Chapter 579: Retreat to Miyagi
The siege engine had been pushed fifty paces below the city, and the rockets in the city set the stake on fire, but they could not stop it.
Lin Chengyong and Wang Rulin watched the siege vehicle approach step by step, and finally crashed into the city with a bang.
The walls of the inner city were broken in one fell swoop, and they collapsed with a bang.
The soldiers of the Great Capital Kingdom rushed forward with cheers.
After a while, many Dajing troops climbed through the gap into the city wall, and more enemy troops climbed to the top of the city and fought with the defenders of the city.
Lin Chengyong's eyes darkened, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, Wang Rulin hurriedly supported Lin Chengyong, but Lin Chengyong waved his hand vigorously.
"Ignition—"
"Yes!"
The herald gave the order immediately.
Gunpowder was buried under the inner city, and now Lin Chengyong ordered that is, to abandon the inner city and burn the jade with the invading enemy.
Wang Rulin heard the slightest sound of the lead being ignited on the ground, and his heart was extremely sad.
Lin Chengyong was very calm, and he gave his last military order.
"Fire the cannons, retreat the whole army, and retreat to Miyagi!"
Two horns rang out, and two rainbows appeared in the air.
This was the retreating cannon, and then the flags on the city changed, and the horn of Mingjin blew, and many soldiers were stunned.
The Dajing army outside the city was suddenly ecstatic, and they climbed up the city with a frenzied shout.
Lin Cheng drew his sword and waved it at Wang Rulin on the command platform.
"Everyone retreats to Miyagi, this commander doesn't need anyone's protection!"
Wang Rulin was in a hurry.
"Lord Lin, why don't you leave? We stay to protect you from evacuation! ”
Lin Chengyong spurted out a mouthful of blood, the sword in his hand fell to the ground, and his face turned gray in an instant.
"Please, please let me stay here, you go and tell the emperor and the concubine, the old man, the old minister, go first-"
After saying this, Lin Chengyong stood there and didn't move anymore, just glared angrily at the front with a pair of eyes.
Wang Rulin took Lin Chengyong's pulse and screamed.
"Lord Lin, he, he's gone—"
The Praetorian troops on the command platform were all in tears.
"Lord Steward, will we take Lord Lin's body away?"
The one who spoke was a forbidden army with thick eyebrows and big eyes, this person's name was Liu Jun, he was originally a subordinate of Prince Dongping, and he had been on an errand in Zongzheng Mansion, after Zhao Dongping's death, he obeyed Zhao Anren's orders, and later Yue'er heard this person speak loudly and very imposingly, so he was pulled to the forbidden army and arranged for him to be a captain.
"Okay, Liu Jun, Lord Lin has handed it over to you, hurry up, the gunpowder buried under the city is about to explode!"
"Yes!"
Liu Jun stepped forward and carried Lin Chengyong's body on his shoulder, and Wang Rulin took the lead in rushing down, but a group of Dajing troops had climbed up to the top of the city, and when they saw that the soldiers in the city were about to withdraw, they immediately outflanked them.
Wang Rulin wanted to withdraw, but was entangled by this group of Dajing troops, and the two sides fought together.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, the ground shook, and then the roaring sound continued, and as soon as Wang Rulin turned his head, he saw a series of explosions coming from the direction of the south gate.
"Let's go—"
Taking advantage of the moment when the Dajing army was in a daze, Wang Rulin took the forbidden army to slide down from the sliding pole on the side of the command platform, and ran wildly towards the city, before running out for dozens of zhang, the rumbling sound sounded to the east gate, the east gate was blown up and collapsed, and the smoke was filled, and those Dajing troops who were dancing their teeth and claws on the city were buried by stones before they had time to be happy.
Miyagi.
Donghua Gate.
The group stood at the head of the city and looked at the inner city.
They are Yue'er, Murong Xu, Liang Jianyu, Yun Ju, Xia Zixi, Murong Qi'er, and Huang Ji'en.
Huang Jien was very weak now, standing there trembling, his injuries were not yet healed, he was very weak, but he still came to the city to watch the battle.
Yue'er and Murong Xu looked at the inner city from afar, looking anxious.
"General Murong—"
"The last general!"
"You say, can the inner city still be defended?"
Murong Xu was speechless for a while, and Yue'er looked at his gloomy eyes and knew that it was difficult for the inner city to survive tonight.
The shouts of killing came one after another, very intense, and there was a roar during the process.
"What sound?"
"It's the sound of a big object crashing through a wall."
Murong Xu's fists were clenched, and he didn't know what kind of siege vehicle it was.
The shouting and killing sound was as strong as a burst, it seemed to have happened in the city, and the soldiers in the city became nervous, could it be that the Dajing army had already entered the inner city?
Murong Qi'er frowned.
"General, when are we going to close the gates of Miyagi?"
Murong Xu glared.
"Our people haven't returned yet, how can we close the door!"
In fact, Murong Qi'er just asked how to prepare.
It was dark, and the twilight was already thick.
Suddenly, there were two bangs, and two colored lights appeared in the air.
"Withdrawn?"
Yue'er asked weakly.
"Withdrawn!"
At this moment, everyone in the city was extremely sad and indignant, and everyone understood that from now on, there was only the last line of defense left in the capital!
The shouts of killing became more intense, and there was a crowd of people in the distance, as if a fierce battle had begun in the inner city.
Murong Xu picked up his heart, why hasn't the gunpowder buried under the city exploded yet, this is a way to stop the pursuit of the Dajing army and let the soldiers in the city withdraw to the palace, didn't Lord Lin have time to light the fire?
There was a loud bang, the earth shook, and a layer of black smoke rose in the distance, and then, a series of explosions, shouts of killing were drowned out at once.
Murong Xu's eyes were full of tears, and he understood what this loud noise meant.
Yue'er muttered, "The inner city, the inner city is gone—"
Murong Xu nodded vigorously, the inner city is no longer there, and the person who gave the order to bomb the city, is he still there?
Just now, when Lin Cheng bravely ordered Murong Xu to withdraw first, he had the heart of death.
There was a commotion from the city, and Murong Xu estimated that it was a soldier who had withdrawn from the inner city.
Many of the soldiers who withdrew retreated to the gate of the palace city, and the scene was a little chaotic, because some Dajing troops had also been put in the inner city just now, and they were following and killing.
But it was not these that were really in trouble, but the people in the inner city, who had not been notified to retreat, and now that they saw that the inner city was destroyed, they all flocked to the palace.
Outside the Donghua Gate is the Zongzheng Mansion, the Zongzheng Mansion has now become a warehouse, because many things in the inner city defense are placed there, so many people move things into the city from there, and at the moment the gate is blocked, and things can't be moved in.
Murong Xu stood at the head of the city, and found that there was chaos below, and the people outside were crowded together, his face became gloomy, and he ordered a group of forbidden troops to walk towards the city.
Xia Zixi asked, "General Murong, Lord Lin handed over the palace city to you, what are you going to do?" ”
"It's too chaotic down there, and I have to command it personally, otherwise the soldiers won't be able to withdraw properly."
"No, you can't go yourself!"
Murong Xu didn't look back.
"Don't worry, my lord, I'm going to go and go back!"
Yue'er understands that these people can't all be put into the palace, and the palace city can hold 200,000 people is the limit, but staying means death, Murong Xu will definitely prevent the people from entering the city, but what can he do?
Murong Qi'er walked to Yue'er's side, held her hand, and felt that Yue'er's little hand was cold.
After a while, there was a cry and a terrible cry from the city, but the gate that had just been blocked was slowly unblocked, and the soldiers began to speed up their entry into the city.
Yue'er saw that there were no more people moving things inside, and the people behind were fleeing in all directions by a rain of arrows, she knew that Murong Xu must have given an extremely ruthless order, and she couldn't help but feel like a knife.
But Murong Xu's order was not so simple, he ordered people to stop moving things from Zongzheng Mansion to the palace city, and lit a fire in Zongzheng Mansion, even if those who couldn't move away were burned, they couldn't be left to the Dajing army, and he also ordered that whoever blocked the entry into the city would be killed.
Murong Qi'er stood beside Yue'er, shook his head slowly, and said: "When I was a child, my father told me that if I were a boy and I went to the battlefield, I would have to be hard-hearted, because there is no room for mercy on the battlefield, only strong and tough people can persevere to the end, and my uncle is not ruthless in doing this, but as a last resort." ”
Yue'er nodded.
"I don't blame him, on the contrary, I respect General Murong very much, if His Royal Highness King Xin hadn't brought him from Fenzhou, maybe the capital would have collapsed long ago."
Speaking of Xinwang Zhaozhen, Yue'er was worried again, she didn't know if Zhaozhen had such a big burden on his shoulders, whether he could carry it, and now the defense of the capital was at the last moment.