At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 678 Luoyang Twelve Hours ([-])

Gao Dahe led hundreds of people to enter from Zuoye Gate, so Gao Bufan had more than a thousand people under his command, and his momentum became stronger again, and soon he successively captured Duanmen, Youyemen, Lijingmen, Xuanhui Gate and Binyao Gate basically control the south of the imperial city, and as long as they take down the Xuanwu Gate on the north of the imperial city, the entire imperial city can be completely controlled.

So Gao Bufan personally led 100 people and went straight to the Xuanwu Gate non-stop. Fortunately, he came a step early. He had just captured the Xuanwu Gate, and before he had time to close it, the Zuo Yuwei imperial army stationed in Yaoyi City, north of the imperial city, was like a tide Here comes the kill.

Gao Dahe led the people to close the Xuanwu Gate with all their strength, and a dense rain of arrows shot at the thick palace gate without any time, making a series of muffled noises. Even Gao Bufan sweated secretly, what a luck!
It is said that to the north of Gongwei Imperial City are Yaoyi City and Yuanbi City, which are connected by gates, and each of Yaoyi City and Yuanbi City has a forbidden army stationed, namely the Left Royal Guard and the Right Royal Guard, with a total strength of [-]. Although they are not Wang Shichong's direct descendants, they are all led by the Wang family's children. If these two guards enter the imperial city, Gao Bufan's manpower will obviously not be able to resist him. Fortunately, he came in time, otherwise his success will fall short. .

The forbidden army attacking Xuanwu Gate at this moment is the Zuo Yuwei stationed in Yaoyi City, and the general in charge of the Zuo Yuwei is Wang Shiwei, who is also one of Wang Shichong's elder brothers.

Besides, Wang Shiwei was celebrating the New Year at home tonight. When the Tang army began to attack the Dingding Gate in the south of the city, he hurried back to Yaoyi City to prevent the Tang army from dividing troops to attack the north of the city. It turned out that something happened first in the palace. The palace guard escaped and told him that his clan brother, Neishi Ling Wang Shiyun was killed by Qi Wang Gao Changqing.

Wang Shiwei was taken aback when he heard the words, he was skeptical, fearing that he would be caught in a plan to divert the tiger away, so he sent his confidants to Xuanwu Gate to verify, it was because of this that it was delayed for a while, when Wang Shiwei rushed there with the left guard, Gao Bufan had already seized Going down the Xuanwu Gate, he could only watch as the Xuanwu Gate was closed, and he was so angry that he immediately ordered a strong attack.

The Xuanwu Gate is the only entrance to the imperial palace in Yaoyi City. It is probably for safety reasons. It is extremely difficult to attack inside, so Zuo Yuwei attacked fiercely for half a stick of incense, but the effect was minimal, and many people were killed or injured.

Just when Wang Shiwei was at his wit's end, seven or eight things were suddenly thrown from the wall, rolling everywhere, and it turned out that they were all bloody heads.Wang Shiwei took a look by the light of the fire, and immediately took a breath. It turned out that these heads belonged to their Wang family, and one of them belonged to the internal historian Wang Shiyun, and there were Langjiang Wang Wan, Wang Hua and so on.

Wang Shiwei's complexion instantly became extremely gloomy. At this time, a person appeared on the high wall of the Xuanwu Gate. Under the light of the torch, he was about eighteen or nineteen years old. The knife stood on the top of the wall with a majestic look, like a god of war looking down on all living beings. Zuo Yiwei outside the Xuanwu Gate subconsciously stopped, looked up at the top of the wall, and secretly guessed the identity of this person.

Gao Bufan stood on the female wall at the top of the city, standing with a horizontal knife, his eyes swept away like lightning, and he raised his voice: "The soldiers of the left guard, I am Gao Changqing, the king of Qi, Wang Shichong imprisons the emperor, eradicates dissidents, and asserts power arbitrarily. , Disaster in the harem, this king was ordered by the emperor to kill this traitor. Now that the minions Wang Shiyun, Wang Wan, Wang Hua and others have already been punished, do you still want to follow the royal family to help the tyrant? The emperor is kind and only punishes the evil ones, etc. As long as you put away your weapons and return to your garrison, you can forget the past, if you can take action to kill one member of Wang Wang's family, the emperor will definitely reward you!"

The soldiers of Zuo Yuwei couldn't help but looked at each other. Wang Shiwei's eyes were full of resentment, and he sneered and said, "Gao Changqing, you are so bold, you dare to sneak into the palace to plot evil, and you even confuse people with false words. I'm afraid the emperor has already been poisoned by you, everyone. Don't listen to him, shoot the arrow and shoot him dead!"

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As soon as Wang Shiwei finished speaking, someone on the top of the wall shot an arrow first, which hit the former's left shoulder.Wang Shiwei fell to the ground with a scream, and the soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to protect him tightly.

Gao Dahe couldn't help yelling that it was a pity, and looked at Gao Bufan in embarrassment, it turned out that he was the one who shot the arrow just now, but unfortunately the wind was too strong on the top of the city, and he missed the shot despite his skillful arrow skills.

Gao Bufan was also speechless. Originally, he had agreed with Gao Dahe that he would jump onto the wall to attract Wang Shiwei's attention. Then Gao Dahe took the opportunity to find out where Wang Shiwei was, and then shot him to death with an arrow. Unfortunately, this kid Gao Dahe fell at a critical moment. The chain is broken, this is troublesome.

Sure enough, Wang Shiwei, who was shot, became vigilant, hid behind and did not show up again, only to hear him roaring in an angry voice: "Fire the arrow, shoot the arrow, shoot Gao Changqing to death, whoever dares not to shoot the arrow, I will kill his whole family! Kill his whole family!"

The archers of Zuo Yuwei all shot sharp arrows in their hands in awe, and the arrows fell like locusts in an instant, and fell to the head of the Xuanwu Gate. Gao Bufan had no choice but to jump off the wall. Just a piece of meat.

Wang Shiwei had obviously fallen into a state of madness, constantly urging the soldiers under his command to attack the Xuanwu Gate. If anyone retreated a little, he would immediately be shot and killed mercilessly. , Outside the Xuanwu Gate, corpses were strewn all over the ground, and blood flowed into rivers.

However, with such an intense attack, the defenders on the top of the city are not feeling well. People are constantly being killed and injured, and the palace gate is also banging, and dust and dust are falling down, as if they are about to fall apart. If this continues, we are determined to support it. Not long.

The key point is that most of the people under Gao Bufan's command are palace guards who have just defected and defected to the palace. Loyalty is very problematic. Although there is no problem in winning a smooth battle, once under pressure, they may betray again.

Therefore, the current situation has become dangerous in vain. Gao Bufan's thoughts turned, and there was nothing he could do. Suddenly, the flames lit up in the direction of Jiayu Gate in the west, and the shouts of killing were loud. Obviously, another "surprise soldier" of the Tang army launched There was a sneak attack, but unfortunately without the cooperation of the internal response, the surprise army of the Tang army naturally lost its original role.

With an idea, Gao Bufan pretended to be excited and laughed loudly: "Soldiers, my king's foreign aid is here, and they will soon be able to capture Jiayu Gate and come in. If you hold on for a while, victory is at hand."

The palace guards were refreshed when they heard the words, and seeing that there were indeed killing sounds in the direction of Jiayu Gate, they immediately believed it, their morale immediately rose, and they fought back with all their might, knocking back the left guard outside the gate.

Gao Dahe was clever for a while, and immediately shouted happily: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here, kill them!"

"Reinforcements are coming, kill them! Kill them!"

"Reinforcements are coming, kill them! Kill them!"

Everyone's morale was high, and they fought back while shouting, but the soldiers of the left guard outside the door were beating their hearts. There was no way, Jiayu Gate was not far from here, and the shouts of killing over there were earth-shattering. Obviously, the battle was very fierce. I don't know how many enemy troops have come from outside the city.

Wang Shiwei also became anxious at this time, probably because he was worried that the Jiayu Gate would be breached, so he hastily dispatched half of his troops to support the Jiayu Gate. In this way, the pressure on Gao Bufan and the others was greatly relieved.

Hey, if Qu Tutong knew about this situation, he probably would have greeted the eighteenth generation of someone Gao's ancestors.

Qu Tutong originally thought that as long as he launched an attack, the internal response arranged by Changsun Shunde would respond to him, but after fighting for a long time, there was not a single response from Mao, and many brothers under his command were killed or injured. I hope the internal response is only delayed and will arrive in a while!
As a result, Qu Tutong did not wait for the internal response, but the defenders of Jiayumen waited for more than a thousand reinforcements, and their strength increased greatly. Qu Tutong's three thousand Tang troops had no hope of breaking through the gate.

However, Qu Tutong is very courageous... Cough, to put it nicely is courage, but to put it badly, he is stubborn, the kind who is unwilling to give up when he is sure, and does not look back until he hits the south wall.If it were any other Tang general, he would probably have retreated decisively at this time, but Qu Tutong didn't want to. He carried it, and he was so red-eyed that he even took off the armor that was in the way, and swung his saber naked.

I have to say, what kind of general is there, what kind of soldiers will be brought out, Qu Tutong is extremely brave, and the soldiers under his command are also brave and fearless, especially seeing the leader climb the city wall shirtless, those Tang soldiers They were all so excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, they sang war songs and rushed forward, crazily climbing to the top of the city. Some even felled a big tree trunk as a battering ram, and hit the city gate desperately.

The defenders in the city were all scalp numb when they saw this, oh my god, this is a terrifying team that popped up out of nowhere, it's simply not people, but a group of wild beasts.

Qu Tutong fell off the city wall no less than ten times, dripping blood all over his body, but this guy was solid, he got up and continued to climb up with a knife in his mouth, and finally made him climb near the top of the wall, and a guard hurriedly shot him down. .

Qu Tutong bared his teeth and grinned grinningly, reaching out and grabbing the spear, and using his strength to turn over the top of the wall, the defender was pulled down from the top of the wall by him, letting out a soul-stirring scream .

"Haha, Grandpa Qu, I'm coming up, die, pigs!" Qu Tutong laughed loudly, swung his knife and slashed.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. After all, Qu Tutong was outnumbered by two fists and four hands. After killing several people, he was forced to roll over the wall by more than a dozen spears stabbing at the same time. One of the guards quickly withdrew it, and it was estimated that they would be broken if they did not die.

The Tang army who attacked the top of the city was also quickly killed. Seeing the Tang army receding like a tide, the defenders of Jiayu Gate could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)