Chapter 184: Fierce battle in the imperial city

"Damn it, if there is a cannon here, I will not be named Zhao if I don't blow this bullshit imperial city into flat ground." Zhao Qian cursed hatefully, stomped his feet hard, and then he found that the stirrups fell down on the horse.

Although Xuanjia cavalry is brave and good at fighting, they are mostly known for fighting field battles since their establishment. They rarely invest in siege battles. After all, the city battles are not their main strength. It is the world of infantry. If they are used, they will be too useless. As for attacking the high-walled imperial city, it has never happened before. Zhao Qian had the strength to do it. The feeling of holding the song is like a dog biting a turtle. The turtle is right in front of him, but there is nowhere to whisper. It would be wrong to ask him not to scold him.

Zhao Qian was right. If there were artillery artillery, as long as you set up artillery, bombard the city wall, and blow the city wall, the black-armored cavalry could rush in, capture Kublai Khan, and achieve the goal of "capturing the king first to capture the thief". Kublai Khan was a great monarch, and he was the leader of the Mongolian tribes. Without him, the Mongolian tribes would be scattered and fought on their own. In that case, the Southern Song army would not have to do anything to attack the Central Plains and could easily sank the Central Plains.

However, they did not bring artillery. The artillery was too bulky and if they were brought with them, they would be slow and would not be convenient for the army to appear in Dadu quickly. In contrast, it would be better than a light army to move quickly and attack Dadu directly.

Until now, the Song army's actions were still very successful. Under the sudden attack of the Song army, the Five Guards and the Qiexue Corps stationed in Dadu were disrupted without having time to react. Their generals and commanders were prepared to respond because of Kublai Khan's will. Kublai Khan's original intention was to ask these generals to react quickly, but to his surprise, these generals were concentrated, but they killed or captured the Song army without having time to react. Kublai Khan helped Zhao Liangchun and the others a great favor.

There are always accidents in the war, and Kublai Khan's reaction is an accident. If he changes someone, as long as he is a little less courageous, he will definitely be scared and at a loss in this situation. Unfortunately, Kublai Khan is not only calm and composed, but also has many tricks and lies, which inspires the Mongolian soldiers to fight hard.

After learning about this, Li Jun also regretted it. What he said was, "I originally wanted Zheng Jing and them to go to Tianjin to teach Kublai Khan a lesson. Unexpectedly, they were so brave that they were so furious that they would go to Dadu. Zhao Qian and Kublai Khan also took pictures of it. If I had known it, I would have caused two rockets to Zhao Qian no matter what. When I saw Kublai Khan, this historical figure, Bao Zhun became a historical figure again."

"You, you, and you, why don't you bring a cannon?" Zhao Qianhong looked and questioned the soldiers around him.

In that situation, Wang Lie sent by Zheng Jinghe urged them to go on the road like a deadly ghost, and he couldn't even stay in Tianjin for a while. If he brought the cannons, he wouldn't give them the Dharma on the spot? The soldiers felt extremely aggrieved and had to say, "General, we just remember to bring the cannons next time."

"Next time, will there be next time? This is a missed village. If you don't have this store, you still think about the next time, can you really think about it?" Zhao Qian scolded and ordered loudly, saying, "Order, prepare the musket! Let it go!"

A burst of bangs sounded, and many Mongolian soldiers in the city hit the missiles, fell down the city, and fell into meat pie.

The range of the musket was slightly further than that of the bow and arrow. Because it was loaded with many iron bullets, the range of attacks emitted was also greater and more powerful. These Mongolian soldiers fell under the city, causing a stir on the top of the city.

Since the Lin'an Defense Battle was put into battle, the musket has become one of the iconic equipment of the Southern Song army. It has spread among the Mongolian army and is so amazing. This undoubtedly shows these Mongolian soldiers that Kublai Khan is telling lies, and his faces appearing fearful and he begins to retreat.

Yelu Cho opened his mouth and was about to shout "Don't retreat" and interrupted Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan praised loudly: "Saiyinnuo, you are so good, you are even using muskets so skillfully. I want to reward you well and give you another 50,000 kilograms of gold." He turned to the soldiers on the city and said, "Did you hear that? They have another 50,000 kilograms of gold. If you defeat them, you can get more 50,000 kilograms of gold."

His words not only helped the soldiers who originally wanted to retreat to relieve their thoughts of retreating, but also made their greed become fierce again and the light in their eyes was bright.

Yelu Chou was so impressed that he was so impressed that he would have been holding Kublai Khan's feet and chewing his mouth a few times.

The walls of the imperial city are high and thick, and the moat is wide. The Xuan-armored cavalry could not cross the moat without siege equipment. There was no other way except to shoot arrows under the city and shoot with muskets.

Kublai Khan was right in front of him, but he couldn't catch him. The depression in Zhao Qian's heart was beyond the reach of his pen and ink. He looked at Kublai Khan on the top of the city with blood red eyes, wishing he could grow a pair of wings and fly up to the top of the city to grab Kublai Khan. Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed, and ordered the soldiers to tie the explosive bag with a rope. After igniting it, he activated the war horse and rushed over, and threw it towards the city gate.

He divided the soldiers into a team of 100 people and kept throwing explosive packs at the city gate. Although the moat was wide, the explosive was thrown out under rapid impact. It was still no problem to throw it to the city gate. In just a few rounds, the city gate would deform the shock wave. As long as there were a few more rounds, the city gate would shake open.

Not only did the city gate become deformed, the city wall near the city gate also loosened the shock wave, and multiple cracks appeared. In this way, although the explosive pack cannot achieve the greatest effect, it is still very powerful over time. In a figurative word, it is "penetration", which shakes a little bit, and achieves the purpose of ultimately destroying the city gate.

If the city gate was just blown up, Kublai Khan would not panic, because the suspension bridge was still there, and Zhao Qian and the others could not cross the river. However, as the current situation continued, it would be not only the city gate, but also the city wall. Once the city wall collapsed, the suspension bridge would fall down, which was like the gate of the imperial city. Kublai Khan gasped in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be calm and had nothing to do.

Just as Kublai Khan was surprised, a charming oriole sounded and said, "Oh, Master, what are you calling me to do? Master, look at you, you also want your sisters to put on armor and weapons. The sisters are serving the emperor, not here to fight, and they make it look like they are real."

Kublai Khan knew without looking at it, his beloved concubine Yan Ji arrived. He looked closely and found that Yan Ji appeared in a dress-up, wearing heavy makeup, and dressed up beautifully, as if she wanted to accept Kublai Khan's favor. While walking towards Kublai Khan, he said, "Sisters, do you think so?"

"Yes, the emperor." A group of charming concubines followed Yan Ji closely, and came in a lotus steps, as charming as beautiful scenery, making people confused.

Kublai Khan looked at these concubines and showed up in costumes, as if a celebrity was walking on a show, but he didn't wear the armor he was going to wear, and there were no weapons. What's even more exaggerated is that Yan Ji was dressed up in front of the bronze mirror while walking, and said to the palace maid holding the bronze mirror: "Particularly, on the left, you're so stupid, click on the right. Look, this hair is leaking out, and you don't remind them that it would be bad if the emperor saw it."

The palace maid could not say anything except admitting her mistake like a vocal worm.

On the contrary, the Queen Bi was not allowed to apply her makeup, and wore a white cloth coat, a military uniform, a bright armor, and a scimitar on her waist. She was no different from ordinary soldiers. She was heroic and looked down on Kublai Khan and said, "I have seen the emperor. The emperor summoned me to come. I don't know what instructions I have, so I ask the emperor to tell you." The voice was like a yellow oriole singing, fresh and pleasant, and compared to the sweet voice of Yan Ji, one in the sky and the other in the ground.

Empress Chabi was a smart and wise person, similar to Empress Changsun of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. She corrected Kublai Khan's faults and was respectful and frugal, which was very pleased by Kublai Khan. According to the "History of Yuan Dynasty", in order to make clothes for Kublai Khan, she once went to the treasury to collect fabrics in the treasury. Before she could do it, she discovered that Kublai Khan said that this was a public property, not a private property, and she could not be taken randomly. If she did that, she would break the rules. In our current words, she set a precedent that should not be set. She immediately woke up and returned the fabric to the treasury. Since then, she always did whatever fabric she wanted to use, including making clothes for Kublai Khan, and sometimes using old clothes to modify it.

"Queen please get up." Kublai Khan helped up with his hands and said, "Queen, I have summoned you, nothing else. You have been in the deep palace for a long time and have not moved your body for a long time. I will let you move."

The hand tightened, and Queen Chabi gently held his hand, and her beautiful phoenix eyes seemed to be intentional and unintentional. Kublai Khan understood what she meant, and she was asking Kublai Khan if he was in trouble. What a smart person she was, how could he not understand that Kublai Khan was so open and persistent in doing things, he must have encountered great trouble. Otherwise, with Kublai Khan's talent, he would have found nothing to do and do such boring things.

Kublai secretly praised Empress Chabi as Lan Xinhui, who was extremely smart, nodded slightly. Empress Chabi quietly walked to Yan Ji and asked, "Yan Ji, do you know your guilt?"

Yan Ji was confused and opened her eyes wide and asked, "How can I be guilty? Can I be guilty when I serve the emperor?"

Queen Chabi's face sank, and she criticized Yan Ji's guilt and said, "The emperor is strict in his orders, wearing military uniforms and carrying sharp weapons. Have you done this? This is a crime of resisting the orders, a crime."

Yan Ji hurriedly argued: "We are the emperor's concubines and are here to serve the emperor. Whoever loves to play knives and guns will go. Oh, Your Majesty, you didn't look like this when you saw your concubines in the past, and you had already pounced on me..." She didn't notice that Kublai Khan's face was very wrong, and she wanted to continue to talk and stopped Queen Chabi, and said: "Shut up! When you see the emperor, you do not perform the rituals of the monarch and the ministers, you are disrespectful, and you are guilty of your crime. You are not rude in words and privately leaking secret matters, and you are guilty of three. If you don't value women's virtues, you will dress up in public, which will damage the royal majesty, and you will be confusing all sisters, and you will be guilty of the fifth. After seeing Ben, you will not perform the rituals of the queen, and you will be punished by the queen. As the queen, you will not be rude in the harem, and you will not dare to be rude before the supreme. You have to ask about your crime. Everything you have to do is a death sentence, what else do you have to say?"

Queen Chabi spoke very calmly, no different from usual speaking, but she had a sense of dignity in her words. Yan Ji felt something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Emperor, you have to be the master of me. You know, I don't like swords and guns." She leaned towards Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan immediately returned to his calmness with a tragic look on his face and said, "This is a matter in the harem, and the queen will deal with it."

Lao Ai was in chaos, and Qin Shihuang launched a chore in the palace without an army. The palace servants guarded the city and waited for reinforcements to quell the chaos in one fell swoop. Although this was a war between enemy countries and not civil strife, Kublai Khan's current situation was similar to this. Without an army, he could only rely on the power in the palace to use all the power he could use.

This Yan Ji was just ignorant. He relied on his usual favors and did not obey the orders, which had a bad influence. If this matter was not inquired, these palace servants, servants and eunuchs would not listen to his orders and move forward bravely. In this situation, they could only cut the mess quickly. Kublai Khan decided to kill Yan Ji to gain power.

However, when he thought of his daily love, he felt unbearable and could not handle it himself. Queen Chabi also considered this point and decided to deal with it for him.

"Come on, pull Yan Ji down and execute him." Empress Chabi issued an order.

Unexpectedly, Kublai Khan did this, and Kublai Khan's words were like a bolt from the blue. Yan Ji was spinning and Queen Chabi ordered her to do so. She knew that the big thing was not good, so she begged for mercy and said, "Emperor, I dare not, I dare no more. I will wear military uniforms and wear weapons."

Unfortunately, it was too late, so I dragged the five big and three thick guards down.

"Wait." Queen Chabi shouted, and the guard stopped. Yan Ji thought there was a turnaround and hurriedly shouted: "Queen, spare my life. I will never dare, nor will I dare again."

Queen Chabi warned: "You must not be rude to be a concubine. Everything you have is from the emperor and is given by the emperor. You have to do whatever the emperor wants you to do. Remember this carefully."

Yan Ji agreed without any worries and said, "Queen, I remember, remember. I will do whatever the emperor told me to do."

"In the next life, you will be a good concubine who knows the rules! I will give you the right to die without bleeding." Queen Chabi pointed to the concubines who came in full costume and said, "You will also be executed together."

A group of guards, like wolves and tigers, raised a group of moaning concubines.

Queen Chabi inspected the costumes of the eunuchs in the palace for a while, and more than twenty of them failed to meet the requirements. She was not ruthless and ordered her head to be cut off on the spot.

Sun Wu trained troops to kill Helu's two beloved concubines to achieve the goal of intimidation. Queen Chabi's actions were similar to this. Under her thunderous means of intimidation, the maids and concubines in the palace were all silent and did not dare to show up.

Since ancient times, dealing with subordinates has only two hands, one is power and the other is kindness. If you have used power, you should comfort them and calm them down and come in handy. Although Queen Chabi is a woman, she is not an amateur in this way. She glanced at them and said, "You have all seen it. If you don't obey the emperor's will, you will be punished! As long as you obey the emperor's will and do your best, the court will not treat you badly. You do your best, and I will reward you with ten taels of gold. Those who are outstanding can receive rewards!" After a pause, he asked, "Did you hear it?"

In front of her such methods, who would dare to say no? He shouted in unison: "According to the imperial edict."

"Emperor, I am not strict in governing the harem, so I ask the emperor to punish me for this matter." Empress Chabi fell to Kublai Khan and apologized.

Kublai Khan helped him up and said, "The Queen is not the Queen's fault. The mistake is that I am too indulging Yan Ji." He admitted that he was too indulging Yan Ji in public, although he was mostly concerned about face, as a king, it was rare, no different from the imperial edict of guilt.

At this moment, a loud bang came, and the dust at the gate was filled with dust and sand. The city wall finally could not resist the endless bombing of the explosive pack and collapsed.

The suspension bridge lost its support and fell heavily, hitting the ground, making a shocking sound.

This loud noise was the most terrifying thing for Kublai Khan. The thing he feared the most finally happened. The city gate was opened and the suspension bridge fell. You don’t have to think about what happened next. Anyone would be afraid at such a critical moment.

Zhao Qian heard it, which was even better than Tianyin Fairy Music. He screamed and then shouted: "Capture Kublai Khan alive! Long live the Song Dynasty!" He slapped the horse's back and rushed out first. The Xuanjia Cavalry followed him and rushed in like a tide.

In Zhao Qian's imagination, people must be panicked in the imperial city. The palace servants, servants, eunuchs, concubines, and soldiers who were determined to escape were like panicked rabbits, running around like panicked rabbits. However, to Zhao Qian's surprise, the scene in the imperial city was too far from what he imagined. The scene he saw was unforgettable for his life. Many years later, he still clearly remembered this scene: everyone in the imperial city was wearing military uniforms, holding sharp weapons, and waiting for the enemy intently, without panic, no fear, and no one ran away. Even those women also picked up weapons, staring at them with their eyes wide open, as if they were their prey.

Zhao Qian had no idea what was going on in the imperial city, and had no time to think about it, so he rushed over with shouts. The arrows like raindrops were greeted, and the sound of breaking through the air was particularly loud.

The sunset is like blood, and the imperial city is covered with blood under the remaining light.
Chapter completed!