After listening to the second sister's words, Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, my place is safer than the palace. You will know it later." Just as he said that, a guard ran over to report: "Your Highness, you are traitorous.

The army has already arrived."

Oh? They came so fast! Li Zhiyun turned to his second sister and said, "Sister, there's going to be a war. Come back to the house quickly and be careful not to get hurt by arrows." After that, he said to Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu, "Let's go to the terrace.

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There is a terrace in the garden of the Prince of Chu's palace, which is about two feet high. It happens to be in the center of the palace and the arsenal. Li Zhiyun asked his servants to cut down all the branches that blocked the view. In this way, standing on the terrace, the entire battlefield can be seen.

Every move of the rebels can be clearly seen within a few miles of the surrounding area. Therefore, this place has become a natural command post.

Li Zhiyun and the others climbed up the steps to the terrace. He saw Scarface already on top, observing the distance with a telescope. There were several soldiers standing beside Scarface. Li Zhiyun walked over and said: "Wang Baoqiang, where is Li Tieniu?"

?" Scarface put down the telescope, turned around and said, "He said it was too much to stay here.

If you don't feel comfortable, it's better to go to the front and rush to kill." Li Zhiyun sighed and said: "This Li Tieniu is unwilling to use his brain. How can he fight with just his brute strength?" Scarface did not continue, but raised the telescope again,

He pointed with his hand and said: "Your Majesty, look, the rebels are coming from the south."

Chang'an City is a square shape, eighteen miles and one hundred and fifty paces long from east to west, fifteen miles and one hundred and seventy five paces long from north to south. In addition to the imperial palace, there are two cities and one hundred and eighty squares, with use between squares.

The streets are separated, and each square is square. Therefore, the streets of Chang'an City are either east-west or north-south. The Chu Palace faces east to west, and the street in front of the palace gate is in the north-south direction.

Li Zhiyun raised his binoculars and saw that there were about hundreds of rebels, and they were heading this way along the street. The people of Chang'an City knew that the rebels had entered the city, so they all hid in their homes. The streets were empty, with only one person

There were no pedestrians either. The rebels probably didn’t encounter any decent resistance along the way, so they relaxed their vigilance, carried their swords and spears on their shoulders, walked with a swagger, talked and laughed, it didn’t look like an army at all, but more like

A group of villagers visiting the city.

The buildings around the Chu Palace were demolished, leaving a large open space. The rebels stopped when they reached the open space. There were two generals riding horses in front of the team, standing side by side. They pointed at the Chu Palace.

I don't know what to say. Behind them, the soldiers have broken up their formation and huddled together in a mess.

Li Zhiyun felt that the enemy troops were densely packed together, which was a great opportunity to kill with firepower. He put down the telescope and said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire!" Scarface said he obeyed the order, turned to a soldier and said: "

Quick, blow the horn!" The soldier took out a horn, raised it and blew the horn. The horn sounded longer and shorter, which was a signal to order the artillery to fire.

In a moment, more than a dozen red-coated cannons roared. The shells roared through the sky above the Chu Palace, accurately fell into the enemy group, and exploded, causing the rebels to flip over. The scene was spectacular. The smoke rose from the explosion.

, completely swallowing up hundreds of enemy soldiers in an instant, and the two generals on horseback were also killed. After the bombardment stopped, a large number of corpses were left in the open space, and the soldiers who were not killed were also scattered.

Escaped.

After the battle at the Prince of Chu's Mansion started, rebels from other places slowly gathered here. The enemy troops gathered more and more, and by the afternoon, tens of thousands of people had gathered. They surrounded the Prince of Chu's Mansion from all directions.

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Gao Jifu personally took command of the attack on the Prince of Chu's Mansion. He obviously wanted to capture the Prince of Chu's Mansion in one go, so he didn't pay much attention to tactics. Relying on the large number of people, he commanded his soldiers to attack the Prince of Chu's Mansion and the arsenal like swarms of ants.

The attack was launched. The Wagang Army's attack was very fierce. The soldiers held swords and spears in one hand and held up a shield in the other hand to cover their bodies, charging forward desperately.

The New Army soldiers hid in the trenches and fired with muskets. When the enemy rushed forward, they threw grenades. Forty red-coated cannons also roared, and the shells fell into the enemy group like raindrops, leaving the enemy soldiers bloody and bloody.

fly.

Several rounds of rebel attacks were repelled, and piles of corpses were left in front of the trenches. The seriously injured soldiers lay among the corpses and kept wailing. The people watching the battle on the terrace were very excited, Scarface

He shouted: "Damn, this fight was so enjoyable!"

Although the Wagang army was very brave, they had never seen such weapons, nor had they experienced such a battle. The soldiers were frightened, thinking that they had encountered heavenly soldiers and generals, and they no longer dared to rush forward. The battlefield

It was silent for a while.

Li Zhiyun looked into the distance with a telescope. Except for the Chu Palace and the Imperial Palace, all other places in Chang'an City were occupied by the rebels. Therefore, only these two places were fighting. The battle at the Imperial Palace was fierce. Shence

The army had no firearms. In addition to using bows and crossbows, they could only use swords and guns for close combat.

The palace is about five or six miles away from the Chu Palace. Although the distance is far, Li Zhiyun used a ten-power military telescope, so he could see very clearly. He found that the battle near the Zhuque Gate was particularly fierce. The rebels were trying to seize the southern part of the palace.

At the gate, a large number of troops were concentrated to attack frantically. The soldiers of the Shence Army resisted desperately, and the battle between the two sides entered a fierce battle.

Li Zhiyun thought with regret, but the distance was too far, and the artillery range could not reach it. Otherwise, he could have used artillery fire to support him. He removed the telescope and looked around the Chu Palace again, and suddenly found that about two miles away in the southeast, there was

A battle occurs.

A six-horse, two-column carriage was parked on the street, and dozens of guards were surrounding the carriage. These guards were in turn surrounded by more than a hundred rebels, and the two sides fought brutally.

Li Zhiyun guessed that the carriage was probably going to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, but was intercepted by the rebels on the way. He carefully observed the carriage with a telescope, and finally saw the badge on the carriage clearly. He was shocked and shouted: "That's not

The emblem of Bohai Palace?”

Li Fengci, King of Bohai, is Li Zhiyun's cousin. He is working as a steward in Yuanzhou and is not in Chang'an at the moment. But judging from the way the guards are desperately protecting the carriage, the person on the carriage should be their owner, and it can only be Princess Bohai.

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Li Zhiyun put down the telescope, turned to Zhang Zheng and shouted: "What's going on? Didn't you send someone to pick up Princess Bohai?" He left it to Zhang Zheng to arrange the people to pick up the princess and princess.

"Sent." Zhang Zheng explained hurriedly, "I sent Hong Lin, but the Bohai Palace was too far away. When they arrived, the palace had been occupied by the rebels, and the princess was nowhere to be found, so no one was received.

"

Li Zhiyun said nothing more, and raised the binoculars again to look at the carriage. The windows of the carriage were blocked by gauze curtains, and it was impossible to see who was sitting inside. However, he became more and more certain that the person sitting inside must be

Princess Bohai. His cousin-in-law is very beautiful. If she falls into the hands of the rebels, the consequences will be disastrous.

The number of guards protecting the carriage was too small, and people kept being stabbed or cut down. The situation was extremely critical. Li Zhiyun put down the telescope and said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire and support with artillery fire." Scarface quickly asked his relatives.

The soldiers blew the trumpet, and the soldier took out the conch and was about to blow it, when Li Zhiyun suddenly shouted: "No, you can't fire, it will hurt the princess."

He thought for a while and said decisively: "Wang Baoqiang, you immediately send a battalion to rush over and pick up the princess!" Scarface cupped his fist and said: "Prince, don't worry, I will take people there myself!"

"You don't need to go, I'll go!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Tieniu rushed onto the terrace. He came to Li Zhiyun, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I will lead people to charge over, and I promise to get them back!" Li Zhiyun looked at him.

, nodded and said: "Okay, pay attention to safety."

"Yes!" Li Tieniu said, turned around and ran down the terrace.

Li Zhiyun did not expect that Li Tieniu's movements were quite neat. After a while, he saw through the telescope that Li Tieniu led four to five hundred soldiers to jump out of the trench and rush towards the rebels. Li Tieniu was shirtless and had a bronze figure.

His skin was shiny and shiny, and the bulging muscles all over his body were like iron knots. He held a nine-ring bull-ear machete in his hand. The soldiers following him were also bare-chested like him, brandishing machetes and spears.

The middle ground between the enemy and ourselves is a large open space with no cover and no obstruction. People who rush forward can easily become the target of crossbows. Sure enough, a row of archers immediately stood up on the rebel side, drawing their bows and releasing arrows. The arrows flew like flying arrows.

Shooting like locusts. Li Tie

The sword in Niu's hand was swinging like a flywheel, resisting the rain of arrows. The soldiers behind him were not capable of this, and many soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. The New Army soldiers were suppressed by the rain of arrows and could not move forward, and they gradually distanced themselves from Li Tieniu.

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Li Tieniu took the lead and rushed to the rebel archers like a tiger descending the mountain. With a thundering roar, the sword in his hand was like a curled up sword, drawing an arc horizontally, and the necks of the five archers standing side by side were drawn.

After being cut off, the five heads flew into the air together, and blood spurted out of their cavities like a fountain.

Several enemy soldiers rushed towards him with swords. Li Tiedao had no time to take back the sword and swing it again. He had to hold the iron handle with both hands, roared and rushed towards the archer next to him. His iron tower-like body pressed against him like a mountain.

With a burst of brute force, he forced seven or eight archers to the ground. The formation of the rebel archers was disrupted and they could no longer shoot arrows. The new army soldiers took the opportunity to rush forward, and the two sides started a bloody battle.

Fight.

There were more than a thousand rebels in front of them, and there were continuous enemy reinforcements on the left and right sides. Li Zhiyun said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire, block the passages on both sides, and prevent enemy reinforcements." Following the order, the red cannon fired.

Roaring, completely isolating the southeast direction.

After a period of hand-to-hand fighting, Li Tieniu led his soldiers to break through the rebels' obstruction, rushed to the oil-walled incense car, and together with the remaining guards, eliminated the more than a hundred rebels. Then, they fought a bloody road

, protecting the carriage as it drove into the Chu Palace.
Chapter completed!