Chapter 258: Fire, Demon Sect, Mutiny The first update
The shout of "King Ming descends to the world, sweep away the demons, brighten the world, and enjoy eternal bliss" has resounded through the slums in the east of the city as Wang Jian's troops retreated to the Dongbianmen. ยค Top Novel, x. All the flood and drought gates on the east wall of Lin'an City have been closed, except for the Dongbian Gate, and even the jack gate that closed the city gate has been lowered. On the city wall, the few soldiers of the Sanya were looking at the chaos inside and outside the city with frightened eyes.
The fire in the city was spreading northeast along the southwest wind, and the flames were rising to the sky, and thick smoke was billowing out, and I don't know how many homes and goods were about to be reduced to ashes. The slums in the east of the city have become the world of the Demon Cult! The slogans of the Demon Sect were shouted louder and louder, and every Sanya soldier guarding the city wall could hear them clearly. And Yuhangmen, in the north of the city, was seized by the rebels again, and it was the first-class elite in the whole world who caused the rebellion - the Thunderbolt Water Army!
Fire, Demon Cult, Mutiny. Three catastrophes appeared at the same time! Every official and soldier in it is thinking and wondering - is this magnificent and prosperous line of Lin'an going to be ruined today?
The eyes of the officers and soldiers all subconsciously looked in the direction of the imperial city in the south of the city. It seems that they are looking forward to the Great Song Dynasty officials in the imperial city at this moment of chaos, and they will take out some heroic spirit, and they will suppress this chaos no matter what!
The official family has entered the imperial city from Chaotianmen at this moment, and the terrain of Lin'an City is high in the south and high in the north. The imperial city built against the Phoenix Mountain is the highest point of the entire Lin'an City, and it is also a strong castle - in fact, the entire Lin'an Xingdu is a castle that has contributed to the military south.
The west city is bordered by the lake, the south city is near the river, and the north city is leaning on the canal. The eastern part of the city also has a wide moat. The walls are so tall and strong that the 18 gates are 18 small fortresses. Guarding the head of the Great Song Empire. Beyond the city walls, there are also a series of branch cities. Cloth ring attendants, guarding all the important places.
Such a city, if it is a city of unity, even if there are millions of enemies, there is nothing to be done. But the millions of residents in this city, the 70,000 forbidden army of the three ya, and the hundred officials of the imperial court, do they really have the determination to fight to the death in the city?
If they had such determination, when the Mongol army was in the south of the Yangtze River in history, this Lin'an City really couldn't be defended? If Lin'an, Jiankang, Shaoxing, and Qingyuan are fortified everywhere, the city is firmly defended. The Han family is tilted, and there may not be no room for recovery!
It's a pity that although Lin'an City is a city that must be defended, there are no people in it who defend it.
The order to mobilize the soldiers of the three yamen had already been passed out from the capital room of the Privy Council, as well as the yamen of the palace front division, the guard horse military division, and the guard infantry military division. In all the military camps in the city, the sound of trumpets and drums for the assembly of troops was heard. Knights in battle jackets rode through the streets and alleys, sending various, and sometimes contradictory, orders to the barracks.
However, the orders were given one after another, but a few Sanya soldiers were never seen in the barracks. In addition to realizing the more than 10,000 people who were assembled to disarm the Perak Navy Army in Lincao Town, there were only those left to guard the city gates. There are less than 13,000 soldiers stationed in the imperial city, and they can barely find people. The remaining more than 50,000 people, when this chaos fell, the first thing they thought of was not to protect the Song Dynasty and the official family, but to rush back to protect their families, wives, children, and grandmothers.
There are only a few dozen pounds of brown rice a year. I really can't put my life into it!
Anyway, the demon sect in Lin'an Dongcheng is just a rabble, and most of them were instigated by Chen Dexing - these Lin'anzi are not good at fighting, and they are all good at figuring out the political situation - today's disaster. Most likely Chen Dexing wants to mutiny and seize power, and Dingtian is an ending of "coercing the Son of Heaven and ordering the princes". These soldiers always have a bite to eat. It's a big deal not to be a soldier and become a common man, anyway, no one will live on those few meetings!
This kind of life-threatening thing. If you can hide, you should hide for a while.
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"Captain! Wang Taiwei was defeated, the east of the city was in an emergency, and the eight gates of the east wall had been closed for seven gates, and only the east gate was left for entry and exit. Captain Wang asked Captain Taiwei to send troops to help ......"
"Captain! There are fires everywhere in the east and north cities, and the Lin'an Mansion is powerless to extinguish them, so I want our Sanya Army to transfer 3,000 troops to rescue ......"
"Captain! There is also a demon cult in Xiaoshan, Shaoxing, and the Xiaoshan ferry has been controlled by the demon sect, and the situation in Xiaoshan County and Shaoxing is unknown! โ
"Taiwei, according to Zheng Yudai's report, there are about 300 rebels occupying Yuhangmen, with iron armor, crossbows, scimitars and other instruments, and they have also plundered bed bed crossbows and thunderbolt cannons in the arsenal of Yuhangmen, and are now deploying in Yuhangmen Tower and Wengcheng. In addition, everyone has a horse, and the horses are stored in the urn city of Yuhangmen......"
"Captain, the left army in front of the palace in Lincao Town has not yet been contacted, and I don't know the movement of the main force of the opposing army."
The Chinese army in front of the palace and the Chinese army of Lin'an to pacify Han Zhen is now located on the tower of Chaotianmen City. Inside the Chaotian Gate, the soldiers of the brigade with bright armor and complete equipment have been assembled and are ready to go.
Military reports from all over the city and outside the city were sent over like a stream, and the news was very bad, so that Han Zhen only took a cool breath when he heard it. Wang Jian actually suffered a loss at the hands of the Lin'an Demon Sect! The gates of the eastern wall have been sealed...... Although I'm not worried about the Demon Sect attacking the city, the east wall of Lin'an City can't be defended, right? The garrison of less than 2,000 against the eight gates of the east wall and the remnants of the king's defense are afraid that they will not be enough.
In addition, Xiaoshandu was actually occupied by the Demon Sect in Shaoxing! Xiaoshandu is the throat road from Lin'an to Shaoxing and Qingyuan. And the east and north of Lin'an were controlled by Chen Dexing and the Demon Sect. In case Lin'an can't hold on, where should the official family retreat? Do you want to drill the ravines and ravines in western Zhejiang? Who knows if there are any demons in ambush there?
This seemingly impregnable Lin'an Xingdu, why did it crumble in a blink of an eye? Ma Guangzu, who was sentenced to Lin'an Mansion, had already hurried over.
"Master Ma, why are you here? Is there anything that the people below can say no? Han Zhen didn't dare to charge his head in front of Ma Guangzu, so he hurriedly got up to greet him.
Ma Guangzu looked angry, waved his hand and said, "Han Zhenfu!" Half of Lin'an City is about to burn down, when will you be able to send troops to extinguish the fire? โ
The fire in Lin'an first started near Deoksugung Palace, and it spread quickly with the help of the wind. But he didn't burn half of the city, but burned a piece in the east and north of the city. There is a special fire-fighting government office under Lin'an Mansion, as well as two county offices, and there are Li Zheng and Bao Chang under the county government, and now they are making every effort to organize the people to fight the fire. Although it was difficult to extinguish for a while, it was finally controlled. However, as the head of the government, Ma Guangzu always hoped to put out the fire earlier.
Han Zhen looked helpless: "Bachelor, there are only 12,000 people in the hands of the lower officials...... At least 4,000 people must be left to guard the imperial city and the official family, and only 8,000 will be used, and the prince in the east of the city has already sent people to ask for help, and he must divide 3,000 to guard the east wall, so why can't the Demon Sect enter the city? Whether the remaining 5,000 people can take Yuhangmen is still a matter of words, if they can't take it, let Chen Yi's 3,000 people enter the city......"
What will happen to Chen Dexing's 3,000 people when they enter the city, Han Zhen doesn't say that Ma Guangzu also understands! After this incident, even if Chen Dexing grabbed a handful and left, half of the life of the Great Song Dynasty would be gone-when the official arrived at Ma Guangzu, of course, he knew what kind of shape the Great Song Dynasty was now, Lianghuai, Jinghu, and Sichuan were faintly already feudal towns! The reason why the lords of those feudal towns are still relatively deferential, not as lawless as the festival envoys of the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty is because of the residual power of the 300-year-old civil and military forces!
For 300 years, the military ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were suppressed by civilian officials, and even a big warlord like Yue Fei, who once had a military base, did not dare or did not want to rebel against the civilian-dominated court.
And now, Chen Dexing dared to make trouble in Lin'an with 3,000 soldiers, and in the end, if he couldn't sanction this lawless military leader, he would be stripped clean with the last layer of painting skin of Wen Yuwu!
Several officers with armor and armor walked up to the city tower at this time and saluted Han Zhen with crossed hands: "Captain, all departments have been completed, please give the order!" โ
Han Zhen smiled bitterly at Ma Guangzu and arched his hand: "Bachelor, the lower official has led 5,000 people to attack Yuhangmen...... Please gather as many people as you can, just in case! โ
"What if? In case of...... Where to go? โ
"Guard the Gate of Heaven!" Han Zhen was silent for a moment, "You can't let the official family go to the dust outside the city to ......."
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"Demon Cult...... What is the current state of Mingjiao? Can you get in touch with their leader? โ
"Lord, do you want to take the Mingjiao for your own use? These people are all vegetable eaters and worshippers, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to drive ......"
"Big brother, I know the old Taoist and the top heaven monk of the Demon Sect, maybe I can ask him to come forward. It's just that the Demon Sect has its own set of propositions, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for our Great Righteousness and Heavenly Dao Sect to dissolve them. โ
"Now is the time to fight the world, and the more people there are, the better! As long as the people of Mingjiao are willing to work with us, how can they not tolerate it? Daoist, can you contact the real person now? โ
"Yes, my family's old Taoist temple is on the north shore of West Lake, and I will go there myself when it gets dark!"
"Okay, just do it, and find a way to make an appointment with the Dingtian monk of the Ming Sect."
Upstairs in Yuhangmen City, Chen Dexing was discussing with Ren Yijiang and Liu Yang how to pull people's heads. The mobilization of the poor in the eastern part of the city has long been a planned thing - the poor want to rebel, and the rebellion depends on the poor, Chen Dexing knows very well. If he wants to recruit people now, he can only fight the idea of the lumpenproletarians, and no one will join the high-ranking scholars, of course, not for nothing.
When the three of them were talking, they saw Zhang Xianshi running up quickly, standing in front of Chen Dexing and giving a military salute: "General, the three soldiers have come up!." (To be continued......)
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