo Dao from the east and west sides at the same time, attacked the enemy's lower back.
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This was a fatal blow to the enemy, especially the powerful Modao heavy armored infantry. They cut a bloody path, crossed each other, and cut the Yan army's formation into two, forming two streets on Zhuque Street.
Wall of knives, one wall of knives to the north, one wall of knives to the south, two thousand troops advancing like a wall.
The Mo Dao was gleaming with cold light. It was a killing machine that could not be stopped by any weapons or shields. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the ground was covered with large and small human body parts. The screams resounded through Suzaku Street.
They only lasted for less than a quarter of an hour, and more than 3,000 people were killed. The Yan army completely collapsed. Thousands of soldiers ran for their lives from the roads on both sides, with the cavalry chasing after them.
An Taiqing shouted sternly: "Retreat! The entire army retreats out of the city!"
His shouts also betrayed his identity and position. Li Ye drew an arrow, nocked the bow, and shot an arrow from eighty paces away.
The arrow was so fast that An Taiqing couldn't dodge. He was hit in the forehead by an arrow. "Pfft!" The arrow penetrated his helmet and skull, and the tip of the arrow showed flesh and blood from the back of his head. An Taiqing fell headlong.
He fell to the ground and died on the spot.
Li Ye shouted sternly: "Kill! If you don't accept surrender, you will be killed without mercy!"
This Youzhou army was very powerful in combat and was also the most ruthless army, no less than the Hu people. They went south for a mile and killed countless people and slaughtered many cities.
The entire Yan army collapsed and fled in all directions. The Tang army's cavalry chased them from behind and killed them mercilessly. The gates of Chang'an City were blocked, and the streets were full of corpses of killed Yan army soldiers.
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