Changsun Wuji led a group of senior officials from Guanzhong to evacuate the command post from Yanshoufang, leaving Yanshoufang empty of troops. Sun Renshi led his troops in a circle behind Buzhengfang and raided to the east of Yanshoufang, in front of the West City Gate and the entire Yanshoufang.
The heavily armored infantry on the west side of the square formed a flanking attack.
The Youtun Guards were already powerful and well-equipped, but now they were attacked from both sides. The Guanlong army was attacked from both sides. In addition, Yu Suigu had just been killed in the army, which resulted in low morale and disorganized troops. They could only hold out for less than half an hour and then retreated.
Defeated like a mountain, completely collapsed.
Gao Kan galloped his horse along the long street to Yanshou Square. His iron hooves stepped on the bluestone on the ground and galloped into the square. He soon joined Sun Ren's division who came in from the east.
Sun Renshi wiped the rain off his face, came to Gao Kan, and said: "Chang Sun Wuji has led the entire command post to evacuate, and this place is worthless. Should we divide our troops to pursue him?"
The Guanlong Command Post was temporarily evacuated, and most of the troops stayed in the West City, Yanshoufang, Chengtianmen, and Taiji Palace. The accompanying troops were definitely insufficient. If they could catch up quickly, they would most likely achieve unexpected results in a sudden attack.
Gao Kan glanced at the mess left behind after the hasty evacuation of the Guanlong Command Post. Without hesitation, he said decisively: "There is no need to pursue. Order Wang Fangyi from outside the city to lead his troops into the city, collect the remaining enemies near West City and Yanshoufang, and escort the prisoners.
We will be detained outside the city. You and I will join together and go straight to Chengtianmen!"
He is no longer the foolish boy who came to join the army from the countryside. In the past few years, he has served as deputy general beside Fang Jun. In fact, he has been handling all military affairs. He has already developed a different vision. He understands that although this mutiny was caused by Guan
Long provoked it, causing huge losses and endless disasters. However, with the constraints of all parties and the fact that the clans of Shandong and Jiangnan were eyeing them eagerly, the Guanlong clan might not necessarily be wiped out after losing almost all their private soldiers.
Perhaps a mutual compromise plan has been drawn up in the minds of the leaders of all parties...
So what can he do even if he catches up with Changsun Wuji at this time? Even if Changsun Wuji cleans his neck and lets him chop it, he can't do it recklessly...
The fruits that can be harvested in front of us are the more than 10,000 elite Guanlong troops in the Taiji Palace. As long as this army is blocked in the Taiji Palace and annihilated, it will be regarded as completely breaking the backbone of the Guanlong clan, regardless of whether it will return in the future.
Even if you can exist in the court, you will no longer be able to control the government and influence the situation as before.
Without the members of the private army, it is like a tiger without teeth. No matter how fierce it barks, it can only scare people and cannot bite them to death...
"Here!"
Master Sun Ren received the order, immediately turned his horse's head, and led his soldiers out of Yanshoufang in a mighty manner, crossed Taipingfang, and killed towards Chengtian Gate.
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Outside Chengtian Gate, Guanlong's army had reserved troops here to prepare for the troops in Taiji Palace. The fighting in the West City was extremely fierce. Changsun Wuji led the entire command post to retreat from Yanshoufang. These troops became more and more impatient.
However, the troops in the palace were locked tightly by Dong Gong Liu and were unable to escape. They could not withdraw at all for a while.
These soldiers were panic-stricken. They only hoped that the West City side could resist longer and buy some time for the palace troops, so that they could evacuate calmly instead of starting a deadly battle with the Youtun Guards to defend the retreat route of the palace troops.
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To this day, who doesn’t know that the combat power of Youtun Guard is the most powerful among all the armies of the Tang Dynasty?
Not to mention his expedition to the north and west, which successively defeated Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, Turks, Dashi and other powerful armies. At the beginning, Gao Kan led half of the right garrison to defend Xuanwu Gate impregnably. Chai Zhewei's left garrison, Li Yuanjing
The royal army, as well as the elite army of the Changsun family, were all defeated in front of this half of the Youtun Guards, and their heads were bruised and bloody, which is enough to make people frightened.
However, nine times out of ten things in the world will not go as planned, so we are afraid of what will happen.
Just as the Guanlong army outside Chengtian Gate was praying to God and Buddha to bless the West City side for a little delay, they saw a group of men and horses from Taipingfang coming through the wind and rain to attack them. Before they could reach them, the strong feeling
The extremely murderous aura swept over him overwhelmingly.
The Guanlong soldiers wailed and were frightened, but they had no choice but to retreat, so they had no choice but to line up in formation under the command of their respective generals.
boom!
The soldiers of the Youtun guards who were rushing towards them did not hesitate, and rushed into the Guanlong formation as they approached, and the battle broke out instantly.
The brave Youtun guards only wanted to quickly defeat the rebel army in front of them, and then occupied the Chengtian Gate to block the Guanlong army in the palace to surround and annihilate them, so they did not hold back when they came up. Sun Ren took the lead and rode his horse to charge.
First of all, he waved the horizontal sword in his palm and rushed into the enemy's formation, engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
The Guanlong army gritted its teeth and could hardly resist.
However, not long after, a dull sound like rolling thunder was heard in the distance. Wang Fangyi, who had been staying outside the city for defense, Mo Chenlin, killed a carbine, and led his armored cavalry into the city. In front of Chengtian Gate and
The long street between the imperial cities is dozens of feet wide, with ditches on both sides, covered with bluestone slabs and planted with willow trees, making it the most suitable place for cavalry to charge.
Sun Renshi commanded the army to outflank the north and south wings. Behind him, Wang Fangyi led a thousand armored cavalry roaring towards them. Their iron hooves trampled the bluestones on the long street, making a dull sound like thunder. They rushed like a torrent and rushed towards them like an overwhelming mountain.
boom!
The armored cavalry, covered in iron armor, charged with huge kinetic energy and strong armor, and crashed into the rebel array. Wherever they went, the rebels were either knocked backwards or knocked out.
The cavalry's spear pierced the body, then was raised high and thrown aside, and then was trampled into a ball of meat by the galloping iron hooves...
The armored cavalry charged at the infantry array lacking spears and shields, just like a pack of wolves breaking into the sheepfold, charging and killing at will, harvesting at will, and extremely ferocious and arrogant!
The Guanlong army outside Chengtian Gate was originally frightened, fearing a fight with Youtun Guard. Not only did it backfire as they failed to escape the battle, but they also faced off against Youtun Guard's most elite and invincible armored cavalry...
The shaken military spirit and dejected morale quickly disintegrated and collapsed under the brutal collision and trampling of the armored cavalry.
When Wang Fangyi took the lead and penetrated the enemy formation with a spear, no one among the densely packed rebels on the side of the city wall on the long street shouted. More than ten thousand rebels threw away their weapons, took off their armor, and fled without knowing what was going on.
, before the Youtun Guards could pursue them, they had already fled from the Yanxi Gate on the east side of the long street and the ruins of the Imperial City towards various neighborhoods.
An array of more than 10,000 people was completely defeated by Youtunwei with just one charge...
Gao Kan ignored these defeated troops, and the courageous soldiers could no longer fight. Even if they were forcibly organized, they had exhausted their energy and energy and were not to be feared.
"Capture Chengtianmen and cut off the retreat of the rebels in the palace!"
"Here!"
Master Sun Ren received the order and led his troops to attack the city gates of Chengtian, Yong'an, Changle and other cities. After a fierce battle, he defeated the rebels defending the city, completely captured the south gate of Taiji Palace, and blocked the retreat of the rebels in the palace.
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Changsun Wuji and others left the city in a carriage from Mingde Gate. Before they arrived at Yuanqiu, they saw an army galloping towards them. They were so frightened that the accompanying soldiers were scared to death. They hurriedly stopped and lined up to protect the carriages carrying the relevant Long bosses.
Among them, I discovered that the person who came was actually the private soldiers of the Hou Mochen family led by Hou Mochen Lin...
Let's say that Hou Mo and Chen Lin were ordered to guard Jinguang Gate, but were defeated by the armored cavalry of Youtun Guards. Anxious to preserve his power, he did not lead his troops to fight to the death, but fought and retreated, allowing the Youtun Guards to advance directly to Jinguang Gate. Dou Dewei's
The coward was even more unbearable. He lost the Golden Light Gate without blocking it for even an hour. Hou Mo and Chen Lin, who had not retreated far, even watched the Youtun Guards pouring into the Golden Light Gate like a tide.
Hou Mo and Chen Lin knew that this mutiny was completely over. With the strength of the right garrison, once there was no wall to stop them, they would be unscrupulous and invincible when they broke into the city. No one could stop them. Defeat would only happen sooner or later.
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However, as the eldest son and grandson of the Hou Mo Chen family and the future head of the family, he has been trained in military, political and other aspects since childhood, and has certain political literacy. After thinking about it, he realized that although Guanlong was defeated, it may not necessarily be
At the end of the road, no matter who controls the power of the Tang Dynasty in the future, Guan Long still has some use.
So he led his army to retreat to a safe area and immediately reorganized the army, and then went straight to the south of the city, preparing to guard Mingde Gate and meet Changsun Wuji and other Guanlong bosses.
As a result, he did not expect that the army in the city would be defeated so quickly. As soon as he saw the tall tower of Mingde Gate, Changsun Wuji and others ran into it...