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Chapter 1512 True Meteorite Attack

Although these citizens who joined spontaneously are basically very old, generally around 50 years old, and naturally cannot be compared with young people, they also have their own advantages, that is, these citizens generally bring their own equipment.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the imperial court was in political chaos and had weak economic income. It basically did not have the ability to distribute weapons and equipment to all the troops. Instead, it required the soldiers to bring their own weapons into battle, so the homes of veterans basically had complete sets of equipment.

At the same time, these old men have been through many battles. Although they are certainly not as strong as young people, they have extremely rich fighting experience. They may not be opponents in a one-on-one duel on the ring, but on the battlefield, such veterans can kill three at a time.

Li Shimin naturally understood the value of these veterans, so he immediately asked Yuwen Chan to personally reorganize and organize these veterans, and finally he himself served as the general. By the time they reached the wall of the imperial palace, the army under Li Shimin's hands had swelled to 15 people.

Moreover, at this time, there were a steady stream of veterans coming to Chang'an City, and even some small families joined with dozens or even hundreds of private soldiers, hoping to gain wealth.

These noble families were all under the control of powerful noble warlords. Under normal circumstances, being a small noble family would be the end of the road, with no possibility of further advancement. Only at this time would they gamble their lives for a chance to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

As long as Yuwen Chan can successfully restore the throne, it is obvious that these small families who take the initiative to join Yuwen Chan in his timely assistance will become his confidants, and may have the opportunity to become super families like Shangzhuguo in the future.

Yuwen Chan, who led his troops to the palace, did not immediately order his soldiers to attack, because Li Shimin, who was a veteran of many battles and a political monster, knew very well that the palace was the most strongly defended place in the world, but also the easiest place to attack.

The reason why it is said to be well-defended is that the imperial palace is where the emperor lives, so naturally the defenses in all aspects must be built to the extreme. Whether it is the city gates or the city walls, they are much stronger than those of Chang'an City. Under normal circumstances, a palace guarded by 1 people cannot be breached without 10 people.

In addition, a large amount of food is usually stored in the palace, which is enough to feed 1 people for several years. The palace is the most difficult place to break into in the world.

But looking at history, among the 13 dynasties, no dynasty was able to turn the tide by relying on defending the palace. That was because once the palace was facing an attack by the enemy, it meant that the world was in complete chaos. Staying in the palace was just like being a trapped prisoner, with no chance of turning the tide at all.

Therefore, no matter whether it is the soldiers or eunuchs in the palace, they all have different thoughts. When the time comes, someone will naturally open the city gate to welcome the foreign army into the palace. There is no need to attack at all... Of course, in most cases, the emperor would directly escape without a trace with his trusted soldiers and horses.

The current situation is very special. Yuwen Chan is not a foreign army entering the palace, and there are still a large number of Yang family troops around Chang'an. The palace has no worries about external aid, so with the Yang family in charge, the morale of the imperial guards in the palace is still there, and there is hope. They will defend very tenaciously. If you want to attack at this time, you can only use human lives.

But apart from anything else, if the casualties of these imperial guards exceeded 10%, the entire imperial guards would probably rebel immediately. Therefore, Li Shimin knew very well that directly attacking the palace would only lead to death.

Therefore, the best way is to surround but not attack, and at the same time gather more and more troops in one's own hands, especially when all the 50,000 city defense troops are defeated and incorporated, a huge crowd of 80,000 to 90,000 people will surround the palace and launch an attack on the four gates of the palace at the same time.

At the same time, the only chance to capture the palace would be for his elite immortal cultivators to rush directly to the city wall and open a gap in a short period of time. Otherwise, once the 100,000 Eagle Army outside came to the rescue, even Li Shimin would not be able to take Chang'an directly.

At that time, he would have no choice but to leave Chang'an and go to the local area to continue accumulating troops and strength, and then rely on his extraordinary military talents to defeat the larger force and repeat little by little the process of his conquest of the world.

However, if this were to happen, the entire world would be thrown into chaos, which would be very different from the goal of our lord, who wanted to quickly gather world forces and fill the entire earth with the Chinese population.

So, Li Shimin sent orders to all the soldiers, saying that he had successfully seized the military power of the 50,000-strong city defense force, and after the city defense force arrived, the 100,000-strong army would together besiege the palace.

Of course, at this time, Li Shimin had no idea what was going on with the city defense army, but that didn't stop him from delivering the good news, so all the soldiers' morale suddenly soared, and they quietly waited outside the palace, surrounding the palace tightly without attacking. Compared to the calmness of the army outside the palace, the mood of the imperial guards inside the palace was quite bad at this time. Just now, all the generals they were familiar with in the past were forcibly taken away, and it seemed that they would not be able to survive.

The new generals who were sent were completely unfamiliar to the emperor and were busy establishing their authority. If they made any mistakes, they would be whipped immediately. Some soldiers were even dragged away and beheaded for trying to communicate with the imperial army. All this caused chaos in the morale of the entire imperial army.

On the other side, Li Shimin loudly announced the news that 5 city defense troops had been incorporated. Even the defending imperial guards heard the voice clearly and believed it without a doubt.

If the rebels had not really incorporated 5 city defense troops, how could the 4 imperial guards have defended the palace? They could have just gone out and dispersed all the mob outside the city wall.

All of the above caused the morale of the imperial guards to become extremely chaotic. If Li Shimin had taken the lead in the charge at this time, they would have been able to storm the entire palace without much effort.

However, Li Shimin was not aware of this. After all, he did not know that the Yang family in the palace was so stupid that they relied on the imperial guards to defend the city walls while carrying out a purge within the imperial guards. Li Shimin had never seen such a stupid opponent in all his years of marching and fighting.

However, Liu Xu in the sky knew about this place. He looked at the troops inside and outside the palace, squinted his eyes, and looked at a defensive gap on the palace wall and said, "If this meteorite falls at this location, no one should die!"

The next moment, Liu Xu pointed his finger downwards, and a life-size meteorite fell directly from the sky. Liu Xu also deliberately controlled the speed and brightness of the meteorite's landing, and even added a sharp sound effect.

So when this meteorite appeared, the huge sound made everyone look up and watch the trajectory of the meteorite falling from the sky.

When the meteorite appeared above the imperial palace, everyone below saw where it landed. The imperial guards guarding the city wall were instantly frightened and scattered. The surrounding Yang family officers were unable to stop it, and in the end, the entire city wall was nearly 600 meters away.

Then, in front of everyone's witness, the meteorite landed precisely in the gap, and the entire palace wall collapsed in an instant... The magical thing is that although the meteorite would produce extremely violent shock waves and countless pieces of debris when it landed, these things seemed to have ceased to exist at this moment. Only when the meteorite landed completely, a huge hole hundreds of meters wide was smashed into the entire wall, and the huge palace was directly exposed in front of Li Shimin.

Everyone was stunned by this scene, and then Li Shimin was the first to react. He shouted with all his strength, "The heavens have shown their power. This is the heavens helping our Great Zhou. Our Great Zhou is a country blessed by heaven. Follow me, my friends, and charge in. Long live the Great Zhou!!!"

After saying that, Yuwen Chan, a little kid who was only 8 years old, actually rode his horse and rushed into the gap in the city wall. The remaining soldiers then reacted, and then, with bloodshot faces, they madly followed Yuwen Chan and rushed towards the gap.

During this period, some of the marchers mustered up their courage, took out their bows and crossbows and shot at Yuwen Chan.

However, all these arrows seemed to have eyes, and none of them could successfully hit Yuwen Chan. They all fell no more than two or three meters away from him. Yuwen Chan actually rushed into the palace unscathed.

This naturally further boosted the morale of tens of thousands of veteran soldiers under his command, and also frightened the 40,000 imperial guards. When Yuwen Chan came to kill them, they knelt down in front of him, without even the courage to resist.

Those generals who still wanted to drive the soldiers to attack were killed by all the soldiers in an instant. The 40,000 imperial guards surrendered almost instantly, and Yuwen Chan rushed into the palace.

A few minutes later, the 50,000 city defense troops that had been completely captured in just an hour and a half came one after another. These soldiers were originally worried that they would become cannon fodder in the attack on the palace. However, when they arrived, they found that the entire palace had been opened, and the 40,000 imperial guards were kneeling on the ground obediently to block the prisoners, and not even one of them took the initiative to resist.

The palace had been captured, and the total casualties in the entire battle were less than ten people!
(End of this chapter)