Chapter 4433 A critical moment
The battlefield is a very special existence. When life that usually weighs more than anything else is harvested here like grass and grass, the scene of corpses strewn on the ground and blood flowing everywhere is extremely shocking to a person. The world view and life he believed in in the past are... The view completely collapsed, and cruelty flowed through the blood vessels throughout the body.
It's hard for someone to stay calm after setting foot on the battlefield for the first time.
When Li Zhi came out of the Zhaode Hall and took his personal guards to the battlefield, his heart could not stop beating wildly. The accelerated flow of blood made his body a little hot, even though the rain quickly soaked through his armor and chest. Clothes also failed to slow down this excitement.
Some nervous, some excited.
When Li Daozong's main force of the Chinese army surrounded him and moved towards Wudemen in a mighty manner, Li Zhi felt the thrill of the lightning-fast wind on the battlefield and the decisive killing caused by it. No wonder there are countless heroes throughout the ages even in their old age. He is also unwilling to let go of military power. This sense of accomplishment in taking life and death and taking countless lives into his hands is something that no amount of wine and beauty can give him.
This is what a man should do!
Especially when the scouts in front reported that Yuchi Gong had captured the entire palace wall defense line and entered the Wude Hall, the excitement reached its peak, making Li Zhi's face flush and trembling all over.
It seems... victory is just around the corner?
Thousands of troops rushed towards Wudemen on the battlefield. Many chaotic and disordered rebels along the way saw the Jin King's banner fluttering in the wind and rain, and immediately attached themselves to it. The team became stronger and more powerful. Heading towards Wudemen in a hurry.
Li Zhi on horseback faced the wind and rain with a strong and vigorous posture. Halfway through, he even turned around and looked up at the big flag behind him. He thought to himself that if he had known that he had such appeal and was recognized by so many soldiers, why not earlier? Raise a flag to boost morale? Even if I had not been afraid of the battlefield before, but had gone to the battlefield as early as possible and took the lead, perhaps the Wude Palace would have been razed to the ground by now!
However, Li Daozong and Yuchi Gong pinned him down at Chengtianmen, saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. If he had not gone his own way to Zhaode Hall to take charge, he would have missed important events.
From this point of view, Li Daozong, the so-called "second commander in the clan" and Yu Chigong, "the bravest among Zhenguan ministers", are nothing more than that...
While marching, Li Zhi suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Li Daozong beside him: "Fang Jun was very arrogant before, where is he now?"
Li Daozong raised his hand and pointed to a position about a hundred feet east of Wudemen: "Although the armored cavalry is invincible and almost invulnerable, it consumes a lot of physical strength and cannot fight for a long time. Now Fang Jun is leading his army to rest there. Restore physical strength.”
Li Zhiqi said: "Since we have exhausted our physical strength, why not mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress it and completely eliminate it?"
Such an invincible cavalry staying in the Tai Chi Palace is like a thorn in the back. Who knows when he will finish concentrating his energy and rush out again?
Li Daozong didn't know that Li Zhi had doubts about his and Yuchi Gong's military qualities, so he said helplessly: "Although the armored cavalry is exhausted, it is still capable of fighting, not to mention there are two thousand heavy armored infantry to kill them." If you want to protect them and encircle them, it will take at least five times. We can't afford to delay now, so we can only mobilize all our troops to storm Wude Palace and try to defeat them all at once. Otherwise, even if we can annihilate Fang Jun's armored cavalry, I'm afraid Li Jing and Xue Wanche will have to fight. Lead the army into the city.”
Previously, Fang Jun led his army straight into his Chinese army position and then rushed towards Zhaode Palace. Thinking about it now, Li Daozong still has lingering fear. Since such a powerful army had to withdraw from the battlefield temporarily due to lack of physical strength, he should just let it go. , why must we fight to the end?
It cost a lot of casualties and a lot of time, and it was really not worth the gain...
Li Zhi nodded. He was about to arrive at Wude Gate. He raised his whip and planned to whip the horse hard to speed up. He said loudly: "Let's enter Wude Gate. I will personally command the capture of Wude Palace! We will win in one battle!"
"Here!"
The surrounding soldiers responded in unison and were about to speed up together.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the right wing troops, which quickly affected the entire army, causing the marching speed to be greatly reduced. Li Daozong was taken aback and asked hurriedly: "What is happening ahead?"
The former military lieutenant rode his horse back and looked a little panicked: "Commander Qi, something bad has happened. Fang Jun's armored cavalry is coming straight towards us!"
Under normal circumstances, no matter how mighty and domineering Fang Jun is, he cannot panic these captains who came from the "Yuan Cong Forbidden Army". But now Jin King Li Zhi is in the army, and the armored cavalry is good at impact, in case they cannot resist it. Living caused King Jin to make any mistakes, and the consequences would be disastrous...
Li Daozong's heart trembled. He raised his head and looked in the direction where the armored cavalry was resting. He saw a black armored cavalry with black helmets gathered into a black tide, rushing through the wind and rain in the sky, approaching again in a few breaths, The sound of iron hoofs trampling on the bluestone on the ground was faintly like rolling thunder, and its momentum was rapid and galloping!
Li Zhi could also see clearly that although he had seen words describing large-scale cavalry raids in history books more than once, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he realized that this kind of power that could cause mountains to collapse and the ground to crack was really difficult to describe in words. , and this is only in the open area of Tai Chi Palace. If it were on the vast battlefield, the power of its charge would be several times greater.
Although the soldiers around him were several times the number of the charging cavalry, Li Zhi felt like a small boat in the stormy waves at this moment. He felt that no amount of troops could prevent the cavalry from smashing him into pieces...
His heart seemed to be squeezed hard by a big hand. Li Zhi's face turned pale and he lost his voice: ""No! Return to Zhaode Hall quickly!"
With that said, he quickly turned the horse's head and ran back the way he came.
Li Daozong grabbed Li Zhi's horse rein with one hand and said loudly: "It's too late. We can't return to Zhaode Hall. Let's hurry to Wudemen!"
The Wude Gate is not far away. As long as you enter the city gate, the charge of the armored cavalry will naturally be curbed. The armored cavalry that cannot charge are at best a turtle carrying an iron shell and are nothing to be afraid of. But if he turned around and headed back to Zhaode Hall, he would pass through most of the battlefield, giving the armored cavalry the convenience to speed up and charge. Who could stop the armored cavalry charging forward?
Li Zhi also came to his senses and quickly turned around again: "Go quickly! Go quickly!"
Li Daozong protected Li Zhi and rode quickly, heading straight for Wudemen.
The armored cavalry roared towards them like thunder. On the way, rebels occasionally tried to block or intercept them, but without exception they were overwhelmed by their charge and could not stop them for a moment. Originally, the armored cavalry charged towards Li Zhi diagonally. Now seeing that Li Zhi did not retreat but advanced, they also moved north and galloped westward along the south side of the palace wall outside Wude Hall, rushing past like lightning.
However, Li Zhi was closer to Wudemen, so he arrived first.
Seeing that the city gate became more and more empty due to the collapse of the city gate, the cries of the armored cavalry resounded like thunder in his ears. Li Zhi felt slightly relieved. He only had to enter the doorway and the armored cavalry Nature is nothing to be afraid of.
All the rebels outside the palace gate stopped entering along the Wude Gate at this moment, and cleared the way into the palace gate to let Li Zhi and his party go first.
However, when they were more than ten feet away from the Wude Gate, there was a sudden loud noise inside the gate, and a group of rebels fled out in embarrassment. There were so many of them, they lost their helmets and armor, and they completely lost their command. They only knew the poor people. Escape and block the entrance to Wudemen tightly...
Li Zhi's eyes were about to burst and he shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Li Daozong also gritted his teeth, waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to rush forward to disperse the defeated troops and clear Wudemen so that Li Zhi could enter.
The soldiers arrived in front of the door, and suddenly there was a loud sound of hoofbeats in the doorway. Countless cavalry drove out of the doorway, chasing after the defeated soldiers and slashing them...
Li Zhi was completely panicked. He naturally recognized that the uniforms of this cavalry were led by the prince's left guard. This meant that Yuchi Gong, who first attacked Wude Gate, not only failed to besiege Wude Palace, but also failed to completely control Wude Gate. The battle situation around the palace.
He hurriedly rode to Li Daozong and asked in panic: "Prince, what should I do?"
Li Daozong's face was livid, and he was a little helpless. Although Wudemen was spacious and could accommodate five horses entering and exiting in parallel, at this moment, the prince's left guard and his cavalry were galloping out continuously. It was not easy for him to enter through Wudemen. ?
But the sound of the armored horses' hooves was getting louder and closer, ringing loudly in the ears and disturbing people's minds. They were blocked at Wude Gate and could neither advance nor retreat.
At the critical moment, Li Daozong could only widen his eyes and sternly said to his own soldiers: "No matter what, rush into Wudemen and escort His Highness to find Duke E!"
"Here!"
The soldiers had followed Li Daozong for many years and fought side by side on bloody battlefields. They already had a tacit understanding among themselves and understood the meaning of Li Daozong's order.
Li Daozong stretched out his hand to hold Li Zhi's arm on horseback and said flatly: "Your Highness, follow the soldiers into Wudemen, and I will serve as your queen!"
After saying that, before Li Zhi could speak, he had already turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Follow me to block the enemy's army! Form an array! Form an array!"
Thousands of people immediately formed a formation in the area in front of Wude Gate. The sword and shield soldiers were in front and the spear soldiers were behind. All the spears were raised diagonally, and the spear handles were pressed against the gaps in the bluestone slabs on the ground. In order to withstand the impact of the enemy cavalry charging to a greater extent.
Li Daozong's personal soldiers and the imperial guards of the Jin Palace protected Li Zhi, and rushed towards the Wude Gate with a steady stream of enemy cavalry, trying to rush into the door and give Jin Wang Li Zhi space to avoid the charge of the armored cavalry...
Everyone knew that Li Zhizhi's life and death depended on the outcome of the entire battle, so at this moment they all moved forward bravely regardless of their own safety. More and more rebels gathered outside Wude Gate to assist, and actually killed the prince's left guard and his cavalry who rushed out of the gate. Suppressing them tightly, they gradually entered the door. (End of chapter)