That night, the palace was brightly lit, and the military newspapers went out like water. The Gyeonggi army went out of the city to dig trenches and set up horse pits. The city was full of soldiers who were erecting defense facilities. The previous row was lined up, and a huge brazier was lit. You Miao personally led troops to guard the city gate, where a large number of people gathered to leave the city.
"Don't go!" You Miao shouted angrily against the cold wind, "No one can leave the city! Give me a bow and arrow!"
The archers on the city tower were ready and pointed their arrows at the people below the city.
The pot was fried immediately below, and someone shouted: "If you have the ability, go into battle and kill the enemy! Who dares to use weapons to point at the elders and folks!"
You Miao's heart was pounding, he knew that the Tartars had entered the Central Plains, and fleeing the city now would be tantamount to dying. Only staying in the capital could save his life, but he couldn't say it.
The more important point is that Nie Dan is leading the army to fight back. Although Nie Dan's men are few, they are all brave teams that wander outside the Great Wall all the year round and fight against the Hu people. The army of King Qin from the southern states and counties is coming. As long as they can hold the capital, and when the army of the waiting king arrives, the city will open the door and attack, and the Tartar army will be attacked by the enemy, and they will be killed and flee outside the fortress.
What's more, the capital is the capital of a country. When the previous dynasties established the capital, a lot of arrangements were made here. As long as the guards do not fail, why should they abandon the city and leave? However, the people in the capital did not seem to appreciate it, and the clamor grew louder and louder.
"Kill him! Kill this traitor!"
"The country will not be the country! The traitor will bring disaster to my apocalypse!" Someone shouted.
You Miao was instantly angry, and suddenly thought of something, spy! There must be spies provoking the chaos. He watched for a while, and found that someone in the crowd was indeed leading the shouting. Exclamation sounded.
"Hugh, you must listen to the bewitching words of the Hu people's spies!" You Miao shouted angrily, "Whoever wants to open the city gate, step over my corpse first!"
The crowd fell silent.
"Good job." Zhao Chao's low voice sounded.
When Zhao Chao came back from outside the city, he encountered You Miao standing on the tower.
Zhao Chao opened his red eyes and asked, "Why don't you stay in the palace?"
You Miao was also very tired from the tossing, and replied: "There is nothing in the palace to send me, and even the minister wants to run away. Li Yan is afraid that he can't hold back, so I will come. What are you arguing about today?"
"He wants to mobilize the Gyeonggi army to escort him." Zhao Chao said: "Send my father out."
You Miao: "… "
Zhao Chao: "As soon as the father leaves, the morale of the entire capital will collapse, and he cannot be allowed to leave."
You Miao snorted, the situation became too fast, the army was defeated like a mountain overnight, Tang Hui died in battle, and the entire capital fell into panic. It was the Tartar spies who sneaked into the capital and were still inciting the people.
Zhao Chao said: "You go to the palace..."
When the two were talking, the evening sun was like blood, and the earth shook in the distance. When they climbed to the city tower, there was silence in the city. You Miao and Zhao Chao stopped talking, only to see the black Tatar army occupying the entire plain and gradually pushing towards the city gate.
"Do you still want to go?" You Miao said in a trembling voice.
"No need." Zhao Chao said: "Wait for them to come."
The Tatar army kept approaching the city gate, and the people in the city vaguely sensed something from the rumbling sound of horse hooves, so they dispersed. The Tartar army sent a horse to the city gate, holding a sheepskin scroll, and shouting in Chinese: "King Tianqi has ordered—"
Zhao Chao's face became extremely ugly in an instant, and no one on the tower answered.
The messenger wandered for a while, and then shouted: "Edict of the Great Tartar Emperor! Let's wait and open the city to surrender! You can avoid the disaster of massacres! If you are stubborn! After the city is broken, I will teach you not to stay in the whole city!"
You Miao: "Is it a Han Chinese?"
Zhao Chao sneered and said, "Lin Jiu, the partial general of the China Machinery Battalion, most likely surrendered to the enemy, with a big tone."
"Don't underestimate the enemy." You Miao whispered, "What should I do now?"
You Miao had read it when he was studying the art of war and national policy at Sun Yu's office. He had also heard Li Zhifeng mention the peoples outside the Great Wall before, and he knew that the Tartars were the most ruthless and bloodthirsty. Occupying a village will slaughter a village, and attack a city will slaughter a city. A hundred years ago, the frontier fortress was chaotic, and almost all the cities occupied by the Tatars were spared.
"Call your king out!" the messenger shouted again: "Don't blame the king of Tartar for being unkind!"
As he was talking, Li Yan hurriedly took a few steps up the tower and shook his head gently. You Miao frowned slightly, and Li Yan said, "Stand up."
Zhao Chao shouted: "Bring my bow and arrow!"
As soon as Zhao Chao spoke, Youmiao knew it was going to be bad, and immediately ran down the tower, roaring, "Notify the whole city! The people are all hidden!"
As soon as You Miao's order went down, Zhao Chao bent a bow on the tower and shot an arrow like a shooting star, immediately shooting the messenger off his horse! In an instant, the Tatar army shouted and laughed arrogantly, but no one rushed forward.
Zhao Chao shot and killed the messenger who came to persuade surrender, and roared on the city: "Come and attack the city if you have the guts!"
"Damn..." Zhao Chao couldn't help trembling with anger, turned his head and said, "When they get closer, they will shoot arrows down from the tower... You Ziqian, You Miao? Where are the people?"
The Tartar army retreated like a tide, and the rear formation changed to the front formation, but it was not close to the city. The soldiers in the front team lay down neatly, their feet turned to the sky, and they kicked the crossbow violently, and the rear team quickly mounted the arrow.
Zhao Chao immediately turned around and shouted, "Covering measures!"
At the same time, the shouts of the commander's order were vaguely heard in the Tatar army camp, the capital was silent for ten miles, and the passage of time in the fiery red sunset seemed to stop.
After a few breaths, tens of thousands of crossbow strings vibrated at the same time, and 10,000 iron arrows flew flat to the clouds!
You Miao ran wildly on the street on horseback, ordering the people to go home and evacuate as soon as possible. Everything happened in an instant. The iron arrows of the Tartars flew high into the sky, and then pulled out an arc, covering the entire capital! Arrows rushed from the sky to the earth, and a rain of arrows fell from the sky.
There was the sound of falling arrows raining everywhere, the people shouted in panic, there was nowhere to run, and those who couldn't escape were pinned to the ground with an arrow! At the same time, an arrow flew down from the sky and hit the horse stock of You Miao's mount. You Miao spun around for a while, and was lifted straight into the air. She subconsciously held her head and slammed into the wall beside the road. Another arrow smashed the tiles on the roof, the rubble fell, and a man rushed to the side, rolled around with strong arms around You Miao, and avoided the house.
"You don't want to die!" Li Yan shouted in You Miao's ear.
You Miao fell so hard that she could see gold stars, and was dragged into the house by Li Yan, raising the tile cylinder to cover the two of them.
At the same time, the arrow rain flew to the palace and shot through the window of the golden hall. The ministers who were discussing the matter shouted in panic. Countless guards protected the prince and hid behind the pillar. The glazed tiles on the golden hall were broken and covered with dust.