The enemy troops were already retreating and their morale was completely depleted. How could they stop the attack? Everyone fled.
Zhang Long led his men and rushed to the Tai Chi Hall. When he saw Xue Zhi leading his men to kill him, he shouted loudly: "General Xue, my Jinyi Guards have captured this place, so don't bother me."
There are three generals named Xue in the Hanzhou Army. Xue Wanche is the old general Xue, and Xue Rengui is the great general Xue. People are accustomed to calling Xue Zhi the young general Xue for convenience.
"It turns out to be Master Zhang Long." Xue Zhi signaled the army to continue the pursuit. He came forward and saw that the entrance to the hall was covered with blood and the hall had been bombed with holes everywhere. He immediately thought of something and asked with shock on his face.
: "You're blowing up the Tai Chi Palace with grenades?"
"Can't it be blown up?" Zhang Long asked.
"Okay, this place belongs to you. Give it to me. I don't dare to ask for it. Think carefully about how to explain to the King of Han. This is the Tai Chi Palace. If word gets out..." Xue Zhi shook his head as he looked at Zhang Long with a full look in his eyes.
It's sympathy.
"What's the problem?" Zhang Long asked.
"If you take the initiative to plead guilty, maybe the King of Han will not say anything." Xue Zhi said and was about to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
Zhang Long shouted, seeing Xue Zhi stop and turn around, he continued: "If the Taiji Palace explodes, it will explode. The worst is to cut off my head. In the battle just now, we killed countless enemies, so I won't talk about it, but the explosion
More than a dozen senior enemy generals were killed and injured. The enemy is now leaderless and it is time to pursue them."
"I understand, based on this merit, the King of Han will probably not want your head. The enemy army is leaderless, so it is a good time to pursue them. I, the general, accept your love." Xue Zhi's eyes lit up and he hurried away.
"It's a pity that we don't have many manpower, otherwise if we catch up, it will be a great achievement and it will be easier for him." The battalion commander said gloomily, looked at Zhang Long, and couldn't help but ask: "Sir, if you blow up this place... you won't really kill us.
Brain, right?”
"What are you afraid of? I gave the order. If you want to behead, behead me. You will act according to the order. You are not at fault. Don't worry." Zhang Long comforted him and strode towards the main hall.
Several holes were blown out of the roof of the main hall, and the moonlight poured in. He lay quietly on the ground motionless, showing a bit of desolation. The ground was full of blood, and there was no body.
Even the dragon couch at the top was blown over and the incense burner rolled to the corner.
The once solemn, glorious and mighty Tai Chi Hall has now become a ruin.
"Commander, another large army is coming." A guard in uniform ran up to report.
Zhang Long hurriedly left the hall and came to the door. To the east, in the direction everyone was coming from, the Jin Yiwei and a large army sent out to check were coming. The leader was Xue Rengui. He hurriedly greeted him: "General Xue."
"Mr. Zhang, what's going on here?" Xue Rengui returned the greeting.
"Back to General Xue, our troops stormed the Taiji Palace, killed a dozen senior generals and then evacuated. Not long after, the enemy troops retreated towards the imperial city. General Xue came out from the direction of Yeting Palace in the west. He just led his men to pursue them.
Go up, your army will be here." Zhang Long said quickly.
"Killed a dozen senior generals?"
Xue Rengui grasped the key information keenly and knew that Jin Yiwei could not lie. Zhang Long was still an old man in Qinjiazhuang and was deeply trusted. He could not lie to himself. He was overjoyed and added: "In this way, the enemy troops are scattered and they are chasing and killing."
What a great opportunity, do you want to come with me?"
"Walk!"
Zhang Long agreed wholeheartedly.
The army rushed forward quickly and passed through the Taiji Gate. In front of it was a large square. Across the square was Jiade Gate, then Chengtian Gate, and beyond Chengtian Gate was the Imperial City.
Chengtianmen is not a thin courtyard wall, but a tall and thick city wall. The city wall is heavily guarded and the gate is closed. Xue Zhi is leading people to shoot at each other, and the fight is extremely fierce.
Seeing Xue Rengui leading his troops, Xue Zhi quickly stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "See General Xue."
"You're polite, tell me about the situation?" Xue Rengui returned the courtesy.
"Our army was chasing and killing everywhere, but little did we know that the enemy was well prepared. They used bows and arrows to press the formation, forcing our army to be unable to get closer. We covered the enemy's troops through the Chengtian Gate, and then closed the city gate. My subordinates were so angry that they started fighting."
"Don't worry, retreat." Xue Rengui suggested.
Xue Zhi also knew that such a fight was purely impulsive and not cost-effective. He immediately sent someone to give the order to retreat, and then asked: "General Xue, it seems that the enemy is going to rely on this city wall to fight our army to the death."
"I have seen the map of the palace city. This section of the city wall is four hundred feet long, which separates the palace city and the imperial city. In addition to Chengtian Gate, there are four gates: Yong'an, Guangyun, Changle, Yongchun, and Jiafu Gate on the East Palace side.
At present, the enemy's battle plan is divided into two, the palace city and the imperial city. The palace city sends troops to ambush with the intention of ambush, and evacuates after failure, preparing to defend the imperial city." Xue Rengui said indifferently, but stared at Chengtianmen with a pair of tiger eyes.
The defenders were shining brightly.
"General, what do you mean... break through from other doors?" Xue Zhi asked.
"No, it's almost dawn." Xue Rengui said and looked at the sky.
Xue Zhi looked confused. What does this siege have to do with dawn? Is it possible to wait until dawn before attacking?
Xue Rengui saw Xue Zhi's doubts and explained: "Judging from the current situation, the enemy's garrison in the palace city is about 100,000, including 50,000 in the harem, 20,000 in Yeting Palace and 20,000 in the East Palace. Now they are defeated.
We have retreated, and after running away about 30,000 people, there are still 100,000 fresh troops that have not moved. I wish our army could continue the attack."
"Understood, our army fought continuously. Although we won a great victory and killed 50,000 to 60,000 enemy troops, our physical strength was exhausted. The crossbow bolts were used up. We need to replenish and rest. It is best to wait until dawn before fighting again." Xue Zhi reacted.
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"Perhaps the enemy has also expected this and is recharging his energy. It is better to replenish the energy as soon as possible and rush in to catch the enemy by surprise." Zhang Long suggested.
"It makes sense, but we need to evaluate how many people in each army are capable of fighting, and we can't be impulsive." Xue Rengui said, looking at the guards around him, and warned: "Hurry and contact the King of Han..."
"No need, the king is here." A majestic voice came.
Xue Rengui turned around and saw that it was Qin Huaidao, and hurried up to see him.
Xue Zhi did not dare to neglect and followed him forward to salute.
"You two arrived here first, and it looks like you had a good fight."
Qin Huaidao smiled and encouraged and looked at Zhang Long.
Zhang Long quickly apologized: "King of Han, my subordinates blew up the Liangyi Palace and the Taiji Palace in order to successfully behead someone."
"What was the result of the battle?" Qin Huaidao asked.
"The Liangyi Palace bombed a group of generals, and the subordinates were worried about being surrounded. They didn't bother to check the results of the battle, so they led their troops to fight out. They rushed all the way to Taiji Palace and killed more than a dozen senior generals. The details are unknown. They were grouped together by the enemy.
We were surrounded and worried that the group would be destroyed, so we didn’t bother to step forward to check, so we broke out of the siege again and asked the King of Han to punish us.”
"Please punish me, King Han!" The other Jinyi guards also hurriedly clasped their fists to plead guilty, with aggrieved expressions on their faces.
If I had known earlier that this hall couldn't be blown up, I wouldn't have tried anything.