Although the Chen brothers had never been on the battlefield, under the circumstances, they still made accurate judgments and blocked Ximen's loopholes. And because Yeluobu's night attack was mainly a feint attack in order to consume the city's defense force, there were not many enemies at the west gate. Before the follow-up army could catch up, their more than two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry were the entire force entering the city this time. It's not accurate to say it's infantry. After all, if you want to attack a city, you can't attack it on horseback, right? Therefore, these two thousand or so infantrymen are actually accustomed to cavalry fighting.
The 6,000 men led by the Chen brothers finally caught up with the Yeluo tribe and cleared out their defense forces before the Yeluo army arrived and closed the city gate. However, due to the continuous attack of follow-up reinforcements, the two of them were temporarily unable to pay attention to the more than 3,000 people who rushed into the city.
The Yeluo tribe's cavalry who rushed into the city wanted to attack the imperial city and capture the emperor of Jinyun Kingdom, so they did not pay much attention to the closed door. The infantry could not outrun the cavalry. At this time, the cavalry was already surrounded by the joy of victory. They were searching for the location of the imperial city, leaving the infantry far behind.
The infantry did not take this seriously. Burning, killing, and looting were what they were most interested in. In an instant, many innocent souls lost their lives.
Emperor Yan Ping's face turned pale with fright when he received the news that the city gate had been breached. He couldn't think of a way to do it, but Gao Shihe beside him reminded him: "Your Majesty, please quickly summon King Jin to the palace to protect him."
Emperor Yan Ping had no idea at all at this time, and he would do whatever Gao Shihe said. As soon as the front leg gave the summoning order, the back leg hurriedly packed their bags and prepared to leave the palace for refuge.
After receiving the imperial edict, Li Han had no time to think too much. He asked the person who delivered the order to wait outside while he went inside and told Wei Haohao about the matter.
"Madam, the war situation is critical, and the Yeluobe army has invaded Kyoto. You take Jiusu and hide in the secret passage. Don't come out until I come back. If I don't come back within three days, you will Leave from the secret passage. I have sent personal guards to meet you at the end of the secret passage. Remember not to reveal your identity."
Li Jun took out the tiger charm from his arms and said, "This is the tiger charm of the Tiger Ben Army. If you take it, it may save you from death in a critical moment. If Kyoto is defeated, they will definitely join forces in Jinyang next. Therefore, don't go east, go south to Yuan County, where my three thousand personal guards are. , let them protect you as you go south, go to Zhangjiang City of Chu State to find Xiong Yao, he will protect you."
As Li Han said this, he kept putting on the plain clothes he usually wore. Wei Haohao still transformed into a man to escape.
Before Wei Haohao could speak, Li Jun kissed the person on the face, and then hurriedly hid the person in the secret passage. Then he put on the Xuanguang armor and left together with the eunuch who ordered the order in the palace.
As we were speeding by, we could vaguely hear some shouts of killing, but we had not yet seen the figure of the Ye Luobu cavalry. When Li Jun rushed to the palace, the entire palace was in complete chaos.Trapped, there are figures running for their lives everywhere. When Li Chen rushed to Weiyang Palace, Emperor Yan Ping, the Queen, the concubines of the harem, the prince's family and the Chen family were all gathered there, except for the fourth prince Changle King Li Gao, the fifth prince Gaoxiang King Li Gao and the King of Qin. Li Ma, Princess Chang, Princess Xinyuan, etc.
"See my father."
"Oh, why do you still care about these red tapes? Yan'er, I ask you, is there a way to defeat the enemy?" Yan Emperor Ping said anxiously.
Li Jun said: "It's unclear how many enemy troops have entered the city this time. Logically speaking, the city of Kyoto is tall and strong, and the city gates should never be broken down so quickly."
"But it's already broken. In my opinion, it's better to go out and hide first and then try again later."
Li Han shook his head and said, "Father, leaving the capital at this time is tantamount to surrendering. The only way to survive is to fight. "
"Why fight? The Chen brothers haven't come to escort us yet, so where can we fight? " < /p>
"Please ask the emperor to grant my son military power, and let him command the Imperial Guard and the city defense army."
Emperor Yan Ping was suffocated and seemed to be hesitant, but he looked around , found that other people had no objections, and then realized deeply that he didn't have many choices at this time.
"Gao Shihe, I have drafted a decree to hand over all the military power in Kyoto to the command of the King of Jin. In case of trouble, I can kill first and report later."
"Thank you, father."
Time was running out, and Gao Shihe had no time to add some qualifying words. A simple and clear imperial edict, stamped with a jade seal, and the tiger talisman for commanding the Imperial Guard and the City Defense Army were all handed over to Li Jun.
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Responsible for protecting Emperor Yan Ping were six Zhonglang generals of the Imperial Guard and one deputy commander Xie Xiu. After Li Jun got the tiger talisman and the imperial edict, he issued the first order without ceremony.
"The Imperial Guards obey the order."
The seven people did not dare to object and responded: "The general is here."
"Deputy Commander Xie Xiu He will lead a Zhonglang general and five hundred imperial guards to protect the safety of Weiyang Palace. You don't need to worry about other places."
"I will obey the order."
"Wang Qi."
"The general is here."
"I order you to lead a hundred people to eliminate the chaos in the palace within half an hour, and let all the maids and chamberlains in the palace stay Don't move their positions. Anyone who wanders around the palace without permission will be killed."
"I will obey your orders."
"The rest of you will follow me to Xipingmen."
The prince said: "I will go with you."
Li Hao refused without looking back: "You should stay here to protect your father and mother." < /p>
Not long after he walked out of the steps, Li Jun seemed to have remembered something and said, "Brother."
Wei Chongxin said: "The general is here."
"Go to the prison in person and bring Zhu Ming here."
"Yes."
< p> After everything was arranged, everyone came to Xipingmen, from where they could have a panoramic view of the city.Li Jun observed for a while and suddenly said: "Order people to set off fireworks to attract the Yeluo cavalry."
The other people seemed to be hesitant and stayed for a moment. He still mustered up the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, the enemy has not yet attacked the imperial city, why are they actively attracting attention?" Isn't this asking for death?
Li Jun squinted his eyes and said, "Didn't you see what those people were doing?"
At this time, Kyoto was in complete chaos, and these infantrymen who had also fallen seemed to be It was like arriving at a hunting ground, with people burning, killing, and looting everywhere, and the flames shot into the sky. It's not that these lieutenants and generals didn't see it, but they just couldn't care about the common people at the moment.