Chapter Thirty-seventh [The killing move of Yu Changjie]
The night wind was cold, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. Apart from the sound of horse hooves and the sounds of killing, it seemed that no other sounds could be heard in the entire city of Kyoto. In other words, even if other sounds existed, they had long been forgotten by this time.
Among these more domineering voices.
Xue Poye immediately knew that the North Gate of Kyoto had been breached, and all the Yulin guards knew that they would be the ones to fight to the death next.
Every Yulin Guard in the Yulin Camp has undergone rigorous training, so they have the courage to fight any opponent. The bursts of horse hooves and billowing smoke did not give them the slightest bit of panic.
"Sir, it seems they will be arriving soon." Gong Yangyue had always maintained a smile on his face, but now he no longer had a smile on his face.
Xue Poye sat against the wall of the gatehouse at night, looked up at the night sky, and said calmly: "Come on, it's already early."
Flames shot into the sky, and the Habayashi guards on the palace tower heard the cheers of the rebels coming from all directions. Everyone knew that the rebels should have invaded Kyoto from all sides.
The garrison was able to hold out for several hours, holding on to precious time for the Habayashi Army's second line of defense. No matter what, they were a group of soldiers worthy of respect.
The sound of fighting did not stop because the rebels broke through the city. There were still shouts and miserable screams from all directions. The fighting in Kyoto City is still continuing, but it will not last long.
Although Xuanyuan Qiu took office not long ago, he successfully fulfilled his responsibility as the garrison of Kyoto.
"It seems that Xuanyuan's defense is in danger." Gong Yangyue looked at the front where the flames were soaring, shook his head and sighed: "In Kyoto, the only one who can really lead troops to fight is Xuanyuan's defense."
Xue Poye said calmly: "Generals will inevitably die on the battlefield. A real soldier who dies on the battlefield will die a worthy death." Youran chanted: "Just teach me... to still be able to survive even if you are wrapped in horse leather...!"
His voice has some vicissitudes of life. Perhaps at this time, no matter who sings, the voice will have this flavor.
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After a fierce and fierce battle, the four rebel armies attacked the city of Kyoto from all sides. Although the Kyoto garrison fought to the death, they were eventually outnumbered and became smaller and smaller. The commander of the Kyoto garrison, Xuanyuan Chou, was killed in the rebellion.
The generals suffered numerous casualties, and the more than 10,000 Kyoto garrison troops were attacked by four armies, but very few remained.
As for the rebels, they also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Rivers of blood flowed from the four gates of Kyoto, and corpses piled up like mountains. The smell of blood filled the sky above the entire city of Kyoto through the night wind.
The garrison was either dead or captured. Under the banner of the fourth prince, except for leaving some rebels to block the four gates, the four armies formed a line and attacked the palace from the main gate toward the Yang Gate.
In front of tens of thousands of troops were criss-crossed residential streets. The rebels could only be divided into a dozen long snake-like teams, preparing to cross the streets and converge on the square in front of Chaoyang Gate.
According to Liu Guogong's suggestion, more than a dozen lines of long snake troops were led by officers and soldiers from the Minzhou camp as the snakeheads, followed by the garrison troops from the two battalions of the South Forest and the North Forest. The fourth prince naturally agreed to this suggestion without hesitation.
The officers and soldiers at the camp in Minzhou were not idiots, and Huangda, the governor of Minzhou, was not a fool. He knew in his heart that his troops were being used as cannon fodder, but under such circumstances, how could he raise objections.
The rebels are still wary of the ghost purples from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Kyoto Prefecture, and they also know very well that those ghosts might come out from somewhere. If they emerge from the ground at this time
The rebels will definitely not be surprised when a group of purple-clothed spies come. Those dark killers themselves are not normal people.
That is the dark power carefully cultivated by His Majesty the Emperor. If there is no trace of them during the siege, then these dark people are either guarding the palace, or hiding in the darkness of the criss-crossing streets, waiting for opportunities to come out.
The most elite cavalry were at the forefront of the Minzhou camp.
After a brutal siege, these cavalrymen were the most energetic force. During the siege, the cavalrymen of the aristocrats did not participate in the siege. The eight hundred cavalrymen in the Mzhou camp just stood there quietly.
In the rear, waiting for the city to be broken, they rushed into Kyoto City in one fell swoop.
The heavily armed cavalry were as fast as lightning. After they rushed into the city, they were undoubtedly demons falling from the sky to the garrison who had fought hard.
Like chopping melons and vegetables, most of the garrison died in the hands of these cavalry.
Although they were the last to join the battle group, they had much more blood on their blades than other branches of the brother army.
Although they knew that the most powerful dark troops of the Chu Kingdom would be hidden in those peaceful and hidden houses, the cavalrymen sat high on their horses. This pride made them underestimate the danger they were about to face.
The rumble of horse hooves echoed in the empty streets.
The layout of Kyoto itself is very unique. In front of the majestic palace, there are many buildings, but there are more than ten fan-shaped avenues in a regular manner. At first glance, it looks like the traces of light scattered by the palace, or like a peacock spreading its tail.
The Minzhou cavalry took the lead in rushing onto the street. The clean and smooth street was paved with bluestone. The strong horse hooves stepped on it, making a "ta da da da" sound, which was extremely clear and crisp. This sound was heard in more than a dozen streets at the same time.
It's like a piece of music with a distinct rhythm.
But maybe the knights don’t know clearly that this is the music of death!
On the long street, horses were galloping, and the words of the fourth prince gave the soldiers a great temptation.
"Whoever rushes to the square will be promoted to three levels in a row and will receive a reward of 100 taels!"
There must be brave men under heavy rewards, and the great Chu Kingdom has always had no shortage of brave men.
The fourth prince sitting at the rear was surrounded by Liu Guogong, Ye Guogong, Liu Tuo, Ye Dao, Huang Da and other main elements of the rebellion. Although Huang Da's face was calm, there was a strange light shining in his eyes.
Liu Guogong and Ye Guogong maintained the poise of the old men, but Liu Tuo glanced at Huang Da from time to time, his eyes full of disdain and ridicule.
After His Majesty the Emperor vomited blood in court, many ministers began to have thoughts, but most of them expressed their goodwill to the prince in a pragmatic manner. After all, the prince was the orthodox prince and future king of the Chu Kingdom.
But Huang Da, the governor of Minzhou, is very interesting.
This person has always been a very low-key person. He is close to the capital, so he is cautious. He has never done anything famous in the government and the public. His official career can only be regarded as so-so, just passing the exam. Under his governance, Minzhou is not prosperous.
If you are prosperous, you can live and work in peace and contentment.
Such an official is nothing ordinary.
But strangely enough, after His Majesty the Emperor vomited blood, the usually very low-key Governor of Minzhou secretly took refuge with the Fourth Prince Liu Zifu, and was extremely diligent and devoted a large amount of money.
Silver Jewelry even hinted that the camp in Minzhou is at the disposal of the fourth prince at any time.
In this mutiny, the fourth prince really made use of him.
From the time of the mutiny to the present, Huang Da has been very positive, very humble, and a very obedient person. However, in Liu Tuo's eyes, he is just a dog being used by the fourth prince.
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A dozen cavalrymen rushed to the front of the Haozhou camp, and the horses under them made thundering hooves, ruthlessly shattering the tranquility of the street.
"hiss!"
The horses rushing at the front were breathing the air of Kyoto vigorously and maintaining a stable speed, but at the same time, they neighed in pain!
The neighing sound stopped, and several war horses fell to the ground at the same time!
The heavy body of the war horse hit the bluestone floor of the street hard, stirring up a few traces of dust, but the shock made the street seem to tremble. The horse's head hit the ground heavily, and blood burst out!
However, no matter how good their riding skills were, the cavalrymen on the war horses were caught off guard by this sudden turn of events and fell to the ground. Before they could wake up from the pain of their broken legs, several branches came out from among the houses on the street.
Black poisonous crossbow arrows were shot out and pierced into their bodies fiercely.
Just as the first few war horses fell to the ground and the cavalrymen were killed by crossbows, countless hissing sounds suddenly came from the entire quiet street.
These sounds did not come from the mouths and noses of the galloping war horses, but from the ground. The streets in Kyoto were paved with square bluestones, and the gaps between the bluestones were filled with loess.
Those hissing sounds came from the thin loess between these bluestone slabs.
At the same moment, the loess between the bluestone slabs on the long street suddenly cracked!
There seems to be some magical power on both sides of the street. A thin black leather cord bounces out of the cracked loess. The leather cord is too thin to be tied with hooks, but it is faintly visible shining with a faint light. It should be tempered.
Poisonous needle.
Dozens of black special-made trip ropes suddenly and magically appeared on the street that was smooth just a moment ago!
Countless muffled sounds sounded at the same time, and the cavalry brigade at the Minzhou camp suffered a ruthless blow at this moment. There were about thirty or forty cavalry in total. In front of these dozens of stumbling ropes, they fell into the clouds and hit the deep ground.
land.
For a moment, people on the street were on their backs, screaming in agony. I don’t know how many people had their horses broken and broken, and they were smashed together, rolling and bleeding.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of whooshing through the sky sounded. These sounds were like the command whistles coming to harvest and take orders in the netherworld. It was frightening. Countless black crossbow arrows were shot out from the houses on the street.
The shot hit the rebels who fell to the ground and instantly stopped their screams.
The people behind the scenes were dumbfounded and stood on the ground in a daze for a moment.
They thought that in this quiet long street there would be hidden assassins from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Kyoto Prefecture, but they did not expect that the other party's methods would be so fast, effective, ruthless and ruthless.
More than a dozen streets, at the same time, heard the mournful screams of people lying on their backs, and more than a dozen quiet bluestone roads were completely boiling at this moment.
But in an instant, more than a hundred dead people were added to the dozens of bluestone roads. These dead people had crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, and the ambushers did not shoot the horses. The horses with severed limbs and poisoned bodies lay helplessly on the ground, lying on the ground beside their owners.
Next to the corpse, the horse was neighing in pain and kicking its legs.
The scene is extremely miserable!
After the rebels encountered this obstacle, the cavalry was forced to stop. The formation, which was restrained by the streets of Kyoto, couldn't help but panic. However, at this moment, they could only hear several loud shouts from the army, and within a short time
, gave the order clearly and forcefully, and stabilized the vanguard camp.
Immediately afterwards, the shield-bearing soldiers caught up from behind, stepped on the pool of blood on the long street, bravely broke open the wooden doors of the houses on both sides of the street, and rushed into those dark spaces. For a while, the streets were filled with people drinking.
There was the sound of killing, but the real situation of the fighting could not be seen.
With a bang, a big hole opened in a house, and a bloody rebel was stabbed to death and fell out.
At this time, in those houses, there were countless sergeants engaged in dangerous fighting with the subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Kyoto Prefecture who were ambushing here.
Ye Dao rode on his horse, stared ahead under the military flag, suddenly picked up the riding whip in his hand, and waved it down vigorously.
"Woooooooooo...!"
A rush of horns sounded during the fierce battle, so the sergeants who followed the troops bravely separated to the left and right, and ferociously attacked the houses on both sides.
At this time, there were still screams on the long street, the sound of knives piercing bones in the houses, and the muffled sound of corpses falling to the ground. However, it was extremely difficult to see the figures of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the subordinates of the Kyoto Prefecture. I only knew that these people were on the street.
Killings are being carried out in private houses.
From time to time, corpses flew out of the houses, mutilated corpses, including those of rebels, as well as night ghosts dressed in purple or black.
Many arrow holes suddenly appeared in the small buildings on both sides of the street. The subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Kyoto Prefecture who were ambushing in them used crossbows to kill the rebels who were in the open on the long street. The blind rebels were hit by arrows one after another.
Fall down.
There are only a dozen long streets, but they are more difficult to conquer than the four gates of Kyoto.
The rebel horns are getting louder and louder. The rebel generals all know that if they want to get close to the palace, this is a bloody road that they have to fight through. So when the horns sound, the rebels rush towards the houses on both sides desperately. Some people
Even if he dies, people will continue to rush in.
The fight hidden in the dark night is more frightening than the fight in the light like wild beasts.
The fourth prince and other people were riding on tall horses, looking at the fighting in the long street. They were all frightened. Even the two princes, who had seen countless fighting scenes, could not help but look solemn on their faces at this time.
This is the dark force cultivated by His Majesty the Emperor. It is indeed terrifying. Tens of thousands of troops are actually blocked by these thousands of dark killers on more than a dozen long streets, unable to move forward.
Your Majesty, the Emperor, is very knowledgeable. I don’t know whether he is happy or sad!
The dark force he cultivated with his own hands can block the attack of tens of thousands of troops with the strength of a thousand people. This is naturally a miracle and something to be proud of and proud of. However, it is only a matter of time before these thousands of elites perish. This may be
The sorrow of His Majesty the Emperor.
His dragon body has not yet been buried, but the dark warriors he has trained so hard will follow him into death.
At the Imperial City Gate Tower, Xue Poye and the Yulin Guards also witnessed the fighting on the long street. The screams that pierced the sky spread in the long street and spread to the sky above the entire Kyoto, which made people's hair stand on end.
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It was at this time that Xue Poye truly saw the power of the dark warriors.
Although he often heard about the terror of the Kyoto Prefecture and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had never seen it in person, so he didn't have much feelings deep down in his heart. However, everything that happened today made him understand the terror of this power.
Perhaps even the Yulin Guards could not withstand their attacks in the darkness.
The long and narrow street was filled with corpses that had flown out of the houses, as well as the heavy horse corpses that took up half of the street. Human and horse corpses were mixed together, and blood gurgled and flowed, spreading to the bluestones of the long street.
In the gaps on the road, it’s like blood transformed into a bluestone road, flowing, flowing...!
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On the thick palace wall and under the majestic gate tower, the prince hid in the gap between the two shields, looking at everything that happened in front of him with a fearful look, his face turned a little pale.
The civil servants of the Great Chu, headed by Lan Wuqing Shu Zheng, were standing behind the prince, looking at the thrilling scenes of more than a dozen bluestone streets.
"Why not let the people in the city take up arms?" The prince's voice sounded a little hollow out of fear: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. Could it be that the imperial court is in danger, so they can only hide in the corner and watch helplessly
?”
This was a stupid statement, and many ministers behind him had disdain and even sadness in their eyes.
There was even anger in Lan Wuqing's eyes. She didn't even look at the prince, but said calmly: "Does the prince want Kyoto to turn into a dead city?"
Anyone with a little knowledge of military knowledge knows that soldiers and civilians are two absolute opposites.
Soldiers have received special military training and are equipped with exquisite equipment and weapons. They are killing machines. Countless killing machines work together. For ordinary people, it is a kind of demonic nightmare. The common people just wake up at sunrise.
Ordinary people who rest at sunset, some of them may not even be able to kill a chicken, let alone kill people? Regardless of the means of killing or the courage to kill, soldiers are absolutely strong. If the people of Kyoto are armed
, not to mention the time spent and coordination, but only the combat effectiveness. In front of the rebels, it can only be regarded as a mantis trying to block the car.
It would be a brutal massacre with disparity in strength.
The prince heard the dissatisfaction in Lan Wuqing's voice, but at this time, he was helpless. Seeing that the rebels were about to attack, he, the prince, didn't know if he would be able to see the sun tomorrow.
The sniping on the long street continues, but the rebels are strong after all. Although every step forward requires huge casualties, they have penetrated more than half of the long street through human flesh tactics, leaving behind a large area of people along the street.
Corpses and blood.
However, the casualties suffered by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Kyoto Prefecture were too high. By the time the rebels had attacked half of the street, the Dark warriors, who had always feared the world with their name of Darkness, had already lost most of their men.
Surrounded by everyone, the fourth prince rode a horse and slowly stepped onto the long street.
In front, the soldiers quickly cleared away the corpses on the long street, clearing a clean path for the Fourth Prince to advance. However, the blood in the air hit his nostrils, making the Fourth Prince frown tightly.
Marching forward on the blood, victory...may be just around the corner!dd