4-36 The Red Shirts' Jedi Strikes Back

Under the leadership of Sun Gang, the people of Nanchang washed the Dongchang in blood, and after removing a large number of archives in the library building, they went straight to the noon gate with the Donglin party army, and saw four huge Weng Zhong wreaking havoc outside the noon gate from a distance.

"Load a solid iron bullet and blast it on that thing's chest!" The artillery company commander Zhao Zhangcheng pointed at Weng Zhong and ordered, his artillerymen loaded the shells as they walked, wrapped the iron ball in sheepskin and stuffed it into the barrel, and then tamped it with a long wooden stick, and then shook the handle, raised the muzzle of the gun high, and aimed it at Weng Zhong's broad chest. All this was done in the middle of the march of the gun carriages, and by noon the steam cannon was hot enough to shoot in the combustion chamber.

"Put!" Zhao Zhangcheng gave an order, and the two steam cannons opened fire at the same time, and after a loud bang, two iron bullets roared out and smashed on the chest of Weng Zhong, who was in front. However, the shell was actually bounced off by the thick armor, rolling on the ground and injuring several people, while Weng Zhong only paused slightly and continued to move forward.

The re-firing of the steam cannon took a few minutes to heat up, and the artillerymen looked at Weng Zhong, who was approaching, and hurriedly sprayed oil under the combustion chamber in an attempt to make the cannon heat up quickly. "It's useless, get out of here!" Zhao Zhangcheng pulled the artillery off the car, the shells fired by steam were too low at the beginning to deal with such a thick metal deck, even if he fired ten more shots, it would be in vain, Weng Zhong had already come to him as he spoke, and the earth trembled with every foot he landed. The ballista in charge of covering next to him shot desperately, and the wrist-thick arrow only made a crisp sound when it hit Weng Zhong's body, but it could not stop its advance.

Behind the steam cannon is a copper combustion chamber, in front of which is an iron barrel, the weight is very large, the horse was injured when attacking the East Factory, and had to temporarily find two donkeys to pull the cart, but at the critical moment, the donkey's temper came up, and he refused to move the nest, let the coachman's whip be whipped on the buttocks is not moving, seeing Weng Zhong's huge figure shrouded over, Zhao Zhangcheng was in a hurry, took out his saber and cut it down on the buttocks of the two donkeys, the donkey was in pain, and the strange scream spread his hooves and dragged the gun carriage forward, and the gun truck just moved the nest. Weng Zhong's big foot stepped on the place where they had just stopped, and trampled the stone floor into a large area, and if the gun carriage did not move, it would definitely be crushed.

Outside the noon gate are open ground, there is no hiding place at all, Xiaolingwei and Nanchang, Donglin Party of the people and horses retreated backwards, Dongchang fans took advantage of the situation to catch up behind, and the situation took a sharp turn for a while.

Hearing the good news from outside the noon gate, Yang Bo smiled with satisfaction, as long as these four Weng Zhong were there, he would not worry that the capital was not in the palm of his hand, and then looked at the Fengtian Palace, which had already risen under the blow of fire and rain.

The wooden doors and windows, seats, beams, pillars in the main hall, as well as all kinds of cloth and brocade decorations hanging in the hall, were quickly ignited by rockets, and streams of flames burst out, and the choking smoke filled the hall, and everyone was choked and coughed.

There are four copper jars in the hall, and there are huge ice cubes in them for cooling off, which have all turned into ice water, and it is impossible to count on these four jars of water to extinguish the fire, but it is still useful to alleviate the damage caused by the smoke.

"Everyone take their clothes and cover their mouths and noses with water, and lie on the ground and don't run around." Liu Ziguang shouted, and took the lead in tearing off his clothes and soaking them in water to cover his face, but where there is a fire, there are always more people smoked to death than burned to death, everyone is busy, hearing Liu Ziguang's command, hurriedly concocted the law, but the smoke is blocked, this fire can not be stopped, Rao is Fengtian Temple is used in the best wood, and it can't help but burn in the fire, it won't be long before the hall will be burned down, crushing everyone to death below.

"Liu Aiqing, Qian Aiqing, where are your reinforcements?" Zhu Youxiao dragged Xu Yuanhui's hand and asked angrily, a white face was stained with soot, looking embarrassed, Xu Yuanhui was no better, her face was covered with a wet cloth, the phoenix crown had fallen off, and her clothes were dirty.

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient, Grandpa Guo's 3,000 men and horses should have arrived outside the noon gate, and the cannon sound I heard just now may mean that they are attacking the gate." Qian Qianyi comforted the emperor, in fact, he didn't have a bottom in his heart, it stands to reason that it is not difficult for Xiaolingwei and the Donglin Army to attack the noon gate, why haven't they been killed until now, I don't know what went wrong, but this kind of worry can't be expressed, Zhu Youxiao is a neurotic person, he will get carried away when he is happy, and he will be hysterical when he is frustrated, it is better to hide this kind of thing from him.

The sound of a cannon just now, Liu Ziguang had already identified the sound of a steam cannon, which meant that his people had arrived nearby, but the cannon fired once and never fired a second time, and the loud sound of heavy objects hammering the ground outside the noon gate was also very strange. Since he was counting on reinforcements outside the gate in the morning, his hope was pinned on the airborne troops on the ** side, he pulled Masaiyu aside and asked: "How long will it take for the brigade to arrive?" ”

"The airship is dragging the balloon and flying slowly, which will cause a southerly wind again, and the degree will be even more affected, but the lowly official has already sent someone to report the news, and I believe that Zamu and Lord will definitely send someone to come." Masaiyu replied.

The fire spread very quickly, the Fengtian Temple was empty all around, the wind came from all directions, the fire was more raging by the wind, and the beams of the house that had been burned down had fallen and injured people, and if this continued, everyone would be buried in the fire.

Yang Bo watched coldly from a distance, Li Lianying also watched coldly from the Qianqing Gate, the death of everyone in the Fengtian Hall was a good thing for both of them, a large number of court officials died, this kind of shuffle came the cleanest and thorough, Qian Qianyi and Bai Wenyuan, who jumped out to rebel today, can only be regarded as a small role, and the final duel will still be between Yang Bo and Li Lianying.

"I really can't hold on, let's rush out, we're all dead anyway, I want to die in battle!" The two reinforcements have been delayed, Zhu Youxiao's nerves have reached the verge of collapse, regardless of the archery team waiting outside, he is about to rush out by holding Xu Yuanhui's hand, Xu Yuanhui's temper is also quite Suiguo's grandfather, belonging to the hot type, holding a sword that he didn't know where to pick up, and he had to follow Zhu Youxiao to rush out without saying a word.

These two people are quite right-tempered, but rushing out so recklessly is tantamount to sending them to death, Liu Ziguang hurriedly grabbed Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, go to the back, let's rush into the Huagai Palace and hold out for a while." "The Huagai Hall is a small palace in the north of the Fengtian Palace, which is specially used by the emperor to rest in the court, and the distance between the two palaces is not very far.

"Good! Let's go to the Canopy Temple! Zhu Youxiao was already dizzy, he didn't have time to think about it, he pulled Xu Yuanhui to follow Liu Ziguang and left, the fire in the Fengtian Temple was raging, and the soldiers surrounded by the heat wave were all roasted and retreated several feet away, the back door of the main hall was kicked open by Liu Ziguang, and a team of people with wet cloths on their faces, flames on their bodies, and burned eyebrows rushed out from inside, and the archers hesitated for a moment, and they had already run out several feet away.

"Hurry up and release the arrows!" The Dongchang fan of the overseer shouted loudly.

The archers came to their senses, and when they just wanted to draw the bow, Liu Ziguang and the pilots had already fired first, and a round of lead bullets and nails disrupted the formation of the archers, and when they eased up, Liu Ziguang had already escorted the emperor and queen into the Huagai Palace, but the envoys and princes and ministers behind were still running on the road between the two palaces, and the archers unceremoniously shot a shot, nailing some old ministers to the ground.

"They can escape this way, you shit!" Hearing the report of the archers Baihu, Yang Bo was furious, "Drag it down and cut it down!" Substitutions on. ”

There were already fans who pounced on them and dragged the hundred households down to kill their heads, and once again sent a thousand sword and axe men of Jin Wuwei, all of whom were swords from the Imperial Forest Army, and their task was to kill all the people in the Huagai Palace, whether these people were wearing dragon robes or python robes.

A bright big knife sparkled people's eyes in the sun, and a thousand sword and axe hands rushed towards the Huagai Palace, and on the Qianqing Gate, an internal exercise officer asked Li Lianying in wonder: "Lord Governor, do you really not save the emperor?" ”

"It's not that you can't save it, it's that you can't save it, anyway, the emperor is not so honest, wouldn't it be better to let Yang Bo sit on the charge of killing the king?" Li Lianying's face was indifferent, the Queen Mother had already said before leaving, this emperor could no longer be used, so she simply got rid of it, and when the reinforcements arrived, she just used the banner of revenge for the emperor to exterminate everyone in Dongchang.

There are not many people who have fled into the Huagai Palace, many of them have either been burned to death or shot to death, Huang Jinrong was brought over by two soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment, Liu Ziguang thought that he still had some value, and specifically let two people protect him.

Everyone sat on the ground resting breathlessly, and before they could even breathe, the sword and axe men had already pressed up, these soldiers were all tall men, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands, holding the knife on the right shoulder, and rushing in a neat line.

"Red Shirts!" Liu Ziguang roared.

"In!" Behind him there was a burst of response. More than 20 smoky men stood up majestically.

"Meet the enemy with me!"

"Yes!" Facing the tide of swords and axes, the soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment followed closely behind Liu Ziguang and hedged over without fear. After a frenzied slashing, the axemen left dozens of corpses behind and retreated temporarily, several of the redshirt soldiers also fell, and the rest were covered in blood and their weapons were covered in gaps, but they still stood in front of the canopy hall.

"Retreat from the latter!" The Dongchang fans shouted in the back, they also knew that the opponent was extremely brave, but after all, people were not beaten with iron, and even if they were piled up with human lives, they could be crushed to death. The axemen changed their tactics and divided into five teams of two hundred men to attack in turns, trying to crush their opponents with wheel battles.

It was another round of hard fighting, the white marble ground in front of the canopy hall had turned red, the ground was full of blood and stumps, and the walking was a little slippery, the corpses of the swordsmen and axemen were about to fill in the steps, and the warriors of the redshirt regiment also sacrificed a lot, the alien soldiers disguised as envoys were only Anthony and Duncan, and there were only three pilots under Masaiyou, and there were six blood-red men standing alone in front of the canopy hall.

The knife and axe men also suffered heavy losses, some of the timid were so frightened that they peed their pants on the spot, how could they have seen such a tragic scene as a soldier in the imperial city, the panicked atmosphere infected the other soldiers, the knife and axe men actually retreated, and they were unwilling to attack anymore despite the coercion and temptation of the Dongchang Fanzi of the supervising array.

"Rubbish! Let them take down and recuperate, and change to the pikes. This time, Yang Bo did not kill again, but sent a new force, the pikemen of the government guard, these soldiers all held a long spear with a long spear, the barrel of the gun was made of ash rod, the head of the spear was a foot and a half long steel sharp tip, and there was a bunch of red tassels made of horse's tail on it, which was used for blood sucking, to prevent the blood from leaving and slipping the barrel of the gun to affect the grip.

A wood-like team of guns fired, and the soldiers at the head of the platoon laid their guns flat, the tips of their guns flat forward, the second row. The soldiers of the third row put the scramble on the shoulders of the people in the front row, and the whole line was neatly arranged, like an angry hedgehog moving towards the front of the canopy hall.

As the saying goes, an inch is long, an inch is strong. The one-zhang long red tassel spear certainly has an advantage against the five-foot-long Imperial Forest Army broadsword, looking at the approaching gun forest step by step, Liu Ziguang's hand holding the knife is already trembling slightly, although his energy to transform the body is huge, but it can only be waved under the condition of ensuring a full supply of food, it is now past noon, and the meal eaten in the morning has already been digested, Liu Ziguang already feels a little exhausted.

How come the damn reinforcements haven't arrived yet! Now I can only hold on hard, and if I can hold on for one more minute, I will be one step closer to victory, thinking of this, Liu Ziguang waved his knife again and shouted: "Red shirt group!" ”

"In!" The five people behind him still responded in unison.

"And me!" The Zheng family boy named Sen'er also stood up and stood with the five people. Today he was wearing a red short-sleeved gown, which looked like a match.

"And I!" Zhu Youxiao pushed away Qian Qianyi, who was struggling to stop him, and also came out to stand with everyone, today is the festive day of the wedding, so he wore a red embroidered gold dragon dress, which happened to be red, and the eight resolute people stood together, and the momentum actually discouraged the pikemen soldiers below.

The few remaining people in the Huagai Hall also stood up, Xu Yuanhui leaned closely against Zhu Youxiao, Qian Qianyi held a sword in front of the emperor, pointed below and scolded: "The emperor and queen of the Ming Dynasty are here, do you really want to assassinate the king?" Are you not afraid of leaving behind a legacy of infamy? Then he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Woohoo! Could it be that the three-hundred-year-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty is now going to be destroyed in the hands of eunuchs? ”

Of course, the soldiers of the government guard will not wake up, but Qian Qianyi's words and Zhu Youxiao's dragon robe obviously caused a certain amount of psychological pressure on them, we are rebelling now, kill the emperor, can the queen mother spare us? Can the thousands of fathers of the Ming Dynasty spare us? If it is the prince of the Zhu family who gives the order, their mood may be more relaxed, after all, the old Zhu family has a tradition of fighting in the nest, the battle of Jingyan during the period of Emperor Jianwen and the rebellion of King Ning during the Zhengde period are examples, but now the order is a eunuch, a eunuch with a very bad reputation in charge of the East Factory, does the Ming Dynasty want to change a eunuch to be the emperor?

The soldiers hesitated for a moment, and Qian Qianyi seized the opportunity to continue to incite: "Brothers of the government guard, it is still too late to fight back, the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin have already arrived outside the noon gate, as long as you protect the emperor and the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin, each person will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to the third level, and the opportunity to promote the official wealth is just around the corner, what are you hesitating about?" Hurry up and turn the gun and deal with those rebellious Dongchang eunuchs! ”

Qian Shangshu's eloquence is indeed very good, and the soldiers of the pikemen team hesitated even more when he said it, now the situation is not clear, the queen mother's side has been holding still, and there is indeed a strange loud noise outside the noon gate, maybe King Qin's soldiers and horses are attacking the city, if those people are as difficult to deal with as these so-called red shirt regiments, then it is not certain who will kill the deer.

The eunuch of Dongchang, who was supervising the formation in the back, couldn't sit still, drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Don't listen to the nonsense of that traitor, kill them all quickly, the governor will be rewarded!" If someone is half-hearted, kill them! ”

The soldiers still do not move, they are the guards of the imperial city, and they are not subordinate to Dongchang, but their command is promoted by Yang Bo, but it does not mean that all the soldiers are loyal to Yang Bo, at least Zhao Erhu, a thousand households of this spear team, is not a member of the eunuch party, although he is fifty years old, but because of poor management, he is still a small thousand households, and the people of the eunuch party and the party do not look down on him, he was ready to wait for the emperor's wedding to resign from the old man, but today this complicated situation tells him: The opportunity has come. And this kind of opportunity is a good opportunity that is rare in a thousand years, if you bet on the right treasure, it is a meritorious achievement, and it is not a problem to seal a marquis.

Opportunity is like lightning, fleeting, if the soldiers really attack the emperor, then it will be difficult to turn back, Zhao Erhu immediately decided, shook the big gun and pierced the chest of the eunuch of the overseer, and shouted: "Brothers! King Qin's rescue! ”

These thousand spearmen are all elite soldiers trained by Zhao Erhu himself, not only outstanding marksmanship, but also the implementation of military orders is also very strict, with the command of the thousand households, a thousand people turned around together, the tip of the spear was outside, from the siege of the Huagai Hall immediately turned to defend the Huagai Palace.

This one was greatly beyond Yang Bo's expectations, and he was so angry that he smoked: "Kill me, kill all these traitors, and reward ten taels of silver for each head!" ”

The armies loyal to Dongchang gathered to form a larger encirclement, encircling the Huagai Hall and the pikemen in the four circles, and a larger battle was about to begin.

At this time, the rhythmic sound of motors finally came from the clouds, and a team of airships came through the clouds and fog, and the fanged monsters painted on the bow of the boats opened their mouths in the sun, and shouted neatly: "Red shirts! Red Shirts! "Coming from the clouds, it was shocking!

Reinforcements have finally arrived.