As soon as Li Zhiyun walked into the front yard of the palace, he saw Princess Bohai coming over supported by two nurses. The princess was wearing an emerald green jacket and a lake-colored eight-piece wind skirt. She was already frightened, her bun was messy and her hairpin was crooked.

The hairpin was tilted, her face was pale, and her red lips were trembling. The princess was helped to stand in front of Li Zhiyun, and she only called "cousin" but could not say anything else.

Li Zhiyun An Wei said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, you will be safe when you get to my place." At this time, Wei Xiaobao and several princesses also rushed over after hearing the news. Li Zhiyun said to Wei Xiaobao: "Hurry up and arrange a room so that the princess can take a good rest.

take a break."

"No need." The fifth sister said and walked forward, "There are many people here but few houses, so let the princess live with me." After she said that, she called a maid over, and the two of them helped Princess Bohai leave.

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As night fell, Li Zhiyun convened the generals in the hall to discuss the military situation. After everyone discussed the plan to defend the enemy tomorrow, Li Zhiyun said to Wei Xiaobao: "How long will the food in the palace be enough?"

"Back to the prince, the food in the Chu Palace was originally enough for three months, but now so many people came all at once, the food consumption was huge. However, with the food rushed from the New Army camp and mixed with some miscellaneous grains, it is estimated that more

It shouldn’t be a big problem if you eat it for five or six days.”

Li Zhiyun listened, nodded, and asked: "How about sending people out of the city to ask for help?"

"None of the people we sent out were able to leave the city." Wei Xiaobao said, "All twelve gates of Chang'an City were occupied by the rebels. They were also afraid that we would send people out of the city to ask for help, so the blockade was extremely strict and no one was allowed to leave the city.

.”

Li Zhiyun couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. There were hundreds of thousands of Tang troops stationed within hundreds of miles around Chang'an City. As long as the reinforcements could arrive in time, Li Mi would become a turtle in the urn. But now that the news can't be sent out, what should I do?

What to do?

At this time, Cai Hu said: "Let me go." Li Zhiyun looked at him and said: "Can you leave the city?" Cai Hu said with determination, "Even the copper and iron walls can't stop me!" Li Zhiyun nodded,

Said: "Okay, go and come back quickly!"

Cai Hu returned to his residence, changed into a set of tight-fitting silk clothes, then took a sling around his waist and left the house with his sword in hand. When he came to the trench, he saw that the soldiers on both sides were on fire.

There was a bonfire, and the soldiers standing guard watched each other's every move with vigilance.

Cai Hu picked a place out of reach of the bonfire and quickly crossed the middle area with his body bent. A few feet away, a group of rebel soldiers were sitting around the bonfire. A soldier turned his head and saw a black streak.

The shadow flashed by and he quickly shouted: "There is someone!" The other soldiers looked back one after another, but saw nothing. The soldier rubbed his eyes, looked carefully again, and laughed at himself: "Maybe my eyes are dazzled.

"

Cai Hu passed through the rebel camp and walked along the street. The street was empty and there was not a soul. The waning moon was like a rusty hook, hanging pale in the western sky. The doors of the houses on both sides of the street were tightly closed.

The windows were closed, and there was not a trace of light coming from the windows of every house. The huge Chang'an city seemed like a dead city with no one inhabited.

Cai Hu walked for a while and met a group of rebels on patrol at night. He quickly hid in a dark corner next to him. After the rebel soldiers passed by, he continued to walk forward. He came to the city wall and took off the belt tied around his waist.

He threw the suspension rope upwards with all his strength. The iron claws of the suspension rope hooked on the battlements on the city. He pulled hard, and then climbed up along the rope.

Cai Hu climbed up to the top of the city and climbed over the battlements. Just as he was about to put away the hanging rope, a group of rebels patrolling the top of the city spotted him. Five or six soldiers rushed towards him with spears and spears. Cai Hu quickly drew his sword to fight.

.held by a soldier

When Ge stabbed him, Cai Hu quickly avoided the sharp edge and used Wudang Tai Chi swordsmanship. A "Shift of Heaven and Earth", the sword stabbed the soldier's chest. Then, another "Civet Cat Pounces Mouse" stabbed the other soldier down.

A soldier.

Cai Hu was like a ghost, his figure was erratic. A soldier clearly saw him in front. He raised his sword and was about to stab him, but he disappeared. Just as he was about to turn around and look for him, he was cut with a sword on his neck. Just like that,

Cai Hu fired his bow from left to right, and a ball of sword flowers knocked down the soldiers.

Cai Hu picked up the sling and walked forward. However, the fight just now had alarmed the rebels on the city. A large number of rebel soldiers rushed towards him from both ends. Cai Hu hurriedly hung the rope on the outer edge of the city wall with his iron claws.

crenel, grab the rope and slide down. When he slides

When they were still two feet above the ground, the rebels had already rushed forward. A soldier cut off the rope with a knife. Cai Hu felt that the rope had lost its strength and quickly kicked off the city wall with his feet, drawing a graceful arc in the air with his body.

Arc, falling steadily to the ground.

The rebels on the top of the city began to fire arrows. Cai Hu waved his sword to block the arrows while retreating. He retreated to the moat, turned around and jumped into the river. He swam across the Haogou River. He climbed up to the other side, wrung out his wet clothes, and

Then keep walking forward.

The night was dark, and there was silence all around. Two night owls screamed sharply in the distance. Cai Hu walked a hundred or so steps when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves. He turned around and saw a group of rebel cavalry galloping towards him.

, about a dozen cavalrymen.

Cai Hu hid behind a big tree, and the cavalry galloped past the tree. When the last cavalry passed by, he ducked out from behind the tree, leaped into the air, kicked the enemy soldier off his horse, and stood steadily on his own.

Sitting on the horse, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and galloped away. When the rebel cavalry discovered that their companion's horse had been robbed and wanted to chase him, Cai Hu had already galloped a hundred feet away.

Cai Hu held the reins tightly with both hands, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, drove the horse wildly, and galloped towards Huazhou in the vast night.

Li Zhiyun stayed up almost all night. He climbed up to the terrace early in the morning and used binoculars to observe the movements of the rebels around him. It was already three o'clock in the morning, but the rebels had not yet launched an attack. Li Zhiyun estimated that the rebels had suffered a heavy loss yesterday and had to act cautiously today.

.Throughout the morning, the rebels only launched three attacks, all of which were easily repelled by the new army. The rebels' offensives became weaker and weaker each time, and finally they simply stood still, and the entire battlefield fell silent.

Li Zhiyun pointed the telescope in the direction of the palace. Unlike the Chu Palace, the fighting at the palace never stopped. The two sides fought at night with lights on, and the shouts of killing continued all night long. The rebels gathered a large number of troops and attacked the palace day and night, trying to capture it in one fell swoop.

Occupy it.

The imperial palace is composed of two parts, one is the palace city, and the other is the imperial city. The palace city is where the emperor carries out government activities and holds banquets. The imperial city is where the emperor and his concubines live, commonly known as the "harem". The imperial city and the palace city

Collectively known as the "Imperial Palace".

Li Zhiyun saw that the rebels not only used ladders to attack the city, but also brought in ramming vehicles and violently crashed into the Suzaku Gate. As the imperial guards of the palace, the Shence Army did not expect that the palace would be attacked so violently, so they did not usually

No matter how much equipment we have to defend the city, we can only rely on bows, crossbows, broadswords and spears. The palace wall is not as tall as the Chang'an city wall, only about two feet high. Many rebel soldiers climbed up the city wall and started fighting with the Shence Army at the top of the city.

Hand-to-hand combat.

In the afternoon, the rebels' attack became even more frenzied. Li Zhiyun saw through the telescope that flags and flags were fluttering in front of Zhuque Gate and there was a sea of ​​people. The rebels not only used ramming vehicles, but also set fire to the gate. The city gate was riddled with holes and became precarious. This scene was like this

, let Li Zhi

Yun Zhuan was uneasy. He was no longer worried about the Chu Palace. What he was most worried about now was the palace. His father and mother were both in the palace, so there must be no mistakes in the palace. He put down the telescope and said to Scarface: "

Come on, let’s go to the headquarters to discuss it.”

Several people walked off the terrace and came to the hall. Li Zhiyun asked Li Tieniu and several other generals to be called over. Everyone sat around a table with a map of Chang'an City on it. Li Zhiyun

Let’s get straight to the point: “According to scouts, the rebels used

10,000 people attacked the Chu Palace and 30,000 people attacked the Imperial Palace. Because they were afraid of the new army’s firearms, I estimate that they would adopt a strategy of surrounding the Chu Palace instead of attacking it, and instead concentrated their forces to attack the Imperial Palace. When the enemy changes, we will change.

We cannot passively defend, we must take the initiative.”

When Li Tieniu heard this, he shouted happily: "Your Majesty, you are so right, we should have killed out long ago, that would be happy!" Other generals also expressed their agreement.

"However, there can no longer be any mistakes in the Prince of Chu's Mansion." Li Zhiyun said, "Therefore, I decided to leave three battalions to guard the Prince of Chu's Mansion and the arsenal, while the remaining one regiment and one battalion attacked northwest."

"Your Majesty, are we going to relieve the siege of the palace?" asked a general.

Li Zhiyun shook his head and said: "With the strength we currently have, we cannot do this. However, we must capture the Small Wild Goose Pagoda." He said, pointing on the map with his hand, "The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located

Between the Chu Palace and the Imperial Palace, if we occupy the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, we can set up artillery positions and support the Imperial Palace with artillery fire. Everyone, go back and prepare well, and start taking action early tomorrow morning."

As soon as Li Zhiyun finished the deployment, a guard rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, Zhu Cui Gate has been lost." When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was shocked and said to Zhang Zheng quickly: "Come on, let's go and take a look!" After that, he walked out.

After entering the hall, he went to the terrace with the guard.

They boarded the terrace. Li Zhiyun raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the palace. He saw that the Suzaku Gate had been knocked open, and the rebels poured in like a tide. The loss of the Suzaku Gate meant that the palace had fallen, and only

Let’s go to the Imperial City. If the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City is lost again, the situation will be disastrous.

Li Zhiyun was extremely anxious, and the pressure in his heart was as heavy as a mountain. Coming down from the terrace, he and Zhang Zheng planned to check the preparations of each battalion. The two were walking on the corridor of the garden, and happened to meet the fifth sister. The fifth sister's footsteps

In a hurry, he looked around as if looking for someone. When he saw him, he said: "Zhiyun, I have found you. I heard that Miyagi fell. How are mom and dad?"

"They are fine for the time being. The imperial city is still in our hands."

"What if the imperial city is lost again? Zhiyun, you have to think of a way!"

"Sister, don't worry, I'm thinking of a solution. You should go back to the house quickly, I have something else to do." Li Zhiyun said and hurried forward.

The fifth sister shouted behind him with a sobbing voice: "Zhiyun, you must save my father and mother!"
Chapter completed!