Chapter 156: For those who stutter (monthly ticket adds more updates)
After Lu Gui gave the order to suppress the archers on the city wall, the arrow rain on the city wall became much sparser.
The soldiers of the government began to charge towards the bottom of the city wall carrying the ladders.
As the roaring sound continued, hundreds of ladders attached to the crenellations of the city wall, and the sword and shield soldiers held up their shields and began to climb up the ladders.
The thundering stones and rolling logs thrown by the imperial guards on the city wall, mixed with the stinky golden juice, once again caused dense screams to be heard under the city wall.
"The archers are waiting for the opportunity to shoot down the rebel soldiers outside the city. Use the thundering stones and rolling wood sparingly. The pikemen come forward!"
In a matter of seconds, countless soldiers with swords and shields had climbed up the city wall holding tokens.
Before they could be happy, they were met with four or five spear points piercing their chests.
With a scream, he fell towards the city wall.
The sound of banging on the city gate under the city wall was heard. Lu Tao's expression did not change at all. He commanded the imperial guards in an orderly manner to attack the rebels who climbed up the city wall.
Under the city wall, a brisk messenger ran to Lu Gui.
"Report to the general."
"The sound of the city gate made it completely motionless even after being hit by a door-ramming truck. It must have been sealed from the city gate hole with rammed earth or bricks. If you want to break the city, you can only fight in from the top of the city wall."
Lu Gui looked at the battle situation on the city wall without any surprise and nodded: "As expected, His Majesty plans to seal the city and defend it."
Lu Tao slashed down a rebel who had climbed up the city wall, and subconsciously glanced at the situation outside the city.
Looking at the general's flag outside the city, Lu Tao sheathed his sword and said, "Personal soldiers, take my general's big yellow bow."
"Got the order!"
"General, your bow and arrows!"
Lu Tao took the bow and arrow and began to bend the bow and set the arrow. He aimed at Lu Gui, who was under the banner, and the arrow in his hand slightly loosened, then left the string and shot towards Lu Gui.
Lu Gui, who was explaining the siege plan to the messengers, felt a chill in his heart. He subconsciously bent down, and a special wooden feather arrow floated gently from Lu Gui's neck when he was standing upright, and fell weakly to the ground.
"Protect the General!"
The surrounding guards noticed something was wrong and immediately surrounded Lu Gui.
Lu Gui straightened up with gloomy eyes, glanced at the location of the city wall, looked back at the wooden feather arrow that fell on the ground, and took a breath with lingering fear.
"Fortunately, the distance is far and the arrow is not strong enough. If it were a bed crossbow, General Ben would most likely be responsible for this!"
"Send the order!"
"The siege vehicles keep their distance to prevent the defenders from being bombarded by artillery fire, and then advance forward one by one to suppress the guards on the city wall!"
"Got the order!"
Lu Tao regretfully threw the big yellow bow to his guards and walked over as if sweeping away the artillery not far away.
He patted the artilleryman on the shoulder: "Brother, can you use artillery to bombard the people under the general's flag? If you bombard the people under the general's flag, I will give you the credit of twenty people!"
The artilleryman's eyes lit up, he bent down to look at the position of General Lu Gui's flag and shook his head in disappointment.
"General, the distance is too close. A cannonball fired from this angle would have to fly at least fifty steps away from the rebel general's flag. The flag is set at that place, presumably to guard against our artillery."
Lu Tao patted the cannon barrel with residual heat and sighed: "It's not very powerful, it's absolutely powerful, but it's too bulky and has too many limitations."
"It will be great when it can be small enough to be held in your hand and fired. It will be as light and flexible as a bow and arrow. Then you can hit wherever you want!"
If Young Master Liu were here, he would definitely look at Lu Tao in surprise. His idea is quite avant-garde.
It's a pity that I have already made a flintlock gun and a repeating gun. Your inspiration came too late.
Unable to recruit the rebel general, Lu Tao had to return to his position and command the Imperial Guards to fight back according to changes.
This beating lasted for several hours, until the sky became dark.
The rebel camp began to sound the horn of retreat.
Bodies were left on the ground under the city walls of the capital. Amidst the sound of trumpets, the siege rebels began to retreat like a tide.
Lu Tao wiped off the blood on his knife, took the spear from the spearman's hand, pointed the tip of the spear at the ladder, and lifted it hard. The veins on the back of his hand swelled, and the siege ladder attached to the battlement was knocked aside.
Slide down the city wall.
"Carry the injured brothers under the city wall and let the military doctors treat them."
"Got the order!"
Looking at the densely packed corpses under the city wall, Lu Tao didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
These are all Dalong's soldiers. They should have leapt on their horses and whipped their whips, marching north to kill the enemy and serve the country, but now they have turned to fratricide.
Lu Tao sighed: "I blame you for embarking on a road of no return!"
"The prosperous mountains and rivers left by the late emperor have been destroyed by a few young people. It is really towering and speechless."
"I originally talked with my old brother about the rebellion of the Jin Kingdom many years ago, and we talked with great interest. But now that it's my turn, I really feel the helplessness and heartache."
"They are all good men of my dragon, but they are going to die in the hands of their own people."
"Personal Guard!"
"The humble job is here."
"Call the rebels outside the city and ask them to come and collect the bodies."
"It's an order."
Lu Tao inserted his sword into its sheath and slowly climbed up the tower.
Looking at Li Baiyu who was sitting quietly on the chair, Lu Tao knelt down on one knee and saluted.
"The veteran lived up to His Majesty's high expectations and defended the position on the first day."
Li Baiyu hurriedly stood up and helped Lu Tao up: "Thank you for your hard work, dear, I don't need to be more polite in the future."
"There is no need to be rigid about these false etiquette on the battlefield."
"I have seen the battle. This is just a stepping stone. The offensive is so fierce. I really don't know how brutal it will be once the elite rebels start to attack the city."
Lu Tao's old eyes dimmed, as if he was reminiscing.
"Your Majesty has never seen the battle of the frontier troops. It was so tragic. Thousands of people were killed or injured in a matter of seconds."
"Depending on the weather, the rebels will not attack the city today. Your Majesty, please go back to the palace to rest first. Just leave the city wall to the four veterans."
Li Baiyu shook his head silently.
"I will eat and live with the soldiers until the rebellion subsides!"
...........
Dalong Mingzhou is a place where wars and rebellions have not affected.
"Ouch, I'm so hungry!"
The little cutie lay weakly on the horse's back, took out the purse from her waist and poured it into the palm of her hand.
As a result, after pouring for a long time, not a single copper was poured out.
Looking at the gradually darkening sky, the little cutie stared at the owner of the steamed bun stall who was gradually closing down his stall, and kept swallowing his saliva.
"Old woman, you don't know how to give me some extra money as payment. Are you going to let Yue'er beg for food all the way to Dalong Capital?"
The aroma of wine, coriander and coriander wafted out from the restaurants on both sides of the street. The little cutie shrugged her nose and covered her growling stomach.
Stuffing the empty purse into her arms, the little cutie got off her horse and walked towards a fortune-telling stall that had not yet been closed.
The little cutie was gesticulating and mumbling something to the middle-aged scribe boss.
After half a stick of incense, the middle-aged scribe looked at the little cutie with a distressed expression, and reluctantly handed over a piece of fine rice paper and pen and ink to the little cutie.
As Dalong gradually prospered, ordinary people could afford to use rice paper, but they did not go to the extent of squandering it carelessly. The middle-aged scribes inevitably felt a little distressed.
The cute little girl bowed to the middle-aged scribe during a cup of tea, and led her horse towards a large restaurant.
On the hitching post, the little cutie tied up his mount, rubbed his growling belly and sighed.
"Sooner or later exposure is exposure. There is actually nothing wrong with early exposure!"
"Erbai, wait a moment, sister will be back soon!"
The war horse sneezed and rubbed the little cute sleeve.
The little cutie patted the horse's mane, took a deep breath and walked towards the restaurant holding the rice paper.
There are two lines of powerful regular script written on the medium-sized rice paper, and there is a delicate seal underneath.
During a cup of tea, the little cute little boy was pushing out a chicken leg with a chicken leg in his mouth.
"Little sister, my brother believes you when you say you are the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin. Come on, let my father see you and you won't be able to eat chicken legs!"
The little cutie helplessly held up the rice paper in her hand and took a bite of the chicken drumstick in her hand.
"Brother, you missed an opportunity to become a master!"
"If your descendants find out about this, their graves will be dug up for you. Do you believe it?"
The young man looked helplessly at the contents on the rice paper and waved his hand gently.
"Let's go, let's leave this opportunity to others!"
The little cutie looked at the content written by herself on the rice paper with an embarrassed face and shook her head. It turns out that there are people in the world who don't love glory and wealth!
"This girl is the little princess of the Kingdom of Jin."