Chapter 293: The Earthquake Caused Trouble

The long city wall was as soft as noodles, undulating and shaking, and the crowd felt as if they were stepping on a pile of cotton, soft and weak, and it was difficult to even stand firmly, let alone walk, only a few steps were taken, and one by one they felt the world spinning, dizzy, and everyone's hearts were filled with endless fear. ＂＂

The ministers of the guards, Yarjianga, Alinga, Haijin, Bahund, and Fuerdan, the ministers of the interior, Norbu, Sabusu, Sige, and the close guards of the first class in front of the palace, Wu Dan and Bahai, immediately staggered and swarmed up, surrounded Kangxi, and even Yinzhen was squeezed aside.

In the face of this sudden natural disaster, Kangxi also lost his usual composure, his face was a little pale, Tianjin had a major earthquake in the seventh year of Kangxi and the eighteenth year of Kangxi, how big the loss was at that time, he was very clear, he didn't expect that the Tianjin prisoners would happen to encounter an earthquake, and the scale was much larger than before, most of the clans and royal families of the Qing Dynasty were on the city wall, could it be that the sky was going to die in the Qing Dynasty?

Kangxi didn't dare to think much at this time, and quickly glanced at the crumbling city wall that could collapse at any time, and said in a deep voice: "Leave the city wall immediately and scatter from both ends!" ”

Wu Dan, the first-class imperial guard, was in a hurry, pulled Kangxi up, and turned his back to carry him, but Kangxi refused, "I'm not old." So saying, he held on to the wall and walked forward.

As soon as they saw this situation, Bahund, Fuldan, Sabusu and others immediately took the guards to break the back, preventing the princes and ministers of civil and military affairs from following behind, so as not to panic and run for their lives and collide with the holy driver, and even endanger Kangxi's life.

The princes and ministers of civil and military affairs were already terrified to the extreme, and when they saw that a group of guards blocked the way out of this end, they did not dare to fight, the situation was critical, and if they stayed on the city wall for a while, the danger would be greater, and they had to flee to the other end of the city wall in a hurry. In the midst of the panic, people rarely have opinions, and some people take the lead and immediately follow suit.

Yinzhen was at Kangxi's end, glanced ahead, there was still a long way to go, he couldn't help but look at the moat under the city wall, I don't know how deep the river is, and it's a little far away, I'm afraid I can't jump into the river, so I have to follow Kangxi step by step.

Everyone knew what the consequences of staying on the walls were, and although it was difficult, they staggered forward, like a baby learning to walk.

Although the city wall is very dangerous, but not very chaotic, the situation under the city is chaotic, at least tens of thousands of scholars, gentlemen, Yin merchants, wealthy people, ordinary people under the city to watch the military exercise, the earthquake together, immediately caused a chaos, everyone rushed to flee for their lives, trampled on countless people, shouting and crying and screaming into a sound, behind the sea river, almost everyone subconsciously rushed forward.

In the city of Tianjin, large and small wine shops, restaurants, hawkers are cooking on fire, the strong earthquake collapsed countless wooden houses, immediately caused a fire, at this time people are panicked, how can they have the heart to put out the fire, when they see the fire everywhere, the people of Hecheng are desperately fleeing outside the city, and the chaos is even more than the outside of the city.

The crown prince Yinren, who lives in Yanxue Building in the city to recuperate, confirmed that there was an earthquake, and he was so excited, Kangxi and the princes were watching the military exercise on the city wall, where is the most dangerous earthquake? Of course, it is on the city wall, once the city wall collapses, if you don't fall to death, you will be crushed to death!

This is really not as good as heaven! In the face of natural disasters, what is the use of having more troops? No matter how careful the protection is, it is in vain, Yinren is excited and wants to roar, the sky has eyes! He hurried out under the support of everyone, while nervously thinking about how to deal with this situation now, he must first confirm Kangxi's life and death!

As soon as he walked out of Yanxue Building, Beizi Sunu, who was responsible for secretly monitoring Yinren, greeted him with a group of soldiers from the cavalry battalion, although he was busy, he still didn't want to lose his etiquette, so as not to be grabbed by Yinren, and hurriedly tied a thousand children on the spot and said: "Sunu to the crown prince." At this time, the city was already on fire everywhere, and there were people running in a panic like headless flies everywhere, the sound of crying for help was endless, and the chaos was extreme, Yinren hated this Sunu who was against him to the core, in this case, seeing that he still didn't know whether to live or die and wanted to intercept himself, he was angry and couldn't get anywhere, raised his leg is a kick, and scolded angrily: "What doesn't open your eyes? You want to suffocate Prince Ben here? ”

As he spoke, he glanced around at the soldiers around him, and said in a loud voice: "The fire in the city is spreading, you can't stay for a long time, the emperor is in danger now, everyone rush out with me to earn a great merit of protecting the sky." ”

There were fires everywhere in the city, the smoke was filled, and a group of soldiers had long wanted to escape from the city, but they didn't dare to act rashly because Sunu and Feng Xiaochun, the leader, didn't dare to move.

The people panicked, the soldiers and guards on duty outside the city were no better, the cavalry of the cavalry battalion and the forward battalion suffered first, and the frightened horses could not be controlled in any case, and the soldiers galloped all the way and scattered.

The guards and guards on duty at three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry were also pale and at a loss for what to do, and when they were hesitating, they saw the surging crowd rushing straight towards them, for fear of being washed down and trampled, and immediately scattered in all directions.

The sudden earthquake also frightened the marines who were exercising, and all the soldiers looked at the captain of the brigade with a panicked and bewildered look, waiting for orders.

After a short panic, Seropen quickly calmed down, glanced at the city wall, and saw that there was an orderly evacuation from above, and the soldiers and guards outside the city were gone.

After looking around again, as far as the eye could see, there were crowds of people fleeing in a panic everywhere, the cavalry of the cavalry battalion and the forward battalion had long disappeared, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion were also missing, and indeed no one paid attention to them anymore.

Cerro Benqiang held back the ecstasy in his heart and said quietly: "Mount Tai collapsed in front, but the color remains the same, what is this earthquake?" Be calm. As he spoke, he ordered unhurriedly: "The propellant is reduced by two, the flowering bullet is flowered, the angle of fire is forty-five, and the loading begins." ”

Although I don't understand what to do with reloading shells at this time? However, the navy has always paid attention to obedience to orders, and no one dared to ask more, and all the gunners began to operate in an orderly manner, but Fu Anding, the leader of the 207th squadron, faintly felt that something was wrong, and quietly walked into the musketeer queue of his squadron.

In the southeast corner of the city, Yande and Prince Yu Baotai each led the navy and the cavalry of the cavalry battalion to guard the 8,000 Spanish prisoners who were waiting for the ceremony of surrendering prisoners.

The cavalry of the cavalry battalion was in chaos, and the originally orderly Spanish captives followed closely and there was a commotion, and Yan Deden, who was caught off guard, did not know what to do, and looked back, Prince Yu Baotai had already been taken out of the distance by the frightened horse, he couldn't help but feel anxious, and he didn't know if there was any danger in this place, not to mention the prisoners, all the soldiers under his command had a panicked look on their faces, and no one was not afraid of the earthquake.

After a moment's hesitation, Yande ordered, "Escort all the captives out of the whole team." Those who fled without permission were shot on the spot. The interpreter immediately passed the order aloud.

Although everyone was panicked and frightened, under the threat of muskets, no one dared to joke with their lives, and the huge group of captives began to move southeastward in an orderly manner.

The most nervous were the two musket teams not far from the Marine Corps who were preparing to participate in the military exercise. ..., according to the plan, as soon as the artillery exercises of the Marine Corps were over, it was followed by the exercises of the Spanish musket phalanx, so when the Marine Corps exercises were nearing the end, the ammunition for the Spanish muskets began to be issued, and at the time of the earthquake, the ammunition was not yet exhausted, but more than half of the soldiers had already received ammunition, three rounds each.

The panic caused by the earthquake, Lieutenant Colonel Deck and several other officers who advocated adventure couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is a godsend, if they can capture the muskets of the opponent's musket team in one fell swoop, two thousand muskets in hand, they are enough to fight against the cavalry, even if they can't capture their emperor, they can also take back the battleship, the Spanish musketeers are veterans of a hundred battles, extremely skilled in muskets, whether it is loading ammunition, or the courage to shoot, they are absolutely superior to the Qing soldiers.

The opportunity was rare, and Deck immediately whispered: "Soldiers, although the ground is trembling, but we are not in danger, this is our only chance to save ourselves, everyone immediately reload ammunition, prepare for battle, we will capture the opponent's musket." ”

Several other officers did not hesitate to order the ammunition to be loaded, and ordered all the naval soldiers who had been issued ammunition to be detained.

The naval musket team led by Wu Ge was only thirty or forty yards away from the Spanish musket team, and when the earthquake was imposed, Wu Ge's attention was attracted by the dangerous situation on the city wall, and he was worried about Yinzhen, but the soldiers who heard it exclaimed, "The Spaniards are loading ammunition." ”

Wu Ge was taken aback, and when he looked back, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly ordered: "Load ammunition and prepare for battle." After giving the order, he watched nervously the progress of the loading of ammunition on both sides, the distance between the two sides was too close, and whoever was ready first would have an absolute advantage.

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two sides, Angel and Carlos couldn't help but look at each other, originally thought that there could be no chance for the military exercise, but now there was a sudden earthquake, is this an opportunity or a disaster? Angel glanced at the musket team of the Qing navy not far from them, and saw how fast they were reloading.

The Spanish muskets were issued with bulk gunpowder, while the navy was equipped with paper-shell ammunition, which saved a lot of steps in reloading, so the reloading speed was much faster, although the order was given by the Vuge later, but the navy was no slower than the Spaniards.

"Reloaded!" Hearing the report of the squadron leader Xiao Bin, Wu Gechang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered: "Prepare to shoot!" As soon as the guns were raised, the muzzles of the Spanish musketeers in the front rows were also leveled, and the situation of holding guns was formed when they landed.

Angelden saw sweat on his forehead, and subconsciously glanced at the eight thousand companions who were escorted to participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony in the distance, and when he saw them start to evacuate in an orderly manner under the escort of the navy, he immediately walked between the two teams and said loudly: "Soldiers, believe me, don't do useless struggles, look at the companions over there?" We cannot kill all our fellow citizens because of our recklessness. ”

Carlos knew that once he fired, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he didn't say a word at the moment, and resolutely walked to Angel's side, and Major Kyle, Saya and other officers who did not approve of the risk walked out one after another. Seeing this, all the Spanish soldiers hesitated.

Wu Ge also felt heartbroken for the naval cadets trained by himself, firing at such a close distance was purely desperate for his life, but he also knew the consequences of this matter, even if he fought for a thousand people, he could not let the Spaniards succeed.

He immediately said to the translator Lin Keren: "Tell them that it is impossible for them to escape from Tianjin!" Count to five, and if you don't drop your gun, we'll shoot! ”

Lin Keren immediately nervously conveyed the order in a loud voice, and immediately began to count, "One, two, three." The faces of several officers, including Angel, Carlos, Kyle, and Saya, were immediately difficult to look at.

Marines, a twelve-pounder mountain howitzer, reported, "Artillery firing ready." ”

Seroben ordered lightly: "The muzzle of the cannon is turned, facing the southern section of the city wall!" ”

As soon as they heard this order, everyone was blindfolded, and the muzzle of the cannon was pointed at the city wall, what did it mean? There were the emperor and the dean, and one by one the artillery commanders looked at Seroben.

"The dean is on the northern section of the city wall." Ceropen's heart thumped nervously, but his face did not show it at all, and he said calmly: "The dean held a military exercise to usurp the throne!" Kill Kangxi, the dean will be the emperor, and the navy will usher in a more brilliant development. After speaking, he glanced at the gunners, "All actions are under command, you have forgotten the discipline of the navy?" ”

The gunners were just big soldiers, and where they knew the truth of these words, the discipline of the navy was clear, and after a little hesitation, they began to move their guns.

The 206th squadron leader Zha Min was standing next to him, and he was flustered when he heard this, he had a very good relationship with Seropen, and he knew that Seropen was lying, but he didn't dare to expose him.

On the city wall, Kangxi and Yinzhen didn't notice the danger at all, but Fu Anding, the leader of the 207th squadron, raised his heart, what did Seroben want to do? Kill Dean and Kangxi? He was looking forward to the telescope, but he clearly knew that Yinzhen and Kangxi were together.

As soon as he saw that the muzzle of the cannon was moved into place, Seroben said coldly: "Open the cannon!" ”

A gun commander saluted and reported: "The ground is shaking badly, and there is no guarantee of accurate shelling." ”

"Fire!" Seroben said in an accentuated tone.

Kangxi is the emperor and the Son of Heaven! It is an unattainable, sacred existence, where the gunners dare to fire, they all hesitate, bowing their heads and not daring to look at Ceropen.

Cerro stepped forward in two angry steps, snatched the fire twist, bowed down and lit the cannon, and immediately listened to the "boom." A gunner next to him shuddered and lit the cannon.

The first shot was fired, and the fear in his heart was broken, and the next thing was fine, Cerro ran straight up and thought with relief, and was about to urge several other gunners to open fire, when a crisp gunshot sounded "bang", which hit Cerro Ben's forehead.

The ground shook really badly, and the two cannons were fired in a hurry, so naturally they couldn't expect to be very accurate, and the two cannons that came one after another were shot a little ahead, and the guards who opened the way in front of them immediately fell unlucky and fell into a piece.

Kangxi was frightened, the earthquake and the shelling, even if he had nine lives, he had to finish it, and he couldn't help but look back at Yinzhen in surprise.

Yinzhen was even more frightened at this time, and Seropen rebelled! Whose man is he? He knows the power of these dozens of cannons too well, and he will definitely die if he stays on the city wall, but why did he not move after only two shots? Yinzhen poked his head out suspiciously to look.

Although Seropen's two cannons did not hit Kangxi, they acted as signal flares.

The musket teams of Spain and the navy are in a stalemate, Lin Keren is only counting to three here, the Spanish soldiers are really hesitant in their hearts, the commander Angel, Carlos and other officers are still standing in the middle, but, casually Lin Keren's reading, the nerves of the soldiers on both sides have been stretched to the limit, and the sudden sound of artillery has undoubtedly become an order to open fire, Spain is a veteran, and the psychological quality is much stronger, but most of the navy are recruits, and as soon as the cannon sounds, the three recruits fire their guns as soon as they are nervous.

Wu Ge couldn't control the gunshots, and the dull gunshots immediately rang out.

At this time, the marines were immediately alarmed, and Fu Anding immediately ordered two squadrons to rush over to support, and the eight thousand captives of Spain saw that the musket teams of the two countries had exchanged fire, and immediately dispersed in a hurry. ..., and there was an explosion of gunfire outside the city.

On the city wall, seeing that there was no movement after only two shells, and the gunshots under the city rang out again, Kangxi couldn't help but feel very strange, and couldn't figure out what was going on, so he pushed away the obstruction of the ministers and guards, turned to the outer wall, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yinzhen said with a painful face: "The Spaniards want to take the opportunity to sneak attack." ”

Before the words fell, the city wall shook violently, and with a bang, the whole face fell down.

At the same time, the sluice of the moat in the southeast of the city also collapsed, and the water level of the moat was much higher than that of the Hai River, and the water of the entire moat immediately rushed into the Hai River.

This time the momentum was very great, the sky was full of dust and mist and splashes, and all the people looked back at the empty city wall, their hearts were cold, and they looked at the large section of the collapsed city wall in a daze, and they were speechless for a long time.

Everyone has only one thought in their hearts, Emperor Kangxi has become a guest!

Eighth Elder Brother Yinxi's heart beat violently a few times, and the old fourteen also died! The fourth brother is now far away from the capital, and the one who has the opportunity to grab the throne is he and the crown prince Yinren, although Yinren has no strength now, but he occupies the position of righteousness, he is the crown prince, Kangxi is dead, and the crown prince ascends the throne, which is a matter of course.

It would be good if Oro Dai was here, with his more than 20,000 Xiao cavalry battalions in hand, he could completely put the crown prince Yinren to death, but it was a pity that this was a great opportunity, and he shook his head, now I think these are too far, I can return to the capital alive before I have a chance, there are huge eight parties, I don't believe that there is no chance.

*J Novel Knight