Chapter five hundred and nineteenth
The moment King Liang landed, he felt a powerful force rushing into his chest. This was a real firearm, with great power and no less than the gunpowder cannon of the court.
Caught out of defense, King Liang blocked the vital points with his arm, but several parts of his body were injured by iron blocks from gunpowder cannons.
Thick smoke rolls and dust fly.
"Prince."
The guards of King Liang rushed over to check the injuries of King Liang. King Liang stood up from the ground in a mess. He raised his head and looked around. There was a panic everywhere, and he was also in a mess. A few strands of hair were hanging in his ears and a warm feeling on the corners of his mouth. He subconsciously wiped it with the back of his hand, and his eyes were filled with red.
Until now, King Liang could not believe what had just happened. He came to Shuntian Mansion excitedly. He had just started a war for a day but this was the scene. He thought that he might be defeated, but he did not expect that he would be so embarrassed.
The sound of rushing came from behind, and it was Wei Yuanchen leading his troops to chase him.
"Prince, let's go quickly."
The situation was urgent, and there was not much time left for them. They didn't have time to think about how the firearm came to them, who secretly planned to plot against King Liang, and whether there were other arrangements later.
They were already running for their lives, but now they were blocked by this firearm and the pursuers were closer.
He couldn't be defeated just now. How could he admit defeat so easily after many years of planning?
King Liang spit out the blood foam in his mouth and regained his spirits. No matter what happens, he will take his people to evacuate from here first. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and this battle cannot be determined.
King Liang turned his back on his horse again.
There was a faint shouting behind me, and the shouting was getting closer and clearer.
"The King of Liang has been killed by bombing, and I will capture the rebels in one fell swoop."
The aura of King Liang, who had turned back on the horse, couldn't help but stagnate. The direction of the firearm exploded was on the way he led his troops to evacuate, and perhaps people's hearts would be shaken.
However... a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. This method wanted to completely destroy the morale of the army. If Wei Yuanchen could achieve his goal, he would not think that he could be taken down in this way, right?
Long before he came to attack Gongji City, he made arrangements and intended to leave troops to support him in the rear. Once there was a mistake, the 200 cavalry would come and escort him to Dagu. The prince of Li of Pyongyang would come to help and send him back to Daning properly. The war between Daning and the court was not over yet, and after he returned, he could take charge of the overall situation again.
King Liang led his men forward, and he never looked back. He was a person who was quick and neat. He knew that all the soldiers and horses were lost, so he would never give in to lament.
Just as he knew clearly that the emperor had obtained the support of the late emperor and the queen mother, he had no chance of winning the plan to seize the throne, so he could only make a long-term plan. So he lowered his posture and followed the emperor, recruiting those who were opposed to the emperor, and let them serve him.
The emperor was a bit scheming. Before he ascended the throne, he would carefully cover up his narrow and stupid face, but once he held great power, his pretentious and arrogant heart would also expand, and he would definitely not tolerate anyone's comment on him again.
The Empress Wei was the first to be hit because Wei was a stumbling block to the emperor's stupid path. The emperor must prove to Wei that even if he was foolish, he was the lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty and everyone would surrender to him.
His plan was right, and he had been smooth sailing in calculating the emperor because he knew the emperor too much and could not escape his palm no matter what the emperor did.
The same is true this time. Maybe he miscalculated for a while, but he would not lose everything. He still had many plans. After he escaped, he could go to Chuxiong and Lingzang to find King Zanshan.
Thinking of this, King Liang gradually calmed down.
"Prince, there are the left-behind people ahead. Let them protect the prince and continue moving forward. We are here to stop Wei Yuanchen."
King Liang nodded and stared at the woods not far away, where his men were.
The woods were quiet, and only the returning birds were jumping on the branches. Wei Yuanchen must have never expected that he would hide his troops here.
It is a good thing to attack the city with all your might, but his habit is to leave a way out for himself.
The personal guard rode his horse close to the woods. When the people in the forest saw him, they would immediately come out to see Prince Liang. The personal guard waited for a while, but the forest was still silent.
The guard frowned and drove his horse to approach the forest again.
King Liang looked at the back of his personal guards, and the calm heart lake turbulent again. What appeared in front of him were Wei Yuanchen's cunning methods.
Finally, the guard saw someone shaking in the woods, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "You..."
As soon as the two words were spoken, the guard noticed something strange. It was not their men, nor the one they stayed here to wait for the response.
He wanted to pass the news to the prince.
But in an instant, the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air sounded, and the arrow pointed to the King of Liang.
The personal guard waved his sword to block the feather arrow.
Until now, everyone understands that the soldiers and horses they left here must have been besieged, and some people cut off their retreat from the underworld.
"Wei Yuanchen." King Liang shouted out this name fiercely. Could it be that Wei Yuanchen had seen through his thoughts in the morning, otherwise how could he find out where his troops were left behind?
Another blow made King Liang no longer calm. Wei Yuanchen knew everything about him, just like when he was dealing with the emperor.
The feeling of being held tightly in the palm of his hand was very bad, which made him begin to doubt his decision. He was ambushed here. So would the troops be ambushed on the way to Dagu? Will there be any mistakes in the Li family in Pyongyang?
"Protect the prince and leave quickly..."
The troops who escaped with King Liang came forward, and King Liang was protected and fled again.
Zhou Zesheng waved the long sword in his hand and rushed towards King Liang first.
Ajun asked them to go out of Beijing to find out whereabouts of the rebels. After they found the rebels of King Liang, they kept following them secretly. After Wei Yuanchen rushed back from Yongping Mansion, he was preparing to stop King Liang in Gongji City.
Wei Yuanchen ordered him to take Nie Chen and a team of soldiers to lie here. No matter what happens in Gongji City, they cannot act rashly, because they have to deal with the two hundred cavalry left by King Liang. Killing these two hundred cavalry can completely cut off the King Liang's retreat.
Hearing the sound of siege coming from the direction of Gongji City, Zhou Zesheng could imagine Wei Yuanchen's situation. Before the reinforcements of the court arrived, the difference between the enemy and us was huge, and he wished he could rush towards the rebels with Wei Yuanchen.
But he can't. He has to do what he should do and there is no mistake in every link. Only then can Wei Yuanchen win King Liang in one fell swoop. He wants to believe that Wei Yuanchen can hold on until the imperial reinforcements arrive.
They only had eighty people, and it was not easy to kill two hundred light cavalry, but as long as they thought about the situation in Gongji City, they became more and more brave and finally made them do it.
Now it is time to find King Liang to settle the matter.
"Give back my elder brother's life and the innocent people of my Great Zhou."
Chapter completed!