In this short period of less than a stick of incense, the city seemed to be invaded by thousands of troops, and the city was abuzz with excitement. First, the warehouse on East Street was on fire, and soon after, the fire started all along East Street.
Then the palace in Beicheng also caught fire, the warehouse in West City, and several government offices in Northwestern City all caught fire.
Soldiers kept coming and reporting what happened in the city. Han De was forced to run back and forth. Every time he looked at the situation in the city, his heart sank. This was obviously planned, and it couldn't be done by a small number of people.
The defenders in the city and several city gates have also dispatched soldiers and horses to clear it out, but the situation is still in chaos, which shows that the soldiers and horses in the city cannot control the group of people who set fire to the city and cause trouble.
When another fire broke out in the direction of the middle street, Han Desui and Han Zongchang, the father and his son, finally changed their expressions. The fire in the direction of the middle street was exactly where the Grand Prince's Mansion in the South Courtyard was, which was Han Desui's mansion. At this moment, between the mansions,
There are also dozens of wives, concubines, children and grandchildren of the Han family. Since the peace agreement was reached with Dazhou, Han Desui believed that there was no more danger, so this time he brought his wives, concubines and several grandchildren from his hometown in Linhuang Mansion to live here.
Although everyone is in the mansion, there are more than 300 guards guarding them, but in this situation, thousands of soldiers and horses in the city are unable to control the situation. The 300 guards may not be able to stop the enemies in the city.
"Dad, we can't just sit idly by. This time we have to let the children lead troops and horses to the city to resolve the matter. If our mansion is captured by them, my mother, several aunts, as well as my son's wives, concubines, nieces and nephews will all be captured.
If the enemy is killed, it's really too late to regret it. We can't wait any longer." Han Zongchang said anxiously. Han Zongchang's wife and children are all in the house, and he is more anxious than anyone else.
Of course Han Desui could no longer ignore the situation, so he nodded and said: "Okay, Zong Chang, you lead three thousand people... no... five thousand people to the city to destroy the enemies. Dad is here. We must not let them hurt the family.
.Zongze is dead, and Zongze’s son is still in the mansion. Zongze cannot be left without an heir.”
Han Zongchang bowed and agreed, shouted loudly, and quickly dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses from the top of the city to go down to the city and went straight to the direction of Zhongjie.
Everything in the city was naturally the work of Lin Jue and others. After leaving the warehouse on East Street, Lin Jue detached more than a dozen teams to set fires along the street. Of course, the targets of the arson were government palaces, warehouses and luxurious residences.
Of course, people's residences cannot be set on fire. Lin Jue wanted to cause chaos in the city.
Lin Jue's own cavalry group of more than 800 was trapped by more than 3,000 Liao troops who came from all directions to suppress them, but how could Lin Jue and others be afraid of these 3,000 people. Ma Bin and Sun Dayong led the cavalry guards.
As soon as they charged and fired their crossbows, more than 3,000 Liao soldiers suffered heavy casualties and fled everywhere. In fact, these 3,000 people were not elites. They were old and weak soldiers plus yamen soldiers who were not considered an army at all. With
The elite cavalry of the Luoyan Army faced off against each other. Their combat power was beyond compare. How could they withstand it? Not only were thousands killed, but two generals were also captured with arrows.
When he asked the captured generals, he found out that they were the yamen soldiers from the nearby Yamen and the soldiers and horses left behind in the surrounding key areas, not the soldiers and horses that had been withdrawn from the Nancheng wall. Lin Jue sneered, but Han Desui was determined.
They had already entered the enemy's territory, but they still refused to withdraw their troops and clear them out. They also wanted to use the crooked melons and cracked dates in the city to kill them. Lin Jue immediately asked about the location of Han Desui's South Campus Prince's Palace, and led all his guards to direct the attack.
They destroyed the palace and set fire to the surrounding area.
actually
, with the strength of Lin Jue and others, they could directly enter the palace and capture Han Desui's family. Although the palace was tall and strong and guarded by hundreds of guards, it could not stop Lin Jue and others. But Lin Jue did not
He did this not because of any womanly benevolence or moral intolerance towards Han Desui's family, but because Lin Jue wanted to keep the palace and Han Desui's family as bait. If the palace was breached, he would let the other party fight. The palace
Shang Zai is in danger, but can be rescued. This is the message Lin Jue wants to convey to the other party.
On the long street, Han Zongchang was riding a horse with 5,000 Liao soldiers heading towards the Prince's Palace on Middle Street quickly along the wide street. There was a fire burning in the sky, but looking at the direction, it didn't seem that there was a fire inside the palace, the fire was only
On the periphery. This means that the palace is still there, the opponent has not yet invaded the palace, and there is still time for rescue.
There was no one on the empty long street. The autumn wind blew up the fallen leaves on the green brick street and rolled them endlessly along the long street. The dark houses and trees on both sides were as dead as a cemetery. No one dared to show his head.
, everyone huddled in the house, the owner closed the doors and windows, shivering.
Han Zongchang was anxious and urged his men to rush forward. The intersection of Zhong Street was already in front of him, and the palace was on the left side of the intersection. The rising firelight could already illuminate the surrounding darkness. In the firelight, there were scattered civilians.
The voice ran away in a hurry, but there was no sign of any enemy. This made Han Zongchang a little confused, but he soon felt relieved. The other party obviously saw that he led his army to rescue, so they all fled.
"Protect the palace. General Nan will lead people to search for the enemy's traces and see where they are fleeing. Then we can go and eliminate them immediately." Han Zongchang shouted loudly.
As soon as Han Zongchang finished speaking, shouts of killing suddenly rang out from the darkness on both sides of the street. Countless crossbow arrows were shot from between the low houses on both sides without any warning. The crossbow arrows were shot from the darkness like a violent storm.
Come, it is extremely violent. The Liao army troops and horses are already on the street without any cover, and it is a dense and narrow terrain. In an instant, the crossbows knock down a large area of the Liao army on both sides of the team.
Frightened shouts rang out, and the soldiers panicked and didn't know what was happening. By the time they discovered that the crossbow arrows were coming from the streets and the tops of houses on both sides, more than 400 Liao soldiers had died under the intensive bombardment of crossbows.
Han Zongchang's first reaction was: he was ambushed. Instead of leaving, the thieves in the city used their eagerness to save people to ambush on both sides of the street. As expected of Han Zongchang, he responded quickly
.
"They are going up and down the houses on both sides of the road. There are not many of them. Lieutenant General Nan, you go east and we go west, charge!" Han Zongchang shouted.
Lieutenant General Nan promised loudly and shouted orders. The Liao soldiers quickly organized a charge to both sides. However, how ferocious the Lian Nu was that they could directly attack head-on with their bodies due to the large number of people. There were ambushes on both sides.
There are more than 300 Luoyan Army cavalry guards, all equipped with repeating crossbows. The damage caused by such firepower can be imagined.
A group of Liao troops fell on the way to charge. The firing of the repeating crossbow at such a close range showed that the repeating crossbow had a short range but was invincible when fired densely at close range. The crossbow arrows were like rain, killing the charging Liao soldiers.
On the way, he fell into a ditch by the roadside. Even if he rushed to the house near the roadside, he couldn't find the other party's position for a while. The other party had obviously driven away the people here and laid an ambush at the windows, doors and roofs.
.There are cold arrows everywhere, and they can’t find their position at all. This kind of charge
It was simply a suicidal charge. Five thousand Liao troops were shot to death and thousands more wounded in a short period of time.
Han Zongchang finally realized that the opponent was not a good opponent. They had strong firepower and could not be solved by a head-on charge. The opponent was not a group of poorly equipped enemies as he had initially imagined, but elites equipped with serial crossbows. He understood this.
, Han Zongchang immediately adjusted his strategy.
"Rush to the street entrance and stay away from their ambush circle. Go quickly!" Han Zongchang shouted loudly, while urging the horse to rush towards the empty street entrance ahead.
All the Liao soldiers suddenly realized that it would be too stupid to leave the empty street in front of them and have to face the repeating crossbow ambushers in the dark on this suffocating street to die. When they rushed to the cross street in front, the terrain was open.
, the light was bright, and it was a wise choice to get out of the opponent's ambush circle. At that moment, everyone gave up attacking on both sides, and the entire army rushed toward the intersection ahead.
However, they only ran a few dozen steps when something strange suddenly appeared on the originally empty street in front of them. Dozens of cavalry slowly rushed out from the thick smoke brought by the fire burning not far away, offering their bodies.
From the perspective of the Liao soldiers, these dozens of knights seemed to be walking out of the flames, because behind them was red smoke reflected by the fire. These knights were sitting upright on their horses, with their backs to the light.
Their faces and equipment were unclear, but they were all lined up on horseback, blocking the entire street. They were like black knights emerging from hell, with a sinister aura.
"Damn it, there's an ambush." Han Zongchang cursed loudly, but soon he realized that there were less than 200 cavalry blocking the front, maybe more than a hundred at most.
"More than a hundred people want to stop us? What a dream!" Han Zongchang shouted sternly: "Charge over and kill them all!"
All the Liao soldiers let out loud shouts and rushed forward like a tide. Everyone knew that they had to rush out of the street. The ambush soldiers on both sides were still killing their own personnel mercilessly. The earlier they broke out of the ambush circle, the earlier they would be out of danger.
.If we delay for a while longer, everyone will probably die on this long street.
Hundreds of cavalry and horse teams beside Han Zongchang rushed to the front, with scimitars hovering high above their heads, and the roar of horse hooves, which was terrifying. Although there were only more than two hundred cavalry at hand, as a means of breaking through the interception of more than a hundred people on the other side,
The vanguard is more than enough. As long as we are close to fighting, if the rear infantry rushes up, these guys who block the road without knowing their strength will all die.
The distance between the two sides was not far, and the enemy they intercepted was only thirty steps away. The cavalry charge was already approaching the enemy without even mentioning full speed. A close fight seemed to be about to begin. A row of enemy troops in front
In the middle of the cavalry, there was a figure who suddenly raised his arms and made a fierce slashing motion. Against the background of the fire, this action was clearly discernible. Han Zongchang could see it clearly from behind the charging cavalry, and he instinctively
I felt a hint of danger, but this premonition was obviously too late.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A roar sounded like the earth was shattering, and dazzling fire broke out from the hands of the black shadow knights on the horses in front. The next moment, in the smoke and dust, rows of dense iron bullets were like a dense stream.
The curtain came over. The bodies of the Liao cavalry at the front became stiff as if they were electrocuted. They didn't even know what they were attacked by. They only knew that their bodies were penetrated in countless places, and their whole bodies were covered in an instant.
