At this time, there were more than 2,800 people in the Jingyan army, although the number was not much, but there were all kinds of troops, and the whole army had 600 cavalry, including 100 heavy armored cavalry, and other archers and crossbowmen were fully equipped. Bayi Middle School [ ?. Because of the difference between men and women, the military camp of the Jingyan Army was set up separately in Jiankang City. Although the Shocking Yan Army has also participated in a few battles, most of them don't take them too seriously, at most they are just Zhao Yueru's foil. But because of this, there is no need for complicated procedures to mobilize the Jingyan Army, and Zhang Han and the two can have the final say.

When the Great Song Dynasty had just returned to the country, occasionally someone played the shocking Yan army, Zhao Chen didn't stay in it, and after a long time, no one said anything, anyway, it didn't affect the overall situation. Therefore, even before this rebellion, Shi Miyuan did not count the Shocking Yan Army in his calculations.

Therefore, Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu came to the barracks very smoothly all the way, and most of the female soldiers were asleep at this time, Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu immediately ordered everyone to be called up, gathered together, explained the current situation to them, and then ordered all the female soldiers to line up and prepare to go out of the palace to meet the rebels.

When the female soldiers heard this, they were more joyful than surprised. Since the formation of the Shocking Yan Army, although it has also participated in some battles, except for a few main generals, most of them have not really fought to kill the enemy, and this time the whole army has stayed, and now I heard that I have the opportunity to fight, and many female soldiers are quite eager to try.

When all the female soldiers were dressed up and their weapons were taken, and the cavalry were mounted on their horses, the sky began to dawn. With Han Zhaojing's order, the whole army stepped out of the barracks.

At this time, Han Yanzhi was not idle at home, while gathering the family members, he also ordered people to gather the remnants outside, and there were five or six hundred people, but most of the family members had no armor and all the weapons, so they also took a lot of iron picks, brooms, and flat poles, so they looked a little uneven together. In terms of military appearance and momentum, it is far inferior to the Surprise Yan Army. And let the old and young people in the house go out of the house to hide, so as not to be killed by the rebels.

At the same time, Han Yanzhi also found his armor and draped it all over his body. He was originally born in the general, he also learned martial arts when he was a child, although he was a civilian, but he also engaged in a lot of positions related to martial arts, and once served as the commander of the imperial garrison of Xiangyang Mansion during the Longxing period, and later has been working in the Privy Council, and he is no stranger to war.

The two combined armies, with more than 3,000 horses, marched together in the direction of the palace under the unified command of Han Yanzhi.

When I came to the palace, the sky was getting brighter, and at this time, the battle of the imperial city was at the time when it was the most critical, and the Song army guarding the imperial city was about to be unable to resist. Han Yanzhi hurriedly ordered an attack, broke through the rebels' formation, and entered the palace to protect the emperor. Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu immediately led 600 cavalry to take the lead and rushed towards the rebels.

At this time, the rebels were busy attacking the imperial city, thinking that the two armies of Gongsheng and Zhuri had been killed and scattered, and no one would come to the rescue of the imperial city. I never expected that a team of people would suddenly be killed from behind, and I panicked all of a sudden.

Zong Tianxuan, Zhao Hong, Chen Yi and others were also taken aback at first, but seeing that the Song army of Chunchu turned out to be female soldiers, they were relieved and did not take them to heart. At this time, there were still more than 1,500 rebels outside the city, and Chen Yi immediately ordered the rebels outside the city to turn around immediately to meet this sudden army. Zong Tianxuan took the remaining two female disciples, Zhao Ping and Shi Qi, into battle in person to stop the Shocking Yan Army.

As soon as the two sides fought, the rebels were killed by the Surprise Yan Army, and they retreated again and again. Only then did the rebels know that it turned out that this female soldier was not easy to deal with.

In fact, the training of the Amazing Yan Army has always been very strict, and the quality of both the overall and individual soldiers is not bad, but it lacks battlefield experience. At this time, I finally got the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill in person, and it was the time when the novelty was full, so the morale of the whole army was high. In addition, there were 100 crossbowmen and 300 archers in the whole army, and before the two sides could make contact, a burst of random arrows shot out, and a large number of rebels were shot down at once, and then 600 cavalry took the lead and rushed towards the rebels.

The rebels were almost all infantry, and lacked armor, which could withstand the onslaught of cavalry, not to mention a hundred heavy cavalry. And they all tossed all night with the scriptures, and they were very tired, and they were not as good as the Surprise Yan Army was a new force. Although these six hundred cavalry were not many, they were more than enough to charge across the rebels, and even a master like Zong Tianxuan did not dare to resist the impact of the cavalry head-on, and when he saw that the opportunity was not good, he immediately hid to the side. Zhao Ping was also very clever and followed Zong Tianxuan to hide, but Shi Qi was a step late, so she had to forcibly contend with the cavalry, but she tried her best, although she knocked down three war horses, but then she was knocked to the ground by the cavalry who killed up behind and was trampled into pulp.

In this way, the Shocking Yan Army used only one charge to kill more than 1,500 rebels outside the city, and the army was overwhelmed. The infantry of the Shocking Yan Army, the other Song troops and the family members of the Han Mansion also rushed up and killed the rebels, and the rebels scattered in all directions, and the rebels' defense line blocking them was scattered in a blink of an eye.

Han Yanzhi didn't expect it to be so smooth, in fact, if the Jingyan army repeatedly rushed and killed a few times at this time, he could kill the rebels, but after all, he was still worried about the emperor in the imperial city, so he ordered Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu to ignore the rebels outside the city, and immediately attack the rebels besieging the imperial city, and enter the imperial city as soon as possible to protect the emperor.

The victory in the first battle also boosted the morale of the whole army of the Jingyan army, and under the leadership of Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu, they killed the rebels besieging the imperial city.

The rebels besieging the imperial city also couldn't stop the impact of the cavalry, and were rushed into chaos by the shocked Yan army, and the Song army in the imperial city saw that reinforcements came, and they were all in high spirits, and struggled to counterattack the rebels. When Zong Tianxuan and the others saw it, they didn't dare to attack the imperial city again, collected the rebels, and temporarily retreated more than three hundred steps.

Han Yanzhi took the opportunity to lead his army into the imperial city, ordered the soldiers to clean up the remnants of the rebels in the city, and then re-closed the palace gate and strictly guarded the imperial city.

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When Zhao Yueru heard this, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, if you don't defend the imperial city at that time, you will immediately launch a counterattack, and use the cavalry army as the lead, you will definitely be able to completely defeat the rebels." As a result, such a retreat gave the rebels time to regroup, and they made a comeback. And this time they must have a way to deal with the cavalry. ”

Zhao Qianru smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that my sister's ability to use soldiers is about to catch up with Yanlang, everything is the same as you said." ”

Zhao Yueru also smiled bitterly, although she is not a famous general who uses soldiers like a god, but compared to Han Yanzhi, Yan Wei, Ling Xiang and others, she has either been absent from the battle formation for a long time or lacks experience, after all, she has seen a lot on the battlefield, when to advance, when to retreat, naturally she understands better than everyone in the imperial city now, but it is a pity that she is not powerful now. said: "Forget it, no matter what, it's good to be able to keep the palace now, but what about later?" How did the past two days be? ”

Zhao Qianru then talked about what happened later.

The battle of the Imperial City was temporarily suspended, both sides were accumulating and arranging, preparing for the next battle, although the rebels also regrouped, but seeing that the Imperial City was well guarded, and the losses of the rebels in the previous battle were not small, they also had lingering palpitations, and did not dare to attack the Imperial City easily. It was just to hold the various ways out of the imperial city and trap the Song army in the imperial city.

Fortunately, there has always been a large amount of food in the palace, and there are also a lot of animals that can be watched, and there are also 600 war horses brought in by the Jingyan army, so although a large number of people have been added now, it is not a problem to pay for about half a month.

And Zhao Chen appointed Han Yanzhi to take full responsibility for the defense of the imperial city, Han Yanzhi reorganized the forbidden army, and actively deployed defenses, the original forbidden army guarding the imperial city killed more than 600 people, and more than 200 people were injured, plus the families of Yang and Han, there were about 1,800 people, plus the Jingyan army, a total of nearly 5,000 people. Moreover, the equipment and weapons of the Surprise Yan Army are very complete, and the cavalry army, archers, and crossbow archers are all complete. Therefore, Han Yanzhi sent Yan Wei, Ling Xiang, Han Zhaojing, Zhang Wenzhu and others to divide their troops to guard the dangerous places.

Moreover, Zhao Chen successively ordered that all the young attendants in the palace should be organized first, and they would also participate in the guards of the imperial city, so that the defenders of the imperial city would have more than 5,000 people. Then all the rooms on the periphery of the palace were vacated for the army to live in. and gathered the concubines and palace maids of the harem into the inner courtyard of the palace, and handed them over to the Empress Dowager Zhou, Yue Ying, and Zhao Qianru for unified management. and 500 people from the Surprise Yan Army were selected to guard it.

In this way, the palace was divided into internal and external paths, and the management was clear, so although Song Nian failed to seize the fighter and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, he also defended the imperial city as impregnable.

After the garrison was stabilized, Zhao Chen immediately gathered everyone to discuss ways to repel the rebels.

Han Yan said straightly: "Your Majesty, there are currently no soldiers available in Jiankang City, and if you want to repel the rebels, you can only rely on the people of the palace outside the city." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said: "I think the same way, Li Xianzhong has always been loyal to the imperial court, if he knew about the rebellion in the city, he would never sit idly by, but now that the rebellion has been born for a day, but he has not sent troops into the city, I am afraid that something happened to him." Will the rebels break up the temple front division outside the city as they did in the same way as they attacked the forbidden army in the city? ”

Han Yanzhi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this possibility is very small, there are still more than 20,000 people in the front division of the palace, all of them are elite people, and Li Xianzhong is a person who is good at managing the army, I am afraid that he will not be broken up by the rebels so easily." I think it's because the rebels blocked the news, and Li Xianzhong may not know what happened in the city. And without an order from the imperial court, he did not dare to lead the army into the city. ”

Zhao Chen said: "Qing Yan is extremely true, so the top priority should be to send someone out of the city with the transfer order to transfer Li Xianzhong to lead the army into the city." ”

After some discussion, everyone decided to let Ling Xiang take the dispatch order and try to sneak out of the city, and transfer Li Xianzhong to lead the army into the city to quell the chaos. If the palace commander was really broken up by the rebels, he would immediately rush to Gwangju and let Wang Yan, who was supervising the war in Gwangju, immediately return to Jiankang to quell the rebellion.