"Longmen Pass...Longmen Pass is lost..."
He muttered to himself, his voice hoarse and dry.
With the eastward route completely cut off, Xijing truly became a dead city!
To make matters worse, scouts then tumbled in, crawling and scrambling.
"Report! A large cavalry force has been spotted upstream of the Wei River! They are flying banners with the characters 'Wu' and 'Tang,' as well as Qiang and Rong flags. Dust billows everywhere, and they are heading straight for Xijing!"
"Zhao Muyun's Liangzhou cavalry... arrived so quickly! So ruthlessly!"
Yang Yan slumped back into his chair, his chest heaving violently. The pincer attack from the north and south had taken hold, and he was now in dire straits.
Just then, another scout reported that tens of thousands of Hedong troops on the north bank were crossing the river and were engaged in fierce fighting with Yang Yi on the south bank.
The enemy gathered thousands of ships from who-knows-where, cleared the way with powerful crossbows, and easily occupied the ferry crossing.
Yang Yi was unable to withstand the onslaught and was forced to retreat steadily, almost reaching the north gate of Xijing City.
well!
A sense of despair and desolation at the end of his rope instantly overwhelmed Li Jingang, the once spirited chief strategist.
Just as he was in a state of agitation and unable to make an effective response, a deafening battle cry and the sound of weapons clashing suddenly rang out outside the mansion!
"What's going on?!"
Yang Yan demanded an explanation, but a sense of foreboding was already rising in his heart.
A commander of personal guards, covered in blood, staggered into the hall and hissed:
"Prime Minister! Chen Xuan... Chen Xuan has rebelled! He has joined forces with former generals of the Great Yin Dynasty and powerful families in the city, opened the treasury to arm their family troops, and is launching a fierce attack on the Prime Minister's residence!"
"The whole city is infiltrated by rebels; we can't hold them off!"
"It really was him!"
A venomous glint flashed in Yang Yan's eyes.
He knew that the opposition forces within the city had finally launched this fatal blow when the enemy was pressing in and the morale of the army was completely broken.
This was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"Yang Long!"
Yang Yan looked at his only remaining loyal and brave nephew beside him, his voice carrying a final, resolute tone, "Take your men and come with me to suppress the rebels! Hold on!"
"Uncle, as long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback. You go first, I'll go."
Yang Long was well aware that the city was in complete chaos and could not be suppressed.
"You escort the Prime Minister out through the secret passage to Jiannan Road to find Third Brother!"
The third brother is Yang Chao, a rising star of the Yang family sent by Yang Yan to conquer Jiannan Road. He is as intelligent and brave as Yang Fan.
Without giving Yang Yan a chance to explain, Yang Long ordered two burly Yang family guards to lift Yang Yan up and leave.
Yang Yan struggled desperately but to no avail. With tears in his eyes, he shouted, "Yang Long, you must live!"
However, Yang Long clasped his hands in a fist salute, his face full of determination, and turned around to lead his personal guard battalion out to fight Chen Xuan's rebel army in the outer courtyard.
Yang Long was exceptionally brave, and his personal guards fought desperately, managing to halt the rebels' offensive for a time.
Under the fierce protection of his guards, Yang Yan fled in panic into a very secret passage deep within the Prime Minister's residence.
The battle outside the Prime Minister's residence has reached a fever pitch.
Although Yang Long was brave, Chen Xuan had been planning for a long time and was well prepared. His forces were far superior, and more and more soldiers who were dissatisfied with Yang Yan defected and joined the battle. Yang Long and his personal guard were gradually divided and surrounded, and trapped in a tight encirclement.
"General! The brothers can't hold on much longer! You must leave now!"
A deputy commander, covered in wounds and his battle robe stained with blood, shouted hoarsely.
Yang Long looked around at his dwindling troop numbers, watching them fall one by one. A profound sense of sorrow and heroic sacrifice welled up within him. He gave a bitter laugh, his voice echoing across the land:
"The Prime Minister has shown me boundless kindness, and today I can only repay him with my life! Gentlemen, follow me and kill!"
He was originally a snotty cowherd in the Yangyan clan. He never imagined that he could live in a big city like Xijing, live in a big house, drink and eat meat, and sleep with fair-skinned women.
All of this was brought out by Yang Yan.
Now is the time to give back.
He brandished his long sword and charged towards the densest part of the enemy formation. His sword flashed, and he was invincible, slaying more than ten people in succession.
However, he was ultimately outnumbered and surrounded. After exhausting his strength, he was pierced by countless spears and died a heroic death.
Not a single soldier in the Imperial Guard surrendered; they all perished in battle.
Almost at the height of the battle inside the Prime Minister's residence, Wu Shangzhi and Tang Yanhai led a 6,000-strong western assault corps down the Wei River and launched a fierce attack on Li Hu's troops stationed at Niushou Mountain!
"Fire breaks out in the city, and the sounds of battle are deafening! It must be internal strife in Xijing! A golden opportunity!"
The flames in Xijing could be seen from Niushou Mountain, thirty miles away. Wu Shangzhi looked into the distance at the thick smoke billowing in the direction of Xijing and made a decisive decision.
"Warriors of the Qiang and Rong tribes! Charge with me!" Urgan roared excitedly, taking the lead.
"Bombard the defenders with crossbow bolts! Clear the way for the cavalry!" Tang Yanhai calmly ordered.
Arrows rained down, and Li Hu's garrison at Niushou Mountain was instantly surrounded like a hedgehog.
Li Hu naturally saw the thick smoke coming from the direction of Xijing, and had long since lost the will to defend himself.
Seeing so many cavalrymen charging from the west, he abandoned his troops and fled with only a few hundred close followers.
Without their commander, the defending troops were like headless flies, and surrendered after only a short resistance.
Wu Shangzhi left only 1,000 men to guard the prisoners, while the remaining 5,000 soldiers continued to ride off.
at the same time.
Lin Feng's army has forced Yang Yi's troops to the north of Xijing City.
The city was in chaos, and no one paid any attention to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi resisted for a while in the north of the city, but when he found that no one was opening the city gates, he took his confidants and fled around the city, heading towards Jiannan Road.
After Lin Feng's army swept away Yang Yi's remaining troops, they arrived at the city.
Before Lin Feng could even give the order to attack the city, the city gates had already been opened.
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