Chapter 25 The Battle to Recapture the Royal Capital 2
On both sides of the north gate of Jingyao Castle, the climbing ladders of siege vehicles were set up on the city wall. The soldiers of the royal army climbed up with all their strength. Holding a shield to defend against arrows, hot oil and even boiled dung juice thrown by the rebels.
Some siege vehicles drenched in hot oil were set on fire by rebel rockets. The fire quickly engulfed the siege vehicles. The soldiers who were on fire had to jump directly from the upper floors. There were also many unfortunate soldiers who did not run out. , the smell of burnt human flesh spread everywhere.
The first group of royal soldiers were wearing thick armor, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other. They tried their best to block the swords and axes of the rebel soldiers, and jumped from the siege vehicle into the city wall. The soldiers behind Follow up quickly and continue to expand your breakthrough.
For a time, there were shouts of killing everywhere on the city wall.
When the fighting reached noon, both the offensive and defensive sides were very tired. Duke Walker ordered the attack to be suspended, while the rebels took the opportunity to reorganize and rest.
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In a house near the North City Gate, several people were sitting in the living room with sad faces.
"How many people were lost in the morning?" Hals, the former city guard commander and now the rebel leader, asked tiredly.
"About four hundred old brothers..." One of his subordinates answered carefully.
Hals touched his forehead feebly. As for the losses of the forcibly recruited militiamen, he didn't bother to ask.
At this moment, Hals felt regret, anger, and fear, all kinds of emotions lingering in his heart repeatedly.
Trapped in the isolated city, the expected reinforcements have not arrived, and King Qin's army knows without thinking that they are continuously converging nearby.
He cursed viciously: "Damn Giles! Go to hell!"
He usually acted like a loyal dog of the royal family, but in fact he had been secretly secretly with Giles. Tongmoqu, because he has always been cautious, has never leaked any clues, and still firmly occupies the position of commander of the city guard.
This time the eldest princess led an army to the highlands. Giles finally couldn't restrain his ambition and took the opportunity to rebel. He sent someone to inform him to respond before the princess's army returned.
I refused at first. Your Giles’ army is still far away. If you let me cause trouble in the royal capital, wouldn’t I be asking for death?
But later contacts said that the Duke of Dodge in the south had turned to Giles, and the biggest obstacle to the army's northward march had been removed. The other small lords were not worried, and they even promised to grant him the title once he accomplished the task. The position of earl.
I wanted to make a great contribution when my head was hot. If I waited until Giles' army reached the gate of the royal capital before responding, wouldn't it make him look down on me? If he controlled Jingyao first, Capturing the king, this achievement can definitely surpass anyone in Giles' camp.
Then he rebelled, and except for not catching the king, everything else went smoothly. The city guard's command system has been purged. Officers who disobeyed were killed and imprisoned, and the entire army was under his control.
After imprisoning the palace minister and a group of ministers and getting rid of several thorns, the nobles remaining in the royal capital neither clearly opposed him nor clearly supported him. Forget it, let's wait until Giles comes and take care of these losers himself.
There were many nobles who ran away in the chaotic moment when the army was raised. He didn't care, let them go and cause trouble to Her Highness the Princess, as long as they kept their property.
After I did everything I needed to do, the Giles army that my contact said was still not coming. Feeling that something was wrong, he immediately sent people to the south to inquire. The news that came back made him want to vomit blood: the Dodge family did not fall to Giles at all, and the army heading north was still blocked at the Thorn Pass.
"It's over, it's over..." This was his only thought after hearing the news.
But he has no retreat now. After enjoying a period of monopolizing power, he is even more unwilling to give up everything in front of him and escape quietly. He decided to take a big gamble and hold the royal capital until Giles' army arrived.
King Qin's army quickly gathered near the capital. After waiting for the princess's army to return, he launched an offensive this morning. He moved his headquarters near the north gate where the king's army attacked, and personally directed the defense. After fearing for a whole morning, he finally attacked Withdrew the first wave of attacks.
Just when I was about to take a nap, suddenly the horn sounded again.
A soldier rushed in hurriedly, "Lord Hals, the enemy is attacking again. The defenders on the wall are asking for reinforcements, otherwise they will not be able to hold on."
Ha Ers decisively ordered: "Deploy half of the troops from other directions to reinforce the north gate. After repelling this wave of attacks, open the city gate while the enemy retreats. I will personally lead the troops to fight back."
< br>"Yes!" The soldier took the order and left.
No one noticed that the two officers in the hall looked at each other quietly and imperceptibly.
"Lord Hals, although the enemy is only attacking the north gate now, we cannot take it lightly in other directions. Please allow me to check the posts."
"You are right, Go ahead and keep an eye on those bastards." He was really not at ease with some of his subordinates.
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"Your Highness, the carrier pigeon has sent word that it is time to attack." Ofina reported the enemy's situation to Catherine.
In the dense forest outside the east gate, the main force of the royal army of 25,000 people was hidden, waiting for this moment. Catherine drew her sword, turned around and shouted: "Fighters, the long-awaited moment has arrived. Many people's parents, wives and children are in this city, and now it is time to rescue them from the hands of the rebels. Show your Be loyal to your country, long live Aldo!”
“Long live Aldo!”
“Aldo will win!”
The soldiers responded to Catherine with bursts of cheers.
"Blow the horn and attack—" Catherine ordered.
As the trumpet blew, the king's officers and soldiers rushed out of the dense forest, carried ladders and bumping trees, and attacked the east city gate with the sound. The real attack began.
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The second wave of attacks at the North Gate was repelled, and the royal soldiers retreated in the direction of the attack.
Hals ordered the city gate to be opened and shouted to the five hundred cavalry behind him: "Brothers, show some color to these bastards. When they come back, each of them will be rewarded with 5 gold coins." After that, He slapped the horse's butt hard, and rushed towards the retreating royal soldiers. The cavalry behind him followed him closely.
The retreating king's army did not expect that the enemy could counterattack, and was caught off guard. For a while, it was unable to stop the more than 500 cavalry from charging left and right.
However, just as Hals was venting his anger over the past few days and going on a killing spree, he caught a glimpse of a rider rushing towards him from the city gate, shouting something anxiously.
After the rider approached, he finally heard clearly what the other party was shouting.
"The east gate has been lost, please send troops to support quickly."
Hals' vision went dark and he almost fell off his horse.
"Lord Hals! Lord Hals?" the rider called him anxiously. The commander couldn't let anything happen at this juncture.
Hals stabilized his body and suddenly thrust out the lance in his hand.
The rider had an expression of disbelief on his face, staring wide-eyed at the lance thrust into his chest, and then fell off his horse and died.
"Haha! You lied to me, you lied to me!"
Hals, who was already crazy, threw off his helmet, raised his lance and started charging again, heading toward the enemy soldiers. Charge in dense areas.
His crazy voice floated on the battlefield:
"You lied to me, you all lied to me!"
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Rabson Mountain near the royal capital , two people dressed as businessmen silently watched the fight in the distance.
“Alas——” One of the young men with frivolous eyes and an earring in his right ear sighed.
"Lord Hals has been cautious for so many years, but he capsized at the last moment. What a pity."
"Humph, stop pretending to be compassionate there. If you hadn't been there to sidetrack me, I mean, Potian probably can’t appeal to Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, but this guy is pretty useless, and he’s done after only one day.”
The person who answered was a middle-aged man with a mustache.
“People, don’t be too greedy. If the princess does not return to the royal capital, but takes the east road south, and attacks old man Dodge from both sides, then it will be His Highness the Grand Duke who will suffer. The princess has made such a big detour. , the extra time is not just one day.”
“Hmph, I know it without you having to tell me. By the way, have you prepared the gift for the princess?”
"Haha, how dare I be negligent and indifferent towards such a beauty?"
The corners of the young man's mouth raised slightly, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.
(End of this chapter)