Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4380 Rebel Counterattack
Cui Xin was paralyzed by fright.

The soldiers invaded Lifang, burned, killed, and looted. I don’t know how many princes, princes, officials, and dignitaries were slaughtered, and half of Chang’an City was ravaged by military disasters... This must be recorded in the annals of history. The world condemned it, and even left it with a bad reputation for thousands of years.

No one dares to shoulder this responsibility, let alone Li Zhi who is determined to ascend the throne?
Even if Li Zhi achieves great things in the future, tampers with history books, and advertises himself as a heroic image of "adhering to the will of Emperor Taizong to dethrone the incompetent and stupid emperor", he will never bear the crime of "disaster in Chang'an".

But the facts have already happened. Countless routs poured into various places in Chang'an to burn, kill, and loot. I don't know how many children and famous families have been tortured. If you want to cover it up, you can't cover it up. Someone needs to bear the consequences. this charge.

Obviously, Li Zhi pushed everything on Cui Xin's head...

Cui Xin was about to be scared to death, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness calm down, it's not because you are old and incompetent, it is because the enemy's offensive is too fierce and you can't stand it, so you have to retreat into Mingde Gate to resist, but the army's morale is weak and morale is weak. It collapsed, and there were treacherous gangsters taking advantage of the chaos to guide them, which led to many rout soldiers rushing into various places! Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely find out those who took advantage of the fire and punish them severely, and give justice to the people of Chang'an!"

He himself would never dare to bear this charge, not only his own life and death, once the charge is confirmed, the entire Qinghe Cui family will be implicated. The most important thing for a family that has been passed down for thousands of years is reputation. You can abolish the emperor, you can corrupt the law, but you can't harm the people!
Not to mention harming aristocratic families, dignitaries and dignitaries!
After all, the common people represent the hearts of the people, and the representatives of the aristocratic families and dignitaries are like swords and pens!

As long as the charges are proven, the Cui family of Qinghe will not only be tolerated in the world, but will also be infamous for thousands of years...

But someone always has to stand up and bear the responsibility, and he can only take himself out, and then find someone else to take his place.

Fortunately, among the [-] private troops, not only are the children of the Cui family, but also the children and servants of other Shandong families...

Li Zhi's anger was suppressed a little, but he still stared angrily, and said sharply: "This king appointed you to take full control of the army. Now that such inhuman things have happened, you have an unshirkable responsibility no matter what! You are old and frail. , Insufficient energy led to the inability to control the army. This king will record this matter for the time being, and must give this king an account when the time comes! This king raised troops to regain the throne and depose the false emperor. Is the common people being tortured in the dawn of the world? If this matter cannot be resolved smoothly, this king will never forgive you!"

The success will be accomplished soon. If Cui Xin is dealt with at this time, it will not only lead to the complete collapse of all Shandong private troops and harm Guanzhong.

As long as Cui Xin can find someone to replace him and solve the matter perfectly so that His Royal Highness Jin's reputation will not be tarnished, it will be exposed.

But if Cui Xin fails to do things well, he will never be soft!

Cui Xin's old body was trembling, sweating profusely from fright, he felt relieved when he heard the words, and assured him: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this old man will never allow anyone to splash sewage on His Highness, even if he is hacked into pieces, he will be severely punished." No matter who is involved and what background is behind him, he will be punished severely!"

At this time, he doesn't care about the overall situation of "the solidarity of the Shandong family". As long as he can get rid of the crime of "disaster in Chang'an", he will not hesitate to use the children of the other Shandong families as scapegoats. .

Li Zhi still had a stern expression on his face: "Send someone to stop those rout soldiers from continuing to make trouble, otherwise half of Chang'an City will suffer, and no one will be able to protect your Cui family!"

After this defeat, the strength of the Shandong family was greatly reduced, but after Li Zhi ascended the throne, he would definitely reward the Shandong family, especially the Cui family who contributed money and effort, which made the Cui family more and more jealous of everyone.

At this time, leaving such a deadly handle, once the government and the public attack together, Li Zhi will not be able to protect him even if he wants to...

Cui Xin was trembling, and naturally understood the seriousness of the situation: "I obey!"

He hurriedly came down from the city tower and exited Chengtian Gate, summoned the Shandong disciples who had followed him into the city, gathered his men and rushed to various Lifangs to stop those rout soldiers who were rampant and wreaking havoc.

However, once the morale of the army collapses, it will cause a huge group effect and lead to collective panic, the morale of the army will be slackened, and the command will fail. At this time, it is not easy to gather the broken troops to obey the military order?
In particular, the rout of peasants, servants and other mud-legged soldiers rushed into the various neighborhoods to beat, smash, burn and loot, and saw the real wealth of this world. The yellow copper coins, the mountain-like cloth, and the dazzling gold ingots in the treasury, As well as the plump and beautiful women in the inner house, the pure and beautiful noble girls... These rich and noble people who have been high above the clouds in the past have never even seen it, but now they can be pocketed and manipulated at will. Who can stop them?
And as more and more rout soldiers poured into Mingdemen, the disaster intensified.

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Outside the gate of Mingde, seeing the rebel army was defeated, some of them rushed into Chang'an City with Cui Xin, and the defeated soldiers who could not follow were scattered and fled outside the city. Array defense.

The Sixth Commander of the East Palace by the Qujiang Pool did not know who was leading the team. After the left wing of the rebels was dispersed, they immediately withdrew their troops, bypassed Qujiang Pond, crossed the Yellow Canal, and returned to Chunmingmen along the way to return to Wei Guogong Li Jing.

Liu Rengui led the army to press forward and arrived outside Mingde Gate to control the gates of various cities, and strictly prohibited entry and exit. Zheng Rentai led the private army of the Zheng family in Xingyang to attack everywhere, and charged and killed the stubborn rebels on the spot. Or prisoners, may not be able to clean up the battlefield for a while.

The news that the army was scattered in the city and ravaged everywhere in Chang'an City came out. After an urgent discussion, Liu Rengui believed that it could not be left alone. Then Xue, Liu, and Zheng agreed to report to Cheng Yaojin and ask him to help guard Chang'an. On the other hand, beware of unscrupulous people taking advantage of the fire and intending to attack Mingde Gate, and at the same time let Xue Wanche lead his Youwuwei to enter the city from Mingde Gate to wipe out the rebels everywhere and restore order in Chang'an.

Whether it is Xue Wanche, Liu Rengui, Zheng Rentai or Cheng Yaojin, all tacitly agree to go to the Tai Chi Palace to help the king...

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Li Daozong and Yu Chigong led the army to capture Chengtianmen and rush into the Taiji Palace. They were full of morale and complacent, and felt that victory was within easy reach. Dedian's army fled in all directions, as if they had been poured cold water on their heads, and their morale was hit hard.

It is not easy to blame Yuwen Shiji at this time, so he can only lead the army to rush to Wude Hall, hoping to take advantage of the unstable foothold of Youtunwei, defeat it with superior forces and then completely capture Wude Hall. At that time, no matter whether Li Chengqian can be captured, They can all support the king of Jin to announce to the world immediately, ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

As for Li Chengqian and the troops loyal to him, at worst, they will be wiped out later...

Yuchi Gong was so anxious that he rushed to the Hall of Wude at the head of the army, dispersed the routs encountered along the way, and killed those who were in a hurry to block the way, and finally cleared the way, from Zuo Yanming Gate to the east, arrived at After the provincial government building and Hongwen Museum under the gate, turn north, pass Zhaode Hall, and reach Wude Gate.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the lanterns and torches on the Wude Gate were all brightly lit, and the wide field in front of the gate was filled with darkness, and countless guards from the right village were waiting in line. The road turned around and charged, and saw a little bit of fire light up in the darkness, densely arranged in a straight line, and then the sound of gunfire like fried beans sounded in my ears.

The guards on the right who rushed to the front fell down one by one like the wheat harvested in autumn. The charge was like bumping into an invisible iron plate. .

Yu Chigong, who hurried to the west side of Zhaode Hall, heard the gunshot, his heart sank, knowing that something was wrong.

The firearms of Youtunwei are not improvised, but have sufficient stocks, otherwise the musketeers would never have attacked as soon as the battle started...

This was the last scene he wanted to see.

What kind of existence is a Youtunwei with sufficient firearms, equipment and supplies?
You can go out of the white road and run wild in Mobei with a single bodyguard, overthrow Xue Yantuo, rein in Shi Yanran, and seal the wolf to live in Xu!
Half an army can rush to the Western Regions, kill the Turkic people without hesitation, and then shake the 20 Dashi troops who invaded the Western Regions and completely defeat them at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

The other half of the army staying outside the Xuanwu Gate calmly defeated the fully reorganized Zuo Tunwei and the tens of thousands of royal coalition forces without leaving any behind...

It can be said that the Youtunwei equipped with firearms has the highest combat effectiveness in the Datang army sequence.

Even looking at the world and the East and West, they are almost invincible existences!

No matter how conceited Yu Chigong was, he would not dare to face such an army face to face. It is not brave and fearless, but self-destructive...

The charge was hindered, so he quickly ordered: "The front army forms an array on the spot to defend against the enemy's recoil, and the rear army detours to both sides of the Wude Hall, and uses the cover of the hall to approach the Wude Hall. casualties!"

If they were fighting in the wild, at this moment, Yuchi Gong would probably lead his soldiers to stay far away, and he would not care whether King Jin lived or died. Fortunately, he is now in the Tai Chi Palace, where there are many palaces and houses lined up with each other. , and there are pavilions and pavilions scattered among them, adding a lot of hiding places to avoid the huge damage caused by the intensive shooting of muskets "three-stage strike".

Just rely on the superiority of the force to surround the entire Wude Hall, and even if the right guards are supercilious, they can only abandon their weapons and surrender.

(End of this chapter)