The entire city is in a state of chaos that is out of control.

Because the soldiers who fell from the sky could not determine the exact direction, they fell everywhere, and there were even many "burdens" on their backs that could not be opened, and they fell directly to the ground and died.

The army in the city does not care about the end, and the people in the city basically have two reactions, the first is to quickly hide in the house and not come out, and it is not their business to hang high. Then pray to God and Buddha to bless these heavenly soldiers to punish evil and promote good, and will not embarrass the people. But there are still some people, after hearing the slogan of "Heavenly Soldiers come to clean up the rebellious Huai King" on the street, they come out of hiding places, or rob or sneak or join the side of the Heavenly Soldiers to fish in troubled waters, and then the entire Jiankang City will be even more chaotic.

There was also a chaotic scene in the Huai Palace.

The palace gate was closed, and the "heavenly soldiers" descended from the sky, so that the guards were too busy to take care of themselves, and the representatives of the official gentry and wealthy families who originally participated in the banquet no longer paid attention to their life or death, they could not find a way out, and they had joined the team of palace maids and eunuchs running around.

King Huai stood alone in the main hall of the Huai Palace, which was the place where he ascended the throne as the emperor, although this place was also magnificent, but he also knew that this place could not be compared with the palace in Chang'an City. He wants to compete for the world and sit on the real dragon chair, which was already nine out of ten, but now it seems that the clouds are gradually disappearing in front of him. This palace of Jiankang City cannot be preserved.

"Your Majesty, the Dingchang Gate has been lost, and the Northern Army has entered the city." In the chaotic situation, Meng Chuliang found King Huai and reported.

Dingchang Gate is the northwest gate of Jiankang City, directly connected to the Yangtze River trunk road, as long as Dingchang Gate is lost. The imperial army only had to cross the river. Hurry up and whip the tea to enter the city. Although King Huai has a premonition today these days. But I didn't expect this day to come so soon. Great joy to great sorrow, just in a moment.

"The army of the imperial court...... Crossing the river? King Huai looked at Meng Chuliang.

"Hmm." Meng Chuliang's face was quite calm, "Light boats crossing the river are all inconspicuous boats, but because our army's river defense was broken, the northern army did not encounter much obstacle in crossing the river, and now Jiankang City can no longer hold on, it is better to ......"

"Brother Meng. Forget it. ”

In the face of Meng Chuliang's persuasion to make a comeback, King Huai waved his hand to stop him, and he was already disheartened at this time. Twenty-three years ago, even if Su Yunyang snatched his throne, he didn't have such an urgent desire to regain the throne that belonged to him.

"I just want to be a normal person." King Huai said in a sad tone, "Who is the emperor, and what is the difference?" If it weren't for the fact that he killed me back then, why would I have to keep this obsession? ”

"In the end, obsession is just obsession after all, and the vicissitudes of heaven are vicissitudes. Everything I did was against the sky. ”

The palace gate has already shouted that the sound of killing shook the sky, and the lone heavenly soldiers were gathered. began to organize an effective counterattack, and together with some troublemakers in the city, the palace gate was smashed open, and the sound of fighting came straight to the main hall.

Meng Chuliang glanced at the direction of the palace gate, and the most shining thing in his eyes was the fireworks that kept burning, the fireworks at this time were completely made by the heavenly soldiers, and every one of them exploded in the sky was so shining, clearly marking the location of Jiankang City. In other words, the heavenly soldiers prepared by Liu Wenyan are still entering Jiankang City in a steady stream.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is invincible, retreat and defend it, and it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years!" Meng Chuliang persuaded again.

King Huai walked towards the dragon chair that belonged to him, and said, "Brother Meng, you should leave Jiankang City early and have a peaceful life in the future." I have waited for twenty years, and there is no more waiting for the next twenty years, and even if I can survive to that age, why should I force it if the number of days is not for me? ”

King Huai sat on the dragon chair, and his expression was so calm. Meng Chu's conscience said that at this time, King Huai would not leave the foundation he had worked so hard to establish, and today's various things, from the very beginning of King Huai's decision to rebel, can be predicted, between success and failure, there is no certainty.

After Meng Chuliang hurriedly left the main hall, the heavenly soldiers had completely occupied the main courtyard of the Huai Palace, the army of the Huai King had collapsed, and most of them fled in all directions, many Huai soldiers had to put on ordinary people's clothes and avoid the people's homes, some scattered deserters set fire to the houses and warehouses, and together with the Huai Wang Palace, they also lit a raging fire.

Jiankang City, once a bustling city, was extremely vulnerable in the face of fire. The fires lit in the city were reflected in the fireworks in the air, forming a stark contrast, one was incomparably brilliant, and the other was like the flames of hell.

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The imperial army entered from the Dingchang Gate and gradually controlled the major city gate waterways in the outer city of Jiankang City, but only the south gate of Jiankang City was opened, and the people who fled in the city poured out of the south gate one after another, including many deserters.

The night is very dim under the open fire in the sky, and it is under this dim night that a strange war is being waged. Those imperial army troops who were supposed to make trouble in the city and set fire to make trouble, regardless of the remnants of the stubborn Huai army in the city, actually organized to extinguish the fire. And the Huai army, who was supposed to cherish their own city, was the culprit who set the fire.

The eyes of the people were bright, and when they saw that the imperial army was helping them to extinguish the fire in the alleys, while the Huai army was setting fire to the city and looting, they could no longer hold back their anger and joined the side of the crusade against the Huai army. Originally, the soldiers of the Huai army were their children, and they should think about the safety of a place, since the Huai army did not abide by righteousness, the people had nothing to take care of. Seeing the soldiers of the imperial army, the people greeted and joined, and when they saw the deserters of the Huai army, the people rose up and attacked them.

By dawn, the fires in the city were largely extinguished. Because the imperial army put out the fire in time, the thousand-year-old city of Jiankang City was not destroyed in the fire, but after this fire, nearly half of the houses in the city needed to be repaired and rebuilt, and the entire Jiankang City was filled with choking smoke.

After only one night's work, the Huai army fled and surrendered, and it was no longer possible to form an effective counterattack, and the imperial army quickly occupied the defensive arteries outside the city, and the various armies had formed an effective defense to prevent the Huai army from counterattacking. But judging from the actual situation, those deserters who escaped from Jiankang City were not organized in an orderly manner, and several Huaiwang cities around Jiankang City did not respond immediately.

There is no suspense in the victory, and the outcome is already doomed when the heavenly soldiers land in Jiankang City.

At this time, the new emperor Su Yan and the forward general Liu Yu in Yangzhou City were also waiting for the latest news from the front, they were not worried about victory, and they were most concerned about the life and death of King Huai.

The first-line general of the front line with the troops is Huo Ill, Huo Ill is the commander-in-chief of the divine army, after landing in Jiankang City, he is the first to climb the city tower, the stubborn Dingchang Gate defenders are defeated, and the city gate is opened to welcome the imperial army into the city. Then he led his troops to the palace of King Huai, and together with the people, he smashed open the gate of King Huai's palace with rolling logs.

After the imperial army sent the army to cross the river, the cavalry first, the generals who led the troops were Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu, and the soldiers led by them were all soldiers of the new army, although these new troops were still shallow in combat experience, but after all, they had powerful firearms as the backing and incomparable confidence and confidence, these soldiers did not know what it was like to fail on the battlefield since they went to the battlefield, and they were arrogant and fearless, which was the necessary psychology of the leading troops. The removal of the city's defenses was largely done by the new army, which opened the way for the follow-up troops.

After that, the Chinese army composed of the Royal Forest Army led by Lan Jing and the female army led by Xu Caihua, the deputy commander of the female army, originally entered the city to help the new army in the lead gain a foothold, but after the Chinese army entered the city, the resistance of the Huai army in the city was almost sporadic, so they focused more on firefighting. Perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of those female soldiers in the Chinese army that the people feel that the imperial army can be relied on, even women and children have the courage to pick up buckets and cooperate with the soldiers of the female army to fetch water and fight fires. The city can quickly settle down overnight, and the Chinese soldiers are indispensable.

The most rear-end is the rear army led by Chai Jin composed of a series of miscellaneous armies such as the Xuzhou City generals and the Imperial Forest Army and the New Army. The purpose of the rear army is actually to cut off the rear army, prevent the Huai army from striking from both flanks, and cut off the rear road of the imperial army. In fact, the Huai army did not organize an effective counterattack, so the rear army was of little significance. The greatest significance of the rear army has become to obtain military merits for the rebellion against the generalissimo Chai Jin. Chai Jin went to the battlefield, it was instigated by Liu Yu behind his back, and Chai Jin himself took the initiative to ask for help, and the new emperor and ghost envoy agreed to it. Then Chai Jin excitedly crossed the river on one of the few big ships on the side of the imperial army, entered the city, and hurriedly walked through the scene.

By the 16th day of the first lunar month, ships could be seen everywhere on the river, and there were many boats that crossed the river and went south, and many ships were also collected from the south of the river. The new emperor, accompanied by Liu Yu, Qu Zhu, Xu Xuanzhu and other generals, waited for news in the riverside camp, and when he saw Huo Yao's arrogant figure, Liu Yu's heart also settled down a little.

Huo Yi is an absolute pioneer, there is no injury on his body, and the whole person is very clean, as if he came after changing his clothes, Huo Yi was helped ashore, and was about to brag about his merits, Liu Yu immediately stepped forward and asked, "Where is King Huai?" ”

"King Huai?" Huo Yi was stunned for a moment, "How do I know which one is King Huai?" Yes, what kind of king did you say, I remembered, there was a chair in the Huai Palace, and a person died, and they said what kind of king came. What are you looking at me for? ”

On the entire riverside, they are all members of the imperial army, with a respected status, and the new emperor is still standing on the side, and no one is not surprised to listen to a bastard boy talking nonsense.

Liu Yuxin said that letting Huo Yi bring back the news from the front line must be a big failure in Chai Jin's life, as a rebellious generalissimo, although his mouth is a little stupid, but he himself is much better than Huo Yao, who is not in tune. Breaking through Jiankang City, even the life and death of King Huai could not be known at the first time, and Liu Yu was extremely angry in his heart.

Fortunately, there are many people who are still alive and sensible, and there are many people who are sensible and sensible, in front of the new emperor Su Yan and Liu Yu, the commander-in-chief of this war, it is related to the stability of the entire rear and the layout of the next step, and he knows what to say and what not to say.

"Back to the emperor, General Liu, King Huai has been confirmed to be dead, the body is still left in his own dragon chair, General Chai ordered not to move, wait for the emperor and General Liu to send it down in person!" (To be continued......)