Under the leadership of Sun Gang, the people of the South Factory bloodbathed the East Factory. After moving away a large amount of archives in the library building, they went straight to the Meridian Gate with the Donglin party troops. From a distance, they saw four huge Weng Zhongs standing at the Meridian Gate.
Raging outside.
"Load solid iron bullets and hit that thing in the chest!" Zhao Zhangcheng, the artillery company commander, pointed at Weng Zhong and ordered. His artillerymen loaded the shells as they walked. The iron balls were wrapped in sheepskin and stuffed into the barrel, and then tamped down with long wooden sticks.
Then he shook the handle, raised the muzzle of the cannon high, and aimed it at Weng Zhong's broad chest. All of this was done while the cannon truck was moving. By the time they arrived in front of the Meridian Gate, the temperature of the steam cannon's combustion chamber was high enough to fire.
Used.
"Fire!" Zhao Zhangcheng gave an order, and the two steam cannons fired at the same time. After a loud noise, two iron bullets roared out and hit Weng Zhong in the front on the chest. However, the shells were bounced off by the thick armor.
He rolled to the ground and injured several people, but Weng Zhong only paused for a moment and continued to move forward.
It takes a few minutes for the steam cannon to be fired again. The artilleryman looked at the approaching Weng Zhong and hurriedly sprayed oil under the combustion chamber in an attempt to heat up the cannon quickly. "It's useless, retreat quickly!" Zhao Zhangcheng said.
He pulled the artilleryman off the car. The muzzle velocity of the steam-fired artillery shells was too low and could not deal with such a thick metal deck. Even if he fired ten more guns, it would be in vain. As he spoke, Weng Zhong had already arrived, and the earth followed every step he took.
Trembling. The ballista next to him who was responsible for covering fired desperately. The thick-wristed arrows shot at Weng Zhong's body and only made a crisp sound, but could not stop his progress.
The steam cannon has a copper combustion chamber behind it and an iron barrel in front. It is very heavy. When attacking Dongchang, the team horse was injured, so we had to temporarily find two donkeys to pull the car. However, at the critical moment, the donkeys got angry.
Zhao Zhangcheng refused to move and refused to move despite the driver's whip on his buttocks. Seeing Weng Zhong's huge figure looming over him, Zhao Zhangcheng thought quickly and drew his sword and slashed the two donkeys on their buttocks. The donkeys felt pain and screamed strangely.
He spread his hooves and dragged the artillery truck forward. As soon as the artillery truck moved, Weng Zhong's big foot stepped on the place where they had just stayed, denting a large area on the stone floor. If the artillery truck had not moved, it would have definitely
It's going to be shattered to pieces.
Outside the Meridian Gate was an open area with no place to hide. The Xiaoling Guards, Nanchang, and Donglin Party troops retreated together. The Dongchang gangsters took advantage of the situation and chased after them. The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.
Hearing the good news coming from outside the Meridian Gate, Yang Bo smiled with satisfaction. As long as these four Weng Zhong were here, he would not worry about the capital being in his hands. Looking at the Fengtian Palace, it was already rising under the blow of fire.
Thick smoke.
The wooden doors, windows, seats, beams, pillars, and various cloth and brocade decorations hanging in the hall were quickly ignited by rockets, and flames shot up. Choking smoke filled the hall.
I was choked so hard that I coughed.
There are four copper vats in the hall, and there are huge ice cubes in them for cooling off. Now they have turned into ice water. It is impossible to expect these four vats of water to extinguish the fire, but it is still useful in mitigating the damage caused by the smoke.
"Everyone dip your clothes in water and cover your mouth and nose. Lie down on the ground and don't run around." Liu Ziguang shouted, and took the lead to tear off his clothes, soak them in water and cover his face. In any fire, it is better to smoke to death than to burn to death.
There were many people, and everyone was busy. When they heard Liu Ziguang's command, they quickly followed the same example, but the smoke blocked it, and the fire could not be stopped. Even if the Fengtian Temple used fine wood, it could not stop the fire from burning. It wouldn't take long.
The main hall will be burned down and everyone will be crushed to death below.
"Liu Aiqing, Qian Aiqing, where are your reinforcements?" Zhu Youxiao asked angrily, dragging Xu Yuanhui's hand. His fair face was stained with soot and looked miserable. Xu Yuanhui was not much better, with her face covered in
The cloth was wet, the phoenix crown fell off, and the clothes were dirty. This happened to the young couple on their wedding day. If they died before the wedding, it would be a great injustice.
"Your Majesty, please be patient. The Duke's three thousand troops should have arrived outside the Meridian Gate. The sound of cannons just heard may be that they are attacking the gate." Qian Qianyi comforted the emperor. In fact, he had no idea. Logically speaking,
It is said that it is not difficult for the troops of Xiaoling Guard and Donglin Army to attack the Meridian Gate. Why haven't they entered yet? I don't know what went wrong. However, this kind of worry cannot be expressed. Zhu Youxiao is a neurotic person. He is happy
He will get carried away when he is angry, and he will be hysterical when he is frustrated. It is better to hide such things from him.
Liu Ziguang had identified the sound of a cannon just now as the sound of a steam cannon, which meant that his own people had arrived nearby. However, the cannon fired once and never fired a second time, and there was a heavy sound from outside the Meridian Gate that was hitting the ground.
The loud noise was also very strange. Could it be that the enemy had done something tricksy? Since he could not count on reinforcements outside the morning gate, his hope was pinned on the airborne troops on the Japanese side. He pulled Masaiu aside and asked: "How long does the brigade have?
Only then can we arrive?”
"The airship drags the balloon and flies slowly. The south wind has picked up again now, which affects the speed even more. However, I have already sent someone to report the news. I believe that Mr. Zhamu and your Excellency will definitely send someone to come quickly." Masaiyo replied.
road.
The fire spread quickly. The surrounding area of Fengtian Hall was empty, and the wind blew from all directions. The fire was even more raging due to the wind. Some of the burned-out beams had already fallen down and injured people. If this continued, everyone would be killed in the sea of fire.
Yang Bo watched coldly from a distance, and Li Lianying also watched coldly from the Qianqing Gate. The death of everyone in Fengtian Palace was a good thing for both of them. A large number of court officials died. This
This kind of shuffling is the cleanest and most thorough. Qian Qianyi and Bai Wenyuan who jumped out to rebel today can only be regarded as small roles. The final showdown will still be between Yang Bo and Li Lianying.
"We can't hold on any longer. Let's rush out. We will all die anyway. I want to die in an upright manner!" The two reinforcements have not arrived yet. Zhu Youxiao's nerves have reached the edge of collapse. He ignores the archery team waiting outside.
, holding Xu Yuanhui's hand, she was about to rush out. Xu Yuanhui's temper was quite similar to that of the Duke of the country. She was a fiery type. She took a sword she picked up from nowhere and rushed out with Zhu Youxiao without saying a word.
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The young couple had a good temper, but rushing out so recklessly would be tantamount to death. Liu Ziguang quickly grabbed Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, go back, we can still hold on for a while if we rush into the Huagai Palace."
It is a small palace to the north of Fengtian Hall, which was specially used for the emperor to rest when he went to court. The distance between the two palaces is not very far.
"Okay! Let's go to Huagai Hall!" Zhu Youxiao was already dizzy. He didn't have time to think too much. He pulled Xu Yuanhui and followed Liu Ziguang and left. The fire in Fengtian Hall was blazing, and the soldiers surrounding him were burned back several times by the heat wave.
Zhangyuan, the back door of the main hall was kicked open by Liu Ziguang. A group of people with their faces covered with wet cloths, their bodies covered with flames, their hair and eyebrows burned, rushed out. The archers hesitated for a moment, but they were already covered by them.
He ran several feet away.
"Hurry up and fire the arrows!" Dongchang Fanzi, who was supervising the formation, shouted loudly.
The archers woke up. Just when they were about to draw their bows, Liu Ziguang and the pilots had already opened fire first. A round of lead bullets and nails disrupted the formation of the archers. By the time they recovered, Liu Ziguang had already fired. They protected the emperor and queen and fled into the Huagai Palace, but the envoys, princes and ministers behind them were still running on the road between the two palaces. The archers shot unceremoniously and nailed some old ministers to death. On the ground.
"They can escape like this, you losers!" After hearing the report from Baihu, the archer, Yang Bo was furious, "Drag him down and kill him! Replace him."
Someone had already rushed forward and dragged hundreds of households down to behead them. They sent out again a thousand sword and axemen from the Jinwu Guard, all armed with the broadswords of the Royal Forest Army. Their mission was to kill everyone in the Huagai Palace, regardless of these people. Are you wearing a dragon robe or a python robe?
A bright broadsword dazzled people's eyes in the sun, and a thousand swordsmen and axemen rushed towards the Huagai Palace. At the Qianqing Gate, an internal officer asked Li Lianying in confusion: "Master Manager, are you really not going to save the emperor?" "
"It's not that we don't want to save, it means that we can't save. Anyway, the emperor is no longer so honest. Wouldn't it be better to let Yang Bo be convicted of regicide?" Li Lianying looked indifferent. The Queen Mother had already spoken before leaving. This emperor It can no longer be used, so we simply get rid of it. When the reinforcements arrive, they will use the banner of revenge for the emperor to wipe out everyone in Dongchang.
There were not many people who had escaped into the Huagai Palace. Many people were either burned to death or shot to death. Huang Jinrong was picked up by two red-shirted soldiers. Liu Ziguang thought he still had some value, so he specifically asked two people to protect him. .
Everyone was sitting on the ground panting and resting. Before they could catch their breath, the swordsmen and axemen were already pressing up. These soldiers were all tall men. They held the handles of the swords with both hands and raised the swords on their right shoulders. They rushed over in a horizontal line.
"Red shirt group!" Liu Ziguang yelled.
"Here!" There was a flurry of responses from behind. More than twenty smoky men stood up boldly.
"Follow me to meet the enemy!"
"Yes!" Facing the tide of swordsmen and axemen, the soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment followed closely behind Liu Ziguang and rushed over without fear. After some crazy slashing, the swordsmen and axemen left dozens of people behind. The corpses temporarily retreated, and several soldiers of the red shirt regiment also fell. The remaining people were covered in blood and their weapons were full of gaps, but they still stood in front of the Huagai Hall.
"Behead those who retreat!" Dongchang fans shouted from behind. They also knew that their opponents were extremely brave, but after all, people are not made of iron. Even if they pile up their lives, they can be crushed to death. The swordsmen changed their strategies. , divided into five squads of 200 people, and took turns attacking, trying to defeat the opponent with wheel battles.
It was another round of arduous fighting. The white marble ground in front of the Huagai Hall had turned red. The ground was covered with blood and broken limbs. It was a bit slippery when walking. The corpses of the swordsmen and axemen were almost filling the steps, and the red The warriors of the regiment also sacrificed a lot. Among the foreign soldiers disguised as envoys, only Anthony and Duncan were left, and there were only three pilots under Masaiyo. In front of the canopy hall, there stood six solitary soldiers covered in blood. man.
The swordsmen also suffered heavy losses. Some of the timid ones were so scared that they peed their pants on the spot. Who had ever seen such a tragic scene as a soldier in the imperial city? The fearful atmosphere infected the other soldiers. The swordsmen actually flinched and let themselves go. Dongchang Fanzi, who was in charge of the formation, refused to attack again despite threats and inducements.
"Trash! Let them withdraw and rest, and replace them with the pike team." This time Yang Bo did not kill anyone again, but sent in a new force, the pike soldiers of the Fujun Guard.
The gun head is made of a sharp steel gun tip one and a half feet long, and there is a bunch of red tassels made of horse tail hanging on it. It is used to suck blood and prevent blood from leaving behind and slipping the gun rod and affecting the grip.
A gun team like a grove came over. The soldiers in the front row put their guns flat and held the tip of the gun forward. The soldiers in the second row and the third row put their rifles on the shoulders of the people in the front row. The whole team was lined up neatly.
Like an angry hedgehog moving towards the front of the canopy hall.
As the saying goes, an inch long is an inch strong. Of course, the one-foot-long red-tasseled spear has an advantage against the five-foot-long imperial sword. Looking at the forest of spears approaching step by step, Liu Ziguang's hand holding the knife was already trembling slightly, although he was
The tool has great energy to transform the body, but it can only be effective if an adequate supply of food is ensured. It was already past noon, and the meal he had eaten in the morning had long been digested, and Liu Ziguang already felt a little weak.
Why are the damn reinforcements not here yet! Now we can only hold on. If we can hold on for one more minute, we will be one step closer to victory. Thinking of this, Liu Ziguang waved his sword again and shouted: "Red Shirt Regiment!"
"Here!" The five people behind him still responded in unison.
"And me!" The boy from the Zheng family named Sen'er also stood up and stood with the five people. Today he was wearing a red short-sleeved Jifu, which seemed to match.
"And me!" Zhu Youxiao pushed aside Qian Qianyi, who was trying to stop him, and walked out to stand with everyone. Today is a happy wedding day, so he wore a red dress embroidered with gold dragons, which happened to be
In red, eight resolute people stood together, and their momentum actually made the pike soldiers below frighten away.
The few remaining people in the Huagai Hall also stood up. Xu Yuanhui and Zhu Youxiao were close together. Qian Qianyi held a sword in front of the emperor and pointed downwards and cursed: "The emperor and empress of the Ming Dynasty are both
Here, do you really want to assassinate the king? Aren't you afraid of leaving eternal infamy?" Then he looked up to the sky and roared: "Ugh! Is it possible that my three hundred years of Ming Dynasty foundation will now be destroyed in the hands of eunuchs?
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Of course, the soldiers of the Fujun Guard will not wake up, but Qian Qianyi's words and Zhu Youxiao's dragon robe obviously put a certain amount of psychological pressure on them. We are in rebellion now. If we kill the emperor, then the Queen Mother can spare it.
Us? Can the millions of elders of the Ming Dynasty spare us? If the order was given by the princes of the Zhu family, they might feel more relaxed. After all, the old Zhu family has a tradition of fighting among themselves. During the Jingnan period during the Jianwen Emperor,
The rebellion of King Ning during the Yonghe and Zhengde years was an example, but now the order was given by a eunuch, a eunuch who was in charge of the East Factory with a very bad reputation. Did the Ming Dynasty want to change another eunuch to become the emperor?
After the soldiers hesitated for a moment, Qian Qianyi seized the opportunity and continued to incite: "Brothers of the Fujun Guards, it's still too late to fight back. King Qin's soldiers and horses from all directions have already arrived outside the Meridian Gate. As long as you protect the Emperor and King Qin's soldiers and horses,
When we meet, each of us will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and will be promoted to three levels. The opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune is right in front of us. Why are you hesitating? Quickly turn your guns and deal with those rebellious Dongchang eunuchs!"
Qian Shangshu's eloquence is indeed very good. What he said made the soldiers of the spear team hesitate even more. The situation is not clear now. The Queen Mother has been standing still. There is indeed a strange loud noise outside the Meridian Gate. Maybe it is King Qin's troops.
We are attacking the city, and if all those people are as difficult to deal with as these so-called red shirt regiments, then it is not certain who will win.
The eunuch of Dongchang who was supervising the formation at the back couldn't sit still, drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Don't listen to that traitor's nonsense, kill them all quickly, the governor will be generously rewarded! If anyone is half-hearted, kill them without mercy!"
The soldiers remained still. They were the imperial guards stationed in the imperial city. They were not affiliated with Dongchang. It was just that their commander was promoted by Yang Bo. But this did not mean that all the soldiers were loyal to Yang Bo. At least the thousands of spearmen in this team were loyal to Yang Bo.
Hu Zhao Erhu is not a member of the eunuch party. Although he is fifty years old, he is still a small Qianhu due to his poor management. The people behind the eunuch party all look down upon him. Originally, he was prepared to wait until the emperor's death.
He resigned from his job as soon as he got married, but today's complicated situation told him: the opportunity has come. And this kind of opportunity is a good opportunity that is rare in a thousand years. If the bet is right, it will be the merit of support, and it will not be able to win a title.
question.
Opportunities were like lightning, fleeting. If the soldiers really launched an attack on the emperor, it would be difficult to turn back. Zhao Erhu made a prompt decision and pierced the chest of the eunuch supervising the formation with a flick of his spear, shouting: "Brothers!
King Qin, help me!"
These thousand spearmen were all elite soldiers trained by Zhao Erhu himself. Not only were they excellent in spear skills, but they also enforced military orders very strictly. Following Master Qianhu's command, a thousand men turned around in unison, pointing their spears toward the outside, and immediately surrounded the Huagai Hall.
It was transformed into protecting the Canopy Palace.
This incident was beyond Yang Bo's expectation. He was so angry that he said, "Kill them all. Kill them all. I'll reward you with ten taels of silver per head!"
The troops loyal to Dongchang gathered together to form a larger encirclement, surrounding Huagai Hall and four circles of spearmen. A larger-scale battle was about to begin.
At this time, the rhythmic sound of motors finally came from the clouds, and a fleet of airships came through the clouds and fog. The fanged monsters painted on the bows opened their bloody mouths in the sun and shouted neatly: "Red Shirts"
Regiment! Red-shirted regiment!" came from the sky, shocking!