The sun has completely set, and the sky and earth are dark.

Chang'an, Zhangcheng Gate, the Xiliang soldiers who were keeping watch at night have come up to change their posts. The torches flickered on and off under the night wind. The Xiliang troops who were keeping watch at the top of the city were bored. Since Li Li's death, the morale of the Xiliang troops has plummeted.

, It's not that Li Li is so important, but Li Xian's actions are a bit chilling. Under the exaggeration of caring people, Li Xian has become an image who is interested in the female relatives of his family, and the middle-level generals are even more in danger.

No intention of defense.

In addition, Li Xian has obviously become more irritable these days, and the middle-level generals naturally start to muddle along. When this emotion is transmitted to the lowest level, they become so distracted.

Dots of fire appeared in the distance, slowly moving towards this side. As they got closer, two rows of torches rolled towards this side like two fire snakes in the night. Through the light of the fire, some clothes could be vaguely distinguished.

A, who must be from my own house, can occasionally hear the sound of wood rubbing against each other, which is particularly harsh in the night wind.

After all, the Xiliang army guarding the city was somewhat educated. They quickly cheered up and passed the news to their superior officers.

"Probably the food transporters have returned." The general took a quick glance and said, "These people are becoming more and more unpunctual. They should be back before sunset."

"If possible, I would also like to take shelter outside the city." A chief came over, shook his head and sighed: "The general has become more and more irritable recently, killing people at every turn."

"Why don't you go and report to him that the grain escort team failed to return in time, do you want to let him go?" The general glanced at Shi Chang and asked with a smile.

"A humble position is not enough for me." The commander shook his head, supported the parapet and sighed: "I don't know when the general of chariots and cavalry will return, and when will this day end."

"It's almost time. I heard that the Bingzhou Army is all new soldiers. With the ability of a general, how can a group of new soldiers be an opponent?"

While the two were talking, the grain escort team had already arrived at the city. The grain escort officer wanted to step forward. Zheng Tu was following him like a shadow behind him, with a dagger pressed against the opponent's waist. If he dared to speak nonsense, Zheng Tu's dagger would

Break his waist and eyes immediately.

"Don't worry, general. I'm in a lowly position and won't talk nonsense." The grain officer froze and said in a low voice.

"Don't talk nonsense." Zheng Tu snorted lightly.

The grain guard had no choice but to look up at the city, raised his torch and said, "Who is guarding the city today? Can he recognize me?"

The flickering light of the torch illuminated the figures of the two men. Zheng Tu lowered his head and no one in the city could see it. In fact, even the grain officer's face was not very clear even from a distance of five feet.

, but the general in the city obviously knew the grain officer, and he could tell by his voice. He chuckled and said, "Yes, I do, but you are late, what should I do about this?"

"It turns out to be Brother Luo. He drank a few more sips on the way and missed the time. Brother Luo did it for convenience. If the general knows about this, I will probably suffer a lot of pain." The grain officer said with a bitter smile.

"It's good to know, how can you thank me?" General Luo laughed.

"We have fine wine in our house. If Brother Luo is willing to be accommodating, I will treat Brother Luo to a drink after the change of guard tomorrow!" the grain officer said with a smile.

"Just waiting for your words, open the door!" General Luo smiled and waved his hand, indicating to the soldiers to open the city gate.

The suspension bridge slowly lowered, and the city gate slowly opened from the inside.

Zheng Tu put away his dagger, took off his ring-headed sword from his back, looked at the grain guard and said, "Go and get out of the way, and leave it to me next!"

"Here!" the grain escort nodded, silently turned aside, and ran to the side of the city gate. The troops at the rear quickly stepped forward and tied the white scarves they had prepared long ago around their waists. An archer came

He lit the torch and ignited the arrow clusters covered with pine oil. Seeing Zheng Tu nodding, he quickly pointed the bow and arrow into the sky, fully drew the bowstring, and shot out an arrow.

Phew~

The moment the rocket took off, Zheng Tu stepped on the suspension bridge that had not completely fallen and roared: "Kill!"

Two hundred elite generals each raised their weapons and followed Zheng Tu into the city gate. Before they could react, a dozen Xiliang Army soldiers who were guarding the city gate were overwhelmed by the surging Bingzhou Army. Zheng Tu stayed behind.

A team of men and horses guarded the city gate, and rushed up to the city with their own troops to destroy the winch that controlled the drawbridge.

The moment the rocket took off, the generals on the tower realized something was wrong. Immediately afterwards, countless torches suddenly appeared in the boundless darkness in the distance. General Luo secretly screamed that something was wrong and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, sound the horn, burn the fire."

Beacon fire, raise the suspension bridge!"

As he spoke, there were already sounds of killing under the city gate. Soon, a ferocious strong man came up with a group of men and horses. The strong man led by him wielded a ring-headed sword with great ferocity. Every time the sword fell, one person would fall to the ground.

Each knife was directed towards the vital point, and no one who was struck by it could get up again.

There were not many Xiliang troops on the city tower, and they were suddenly attacked. They couldn't react for a while, but Zheng Tu took the opportunity to kill them. Zheng Tu didn't bother him. After killing the Xiliang troops, he went straight to the winch.

And go.

General Luo reacted immediately when he saw this, drew his sword and shouted angrily: "How dare you, thief!"

He swung the knife and struck at Zheng Tu. Zheng Tu turned his head slightly to avoid the opponent's blade that was hitting his head, but the ring-head knife in his hand went straight to the opponent's heart.

Such a fierce attack made even the general named Luo, who was from the Xiliang Army, a little frightened. The sword couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. Just this moment of hesitation is enough to distinguish between life and death in a place like this.

The cold blade pierced the chest of General Luo. General Luo's knife struck Zheng Tu's shoulder, bringing up a pool of blood. Zheng Tu grinned, but the handle of the knife in his hand was violently stirred.

The moment the general trembled, he kicked him away, and spurts of blood sprayed all over Zheng Tu's face.

"Cut it!" Zheng Tu came to the winch tremblingly, carrying the bloody ring-headed knife, and slashed with the knife. The rope was an iron chain, so the knife couldn't cut it, but the winch controlled was made of wood.

Just cutting this one down is enough.

A soldier rushed up with a tomahawk and slashed at the base of the capstan. The surrounding Xiliang troops began to charge towards this side. Zheng Tu simply asked someone to chop with an ax and led his men to meet him. Although he was injured,

He was wounded, but became more ferocious. At the same time, Tai Shici led his troops and horses outside the city and began to enter the city. The surrounding Xiliang army was unstable, and Zheng Tu was too fierce, and was actually killed and retreated. At this time, as

There was a muffled sound and the winch was completely cut off.

"Retreat to the city gate! Stop fighting!" Zheng Tu remembered his mission, and after destroying the winch, he quickly led his men to retreat while fighting, all the way to the bottom of the city tower.

Taishi Ci had already led his men into the city. He did not fight, but just ordered people to set fires everywhere. In a moment, the Zhangcheng Gate was ablaze.

Chang'an City, Li Xian's residence, was playing with the Huangfu family, or trying to tease the Huangfu family. Li Xian suddenly heard the police siren in the city. He was startled and did not bother to tease the Huangfu family anymore. He immediately put on armor and went out, shouting sternly.

: "What happened!?"

"General, the bandits have broken down the door!"

"Impossible!" Li Xian kicked his guards away. He turned around and looked around. He saw that the fire was already blazing to the west. Li Xian was a little dazed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Quickly, gather the soldiers and follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Here!" The guard didn't care about complaining about being kicked in vain. He quickly got up and agreed, and went to gather his troops.

But before they could gather here, someone rushed in from the other side and saluted Li Xian: "General, a large group of enemy troops appeared outside Xuanping Gate, with loud gongs and drums, as if they are about to attack the city!"

"Where did those many soldiers and horses come from?" Li Xian was a little confused and frowned.

Before anyone could answer, someone else rushed over and said, "General, there is a large group of enemy troops outside the gate of Ba City. They are beating gongs and drums, and they seem to be attacking the city."

Following the Qingming Gate, Anmen Gate, and Luocheng Gate, there were also soldiers coming to report the presence of large groups of enemy troops. Li Xian was a little confused. When had there been so many enemy troops outside the city? How many enemy troops had entered the city?

how many?

The troops have been assembled, but Li Siam is really hesitant at this moment, not knowing which side to save.

The cries of killing in the city to the west became more and more intense. Li Xian didn't care about them anymore and shouted: "Send orders to all the soldiers to guard the city gates. The rest of the people, follow me!"

After saying that, he led his troops and headed straight towards Zhangcheng Gate.

…

In the city of Chang'an, the sound of killing was loud, and the ministers in the city naturally heard it. Liu Ai, Zhong Shao, Ma Yu, Liu Fan, Zhao Wen and others also met in the chaos.

"Didn't you say that only five thousand vanguard troops came? How did they attack the city so quickly?" Zhao Wen asked doubtfully.

"Then Li Xian has lost people's hearts. Maybe someone opened the city gate. Don't forget that in the past, Chen Mo also had friendship with many generals of the Xiliang army." Huangfu Song shook his head and said: "No matter what, we are still waiting at this time.

If you have a good opportunity, inform Dong Cheng immediately. After ambushing and gathering all the troops and horses you can, follow me to strangle the rebels. In Chang'an City, we must obtain sufficient military power and cannot allow Chen Mo's men to enter the city!"

Zhao Wen sighed: "This matter should be postponed for now. At this time, the most important thing is to defeat the thieves. We should kill Li Jue's nephew first, and then talk about other things!"

The Xiliang army has not been defeated yet. Is it too early to think about this now?

Huangfu Song nodded, said nothing more, and immediately ordered people to go and inform Dong Cheng and other people with some military power to gather troops and prepare to kill the thieves.

Although Dong Cheng was born in the Xiliang army, after his daughter married the emperor, Dong Cheng felt alive in his heart. Although his daughter was not a queen, she was still a nobleman. He could also be regarded as the father-in-law of the emperor. What a great general He Jin was in the past.

Prestige? When it was his turn, he was just a guard and didn't have much military power in his hands. Almost all the military power in Chang'an was controlled by Li Jue and Guo Si. When he didn't have this status before, Dong Cheng might not say anything, but now

Since he is now considered the father of the country, he naturally has other thoughts.

Therefore, when someone came to Dong Cheng to plot to overthrow Li Jue and Guo Si and support the emperor's pro-government, Dong Cheng agreed without hesitation and has been actively preparing. Tonight, there was sudden chaos in Chang'an, and Dong Cheng was also a little puzzled.
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