Although the saint and the ministers in the royal study all expected that there would be changes in tonight's decisive battle, everyone still changed slightly when the military report came.

"Which troops are they from?" Seeing the sage's stern and solemn expression, Su Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but ask.

"We haven't found out clearly yet," the eunuch reported. "The defenders of Tonghua Gate discovered changes at the top of the city. The Rouxuan rebels were originally attacked from two sides. They were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. The situation was originally extremely favorable to our army.

.However, a cavalry group suddenly appeared from the northeast. They attacked the imperial reinforcements from the side and rear, but caught our reinforcements by surprise."

"Cavalry again?" Su Lun frowned.

"The number of cavalry supporting the rebels is large. Judging from the formation, there are thousands of cavalry." The eunuch said.

Su Lun's face became even more ugly.

Among everyone present, he was a serious member of the military, and his understanding of military affairs was naturally far better than the others.

In this decisive battle, it is clear that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole stalks behind.

The Nishikawa Army suddenly appeared and caught the Rouxuan Army off guard. This must have been something the Rouxuan Army had not expected.

If everything goes well and nothing unexpected happens, the Rouxuan Army will definitely be defeated in this battle.

But when the Xichuan Army stared at the Rouxuan Army like wolves, behind them, there was another tiger also watching them.

This was also something that the Nishikawa Army could not have expected.

When the Nishichuan Army launched a full-scale offensive against the Rouxuan Army, the flanks and rear were wide open. Thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared, stabbing directly like a sharp blade. This was of course a fatal blow to the Nishichuan Army.

Although he could not see with his own eyes what was going on on the battlefield, Su Lun could almost conclude that the Rouxuan Army, which was in a desperate situation, received reinforcements and its morale must have been greatly boosted. The Xichuan Army was caught off guard by this blow.

There must be a panic among the military.

The appearance of 20,000 Nishikawa troops on the battlefield, combined with the Kyoto army's flanking attack, would indeed bring a fatal blow to the Rouxuan army.

But this does not mean that the Nishikawa Army is really omnipotent.

The role of the Nishikawa Army was that it appeared suddenly, causing a heavy psychological blow to the Rouxuan Army, and it also tactically cooperated with the Kyoto Army's general offensive.

Without the Kyoto Army, the 20,000 Nishikawa Army would definitely not dare to act rashly when facing the 10,000 Rouxuan Army. Moreover, if they really wanted to fight, the Nishikawa Army would definitely not be able to defeat the Rouxuan Army in combat effectiveness.

The Xichuan Army was secretly recruited by the Prime Minister, and Su Lun knew that at least half of them had never been exposed to a real battlefield.

If the attack is downwind, this Nishikawa army may still be able to play a significant role, but once it is against the wind, the morale of the army will inevitably fall into panic.

Thousands of cavalry were already prepared to cut into the Xichuan military formation from the side and rear.

This is the biggest headwind for the Nishikawa Army.

"Report!" The military report came very quickly this time. Another eunuch hurriedly entered the imperial study and quickly reported, "Report to the saint, the rebel reinforcements have arrived. Their cavalry has disrupted our reinforcement formation, and the infantry has also

Fight out, the Xichuan Army is in a bitter battle."

"Who are the rebel reinforcements?"

"Long Ruijun!" the eunuch said, "Someone saw their battle flag, it is the imperial dragon flag!"

So everyone was shocked.

All the ministers present knew clearly in their hearts that the Northeastern Long Rui Army was one of the few legions in the Tang Army that could truly fight a tough battle.

In the past few years, Long Rui's army has been competing for hegemony with the Liaodong Army in the Northeast. Compared with any other army in the Tang Dynasty, Long Rui's army has been truly tempered by war in the past two years and has become a brave and capable division.

And everyone also knows that after Long Rui's army defeated the Liaodong Army, a large number of sergeants of the Liaodong Army have been recruited. This not only gave Long Rui's army a strong combat strength, but also an extremely large number of troops. From a certain perspective, defeating

The Long Rui Army that followed the Liaodong Army has become a giant beast in the Northeast, and its threat to the imperial court is far greater than the Liaodong Army under Wang Xingchao's command.

However, due to the Tantai Rebellion in Kyoto and the fact that She Yue attracted the court's attention in Xuzhou, the court was unable to take into account the situation in the Northeast.

However, the saint was still wary of the Northeast and sent an imperial envoy to Youzhou with an order to strengthen the defense of Yan Pass. Without the decree of the court, no soldiers from the Northeast would be allowed to enter Yan Pass.

For this purpose, the Ministry of War specially dispatched several generals to Yanguan to supervise the defense of Yanguan.

At this time, it was heard that Long Ruijun suddenly appeared on the decisive battlefield outside Kyoto City. Of course, everyone present was shocked.

When the saint heard that the rebel reinforcements were actually flying the Imperial Dragon Flag, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She originally gave the battle flag in the hope that Qin Xiao could use this flag to gain a foothold in the Northeast, and then check and balance the Liaodong Army so that the Liaodong Army would not be able to dominate and become a threat to the court.

Who would have known that in less than three years, Long Ruijun would hold this flag and fight back to Kyoto.

"Fell into a trap!" Su Lun was dumbfounded when he learned that it was Long Rui's army who had attacked, and murmured, "The Xuzhou army made a big show to attract the attention of the court, but Long Rui's army secretly infiltrated Chen Cang and entered the pass secretly!"

"How did they enter the pass?" A minister asked strangely, "The Youzhou Army guards Yanguan. Without the court's will, the Youzhou Army will not let Long Rui's army enter the pass. With the defense of Yanguan, Long Rui's army will break through it."

pass,

It will take ten days and a half at the fastest. Why are there no military reports from Youzhou?"

Su Lun glanced at the official, with contempt on his brows, and just sighed, "No military report was sent from Youzhou, just because Youzhou also rebelled!"

The saint looked ugly and sneered, "Zhu Danyang also rebelled!"

"Sage, Zhu Danyang has never raised a flag to respond to Xuzhou, just to avoid the attention of the court." Su Lun said, "Since Long Ruijun appeared on the battlefield in Kyoto, there was no report from Youzhou beforehand, so it can only prove that Zhu Danyang

Betrayed the imperial court." ??

"I have been so kind to them, but they betrayed me one by one." The saint could not hide his anger at this time, his eyes were filled with frost, "I want to execute them, I want to kill the nine rebellious tribes!"

All the ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word, allowing the saint to vent his emotions.

By now, everyone knows that saints can only vent their emotions.

Previously, everyone thought that the outcome of tonight's decisive battle had been decided, that the Rouxuan Army would be completely wiped out, that the predicament of Kyoto would reverse the situation, and that the current saint would still sit firmly on the throne.

But after learning that Long Rui's army had come out, all the ministers knew that the situation had turned again.

Even the four northern towns may not be stronger than Long Ruijun in terms of combat effectiveness today.

Although Durhu Tiehan almost unified all the tribes in Monan, because of the existence of the four northern towns, Tiehan did not dare to go south easily. There were only small groups of cavalry harassing the border from time to time, so the four northern towns had not been there for many years.

Conduct big wars.

The Southern Legion is even jokingly called by many people in private as a veteran soldier who only knows how to eat military rations. After all, Murong of Southern Xinjiang has also been very honest in recent years, and there has been almost no conflict between the two sides, let alone fighting.

Only Long Ruijun, who has used the Liaodong Army as a training target in the past two years, has truly emerged from the bloody battle.

The saint roared a few words and then calmed down.

The trump cards of both sides have been revealed, and now we can only see who of the soldiers on both sides can persist to the end.

"How many people are there from Long Rui's army?" The saint stared at the eunuch who had not retreated and asked, "How many people are there in their cavalry and infantry combined?"

The eunuch hurriedly replied, "I don't know, they haven't reported it yet."

"Go and find out the news immediately," the saint said.

The eunuch hurriedly retreated.

"Sage, I thought that even if Long Rui's army rushed outside Kyoto, they would not have too many troops." Su Lun said, "The Northeast War has just ended and the situation has not yet stabilized. Qin Xiao did not dare to transfer all the main forces into the pass. They

Not only must we be on guard against the resurgence of the Liaodong Army, we must also be on guard against the Bohai people taking advantage of the situation.

Therefore, most of the main force will inevitably be used to defend the four northeastern counties."

Wu Kan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, who had been silent until now, finally said, "Master Su is right. Sage, when Long Ruijun mobilizes troops to enter the pass, he must consider money, food and logistics. People eat horses, and one more person means more logistics.

The difficulty. The Northeast War has just ended. If they quickly mobilize tens of thousands of people to enter the customs, I am afraid that the logistics will not be guaranteed at all. And if it is really a large army entering the customs, no matter how well it is concealed, there will be no movement. I also think that,

The Long Rui Army arriving in Kyoto this time will not have too many troops."

Su Lundao said, "The Prime Minister has 20,000 troops, and the Kyoto garrison also has more than 20,000 troops. Together with the recruited militia, our army's strength exceeds 50,000 troops. The Rouxuan Army has lost many troops and generals in these days, and the casualties are not small.

There are only more than 10,000 people. Even if Long Rui's army arrives, their strength is far inferior to our army. As long as the whole army uses their lives and fights hard to kill the enemy, the victory or defeat is still uncertain."

Others had just heard that Long Rui's army was coming, and they all thought that the battle in Kyoto would be a disaster, but after listening to what Su Lun said, they also felt that it made sense.

After all, Kyoto still has the advantage in terms of military strength.

In the decisive battle in the wilderness outside the city, the Kyoto and Nishikawa coalition forces fought a bloody battle between Rouxuan and Long Rui coalition forces. At least two of them could fight one. The outcome was indeed unpredictable.

The saint did not speak, but just sat back on the chair, interlocking his hands and fingers on his chest, closing his eyes, obviously waiting for the next battle report.

When all the ministers saw this, they did not dare to speak anymore and stayed with them to wait for news about the development of the war.

After a while, they heard footsteps coming from outside. Everyone knew that there was another battle report coming in. They couldn't help but look towards the door of the imperial study room, only to see a eunuch rushing in and kneeling.

He fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Report to the saint, Zhu Dongshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, has rebelled!"

The saint who had his eyes closed suddenly opened them, with a look of surprise on his face, and said in a deep voice, "What did you say? Who betrayed?"

"Zhu Dongshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment!" said the eunuch, "He summoned the officials and officials of the Ministry of Punishment and arrived at Mingchun Gate together. However, they took advantage of the unpreparedness of the accompanying imperial guards and killed all thirty of the imperial guards, and then went to occupy

The enemy troops at Mingchun Gate surrendered!"

When the saint heard the words, he was stunned for a moment, his lips moved but he could not make a sound.

"This man's heart is evil. I have long seen that he has evil intentions." One official said bitterly, "I didn't expect that he would actually betray the imperial court!"

The saint's gaze was like a knife. He looked over and said coldly, "Since you know that he has evil intentions, why did you say nothing when he recommended himself to seize the door?"
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