Chapter 60: Night Battles in All Directions
"Son! Damn it! ”
Bang! A lead bullet hit the Stargazing Pavilion directly, destroying the windows and collapsing the walls, and shaking the beams and wooden pillars.
The dust splashed Zhu Zhanlong's head and face, the prince fell to the ground without standing firmly, and his crown was also lost, and he couldn't help but curse in embarrassment, "Beast!" ”
The king of Yongning County almost congratulated the success of killing his father.
Fortunately, Wang Fu'er, the chief teacher of the palace, learned kung fu, snatched the prince out of the pavilion, and hugged him to retreat to the open space where the general's cannon could not shoot at the rear.
After a while, Wei Yuanhou also led a few of his own soldiers to retreat, and said to Zhu Zhanlong: "This little bastard is crazy, use siege artillery to ......"
Seeing that King Yi's face was gloomy, his eyes seemed to breathe fire! Hou Ye hurriedly shut his mouth knowingly.
Zhu Pan's expression was sad, and he said with red eyes: "Father, the position of the son of this world is so important in the eyes of the second brother? Cannibalism at the expense of flesh and blood? If he wants to take it, I'll give it to him! ”
Zhu Zhanlong's face became even worse when he heard it, the second son shot his father, and the eldest son played gentle and frugal here.
Zhu Zhanlongli didn't want to pay attention to the son. He looked at Marquis Gao, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Gao, the war is stalemate at the moment, which is not good for our side, and you have to make up your mind on how to fight!" ”
Gao Changtai frowned and said, "The offensive in front is too fierce, and we can't resist it for too long." Gotta find a way to fight back! ”
Gao Hou Ye said: "I heard that the prince is strong in martial arts, and now that the inner mansion is empty, it is best for you to lead some guards to protect the family, so as not to hurt the women and children in the war." We can also kill the enemy in front! ”
Zhu Pan was a little worried about this, and looked at his father. Zhu Zhanlong was still angry with him, snorted, and said, "Go, there is a Buddha guarding here." ”
Only then did Zhu Shizi retire.
Gao Changtai walked away from the prince, and then said: "The general's artillery is bombarding. It is not possible to sit still, so we have to start from the west gate on the side and send a team of men to pretend to break through and disrupt the deployment of Zhu Ju's men and horses. When the formation is disrupted, I will lead the team to charge into battle and try to defeat these rebels! ”
Zhu Zhanlong was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, "There are 3,000 people over there, and my ironclad soldiers and a team of firearms have been transferred to you, and it is still difficult to fight, and the division of troops must be dispersed this defense line...... The prince couldn't help but ask: "Where did the soldiers come from?" ”
Gao Hou Ye said coldly: "Brother Zhu, there are six or seven hundred people in your house, including the internal eunuchs and palace maids, plus the slaves......"
The prince thought about it, and was worried about whether these people could succeed, and finally said: "Haha, good!" Let's make a noise! ”
Wang Jiaoxi stood silently behind King Yi, staring at the thousand-year-old Venerable in front of him. Zhu Zhanlong's upright back seems to carry incomparable coldness and loneliness.
After discussing some details with the Marquis Gao, Zhu Zhanlong summoned several stewards of the palace and ordered them to pass on their orders separately and gather in front of the main hall. A moment later, all the eunuchs and palace maids, as well as the royal servants, gathered in front of the palace to obey the order.
These people at the bottom, although they are panicked, have also thought that the little county king just wants to take the throne, and who is the prince has nothing to do with their subordinates, and there is also a trace of stability in the chaos.
When the Yongning Army frantically used the general's artillery to bombard the palace, the pavilions were turned into rubble. It's not safe to hide there, and some of them died after a few shellings, and they all hated Zhu Ju's cruel methods, but they were also frightened by this thunderbolt formation, and their souls were almost lost. Hearing the summons of the prince, it is like a drowning person catching driftwood, and those who are used to it want to go over and obey the assignment.
Zhu Zhanlong stood on a white marble step, looked at these frightened birds for a long time, and then said slowly: "This king has no virtue!" Give birth to a rebel! Now that the soldiers are in the city, they can't protect the safety of you, and my sin is ......."
Suddenly, a few big eunuchs grabbed the ground with their heads, cried bitterly, and shouted again and again that the prince can't do this, everyone can't stand it.
Zhu Zhanlong ordered the guards to support a few eunuchs.
The prince sighed: "I want to fight to the death with Zhu Ju!" I can't bear to let you suffer with me, the ironclad soldiers in my house will block the enemy soldiers in front, and let go of the west gate for a while, and everyone will rush out from there. ”
"The prince is benevolent!"
"We're not leaving!"
Many people shouted loudly, and their emotions were immediately aroused, and more who wanted to run away did not dare to squeak.
Zhu Zhanlong's heart was bright, a slight sneer appeared on the corner of his lips, he waved his hand to stop the hustle and bustle below, and said in a heavy tone: "Those who want to stay are all standing aside and obeying the assignment of Marquis Gao." The one who wants to leave will be given ten taels of silver for the journey, and follow Wang Jiaoxi to Ximen, and I want him to escort you for a ride! ”
Ten taels is not a decimal number, and there is definitely something to earn. There is a way to be a seven-grade official of the royal family, some of these people are poor, and some of them have saved some land and real estate by taking advantage of the status of the palace.
These people want to hide out to avoid this fierce battle, they are all familiar subordinates, no matter who wins or loses, they have to get them back, the same errand work.
It's a hundred times better than staying in the palace and sending them to death. When more than half of them had to follow Wang Fu'er out of the West Gate.
There are only more than 100 people left, and they are the ones who are truly loyal to King Yi.
Not to mention that those who were going to flee received the silver, and the Yiwang Mansion put on ten pairs of armor and more than 200 knives and guns for nothing. The prince only said that he was left to defend himself during the war.
Everyone went to get the armor, and they almost fought because of this, and they tossed for a while before Wang Fu'er led them to the west gate.
The second watch drum sounded, and the killing sound at the main gate of the palace was still deafening, and the situation at the other west gate, Zunyi Gate, was relatively relaxed.
Before Zhumen Qihu, more than 300 Yongning troops gathered to block the way out. But there is no tense atmosphere of a frontal battlefield.
"Bang!" The two door panels were pushed to the head, and the flow of people poured out like a flood. There were men, women, old and weak. Headless flies scattered and fled. The soldiers of the Yongning Army were stunned by this sudden change, and in the blink of an eye, a crowd of people rushed up. Immediately, the soldiers in the inner circle were squeezed back for a while, and there were several weak defenses that were about to be broken through.
The king of the county has an edict: "Don't let one go!" The battalion officer who led the team was the first to come to his senses, and after a burst of scolding, the soldiers who came back to their senses waved their knives and slashed at the fleeing crowd. The screams were accompanied by blood, and the people who were running in all directions fell one by one.
The corpse tripped the people behind it. The Yongning army formed a formation and slashed, and only then did they stand still. How could this crowd run wildly like a river embankment bursting and running away, and I don't know how many people ran out! The fryers around the West Gate were like a mess, and these fleeing subordinates were not vegetarians, but they also ran and slashed, regardless of their heads, faces and limbs, and greeted the enemy vigorously.
Homicide! Escape, swing the knife again, kill again, blood splattered all over your face! Crazy like a beast, murderous eyes, no matter where in the chaos, someone in front of you is a knife!
With a bang, the west gate was snatched up by a team of soldiers and slammed shut!
In the fleeing crowd, in order to affect the battle situation, King Yi reluctantly sent more than a dozen palace guards to be sandwiched between them, killing more people and making more trouble, mixed in the team for a while, and some of the remaining people have already begun to shout:
"The guards of Luoyang are here, let's attack back and forth."
"Kill!"
The scene was chaotic, and the Yongning army was really afraid that the elite guards in Luoyang, which was directly under King Yi, would be killed, and the combat power of this army was much stronger than their county army.
At this time, someone had already run to report to Zhu Ju, who was sitting at the main gate: "The west is in chaos." ”
The people who escaped from Ximen fought separately, and after all, they were not as good as the regular Ming soldiers, and gradually the soldiers formed a circle. With tacit attack and kill battles, those with blades can also block twice, and they are unarmed and die.
The fleeing people fell into the battlefield of guns and knives and were slaughtered, and the Yongning soldiers killed the dead bodies of the rabble of men and women in the palace fell down in rows, and some fainted in fright when they saw the blood, lying on the ground and being trampled by the men and horses on both sides, the corners of their mouths and lips were full of blood foam, seeing more breath and less breath, and the sound of crying and surrender filled the surroundings.
Wang Fu'er has been supervising the formation in the back, and he really can't see it, and he copied a long iron spear with a long zhang and four zhangs, and he also followed and killed, and he, the chief teacher of the royal mansion, is also famous in the Yongning army.
Wang Jiaoxi danced like a hole in the iron spear, changing and shaking like a two-headed snake, the big gun swept away, and there were several people with bloody arrows in the throat after a few clicks of the steel gun, killing people like mowing grass!
The Yongning army around him was shocked, and they raised their long and short blades to attack Wang Fu'er.
Wang Fu'er roared lowly, his arms were strong, and the iron spear coiled in front of his head, bang, and four or five knives and guns collapsed into the sky together!
Several soldiers who stepped forward with their blades were cracked, and in panic, Wang Fu'er was on the ground with a gun, and he opened his bow left and right and flipped his legs, bang! Bang! Four or five men, all like a kite with a broken string, vomited blood in their mouths and flew out.
Wang Jiaoxi stood still, waved his iron spear, broke into the encirclement of the Yongning army, rushed all the way to the bloody light, and broke through the armies obliquely, like a rhinoceros opening a wave.
Some of the people who fled from the palace were eye-catching, and they rushed left and right after him, but they also picked up the gap and ran out a lot.
But in an instant, Wang Fu'er was surrounded by enemy troops, and the blades were dazzling. More than ten soldiers of the red-eyed Yongning Army raised their long knives to surround and kill Wang Fu'er, and the knife light was like snow urging him, and the chief teacher Xi drank the cloth shoes and stepped forward on a high horse, shaking out four or five horizontal spear shadows, suddenly! Suddenly! Immediately killed several people in front of him, and before he could return the gun, he heard the wind behind his ears, hurriedly twisted his waist and turned his gun around, jumped in the air and turned the gun around, and the true qi exploded along the tip of the gun in all directions, and in seven or eight screams, a circle of enemy soldiers was killed by the gun cover! The stone floor was also carved into several long trenches by the strong wind, and the stone powder was splashed, and bright red blood flowed down the trenches.
"Night Battle!" Wang Fu'er stood with a gun, and no one dared to go up for a long time, avoiding him like a tiger. He was tall and burly, his hair was flying and glaring angrily, and his beard was covered with drops of blood stained by killing the enemy.
The shouting of killing spread to another street corner, Meng Yishan's horse team was all stationed here, Mo Kui, who was more than two horse heads in the team, looked irritable, and the war horse under his crotch was also eager to try, restlessly stepping on the ground.
Mo Tiexiong held the reins with one hand, stretched out his right hand and touched the water-milled steel pole hanging diagonally next to the saddle, and the cold hand made him extremely excited! It was a little irritable, but the killing intent was getting heavier and heavier.
This action was repeated repeatedly, and at the same time, he pondered in his heart, "Why didn't the eldest brother give the order?" "I'm really impatient to wait, I just want to kill and level Zhu Ju's position!
Lao Meng rode the black horse and carried a big bow. In his hand, he dragged a long knife to chop horses. At first glance, it looks majestic, but in fact, it is a bitter self-knowledge, and after being injured by Zhiwu's Golden Yasha force, the injury is pressed down by the internal strength, and there is a danger of breaking out at any time.
At present, the war drags on for a moment, so as to take this opportunity to treat the injuries. The inspector was lucky, and the wisps of Shaolin's top internal strength were wiped out. While judging the situation ahead.
Zhu Ju was so anxious at the moment that the general artillery almost leveled the building in front of the palace, but the defenders still did not retreat at all.
The soldiers of the royal palace scattered for several feet, reducing the number of casualties that were hit. There are only three guns left in the general cannon because of the explosion, and there is still a lack of bullets that can kill and injure a large number of soldiers.
Gao Changtai was really brave, and led a team of soldiers to counterattack against the deafening shelling, and the iron spear formation of the three-person team quickly stabbed, killing the enemy again and again, and the blood flowed backwards down the spear into the sleeve tube, dyeing the sleeves of the battle robe and arrow sleeves red. Everyone fought to the death, but instead pushed the Yongning army, which was superior in numbers, back near the gate again.
The little county king gritted his teeth and watched, his facial features almost shifted.
The subordinate generals scolded the ancestors of this group of ironclad troops, reluctantly calmed down and commanded, and sent two hundred-man teams. The sound of killing was deafening step by step, cutting the defense line of the ironclad army like a quick knife.
The palace guards and pro-army have now reduced more than 30% of their troops, and everyone has been injured in the bloody battle, and Ning Weiyu is holding the fierce offensive of the Yongning army.
However, there were 200 new blood infusions over there, and their vitality soared. After several charges, the defenders were oppressed by the fierce offensive of Yongning's side, and after a while, they let the other side break through dozens of zhang!
The momentum of the Yongning army was like a tiger, shouting and continuing to rush forward, seeing Zhu Ju's eyebrows dancing, he felt that the battlefield attack was really enjoyable! If the opponent is not his father, he really wants to shout out: "Go in and capture the thief chief alive!" ”
There are many generals under the Xiaojun King who can fight, and it can be seen that although the ironclad army retreats quickly, it is scattered but not chaotic, and they all retreat backwards with guns, and they do not turn around and run backwards. There was also a faint jingle of small broken gongs in the opposing camp, which seemed to be a planned retreat.
If you let the defenders retreat into the pavilion corridor, take advantage of the terrain to start a tug-of-war. The Yongning Army completely lost its numerical advantage, and only stepped up the onslaught, and before the ironclad army retreated, it scattered the rear soldiers and dispersed the Chinese army!
At this time, there is no other strategy, just storm, and then storm!
At this time, it depends on the martial arts and command of the military officer, Zhu Ju has three captains around him, and one of them is the one who commanded the shelling, he is not tall, he looks dark and capable, and his name is Zhang Dongge. The remaining two, Zhang Guang and Li Wei, are both Northwest men, burly and powerful military figures.
These three people are all veterans under the former chief soldier and horse civilization in Luoyang, and they crawled out of the corpse pile in a hundred battles! Liu Li, who wanted to take over after Ma Zongbing's death, lacked prestige and couldn't suppress these unruly soldiers, so these three people were persuaded by Luo Pinghai to take over and vote for Zhu Ju.
Luo Gongzi is definitely Zhu Ju's backbone and first confidant, but unfortunately Huayue was assassinated by Song Jizu without any reason.
At the moment when the war is fierce, it is when the man is making meritorious service, and these three officers can't help but commit a crime! Killed side by side, the captain Zhang Guang even took off his shirtless, holding two mountain swords. Dancing like a straw roaring and rushing to the front, the momentum is amazing. The chopped head flies backwards along the rushing route!
Those who are officials are not afraid of death, and their subordinates dare to play with their lives. The soldiers on the front road of the Yongning Army also went crazy, and those who didn't care about their lives rushed forward. He didn't care if his body was pierced by an iron spear, he ran over and hugged the enemy and rolled down together, and the tip of the spear was more than a foot high from his back.
As soon as the soldiers of the Yiwang Mansion who were pressed down below drew their guns, blood gushed out like a fountain of blood. Before he could kick away the dead man on his body, he was stabbed through the throat by the Yongning soldier who came up from behind. Everyone on both sides fought to the death, fighting for their lives, and the scene was very tragic!
Zhu Ju's crazy attack finally paid off, and he gradually wanted to defeat the defenders of the palace. At this moment, someone came to report that Simon was in trouble.
The main formation of the Yongning Army was connected from end to end, and the whole team floated in the south, and had to consider sending additional reinforcements.
Among the people who rushed out of Ximen, there were some masters, plus Wang Fu'er. If someone carries the seal of King Yi and runs to Luoyang to guard and transfer troops, the army will come, and the king of Xiaojun will die without a place to be buried. I had to send 500 men to help in the battle, and by the way, I took Simon.
However, in this way, a lot of frontal combat power has been withdrawn, but it cannot be deployed without dividing troops.
The pressure on the royal side was reduced, and a respite was obtained. I took this opportunity to stabilize my position and start assembling again.
Zhu Ju stomped his foot! I was choked in my heart.
Five hundred people ran to the West Gate to participate in the battle, and the people who broke through cried wolf, and many people who were stupid by the cruel fight ran along the road to the palace wall, and led the Yongning soldiers to chase and kill all the way, and gradually deepened, nearly 1,000 people were pinned down in this area, like falling into a muddy swamp, unable to pull out their legs.
"Knock knock!" The cowhide war drums thundered. Marching Drums! Wei Yuan waited for Gao Changtai to mount a war horse, wearing soft armor. Holding the sword in his hand, he pointed in the direction of Zhu Ju, and shouted angrily: "Kill me!" Behind him, twenty soldiers put on their armor and mounted their horses, and a group of cavalry rushed out, as fast as lightning and swept into the battle formation.
The last group of ironclad infantry followed, moving in the drums of war, the drum-beating soldiers spread their arms and beat the drums to cheer, and the defenders of the palace began a great counterattack with loud cheers.
The cavalry stepped into the front line of the Yongning Army, and the horses were fast and impulsive. A shot went down and sent people flying. The big knife splits Huashan from top to bottom, and even people with blades cut two pieces! The neighing of horses mixed with the sound of waving blades, the roar of soldiers fighting to the death, and the majestic war drums like thunder are intertwined to form a battlefield within a radius of one mile.
Mo Kui couldn't wait any longer at the corner of the street, and Meng Yishan also stared at the boss, watching the fierce battle in front of him.
Lao Meng held up the long knife in his hand, opened his voice and shouted: "Brothers, the horse steps on the front street!" Chop fuck! ”
Meng Yishan took the lead and went out, followed by a hundred horsemen like thunder, Mo Tiexiong urged the war horse all the way into the battlefield, holding a round steel staff with both hands, and the six green steel canes of the staff were whining and circling overhead, and they fell into the enemy formation like a killing god.