Chapter one hundred and sixty-eighth city gate broken
Lu Gui led five hundred soldiers and quickly intercepted the army under Li Yunping.
However, in order to prevent them from getting within the range of the Imperial Guards' artillery fire, Lu Gui and Jiangzhou stood too far away when supervising the battle, and had no time to stop them. They watched thousands of troops rush into the artillery positions first and start fighting.
The five hundred men and horses guarding the artillery could not resist at all, and could only watch helplessly as a general led his troops and horses to destroy all the artillery shells.
This general was none other than Feng Zhiping, Li Yunping's trusted confidant.
Feng Zhiping wanted to use one fire to destroy the remaining artillery, but knowing that the power of the explosion of the artillery shells would affect his surrounding brothers, Feng Zhiping could only lead his troops and use the water bags prepared in advance to destroy all the artillery shells.
Water it thoroughly.
"Brothers, don't be wary, join the prince and retreat."
Thousands of soldiers and horses fought and retreated, leaving corpses of soldiers from both sides on the artillery position, and quickly evacuated towards the north of the city.
Lu Gui looked at the retreating army, looked at the messy battlefield, tremblingly picked up a wet cannonball, looked at it, and threw the cannonball to the ground with cracks in it.
"Feng Zhiping, I will definitely kill you."
"General, what should we do now? Do we need to summon our brothers to pursue him?"
"Are you a pig? You finally stormed the city wall. What should you do if you chase them?"
"Yes, I know my fault despite my humble position."
"Go to the prince's tent first and see what the prince wants."
In Li Yunlong's tent, Li Baihong and others had already rushed over after receiving the news, but Li Yunping had lost track of his whereabouts.
Li Yunlong's eyes widened with anger and he gasped: "It's ruined, everything is ruined!"
Lu Gui knelt on one knee, his face gloomy.
"The general is incompetent. They defected too suddenly. The artillery and shells were all destroyed before the general arrived."
Li Bohong's hand holding the tea cup was trembling a little, and his eyes narrowed slightly in a cold tone.
"Does the fourth child not care about his wife and children? What on earth does he want to do?"
"What exactly does he want to do? He has already participated in the rebellion. Can the boss spare him? What did the boss give him to make him switch sides in the face of battle?"
The fifth man, Li Qing, stood up slowly: "What happened has already happened. It's too late to say anything. Now many soldiers have attacked the city wall and started fighting. Now we will immediately mobilize the soldiers and horses from the other three city gates to concentrate on the south city and the west city."
Gate to attack the city."
"Before coming here, I took a look at the city gate from a distance. Although it has not completely collapsed, it can already carry stones!"
"Let's work together on two fronts and work together to attack the city today."
Li Baihong, Li Yunlong, and Li Zhi looked at each other and nodded silently.
"That's all it can do now."
"Let's mobilize troops to attack the south gate."
On top of the city wall.
"General, Jingyuan is waiting for me to inform you that the rebels at the north gate and the east gate have changed their positions. They will immediately bring troops to rush for reinforcements."
"good!"
"Brothers, work harder to kill them. Brothers from the east gate and north gate will come over immediately to support us."
Lu Tao led the imperial guards to meet the enemy, and Li Baiyu had no time to relax under the city wall.
"You lay the bricks quickly, and I will help you mix the clay."
In the face of a formidable enemy, Li Baiyu completely forgot about his identity as emperor, and stirred the adjusted soil with his hand.
A group of auxiliary soldiers gradually got used to it and continued to thicken the wall stacks.
"Uncle, Yue'er will help you pour water."
"Yue'er, why did you come out?"
"There was no sound of gunfire outside the city, so Yue'er asked Sister Cuiyun to take me out. Defending the city is important. Yue'er doesn't want to be killed by the rebels, so Yue'er will help you."
"good!"
"Report! Report to Your Majesty, Prime Minister on the left, Prime Minister on the right...him..."
Li Baiyu frowned and looked at the panting little eunuch: "Don't be impatient. Let's take a breather. What's wrong with the left and right ministers?"
Li Baiyu felt anxious in his heart, fearing that he would learn from the young eunuch that Wei Yong and Tong Sansi had led the courtiers to cause some misfortune.
At this time, Li Baiyu was in a state of chaos, and he would subconsciously think the worst about everything.
The young eunuch breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, the Left Prime Minister, the Right Prime Minister has summoned all the civil and military officials and the guards from their respective residences to help defend the city. They have already left Xuanwu Street and the number of people is about ten or twenty thousand.
"
Li Baiyu was startled, his eyes moistened and he forced himself back, looking towards the direction of the inner city.
Looking at the figures starting to emerge from various streets in the direction of the inner city, he took a deep breath.
"The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the loyal ministers."
"Second child, third child, fifth child, and seventh child, you are my flesh-and-blood brothers, but you don't have a bunch of loyal foreign ministers. You are worthy of the blood of the Li family royal family."
"If I survive this catastrophe, I would rather violate the oath I promised my father and go to the eighteenth level of hell, or I will behead you all in public."
"I will see you, Your Majesty!"
"No... no gifts, no gifts at all."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The left prime minister and the right prime minister stood up and looked at each other. It was rare that there was no hostility.
"Civil officials are helping His Majesty build the wall, and the military generals and their servants are helping Jingyuan wait for them to kill the enemy."
"yes!"
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry that I'm sorry, I have to go up to the city wall to retreat from the enemy."
"Uncle Shouning, you take half of the troops to the east gate, and I, the general, take half of the troops to the south gate. We will divide our troops into two groups."
"Okay, be careful!"
"Brothers, according to what we old men agreed, if you kill each one, you will receive ten taels of silver. If you kill more than five, you will be considered a great meritorious deed. Your Majesty will reward you with a pension of three hundred taels for those who died in battle unfortunately. We will take care of our wives, children, and children."
Following the shouts of Shouning Bo and the others, the servant guards brandished the weapons they temporarily took from the Ministry of War's treasury and charged towards the city wall with feverish eyes.
The wages of avarice is death.
One tael of silver is enough to live on for a family for half a year.
Looking at the servant guards rushing towards the city wall, Li Baiyu raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes in a vague manner.
"My dear friends, let's not be idle. I will keep your contribution in mind."
"Your Majesty, if the city is destroyed, my ministers will not end well."
"Yes, your Majesty is a rare sage king with the character of the late emperor. How can the old ministers and others watch the rebellious minister succeed in usurping the throne?"
"Our rulers and ministers are united to fight against the rebels."
"Liu Yi of the Liu family meets His Majesty the Emperor!"
Liu Yi arrived before he even announced his arrival. Li Baiyu was startled, and following the sound, he saw Liu Yi and others standing up and down, stopping a few steps away from him and bowing.
"Liu family, your Excellency, what is this?"
"On the order of the family leader Liu Zhi'an, I led the 377th-grade Liu Ye brothers to come to help your majesty defend the city. I wonder if your majesty will allow it?"
Li Baiyu's face lit up: "That's great, thank you Master Liu for coming to help, I agree."
Liu Yi nodded silently, took out a whistle and started playing. In a moment, three hundred men in green robes leapt from all directions, leaping directly towards the city wall.
"Your Majesty, Liu Yi has also gone to help."
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
Li Baiyu felt extremely satisfied at this moment. For the first time since he ascended the throne, he felt the feeling of being so supported by others.
"Report!"
An imperial guard rushed over with a panicked expression and stopped in front of Li Baiyu.
"What's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, the west gate is broken!"
Li Baiyu's body trembled, and he looked at the Ouchi guard with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The surrounding civil and military officials were not much stronger. They looked at the Ouchi guards in panic, not knowing what to do.
"That's nonsense. The soldiers and horses at the West Gate have changed their attack direction. How could they be breached?"
"Your Majesty, it was not the rebels who broke through, it was broken from within the city."
"All the spies and spies in the city have been wiped out a long time ago. How is it possible that anyone from within the city is cooperating with the rebels?"
"It was Zongren Mansion Zongren Li Chengzhong who led the Zongren Mansion guards to open the West City Gate. All the soldiers and horses from West City went to support the South City Gate. No one thought that anyone would dare to do such a thing."
"By the time we discover it, it's already too late. If the city gate is slightly hit with a door-ramming car, the stones and masonry inside will not be able to hold up!"
"I don't know why, but now the commander-in-chief is fighting with the guards of the Zongren Mansion at the west gate."
Li Baiyu was shaking and almost fainted. Cuiyun supported Li Baiyu.
"His Majesty!"
Li Baiyu looked towards the West City Gate with trembling lips. Just above the West City Gate, a bright and charming firework bloomed under the dark sky.
Li Baiyu stared at the fireworks blankly, his face ashen.
"why why?"
"Uncle, you are all members of the royal family, of the Li family, and I have never treated you badly!"
"Why did they do this? What benefits did they give you?"