In this short period of less than a stick of incense, the city seemed to be in the midst of thousands of troops, and there was a lot of uproar. First, the warehouse on East Avenue caught fire, and soon after, it caught fire along East Street. Then the palace in the north city also caught fire, and the treasury in the west city and several yamen in the northwest city were all on fire.

The soldiers kept coming and reporting the changes that had happened in the city, and Han De had to run back and forth, and every time he went back to see the situation in the city, his heart sank. This is clearly planned, and it is not something that can be done by a small number of people. The defenders of the city and several city gates have also sent troops and horses to clear them, but there is still a mess, which shows that the soldiers and horses in the city cannot control the group of people who live in the city and set fire to them.

When another fire broke out in the middle of the street, Han Desui and Han Zongchang, father and son, finally changed their faces. The location where the fire broke out in the direction of the middle street is the location of the South Courtyard Dawang's Mansion, which is Han Desui's mansion. At this moment, there are dozens of wives, concubines, children and grandchildren of the Han family in the mansion. Because of the peace agreement with Da Zhou, Han Desui thought that there was no danger, so this time he brought his wife and concubines and several grandchildren from Linhuang Mansion to live here, and a large family was in the mansion Although there were more than 300 guards guarding it, but in front of him, thousands of soldiers and horses in the city could not control the situation, and the 300 guards may not be able to stop the enemy in the city.

"Daddy, we can't sit idly by, this time we have to let the child take the soldiers and horses to the city to solve the matter. If our mansion is captured by them, and my mother and several aunts, as well as my son's wives and concubines, nieces and nephews are all killed by the enemy, it will be really regrettable. We can't wait any longer. Han Zongchang said anxiously. Han Zongchang's wife and children are all in the house, and he is more anxious than anyone else.

Of course, Han Desui couldn't ignore the situation at this time, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Zongchang, you lead three thousand people...... No...... Five thousand men went to the city to destroy the enemy. Here Daddy is. Don't let them hurt your family. Zong Ze is dead, Zong Ze's son is still in the mansion, and Zong Ze can't be left without a queen. ”

Han Zongchang bowed down to the promise, shouted loudly, and quickly dispatched 5,000 soldiers and horses from the city to the city, and went straight to the direction of Zhongjie.

Everything in the city was naturally done by Lin Jue and others. After leaving the warehouse on East Street, Lin Jue divided more than a dozen teams to set fire to the streets. Of course, the targets of arson were all government palaces, warehouses and luxurious mansions, and of course the people's residences could not be set on fire. Lin Jue was about to cause a sign of chaos in the city.

The more than 800 cavalry led by Lin Jue himself were trapped by more than 3,000 Liao troops who rushed from all sides to clear and suppress, but Lin Jue and the others would not be afraid of this mere 3,000 people. Ma Bin and Sun Dayong led all the guards and cavalry to charge only once, and where the crossbows were fired, more than 3,000 Liao soldiers suffered heavy casualties and fled everywhere. In fact, these 3,000 people are not elite, they are all old and weak soldiers, and they are not soldiers of the army at all. Facing against the elite cavalry of the elite of the Luoyan Army, the combat power is like a cloud, how can it resist. Not only were thousands killed, but two generals were also captured by arrows.

When I asked the captured generals, I knew that they were the soldiers from the Yamen on the left and the soldiers and horses left behind in the surrounding key places, not the soldiers and horses who had been withdrawn from the city wall of the southern city. Lin Jue sneered, Han De was determined, the city had entered the enemy, and he still didn't want to withdraw his troops and horses to clear it, and he wanted to use these crooked melons and cracked dates in the city to send it away. Lin Jue immediately asked where Han Desui's Southern Courtyard Grand Palace's Mansion was located, led his guards to smash the palace, and set a fire around it.

In fact, with the strength of Lin Jue and others, they could directly enter the palace and capture Han Desui's family. Although the palace was tall and sturdy, and there were hundreds of guards guarding it, how could it stop Lin Jue and the others. But Lin Jue didn't do this, not because he had any womanly kindness and moral intolerance for Han Desui's family, but because Lin Jue wanted to keep the palace and Han Desui's family as bait. If the palace is breached, it will make the other party decide. The palace is still there, in danger, but it can be rescued, this is the message that Lin Jue wants to pass on to the other party.

On the long street, Han Zongchang rode a horse and led 5,000 Liao soldiers to quickly walk along the wide street towards the direction of the Dawangfu on the middle street. There was a fire in the sky, but looking at the direction, it seemed that it was not the inside of the palace that was on fire, but only on the periphery. This shows that the palace is still there, the other party has not yet invaded the palace, and there is still time for rescue.

The long empty street was empty, the autumn wind blew up the fallen leaves on the green brick street, rolling along the long street, the black houses and trees on both sides were as dead as a cemetery, and none of the people dared to show their heads, one by one the owner of the house closed the doors and windows and shivered.

Han Zongchang was anxious and urged his subordinates to rush forward, and in front of him was already the intersection of Middle Street, and the palace was on the left side of the crossroads. The rising light of the fire could already illuminate the darkness around them, and in the light of the fire, the voices of the scattered people fled in a hurry, but there was not a single trace of the enemy. This made Han Zongchang a little puzzled, but he was soon relieved. The other party obviously saw that he led the army to rescue, so they all fled.

"Protect the palace. General Nan led people to search for the enemy's traces and see where they had fled, so that we could immediately go and clear them. Han Zongchang shouted loudly.

As soon as Han Zongchang's words fell, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly sounded in the darkness on both sides of the street, and countless crossbow arrows shot out from between the low houses on both sides without warning. Crossbow bolts came from the darkness like a raging storm, and they were fierce. The soldiers and horses of the Liao army were already unobstructed on the streets, and it was a dense and narrow terrain, and the crossbows knocked down a large number of Liao troops on both sides of the team in an instant.

The soldiers panicked as they shouted in terror and did not know what had happened, and by the time they realized that the crossbow bolts were coming from the alleys and the roofs of the houses on both sides, more than 400 Liao soldiers had died under the dense bombardment of crossbows.

Han Zongchang's first reaction was: I encountered an ambush. Instead of leaving, the thieves in the city took advantage of their eagerness to save people and ambushed them on both sides of the street. Han Zongchang deserved to be the queen of the gate, and he reacted quickly.

"They were on and off the houses on both sides of the road, and there were not many of them. Vice Admiral South, you are east and I am west, rush! Han Zongchang roared.

Vice Admiral Nan shouted in response and shouted an order. The Liao soldiers quickly organized a charge to the flanks. However, the ferocity of the repeater is that they can directly attack head-on with their bodies by relying on the large number of people, and there are more than 300 cavalry of the Luoyan Army on both sides, all equipped with repeaters, and the damage caused by such firepower can be imagined.

The Liao army fell on the way to charge, and the shooting of the repeater at such a close range played the characteristics of the repeater crossbow with a short range but an invincible close-range intensive launch. Crossbow arrows rained down, shooting the Liao soldiers on the way to charge, and fell into the ditch next to the road. Even if you rush to the left of the house on the side of the road, you can't touch the other party's position for a while. The other party apparently drove away the people here, and laid an ambush on the roof at the window portal. Cold arrows were fired everywhere, and I couldn't reach them at all. This charge was nothing short of suicidal, and in a very short period of time 5,000 Liao troops were killed and wounded.

Han Zongchang finally realized that the other party was not good at stubble, and their firepower was strong, which could never be solved by hard rushing. The other party was not a group of poorly equipped enemies as he had imagined at the beginning, but an elite armed with repeaters. Understanding this, Han Zongchang immediately adjusted his strategy.

"Rush to the corner of the street, away from their ambush circle. Come on! Han Zongchang shouted loudly, and at the same time urged the horses to rush towards the empty street in front of him.

The Liao soldiers suddenly woke up, and it was too stupid to leave the empty street in front of them and not walk, and to face the crossbow ambushers in the darkness on this aggrieved street. It is wise to rush to the middle of the cross street in front of you, the terrain is also open, the light is also bright, and you can also get out of the ambush circle of the other party. At that moment, everyone gave up attacking on both sides, and the whole army and horses rushed towards the intersection in front of them.

However, they only ran a few dozen steps, and suddenly something strange suddenly appeared in the otherwise empty street ahead. Dozens of cavalry slowly rushed out of the smoke from the burning fire not far away, and sacrificed their bodies. From the Liao soldiers' point of view, the dozens of knights seemed to have stepped out of the flames, because behind them were red smoke and dust reflected by the firelight. The horsemen sat upright, their faces and equipment could not be seen clearly because their backs were to the light, and they only lined up one by one on their horses, blocking the whole street. It's like a black knight coming out of hell, with a calm aura.

"Damn, and an ambush." Han Zongchang cursed, but soon he realized that there were less than two hundred cavalry blocking in front of him, and at most more than a hundred people.

"More than 100 people want to stop us? Dream! Han Zongchang yelled: "Rush over and slaughter them all for me!" ”

The Liao soldiers let out an earth-shattering cry, rushing forward like a tide, everyone knew that they had to rush out of the street, and the ambushes on both sides were still shooting their own personnel mercilessly, and the sooner they broke out of the ambush circle, the sooner they got out of danger. If we delay a little longer, everyone will die on this long street.

Hundreds of cavalry and horses around Han Zongchang rushed to the front, their scimitars hovering above their heads, and the horses' hooves roared, but they were also terrifying. Although there are only more than 200 cavalry on hand, it is more than enough as the vanguard to break through the interception of more than 100 people on the other side. As soon as they get close to the battle, the infantry in the rear rushes up, and the guys who are unable to stand in the way will all die.

The two sides were not far from each other, and the enemy intercepted was only thirty paces away, and the cavalry charge had already approached the enemy without even mentioning full speed. A close-quarters fight seemed to begin. In the middle of a row of enemy cavalry in front of him, a figure suddenly raised his arm and made a ferocious downward slashing motion. Against the backdrop of firelight, the action is clearly discernible. Han Zongchang saw it really from the rear of the charging cavalry, and he instinctively sensed a hint of danger, but this premonition was obviously too late.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! A roar like the heavens and the earth cracking, and the hands of the dark shadow knights on the horses in front of them burst into dazzling fire. The next moment, in the smoke and dust, rows of dense iron bullets shrouded like a dense curtain. The body of the Liao cavalry at the forefront stiffened as if electrocuted. They didn't even know what they had been attacked, only that their bodies had been pierced in countless places, and their bodies had been beaten into a sieve in an instant.