To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 116 Volume 3 Man Jianghong

The sound finally quieted down, and there were cries and shouts in the capital. You Miao was dizzy, pushed the water tank out, sneezed, calmed down and said, "I remember... the teacher told me about the Tatars' bow and arrow attack. city……"

Li Yan was ashamed and embarrassed, grabbed You Miao and said, "Be careful, take care of your own life before leading the troops."

You Miao panted: "It's okay... It will be a while before their second wave of flying arrows..."

At this moment, the sound of drums and shouts sounded outside the city, and the Tatars began to attack the city.

The mountains shouted and the sea drank, and the plain outside the capital city became a battlefield in an instant. Li Yan looked for horses everywhere to go back to the palace, but the horses had already been shot to death. dragged down.

Surrounded by soldiers rushing to the city in an endless stream, the scene was extremely chaotic, braziers and boiling oil were brought to the tower, Zhao Chao shouted in his ear: "Go back to the palace!"

You Miao turned a deaf ear and shouted at Zhao Chao: "No! Now we have to take all the people to the inner city!"

"The outer city can be defended!" Zhao Chao roared, "The people cannot be withdrawn now!"

Archery started again outside the city, You Miao shouted: "You listen to me!"

As soon as the Tatars began to attack the city, You Miao suddenly recalled what Li Zhifeng had mentioned before, regarding the fighting habits of the Tatars, the Dog Rong and the Tatars had been fighting outside Cyprus all year round, and they knew their combat routines well.When besieging the city, the enemy is like a hungry wolf, first frightening the enemy with a rain of arrows, but the iron arrows are expensive and limited in number, so they cannot be fired one after another.And the next step is to drive the surrendered soldiers to attack the city on their own side.The real main force of the Tatars recharged their batteries in the rear until the enemy was exhausted before launching the final general attack.

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to evacuate all the people into the inner city, otherwise the Han Chinese who surrendered to the enemy will die under the hands of the Gyeonggi army, and the Tatar army will throw the heads of their own soldiers into the inner city. Entering the city will inevitably cause the capital's army to be shaken and the hearts of the people will be unstable.

You Miao quickly explained a few words, Zhao Chao couldn't help panting, frowned and said, "Who told you?"

You Miao said: "Li Zhifeng! Don't ask now! Immediately! Evacuate the people into the city! Wait until the siege army is dead, and tomorrow morning, the second wave of arrow rain will come again!"

Zhao Chao quickly untied the seal and handed it to You Miao. You Miao prepared the horse and entered the palace. The palace was in chaos, and iron arrows stuck on the ground could be seen everywhere. The prince's face was very ugly, and he asked: "What if spies sneak into the palace?" ?”

You Miao said: "Let someone lead soldiers to guard, otherwise the second wave of arrow rain will not be able to stop it."

"No!" A civil servant changed his expression and said, "How important is the inner city of the imperial palace! How can it be opened easily? Your Majesty is still recuperating in the harem, if spies enter..."

The prince said: "No...this is not possible, it's too risky, You Aiqing, it's not that I don't believe your judgment, but..."

You Miao was furious and shouted: "The people are the most important! The country is second! The king is the least! Your Highness!"

The prince woke up immediately after being drunk. The monarch and his ministers looked at each other for a long time, and there was a dead silence in the hall, no one dared to speak.After a long time, the prince nodded slightly.

"That's right, according to your method." The prince said: "How do you know these things?"

You Miao bowed and replied: "There is a dog Rong in my family, he told me about it."

The courtiers talked a lot, and the crown prince asked, "Where is the dog Rong?"

You Miao said: "I'm on my way to Beijing, come and look for me."

The prince sighed, and wrote the imperial decree for the emperor, asking You Miao to take the imperial army to open the city gate.

On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, all the people in the city began to gather, and the gates of the palace were opened to allow people to enter the inner city.In front of the wall of the outer city is the Apocalypse descending army, which is like a crucian carp crossing the river. Under the arrows and whips of the Tatars, it began to attack the capital.The city wall was covered with torches, pouring boiling oil down, You Miao ran up the tower quickly, Zhao Chao was leading the Gyeonggi Army to defend the city.

"It doesn't work like this, the supplies will run out soon." You Miao frowned deeply, looking at the pile of corpses below the city, many surrendered soldiers had been shot into flesh, and even some soldiers were soaked in boiling oil , the stench of burning corpses, and the pungent smell of blood floated into the city.

"Not one of the Tatars is dead, and the ones who die now are Tianqi's soldiers, damn it! This group of bulldogs are so fucking cruel!" Zhao Chao said angrily, "We have to find a way! Otherwise, when the Tatars go into battle, Falling rocks and boiling oil will be used up!"

You Miao sighed, and looked outside the city. There were 5 to [-] vanguard troops who were attacking the city. They were filling the city wall with the corpses of Han people. There were Tatar archers behind them. Those who escaped were shot to death with random arrows.

"In front is the boiling oil and flint of my own robe." You Miao murmured: "Behind is the sharp sword of Tatar."

Only when the capital is conquered, can these soldiers survive, otherwise, once they retreat, they will still die. You Miao and Zhao Chao looked at each other. There is only one way to solve this predicament—let Emperor Tianqi go up to the tower and suppress it with the power of the emperor. Surrendering troops may awaken the blood of the soldiers and seize the initiative again.

"I'm going to persuade my father to come over to supervise the battle." Zhao Chao said, "Only if he stands here, the descendants will not dare to attack the capital again."

You Miao said: "He may not come, it's too dangerous."

You Miao did not have much hope for Zhao Min's courage, otherwise the emperor would not have escaped in the name of the Southern Tour, but Zhao Chao said: "This time, that time, you go to the corner tower to rest for a while, and I will go to the palace."

It was almost dawn, and the battle outside stopped for a while, although the siege was still going on, the shouting gradually weakened, Zhao Chao asked the deputy general to supervise the battle, and You Miao was too tired, so he found a place everywhere, the leather armor was not removed, so he lay down on the spot, Close your eyes.The sound of fighting was still in his ears, and the sound gradually faded away from him. He dreamed that Li Zhifeng came back, and he rushed outside the city with soldiers who didn't know where they came from, killing the Tatars.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, You Miao was suddenly awakened by a loud shout.

"Master You!" Someone shouted in his ear, "Hurry up and hide!"

The soldiers in the city were in chaos. A general set up You Miao and pushed him under the city wall. Several soldiers guarded him together. There were several noises. You Miao didn't understand the situation, and shouted: "What happened!"

Stones began to fly in, and another wave of offensive by the Tatar army began. This time, the heads of thousands of dead people were mixed in the stones. Before Tang Hui led the troops, after several battles by the Yellow River, they were captured or killed. It is the head of the soldiers of the Apocalypse Army who were killed.

"Where's Zhao Chao?!" You Miao asked again.

General Pi replied loudly: "The Third Highness is overseeing the battle at Ximen! The city is also being defended there!"

Flying stones smashed the roof, smoke flew up, and the Tartars burned wolf dung outside the north gate, choking people blindly.You Miao couldn't tell the direction in the black smoke, ran for a while, found a war horse and rushed to the west gate to look for Zhao Chao.

Sure enough, the emperor did not come to supervise the battle. On the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Min passed the throne to the prince and announced it to the whole city.At dawn, in the black smoke brought by the north wind, the Tartars launched a second rain of arrows.

This time there were nearly [-] arrows, all of which were iron arrows from the Apocalypse Army captured in the First Battle of the Yellow River. The rain of arrows covered the entire capital.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the soldiers finally died, and the Tatars sent envoys to knock on the city.