Chapter 674: Blood Splash Palace (4)
Soon dusk and sunset and the sky darkened, and night fell. At this time, in the palace, the torches were bright, and the rebels in the Fengcui Palace were still entrenched, and the imperial army did not launch a new offensive except for two strong attacks in the afternoon, both of which failed.
Liu Yu was also waiting for the night to come, and Liu Yu prepared a bold plan to open a gap from the top of Fengcui Palace to have a "surprise soldier from heaven". Because of the difficulty of implementing the plan, and ensuring that it would not be discovered by the rebels, it could only be implemented at night.
When the lights were first on, Xu Xuanzhu was dressed in military uniforms, and Qi'er and Sui Yu, who were also dressed in military uniforms, arrived at Yong'an Hall under the escort of female soldiers. The new emperor personally came, and for a time the military spirit was excited, and the generals stepped forward to bow and salute. Qi'er, who was dressed in military uniform, also got Xu Xuanzhu's words and experiences, and in front of Liu Yu's generals, she also showed the bearing of the empress, and her words were decent, and the generals were all disobedient.
At this time, Xu Xuanzhu was able to bring Qi'er over to cheer up the army, Liu Yu didn't expect that he didn't want the female dependents in the family to be in danger, so he never thought about it. Seeing that Qi'er's appearance was of great help to the morale of the army, Liu Yu also ordered to go down and spread the news that the empress was going to visit the soldiers on the front line in person.
In order to prevent accidents, Liu Yu still made an explanation before taking Qi'er out to meet the soldiers of the three armies: "Madam, after the war, you must ensure the safety of your family." Killing the enemy on the battlefield is a man's business, and you are in the Yong'an Palace, don't go out. ”
Xu Xuanzhu is the coach of the women's army, and naturally understands the precipitous situation now, and she also knows that Liu Yu can't let go of his heart the most is still a female family. Xu Xuanzhu immediately nodded in agreement. Then he was with Qi'er and Liu Yu. Go to the front line to visit the officers and men of the three armies.
The appearance of the Empress. Suddenly, it was as if a fire had been lit up and down the three armies. The originally sluggish morale was also reinvigorated at this moment, although Qi'er appeared at night, and the road was not long, only a few people could see it, but Qi'er was the emperor after all, even if the soldiers couldn't see it, they could feel the emperor's existence from the boiling sound of the crowd. With that, morale reached a very high state.
Liu Yu saw that the timing was about the same, and asked Xu Xuanzhu and Qi'er to return to Yong'an Hall first, and he would do the most pre-war mobilization. A battle against a solid fortress and a group of thugs who are not afraid of death and have no way to retreat is about to go to war. Liu Yu requisitioned the generals of the three armies on the front line, passed down some signals, and prepared to forcibly storm Fengcui Palace after the surprise army from the sky worked.
Liu Yu also calculated the odds of winning this general attack in his heart, almost eighty percent. Previously used a hot air balloon to throw paratroopers. Although it has been trained many times, now. But with safety as the priority, Liu Yu prepared to send some people to Fengcui Palace in a hot air balloon, and the number of people was not too many, and then a large firecracker made of gunpowder sneaked into Fengcui Palace, causing chaos in Fengcui Palace. Then wait for the opportunity to storm with the soldiers of the three armies besieging the surrounding Fengcui Palace, in order to completely occupy the Fengcui Palace in one round.
In this way, the safety of the hostages will not be guaranteed, and Liu Yu will not be able to take care of it too much. Liu Yu knew that he could not give up the complete encirclement and suppression of this group of rebels because of some ministers, and it would be very unfavorable for him to delay for a long time, only by arresting or killing all the leaders in Fengcui Palace would the rebels of the two battalions outside the city be leaderless, so that this long-planned rebellion would be dismantled.
Before the start of the surprise army, Liu Yu ordered the first round of "interference" tactics, using fireworks of various colors as signals, taking turns to shoot from all sides of Fengcui Palace, focusing on attracting the attention of the rebels in Fengcui Palace.
With the sound of neat gunfire, this shot similar to a shot of a blank bullet really caused a little uneasiness among the rebels in Fengcui Palace. Because they were not sure of the intentions of the imperial army, they were not sure whether the imperial army was bluffing or preparing for the next round of strong attacks. If the imperial army attacks, from which direction will it attack. After all, the number of rebels in Fengcui Palace was not large, and it was a little difficult for them to deal with attacks from four directions at the same time, so now they could only make key precautions, and when necessary, take suicidal methods to prevent the imperial army from entering Fengcui Palace.
Round after round of shooting is still going on, Liu Yue calculated the right time, at this time one by one the hot air balloons have arrived directly above the palace, at this time they have all turned off, through some special methods, gliding over the Fengcui Palace, and the first batch of strange soldiers have arrived at the top of the Fengcui Palace. The sneak attack launched from the top of Fengcui Palace did not start immediately, Liu Yue didn't want to startle the snake too early, he still needed more surprise soldiers to reach the destination, but this task was really arduous, which well-trained surprise soldiers, in such a strange atmosphere of the night, it was not easy to complete the fixed-point surrender.
As several strange soldiers did not finish the task and fell directly from the top of the palace, the rebels in the Fengcui Palace also sensed the danger from overhead. At the same time, red fireworks rose into the air, which meant that the sneak attack had officially begun.
"Bang! Bang! Bang......"
The roof of the palace is no different from the top of the general palace, there is no ceiling, and the gunpowder bullets can be sent into the Fengcui Palace from the tiles on the roof beams and pillars. Then the explosions in the Fengcui Palace indicated that the inside was completely in chaos.
Immediately after the fireworks of various colors rose into the air, a strong offensive battle was launched, and Liu Yu deliberately let the most sophisticated new army at the main gate of Fengcui Palace be the first to charge, waiting for the opportunity to save the courtiers who were tied up outside Fengcui Palace. With the initiation of the charge of the imperial court, the Fengcui Palace was secretly attacked, and the rebels who had already seemed very chaotic did not realize the siege method of the imperial army on all sides, they wanted to break the cauldron and kill all those courtiers, and fight with the imperial court, but at the same time, the new army in the direction of the south palace gate had rushed to the Fengcui Palace, and with the gunshots, it was impossible to tell whether it was the guns of the rebels, or the guns of the imperial army, or both. Many of the courtiers who were tied up fell from being shot in the back, but because of the confusion of the rebel defense line, these shots from behind the courtiers did not form a large-scale lethality, at least many of the courtiers had been blocked by the new army shields before they were shot. Subsequently, the soldiers of the new army poured into Fengcui Palace in a large area, and those courtiers who did not die were also rescued, and many fled in the direction of the imperial army.
"Prevent spies!" Liu Yu saw the courtiers running wildly and fleeing, and he was alert if they were also tied with gunpowder. It's going to be a suicide bomb. Liu Yue didn't want to be more dangerous. Even if it was a courtier he once trusted. Maybe it's with the rebels. On the one hand, Liu Yu arranged manpower to prevent these courtiers from escaping further into the imperial army, and on the other hand, he had to continue to organize a strong attack on Fengcui Palace.
The sneak attack of the Surprise Soldiers from the sky did not last long, and the number of gunpowder bullets transported by hot air balloons was not much. The main purpose of this sneak attack is to make the rebels in Fengcui Palace form self-confusion, using gunpowder bombs to detonate the human bombs bound to the rebels, so that the rebels form "self-killing". By the time the imperial army entered Fengcui Palace from all directions, this sneak attack had stopped. Because I'm afraid of hurting my own people.
Seeing that a tough battle was about to be won, Liu Yu also received the latest news from outside the palace. The Dongshui Battalion army had already entered the city from the north gate of Chang'an City, which made Liu Yu feel very annoyed. The men and horses of the City Defense Division were stationed at the north gate of Chang'an City, and the soldiers and horses of the City Defense Division opened the city gate and surrendered without fighting, which also shows that this rebellion is a rebellion within the imperial court, and the court is up and down. Whether it is a military general or a courtier, many people have been bought. Liu Yu still can't understand. With Su Zhe's influence in the imperial court, how could he buy so many people to work for him?
Liu Yu sighed in his heart, first He Mao, then Dong Shu, and now some people from the Urban Defense Division...... Fortunately, at this time, the south of the city was garrisoned by the new army, and the new army was his descendant of Liu Yu, and it was not easy for the rebels to win over, so the men and horses of the Chang'an battalion in the south of the city did not enter the city. However, due to the loss of the north gate of Chang'an City, the army can only be temporarily withdrawn to the inner city and the inner city as the second line of defense.
At the same time, Liu Yu also realized that he had to quickly bulldoze the Fengcui Palace in front of him, only in this way would Dong Shu and He Mao and the others have no support, even if they are trapped beasts, there will be no results in the end.
At this time, the explosion in the Fengcui Palace, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and the inside and outside of the Fengcui Palace were like a bright crystal fortress, and there was no dark place around. Although the suicide attacks of the rebels were very effective, fortunately, there were many soldiers in the imperial court, and the front fell, and the back continued to rush in. And with the experience of the previous two strong attacks, this time the imperial army attacked, with the shield as the first line of defense, and the power of the musket was basically diluted, and the imperial army, whether it was the new army, or the soldiers and horses of the city defense department, all used swords and shields as a barrier to the strong attack.
As the battle progressed step by step, more men and horses entered the palace gate, so that the defensive network formed by the rebels at the various entry and exit points of Fengcui Palace was no longer formed, and a big offensive and defensive battle turned into a chaotic battle in Fengcui Palace. Entering a state of chaotic fighting, the imperial army occupied the advantage in numbers and weapons, until half an hour after the start of the battle, the explosion in Fengcui Palace became smaller and smaller, which also showed that the rebels had basically been controlled.
Liu Yue saw that the general trend of Fengcui Palace had been decided, and he was more concerned about the situation outside the palace at this time. Judging from the news from all sides, the rebels of the two battalions in Chang'an City have entered the outer city. In other words, at this time, the outer city of Chang'an City had been lost.
This was unthinkable a day ago, Liu Yu couldn't have imagined it. After surrendering without a fight at the North City Gate, Liu Yu realized that there were rebels in the Korean and Chinese armies, and for the sake of safety, he had issued an order to complete the change of defense at the city gates with a new army when retreating to the inner city to garrison. That is to say, at this time, all the people stationed at the gates of the inner city were Liu Yu's men and horses of the new army, but Liu Yu also realized that now in addition to the palace with him as the commander of the Chinese army, the new army stationed in the inner city lacked a commander who could be of great use. And most of the main force of the new army is not in Chang'an City, and Chang'an City is also empty at this time.
The fighting in Fengcui Palace has not completely subsided, and Liu Yuxian meets with his old friend Han Sheng, who has just been rescued from the rebels, in the Yong'an Palace. Seeing Han Sheng, Han Sheng at this time looked embarrassed and emotional, and seemed to have a lot of things he didn't want to say.
"Brother Han, what's going on inside, so far, you still don't want to say?" When Liu Yu saw Han Sheng's appearance, his heart was on fire, thinking that even Han Sheng had to protect the leader inside?
Han Sheng still didn't answer Liu Yu's question after that, but just sighed and said, "When is the time for retribution?" ”
Liu Yu was very helpless in his heart, in the final analysis, Han Sheng was also a "loyal minister" of the Su family, what Han Sheng was most afraid of was that he Liu Yue established himself as the emperor, if he could return the government to a certain man of the Su family, Han Sheng would definitely be happy in his heart. This is Liu Yu's helplessness, even if he can be close to the people around him, he also pursues a kind of loyalty that is close to foolish loyalty, which is the principle of loyalty, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness pursued by Confucianism for thousands of years, and it is not something that he Liu Yu can change.
Han Sheng can be his in-laws, and he will even marry his two delicate granddaughters as concubines, and he can even talk to him without any age and identity barriers. But on the issue of the Su family, Han Sheng still has irreconcilable contradictions.
Liu Yu also knew that he wanted to completely calm down the criticism around him, and only by eradicating all the courtiers around him and replacing them with a new batch of them, only in this way would everyone believe that he was the new Shengming monarch, and then start another dynasty with a group of people who were foolish and loyal. Liu Yu didn't want to do everything in his heart, at least for his old friend Han Sheng, he couldn't be so ruthless.
At this time, it was already the beginning of the shift, and the war in Fengcui Palace had completely subsided, Li Mi, as the most trusted friend and military general around Liu Yu, was fully responsible for the search of the remnants of the rebels in Fengcui Palace at this time, to ensure that these people had any lethality, and for those who were dead on the ground, they also had to make up for it to ensure that they were dead.
When Li Mi came back again, his expression looked very helpless, and Liu Yu read a kind of surprise and uneasiness from Li Mi's expression. Liu Yu thought to himself at the beginning, could it be that the rebels in Fengcui Palace had escaped? Or is it unclean by the rebels?
When Li Mi stepped forward and said something in Liu Yu's ear, Liu Yu's face instantly became gloomy. Liu Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, he finally understood why Li Mi was so surprised and uneasy, and also understood why Han Sheng was so old-fashioned, it turned out that all this was his "own sin"!
"Lead the way!" Liu Yu gave an order, Li Mi was in front, and Liu Yu took the guards behind and went to Fengcui Palace together. At this time, Liu Yu also had a heavy feeling in his heart, because many things were not what he could predict.
At the gate of Fengcui Palace, a chubby man was pressed down on the wooden threshold by the guards, and this person also reasoned with the soldiers of the new army: "Uh...... I just want to pee out. ”
It is Chai Jin, Chai Gourd.
Liu Yu stepped forward, Chai Jin glanced up at Liu Yu, he didn't seem to understand why he was held down, he felt that he should be with Liu Yu.
When Liu Yu reached the threshold, Chai Jin wanted to hug Liu Yu's leg and beg for mercy, but was kicked away by Liu Yu. And Liu Yu didn't stop, and stepped directly into the gate of Fengcui Palace.
Covered in devastation, corpses, stumps, bloodstained...... At this time, Fengcui Palace had been completely occupied by the imperial army. And a person in a dragon robe in front of the dragon chair looked around the audience, but no one dared to step forward to take him down. Even Liu Yu's descendants, the soldiers and generals of the New Army, none of them dared to step forward.
It's not Su Zhe, but Su Yan, who was supposed to be on the way to his own domain, honestly handed over to be the king of his domain. Liu Yu's good apprentice. (To be continued......)