On the eve of dawn, this is the most difficult time of the day. Lu Xiao led the people out of the temple.
This wave was so sudden that the entire city was completely unprepared. Three thousand Ming troops, as if they were in an uninhabited land, crossed directly from the street and attacked the most important armor and arrows in the outer city.
Workshop. While the guards inside are still drowsy, head straight into it.
Most of the Tatars did not realize what was happening, and their throats were slit in ignorance.
As a military operation, Lu Xiao's people immediately eliminated the threat from every sentry post. As a result, several workshops were already fighting in the front, but the people outside had no idea what was happening.
All pedestrians encountered along the way were neatly silenced.
A small amount of screams attracted the attention of some patrolling soldiers. But when they arrived, what greeted them were crossbow arrows and long knives ready to go.
The precise and efficient killing lasted for an entire hour. When the sky gradually became brighter, the entire outer city was already a river of blood.
At this time, the defenders in the city finally reacted. But by this time it was already too late.
Lu Xiao and others were killing people and setting fires at the same time. The entire outer city was covered in flames.
Countless people and soldiers who don't know the truth are still busy putting out the fire.
The defenders, who sensed something was wrong, wanted to gather their troops and respond to the attack.
However, a large number of patrolling soldiers were killed, fires broke out everywhere, and people were scattered, so the order could not be communicated effectively at all.
So much so that the soldiers guarding the fire put out the fire collided with the soldiers trying to assemble. The entire outer city was in chaos.
In the chaos, more than two thousand Tatar soldiers have been killed. There are countless other craftsmen and civilians.
By this time, Lu Xiao and others had already crossed the chaotic outer city and approached the inner city.
The inner city had just received the news at this time. A large number of sleeping Tatar soldiers were quickly gathering towards the inner city.
In the chaos, they didn't notice that the teammates around them were a little strange.
Lu Xiao did not let everyone sneak in. The killing they had just made most of them covered in blood, and three thousand people together were too conspicuous.
So he only took about a thousand people and blended into the team gathering in the inner city.
Until now, the inner city still doesn't know what happened. The messengers were robbed and killed many times by Lu Xiao's people. What happened in the outer city has not been reported yet.
The inner city just thought that there was an enemy coming to attack, so it summoned soldiers to defend the inner city. But no one knew who the enemy was or how the battle was going.
It can be seen from the reaction in the entire inner city that the commander guarding the city is a rigid general who follows the rules.
His response is actually not wrong. No matter what, first cover the inner city wall with soldiers and do a good job of defense. This is the right choice after all!
But what he didn't expect was that the enemy had already broken through the outer city and infiltrated into the troops supporting the inner city.
Lu Xiao led the team into the inner city easily. As the city gate closed behind him, he quickly looked around and memorized the layout of the entire inner city.
Thousands of soldiers quickly gathered, were assigned tasks, and dispersed to build defenses on the city walls.
After much back and forth, the guard finally discovered something was wrong. Why was the team in front of him so unfamiliar?
The most important thing is that he noticed that there were blood stains on these people, very fresh blood. And the eyes of these people were not right. They even unknowingly formed a semicircular formation to surround him and a group of personal guards.
In the middle.
"No, you are from that battalion."
The guard suddenly drew his sword, but it was too late. Lu Xiao and Ding Xiu were already too close to him.
The guard's sword skills are also good, at least in one-on-one situations. If Ding Xiu wants to defeat him, it will take more than ten rounds.
But it's different with Lu Xiao.
The two of them took action at the same time, and the guard just barely managed to hold Ding Xiu's sword. However, the next second, he was killed by Lu Xiao's sword.
At the same time, the soldiers around Lu Xiao also took action. In just a few breaths, they killed the guard and dozens of his personal guards.
"Ding Xiu will lead the team to open the city gate, and I will go to the palace."
Lu Xiao quickly issued an order, asking a group of people to open the city gate and let in the colleagues outside, while he led the group towards the palace.
At this time, the soldiers who had just dispersed to set up defenses on the city wall also looked confused. Some soldiers saw this scene from a distance, but they did not understand what happened.
Why was the general suddenly killed by his own people? Did that team go to the palace to establish control? What on earth is going on?
The army that had lost its general was extremely slow to react. It wasn't until Lu Xiao's men opened the city gate that they realized something was wrong.
But only the soldiers closest to him responded. The soldiers in the distance were still waiting for the next order.
Many of them don't even know now that the general is dead and there are no further instructions.
The group of soldiers closest to the city gate rushed down.
"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you opening the city gate again?"
"The general has ordered two groups of people from outside to come in to assist in the defense."
"Why didn't we receive the order or token?" This group of people was originally guarding the city gate.
They must be notified of the opening and closing of the city gate. No matter what happens, there should be a guard's token as a guarantee.
These people in front of me opened the city gate without saying a word, something was obviously wrong.
"No, which battalion are you from? Why haven't I seen you?"
"I'm your father." Seeing that the other party was getting too close, Ding Xiu's face flashed with a stern look. He reached out and pulled out... a short-handled musket.
At the same time, the group of soldiers with him also made the same move.
In this situation, there was naturally no need to make any cover-ups. So they opened up their firepower directly. With a distance of less than ten meters, they fired a volley of muskets and knocked down 90% of the city gate guards.
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"Bah, touch up the knife and open the door." Ding Xiu gave the order while carefully putting away the musket. This is a good thing. He has now become addicted to this thing from being dismissive at the beginning.
Lu Xiao and others approached the palace, which made the palace guards suddenly nervous. They also received news that there were enemies. Now that they saw a group of their own people rushing over, did they think that the war was not going well? Of course, it was right to think so.
"What's going on? How is the battle going?" the palace guard asked while on alert.
They couldn't help but be nervous. If the inner city was really destroyed, their people would be of little use at all.
"Mingren, Mingren are coming! We were ordered to come here to help defend." Lu Xiao shouted in Manchu as he approached.
"Were you hit? Where were you hit?"
The palace guards were also shocked. Not all Tatars are so brave and good at fighting. Although these royal guards are definitely not bad at fighting, they have not been on the battlefield for several years, and their sensitivity to war has dropped significantly.
