The Chang'an City at night seemed calm, but in fact it was a surging undercurrent. However, among the two sides of the competition, the other side was still ignorant. The crown prince Cao Zhu was the supreme commander of the 20,000 Longxiang Army in Chang'an City. Naturally, he could not sleep well tonight. Like his father, he was also worried about the problems in Luoyang at all times. He couldn't sleep on both sides, so he simply climbed up and took more than a hundred personal guards, but inspected the military camp tonight one by one.

Tonight, the 20,000 Longxiang Army was in the highest state of combat readiness, but what bothered Cao Zhu was that Chang'an City was too big and there were too many areas that needed to be guarded, which made his 20,000 Longxiang Army very scattered.

There are 20,000 people, which sounds like a lot, but once they are dispersed to the entire Chang'an City, they will appear to be insufficient everywhere. This is also impossible. Now Luoyang's army is gathering, mixed with fish and dragons, and the 60,000 Long Xiang army, which determines the final battle, are all distributed around Luoyang. Once the incident occurs, a final attack will be launched to resolve the internal conflicts that have been scrambling Qi for many years. At this moment, Long Xiang army, who remained in Chang'an City, could only open their eyes and watch everything around them with vigilance.

After walking for the middle of the night, Cao Zhu was still very satisfied with the state shown by the various military camps. No one dared to slacken in official duties. Half of the soldiers remained in combat, and even when they were resting, they would not sleep and never leave their hands.

Along the way, Cao Jae was in high spirits. He suddenly decided to go to Nancheng to see that there were nine city gates in Chang'an City, including three of which were not guarded by Longxiang Army. Nancheng was stationed with the largest city defense force, with three thousand people.

The so-called city defense army is actually responsible for the public security work of Chang'an City on a daily basis, and is responsible for daily patrols and alerts. Long Xiangjun naturally would not do such things in normal times. The city defense army is usually distributed throughout Chang'an City, because there is a huge lack of troops in Chang'an City, so they are concentrated and placed at the south gate.

Cao Zhu inspected several Long Xiang Army camps who could control the city defenses of Long Xiang Army. Their mental state is worthy of recognition. Now he wants to see how these city defense troops are. If these city defense troops can maintain the same state, Cao Zhu didn't mind rewarding them heavily.

When he was still a little far from Nancheng, Cao saw that the lights on Nancheng were brightly lit. Under the bright lights, soldiers holding spears could be seen walking back and forth. Obviously, the top of the city was also very cautious.

"Very good." Cao Zhen was in a good mood when he saw this scene. Previously, he was planning to kill the chicken and scare the monkey if he found that there was something slack here, and to clean up a few officers on duty to warn these city defense forces who were usually very casual. However, his current state made him even more satisfied.

"It's indeed good." The deputy general Cao Tianqing next to him also nodded with satisfaction. Cao Jie was the supreme commander of the Long Xiang army, but as the prince, he could not put too much energy into the army on weekdays. Most of the time, the direct commander of this Long Xiang army was deputy general Cao Tianqing. Unlike Cao Jie, who had never served in the army and fought wars, Cao Tianqing was a general with rich experience when he was young. Of course, compared with Cao Yun, his military talent was much worse, but he could be a general, but difficult to be a general. When Cao Yun began to rise, Cao Tianqing had returned to the Long Xiang army, and first became the guard officer of the emperor Cao Tiancheng. He worked for more than ten years. When the prince Cao Jie gradually grew bigger and began to come into contact with politics and military affairs, Cao Tianqing was ordered to come to Cao Jie again. This time he stayed for more than ten years.

His military position has not changed, but his title has been rising rapidly. Now, like Cao Yun, he is the prince of the empire.

"I originally wanted to establish my authority, but now it seems that I have to reward you well. Uncle Fourth, I remember that the general of the City Defense Force is Gao Shiping, right?" Cao Jie asked with a smile.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has a good memory, and it is Gao Shiping. A person who doesn't seem very smart usually can handle it when he reaches a critical moment. He knows the importance of it!" Cao Tianqing said with a smile.

"Let's go and see!" Cao Jie lifted the reins and waited for the moment of moving forward. In the distance, there seemed to be a rumbling sound of thunder. In winter, there would naturally be no thunder.

Cao Tianqing's face suddenly changed. He had been in the army for many years and had a lot of experience. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Cao's reins.

Cao was inexplicably so, looking at Cao Tianqing: "Uncle?"

Cao Tianqing did not answer Cao's words, but instead turned his head and opened his ears. He hoped that what he had just heard was an illusion. This time, he once again heard the dull sound that was getting closer and closer. Of course, it was not thunder, but the sound of countless horse hooves hitting the ground.

This time, not only did he hear it, but also the guards who guarded the prince. These people were also selected from Long Xiang's army, and in an instant, they all knew what was going on.

"Enemy attack!" Although Cao Tianqing looked incredible, he still shouted loudly at the first time.

"Where did the enemy come from?" Cao Zhen looked at Cao Tianqing in shock and asked loudly.

Cao Tianqing did not answer Cao, where the enemy came from now does not matter. What is important is that the enemy has indeed come. Outside Chang'an City, if it is an army loyal to the court, it would never be possible to run wildly like this, and it was on such a night. And now outside the city, it is impossible for the court to have such an army.

"He Zicheng, protect His Highness the Crown Prince and retreat quickly and go to the nearest Longxiang military camp."

"Cheng Wenxiang, go to the nearest drum, ring the bell, and warn the whole city."

"Go away now!"

He shouted loudly.

Cheng Wenxiang, who was named, turned his horse's head without saying a word, and took several people to turn his head and ran. He Zicheng grabbed Cao's reins, turned his horse's head, and surrounded Cao with his guards and walked back.

Cao immediately turned around and looked at Cao Tianqing, "Uncle Fourth, where are you going?"

"I go to Nancheng, their strength is weak, and Gao Shiping has no experience in defending the city. Where can I go to command the guards, the Crown Prince will immediately dispatch troops." Cao Tianqing yelled. The enemy knew the weakness of the defense of Chang'an City clearly, which shows that they must have a backup plan in the city. But now, he can only think of a way to turn the enemy out of the city first. "Go quickly and dispatch reinforcements."

At this time, the rumbling sound of the horse's hooves was already earth-shaking. It was obvious that the enemy cavalry was quite close to the southern city gate. Cao Jie gritted his teeth and ran: "Uncle Fourth insisted for a while, and I would come with reinforcements immediately."

Watching Cao Ye running wildly, Cao Tianqing rode forward on horseback. Behind him, there were only more than twenty personal soldiers at this moment.

Turning around the street in front of you, the south city gate is conveniently located in front of you. Like all the big cities, there is a vacant area dozens of meters wide between the south city gate wall and the streets in the city.

Cao Tianqing, who had just rushed out of the street, almost fell off his horse because of the shock. He pulled his horse hard, and the war horse was strangled by this force, and the man stood up and neighed.

The south city gate was indeed very cautious, but their vigilance was not against the outside of the city, but against the inside of the city. The countless crossbowmen in the city were aimed at them from afar. The crossbow arrows flashing with cold light were intimidating. What made Cao Tianqing most disintegrated was that the wide gate of the south city gate was open, and the huge suspension bridge was now flat on the moat.

Gao Shiping got to know the enemy! This thought flashed through Cao Tianqing's mind. Then the eyes were filled with countless crossbow arrows.

With a loud scream, Cao Tianqing's whole body left the war horse and landed on the ground, rolling backwards, and feather arrows penetrated the place he was just now, screaming around him. The personal soldiers did not have the speed of his reaction. When they were still stunned, the attack had arrived. In an instant, most of the people were corpses on the ground.

After rolling into the street that had just rushed out, Cao Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out the sword on his waist with a choke. At this moment, there were only a few personal soldiers who could retreat with him.

"Let's go, go immediately." Cao Tianqing jumped up. Nancheng was no longer a problem, which means that Chang'an City would inevitably be broken. At this time, he couldn't even think of where this enemy army was hiding before.

He had just stood up, and suddenly the doors broke in the houses on both sides of the street, and the windows fell to the ground. One man in black jumped out of the inside, without saying a word, and attacked them.

"There is still an ambush." ​​Cao Tianqing was shocked, and the man in black had already arrived in front of him.

The other party's martial arts cultivation is extremely powerful. It is not only against the man Cao Tianqing, but also against each other. Everyone has strong martial arts attainments. In a blink of an eye, several personal soldiers who had just escaped from the sky were corpses on the spot.

Cao Tianqing didn't last long. His opponent's martial arts cultivation was no worse than him. When other people in black surrounded him, Cao Tianqing got hit several times and fell to the ground with a few moves.

The moment he fell down, he heard a long bell sound, followed by the second and third sounds.

As the bell rang, another shocking sound came from further away.

The shocked bell is a warning bell tower that scattered all over Chang'an City. Every ten miles, there is a shocked bell tower. The last time the shocked bell rang, it was when the Cao family destroyed the Tang Empire. After more than a hundred years, the shocked bell echoed in Chang'an City again.

Cao Tianqing let out his last breath, but fortunately, he finally issued an alarm. Chang'an City may not lose. As long as Long Xiangjun can rush to the battlefield in time and block the Nancheng, everything can be saved just now.
Chapter completed!