Chapter 271: Reversal

The sudden change in the square surprised everyone, and no one thought that a good expedition ceremony could turn into a rebellion. If the appearance of those assassins before has made people feel incredible, then Zuo Wuwei's rebellion is the real reason why people are completely stupid and frightened.

The two thousand-strong infantry suddenly moved forward, and under the command of the commanding general, two thousand feathered arrows covered the Dianjiangtai like a rainstorm, and they had only one purpose. That is to shoot the emperor who was sitting on the podium, and the assassins who were dressed as officials of the Ministry of Rites before were nothing more than cannon fodder.

Because of the appearance of those assassins, Yu Manlou did not hesitate to order the army to attack.

In this way, even if they kill the emperor, they will not be infamy. Because they could presume that the Assassins had already killed the emperor, they would order the army to release arrows. Although this is just an excuse to deceive oneself, it must exist when it is propagated.

Feathered arrows pierced the sky, blocking out the sun.

But just when Zuo Wuwei's arrow array was formed, the arrow was shouted out. There was a sudden change on the side of the Dianjiangtai, and the emperor sitting on it suddenly disappeared!

Not only the emperor, but all those who stood on the platform of the point generals disappeared.

Including Huai Qiugong and other important ministers of the imperial court, including the emperor's eight guards.

The planks on the platform were suddenly flipped open, and the Emperor and everyone on it jumped down. And the golden gourd warriors and Ouchi guards who were surrounded around the Dianjiang platform took out the giant shields one by one from under the Dianjiang platform and held them in their hands, and quickly squatted down to protect the surroundings of the Dianjiang platform, and the internal space under the Dianjiang platform was immediately sealed.

Unfortunately for them, there were the unwitting Janissary soldiers, many of whom were assassins, but most of them were innocent. At the moment when the rain of arrows arrived, the helpless wails of these forbidden soldiers could not find a place to hide. After the first round of arrow rain, almost all of the remaining 400 or so forbidden troops were shot over, and the wounded fell to the ground helpless. And no matter how dense Zuo Wuwei's feather arrows were, they couldn't penetrate the defenses of the giant shield.

The emperor seemed to have expected this change a long time ago, and left a mechanism when the Dianjiangtai was built.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Wuwei's general Yu Manlou's face immediately changed. The Dianjiang platform was set up a few days ago, and no one would look at what was wrong with that platform. And Yu Manlou has observed the terrain countless times, but the only thing he has ignored is that platform.

The emperor entered the Dianjiang platform, and the feather arrows could not hurt him at all.

Yu Manlou thought that a rain of arrows would be able to shoot the people on the platform into hedgehogs, but apart from overturning the forbidden army of more than 400 emperors who no longer trusted, there was nothing to gain. Even the people in Ouchi's guard office, who seemed to have been abandoned by the emperor, had prepared in advance, which shows that the emperor had expected today's situation for a long time.

Although this made Yu Manlou's heart full of fear, he had no scruples at this time.

Yu Manlou, who was sitting on a white war horse, straightened up. His expression was solemn, as if he had returned to the battlefield many years ago. He had led many expeditions for the Great Sui without defeat. His success stemmed from his reverence and seriousness towards war, and he was accustomed to treating any war as a life-and-death crisis.

Now, there is no way back for him.

"The archers fired three rounds in a salvo to clear the crowd around the station."

He gave the order loudly: "The cavalry patrol to block the street, Peng Laishun, rush over with your battalion!" Unless there is a tunnel under the general's platform, I will deal with you by military law if you leave one person! You're going to tear it down for me!" Don't leave any of the people inside, kill them all! ”

"Whoa!"

The tooth general Peng Laishun agreed loudly, took the Lingqi from Yu Manlou's hand and ran quickly to the front phalanx: "Kill it, demolish the broken platform for me!" ”

He shouted loudly and drew his horizontal knife first.

A battalion of 1,200 men immediately followed him before, and the phalanx turned into a dovetail formation during the infantry attack. The dense lance pointed forward, like a fallen steel jungle.

"Kill!"

Who in Penglai shouted: "Glory and wealth, only today!" ”

"Rebellion...... There are people who rebel! ”

The white-haired old man's face changed greatly, and he pulled his wife violently: "Run, this is a rebellion, Zuo Wuwei's men and horses are going to assassinate Your Majesty, you go home quickly, no matter what happens, don't go out!" ”

The old lady, who was also gray-haired, took the old man's hand: "What about you?" Come home with me! ”

"I can't go!"

The old man's eyes stared at the team in the square: "I used to be a veteran of Zuo Wuwei, a soldier loyal to the emperor. Now that Zuo Wuwei has rebelled, I can't watch them make mistakes. ”

"You're old!"

The wife pleaded, "Let's go home, you are no longer a soldier." ”

The old man shook his head slowly but firmly: "As long as you have been a soldier for a day, you will be a soldier for the rest of your life." Although I am old, I can still kill thieves for my country! These rebellious ministers have ruined my Zuo Wuwei's reputation, how can I sit idly by? If the Emperor is dead...... The world of the Great Sui is about to be in chaos. ”

"Don't go!"

His wife tugged at his sleeve and begged, "Come home with me." ”

The old man took his wife's hand away and shook his head: "You go home, blanch the wine and fry a few side dishes and wait for me." I have killed countless enemies for the country, and when I conquered Eastern Chu, I still moved forward bravely with three heads in my hand. Now, at this time, if I escape, I'm sorry for the glory I once had! ”

He resolutely shook off his wife's hand and strode towards the square.

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"Someone rebelled!"

The people were boiling, and they looked at those Zuo Wuwei's men and horses in panic at a loss. Most of the people forgot to flee, and looked in horror at the square, their eyes full of panic. They never thought that there would be a rebellion in the Great Sui Dynasty. Especially in the imperial capital, there are people who dare to kill the king and rebel!

It was at this moment that they saw a gray-haired old man striding towards the square.

"Who's going to kill the thief with me?! If it's a man, just say hello! ”

The bare-handed old man shouted loudly.

No one responded, and the people who heard this shout subconsciously looked at the people around them, not knowing who shouted for their lives first, and the people immediately began to flee. The old man was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of disappointment. But just when he thought that everyone was going to flee, he found that most of the people who fled were women, old people and children. The young adults, almost all of them remained, they hesitated, and no one took the first step.

The old man was just about to wave his hand to greet someone, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

There are more than 100,000 people around the square, and it seems that there are no more people on the inner and outer three floors. After they reacted, many people began to flee, but many people stayed. And these people who stayed behind were not just ordinary people who wanted to kill thieves like the old man.

Most of those who stayed behind began to take off their clothes.

Under the robe, is the battle suit of the Great Sui!

Army!

There were no less than 30,000 troops hidden among the people!

Woo!

A loud trumpet sounded, and immediately after, people noticed that on the roof of a private house on the opposite side of the square, a general in silver armor waved a huge flag. As the horn sounded and the general's flag waved, the Great Sui soldiers dressed as ordinary people began to line up.

"Wai!"

A majestic shout floated from the side of the point, and although the square was full of people's shouts, this order was clearly heard by everyone. The soldiers surrounding the square quickly lined up, and soon, more than twenty thousand square formations of 1,200 people gradually took shape. Surrounded the people and horses of Zuo Wuwei in the square, and the water was impassable!

On the platform, a general didn't know when he would stand up again. Dozens of personal soldiers held huge shields to protect him, and he also held a large flag in his hand, which was embroidered with a golden dragon representing the Great Sui royal family. It was Yang Shunhui, the general of Zuo Zhenwei, who had been sitting beside the emperor not far from before. He is a great general, and he is also a member of the Yang royal family.

The sound of the horn pierced the sky, majestic and far away.

More than 30,000 horses suddenly rose like a levee, trapping Zuo Wuwei's rebels inside.

"Attack!"

The sound of the command sounded again, and the left guards who were surrounded immediately squeezed forward. Dense soldiers formed a thick wall, gradually narrowing the encirclement.

"Archer!"

Yu Manlou, whose face was solemn and there was a flash of despair in his eyes, shouted loudly: "Suppress the enemy, cavalry charge, tear a hole for me!" Peng Laishun, don't worry about other things, let me continue to attack the Dianjiangtai! ”

Zuo Wuwei's archers began to fight back like crazy, and Zuo Wuwei, who lacked armor, suffered great losses at the beginning. As they rushed forward, a large number of soldiers were overturned by feathered arrows, but they still maintained their formation. The dense feathered arrows ruthlessly took away the lives of the soldiers, but they could not stop the Zuo Guard's forward pace.

When the distance was closer, Zuo Wuwei's advantage began to disappear. The soldiers of the Left Guard, dressed as civilians, carried only horizontal swords and crossbows, which were easy to hide, and did not carry shields or hard bows. A repeater can be packed in a package, a sword can be hidden in clothing, but a shield or a hard bow cannot be hidden. If Zuo Wuwei had not rebelled, these Zuo Wuwei soldiers pretending to be ordinary people would have quietly retreated, as if they had not received orders. The emperor may have wanted to give Yu Manlou one last chance, or he was not sure that he really dared to rebel, so he let Zuo Zhenwei's soldiers pretend to be ordinary people.

The range of a repeater is not as good as that of a hard bow, but once the distance is closer, the advantage of the repeater is fully revealed.

The Wuhou Repeater of the Great Sui could fire more than a dozen crossbow arrows, far more lethal than the bow and arrow at medium distance. When Zuo Zhenwei's crossbow began to wield, the Zuo Wuwei soldiers who formed a defensive phalanx were torn off layer by layer. They are like wheat that has been put down by a sickle, and they can no longer straighten their waists. The numerical advantage made Zuo Wuwei get closer and closer, but Zuo Wuwei had no way to retreat.

If you want to kill it, the only thing you can rely on is the cavalry of 3,000 people!

"Hou Dehai!"

Yu Manlou turned around and ordered: "Take a thousand cavalry and kill them, and pull the rest of the people over!" ”

"Whoa!"

General Hou Dehai turned to leave, holding the command flag in his hand, and charged out with a thousand cavalry towards the west side of the square. The soldiers of the Left Guard who were surrounding this side immediately reacted, and the dense infantry formed a defensive formation, and they pointed the long lance in their hands obliquely forward, dealing with the light cavalry, and the infantry of the Great Sui had extremely rich combat experience. Once the light cavalry fell into the infantry phalanx and lost its speed advantage, it was only slaughtered.

The situation was reversed in an instant, and no one could understand Yu Manlou's state of mind at this time.

When he saw that Hou Dehai's cavalry was as difficult to extricate himself as if they were stuck in a quagmire, he knew that it would be difficult to break through today. And what he didn't know, Xu Xiaogong, the general of the Right Guard, had already led troops to surround the rest of his Left Guard. Even if Hou Dehai took the cavalry out to kill, he couldn't move a rescuer.

At this moment, the flying fish robes of the Golden Melon Samurai and the Ouchi Guards suddenly gave way to the front of the square. Under the huge point platform, the soldiers slowly walked out with ten ballista carts. On the ballista, the calf-thick heavy crossbow has been loaded.

When he saw the ballista, Peng Laishun, who led the troops to attack, suddenly felt cold in his heart.

Ten ballistae were not many, but they were enough to destroy the already fragile hearts of the army.

Prince Yi's Mansion

Yang Yin's face became extremely ugly, he slowly put down his clairvoyant hand, and muttered, "Fourth brother...... I didn't expect you to prepare a big gift for me...... But if you want to force me to admit defeat like this, it would be too much to underestimate me! ”

He turned around and ordered: "Send the cannon, let Qin Liuqi lead people to do it in the palace!" Captured the crown prince...... Fourth brother, what else can you do? ”

At this moment, suddenly the gate of Prince Yi's mansion was smashed from the outside.

In the flying planks, Luo Weiran, the proprietress , the old lame man, Zhuo Buyi, and two old men walked in slowly. Behind them, there was a large group of Ouchi guards in flying fish robes!