When Niu Jizong saw this momentum, he knew that it was Jia Ke who was back. Now he felt weak all over, and a burst of despair surged in his heart.
But Niu Jizong couldn't show his expression, otherwise if the soldiers on both sides saw these soldiers, they might run away without fighting.
After Niu Jizong saw clearly at the top of the city, he immediately came down from the city tower, mounted his horse and went straight to Prince Zhongshun's palace.
When he arrived at Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, he saw that the lights were brightly lit and people were coming and going constantly. At this time, Prince Zhongshun still had no rest and was working hard to deal with the affairs of the capital, trying to leave himself a chance to survive.
When Niu Jizong came in, King Zhongshun had already received the report, and he hurriedly ordered someone to meet Niu Jizong in the study.
After the two met in the study, they each bowed, and then the servant brought tea.
Niu Jizong said impatiently: "Jia Ke's soldiers have returned. Does the prince know?"
After hearing this, King Zhongshun nodded silently, "I have heard the report from my subordinates."
"Then has the prince decided what to do next?"
After hearing this, King Zhongshun said with firmness on his face, "Now that the country is in crisis, it is time for us to be loyal. We can only defend the city to the death and be loyal to the country."
Niu Jizong felt disappointed after hearing this. He originally thought that King Zhongshun had some plans, and even if it didn't work, he could find a way to leave the capital and go to the south of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, he was asked to defend the city to the death. It seemed that King Zhongshun had exhausted his plan.
, if this is the case, then do you have to find a way to save your wealth and life?
King Zhongshun had also seen Niu Jizong's thoughts. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, and then said to Niu Jizong: "General Niu is in charge of the military power in the capital. It can be said that you are also the leader of our operation this time. Jia Ke doesn't know
Will you let us go?"
After hearing this, Niu Jizong understood what King Zhongshun meant. This was because King Zhongshun was afraid that he would desert, inform Jia Ke, or even take refuge in Jia Ke, so he was warning himself.
But now that I think about it, what King Zhongshun said makes sense. If he were Jia Ke, with the victory in hand, he would never let go of these people who participated in the rebellion.
Niu Jizong's face turned pale when he thought of this. It seemed that there was only one way to go.
When King Zhongshun saw Niu Jizong's change of expression, he knew that he had understood the stakes of the matter.
"General Niu doesn't have to worry. We have a million people in the capital and hundreds of thousands of strong men. As long as we can defend the city desperately for a while, when the world boils, Jia Ke will have to compromise with us."
Niu Jizong was not optimistic about King Zhongshun's idea, but he could only say in line with it: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, so I will go out to organize the troops. Jia Ke thinks that he will attack the city soon."
After Niu Jizong finished speaking, he didn't care about King Zhongshun and left the study directly and went out of the mansion.
After Niu Jizong left, King Zhongshun's eyes immediately darkened, and the hand holding the cup began to tremble a little.
King Zhongshun pretended to be calm in front of others, but he was often frightened when he was alone. Although they thought they had a plan when Jia Ke was not in the capital, they felt the huge pressure once Jia Ke came back.
King Zhongshun's only hope now is that the baby sent out of the palace can grow up safely and leave a root for his own lineage.
Not to mention that King Zhongshun is troubled here, but the other princes, nobles, royal relatives and relatives in the capital are also in confusion now.
Ever since they started the uprising, not a day has gone smoothly. At the beginning, there was a quarrel between the emperor and King Zhongshun, and even the emperor was imprisoned. Then Fan Kang surrounded the capital. Looking at the current situation, this
This time it was a complete failure.
So these people began to make their own plans, and most of them just wanted to leave a root for their own lineage.
And some tactful ones have begun to look for ways around. King Zhongshun did not take action against the civil servants Jia Ke left in the capital, but now these people's houses have been trampled through the threshold, and all kinds of cherished gifts, gold and silver are everywhere.
I kept offering it just because I wanted these people to say something nice in front of Jia Ke.
After King Zhongshun got the news, he could only remain silent. Now the trees have fallen and the hozens have dispersed. Moreover, King Zhongshun did not dare to restrain these people too much. In case they were annoyed, he would directly have a duel with Jia Ke.
, then something really big happened.
Besides, Jia Ke settled hundreds of thousands of soldiers outside the city, and then came to Fan Kang's Chinese army tent.
After Jia Ke entered the Chinese army's tent, he sat in the middle, with other generals lined up on both sides.
After that, Fan Kang first came out and handed over to Jia Ke, and then reported to Jia Ke in detail what happened in the capital during this period.
After Jia Ke listened, he was silent for a moment and said: "From what you said, the emperor seems not to have participated in this turmoil."
When Fan Kang heard Jia Ke's words, he immediately understood the meaning. Jia Ke didn't want the emperor to get away.
So Fan Kang immediately continued: "I don't think so. The emperor can't get away with it anyway. Without the emperor's support this time, how could the princes, nobles, and royal family members obey the arrangements of King Zhongshun? I think the emperor is protecting his own safety.
I want to seize the world, but I am afraid that you, the commander-in-chief, will come back to settle the score with him."
After Jia Ke heard this, a smile appeared on his face, "Mr. Fan is right. I think the emperor is not willing to be lonely this time."
After Jia Ke said these words, he determined the nature of the matter this time, that is, under the emperor's hint, King Zhongshun joined forces with the princes, nobles and royal center to launch a rebellion.
Fan Kang stood below and looked at Jia Ke's face, knowing that he couldn't wait any longer, and Jia Ke's actions would probably speed up from now on.
After Jia Ke determined the matter, he directly gave the order to the generals, "Go back and rest for a night today, and form an array outside the capital early tomorrow morning. I will return to the capital within three days."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, all the generals clasped their fists together.
Then Jia Ke returned to his big tent after the accounts were dismissed, and immediately summoned Wei Kun to let him know about the intelligence exchanges in the capital during this period.
Wei Kun did not dare to neglect, and once again told Jia Ke about the situation in the capital during this period, and then focused on Fan Kang.
Wei Kun reported Fan Kang's every move during this period to Jia Ke.
After Jia Ke heard this, he felt truly relieved. It seemed that Fan Kang had no evil intentions during this period.
Next, Jia Ke ordered Wei Kun to send a message to Mount Wutai, so that Jia Mu and the Jia family could set off for the capital. By the time they returned to the capital, he thought he had been able to calm down the turmoil in the capital.
There was no talk for the next night. The next day, Jia Ke beat drums and gathered the generals in the Chinese army's tent. After all the generals had arrived, he ordered people to set up their formations in front of the formation. Jia Ke came with the generals in person.
Under the city gate.
At this time, someone in the capital had already notified King Zhongshun. King Zhongshun knew that Jia Ke was back, and he did not hesitate to bring the princes, nobles and royal family members to the city gate, and looked at Jia Ke from a distance.
Jia Keqi looked up the city tower from his horse and saw King Zhongshun wearing a python robe. He was surrounded by people and looked quite impressive.
Jia Ke spurred his horse forward and shouted to the tower: "King Zhongshun, why are you rebelling?"
King Zhongshun did not lose his momentum, "Jia Ke, your name is Prime Minister, but you are actually a traitor. What's wrong with me helping the world get rid of serious diseases?"
After hearing this, Jia Ke smiled and said, "In that case, let's not compete with words, let's show our real skills with our hands."
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he turned his horse and returned to the main formation.
Then in Jia Ke's formation, the drums beat like thunder. Upon hearing the drums, countless soldiers pushed various engineering equipment and approached the capital again.
With a livid face, Niu Jizong ordered his men and horses to start making preparations.
During these days, Niu Jizong has done nothing. He demolished many houses in the capital, collected a lot of wood, pulled it to the top of the city, and used it as rolling logs. The stones in the houses were also used as thunder stones.
However, they did not collect many bows and arrows, because when Jia Ke left the capital, he had already emptied the warehouse of the Ministry of War.
When Niu Jizong and others went to the Ministry of War to collect equipment for attacking and defending the city, they found that the warehouse of the Ministry of War was empty.
In the end, they could only collect all the bows and arrows stored in the homes of all the princes and nobles. However, although they had bows, the arrows were very scarce, because the princes and nobles did not dare to hide many arrows in their homes.
So now when defending the city, not many archers are involved, and their arrows are quickly used up, which greatly reduces the threat to Jia Ke.
After a tentative attack, Jia Ke discovered the weakness of the city's defense. Although there were many rolling logs and thunder stones, there were almost no bows and arrows used to suppress it.
When Jia Ke saw this situation, he understood that his arrangement in the capital had worked, so Jia Ke issued an order for the entire army to attack with all strength.
After receiving the order, the army under Jia Ke began to attack the city desperately. Now the 700,000 or 800,000 horses under Jia Ke were like waves, retreating and coming up again, in an endless stream.
Moreover, Jia Ke had already prepared all kinds of engineering equipment.
And these people led by Niu Jizong were originally strong men recruited from all over the world. They had no combat experience at all. Even with swords and guns, they might not dare to kill people. What's more, Jia Ke's sleepless attack, when it was almost night, these people
More than half of them have been lost, and the defense is already crumbling.
King Zhongshun had not left the city since he arrived at the city tower. He also knew that things had reached the most critical moment, and if he could stay for one day, he would live one more day.
Now seeing that the city tower was crumbling, he knew that he could not continue like this, so he summoned his own soldiers and ordered him to immediately search for strong men in the capital.
In less than an hour, his soldiers collected seven to eight thousand people near the city wall, some of whom were forcibly captured by these soldiers.
But King Zhongshun didn't care so much now. When he saw these people coming, he immediately gave them weapons and dispatched a war team to force them to go to the city to fight the enemy.
When these people saw that they were going to fight, how could they agree to cry for father and mother and tremble all over?
King Zhongshun's soldiers looked impatient and whipped them with whips, trying to drive them to the tower.