As the east rises, the rays of the morning sun shining on the blood-stained towers are shocking. But what scares General Zhao is that the four towers are filled with the people of Chang'an.
"Shi Fuqiu, you are also a general of Xiao State after all, and Chang'an is also your home. Are you using these unarmed people as human shields?" Zhao Dingshan scolded angrily.
He really didn't expect that Shi Fuqiu could be so shameless. After all, he was also a border general. He had some moral integrity before. For him, he could defend the city and fight openly. Why did he do this? things to do.
"Old General Zhao, I learned this trick from your grandson." Shi Fuqiu sneered.
In the past, he might have saved some face, but now that things have come to this, he has nothing to worry about.
"Aren't you their believer? Aren't you the pillar of Xiao Guo? I want to see how your arrows can shoot down." Shi Fuqiu was sure that General Zhao would not shoot arrows, but his archers could not. It has already been prepared neatly.
General Zhao looked at the tearful people on the city tower who were crying for help, and finally ordered the archers to retreat.
This city is inherently easy to defend but difficult to attack.
If archers are not used as cover for siege, it will be even more difficult...
Although the situation on General Zhao's side is very difficult, he is still the one taking the initiative to attack the city.
But the situation in the imperial city at this moment was even more severe than that at the North City Gate. Cheng Zhaobing led 40,000 troops from the rebel camp, no longer splitting his forces and attacked directly at the Danfeng Palace Gate.
Forty thousand soldiers could not last long compared to less than three thousand soldiers defending the city.
Even if a lot of crossbow arrows fired by the rebels were counted last night, the city-defending crossbow made by Wuma Huacai could still be used for a while, but in the end it could not be used as the key to continuing the defense.
At this moment, Xiao Mubai and Xia Chu fired the command arrows from their left wrists together. This was the second time the command arrows were fired after the ambush in front of Danfeng Palace, and fireworks of different colors bloomed in the air.
Cheng Zhaobing was shocked. He had buried his son's miserable body from the partition with his own hands. He knew better than anyone how ruthless Xiao Mubai's methods were.
The other four gate guards, including Shi Fuqiu, were heartbroken when they saw the fireworks blooming in the sky. They looked around vigilantly, wondering what other tricks Xiao Mubai could pull off.
No one noticed that the door of Mingxiang Garden opened...
Bingwen, who had been dormant for these days, released all the people in the Ren family ancestral hall the moment he shot the arrow in early summer.
The secret agent of the Ren family, who was originally trained by the refugees in the capital, was already very familiar with the streets and alleys of the capital. He only appeared at the door of Mingxiang Garden and disappeared in the four streets and alleys in an instant.
The 40,000 soldiers led by Cheng Zhaobing took the lead in rioting internally.
The soldiers he led were those from the Ministry of War, and the rest were the troops from Dali Temple, Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, Jing Zhaoyin, and the 20,000 people transferred from the garrison. .
Do your best to capture the imperial city in one fell swoop.
However, at this moment, more than 10,000 of the 40,000 soldiers he led fought back when the arrows fell.
Jingzhao Yin Heliantao took the lead and led the troops from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and Jingzhao Mansion to fight against Cheng Zhaobing.
Li Fei planted Du Kun's chess piece in the capital, and Xiao Mubai also planted Heliantao in their army to pretend to submit.
Originally, the imperial city was about to be destroyed, and Xiao Mubai had no intention of activating He Liantao and others.
After all, as for yesterday, 180,000 troops were still besieging the imperial city. Even if the order was given to Heliantao, it would not help the situation except for making them the dead souls of the rebels.
However, today is different.
General Zhao was attacking outside the city. Under pressure, Shi Fuqiu could only divide his troops to defend the four city gates.
It is true that he gave Cheng Zhaobing 40,000 troops. The reason why he gave all the original military strength in Beijing to Cheng Zhaobing was because Cheng Zhaobing was more familiar with these people.
Who would have thought that because of this relationship, Xiao Mubai would have more hope in defending the city.
Moreover, the people led by Helian Tao were very peaceful after they surrendered. Yesterday, the rebels attacked the imperial city like that, but Helian Tao and the others did not reveal their flaws, and Cheng Zhaobing never doubted them again. .
Although the current situation was beyond Cheng Zhaobing's expectations, it also made him relieved.
It turned out that the purpose of the command arrow that Xiao Mubai released was just for the troops in the capital who pretended to surrender, but more than 10,000 people had defected, so he still had the confidence to attack.
However, when Cheng Zhaobing led his army to attack the city, countless screams sounded from the four city gates at the same time.
Helian Tao turned around in shock and saw that near the four city gates, the sky was filled with flames...
Just under Xia Chu's command arrow, all the secret agents of the Ren family were dispatched, and dark yellow packages were swung out at the city gate one by one.
The garrison didn't know what was in the package. The only people who had seen the dark yellow package were Cheng Zhaobing's son Cheng Zifeng and the dozens of cavalry he led at the time.
And those people, no one was spared, and they all died.
Therefore, some of the garrison troops used guns to push them apart, some used knives to cut them open, and some used swords to stab them.
Flying randomly, the yellow powder in the package also spread with the wind and contaminated the rebels. The word "rebuke" sounded indifferently, and countless arrows with guncotton were fired at the rebels.
Shi Fuqiu tried his best to prevent General Zhao from shooting arrows from outside the city, but he never expected that someone could shoot arrows from inside the city at this time.
The flaming feather arrows with collodion don't need to pay attention to any accuracy, they only need to be shot into the powder, and the contamination of the soldiers who threw the yellow powder will instantly spread all over their bodies.
The rocket was filled with yellow powder, and in an instant, it set off a prairie fire at an extremely terrifying speed.
Countless fire heads burned sizzlingly, and followed the wind and then formed a large sea of fire. The rolling waves on the high ground were spectacular, bright and hot, and even the rising sun in the east could not compare with this brilliance.
The rebels who were on fire roared and burned. They originally had hope and wanted to plunge into the snowdrift.
However, the fire is not extinguished, nor is it extinguished by water. Those special yellow powders burn for a long time...
Some people reacted quickly and quickly peeled off the clothes, and with the pain of the fabric and skin merging together, they tore them apart and were naked.
Although these people were not dead, they were burned over large areas and no longer had the ability to fight.
Cheng Zhaobing looked at the tragic scene and loudly ordered: "Kill!"
He took the lead and rushed forward with the knife, his horse's hooves shook, and he was in front of Heliantao in an instant. The blade of the knife flashed with Cheng Liang's light, and he swung it down, and saw that the blade had reached his neck.
There was a long "呲..." in the crowd's exclamations. The silver-white sword body resisted the falling attack of the long sword, and the long sword was suddenly raised.
Cheng Zhaobing looked up along the long sword. The word "Chengying" was engraved on the sword.
(End of chapter)