SFS Chapter 170 The Imperial City changes its defenses and blood flows like a river
Chapter 170 The Imperial City changes its defenses and blood flows like a river
In the second year of Daxin Lingwu, May 29th.
Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, under the instructions of the current prime minister Qin Ruhui, along with the military department of the Great New Dynasty, led 50,000 troops into Jinling City in the Liangjiang area and went to Yingtian Mansion (Imperial Palace) to change defenses.
It's time to apply.
The officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest Army stationed in the imperial city discovered a large number of fully armed imperial soldiers and horses from the city tower, and they headed straight towards the imperial city in a menacing manner.
On top of the city tower, Qianhu, a member of the Royal Forest Army on duty, saw this and immediately ordered: "Close all the gates of the imperial city, and all the Royal Forest Army officers and soldiers are ready to face the enemy;"
"Commander, please report to General He immediately. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are surrounding the city. Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"The general will get the order!"
Following the order from Qianhu, a member of the Royal Forest Army, thousands of soldiers of the Royal Forest Army immediately took action on the narrow walls of the imperial city, waiting in formation with swords, guns, swords and halberds in hand.
Outside the imperial city, 50,000 new troops from the Liangjiang area were approaching the imperial city step by step in a siege formation.
Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, rode a snow-white sweat-blooded horse and walked arrogantly at the front of the army.
Behind them were hundreds of soldiers of the Yu Hou Army on large horses, Liu Feng, the commander of the Red Guards who came to help, and hundreds of Red Guard warriors wearing flying fish uniforms.
"Whoever is in the city, stop immediately!"
On the wall of the imperial city, Qianhu, a member of the Royal Forest Army on duty, immediately shouted sharply: "This is an important part of the imperial city. You are here to raise troops, but you want to rebel?"
"The crossbowmen are ready. If Xiao Xiao dares to take another step forward, shoot him with random arrows!"
brush!
As soon as these words came out, groups of Royal Forest Army crossbowmen suddenly appeared at the crenellations of the imperial city wall. They drew the strong bows and crossbows in their hands to the full string, and pointed arrows directly outside the imperial city.
Seeing this, the captain of Liangjiang Governor Su Chen's personal troops outside the city shouted arrogantly to the city wall, saying: "We are the new Liangjiang Army who have been ordered by the Ministry of War to go to Yingtian Mansion to change defenses!"
"See clearly, this is a defense change order from the Ministry of War!"
As he spoke, the captain of the soldiers on horseback spread out the War Department Order in his hand with a swipe, waved it towards Qianhu of the Royal Forest Army above the imperial city, and continued:
"There is an order from the Ministry of War to change the defense. You will immediately line up and leave the city to complete the handover with the Liangjiang New Army. Please do not cause any trouble!"
snort!
Above the Imperial City, the Imperial Guardsman Qian Hu snorted coldly and said with a vigilant look on his face: "The Ministry of War mobilized the new troops from Liangjiang to the Imperial City to change defenses. For such an important matter, why didn't we receive the order from the current emperor?"
"Besides, even if the imperial city changes defense, it should be a mutual change of defense within the Imperial Forest Army. When will it be the turn of your new army from the Liangjiang area to enter Beijing to change defense?"
"Look at this Qianhu, you guys clearly want to raise troops to rebel!"
Seeing that the imperial army above the imperial city did not accept this, Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, stopped talking nonsense and waved directly to the vanguard of the army under his command. He said calmly: "Start attacking the city!"
"The general will get the order!"
"The whole army is ready to attack the city——"
Following Su Chen's order, the first ascending team (death squad) of the Liangjiang New Army immediately headed towards the imperial city menacingly carrying ladders, battering rams, siege vehicles and other equipment.
Seeing this, the imperial guards on duty on the city wall also hurriedly started to fight back.
"Crossbowmen prepare!"
"put--"
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired from the walls of the imperial city. The arrows in the sky were like locusts passing by, and they all fell into the formation of the Liangjiang New Army attacking the city.
However, the Liangjiang New Army had already made complete preparations for siege, how could they easily retreat?
I saw the soldiers who were on the team first raised their shields above their heads to resist the arrow attacks of the imperial guards on the city wall.
At the same time, the crossbowmen in the Liangjiang New Army formation also began to advance within the range of the crossbows, and then, under the command of the commanding general, fired back at the Imperial Forest Army on the city.
"Crossbowmen, fire arrows——"
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Arrows were flying all over the sky again.
However, this time the direction of the arrow was to attack from outside the city to the top of the city wall.
The Yulin Army defending the city and the Liangjiang New Army attacking the city were shooting at each other from a distance of one to two hundred steps. It was not until the soldiers who climbed up first climbed to the top of the city via ladders that the brutal close-quarters fighting began.
For a time, the shouts of killing were loud inside and outside the capital city of the Great New Dynasty, and wailings were heard everywhere.
At the same time, inside Kunning Palace.
Empress Dowager Su Waner, who was lying on the dragon bed and taking the three-year-old Lingwu Emperor for a lunch break, was awakened from her sleep by a faint audible cry of murder.
Su Wan'er frowned slightly and signaled the palace maid to put the scarlet phoenix robe she had taken off back on her, and asked in a warm and angry voice: "Eunuch Cai, what happened outside? Why is there so much noise?"
Outside Kunning Palace, Taijun Bingbi Cai He, the eunuch of etiquette, who was on call at any time, immediately replied to Su Waner in the palace: "Report to the Queen Mother, I have sent someone to investigate!"
oh?
At this time, Su Waner in Kunning Palace finally packed up, and walked out of Kunning Palace with the support of the palace maids, ready to go and hear for herself what happened.
As soon as Su Waner walked out of Kunning Palace, He Changdong, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, hurried straight to Kunning Palace.
He Changdong, who was so angry, didn't even bother to say hello to Queen Mother Su Waner. He knelt down on one knee in front of Su Waner and said in a solemn tone:
"Empress Dowager, something serious has happened. The traitorous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui and the Governor of Liangjiang, Su Chen, are planning a rebellion. At this time, Su Chen is leading tens of thousands of Liangjiang's new troops to attack the imperial city!"
"What?"
As soon as she heard the news, Su Waner's eyes went dark, her mind went blank, and the bones in her delicate and graceful body softened, as if her strength had been drained out of thin air.
If it weren't for the support of the palace maid, he would have fainted on the spot.
He Changdong, the commander of the Royal Guards who was kneeling on the ground, did not see Su Waner's gaffe, but continued to report to her: "The Queen Mother, the defense of the imperial city of the capital is not as easy to defend as other cities."
"There are only over 10,000 Yulin troops in the city. Faced with a fierce attack by tens of thousands of Liangjiang rebels, it is only a matter of time before the city is breached!"
After a pause, He Changdong continued: "The Queen Mother, the general has just led his troops to investigate the situation in the entire imperial city. Right now, only the west gate is the weak point of the entire rebel attack;"
"The last general boldly advised the Queen Mother, and before the rebels broke through the imperial city, the last general led his own soldiers to personally escort the emperor and the Queen Mother out of the city;"
"Otherwise, once the city is defeated, the general will have no choice but to die for the country along with the Emperor and the Queen Mother!"
"Empress Dowager, if you keep the green hills, don't worry about running out of firewood. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"