Li Youliang led his army to the imperial city with great momentum. The imperial city was full of yamen and government offices, and the garrison numbered only five to six hundred people. Although it relied on a fortified city, Li Youliang, as the general, could enter and exit at will.

So Li Youliang led his troops to swarm in and captured the Zhuque Gate.

Faced with Guo Jifu's head and Li Youliang's swords and guns, the imperial city defenders quickly switched sides and surrendered.

Although these soldiers are all veterans, they all follow orders, so even if there is sporadic resistance, it is not large-scale at all.

Li Youliang captured the imperial city and led his army to attack the palace city.

The palace city is different from the imperial city. The troops in the palace city are regarded as the guards of Emperor Yining and are directly commanded by Li Yuan. Even Li Youliang cannot command them.

Li Youliang took out Li Ping's head and called the city, but the city didn't respond at all.

Li Ping's deputy general Li Quan was on duty in the palace today and did not go to Li's mansion. Seeing Li Ping's death at this time, he organized an army to resist Li Youliang's entry into the palace.

Li Quan responded promptly and resisted resolutely. Unfortunately, the guards in the palace were not equipped with long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, let alone rolling wood, stones, gold juice, and fire oil.

Therefore, although everyone held on to the city wall and had an advantage, they were unable to effectively defend against the enemy.

Of course, Li Youliang didn't have any siege equipment. Seeing that the gates were closed and the guards refused to respond, Li Youliang ordered people to demolish a palace and took out the palace's beams as a log. A group of soldiers carried the logs and kept hitting the city gate.

Soon, the tall Zhaoyang Gate collapsed under the constant collision of people.

The fall of this palace gate was not only a palace gate that had been breached, but also meant that the Guanlong nobles, who had dominated Chang'an for ninety years, had completely declined.

The palace gate has been sunk, and within the palace wall is the emperor's chamber, as naked as a lamb.

Li Youliang's eyes were filled with gleaming light. He had never thought that it would be such a pleasure to extend a butcher's knife to the emperor of a country and trample on his dignity.

Li Youliang quickly captured the palace, while at the same time, Changsun Chang fought a fierce battle throughout the outer city.

Compared with the palace city and the imperial city, there are not many troops in the outer city, but they are extremely scattered.

After Li Xiaoji left, Li Youliang's troops took over the west and north walls. Counting the previous east wall, there were a total of three walls and ten gates to be garrisoned.

Excluding the more than a thousand people in the hands of Li Youliang and the more than a thousand people in the hands of Li Ping and Guo Jifu, there were only two to three hundred people at each city gate.

After Li Youliang recovered, Changsun Chang ordered people to open the Tonghua Gate on the east side of Chang'an City and let the Sui troops outside the city enter.

Because they were worried that when two thousand Sui troops entered the city, Li Youliang, the Chang'an nobles or the army would cause trouble. After all, the small number of people would make everyone think that the Sui troops had no one. Therefore, these two thousand troops did not carry flags, and were only called the private members of the Changsun family.

soldiers.

Qin Zhao led his troops into the city, with a large and mighty force.

With these two thousand fresh troops, plus hundreds of people from Changsun's family and Shen Guogong's Mansion, Changsun Chang can have the strength to take over all parts of the city and control key places in the city.

Seeing that the strength was insufficient, Zhang Sunchang also sent people to protect the army Liu Deyu, Helou Shanji, the son of Helou Ziqian, Wei Yuanzheng, the minister of wine in the East Pavilion, Shi Caiyun, the commander of the left guard, Yuanlu, the lieutenant general of the Forbidden Army, Liu Wenzan, the lieutenant of the military department, Liu Zhenghui's younger brother,

Huxian Prime Minister Li Yan, Li Wei, Changsun Anye's friends delivered the letter.

Those who wish to seek wealth and honor can bring their own soldiers to help in the battle.

The trouble has already started, and Changsun Chang doesn't have to worry about the news leaking out.

Liu Deyu and others plotted against Li Tang because they wanted to gain wealth, so how could they delay it? So they gathered their family's soldiers, servants, and tenants. The number ranged from hundreds to dozens, so thousands of people were gathered. Although

The combat power is not that great, but it can hold up the scene.

At this time, Changsun Chang began to control the situation little by little, but there was still a main force in the city, which was the biggest enemy of this rebellion, and that was the three thousand city defense troops of Zhao Cijing, the Minister of War.

The organization of the city defense army was also fragmented. In addition to guarding the southern city wall, this group of troops also allocated one thousand to the warrior Xun to replace the army that Li Xiaoji had left.

However, the troops under the command of warrior Xun were commanded by Zhao Cijing's younger brother, Zhao Cihao, and the actual power fell into the hands of Zhao Cijing.

Tonight Li Youliang invited the generals in the army, mainly the generals of the Forbidden Army, who have nothing to do with Zhao Cijing's department.

Zhao Cijing was born in the Zhao family of Tianshui. He was the son of Zhao Huaina, the former governor of Guangzhou, and married Li Yuan's fifth daughter. After Li Yuan launched an army in Jinyang, he was imprisoned in Chang'an. After Li Yuan conquered Chang'an, Zhao Cijing was granted the title of Duke of Kaihua County and was promoted to Minister of War.

, entrusted with important responsibilities, he has the highest official position and title among all the sons-in-law, not even comparable to Chai Shao.

Zhao Cijing had three thousand troops under his command, an army from Qinzhou.

When Qinzhou fell, three thousand remaining soldiers returned eastward and were handed over to Zhao Cijing by Li Yuan as patrol soldiers in Chang'an. Therefore, Zhao Cijing, a civilian official, still had military power.

Zhao Cijing's relationship with Li Youliang was average. He had a prudent personality and was honest, so he was most valued by Li Yuan. Therefore, he looked down on Li Youliang's rogue character and did not associate with him.

It was early in the morning, before dawn, but Zhao Cijing had already gotten up early.

Just as he was about to have breakfast, he heard someone coming to report that someone from the province had urgently summoned Zhao Cijing to discuss matters. It was extremely urgent.

Zhao Cijing was shocked. He was worried that there would be bad news somewhere, so he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried away.

Those who are blind cannot see the road.

Zhao Cijing rode forward on horseback, with two servants holding lanterns leading the way, and five or six servants guarding him.

The city of Chang'an was relatively peaceful under the Emperor's feet, so Zhao Cijing was only thinking about official matters and had no intention of taking any precautions.

Zhao Cijing lived in Xuanpingfang. When he turned the corner at Yongningfang, his sight was temporarily obscured.

At this moment, a dozen people, holding sharp crossbows, suddenly appeared from the corner and aimed at Zhao Cijing who was on horseback. Before anyone could react, they shot Zhao Cijing into a sieve.

At this time, someone came forward and chopped off Zhao Cijing's head.

Although there were no flags, we could tell from the armor and weapons that this was the Sui army.

Zhao Cijing died, and his troops were leaderless and quickly became chaotic.

Qin Zhaonai and Chang Sunchang respectively led the main force and attacked the two reserve teams of Zhao Cijing and Samurai Xun.

Each of the two armies had a thousand men, but their positions were scattered. Zhao Cijing's reserve force was commanded by Yang Wei, his deputy. He commanded the army and was no match for the Sui army. They retreated steadily and retreated to Zhao Cihao's place.

Changsun Chang's troops are all in disarray, so they cannot win against Zhao Cihao.

However, when Yang Ji retreated here, Qin Zhao also came with his troops.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, and the battle continued. In the end, the Sui army threw Zhao Cijing's head to persuade Yang Ji and Zhao Cihao to surrender.

Zhao Cihao refused to surrender, but Yang Ji was unwilling to die. Seeing the critical situation, he actually killed Zhao Cihao and led his army to surrender to the Sui army.

The most uncertain army in the city has been completely defeated.
Chapter completed!