Chapter seven hundred and twentieth fierce battle basalt
Zhang Yun led 900 soldiers to crawl on the inner city wall. The Danfeng Gate tower was about 150 steps away from them. He waved his deputy Zhang Yuanzhi up and whispered to him: "You lead 400 brothers to seize Danfeng Gate."
, I go to Xuanwu Gate, watch the rockets I send out, and then take action at the same time?"
Zhang Yuanzhi nodded, "I understand the humble position, but how can the commander get there?"
Zhang Yun glanced at Danfeng Tower. If he passed through the city wall, he would definitely alert the defenders. He looked down and said, "I'll go under the city!"
The army immediately divided into two groups. Zhang Yuanzhi led 400 soldiers to stay at Danfeng Gate, while Zhang Yun led 500 soldiers to descend the city wall from the ladder and quickly passed through Danfeng Gate along the base of the wall. There were soldiers on the tower of Danfeng Gate.
Patrolling back and forth, they didn't know that right under their feet, soldiers rushed past one after another and disappeared into the darkness.
About three miles after passing Danfeng Gate, another city tower appeared in front. This is Xuande Gate, not Xuanwu Gate. Xuande Gate is another city tower entering Taiji Palace from Xineiyuan, but the gate has been sealed, and there is no
Soldiers guard the place, and there is a corridor leading to the city.
Everyone walked up the corridor to the city and continued to rush west. Two miles away, the majestic Xuanwumen Gate Tower was clearly visible. This Xuanwumen Gate Tower was the place where the Xuanwumen Incident took place. History has gone far, but Xuanwumen Gate remains the same.
stand.
To describe it with idioms, it means that things are right and people are different. To describe it with poetry, it means that the flowers are similar every year, but the people are different from year to year. To describe it with common sayings, it is called an iron camp and soldiers with flowing water.
Xuanwu Gate is also an urn city, slightly smaller than the urn city of Chunming Gate. It has two gates inside and outside. The gates are thick wooden gates covered with a thick layer of iron. After the army enters Xuanwu Gate, they will not enter the Tai Chi Palace.
Generally, you walk along the narrow roads and quickly travel to various places in the city.
Zhang Yun led five hundred soldiers to stop a hundred steps away and carefully observed the situation on the top of Xuanwu Gate. There were obviously more soldiers on Xuanwu Gate than Chunming Gate. There were about a hundred people, with a small number scattered above the inner city gate.
Most of them are above the outer city gate facing the West Inner Garden.
Zhang Yun said to a school captain: "Take fifty brothers to clear out the enemy troops at the top of the inner city. Be decisive and ruthless. I will do it at the outer city!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Zhang Yun then said to the three soldiers: "Launch the rocket!"
Three rockets soared into the sky and drew three bright red fireworks, which were particularly eye-catching in the night sky and could be clearly seen throughout Chang'an City. This was an order for action.
Jin army scouts at various city gates simultaneously launched an attack on the city gate defenders. At the same time, the Chunming Gate was also opened, torches were lit on the top of the city, and Yao Jin led 10,000 cavalry to rush in from several miles away like lightning.
Entered the city.
Zhang Yun led five hundred soldiers to rush towards Xuanwu Gate. The defenders immediately discovered them. Some soldiers shouted loudly and asked: "Who are they!"
What answered them was a storm of arrows. Dozens of soldiers on the top of the city were hit by arrows and screamed. Zhang Yun shouted: "Kill!"
The Chunming Gate can be a little merciful, but the Xuanwu Gate has no time to waste its time. It must be clean and tidy, and the enemy must be eliminated in the shortest possible time.
Five hundred soldiers rushed towards the north and south towers like tigers. The soldiers who were not hit by the arrows turned around and fled. They could not run far when another burst of arrows came, and the remaining seven or eight soldiers were all killed.
Zhang Yun kicked open the gate of the city tower and rushed in first. There were nearly a hundred soldiers sleeping inside. Before they woke up, they were all killed by the Jin army's sword.
"Collect spears and prepare for battle!"
Zhang Yun shouted, and the soldiers quickly collected more than a hundred spears. Several soldiers with big muscles and round waists took off the small iron fire mines they were carrying.
They transported a total of ten small iron fire mines into Chang'an just for use at this moment.
The garrison in the West Neiyuan was alerted by three rockets. A soldier immediately reported it to the general Zhu Jinqing. Zhu Jinqing walked outside the door and stared at the Xuanwu Gate in the distance. He felt a strong uneasiness in his heart and immediately ordered: "Go.
Xuanwu Sect, let’s find out what’s going on?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a general stumbled over and reported urgently: "Reporting to the general, Xuanwu Gate was attacked by an army of unknown origin!"
"What?"
Zhu Jinqing was shocked. Where did the army come from? How could it be at Xuanwu Gate?
He couldn't figure it out. It was possible at any city gate, but it couldn't happen at Xuanwu Gate. This was a palace city!
"General, there may be an internal rebellion." A soldier next to him whispered.
One sentence reminded Zhu Jinqing that it should be an internal army rebellion, not an external army.
But who it is is not important right now. What is important is that they must take back the Xuanwu Gate.
"The troops must assemble immediately!" Zhu Jinqing ordered loudly.
‘Dong! Dong! Dong!’ The drums were beating loudly in the military camp, and 30,000 soldiers of Zhu Si’s army were awakened from their sleep. They rushed out of the military camp to assemble in a hurry.
At this time, Guo Song personally led an army of 50,000 to the outskirts of the West Inner Garden. The soldiers pulled down a section of the wall dozens of feet long, and the cavalry poured into the West Inner Garden.
Suddenly, dozens of torches were lit on the top of the Xineiyuan City. The torches were waved, and Guo Song could see very clearly that Zhang Yun had succeeded. Rockets also rose into the sky from the Danfeng Gate, and the Danfeng Gate was also captured.
Guo Song immediately ordered: "Kill in!"
Fifty thousand cavalrymen were like three dragons emerging from the water. Two cavalrymen of 5,000 men on the left and right were galloping towards the east and west. They were responsible for cutting off the retreat of Zhu Si's army from east to west. In the middle was Guo Song's main force of 40,000 cavalrymen, who was responsible for defeating the enemy.
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Zhu Si's army was still gathering. Suddenly there was a shout from the north, and someone rushed over, shouting: "The Jin army's cavalry is coming to kill! The Jin army is coming to kill!"
Zhu Jinqing was shocked. It turned out that the Jin army was coming. Seeing that there was no time to assemble, he immediately ordered: "Attack the Xuanwu Gate!"
The 18,000 soldiers who had been assembled rushed towards Xuanwu Gate, 10,000 people were behind to cover, and the other 8,000 soldiers stormed Xuanwu Gate.
They had no siege ladder, so they had to think of other ways. The soldiers demolished a long pavilion and obtained a beam about five feet long. This beam was two feet in diameter and was very strong.
Five thousand crossbowmen formed three teams and fired arrows at the top of the city together. The arrows were as dense as rain and shot at the top of the city, suppressing the scouts on the top of the city so that they could not lift their heads.
"Bump the door!"
A general shouted loudly, and hundreds of soldiers rushed to the city gate holding huge trees.
"Boom!" There was a muffled sound, and the city gate shook violently, but was not broken open. At this moment, five or six iron fire thunders were thrown from the top of the city, and exploded one after another in the crowd of enemy soldiers.
The explosions came one after another, and they were thrilling. Hundreds of soldiers were injured and killed, and huge trees were also blown apart, but they were not broken.
The soldiers were so frightened that they retreated one after another. Zhu Jinqing yelled: "You are not allowed to retreat, press forward and continue to knock on the door!"
At this time, Guo Song heard the explosion and was worried that the city gate was lost, so he immediately ordered Pei Xin: "Lead 3,000 people in to relieve the siege of the city gate!"
"Follow the order!"
Pei Xin shouted, "Follow me!"
He led three thousand cavalrymen like a sharp sword, cutting a hole in the dense enemy army, and the three thousand cavalrymen fought their way in.
Pei Xin and his deputy Yang Xuanying waved two long spears, like pear blossoms in a rainstorm, like falling flowers, and kept knocking over the enemy troops. The two of them fought a bloody path and rushed to the city gate first. The cavalry behind them fired crossbows at the five thousand soldiers.
Kill with your hands.
Hundreds of soldiers had just picked up the giant tree and were preparing to hit it for the second time. Pei Xin rushed in like a whirlwind and killed more than a dozen people in a row. He was so brave that he blocked the path of the giant tree. His spears flew left and right. The soldiers holding the tree could not resist and were forced to fight.
Back up.
Zhu Jinqing was furious and ordered: "Kill him together!"
However, Yang Xuanying caught a glimpse of Zhu Jinqing, shouted loudly, and urged his horse to rush towards Zhu Jinqing. As soon as he reached his eyes, the dragon's golden spear stabbed Zhu Jinqing like a storm. Zhu Jinqing was caught off guard and was killed in a hurry. He waved his sword desperately to resist, but he followed suit without hesitation.
He stabbed into his lower abdomen, 'Pfft!' The spear pierced into his abdomen. He twisted his wrist and thrust it suddenly. Zhu Jinqing screamed, his intestines were broken, and he was thrown off his horse. He was still in mid-air, but Yang Xuanying stabbed back.
The spear pierced his chest, and Zhu Jinqing fell to the ground and turned into a corpse.
Zhu Jinqing died in battle, and Pei Xin's men captured the giant tree and guarded the city gate. Zhu Si's army was in chaos. At this time, deputy general Zhang Xiaolong ordered the entire army to surrender.
The soldiers ran and shouted: "General Zhang has ordered the entire army to surrender!"
"General Zhang has ordered the entire army to surrender!"
Thousands of soldiers wanted to break through, but they could not break through the cavalry defense line. Zhu Si's soldiers had no backbone. They were surrounded by groups and had no way out. First, the five thousand troops led by Zhang Xiaolong surrendered, which triggered the surrender of the entire army.
In less than half an hour, more than 27,000 troops in Xineiyuan surrendered to the Jin army. They put down their weapons, took off their armor, and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands.
Guo Song ordered to accept the surrender, and the Jin cavalry stopped fighting and escorted groups of prisoners of war out.