dream of red mansion

Chapter 798
The tragic siege battle at the Nine Gates of the capital has been going on for two days.

Siege warfare has been one of the most tragic battlefields since ancient times.Under the city tower, the foam of blood and corpses condensed into one piece, and the city wall was paved with blood.

The lives of countless soldiers are nothing but victims of careerists achieving their goals.

In the tent of Prince Kang, spies came to report: "My lord, a large number of cavalry were found fifty miles away from the northern city, estimated to be no less than [-]. There are no less than [-] light infantry behind."

"Report, the frontier army is found in the west."

"Report, the nearly [-] Jinyi Army Tiqi in the south are less than sixty miles away from the capital."

Prince Kang looked gloomy and frightened.

None of these troops belonged to him, so it was obvious that they were all troops from the imperial court.

How could the troops of the imperial court come so quickly! !

The banner he raised was a rebellion in Beijing, and he led the army to suppress the rebellion.But a few days ago, news of his plot to rebel and the siege of the capital began to spread throughout the world.

Although they immediately sent people to contain the rumors, as time went by, people's hearts gradually shifted to the side of the truth.

But he thought that by the time the people in the world reacted, he would have ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor long ago, and those who obeyed would prosper and those who rebelled would perish!
Didn't Emperor Yongli of the previous dynasty also rebel and seize the throne, but after he succeeded, the people of the world still respected him as emperor, and was sung as a generation of sage by later generations!

However, now only five days have passed, and King Qin's army has arrived at the capital?

Even in the history books, no one may believe it!
"My lord, don't worry, now we have nearly 20 troops, even if they have three reinforcements, their strength is still no match for us.

As long as we break the city, these soldiers may not be willing to fight against the prince.At that time, it might just be used to suppress disobedience.

Therefore, for the current plan, we only need to send troops to harass and prevent them from approaching the capital, and then try our best to break the city.

As long as the city is broken, the event will be settled. "

The counselor said this to Prince Kang.

"Send an order to Commander Pei to block the south, Commander Cai to block the northwest, and General Qin to block the north. Everyone else, attack the nine gates at the same time with all their strength!"

"Yes!"

Jia Qing, Wang Ziteng, Niu Jizong and other military leaders stood on the city wall together, looking at the overall situation.

Niu Jizong said: "Ni Wang started to panic."

Wang Ziteng said: "It means that the most tragic offensive and defensive battle is about to begin."

Turning his head, Wang Ziteng said: "I heard that you still have a back hand, Ni Wang is going to attack the city with all his might, should you show it at this time?"

In the past few days of defending the city, Wang Ziteng saw the huge advantages of firearms in city defense, and his concept changed a little.

He accidentally heard that Jia Qing still had a weapon that hadn't been removed from the arsenal, so he couldn't help asking.

Jia Qing smiled, and then said mysteriously: "There is still half a day."

Wang, Niu and others frowned.

No matter how you looked at the smile on Jia Qing's face, it seemed like he was winning.

On the north and south sides of the capital, Shi Ding and Zhan Min received a letter with almost the same content almost at the same time.

After seeing it, Shi Ding's deputy general said: "Master Hou, don't you have a grudge against you, and want you to be cannon fodder?"

"fart!"

Shi Ding took back the secret letter and said, "Just follow the above instructions!"

In the south, Zhan Min hesitated.

Wu Jian, the former vice-commander of the imperial army, said: "Lord Zhan, half of the hundred paces are ninety. If you go one step further, you will be promoted to a noble, and you will take one step back. This trip, my lord, will return in vain.

Adults should know how to choose. "

Wu Fang was tricked into being transferred out of Beijing. When he found out, he wanted to go back to Beijing, but he had no way out.

He is not stupid, he saw that the person besieging the city was Prince Kang, and he already guessed most of the truth.Therefore, instead of approaching the capital hastily, he led his cronies to secretly contact Qin Wang's division.

When he heard that Zhan Min brought a large number of Tiqi north to King Qin, he decisively came to seek refuge.

Although in terms of rank, he is still half a level higher than Zhan Min, but at this time, soldiers are power!As long as Nanzhen Fusi made great contributions in this suppression of the rebellion, he can make up for his mistakes and make another contribution.

Moreover, he knew that Zhan Min belonged to Emperor Zhengqing and was relatively trustworthy.

"Okay, according to Master Taibao! General Wu, you are the forward, and I will support you from the back!" Zhan Min said proudly.

Wu Fang took a look at the shameless man, turned around and dispatched troops without saying anything.

After half a day.
In a private house under the west city, the general guarding the city came to report: "Bing Taibao, a large number of cavalry raiders appeared on the left and right sides of Ni Wang's tent. Ni Wang mobilized nearly [-] troops to block the attack, and the attack on the west city suddenly slowed down."

"it is good!"

Jia Qing shouted loudly, and directly said to the "mud-legged people" in the room: "Everything is ready, it's up to you!"

Before coming to the map, Jia Qing pointed to a sloping tunnel circled above and said, "I will order a hundred cannons on the tower to fire a salvo later, and then the cavalry will come out to cover, and you will quickly push the eight 'long necks' to the ground. this place.

Remember, you only have half a quarter of an hour to load and adjust the orientation and angle!
Qiu San, these few days I told you to go up to the tower every day, have you seen clearly the king's tent in the center of Niwang's camp? "

As long as you hit the target with one shot, regardless of whether you killed Ni Wang or not, the soon-to-be-established Firearms Division of the Beijing Camp will be yours!
If you are lucky and blow up Ni Wang, hehe, even if you are given a hereditary title, it is not impossible! ! "

Langzhong, the third official rank in the central yamen of the imperial court, from the third grade.As for the hereditary title, heh heh, the son of a duke duke, the lowest rank is the second rank, and can be passed on for at least three generations.That is not wealth that can be measured by official rank.
Seeing the wild hopes of these firearms craftsmen aroused, Jia Qing smiled slightly and said: "After the first shot, no matter whether it hits or not, you have to blow it up as fast as you can. It's best to raze the whole big tent to the ground, understand." No?"

"understand!"

There is not much advantage in defending the city with super long-distance artillery, so Jia Qing didn't use it before.

If you use it, if you are seen by the enemy, you will be prepared.

Now that the time for the decisive battle has come, if you take them all out, there will be unexpected results!
He wants to destroy the command center of the rebels in one fell swoop.

It would be even better if Prince Kang was blown up by the way.
"boom boom"

Even Prince Kang, who was several miles away, could hear the sound of artillery all over the sky.

He walked out of the central tent and said, "What is this sound?"

After a while, the subordinates replied: "Report to the lord, suddenly a salvo of hundreds of cannons appeared on the city tower, killing and injuring countless soldiers, and then the rebels opened the city gates and rushed out thousands of cavalry."

"My lord, they are going to have a decisive battle with us! First, there were sneak attacking cavalry on both sides, and now they opened the city gate again. This is to sneak attack on our tent!"

The counselor analyzed it like this.

"Hmph, how can the lonely king fail to see such tricks? They think that sending a few cavalry can empty all the soldiers and horses around the lonely king?
Whimsical!

But they dared to open the city gate, God help me.

Send an order, temporarily disregarding the troops on both sides, and order all the soldiers on standby in the camp to mobilize the whole army, enter the capital in one fell swoop, and kill all the rebels! "

Prince Kang sneered.Although there are tens of thousands of enemy troops on both sides, they are still at least twenty miles away.The city gate is within easy reach.

Excluding the [-] troops he sent to stop the enemy, there are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the king's tent here, and they are his cronies.If you go up in one go, you will definitely be able to break the city!

Prince Kang's eyes suddenly became hot.

It seems that the people in the city are also eager to win, and they finally showed their flaws.
Great event, can be expected!
There is a specially built watchtower next to the king's tent in the center, Prince Kang climbed up, ready to personally command this crucial battle.

Standing on the watchtower nearly ten feet high, Prince Kang finally saw the battlefield by holding up the diorama.

It's the same as what the soldiers returned.

Thick black smoke billowed from the pitch-black city wall, and thousands of cavalry rushed out, harvesting the wounded soldiers on their side one by one
Although there were heavy casualties on his side, he didn't take it seriously.

There is no one who is immortal in a war, this is the last rampage of the enemy.As long as the army from here comes out of the camp, they will be able to swallow these people in an instant.Then, before the opponent had time to close the city gate, he rushed into the capital, killed all the rebels, and ascended to the throne.

Huh?What is that for?

Prince Kang suddenly discovered that there were a few "little ants" running through the black smoke on the battlefield, and he couldn't see them unless he looked carefully.

It seems that something is being pushed by a cart.

Is it artillery?
Prince Kang found it unbelievable, cavalry with artillery, is this tasteless?
Seeing that Prince Kang's complexion was different, the counselor asked what was the matter.

Prince Kang gave the telescope to the counselor and expressed his doubts.

"Not good, my lord, they seem to want to blow up the king's account!" The counselor exclaimed.

Another counselor immediately laughed and said: "Nonsense, here is at least six or seven miles away from the city wall, blowing up the king's tent, what are you kidding?"

"Yeah, so they're pushing the cannon forward!"

"Really." Another counselor raised his binoculars and took a closer look.

"Hehe, look, they're not moving again.

So far, even the legendary crossbow with the longest range can't reach it, artillery?Mr. Qu is joking! "

Prince Kang was cautious and said, "No matter what they want to do, order the cavalry to dispatch and kill these people!"

The first counselor kept staring at those people, and after seeing those people stopped, he kept turning the artillery, and the final direction was their watchtower!

"Not good lord! Get down the tower quickly!!"

Without his reminding, Prince Kang also saw it.Although I also thought that it was impossible for the artillery to hit this side, but it was impossible for anyone to be calm when facing this kind of thing.

Prince Kang thought about it, and finally decided to go down first.

However, how does their speed of descending the tower compare with the speed of the cannonball?
A fire shadow, with a graceful arc, pierced the sky, shattered the watchtower, and fell on the top of the center of the tent.

Immediately, countless fragments also carried high temperature and flames, and accompanied by an explosion, they shot towards a radius of tens of feet.

　Regarding the accuracy of the cannon, just treat it like shit and luck
　　
　
(End of this chapter)