Inside the east city gate, the Xuanjia heavy cavalry led by Nangong Yunfan and Qin Lan were still fighting with Nangong Lin's border army.
The seemingly indestructible thick city wall was defeated by several rounds of cannons.
The city wall of nearly ten meters collapsed, leaving a wide enough gap, and the black-robed ghoul holding an AK took the lead in charging.
The Tiger tank battalion, covering the border troops, slowly advanced.
"These men in black robes are all corpses raised by Mo Suo. The last order he gave was to obey Nangong Lin's arrangements, so these people will swear allegiance to Nangong Lin to the death."
There were constant shells passing overhead and explosions one after another. It was so noisy that it was difficult to hear the voices being spoken.
Qin Lan ignored the tower and quickly pulled Nangong Yunfan back.
"Your Highness, the situation is critical. These random guns may accidentally injure you. Please wait in the inner city for the time being. I will leave the task of defending the city to my veteran."
AK has an almost crushing advantage over crossbows.
Coupled with the shelling of Tiger tanks.
The east city tower was quickly defeated! The defenders had no power to counterattack.
The most elite black-armored heavy cavalry in the imperial capital can easily block bullets, and cannot be damaged even by gunfire and hand/minefield/mines.
However, the shock wave generated by the explosion can kill the people inside if the armor is intact.
In front of guns and artillery, Xuanjia was of little use and could only leave a complete corpse.
"Don't mess up your position, abandon the inner city, retreat into the streets, and fight street battles with the rebels until they run out of ammunition."
Even the outer city wall, which was several meters thick, could not stop the Tiger's attack. The inner wall, which was less than two feet, was naturally vulnerable.
Staying behind means waiting to die.
Nangong Yunfan once eavesdropped on the conversation between Shuang Yi and Chen Feng and learned that although these new weapons were powerful, they needed to be continuously replenished with ammunition.
As for what exactly ammunition is? He doesn't know, and he hasn't figured it out yet.
Maybe it's something similar to infuriating energy, but guns can't be used continuously all the time.
"Qin Lan, isn't your Black Armor Heavy Cavalry known as the Snow Country's Great Army? It is the best in the world and invincible. Why are you hiding like a turtle now and not daring to fight me openly and bloodyly?"
Nangong Lin ordered the Tiger tank to raise its gun barrel, intending to bomb the inner city.
But before the black-robed ghoul had time to reload his ammunition, the defenders on the tower fled in panic and retreated to the streets behind him as quickly as possible, presumably preparing for a street fight with him.
"Commander Qin Lan, this is a way to provoke generals. Don't fall into his trap. Now using cold weapons and guns to fight head-on is like hitting a stone with an egg. New weapons have absolute long-range advantages, but in street fighting, they can make up for the gap between swords, crossbows and guns.
gap."
Nangong Yunfan was worried that Qin Lan would get involved, so he quickly stopped him.
The Black Armor cavalry are the elite troops of the empire, and they must not be left in vain outside the city.
"Your Highness is overly worried. This veteran has experienced many battles, how can he act recklessly?"
Qin Lan clutched her sword tightly and led the Xuanjia heavy cavalry to retreat to the alley.
"Waging street fighting is equivalent to spreading the troops. They will be defeated one by one. I only have 80,000 border troops under my command. I should kill Nangong Yunfan, and then go straight to Luan Palace to force the emperor to abdicate."
Nangong Lin's thinking is very clear.
There are currently one million defenders in the city, including 120,000 at the east city gate alone, as well as Qin Lan's black armor heavy cavalry. If they don't rely on new weapons, they will never be able to attack.
Once street fighting breaks out, the advantage of crushing weapons is lost.
Nangong Lin knew all of this.
"These old houses are really an eyesore. Let the Tiger Battalion destroy them all."
The shells came in overwhelmingly, leveling the alley in front of them to the ground. Nangong Yunfan and Qin Lan were forced to continue to retreat.
"Your Highness, something is very wrong!"
The eunuch of the middle palace hurriedly came to report that he was the personal chamberlain of His Majesty the Emperor.
Under normal circumstances, he would never leave the palace, but now he appears on the front line under heavy artillery fire. It must be because there is more important information that needs to be conveyed.
"Are you here to deliver His Majesty's orders? It's so dangerous, just let the little eunuch come."
Qin Lan dragged the eunuch of the Central Palace behind the wall and said, "Please tell your Majesty not to worry too much. Your Highness the Prince and I are confident that we will wipe out all the rebels."
"Your Majesty, he...he died!"
"What did you say? My father died? When did it happen? Nangong Lin has been restrained by us at the East City Gate. Is it possible that he has an insider in the palace?" Nangong Yunfan's face was full of astonishment.
Nangong Wentian was born as a warrior and was in his sixties, but he was in good health and had no serious illnesses.
The rebel Nangong Lin had limited troop resources, so it was impossible to bypass the East City Gate and sneak attack on the palace.
"After you and Commander Qin Lan left, four iron lumps suddenly broke through the roof and fell into the Luan Hall. The guards went to check and knocked a few times with their weapons, but they suddenly exploded, destroying the entire hall.
Your Majesty and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have all returned to the Western Heaven."
The eunuch of the middle palace took out a scroll sealed by magic from his arms, "This is the scroll left by His Majesty before his death, and he asked the old slave to give the scroll to His Majesty as soon as possible if something happens to him.
you."
"What's this?"
Nangong Yunfan held the scroll, and when his palm came into contact, the seal was automatically released.
"Congratulations to the new Majesty who ascends the throne and takes over the throne!"
The scroll was slowly opened, and Qin Lan hurriedly knelt down after seeing the two words "Edict".
After seeing this, the great eunuch of the Central Palace and other heavy knights in black armor shouted: "The new emperor has ascended the throne, bringing blessings to the world!"
But because the sound was too loud, it covered up the sound of gunfire.
"What are you shouting when you are about to die?" Nangong Lin was puzzled, "Go and ask the guards in the inner city to find out the reason?"
"Your Highness, the Second Prince, they are saying, 'The new emperor has ascended the throne and will bring blessings to the whole world.' They all seem to be kneeling to His Highness. Could it be that His Majesty is Bintian?"
The guards at the front rushed back.
"How is it possible? The old man was as strong as an ox. He was still having sex every night at the age of sixty. He had no illness or disaster. How could he die suddenly?"
Nangong Lin could not accept this information.
Originally, he wanted to capture the palace and force the emperor to sign an abdication edict.
But now it seems that this is no longer necessary.
"That's fine, as long as I kill Nangong Yunfan, the throne will belong to me."
Nangong Lin climbed up to the inner city, stood on a high place and looked at the alleys in the distance, and the shouts of "Long Live the Mountain" continued to be heard outside.
Even in times of life-and-death war, the succession of the throne must have a sense of ceremony.
But this made Nangong Lin very unhappy, "The throne is mine, no one can take it away!"
"Listen up, everyone, whoever can cut off Nangong Yunfan's head will be directly promoted to the third level, with a reward of one million, and the maids in the palace can choose at will."
Having said this, the guards were all working hard. They had lived in the desolate border all year round. Not to mention palace maids, even ordinary farm girls rarely met them, and they were already very hungry.
So after hearing Nangong Lin's reward, they all rushed into the alley without hesitation. (To be continued)