Chapter 659: Fierce Fire Oil
This Chu army was related to Ning Tiecai, Shenji Battalion, Shandong soldiers and horses, and a small number of Xuanda cavalry, 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses also escorted the King of Qi and nearly 3,000 officials, nobles, and family members...... In the rush to escape, there was no chaos.
The Shenji battalion entered the city first, and the Shandong soldiers and horses escorted the car into the city, followed by the Guanning Iron Cavalry.
Qin Shanqu's horizontal knife immediately stopped outside the city gate and shouted: "On the city, open the cannon!" Fuck the anti-army! ”
There were cries of slaughter under the city, but no cannon could be heard on the city walls, and not even a few arrows fell.
The generals of the Qin family glanced at each other a few times, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.
Then I heard the Texas prefect Feng Zhizhi shouting: "The ammunition is tidal, the general is about to enter the city...... It's time to close the gates! ”
Over there, the army of King Wu Yan had already covered up, and flying arrows were raining down on this side, trying to break through the defense line of Guanning's iron cavalry before closing the city gate.
The Guanning Iron Cavalry did not dare to fight for a long time, and at this time, they did not think much about it, and retreated to the city......
King Qi's horse in front had already entered the urn city, and Qin Xiaozhu was riding a horse to protect Chunning's chariot behind, and suddenly frowned and sniffed.
She had always had a sharp nose, and when she smelled it, she found that it was the smell of fierce fire oil, and when she looked around, she saw rows of black cloth around the urn city, although she didn't know what was in it, she immediately knew that it was not good.
was about to shout out, but Qin Xiaozhu was also afraid of affecting the morale of the army, so he lifted the curtain and quickly said to Chunning: "The Texas officials are afraid that it is the opposite, and there is an ambush in the city." ”
Chunning was sitting upright in the car, and she was actually scared at this time, her face was a little pale, and her hands and feet were cold. But she still tried to keep her expression tight, showing a calm appearance.
"Don't shout out, send someone to tell the second brother and the generals."
Qin Xiaozhu ordered a few guards as he said, holding the long knife on guard, and suddenly felt a little dazed in his heart.
She used to think that she was very powerful, relying on her superb martial arts, she was not afraid of heaven and earth, and she also let go of arrogance such as 'swearing to kill the slave chief Taiji', and she was also protecting Wang Xiao in those days in Beijing.
But after returning to Liaodong, her martial arts suddenly dimmed on the battlefield. The skills of ten enemies and one hundred enemies were not enough to change anything or protect anyone, so Qin Xiaozhu found that more often it was Wang Xiao and his grandfather who were protecting him.
Later, she left Wang Xiao and her grandfather, returned to Guannei, and entered the capital, in fact, she felt very uncomfortable, but she wanted to protect Chunning, so she survived all the way.
Now this Urn City of Texas is in front of you, exuding an extremely dangerous aura, and there are hundreds of thousands of rebels outside. Qin Xiaozhu knew that he who was holding the knife could not protect Chunning.
She suddenly wanted to cry in a hurry, even if she couldn't cry like a little girl of her age, it would be good if she could shed tears......
At this time, there was indeed a little girl of the same age as Qin Xiaozhu who was crying with pear blossoms and rain.
Song Lan'er didn't want to cry, but her emotions had been suppressed all the way.
Although she is not as pampered as the daughters of other eunuchs, she has also grown up in a scholarly family since she was a child. How have I ever seen all kinds of scenes of escaping south this way? Not washing for a month was only the smallest thing, and every now and then it was a battle, and although they had been hiding in the carriage, those terrible cries of killing and screaming could be heard from time to time, and the hearts of people were choked.
Occasionally lifting the curtain and looking out, you can see blood and stumps in the distance.
Fear is only one aspect, sometimes it happens to meet soldiers passing by with stretchers, and the wounded soldiers on it are miserable. Thinking that they were doing this to protect themselves, it was also a huge torment for Song Lan'er and them.
Song Lan'er was desperate to keep herself from crying, but from the beginning of the breakthrough today, the carriage ran fast and hit a stone, and several little girls in the car were upside down, Song Lan'er hit her head on the roof of the car, and a big bag came out of her head.
This was originally just the smallest thing, but it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and she couldn't hold back it, and finally cried.
The other little girls in the car hurriedly coaxed her.
Ying'er is a little silly, Qian Duoduo is timid, Zuo Mingxin is not in good health and has no energy, and only Zuo Mingjing is calm, patting Song Lan'er's hand and saying something that can really comfort people.
At this time, no one cared whether they lifted the curtain or not, Zuo Mingjing comforted Song Lan'er, and lifted the curtain to look out, only to see that the urn city was densely packed with people, and there were officials on the city wall shouting to appease the emotions of the soldiers.
"His Royal Highness King Qi is here? Feng Zhizhi, the prefect of Xiaguande Prefecture...... Dare to ask which general led the army? Please also think of the people in the city, restrain the soldiers first, and then open the inner city gate......"
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard, and as Guan Ning rode into the city, the gate of the outer city was slammed shut, isolating the soldiers and horses of the anti-thieves outside the city.
There was silence for a while, and then there was a lot of noise again.
"Open the gates!" Chu Jun shouted.
It seems that the inner city gate has not yet been opened, and the huge urn city is boiling.
Zuo Mingjing had some bad premonitions, thought about it, and took off the golden hairpin on his head and held it in his hand.
She lowered her head and glanced at the hairpin in her hand, her fingertips pinched a little white.
"I'm afraid the situation is not good." Zuo Mingjing said in a low voice.
Several little girls in the carriage were stunned, Song Lan'er stopped crying, but the tears in her eyes still couldn't stop.
Zuo Mingjing said again: "If it falls into the hands of the rebels, I'm afraid it will be ...... We'll ...... in a moment."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed a hairpin to her throat.
At this moment, the little girls all cried, and their hands kept shaking as they learned her to untie the hairpin and hold it in their hands.
"Duoduo, do you dare?"
"Yes, dare."
"Come, let's shake hands."
Zuo Mingjing said, took one of the hands of several people with his left hand and put it together, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid......
One of Ying'er's hands was pressed between them, and the other hand held a sandalwood hairpin.
This hairpin was given to her by her young master, and she remembered the situation when the young master gave her hairpin, and the tears in her eyes flowed down in large pieces.
She was naturally very scared, but the reason why she was crying at this time was not all because she was afraid, she just felt ...... In the end, he didn't wait for the young master to come back.
I obviously said that I was going to read a holy decree, but I walked for so long. Usually thinking like this, she is actually quite aggrieved. But at this time, the grievances in his eyes turned into regret.
If he dies here today, I don't know who will be able to take care of the young master in the future.
The more the little girl thought about it, the more sad she became, and finally she burst into tears......
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Ying'er's cry was really inconspicuous in this noise, because there were too many people crying in the team, and in the first few carriages, the queen mother was also crying, and the queen mother was also crying...... Almost all family members were crying.
Some of them not only cried, but also ran out to make trouble, such as ...... Wang Kang.
Wang Kang didn't want to leave Beijing, but he was directly tied up by Wang Zhen, and his heart was full of fire. If it weren't for his son commanding the army, as if he was the mainstay of the Chu Dynasty, he would have had a seizure.
At this time, at this point, Wang Kang finally couldn't bear it anymore, rushed out of the carriage, ran all the way to Wang Zhu's horse, pointed at Wang Zhu's nose and scolded: "Stupid, the court has been taken to death by you!" ”
In his eyes, the eldest son didn't know what means he used to make the court abandon the capital, which made him shocked and angry. Now that the eldest son is sick, these two sons are doing worse than the eldest son!
If it weren't for his two stupid sons, His Majesty might not be able to hold the capital, how high is the wall of the capital...... In short, if you don't do good business, you have to mix it into these political affairs, and it turns out to be like this, and it's hard to get rid of your anger if you don't scold!
Wang Zhu was riding his horse and stood there looking at the urn city, not so panicked, but with thought in his eyes. Suddenly, his father rushed up and interrupted his train of thought with a scolding, his eyes squinted, and he was a little speechless.
"Come on, take my dad back."
"Son! Can't you see if it's a big deal?! It's not ...... soon."
Before Wang Kang's words fell, a rocket suddenly shot past him, shocking his heart and liver.
At the same time, there was a loud shout on the city wall, countless torches and rockets struck down, and the sky was full of fire, and the Chu army was trapped in the urn city with no way to retreat, and some people were instantly engulfed in flames, and the screams pierced the night sky.
"Shoot the arrows!"
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"Shoot the arrows!"
On the side of the urn city, it was also a rain of arrows.
Cai Wuzhen rushed out first, and the spear in his hand was thrown, stabbing in the throat of a Texas defender guarding the inner city gate like lightning.
"Enemy attack!"
In the exclamation of the defenders, Cai Wuzhen had already run in front of them, pulled out the spear on the corpse on the ground and stabbed at the defenders.
"Kill!"
The shepherd, Geng Dang, Gao Chengyi and others rushed out, followed by the Ghost Loach, Hua Ye, Greyhound and other members of the Texas Gang, who killed each inner city gate.
There were still countless shouts in the city.
"The master orders to help the court get rid of the thieves and protect the canal!"
"Kill the thief and protect the canal......"
Figures rushed out of the houses in the city, some with single knives, some with long sticks, and all kinds of weapons......
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The fire in the urn city gradually broke out, and the Chu army was in a panic.
"Ambush!"
"Ah......h
The screams continued, but there was nothing they could do.
The Shenji Battalion was the first to run into the city, and at this time, most of them were concentrated under the inner city walls, and the arrows rained down, and the fire was together, and they suffered the greatest casualties.
Du Zhenghe was crazy and ordered the soldiers to shoot at the enemy on the city wall, but no matter how much he gave the order, he couldn't stop the soldiers and horses under his command from crashing like headless flies, leading the fire on his body to more people......
The Guanning Iron Cavalry was the last to enter the city, concentrated under the outer city wall, and the situation was not much better than that of the Shenji Battalion.
Qin Shan Lake, Qin Shan Canal, Qin Shanshui, Lin Shaoyuan and others respectively led their men and horses to try to rush up from the stone steps in the city to kill the rebels on the city wall, but the stone steps had already been sealed, as long as they approached, countless arrows were sprinkled down, and the vicinity of the city wall was burned to the sky......
Qin Shanhai and Dong Jihe glanced at each other, and they both saw despair in each other's eyes.
didn't die at the hands of Jiannu, but in the end he was burned alive in such a wretch, and it wasn't even a battlefield death. If they had a choice, it would not be something they could accept......
Zhou Yan had already stepped out of the carriage and stood on the wheel.
He's really nothing these days. But at a young age, he wanted to give Wang Zhen and Wang Zhu the greatest trust in the process of fleeing south this way, and let them let go of the siege, and Zhou Yan himself also withstood great pressure.
Now, in the light of the fire, he looks back on these days, the palace has seized power, abandoned the capital, fled here in a panic, and was burned alive in the urn city...... The ideals of the Chu Dynasty once seemed to be a joke.
"Yes, my father didn't do it, and I can't do it." He muttered, thinking of the high-spirited and ambitious self he had before, and realized how ridiculous it was.
When future generations read history, it is probably ...... When the capital was in danger, the fourth son of the emperor Yan put his father under house arrest, abandoned the city and fled, and left his father and most of the civil and military officials halfway, fled to Dezhou, and was burned to death in the urn city.
Like a 'turtle', but also like a clown jumping off the beam.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yan cried silently. He was not afraid of death, but thought that no one could understand his heart, as if there was a thousand, ten thousand years of loneliness coming up.
"Get a sword for Lone." He whispered.
"Your Highness......" A group of civil and military officers knelt down one after another, and the firelight reflected everyone's faces, full of despair.
Suddenly, the inner city gate was opened!
In the city, the Texas Gang made way for the congregation.
……
Wang Zhu turned his head and looked at it, only to see a group of people hugging a young man riding a horse.
No matter how mean Ren Wangzhu is on weekdays, there is still a warm smile in his eyes, and there is a kind of "sure enough" clarity.
"Quick! Into the city! ”
A loud roar pierced the night sky, and the mood of tens of thousands of people in the city of Texas and on the city wall was different.
"Wang Xiao?"
Du Zhenghe was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and shouted: "Your Highness enters the city!" ”
As the Divine Machine Battalion passed through the city gate, everyone in the urn city was also trapped in the ecstasy of desperate survival.
At the same time, a cry of surprise rang out in the crowd.
"Wang Xiao?"
"Horse ......"
"Huaiyuan Marquis ......"