"My lord, where are we going?"
Chu Qiao reined in the horse's reins, turned around slowly, and said calmly, "Go to the north gate guarded by Chongxiao cavalry battalion."
He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to Ziwei Square to rescue Fourth Young Master?"
Chu Qiao smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, he will come and join us."
After all, let's ride the horse out of the posthouse first.
At the north gate of the city, there are more than 40,000 defenders of the Xiaoqi Battalion, all of whom are in full armor. This army once commanded by Zhao Che has now completely become Zhao Yang's personal soldiers, following Zhao Yang to conquer the north and south, and his loyalty is no less than that of Chu Qiao's Xiuli army.
At this moment, they were looking at the team of less than a thousand people with contempt. Guard He Qian stood on the tower, sneered, and then ordered to his subordinates: "Kill them."
The city wall is high and thick, and has a lot of defensive tools. Generally speaking, it is impossible to attack a city gate like the capital of Daxia without three to five times the enemy's strength. However, Chu Qiao currently only has less than a thousand people with him, and if he dared to attack the 10,000-strong army sitting in the grand pass, it would be tantamount to killing himself.
Xia Jun sent a soldier with a loud voice, first to persuade Chu Qiao to surrender, and after talking for a long time, seeing that she didn't respond, he began to yell at Zhuge Yue for being a traitor and traitor, who murdered Emperor Xia together with the Seventh King Zhao Che, and now he is besieged in the city, It is difficult to fly with wings, and it is certain to die without a place to bury it.
Chu Qiao listened quietly, without any reaction. But after a while, she suddenly heard that the soldier's words became more and more outrageous, even saying that Zhuge Yue had an affair with Zhao Che, and she couldn't help but feel angry, she spread her hands and said to He Xiao: "Bow."
He Xiao didn't speak, and handed Chu Qiao a crossbow.
Chu Qiao bent her bow and set an arrow, and the arrow flew away like lightning. That soldier must have scolded him many times over the years, so he had already been on guard. Seeing Chu Qiao's arrow coming, Turn over and jump off the horse. Unexpectedly, before the man landed, an arrow appeared from below like a ghost, shot into his mouth, and pierced out from the back of his head.
He Qian was furious, and immediately issued an attack order. Arrows flew into the air for a while, and the blackness came like mountains and seas. The sound of Xia Jun's charge resounded throughout the world.
Compared to Xia Jun's prestige, Xiuli's army was completely silent. They were not within the range of their bows and arrows, but occasionally a few soldiers with strong physical strength could shoot their arrows over, but they were already exhausted. The soldiers of the army can knock the arrow aside with two strokes of the knife.
He Qian is the guard of the city gate, so he should guard the city gate. But right now Chu Qiao's troops just surround them and don't come to attack, then the battle won't be fought, so should his soldiers go down and fight those cavalry with bayonets? Seeing that other colleagues are rushing forward to help His Highness Fourteen fight the country, but he can only guard here. Finally, a group of enemies came, and they stood there lingeringly, refusing to make a move. He Qian was really furious. At this moment, suddenly a cavalryman with a shield on the opposite side ran to the place where the arrow was shot, and shouted something loudly at himself.
He Qian was taken aback for a moment, and ordered the whole army to be quiet. He was getting old and his ears were not very good, so he asked the guard beside him, "What did that man say?"
The guard's face was ugly, he hesitated for a long time, and then whispered: "General, the man asked you if you would surrender, and he said that if you persist in your obsession, they will destroy us."
He Qian was furious immediately, destroying him
He has an army of 40,000, while the opponent has less than 1,000. Although I heard that this Xiuli King has superb military skills and can often win more with less, but in the past she was basically the defender of the city, relying on the height of the city and the sharpness of her sword, and she was barely able to defend it. Now it is wishful thinking to attack the city gate with a thousand cavalry .
Just when He Qian was roaring and furious, a bright yellow firework suddenly exploded in the eastern sky, and thousands of fireworks were beautiful.
Chu Qiao looked up at the east, and after a long time, said calmly: "Okay, open the city gate."
Ping An was listening, and was taken aback for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, He Xiao asked solemnly, "Do you want to wipe out the other party?"
Chu Qiao frowned slightly, weighed it, and said, "Let's see if they dare to resist."
Ping An almost straightened his eyes when he heard it, and was about to ask if they were crazy, when he heard He Xiao's yell suddenly, a group of soldiers in armor all rushed forward, two rows at the front and back, a total of forty people, each with their own hands. Holding a bow and arrow, there is an oiled paper bag stuck on the arrow in the front row, but the row behind is rockets.
"Target, North City Gate. The first group shoots at the upper left corner, the second group shoots at the lower left corner, the third group shoots at the upper right corner, the fourth group shoots at the lower right corner, and the fifth group shoots at the middle. Get ready, one, two, let go!"
All of a sudden, the first row of arrows shot out together, hitting the heavy city gate with a bang, followed by the second row of rockets. At that moment, a rocket was plugged into each oil-paper bag, and with the strong wind, the fire ignited.
He Qian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Is His Royal Highness Prince Xiuli planning to burn down my city gate? Haha, then this fire is not enough!"
However, just as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and a huge explosion sounded on the city gate, and the entire city wall was shaking violently, like an earthquake. Black smoke rose into the sky, and in the dark night, it seemed that thousands of troops and horses were galloping together.
Afterwards, He Qian stared dumbfounded at the Zhenhuang city gate that he had guarded for more than 20 years, shattered in a billowing black smoke, and turned into ruins along with half of the city wall.
The Zhenhuang City Gate, which was proud of Great Xia and claimed that it would be difficult for a million troops to break through, completely ruined the unbeaten historical record of three hundred years at this moment.
"The sixth to tenth group preparations, the target, the eastern section of the city wall, the sixth group..."
He Xiao's voice sounded again, followed by another string of high explosives that blew up the eastern part of the city wall. After three consecutive times, most of the entire north city gate collapsed, and the Xiuli Army was now completely flat.
"Listen to the people on the other side!" Ten messengers rushed forward, each with a simple loudspeaker in their hands, and shouted, "Put down your weapon immediately, put down your weapon immediately, put your hands on your head and squat on the ground, we accept If you surrender, you will not die. The people on the other side listen and put down their weapons immediately... "
He Qian's face was black and ashen, he was stunned, he couldn't understand how his 40,000 people could be defeated so easily, why the opponent just set off a few firecrackers and smashed his city gate Blast off. Why is there such a terrible firecracker in this world? How has he never heard of it
Chu Qiao rode over and looked down at He Qian who fell from the tower, nodded lightly, and said quietly: "General He, I have accepted."
In an instant, He Qian was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of dust in the east, and Zhuge Yue came with three thousand subordinates, roaring like thunder, and he was a little shocked when he saw everything in front of him, until he saw Chu Qiao's safe and sound figure, and he breathed a sigh of relief .
On a messy battlefield, the two were separated by a long distance, each sitting on horseback, looking through layers of crowds, looking at each other quietly under the starless night sky.
Chu Qiao opened the corner of her mouth and smiled slightly. Up to this moment, she is still wearing a bright red auspicious dress, with a phoenix crown and xiapei, embroidered phoenix pattern, eight-treasure chicken blood necklace between her eyebrows, and her hair is tied up high, all of which are royal rituals. In such a ferocious night, she looks Dignified and quiet, noble and sharp.
Zhuge Yue rode up and asked her, "How are you doing?"
Chu Qiao smiled, "It's okay."
Yes, it’s okay, I received your letter, and I knew that someone would make changes on the day of their wedding, but I didn’t expect them to be so courageous; nothing went wrong, I was just worried about you, but I have to keep going I insisted on holding back, but I was just a little worried; there was no injury, no humiliation, everything was fine, everything was fine.
Zhuge Yue turned his head and said to He Qian and the 40,000 Green Battalion: "Your Majesty was not harmed by me and His Highness the Seventh Highness, the one who conspired against you is someone who is loyal to you. Now that foreign enemies are on the sidelines and internal turmoil is endless, we don't want to dig the door of Great Xia at this time. Go back and tell Zhao Yang that we don't care about this Zhenhuang City, so I gave it to him for nothing."
After finishing speaking, he stretched out his long arms, hugged Chu Qiao onto his horseback, and led a group of followers, and swept away along the open gate like a gust of wind.
Zhuge Yue did not boast, this Zhenhuang City was indeed given to Zhao Yang by him and Zhao Che.
Long before the big wedding, they had already noticed that Zhao Yang would have a change. He ordered Yanming to defend the guards, privately indulged his subordinates to provoke Yan Xun, and publicized the theory that Yanbei had no combat power in the country, and stirred up the belligerent wind in the elders and the ruling and opposition parties. Then, using the pretext that the battle in Yanbei was about to start, they mobilized the army in Zhuge Yue's hands through the hands of the elders. Through the promise, he obtained the support of the powerful nobles such as the Wei Clan and the Zhuge Clan, and dispersed the military power of Zhao Che and Zhuge Yue to various places, using training as an excuse to temporarily weaken their strength during the wedding.
For Zhuge Yue's big wedding, he must return to Beijing to get married, and Yecheng's military training has not yet been completed, so Zhao Che must stay in Yecheng. Zhao Yang's plan was to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate Zhuge Yue in one fell swoop, and then put the hat of traitor on Zhao Che's head. At that time, he would be unable to do anything alone, so he would naturally let Zhao Yang slaughter him.
However, he didn't expect that with the Green Battalion Army, Xiaoqi Battalion Army, and Jingji Army Army in his hands, plus Zhuge Huai's family army and Chu Qiao as a hostage, Zhuge Yue would still strike back, causing the success to fall short.
When Zhuge Yue's men and horses arrived at Dongyu City, all the Qing Navy stationed in Zhenhuang's country had arrived, a total of 110,000, plus some troops loyal to Zhuge Yue and Zhao Che, the strength was approaching 20. fifty thousand.
But at this time, Zhao Che led the 170,000 Eastern Hu army, firmly guarding Yecheng, and echoed Zhuge Yue's one north and one west, and firmly controlled Zhenhuang City in the palm of his hand.
Within three days, the princes from all walks of life changed one after another. Yicheng, Xuanhua, Daliao, and Qingcheng successively had four rebel armies approaching Zhenhuang under the banner of "killing the rebels and rectifying the imperial power", and fought with Zhao Yang. up. These people were not loyal to Zhao Che and Zhuge Yue, but because of the civil strife, the princes from all over the country wanted a piece of the pie, and Zhao Yang, who occupied the capital, naturally became a piece of fat in the eyes of everyone. Naturally, some vassals with no brains and force could not hold back, and with a mighty army, they also dreamed of the emperor's dream.
This is why Zhuge Yue gave up Zhenhuang before. Civil strife in Great Xia is unavoidable, so give a stage to all those who are disobedient and let them all stand up. And at this time, whoever occupies Zhenhuang is the target of public criticism.
In the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom, there was a sudden burst of smoke, and there was a sound of shouting and killing.
Zhuge Yue and Zhao Che took the opportunity to open the Qinghai and Donghu Passes, and sent a large number of troops to guard and investigate. After hearing the news, the people who were in the midst of the war all rushed west and north with their families. In less than three days, more than 400,000 people passed through Qinghai alone. Although the officials in Qinghai had prepared for more than three months in advance, they were still confused by the sudden frenzy of refugees.
The princes from all over the world fought ping-pong-pong under Zhenhuang City for more than ten days. Many princes who originally had the mentality of watching the fun and taking advantage of it were also angered by Zhao Yang. Gain a good reputation of being loyal to the emperor and patriotism.