While King Zhongshun, Prince Yixiao and other leaders of the royal family were discussing happily, Niu Jizong hurriedly came to them.
Prince Yixiao saw Niu Jizong standing up in a hurry and said with a smile: "Nephew Niu, I was just discussing with King Zhongshun to go to Nanjing to raise your title and restore the glory of your ancestors."
Niu Jizong looked at their happy faces and couldn't help but laugh or cry. They hadn't left the capital yet, and they were thinking about such beautiful things.
"Your Majesty, don't talk about this for now. Something big happened outside the city. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have appeared under the city wall. How should we deal with it? Let's discuss the outcome."
King Zhongshun trembled after hearing Niu Jizong's words. He did not expect Jia Ke to send troops so soon. He also thought about setting off in two or three days, catching Jia Ke off guard.
"How many people are coming? Whose troops are there?"
Niu Jizong frowned and replied: "It should be Baoding Jiedu and Chun Yuhua's troops, about fifty or sixty thousand people."
King Zhongshun was a little panicked after hearing this, "Then let's set off immediately. What do you think is different?"
Now Niu Jizong's grandfather was a little discouraged and said directly: "My lord, it's better not to think about that good thing. If we, the stragglers who have not gone through the war, will be defeated by Chun Yuhua's troops if we go out of the city rashly, then we who are among the rebels will not be able to do it."
Do you know if you can survive?"
Prince Yixiao is worthy of being the younger brother of the Supreme Emperor. He has gone through ups and downs over the years. After listening to Niu Jizong's words, he said decisively: "I'm afraid we can't leave. Send all the soldiers and horses to the city wall immediately."
, let’s engage in a war of attrition with Jia Ke in the capital. As long as some of Jia Ke’s troops are consumed, he will negotiate with us if he feels distressed. By then we will still have a glimmer of hope.”
King Zhongshun also understood now that it would be impossible if he did not fight hard.
"Order all the servants to go to the city together, and at the same time forcefully recruit strong men in the city. There are nearly a million people in the capital, and no matter what, there will be more than 100,000 people defending the city. We will let Jia Ke bleed even if we die."
After hearing this, Niu Jizong nodded and knew that this was all he could do now. Since the troops from Baoding Prefecture had arrived, the other soldiers near the capital would probably be there in the next day or two.
After hearing their arrangements, Prince Yoshitaka continued: "Mere force is not enough. If this is the case, I am afraid that a mutiny will occur immediately. By then, without Jia Ke taking action, we will be dead first."
King Zhongshun heard the same truth. These people had not been trained. If they were forced to defend the city desperately, there would definitely be turmoil.
"Then what should Uncle Wang do?"
"Immediately carry out all our silver. All the strong men who have been recruited will be immediately given 20 taels of resettlement allowance for each person. We also promise that for every officer and soldier killed, we will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and maybe they can
Hold on for a while."
King Zhongshun nodded, knowing that this was the only thing he could do now.
"Uncle Emperor, I don't have much money in my house right now, only around half a million, which may not be enough to support these people."
Prince Yoshitaka said categorically: "Don't worry about this. I still have more than 1 million cars of silver in my house. Together with other royal families, I can give us at least 10 to 20 million."
After hearing this, King Zhongshun immediately said: "Since the emperor said so, I won't be polite. Without further ado, I will go to the tower with Niu Jizong to defend the city while the emperor goes to collect silver."
After King Zhongshun finished speaking, he immediately put on his armor and picked up his sword with the help of the eunuchs around him, and then said to Niu Jizong: "General Niu, we should unite sincerely now. Now I will go with you to the tower. As long as I
Unless the king dies, he will never go down to the tower."
Niu Jizong now looked at King Zhongshun with admiration. When the danger came, King Zhongshun did not back down but went up the stairs. He seemed to be a strong man.
So Niu Jizong took King Zhongshun and a few soldiers and rode fast horses to the north gate of the capital again.
They went up to the tower and looked down, only to see that the soldiers of Baoding Mansion below had formed their formation.
I saw these people, row after row, with murderous intent, standing there like wooden stakes.
No need to fight, just looking at this momentum, these people on the city wall began to become timid.
King Zhongshun looked around and realized that the soldiers under his command were all brought here by force, and not many of them were willing. Seeing the momentum of the troops below, he was afraid that they would surrender before they could fight.
So King Zhongshun hurriedly encouraged: "Don't worry, everyone. The walls of the capital city are high and thick, and we also have 100,000 troops in the city. I promise everyone here that everyone will receive 20 taels of housing allowance in advance, and every enemy soldier killed
, I will give you another ten taels of silver reward without any hesitation."
King Zhongshun kept making wishes and rewards there, and then suppressed the people on the tower.
After King Zhongshun and Xu Jizhongan attached the soldiers, they came to the tower and looked down.
I saw a few war horses at the front of the team and a few people sitting next to them.
King Zhongshun recognized the one in front at a glance. It was not Fan Kang. The horse next to him was Zhang Chaoxin, and the horse on the right was Sun Yan. Behind them, sitting on a horse's head, was a general.
It was Chun Yuhua, the commander-in-chief of Baoding.
Fan Kang, who was at the bottom of the city, saw a chaos on the city tower, and then there were guards surrounding a young man wearing a python robe.
Fan Kang knew that this man was King Zhongshun, so Fan Kang took the horse a few steps forward, and then shouted to the tower: "King Zhongshun, why did you rebel?"
King Zhongshun looked at Fan Kangyao below and showed off his power, and he felt cruel for a while, "Jia Ke is treasonous and imprisoned the emperor. He is called the prime minister but is actually a traitor. I am ordered by the emperor to eradicate the rebels. What is rebellion?"
After hearing what King Zhongshun said, Sun Yan immediately became angry, "King Zhongshun, I advise you to stop as soon as possible to save your life. Otherwise, when we attack the city, your whole family will definitely go to hell together."
"You rebels, what's the use of saying this? It's just death. I must live and die with the city."
After hearing this, Fan Kang said nothing more. He turned his horse and headed back to the formation, and said to Chun Yuhua next to him: "It seems that just talking is not enough. You lead the troops to attack first and see what happens to those people above."
weight."
Chunyu Hua nodded, and then said to the deputy general next to him: "Push up the equipment for the city, take the people with you personally, and give it a try to the city defenders above."
After hearing the order, the deputy general turned around, took his own men, horses and many siege equipment, and pushed towards the city gate.
When King Zhongshun from the upper floor saw the people below, he prepared to go to power and hurriedly said to Niu Jizong next to him: "I'm not good at military affairs. Now I'm relying on you, General Niu."
Niu Jizong nodded, "Your Majesty, why don't you go back to your mansion to rest first? I'm here."
But King Zhongshun shook his head and said: "I am sitting in the tower. The enemy will not retreat and will never go down to the city."
Niu Jizong saw that King Zhongshun had made up his mind, so he stopped trying to persuade him.
King Zhongshun could not disturb Niu Jizong's formation of troops here, so he retreated into the tower with dozens of guards to wait for news.
Niu Jizong also had experience in the military. Although he has been pampered and privileged these years, his foundation is still there.
Niu Jizong knew that the morale of the city's top priority must be guarded. The morale of his side is low now, and they are all new soldiers who have not experienced military training. If they don't win for a while, these people will immediately disperse as soon as they attack the city.
So Niu Jizong responded and said to a general beside him: "You take 3,000 people out to challenge and temporarily delay the progress of the opponent's siege."
The general next to him held up his hand and said: "Don't worry, general, take me out and kill him personally, so that these people on the opposite side know how powerful we are."
After the general finished speaking, he straightened his armor and went down to the tower to prepare.
Niu Jizong watched him get off the tower with a smile on his face. Others didn't know how powerful this general was, but he knew it clearly.
When his father passed away, he did not leave him any wealth, but he only left him this one person.
At that time, Niu Jizong was still complaining about his father, but after getting to know this man, he was very happy.
It turned out that this man was an orphan since he was a child and was adopted by Niu Jizhong's father, the old Duke. And the old Duke saw that his sons were not dedicated to martial arts, and he was afraid that his skills would be wasted in this life, so he spent a lot of money.
I used money to cultivate this child and wanted to leave a guarantee for future generations.
And this child did not disappoint the old prince. Over the past few decades, this child has not cared about anything else except practicing martial arts. Today, he finally has a place to use his martial arts.
This man followed the old Duke, whose surname was Niu, and whose name was Yong. When he went down to the city tower, there was naturally a stable boy next to him, who brought him a maroon horse. He moved the saddle and tough stirrups, and the soldiers next to him carried it for him.
A Qinglong Yanyue Sword.
Niu Yong raised his sword, mounted his horse, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the capital with 3,000 servants.
When Chunyu Hua saw the city gate of the capital suddenly opened, thousands of troops rushed out, and he immediately ordered his soldiers who were preparing to attack the city to temporarily stop the attack and then form formations at the rear.
Liu Yong led his troops out of the capital and formed an array in front of the city gate. Then he rode alone to the front of the array, raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted to the opposite side: "I am the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and so is Niu Yong. Who dares to come and fight with me?"
Shall I fight?"
Chun Yuhua saw a middle-aged man rushing out from the opposite side. He was wearing a helmet, crown, robe and belt, holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, and stepped off a red-maned horse. He looked exactly like Guan Yu.
Chunyu Hua was a little disdainful when he saw the other party's image. You are just pretending to be like Guan Yu. Does that matter about Yun Chang's ability?
One of the generals next to Chun Yuhua also said wildly: "I thought the other party was someone, but it turns out he is an opera singer. Sir, let me go and meet him for a while."
Chun Yuhua looked to the side and saw that it was Li Jun, his general. Chun Yuhua knew about this person. He immediately became very good at martial arts and asked him to fight. It was just to test the strength of the opponent, so Chun Yuhua nodded.
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After Li Jun received permission, he urged his horse and came to the front of the battle with his gun.
"That opera singer opposite, if you weren't staying in the theater, what were you doing in front of the two armies? Do you think you can scare us away by pretending to be like Guan Yu?"
After hearing these words, Niu Yong was so angry that he was so angry, because in ancient times, actors were the lowest class of people, and the man opposite him almost demoted him to the ground when he said this.
So Niu Yong stopped talking and went straight to Li Jun with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Li Jun didn't show any weakness and fought back with his gun.
This Niu Yong was indeed a man who had been practicing for decades. After only three or five rounds, Li Jun couldn't resist. Niu Yong saw a flaw and cut off his left arm with a knife.
Li Jun yelled, turned his horse and fled towards the formation. Niu Yong was not willing to let go of the man who insulted him in front of the formation, so he urged his BMW and caught up with Li Jun within a few seconds. Li Jun
Before he could react, Niu Yong slashed him under the horse with a knife.