The crossing of the third east section of Yingbin Avenue is the most important pass in the entire Beicheng District. The Imperial Guards easily captured this key point from the First Division during their first charge. From here, they can directly penetrate into the Beicheng District to the west. In the hinterland, you can enter the old city with dense trails to the east, and you can approach the imperial city along the wide Imperial Concubine Avenue to the south, which is very important. But the Fifth Division of the Imperial Guard, which had just had time to control this place, didn't even have time to take a breath, when the City Guard's counterattack came in force.
No one thought that the two great armies of the empire would stage a life-and-death battle in the imperial capital when the empire was about to overthrow. Yi Xuetao can be regarded as a more cautious person. When he captured this pass, he was keenly aware that it might become a focus. If he were an enemy general, he would first control this place, but once he controlled it This also holds the key to going south. This crossing is surrounded by large workshop buildings. The entire Beicheng District is an important industrial area, and this place is no exception. After taking control of this place, Yi Xuetao immediately ordered his crossbowmen to quickly seize the surrounding commanding heights. , try to expand the control area as much as possible to prevent the enemy from launching an attack from here and being caught by surprise.
Yi Xuetao's caution played a considerable role. After the city guards took over control from the First Division, they rushed towards the south. Only by rushing into the center of the city could they truly control the situation in the imperial capital. This was Everyone understands the truth. The officers and soldiers are even fantasizing about what kind of treatment they will enjoy once they take control of the imperial capital.
The dark crowd of soldiers surged along the Imperial Concubine Avenue, and even the small streets and alleys on both sides of the Imperial Concubine Avenue were crowded with city guard soldiers rushing southward. At this time, Yusuf realized that he was too high. Evaluating his ability to control the troops, he found that what he could control now were the division commanders of each division. The division commanders seemed to have completely lost control of the soldiers below them. They only received one order, which was to remove all obstacles and control the Imperial City.
Imperial Concubine Avenue is a north-south main road specially named by the ninth emperor of the Tanghe Empire in order to commemorate his favorite imperial concubine. The wide avenue can accommodate eight carriages running parallel without being crowded. Most of the people on both sides of the street It is a semi-processing workshop with front shops and back shops, and it is also the most important arterial road in Beicheng District. The imperial capital is particularly developed in cotton textile, forging, processing and other industries, all concentrated in this area.
There are thousands of parallel alleys on both sides of Guifei Avenue, but these alleys are winding and narrow, which is not conducive to the advancement of the army. Therefore, Guifei Avenue naturally became the main passage for the city guards to go south. Yi Xuetao quickly made defensive arrangements after taking control of this fortress. The legion commander clearly told him his mission, which was to block any troops such as the Northern Army or City Guards that attempted to go south, and prevent chaos from spreading to the south. central city and other urban areas. Limit the possible chaos to the North City District. At the very least, we must protect the central city and the southeastern districts, which are the real essence of the imperial capital.
An extremely fierce battle immediately broke out at the intersection of Yingbin Avenue and Guifei Street. When the densely packed city guard soldiers howled and pressed down, Yi Xingtao's deployment had not even had time to be in place. All kinds of miscellaneous vehicles had just been pushed to the center of the street and before they were arranged in order, the city guards had already pounced on them. Fortunately, the crossbowmen who had already boarded both sides of the street played a preemptive role at this time. Both sides of the street that had extended several hundred meters to the north were covered with crossbowmen, almost firmly locking the entire street. The dense rain of arrows immediately cleared the minds of the city guards whose eyes had been burnt red by the gunfire. Only then did they realize that in order to achieve their goals, they needed to cross the ranks of the imperial guards who had once stood side by side with them. The corpse will do.
At this time, there is no longer any friendship between the two parties. To achieve your goal, you can only step on the opponent's corpse, and a life-and-death fight will begin.
Yi Xuetao's pre-arranged crossbowmen gave the city guards a sharp baptism, and the arrow formations arranged in echelons made the unsuspecting city guards the best targets in the dark night. I don’t know where the arrow rain comes from. They are so densely packed together that there is almost no need to aim. All of this unfolded like this. Except for the bloody breath floating in the air, mixed with the screams one after another, the entire Imperial Concubine Street had turned into a Shura slaughterhouse.
Blood can always bring people reason and sobriety. It can be said that the city guards who broke out in the blood sea of the mountain of corpses quickly woke up from this dilemma. The crossbowmen deployed by the guards on both sides of the street had to start. Shrinking, the soldiers of the city guard have rushed up frantically along both sides of the street. Only by solving these damn assassins can they move forward boldly and confidently.
As the crossbowmen retreated, the infantry of both sides immediately intertwined together. Without any unnecessary nonsense, one side wanted to use this battle to gain capital for escape, and the other side wanted to defend their homeland from infringement. The two sides had no choice, and they met on a narrow road. The brave wins, but the broad Imperial Concubine Avenue seems too narrow at this time. Two black waves collide head-on, blooming with endless dark red blood flowers.
This is just a microcosm of the entire Beicheng District. In the entire Beicheng District, the city guards swarming in from the north gate have squeezed into the city without reservation. The entire Beicheng District is already a sea of soldiers, and there are people everywhere. There was a bang of boots and armor, and orders were issued in various tones. The soldiers entered their respective combat positions under the orders of their direct superiors. The entire city guard and imperial guards had already rushed out without any reservations. Yusuf knew that if he could not defeat the imperial guards, the final outcome of being trapped in the northern city would be to let the enemy arrive soon. The Western Xinjiang Army was mercilessly annihilated, and Ma Yuanwang also knew that once these crazy city guards broke through their blockade, the out-of-control imperial capital would become a bastard in front of these irrational soldiers. of lamb.
Bayin Zhuo had never faced such a difficult decision before. He and Zhe Bu were ordered to lurk in this area with a simple purpose, which was to completely eliminate Tie Longping's first division. Tie Longping's First Division is known as the best division in the world. Its combat effectiveness is enough to know. Moreover, this division has a well-balanced mix of light and heavy arms. It is very good in both attack and defense. It has always been the focus of Situ Tai's full support and its combat effectiveness is very high. Even Cui Wenxiu didn't dare to underestimate him, so he decided to let the two Ranger regiments of himself and Zhebu hang around in this area to prevent the first division from sneaking back to Cangzhou.
This is a task that is not easy to grasp. It cannot let the First Division notice that its two corps are ambushing here to avoid alerting the enemy, but it cannot be too far away to prevent the First Division from sneaking through the gap between the two corps. Sneaking over, this is really not easy to grasp. Fortunately, the two Ranger regiments have such a large force after all. Although the land in the south of Cangzhou is vast, a team of ten thousand people as an attacking unit cannot occupy it even for a short time. It's cheap and you can cling to the other party.
But Bayin Zhuo did not expect to encounter such a problem. This guy Tie Longping actually opened the north gate of the imperial capital and let the city guards enter the capital. This was a huge event, although Cui Shuai did not explicitly ask him to intervene. affairs in the imperial capital, but before leaving, he still told himself to pay close attention to the changes in the situation in the imperial capital, and to make necessary temporary arrangements according to the changes in the situation. So is the current situation time to deal with it decisively
But at this time, there was no time for him to think about it. Ma Yuan sent out distress orders in all directions. Logically speaking, he should first seek help from the nearest Jinzhong and Luyang, but maybe he was in a hurry and sought medical treatment. , this guy actually sent a distress letter to the Northern Cluster headquarters in the direction of Qinghe, otherwise he would not have been encountered by his group of rangers who have been wandering around the edge of the imperial capital.
If there was no news that Zhebu's ten thousand troops were wandering in this area, Bayinzhuo might have hesitated whether to send troops into the imperial capital. After all, their main task was to completely annihilate the First Division. The First Division must not be allowed to slip through the net, but after knowing that one of Zhebu's ten thousand cavalry troops was standing nearby, Bayin Zhuo immediately made up his mind. His 1st Ranger Regiment and 2nd Ranger Regiment had a division of labor in preparing to ambush Tie Longping's 1st Division in this battle. The three 10,000-horse teams of the 2nd Ranger Regiment were divided into three guerrilla groups, responsible for Discover and search to intercept the 1st Division, while the 1st Ranger Regiment serves as the main force of the attack behind the 2nd Ranger Regiment's search surface, keeping in contact at all times, and can launch an attack immediately if there is a situation, so that it can be discovered in time The First Division could launch an offensive in the shortest time, but they did not expect that they would encounter such a thing.
Now that Tielong Pingping City Guards has entered the city, it means that the First Division will return north immediately, and it will definitely return north, so there is no need to spend too much energy on conducting an all-round search. Now There is no need to follow the original rigid agreement not to enter the boundaries of Zhongzhou. When the situation has reached this point, there is no way to restrain the Western Xinjiang army. I believe Cui Shuai will make the same decision here. Now only one Ranger regiment is needed. Enter the northern part of Zhongzhou to patrol, send a small group of cavalry to capture the First Division returning north from the city, and launch an attack at the right time. The Second Ranger Regiment can also achieve its goal.