After following Judge Yagoda through several turns in the corridor illuminated by dim kerosene lamps and candles, they arrived at the open space enclosed by the former tribunal building.
When Lawrence saw this open space before, it was still a beautiful garden with a large lawn, but now it had several obvious signs of being burned. And when Lawrence followed Judge Yagoda and quickly walked along the bottom of the wall towards the previous
While running from the dormitory, several glass bottles were thrown in from outside.
These glass bottles crossed the wall and hit the open space, igniting flames. It seemed that the scorched marks on the open space were caused by these incendiary bottles. But just when the flames were ignited, several people held fire protection in their hands.
Felt cloths and muddy mops extinguished the flames.
Fortunately, there is not much gasoline in this era due to the industrial level, and alchemy items such as fire glue are so expensive that ordinary people cannot afford them. So the incendiary bottles that were thrown in were filled with some kerosene and
The mixture of whale oil was quickly extinguished by the fire-fighting team.
"Fortunately, we were prepared in advance, and the other side didn't have many Molotov cocktails." Smelling the smell of whale oil, kerosene and burnt vegetation that came from the open space after the flames were extinguished. Yagoda told
Lawrence explained, "We actually have the ability to intercept, but our extraordinarys and precision shooters mainly have to focus on the enemy's extraordinarys and high-value targets. So we can only put these incendiary bottles in."
At this time, Lawrence could hear the gunshots of the attacking Guards outside appearing to be chaotic, and the artillery fire was coming from far or near. It did not look like a regular army launching an attack at all. This showed that the extraordinary people and sharpshooters on the Inquisition side were very concerned about the Forbidden City.
The suppression by the weapon operators, grass-roots officers and spell casters in the Guards was very successful, leaving the other party unable to take advantage of the firepower and organizational advantages of the regular army.
Although due to their nature, the Inquisition's members have stronger individual capabilities than ordinary soldiers, and their squad combat capabilities are stronger than those of ordinary armies, they are basically not good at such large-scale operations. Fortunately, the Inquisition's side
The commander immediately took advantage of his own side to eliminate the junior officers and non-commissioned officers of the Guards who came to attack the headquarters, allowing the battle to develop in a melee direction more favorable to the Inquisition's side.
The temporary medical clinic on the ground was set up in an activity room on the first floor of the dormitory. When Lawrence walked in, he saw that the place was running quite regularly: some people were classifying the wounded, while others were helping to clean up the wounded.
Dress the wound and immobilize the bone with splints and bandages.
"I think this place won't need me for the time being." Looking at the orderly operation of this temporary rescue center, Lawrence finally understood why the person in charge just went to the front line to transport the wounded. After all, no personnel are needed here for the time being.
The command can run normally, and as a responsible person, I will definitely not be happy to stay here doing nothing.
Soon, Lawrence followed a stretcher team and ran towards a city wall. Because it was now in a state of melee, and the attacker's basic commanders and heavy weapons were also suppressed. Therefore, they had bunkers and the quality of their individual soldiers was better.
The stronger Inquisition side gained a greater advantage on the battlefield.
This caused Lawrence and the others to not be as busy as they imagined after they ran up the city wall. At the same time, he took this opportunity to look through the gaps in the female wall of the city wall like outside the fortress.
It is now around 9:00 pm. At this time a few days ago, Lawrence could see through the window of his dormitory the gas lights on the street and the little lights revealed in the windows of the rooms on both sides of the road, illuminating the capital of the Holy Visby Empire.
Vindobona lights up into a beautiful city that never sleeps.
But now everything has changed. A soaring fire against the city wall proved that the rioting guards destroyed the gas factory. This caused the gas lamps originally lighting the streets to go out at the same time, and the sound of gunfire rang out from time to time on the streets.
The residents in the room trembled and hid in places where they felt safe, and did not dare to light candles and oil lamps in the home.
But this does not mean that the surroundings are dark. In Lawrence's sight, the whole city is now as if it is in the crater of a volcano, illuminated red by the firelight of various burning things.
After the Janissary riot began, in addition to the organized Janissaries who were organized to occupy key places, at least half of the Janissaries scattered directly after breaking out of the barracks and started looting everywhere. As it has been for a long time,
The guards and rebels stationed in the capital naturally knew where the most money was. So as soon as they left the military camp, they headed straight for the bustling commercial streets.
Although store owners who open stores in such places will hire security companies to take care of security, the security guards with guns can maintain order on weekdays and deal with some thieves. However, they are far from opponents in the face of these rebel armies.
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Therefore, as the rebels killed those loyal security personnel and smashed the door of the store to rob, the chaos inevitably intensified, not to mention that after the robbery, the rebels also set fire to the store. At the same time, in this
In the process, the remaining gas in the gas pipes was ignited, causing a series of explosions and larger fires.
What's worse is that the explosion of these buried gas pipes also caused the nearby water pipes to be broken and damaged after being affected, unable to provide enough water to the surrounding fire hydrants and faucets. At the same time, the explosions quickly passed through the streets with a screaming sound.
Bullets and occasional exploding shells stopped those trying to put out the fire.
Under such circumstances, the whole city seemed to be on fire. The only good thing is that the capital Vindobona considered the possibility of large-scale street fighting and reduced the use of wood during construction, while also leaving some space.
There were enough fire breaks, so there was no terrible large-scale fire.
However, the flames that were ignited all over the city still made the night sky of the entire city burn red. At the same time, because the rebels continued to create chaos, many security personnel and gangsters who usually lived in the darkness of the city were dispersed.
Rogues also take advantage of this time to benefit themselves.
"This is a rebellion." Just as Lawrence was bandaging a senior inquisitor whose shoulder was injured by gravel exploded by a cannonball just after going out for reconnaissance, the inquisitor said. "I didn't expect the second prince to be like this.
At that time, he led the Guards to launch a rebellion and harmed so many innocent people. What on earth did these citizens do wrong to suffer such misfortune——"
"Are you saying that this rebellion was led by Duke Xingidunum?" Lawrence's eyes widened. He had previously learned from his father that although the second prince's mother was an ordinary human princess,
He was also quite popular with the emperor himself, as can be seen from the fact that he received the title of Duke of Singidunum when he came of age.
But other than that, this prince is like a transparent person in the royal family. He does not have much sense of existence except for being keen on holding dance parties, hunting and other activities.
You must know that the inheritance of nobles in this world is closer to the Europe of Lawrence's previous life than his own country. In other words, the order of title succession depends purely on the identity of the noble spouse, the time and gender of the heir's birth. If there is no obvious difference between the heir and
If there is a defect, there is basically no need to change the heir.
Therefore, those aristocratic children who do not have the right to inherit tend to go directly to do their own things, instead of the emperor's sons fighting fiercely for the throne like in the ancient times of Lawrence's motherland.
Therefore, there are not many aristocratic children like the second prince who usually seem to just eat, drink and have fun, so not many people paid attention to this prince who was not special.