Taiyuan City.
After Li Cunxiao's defeat, Pinglu's army captured the east of the city, and then opened the city gate, flooding into the streets and alleys of the city.
Li Cunxiao recognized Li Xian, but he didn't let him go. Giving Li Xian a salute on the battlefield was already the greatest way for him to express his admiration. After a salute, Li Cunxiao withdrew into the city, and still organized the remnants to deploy defenses in the streets and alleys, and started street fighting with the Pinglu army.
"Capture Taiyuan City, capture Li Keyong alive, today! Kill!" Pinglu's army attacked fiercely, and the generals shouted and took the lead in the charge. The moment the city gate was opened, the morale of the three armies reached its peak, tens of thousands of soldiers Rushing into the city.
After going to Hedong for a long time, now is the time to complete the battle, and no one will not fight hard.
"Trash! They're all trash!" Seeing more and more soldiers of the Pinglu army coming from the top and gate of the east city wall, rushing more and more like sea water, Li Keyong on the tall building was furious, his face turned red and purple, and veins on his forehead burst out. .
Seeing the streets and alleys being seized bit by bit, the Hedong army suffered countless casualties, and could only keep retreating. Li Ke waved his sleeves and let out a terrible roar from his throat, "Go! Stop them! Go all! Anyone who dares to retreat, This king and other three clans!"
The generals who were on standby in front of the tall building looked at each other after hearing the words. Although their expressions were different, they all had to accept the order and leave.
Soon, only Li Keyong's guards and messengers were left on the left and right of the tall building. Although they didn't look lonely and weak, they seemed to have no momentum at all.
The southern city wall was the attack position of Zhaoyi Army. Kang Chengqian personally sat in the front line and commanded the generals to launch a fierce attack. Half a day later, the battle was fierce and the situation was stalemate. Seeing that his side had several battle formations and had already established a firm foothold on the city wall, Kang Chengqian showed joy.
At this moment, there was a tsunami-like cheering sound from the east city wall, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing. Kang Chengqian suddenly realized something, and immediately jumped into the sky, looking east. He is already a half-step real person, and it is not a problem to float in the air for a while.
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Looking at it, he found that the Pinglu army was rushing over the city head and rushing into the city. There were few soldiers of the Hedong army inside and outside the city wall as far as the line of sight could see.
Kang Chengqian's heart was shocked, "The Pinglu army captured the top of the city so quickly and entered the city? It seems that the general has exerted his strength again!"
Immediately he thought of something, and couldn't help changing his face: "Oh no! The Pinglu Army's offensive is so fierce that the Hedong Army can't resist it. I'm afraid they will occupy most of the city in a short time. At that time, the money, food and materials in Taiyuan City Wouldn't it all fall into their hands, how much can we have left?"
Under normal circumstances, after a large army captures a city, it will plunder as usual, and the so-called king's division is no exception. Soldiers and horses from all towns acted together. After breaking through the city, they could only plunder property within the territory they controlled, and it was impossible to rush into the streets and alleys controlled by others.
That is to say, the more territory captured during the battle, the more property you can loot after the battle!
If Pinglu's army captured most of the city, then Zhaoyi and other troops could only eat soup.
Thinking of this, Kang Chengqian couldn't sit still any longer, the strength of his whole body's cultivation erupted, like a comet, it directly fell into the crowd of Hedong soldiers at the top of the city, stirring up countless smoke and dust.
When the smoke cleared, Kang Chengqian was no longer standing around the Hedong Army. He turned his head and gave orders to the Zhaoyi Army, with a stern voice: "Within three quarters, the city must be broken! Those who are afraid of not going before, beheaded!"
All the generals of the Zhaoyi Army, seeing that Kang Chengqian had already entered the battle in person, were all ashamed, one after another burst into roars, led the soldiers of the headquarters with red eyes, and rushed towards the Hedong Army in front of them regardless. A similar scene also appeared where the Tianping Army and the Henghai Navy were attacking. Both Xue Wei and Liu Jingsi had already personally entered the battle.
In a word, after the Pinglu army captured the eastern city wall and entered the city, it was announced that today's battle was the last battle of the official army against Taiyuan City.
This is Li Keyong's last moment in Taiyuan City.
Of course he didn't want to admit it, nor could he accept it easily.
However, objective facts will never be transferred with people's subjective wishes.
One after another, the generals retreated in embarrassment and reported the battle situation to Li Keyong. Some of them were covered in blood, some had disheveled hair, some were seriously injured, and some were trembling with fear.
"Jun Wang, Funingfang is lost!"
"Report to the king of the county, the final general is incompetent, and failed to guard Changlefang!"
"Report! Jun Wang, the Pinglu army has reached Kangjufang, and they are rushing here!"
"King of the county! Six out of ten of the last generals have died in battle..."
"Report! The southern city wall was captured by the Zhaoyi Army, and they have entered the city!"
"Jun Wang, the officers and soldiers are encircling this side!"
"Jun Wang, the general situation is over, Taiyuan City... can't be defended anymore!"
"The king of the county, let's go! If you don't go, it will be too late!"
"The king of the county, let's go, I'll wait for the queen!"
"..."
On the tall building, Li Ke stood tall with his long body, facing the generals who kept coming back, facing the persuasion of the generals, he never said a word, just looked at the battlefield in front of him.
No one noticed that his knuckles had turned white early on with the hand that pressed the knife, and his jaw was about to be crushed.
He Dong is his reliance for hegemony in the world, and Taiyuan is his foundation. If he loses Taiyuan City today, he will basically lose He Dong. Even if he could escape northward and retreat to other prefectures and counties in Hedong, it is basically impossible for him to counterattack and come back.
Taking advantage of the Huangchao Rebellion, he managed to build a foundation with great difficulty. After many years of hard work, it will be destroyed now. How can Li Keyong accept it
"The Thirteenth Taibao is back!" someone suddenly shouted.
The generals separated, and Li Cunxiao, who was covered in blood, struggled to walk in front of the tall building, slowly clasped his fists, paused for a moment, and said sadly: "The last general is incompetent, failed to hold the top of the city, willing to die!"
The generals looked at Li Cunxiao with different expressions, some were disdainful, some were angry and some were sympathetic, but they didn't speak.
On the tall building, Li Keyong, who stood like a pine tree for a long time without moving, suddenly spewed a mouthful of blood in the air shortly after Li Cunxiao's words fell, and his tall and straight figure wobbled and fell from the attic.
Fortunately, Jin Wei had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he supported him and prevented him from falling off the tall building.
"The king of the county!"
"The king of the county!"
All the generals panicked and hurried forward a few steps, but they didn't dare to go upstairs casually.
With the support of the guards, Li Keyong, who had no blood on his face, grabbed the railing with both hands, so he didn't fall down. He struggled to utter a few words, and spit out a few more mouthfuls of blood. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore. fell down.
"Withdraw to Xinzhou!"
...
At sunset, the officers and soldiers gathered at the official office of the Jiedushi in the east of the river.
Under the protection of the generals in Hedong, Li Ke led the remnants to flee northward. After layers of resistance from various armies, only a few thousand people from the other side managed to break through.
There were more than 100,000 Hedong troops in Taiyuan City. After a day of fierce fighting, due to a massive defeat, the casualties reached three to four out of ten, and the rest were basically captured.
As a result, Li Keyong's rule over Taiyuan City came to an end.
Because Taiyuan is the center of Hedong, the capture of Taiyuan by the Pinglu army also means the beginning of control of Hedong.
From now on, Li Ye officially became the lord of Hedong, while Li Keyong was nothing more than a remnant of the "former dynasty", a "desperate bandit".
That day and night, the official army took control of the whole city, and the Pinglu army occupied the treasury, and began to count all kinds of armor, ordnance, supplies, property, and copper coins.
On the east wall, on the eaves of the tower, sat two men with stars on their heads and dancing clothes, holding a wine jar and drinking.
"Originally, I thought that as long as we could capture Taiyuan City within three days, it would be enough. I didn't expect that Taiyuan City would be in my hands in one day's battle!" The old Taoist Chu Nanhuai changed from sitting to reclining, with a lazy posture like sunbathing. Crone of the sun.
He glanced at Li Xian: "If you want to tell an old man, it's a pity for you, junior brother, to hide in the mountains and forests. You should stay on the battlefield. After this battle, don't you need to go back to Dupan Mountain?"
Li Xian smiled slightly: "If I don't return, senior brother will be alone, wouldn't it be boring?"
Chu Nanhuai took a big gulp of wine, hiccupped happily, patted the wine jar and said with a smile: "As long as there is wine, it is better than being a god. How can it be boring?"
Li Xian didn't hold the wine jar in his arms, but just carried a jug. After drinking half of the jug, he answered Chu Nanhuai's question: "In all living beings, there are as many people who are underappreciated as people who steal high positions. I have this ability , It is enough to have a few chances to display it, so why obsess over solving everything? The world is too big, and there are too many things in the world. I, Li Xian, am only seven feet tall, and I can't handle it all."
Chu Nanhuai nodded silently, without saying much, instead he raised the wine jar to persuade him to drink. In fact, he is also very clear that Li Xian is destined to no longer appear in front of the world openly.
After drinking the wine jar and throwing it away, Chu Nanhuai patted his ass and stood up, folded his sleeves and looked at the night sky: "Taiyuan City has been captured, the old Taoist only needs to go to the altar to prepare, and then just wait for news from the secret realm gone."
Li Xian also stood up, and he was silent for a moment: "What's the situation in the secret realm now, senior brother can't spy a little bit?"
Chu Nanhuai shook his head: "How can ordinary people spy on the secret realm of the Dao of Heaven? Not to mention me, not even the Immortal Emperor."
Hearing Chu Nanhuai mention the Immortal Emperor in a casual tone, Li Xian suddenly asked: "What is the official position of Senior Brother in the Immortal Court?"
Chu Nanhuai let out a chuckle: "Master Bailudong."
Seeing that the other party didn't express his intention clearly, Li Xian didn't force it either.
After a while, Chu Nanhuai sighed: "I can't peek into the situation in the secret realm of the Dao of Heaven, but I can know a little bit about the movement of Xianting. If within three days... now it should be two days , that kid Li Ye can't control the secret realm, the person sent by Xianting to make trouble should be there."
As he said that, Chu Nanhuai glanced at Li Xian, "The Seventy-two Earth Demons were wiped out, and the Immortal Emperor was furious. The people sent this time have a very high level of cultivation and strength. If there is no secret in hand, they will not be able to obtain the Dao of Heaven." Bless you, whether it's you or me or Li Ye, we can only be turned into ashes."
Li Xian nodded to show his understanding. Seeing Chu Nanhuai's solemn expression, he showed a relaxed smile: "Even if Li Ye can't defeat Master Feihong, that's a matter of course. The worst result is that we all die." It’s just Daoyun, what’s there to worry about?”
Chu Nanhuai snorted: "Not everyone is like you, who can take success or failure, life and death lightly. I tried my best to run down, and I did so many things, not for the end of being wiped out. "