jdhmnovel Chapter 352 Accident
Chapter 352 Accident
"Oh, Empress Dowager, please take care of yourself. You've been vomiting so much blood. Are you so angry? How about I report this to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to call a royal physician to see you?"
Cao Bin was very good at understanding the emperor's intentions.
Knowing this, the only way for the emperor to vent his anger was to mock the empress dowager to the utmost.
How about this? Should Your Majesty satirize the Queen Mother himself?
That's really disgraceful.
As a close and trusted attendant of His Majesty, he did not participate in the early planning of the army. If he does not contribute now, it would be useless.
So, seeing that the emperor had no objection, Cao Bin circled around the empress dowager, exclaiming his concern in a pretentious manner, and making sarcastic remarks, and he talked for a whole cup of tea.
But now, the Queen Mother has no one around her.
I was sweating all over and could hardly stand. I managed to hold on and not fall to the ground again.
How could he have the energy to deal with Cao Bin?
She could only endure it for a long time. When the stars in her eyes finally dissipated a little, she stared at Cao Bin coldly and said, "Shut up!"
At this time, the situation outside Chen Qian Palace had been decided.
Of the thousands of men the Queen Mother brought into the palace, a small number were executed, and most were captured, and they had lost their combat effectiveness.
The emperor paced to the palace entrance.
Looking at the tied-up rebels, he said coldly:
"You were deceived by the traitors and mistakenly believed that I was being murdered. That's why you attacked the city and broke into the palace, committing treason. I am a wise ruler and will not punish your loyalty. I will naturally spare your death. However, since you committed such treason, you cannot escape punishment. I will punish you by exiling you to the border to serve as a soldier. You will build fortifications for Daliang and make amends for your mistakes."
"Your Majesty is wise and enlightened! Long live Your Majesty!"
Cao Bin and the imperial guards were the first to shout.
Then the Yulin Guards also shouted "Long live the emperor", their voices reaching the sky.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!"
Finally, someone from the rebel army shouted.
Then, one after another, shouts of thanks were heard.
The emperor put his hands behind his hands and smiled.
I just think this battle was extremely beautiful.
As for the fact that there are still 100,000 rebels fighting inside and outside the capital?
The Queen Mother's handwritten letter and token had already been escorted out of the palace by a team of elite imperial guards and sent to the rebels to announce their intentions. If they withdrew, fine. If they didn't...
Then there is only a dead end.
"what!"
"Oh, what's going on? Why are you killing your own people?"
"They are not our people, they are from the Xishan Camp!"
"What are they going to do!"
"You bastards! They turned on us at the last minute!"
At this time, everywhere inside and outside the city.
The 20,000 soldiers led by General Zhang of the Xishan Camp were originally scattered in various siege teams, and together with their fellow rebels, they were unstoppable.
But it happened suddenly.
After a red flare shot up in the palace.
They tore off the green cloth strips wrapped around their arms, turned against their own side, and attacked their companions.
The green cloth strips were originally because the uniforms of soldiers from all over Daliang were similar, so the 100,000 rebels were wrapped with cloth strips before entering the city to distinguish themselves from the city defense troops and avoid killing their own people by mistake.
At this time, the soldiers and generals of the Xishan camp all tore off the cloth strips.
They are in the same camp as the city defenders.
They originally followed the rebel team and had extremely low combat effectiveness. Several of them surrounded a city defense army and could not kill the enemy for a long time, which made people suspect that they were taking advantage of the situation.
Unexpectedly, after taking off the cloth strips, they all became extremely brave and could fight one against five or even ten people.
The weapons he carried were also very sophisticated.
It can actually cut off the opponent's weapon in one go.
"They... they are pretending to surrender..."
"Go ahead, kill these sinister old guys!"
"what!"
At this time, the rebels had basically reacted one after another.
These people from the Xishan camp are simply pretending to surrender, just waiting for the right opportunity to counterattack!
Because of this incident, the rebel army's surging troops suddenly developed countercurrents and whirlpools, and they could no longer move forward.
However, the city defense forces grew rapidly.
Suddenly, new reinforcements emerged from the streets and alleys. No one knew where they had been hiding, but they suddenly joined the street battle and the situation changed immediately.
An army of one hundred thousand sounds terrifying.
But once they entered the city and walked into the streets, the 100,000 people were dispersed into small groups.
When the attacking and defending sides engaged in close combat, there were only three to five or more people fighting each other. If there were more, the street would not be able to accommodate them.
So the so-called 100,000 rebels did not gain much advantage after entering the city.
The city's defense forces had been fighting and retreating, their fighting capacity was weak, but suddenly a fresh force joined in, and the drums of war sounded in time, their thumping beats urging them to fight bravely.
"Your Majesty has ordered that you surrender your weapons and not be killed!"
"The Queen Mother was deceived by the evildoer and misunderstood the Duke of Zhenguo. She has now admitted her mistake and ordered the troops to withdraw!"
"Surrender immediately! Those who resist will be killed on the spot!"
Soldiers shouting orders appeared on many high platforms in the city.
The decrees were spread throughout the streets and alleys.
No matter how loud the sound of fighting is, everyone is guaranteed to hear it.
The rebels' attack was thus further interrupted.
There were soldiers who were determined to kill the enemy, but more people began to hesitate and wait and see.
The city defense forces took the opportunity to counterattack and killed many people in a short period of time.
When the battle was at a stalemate, the south and east gates of the city, which had been opened, were suddenly closed again.
It was because a group of elite reinforcements suddenly arrived at the two gates, quickly rushed to the door, controlled the situation, and quickly closed the door again.
There are still tens of thousands of troops who have not entered the city.
Now being locked outside the door, they began another round of arrow and stone attacks.
However, the city walls were also controlled by the elite troops, and huge wooden and leather shields were quickly raised to block most of the arrows and stones.
If the Queen Mother were present at the scene and saw all this, she would definitely realize that the reason why it was so easy for her to capture the city was because the Emperor let her off.
The emperor really let her in on purpose!
Catching a turtle in a urn!
"Your Majesty, the East Gate and the South Gate have been closed again!"
"Your Majesty, the rebel offensive has weakened, and the first group of surrenderers has appeared!"
"Your Majesty, the north gate is open. The rebels outside haven't entered the city yet, but those inside have already rushed out!"
in the palace.
The emperor continued to receive reports on the progress of the battle in the city.
The Queen Mother stood beside him and heard everything.
"You ordered the North Gate to be opened on purpose." She understood.
The emperor nodded with a smile: "Give them a glimmer of hope, and they won't fight to the death."
The rebels mistakenly thought they had broken through the city gate, but in fact, it was just another flood.
When the morale of the rebels in the city began to waver, if they were let out, they would only flee in panic and would find it difficult to organize an effective attack.
If the north gate was not opened, they would think they were trapped in the city and difficult to escape, so they would probably fight to the death.
The Queen Mother smiled dejectedly: "Emperor, you are slightly better than me. I really lost."
"Your Majesty, why are you so modest? You are also very capable."
The emperor smiled faintly.
His words were full of pride of having won the victory.
At this time, it was magnanimous of him to give his defeated opponent some praise.
In another half hour, he believed, everything would be settled.
Because outside the city, he also arranged 20,000 elite soldiers to hide and specifically pursue the defeated rebels.
Including the 20,000 troops led by General Zhang in the Xishan Camp who pretended to surrender to the Empress Dowager, in fact, the total army he controlled was only about 40,000.
However, due to proper deployment, the enemy was lured deep into our territory, and the goal of defeating the enemy with fewer troops was achieved.
He is not only a peaceful monarch who sits firmly in the court, but also a heroic ruler who can plan strategies and fight wars!
"Your Majesty, half of the rebels in the city have already escaped through the north gate!"
"Your Majesty, 80% of the rebels have already left the city! The rest are either dead or surrendered. The Guardian of the Nation will lead the troops to clear the streets and hunt down the remaining rebels!"
"Your Majesty, the vanguard of the rebels has already escaped five miles outside the city!"
Report again and again.
The emperor listened with a smile on his face.
But when he heard the latest report, his brows furrowed slightly: "Five miles? Where is General Liu's blockade?"
The messenger replied, "There's no resistance outside the north gate! The rebels are fleeing unhindered!"
The emperor's face darkened: "Investigate!"
"Yes!"
The messenger took the order and left.
The emperor's heart moved.
Suddenly, a bad feeling arose.
What was going on? They had clearly arranged 20,000 elite troops to ambush and stop the rebels outside the city, so why were the rebels able to advance unhindered?
Where is General Liu?
Could it be that they ran to the wrong place and were ambushed outside the west gate and the east gate?
……
At this moment, in the valley three miles outside the north gate of the capital.
Fei Wan saw many corpses.
The bodies of soldiers.