Flowing arrows whizzed across the sky, but it was more of a deterrent. Under the strong suppression of the prince, the rebels did not have the courage to aim at the city and rain down terrifying arrows. As a result, the pressure faced by the imperial guards guarding the palace was immediately reduced. All they had to face was the problem of contact warfare. At this time, although the killing noise under the imperial city was loud, it did not cause any loss to the Forbidden Army. On the contrary, the Forbidden Army stationed in the direction of Taipingfang faced the greatest danger.
However, at the main gate of the palace, there are many rebels. At this time, thousands of rebels are divided into three rows under the city, turning into three black lines pressing over, which is really palpitating.
The muffled sound kept ringing from the four turrets of the imperial city. Every sound would always move everyone's heartstrings. The whole imperial city would tremble. strong.
The huge crossbow arrows piercing the air like black light mercilessly pierced into the formation of the rebels, shooting out countless bursts of blood, and covering the ground with sticky meat paste. However, there are only four defensive crossbows, especially the two on the left and right in the front square, how many people can they kill? The triple waves of the rebels rushed under the imperial city unhindered.
The main target of the city defense crossbow is still the ordnance used by the rebels to attack the city, especially the sharp and heavy vehicles used to attack the thick palace gates. The fire fronts made of cowhide are on the top of these cars, and the front end is a giant wood that has been cut into a sharp shape.
A crossbow arrow accurately hit a crashing car, and the sharp point of the arrow easily tore through the hard cowhide that looked very strong, and hit the crashing car fiercely. Although the crashing car was so strong that it couldn't be broken into pieces by a giant crossbow, the powerful impact force carried by the city defense crossbow still made the crashing car jump suddenly, like a beetle on the ground felt the vibration of the ground, Then it turned over tragically, crushing several rebel soldiers beside the car to death, and could no longer move.
Among the three lines of rebel forces, there were more than a dozen heavy and murderous collision vehicles. As soon as the siege battle began, two city crossbows fired desperately and successfully wiped out three of them. However, the reloading of the city crossbow was too slow, and the impact of the rebels came extremely fast, but in an instant, most of the crashed vehicles had passed the firing line of the city defense crossbow, approaching the three main gates of the palace.
The rebels yelled and killed in unison, and rushed over bravely pushing the crash car!
There were only a few teeth-piercing bangs, and the car finally hit the thick palace gate successfully. The main gate of the Qingguo Imperial Palace was extremely strong, but under such a terrifying impact, it still vibrated violently. The hinges of the gate creaked, as if they were about to disintegrate, and the four huge gate latches arranged from top to bottom were knocked apart. Transformed!
However, the thick door latch finally withstood the powerful impact, and the creaking sound at the hinge gradually subsided. Except for a big hole being knocked out at the main gate of the palace, and a dozen copper nails were knocked out, everything was fine. .
At least during this attack, the gate of Qingguo Palace still seemed so indestructible.
However, the rebels didn't show any strange expressions. Under the stern shouts of their superiors, they pulled the first wave of crashed cars away from the palace gate extremely quickly, and the several crashed cars in the second wave were thrown away again. He had already passed through the sparse bows and arrows of the imperial guards at the top of the city, escaped those powerful but like an old man, the defensive crossbow that moved once every half a day, and slammed into the palace gate fiercely!
There was another loud noise, the palace gate finally suffered irreparable damage this time, and the whole gate began to tremble, giving people a feeling of precariousness, as if it might collapse at any time.
The elite imperial guards standing behind the palace gate led their horses and watched the scene calmly. Although their faces were calm, the anxiety flashed in their eyes, revealing their true feelings.
However, the rebel soldiers who were desperately launching a storm through a thick door saw the hope of the imperial city being breached at this moment, their morale suddenly rose, they roared loudly, and rushed up again.
The third wave of siege troops arrived, and the rebels dropped hundreds of corpses under the merciless blow of arrows, crossbows, arrows, boulders and logs from the Forbidden Army at the top of the city, and finally managed to make the palace gate withstand the third impact.
There was a muffled click, and dust and smoke flew up, like a kraft paper bag wrapped in smoke being smashed by the bad palms of an urchin!
The dust and smoke settled slightly, and the vision became quieter. Countless rebels on the square looked at the heavy palace gate in the middle of the imperial city, and a huge hole was knocked open, and they couldn't help cheering in unison!
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However, the group of attacking elites who were closest to the imperial city did not have time to utter any cheers, and even the excitement and joy on their faces were immediately replaced by stunned and angry, because they could see clearly that although the palace gate was knocked open, A huge opening exposed the thick stubble of wood inside, but the entire palace gate showed no sign of collapse.
The ground is covered with golden copper nails, and behind the hole, there are thick stones and soil, with no gaps at all!
The people in the palace actually blocked the palace gate, didn't they think of leaving a way out for themselves? What is the difference between the imperial palace at this time and a large tomb
A rebel school officer yelled wildly, and led the siege soldiers beside him into the opening. Although there was not much space, they would still dig the city gate open even if they dug. The military order was like a mountain. Chinese soldiers have never been afraid of death on the battlefield.
However, a black spear pierced out like lightning from the only gap above the rocks and soil, and pierced the school officer's throat with a single shot, causing blood to spurt!
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Below the imperial city, ten steps behind the rockery piled up in the long palace gate, three hundred guards calmly and nervously watched any movement in the palace gate. Their chief officer had already led a small team and entered In the meantime, with such an advantageous terrain at this time, there is no reason for the rebels to attack so easily.
Above the imperial city, the eldest prince looked indifferently at the rebel army's offensive wave after wave, raised his right arm, and swung it down fiercely. The soldiers beside him led the order, quickly waved the yellow flag in their hands, along the front line of the imperial city, hundreds of forbidden soldiers at the head of the city moved at the same time, lifted the sack under their feet, carefully tore it open, and then moved towards the Sprinkle it on the heads of the rebels who are not within the range of crossbow arrows!
The yellowish powder, like an unclean snow, fell down one after another, enveloping more than a thousand rebels closest to the palace in an instant.
The general of the rebel army turned pale with fright, thinking it was the poison of the Overwatch Council, and ordered his subordinates to be careful.
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Not poison powder. The three tofu shops that weren't Fan Xian's didn't have the ability to produce so much poison. These yellow powders were all crude gunpowder brought in from the bottom floor of the square building under Fan Xian's order before the imperial army gathered into the palace in the early morning.
The imperial city has never been prepared for a strong army to attack the city, so there is no hot oil here, and there are not many things that can be burned. If Fan Xian, the commissioner of the Overwatch Council, is not standing by their side, today's guards I'm afraid that the city battle will go on extremely bleakly.
The eldest prince glanced at Fan Xian who had been calmly watching the rebel camp in the distance, and nodded slightly.
"put!"
The confidant officer who had been following the eldest prince had a stern look on his face, and loudly issued orders to all the imperial guards above the imperial city.
On the imperial city where the arrow rain had been sparse before, suddenly the densest arrow rain broke out since the siege battle, and these arrow rains all had a red light, just like the first fierce general under Qin Heng under the Zhengyang Gate. The ominous color seen before dying.
The rocket shot down to the city in an instant, no need to pay attention to any aim, just need to shoot into the powder.
The sky is beautiful, autumn has risen, the weather is getting warmer, and the morning breeze has gone. The powder that was scattered by the wind was not blown away by the wind, nor was it blown back to the city that Fan Xian was worried about. A large cloud of mist enveloped the thousands of rebels below the city. It looks like a beautiful morning scene at Liuti on the river bank, but only a shadowy figure can be seen inside, starting to panic.
The rocket entered the fog and burned at an extremely terrifying speed in an instant. Countless flames burned vigorously, and quickly formed a large sea of flames, like a fire dragon lying under the imperial city, or like a golden sun shining The calm lake below gradually became turbulent and turbulent. It was extremely bright and hot, and even covered the brilliance of the sun in the sky.
And what about the people in the fog? Howling and burning, they turned into countless poor firemen, desperately trying to escape from the fog. However, such a large-scale burning, how can such an ordinary creature be able to bear it
Countless firemen were running wildly in the square, howling so loudly into the sky, the scene looked extremely terrifying!
None of the burning rebel soldiers were able to run back to their camp, most of them turned into charred corpses under the palace city, and some of the burning fire men only had time to run to the square, and fell to the ground with a bang, bringing Seeing the remaining flames and rising smoke on his body, he kept twitching.
This situation is so tragic.
The rebel camp in front of the Yuanfang Street Building was in a panic. Even the Qing army, which is famous for its strict military discipline, still felt scared at this moment. No one thought that the imperial guards guarding the city would have such terrifying methods.
The prince's face was ashen, while old master Qin looked at the imperial city indifferently, and said slowly: "Only Fan Xian can do such a vicious method."
The scorching smell in the square stimulated everyone's minds, even the imperial guards in the imperial city felt a little panic and helplessness. Looking at the terrible scenes downstairs, some people even turned their lips pale, thinking Could it be that those scorched black corpses were all killed by themselves
After this devastating blow, the first wave of rebels who entered the imperial city returned to the camp dismally, but not many people returned to the camp. The imperial city was finally defended dangerously, but the rebels did not launch a second round of attack again.
Obviously, both the defenders and the siege were stunned by this round of bloody and terrifying fire fog, and they all needed a certain amount of time to digest and stabilize their morale. But the instigator of this horrific fire attack, Fan Xian's expression was unusually calm. He looked at the rebel camp in the distance, pursed his lips and said nothing.
The First Prince saw Fan Xian's right hand hanging by his sleeve trembling slightly, and the blood in his eyes became more and more dense.
The eldest prince did not expect that the gunpowder powder from the Overwatch Council would have such a terrifying effect. Looking at the scene in front of him, he, who has experienced the bloody battles in the Western Regions for a long time, did not feel any emotions that he should not have, but he still felt Shocked, if these medicinal powders can be used in this way, what kind of changes will happen to the wars in the world in the future
"Today is luck." Fan Xian didn't look back at him, and said softly, "There is no wind or rain today, so we can have such a good effect."
Then he lowered his head slowly. Since he took control of the internal library, he has always been very attentive to the joint research and development work between Bingfang and the three departments, but deep down he also understands why his mother, Ye Qingmei, worked so hard on other military equipment and people's livelihood, but was strictly ordered to do so. Prohibit the use of gunpowder in this world.
Even when saving Xiao En in Shangjing, the Overwatch Council only provided a cart of gunpowder. The use of gunpowder in this world is still so clumsy, even worse than the workshops that made homemade firecrackers in the previous life.
Fan Xian was the only one in this world who knew that any sawdust flying in the sky would cause a big explosion, not to mention powdered gunpowder. Fan Xian couldn't help but worry, whether today's scene would open Pandora's box for this continent. But after a short while, he was immediately relieved that the iron and steel craftsmanship in the inner library was not up to standard, and there was no need to worry about the advent of the era of hot weapons. And just like what he said to the First Prince, today's defense of the city has such a great effect, mainly due to the beauty of the heavens, and his luck is as strong as ever.
As for the tragic scene in front of him, Fan Xian actually felt palpitations. He had seen countless corpses since he was a child, and he himself had killed countless people, but when he saw so many charred corpses appearing in front of him, he still felt a wave of palpitations. desire to vomit.
This is the battlefield, the real battlefield.
It was also because of this that Fan Xian strengthened his determination to win. If a person came to a world with a mission in the dark, he believed that his mission was the agreement with Haitang. To reach that agreement, I must live today.
Killing with a knife is killing, killing with a gun is killing, burning people with gunpowder... is also killing, except that it is more scary and ugly, there is no big difference.
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After all, this rebellion was a civil war, and the two sides involved in the war were Qing Kingdom's elite troops. The scene just now made too many people feel chilled. The rebels went back to the camp to lick their own wounds, preparing to launch a more powerful attack with resentment for revenge again, and the expressions on the faces of the imperial guards on the top of the city were somewhat complicated, and many people even dared not look at that Dressed in black, Master Xiao Fan stood indifferently at the top of the city.
The smell of burning, the residual fire still burning in front of the palace, the vermilion palace wall, and the blue city bricks on the top of the wall, have been burned into different colors. It seems that this beautiful and solemn palace, It was as if someone had cut countless scars with a knife.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the eldest prince slowly glanced at the imperial guards on the city wall, and said in a calm and firm voice, "This is war! Remember, those who are under the city are rebels! If they are allowed to enter the palace, My Daqing Dynasty will fall into darkness from now on, the people will never have a bright future, and you will be crushed to pieces!"
"What's under the city? It's the enemy." The eldest prince yelled sharply: "You are all soldiers who followed me and came back from the west. What are we doing so hard to fight against the barbarians on the grassland? Everything is for the Qing Dynasty, And those enemies want to destroy the foundation of the Qing Kingdom, they are no different from those barbarians! They are just beasts!"
"I order you, from this moment on, you must treat these rebels as barbarians!"
"Everything is for the Qing Dynasty! His Majesty is watching you from the sky!"
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These are not passionate words, but these words have an unexpected soothing effect when spoken by the coach. The eyes of the imperial guards on the top of the city gradually brightened, and they no longer returned to the previous bleakness and bewilderment.
"For the Qing Dynasty!"
Everyone in the imperial city shouted loudly, even the third prince standing beside Fan Xian was no exception, only the eyes of the empress dowager who was firmly restrained by Fan Xian flashed a hint of mockery and sadness. anxiety.
At this moment, the sound of heavy footsteps came to the top of the city, and a group of eunuchs, under the supervision of the Overwatch Council officials, carried three black coffins to the top of the city with difficulty. The coffin was placed heavily on the city wall, making several muffled sounds.
Everyone looked at the three coffins in amazement.
Fan Xian gently held the third prince's hand, stood behind the eldest prince, and said softly to the soldiers of the imperial army, ministers, and subordinates of the Overwatch Council, "We are His Majesty's subjects, and by His Majesty's will, stop those rebellious plots. Success or failure, we will not take a step back."
The Eldest Prince's face was serious, and following Fan Xian's words, he said, "There are three coffins here, one for me, one for Taiping and one for An. If the palace is destroyed, the three of us will die here. Be loyal."
He glanced at everyone, and then slowly said: "Do you have confidence in defending Miyagi?"
Even the bloody trick of carrying the coffin to fight was brought out by Fan Xian. How could the guards of the city not be excited, and shouted in unison: "Yes!"
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Fan Xian took Li Chengping's hand and said in a harmonious voice, "Are you afraid?"
The third prince thought for a while, then shook his head vigorously: "Not afraid! Father's son, will not be afraid!"
"Okay." Fan Xian glanced at him with a smile, and didn't say anything else. He just thought that if the change didn't happen, the palace would really be broken, and he would have to take the third child to flee to the end of the world. He only hoped that the kid wouldn't scold him when the time came. good.
The rebels in the distance began to gather again, and the morale that had been suppressed by Fan Xian's poisonous trick seemed to be successfully transformed into resentment against the palace. The army of the Qing Kingdom has been in the battlefield for a long time, and the ability to mobilize soldiers is no worse than anyone else. The eyes of the rebel soldiers looking at the palace began to be filled with naked murderous aura.
The sea of flames looked terrible, but in fact it did not cause much damage to the rebels. Looking at the scene in front of him, Fan Xian couldn't help trembling slightly, thinking to himself that if he made a mistake in his calculations, the next steps would probably kill many people on his side.
He knew that he was completely ignorant of military affairs, so from the beginning to the end, he did not make any suggestions on the formation of the First Prince's troops, but calmly acted as a bystander and supporter.
However, at this moment, he was going to make an unusually bold proposal.
"How many forbidden troops do we have?"
"Two thousand seven hundred, basically no loss."
Fan Xian listened intently to the sound of fighting in the Taipingfang area, and frowned slightly, and said, "Do you think we can hold it?"
The elder prince's sword eyebrows were already smeared with a layer of evil intentions, and he said directly: "Even if the father personally leads the army, he can't hold it."
A self-deprecating taste suddenly flashed on the corner of his lips: "The gap between the enemy and us is too great. If the Zhengxi Army has not been disbanded by the emperor, if I lead... no, even if I only lead one-third of the Zhengxi Army's strength, I will be able to kill you." Dare to fight a decisive battle with the rebels under the city."
The eldest prince took a deep breath: "But don't worry, if you lose, you won't be so disastrous... All the generals and soldiers under me have eaten the meat and drank the blood of barbarians on the grassland... Qin Qin Home, hmph, the old man has not personally led the army for twenty years, and the soldiers of the Kyoto garrison are extremely lazy, the only one is the Dingzhou Army... "
Fan Xian interrupted, "During the round of offense and defense just now, I noticed a problem."
"what is the problem?"
Fan Xian leaned close to the First Prince's ear and whispered a few words.
"What are you thinking?" There was a cold light in the First Prince's eyes.
"I'm thinking of gambling..." Fan Xian lowered his head and said quietly, "We have no more cards in our hands. If we continue like this, we will end up dead."
The eldest prince frowned and said: "War is no joke, what you said is too ridiculous."
Fan Xian laughed bitterly: "It's really ridiculous, but I really can't think of any chance of turning things around."
He looked back at the three coffins shining with black light, and his eyes gradually became firm. Yes, he still kept his hole cards, but he didn't see everyone's hole cards clearly. No matter what, he wouldn't use them.
After a moment of silence, the First Prince suddenly said, "How do you want to bet?"
"Dig out the rocks at the gate of the palace." Fan Xian raised his face. Through the scorched and lukewarm air in the square, he looked at Ye Zhong, the coach of the Dingzhou Army who was talking softly with the second prince, with a slight look in his eyes. Ning, "We are ready to rush out at any time, give ourselves a chance..."
Then he smiled gently: "Give the world a surprise."
Just at this moment, Ye Zhong, who was discussing secretly with the second prince, seemed to sense the gaze from the imperial city, raised his head, and looked back in an unusually calm and indifferent manner.