At night, the stars and the moon are shining, the court is burning, inside and outside the hall of the Chu Palace, people come and go, endlessly, busy in a nervous and orderly manner. After Li Zhiyun discussed tomorrow's attack plan with Scarface, Li Tieniu and others, he walked out of the house and came to the back garden. He felt that it was too boring to stay in the house, so he wanted to go out for a walk and get some air.

Li Zhiyun was walking along the path of the garden, when he suddenly saw two figures shaking in front of him, so he shouted: "Who is in the garden?" ”

"It's me." As soon as the words fell, the person on the other side walked over.

Li Zhiyun took a look through the bright moonlight, and it turned out to be Liu Yinglian and her maid. You must know that he forgot that no one would forget his future father-in-law, so he had already sent someone to take Liu Hong's family into the Chu Palace. At this moment, Liu Yinglian was taking the maid for a walk in the garden.

Li Zhiyun greeted him, and Zhang Zheng and the two guards who followed him stopped and did not follow. The maid who followed Liu Yinglian also turned around and walked away. Li Zhiyun walked up to Liu Yinglian, and before she could speak, she was concerned: "I heard that Miyagi has fallen, are you okay with your Abba and Auntie?" ”

"It's fine. Tomorrow morning, I will lead the new army out and go to reinforce them. ”

Liu Yinglian looked at him and whispered: "Don't worry too much, they will definitely be fine!" Li Zhiyun didn't squeak, just grabbed one of her hands, her hand was delicate and smooth, warm and slightly cool. Liu Yinglian approached him, snuggled into his arms obediently, and said softly: "Zhiyun, I know that the burden on your shoulders is very heavy, and the fate of Datang is in your hands." However, you must believe in yourself and believe that the final victory must belong to Datang! Li Zhiyun let go of her hand and hugged her tightly, with a firm tone: "Don't worry, I won't let you down!" ”

The next morning, the Forces nouvelles were replenished with sufficient ammunition and prepared for the attack. After a night's rest, the soldiers were full of energy and eager to go into battle to kill the enemy. With Li Zhiyun's order, the attack began, and forty red-coated cannons let out an angry roar, first tearing apart the rebels' defense line with artillery fire.

On the artillery position, many soldiers were shirtless, sweating profusely and unusually busy. The loader took the large iron ball and put it into the barrel, and the gunpowder hand pounded the gunpowder tsubaki with a long-handled wooden hammer, and the gunner set up the cannon and lit the fire letter. With a roar, the cannon barrel spit out tongues of fire, and the large iron ball flew out and landed accurately on the rebel position, and the battlefield was suddenly filled with flames and smoke.

Compared with the advanced cannons of later generations, the difference between the redcoat cannon and the advanced cannon of later generations is only in the accuracy of the firing range and the impact point, and if you talk about the power of the shell explosion, there is not much difference. The rebel soldiers, who had no experience in anti-artillery, scurried around in panic, and a shell fell, and immediately flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the severed limbs flew into the air.

After the heavy shelling, more than a dozen trumpeters blew the trumpet of the charge, and the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles began to attack. The 10,000 rebels who surrounded the Chu Wangfu suffered two or three thousand casualties yesterday, and there are still seven or eight thousand left, which is only a slight advantage in numbers compared with the new army. If you talk about the combat effectiveness of the army, is one side hot? Weapons, one side is a cold weapon, and the two sides are not on the same level at all. So, the Forces nouvelles quickly broke through the rebel lines and advanced along the streets.

Gao Jifu was unwilling to be broken through, and transferred a large number of men and horses from other directions surrounding the Chu Wangfu to launch a counterattack against the new army. In this way, the pressure on the Chu Wangfu was greatly reduced. Li Zhiyun ordered only one battalion to be left to guard the palace and the arsenal, and the other two battalions were also engaged in the battle in the northwest direction.

The two sides fought back and forth in the streets, with the rebels using bows and crossbows to shoot arrows, the new armies using bird guns and grenades, and sometimes even hand-to-hand combat. After some hard fighting, the Forces nouvelles held the line on both sides and advanced along a wide frontage.

The forward advanced for about two miles, and a hill appeared in front of it, and on the top of the hill there was a temple called Bao'en Temple, and the Little Wild Goose Pagoda was located in the tower behind Bao'en Temple. The scale of Bao'en Temple is not small, there are dozens of Buddhist meditation rooms, and the whole temple is surrounded by a high courtyard wall. Hundreds of rebel soldiers hid in the temple and shot arrows with their bows and crossbows.

Li Zhiyun wanted to set up an artillery position on this mountain, so he had to take Bao'en Temple. Scarface advocated bombardment with cannons, Li Zhiyun shook his head and said, "No, the artillery fire will destroy the cultural relics, and besides, it can't hurt the monks in the temple." ”

"Relics?" Scarface was puzzled, "What are you called cultural relics?" ”

Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "I'll explain to you later." At this time, Li Tieniu ran over with a machete in his hand and said loudly: "Lord Wang, give me this temple, I still want to kill it!" Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you." ”

Li Tieniu gathered hundreds of soldiers, and the soldiers rushed forward with broadswords and spears in hand. Li Tieniu kicked open the gate of the temple and rushed into the courtyard first. Rebel soldiers rushed out of the temples and meditation rooms, and the two sides fought in the courtyards.

The big knife in Li Tieniu's hand was like a dragon soaring into the air, flying up and down, and countless phantoms appeared. Where the blade passed, a line of blood splattered, and human heads fell to the ground. He exclaimed excitedly, "Happy! Joyfully! An enemy general was not angry in his heart, rushed up, and the big gun in his hand went straight to his chest like lightning, and Li Tieniu hurriedly avoided it.

The enemy's marksmanship is not bad, the big gun dances impermeable, and the tip of the gun is like a poisonous snake, swallowing and spitting, and going straight to the vital point. Li Tieniu dodged left and right, looked at the gap, the big knife was like a streamer chasing the shadow, and went straight to the opponent's waist and eyes, and the enemy general was busy blocking with a big gun. Li Tieniu's big sword sank, the enemy general was shocked and numb, and he was stunned for a moment, Li Tieniu came to the top of Mount Tai again, and the big knife slashed his heavenly spirit cover. The enemy general hurriedly dodged, his head was avoided, but the big knife slashed at his left shoulder, and he cut off an arm alive. The enemy general screamed in pain, and Li Tieniu shouted: "you!" With another backhand slash, the enemy's head flew into the air, and a cloud of blood sprayed out of the cavity.

As soon as the enemy is about to die, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, have no intention of fighting, and only care about scattering and fleeing for their lives. Li Tieniu roared and led his men to rush into various rooms and wipe out all the rebels. After the new army occupied Bao'en Temple, Li Zhiyun ordered the artillery battalion to set up a red-coated cannon on the hill next to it, and the muzzle of the cannon pointed directly in the direction of the palace.

When the red sun rises on the distant horizon, a new blood color dyes the majestic eaves red. The Imperial City, Fengge Luanlou, Tiantai Immortal Garden, which was originally a place where the dragon and the phoenix lived, has now become a refugee camp. In the garden, beside the corridors, under the eaves, and in the corners, there were people fleeing everywhere. After the Wagang army broke through Chang'an City, the emperor's relatives and ministers took refuge in the palace with their families and relatives. After the fall of Miyagi, they all crowded into the imperial city.

Abba asked the concubines to vacate part of the palace, but it was far from enough, and most of them had to live in the open air. These high-ranking officials and nobles, who usually have fine clothes and fine food, have now become the appearance of flower children, and they spread a piece of felt or oilcloth on the ground, or sit or lie down, with large bags and small wraps beside them, which contain the fine softness that has been hastily stuffed in. Most of the old people have dull eyes and numb expressions; The men looked depressed and worried; The women complained and nagged endlessly. The children were carefree, chasing and playing as usual, and were scolded by adults from time to time.

With a few crisp sounds of leather whips, the emperor's luan came. The eunuchs were wearing Luo umbrellas, and Abba was wearing the chapter clothes of the Great Dynasty, and the Tai'a sword was hanging from his waist, and he came along the road. Behind Abba, followed by the eldest brother, Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing and several other important ministers of the court. The court officials on the side of the road saw the emperor coming, and habitually knelt down and saluted.

Abba looked at the officials on both sides of the corridor and sighed secretly. Li Mi's rebellion caught him off guard, and he asked himself if he treated Li Mi well, but why did he rebel? Is it really like others say, Li Mi is cunning and rebellious? At this point, it's useless to think about it.

As long as Liu Wenjing is with Pei Lian, she will inevitably quarrel with him. He pointed to the men, women and children on both sides, and said to Pei Lian: "Look, look, this is all a good thing you did!" Pei Lin was unconvinced: "Li Mi rebelled, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"The last time there was a banquet in the Hall of Light, you humiliated him and asked him to serve you plates and bowls. He held a grudge, so he raised an army to rebel. ”

"Won't you let him serve you food too?"

"That's not what you started with?"

Abba turned around and said sharply, "You two don't quarrel, follow me to the city to have a look." Liu Wenjing glared at Pei Lin fiercely, and then closed her mouth.

Everyone came to the city wall and walked up along the road, and when they were almost at the end, a general stopped them, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the rebels are attacking the city fiercely, you can't go up, be careful of being injured by arrows." Abba glared and said, "I have been a horse for half my life, why are you afraid of arrows?" Move! The general had to dodge to the side.

Abba led everyone to the top of the city, and looked down the city, only to see that on the streets, in the square, there were countless rebels gathered densely, which was really full of pits and valleys, and these rebels surrounded the imperial city to the ground. Many rebel soldiers were climbing up the ladders, and the soldiers of the Shence Army were either shooting arrows with bows and crossbows, or smashing stones from the rockery in the Imperial Garden. A hundred paces away, seven or eight enemies had already climbed the city wall, and a lieutenant led his men to rush up, melee with the enemy, and finally eliminated the enemy who climbed up.

The battle was so fierce that Abba was filled with worry. The enemy is outnumbered, the palace city has fallen, and he is not sure whether the imperial city can be defended. Fortunately, the Chu Palace's Mansion is still holding on, involving some of the rebels' soldiers and horses, otherwise, the current situation will be even worse.

After coming down from the city, Abba said to the people, "Let's go to the wounded barracks." So, the group walked towards the wounded barracks. The camp for wounded soldiers was set up in the Imperial Garden, and more than a dozen tents were filled with wounded soldiers, and seriously wounded soldiers were constantly being carried from the city walls.