Fu Song

Chapter 295 Open the door, I'm back
Some things seem to have been preordained in the dark.

If it was Zhang Chao instead of Zhang Cheng who was defending the city today, Zhang Chao, who is full of confidence, would definitely not take his opponent seriously. Catch them all.

Then after this loud noise, the gate of the city would definitely be blown open, and the rebels would rush in. Given the fact that the strength of the two sides was almost the same, the frontier army would definitely kill and be invincible.

No matter how good the strategy is, it is not worth mentioning in front of absolute force.

But Zhang Cheng is the one who defends the city.

Zhang Cheng considers himself a junior.

Not to mention veteran generals like King Jing and Tao Dayong, even Qin Min, who was no older than him, Zhang Cheng also thought that he was far behind him.

And now, he was going to confront these people.

So from the very beginning, he was terrified.

He didn't think about how to counterattack at all, he just relied on the city wall to hold on until reinforcements arrived.

The walls of the Forbidden Palace are very thick and strong, if there is any loophole, it is the city gate.

So Zhang Cheng blocked the city gate.

People outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.

If the rebels really invaded the inner city, everyone in the inner city, including the officials, would be wiped out by King Jing, and there would be no place to run.

The smoke cleared.

The people in the city were the first to recover.

Seeing that the city gate was intact, that is to say, a large group of people on the city wall were knocked to the ground. Although their mouths and noses were bleeding at the moment, it seemed that there was nothing serious, but the rebel soldiers outside were screaming, and there was chaos. The guard's morale was immediately boosted.

"The imperial city is blessed by the dragon spirit of the officials, and the Huode Xingjun sits in the town. How can a mere thunderbolt technique shake the power of the officials!" Zhang Cheng raised his arms and shouted, and the soldiers on the city responded in unison. Waving, bells and drums rang together, the momentum soared, and Tao Dayong and Qin Min's faces in the city became gloomy.

They are all veterans, knowing that the ups and downs, for them, the difficulty is not just as simple as doubling.

"We can't count on these stragglers! Let's do it ourselves!" Qin Min held up the bloody knife and stared at the guards on the city wall.

Just now, he killed his frightened horse with one knife.

"Huang Chun didn't come!" Tao Dayong looked back to the northeast, not without regrets, if at this time, Huang Chun rushed here with his guards, and once the soldiers on the city found out that the guards had also rebelled, their morale would immediately drop It will fall to the bottom, and it will be easy to break the city at that time.

"That's just a piece of grass. If we destroy the city, he will definitely come to pick up some bargains. It's a dream to expect him to come to fetch millet out of the fire for us!" Qin Min sneered: "There is not one good man in Bianliang City." thing."

In this regard, Tao Dayong deeply agrees.

"Suppress the formation for me!" Qin Min casually picked up a shield on the ground and strode forward.

The loud noise just now gave the stragglers who were forced to come find a chance to escape, and the Dingwu Army, which originally existed as a supervising team, was shocked and didn't care about them anymore.Although he came back to his senses at this moment, he didn't even bother to trouble these guys who were obviously terrified.

Things, you still have to do it yourself.

On the tower, Zhang Cheng looked at the big man who was walking step by step with a shield and a knife, and his expression became serious.

Qin Min, a titan who is also well-known on the border.

"Aim at him and shoot!" Zhang Cheng snapped.

Hundreds of divine arm bows were raised, but at this moment, dozens of shields suddenly gathered in front of Qin Min under the city.Qin Min's figure disappeared.

The shields gathered more and more. When thousands of shields gathered together, they covered the upper, upper, left, and front sides tightly, forming a square tortoise shell, slowly approaching under the city wall.

"Crossbow!" Zhang Cheng roared.

Above Miyagi, the space is limited, and a big killer like the eight-ox crossbow can barely be arranged on each of the four corners. Moreover, once such a huge thing is installed, it is impossible to even turn in one direction. .

Now, only one eight-ox crossbow can aim at the enemy in this direction.

Choosing the angle of attack, the eyes of these veterans are always vicious and chilling.

The tortoise shell was speeding up, and all of a sudden, they got up fast. This change in the rhythm of the attack showed the true ability of this frontier army.

The speed is faster, but the tortoise shell is still a shell, and the arrows are raining down, but it doesn't have much effect.

A city guard picked up an iron mallet and struck it heavily on the machine bracket. With a buzzing sound, the huge eight-ox crossbow shot out quickly.

But at this time, most of the tortoise's shell under the city had gone beyond the shooting range, and only one horn remained within the firing range of the eight-ox crossbow.

The eight-ox crossbow mercilessly swept across the middle of this horn.

There was no accident, no matter how powerful the army was, it was still made of flesh and blood, and the eight-ox crossbow made a blood groove out of it, taking at least seven or eight lives.

But that's all.

When the eight-ox crossbow is strung next time, there will be no chance to shoot these people.

Zhang Cheng suddenly wanted to understand that the opponent's sudden acceleration just now was to avoid heavy weapons like the Ba Niu crossbow.

"Lei Mu, Shi Shi!" He roared again.

In the Daqing Palace, the loud noise just now made everyone pale.

No matter whether it is the official family who claims to be the son of heaven, or the chief assistant privy who is pretentious, at that moment, they are also devastated. Yu is shaking.

On the contrary, the eunuch Quan Gong remained calm, rushed out of the main hall in a short time, and came back in a short time after a while.

"What's that sound?" Zhao Suo asked in shock.

"Going back to the official's house, it seems that the rebels outside the city used gunpowder to blow open the city gate, but they failed, and the inner city is still impenetrable!" Quan Gong said.

"The gunpowder that wants to blow open the city gate!" Zhao Suo's eyes turned cold immediately.

In Bianliang City, none of the master craftsmen who specialize in gunpowder in the craftsman camp can live a good life this year, because they cannot produce powerful gunpowder. On the contrary, Xiao Ding, who is far in the northwest, exploded City after city of the Western Regions brought these places one by one into the territory of Song Dynasty.

The territory of Song Dynasty was expanding, but Zhao Suo couldn't be happy.

Under Zhao Suo's suggestion, Quan Gong once sent people to the northwest to find Xiao Ding's formula for gunpowder, but unfortunately, the people who went there disappeared without a trace and never came back.It is said that he was carried away by wolves in Hengshan.

Who would believe such a result?
Are the wolves in Hengshan so powerful?The officials sent by Lan Sixin to Hengshan, and the spies of the Imperial City Department sent by him?
I'm afraid it's not the beast wolf that's holding people in Hengshan, but the human wolf!
Why does King Jing possess such powerful gunpowder?Needless to say the origin of these things?

However, the people in the hall tightly shut their mouths, and no one broke the matter.

There is still the possibility of being friends without tearing up the face. If this layer of window paper is pierced and everyone has no steps to go down, then it will be really troublesome.

When Li Xu wanted to rebel, there was still Ma Xing who could restrain him, and he could find Xiao Ding to deal with him.

Now that Xiao Ding's power far exceeds Li Xu's, Ma Xing seems to wear the same trousers as him, and almost all the capable frontier soldiers are dead, so who will be transferred?
Now that Xiao Ding is still leading his troops to stay north of Hengshan Mountain, he did not come to Shaanxi to show off his might, which made the imperial court very lucky.

Xiao Dingzhen is going to Shanxi Road, I'm afraid it's not just the frontier soldiers who support King Jing, maybe the civil and military officials who turned against Shanxi Road, Hebei Road, and even Jingji Road will be unknown.

Xia Jie and the old rules are still confident that they can deal with the rebellious rebels here now, but if Xiao Ding brings more than [-] people under his command to fight back to support King Jing, then there are two completely different situations.

The current Xiao Ding obviously still maintains a state of limited support for King Jing, and is not fully invested.

Although this also made Zhao Suo extremely angry, but he will be outside, what can he do now?
There is no way!

It is impossible for the imperial decree to cross Hengshan.

Who is willing to pass the decree and be taken away by wolves in Hengshan?
The spies of the Imperial City Division came back with less and less news, and now the situation over there was actually relying on the memorials sent back by Xiao Ding himself regularly.

Without supervision and checks and balances, is it round or square, black or white, or is Xiao Ding rubbing and smearing on his own?
The hall fell into silence, and the sounds of fighting and shouting outside seemed particularly obvious.

Suddenly, there was another deafening shout from outside, and this voice was obviously not a soldier in the city.

The faces of the people in the hall changed again.

The great eunuch Quan Gong rushed out again.

This time, he came back faster.

Beside him, there was another general whose face was covered in blood.

"Please send all the officials to support!" The general staggered and knelt down on the ground: "King Jing came to the city in person, the morale of the rebel army was greatly boosted, and the guards on the city were already stretched out."

The general raised his bloody face and looked at Zhao Suo expectantly.

There was another meaning he didn't say.

Now that the king of Jing is here, the city will naturally have to deal with it. If at this time, the officials can appear on the top of the city and denounce the king of Jing for treason, in the Song Dynasty, which ruled the country with filial piety, it will definitely give King Jing a head-on blow. , I am afraid that the morale of the rebels under the city will be fatally hit.

Father and son, monarch and minister.

But Zhao Suo didn't seem to see the general's expectant eyes, just waved his hand and said: "Quan Gong, all the squadrons are sent out, and all the eunuchs and maids in the inner palace are gathered, and they are all ready to go to the city."

"Officials, I'm going to the city to help Zhang Cheng!" Chen Gui stepped forward and bowed.

"Private be careful!" Zhao Suo nodded repeatedly.

"I'm going too!" Xia Jie also cupped his hands, looking at Zhao Suo's eyes, but he was a little disappointed.

"Shoufu, Zhang Chao, can you come today?" Zhao Suo asked suddenly.

Xia Jie paused for a moment and then nodded, "Of course we can!"

Thousands of squadrons rushed straight to the top of the city and tried their best to maintain the situation. The casualties on the top of the city were already extremely heavy.Just now, Ban Zhi came a little late, I'm afraid the rebels will be able to gain a firm foothold on the top of the city.

Standing at the top of the city, Xia Jie and King Jing Zhao Zhe looked at each other, neither of them had any desire to speak, at this point in the matter, any words would be powerless.The two of them have worked together in Hebei for many years, and they know each other's personalities very well.

Either don't do it, if you want to do it, you must do it to the end, both of them are like this.

Neither of them is the kind of person who is willing to give the other a chance.

Xia Jie's eyes actually stayed on the other person more at this time.

Because that person is Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu actually stood beside King Jing, which made Xia Jie feel a headache.

Xia Jie doesn't really care about Xiao Yu's life or death, but when this person's life and death are linked with a general who is no longer under control, it will be troublesome.

How could Xiao Yu, a bastard, openly appear in public with King Jing?Even if you really helped King Jing rebel, wouldn't it be enough to hide and make suggestions?
How does this make me cover up after the war?

Xia Jie rubbed his temples and looked at Chen Gui beside him, who was also looking at him.

After a while, Xia Jie said: "If we say yes, then there will be; if we say no, then there will be no. Do you think so?"

Chen Gui's lips twitched several times before he managed to say a word: "Shoufu is right!"

Dongcheng, the Donghua Gate, which was originally wide open, returned to the control of the official army after Huang Chun's guards gathered, and the city gate was slowly closed again, leaving behind a centurion to guard the city. At the gate, Huang Chun led the guards and the army, slowly approaching the inner city step by step.

The footsteps were clanging and the team was neat. Tens of thousands of bodyguards showed off their neat team just like in previous drills. It seemed that today was just another drill.

I really can't drag it on.

It's past noon, and if we don't set off again, it will be difficult for either party to explain.

It is an extremely difficult technical task if you want to be a level man, and you can really do it both ways.

The team above the city gate was looking at the team that was gradually disappearing in front of his eyes, and whistled easily. To him, it didn't really matter, who cares who is an official, and he can lose his monthly Lumi ?
"Cavalry, cavalry, there are cavalry coming!" A soldier inadvertently turned his head to look outside the city, and the dust rolled up in the distance startled him immediately.

More than a hundred soldiers rushed to the battlements, staring at the smoke in the distance.

Shouldn't there be enemies?
This is Bianliang!

Are they friends of the rebels, or King Qin's army?
"It's Zhang Taiwei!" The sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted. "Taiwei Zhang is back!"

At the city gate, more than a thousand cavalry galloped towards them.

The big flag embroidered with the characters "Dou Da Zhang" fluttered in the wind, and the first person was Zhang Chao.

Reining in his horse, Zhang Chao raised his head with a dusty face, looked at the top of the city, and shouted sharply: "Don't you recognize a certain family? Kaicheng!"

(End of this chapter)