At sunrise, You Miao rode his horse out of the east gate of Maocheng, and in front of him was a group of military officers and civil servants with better physical strength. You Miao assigned the counties and territories, and asked the ministers to send letters separately to come to King Qin of Maocheng.
"Master You." A military officer said, "Rebels..."
"Zhao Zang is dead." You Miao said without thinking: "Li Yan and Pingxi spread rumors about His Majesty's death, and people of unknown origin lied about the late emperor, which is a crime and deserves death. Let the counties and counties die. The sergeant dispatches troops quickly, and if you are unwilling, kill them and seize the military power!"
Another military officer said: "The militias in each county are mostly composed of noble family soldiers..."
"Their sons are all in the inner city of the palace, protecting the queen and the unborn prince." You Miao said, "We must come and save!"
The military attachés were stunned for a moment. They understood You Miao's arrangement, and immediately left. You Miao rushed back to Jiangbo Villa. The only hope now is that the Quanrong people did not go south in large numbers, otherwise once Dalek broke the Yangtze River, everything would be over.
The prince should not borrow Hu soldiers to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Otherwise, before he can secure the throne, Daleko will kill him first... In a hurry, You Miao rushed back to the villa, mobilized all the family soldiers, passed through Anlu County along the way, and entered The county government summoned 2,000 militiamen from Anlu.
The city of Mao was already in a bitter battle. The Yangzhou army began to attack the inner city. The prince personally supervised the battle and said loudly: "Why don't you open the door and surrender! I have been living abroad for many years. Wait!"
Another voice roared: "This person is definitely not the prince, the prince is dead! This is a fake king! I, Tang Hui, have led the Royal Forest Army for many years, and he has changed his appearance, but he can't change his voice! Put down your weapons, it is too late to surrender now!"
Outside the inner city, all the people who attacked the city gates ate together.
The prince said: "General Tang Hui! What face do you have to meet my ancestors and ancestors of the apocalypse..."
A trumpet was blown outside the city, thousands of troops rushed in, and the ground was shaking. At dusk, a sunset was like blood and dyed the sky red. The army of King Qin had arrived, and the army of the imperial forest gave a thunderous cheer.
"Stand up!" Pingxi's expression changed: "As long as the inner city is invaded, with the queen as a pledge, You Miao will not dare to mess around!"
On the plain outside Maocheng, more and more militiamen gathered, and tens of thousands of people occupied the plain and the soldiers, cutting off the Yangzhou army's back path. There are more troops arriving in an endless stream, You Miao stationed outside the horse city and took a deep breath. At this time, he didn't even know who to pray to.
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No heroic spirit will help him.
You Miao stared at the billowing smoke rising from the city, and said in a low voice, "Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go and start a war."
"rush!"
King Qin's army rushed into the city gate, and the first wave of soldiers who rushed to the city died immediately under the arrows. However, the militiamen without much training were like ants and couldn't kill them, and they paid a painful price of nearly 5,000 people. Down, and finally captured the South Gate. Immediately afterwards, You Miao's private soldiers scattered into the city to snatch the head of the city, and more soldiers rushed into the city and started street fighting.
A third wave of troops arrived.
A rough voice shouted: "Master You! I'll help you!"
Tu Risheng arrived with his soldiers and marched in a hurry day and night. The addition of 20,000 people brought Qin Wang's army back to its advantage.
"The people of Tianqi..." Zhao Zong's voice said loudly in the distance.
"Release the arrow!" You Miao shouted hoarsely.
You Miao knew that Zhao Zhuang could not be given any chance, and the overwhelming arrows flew into the city. At the same moment, the bronze gate of the inner city opened wide, and the Royal Forest Army came out overwhelmingly!
This downstream Miao finally fell to the ground, and the Yangzhou army was attacked by the belly and the back. At this point, Zhao Zong was over. Tu Risheng led the troops to bear the brunt of the charge, filling up with the lives of the people, and the ten-mile long street was full of soldiers' flesh and blood, and successfully formed a siege with the Royal Forest Army.
From the early morning of July 17th to the evening, and then to the early morning of the 18th, at the dusk of the 18th of July, this civil war finally ended. The Yangzhou army was completely defeated, and the chief generals died almost without exception. Pingxi was killed by the arrow, and the guards guarding Zhao Zong were killed by Tang Hui.
Zhao Zhuang was captured, and the Yangzhou army fought to the last moment, and everyone would rather die than surrender.
You Miao walked into the inner city, the fire in the whole city gradually went out, Xie Hui, Tang Bo and others greeted him.
"Where's the queen?" You Miao asked.
Xie Hui said: "I'm resting already."
Tang Hui was covered in scars, sat in front of the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, wandered over, knelt down on one knee, and took Tang Hui's hand. Tang Hui put his hand on Youmiao's forehead and said, "Ziqian, eldest brother knew you would come back."
You Miao was overjoyed, tears rolled down her cheeks, and nodded her head choked.
There were charred corpses everywhere outside the city. Youmiao watched all this numbly. Seeing the dead soldiers, for some reason, he thought of Nie Dan. Nie Dan's heroic spirit seemed to shuttle among the fallen soldiers, comforting their dead souls, no matter if they were enemies or not, there was no distinction between them.
The two imperial guards came over with a stretcher, covered with a white cloth, and placed it in front of You Miao.
You Miao lifted the white cloth, and when she saw Ping Xi's dirty face, she couldn't help crying.
You Miao knelt in front of the stretcher, hugged the corpse and cried, "Pingxi... I don't want to, I have no choice..."
It rained lightly in the sky, You Miao was overwhelmed with grief, and several ministers looked at Ping Xi's corpse and remained silent.
After winning this battle, You Miao was not happy at all. He killed so many people, and every soldier seemed to be their relatives, especially Ping Xi.
He fell asleep leaning against the white jade bar in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. In the middle of the night, the Royal Forest Army found him and carried him back to the hall.
He woke up in a daze, and his whole body felt like falling apart. When he opened his eyes, everything was like a dream. Under the light, Qiao Rong was still attentively embroidering Zhao Chao's fiery red shirt.
"Bring the porridge here, Uncle Guo is awake." Qiao Rong ordered.
You Miao drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and felt better. Qiao Rong said, "Don't blame yourself too much for the death of Ping Shangshu."
"I know." You Miao choked.
Qiao Rong said again: "You slept all day and night. When you fell asleep, Master Xie came and General Tang came too."
You Miao suddenly woke up and said, "Someone!"
The guards came over, You Miao said: "Send an order to Tu Risheng, let him quickly lead his troops to the north bank of the Yangtze River, in case the Quanrong people cross the river..."
"I've already gone." Qiao Rong said, "After clearing up the battlefield, the first thing Xie Hui did was to send General Tang and Tu Risheng to guard against foreigners attacking from the south."
You Miao breathed a sigh of relief. The guard knelt down on one knee and said, "Qin Wang's army is still in the city and has not retreated. Master Tang has sent someone out to search Yangzhou."
You Miao snorted, knowing that the Zhengshitang could still operate spontaneously when he was away, and finally felt relieved.
This time, You Miao knew who betrayed and who stayed, and he could not wait for Zhao Chao to come back, and there would be a big purge. Fortunately, most of the children of the Jiangnan gentry served in the court, and when Li Yan and others attacked the inner city, You Miao detained them in the palace.
In this way, charges of rebellion can be avoided, and Zhao Chao can kill people he doesn't want to kill.
"Zhao... What about the fake prince?" You Miao asked.
"Report to Master Shen Zhi." The guard replied, "You and Li Hanlin have been taken to the Heavenly Prison."
After You Miao finished her porridge, she got up and said, "I'll go see him."