Chapter 271: The rebels are scattered
By this time, all the people had already killed their red eyes, and it was a death to stretch out their heads, and it was also a death to shrink their heads, so they simply fought hard, and maybe they could still fight a little bit of life.
The rebels' offensive continued until noon, and the towers continued to fall, and the rest were exhausted. Murong Chu suddenly raised his head, took out the small bamboo tube called the telescope that Mo Li gave him from his arms, and held it up in front of him. Then, the corners of his lips raised a beautiful arc little by little.
"It's finally here!" A deep voice sounded, this voice was tantamount to the sound of heaven for the people above the city tower, although they had not seen reinforcements yet, but they believed that what General Murong said must be right.
Morale was high again, and everyone was doing their best to make a last-ditch effort.
After about a pillar of incense, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling in the distance was heard, and then an overwhelming force of iron cavalry swept in from a distance, and struck into the rear of the rebels.
For a while, the tide of the battle was quickly reversed, and King Jin did not expect reinforcements to come so quickly. He expected that the eldest prince would not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest, so he began to attack the city with all his strength yesterday, preparing to capture the capital today.
The rebels were already exhausted after a few days of fighting, and in the face of the menacing reinforcements, where could they still parry, the rear was quickly scattered by the leading iron cavalry, and the whole camp was thrown into confusion and fled in all directions in a wail.
The large army of reinforcements then arrived, and the banner embroidered with the word "Qing" fluttered in the wind, Murong Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the soldiers defending the city to fully cooperate with the reinforcements to clear the rebels.
The eldest prince Zhong Hanqing led an army of 100,000 into Beijing to rescue him, originally thought that it would take some effort to defeat the rebels, but he didn't realize that outside the capital, the rebels were only half of the original. The rebels, who had been fighting all night, quickly collapsed against the 100,000-strong army, like a mantis arm as a car.
In the evening, the rebels died and surrendered, and the remaining ones fought and retreated, and were chased around by reinforcements and Sun Han, who stayed outside Beijing.
"Miss, the capital has been saved!" Ruoping, who went out to inquire about the news, wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, because he ran too quickly, and he spoke with a little gasp.
Everyone was still excited when they heard the news, and they heard Ruoping continue: "The rebels have been dispersed, and on the way back, they met Liukou, who has already come towards Zhuangzi. ”
"How's that for good? In case we are discovered......" Lu exclaimed.
"Is there any news in the capital? They...... OK? Mo Li completely ignored Lu's exclamation, eager to know the situation in the city.
"Not yet, it's chaotic within ten miles of the suburbs of Beijing, and you can't get in at all." Ruoping replied in embarrassment.
Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Madam, the rogue is coming, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”
"What about Da Zhuang? Why didn't you come back together? Mo Li's heart was in a mess. Although the capital was defended, as long as she didn't hear the news of Murong Chu, the stone in her heart couldn't land.
"He won't work lightly, I'll let him find a place to hide first and come back by himself." Ruoping said, "Don't worry, Miss, he's fine." ”
Mo Li thought about it, Xu Dazhuang was quite familiar with the terrain here, and he also had some kung fu, so it was not a problem to avoid the panicked and fleeing rogues. It was immediately decided to move all the people to the mountains behind.
Xiang immediately ordered his subordinates to seal the entrance to the dark room, and everyone followed the tunnel behind the dark room into the mountain. The exit to the tunnel is in a cave, which is not far from the bottom of the mountain, but it is hidden among the trees, so even if someone goes up the mountain, they will not come here.
At the beginning, Mo Li was inspired by the dark room in the study and wanted to build a dark room to hide in another courtyard of Zhuangzi, so Murong Chu sent the steward who was good at repairing fortifications, and he also dug another tunnel leading to the mountain after listening to his advice.
The entrance to this cave is so small that it is difficult for anyone who is not familiar with this place to find such a cave among the vines. Inside, however, it is extremely spacious, with several holes dug into the rock wall, and candlesticks are placed in each hole.
For the sake of safety, only a few candles were lit to the steward, and in the faint light of the candles it was clear that the cave had been simply arranged, and although there were no beds, thick animal skins were spread on several high places, which could be used as resting places.
"Before, the time was too tight to prepare too many things, but it was not a problem to stay for three or five days. The conditions are simple, let's make do with it. Mo Li sat down on a stone and said.
This kind of environment is nothing to her, and when she lived in a dilapidated temple on the mountain, the conditions were not as good as here. But the others are different, and I am afraid they never thought that they would live in such a place one day.
"I knew that I would suffer this crime, and this concubine would rather stay in the palace in the capital." Lu muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Mother, if you really stay in the capital, I don't know if I will be alive now." Liu said softly, "Anyway, we're all right now, this rebellion has been put down, and we can go back in a few days." ”
"The young lady is right, there is so much chaos in the capital, I don't know if the palace can be protected." Murong Wan sighed softly. attracted a roll of the Lu family's eyes: "What do you know, can it be that the rebels will still rush into the palace?" ”
Mo Li raised his eyebrows: "If King Jin wants to coerce his father and son, of course we are the first choice." "I brought the Lu family out together, I was afraid that she would fall into the hands of the King of Jin and become the weakness of the King of Bac Ninh. No matter how you say it, it is a husband and wife for more than 20 years, how can you ignore her.
Of course, the Lu family also knew these truths, she was just dissatisfied with the situation in front of her, and complained a few words, which attracted a lot of accusations, and she was even more angry in her heart, but she couldn't do anything to Mo Li, so she could only glare at Liu and said: "It's humid in the mountains, don't let the child catch a cold!" ”
Mo Li hooked her lips and smiled, didn't she have such a sentence, I like the way you can't get used to me and can't kill me. That's how she was feeling at this moment. But when he thought that Murong Chu didn't know what to do now, the shallow smile immediately froze on his lips, and he shook his head helplessly.
The Liukou did not dare to stay in one place for a long time, so they only grabbed some things from the Zhuangzi and fled westward. Of course, as the largest house in Zhuangzi, the other courtyard is not immune. Everything that could be taken was taken away, and the rest was smashed into a mess. Even the flowers in the flower beds and flower houses have been trampled to death, and the beams of the flower house have been cut down a few times.
Fortunately, after Steward Xiang and Xu Dazhuang entered the dark room, they arranged the house as if no one lived in it. Except for the necessary furnishings, there are nothing too valuable. Rao is like this, the loss of the entire courtyard is not small, and many houses have to be repaired again.
After hiding in the mountains for two days, Mo Li let Ruoping go out to find out the news.