Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 521: The secret troops in the city, the damn city gate order!
The appearance of the bomb immediately made Quan Zhisheng and others panic.

They originally thought that the Tang army no longer had any bombs, and that they could rely on the defenders in the city to successfully resist the Tang army's attack.

In fact, they also successfully resisted the siege of the vanguard army under Gao Zhensheng.

but.

They had just used their cavalry and gained a slight advantage in a charge, but the Tang army directly used bombs!

If you had the bomb, why didn't you take it out earlier?

Why bring it out at this time?

Especially after they heard the defenders below exclaiming that the city gate had been blown up, Quan Zhisheng and others felt extremely depressed.

Just one round of bombing successfully blew open the city gate, so what next?
Even if the Tang army no longer uses bombs, how can they stop the army?
as predicted.

After the city gate was blown open, Gao Zhensheng's elite soldiers rushed towards the destroyed city gate like crazy.

"Stop them!"

"Stop them quickly!"

"Don't let them into the city!"

Quan Zhisheng kept yelling at the soldiers.

Liu Zaisheng also continued to arrange soldiers to resist the enemy, and quickly arranged personnel to retreat to the inner city.

at the same time.

"It's on."

Jin Yong and the others all looked in the direction where the explosion came from.

Su Chen would not take out something like a bomb easily. Once he took it out, he would be serious.

"The prince has done it himself."

"Based on the intensity of the explosion just now, the gate of the outer city cannot withstand it at all. Gao Zhensheng's vanguard may have already entered the outer city."

Jin Yong and Cao Yuan discussed it, and both of them looked eager to try.

"When will we do it?"

"Do it now?"

They both spoke at the same time, and then laughed together.

The companions around him also showed their expressions, and everyone understood their expressions.

"let's start."

Jin Yong nodded, "Quan Zhisheng still has some backup plans in the inner city. We must solve these problems, otherwise the army will not be able to enter the city smoothly."

Cao Yuan: "I'll arrange some personnel and get all the gear ready. We'll set off in a quarter of an hour!"

"it is good!"

After a brief discussion, the two of them took action separately.

outer city.

The destruction of the city gate gave Gao Zhensheng's army an outlet to vent their anger.

The soldiers rushed towards the city gate frantically. Even though there were defenders trying to stop them, these people were like crazy.

Under the desperate attack, the outer city was quickly breached. At the same time, a large number of soldiers went up the stairs and headed towards the defenders on the city wall.

"Catch Quan Zhisheng!"

With the help of soldiers, Qi Hu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

but.

He did not stop there, but raised the long knife in his hand and attacked Quan Zhisheng and others who were retreating.

As if he heard Qi Hu's voice, Quan Zhisheng looked over subconsciously.

Blood kept dripping from the long knife pointed at him, and coupled with Qi Hu's ferocious appearance, it was really frightening.

"Don't let them retreat back to the inner city!"

Qi Hu shouted loudly, took the lead, and led hundreds of soldiers to rush directly towards Quan Zhisheng and others.

Although Qi Hu and his men were very aggressive, the city wall was only so wide and the many oncoming defenders blocked their way.

Unless they could quickly fight their way out of the city wall, they would have a chance to stop Quan Zhisheng and his men before they retreated. Otherwise, they could only watch Quan Zhisheng and his men retreat into the inner city.

At this time.

The sound of the musket rang in Qi Hu's ears.

At some point, the Tang army led by Zhou Jinlan had followed Gao Zhensheng's army and successfully entered the outer city.

They were cooperating with Gao Zhensheng's army to quickly clear out the defenders in the outer city.

"Qi Hu."

"Zhou Yuan, General, you've arrived just in time."

After seeing Zhou Yuan coming with Gao Zhensheng, Qi Hu immediately said: "Zhou Yuan, come with me and capture Quan Zhisheng alive!"

Zhou Yuan glanced at Gao Zhensheng, who nodded heavily, "Be very careful."

"Yes!"

With Gao Zhensheng's order, Zhou Yuan did not hesitate at all. He immediately selected 200 soldiers and, together with Qi Hu, attacked in the direction of Quan Zhisheng's retreat.

Gao Zhensheng glanced over and saw that the defenders on the outer city had been almost cleared out.

Next, is the most important thing.

If they want to capture the inner city, Quan Zhisheng and the others will definitely go crazy.

The 30,000 troops in the city will definitely defend the inner city tightly and not give them any chance.

But no harm.

Su Chen has a bomb in his hand!

"Your Majesty."

"Ah."

Su Chen nodded, "Have the outer city's garrisons been cleared out?"

“It’s almost cleaned up!”

"Then prepare to enter the city."

"But there are still 30,000 troops in the inner city. We can outsmart them..."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Chen waved his hand and looked at Zhou Jinlan who was leading the troops towards the inner city, "Someone will help us."

Gao Zhensheng thought of what Su Chen had said before.

There must be an insider in the city.

but.

Can they really open the inner city?
Boom boom boom!
At this moment, bursts of roars came from the inner city.

Gao Zhensheng looked and saw flames rising into the sky, as if an explosion had occurred in the inner city.

But the question is, where could such a thing happen in Shunzhou City?
These are the people arranged by the prince!

Gao Zhensheng was shocked. They had already started to take action.

Is this to create chaos in the inner city so that they can easily seize control of the inner city?
"Damn damn it!"

Quan Zhisheng cursed loudly and looked at the places where the explosions occurred. It was where he stored food and weapons.

They didn't even notice when the ghost had entered the city, and instead allowed the other party to cause such a mess at this time.

"Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!"

"My lord, my lord, something bad has happened. General Ximen has been blown over!"

"what?"

Quan Zhisheng and others all changed color.

The fierce battle just now caused them to lose a lot of defenders. Liu Zaisheng hurriedly arranged for the commander of the west gate to lead his troops to come to the rescue.

however.

They were actually blown up on the way here?
What about the other two?

"kill!"

Bang bang bang!
Gunshots rang out continuously.

Quan Zhisheng hurried forward to check, only to see dozens of people rushing out from both sides of the street.

All of these people are holding muskets!

and.

The muskets in their hands were obviously more ferocious and powerful than the muskets commonly used in the Tang army!
Each musket no longer fires a single shot, but fires continuously.

This resulted in many soldiers who rushed forward with knives and guns being shot dead on the spot.

"Shield Bearer!"

"Shield Bearer!"

One by one, the shield bearers hurriedly carried their shields and pushed forward.

With the help of heavy shields, the number of casualties among the defenders under the city was indeed reduced rapidly.

Most of the bullets just hit the shield, creating some sparks, but did not penetrate the shield.

"Your Excellency is wise."

"With these shield bearers here, these dozens of people rushing out will undoubtedly be courting death!"

"That's it."

Seeing the situation improving, some officials couldn't help but flatter Quan Zhisheng.

after all.

These shields were ordered to be made by Quan Zhisheng and were used to block the Tang army's muskets.

It can be said that each shield weighs hundreds of pounds and is made of a variety of materials. Not only is it extremely expensive, but its sturdiness is also quite amazing.

Now the value of these shields has indeed been proven!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. One by one, the archers hid behind the shield bearers and shot arrows at Jin Yong and the others.

Fortunately, they all have soft armor hidden under their clothes!

Unless you are unlucky and get hit in the head directly by an arrow, these arrows are nothing to worry about.

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

"Shoot them!"

"Heavy infantry, prepare!"

Seeing that the arrows could not cause much damage to Jin Yong and others, Liu Zaisheng no longer hid his intentions.

Give an order.

One by one, heavy infantrymen wearing heavy armor walked out in formation.

These heavy infantrymen are the weapons that Quan Zhisheng spent a lot of money to build to kill the enemy.

Compared with traditional infantry, each of these heavy infantrymen is tall, strong and powerful.

The armor they wore alone weighed dozens of kilograms.

It can be said that he is armed to the teeth.

This also resulted in their speed not being very fast and they could only advance slowly.

And this is exactly the person that Jin Yong and others are focusing on.

After seeing these heavy infantry appear, half of the dozens of people including Jin Yong put away their muskets and took out bombs!

The smile on Quan Zhisheng's face suddenly froze.

These dozens of people not only have muskets but also bombs? ?
them……

Boom boom boom!
A series of deafening voices rang in his ears, and Quan Zhisheng felt numb all over.

What does the City Gate Order do?
How could they allow these people to enter the city smoothly with so many weapons?

When the smoke and dust cleared, Quan Zhisheng looked down with a dull gaze, his heart feeling as if it had been stabbed with a sharp knife.

The heavy infantry that he had built at great expense fell to the ground one after another under the bombs fired by Jin Yong and others.

Some have disappeared, some have lost their limbs, but most of them still have their bodies intact but are motionless.

It was like those bombs did not succeed in killing the heavy infantry, but the force of the bombs penetrated through their heavy armor and shocked them to death!
"Bastard!"

"Bastard!"

"They are only a few dozen people, how dare they do this? How dare they do this?!"

"Kill them all, kill them all!"

Quan Zhisheng roared loudly in anger.

In just one encounter, hundreds of his heavy infantry, which he had built at great expense, were killed. Such a huge loss made Quan Zhisheng want to capture Jin Yong and others alive and cut them into pieces to relieve his hatred.

"Don't be wary."

Jin Yong said to Cao Yuan who was standing beside him, "I'll clear the way, you guys blow up the door as soon as possible!"

"it is good!"

Cao Yuan did not hesitate at all. After Jin Yong led a dozen people to suppress the enemy's forward momentum with muskets, he immediately rushed towards the city gate with more than 20 people around him.

The outer city has been taken. Once the gates of the inner city are opened, the battle will be over!
"Stop them!"

"Stop them!"

Bang bang bang!
Boom boom boom!
For a moment, the sound of muskets and the roar of bombs continued to ring out in the inner city.

Just looking at the rising dust, Zhou Jinlan felt that their battle outside was not as fierce as the battle in the inner city.

"Pass the order, aim at the inner city and drop bombs!"

Zhou Jinlan immediately tilted her head and gave orders.

Since the inner city is already in chaos, it is natural to make them even more chaotic.

Only in this way can the pressure faced by Jin Yong and others be reduced as much as possible.

Boom boom boom.

Bombs were dropped into the inner city as if they were free.

Some fell on the city walls, some crashed into the defenders' formation and houses.

"Is everything set up?"

"All right!"

"withdraw!"

As Cao Yuan successfully lit the fuse, everyone gathered towards the location where Jin Yong and others were.

then.

"Done?"

"almost!"

“It’s time to retreat!”

"The enemy's army is on the way to support us. If we don't withdraw now, we will probably die here first."

"Retreat as planned."

"it is good!"

After a brief exchange, Jin Yong and others retreated in an orderly manner.

Although the enemy had a large number of people, with the advantage of muskets, they were able to take away the injured and suppress the enemy's pursuit while retreating.

boom!
A shocking roar sounded amid the pale faces of Quan Zhisheng and others.

As the roar sounded, the entire city wall shook.

Pieces of body parts kept shooting out from the smoke, causing many defenders to be killed by the broken stones before they could even see clearly.

When the dust cleared, a gap about ten feet high and three feet wide appeared in everyone's sight.

then.

"kill!"

One by one, the Tang army rushed in!
"Block it!"

"Clog the gap!"

"Don't let the Tang army break in!"

"Don't panic, sir. Wang Zheng is here."

"Don't panic, sir. Chen Feiyun is here..."

"Quick!"

"Stop the Tang army!"

"..."

chaos.

The entire South Gate of Shunzhou City was in chaos.

Especially the gap blasted open by Jin Yong and others, which completely turned into a meat grinder.

Except for the commander of the west gate who was blown up, the commanders of the remaining two gates all brought their troops to provide support. However, when they came, the Tang army also attacked them.

Under such circumstances, how could Quan Zhisheng dare to stay for even one more second?
I'm afraid that I'll be hit in the next second.

Under the cover of Liu Zaisheng and others, Quan Zhisheng retreated quickly towards the government office.

at the same time.

Under the pursuit of hundreds of defenders, Jin Yong and others successfully arrived at the pre-prepared yard.

"How's it going?"

"If I can't die, I'm just damn unlucky!"

"Stop talking, my ears were shot off."

"Are you as miserable as me?"

"Alright, alright!"

Jin Yong glanced over.

All those who were taken out were brought back, but inevitably everyone was injured. Fortunately, there were only two or three seriously injured.

Judging from the way they can still brag, they probably won’t die.

"Leave a few of you to guard them, and the rest will follow us."

Jin Yong and the other man looked at each other, called out to those who were still able to move, and walked towards a small door on the side.

It was a mess outside, but the street behind the small door was very quiet.

There is no sound of running at the moment.

"Let's go to the government office first?"

"go!"

Jin Yong and the other man looked at each other, quickly opened the small door, and then moved towards the back wall of the government office in front of them.

As soon as the two approached, they found that the government office was in chaos.

Various sounds of crying, shouting and cursing continued to be heard.

"It's Jeon Ji-seung's voice!"

"Sure enough, he was returned to the government office."

"and many more!"

"He's going to run away!"

"What to do?"

"Of course...kill him!"

(End of this chapter)