953, broken city
The city defense of the capital city of the tomb is very strong, the city walls are high and thick, the moat is wide and deep, plus the guards guarding the tomb are very elite and brave, and there are a lot of people, there are more than 10,000 people, plus a lot of soldiers who have just retired, if these retired soldiers are re-recruited, it is very easy to increase the imperial city guard to 20,000 in a few days.
Moreover, in the capital, the reserves of weapons, grain and grass are also very sufficient, enough to pay for the people of the city to eat for a year!
When the king marched towards the capital, the reconnaissance sentinel sent a message telling him that the eldest prince had asked for reinforcements from other city lords of other empires, and that reinforcements would arrive in the capital one after another to kill the rebellious Princess Furong!
The king was furious and shouted, "I am the king, and with me, what city lord's army dares to fight against me?"
Princess Furong said worriedly, "Your Majesty should not be too optimistic, I am afraid that those city lords who come to reinforce the capital are all ghostly, they know that our royal family has such internal strife, they will definitely have a speculative mentality, some of them want to get more fiefs, and those who have more fiefs want to directly occupy the entire empire!
The king was silent, he admitted what Princess Fleur said, so he said worriedly, "Then what can I do according to you?"
Princess Furong said, "The only way is to quickly break through the capital and kill all the people of the eldest prince, so that when the reinforcements arrive, everything will be in the hands of His Majesty again, so that there will be no chance for those scheming city lords, and they will not be able to fish in troubled waters!"
The king nodded approvingly, and then immediately ordered the whole army to march quickly, and within three days, rush to the capital, and then immediately attack the city!
The king still has confidence in this army in his hands, he has always seriously underestimated the eldest prince in his heart, in fact, the eldest prince has made full preparations, and it is almost impossible for him to break through the capital in a short time!
Wang Zhaodi was mixed in the barracks, she secretly asked to see Princess Furong, and then the two began to discuss how the situation would develop in the future!
"The king is going to attack the capital in a hurry, because the great prince has forged a holy decree with the king's seal, so that all the city lords of the empire will bring troops to the king, and the king must break through the capital and kill the great prince before these city lords arrive!" Princess Furong said to Wang Zhaodi.
Wang Zhaodi was also very clear about the situation in front of her, and she said worriedly, "Then according to your observation, can the king break through the capital in a short time this time?"
Princess Furong shook her head and said, "It shouldn't work, the eldest prince's ability is very strong, plus his mother, Princess Yuwen, is desperately helping, the people in the capital will definitely work together to help their mother and son!
Wang Zhaodi immediately said, "In that case, I think I should also come to help!"
Princess Furong said happily, "That's naturally good, with your help, it is equivalent to having an extra new force, and the chances of success will be greatly improved!"
Wang Zhaodi said, "What you said is good, but what kind of way do I want to appear in front of the king, if I appear rashly, the king will definitely know that I have colluded with you and the little prince, in that case, it will be very bad!"
Princess Furong nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, but now, the situation is very urgent, and there is no time to pay attention to these trivial matters, you directly lead the army to the capital quickly, and then wait until the king's army begins to attack, you will immediately attack the north of the capital, so that the front and rear attacks may be able to break the city in one fell swoop!"
Brother Wang Zhaodi nodded and said, "Okay, no matter what, let's break through the city first, solve the problem of the eldest prince and others, and then think about the next problems!"
After the two discussed, Wang Zhaodi immediately said goodbye and quietly returned to his military camp, she immediately mobilized Yang Wu and the Emperor of War to quickly lead the army forward, and it was necessary to keep up with the speed of the king's army!
The king's army marched all the way, soon arrived outside the capital, according to the king's instructions, immediately organized an attack, the battle was very fierce at the beginning, the army arranged by the prince on the outskirts of the capital, was destroyed and slaughtered, the prince did not expect the king's army to be so elite, immediately closed the city gate, and wanted to rely on the strong city defense to wait for help!
The king's vanguard launched a wave of assault on the city wall, but was quickly repelled by the rain of bows and arrows on the wall, and the casualties were very serious, but the effect was very low, and the king had to order the vanguard to temporarily stop the attack, wait for the arrival of the siege engines that were advancing one after another, and then attack the castle!
Wang Zhaodi's army has gone around to the back of the capital at this moment, Wang Zhaodi observed the movement on the capital, only to see that on the back of the capital, those guarding the army are also in full array, obviously the king's attack has not yet worked, so they are not able to attack, they must wait until the king attacks very fiercely in front, and the army behind is also drawn to the front to help defend, they can attack, in that case, they can break through the city wall by surprise in one fell swoop!
The battle in front was intermittent, Wang Zhaodi could hear from the sound of rushing and killing, and on the third day, suddenly the whole earth began to shake, presumably the siege vehicle began to launch a stone-throwing attack on the city wall, so the defenders inside the city wall began to be a little confused, and the defenders in the rear finally began to move to the front, at least half of the men and horses went!
Wang Zhaodi felt that the time had come, and she immediately ordered Yang Wu and the Emperor of War to each lead half of the men and horses to launch a surprise attack on the castle, they attacked from the back of the castle by surprise, and the speed of the charge was very fast, and by the time the guards on the city wall found them, more than half of them had already crossed the moat!
The guards on the city walls immediately began to fire arrows, and sent people to the front to report to the eldest prince that there was also an enemy behind the city walls!
But Yang Wu and the Emperor of War attacked very fiercely, regardless of the damage of the arrows, desperately climbed the wall, those guards began to throw stones and rolling logs from the head of the city, which caused a lot of casualties to the teams of Yang Wu and the Emperor of War, but because the guards on the head of the city were seriously insufficient, they still gave Yang Wu and the Emperor of War two to climb the city wall!
As soon as the two of them got on the city wall, they immediately began to slaughter these guards, the skills of the two of them were extremely high, Yang Wu unfolded the fire god sword technique, and the emperor of war launched the invincible divine fist, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, it didn't take much time to kill most of the guards on the city wall, and the rest quickly knelt down and asked to surrender, so Yang Wu and the emperor of war broke the back door of the castle!