Everyone calmed down and looked at Lu Qingli, Lu Qingli smiled and said to Zhang Lun Yifu: "Grandpa Zhang, is the power of this cannon insufficient, and you still need to bombard several cannons?" All you have to do is nod or shake your head. ”

Zhang Lun nodded.

"In this case, I will go and fire a few more cannons, you don't understand the operation of this iron chariot, and the proportion of gunpowder is only known to us, and I can't say it casually, all the secret recipes of the arsenal are secrets, and they can't be said lightly. What's more...... I'm ...... with Chloe They are already deaf, and the craftsmen who were with us just now are afraid that they are also deaf, but this has become a good thing, no matter how loud it is, don't want to make us deaf a second time, so I and Kou'er decided to go to fire again, and ask Grandpa Zhang to prepare for the attack. ”

Ye Fanggu shouted: "No, maybe the ear is just injured, won't you go again and add to the injury, if you can't heal it in the future, how can it be good?" ”

Dai Su'er said in a low voice: "Sister, they can't hear clearly. ”

Zhu Fengtong took a branch and wrote on the ground to express Ye Fanggu's worry, Lu Qingli and Yang Kou'er understood that Yang Kou'er smiled: "I was unguarded before, and if I go again, I will definitely wrap my head and face, please ask a few sisters to bring cotton towels, let's wrap them tightly, won't we?" Find some protection for those craftsmen and helpers, if they are all deaf, their livelihood will be a problem, I hope my sisters can help them solve their worries. ”

Zhu Fengtong sighed: "Such a kind Nizi, she is like this, and she still thinks about others." ”

Everyone was still hesitant, Lu Qingli pointed to the sky and said, "It's already dark, do we have to wait until the bad news of the eldest brother comes before making a decision?" ”

Everyone looked at the little county lord, and the little county lord looked at Ye Fanggu, after all, Qingli was Fanggu's cousin, and the little county lord was not easy to make his own decisions, Ye Fanggu's eyes were moist, and she hugged Lu Qingli and Yang Ko'er in her arms, and nodded at them.

The scarf and cotton cloth were quickly pushed, and more than a dozen craftsmen and operators were also pulled over to wrap their heads, faces and ears, Lu Qingli and Yang Ko'er were wrapped in several layers of ears, one by one bloated like big-headed dolls, Zhang Lun sent people to cover them back to the iron chariot, and the soldiers and horses above the city wall were in a panic, and they did not fire artillery bombardment.

Lu Qingli gestured to several craftsmen to check the support of the cannon barrel in front and the direction of aiming, the vibration of the shot was very likely to loosen and deviate, and it was necessary to check that the fixed aim was in place before firing, and after it was ready, the shell was bored and the lead was ignited.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" interval tea time is an earthquake-like roar, after three consecutive shots, no one figure and picture can be seen clearly on the dark city, the dark blue twilight sky is completely shrouded in black clouds, completely in a state of chaos.

Zhang Lun sent more than a dozen soldiers to rush into the smoke to check, until they reached the face of the city wall, and there was not a single arrow shot down at the head of the city, these dozen soldiers actually climbed directly onto the hot ruins, and when they climbed down the ruins, they suddenly found that they were already in the square within the city wall of Zhengyangmen.

This joy is not trivial, it turns out that the city wall has already been penetrated by a large gap, and the city wall has collapsed.

Under the light of the torches above and below the city, the smoke gradually dispersed revealed a large gap about five or six zhang wide in front of everyone, although the collapsed earth and rocks were piled up a few feet high, but this was no longer enough to become a barrier, nor could it stop the attack of the army outside the Zhengyang Gate.

After learning that the city wall had collapsed, Yang Ting, Liang Chu, Zhang Wei and others at the head of the city were dumbfounded, Yang Tinghe's ears were still haunted by the roar of the giant cannon just now, his face was white and terrifying, and he couldn't speak for a while in the face of the gap.

Liang Chu shouted: "Marquis Zhang, hurry up and order someone to block the gap, use sandbags, use stones, even if it is a corpse, you must block this place." ”

Zhang Wei sighed and shook his head: "It's useless, you can't block it with anything, even if you barely block this place before they attack it, the cannon under the city can be blasted away with just one shot, which is not possible." ”

"What do you mean? Are you going to sue us and can't stop Zhang Lun's soldiers and horses? There are also more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the inner city, and Zhang Lun has more than 10,000 people on hand, so we still have the strength to fight. Liang Chu said angrily.

Zhang Wei looked at Yang Tinghe, who was silent.

Fei Hong said in a low voice: "Yang Gong, the last way, desperately attack the palace immediately and capture Song Nan alive, if we can succeed, we still have the capital to negotiate." Marquis Zhang led his troops here to resist for a while, and I went to attack the palace with Marquis Tan in front of the Daming Gate to see if there was a turnaround. ”

Yang Tinghe sighed, shook his head and said: "We have already made a mistake, recreating the killing is a mistake on top of a mistake, it is better to stop here, we are also important ministers of the court, there is nothing to be done, we should think about the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise we will become Ming sinners." ”

Liang Chu was furious and said unceremoniously: "Yang Gong, at this time, how can you say such a thing?" It was you who made the plan at the beginning, and now it is you who are retreating, are you still thinking that Song Nan will let us go? You can't help but do this, give up at this moment, we will all die in the hands of Song Nan, today's thing is to break the cauldron and sink the boat and the fish to die in the net, besides, the outcome is unexpected, the winner or loser is undecided, how can you be so frustrated? ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Let Zhang Hou Ye tell me, are his more than 20,000 soldiers and horses the opponent of Zhang Lun's Fenwu Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and thousands of Jinyi Guards?" Song Nan held thousands of firecrackers in his hands, and the firecracker banner school equipped with the Jinyi Guard alone could reach tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in close combat. Didn't you see thousands of forked swordsmen and officers with knives in the palace who couldn't even beat a thousand Han generals, and they were immediately defeated in front of them, do you need me to say more? ”

Zhang Wei sighed: "That's true. ”

Liang Chu waved his hand and shouted: "Then you can't let go, by the way, aren't there still six regiments and battalions of soldiers and horses in the outer city?" If they are willing to make a move, the shape will be reversed immediately, you are the head of the cabinet, why can't you order them to send troops to the Qing monarch to suppress the ministers? You gave the order. ”

Yang Tinghe looked at Liang Chu with a little pity in his eyes, and said slowly: "Lord Liang, you are not a three-year-old child, you should know the thoughts of the marquis of the Sixth Regiment Battalion, if they were willing to help, they would have done it a long time ago, they absolutely refused, they just want to save their status, and it is their idea not to offend." ”

Liang Chu stomped his feet and said: "No, I'm going to find them to send troops, here you resist first, no matter what, I have to persuade them to send troops, Zhang Houye, you have to hold on no matter what, let Tan Houye start attacking Daming Gate, let's take a two-pronged approach, catch Song Nan or send troops from the regiment camp to reverse the situation, don't give up lightly." As for Yang Shoufu, he has lost his fighting spirit, he is an old minister of the two dynasties, and he may be able to escape with his life, but we must not compromise with Song Nan. ”

Zhang Wei knew that Liang Chu was reasonable, glanced at Yang Tinghe, and finally nodded: "Lord Liang, just do as you say, I am here to defend it, I hope you can persuade the regiment to send troops." ”

Liang Chu nodded, glanced back at Yang Tinghe, spat viciously and spat at the city, rode a war horse and galloped west.

Yang Tinghe stood stunned for a long time, Mu Ran walked towards the city, and Fei Hong hurriedly shouted: "Where is Yang Gong?" ”

Yang Tinghe turned around and said in a daze: "I can't help here, I'll find a place to clean up." ”

Fei Hong hurriedly said: "I'll accompany you, don't mess around." ”

Yang Tinghe waved his hand and said: "You are here to help defend the city, I will go back when I go, don't worry." ”

Zhang Wei and Fei Hong had to watch the backs of Yang Ting and Xiacheng staggering away, they didn't know what to feel in their hearts, and suddenly heard the shouts of the city, and the long dragon with countless torches gathered from Zhengyangmen Square to charge towards the gap, Zhang Weiwei shouted: "Fill the gap and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

The generals kept the orders conveyed, the archers. The crossbowmen quickly gathered on the walls on both sides of the gap, and in the face of the rushing tide of Zhang Lun's soldiers and horses, they began to shoot arrows to block the attack.

In the square below, Zhang Lun sat on a war horse in armor, pointed diagonally at the direction of the city wall with the long sword in his hand, and roared in his mouth: "At any cost, rush through the gap and attack the inner city, at any cost!" ”

Suddenly, he found that a figure running towards the gap in the city wall was extremely familiar, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly reacted and shouted, "Sister, what are you doing?" Come back, come back quickly. ”

The figure running over was the back of the little county lord, beside her was Ye Fanggu, who was murderous and holding a short sword, and the rest of the Song Mansion women were not strong enough to charge and kill the enemy like the two of them, the little county lord actually didn't have any martial arts, but she was the female devil who was rampant in Zhengnanfang before, her body was nimble, and she had played a few times with her sword, and she cared about Song Nan's safety at the moment, and she couldn't take care of it much. Fortunately, there were two strong maids by his side, such as flowers and moons, and Ye Fanggu, a strong martial artist, who was accompanied by him, who was brave and brave, and rushed out with a shout, leaving Zhang Lun's shouts behind.

Zhang Lun was anxious to pat his thighs and pull his hair, as the commander-in-chief, he could not rush up to protect, when he was anxious, Li Daniu and only Zhao Dapeng with fire guards were rushing up, hurriedly called them to stop them, and told them that the two Song Mansion ladies rushed up, Li Daniu and Zhao Dapeng were also startled, and hurriedly patted their chests to ensure that they found the two Song Mansion ladies to protect them, and Zhang Lun was relieved.

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Liang Chu hurried west in a hurry, he wanted to go out of the inner city from Xuanwu Gate to be transferred to the regimental camp stationed in the outer city, Xuanwu Gate was still controlled by foreign troops, and the sound of killing and cannon roaring at Zhengyang Gate seemed too leisurely. The wind lanterns shone on the snow in Xuanwumen Square, but there was no one. There were not half attacking troops on either side of the moat.

Liang Chu ordered the defenders to open the city gate and let him out of the outer city, and after a little thought in the square, he decided to go west to the station of the Guoyong Battalion and the Dare Yong Battalion in Xuanbeifang, the commander of the Guoyong Battalion Changsheng Hou Ma Wanxun and the commander of the Dare Battalion Pingshan Hou Zhou Liang had been very close to Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, and the relationship with Zhang Wei and others was also good, Liang Chu thought, they should be easier to convince.

The decision was made, Liang Chu patted the horse and walked west, along the empty street straight to the military camp station in the northwest corner of Xuanbeifang, to the northwest of Xuanbeifang Street, and was about to turn into the avenue leading to the military camp, when he suddenly heard the noise of the soldiers and horses in front of him, Liang Chu had a long heart, and ordered the people accompanying him to come forward to spy on the situation. ”

Liang Chu was surprised, happy and suspicious, surprised that the soldiers and horses of the regiment and battalion were actually dispatched, and he was happy that if the purpose of the dispatch was to help the foreign army, then the shape could be reversed immediately, and it would save him a lot of money, and the suspicion was that no one gave an order, how could these two battalions take the initiative to send troops?

Liang Chu hid in the small alley and watched secretly, and soon saw a large number of soldiers and horses trotting through the street outside the alley, and the direction was to go to the inner city, and there was no doubt about participating in the battle in Beijing. In the crowd, Liang Chu also saw Ma Wanxun and Zhou Liang sitting on horses. Liang Chu thought about it and gritted his teeth and was about to come out to greet the two regimental marquis, but suddenly, as if he had been shocked, he twisted his body and quickly retracted into the shadows, almost breaking his old waist.

For he saw a man, a man he least wanted to see here, a man in a black robe, who was riding behind the two princes, and turned his face, and was hit by the dim lights of the street.

Liang Chu saw it clearly, the person with a thin long face and fluttering black hair was none other than Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, this person appeared here, Liang Chu naturally knew what it meant, these two regimental soldiers and horses were not to help themselves, but were taken by Yang Yiqing to attack the foreign army.

Liang Chu hid in the dark alley, looking at the soldiers and horses walking in front of him, he had no strength in his legs and feet, his heart was beating, and his body was covered with cold sweat.

I don't know how long I waited, all the soldiers and horses on the street walked over, Liang Chuwu was stunned, and one of the two entourages stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, my lord?" ”

Liang Chu came to his senses and said in a dumb voice: "What? ”

"The soldiers and horses are over, my lord, shall we go back to the inner city?"

Liang Chu probed his brain and slowly walked out of the dark alley, standing on the dark and empty street, the wind blowing through his sweaty body, making him feel a chill all over his body; But he can still resist the cold on his body, and the cold in his heart is his biggest fear.

Yang Yiqing has obviously persuaded Guo Yongyong and two battalions of soldiers and horses to participate in the operation, these two battalions of soldiers and horses are the most unlikely to participate in it, once they join Song Nan's side, the rest of the regimental soldiers and horses will definitely join in when they hear the wind, Liang Chu knows very well the style of these people, which side has the advantage, they will favor that side in order to get a piece of the victory soup.

However, the soldiers and horses of the foreign army were already very difficult to deal with Zhang Lun's Fenwu Battalion and Shenji Battalion and the thousands of Jinyi Guards under Song Nan's army, otherwise why would Yang Tinghe lose confidence, and why would he come to rescue the troops? Now as soon as the regiment and battalion join, the defeat is established, and there is no chance of recovery; This time I really lost, I lost a mess, I lost nothing.

Liang Chu quickly calculated, now it is futile to seek help from other regiments and battalions, and it is also self-defeating to return to the battlefield in the inner city, and he must leave the capital as soon as possible before Song Nan orders to block the whole city, and escape as far as possible. Although it will be difficult for him to live in the future from now on, even if he lives in seclusion among the mountains and forests, and dies of old age in a remote place, it is much better than being captured and humiliated by Song Nan and finally beheaded for public display.

"The two of you hurriedly went to the inner city to report to Yang Shoufu and Zhang Tan, the two marquis, and said that the two battalions of soldiers and horses had been dispatched to prepare for it." Liang Chu turned his head sideways and whispered to the two entourage.

"What about you, my lord?"

"The old man went to the east of the city, the Yaowu camp was stationed in the east of the city, and the old man was going to persuade Yu Hou Ye to send troops."

"That'...... Be careful, adults. ”

"Don't worry about me, 100,000 is urgent, you two will come back quickly."

The two attendants immediately mounted their horses and galloped away, and the sound of hooves was heard, and soon the street was filled with the sound of the wind blowing leaves. Liang Chu climbed onto his horse with great difficulty, but instead of heading towards the east of the city, he plunged headlong into the small alley, and went south along the cobweb-like alley. Liang Chu thought very clearly, Xibianmen and Guang'anmen would never be able to get out, because since the second battalion of Guo Yongyong had decided to join Song Nan's camp, the two city gates on the west side of the outer city would definitely be charged first. Although the situation of the Guangqu Gate of the Dongbian Gate in the east is unknown, but now if you run to one of the two city gates, you must go around in a big circle, which will delay a lot of time.

Now the only thing that can be walked is the Yongding Gate in the south, which is not far away, and the Fenwu Battalion and the Shenji Battalion stationed in the east of the Temple of Heaven and Earth have already gone out to fight a vicious battle, and the Yongding Gate is still in the hands of foreign troops, and they will be able to pass through Guò safely.

With such wishful thinking, Liang Chu walked quickly through the streets and alleys like a mouse drilling a maze, fortunately he has been in the capital for more than 20 years, and the corners are very familiar, and when he came out again, he had already arrived on the street not far from Yongding Gate; Seeing the tall black shadow of the city gate standing from afar, and looking back at the fierce shouting and killing in the inner city, Liang Chu gritted his teeth and galloped to the square behind the city gate.

"Stop, the city gate is forbidden to stop, and those who come stand back." There was a shout from the top of the city.

Liang Chu straightened his chest in his clothes, coughed and said majestically: "Presumptuous, this official is a cabinet university scholar Liang Chu, and he wants to go out of the city overnight on business, why don't you open the city gate quickly and let the old man out of the city?" ”

"Liang Chu?" Someone in the city cried out in surprise, and suddenly there was no sound.

Liang Chu sat quietly on his horse and stared at the figure of a few black shadows on the head of the city who seemed to be running around, and felt a little comforted in his heart, although he was about to become a lost dog, and the name of this cabinet scholar would no longer be useful, but at this last moment, it was still a deterrent, at least it could make the foreign soldiers and horses in the city panic.

The sound of footsteps sounded, seven or eight figures quickly descended the steps of the city wall from the city gate and rushed towards him, Liang Chu knew that they were here to confess and immediately open the city gate, he was ready to tell these soldiers not to be polite, hurry up and open the city gate, and even planned to encourage them a few words, but the next moment he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Those few people ran fast, the blades in their hands were shining, although they couldn't see their outfits clearly, but a murderous aura came to their faces, Liang Chu was like a rabbit in danger, extremely sensitive to the aura of danger, and instinctively shouted: "Don't come here, go and open the city gate." ”

Someone on the other side laughed and said: "I didn't expect our brothers to catch big fish by guarding the city gate, hahaha, Lord Liang, our Lord Song will be very happy to see you, you give this credit to our brothers, our brothers are grateful." ”

Liang Chu was frightened, listening to this tone, it was not the foreign army that guarded the door, but the manpower under Song Nan's command, when did Yongdingmen fall into Song Nan's hands? This surprise was not trivial, Liang Chu quickly turned his horse's head and was about to run away, when there was a continuous clicking sound from behind.

"Lord Liang, stop immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences." The soldiers in the rear shouted.

Where does Liang Chu care about his words, he whipped the horse's buttocks a few times, the horse screamed in surprise, Liang Chu said in his heart: Can you catch up with the horse?

"It's also a credit to die, it's not a credit to run away, brothers, do it."

"Boom, boom, boom." The sound of the fire was very piercing in the quiet night, and the birds in the big trees in the surrounding streets and alleys had just been able to roost peacefully for a while, and now they were once again frightened and flew into the sky. Liang Chu on horseback only felt a dense pain in his back, arms, and thighs, and the horse under the seat was about to roll, and at the last moment of his sanity, Liang Chu suddenly sounded the sound of clicking behind him just now.

"That's the sound of gunpowder on Jinyiwei's firecracker, how did I forget this stubble, stupid, stupid."

Liang Chu rolled to the ground in this last self-reproach, his body rolled around on the stiff brick floor like a rag doll, and he slammed into a bluestone on the side of the road and crawled still, his back and legs were bent and dozens of blood holes on his arms were gurgling and bleeding, and after a while, it became an ocean.