The Jurchens' siege started again in the afternoon. The thunder carts still dropped iron ore slag bombs and a large number of black oil bombs into the city. This time, the target was about five kilometers between Tongtian Gate and Weizhou Gate on the north city wall.
This time, the Bianliang city guards and the people were on guard. When the opponent's thunder truck drove to the location and began to arrange, the city issued an early warning. The city defenders and the people in the opponent's attack area
They evacuated one after another, and the loss of personnel was greatly reduced. But even so, the destruction of street buildings, defensive facilities on the city walls, and a large amount of supplies was still inevitable.
It’s just that the bombardment by the sky thunder car didn’t last long this time. After dozens of rounds of slow bombardment, it ended hastily in the early afternoon. But even so, it still caused great damage, but it was nothing like yesterday and
The bombing intensity last night was much less intense than last night. The houses in the neighborhood were not completely destroyed, and part of the defense facilities at the top of the city were preserved. In short, the Jurchens seemed a little absent-minded.
In fact, it's not that the Jurchens don't want to replicate yesterday's onslaught, but that the Tianlei trucks they subsequently delivered have almost run out of iron slag bombs and black oil bombs. Hundreds of kilograms of stuff were completely shipped from Zhongjing Road, although they have been requisitioned
A large number of Liao people and thousands of carts came to transport various materials accompanying the army. However, the journey was very far, and the roads were extremely difficult to pass after snow, so in fact, there were less than 6,000 pieces in the entire Jurchen army.
Black oil bombs and more than a thousand iron slag bombs were available. Just to transport these ammunition here, more than 4,000 carts, tens of thousands of mules and horses, and tens of thousands of civilians were used.
The multiple attacks throughout the day and night yesterday have consumed most of the two types of ammunition. Today's bombing only has 1,000 black oil bombs and 200 iron slag bombs available. It is necessary to create full coverage in an area that is five miles long and 800 steps deep.
It is obviously impossible to achieve victory. Therefore, we can only use hammers here and there, sticks here and there, delay as much time as possible, spread flowers everywhere, and create greater momentum and effect. After the last ammunition is projected into the city, we can only
All activity has died down.
But the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City did not notice this strangeness. The bombardment of the entire Beicheng area has caused panic among the soldiers and civilians in the city. This panic has been fermenting since yesterday, and the people are also in panic all day long. The people of Beicheng have now
They all began to evacuate spontaneously, because they had heard too much about the tragic situation near the North City wall in the past two days, and they were almost scared to death.
Many people who escaped from the areas bombarded by the Jurchens described what they saw with their own eyes. They said that the place was as terrible as hell on earth. The houses and streets were covered with black fire and filthy after burning.
Ashes, the air was filled with a pungent and disgusting smell. Between the ruins and the houses in the streets, there were black and charred corpses everywhere. Each one was hideous and twisted, extremely terrifying. They said that many people were not even
Those who were burned to death were suffocated by the thick black smoke. The burning objects thrown by the Jurchens emitted thick black smoke. If you inhale it into your chest and abdomen, it will make you chest tight and confused. If you inhale it in your brain, you will be poisoned and fall to the ground.
Many people could have run out, but after falling to the ground due to the smoke, they were burned to pieces in the fire. Fortunately, it was only February and the weather was still cold, otherwise the rancid smell would have permeated the whole city.
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The common people can't stand such intimidation, and they have also seen the smell of black smoke. All day and night yesterday, black flocs fell from the sky in Beicheng, and there was a disgusting smell in the air.
The pungent smell. Now it seems that it is the result of the burning of the burning objects thrown by the Jurchens.
You must not stay in Beicheng. Staying here will mean death. Once the Jurchens break the city, they will start from Beicheng first. I used to have confidence in the Forbidden Army to defend the city, but now it seems that the Forbidden Army can run faster than the common people.
So what hope is there?
As a result, not long after the afternoon bombing, the people living in the north city of Bianliang Outer City began to go out spontaneously.
Other urban areas fled. The northern city of the outer city was divided from east to west by the Wuzhang River. There were only six bluestone bridges on the Wuzhang River, corresponding to six vertical streets. Usually these stone bridges were enough for traffic, but suddenly more than 100,000 people were in a hurry to escape from Beiwai.
In the urban area, six stone bridges were suddenly crowded and crowded. The key point is that the people will not leave empty. They will pack up and take away everything they think is valuable and must be used. The key is that in the eyes of the people
There is nothing in the house that is useless.
Under this situation, the streets were full of people carrying boxes and packages, pushing pacific carts piled with things, driving flatbed carts with their own piles of parcels like a hill, and various types of vehicles and mules and horses. When they arrived at the narrow crossing of the Wuzhang River,
At the entrance of the bridge, people are naturally crowded together, making it difficult to move forward.
However, because the supplies in the North City were severely damaged by the Jurchens, the reinforcements and reinforcements of the Forbidden Army troops arriving from the south had to be rushed to the North City. Such a crowded situation paralyzed the entire traffic. It was difficult to get through to the south.
Those from the north couldn't get through. The officers scolded and explained in vain. No one was willing to listen to them and turn around, and no one was willing to make way for soldiers, horses and supplies to go ahead. In this case, the five-foot-long street in Fengqiumen Nei Street
Near the bridge in the river, a conflict broke out.
For the more than 4,000 Forbidden Army troops who went to Fengqiu Gate to escort supplies and reinforcements, there were so many military orders that they did not dare to waste time. If they were blocked here and failed to arrive in time, they would be punished by military orders. This
That's all. Normally, the Forbidden Army walks sideways on the streets of the capital. Today, they are blocked here by these common people. How can the Forbidden Army soldiers deal with this issue? If they are soft, they will be hard. There is nothing to say at all.
The leading general ordered to whip the people with whips to open a way. This was also a common way to deal with congestion on the streets. This was nothing special. The people were driven by the whips and jumped off the bridge, falling into the cold water.
, this is nothing. The Wuzhang River is not too wide, and the water is not too deep. Generally speaking, people will not die. However, the fuse was an old woman who jumped into the river in shock after being whipped several times, but
The old woman couldn't swim, and the river was so cold that she couldn't stay awake in the panic. When the old woman's son arrived, he jumped into the river and dragged the old woman to the shore. The old woman was already suffering from the cold and cold.
He choked on the water and died. This incident angered the old woman's son. The boy was a stupid young man who originally made a living by killing pigs. He pulled out the butcher's knife from his waist and attacked a nearby forbidden soldier.
He was stabbed several times, and the Imperial Guard was killed on the spot.
The rest of the Forbidden Army generals and soldiers saw this and became red-eyed. Someone among the common people used a knife, and the nature of the matter changed. They were thugs. So, they put away their whips and raised their swords. All the people were crowded.
Those who blocked the front were regarded as thugs, and the officers and soldiers killed dozens of people in an instant. The people were also angered, since they had no way to survive anyway, so what did they care? So they fought back angrily. The streets suddenly became chaotic.
, resulting in extremely bloody riots and bloodshed.
When Lu Zhongtian and others received the report and came to calm the situation in person, several streets were already littered with corpses. The conflict between the people and the officers and soldiers was obviously a big loss for the unarmed people. Hundreds of people were killed by the Forbidden Army soldiers in the conflict.
died, and thousands of people were trampled to death and wounded in the chaos. Dozens of officers and soldiers were injured, and three died. The injured were all injured by stones. The dead were three unlucky guys who were dragged into the crowd by the common people.
He was beaten to death with sticks and fists. However, the situation was actually clear. All the people were forced to retreat to the north of several bridges, and the Forbidden Army troops had already blocked the bridgehead.
When Lu Zhongtian arrived with Chen Bin and others, several generals who led the army hurriedly stepped forward to report. Lu Zhongtian looked gloomy and did not speak. Chen Bin stepped forward and gave several generals a few slaps and cursed: "At this time,
, you still dare to do this, do you think the situation is not chaotic enough? You bastards."
Several generals covered their faces and did not dare to speak. Lu Zhongtian sighed repeatedly, he knew that this
In fact, the main reason for the conflict was due to the high pressure of the Jurchens outside the city. The people's hearts were floating and their psychology was on the verge of collapse. Everyone was in a state of anxiety, which is why such a conflict occurred. When something like this happened
There is no point in blaming the Imperial Army for this matter. In the current situation, the morale of the army cannot be dispersed, otherwise there will be nothing to talk about. The people do need strong restraint. The more they indulge, the more chaotic the city will be.
"Forget it, don't blame them. Although they have gone too far, there is nothing wrong with them. Go tell the people. The court will provide compensation for the dead and injured people, but let them go home individually and stop crowding and gathering here. Tell them.
They and the imperial court will guard the city, so there is no need to panic. If you cause trouble at this time, you will be severely punished." Lu Zhongtian ordered in a deep voice.
Chen Bin hurriedly accepted the promise, and Lu Zhongtian then made some specific arrangements and measures, such as allowing the people to use the two bridges on the east and west edges of the six stone bridges for special passage, and the imperial troops to use the four bridges in the middle, so as to prevent the people from using the bridges.
Conflict arose again with the Forbidden Army.
While he was busy, suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves from behind. Guo Xu, riding a horse and leading dozens of servants, arrived after hearing the news for some reason.
"What's going on? What's going on? I heard that the Forbidden Army was killing people. What happened? Lu Zhongtian, what's going on?" Guo Xu shouted.
Lu Zhongtian frowned and said, "Your Majesty, why are you here? Your Majesty, please don't cause trouble at this time."
Guo Xu said angrily: "What are you causing trouble? The people are my people, my soldiers and horses are killing my people, how can I ignore it? Lu Zhongtian, you are going too far."
Lu Zhongtian suppressed his anger and reported what happened. After hearing this, Guo Xu said in a cold voice: "Even if it is to support the defense of the city, you cannot open the way by killing the people. How is that different from the enemy? Lu Zhongtian, the general who ordered the killing today
It must be severely punished, this matter must be thoroughly investigated, and the soldiers involved in the killing must also be severely punished. I will never allow such a thing to happen. I can do nothing to the enemy, but I am as ruthless as a tiger or a wolf to my own people. Lu Zhongtian, this matter is also your dereliction of duty as a Privy Councilor.
How did you lead the troops?"
Lu Zhongtian looked at Guo Xu with some surprise. Guo Xu sat on the horse and stared at him uncompromisingly, with a sense of determination in his eyes. Lu Zhongtian understood that Guo Xu was probably unwilling to let himself be manipulated anymore. He wanted to be tough.
got up, so he deliberately said these words and deliberately reprimanded himself in public.
Lu Zhongtian smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, calm down and do what you want. However, a thorough investigation of the matter will have to wait until the Jurchens withdraw their troops. It is not appropriate to do these things now."
Guo Xu knew that he couldn't go too far. Lu Zhongtian's soft tone was already the best result. It seemed that once he became tough, Lu Zhongtian would still have some scruples.
"Okay, remember what you said." Guo Xu rode off and rushed across the bridge.
On Qiaotou Street, the corpses of hundreds of people had been parked on both sides of the street. Guo Xu jumped off his horse, ignored everyone's obstruction, rushed to the family members who were holding the corpses and crying in pain, and beat his chest and cried loudly: "It's me.
I am incompetent, but my people are being harmed. It is my incompetence, I can't do justice to my ancestors, and I can't do justice to the people of the world... Don't worry, I will definitely make the decision for you, and I will definitely avenge you. People
Don't worry, you are right to want to leave the dangerous place in Beicheng. I will allow you to go to the inner city. Even if I vacate the inner palace, I will still accommodate you. You will not be put in danger. If the Jurchens break the city,
...They have to step over my body first before they can hurt you. Don't worry, I will live or die with you..."
The people were so moved that they knelt on the ground and shouted long live, crying along with Guo Xu.
On the bridge, Lu Zhongtian and other people saw all this. A sneer appeared on Lu Zhongtian's face. He snorted: "Humph! Now I'm afraid it's too late to try to win over people's hearts."