Chapter 157: The Dingzhou Army's Determination
The sound of killing shook the sky, abruptly, without warning, and countless cavalrymen wearing Dingzhou smoke and dust began to attack the Qin family from all directions of the square. A cavalry of about 1,000 men, like a sickle, swept sharply under the imperial city, and those towering ladders to the city were like ripe grains in a rice field in an instant, and with a bang, the roots were neatly cut off.
The ears of wheat are always heavy, and there are many rebels on the ladder who are bravely climbing upwards, and there is no expectation that any friendly troops will kill them from below, and the defense below the ladder does not take this problem into account. So many three-cut ladders, coming from both sides towards zhōngyāng, collapsed so miserably, and the rebels above screamed miserably and fell from the high school, like grains spilled while harvesting rice.
Many people fell to their deaths on the ground, bleeding from their internal organs, and were crushed to the bottom by the heavy ladders that landed indiscriminately like rice stalks. And those rebel soldiers who had already landed in the imperial city suddenly felt something different behind them, and they couldn't help but feel shocked.
On the contrary, the only remaining part of the forbidden army and the subordinates of the Supervision Yuan in the imperial city found that the situation on the battlefield below had suddenly changed drastically, and they found the last chance of life, and their courage suddenly rushed into their chests. The people defending the palace rushed forward and divided and surrounded the rebels who had ascended the imperial city, leaving these Qin family soldiers who had no way to retreat into a desperate situation.
Rebels had already stormed the main entrance of the palace, carrying out a surprise killing, and had no idea what was happening behind them. The two teams of cavalry of the Ye family galloped close from the west and the direction of Taipingfang, and after sweeping away the cloud ladder, they did not slow down in the slightest, and directly galloped into the main gate of the palace in the black hole, and launched an attack behind the rebels who entered the palace.
On the square, the Dingzhou army, which occupied a favorable position, had already begun to counterattack the Qin family, and the Qin family's upper-level generals were killed and wounded too many people, and the incident happened suddenly, for a while, there was no way to organize an effective defense and counterattack.
On the battlefield, it is often the moment of the war that determines the outcome of the battle, and the generals of the Dingzhou army have carried out the commander's secret order before entering the city very well, and attacked with a thunderous force, taking the Qin army by surprise. For a time, the rebels suffered heavy casualties, and the balance of victory and defeat had tilted to the side of the Dingzhou army.
Especially in the middle of the square, those forbidden soldiers and black horsemen, who had been fighting desperately for two hours, were extremely exhausted, and were about to face death, and their eyes were even more wide-eyed, obviously a little confused.
The bloodied prince and Jing Ge, who was bowing his head, stood together, looking at the surrounding cries of killing, black smoke, sword light, and sword shadows in shock, listening to the muffled humming, miserable screams, and sorrowful screams in the square, and found that the long knife in his hand was so heavy.
At this time, the rebels suddenly attacked each other, the Qin family couldn't protect themselves, and the Dingzhou army deliberately staggered the area in the middle of the square, and the eldest prince, who protected the palace, stood in the open space in a daze, a little unsure of what was happening.
One moment, they were still fighting desperately, and the next moment, they were ...... It seems that he has become a pure bystander, and what is happening in Kyoto seems to have nothing to do with him...... The eldest prince glanced at Jing Ge, who was covered in injuries beside him, and frowned. As the commander of the Western Army, of course he knew how important the reaction on the battlefield was, no matter what was going on inside the rebels at the moment, but if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, he must immediately give an order to gather the only remaining nearly 2,000 living forces inside and outside the palace.
However, his eyes were a little dazed, because the inside and outside of the palace city had been divided into several war zones, and it was basically impossible for the forbidden army to twist into a rope at this time, and from the bottom of his heart, the eldest prince was not willing to let these subordinates who had been overdrawn to the apex get out of the rare momentary safety at this time again and throw themselves into those wars.
Therefore, he must see clearly what the sudden backlash of the Dingzhou army means, is it that the second child wants to take this opportunity to get rid of the crown prince and ascend the throne as emperor himself? But why did the Dingzhou army deliberately stay away from this forbidden army, and they were trying to protect the palace? He suddenly thought of what Fan Xian had done since the early hours of the morning, and his heart thumped.
Could it be that Fan Xian knew that the Ye family would make moves, so he issued those orders to seek a good opportunity for the other party? At this time, a forbidden soldier rushed to his side and whispered a few words in his ear, briefly recounting the accident that had occurred in the rebel camp that had been noticed before.
The eldest prince's eyes lit up slightly, looking at the Dingzhou army shuttling around, looking at the Qin family's troops who were retreating not far away, and the dragon flag where the prince was located, he finally relaxed a little, and his admiration for Fan Xian was even heavier.
From time to time, there was a rapid sound of military orders around the ――――――――――――――――――, and in the dust and smoke in the sky, the forces of all parties were gathering to kill, and the eldest prince took the only remaining 200 people and the forbidden army that returned to the Taiping Fang to help, and they were extremely lucky to converge in one place, and slowly pressed towards the imperial city. In the smoke and dust in the distance, the bright yellow dragon flag can be faintly seen, which is evacuating the square.
The whole square has become a Shura field, although the Qin rebels suffered heavy casualties, but their number is more than the Dingzhou army, although the military order is not smooth, but relying on the Qing army's natural excellent individual soldiers, it still makes the Dingzhou army pay a great price.
The scene is very chaotic, all the Qingguo soldiers have turned into countless small war groups, fighting together, this situation arises, it is precisely because of the beginning, the Dingzhou army got the prince's will, ready to change formations with the Qin family, and the chaos.
Along the line of the imperial city, there were battles taking place on all sides, people were dying everywhere, people were screaming everywhere, and Qiu rì hung high in the sky, finally penetrating the smoke around the palace and shining clearly. The blood water on the ground was dripping on the ground, especially in the place where there was a moat on three sides of the imperial city, the blood had seeped into the river, and many dead and wounded soldiers also fell into the river, and some rebels who had not died were soaked in the cold moat water, and woke up, but they were powerless to struggle ashore, and they were extremely miserable and powerless to struggle, sinking towards the river, looking like there were countless water ghosts in the moat, pulling their ankles.
In the face of the sudden blow of the Dingzhou army, the Qin family finally retreated after struggling to support it for a while, and several generals escorted the prince and led the team that had gathered back, evacuated the square, and began to retreat along the streets and alleys of Kyoto to the city gate division where the rebels were still in control.
As soon as the dragon flag retreated, the army was defeated again, the Dingzhou army shouted in unison, and rushed forward bravely, and the battlefield suddenly spread to the whole Kyoto from about three miles around the palace, chasing and being hunted down, killing and being killed, arrows and feathers flying, swords and guns were fierce, and the whole Kyoto began to tremble, knowing that today rì will face a turmoil and bloodbath that has not been encountered in sixteen years.
............ Deservedly, a series of heavy horses' hooves pierced the last remaining smoke on the ground, and the general on his horse appeared in front of the forbidden army and the black horsemen under the imperial city, in this corner that seemed to be forgotten by the rebels.
The sound of countless metal collisions sounded, no one gave an order, no need to give an order, these forbidden troops who were already exhausted to the extreme and the black cavalry who had suffered heavy casualties suddenly burst out with courage, and quickly changed formations, surrounding the general and the pro-army camp behind the general!
The personal soldiers behind the general changed drastically, and they all drew their swords out of their sheaths!
The eldest prince walked out slowly, looked at the familiar figure on the horse, and remained silent with a frown.
Ye Zhong slowly raised his right arm, and dozens of pro-soldiers slowly withdrew their swords with jǐng on their faces, but they were still nervously looking at these remnants of the soldiers who had brought them countless jīng divine shocks, before in the square, these hundreds of cavalry rushed to kill twice, and the rebels who rushed were in chaos, the gun provoked Qin Heng, and the sword broke through the ten thousand troops, which was really terrifying.
"At the end of the year, 3,000 soldiers will be transferred to help His Highness defend the city. ”
Ye Chong looked at the bloodied prince in front of him, a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes, but his tone was still calm, "The palace will be here soon, and he will help His Highness control the situation." ”
The eldest prince looked at him, but still did not speak. Ye Zhong had already put his hand into his arms at this time, took out a waist card, and threw it towards the eldest prince from a distance.
The eldest prince raised his right arm, which was already extremely sore, and grabbed it in his hand, Ding Qing took a look, and found that it was the waist card that Fan Xian had only retrieved from his subordinates in the early hours of yesterday morning, and couldn't help frowning, raised his head to look at Ye Chong's calm body like a green mountain, and asked, "Father, ...... emperor?"
After only saying two words, Ye Zhong interrupted him, because he knew what His Highness was going to ask, and he didn't know how to answer at all.
There are few fools in the royal family, when Ye Chong identified himself at this time, and had Fan Xian's waist card as a token, the eldest prince had already made it clear that Ye Chong had performed the role in this rebellion, and he also clearly knew that a character of this level like Ye Chong was categorically not something that Fan Xian could say, and it could only be said that before his father left Beijing, arrangements had been made for the Dingzhou army that pretended to come to offer prisoners!
The eldest prince took a deep breath, didn't say anything more, and directly issued an order: "Pursue it." ”
He knew that Ye Chong was waiting for his order, although the Qin family had been defeated at this time, and although the sound of fighting in the square still existed, the Ye family's Dingzhou army had actually controlled the entire situation in Kyoto, but Ye Chong still wanted to come to see him, so he naturally needed himself, the commander of the forbidden army, and the eldest son of the royal family gave Ye Chong a password.
At this time, the situation and the strength in his hands already allowed Ye Zhong to be the controller of Kyoto, but he didn't want to, and he didn't dare to let anyone have such speculation afterwards, so he was extremely respectful to the eldest prince.
............ The fighting has spread to Kyoto, inevitably affecting civilians who have been closed for a long night, and the tragedy of war has occurred everywhere. The cavalry brigade of the Dingzhou Army had already pursued the main camp of the Qin family and marched towards the nine city gates of Kyoto.
And the crown prince was not under the dragon banner at all, this young man who was about to attack the palace and become the new monarch of Qingguo was suddenly hit by a cross waist, and his dream was shattered in front of his eyes, and his face was already bleak. Fortunately, the loyal generals of the Qin family reacted very quickly and led the remnants of the army to fight their way out.
Li Chengqian didn't want to retreat, because he knew that all he could have in his hands was the army of the Qin family, and if he withdrew from Kyoto, although the world was big, where would he still have his own place? I'm afraid that even my aunt didn't expect the Ye family to rebel, right? The corners of the young prince's lips flashed with a wry smile, and the jolting of the war horse under him did not make his expression that seemed to be frozen change in the slightest.
After ascending the throne, I was still thinking about how to win the Ye family from the second child, become a real emperor, how to resist the pressure of my aunt, mother, grandmother and old man Qin, and pardon those civil officials on the city wall who resolutely opposed him, especially the two scholars Shuhu.
Who would have expected that the Ye family would rebel like this!
My aunt is afraid that she doesn't know this shocking news yet, her mother and grandmother are still trapped in the imperial city, and Old Man Qin ...... It's dead.
The prince had a sharp pain in his chest, and he was almost unable to stand up straight. A rebel general beside him said with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, as long as you go out of the city, collect soldiers again, and rush to the place in Kunshan, as well as our people, when the time comes, go straight to the north and meet with the governor of Yanda, and the big thing will be done!"
This makes sense, but Li Chengqian didn't believe it very much, because Fan Xian came back alive, but he was afraid that the governor of Yan Dadu would also die, and since the Ye family had rebelled, Uncle Liuyun was only afraid of ...... Alas, Li Chengqian's heart sighed, and he didn't know what kind of waves were waving in his heart as the horses rushed towards the city gate.
Under the imperial city, one of the other masterminds of the rebellion, the second prince, was looking at his father-in-law with a resentful and desperate look. Before Ye Zhong personally led the Dingzhou army to pursue, he returned to his middle camp for some reason and glanced at his son-in-law.
"If you want to live, you have to remember what I said in Dingzhou Army today. ”
The second prince was restrained at this time, standing desolate under the horse, looking up at Ye Zhong stubbornly, and spitting. He knew what Ye Chong's words meant, the final defection of the Dingzhou Army was nominally because he wanted to avenge his father and carry out his father's edict, but he knew that this was not the case.
Among all the parties involved, in fact, the one who was the most desperate, shocked, and angry was the second prince. He didn't know that on Dadong Mountain, Emperor Qingguo said to Fan Xian that if possible, he would leave the second child alive, and at such a moment, the second prince never thought that he would survive.
And what angered him the most was that he seemed to have been planning for a long time...... It turns out that in the end, he is the stupidest person!
There was anger in his eyes, and his usual gentle face was particularly cold: "Father-in-law, you are really a good dog...... It's just that if your father is really dead, what will you do?"
Ye Zhong didn't say anything, slowly turned the horse's head, and the look on his face became a little gloomy. The second prince screamed behind him, "You liars!"
At this moment, a heavy object suddenly fell from above the imperial city, striking the hard stone slab, making a muffled sound. Falling was a man dressed in a beautiful costume. After this heavy blow, her whole body was broken, blood flowed, and she had already died, but her head was still intact, revealing a dignified face with haggard despair and madness.
Watching the dragon flag go away, the desperate queen finally fell to her death helplessly.