The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 592
Seeing this momentum, Niu Jizong knew that Jia Ke had returned. Now he just felt powerless, and a burst of despair surged from 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 it clearly from the top of the city, he immediately got down from the city tower, rode on his horse and went straight to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

When he arrived at Prince Zhongshun's mansion, he saw that the lights inside were brightly lit and people were constantly coming and going. At this time, King Zhongshun still hadn't rested, and was working hard there to deal with the affairs of the capital, trying to leave a life for himself.

When Niu Jizong came in, King Zhongshun had already received the report, and he hurriedly ordered Niu Jizong to meet in the study.

After the two met in the study, they saluted each other, and then the servant brought tea.

Niu Jizong couldn't wait to say: "Jia Ke's soldiers have returned, does the prince know?"

King Zhongshun nodded silently after listening, "I have already heard the report from my subordinates."

"Has the prince decided what to do next?"

King Zhongshun was determined after hearing this, "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."

After Niu Jizong heard this, he was disappointed for a while. He was thinking that King Zhongshun had some schemes, no matter how bad he was, he could find a way to leave the capital and go to the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't expect that he would defend the city desperately. It seems that King Zhongshun had run out of plans. , if this is the case, then do I have to think of a way for my family and my life?

King Zhongshun had also seen what Niu Jizong was thinking, took a sip from the teacup on the table, and 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 Niu Jizong heard this, he understood what King Zhongshun meant. It was King Zhongshun who was warning himself because he was afraid that he would desert, inform Jia Ke, or even take refuge in Jia Ke.

But now that King Zhongshun said it made sense, if he were Jia Ke, he would never let those people who participated in the rebellion go without any chance of winning.

Niu Jizong's face turned pale when he thought of this, and it seemed that there was only one way to go to the dark.

When King Zhongshun saw that Niu Jizong's face had changed, he knew that he had understood the stakes of the matter.

"General Niu doesn't have to worry. Now we have a million people in the capital, and hundreds of thousands of strong men. As long as we defend the city with all our might, we can hold on for a while. When the world boils, Jia Ke will have to compromise with us."

Niu Jizong was not optimistic about King Zhongshun's thoughts, but he could only say in line: "The prince is thoughtful, then I will go out to rectify the troops. Jia Ke thinks that he will attack the city soon."

After Niu Jizong finished speaking, he ignored King Zhongshun and left the study directly, leaving the mansion.

After Niu Jizong left, King Zhongshun's eyes immediately darkened, and at the same time, the hand holding the cup began to tremble a little.

King Zhongshun pretended to be calm in front of others, and he was always afraid when he was alone. Although when Jia Ke was not in the capital, they thought they were in control, but once Jia Ke came back, they felt the huge pressure.

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 lineage.

Not to mention that King Zhongshun is troubled here, but other princes, nobles, royal relatives and relatives in the capital are also in a mess now.

Ever since they started the incident, not a single day has gone smoothly. At the beginning, because of the quarrel between the emperor and King Zhongshun, even the emperor was imprisoned. Then Fan Kang surrounded the capital. Looking at the current situation, this Once it was a complete failure.

As a result, these people began to make their own calculations, and most of them only thought about leaving a root for their own lineage.

And some tactful ones have already started to look for ways around. King Zhongshun did not do anything to those civil servants Jia Ke left in the capital, and now the threshold of these people's houses has been broken through. I keep offering them, just to let these people say something nice in front of Jia Ke.

After King Zhongshun got the news, he could only remain silent. Now that the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and King Zhongshun did not dare to restrain these people too much. , then something really big happened.

Besides, Jia Ke settled hundreds of thousands of soldiers outside the city, and then came to Fan Kang's tent of the Chinese army.

After Jia Ke entered the large tent of the Chinese army, he sat in the center, and the other generals lined up on both sides.

After that, Fan Kang first came out to bow to Jia Ke, and then reported to Jia Ke in detail what happened in the capital during this period.

After Jia Ke finished listening, she was silent for a while and said, "Hearing what you said, the emperor doesn't seem to be involved in this turmoil."

As soon as 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 see it at all. The emperor can't get away with it no matter what. If there is no support from the emperor this time, how can those princes, nobles, royal families and relatives obey King Zhongshun's arrangement? I think the emperor is wise and safe. I want to win the world, but I am afraid that the commander-in-chief will come back to settle accounts with him."

After Jia Ke finished listening, a smile appeared on his face, "Mr. Fan is right. I think the emperor is unwilling to be lonely this time."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he decided the nature of the matter this time, that is, under the hint of the emperor, King Zhongshun joined forces with the royal family center of princes and nobles 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 finished categorizing the matter, he directly ordered to the generals, "Go back to rest for the night today, and form an array outside the capital 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 disbanding the tent, and immediately recruited Wei Kun to let him know about the intelligence exchanges in the capital during this period.

Wei Kun didn't dare to neglect, so he 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 to Jia Ke during this period.

Jia Ke was really relieved after listening to it. It seems that Fan Kang didn't have any evil intentions during this time.

Next, Jia Ke ordered Wei Kun to send a message to Wutai Mountain, so that Mother Jia could set off for the capital with the young and old Jia family.

There was nothing to say the next night. On the second day, Jia Ke gathered the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army. After all the generals had arrived, he ordered people to set up the formation again. Jia Ke came with the generals in person. Under the city gate.

At this time, someone in the capital had already notified King Zhongshun, and King Zhongshun knew that Jia Ke had returned, so he brought the princes, nobles and royal family members to the gate of the city, and looked at Jia Ke from afar.

Jia Keqi immediately looked up to the tower, and saw that King Zhongshun was wearing a python robe, surrounded by the crowd, looking at him with a bit of aura.

Jia Ke urged the horse forward and shouted to the tower: "Lord Zhongshun, why did you rebel?"

King Zhongshun did not lose his momentum, "Jia Ke, your name is Prime Minister, but you are actually a traitor. What is wrong with me eliminating the world's great troubles?"

After hearing this, Jia Ke smiled, "Since that's the case, let's stop competing for advantages with words, and see real kung fu with our hands."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and returned to the main formation.

Then, in Jia Ke's formation, drums were beating like thunder. Upon hearing the drumming, countless soldiers pushed various engineering equipment and approached the capital again.

With a livid face, Niu Jizong ordered his men to start preparing.

During these days, Niu Jizong has done nothing. He demolished many houses in the capital, collected a lot of wood, pulled them to the top of the city, and used them as rolling logs, and the stones of the houses were also used as thunderstones.

But they didn't 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 the 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 collected in the homes of the princes and nobles, but although they had bows, arrows were very rare, because no princes and nobles dared to hide too many arrows in their homes.

So now when defending the city, there are not many archers participating, and their arrows are quickly used up, which greatly reduces the threat to Jia Ke.

After Jia Ke made a tentative attack, he discovered the weakness of the defense at the top of the city. Although there were many rolling wood and lightning stones, there were almost no bows and arrows for suppression.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew that his arrangement in the capital had worked, so Jia Ke ordered the whole army to attack with all its strength.

After receiving the order, Jia Ke's army began to attack the city desperately. Now the 80 million horses under Jia Ke's command are like waves, retreating and rising again, continuously.

Moreover, Jia Ke had already made preparations, and all kinds of engineering equipment were well prepared.

And Niu Jizong led these people who were originally recruited from everywhere. They had no combat experience at all, and they might not dare to attack people even with knives and guns. It has already lost more than half, and the defense is already crumbling.

And King Zhongshun has not gone down to the city since he came to the tower, and he also knows that the matter has reached the most critical moment, and if he can guard for one day, he can live another day.

Now seeing that the city tower was crumbling, he knew that this could not go on, so he called his own soldiers to order, and he immediately searched for strong men in the capital.

In less than an hour, his personal soldiers collected seven to eight thousand people near the city wall, and some of them were forcibly captured by these personal soldiers.

But King Zhongshun didn't care so much now. When he saw these people coming, he immediately sent them weapons and dispatched a battle team to force them to go to the city to fight against the enemy.

When these people saw that they were going to fight, how could they agree to cry for their fathers and mothers and tremble all over there.

The soldiers of King Zhongshun looked impatient, took out their whips and beat them non-stop, trying to drive them to the top of the tower.

(End of this chapter)