The Qin family's rebels were blocked by this, and the cavalry was forced to stop, and the formation that was restrained by the streets of the capital couldn't help being a little flustered. But at this moment, there were only a few shouts from the army, and immediately, an order was issued clearly and forcefully to stabilize the vanguard battalion.
Immediately afterwards, the shield-bearing soldiers caught up from behind, stepped on the pool of blood on the long street, bravely broke through the wooden doors of the houses on both sides of the street, and rushed into those dark spaces. For a while, the street was full of shouts and killings, but the real situation of the fighting could not be seen.
With a bang, a large hole was opened in a residential house, and a rebel covered in blood was stabbed to death and fell out. At this time, in those houses, there are still many sergeants fighting fiercely with the subordinates of the Overwatch Council who are ambushing here.
The rebels had strict discipline, and when Qin Heng ordered coldly to counterattack on both sides of the street at the cost of a large amount of soldiers' lives, the rain of crossbows that hit them naturally weakened.
The shining knife flashed, and dozens of insidious tripping locks on the bluestone slabs of the street were cut off extremely neatly. These black leather cords are like poisonous snakes whose heads have been chopped off, lying limply on the ground, while the poisonous needles with metallic luster on them are like crystal liquid on the snake's skin.
Qin Heng rode on the horse, staring at the front under the military flag, suddenly picked up the whip in his hand, and swung it down vigorously.
A fierce general beside him snorted, held a long gun, and shouted: "Kill!" With his feet clamped in the belly of the horse, he rushed towards the long street again with hundreds of cavalry. For a while, there was only the sound of horseshoes rolling up like wind and thunder, with a threatening momentum.
At this time, there were still screams on the long street, the sound of knives piercing bones in the houses, and the muffled sound of corpses falling to the ground, but it was extremely difficult to see the subordinates of the Overwatch Council. Working on killing people.
Gradually, blood seeped out from under the wooden door.
The fierce general of the Qin Family Pioneer Battalion turned a blind eye and led his subordinates to sprint on the long street. I saw this man stabbing out with a long spear, a gust of wind was blown up, and it pierced into a wooden door next to the horse with a bang!
With a loud shout, he picked up his gun and turned back, only to see a man in black hanging from the spear. Blood dripped from the gun, and the tip of the gun pierced the Overwatch Council spy's chest and abdomen!
The general under the armor let out a muffled grunt, shook his arm, and threw the corpse on the gun point like a paper bag.
He led a horse, once again stepped across the pool of dead bodies and blood on the street, and galloped again. The black long spear in his hand was made of steel. Benjian killed several people in a row.
Qin Heng stared coldly at his number one general from the rear. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the whole army to press up one by one, preparing to use powerful troops to directly overwhelm the snipers of the Overwatch Council on both sides of the street. Although nearly 200 soldiers were lost in the encounter on the first day of junior high school, Qin Heng's heart still did not tremble a bit. He never thought that the Overwatch Council's dark methods could really stop a large army from moving forward.
An Overwatch Council official held a hard crossbow and appeared upstairs on the left front, aiming at the frontman through the window. Unexpectedly, before he could pull the trigger, a feathered arrow shot through his eye socket. The official snorted and fell downstairs.
Immediately after that, there was a continuous sneering sound, followed by the vanguard fierce general, and dozens of cavalry soldiers galloped on the street with light bows in their hands, and shot from left to right, and the arrows were shot out quickly.
Many arrow holes suddenly appeared in the small houses on both sides of the street. The subordinates of the Overwatch Council who were ambushing among them were shot and fell down one after another when they were about to kill the fierce general with their crossbows. Of the three major powers in the world, the Qing army's cavalry and shooting are the strongest. At this time, they are riding on the long street, holding a hard bow, and in an instant, the crossbowmen of the Overwatch Council dare not show their bodies!
Even if there were occasional crossbow arrows shot from both sides, they seemed to be inaccurate. They couldn't penetrate into the heavy armor of the fierce general, but a little blood burst out.
In just a moment, the general of the Qin family led the vanguard battalion and charged about a hundred feet away. And behind him is the mighty cavalry itself, seeing that there is an open field in front of him, and there is no way to stop him from rushing straight to the palace.
At this moment, only a shrill command arrow sounded on the long street, and the windows of the houses on both sides of the street were all closed. Although the fighting in the houses continued, but on the long street There was a return to calm, an eerie calm.
The famous general's face was bloodstained and angry, he raised his spear and put it behind his back, stabbing straight at the street like a mountain axe. Now that the momentum has been achieved, how can the ghostly tricks of the Overwatch Council stop the army from moving forward.
"Mice." He thought contemptuously.
"Rats." Qin Heng led the army to press on the long street, looked at the long street that suddenly returned to quiet with a stern face, and thought with a smile, the Overwatch Council still couldn't see the light after all.
At this moment, on the long street that had returned to calm after Ling Jian, an order sounded suddenly, and this order consisted of only one word.
"Wait!"
This waiting word is extremely simple, clean and neat, but it contains endless murderous intentions. Qin Heng narrowed his pupils slightly and raised his eyebrows.
The rebels drew their bows together, and countless arrow feathers shot out, piercing the place where the order was issued. It was like rain hitting the city, the wooden building was shot through countless holes, and the long arrows pierced through the wind, only a muffled groan was heard, and the official of the Overwatch Council who issued the order was already dead.
But then, in the long street with only the sound of horseshoes, muffled killing, and the sound of arrow feathers piercing the air, the command sounded again: "Hou!"
Qin Heng's face became gloomy. Running on the long street holding the reins, he didn't know what the Overwatch Council's voice meant. He could have chosen to divide his troops at this time, bypassing this section of the long street where the Overwatch Council's heavy troops were ambushing, he could choose a safer way ——However, the military order is like a mountain. Since my father ordered me to rush to the palace first, I must maintain my speed, even if... I have to pay a greater price.
So he waved his horsewhip violently, and thousands of rebels on the long street yelled in unison: "Kill!" Like a flood, the lightly armored rebel brigade hid itself on the empty and dangerous long street. past.
The spear in hand, the vanguard who no one dared to stop, had already led dozens of cavalry behind him to the end of the long street. The Zhengyang Gate behind him is shining in the morning sun, the open area in front of him is attracting him, and the imperial palace that is faintly visible in the distance is still waiting for his attack, so he is full of pride and heroism...
However, he suddenly heard the sound of thunderous hoofbeats, and then saw more than two hundred cavalrymen suddenly appear at the empty end of the long street. These cavalry appeared here at some unknown time, dressed in bright armor and holding long knives, waiting silently and indifferently for the arrival of the rebels.
Beside these cavalrymen, there were more than ten scattered corpses. They were the scouts scattered by the Qin family's rebels. Not only the scouts died, but even the horses fell to the ground.
The pioneer of the Qin family narrowed his eyes and pupils. He knew that these cavalry were tough, otherwise it would be impossible to cull more than ten of his subordinates, but he did not make any sound.
It's the forbidden army!
At this point it is no longer possible to stop. The vanguard held the iron gun tightly in his hand. The roughness and coldness of the gun shaft made him feel infinite confidence. Then he clamped the horse's belly and rushed towards the Imperial Army brigade with dozens of horses behind him!
The general of the imperial army was covered in armor, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and there was no other emotion in these eyes at this time, only calm, indifference and determination, indifference to his own life, and determination to complete the task assigned by the commander.
He raised the saber in his hand high, the blade shone brightly, making people shudder. He clamped the horse's belly, and the horse under him struggled violently, and shot out like an arrow.
Hundreds of cavalry rushed forward with courage, like two torrents of different colors, about to collide head-on!
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At this moment, on the long street that had been quiet for a moment, the order of the Overwatch Council suddenly sounded again—"Let go!"
The pioneer of the Qin family looked at the cavalry of the imperial army rushing over at high speed with blood red eyes. He shouted violently, and the horse accelerated suddenly. He was about to rush out of the street, but he suddenly heard the sound in his ears.
His mind was firm, without any panic or slowdown. He didn't care about these bastards in the Overwatch Council at all, what he cared about was the very powerful imperial guards on the front. He had to fight a bloody path for the general, a bloody road leading to the palace.
A black shadow was thrown out from the houses next to the street, appearing in the air right in front of the vanguard's horse's head.
The fierce general raised his elbow, the tip of the gun flashed, and there were a few chi-chi sounds. The black shadow was torn into pieces, the cloth flew randomly, and the powder mixed inside was thrown into the air, and a little of it was sprinkled on the fierce general. But it spilled on the horse.
He closed his breath, his eyes were bloodshot, he knew that the Overwatch Council used poison very badly, but he was not afraid at all, as long as the poison couldn't get into his heart for a while, he would be able to kill and retreat the imperial troops who were getting closer and closer to him, but he was worried The mount hit the horse's butt hard with the butt of the gun, the mount was frightened and accelerated again!
Suddenly, a series of spring sounds sounded, and on the street that had been quiet for a long time, the crossbow arrows arrived again. The pioneer of the Qin family snorted coldly, swiped his spear, and protected his vitals and the horse's head. He saw a wave of spear wind, and countless crossbow arrows were thrown to the ground by him. Occasionally, a few crossbow arrows hit his armor. With a crisp sound, he fell powerlessly to the ground.
But... the fierce general suddenly discovered that in the crossbow rain, there were some unlucky red.
red
fire
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With a snort, three crossbow arrows were shot at the vanguard general's heavy armor and the horse's head respectively. The crossbow arrows were bound with gunpowder and ignited with flames. They were not conspicuous in the red morning sun, but... they were extremely deadly.
As soon as the flame touched the powder on the heavy armor, it ignited with a bang. From the horse's head to the heavy armor and then to the helmet, wherever the powder was stained, the flame spread in an instant. Then it burned blazingly, enveloping the vanguard general in the flames!
Chi Chi... A violent shout came out from the flames. At this moment, that unstoppable pioneer still maintains a charging posture, and his person has become a burning torch!
He roared in horror, threw away the gun in his hand, trying to extinguish the fire on himself. However, this has become something he will never be able to do. The fire set by the Overwatch Council is not so easy to extinguish. He knows that he is doomed, and he is extremely terrified in his heart.
The horse was in great pain, and let the horse gallop wildly. The horses shrouded in flames rushed to the front of the Forbidden Army's forward line in horror.
The general of the forbidden army looked indifferently and mockingly at the burning man who was rushing towards him. When the two horsemen passed by, he swung his long knife with a bang, and the knife came out silently. .
With a click, the head snapped off and was bound by the neck armor, burning in the flames.
The horse with fire screamed and rushed forward, bringing its headless master with it, and slammed into an alley wall beside the street. Hissing.
No one went to see them, only the Forbidden Army A team of more than 200 riders was maintaining a very high speed at this time, stepping over the corpses of the rebel pioneers who had been shot into honeycombs and charred, and headed towards the center where Qin Heng was. The army rushed over!
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Qin Heng didn't know what kind of shameless and insidious murder his most valued confidant vanguard had suffered. When he heard the second waiting order from the Overwatch Council, he had already ordered his army to press towards both sides of the long street. Because the Overwatch Council's second offensive has already begun.
After a long silence, after the two cold orders, the rain of crossbows fired at the rebels became more intense, and more of them were aimed at the mid-abdomen where the military flag was located, especially at the personal barracks where Qin Heng was.
"It's Liannu!" Finally, a rebel cavalry shouted timidly. Amidst the roar of crossbows and arrows piercing the wind, this shout was particularly thrilling. Aggressive, a series of dense blows sounded, one crossbow arrow was blocked, what about the second one, and the third one
More than a dozen personal soldiers bravely stood in front of Qin Heng's horse. They only had elbow shields in their hands, which were not enough to withstand such dense and fast crossbow arrows. They had to use their own bodies and the tall body of the horse to build a meat shield for Qin Heng. .
The long street was full of people turning their backs on their backs, screaming and screaming, countless rebels had crossbow arrows stuck in their faces, blood and sweat mixed together, panic everywhere.
In just an instant, most of the soldiers around Qin Heng died. Qin Heng knew that the Overwatch Council's target was himself, his face was covered with blood, and his expression was particularly ferocious amidst the blood. It wasn't until this moment that he was finally sure that Fan Xian asked the Overwatch Council to ambush under the Zhengyang Gate, not just to block and delay time, but to prepare to fight for his life...to leave his life here!
Although he didn't know why Fan Xian valued his own life so much, he was fearless. He just saw the long street, which was calm at first, but was now full of crossbows, and his subordinates were bravely and helplessly fighting against those poisonous fans on the long street. As he fought, a vein appeared on his temple, and a surge of anger filled his chest. These idiots only use these low-level methods, do they dare to try to trap themselves
He drew out the long sword at his waist, clamped the horse's belly, and the horse leaped like a dragon, leaping out among the crossbow arrows, and shouted violently: "For the sake of celebrating the country, kill!"
The main general began to risk his life to charge into the battle. The morale of the rebels was greatly boosted. They shouted the word "kill" in unison, and braved the rain of crossbows to rush into the depths on both sides of the street, using their bodies and lives to suppress the second wave of the Overwatch Council's offensive. a little.
After all, the rebels were numerous, so as long as they could directly contact those Overwatch Council officials hiding in the dark, they would naturally win the final victory.
But at this moment, the forbidden army on the other side of the street had rushed over. There are only two hundred riders, but thunder rumbles like two thousand riders, murderous, unstoppable!
Like a torrent, it rushed into the Qin family army whose formation had been forced to disperse. Both sides were armed with armor and blades in their hands. Although the formation of Qin's army was a bit chaotic, on the not-so-wide long street, this was a head-on collision with no way out.
The two cavalry moving forward at high speed had their first head-on collision on the long street under Zhengyangmen. Like two big hammers, they smashed together fiercely, and countless orders were heard. People's eardrums hurt, and there was an extremely terrifying loud noise.
In an instant, countless cavalry fell off their horses and were trampled on. People on horseback were strangled to death, squeezed to death, hacked to death, and shaken to death.
Swords and guns collided, iron armor collided, and momentum collided.
Qin Heng looked at this scene with a livid face, wondering how many people Fan Xian and His Royal Highness actually had so many ambushed under the Zhengyang Gate
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"I smashed all the active subordinates into the Zhengyang Gate."
Fan Xian stared at the raging smoke in the capital, and said with a calm expression: "Although I didn't expect them to be so powerful that they would enter through the nine city gates, but since they smashed into the Zhengyang Gate, I must smash out one." Be quiet!"
The First Prince glanced at him, and then at the approaching rebel flags in the streets and alleys of the capital. He couldn't help shrinking his pupils, and said, "After all, it's just one road, and the general trend is irreversible. At the previous moment, if you came from the Zhengyang Gate If you rush out, you may really have a chance to break through."
"The eldest princess must have a reserve team outside the capital." Fan Xian said, "Break out? What should I do?"
"Didn't Jing Ge disappear in the capital with two hundred black knights?" The eldest prince glanced at him.
Fan Xian didn't answer, but just looked at the square under the palace with a heavy face. This square is so huge that there were tens of thousands of people lined up during the military parade. At this time, the tremors of the ground could be faintly felt, presumably the rebels from the Eight Routes were about to encircle here. With such momentum, even though he had already seen through the two words of life and death, he couldn't help but start to tremble.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Zhengyang Gate, knowing in his heart that the strength of himself and the eldest prince outside the palace was basically concentrated on that road, no matter who wanted to get to the palace from there, he would have to pay a very heavy price .
If he knew that it was the leader of the second generation of the Qin family who was struggling through crossbow arrows and poisonous smoke at this time, he would probably laugh out loud. Fan Xian has always been concerned about the Qin family's sniping in the valley. Keep it firmly in my heart—I just don’t know how many of those loyal Overwatch Council subordinates and those cavalry brigades in the imperial army that are tantamount to suicide will survive after a while.
However, as the First Prince said, a mere city gate is not enough to change the general situation.
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At the foot of the imperial city, a cavalryman appeared at the corner of the square. At this time, the entire imperial army had gathered into the palace, and the square outside the palace gate was empty. So the appearance of this cavalryman seemed so abrupt. In the empty world, a discordant black spot seemed to appear suddenly.
Amidst the sound of horseshoes, the cavalryman rushed directly from the edge of the square to the middle of the square without stopping, and arrived in front of the imperial city.
Immediately behind this cavalryman appeared the second cavalryman, the third cavalryman, the tenth, the hundredth, and the thousandth... The dark and dense army of Qin Ye's two families, eight of them were sweeping along the road After a little resistance, he finally came to the front of the imperial city with a force of dark clouds overwhelming the city.
The dense rebel army surrounded the entire palace silently and sternly. This kind of murderous aura in silence, this extremely calm aura, made the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army above the imperial city tremble for no reason.
Fan Xian and the first prince finally stopped chatting to hide their nervousness, and watched everything in front of them in silence.
A moment later, a flag fluttering in the morning wind appeared in everyone's field of vision. This flag came from the long street at the corner of the square, revealing a big Qin character on it.
Another rider galloped up from the other side of the imperial city, holding a large flag in his hand, and wrote a leaf letter.
The last thing that appeared was a bright yellow banner with no words on it, but a dragon flying in the clouds was embroidered with gold thread, and the golden claws shattered the auspicious clouds and stepped into the air.
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"Even the dragon flag was played out in a fair manner." Fan Xian finally spoke after a long silence. The army of Qin Ye's family was too strong. Although he was a ninth-rank master with an extremely resolute heart, he still couldn't help feeling a little numb in his scalp when facing the densely packed army.
"Are you scared?" The First Prince looked at him expressionlessly.
"Ants, rats, cockroaches, let alone people?" Fan Xian summoned a subordinate and said something.
The three banners moved slowly, in the fiery eyes of the rebels around the square, and in the fearful eyes of the imperial guards, they came to the front of the palace, behind the knight who first rode into the square, and waved in the wind.
"You have been determined not to break through. I always thought you still had some cards left." The First Prince narrowed his eyes and looked at the horses and flags in front of the palace, and said slowly.
"My hole cards are long gone." Fan Xian said without changing his expression, "But I always thought that those old guys would never be helpless. I always thought that since the rebels had already entered the city, they should jump out and pretend to be super slugs." Sub-human, unfortunately... It seems that I guessed something wrong."
"What is a Saiyan?" The eldest prince raised the corners of his lips and said, "I'm also wondering, did Dean Chen really get poisoned?"
Looking at the mountainous army in front of the palace, Fan Xian suddenly took a deep breath, slapped the blue bricks of the imperial city, and said, "It's just the two of us, so what?"
The eldest prince took a deep look at him and said, "I don't want to die with you."
The wind and rain are about to come, and the building is filled with sorrow. There are two worried people in the turret of the imperial city, but they are telling jokes. The soldiers of the imperial guards all around secretly watched this scene, listening to the hearty laughter of the young master and the commander, for some reason, they also felt that the rebels in front of the palace were not as scary as imagined.
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The eldest prince looked at the lonely three flags in front of the palace and the knight at the front, and said with a smile: "They are using their aura to oppress us, intending to make the imperial army timid... How can my subordinates be so timid."
"What are we throwing all the cards in our hands into the Zhengyang Gate?" Fan Xian squinted at the four knights standing in front of the palace.
"The purpose is to kill the spirit of the opponent and boost the morale of the army."
"Then how can we allow these four knights to stand in front of the palace and demonstrate so arrogantly?"
"According to the tradition in the army, the first cavalry to arrive will receive the highest honor."
Fan Xian stared at the black dot-like knight, and suddenly said after a while, "Then let him be honored."
The eldest prince frowned. As the commander-in-chief of the West Conquest Army, he had a natural respect for the military traditions of the Qing Kingdom. Although he hated those few knights silently showing off their power in front of the palace, he never thought of making a move. What, and the position of the opponent is very good, the arrow branch is extremely difficult to shoot.
Fan Xian said firmly: "I'm not a soldier, and I don't understand honor. I just know that it's life and death. If you're still standing in front of me at this moment, that's..."
Before he could say a word, his hand had already waved down, and the city guard crossbow in the turret of the imperial city, which had been silent for countless years, suddenly let out an extremely shrill cry, as if it was about to kill someone who had died in this imperial palace. All the resentful spirits in the house are awakened.
Ka... After a loud sound of the machine spring, a crossbow arrow as thick as a child's arm broke away from the machine like lightning, and shot out along the set trajectory.
A few knights and a few flags standing alone in front of the palace, although lonely but arrogant, looked at the imperial soldiers on the imperial city indifferently and contemptuously, conveying a strong deterrent and oppressive force.
All of this was broken by the sound of the crossbow.
The first knight who entered the imperial city didn't even have time to lift his head. The huge crossbow pierced through his body and shot into the body of the war horse. On the flagstone of the square!
At this time, Fan Xian also finished his sentence: "... idiot."