"According to Liu Duzhi's general order, the guards on the right wing and the first battalion will immediately go to Xuandemen for support!" Han Qing endured fatigue and ordered loudly.
"Yes!" Several guards responded at the same time, and immediately led the inner palace guards and organized eunuchs to the main entrance of the imperial city.
When Han Qing was making preparations earlier, he specially ordered people to clear the passage between the four remaining gates. Now that there were police at the south gate, the passage immediately came into play.
Soon, everyone arrived at Xuande Gate and rushed up to the enemy tower along the horse path. However, the rebels had just launched their attack, and the equipment such as ladders, manhole rails, and charging carts were too bulky and had not been pushed within the range of the arrows.
Although Liu Chenggui was an eunuch, he had been on the battlefield many times when he was young. His courage and experience were no worse than any famous veteran. He just lacked understanding of firearms.
At this moment, when he saw that the rebels were using the same tactics as when they attacked Xihua Gate, he immediately turned from shock to laughter. Without waiting for Han Qing to remind him, he waved his sword and shouted loudly, "Come here, aim at the rebels' siege equipment, give it to me."
Fire a thunderbolt to blast his grandma."
"It's an order!" Several guards responded loudly and ran to adjust the crossbow themselves.
Xuandemen is the main entrance to the imperial city. Not only is the tower far wider than the towers of Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate, it is also equipped with horse faces on both sides of the gate.
Each horse face has two bed crossbows placed on it. In conjunction with the bed crossbows on the enemy tower, the attack efficiency is doubled instantly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." Just the first salvo overturned a ram car and a manhole railing to the ground. The rebel who was responsible for pushing the ram car and providing protection for the manhole railing was a
Everyone was battered and battered.
The rebel offensive immediately came to a halt. Many soldiers were originally resistant to attacking the imperial city. Now that they found out that they could not attack despite being bombed, their morale plummeted. They either stopped and waited to see what was going on, or took the opportunity to turn around.
Body shape, quickly retreat.
"Reload the bed crossbow, use gunpowder arrows, wet the arrow shaft and say hello!" Seeing that the killing move was effective, Liu Chenggui became more energetic and raised his voice to issue the second general order.
He also learned this move from Han Qing, and he is now practicing it, but it is not unfamiliar. The archers on the enemy tower and on the horse's face were slightly stunned at first, and then followed the instructions of the leading guard.
Hundreds of wet gunpowder arrows shot down the city like meteors, and soon smoke billowed outside the city.
The rebels near the siege equipment were so smoked that their noses were filled with snot and tears, and they became less and less interested in continuing the attack. They turned around one after another, holding their noses and retreating hastily.
"Prepare gunpowder arrows. This time, don't get the arrow shafts wet!" Liu Chenggui was in a happy mood. He pointed to the outside of the city and ordered loudly, "As soon as the smoke dissipates, immediately aim at the siege equipment and burn it clean for me. Don't leave any of them."
Keep!"
"I have the order!" On the faces of the enemy towers and horses, the archers also became more confident and agreed in unison at the top of their lungs.
However, before their responses disappeared, several roars suddenly came from behind the smoke. Then, twelve crossbows with gunpowder cans hung on them came from the sky.
Due to accuracy issues, half of them flew past the two sides of the watch tower and fell into the palace city. Of the other six, two hit the watch tower and four hit the city wall.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." The explosions sounded continuously outside the watchtower, on the surface of the city wall and inside the palace, shaking the tiles on the top of the watchtower and sliding down from the ridge like an avalanche.
Near the watchtower, there were immediately palace guards and eunuchs who were beaten to death and bleeding because they could not escape.
In the palace, the guards and the first battalion of handymen who had just been ordered to reinforce the right wing were injured by the debris caused by the explosion of the gunpowder can. They screamed and covered their wounds with their hands, rolling on the ground.
"Brothers on the city, hide quickly. In the enemy towers, behind the city battlements, and on the horse roads, just like hiding from arrows!" In the chaos, Han Qing's voice seemed particularly clear. In an instant, it was transmitted to everyone.
ear.
The two guards lifted Liu Chenggui up and threw him off the city wall regardless of his protests. The rest of the palace guards and eunuchs either turned around and fled towards the horse road, or they looked for a blind spot for the arrows and hid their bodies.
"Brothers in the right wing, drag away the injured in the city for treatment. Skin injuries are life-threatening, unless he is directly shot through the body by a crossbow!" Han Qing's voice sounded again, as if he had personally checked the condition of the injured.
Several imperial officials hesitated for a moment, and then chose to obey. They dragged the screaming wounded man out of the pool of blood and quickly ran to the distant wing where foreign officials were waiting for the emperor's summons.
As soon as they took off, the rebels' second round of Fire and Thunder Crossbows arrived in mid-air. In the blink of an eye, they once again blasted the city head and the city into thick smoke.
"The rebels have lost all their conscience. The craftsmen of the Arms Supervisor worked very hard to build this little fire and thunder crossbow. They didn't use it on the Khitan people, but they used it to attack the imperial city!" Liu Chenggui!
He was so angry that he screamed at the top of his lungs.
However, he was helpless against the rebels.
No matter how wide the watchtowers and horse faces at Xuandemen are, there is a limit. But outside Xuandemen, the rebels can occupy as much space as they want.
On Xuandemen's side, the number of crossbows on the enemy towers and horse faces was only eight in total. On the rebel side, twenty-four crossbows were used in the front and rear attacks!
"You don't have to be angry and let them blow it up. That thing sounds very loud, but in fact it is only suitable for blowing up dead objects, and its effect on living people is very average!" Just when he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he heard Han Qing
The voice sounded in his ears.
Liu Chenggui turned his head in surprise, and saw Han Qing walking quickly past him. As he walked, he continued to explain to the heavy duty squad, "Brothers preparing for war in the city should either stay close to the base of the city wall, or retreat fifty steps away.
Outside, don’t get together, and there’s no need to be nervous. Fire and thunder crossbows can’t blow open city gates and walls, I’ve tried that a long time ago. When the rebels have blown up enough, they will definitely have to push the equipment to attack the city!”
"Follow what Han Qing said. His orders are my orders!" At the critical moment, Liu Chenggui didn't even bother to consider whether Han Qing was right or not, and decisively raised his voice to support him.
The guards agreed to carry out the order, and soon they withdrew the brothers beyond the range of the fire and thunder crossbows or attacked blind spots.
As if to verify Han Qing's judgment, the third and fourth rounds of Fire and Thunder Crossbows soon arrived. However, the effect was just as Han Qing said, the movement was scary, but the lethality was very limited.
As long as the crossbow gun fired into the city did not land next to the brothers, no matter how loud the explosion was, the killing range could not exceed ten steps. And the crossbow gun fired on the surface of the city wall and the watchtower only blew out a few holes on the surface of the city wall.
A shallow pit blew up the watchtower until tiles continued to fall off, but it was unable to make any cracks in the city wall or the watchtower.
"Brothers who were previously withdrawn from the city, prepare to go up to the city to fight! Brothers who were previously preparing for battle in the city, continue to wait." Han Qing looked up at the sky and found that the smoke had faded, and calmly gave orders.
It was daybreak, and the real challenge was about to come. He could not retreat, nor could he be humble to anyone.
