Chapter 298: Forcibly seizing Xihua Gate
Wang Xi, who was confronting Cao Jixiang, heard the frightened and even confused shouts of the soldiers, and couldn't help but turn his head in astonishment, looking towards the city, only to see that in the forest where there was still a mile away from Xihua Gate, a large number of figures could be vaguely seen in the forest, quickly approaching this side, and there were many cavalry riding in columns.
Seeing this scene, Wang Xi's face couldn't help but change greatly, you know, this is in the imperial city, except for the Son of Heaven traveling in the imperial car, otherwise, it is impossible to have such a scene in the imperial city, not to mention, those cavalry who rode in columns, and those who were galloping in the forest, all showed a sharp killing intent, and the long knife with the handle that had been unsheathed proved one thing, rebellion!
"Quick, ring the alarm bell to report that someone intends to attack Xihuamen!" Wang Xi's voice was as sharp as the long whistle at this moment, and at the moment when his scream came out, he felt a loud shout coming from behind him, followed by a stream of warm liquid splashing on his shoulders and back, Wang Xi Huo Ran turned around, only to see a personal soldier who had turned into a headless corpse, leaning towards him.
And behind the soaring blood spring, Cao Jixiang, whose sword was still dripping blood in his hand, was like a ghost prison, crawling out of the evil ghost killing god. Unexpectedly, Wang Xi, who could have been killed with one blow, was actually stopped by the damn Wu Xiang's right guard, Cao Jixiang roared angrily, and the war knife in his hand was raised again, while shouting: "Do it!" ”
"Help!" Wang Xi, who was sprayed with bright red blood, finally made the right reaction at the moment of life and death, and after his legs fell to the ground weakly, he rolled a few heels, avoiding the sword that killed the god-like Cao Jixiang with a fierce wind.
And those few feudal generals and dozens of Tengxiang guards brought by Cao Jixiang pulled out their swords at their waists, and they slaughtered indiscriminately, so that the defenders who originally had the advantage in numbers and Wu Xiang's right guard were caught off guard and were killed dozens of people one after another. took down the bell and drum stand that stood on the Xihua Gate, and cut off the idea that the right guard of Wu Xiang wanted to warn the guards of Miyagi.
And the personal soldiers around Wang Xi had already reacted at this time, shouting loudly to surround that Wang Xi, and several of them pulled out the war knives on their waists and slowly approached Cao Jixiang.
And in that door cave, a massacre without suspense was going on, just after Cao Jixiang's shouts above the city gate exited, more than 100 Tengxiang guards who had already been eyeing the door rushed to the doorway, and chopped the several Wu Xiang right guards guarding the door into bloody mud.
-------------------- "Princess, there is someone in the doorway!" At this time, the right guard of Wu Xiang on the top of the city tower heard the strange sound under him, and when he looked out, he saw the figure of the soldier of Teng Xiang Guard, and couldn't help but shout loudly in horror, but as soon as the cry came out, a crossbow arrow turned into a black streamer from under the palace wall, which happened to pass through the throat of the right guard of Wu Xiang, and the Wu Xiang guard who called the police stared in despair, and his hands were desperately covering his throat, and the big mouthful of blood foam kept pouring out of his mouth, and finally he was crooked, Weakly fell off the palace wall and smashed on the solid ground...... "Kill them, quick!" Hurry up to our family, you take people to retake the palace gate for our family, don't let those rebels open the palace gate! The hat on his head no longer knew where to fly, and the bundled hair had already fallen down, Wang Xi, who was like an old fat woman, waved the war knife in his hand and screamed loudly.
"It's all supported by our family, and the glory and wealth in the future will be done today!" Cao Jixiang spat viciously, gritted his teeth, pulled out a crossbow arrow that had just shot himself from the gap in his shoulder, and retreated to the bell and drum platform surrounded by those generals and Teng Xiang's guards, loudly encouraging those henchmen and dead soldiers.
The hundreds of Wuxiang right guards on the tower of the palace city were divided into two pulls, one pulled and rushed under the palace wall, intending to recapture the palace gate, while the other group attacked the bell and drum platform desperately.
And at the beginning, the Tengxiang guards who rushed to the stairs of the palace wall to intercept the right guard of Wu Xiang who rushed down from the palace wall could not resist the opponent's terrain advantage after all, as well as the endless number of troops, and were finally suppressed to the vicinity of the door hole and fought together.
And in the distance, the Wuxiang Right Guard's Mansion also rushed in the direction of this palace gate tower, intending to re-hold this place. Others rushed in other directions to ask for reinforcements.
"Brothers, hurry up, open the door of the palace, the others, resist those dog mongrels!" The general who led the raid on the guards of the gate cave ordered his subordinates to stubbornly resist the onslaught of the other party's death outside the door hole, and on the other hand, he ordered his own soldiers to open the palace gate to meet the Sun Mansion family members and the emperor's army that were about to rush.
In the palace gate, several fierce Tengxiang guards were biting their cheeks, and they used their strength to lift the door latch, which was extremely heavy and made of whole giant wood, and then put it aside, and then struggled to slowly open the heavy palace door wrapped with copper nails.
"Hurry, hurry up, you rabbits, work harder, and take out all your milk strength for Lao Tzu." A junior officer of the Emperor's army shouted loudly, telling the panting soldiers, who had a short sword on their backs and an unsheathed sword in their hands, to run a little faster, for the road belonged to a garden made of the royal chambers, and the speed of the cavalry was not much faster than their nimble infantry.
And now, they can clearly see the Xihua Gate at the end of the palace wall, and they can hear the sound of fighting at the Xihua Gate, which makes them happy, and they are also nervous, hoping that those unknown friendly troops can hold out longer, at least until they break into the Xihua Gate, as long as they can control the Xihua Gate, the follow-up thousands of brave people will naturally be able to pull the Forbidden City unimpeded, and at that time, the general situation can be determined.
And Sun Jizong, who was the first to break into the place where he was a stone's throw away from the Xihua Gate, saw the battle in the city, but there were still many soldiers of Wu Xiangwei who aimed the crossbow arrows in their hands at this side, and couldn't help but hold the reins of the horse with some hesitation, and saw that Yuan Bin also rushed here, and quickly raised his hand to stop Yuan Bin. "Lord Yuan, now we have more than 30 rides, and we are already prepared on the top of the city, do you want to wait a little longer."
Yuan Bin raised his head, looked at the towering palace wall, and saw that the bell and drum platform was bloody, and there were hundreds of people gathered there to fight, and at this time, the closed palace door was slowly being opened to reveal a dark gap.
"Don't wait! If we wait any longer, even if the people behind catch up, but if all the people in Miyagi are dead, we will not be able to rush in in a short time! Yuan Bin gritted his teeth, took off the hand row from the horse's stock, put it on his head, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and the mount on his body neighed, and he first crossed the crowd and rushed towards the Xihua Gate that was gradually opening.
And the cavalrymen of the emperor's army who came with him also took off the hand rows on their horses without fear, put them on their heads like Yuan Bin, and galloped forward.
"Master, look ......" Sun Jizong's henchmen saw that the subsequent pro-army cavalry all rushed forward without hesitation, even if they were hit by the crossbow arrows and firearms on the palace wall, except for those cavalry who were directly hit by the key point and fell off their mounts, even if they were hit by a few crossbow arrows, they continued to rush forward without fear.
-------------------- "His Majesty the Emperor's pro-army has the audacity to do this, which makes the old man ashamed, and rushes forward with the old man!" For His Majesty the Emperor, for the Empress Dowager, it's hard! Sun Jizong gritted his teeth viciously, pulled out the war knife on his waist, and with a wave of his big hand, the dozens of horsemen who had gathered behind him surrounded Sun Jizong and rushed towards the palace without hesitation.
And at this moment, the cavalry that rushed into the firing range also pulled out the short guns on their waists and fired back at the right guards of Wu Xiang who leaned out to attack them on the palace wall.
Although the firing distance of the flintlock handcuff is not as long as the firing range of the flintlock musket with a long barrel, but within a distance of thirty or forty paces, its lethality is still considerable, at least, the soldiers of the right guard of Wu Xiang who were aiming and shooting at the bottom of the city tower with confidence and courage have become a little timid after being knocked over several times in a row, and the cavalry who rushed forward naturally would not let go of this opportunity and continued to rush towards the gate of the palace!
“…… They have burst into the palace gates! ”
"Don't be afraid, there are not many people, shoot fast for Lao Tzu, if you can't guard the palace gate, we all have to die!"
The crossbow arrows above the city head still continued to be fired, but the firecrackers needed to be separated by an extremely long time, although those cavalry suffered heavy casualties at the distance that broke into the palace gate, but there were dozens of cavalry who broke into the palace gate during this time, and Yuan Bin, who had crossbow arrows stuck in the gaps in both shoulders, waved the war knife in his hand and roared angrily at the soldiers of the Teng Xiang guards who were squeezing near the door hole. "Spread out, let's rush in!"
The general also reacted, and shouted loudly, those soldiers who had blocked the door hole tightly were divided to avoid on both sides, and those soldiers of the right guard of Wu Xiang did not have time to rejoice in the retreat of the opponent, and saw dozens of fierce cavalry waving the snow swords in their hands, passing over the Teng Xiang guards who avoided on both sides, and rushed to the front, the impact brought by the acceleration of the war horse was naturally not something that the human body could withstand. Dozens of horsemen instantly knocked the dozen or so soldiers of Wu Xiang's right guard who were blocking their path, or trampled on the ground. directly pierced a blank space.
Then more cavalry poured in along this passage, and then began to disperse, and in groups of more than a dozen people, they launched an attack on the soldiers of Wu Xiang's right guard who were trying to seize the palace gate.
At this time, someone finally rushed to the corner tower south of Xihua Gate and sounded the alarm bell located in the corner tower......
(To be continued)