At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 676 Luoyang Twelve Hours ([-])

In the afternoon, on the upper reaches of the Luoshui River, at the foot of Xiong'er Mountain, the water-retaining dam was opened, and the flood surged down. Thousands of boats rode the flood arrows straight to the downstream Luoyang City.

Today is New Year's Eve, the weather is cold, and there are few people on both sides of the Luoshui River. Even if someone occasionally sees the scene of hundreds of ships fighting, most of them just stop in surprise, because the Tang army did not raise the flag, so no one knows where this fleet came from. what is it.

It was night, and Li Xiaogong also forbade lighting torches, only the leading boat was allowed to light a fishing lantern as a guide, and the rest of the boats moved forward in the dark, and the boats were connected end to end, so there was no need to worry about causing confusion.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, the tall city wall of Luoyang was in sight. Tang Jun, who was leading the fleet, was all experienced sailors. They found a gentle and open river bank within a few miles, and then quickly abandoned the ship. disembark.

At about eleven o'clock, the elite of the Tang army gathered on the shore. Since they were going down the river by boat, they didn't consume much energy.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiaogong knew it right away. If there were no accidents, taking Luoyang would not be a problem. He gave an order, and the Tang army divided into two groups. He personally led one, lit torches, and went straight to Dingding in the south of Luoyang with great fanfare. On the other hand, led by Qu Tutong, they quietly touched the Jiayu Gate in the west of the city.

Qu Tutong, whose name is Tandouba, was born in the Xi tribe, so the name of the name is a bit strange. This person is resolute and brave, and is good at riding and shooting. He is a rare hero. When Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, he attacked Passing through Hedong County in Guanzhong, Qu Tutong led the Sui army to block Li Yuan effectively, forcing Li Yuan to temporarily abandon the rule of Hedong County and pass directly across the city. However, after Li Yuan entered Chang'an, Qu Tutong was defeated by Changsun Shunde After being captured alive, he could only rely on Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was tolerant, not only did not pursue Qu Tutong's crimes, but also reused him. This time he even entrusted him with the task of capturing Luoyang, which shows that this person is indeed highly valued.

Closer to home, let’s say that Li Xiaogong led seven thousand Tang troops to attack Dingding Gate with great fanfare. The defenders of Dingding Gate were alarmed and immediately sounded a gong to warn them. Report the news of the Tang army's attack to Wang Xuanying, the commander-in-chief of the remaining army.

At this moment, a cloth shop in the West Market near Dingding Gate is full of people. These people are all wearing the clothes of the defenders, but there is a white strip of cloth wrapped around their left arms, which is very conspicuous. Everyone is sitting on the ground with their swords in their arms. The entire yard was packed to the brim, probably as many as several hundred people, judging from their sturdy expressions, it was obvious that they were all skilled practitioners.

Inside the house, the lights were like beans, and the eldest grandson Shunde was drinking from a gourd in a leisurely manner, while the elder grandson Anye was walking back and forth uneasily with a knife in his hand. In such a cold weather, he was so nervous that he was sweating profusely.

At this time, Changsun Anye suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand to snatch Changsun Shunde's wine gourd, drank a few mouthfuls, suddenly felt a bit more courageous, stuffed the wine gourd into Changsun Shunde's arms, and said: "Uncle Shunde , there is movement in Dingdingmen, why don't you take action?"

Changsun Shunde smiled and said, "No rush, wait a little longer."

Changsun Anye had no choice but to sit down beside him, and said a little worriedly: "There will be no trouble with Changsun Hengan, right? I always feel that this guy is not very active."

Changsun Shunde's eyes flashed: "Even if Changsun Heng'an and Changsun Chang change their minds, it's okay. I have other arrangements. The Changsun's family is originally one, sharing weal and woe. I hope they understand the general situation."

At this time, the sound of fighting at Dingding Gate became louder and louder, and the flames shot up into the sky, and guards from all over the vicinity rushed to support.Only then did Changsun Shunde stand up and draw out his long sword, and said with a light smile, "It's time, let's go support Dingdingmen too!"

When Changsun Shunde gave an order, hundreds of puppet defenders flocked to the street, raised torches, and swaggered towards Dingding Gate.At this time, the defenders from all over the place were rushing to support, and Changsun Shunde and others were wearing the clothes of the defenders, so there was no suspicion. Everyone just thought that the defenders from some route came to support.

Unexpectedly, when this "reinforcement army" came behind them, they suddenly showed their sharp teeth and claws, raised their knives and slashed frantically.Changsun Shunde's swordsmanship is elegant and light, very beautiful, but his moves are deadly, the sword seals his throat, and stabs several people in the blink of an eye.

The defenders of Dingding Gate were suddenly attacked. Before they could react, dozens of people were beheaded and killed, and the area around the gate was quickly cleared.

"Open the city gate quickly!" Changsun Shunde yelled sharply, and the people under his command rushed to open the city gate.

At this time, the nearby defenders finally came to their senses, and a general hurriedly shouted: "They are spies, stop them quickly and shoot arrows!"

The defenders rushed over and tried to take back the city gate, but the defenders on both sides of the climbing stone steps fired arrows into the hole of the city gate. Many of Changsun Shunde's subordinates were killed and injured, and Changsun Anye was so frightened that he hugged him quickly. Head hid in a corner.

"Open the city gate quickly!" Changsun Shunde danced the long sword airtightly, blocked the arrow in the future, and suddenly groaned, it turned out that he was hit by an arrow in his left leg, staggered and fell to the ground, but his reaction was also very fast, Hastily lifted the corpse of a companion to block in front of him, but saved his life.

At this time, the gate of the city was finally opened, and the Tang army outside rushed in like an overwhelming mountain.

These Tang troops were all elites with strong fighting power, and they were not at all afraid of one enemy. They quickly occupied Dingding Gate and drove back the defenders.

Li Xiaogong was overjoyed, walked into the city quickly, and said loudly: "Where is General Changsun?"

"Director Li, eldest grandson Shunde is here!" Elder Sun Shunde responded loudly.

Li Xiaogong stepped forward to greet him, his expression changed slightly: "General Changsun injured?"

Changsun Shunde said nonchalantly: "It's just a leg injury, but it's not life-threatening. Director Li hastened his march, don't worry about me!"

Li Xiaogong nodded and said: "Then, General Changsun, go down and take a good rest, and leave the rest to Xiaogong."

Li Xiaogong was in high spirits, commanding the army to continue the attack, and quickly occupied the nearby Changxia Gate and Houzai Gate.At this time, Wang Xuanying, who was in charge of guarding Luoyang, finally came from Hanjiacang City in the north of the city with five thousand descendants under his command, and immediately started a bloody battle with the Tang army.

Although the Tang army was mighty, but as more and more defenders gathered in the city, it was difficult for the Tang army to move forward, and the battle quickly turned into a battle of pull. However, Li Xiaogong was not in a hurry, because he was really killing It's Jiayu Gate, the more defenders are restrained here, the smoother Jiayu Gate will be.

The Dingding Gate in the south of the city was bloody, but the Luoshui in front of the imperial city was still and flowing. In the Jishanfang closest to the Xingjin Bridge, Gao Bufan and others were waiting quietly.

Captain Gao Dahe was obviously a little impatient, because according to the agreement, as long as the Tang army attacked the Dingding Gate in the south of the city, Changsun Hengan and the others would try to open the Zuoye Gate, but until now, the Zuoye Gate still remained silent.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, will there be any accidents?" Gao Dahe finally couldn't help but asked.

Gao Bufan frowned, and felt a little uneasy. The south side of the city had already fired for about a stick of incense, and the left door hadn't been opened yet. Could it be that Hengan and the others really had an accident?
Gao Bufan waited for a while, finally couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and said: "Dahe, you wait here, this king sneaks into the palace to see what happened, if after half an hour, the left door has not been opened , you just withdraw, today’s operation is cancelled!”

Although Gao Dahe was worried, he was more confident in King Qi's skills, nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, King Qi, be more careful!"

Gao Bufan leapt up to the roof, after a few ups and downs he came to the Xingjin Bridge, under the bridge is Luoshui, across the bridge is the Duanmen of the imperial city, the left gate is on the left of Duanmen, and the right is the right gate.

However, Gao Bufan didn't intend to climb over the wall and enter the imperial city. He plunged headlong into the icy Luoshui, quickly found the waterway, and dived into the imperial city.Because the water in Jiuzhou Pool is connected to Luoshui, Gao Bufan had already positioned the entrance of the waterway before the action, the purpose is to meet unexpected needs.

The imperial city is huge, and the waterways leading to Jiuzhou Lake are all underground canals. It is obviously impossible for ordinary people to sneak into the palace through the underground canals. Only Gao Bufan, who can hold his breath underwater for more than half an hour, can do this. ability.

At this moment, outside the Yaoguang Palace in Jiuzhou Chi, Yu Wenhu led thirty palace guards under his command to find Zhangsun Chang and Changsun Hengan, and said excitedly: "Brother Changsun, the Dingding Gate is activated, let's do it too!"

Changsun Chang and Changsun Hengan looked at each other, nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Yuwen, come with me!"

Changsun Chang took the lead and came to the west gate of the next city. Through the west gate, he could enter Jiacheng, and the key of the west gate happened to be on Changsun Chang's body.

Changsun Chang took out the key and was about to open the copper lock when Changsun Heng'an behind him suddenly slashed at Yuwenhu next to him.

Yu Wenhu was shocked, and hurriedly ran away with a lazy donkey, and Changsun Chang also took the opportunity to chop off with a knife, but this Yuwen Huduan was very skilled, even with the scabbard, he held Changsun Chang's knife with no time to spare, and took the opportunity He flew up and kicked Zhongchangsun's open chest.

Changsun Chang was immediately kicked and hit the door, spitting out a mouthful of blood, Changsun Hengan was shocked, and wanted to make up the knife, but Yu Wenhu had already rolled into the crowd under him, there was no chance!

"Changsun Chang, Changsun Heng'an, what do you want to do?" Yu Wenhu jumped up and asked sharply.

"Do it!" Changsun Heng'an yelled, and the imperial army who belonged to Changsun Chang immediately swung their knives at Yu Wenhu's man.

If Yu Wenhu still doesn't understand at this time, he is a pig, he said sharply: "My eldest grandson Heng'an, Ganqing is a double-faced spy, looking for death!"

Yu Wenhu jumped out, hacked several times, and forced Changsun Hengan to the wall.

"Die!" Yu Wenhu roared, leaped up and slashed down with the knife, the light of the knife was shining like a horse.

The eldest grandson Heng'an couldn't help being terrified, he thought he couldn't handle the knife, so he could only close his eyes and wait for death!

"Heng'an!" Chang Sun Chang yelled in horror, seeing that Chang Sun Heng'an was about to be slashed to death with a knife, a cold light suddenly roared over, like a white rainbow penetrating the sun, instantly cutting Yuwen Hu in half.

when……

There was a roar like a dragon's chant, and almost all of a long knife sank into the palace wall, and Yu Wenhu's two corpses just fell from the sky, and the splashed blood formed a gorgeous and coquettish red curtain.

quiet……

The surrounding area was so quiet that a needle drop could be heard for an instant, and the people on both sides who were fighting fiercely stopped their hands subconsciously, and turned their heads to look in horror.

Only a drenched young man was standing quietly seven or eight meters away. His figure was as straight as a pine tree, his eyes were like lightning, and he was not angry and arrogant. He was steaming all over his body. Standing there, he looked like a cloud of clouds Surrounded by towering mountains!

Changsun Hengan was stunned for a moment, then ecstatically, he hurriedly said on one knee: "Changsun Hengan, see King Qi!"

Seeing this, Changsun Chang hurriedly saluted and said, "Changsun Chang, see King Qi!"

"See King Qi!" Those imperial guards knelt down and saluted one after another, even some of Yuwen Hu's guards knelt and saluted subconsciously, obviously shocked by Gao Bufan's power.

Gao Bufan quickly stepped forward to help his eldest grandson Heng'an and eldest grandson Chang, and said, "Fourth uncle and second elder brother don't need to be polite, let's all be flat!"

Changsun Heng'an glanced at Yu Wenhu who had been cut into two by the volley, and was still shocked beyond measure. He knew that Gao Bufan was very powerful, but he didn't know how powerful he was, it was terrifying!

Gao Bufan reached out and pulled out the long knife on the palace wall, glanced over, and said indifferently: "My king, Gao Changqing, are you going to surrender or die?"

The dozens of palace guards under Yu Wenhu looked at each other in blank dismay, and they didn't know who was taking the lead. They threw their weapons on the ground clangingly, and then they all fell to their knees: "See King Qi!"

(End of this chapter)