Chapter 142 The broken city is like flowing fire, the emperor guards the capital (1/4)(1/2)
The small hammer is forty, the sledgehammer is forty.
Li Yuanba’s hammer is worth a thousand gold.
With a loud "boom", Li Yuanba smashed a big hole in the bricks and stones piled up in the small door. He lit a torch and looked in. There were all kinds of debris piled up inside to block the passage.
There were also soldiers guarding the city on the other side. As soon as the small gate was smashed open, the soldier also saw this place through the gap and exclaimed repeatedly.
"Yuanba, go in and push all the miscellaneous items away!"
"Um!"
Li Yuanba put down his double hammers, went in through the hole with empty hands, and still let some debris come out. When he encountered a hard object, he simply broke it with one punch. He leaped into it and wanted to drill into the city wall.
The soldiers in the city had noticed the gap and called for help in shock. Many guards came over, holding long spears around the exit, and poked towards Li Yuanba who was approaching!
Li Yuanba looked at the spear head that was stabbing at him, sneered, turned sideways, raised his arm, clamped several gun rods with his armpits, pressed them hard, and "catched" a few times, and the spears broke all the time.
The spear head fell into Li Yuanba's hands, so he simply used it as a dart and raised his hand to throw it at the opposite side.
Puff puff puff...
Several guards did not poke Li Yuanba to death, but instead were stabbed into his body by his spearhead and fell to the ground wailingly.
At this moment, Li Gui looked at Zhao Yun who was brave and unscrupulous, and sweated coldly. Although there were two masters in his group of warriors, he could not immediately take Zhao Yun. The latter was amazing and strange lights appeared on his body from time to time.
As soon as the light came out, Zhao Yun's speed suddenly increased, which almost suffered a great loss in shock.
Not only that, white bone soldiers kept getting up on the city wall, which seemed particularly terrifying in this moonless night!
Even though Bai Shiquan had already informed Su Yuan of the extraordinary technique of summoning the bone soldiers, Li Gui still felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart when he saw this scene with his own eyes.
Even he couldn't stand it, let alone ordinary soldiers, which was the result of their "vaccination" before. Li Gui told them before that the enemy could have some magic tricks, but don't be afraid, these skeleton soldiers are very weak and not as good as real people.
But it is said that it is one thing, but it is another thing to see with your own eyes. Who can watch the skeleton soldiers crawl out of the body of their comrades without being moved?
If these had already made Li Gui feel anxious, the small gate under the city was broken, which surprised him even more.
"General! The enemy rushed in through the small gate!"
"What?!"
Li Guiren was on the city wall and had no time to check what happened below, and the braziers on the city wall were knocked over and destroyed by previous flying guns. In the darkness, he would inevitably neglect to observe the bottom of the city wall.
Moreover, Li Yuanba's movements were too fast, and it took less than two minutes to hammer the small door to rushing in and breaking through the passage.
When the news reached Li Gui, it was too late to stop it.
Li Gui ran to the steps of the city wall and watched down, and immediately saw a scene that would never be forgotten by him.
He saw a dazzling light burst out in the open space below the steps. In that light, hundreds of Bei'an soldiers suddenly appeared!
This scene made him a little dizzy and unbelievable.
He thought he was presbyopia. How did these thousands of enemy troops appear? How did they pass through the small gate in an instant? Even if the small gate is broken, at most one or two people will pass at one time!
This surreal scene is enough to make any famous general collapse.
But Li Gui is getting stronger and his psychological quality is far beyond ordinary people. Seeing such a strange situation, he can still calm down.
He immediately understood that the outer city wall could no longer be defended!
"Retreat into the city!" he shouted, "Give up the city walls! Go all to the long street!"
If the city wall is not given up and the upper and lower parts are attacked, it will only lead to the annihilation of the defenders on the city wall.
Many soldiers actually wanted to retreat a long time ago. They were so scared. The skeleton soldiers who kept coming out might not be so scary if there was a big sun during the day, but in this dark night, it was really terrifying.
The defenders on the city wall rushed down the steps. Some fell accidentally in panic and immediately trampled on by future generations. Thousands of people crowded, but they faced the Bei'an army and the fierce general Li Yuanba who used double hammers.
"die!"
Li Yuanba had both hammers in his hand, and one person blocked the stone steps. One of them came down from above and the other Bei'an soldiers fought with the defenders who came to support. The shouts of killing shocked the sky and the earth, awakening the entire capital.
The message was conveyed rapidly.
In the residences of all the princes and nobles, people come in and out frequently.
These wealthy and noble people were scared to death when they heard that the Bei'an army had broken through the city wall and were fighting with the guards on the long street in the center of the capital.
Can you keep it if you promised?
How could it be suddenly broken?
No one knows the reason, nor does anyone care, because the current point is that the outer city wall is broken, which means that the nobles, such as these, have also lost their protective umbrella.
If the defenders cannot stop the Bei'an army, once the latter rushes into the inner city, they will all be in danger.
This made them feel extremely frightened!
The major mansions in the south city were already noisy, with crying and shouting everywhere, and the major families were quickly cleaning up the fine and soft, as if they were about to escape.
At the same time, in the palace, Emperor Qingxiang woke up in the middle of the night and learned that the outer city had been captured, his old face was as pale as paper.
"How, how could this be..."
"Your Majesty! The defenders in the city are fighting with Bei'an soldiers on the Central Long Street, and it is still unknown which one wins and who will lose!" Prime Minister He Zhongping said. After he learned the news, he entered the palace as soon as possible and discussed with the emperor.
Qingxiang was excited when he heard this and said, "Yes, the outcome is still unknown! There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital. Even if they lose the outer wall and start a war from the front of the long street, they may not necessarily be defeated!"
Emperor Qingxiang, who had been tortured by illness recently, was extremely energetic at this moment. Under the intensification of pressure, he seemed to be more than teenagers younger and spoke more powerfully.
"Zhongping, you immediately let all officials enter the palace, and kill those who are not sick! In addition, let them send all the servants to the Central Frontier!"
"yes!"
Emperor Qingxiang also called the newly replaced guard captain with swords, and asked him to assemble the guards in the palace, and gathered the imperial guards. Finally, he even sent someone a set of armor and swords.
Seeing this, He Zhongping was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Does Your Majesty want to lead the troops yourself?"
"Not bad!" Emperor Qingxiang held a long sword in his hand, and was full of murderous aura. "I want to see for myself how capable Su Yuan has, why can he occupy my Mozhou Qingzhou, and why can he break through my capital!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
He Zhongping was anxious. If the young emperor did this, he would definitely agree. The emperor went to the battlefield personally and the morale of the soldiers would definitely improve.
But the problem is that Emperor Qingxiang is too old and is still sick these days. Even though he looks energetic now, he is just a last resort.
He Zhongping even worried that once Emperor Qingxiang really goes to the front line, he may suddenly die in the midst of the fierce fighting of the army!
Once this happens, let alone boost morale, it will directly break down morale!
Qingxiang ignored He Zhongping and insisted on going in person: "I have lost my will, don't say more!"
“…Yes, Your Majesty.”
Seeing that He Zhongping could not convince, he could only obey the order.
After he left, Qingxiang gave another order to the Imperial Guards.
He sent a part of the imperial guards to the East City Gate. Without his orders, no one was allowed to enter and exit. Those who violated their orders were immediately executed!
"The capital city cannot be missed. At this time, I see who wants to run away!"
Emperor Qingxiang knew very well that at this time someone must have wanted to leave the East City Gate and go to the ferry to take a boat to escape, so he had to block the road first.
This is also his purpose of forcing civil and military officials to enter the palace. The treasure land left by his ancestors in the capital of the Great Zhou for hundreds of years must not be abandoned! If anyone wants to escape at this time, he might as well cut off the person first!
Qingxiang was determined to go to the central street with the imperial guards after putting on his armor.
He also ordered the princes to go with him. At this time, if anyone dares to retreat, even his own son, he will be killed.
At this moment, on the Central Street, the war was in full swing.
The so-called central street is a long street that runs through the east and west city gates and passes through the entire capital. This street is wide and prosperous, with endless traffic and crowded people in the past. It is a famous scenic spot in the capital.
But tonight, only the killings occupy the long street.
The Bei'an army had controlled the Xicheng Gate, and the guards retreated to the Central Long Street. The two armies fought on the Long Street. Zhao Yun and Li Yuanba fought in the front, like two chariots, crushing all the enemies blocking in front of them.
Behind is a phalanx composed of summoned soldiers and real soldiers. The sacred priests constantly use "Healing Light" and "Speed Light" at the end of the team to speed up the recovery of blood for the front troops.
The meat shield warrior stands in the front row and the nurse stands in the back row. This perfect formation that usually only appears in the "game" is now restored to reality.
This made the defenders in the capital despair. The number of them was not smaller than that of the Bei'an army, but they were even more. But they found that the soldiers of the Bei'an army were all extremely fierce as if they were injected with chicken blood!
And after they are injured, strange light will fall on their bodies, and the wound will stop bleeding quickly. This is the most terrifying thing.
Before Su Yuan traveled through time, he read history books and said that the Yellow Turban soldiers drank the "Tianshi Fu Shui" made by Zhang Jiao, and believed that they were "invulnerable to swords and guns" and thus fought fiercely, but that was just a lie after all.
But now his Bei'an army has turned lies into reality. Although it is not "invulnerable to swords and guns", "real-time treatment" is also a miracle.
Li Gui was wrapped in the defenders at this time and watched his soldiers retreat step by step. He was so anxious that his throat was almost roaring, but there was nothing he could do.
As for Zhou Chong, he had been lying on the city wall before, avoiding flying guns. Later, under the desperate protection of hundreds of soldiers, he successfully escaped from the city wall. Now he was hiding at the end of the team, his face full of fear, and he no longer had the initial energy.
Only when he watched the lives pass by did he realize that war is not a joke, nor is it the romance he imagined. Some are just cold death and hot blood.
In a state of anxiety, the Bei'an army was advancing, and the defenders were retreating. Before they knew it, the former advanced nearly a hundred meters. A corpse was left on the way, most of which were defenders in the capital, which made the morale of the defenders almost on the verge of collapse.
Once morale collapses, there will definitely be one-sided massacre or surrender. Li Gui cannot let that scene happen. He shouted to his personal guards: "Get out of the way! I will go ahead!"
He planned to use his life to stimulate the bloodiness of the defenders. Perhaps, the death of the commander will only bring the soldiers to collapse faster.
But there is no way. Li Gui must gamble now. If he doesn’t gamble, he will collapse. If he gambles, he still has a glimmer of possibility!
To be continued...