In the blink of an eye, another half hour passed. Song Xiguang was lying on the Taishi chair with his eyes closed and concentrating. Just when he was about to fall asleep, Xia Houyan finally came to the city with five thousand troops.
Song Xiguang stood on the tower, looking down at the enemy troops below, and almost couldn't help laughing: "What is that? Does a monkey want to be a human being in clothes?"
It was not without reason that Song Xiguang laughed at the rebels. The equipment of the comers was very sophisticated. After all, they had snatched the steel helmets and armor of the elite rebels. They looked very heroic. But... they came to attack the city, not to fight on the ground. Even the most basic
There is no siege ladder. Do you want to climb up the city wall?
The army that suppressed the rebellion was not without ladders, but they were just ordinary double-barreled wooden ladders that could fall over when pushed, so Song Xiguang didn't take them seriously at all.
When Song Xiguang saw the siege equipment of the rebel army, he only had the last trace of worry in his heart, which immediately disappeared. Now he was 100% sure that as long as he did not open the city gate, the opponent would never be able to attack.
The best way to attack the capital city wall is to lure the enemy out to fight, and then work together to break it down. Unfortunately, the general guarding the city gate is Song Xiguang, and Xu Zhiqian doesn't think he dares to take the initiative, so don't think about luring the snake out of its hole.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although the sixteenth son of the emperor sent Song Xiguang to garrison the city tower, although it was not necessarily a wise move, he did not have to worry about this guy fighting bravely and going out of the city to meet or pursue the enemy soldiers.
If it were the three generals rescued by Qi Yuan, Xu Zhiqian might be able to use the bait of hatred to provoke the other party to leave the city and start a battle.
"Do we really not have to do anything?" Xia Houyan asked Li Xiaofan beside him. He had just received a letter from Xu Zhiqian, which basically asked them not to act rashly. The five thousand people who were supposed to be responsible for the feint attack were now lined up squarely.
, lined up outside the capital city gate waiting for the opportunity...
"One word, wait! Two words, wait! Three words... still wait!" Li Xiaofan replied pretending to be enigmatic.
"..." Xia Houyan suddenly realized what he said and lamented that his IQ still needs to be improved. He actually expected the rumored Li ruffian to give the answer... He was so stupid.
At this time, a strange situation occurred. From behind the capital city tower, like a beacon, thick black smoke suddenly appeared.
The black smoke filled the tower just in time, making Song Xiguang extremely uncomfortable...
"Ahem, cough...what's going on? What happened in the city?" Song Xiguang was suddenly overcome by the smoke and burst into tears.
"Report! Someone is lighting up smoke under the tower!"
"Who the hell is looking for something to do!" After listening to the soldier's report, Song Xiguang jumped up in anger, secretly cursing whose mentally retarded kid lit the wolf smoke?
Although it is normal for enemy troops to approach the city and to light beacons to ask for help, the problem is that based on a detailed analysis of specific problems, there is no need to light beacons to ask for help in the current situation.
Moreover, when Song Xiguang was ordered to go to the city tower, the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor had made it clear to him that even if the city tower fell, he would not send troops to support them. Because no one could guarantee whether the tens of thousands of troops stationed in the imperial city would take the opportunity to counterattack the mansion.
The high walls of the district.
If the sixteenth son of the emperor sent troops to support the city tower, and more than ten thousand imperial city guards decisively attacked the high wall of the palace area, they would be divided into two places, and they might not be able to defend it.
Because of this, the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor used the high wall in the residence area as the focus of his garrison. First, he trapped His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress Dowager to death, and second, he cut off the transportation line between the Imperial City and the urban area, depriving the tens of thousands of Imperial City guards of water and food.
Furthermore, the location where the smoke was emitted was very strange, it happened to be under the city tower, so he thought the tower was on fire...
"General! More than 3,000 people from the capital gathered under the city tower and lit up the smoke. They asked you to give them an explanation, otherwise they would raise a flag to rebel!"
"What's your explanation?" Song Xiguang was confused.
"I don't know... they said they wanted to confront the general."
"A bunch of ignorant people dare to act wild in front of me. Come with me!" In normal times, Song Xiguang would definitely let the soldiers, the three thousand people who would cause trouble in the future, drive away, otherwise he would not be shot.
The problem is that now that the enemy is approaching the city, he has to deal with it safely, otherwise the three thousand people in the capital will riot, and his situation will be dangerous.
Fortunately, Xiahou Yan was still reorganizing his army and did not launch an attack. He had time to entertain the people in the city.
Forced by desperation, Song Xiguang had no choice but to go check out the situation. Anyway, the high platform of the tower was filled with smoke, making it impossible to treat anyone.
Song Xiguang covered his nose and went downstairs along the city stairs, intending to go to the second floor platform to take a look at the unruly people who were trying to rebel.
However, just as Song Xiguang was walking towards the tower and fortress, a group of assassins suddenly appeared in the thick smoke, catching him off guard...
Song Xiguang was timid and afraid of death. When he was playing with the dancers on the high platform of the city tower, he would always have five top warriors with him. In this case, four first-class warriors assassinated him, and it was obvious that there was no chance of death.
Therefore, Xu Zhiqian asked three thousand militiamen from the capital to light smoke and cause trouble under the city tower to attract Song Xiguang's attention and drive him down from the tower.
Then, the four first-class warriors responsible for assassinating Song Xiguang lurked in the dark fortress, waiting for him to pass by.
In order to facilitate the assassination, the four warriors also followed Xu Zhiqian's instructions and burned smoke in the fortress, making the fortress look like a chimney and making it impossible to see the five fingers.
To put it bluntly, the 3,000 militiamen in the capital lit up smoke smoke under the city tower, which was just a deception, making Song Xiguang mistakenly believe that the smoky atmosphere in the fortress was caused by the smoke from the city tower.
In fact, the smoke from the towers alone is not enough to smoke the towers. Now the fortress and the towers are filled with smoke. This is because more than 40 undercover agents lurking in the city walls are lighting firewood everywhere, making the smoke everywhere.
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However, the rebels' attention was almost all focused on the three thousand militiamen who wanted to rebel. The two sides were jostling and squeezing under the city tower, causing the rebels to be careless and unaware of the small actions of the undercover agents.
Song Xiguang rashly walked into the smoke-filled fortress. When the wind came, it was already too late...
Before the five bodyguards beside Song Xiguang could react, a rebel had already put a knife on Song Xiguang's neck and shouted hastily: "Don't move! Don't even move! Otherwise I will kill him immediately!"
"What are you going to do!" Song Xiguang asked sternly, but did not dare to move his hands or feet.
His captor, because of nervousness and fear, used too much force on his arms and cut his throat with a knife...
"Send the order! Open the city gate!"
People will be destroyed for their own sake. If the more than forty rebel soldiers who took poison want to survive, they can only be at the mercy of Zhou Xingyun. What's more, people will die for wealth and birds will die for food. Princess Yongming made a promise in a letter written last night that as long as they cooperate with the action, they will be put down.
Rebellion is not only blameless, but also meritorious. Once the deed is accomplished, one will definitely be promoted to a higher position.
"Are you going to rebel?" Song Xiguang was so angry that he vomited blood. He didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of a little person.
"Yes! We just want to rebel! We have investigated clearly what you did in the northern capital in the past few days! Not only did you embezzle the government's disaster relief food, but you also increased the food tax without authorization, forcing us to have no choice but to frame the empress dowager.
Put the responsibility on the central court..."
The assassin dragged Song Xiguang out of the fortress, allowing the rebels stationed on the tower to see that their general had been captured.
"Don't listen to people's nonsense!"
"Stop talking nonsense! I'll give the order to open the city gate! If you don't give the order to open the city gate! I will kill you!" At this point, the minions who kidnapped Song Xiguang can only bite the bullet. Anyway, they have taken the poison. If things don't go smoothly,
After completing the mission, there is only a dead end.
They have seen the symptoms after the poison occurs, including pus all over the body, intestinal tracts, rotten stomach, and bleeding from seven holes.
Only by capturing Song Xiguang alive and opening the gates of the capital city could they have a chance to survive and obtain amnesty from the eldest princess.
"Betraying the Sixteenth Prince will lead to death!" Song Xiguang didn't know the situation of the traitors, thinking that they only rebelled for money, so he couldn't help but threaten them with the Sixteenth Prince.
"One, two..."
However, the other party was not afraid of Song Xiguang, and started counting directly, and kept in mind Xu Zhiqian's important instructions. Every time he counted, the tip of the knife moved forward, making Song Xiguang aware that death was gradually approaching.
"Stop! I'll open! I'll open the door! Give the order and open the city gate!" The tip of the knife on his neck, along with the countdown to death, penetrated into his skin. Looking at the blood flowing through his clothes, Song Xiguang was completely panicked. According to this development,
The other party hadn't counted to ten yet, so he was probably going to burst into tears on the spot.
As a result, when the opponent counted to six, Song Xiguang gave in and ordered his subordinates to open the city gate.
"General! Your Majesty, the city gate must not be opened!"
"seven!"
"Get out! Open the door when I tell you to! I am the commander here!" Song Xiguang was furious. His life was in danger, but there were still people who dared to disobey military orders.
"But..." The messenger hesitated. Even a fool understood that when the enemy was approaching the city, they must not open the city gate.
However, just when the eight thousand rebels were very confused and didn't know what to do, one of the rebels immediately shouted: "The general has an order! Open the city gate! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
You must know that there were only four first-class warriors who assassinated Song Xiguang, and the remaining rebels were all undercover and lurking in the crowd.
When the rebels hesitated, they stood up decisively, surrounded the gate switch with lightning speed, and carried out Song Xiguang's order.
Song Xiguang couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone executing the military order. He also planned to simply shift the responsibility to these people after the defeat so that he could explain to the sixteenth son of the emperor.
The rebels stationed on the city wall stared at the city gate open, and their hearts suddenly went cold. The guards standing on the balcony could clearly see two groups of people rushing toward them at the same time...
"Enemy attack! The enemy troops are rushing towards us! General, please give the order..." The rebels at the observation tower asked Song Xiguang helplessly. In this situation, defeat is almost certain.
Song Xiguang threw himself into the trap, and in order to save his own life, he might order the entire army to retreat.
"Let the people stationed on the tower retreat a hundred meters away from the city wall! As long as they retreat a hundred meters, I will let you go immediately!"
"…………"
"quick!"
"The whole army obeys the order! Back off..." Although Song Xiguang was very angry, he had to act according to the other party's request. Only by obeying the order could he have a chance to survive.
However, halfway through Song Xi's Cantonese speaking, her voice suddenly disappeared.