Chapter 4370 A Last Stand
Xiao Yu stood behind Li Zhi, looking at the big flag above his head. He felt the cold wind of late autumn blowing through his heavy clothes, and a layer of goosebumps appeared all over his body.
Where did Youtunwei get so many artillery pieces?
How could Youtunwei have so many artillery pieces?
He has spied on the reality of the foundry bureau countless times, starting with the emperor and people around him, starting with the officials in the foundry bureau, and even starting with the sixth commander of the East Palace and the soldiers of Youtun Guard... From the subjugated slaves of the Nanliang royal family to the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty, this He has gone through many twists and turns on the road, but the secret to ensuring his success is actually very simple, nothing more than "caution".
Because of his caution, his official career has always been smooth. Even a moody and surly tyrant like Emperor Sui Yang treated him with kindness. Li Yuan even regarded him as a humerus, and His Majesty Li Er also trusted him.
If he had not made the truth of the Foundry Bureau clear, how could he have accompanied King Jin to escape from the Tai Chi Palace and raise a rebellion flag without him having the upper hand?
But something went wrong in the part where he was most at ease...
Such a mistake would most likely result in the worst choice in his life.
He looked at Chu Suiliang beside him with some panic. The two looked at each other, then separated immediately.
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Cheng Yaojin, who was slowly advancing towards Yuanqiu, received the news that Fang Jun had defeated the left guard. He was stunned for a moment, then frowned and let out a long breath.
Niu Jinda was very surprised: "The foundry has been spied on inside and outside. It's no secret how much it produces, what kind of firearms it produces, and whether it has inventory. Where did Fang Er conjure up the artillery?"
Artillery is not scary. After all, although its service life is not very long, it is not a consumable item after all. It is very scary if you dare to pull out the artillery and bombard the left guard. That means that the stock of artillery shells on the right guard is obviously not a small number. Otherwise, we would definitely not bomb the left guard so uncontrollably, and we would always have some left to face the more severe situation in the future.
However, the firearms of the Foundry Bureau were deeply feared by all parties. When the situation was about to change at the beginning of His Majesty's death, almost everyone set their sights on the Foundry Bureau, wanting to explore whether the reserves and production capacity of the Foundry Bureau could support the prince's ascension to the throne. The throne, sit firmly on the throne.
As a result, all parties got almost the same answer. The Foundry Bureau resumed work in a hurry, with limited production capacity and almost zero reserves...
Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth, his teeth itching with hatred: "Liu Shi, this bastard, is indeed a good dog of Fang Er. He is also the uncle of King Jin after all. No matter how you calculate it, he should be in the line of King Jin, but he turned out to be deceived. Everyone, including King Jin.”
There is no doubt that the foundry bureau wanted to hide it from everyone, but Liu Shi was the only one who could do it, but Liu Shi and King Jin were real relatives. Once King Jin came to power, Liu Shi would be the one to gain the most, but he just obeyed Fang's advice and kept secrets. The output of the Foundry Bureau deceived even the King of Jin.
Otherwise, as long as he knew that Youtunwei and Donggong Liuli might be equipped with enough firearms, he would not dare to rebel even if he lent the King of Jin two courages...
It's strange, why is Liu Shi so devoted to Fang Jun?
Niu Jinda was silent for a moment, thinking that Liu Shi might not be completely devoted to Fang Jun, or he might be loyal to His Majesty...
"Commander, do you think the Sixth Army in the East Palace is also equipped with firearms like the Youtun Guards?"
"Hey, why do you care so much?" Cheng Yaojin sighed: "Now that things have happened, the only chance for King Jin to succeed is to break into Chang'an City and occupy the center. Perhaps he can also rely on the support of the garrison and nobles from various places in Guanzhong to fight against His Majesty. Our opportunity to have both sides and wait for the price is gone.”
Not only was there no such opportunity, because his behavior toward Qin Muchu caused both the emperor and the king of Jin to complain against him. Decisive measures must be taken now to stop the loss, otherwise when the overall situation is settled, no matter who wins or loses, there will be no good consequences.
Niu Jinda didn't complain at all. He was not good at this kind of thing in the first place. He always followed Cheng Yaojin's path to the dark side. Naturally, sometimes he took advantage and sometimes suffered losses. He couldn't feel at ease when he took advantage. If he suffered some losses, he would scold his mother, right?
"Then what are we doing now?"
"Send the order, speed up the march, and attack the King of Jin's army!"
"Here!"
Niu Jinda immediately conveyed the military order to the entire army without even thinking about it.
As the military order was conveyed, the Zuowu guardsmen who were moving forward slowly began to speed up. The cavalry cruising on both wings leaned forward in unison. The main force in the middle formed a charging array during the march, and headed toward the array amidst the sound of drums. The organized rebels charged away.
The war broke out instantly.
The brave Zuo Wuwei soldiers braved the rain of arrows above their heads and launched a charge. The cavalry on both wings came out to harass the two wings of the rebels. The cavalry on the right happened to meet up with the Donggong Sixth Cavalry, which was attacking from the direction of Qujiang Pool. The two sides did not belong to each other, but they were The target was the same, and the rebel flank joints were hit into chaos.
But in the era of cold weapons, the number of troops can largely make up for the lack of combat power. Although the rebels were hastily formed and basically amounted to a mob, after all, the scale of nearly 100,000 people is here. The Shandong family is not without its soldiers. The people carefully arranged their formations and concentrated on defense. For a while, the brave and skilled Donggong Liuliu and Zuo Wuwei were unable to make progress.
However, before Li Zhi could breathe a sigh of relief, the Xue, Liu and Zheng coalition forces on the other side, which had already inserted themselves diagonally under the Anhua Gate, also launched an attack at the right time, cooperating with the other two armies to form a three-sided siege.
Three elite troops launched a siege, and the rebels were immediately in chaos. If it weren't for the previous promise of heavy rewards from King Jin and Cui Xin, they would have been defeated by now.
But on the one hand, there was a huge reward, and on the other hand, with the city wall behind them, there was no way to retreat. The soldiers had no choice but to grit their teeth and defend their position, maintaining the order of the array and not being overrun by the enemy, struggling to support the battle...
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Yu Chigong, who was under Chunming's sect, looked at the soldiers who were constantly climbing up the city but were repelled, feeling worried. He also knew that the right guard defeated the left guard with artillery, and his mood was at the bottom. Now that three armies were besieging the king of Jin, he was even more frightened.
Failure is only a snap of the finger.
The only way out now is to capture Chunmingmen and enter Chang'an City, in order to get rid of the predicament of being besieged on three sides...
Life and death were at stake. Yu Chigong gritted his teeth and drew out his horizontal sword, shouting at Su Jia beside him: "You personally lead the army to attack the city. If you can't break the city after half an hour, I will kill you first as a warning to others!"
Su Jia was startled, but he also knew that his life was at stake at this moment, so he didn't dare to say anything. He quickly called on the soldiers around him to raise the flag, rushed to the bottom of the city with a horizontal knife, and climbed up the ladder.
When the siege troops saw their deputy general going into battle in person, their morale was greatly boosted. They roared and attacked desperately with red eyes. The defenders on the city naturally saw the flag among the charging troops and knew that it was the enemy's main general. They all set their attack targets on Su Jia's side. For a while, arrows were like locusts and rolling trees.
Su Jia put the horizontal knife in his mouth, grabbed the wooden poles on both sides of the ladder with both hands, stepped on the horizontal wood under his feet, and climbed up quickly. When you are on a ladder, there is almost no room to avoid arrows and rolling logs above your head. Being shot or hit is basically a matter of probability. To reduce this probability, the best way is to quickly climb to the top of the city. .
However, he was already under concentrated attack from the defenders on the city. There were many times more arrows and rolling logs on his head than others. No matter how fast he climbed, the probability of being shot or hit was greatly increased.
An arrow whizzed over and hit his left shoulder. The sharp arrow cluster penetrated the armor leaf. The pain made him open his mouth. He almost dropped the horizontal knife in his mouth. He quickly bit it and continued climbing, but before he could wait, After climbing a few steps, a rolling log came towards him from top to bottom. He was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hands, stepped on the crossbar on the ladder and jumped up. The rolling log fell from under him, and he also lost his center of gravity and fell. The ground, fell heavily to the ground.
Fortunately, there is already a thick layer of corpses on the ground, so if you fall on it, you will be fine. Otherwise, if you are hit by a rolling log, you will be seriously injured even if you don't die...
Although he gave up halfway, Su Jia was not afraid. He climbed up with the body on the ground, silently stepped on the ladder again with a horizontal knife in his mouth, and climbed quickly.
The surrounding soldiers were infected by him, their morale rose again, and they began to climb desperately.
Because Sujia attracted a lot of firepower from the surrounding area, although the probability of being hit greatly increased, it also caused the remaining soldiers to be ignored. Soon, soldiers climbed up to the top of the city and fought with the defenders.
They had climbed to the top of the city several times before, but without exception they were repulsed by the defenders. This time there were more soldiers climbing to the top of the city, and the defenders were overwhelmed and could not repel them immediately, resulting in more and more soldiers. Many soldiers climbed up.
With one last step, Su Jia stepped on the crossbar and jumped deep to the top of the city. Before he landed, he took off the horizontal knife from his mouth and hacked a defender on the head.
The sharp blade split the opponent's head in half at once, and red blood and white brains splattered everywhere. Su Jia endured the arrow wounds on his shoulders and shouted: "Follow me, kill!"
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The soldiers on the left and right quickly gathered around him and stood together with the red-eyed defenders. As a result, the defense of this section of the city wall was almost empty. More and more soldiers climbed to the top of the city. The defenders were defeated almost instantly. occur.
Su Jia took the lead, waving his horizontal sword and charging forward, heading straight for the horse path behind the city tower, and then rushed down from there, occupying the inside of the city gate, and quickly gained control of the city gate.
A soldier cut off the rope on the winch with a knife. Amidst the "crack" sound, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and then the heavy door bolts were removed, and the two city gates were opened wide. Countless left guard soldiers poured in like a tide. , the defenders were powerless and could only fight and retreat.
Chunmingmen fell.
When Yu Chigong outside the city saw the city gate open, he was overjoyed. He grabbed the soldiers beside him and said urgently: "Quickly inform His Highness the King of Jin that Chunming Gate has been captured, and ask him to come quickly and follow me into the city!"
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"Here!"(End of this chapter)