Outside the palace.

"Where's the gun?"

Just after the first round of gunfire rang out inside, Dou Mingming, the commander of the Eighth Army who was at the county government headquarters, immediately rushed out, although it was already midnight, he was still brightly lit here.

The entire command rushed into the courtyard.

All eyes turned to the palace, which was silent for a moment in the night, and the young staff officers looked at each other in confusion, but almost at the same time, the dense gunfire rang out again. This was the sound of those Japanese slaves firing at Ye Feng and the others under Ding Kuichu's order, which clearly spread to the entire Huoqiu City in the silent night sky, and countless people in the city were awakened at this moment.

"Proceed to the palace immediately!"

Dou Mingwang roared without hesitation.

"What should I do if the Japanese slaves stop me?"

The staff officer beside him asked as he walked out.

"Someone in the palace assassinated the holy driver, who dares to stop it and punish it with the same party, push out the cannon, transfer a sentry to the place where the gun sounded first, tonight the Jinyi guard has gone in to investigate, it should be them and the Japanese slaves exchanged fire, we have to save them first!"

Dou Mingwang said.

What a good excuse!

Originally, Ding Kuichu and those people were restricted from the palace by holy decree, and they were not allowed to enter the palace, and the guards in the palace were in charge of the imperial camp composed of Japanese slaves. The escort army can only be stationed outside the palace to guard the Huoqiu city wall, and the two sides are bounded by the palace wall and the main gate, while the Japanese slaves have established a chest wall defense outside the main gate.

Of course, this could not stop the Ming army.

After all, there are only 2,000 Japanese slaves, and all of them are musketeers who don't even have cannons, and the Guangming Army in the city is stationed with nearly 10,000 people. But before he tore his face, he still had to respect the fact that the other party was the emperor. But now it is completely possible to break in, the palace is attacked, the emperor is in danger, they go in to protect the holy car, but no matter what happens inside, they will not leave again after entering.

"That's a good thing!"

He said smugly.

Immediately afterwards he took the reins handed by the guards, turned over his horse, and rushed straight out of the headquarters, and at this time, as the order was given, a battalion of the headquarters was on guard first. After Gan Hui was dismissed, Dou Mingwang was responsible for the safety of the entire line including Fengyang with the command of the Eighth Army, and he took a brigade to Huoqiu and became the commander of this brigade. This flintlock brigade was much better equipped than his arquebus brigade, and nearly a thousand flintlock musketeers joined their commander as fast as they could, and at this moment a little fiery red appeared in the night above the palace, and quickly turned into a noticeable fire.

This was Ding Kuichu's order to set fire to the Buddha hall.

Lao Ding was so angry that he obviously forgot that this would give Dou an excuse for fame, and the fire he lit was the summons of the Ming army to enter the palace.

"Let's go!"

Dou Fame urged the war horse to roar.

His headquarters and the palace were just a street away, and in the blink of an eye, the forward encountered the Japanese slaves stationed at the main gate of the palace, who also retreated behind the wooden breastwork as fast as he could, raising his gun at the Ming army that was rushing towards him. The Ming army quickly divided into the buildings on both sides, and raised their guns against the walls to aim at the Japanese slaves......

Then four cannons were introduced.

Dou Mingming's cannon had been hidden in a courtyard opposite the main gate, and at this time, it was just pushed out closely, and the muzzle of the four-and-a-half-pound field gun was directly aimed at the chest wall of the Japanese slaves.

"Get out of the way!"

Dou Mingwang stepped forward and shouted.

A Japanese slave officer walked out and said something to him in Cantonese.

However, there is a clear language gap between the two sides.

Because it was night, there were only the Japanese slaves stationed here, and there were no scholars of the emperor, and the language problem was obviously not easy to handle, and before Dou Mingwang called out to the staff officer who understood Cantonese to step forward, he saw a sudden flash of fire in the night sky in the distance, followed by a huge explosion......

"Rush!"

Hu Chao, the reconnaissance captain of the Ming Army, who created a landslide in Wuguandao last time, looked at the gap in the wall of the palace that had been blown up, and shouted excitedly in the smoke of gunpowder.

He blew open the walls of the palace.

He and a sentry of the Ming army went around to the place where the gunshots rang out, and then rushed in over the wall to rescue the trapped Jinyi guards, but it was obvious that it was too troublesome to climb over the wall or something, and it was better to use a small barrel of gunpowder to solve this small problem. As for what it means to blast the palace, Hu Chao is too lazy to care, the emperor has blown up his car, and he is afraid of blowing up the palace wall?

A small barrel of gunpowder savagely opened the passage into the palace.

Behind him, the Ming army surged forward.

Hu Chao drew his short spear and saber, and then merged into the torrent of charging into the palace, and in the building not far in front of them, the Buddhist hall that was ordered by Ding Kuichu to be set on fire was burning, like a torch guiding them in the direction of their progress. He and the sentry commander of this sentry took the lead and went straight to the burning Buddhist hall, but then a group of Japanese slaves appeared in front of them, raised their guns at them, and before the other party could fire, Hu Chao pulled the trigger first. At the moment when a Japanese slave fell, the soldiers on both sides pulled the trigger in confusion, and the bullets staggered in the smoke of gunpowder, so close to each other, many people on both sides fell, and no one reloaded the bullets after the shot, the Ming soldiers quickly loaded their bayonets, and those Japanese slaves pulled out their knives, and all shouted and rushed forward to fight.

However, these Japanese slaves are not bad at fighting.

In fact, they were still very loyal to their masters, Ding Kuichu was clever in comparing the emperor to their emperor, King Gui was their master's similar daimyo, and Yang Qing was a hostile daimyo......

In this way, it is easy for the Japanese slaves to understand.

This is their daimyō, who is competing for the power of Shangluo with the rival daimyō, and these lowly filthy people are all given samurai status by their masters. If the master wins, they will also be given fiefdom surnames just like the real samurai, and even those who die for the master will be sacrificed, so they still have a certain will to fight. Coupled with the superior life of abundant food and clothing, and the strict military training, their own combat effectiveness is not low.

The two sides fought in chaos.

And there are constantly awakened Japanese slaves rushing to reinforce them.

Similarly, reinforcements from the Ming army continued.

And at this time, the gate of the palace.

Dou Mingwang looked speechlessly at the flame that shot straight into the sky.

"Fire!"

He went on to say.

"General Dou, what do you want?"

Wang Yingxiong rushed out disheveled and shouted.

Lao Wang did not participate in Ding Kuichu's plan, he was Zhang Xianzhong's representative, Ding Kuichu and Mao Qiling did not trust him, and these people in the palace also had their own factions. However, although Ding Kuichu represents King Gui, he does not have a family in Guangzhou, he is from Yongcheng and not from Guangdong, and he is purely ambitious to do such a big thing. But Wang Yingxiong really represents the Sichuan gentry, Ding Kuichu didn't dare to tell him, what if this old guy was instructed by Zhang Xianzhong to tell the truth?

It's entirely possible.

Zhang Xianzhong was originally a wall grass, and it is not impossible to flatter Yang Qing in order to protect himself, and he can also survive for a long time.

"Prince, the palace is attacked, and the last general will lead troops to rescue him!"

Dou Mingwang said.

"General Dou, the matter is still unknown, without the permission of His Majesty, General Dou should not enter the palace."

Wang Yingxiong said.

He is also an old fox, don't expect to be driven away when Dou Mingwang enters the palace, and the Ming army stationed in the palace also means that the emperor is controlled by Yang Qing, although the forces he represents are not really to support the emperor, but the emperor and Yang Qing are also in the interests of their side. If the Ming army is in the palace, then Zhu Cihong still has the qualification to fight a fart, to put it bluntly, what does Zhu Cihong dare to do, the key is that a circle of Japanese slaves around him can ensure his safety, if there is a circle of Ming troops around, then Yang Qing has to say whatever it is.

"Does the prince want to obstruct the rescue?"

Dou Mingwang shouted.

"Huh?"

Wang Yingxiong hesitated, and finally he stepped aside.

"Get out of the way!"

Dou Mingwang shouted at the Japanese slave again.

The Japanese officer immediately ordered all the Japanese to aim behind the breastwork......

"Fire!"

Dou Mingwang roared.

Next to the four six-pounder field guns, the gunner quickly ignited, and with the sound of the cannon, four solid shells hit the breastwall in the jet of flames, and the breastwork of the logs closely lined up was instantly blasted open four gaps. The Japanese slaves in the back screamed and shattered, and the rest immediately opened fire in confusion, followed by the Ming infantry firing at the same time, and then the soldiers with flintlock pistols with bayonets rushed forward.

The remnants of the Japanese slaves also drew their swords.

The battle in front of the palace gate unfolded chaotically.

At this time, there was chaos in the palace.

Because it was night, both the vast majority of the Japanese slaves and those scholars who came to show their loyalty to the emperor had already fallen asleep, although the first round of gunfire began to wake up one after another, but because of the reaction speed, most of them were still in a daze.

Until the explosion made by Hu Chao sounded.

I have to say that the nature of this explosion is quite bad, not only the palace, in fact, the entire Huoqiu City was awakened, after all, when they were asleep in the middle of the night, suddenly there was such a sound, and there were many people who were frightened this night! Even the Ming troops stationed on the city wall and other places were made by his barrel of gunpowder.

Then the well-trained Japanese slaves, led by the officers, rushed out to reinforce the two battle points, while the soldiers became headless flies, running chaotically in the palace, and even clashing with the Japanese slaves. There are also people who simply shout rumors such as Yang Qing rebelling and killing the king, some bravely draw their swords and prepare to escort them, and some smart ones start to find a place to hide, and some are even ready to run over the wall. Zhu Cihong was also confused, he was also awakened by the sound of explosions in his bedroom, and there was Mao Qiling who was watching by his side, and then the cannon outside also sounded when the two of them were blind.

Explosions, gunfire, flames that stained the night sky red......

His Majesty's mind went blank. ()

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