"Is there such a thing? What a bunch of losers!" With a roar that shook the heaven and earth, the people on the dragon throne were breathing harder and their faces were even more painful, but no one dared to come forward to ask for help. How could they get in front of Shang Qing?
These people in this position are all the best among the best, and their ability to observe words and emotions is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Moreover, they all know the temper of the people sitting on the chariot, so their best choice at this time is to quietly
Wait, wait for that person to gain strength and get angry at them again.
After a while, the man on Luan Jia suddenly lost his expression and said coldly, "How is that possible? It's okay that you didn't receive the soldiers and horses stationed in Yinling. How could you see the Yangzhou army? How could they arrive so quickly?
This place? Even if Qiao Rui fails to retreat to the capital in time, wouldn’t he be able to resist in Yin Ling for a day or two?”
When the other people in the hall heard this, they all felt shocked. They couldn't help but use all their brain cells to think about how to deal with the questioner, but none of them immediately stepped forward to answer the question of the person above Luan.
The man on Luan Jia was none other than Emperor Yuan Shu of the Zhong family. He was dressed in white robes, his face was extremely pale, and his hair was messy, but half of his face was covered by the excited words he just said. Yuan Shu had just received military information, saying that the scout was in Shou
They met a large number of Cao soldiers on the road thirty miles outside Chuncheng, rushing towards Shouchun City. Yuan Shu, who was lying on the hospital bed, could no longer bear it. He dragged his unhealed ribs and injuries and was carried by four guards.
He was given a wicker chair and moved to his imperial study room, which was specially designed for meeting important ministers to discuss state affairs.
He did not believe that Cao's army was advancing so fast and could capture seven of his cities and press Shouchun. Yuan Shu called a group of important ministers and personally called back the scouts who discovered Cao's army. Yuan Shu tried to figure out that these scouts were wrong. They had seen something wrong yesterday.
What we encountered in the evening were soldiers and horses retreating from Yinling, or reinforcements arriving quickly from Yuzhou.
But unfortunately, the scouts were sure that they were Cao's soldiers. After his naive illusion was shattered, Yuan Shu angrily ordered Yuan Yin to kill these scouts for spreading rumors.
Yuan Yin also took the opportunity to leave the imperial study room, and did not look back for a long time. In fact, he had already learned about Cao's army approaching the city in the pavilion of the main hall. But he was not in a hurry to report it, because he knew that Yuan Shu was angry, and now
Telling him the cruel reality was tantamount to asking for trouble. Anyway, Cao Jun would not attack Shouchun so soon. Yuan Yin thought that he would find a good opportunity to enter the imperial study and inform Yuan Shu of the news.
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At this time, the hunched-up servant Shu Shao, who was kneeling under Luan Jia, glanced at Chang Shi Yang Hong, raised his head carefully and said, "Could it be that General Qiao and his subordinates were all killed by Cao Jun?"
Yuan Shu's eyes flashed fiercely, and after he let out another angry sound, his words were as cold as a knife: "How could it be possible that they were all killed? There were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and not a single one was left. Do you think Cao Zhi's men were all
Isn’t he a god?”
Yuan Shu's negative words immediately resonated with others, who shook their heads and showed some disbelief.
Chief Shi Yang Hong was also among these people. After shaking his head along with everyone, he ignored Shu Shao's resentful eyes and asked tentatively: "Aside from Lu Mian's rebellion and surrender to the enemy, are there others who also imitated him?"
Yuan Shu, who was about to speak, was immediately shocked by Yang Hong's words. In fact, he also thought that Guo Qiaorui might betray him, but he was unwilling to admit it, did not want to face such a reality, and did not want anyone to mention it.
"Bastard... you think my court is full of... oh..." Yuan Shu, who angrily left his seat and stood up before he could finish his words, suddenly rolled off the golden throne with his left chest in his hands.
"emperor……"
"Someone is coming soon..."
"The Imperial Physician..."
There was chaos in the imperial study room. After many guards rushed in, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. They saw their emperor's mouth bleeding and his eyes turned white, hunched over on the floor under the emperor. A group of people immediately panicked.
He hurriedly went to inform the imperial physician, to inform Yuan Yin and other important royal relatives.
After Yuan Yin learned that Yuan Shu had fainted again, he knew that the opportunity for him to meet him had come. After a short while, a white light flashed in the palace of the imperial study, and with a low sound of armor clanking, a blurry figure suddenly appeared in the imperial study.
The door of the palace emerged.
The person wearing Mingguang armor was none other than Yuan Yin. He ran to the royal study first and scolded the hurried civil and military officials and the imperial doctor who were rescuing him: "My lords, what happened? How did you let the emperor know?
So unhappy?..."
Yuan Yin, who had done enough drama, ordered everyone to go back to their posts to defend Shouchun at the last word!
At this time, the officials who had been discussing matters in the imperial study realized that Shouchun had been surrounded and Cao's army had arrived at the city.
Yang Hong and Shu Shao rushed to the west city tower with the last glimmer of hope. Looking around, they saw the flags fluttering below the city, which completely broke their will.
At this time, on the west city tower, Ji Ling's face was as dark as water, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and his beard had not been trimmed for two days. When he was asked by the kind-hearted Yang Hong and Shu Shao about his next plan, Ji Ling
Two words squeezed out from between his teeth, "Fight to the death!".
Yang Hong and Shu Shao immediately admired Ji Ling's determination and expressed their willingness to share Ji Ling's worries and to live and die with Shouchun. But when they arrived in Xicheng, the two of them looked at each other tacitly, and Yang Hong asked first
Said: "I wonder what Brother Shu Shao's plans are in the future?"
"I will follow my lead to promote my long history!" Shu Shao immediately responded tentatively.
"Okay, Lao Shu, this is what happened, let's not do this again. I have always thought that the Zhong family incident is a farce, and I have decided to leave. Lao Shu, do you still want to be the founding hero of the country?
Already?"
"Who still has such a heart! Whether it is a farce or not, we can talk about it later. Let me find a way to contact people outside right away! I have a few close friends in Xudu, so you can wait for me when the time comes.
I'm a recommendation. I wonder if Brother Yang has anything to do with it?" Shu Shao changed his deceitful attitude just now and said with unusual enthusiasm.
Yang Hong's expression changed when he heard this, but he nodded without saying anything. At this time, the two of them had already walked out of the west gate defense and headed straight for the imperial city.
As soon as they left, they had already made up their mind to open another palace door. They all understood that Shouchun was over, and the Emperor of the Zhong family who they had served for half a year was over. Now the only way to protect themselves was to go outside and stand outside.
Among the crowd, there is a way to survive. But this passage is winding and winding. Yang Hong and Shu Shao already knew that they were behind Lu Mian and Qiao Rui, and they had to catch up, so they immediately separated into two paths.
The figures disappeared into their carriages in a flash and said to the groom in unison: "Quick, go back to the house!"
An hour later, an order to "begin the siege" came from a large tent outside the West City. Cao Jun had arrived at the designated position, or all the soldiers and chariots on the march were mobilized. Shouchun's flat and straight pipeline
From time to time there was a deafening rumble of wheels, footsteps and horse hooves.
Countless black-armored soldiers, giant watchtowers, and hundreds of catapults that Yuan Jun had seen before poured out from all directions that they could see, and formed an unusually neat queue in the open space outside Shouchun City. They came from all directions.
, the huge city is surrounded by water.
Seeing Cao Jun's massive attack, Shouchun City under the bright sunshine seemed to boil in an instant. The defenders of each city were busy stepping up their defenses on each section of the towers, and the archers tightened their arrow strings.
The civilian men who came from the conquest were busy carrying all kinds of military equipment to defend the city.
In the evening, the densely packed catapults that were set up in front of the city defenses were gradually shedding the last linen cloth covering their bodies as the last sunset of the day began.
Ji Ling, the coach of the West City, stood on the city wall fortifications. After just one glance, his face became extremely solemn. Looking from a distance, there were at least a hundred catapults away. Although Ji Ling was a fanatical supporter of the Zhong family emperor,
But he is not considered a military idiot. The catapults are arranged in columns and columns very strictly, which means that the opponent knows Shouchun very well, and the enemy knows that in order to break through Shouchun's solid city defense, they must use this kind of intensive bombardment.
When he saw that Cao's army was almost ready, Ji Ling gave an order to "Start attacking!" After a while, countless figures emerged from some buildings in the West City at the same time, and many people immediately rushed straight to
Those catapults that can only be placed on the fixed ground are gone. It is no secret that Yuan Shu also has catapults, but Yuan Jun’s catapults are huge and definitely not as flexible as Cao Jun’s catapults outside the city, and each link is not very well done.
Once it's in place, it often breaks down during operation, or the whole thing falls apart after just one order is issued.
However, Ji Ling decided to take the lead and launch an attack on Cao's army outside the city. Ji Ling only hoped that these long-range attack methods would have some effect, which would greatly relieve the pressure on their city defenders.
In the evening, when the last ray of the sun disappeared on the horizon, the war began!
I saw the first burst of strange light in Shouchun City from the inside out. In an instant, countless stone bullets were shot out by more than a dozen catapults in the city.
Almost immediately following the first attack in Shouchun City, the first wave of attacks from more than a hundred Cao Army's trebuchets outside the city also began. The dense stone bullets whistling in the sky fell like rain, and all surrounding
The warships in the waters of Beicheng also emitted a huge black light at the same time, and stone bullets were poured out overwhelmingly. In an instant, the roar was loud, and it was like a continuous wave, like a storm, or like a burst of thunder!
Cao Jun began to focus his attack on the main towers of the West City and the North City. When the dense stone bullets fell on their heads, the generals of the defenders in each section roared and ordered the soldiers to dodge. There was chaos on the city wall, and huge stone bullets fell and hit them.
On the wall, stone chips suddenly flew after the arrow stack! Even more stone bullets directly hit the city defense passage. Amidst the roaring sound like a drum, stone chips flew and screams continued!