After hearing what the second sister said, Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, my place is safer than the palace. You will know it in the future." Just as he said that, a guard ran over to report: "Your Highness, the traitor is here." The army has arrived."
oh? They came so quickly! Li Zhiyun turned to his second sister and said, "Sister, there's going to be a war. Come back to the house quickly, be careful not to get hurt by arrows." After that, he said to Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu, "Let's go to the terrace."
There is a terrace in the garden of the Prince of Chu's Mansion, which is about two feet high. It happens to be in the center of the Prince's Mansion and the arsenal. Li Zhiyun asked his servants to cut down all the branches blocking his view, so that standing on the terrace, he could have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield. Within miles of the surrounding area, every move of the rebels was clearly visible. Therefore, this became a natural command post.
Li Zhiyun and the others climbed up the steps to the terrace. He saw Scarface already on top, looking into the distance with a telescope. There were several soldiers standing beside Scarface. Li Zhiyun walked over and said, "Wang Baoqiang, where is Li Tieniu?" Scarface put down the telescope, turned around and said, "He said it was too uncomfortable to stay here, so he would go to the front and rush to kill." Li Zhiyun sighed and said, "This Li Tieniu, you don't want to use your brain, how can you win a war with just brute force?" Scarface did not continue, but raised the telescope again, pointed with his hand and said: "My lord, look, the rebels are coming from the south. "
Chang'an City is a square shape, eighteen miles and one hundred and fifty paces from east to west, fifteen miles and one hundred and seventy five paces from north to south. In addition to the imperial palace, there are two cities and one hundred and eight squares. The streets are separated, and each square is square. Therefore, the streets in Chang'an City are either east-west or north-south. The Prince of Chu's Mansion faces east and west, and the street in front of the palace gate runs in the north-south direction.
Li Zhiyun raised his binoculars and saw that there were about hundreds of rebels, and they were heading this way along the street. The common people in Chang'an City knew that the rebels had entered the city, so they all hid in their homes. The streets were empty without a single pedestrian. The rebels probably didn't encounter any decent resistance along the way, so they relaxed their vigilance and carried their swords and spears on their shoulders. They walked with a swagger, talking and laughing. They didn't look like an army at all, but more like a group of people strolling around the city. Villagers.
The buildings around the Chu Palace were demolished, leaving a large open space. The rebels stopped when they reached the open space. There were two generals riding horses in front of the team, standing side by side. They pointed at the Chu Palace, not knowing what to say. Behind them, the soldiers had broken up in formation and huddled together in a mess.
Li Zhiyun felt that the enemy troops were densely packed together, which was a great opportunity to use firepower to kill them. He put down the telescope and said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire!" Scarface said he obeyed the order, turned to a soldier and said: "Quick, blow the horn!" The soldier took out a horn and raised it. The horn was blown. The trumpet sound is long and short, which is a signal to order the artillery to fire.
After a moment, more than a dozen red cannons roared. The artillery shells roared through the sky above the Chu Palace, fell accurately into the enemy group, and exploded, causing the rebels to flip over. The scene was spectacular. The smoke from the explosion completely engulfed hundreds of enemy soldiers in an instant, and the two generals on horseback were also killed. After the shelling stopped, a large number of corpses were left in the open space, and the soldiers who were not killed also fled in all directions.
After the battle at Prince Chu's Mansion started, rebels from other places slowly gathered here. The enemy troops gathered more and more, and by afternoon, tens of thousands of people had gathered. They surrounded Prince Chu's Mansion from all sides.
Gao Jifu personally took charge and directed the attack on the Chu Palace. He obviously wanted to capture the Chu Palace in one go, so he didn't pay much attention to tactics. Taking advantage of the large number of people, he commanded his soldiers to attack the Chu Palace and the arsenal like a swarm of ants. The Wagang army's attack was fierce. The soldiers held swords and spears in one hand and shielded their bodies with the other hand, charging forward desperately.
The New Army soldiers hid in the trenches and fired with muskets. When the enemy rushed forward, they threw grenades. Forty red-coated cannons also roared, and the shells fell into the enemy group like raindrops, causing the enemy soldiers to fly bloody.
Several rounds of rebel attacks were repelled, and piles of corpses were left in front of the trenches. The seriously injured soldiers lay among the corpses, wailing constantly. The people watching the battle on the terrace were very excited. Scarface shouted: "Damn, this battle was so enjoyable!"
Although the Wagang army was very brave, they had never seen such weapons, nor had they experienced such a battle. The soldiers were so frightened that they thought they had encountered heavenly soldiers and generals, and no longer dared to rush forward. The battlefield fell silent for a while.
Li Zhiyun looked into the distance with a telescope. Except for the Prince of Chu's Mansion and the Imperial Palace, all other places in Chang'an City were occupied by the rebels. Therefore, only these two places were at war. The battle at the palace was fierce. The Shence Army had no firearms. In addition to using bows and crossbows, they could only use swords and guns for close combat.
The imperial palace is about five or six miles away from the Chu Palace. Although the distance is far, Li Zhiyun used a ten-power military telescope, so he could see clearly. He found that the fighting near the Zhuque Gate was particularly fierce. In order to seize the south gate of the palace, the rebels concentrated a large number of troops and attacked frantically. The soldiers of the Shence Army resisted desperately, and the battle between the two sides entered a fierce battle.
Li Zhiyun thought with regret. Unfortunately, the distance was too far and the artillery range could not reach it. Otherwise, he could have used artillery fire to support him. He removed the telescope and looked around the Chu Palace again, and suddenly found a battle taking place in the southeast, about two miles away.
A six-horse, two-column carriage was parked on the street. Beside the carriage were dozens of guards, who were in turn surrounded by more than a hundred rebels, and the two sides fought brutally.
Li Zhiyun guessed that the carriage was probably going to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, but was intercepted by the rebels on the way. He carefully observed the carriage with a telescope, and finally saw the badge on the carriage clearly. He was shocked and shouted: "Isn't that the badge of Prince Bohai's palace?"
Li Fengci, King of Bohai, is Li Zhiyun's cousin. He is working as a steward in Yuanzhou and is not in Chang'an at the moment. But judging from the way the guards tried their best to protect the carriage, the person sitting in the carriage should be their owner, and it could only be Princess Bohai.
Li Zhiyun put down the telescope, turned around and shouted to Zhang Zheng, "What's going on? Didn't you send someone to pick up Princess Bohai?" He left it to Zhang Zheng to arrange for someone to pick up the princess and princess.
"Sent." Zhang Zheng explained hurriedly, "I sent Hong Lin, but the Bohai Palace was too far away. When they arrived, the palace had been occupied by the rebels, and the princess was nowhere to be found, so no one was received. "
Li Zhiyun said nothing more and raised the binoculars again to look at the carriage. The windows of the carriage were blocked by gauze curtains, and it was impossible to see who was sitting inside. However, he became more and more certain that the person sitting inside must be Princess Bohai. His cousin-in-law is very beautiful. If she falls into the hands of the rebels, the consequences will be disastrous.
There were too few guards protecting the carriage, and people were being stabbed or chopped down constantly. The situation was extremely critical. Li Zhiyun put down the telescope and said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire and provide support with artillery fire." Scarface quickly asked the soldiers to blow the trumpet. When the soldiers took out the conch and were about to blow it, Li Zhiyun suddenly shouted: "No, you can't fire the artillery." , it will hurt the princess."
He thought for a while and said decisively: "Wang Baoqiang, you immediately send a battalion to rush over and pick up the princess!" Scarface cupped his fists and said: "Prince, don't worry, I will take people there myself!"
"You don't need to go, I'll go!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Tieniu rushed onto the terrace. He came to Li Zhiyun, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I will lead the charge and make sure to get him back!" Li Zhiyun looked at him, nodded and said, "Okay, pay attention to safety."
"Yes!" Li Tieniu said, turned around and ran down the terrace.
Li Zhiyun did not expect that Li Tieniu's movements were quite neat. After a while, he saw through the telescope that Li Tieniu led four to five hundred soldiers to jump up from the trench and rush towards the rebels. Li Tieniu was shirtless, his bronze skin was shiny, and his bulging muscles were like iron bumps. He was holding a nine-ring bull-ear machete in his hand. The soldiers who followed him were, like him, bare-chested and wielding broadswords and spears.
The middle ground between the enemy and ourselves is a large open space with no cover or obstruction. People who rush forward can easily become the target of crossbows. Sure enough, a row of archers immediately stood up from the rebel side, drawing their bows and releasing arrows, and the arrows came like locusts. The broadsword in Li Tieniu's hand was swinging like a flywheel, resisting the rain of arrows. The soldiers behind him were not capable of this, and many soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. The New Army soldiers were suppressed by the rain of arrows and were unable to move forward, and gradually distanced themselves from Li Tieniu.
Li Tieniu took the lead and rushed to the rebel archers like a tiger descending the mountain. With a thunderous roar, the sword in his hand was like a horse curling up, drawing an arc horizontally, and the necks of the five archers standing side by side were drawn. After being cut off, the five heads flew into the air together, and blood spurted out of their cavities like a fountain.
Several enemy soldiers rushed towards him with swords. Li Tiedao had no time to take back the sword and swing it again. He had to hold the iron handle with both hands, roared and rushed towards the archer next to him. His iron tower-like body pressed down like a mountain. With a burst of brute force, he forced seven or eight archers to the ground. The formation of the rebel archers was disrupted and they could no longer shoot arrows. The New Army soldiers took the opportunity to rush forward, and the two sides started a bloody fight.
There were more than a thousand rebels in front of them, and there were constant enemy reinforcements on the left and right sides. Li Zhiyun said to Scarface: "Order the artillery to fire and block the passages on both sides to prevent enemy reinforcements." Following the order, the red cannon roared, completely isolating the southeast direction.
After a period of hand-to-hand fighting, Li Tieniu led his soldiers to break through the rebels' obstruction, rushed to the oil-walled incense car, and together with the remaining guards, eliminated more than a hundred rebels. Then, they fought a bloody road and protected the carriage as it drove into the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
When Li Zhiyun saw Princess Bohai successfully rescued, he quickly got off the terrace and went to greet her.
