Chapter 4424 Strategic Suppression
Facing the heavy armored infantry armed to the teeth like hedgehogs and the unstoppable armored cavalry roaring back and forth, Yuchi Gong was one head and two big. He tried to mobilize heavy troops to surround the heavy armored infantry and annihilate them. However, these The iron armor on the infantry protects the vital parts of the body. Except for the wounds caused by heavy weapons, they are almost invulnerable.
The right guard trained by Yuchi Gong was indeed an elite one. Under such a chaotic situation, he was still able to carry out Yuchi Gong's orders. Countless soldiers poured into the heavy armored infantry from all directions. However, the tide-like offensive prevented him from doing so. Apart from a bloody head injury, it did not cause much trauma to the enemy.
Two thousand heavily armored infantry were like a hedgehog marching slowly in the rebel position, causing a bloody storm...
Li Daozong noticed Fang Jun's intention to lead the armored cavalry to the east, and quickly mobilized troops and horses to chase him to prevent him from detouring south from the palace wall and directly inserting himself into the weak point behind Zhaode Hall. However, after he hurriedly and slowly rushed, he finally As they approached, they found that the armored cavalry did not cross south, but moved north. After reaching the wall of Wude Palace, they turned west, made a circle on the battlefield, and returned to Wude Gate.
A torrent of iron armor composed of a thousand armored cavalry killed the rebels who continued to attack the Butoku Hall until they abandoned their armor and shed blood. Then they stopped fighting and continued to advance southward to join the heavily armored infantry.
Yuchi Gong was commanding his troops to encircle and suppress the heavily armored infantry. However, the armored cavalry missed a circle and came to Yuchi Gong's rear. They raised their spears like a forest with their iron hooves and charged forward with a huge array of arrows. They killed the guardsmen on the right and cried. Mother, we suffered heavy losses. When the danger of the heavily armored infantry being trapped was relieved, we marched away without stopping.
The infantry and cavalry echo and coordinate with each other, and the destructive power is more than doubled?
Frightened, Li Daozong hurriedly returned to his original position to prevent the armored cavalry from attacking Zhaode Hall again...
Li Daozong realized that he was in serious trouble. No one could stop the armored cavalry until they were exhausted. They could only let them rush left and right in their own position, smashing all the arrangements into pieces.
Not only that, with such heavily protected three thousand soldiers roaming the battlefield, Yuchi Gong did not dare to assemble heavy troops to continue the attack on Wude Hall, because he could be attacked by armored cavalry at any time...
If you don't try your best, you won't be able to defeat Wude Palace.
Failure to capture the Wude Palace means that they will wait until Li Jing and Xue Wanche have eliminated the threats outside Chang'an City before entering the city for reinforcements. By then, under the attack of these two elite troops, the mutiny will have no chance of victory.
With a long sigh, Li Daozong had to admit that Fang Jun's move was brilliant. Although the three thousand soldiers and horses could not turn the tide of the battle and turn defeat into victory, they formed a strategic crushing force and firmly held the initiative in his hands.
Li Daozong made a prompt decision. He sent a message to the King of Jin to immediately order the Shandong private troops in the Chengtianmen area to enter the palace for reinforcements. He also sent a message to Yuchi Gong to let him entangle the heavy armored infantry no matter what. At the same time, he led his army to meet the armored cavalry. , vowing to block the armored cavalry at any cost so that they cannot take advantage of their mobility.
This is the only way to break the situation at the moment.
Whether they are equipped with armored cavalry or heavily armored infantry, their superior defensive power doubles their combat power, making them surge forward on the battlefield and become unstoppable. However, the sword has two edges, and everything has pros and cons. While the super protection brought by heavy armor increases combat effectiveness, it inevitably consumes the physical strength of soldiers and horses.
It is strong enough to crack mountains and crack rocks, but it cannot last long.
The only thing to worry about is whether they can successfully enter the Wude Palace after defeating Fang Jun's three thousand armors, instead of having Li Jing and Xue Wanche eliminate the threats around Chang'an and enter the city to reinforce the Taiji Palace...
The focus of this battle is half here and half outside Xuanwu Gate. I only hope that Li Huaiqin and Liu Keman will not lose too quickly or too miserably.
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In a side hall on the side of the Zhengzheng Hall, the female family members of the Fang family temporarily live here. The wind and rain outside the window are like darkness, and the faint shouts of murder come in through the window with the wind and rain. Under the flickering candlelight, some pictures are beautiful, dignified, and beautiful. Or the charming and pretty faces are stained with sorrow, and their hearts are already clenched, extremely worried about the husband who leads the army out of the palace to fight in bloody battles and takes the lead.
Wu Meiniang walked in slowly from outside, inserted a piece of sandalwood into the brass incense burner, and lit it with a fire stick. The faint fragrance of sandalwood filled the room, and the candlelight fell on her red dress, making the golden The silk piping has a ripple-like luster, the pretty face has a calm expression, and the bare hands are slender, dignified and calm.
With her appearance, the tense atmosphere in the room eased slightly...
Jin Shengman took Wu Meiniang's hand and sat beside him, looking sideways at Wu Meiniang's smooth and beautiful face, and asked softly: "Aren't you worried, Sister Meiniang?"
Wu Meiniang held Jin Shengman's slender waist with her backhand, her eyes brightened, she pursed her lips and smiled, and asked: "Is there any use in worrying?"
Jin Shengman didn't seem to be used to Wu Meiniang's intimate behavior. He twisted his body slightly and glanced at the face of Princess Gaoyang who was holding her chin in front of the window with her delicate hands. She bit her lip and said, "But it's still inevitable. Worry.”
The man in the family is taking the lead, leading the army in a bloody battle with the rebels who are ten times their size, and is often in danger of defeat and death. The woman is helpless in the rear, how can she not be worried? Although I knew it was useless to worry, I couldn't suppress the panic in my heart.
Wu Meiniang said in a clear voice: "Mr. Lang has his own ambitions. For this reason, he did not hesitate to oppose Emperor Taizong Yi Chu. He would rather be dismissed than change his original intention. Now he is even risking his own bright future... As women of Lang Jun, we must There should be unconditional support. Lang Jun's military skills are rare in the world. If he can't cope with the situation, what's the use of worrying about it? It's just a matter of life and death. "
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She considers herself to have beautiful breasts and not to give in to men, so when she was a girl, she did not put men in the world in her eyes, but only Fang Jun can make her sincerely respect and adore him, and she is willing to stay with him for the rest of her life, life and death.
Jin Shengman pursed his lips and his eyes were clear and firm: "I will also accompany Sister Mei Niang."
If one's own man dies in battle, what joy will there be in life and what fear will there be in death? It would be better to die bravely together with the sisters, not only to live up to the husband's affection, but also to preserve one's own chastity.
From the day he entered the Fang family, Jin Shengman admired Wu Meiniang endlessly. He believed that this person had a delicate heart than the pretty little lady, and had unconventional and reasonable views on everyone and everything. No matter how difficult the situation is, it can be resolved calmly.
If even Wu Meiniang thinks that "sacrifice for love" is the best way, then she will not hesitate...
"Ahem!"
Princess Liu of Gaoyang, who was sitting by the window, frowned slightly and looked at the two of them. Her pretty face was full of anger: "What nonsense are you talking about? Lang Jun is an outstanding poet and a brave warrior. How can he be that kind of rebel?" Can it be hurt at all? Even if something unfortunate happens, take a step back. , it is enough for me to accompany you. One of you wants to help your majesty retreat to Hexi, and seek to make a comeback in the future and regain Chang'an. The other of you wants to use a sword to take the head of the thief to pay homage to your Majesty. If you die easily, , so stupid!”
Neither of them makes people worry, so where are they now, and they start to think about what happened behind them?
Before the two women could speak, she continued: "If the palace is breached and we have to evacuate Chang'an, you two should leave before me!"
Wu Meiniang and Jin Shengman looked at each other, bit their lips together, pondered for a moment, and whispered in unison: "Here."
Once the Wude Palace is captured and the rebels rush in, they will inevitably suffer a massacre. The secret passage out of the city is obviously impossible to provide a large number of people to evacuate in a short period of time. So whoever leaves first will survive, and whoever leaves last will survive. Anyone could fall into the hands of the rebels.
That's all for men. Once a woman falls into the hands of the rebels, it is unimaginable what kind of abuse she will suffer. Even though Princess Gaoyang is a princess of the current dynasty and a bloodline of Taizong, her blood is boiling under the excitement of the rebels. Who can guarantee that she will be treated badly? Treat each other with courtesy?
Even Queen Su had prepared poison to seal her throat in advance, and she would take it just when the situation turned bad...
Therefore, since Princess Gaoyang said this, she was obviously determined to die.
If it had been before, the two of them would have refused and would have argued to let Princess Gao Yang go first. However, after Princess Gao Yang said what she just said, the two people's minds have changed. If Lang Jun is really unfortunate enough to die, they will die. It is really too stupid, and we should use our own methods to kill the enemy and avenge the husband...
Princess Gaoyang smiled and raised her chin slightly: "That's right..."
Before he finished speaking, Princess Jinyang, who was wearing a moon-white Hufu with arrow sleeves, a tight waist and slender legs, ran in like a deer, and her clear voice sounded in the slightly thick room. Panren felt relieved: "Li and Liu's rebels have been defeated, the two thieves have been captured and surrendered, Xuanwu Gate is safe!"
Before she finished speaking, Wu Meiniang suddenly stood up with bright eyes: "Seriously?"
Princess Jinyang jumped in and ran in. Hearing this, she stepped forward and grabbed Wu Meiniang with one hand and Jin Shengman with the other. She nodded heavily: "It's absolutely true! The news just came. In addition, Li Dazhi has commanded the crown prince Zuo Wei to lead from Xuanwu Once you enter the palace, you will immediately arrive outside the Wude Hall! ”
Wu Meiniang clenched her left hand tightly, hit her pink fist hard on the palm of her right hand, and said crisply: "Great!"
The end of the crisis at Xuanwu Gate means that the Sixth Army of the East Palace outside Chunming Gate and the Youwu Guards outside Mingde Gate have been released. They can enter the city at any time to reinforce Wude Palace. By then, the rebels will be attacked from both sides. Of course, this also indicates that The rebels will make a desperate move and fight to the death at Takemon before reinforcements enter the city.
But no matter what, as long as the Xuanwu Gate is firmly under control, then no matter how dangerous the situation is, Lang Jun can lead his army to retreat from the Xuanwu Gate... When one armored cavalry makes up its mind to retreat, there is only one other in the world. Armored cavalry can block it.
But the rebels obviously did not, so even if King Jin succeeded in capturing the Wude Palace in the end, His Majesty and Fang Jun could retreat calmly... In this battle, they would remain invincible. (End of chapter)