In Hanyuan Hall, Li Yuan looked at the courtiers who were still kneeling on the ground with a smile on his face. But in the eyes of these ministers, Li Yuan's smile at this time was simply the smile of a devil.
On the surface, Zhao Cheng's death seemed to be due to his close association with his cousin who was serving as an official in Jiangdu. However, in fact, the Sui and Tang dynasties were of the same origin, and there were not a few brothers who served in different dynasties. In an invincible position, hedging your bets is not uncommon.
Li Yuan was born in a noble family and knew this very well. He always turned a blind eye and never executed any of his ministers for this reason.
The ministers kneeling on the ground may not be as capable as Zhao Cheng, but their political IQ is obviously higher than his. They immediately handed over and returned to the queue.
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More than an hour later, Li Yuan, who had taken off his dragon robe and put on a suit of armor, was escorted by thousands of elite imperial guards. He took his favorite concubines Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu and all the civil and military officials to evacuate the palace city at lightning speed, all the way. Go north.
"Guanlong athletes, show your courage, kill all these Sui army native dogs, and protect His Majesty from going out!" At the front of the team, a tall and majestic general held a mixed-iron spear. He was loudly boosting morale. This person was Li Shenfu's deputy general Duan Zhixuan.
Duan Zhixuan was brave and good at fighting. He ranked tenth among Li Shimin's Lingyan Pavilion heroes. He followed Liu Wenjing in the battle with Qu Tutong at Tongguan. When the military camp collapsed, he personally led more than 20 cavalry into the enemy's formation, killing dozens of people in a row. However, Zhongliu Ya still rushed into the enemy's position three times, and finally stabilized the morale of the army and defeated the enemy.
According to the normal historical trend, Duan Zhixuan at this moment should be following Li Shimin to attack Luoyang. However, after Yang Gao traveled through time, many things changed its original trajectory. Duan Zhixuan, who was originally able to follow Li Shimin and shine in Luoyang, is now At that time, he was left in Chang'an to guard Li Yuan's safety.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Duan Zhixuan has entered the brave state, his force is +4, his base force is 95, and his current force has increased to 99."
"Ding dong, Duan Zhixuan's four-dimensional ability has been detected. Commander is 88, force is 95, intelligence is 73, and politics is 67."
Duan Zhixuan was the first to clear the way. He danced like a tiger with the iron sword in his hand, swiping left and right, and there was no enemy in front of his horse. He led the men and horses behind him to kill towards the city gate like a mighty force.
The Sui army entered Chang'an from the Mingde Gate in the south. Due to the limited strength and time constraints, they did not divide their troops to occupy the city gate. Duan Zhixuan protected Li Yuan and other monarchs and ministers, and killed some stragglers blocking the way, and quickly rushed to Chang'an. When they arrived at the North City Gate, they immediately ordered the soldiers guarding the city gate to open the city gate and lower the drawbridge.
"Old thief Li Yuan, please leave!"
"Don't let the old thief Li Yuan go!"
At this moment, there was a loud cry of killing from the south. General Long Zhi held a golden-backed sword and led thousands of Sui army cavalry to cover up the killing force.
"Protect Your Majesty and go first."
Duan Zhixuan roared loudly, clapped his horse forward, hung the long bow, took the bow in his hand, strung the arrow, and shot Long Zhi with an arrow, "How dare you disturb His Majesty, the rude madman?"
Long Zhi snorted coldly, swung the sword in his hand and knocked the arrow to the ground. He then took the bow in his hand and shot an arrow forward at lightning speed.
"With such accuracy, I don't even have to dodge!" The arrow shot by Long Zhi passed Duan Zhixuan with the whistling sound of the wind, which made Duan Zhixuan sneer.
Long Zhi's mouth curled up slightly with an evil smile on his face: "Really?"
"ah!"
Duan Zhixuan suddenly felt bad when he heard this. Just as he was about to turn around to see what was going on, a scream came from behind him. It turned out that Long Zhi's arrow just now was aimed at Li Yuan, who was not far behind Duan Zhixuan.
"His Majesty!"
Duan Zhixuan's expression changed drastically when he saw this, and he hurriedly rushed forward to rescue Li Yuan.
"Hahaha, old thief Li Yuan, let grandpa and I take you back to the west today!"
Long Zhi roared, abandoned his bow and sword, clapped his horse and went straight to Li Yuan.
"Ding dong, it is detected that Long Zhi enters the fighting state, the force is +5, the base force is 95, and the current force has been increased to 100."
"Damn Sui dog!"
Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but cursed secretly, raised his eyes, and shouted to a person not far from Li Yuan: "Ximen Qing, I, the general, go and stop Sui Gou. You and your majesty leave quickly!"
Hearing Duan Zhixuan's call, Ximen Qing rolled his eyes and quickly observed the situation around him and Li Yuan who fell on the ground. He immediately stepped forward and helped Li Yuan onto his horse. He immediately clamped the horse's belly with his legs and urged the horse. He rushed out of the city gate like flying and headed straight to the north.
Although Ximen Qing is a Jinyi guard lurking in Chang'an, he is selfish. In the situation just now, he could indeed take the opportunity to kill Li Yuan, but in this case, he himself would definitely be hacked to death by the Tang army guards around him, and he would sacrifice his life for justice. It was absolutely impossible for Ximen Qing to do this, so he made a decision after careful consideration.
"hateful!"
When Long Zhi saw Li Yuan being rescued, he couldn't help but became furious. He stared at Duan Zhixuan with murderous eyes and said coldly: "Li Yuan, the old dog, ran away, so leave your life here!"
Duan Zhixuan snorted coldly, clasping Changshan with both hands: "Then it depends on your ability!"
"Then let me show you!"
Long Zhi shouted loudly, clapped his horse and stepped forward, running towards Duan Zhixuan with the big knife in his hand and slashing it down in the air like a mountain.
"kill!"
Duan Zhixuan also roared, with veins popping up in his arms. He raised the long sword in his hand with all his strength, and hit Long Zhi's long sword.
"Bang~"
The swords and blades intersected, creating a stream of sparks. Duan Zhixuan was ultimately inferior to Long Zhi in terms of strength. He staggered back a few steps and then managed to stabilize his body on the horse.
"Haha, suffer death!" Long Zhi was unyielding when he gained the upper hand, and struck down with another knife with his backhand.
After the first fight, Duan Zhixuan already knew that he was not as strong as Long Zhi, so it was naturally impossible for him to stupidly hit him head-on. He suddenly flipped his wrist, and the spear in his hand looked like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole. The tip of the spear flashed with cold light and stabbed straight into the oncoming knife, fully explaining what it meant to break the surface with a point.
clang!
There was another fierce sound of gold and iron clashing. In this collision, Duan Zhixuan had the upper hand. He knocked away Long Zhi's sword with his long sword and stabbed it. If Long Zhi hadn't reacted in time, I'm afraid that the arm would have been damaged. will be pierced on the spot.
"Haha, after killing in Chang'an city for so long, I finally met a capable person!" Long Zhi, who suffered a loss, did not become angry, but laughed loudly, clapped his horse and charged forward again with his sword.
