Chapter 867: Dark Hour

The biggest problem in Chang'an is that there are too few troops, and they are not elite. As far as Chai Yonghao knows, in addition to the Ruifeng battalion soldiers guarding Taiji Palace, the rest of the city patrol soldiers and the Liumen defenders are veterans who have retreated to the second line and are slightly disabled. These really combat effectiveness add up to a total of no more than 5,000 people, and now Baizihe is attacking the Vermilion Bird Gate, and after a long time, it is estimated that all the defenders in Chang'an will be pinned down to the south city, and then attack from the other two sides at this time, it will definitely achieve miraculous results. Facing the ancient capital of Chang'an, Chai Yonghao's pressure was very great, and he worked hard to make himself more rational. As Chai Yonghao threw all the remaining soldiers and horses into the east and west, the attack immediately became different. Now the defenders on the east and west sides are mostly composed of ordinary people and servants of the Chang'an family, and they are okay in the face of normal conditions, but it is too difficult to face the rebels' unsparing attack. The people had no formal training, and the servants were uneven, and the first problem was the city wall of the West Gate. Because the rebels came too quickly, Chang'an did not make sufficient preparations at all, and the rolling wood and fire oil and other materials for defending the city were quickly exhausted. Next, in the face of the rebels' frantic pounce, there was almost no way, and a part of the western city wall was robbed by the rebels. If there are regular soldiers and horses, with the combat strength of the ****, it is estimated that they can be recaptured in the blink of an eye and drive the rebels back down. However, the people defending the city were directly in chaos, and some people had even begun to take the initiative to retreat. Xicheng was in turmoil, and the rebels took advantage of the situation to spread out to both sides, and soon achieved great results.

No one could have imagined that the western city wall would be breached so quickly, and the western city wall had problems, and even the streets of the western city were affected. Bai Zihe led his troops to storm the Suzaku Gate, and even if he suffered heavy casualties, he showed no signs of stopping, which also caused the defenders of the southern city wall to be all pinned down, and they were unable to rush to the east and west sides at all. Chai Yonghao is also smart enough, he just doesn't fight in the north, he just wants to give the people of Chang'an hope to escape. The west city wall was breached, and with the opening of the west gate, a large number of rebels poured into Chang'an from the west gate. Yao Wurong is one of the few wealthy families in Chang'an City, and his family industry covers Guanzhong and Jiangnan, when the rebels came, he still had the mind to resist, but when he heard that the West City Gate was breached, his heart suddenly panicked, at this moment, all his hopes were shattered, it turned out that the powerful **** was really going to end, Yao Wurong didn't want to stay in Chang'an and wait for death, so he found a few big families to discuss it. Several families are good friends with the Yao family, they were already panicked, and after getting Yao Wurong's letter, they all hurried to the Yao family, "Brother Yao, what should I do now, look at the current situation, Chang'an City can't be defended, I heard that Princess Zhu wants to defend the city, but even the Ruifeng battalion guarding the Taiji Palace has been pulled to the city, and now there is no protection in the city at all." His Royal Highness the Regent's army was also dragged to death in Fenglingdu, and if you want to return to Chang'an, I'm afraid it's impossible, and our brothers have to find a way to save their lives. ”

The one who spoke was Niu Yu, a big family in the restaurant of Beauty Street, this Niu Yu had a fat head and big ears, and a rich face, but he was not very bold, and he didn't have much loyalty to the Qin Palace, so he had long thought about running for his life. Yao Wurong nodded heavily, and said with some bitterness, "It's not, I heard the bewitchment of the noble man of the rain before, and sent all the servants to guard the city, and the swear that I said at that time will definitely be able to keep it." It's good now, it's only been long before the western city wall is lost, isn't it harmful? I heard that the rebels were killed all the way, and half of the people in Xianyang City were slaughtered, and the rebels entered the city, so how can those of us who were dragged to defend the city be good? Fortunately, now the rebels have not besieged the north gate, we might as well escape from the north gate, anyway, Chang'an is broken, and the **** is not far from the end, and no one will trouble us. ”

After listening to Yao Wurong's words, some people expressed concern, "The north gate is indeed a good place to go, but there are people guarding it, the palace and the Shuntian Mansion have issued a death order, and no one can go out of the city." ”

"What are you afraid of, there are so many people in Chang'an Ding****, and now it is estimated that they have all been pulled to the south, how many people can stay near the north gate? As long as we gather our families together and attack the north gate, we will definitely be able to take the north gate. But be quick, if the rebels run to attack the north gate, we won't have a chance at all" Niu Yu's words completely touched everyone's hearts, the opportunity is in front of you, whether you can grasp it depends on what everyone does. Zhu Lian never imagined that he had worked so hard to defend the city, and in the courtyard of the Yao family, there would be such a conspiracy, which directly plunged Chang'an into a place of no return.

Yao Wurong and others began to ask the servants to come back quickly, but because a large number of servants ran back, all the people defending the city were out of order, and the entire east city wall defense was full of holes. However, at this time, Zhu Lian and the others were concentrating on dealing with the rebels outside the city, and they didn't know that there was a greater danger behind them. Although the rebels entered the city, with the strong street fighting ability and the help of the people, it was not so easy for the rebels to go deep into the city. At the end, the group hurriedly came to the north gate, and now only Chen Zhao, the head catcher under the command of Zong Ze of Shuntian Mansion, is stationed at the north gate. Chen Zhao's more than 200 people are uneven, there are people and officials, and there are more than 20 city patrol soldiers, so when they saw a group of men and horses rushing towards the north gate, they suddenly became nervous, Chen Zhao pulled out his knife and shouted loudly, "Stop, what are you doing, don't you know that the city gate is closed, and you are not allowed to go out of the city?" ”

The words fell, and a person ran out of the crowd, looking like an old acquaintance. Yao Wurong is a celebrity in Chang'an City, and he moves around the government very frequently, so he also knows Chen Zhao, he went to the front two parts, and said urgently with a bitter face, "Hey, Chen Zhutou, don't use the knife, don't use the knife, it's your own person." Chen Zhutou, don't you know, the rebels have been attacked head-on in the south, and there has been no progress so far, the eldest princess is afraid that the rebels will attack the north gate, and she is afraid that there are too few defenders at the north gate, so she asked Yao to lead someone to help. ”

"I see" After listening to Chen Zhao's explanation, his heart also relaxed, because what Yao Wurong said was still very reasonable. Chen Zhao lowered his guard, and the people under his command slowly dispersed, going to their respective positions, the fence was released, and Yao Wurong's people also walked quickly towards the city gate. Chen Zhao and Yao Wurong were talking without a match, but suddenly, he felt that something was wrong, why didn't these servants say a word, and rushed to the city gate, the city gate is important, but they all go to guard the city gate and the city wall? Although they are all a group of domestic servants, they should not be ignorant of the most basic truths. Chen Zhao immediately came back to his senses, he pulled out his knife and ran towards the city gate, shouting loudly as he ran, "Stop, stop, what are you going to do?" ”

Seeing Chen Zhao's reaction, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Yao Wurong's eyes, and he took out a bull's ear sharp knife from his sleeve, caught up with two steps, and stabbed Chen Zhao's waist fiercely. Chen Zhao paid all his attention to the city gate, where would he have thought that Yao Wurong, who was familiar with him, would suddenly kill him, was stabbed in the waist, and a sharp pain came, Chen Zhao turned his head, glared at his eyes and said angrily, "Dog thief, dog thief, Lao Tzu killed you!" ”

"Chen Zhutou, I'm sorry, you have to be loyal to the Qin Palace, but Yao doesn't want to, if you don't die today, Yao and his family will die, we don't want to stay in Chang'an to accompany the Qin Palace, so, I'm sorry!" After that, a few gray-clothed men rushed up around, Chen Zhao was seriously injured, and just wanted to resist, he drowned in the sea of people. Chen Zhao was hacked to death with a knife, and there was a commotion in front of the city gate, which was the person guarding the city who was guarding the city and also noticed that something was wrong, and a Shuntianfu soldier at the head of the city shouted loudly, "Oh no, Yao Wurong wants to rebel, Chen Zhutou was killed, go down quickly and block them." ”

It's a pity that it's too late, Niu Yu has already led people to look at the guards near the city gate, and soon opened the north city gate. Yao Wurong led the people to rush out, leaving behind Chen Zhao and more than a dozen corpses. The change in the north gate was something that no one expected, but what surprised Yao Wurong was that none of the people in the north city rushed out, and the north gate was so open, looking extremely desolate. Yao Wurong secretly scolded in his heart, this group of mud-legged people is determined to bury Taiji Palace, is that Zhao Yougong so good?

Such a big thing at the north gate soon reached Chai Yonghao's ears, and when he heard that someone had killed the defenders of the north gate and escaped from the city, Chai Yonghao laughed. As long as someone starts to make trouble at the north gate, it will be much easier to capture Chang'an, he laughed a few times, and asked very excitedly, "How is the situation at the north gate now, order all departments, don't send troops to the north gate, just let the people in Chang'an City toss at the north gate, the more chaotic the north is, the more beneficial it is for us." ”

After listening to Chai Yonghao's words, the spy was stunned, and replied with some embarrassment, "General, this is ...... There was no chaos at the north gate, what a hell, except for Yao Wurong's group of people who escaped, none of the people of Chang'an ran out of the north gate, and there were people who helped the defenders re-close the city gate. General, do you think these Chang'an people were kicked in the head by a donkey? ”

The smile on Chai Yonghao's face was gone, and it was replaced by a solemnity and fear, how could this be, I didn't expect that Qin Wangfu would have such a high status in the hearts of the people of Chang'an. Back then, if the people of Bianliang also supported Zhao Ji and his son so much, how could the Jin people break through Bianliang and make the Great Song Dynasty suffer great shame? At this moment, Chai Yonghao had a trace of doubts about the capture of Chang'an, with such a group of people, can he really conquer the ancient capital of Chang'an?

In front of the Suzaku Gate, the spies rushed over, and when they arrived in front of them, they knelt at Zhu Lian's feet, "Princess, it's not good, Yao Wurong, a big family in the city, gathered a group of evil businessmen, attacked the north gate, killed Chen Zhutou, and escaped from the city, and the two outer streets in the west were also occupied by the rebels. Master Zhang hopes that the princess will quickly withdraw to the inner city and make plans again! ”

Zhu Lian's anger was provoked, Yao Wurong, a group of white-eyed wolves who were not familiar with feeding, "If Concubine Ben doesn't die this time, she will definitely cut this group of dogs who eat inside and out." ”

Angry, Zhu Lian had to consider Zhang Yi's words, the west city wall fell, and the east was also dangerous, if he persisted, he was afraid that there would be a danger of being attacked from both sides, so Zhu Lian strictly ordered, "Let Shuntianfu spread the word, the people will withdraw to the inner city first, and the outer troops and horses will withdraw." Rely on the inner city to hold off the rebels' attacks. ”

After several years of construction, Chang'an is much more prosperous than the original, Zhang Yi had long expected that Chang'an might be attacked, so in the urban area, that is, five miles south of the Taiji Palace, a wall was built, which was bounded by the wall and was called the inner city and the outer city of Chang'an. The people of the outer city began to retreat to the inner city, the area of the inner city is limited, and the pressure on the people with so much capacity is very great, but at this time there is no other choice, hold on as long as you can. Defending the inner city, the shortcomings of Chang'an's insufficient troops were reduced a lot, and because the inner city was well defended, the rebels had no way for a while, so the two sides were temporarily stalemate. And Chai Yonghao also found a very serious problem, that is, the people of Chang'an seem to have long thought about defending the interior, and they actually threw their home food to the inner city early, so after the rebels got the outer city, they didn't find any food at all.

The inner city is besieged, but it is not so easy to fight down, and Chai Yonghao, who was in an irritable mood, did not feel that he had come to the front of the Ganye Temple. Looking at the three words of Ganye Temple, Chai Yonghao was full of emotion, Huichang Temple and Ganye Temple are famous temples in Chang'an, especially this Ganye Temple, but there have been women like Wu Meiniang. Walking into Ganye Temple, Chai Yonghao was immediately stunned, only to see dozens of nuns sitting on the bluestone slab of the temple, the sunset, they folded their hands and kept reciting Sanskrit. At such an instant, Chai Yonghao dared to be humiliated, and even a group of nuns could resist him Chai Yonghao.

At this moment, there was a scream behind Chai Yonghao, two guards fell on the side of the road, and a woman in gray was holding a short knife, and the knife was dripping with red blood, "Chai Yonghao, you are also a big man, why don't you even let go of the pure place of Buddhism?" ”

"Are you...... Qin Hongmian? Chai Yonghao laughed coldly, in the Shaolin Temple back then, I was fortunate to see Qin Hongmian, but I didn't expect that this female Rakshasa would actually hide in the Ganye Temple.

"It's the old lady, the kid surnamed Zhao is really incompetent, he has been tossing for so long, and he actually lost his nest, but if you want to move the Taiji Palace, you have to pass my Qin Hongmian level!"

"Qin Hongmian, you don't know whether you are alive or dead, come here, kill this woman!" Chai Yonghao has nowhere to vent when he has a fire in his belly, and now he can be regarded as finding a venting point. Qin Hongmian is Mu Wanqing's mother, listening to the Queen Mother, Qin Hongmian seems to be still unclear with Zhao Yougong, and killing her is definitely an unexpected joy. Qin Hongmian is irritable and unconvinced, even in the face of hundreds of people from the Chai family, he dares to fight.

Outside the Ganye Temple, after Qin Hongmian killed more than a dozen Chai soldiers, he was chased all over the mountain and ran, Chai Yonghao gave a death order, and the soldiers took out all the methods to greet Qin Hongmian, Rao is Qin Hongmian was ruthless and suffered a lot of injuries. (To be continued.) )