Chapter 1220: Luoyang City is broken
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Zuo Liangyu on the third floor screamed excitedly, shot more than ten arrows in one breath, and finally sat on the floor with his butt exhausted, unable to lift his arms anymore. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info※%Top※%Dot※%Small※% said that from the time he shot the first arrow to the present, it is probably a meal, and he has shot hundreds of arrows, even if he is born with divine power, his physical strength cannot support it.
At the same time, countless rockets and torches came at the restaurant from all directions. In winter, the weather is dry and dry, and the wooden doors and windows are on fire, and in an instant they are already in flames. Zuo Liangyu smiled bitterly, and said with two bowls of wine: "Damn, Lao Tzu pulled hundreds of cushions today, it's worth it!" ”
"General Zuo doesn't have to be discouraged, unless the last general is dead, the rebels don't want to hurt a single hair of you!" At this time, Jin Tongwu hurriedly rushed upstairs and said, "Come on, set up General Zuo, and rush out in a row of mandarin ducks!" ”
This is also a choice in desperation, because seeing that the restaurant is about to be engulfed by fire, it is impossible not to rush out. Everyone shouted, but jumped from the window on the second floor instead of the main entrance of the restaurant. The place where you settled was in the alley behind the restaurant, although the rebels had already surrounded this place, but because of the narrow road, there were relatively few enemies, so they were caught off guard and were put down in an instant. More than 20 soldiers were divided into three groups, two groups blocked both ends of the alley, and the other group protected Zuo Liangyu under the command of Jin Tongwu.
The fire that ignited in the restaurant spread rapidly with the help of a strong wind, and for a time there were fires everywhere on all sides, which prevented the rebels from attacking them.
Although Zuo Liangyu's arms are weak, after all, he has been in Luoyang for many years, and he is extremely familiar with the geography of the city. With a bang, the wall collapsed, and Zuo Liangyu roared: "Come with me!" ”
So everyone quickly walked through the ruins and played hide and seek with the rebels in the alleys of Luoyang. Because the alley was very narrow, the rebels had thousands of troops but could not deploy, and the occasional confrontation with these more than 20 people was all killed by three moves and two methods. You must know that for this operation, Li Dingguo selected more than 20 scouts who were the most brave and good at fighting from the 5,000 elite soldiers of the whole army. In comparison, the combat effectiveness of the rebels was not strong, and they had suffered a serious setback just now, and there was a great sound of killing outside the city, and the morale of the army was already in turmoil, so they could be the opponents of these more than 20 fierce gods.
And Gao Shangyi, the eunuch of the prison army, had no intention of pursuing Zuo Liangyu at this time, because in the blink of an eye, Li Dingguo's army had already been killed outside the city. Although the 5,000 cavalry did not have a large number of troops, they had been holding back in the mountains for several days, and they were in full swing, and they began to fire a salvo of bows and arrows fifty paces from the city wall.
And the defenders at the head of the city were first shot dead dozens of people inexplicably, and then there was another chaos in the city, and now the place near Anximen has become a sea of fire, how can there be a heart war. Originally, there were a few artillery pieces at the head of Luoyang City, and even Hongyi cannons, but both the artillery performance and the quality of the artillery were too far behind the well-trained artillery of the Shenji Battalion, and they didn't even have time to launch a single cannon, and the officers and troops were already approaching the city wall.
The rebels had to shoot outside the city with bows and arrows, but the birds were equally unwieldy, and only the bows and arrows caused some casualties to the officers. But with just one volley, half of the rebels in the chaos of the city were killed, and the rest hurriedly crouched to dodge. The moat had long since frozen, and the cavalry rushed to the river, immediately jumped off their horses, set up several long ladders that had been prepared, and shouted to the bottom of the city.
If it is replaced by the official army defending the city, this moment is the best time to kill and injure the enemy army, because the official army has the weapon of grenades. But the Luoyang rebels did not, and under the city wall were the dead ends of the attack of bows and arrows, and they could only use rolling wood and stones. However, the use of these bulky fortifications requires good organization, and now that the rebels are already in disarray, how can they afford to move these things.
The cavalry under the city did not use the traditional method of building ladders to attack the city, but directly piled up hundreds of catties of explosives under the city gate. This time, since the Beijing division made a long trip to Luoyang, because it was all light cavalry, it was impossible for Li Dingguo to carry too many weapons and ammunition, but a few hundred catties of explosives were still not a problem. Dozens of soldiers each carried ten pounds of explosives, piled them up under the city gate, and then lit the fuse and quickly retreated to both sides. The rebels at the head of the city watched but could not stop them, so they could only run in panic to both sides and under the city.
Suddenly heard an earth-shattering loud noise, hundreds of catties of explosives exploded violently, and the huge air wave generated suddenly blew up the city gate tower that had been in disrepair for a long time, and a heavy city gate was even lifted out more than ten zhang away, and all the rebels who were smashed were all brains burst and their flesh and blood were blurred.
When the smoke gradually cleared, the officers and soldiers outside the city suddenly let out an earth-shattering shout, and the soldiers close to the city wall were the first to kill with single knives. Immediately afterwards, due to the collapse of the city gate tower, the drawbridge naturally fell, and the cavalry of the rear team directly slapped their horses into the city!
In fact, Li Dingguo's troops were only 5,000 people at full capacity, and although the rebels in the city were transferred by Zuo Liangyu with 10,000 people, there were still more than 20,000 people in total. If they can stubbornly engage in street battles with the officers and soldiers, the outcome is not yet known. However, at this time, a small part of Luoyang City had fallen into flames, and the city was broken too quickly, and some rebel generals had not even had time to gather their own troops, and they had been carried by a large number of defeated soldiers to retreat in the direction of the other three city gates.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu, Jin Tongwu and others were drilling around in the streets and alleys of Luoyang, and now they happened to be near King Fu's mansion. They all heard the earth-shattering shouts and earth-shattering loud noises in the north, and then saw a large number of rebels running around like headless flies, and knew that Li Dingguo might have broken the city wall. Zuo Liangyu had an idea, and suddenly shouted loudly: "It's amazing! Long live the death of the Lord! Run for your life! ”
In the chaos of war, who can tell who shouted this voice. When many rebels heard that the "Long Live Lord" was dead, they were even more unwilling to fight, and no matter how the generals and eunuchs of the supervising army drank, they couldn't stop the momentum, and rushed to the other three city gates desperately, only hating their parents for giving birth to a leg.
Zuo Liangyu and Jin Tongwu were overjoyed, they hid in an alley near the gate of King Fu's mansion, and the large rebels fled without anyone paying attention to them. After a while, I saw the door of the Fuwang Mansion, that is, the pseudo-imperial palace, suddenly opened, hundreds of eunuchs, palace maids and guards ran out in a mess, and there was a bright yellow sedan chair in the middle of the team, trembling and looking extremely heavy.
"This must be King Fu, ah no, the traitor Zhu Changxun!" Zuo Liangyu whispered excitedly, "General Jin, it seems that you and I are lucky today, so we just rush over and capture the traitor alive, or kill him!" ”
Jin Tongwu shook his head with a serious face and said: "There is a secret edict on the saint: you must not kill Zhu Changxun!" ”