Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4345 There is no retreat
The light rain just started, the autumn wind blew and the banners sang, and the Taiji Palace was full of flames. Almost every building and palace in the inner garden became a battleground for repeated battles between the rebels and the forbidden army. Gradually move to the south, and finally stop at the line of Ganlu Hall and Shenlong Hall.

This is the junction of the sleeping hall and the inner garden. Once this place is breached, the rebels will rush into the countless palaces. The number of forbidden troops is at a disadvantage, and it is no longer possible to concentrate their forces to deploy defense lines. They can only let the rebels attack everywhere.

Therefore, the two sides fought fiercely on this front. One side vowed to break through the defense line and go straight to Wude Hall, Liangyi Hall and even Taiji Hall to capture the entire Taiji Palace. From then on, the fierce battle continued until dawn, and the blood flowed from the corpse across the pillow, almost becoming a huge grinding wheel of flesh and blood.

Li Daozong felt that it was a bit tricky. If Fang Jun disappeared, he might sneak back to Youtunwei. Although Li Daliang had already instigated some Youtunwei soldiers, Fang Jun's prestige in Youtunwei was unparalleled. Once he appeared, who knew there would be How many people who were instigated by rebellion put down their weapons and surrendered, or even fought back?
Gao Kan had nothing to fear, but when Fang Jun commanded the entire Right Guard, the threat was too great. Even though Chai Zhewei waited leisurely and was fully prepared, he dared not say that he would win.

And until now, the Jin King's army under Mingde's sect has still not attacked the city gate, and it is not known why they fell to the ground...

There are too many variables, but what you are doing right now cannot tolerate any mistakes, after all, the consequences of failure are unbearable.

The scout's war horse galloped across most of the battlefield, and when it reached Li Daozong, he couldn't flatter and stand still, so he flew off the horse, rushed forward two steps, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Commander, Fang Jun led his soldiers More than a hundred people appeared in the Youtunwei camp, and they defeated Li Daliang's troops. Li Daliang was captured, and Li Fengjie was beheaded by Fang Jun in the army. The strategists will capture Chai Lingwu alive among the thousands of troops!"

Li Daozong pursed his lips, Yuwen Shi and his eyebrows frowned, the surroundings were silent, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze for a while.

Fearing what would happen, the most feared that something happened behind him and the retreat would be cut off, which would affect the morale of the army. Fang Jun sneaked back to Youtunwei.

With Fang Jun sitting in command of the Youtunwei, it is doubtful whether Chai Zhewei can defeat the Youtunwei according to the original plan. Although the Zuotunwei is well prepared and has a superior force, the Youtunwei has just experienced a rebellion, morale is low, and the morale of the army is unstable. , but Li Daozong still cannot guarantee that Chai Zhewei can win the final victory.

Li Daozong tightened the silk sash of the armor, put the pocket on his head, and said in a deep voice: "Here's the order, the soldiers and the rear army will follow the commander in battle!"

"Here!"

The military order was issued, and the thousands of reserve troops still left behind by the soldiers around them urgently assembled and prepared to go into battle.

Yuwen Shiji hurriedly said: "The king of the county is the commander of an army, how can he put himself in danger? He should be in charge of the army and command the battle, otherwise it will be troublesome if something goes wrong!"

Although these days there is an emphasis on "going out to be a general, and entering to be a prime minister", most of the children of famous families are both civil and military, but Yuwen Shiji has only read a few military books and has never led troops to fight in his life. How can I command more than ten thousand troops to fight?

Li Daozong shook his head and said: "I also know that this is the courage of a common man, not the commander of an army, but Fang Junqian returned to Youtunwei to add infinite variables, and the hidden danger is too great. If we can't break through Cheng Wuting's defense line and enter the Hall of Wude The overall situation is determined, who knows what will happen!"

Yu Wenshi was speechless.

The original plan was that Li Daozong would lead his army into Xuanwu Gate and go straight to Wude Hall, Chai Zhewei would defeat the right guards and wipe out the threat outside Xuanwu Gate, and then King Jin's army would attack Mingde Gate to contain the Six Commanders of East Palace. Once this situation is achieved, Those garrisons all over Guanzhong, who were watching the fire from the other side, understood the general trend, and they would inevitably flock to enter the palace through the Xuanwu Gate. At that time, the overwhelming situation will be in their hands. Even if Li Chengqian escapes from the Taiji Palace, even if Li Jing's East Palace Liu rate swears to escort him to the death, it will be difficult to save the defeat. .

As a result, only one step of the three-movement chess was taken, and the king of Jin did not respond for a long time. There must be a change. Fang Jun sneaked back to Youtunwei unexpectedly, causing Li Daliang to fail. so optimistic...

Although he knows that things in the world are never smooth sailing, and no matter how perfect the plan is, there will always be such and such mistakes, but what Yuwen Shiji can't figure out is how Fang Jun trusts Cheng Wuting so much, and how dares to use all the defenses of the Taiji Palace Hand it over to Cheng Wuting, but he himself sneaked out of the Forbidden Garden and sneaked back to Youtunwei?
Isn't he afraid that Cheng Wuting will not be able to withstand Li Daozong's offensive, leading to the complete fall of Tai Chi Palace?

Once the Taiji Palace fell and Li Chengqian fell into the hands of Li Daozong, what would be the use of Fang Jun sweeping outside the Xuanwu Gate?

In any case, Yuwen Shiji did not believe that Fang Jun was such a reckless person.

So a thought that made him a little terrified rose from his heart unstoppably...

Li Daozong checked the armor on his body, shook the horizontal knife in his hand, and saw that the soldiers behind him had assembled, and he was about to go into battle to defeat the enemy himself. Suddenly, he felt his sleeves being grabbed, and he turned around in shock, and saw Yuwen Shi and a Some pale faces, and the look of horror in the eyes.

He asked in astonishment, "Duke Ying, what explanation do you have?"

Yuwen Shiji grabbed Li Daozong's sleeve, forced himself to be calm, and said slowly: "Although Fang Jun is nicknamed 'Bangchui', he is never reckless, let alone stupid. Since he dared to let Cheng Wuting take charge of the Tai Chi Palace to defend himself, he sneaked back to the right Tunwei must not be afraid that Cheng Wuting will make a mistake... Will he have other preparations? Or, the reason why His Majesty has been sitting in the Wude Palace as a rock and never retreats in the face of danger, is there a hidden trump card?"

Up to now, the strength and arrangement of both sides have been put on the surface. If one side still has hidden power, it is enough to overturn the situation and affect the final victory or defeat.

Li Daozong looked as usual, glanced at Yuwen Shiji lightly, and asked back: "Even if Fang Jun has other preparations, even if His Majesty has a killer, all of our strengths have been exerted to the extreme. At this point, apart from fighting bravely, we have already There is no retreat, does Duke Ying have a better way?"

Since ancient times, Huashan Road, when the plan is set and the preparations are sufficient, then all that is left is to move forward bravely. There are accidents everywhere in life. Since accidents are inevitable and cannot be resolved, then give up your life and fight for it. Look forward and backward, hesitate , How can great things be accomplished?

It is no wonder that the Guanlongmen Clan has plummeted since Changsun Wuji and has never recovered. Compared with Yuwen Shiji, who is decisive and deep in the city, this famous contemporary official is far behind...

After saying that, he ignored Yuwen Shiji, flicked his cloak, and rode to speed up: "Follow me to defeat the enemy!"

"Destroy the enemy! Destroy the enemy!"

The soldiers behind him and the rear army are all subordinates who have followed him for many years, and they have firm trust in him to obey his orders, and they will follow him life and death with one order.

Thousands of people followed closely behind Li Daozong, marching in the direction of Ganlu Hall.

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Cheng Wuting was drenched in blood and fought bravely. He knocked a rebel in front of him to the ground with one knife, but failed to kill him as he wished. He chopped off Cheng Wuting's neck, and a soldier behind Cheng Wuting stepped forward and stabbed him to death.

"so close……"

Cheng Wuting panted heavily, lifted the knife to have a look, only to find that the horizontal knife in his hand had already curled up at some point, so he didn't kill the rebel just now, and was almost killed by him in a trance.

Throwing away the curly-edged horizontal knife, leaning over to pick up a horizontal knife from a corpse, Cheng Wu cheered up and shouted: "Your Majesty is right behind, we must hold this line of defense even if we die! Killing Chengren, Sacrifice your life to serve your country today! Brothers, follow me!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Encouraged by him, the defenders, who had already been exhausted, rallied their courage and entangled and fought with the swarming rebels, fighting to the death without retreating.

Cheng Wuting beheaded a rebel army with a single blow, and suddenly there was a sound of orderly and dense footsteps in his ears. The secret channel was not good, and he knew that it was the enemy who organized a large-scale army to concentrate on a certain line of defense.

The rebels have used this move several times, each time forcing the weak defenders to deal with it, and only after paying a heavy price can they barely block the rebels.

Now that they have been fighting all night, the soldiers are exhausted with a sense of loyalty and devotion to the country. If there is another round of charges, it may be difficult to hold the line of defense.

But now, where is there a way out?Only to die!

I can't help secretly rejoicing that Fang Jun was not in the army, otherwise he would die of exhaustion because of his heart and mind. Right now, he went to the Right Tunwei to stabilize the situation and regain the Xuanwu Gate. Regardless of victory or defeat, he will be able to retreat completely...

He raised his head, and saw countless rebels forming a huge formation of arrows, charging towards his direction swiftly and inexorably.

Cheng Wuting raised his horizontal knife and shouted, "Brothers, follow me to block them!"

Facing the charge of the rebels first, he went up and killed them.

A horizontal knife slashed at him, the wind of the knife whistling and murderous, Cheng Wu stood up the horizontal knife to block, and there was a sound of "Dang", the huge force from the blade made his arms numb, and he was exhausted from fighting all night, and his feet staggered , Abdominal pain, already kicked by the other party, couldn't help but bent down and vomited.

The rebels swarmed up to block the soldiers who were trying to rescue them. Several rebels rushed forward and kicked Cheng Wuting to the ground, untied Cheng Wuting's silk sash and belt and tied him upside down.

Cheng Wu struggled hard and shouted: "Put me down, I'll kill me!"

A cold snort sounded in Cheng Wuting's ear, he turned his head to see that it was Li Daozong, and immediately cursed: "Li Daozong, you bastard, His Majesty trusts you so much, but you join the rebel army and ignore righteousness, I curse your whole family to death, Cut off children and grandchildren!"

The rebels next to him were furious, stepped forward and slapped Cheng Wuting, making Cheng Wuting dizzy and unable to swear anymore.

Li Daozong took a look at Cheng Wuting, and ordered the soldiers on the left and right: "Stop this guy's mouth, and send him to the back to be guarded, and don't hurt his life."

Although this battle is a matter of life and death, after all, it is just a mutiny and conspiracy, not a change of dynasty. Naturally, there is no mercy in a life-and-death fight, but when the victory and defeat are already divided, there is no need to hurt more lives.

Immediately, Li Daozong pointed his sword in the direction of Ganlu Hall: "The enemy leader will be captured, and his morale will be low. Follow the commander to break through the enemy's formation!"

Under the leadership of Li Daozong, the morale of thousands of people was like a rainbow, and their arrows rushed into the defenders' positions, tearing open a hole in the defense line that was still relatively complete, and the defense line that had been standing all night was completely broken, and the tide of the rebels was like a wave. Crossing the Ganlu Hall and the Shenlong Hall, charged towards the Wude Hall.

(End of this chapter)