"Where is Xiang Gong..."
In the Imperial City, he is responsible for leading a new recruiting horse named "Loyalty to the Nation Army". The former General Jingo who is stationed in the Chongming Gate of the East Palace on standby, and now the Ouchi City Defense Envoy Zhang Zhifang, is also eagerly looking for it. Cui Anqian, who is the prime minister of Xingyingdutong.
Because this team was ordered to select Ding strong men from among the refugees and others, with many old ministers’ generals, tribes, and defense pavilions as the backbone, newly formed men and horses; at the beginning, they received thousands of soldiers and armors. After half a month of rations, I have been practicing until now. But he didn't get more supplies and troubles, and it was interrupted within two or three days.
It was only when he took a group of rebels through the palaces and palaces, and came to the Sanqing Hall behind the Taiji Palace, near the Lingyan Pavilion where the army of the camp was located; but he never encountered the routine again. He interrogated him so easily that he passed through the revolving corridor and climbed the towering steps to the pavilion.
However, Zhang Zhifang's mind became increasingly uneasy. Because although the flags and defenses along the way are the same, there is never a general or official who takes the initiative to stop and reprimand them, and inside and outside the Lingyan Pavilion, there is no way to go back and forth. Only quietly, the wind blows the flag.
Although the Dazhen and Cui Anqian generals and the Jingjie of Hedong Town, who replaced the northbound camp, were still swaying in the air; but as a Chinese army, the solemn and murderous spirit of Sen was no longer there, and only a depression in the silence was left. Emptiness.
However, Zhang Zhifang still gritted his teeth unwillingly, and personally took the lead and strode into the Lingyan Pavilion hidden by the heavy curtain; only a moment later came his chest-beating loud cry:
"Escaped, all escaped, all escaped unexpectedly, old man Cui killed me..."
However, in the midst of the mess that the inkwell had not yet dried, Zhang Zhifang, who had been crying and venting for a long time, came back to his senses. He wanted to make up for his own destiny and future, but found himself. Most of the dozens of retinues who were brought with him have already escaped spontaneously.
"Jiang Lord, what shall I do if I wait..."
The remaining dozen or so people were either Liushenwuzhu or bewildered, and stammered at him. However, Zhang Zhifang, who was crying and bewildered, calmed down after hearing the words, and shouted at them in a stern face:
"Quickly follow me to the Liangyi Hall and the Army Food Platform at Ganlumen. I don't believe that the old man can take away all the supplies and materials... As long as we obtain these personal resources, my generation will have food. There are people with weapons, it might not be possible to make a way out in this dangerous situation!!"
Others also seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, and hurriedly responded:
"It's true what the Lord said..."
"Just listen to the Lord's right..."
"That's how it should be done..."
So, Zhang Zhifang took these rebels who could easily find their goals and confidence again, and he was busy looking for the same path and returning to the direction of the East Palace. At least in the eastern and western parts of Jiacheng and the vestibule, there are also the newly formed "loyalty and justice army", as well as tens of thousands of loyal and righteous officials and their families who have escaped liquidation.
However, when Zhang Zhifang took the people back to the West Guangyuan Gate where the East Palace was located, he did not see the people who were waiting for them; instead, he opened the door at will, was abandoned and trampled on the flags and flags on the ground, and was running freely. Moving and looting all the rebel soldiers who can be eye-catching objects.
At this moment, Zhang Zhifang was full of smoke from Qiqiao and his anger went straight to the Lumen; but he became inexplicably sad and angry. Obviously, it was the people who had recovered from Lingyan Pavilion before spreading the news that the camp had abandoned the city, and caused the disintegration and collapse of this newly formed division.
He could only take the lead and rush forward, struggling to slash and smash the insurgent soldiers who did not open their eyes to block the way. He rushed to the stage of Mingde in the inner courtyard of the East Palace, and was able to gather and gather more than a thousand famous people. Centaur; it was public promises and encouragement in all kinds of things, and it took every effort to calm this inexplicable riot.
However, the remaining available soldiers were already less than half of the original number; he could only bring these brave men and horses, turning to the general training gate that was connected to the back. However, at this time, suddenly there was a loud and clear sound from the vaguely invisible fighting in the distance;
Suddenly, Zhang Zhifang speeded up the pace in a mess, and in the process of running, they ran away and lost a lot of hands. Until they passed through many palaces and walls that were already unguarded and patrolled, and followed the half-open Wudemen and Rihuamen to the Ganlumen, they found that it was another scene.
Along with the discarded flags and objects all over the ground, there were a few people who were actively piling up firewood inside the city wall, raising torches and starting to ignite some houses. However, at this point, how can Zhang Zhifang make the other party get what he wants; there is no need for him to give extra instructions, and someone is already roaring and slaughtering first.
At this time, another louder and clearer roar bloomed in the distance. And on the IQ of Jiadao Street on the east side of Ouchi, the more and more corpses were lying on their backs and blood was flowing. The ground soaked in rain and full of blood, almost every step on the ground, a faint red bleeds out from the gap.
Although these officers and soldiers blocked in front of the gate of Miyagi and under the wall, they still fought a dying struggle and resisted desperately; and they gave temptation to attack and local assault, and turned into a breakthrough Taiping army in a decisive battle. Cause a lot of trouble.
But the defeat of these remnants with no way out is just a lot of effort and trouble with the tail of the hand; even if there are some examples that appear to be quite heroic, or can be said to be praiseworthy in each other’s camp. He Ling is also admired for his performance as an enemy.
But in front of the Klup-style short-barreled mountain cannons that were subsequently pushed up to clear the field, and the dense scattering projectiles bombarded by two small-mouthed cannons; whether brave or cowardly, strong or gloomy, brave to sacrifice or greedy for life and fear of death, neither Parting each other repeatedly through the fragmentation, got a unified redemptive type of permanent rest.
And in the cleared middle door hole, stepping on the wet, greasy, soft ground; Zhao Manxiong, the first brigade commander and chief operator of the combat engineering group, also looked at the gate of the palace of Zhuzhang Gaozhu lacquer with a calm expression on his face. Black and cracked and peeling parts.
The result of the directional blasting with hundreds of catties of gunpowder and iron urns, but the door leaf cracked with a few obvious light-transmitting cracks, and several large outer plywoods fell off, but the distance can be broken. It's still a far cry.
Observing through the gap, it can be found that the door was nailed to death with iron hoops behind the door, and many heavy obstacles were piled up for reinforcement. According to his accumulated experience in mining, building roads, and treating rivers, at least one larger blast is needed to complete the city's needs for breaking the gates and clearing obstacles.
After that, he swung the small axe in his hand and knocked on the crack in the door, and found the weakest weakest place again, and then hung the big iron urn equipped with the charge with steel brazing nails on it. Zhao Manxiong dragged out a long lead and retreated to the side of the doorway to ignite, but he couldn't help but sigh.
"Next is double the charge, double the happiness..."
As his words fell, huge smoke and dust burst out of the doorway with a sudden boom, blowing the blood flowing on the ground up, and crouching over his ears on the left and right sides. The Taiping sergeants dyed their heads and faces with a layer of dust.
Afterwards, Zhao Manxiong rushed into the doorway with a hand of cards, and saw the still unspoiled smoke and dust billowing, the huge and thick palace door's deformed upper part was still embedded tenaciously in the shaft, but the lower half was stubbornly embedded in the shaft. Part has been broken into several pieces of skewed size.
"The imperial city is already open. Brothers will kill me and dig pits without filling them... Ah, no, it's a castration that harms the country and the people..."
Zhao Manxiong couldn't help but shouted: Then he merged into the rushing selection soldiers.
"Go into the imperial city and kill Cui Goutou..."
And on the other side of the gate of the palace gate, as a response to the Taiping sergeant who came in, it was the first one among the hundred court officials in the imperial city, like a small mouse and cockroach that came out of the sinking ship. The back view of the crowd fleeing with various objects.
Amidst the sound of cannons and blasting roars, Cui Anqian, the prime minister who has been replaced by a tight-fitting uniform for riding, also passed through the Xuanwu Gate at the end of the outer wall of the West Inner Court in the north of the palace. The historical event where Emperor Taizong killed his brothers and forced his father to seize the throne.
It was just that he watched the brick wall embossed with the gods and beasts slowly passing over his head, but he sighed in his heart that after leaving this time, he might never have a chance to come back. Then, he quickly calmed down his wandering and excited mood.
Although this time it was his temporary intention to withdraw and disengage from the army, but compared to other people who have been trapped in the city and not enough to become a supporter, at least he failed to counterattack across the board, and there is also a huge response from the thief. Before the crisis, he decisively saved more than 10,000 of the most elite troops in Hedong Town.
In a sense, he has let down the people who followed him, and also lost capable generals including Zhang Yanqiu, the capital of the camp, and Zhu Mei, the army envoy of the backyard. But because of this, in the midst of the crisis, the last force to maintain and stabilize the Hedong Land was preserved, and the possibility of a comeback in the future was also guaranteed.
Otherwise, given the size of the world full of flames, how can there be a place to obey the imperial court like Hedong? Even Jiannan Sanchuan, the emperor avoiding luck, couldn't do it. In other words, after depleting the soldiers and horses of these outlying towns and the feudal army, Hedong has a brand new situation.
Then, shortly after entering Beiyuan on the west side of Longshou Mountain, Cui Anqian received an unexpected report:
"Qibizhang's horse team can't come to rendezvous as scheduled?, have they encountered an unknown new enemy?"
In the event of an accidental victory into the imperial city, Zhou Huaian had just sent away the old three of Zhu who was stationed at Wusongyi outside the city. He humbly asked Li Bintang, the envoy of the war, but he heard from News of Huang Chao Honjin who was suddenly returned from the west. (End of this chapter)