Immediately, thousands of people from both sides started fighting on the long street. It has to be said that those imperial guards who stayed to protect King Ning were indeed strong-willed and their combat power was quite impressive.
An army twice their size was blocked.
The morale of these people who were gathered together from various families was naturally high. After all, there was a reward of silver and the temptation of being an uncle. Suddenly, the superiors were evenly matched.
Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and others watched from a distance and couldn't help but frown.
There were shouts of killing behind them. Needless to say, the imperial army must have entered the city at this moment. If they could not capture Prince Ning quickly and decisively, once the imperial army arrived, they would even want to
I'm afraid there will be no good in surrendering.
"Kill, kill for me!"
More than a dozen officials clenched their fists and stared at the two sides fighting in front of them.
It's a pity that the imperial guards under King Ning refused to retreat one by one, and even almost fought back, only to retreat back to the equal officials in shock.
King Ning couldn't help laughing when he saw this situation. He abandoned the heavy carriage and got on his horse. Beside him were more than a dozen civil and military confidants.
Li Zhenshan, who was resisting Jiang Ning and others in front, shouted to King Ning: "The general will stay at the rear. Your Majesty, please leave quickly!"
It has to be said that Prince Ning still has a group of people who are devoted to him and loyal to him. Otherwise, Prince Ning would not be able to reach this stage.
Seeing Li Zhenshan leading a group of imperial guards to resist Jiang Ning and others who were trying to capture him as a qualification for promotion, King Ning took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Let's go!"
Immediately, most of the hundreds of imperial guards got on their horses, followed Prince Ning and others and rushed towards the city gate.
Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and others in the distance couldn't help but become anxious when they saw this scene, and shouted: "Don't leave, Prince Ning!"
Jiang Ning repeatedly urged his men to attack the Guards' defense line.
There were only a few hundred loyalists left in the Imperial Guard, and now most of them were assigned to escort Prince Ning away, which meant that only a few hundred people were left to resist.
Even if the hundreds of imperial guards were extremely brave, they could not withstand the impact of hundreds of soldiers and horses.
Li Zhenshan was covered in blood, and more than a dozen soldiers fell in front of him. It could be said that he was extremely brave, but at this moment, Li Zhenshan had several arrows stuck in his body.
In the army, even those who are as strong as the innate strong ones cannot guarantee that they will be safe and sound, not to mention that Li Zhenshan's strength is not invincible, so when a wave of arrows were fired, Li Zhenshan had a few more arrows on his body.
The strength in his body gradually dissipated, and Li Zhenshan stood there forcefully, looking back at the back of Prince Ning who was walking away, with a somewhat relieved smile on his face.
With a pop, Li Zhenshan's figure fell to the ground. At the same time as Li Zhenshan fell, Li Zhenshan only saw a group of elite soldiers rumbling over the long street in the distance. They were the soldiers and horses of the imperial court who had entered the city.
The leader was none other than Sun Qiu, a fierce general in the imperial army.
Sun Qiu was the first to enter the city. Needless to say, his first goal after entering the city was to capture King Ning. However, King Ning escaped first. After getting the news, Sun Qiu naturally led his army to kill him in a hurry.
From a distance, Sun Qiu saw two groups of people fighting on the long street, but one of them was obviously at the end of his strength.
Seeing Li Zhenshan's figure fall to the ground, Sun Qiu had already led the imperial army to the front.
With a quick glance, Sun Qiu waved his hand and shouted: "Take down all these rebels!"
Seeing the appearance of Sun Qiu leading the imperial army, Xiang Pingren's heart sank, and he quickly drove his horse forward and shouted from a distance: "General, we are one of our own, we are one of our own..."
It's a pity that Sun Qiu just glanced at them indifferently, as if he didn't hear their shouts. He waved his hand and saw a wave of soldiers like wolves and tigers rushing towards them.
When Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and other officials saw this situation, their expressions naturally changed greatly, especially when they saw the soldiers who were charging towards them with evil aura, each one of them looked at a loss.
Who will tell them, in this case, whether they should surrender or directly choose to resist.
The servants who had been protecting them were naturally loyal to Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and the others. When they saw the imperial soldiers coming to kill them, they almost instinctively showed their weapons and looked at the soldiers who were rushing forward with a wary look on their faces.
All I heard was Xiang Ping shouting loudly: "Stop, everyone, stop, don't resist, don't resist!"
Seeing that those soldiers had no intention of stopping, how could Xiang Pingren dare to let his servants fight against the imperial army? Wouldn't that be asking for death?
If you surrender, you might still have a chance to survive, but if you resist, you'll probably be killed on the spot.
When Xiang Ping was tied up by two soldiers, Liu Zhu couldn't help shouting to Sun Qiu: "General, we have news about Prince Ning, we have news about Prince Ning!"
Sun Qiu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Liu Zhu, and towards Ping, waved his hands slightly and said, "Bring them here!"
Soon Liu Zhu and Xiang Ping were brought to Sun Qiu. They both said to Sun Qiu with flattering looks on their faces: "General, there is a misunderstanding. It is really a misunderstanding. We were also officials of the imperial court before. Just now, we
He also brought his servants to try to capture Prince Ning, and also invited the general..."
Sun Qiu snorted coldly and said: "Don't talk nonsense. I would like to ask you, General, how long has Prince Ning been running away and where is he going!"
When Sun Qiu arrived, King Ning had just left the city gate, so Sun Qiu didn't know that if they had been a little faster, they might have been able to see King Zhang Ning leave the city with his own eyes.
Being scolded by Sun Qiu, Liu Zhu and Xiang Ping were startled. They both walked towards the city gate and said: "Back to the general, King Ning has escaped from the city, but they just left the city, so I'm afraid they haven't gone too far yet."
, if the general goes out of the city to catch up, he can catch up with King Ning in just a cup of tea..."
When Sun Qiu heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. If he caught Prince Ning, it would be a great achievement, and he would be granted the title of Marquis.
He, Sun Qiu, entered from the south gate. There were also court generals at the east gate and west gate. As for the north gate, Chu Yi also arranged for people to guard it.
Generally speaking, the siege of a city involves three sieges, but Chu Yi blocked all the city gates. He made it clear that he would not give King Ning a chance to escape, and he did not worry at all that the rebels in the city would be defeated because of their lack of power.
There is a way to retreat but choose to stick to it.
When Sun Qiu heard that King Ning had left the city, his face suddenly showed a bit of nervousness.
There is an ambush outside the north gate. If Prince Ning is taken away by others, wouldn't it mean that he will miss the same great achievement?
Thinking of this, Sun Qiu immediately left a group of troops to keep an eye on Liu Zhu and the others. With a shout, he immediately led his troops straight to the city gate.
But he said that King Ning rushed out of the city gate under the escort of hundreds of imperial guards. There was an open land outside the city, and beyond that there were hills. King Ning couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was leaving the city.
However, before they had run a few miles away, the expressions of Prince Ning and others changed drastically, and they saw a group of people in front of them blocking their way.
When one of the leading generals saw King Ning and his entourage, he couldn't help but show a bit of joy on his face. This general was none other than Xu Tianzuo, who was as famous as Sun Qiu.
Xu Tianzuo was arranged to guard outside the north gate. It can be said that he was very unconvinced. Why could Sun Qiu lead the army into the city, but he wanted to guard outside the city.
Although it is said that once the city of Nanjing is breached, King Ning will definitely choose to flee. The key to the four cities of Nanjing is that no one is sure which gate King Ning will choose to escape through.
Therefore, it is indeed a good job to wait outside the city gate, but this is a one-quarter probability. If King Ning does not choose the city gate to guard, he will not be able to achieve the great feat of becoming a lord.
This feeling of resignation was very unpleasant. If Xu Tianzuo had a choice, he would rather lead his army into the city like Sun Qiu, just in case Prince Ning was caught in advance.
Listening to the noise in the city, Xu Tianzuo resisted the urge to rush into the city and stood guard outside the city gate. He only thought that King Ning did not choose the city gate he was guarding to escape this time. He never expected that King Ning would just.
Then it appeared.
Therefore, when he saw Prince Ning and his party, Xu Tianzuo almost shouted in excitement.
But even so, Xu Tianzuo couldn't help but couldn't help but patted his horse and stepped forward, laughing at the dull-looking Prince Ning and saying: "Prince Ning, my Excellency, Xu Tianzuo, has been waiting here for a long time!"
Prince Ning looked at Xu Tianzuo with a happy face. He didn't need to think about it to know why Xu Tianzuo was so excited. Wasn't it because he was waiting for him?
If you capture him, you can become a marquis. King Ning never thought that he would have such a day.
Taking a deep breath, Prince Ning said to Xu Tianzuo: "General Xu, if you are willing to let me go, I..."
Xu Tianzuo couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Before King Ning could finish his words, he directly interrupted King Ning and said, "Prince Ning, let's capture him without mercy!"
Prince Ning gritted his teeth and looked at the people behind him, a fierce look flashed in his eyes and said: "Everyone, follow me and fight out!"
"We swear allegiance to His Majesty to the death!"
I don't know when Yang Tinghe, who had been following King Ning, disappeared, but now King Ning couldn't care less.
Not to mention Yang Tinghe, no matter how many people there were, Prince Ning didn't have that much thought to pay attention to. What he was thinking about right now was how to escape and make a comeback.
A group of imperial guards surrounded Prince Ning, Liu Yangzheng and others and rushed towards Xu Tianzuo and others who were blocking them.
At this moment, a violent sound of horse hoofbeats came from behind, and it was Sun Qiu who was chasing after him.
Sun Qiu saw Prince Ning and his entourage from a distance and was naturally very excited, but Sun Qiu also saw Xu Tianzuo blocking Prince Ning in front of him.
Sun Qiu naturally knew that Xu Tianzuo was guarding outside the city gate, and had already anticipated the current situation, but he was unwilling to just watch such a great achievement fall into Xu Tianzuo's hands.
Then Sun Qiu roared at Xu Tianzuo: "Xu Tianzuo, let you and I compete today. Whoever captures Prince Ning first will be granted the title of Marquis!"
The two of them had been fighting openly and secretly on weekdays. In fact, when he saw Sun Qiu chasing him out, Xu Tianzuo had already anticipated this scene.
If it were him, he would make the same choice as Sun Qiu. After all, he couldn't just watch Prince Ning fall into the hands of the other party.
Therefore, Xu Tianzuo was not surprised by Sun Qiu's choice, nor was he worried. Instead, he laughed and said, "In that case, let's compare it with you and me."
King Ning saw that there were soldiers blocking the road in front of him and pursuers behind him. Especially the two generals Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu did not take him seriously at all, but regarded him as the target of competition.
"Damn it, it's really abominable!"
In the blink of an eye, Prince Ning collided with Xu Tianzuo's men and horses. These imperial guards also knew that it would be impossible if they did not fight hard at this time, so they all looked extremely brave and even killed Xu Tianzuo's men and horses alive.
Stagnated by it.
Even though there were thousands of troops, they were stunned by hundreds of guards. It must be said that these guards were really good despite their desperate efforts.
But at this moment, Sun Qiu, who was behind him, also led his soldiers and horses to kill him. Suddenly, King Ning and hundreds of people were completely surrounded.
Sun Qiu had nearly a thousand men, and Xu Tianzuo had thousands of men. Together, they had thousands of men and horses, and they immediately surrounded Prince Ning's few men.
Prince Ning led his men in a frantic attack, trying to break out of the encirclement. Unfortunately, even though the guards fought desperately, they could not break through the encirclement.
As the Imperial Guards soldiers were killed one by one, the momentum that they had relied on to attack with bravery gradually disappeared. It was just a matter of time over a cup of tea. There were not many of the hundreds of Imperial Guards left. As for King Ning, he was also very angry at this moment.
The embarrassment.
If King Ning and others were not protected by the Imperial Guards, King Ning would have been killed by the rebels by now.
Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu looked at each other and rushed towards Prince Ning.
The Imperial Guard soldiers blocking them were no match for them, and they were all killed in the blink of an eye.
Sun Qiuduan shouted, and slashed a Imperial Guard soldier away with one strike of his sword. Prince Ning was only a foot away in front of him, with only a few Imperial Guard soldiers in between.
At the same time, Xu Tianzuo also came forward, and the two were almost the same distance from King Ning. As for who can win King Ning, it really depends on the luck of the two.
Although Chu Yi had said that whoever could capture King Ning would be granted the title of Marquis, Xu Tianzuo and his soldiers would also have a chance.
But any fool can see that Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu are bound to win. Besides, those soldiers only have a chance. When it comes to bravery, there are really not many people who can compare with Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu.
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When the two men reached King Ning's approach, their soldiers had not yet killed him.
With a clang, King Ning couldn't help laughing when he saw the two men coming towards him. He suddenly stabbed the horse under him. The horse immediately neighed and jumped up, avoiding the two men.
, plunged headlong into a crowd of soldiers.
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