Chu San saw that everyone was looking sad, and he quickly opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, Commander Xin of Hetao is leading 20,000 cavalry towards the north gate. He should be able to intercept the 50,000-strong army of the Holy Sect of Paradise outside the city.
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"Oh?" Not only Chu Lianfeng, but also Tian Fengyu and others were also ecstatic.
Chu Lianfeng even grabbed Chu San's lapel and said, "Seriously!"
"Seriously!" Although Chu San is a young disciple carefully trained by Luo Xiang, his martial arts skills are not much different from Xian Lianchen, but in terms of martial arts cultivation, Chu Lianfeng is the well-deserved number one among the ten heroes.
Since the battle at Hukou, Chu Lianfeng's martial arts has made great progress. Chu San was almost breathless when he was caught by him.
Chu Lianfeng also realized his rudeness, so he said with a smile: "Butler Chu, Mr. Chu was rude just now, please don't blame me."
Chu San took a breath and then said: "Everyone, our main task now is to block the attack of the Holy Sect of Paradise here and buy as much time as possible for the people. As for the people leaving the city, as long as they go all the way to the northwest or north
Let's go, at least twenty miles away, I think they will be safe."
Tian Fengyu said decisively: "In that case, Lan Xin, please go and inform the people first. Except for those who maintain order, we will gather all our forces and resist here for a while."
Soon, combat-ready personnel from all sides arrived in a hurry. There were 1,100 soldiers from Jingbei Palace under Chu San and more than 600 from Xiaodu. Most of the disciples from Yaochi Jade Palace were now in the imperial city.
Therefore, there are only more than 300 people in Tianfengyu's place. Although Mingjian Villa and Yanyu Ninghua Palace are the largest martial arts sects in the empire, in the battle of Xuzhou last year, half of their elite disciples died on the battlefield, and the remaining disciples
Most of them were with Emperor Zhongxing, so the two families combined were only one thousand, three and four. To Tian Fengyu and others' surprise, after learning the news, Ouyang Jingzhong's three sons plus a lot of
Five to six hundred people jumped out of the family members of the meritorious nobles, and there were even more than ten women among the family members of Weiyuan Hou Huahe, which made Chu Lianfeng and others excited.
The pursuit of the Ji Le soldiers was Qin Mang under Zhu Zhao's command. Zhu Zhao discovered that the people and meritorious nobles in the city had a tendency to flee towards the north city, and immediately ordered Minghui to lead his army to encircle from outside, while Qin Mang led 20,000 soldiers to break through.
The rioters in Kaesong came to hunt him down.
Zhu Zhao never thought about capturing the imperial city. In fact, for Zhu Zhao, being able to capture the inner city was already a fluke. For the Holy Sect of Paradise, capturing the Holy Capital of Tiandu now does not make much sense.
He has become the target of public criticism. The significance of conquering Tiandu Holy Capital does not lie in how much property he can plunder from here, nor in how much war potential he can reduce the Qingfeng Empire, but in his confidence. While greatly enhancing the confidence of the Holy Sect of Paradise, he can
This will damage the confidence of the Qingfeng Empire to the greatest extent. Just imagine, even the imperial capital has been breached, what power does the Qingfeng royal family still have to appeal to? What prestige is there to speak of? In that case, the four vassals within the Qingfeng Empire will only be in awe of the royal family.
If they are further weakened, especially the unwilling Song family and the powerful Li family, they will definitely be ready to make a move. In this way, the situation of the Holy Sect of Paradise will be much better, and they may even be able to plot the Jiangnan Great Lakes again.
Whether Tiandu Shengjing can be completely captured is not the key to the matter. Even if Tiandu Shengjing is only captured by one gate, it can be regarded as a victory for the Holy Sect of Paradise. For the Zhongxing Emperor who has already nestled in the imperial city
Zhu Zhao actually had no intention of wiping out all the people in the empire. Emperor Zhongxing was too talented and ambitious, and the ministers below him, such as Liu Chaoting, Han Cheng, Guan Xiang, etc., were all mediocre in intelligence. Keep them.
, which can just intensify the internal strife among various forces within the Qingfeng Empire. Moreover, the wealth of the outer city and the inner city alone can already satisfy the appetite of the Holy Sect of Paradise. However, after knowing that the people here at the North Gate are retreating in an organized way,
At that time, Zhu Zhao was still angry.
Zhu Zhao's life principle has always been to either do nothing or never do anything. Since he did it in the first year of junior high school, he will definitely do it in the fifteenth year. From the time he started planning the strategy for Tiandu Shengjing, Tiandu Shengjing must be massacred.
.Especially those meritorious nobles who fled with the people, Zhu Zhao did not allow them to leave.
Although many of the meritorious nobles of the Qingfeng Empire have been corrupted and become a burden to the empire, there are still many who are very courageous. Just like when Emperor Yinglie's army went on a personal expedition, hundreds of meritorious nobles accompanied the army. They later
During the battle, the reputation of their ancestors was not insulted. Zhu Zhao would naturally not let go of such a person.
After learning the news that the south gate had been breached, Emperor Zhongxing immediately ordered Ma Ying from the east gate and Huang Jie from the west gate to retreat into the imperial city. At that time, Liu Chaoting and others were discussing matters with Emperor Zhongxing, and they were all in the imperial city.
As a result, they escaped a disaster, but their family was not so lucky. Emperor Zhongxing ordered the city gates to be sealed, and no one was allowed to enter. No matter who called the door, they would not open it. And now in the imperial city, the total military strength
There are at least 80,000, and this is the core of the Qingfeng Empire. Although Zhu Zhao has an absolutely superior force in his hands, he is still unwilling to waste time here. After all, at the last moment, dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, let alone humans.
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But for the families of meritorious nobles like Ouyang Jingzhong, Zhu Zhao will never let go. These people are the backbone of the Qingfeng Empire. As long as this backbone is broken, the Qingfeng Empire will basically be finished. Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands more.
The people followed and left, which was absolutely not allowed for the Holy Sect of Paradise, which was bent on bloodbathing the Holy Capital of Heaven.
Among the Holy Sect of Paradise, Qin Mang is not an outstanding general. Although he is mediocre in intelligence, he is simple-minded and is a very easy-to-use person, most suitable for reckless actions. As soon as he received this mission, Qin Mang's eyes turned red.
He looked excited. For a murderous person like him, it was indeed a pleasure to be able to kill without any scruples.
But what made Qin Mang very unhappy was that before his 20,000 soldiers reached the north gate, they were blocked by a group of miscellaneous troops. This was not an army, but more like a rabble. But this rabble
Their combat effectiveness was exceptionally outstanding. They relied on the uneven residential buildings near Beicheng to firmly block their 20,000 soldiers.
"Master Chu, why don't you follow the imperial city? With your status, His Majesty will definitely not refuse your entry, right?" Chu San happened to be standing next to Chu Lianfeng and asked curiously.
A smile appeared on Chu Lianfeng's face. He knew what Chu San meant. After all, Chu San was still his senior brother.
When talking about the three Xianlie talents who were famous all over the world during the Xianlie period, everyone was full of praise. But for the origins of the three of them, including Qin Shang, who had an unusual friendship with them, everyone They can't even explain why. Luo Xiang is a Youyun ranger who can kill a person in ten steps and leave no trace for thousands of miles. Chu Xiangcheng is a down-and-out talent who wanders around the world but is extremely talented. Hao Qian is extremely talented but never changes from the past. A hot-blooded scholar, Qin Shang is a descended immortal with exquisite beauty and exquisite seven orifices. Except for Hao Sheng, who was born in the top scholarly family in the Qingfeng Empire, the other three all have mysterious origins.
However, Chu Lianfeng knew the origin of Chu Xiangcheng. Chu Xiangcheng’s true identity was actually the eldest son of the previous owner of Mingjian Villa, who was also the eldest brother of the current owner Chu Jianhuan. Mingjian Villa was the most famous in the Qingfeng Empire As the eldest son of the old owner of a prominent martial arts family, Chu Xiangcheng was originally destined to be the future heir of the Mingjian Villa. However, no one expected that this eldest son from a martial arts family would have no interest in martial arts at all. Instead, he was obsessed with literature. The old owner of the village had an unusual headache for his eldest son. He was smart by nature and learned everything very quickly, but he had no interest in martial arts. No matter how his family persuaded him, Chu Xiangcheng would not practice martial arts. In the end The old owner of the village was furious and expelled his son, who he considered to be neither filial nor promising, out of the house. Chu Xiangcheng was also young and frivolous at the time, and he never returned after leaving.
When the old village owner died of illness, Chu Xiangcheng did not know it. At that time, he, Luo Xianghao and others were exiled to the Bloody Plateau by Emperor Shenzong because they proposed reforms too radically. Although Luo Xiang rescued him on the way, in order to hide his traces, Chu Xiangcheng Xiangcheng kept a low profile for a while. When he was able to appear in public, the news of the death of the old village owner had come. At this time, Chu Xiangcheng's temperament was very different from the young and frivolous back then. Under the combination of regret and regret, Chu Xiangcheng Cheng Huong always thought about what his father said to him that he had no future. Therefore, for more than ten years, he and Luo Xiang had been secretly planning to go home and pay homage to his father when he became successful. Of course, the current Prime Minister Chu Cheng has become more and more like this trend. However, the world is still uncertain, and Chu Xiangcheng is destined not to go home to worship. And Chu Jianhuan has never mentioned this matter to outsiders, so few people know. However, , Chu Lianfeng, as Chu Xiangcheng’s nephew, naturally knows.
Chu San is a disciple trained by Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng, so he is naturally Chu Lianfeng's senior brother. He is the absolute confidant of Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng, and he also knows the relationship between the two parties.
Chu Lianfeng looked at the fire all over the city and sighed longly: "Mingjian Villa, as a martial arts sect in the Celestial Dynasty, also has its responsibilities. He should not exist for one person's selfish desires. When the nation is in danger, He should stand up, because the blood of the people of the Celestial Dynasty flows in our bodies. We have already made a mistake that year, and we cannot make mistakes again this time. I think even the three hundred Confucian scholars of Shigu Academy can resist foreign enemies. To sacrifice one's life for one's country, let alone those of us in the martial arts world?"
"The owner of the village will not let you off lightly," Chu San said.
Chu Lianfeng didn't speak, he just looked at the fire all over the city, tears brimming in his eyes.
"What's going on? Why can't we rush through?" He had an absolutely superior force, but Qin Mang was blocked by the defeated generals in his eyes and couldn't move forward at all. This suddenly made Qin Mang furious.
"General, the other side has the upper hand. They are relying on their houses and alleyways to resist, and everyone's fighting power is quite strong. It is very difficult for us to move forward..." A member of Wanhu said in embarrassment.
Qin Mang shouted angrily: "You bastard! Idiot! Just use whatever means you have! Your Majesty has already said, massacre the city, massacre the city! Do you understand, do you want me to say it a second time? You still worry so much now, you trash!"
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Wan Hu's originally hunched head suddenly lifted up, with a ferocious smile on his lips, Wan Hu said fiercely: "General, this subordinate knows what to do."
Wan Hu turned around and rushed out, and then the area around Beicheng suddenly burst into flames.
Chu Lianfeng and others were already having a very difficult time sniping, but with the Holy Sect setting fire like this, their situation became even worse. Without the favorable location, the manpower in their hands could not stop the attack of the Holy Sect.
"Let the people go faster! Uncle Tianshi, let's gather all the people and stop them here!" Chu Lianfeng said anxiously. There are at least 100,000 people near the city gate now. Looking at the people in front of them,
At this speed, it will take at least an hour to pass them all.
Tian Fengyu and Ruo Yu Hanmei both had blood-stained white robes. Ruo Yu Hanmei's clothes had even been burned off. It was obvious that they, who had been at the back, were also caught in a bitter fight. When they heard Chu Lianfeng say this
In short, everyone has no objection. There is no one with regular military background among them. Chu Lianfeng has been on the battlefield after all, and at least in this aspect he is much better than them.
But now Chu San and others were able to gather only a little more than two thousand people, and the people near the city gate sensed the danger and began to jump in line one by one. Sheng Lanxin was so angry that she had to behead him on the spot.
After hundreds of people were gathered, order was brought under control.
Chu San's forehead is now covered with sweat. He doesn't know if Xinke's cavalry can arrive in time. Minghui's army outside the city is probably not far from the north gate. If Xinke can't arrive in time, then these common people will
Even if he escapes, he will probably be in bad luck.
"Steward Chu, look, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard are coming to rescue us!" Ruoyu Hanmei, who was beside Chu San, suddenly said excitedly.
Chu San took a look, and sure enough, at the end of the street, countless soldiers of the Imperial Guard, led by a captain, forcibly broke through the defense line of the Holy Sect of Paradise and came towards him.
"It's Deputy Commander Meng Hong!" Tian Fengyu said in surprise.
When Meng Hong saw Chu Lianfeng and others, he was immediately startled, but he laughed and said: "Haha, I was wondering who blocked the attack of the Holy Sect of Bliss here. It turned out to be all of you."
Chu Lianfeng didn't care about being polite, grabbed Meng Hong and said, "Legion Commander, how many people did you bring?"
"Less than 10,000." Meng Hong said with some frustration: "The Holy Sect of Bliss is coming fiercely, and the Yuzhou Legion and the gangsters in the city are taking advantage of the fire to rob them. The legion commander only has less than 60,000 soldiers in his hands, and he cannot control the situation at all. On the contrary,
It was shattered by the Holy Sect of Paradise. The legion commander is currently resisting the attack of Wu Yan at the west gate. I heard that the Holy Sect of Paradise is attacking the north gate. Thinking that most of the people leave the city from here, the legion commander asked me to lead the formation to return the city.
A complete team of 10,000 people came to the rescue. Fortunately, the opponent's troops were relatively scattered and too careless. Otherwise, I don't know if the 10,000 people could have rushed over."
Chu Lianfeng said happily: "With these ten thousand soldiers, we feel much more at ease. Haha, you came just in time. We must stay here now to let the people get out of the city smoothly. Commander of the Army, you are the military general, here.
The command will be left to you."
"If the matter is urgent, I won't be polite. However, the Minghui Division of the Holy Bliss Sect has already bypassed the west gate and surrounded the north gate. We should ask the people to run faster, otherwise they will definitely die even if they leave the city."
Chu San said quickly: "Commander of the Army, don't worry, our Commander-in-Chief from Hetao has already led the cavalry to come at full speed. He should be here by now."
Meng Hong was startled and then smiled: "If Xin Shuai can really arrive in time, then we don't have to worry. Xin Shuai's courage is unparalleled in the world." He was a veteran of the Guards Corps who fought desperately to rescue Xuzhou from Hetao. Naturally,
Knowing the prestige of letter engraving, both Huang Jie, Ma Ying and Meng Hong are grateful for the Hetao.
Xiao Du, who was shooting at the low-level generals of the Holy Sect of Paradise with a long bow on a tall building, suddenly shouted excitedly: "Everyone, the Hetao cavalry is coming! The Hetao cavalry is coming!"