Seeing the overwhelming stones, Liu Ziqiu's first reaction was that someone used a trebuchet, he didn't have time to think about it, he pounced on the Daxing Palace, picked up Yang Lanyue, who was sitting outside the hall, protected her tightly in front of him, and flashed into the main hall, Rao was like this, Liu Ziqiu's back was still hit by more than a dozen stones, and the pain made him grin and gasp

Liu Ziqiu's estimate was not wrong, the palace was close to the north of Chang'an City, it was Zhang Liang who used trebuchets to repeatedly bombard the north gate, causing such a consequence, under the bombardment of the trebuchet and large stone bombs, the north gate finally collapsed under the heavy blow, and this time it was not only the section of the city wall on the city gate that collapsed, but also the entire city tower collapsed

As soon as the city gate collapsed, the defenders of the north gate also had no intention of fighting again, scattering and fleeing, but Zhang Liang had already fainted, seeing that the trebuchet was so powerful, and ordered to replace it with small stone bullets to pursue the fleeing defenders, but the adjustment of the angle was not so easy, this adjustment angle was larger, and the stone projectiles passed over the fleeing enemy and smashed directly to the side of Daxing Palace, of course, ordinary trebuchets can never attack such a long distance, and only these repeatedly improved trebuchets used in the Western Navy can attack such a long distance, but this is also the limit distance that the new trebuchet can attack

Fortunately, this was only Zhang Liang's last round of attacks, after the stone bullets were thrown, the defenders of the north gate did not dare to flee further, most of them simply abandoned their weapons and surrendered, only a very small number of soldiers still continued to resist, but in a blink of an eye, they were flooded by the swarming Western Navy officers, the north gate was broken, Zhang Liang did not need to carry out another stone attack, waved his army into the city, and went straight to the direction of the palace

At this moment, the battle outside the Daxing Hall has ended, although the army loyal to Yang Xuangan has also put up desperate resistance, but first, Yang Xuangan's death has made their army confused, and secondly, their combat effectiveness is indeed not comparable to the elite around Liu Ziqiu, the shouting and killing in other places in the city is still continuing, but it is gradually weakening, and the overall situation of Chang'an City has been decided

The battle outside does not need Liu Ziqiu to ask too much, he took Yang Lanyue's hand and stepped into the Daxing Palace, the attendants and palace maids probably heard the sound of fighting, they all hid, the magnificent Daxing Hall was empty, only the most central throne was shining with a little golden light, this should be the power center of the Great Sui, but Yang Guang preferred Luoyang, which has convenient transportation, and was not in Chang'an for most of the year, looking at the throne in front of him, Liu Ziqiu's heart was surging, this is the emperor's throne, there is only one person in the whole world who can sit on it, but Liu Ziqiu believes in the princely general Xiangning, there is a kind of him, he wants to sit on it to try

Liu Ziqiu took two steps forward, but felt that Yang Lanyue used his strength to nurse and dragged him back, Liu Ziqiu turned around in surprise, only to see that the little girl was shaking her head vigorously, Liu Ziqiu then remembered that the little girl was also a member of the Yang family, and I am afraid that she also didn't want the emperor's throne to fall next to another family

"If you don't sit down, you won't sit, and my uncle will take you to try the feeling of flying" For the young princess Liu Ziqiu, she didn't take it to heart, but when she was in Luoyang, she did do her a great favor, Liu Ziqiu is a person with clear grievances, and will never ignore her feelings because of her young age

Yang Lanyue nodded vigorously, hugged Liu Ziqiu's neck tightly, Liu Ziqiu jumped up, jumped up and down, jumped on the golden roof of Daxing Palace, and looked at the entire Chang'an City, Liu Ziqiu secretly used his internal strength to jump back and forth on the roof of the imperial palace, it was really like flying, Yang Lanyue had never experienced such a feeling, screamed loudly from time to time, and sometimes buried his head in Liu Zihu's chest

Although she is the emperor's daughter, but in the days when Yang Xuangan occupied Chang'an, she had enough of being frightened and frightened, and she was bullied by other palace slaves, and her mood was extremely depressed, at this time, she was taken by Liu Ziqiu to "fly" over the palace, Yang Lanyue got enough catharsis, and her mood gradually calmed down, remembering what Liu Ziqiu said, Yang Lanyue couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, my queen mother is really alive."

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will send someone to Xihai tomorrow to pick up your mother and come to Chang'an."

Yang Lanyue was silent for a long time, and suddenly whispered: "Uncle, I will definitely repay you in the future."

"Okay, it's crazy enough, now go back to the palace to rest, no one dares to bully you anymore," Liu Ziqiu patted her little head lightly, and didn't care about what she just said, Liu Ziqiu will one day replace the Great Sui, when the time comes, Yang Lanyue will be a princess of a dead country, if she doesn't seek revenge on Liu Ziqiu, it will be a good thing, where can you still expect her to repay, but Liu Ziqiu will not say these words now

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Before returning to the Daxing Palace, Da was stunned and had already tied up Zhang Liang Wuhuanda and said loudly: "Zhang Liang used a trebuchet to ask the lord to punish him."

The wave of attacks just now was also hit by a lot of stone bullets, and several soldiers also lost their lives for this, if it weren't for his fast movements, Ji Rentai, who was already seriously injured, would have lost his life if he took a few more hits, in fact, even Liu Ziqiu himself had suffered a few blows in the back, and he still had a faint pain in his back, so as soon as the battle was over, Da was stunned and ordered Zhang Liang to be arrested

According to the military regulations formulated by Liu Ziqiu, when the battle is over, the commander-in-chief automatically loses the right to command, and those who directly command the army become generals below the commander of a thousand commanders

Zhang Liang has 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry under his command, if he is placed in other armies, it may be difficult to capture the main general of this army, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed, and may even provoke a mutiny, but Da Du did not bother to make the slightest effort, first, he is Liu Ziqiu's escort commander, many soldiers know him, know that he executes Liu Ziqiu's orders most of the time, and secondly, Zhang Liang has now handed over the military power, and can no longer command a single soldier

Seeing Liu Ziqiu walking out with a little girl in tow, Zhang Liang said loudly: "The lord will be innocent at the end and will be wronged at the end."

Liu Ziqiu glanced at him coldly and said: "Liu has repeatedly stated that you must not use trebuchets, what is your innocence for disobeying military orders?"

Zhang Liang had already thought of the excuse and said repeatedly: "Although it is a feint, the soldiers also suffered heavy casualties, and the last general can't bear it, so it is also a last resort to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, and I hope that the lord will see it."

He knew that Liu Ziqiu had always emphasized that he should try his best to reduce his own casualties in battle, and this explanation could just cut into Liu Ziqiu's mind

Yang Lanyue suddenly shouted: "It turns out that the uncle you ordered to use the trebuchet was smashed several times."

Zhang Liang was taken aback and hurriedly prostrated on the ground and kowtowed: "The last general almost accidentally injured the lord and was sentenced to death."

For Zhang Liang's illegal use of trebuchets, Liu Ziqiu was most angry that he destroyed the north gate of Chang'an, including the entire north gate, and the city tower was completely destroyed, and in addition to many houses around the north gate of the city wall, including some palaces in the palace, and even the Daxing Hall were damaged to varying degrees, these circumstances could have been avoided, and now they have to be repaired again, which will be a huge expense, and Liu Ziqiu originally gave Zhang Liang the task of feints, even if the trebuchet is not used, it is impossible to cause too many casualties

Zhang Liang is very smart, he asked for the death penalty because he almost injured Liu Ziqiu by mistake, but Liu Ziqiu couldn't deal with him too harshly, otherwise outsiders would inevitably think that Liu Ziqiu's qi was too narrow, Liu Ziqiu didn't expect Zhang Liang to be so cunning and had no peasant's due simplicity, and he was slightly stunned

However, Liu Ziqiu is now the time to employ people, Zhang Liang's archery skills are superb, and Liu Ziqiu did not intend to treat him for capital crimes, so he said coldly: "Get up, fortunately, Liu is in good health, if you are a stranger, you have ten heads, it is not enough to cut off, this time you disobeyed the order to use a trebuchet, but you also captured the North Gate, and the merit was exchanged, and Zhang Liang was taken down to punish him for ten days."

Da was stunned and said with resentment on his face: "Is it too light for the lord to punish him like this?"

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand lightly and said, "Forget it, he is also an unintentional mistake, Liu will not delve into it."

Zhang Liang quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, got up from the ground and arched his hand and said, "Thank you Lord for the punishment at the end of the year."

Seeing that Zhang Liang was taken down by several guards, a sneer appeared on the corner of Liu Ziqiu's mouth, at this time, Mu Duoli rode in on a horse, and when he saw the magnificent Daxing Palace, he was immediately stunned, Liu Ziqiu smiled: "Why can't Mu Duoli get off the horse?"

Mu Duoli came to her senses, jumped off her horse and walked quickly to Liu Ziqiu, and said with an excited face: "Master, will we live here in the future?"

Yang Lanyue glanced at the woman in front of her with a helmet and armor vigilantly, and said dissatisfiedly: "This is my family, why do you live in it?"

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, rest assured, this is your family, Liu Mou will not rob you," Liu Ziqiu smiled and patted Yang Lanyue's little head, and then said to Mu Duoli: "This is the palace, how can you live in it casually, but the palace also needs a group of guards, and this task will be handed over to you."

Mu Duoli was surprised: "Leave it to me"

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said: "Yes, you select some strong young women from the West Sea, Turks and Xue Yantuo to set up a female guard to guard the palace, and from today onwards, you will be the commander of the female guard."

There are some women in the palace, and the emperor is not an adult, and it will be bad if there is any scandal, but it is also Liu Ziqiu's helpless move to choose the women of those nomadic tribes to serve as palace guards, because most of the women of the Han family are weak and difficult to undertake the task of guarding, but Liu Ziqiu also plans to gradually train some Han women in the future to replace the women of these nomadic tribes

Mu Duoli reluctantly pouted and said, "Master, I can't leave you."

Liu Ziqiu frowned and said, "Why", .