Song Dynasty

Chapter 297 Civil turmoil
The time of Mao arrived, in front of the city wall at the foot of the mountain.

The small-scale harassment battle had lasted all night, with artillery stones and rockets passing by from time to time in the air, and the soldiers who had been busy all night were sweating profusely.

More catapults and bed crossbows had retreated to the front, and the soldiers had already had their breakfast, looking at the city wall ahead quietly.

Wang Shen also raised his head and looked ahead calmly, with a trace of tiredness in his eyes.

Unlike him, Yan Yuemeng beside him had cold sweat on his hands and couldn't help saying: "Military envoy, the time has come, why is there no news from the mountain? Could it be General Ying Xiang and the others..."

Wang Shen yawned long and lazily, and said lazily: "A certain soldier knows best, there will be no surprises. Yue Yun has the courage to be undeserved, Niugao, a Henan hero, has Ying Guan, Chen... Lan Ruo, daughter Heroes. Except for Hu Yantong, all the strongest fighters in our Sizhou army joined in this beheading operation. If you still can’t take the head of Prime Minister Zhong like this, what qualifications do you have to compete with the heroes of the world? Just wait. , hold your breath."

Yan said that Meng He is such a clever person, and he knows how to figure out the best.Hearing Chen Lanruo's name, he clearly sensed that his military envoy had already regarded her as his general, which meant that the military envoy already wanted to keep the cavalry army behind.

Earlier, when the officers under Chen Lanruo said that she and Wang Junshi had a son, the soldiers in the army were all shocked.But the strange thing is that the military envoy's old man has no expression on his face, as if he doesn't care, he is simply cold and heartless.

But now, he said such words.This shows that the military envoy is still very concerned about this matter.

So what can I do to make this happen?Being able to shed Chen Lanruo and keep the cavalry army behind is a great achievement!
Yan Yuemeng couldn't help thinking.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Fire, fire, fire, it's burning, on the mountain!"

Yan Yuemeng raised his head abruptly, only to see the puppet imperial palace on the top of Lianyunzhai Zhongxiang was lit with soaring flames, so eye-catching in the dark night.

"Okay, it's very good, Yue, Niu, and Chen really didn't disappoint me, haha, haha!" Wang Shen, who was still sleepy before, his eyes were all bright, and he shouted loudly: "The Mani Rebellion in Hunan, Today is peaceful!"

"Huh!" There was a strong wind, and all the trebuchets were fired at the same time, and countless cannonballs the size of a millstone fell on the enemy's city wall, causing the rammed loess tower to crumble.

At the same time, the bed crossbow and the divine arm bow also started to fire.

The rockets covered the sky and covered the sky, interweaving a brilliant fire net.

"It's time to start!" Yan Yuemeng was trembling with excitement.

Behind them, countless red flags were deployed.

The ladders and carts swayed in the wilderness and moved forward slowly and unstoppably.

Group after group of soldiers covered in iron armor moved forward following the siege equipment, and the voices of officers shouted orders everywhere: "Forward, forward!"

"Brothers, now is the time to watch our performance, the military envoy is standing behind us!"

"The man who betrayed the majesty—"

"There is no retreat!"

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In Prime Minister Zhong's palace, the entire floor on the second floor was already on fire, and the air was so hot that one felt like being in a furnace.

Zhong Ziang only heard a "squeak" sound from his head, and then there was a strong smell of burning. When he looked up, there were jumping flames in front of him, and only then did he realize that his hair and beard had been scorched by the flames. .

"Father, father, Yang Yao is rebellious, come here, come here!"

"Prince, let's go, let's go!" A guard grabbed Zhong Ziang who was about to run towards the palace, and cried, "The road has been blocked by the rebels. The thief is too fierce to kill him!"

"Bastard, do you want me to ignore my father?" Zhong Ziang was furious.

He looked down, and his heart suddenly became cold.But I saw that it was very powerful for the bandit army.Especially Tie Zhu, the leader, and another man and a woman, their martial arts are so strong that almost no one can make a move under their hands.

Especially that big fat man with the same stature as Niu Gao, Zhi Niang Thief is the reincarnation of Vajra Warrior.Although the bone in his hand doesn't look big, once it falls, it won't hold up at all.The gun block is broken, and the knife holder is broken.Once the bone falls on you, no matter what kind of solid armor you are wearing, you will be crushed to pieces immediately, and you will not be able to live immediately.

There was the sound of broken bones everywhere, and blood gushing out, scattered all over the yard.

Those more than 20 rebels had already entered the main hall between the two courtyards, and they would be able to enter the imperial father's bedroom within a few steps.

"Prince, we can't make it through. If we rush over here, we will die. Instead of this, it is better to escape from the palace and go to the military camp to rescue soldiers as soon as possible. Maybe there is still time. Your Majesty has the blessing of Mingzun, and all evils will not invade. You should be able to persist until we back."

"Shut up, shut up!" Zhong Ziang yelled hoarsely: "I'm going to escort, escort, escort!"

Probably his cry was too loud, which alarmed Niu Gao.

Niu Gao stopped for a while on the last step of the hall, then drew out his walking bow and shot back.

Zhong Ziang had seen Niu Gao's sharp shooting before, and when he saw him drawing his bow, he knew it was not good, so he subconsciously pulled the guard and threw it in front of him.

The guard was caught off guard for a moment and opened his mouth to scream.

There was only a "sudden" sound, Niu Gao's arrow hit the back of his head, and a bright red arrow came out of his mouth.

A stream of hot human blood flowed out along the arrow.

Although Zhong Ziang was cruel by nature, he didn't know how many people he had killed with his own hands before, but seeing the tragic scene in front of him, he was shocked to find that he was so close to death.I don't know why, a kind of fear arises, but I don't want to face the two big fat men and a woman alone.

With a howl, he turned back into the room next to the corridor, smashed through the window, and jumped out.

When he landed, regardless of the pain in his body, he spread his legs and ran like crazy towards the military camp at the foot of the mountain, shouting as he ran, "Someone is coming, here is someone, I am the prince, I am the prince!"

After running for less than two miles, they saw an army coming out of the barracks.

The leader, Zhong Ziang, knew that it was Yang Qin, the commanding officer.This person is his confidant, and the troops he leads are the guards led by Prince Zhong and the Puppet Prince himself.

Seeing Zhong Ziang's smoky look, he was shocked, and hurriedly jumped off the horse, and helped him onto the saddle: "Prince, what's the matter?"

Zhong Ziang was covered in iron armor. After running for this distance, he felt his whole body was limp. He gasped heavily: "Yang Qin, why did you lead the troops out?"

Yang Qin: "Returning to Your Highness, I was in the barracks just now, and when I saw the palace was on fire, I ordered people to go over there to see what's going on over there?"

"Yang Yao is rebellious, his brother-in-law Tie Zhu is leading a team of troops to attack the palace, hurry up, take the troops to wipe out the rebels, help, help!"

"What, Brother Yao, he... No, no, it's impossible, Brother Yao is sincere to my teacher and the official family, is it a mistake?" Yang Qin was so shocked that his face turned pale and he almost fell to the ground.

"There's no mistake, I can see clearly that it's Tie Zhu, that thief." Zhong Ziang gritted his teeth, "Go, everyone obey my order and go to the palace!"

Yang Qin: "Okay, no matter what, I have to go into the palace to have a look, and put an end to the civil strife."

Just as I was about to leave, there was another commotion over there, but I saw more than 1000 people driving over like a tide.

In the flames, who is the leading general who is not Yang Yao?

Yang Yao shouted: "What's the matter, what's the matter, what happened to the official's house?"

Seeing him, Zhong Ziang's eyes turned red: "Mrs. Yang, you did such a good thing that you even led troops to attack the palace. Is it the opposite? Someone, kill him!"

Suddenly, the people on both sides got into a mess.

Yang Yao was stunned, and shouted: "Stop, is there some misunderstanding, I also rushed here when I saw His Majesty's fire now."

He had great prestige in the army, and with this shout, the troops on both sides immediately fell silent.

"Mrs. Yang, you rebel, kill him, kill him!" Suddenly, someone in Yang Qin's department shouted and shot an arrow at Yang Yao.

Yang Yao is so skilled in martial arts, he just turned his head and avoided it.

The feather arrow fell into the crowd, and someone let out a long scream.

Then, someone shouted again: "Zhong Ziang, Zhong Xiang is fatuous and senseless, kill him and help my brother Yao to sit in the Dragon Court." Another arrow was fired, and it hit Zhong Ziang's shoulder, and it was thrust into it tremblingly, excruciatingly painful. he yelled.

In the dark night, no one knew who shot the two arrows.Seeing that they started to move their hands, the soldiers on both sides let out a loud roar at the same time, raising their weapons and rushing forward.

Immediately, his eyes were filled with red human blood and sharp weapons.

Thousands of people and horses were in a mess in an instant, and they all hacked and killed in disorder.

This situation is like bombing a camp, and in the army, camp roaring is a very terrible thing.Once there is chaos, no matter who you are, it is impossible for the troops to restore order until dawn.

In an instant, the figures of Yang Yao and Zhong Ziang were engulfed by the surging crowd, the torches fell to the ground and extinguished, and everything fell into darkness and chaos.

Yang Yao and Zhong Ziang didn't know that the person who uttered the cry and shot the two arrows just now was the dead soldier Niu Gao brought up the mountain.

After being annexed by Zhong Ziang, Niu Gao's subordinates were enriched in Yang Qin's imperial guards. Hearing the conversation between Zhong Ziang and Yang Yao, and seeing the skyrocketing fire in the palace, he immediately realized that General Niu had already made a move.Immediately, he shot two arrows, causing uncontrollable chaos in the two armies.

At this time, Zhong Xiang was blocked in the false palace, and the false prince Zhong Ziang and Yang Yao were trapped in the chaos.

The Manichaeism has no leader, and there is no suspense about its complete collapse.

I just don't know when General Niu Gao and the others will be able to take Zhong Xiang's head, and when the main force behind the mountain will be able to fight up.

The flames of the pseudo-imperial palace soared into the sky, and Wang Shen's main force had already launched a general attack on the city wall at the foot of the mountain.But here, Yang Yao and Zhong Ziang's subordinates were wrapped up in a ball, and many of them were macheted to the ground by their companions in a daze.

There were screams and shouts everywhere, the thick fog was rolling in, and they couldn't see anything. Many soldiers stepped on their feet and rolled down the hillside, obviously unable to stand up again.

(End of this chapter)