Yan Li took out all his little salary, distributed half to everyone, and used the other half to buy horses.
Now that the city is blocked, there are only more than 150 horses in the horse shop, and Yan Li bought them all. One hundred and fifty cavalry, one hundred and fifty infantry, exactly half and half.
After assigning jurisdiction and pleading for discipline, Yan Li's soldiers left the prime minister. Although they were not mighty, they were enthusiastic and high-spirited.
But he happened to meet Liu Yiming leading more than 1,000 Imperial Guards on the avenue, and next to him was Lin Hai, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army.
Lin Hai also didn't want to be with Liu Yiming, but since Li Hai said it, Lin Hai had no choice.
"It's just right that the prime minister is here. Let's go out from the small gate in the northwest together to join Empress Rong's army." Liu Yiming's attitude was arrogant, and he safely forgot Yan Li's life-saving grace back then.
Yan Li's answer surprised Liu Yiming: "The Yushi Supervisor went out of the city first to join General Rong, and I led my soldiers out of the north gate. I fought against the rebels first to break their spirit. Divide the pressure, let you go out of the city without hindrance."
Yan Li went out of the north gate to attract a large number of rebels, which could create a good environment for Liu Yiming to go out of the city, but Liu Yiming was dissatisfied that Yan Li acted privately and decided to go to the north gate without his consent.
"Prime Minister, the emperor's intention is to let us join Queen Rong instead of doing it alone. I advise the Prime Minister to come out of the city through the small northwest gate with us!"
Li Hai said that Liu Yiming's words were his words, and Yan Li should have obeyed Liu Yiming's refusal to let Yan Li leave the North Gate. But Yan Li really wanted to dampen the spirit of the rebels.
"Master Supervising Army, the general will not accept the military orders abroad, so I forgive Yan Li for not being able to issue an imperial edict."
Liu Yiming sat on the tall horse and yelled sharply: "Prime Minister Yan, you are rebellious! The emperor asked me to supervise the army because he was afraid that you would disobey orders and act without permission, which would ruin the overall situation! What do you think I am holding in my arms?"
When Liu Yiming said, he raised the Shangfang sword into the air, "This is the Shangfang sword given to me by the emperor. You already know the function of the sword. In the absence of the emperor, I can cut it first and then play it! Prime Minister Yan, I hope you will do something Think twice."
Yan Li glanced at the sword coldly, and was indifferent to Liu Yiming's threat: "If you cut me off now, I will be a headless ghost, and I will go out of the city to fight the rebels!"
Yan Li turned his horse's head and led the soldiers to the north gate.
Liu Yiming was so angry that he almost fell off his horse, and brandishing Shangfang's sword, he said to the imperial guards: "Take Yan Li down for me!"
The Imperial Guards belonged to Li Hai, and now Liu Yiming represented Li Hai, and Liu Yiming had Shang Fang's sword in his hand. When he spoke, no one in the Imperial Guards would dare not listen! Dragging the shining sword, spear, sword and halberd, he wanted to surround and arrest Yan Li.
"I'll see who dares to arrest Prime Minister Yan!"
"Go away!"
"You bastards are capable of internal fighting, why can't you go out of the city to fight the rebels?"
"Whoever moves Prime Minister Yan, I will fight with my life!"
Two groups of troops were on the verge of breaking out.
Liu Yiming was terrified. If there was a mutiny, he would not be spared.
"You... are you rebellious? Are you still a citizen of the Great Jing Kingdom?"
Lin Hai was next to Liu Yiming, and cast a contemptuous look at Liu Yiming: "Master Liu, they are all warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country. Now they are going out of the city to fight the rebels. How are you saying that they are not citizens of Dajing Kingdom? Are you You are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the people of Dajing Kingdom can't do it?" Turning to Yan Li happily, "Prime Minister Yan, count me in!"
Even Lin Hai's rebellion had passed, Liu Yiming was dumbfounded and had no face to face, so he had to watch Yan Li and others leave for the north gate.
"Yan Li, I must play you a book in front of the emperor, and sue you for contempt of the king's law." Turning to the imperial guards, "Let's go to the small gate in the northwest!"
north gate. Although the city gates were closed, the atmosphere of killing on the battlefield and the smell of blood seemed to be able to pass through the city walls and gates, making Yan Li's face tense involuntarily.
The leader of the north gate garrison had a solemn face. Seeing Yan Li and the others eager to try, he couldn't help worrying: "The prime minister is leaving the city here. Isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth? Outside, there are 50,000 to 60,000 enemy troops at least. There are so many people, how can we rush through? Why don’t you go out through the small northwest gate, which leads to Queen Rong’s camp, it should be safe.”
Lin Hai held up the plain knife and said loudly: "We just want to touch the hard bone, the soft persimmon, we don't want to pinch it! Fifty thousand people are fifty thousand people, what's the matter with it?"
Yan Li saw that everyone was passionate and fearless in life and death, and he was proud of being able to recruit such a righteous man.
"Please open the gate of the city, we are going to meet the legendary Pan Meichen who is invincible in all battles today! Let him look down on us and have no one in the capital!"
The leader of the North Gate was in a dilemma: "This..."
"Open the city gate, we will fight!"
"Open the door quickly, the Buddha should kill the Buddha, and the gods block and kill the gods!"
The leader of the North Gate sighed and said, "In that case, Prime Minister Yan, take care! All righteous men, take care!" He shouted loudly, "Archers are ready, open the city gate!"
The archers were prepared because they were afraid that the rebels would rush across the moat and enter the city when they saw the city gate open.
There was only a creaking sound, and the big and thick city gate slowly opened. What jumped into Yan Li's eyes was a scene he had never seen before.
The rebels were either in teams of ten, or in groups of twenty, holding bows and arrows in their hands, with broadswords straddled, galloping across the battlefield, yelling and insulting towards the tower. The smoke and dust billowed, the military flags were like a forest, and the dazzling weapons made the sunlight even less dim.
Seeing the opening of the north gate, the rebels were even more excited, like a pack of wolves, when they saw the sheep appear, their eyes shot greedy.
"Boy Li Hai left the city and surrendered!"
"The capital is ours!"
"Everyone attack the city!"
The galloping sound of thousands of troops and horses was like thunder, and they came straight to the north gate.
Three hundred people from Yan Li stood outside the city gate and shouted to the leader of the north gate: "Shut the city gate!"
If the city gate is not closed and the rebels rush in, it will be terrible!
There was another creaking sound, and the gate closed again, leaving three hundred people to confront the rebels who were a hundred times larger than them.
The corner of Yan Li's mouth twitched with contempt, and he raised his sword, pointing the tip at the rebels: "All warriors listen to my orders, bow your bows and set your arrows!"
Including Lin Hai, three hundred and one people set up three hundred and one arrows, and the arrows were aimed at the rebels.
"Infantry shoot horses, cavalry shoot people!" Yan Li and other rebels shouted when they were a hundred steps away from the moat, "Fire arrows!"
Arrows go like shooting stars, one hundred and fifty arrows shoot people, one hundred and fifty one arrows shoot horses. With one arrow at a time, one hundred and fifty of the three hundred and one rebels running in the front were shot to death, and one hundred and fifty were trampled to death by the horses behind.
The one hundred and fifty fallen horses lay across the front, blocking the cavalry behind. Suddenly, the rebels were in chaos, trampling on each other, and countless dead.
"Brothers, it's time to kill the enemy for the country!"