Horse on the World

Chapter 998; Advance, Dingzhou Army (5)
The Changsheng Battalion, the Whirlwind Battalion, and the Yizhou Battalion, which entered from the southern city, and the Red Cavalry who followed behind, rushed into the city swiftly.At this time, there was chaos in Luoyang City, and the Beicheng defenders who were slow to react were immediately cut off from retreating.

After Wang Yan of the Changsheng Camp entered the city, he went straight to the Luoyang garrison yamen, which was the highest command post of the Luoyang garrison army and where Xiangping was stationed. Along the way, he defeated countless stragglers. live.

Numerous torches illuminated the garrison yamen brightly. The yamen gate was closed tightly, and there was a dense rain of arrows shooting out from inside. On the high wall, there were still soldiers holding spears and swords to resist desperately. Occasionally, some stone bullets came from the gate. It was shot inside, obviously, there are also some scorpion cannons inside.

"Why haven't you entered yet? What are you dawdling about?" Wang Yan galloped there. This garrison office was the first target of Changsheng Battalion, but Wang Yan absolutely didn't want to waste too much time here. The city is in chaos right now. , the enemy withdrew to the imperial city one after another, it was a good time to chase and annihilate.

"Reporting to the general, there are still many enemies in the garrison yamen, and they are an organized team, relying on the wall to resist." A general ran up to report.

"There are still established enemies?" Wang Yan was not surprised but delighted, "Could it be that Xiang Ping hasn't had time to run yet?" He jumped off his horse, holding his meteor hammer, and shouted, "Get out of the way, I'll smash it open This turtle shell!"

The Dingzhou soldiers stepped aside one after another.

Dancing his meteor hammer like a windmill, while shouting loudly, Wang Yan ran towards the gate, and the two meteor hammers hit the gate heavily, one behind the other, and the gate was smashed with two loud bangs. In chaos, the soldiers cheered and rushed forward, and the smashed door immediately fell backwards.

The Dingzhou soldiers who were about to rush in the gate all froze there the moment they stepped into the courtyard gate. Facing the gate, the black muzzle of a Shenwei cannon was facing their direction. Behind him, the matchlock was burning.On the other side of the yard, there were more than a dozen cannons neatly stacked. It was obvious that the matter was rushed, and the enemies in the yard only had time to prepare one cannon.

Wang Yan among the soldiers also saw the rapidly shortening matchstick, and the sweat dripped from his forehead. Almost at the moment when the matchlock retracted into the cannon, Wang Yan shouted: "Lie down!" fell to the ground.

A loud noise almost shattered everyone's eardrums, and Wang Yan felt his ears buzzing, and something was flying around his head, and there was a scream from behind.

Wang Yan jumped up, but he was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him. The Shenwei Cannon had indeed fired, but the shells did not come out. The place where the Shenwei Cannon was installed in the yard was in a mess. The frame and the rear half of the truncated guns were lifted up, and fell into the group of Shenwei cannons on the other side, smashing the cannons there to the side.

The Luoyang soldiers gathered there were blown to pieces, and most of them were dead on the spot. A few survivors were either missing arms or legs, and were lying there moaning in pain.

In an instant, Wang Yan had already figured out the whole story. These Luoyang soldiers were afraid that the cannon might not be powerful enough, so they desperately filled the cannon with gunpowder. Too much gunpowder caused the cannon to explode.

If one survives, there will be future fortunes!Wang Yan screamed strangely, danced his meteor hammer, and rushed in like a gust of wind. Behind him, the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion, who were still in shock, rushed in with roars.

The garrison yamen is big enough, there are actually hundreds of soldiers inside, and these soldiers are quite powerful in personal combat, although they are absolutely inferior in numbers, they were surrounded and beaten by the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion, and they still caused a lot of casualties to the Changsheng Battalion.

A school lieutenant was strangled by Wang Yan with the iron chain of the meteor hammer, "Say, where is Xiang Ping?" Wang Yan roared angrily.

The captain closed his eyes and said nothing.Wang Yan giggled and exerted force with both hands, the captain's eyes protruded, his tongue stuck out long, and his neck was already strangled.

"Xiang Ping must still be here, search carefully for me, and don't let go of an inch." Wang Yan said, through the reaction of the captain, Wang Yan understood that these troops must be Wang Yan's relatives.

Then the few soldiers who were captured alive did not have the strong bones of the captain, and the facts they confessed were consistent with Wang Yan's judgment. The Changsheng Battalion was greatly excited. But Xiang Ping was still nowhere to be seen.

Wang Yan sat on the barrel of a mighty cannon. These cannons were probably the ones that Hu Dong said were going to assassinate the lord. Unfortunately, they had already become his spoils before they could be moved to the top of the city.

"Dig three feet into the ground for me, and find Xiangping too!" Wang Yan yelled as he turned the meteor hammer.This is a big fish.

There was a burst of cheers in the backyard, "We found it, and Xiangping was caught!"

Hearing the cheers, Wang Yan was overjoyed, and jumped off the ground. There was a noise from behind, and dozens of soldiers came over, dragging several people horizontally and vertically.What surprised Wang Yan was that there were actually two women.

"General Wang, I've got it, I've got it!" A Xuanwei general shouted happily, and picked up a gray head of two soldiers with their arms folded upside down, and a terrified face appeared on Wang Yan's face. In front of him, who else could there be if not Xiang Ping?

"General Wang, do you know where this Marquis is hiding? It's easy for us to find!" General Xuanwei laughed.

"Where did you find it?" Wang Yan asked.

"This noble marquis is hiding in the stable, lying in the rotten grass full of horse manure. At first, the big guy knew that such a big man would be so disrespectful, so he didn't pay attention to it. If it weren't for his few The woman probably couldn't stand the stench inside and made noises, we really couldn't find it for a while."

"What a marquis of horse dung!" Wang Yan laughed, "Come here, send this marquis of horse dung outside the city and hand it over to the lord."

Looking at Xiang Ping who was being dragged away without moving, Wang Yan shook his head. He had seen many generals in Luoyang. Whether it was Qiu Zhi, Qu Yongjie, Zhou Tong, etc., they were all characters worthy of admiration. It was Zhang Aimin who surrendered to Dingzhou, and that was a character. It was a bit surprising that Xiang Ping was so wretched.

Luoyang is really helpless.

"Let's go!" Wang Yan got on his horse, "Let's go clean up the enemies!"

In the northern city, Luoyang guard Kuang Yi was covered in blood, holding a saber in his hand, desperately resisting the impact of Jiang Kui's cavalry. The state army is climbing up with ants on a ladder, while in the city, Jiang Kui's cavalry is desperately assaulting.

Kuang Yi's troops had already retreated to the steps leading to the city wall. Below the city, the last few hundred enemy troops had been forced into the city gate, and above the city, more Dingzhou soldiers had climbed the city wall.

Jiang Kui dismounted from his horse, and holding the saber with both hands, he slashed over several people and met Kuang Yi.

"Take your life!" Jiang Kui roared angrily, and the saber in his hand rose from bottom to top, and turned back up.

Kuang Yi fought in the middle of the night. He was already exhausted at this time, and he was still able to stop Jiang Kui, who was like a dragon and a tiger. His arms were sore and numb from Jiang Kui's repeated slashing. He wanted to retreat, but his subordinates were still densely crowded behind him.

The rangers of the Whirlwind Battalion in the distance drew their bows and arrows from time to time, aimed at the enemies in the city, and shot them down the city one by one. With a burst of cheers from the city gate, the heavy gate was pushed open, and the people outside The Dingzhou army rushed in.

Seeing the Dingzhou army marching into the city, Kuang Yi's last spiritual support was also crushed, and he completely lost the will to resist. Seeing Jiang Kui slashing his head with a knife, he couldn't avoid it. He jumped off the city wall tens of meters high and fell to the ground, bleeding from his seven orifices, and died.

With Kuang Yi's death, Beicheng's last resistance disappeared.

The sky is bright, a round of rising sun leaps from the horizon, and the golden sun shines on the tall city wall of Luoyang. The original Dachu flag has been pulled out, thrown under the city, and trampled under the feet, and a brand new Dingzhou army flag is raised. Upper city head.The soldiers waved their weapons, and the flags cheered and jumped on the city wall.

"My lord, Luoyang has been captured by our army. Most of the enemy troops in the city have been wiped out or captured. The remnants of the enemy have now been suppressed by us into the imperial city. According to the imperial city's defense, Luoyang will be conquered soon." Lu Dalin galloped excitedly. , clasped fists to Li Qing immediately, and said loudly.

"Respectfully invite the lord to enter the city!"

"My lord, please enter the city!" All the generals around Li Qing bowed together and said loudly.

"Go, enter the city!" Li Qing laughed loudly, whipped his horse, and ran towards the city of Luoyang against the rising sun.

"Long live, long live, long live!" Seeing Li Qing's banner running towards the city gate under the guard of his own soldiers, the Dingzhou army on the city cheered loudly.

In the Tai Chi Hall, all civil and military officials gathered here. From the beginning of the Dingzhou Army's attack on the city tomorrow night, all the civil and military officials gathered in the Tai Chi Hall. Hearing the cheers like a tsunami outside, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Tian Qi was dressed in military uniform, leaning on a war horse inlaid with gold and inlaid with jade, and sat on the dragon chair with his eyes closed. Beside him, Zhao Qing was also holding a saber, sitting next to his father.

A general of the palace guards rushed into the palace with a pale face, "Your Majesty, Nancheng accounted for his meritorious surrender and sacrificed the city, which led to the collapse of Luoyang City. It is unknown whether Master Xiangping is alive or dead. General Kuangyi died in battle. General Guo Fengxian led tens of thousands of soldiers to retreat. Before arriving at the imperial city, the Dingzhou army has already entered Luoyang."

With a bang, the originally quiet hall suddenly became a mess.

Tian Qi looked at the chaotic ministers in the main hall with a sneer on his face, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Retire!"

The roar was so loud that everyone looked at Tianqi in surprise, Tianqi waved his hand wearily, "Da Chu, retreat, you go your separate ways!"

(End of this chapter)