Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Destruction of Thang Long City
Fire, killing, fear, chaos...... And so on, all of these combined, and finally became Thang Long City tonight.
As the capital of Cochin, the people of Cochin never thought that they would suffer here. Even when they were dreaming, they had never dreamed of Thang Long City being breached by enemy troops.
Everything came too suddenly, not only for the people, but also for the defenders. By the time the defenders woke up from the explosion, the Song army had already entered Thang Long City and started setting fire.
They kill anyone they see, regardless of whether they have weapons or not. Anyone who stood in their way was cut off with a knife.
The defenders' eyes were blood-red, and they couldn't do it as they watched these Song soldiers slaughter their own compatriots. So they scolded, killed the city wall, brandished their weapons, and rushed towards the Song army.
After entering the city, the goal of the Pingxia camp was very clear, the palace was very high, and it was a presence that could be seen at a glance anywhere in the entire Thang Long City.
Except for this palace, Pingxia Camp didn't want to go anywhere. They skipped the jewelry stores on the street, and they also skipped the money bank. The cochin people who appeared in their path, they were too lazy to speak, and after a knife went down, they continued to move forward.
Suddenly, there was an extremely shrill shouting of killing in the midst of the screams that filled the four fields, and Takaki stopped and looked in the direction from which the sound came, only to see a group of soldiers dressed as Jiaozhi people raising their weapons and killing them.
For these people, Gao Shu cannot sit idly by. So, the soldiers of the Pingxia battalion threw dozens of grenades in their direction.
The rumbling explosion resounded in the middle of the population, and the piercing shouting disappeared in an instant. Instead, there were terrible screams and feeble moans.
Gao Shu looked over there for a while, and when he saw that no one came out in the smoke, he ordered to move on. The crowd rushed in the direction of the palace again.
After following in the footsteps of the Song army into Thang Long City, Kaliz's goal was also very clear. He instructed his men to loot the gold, silver and jewels in the roadside shops, and if they met resistance, they could be killed with a knife.
The merchants who followed Kaliz also ordered their subordinates, so the area ignored by the Pingxia camp was quickly occupied by Kaliz and others, and the people of Shenglong City, who were hiding in the shops and houses trembling and did not dare to go out, were not harmed by the Song army, but were killed by these people from the Western Regions.
The first wave of Thang Long defenders was repelled by Takaki with a grenade, and the following waves of attacks were the same. The defenders of Thang Long City seem to like to run over one by one to send their heads, and if they can gather together and attack the Pingxia camp, it will still bother Takashu.
But in this state, it's just a small problem that can be solved by a dozen grenades or dozens of grenades.
Pingxia Camp came straight to the front of the Jiaozhi Palace, which was unexpected
Unexpectedly, when Gao Shu and the others came to the gate of the palace, the palace gate was opened.
And there was no group of powerful fierce men in it as Gao Shu expected, but quietly, not even a single figure.
The palace guards on the city walls also stood on top of it as if nothing had happened, silent, and looked in the direction of the tall tree with a straight face.
Chong Jianzhong touched his chin, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Commander, be careful of deception." ”
Gao Shu nodded, "Indeed, it looks dangerous here. Let's go according to the original plan, open the way with gunpowder, blow up the palace gate and the outer imperial city walls before entering. ”
With that, Takaki ordered his men to go up and plant gunpowder.
At this moment, a carriage suddenly came after him from behind.
"Wait! The generals of the Song Kingdom are slow! ”
The soldiers of the Pingxia Camp were instantly alerted and turned their heads to look over. Gao Shu stopped Fang La, who was about to shoot with a crossbow arrow, and rode his horse to the front of the carriage and said in a loud voice, "Who are you?" ”
A middle-aged man in a big belly in a gorgeous costume jumped out of the carriage, walked all the way to Gao Shu alone, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency should be the general of the Song Kingdom, right?" What a long-standing admiration for the Great Name!
To tell the truth, the old man is the current prime minister of Annan. I heard early that you are coming with a large army, and the old man has been waiting in Thang Long City for a long time.
I finally saw you today, and the old man was really happy in his heart! ”
Not only Gao Shu, but even the soldiers of the Pingxia Camp around Gao Shu felt confused after hearing his words.
Is this person stimulated to the point of madness?
Gao Shu frowned and looked at him and said, "What are you talking about?" Who are you? ”
The man smiled and said, "The old man knows that the general must have some doubts in his heart, but now is definitely not the time to explain the ins and outs to you."
Why don't you enter the imperial city with the old man and see what is going on?
Don't worry, now except for the inner city of the imperial city, which is still his Li Deqian's world, the outer city is full of our people. The commander can trust us, and we are willing to work with the commander to crusade against this incompetent faint king! ”
The prime minister tried to make his words as simple as possible, Gao Shu was not a fool, he understood the meaning of the prime minister's words.
It seems that there are many people who are dissatisfied with Li Deqian, although I don't know what the reason is, but there is a saying that there is great power in numbers. Obviously, these people, at least for now, can help themselves.
However, Gao Shu didn't dare to believe them easily, God knows if this so-called prime minister was sent by Li Deqian to fool him.
Thinking of this, Takaki replied with a smile, "Prime Minister, this commander can't confirm your identity yet
Portion. Naturally, the commander will believe half of what you say, and half of what he doesn't believe.
Our Pingxia Camp raided Thang Long Mansion on the orders of the official family, and we never dared to make a mistake. If we are not careful, we will lose more than the lives of our 8,000 soldiers, and maybe the entire battle situation in Jiaozhi will fall into a disadvantage.
Therefore, this commander hopes that the prime minister can understand, although your words are very exciting, but this commander does not dare to believe you easily. ”
The prime minister smiled awkwardly and said, "I understand this, I understand ......"
Then Takaki nodded, and sent his soldiers to plant gunpowder under the city walls. The prime minister, who had passed through Gao Shu's concession, also rode to the bottom of the city wall and asked the soldiers on the city wall to withdraw quickly.
The Jiaozhi soldiers who are now guarding the outer city of the imperial city are a group of people who have been bought off by the prime minister and his accomplices. Hearing that the prime minister told them to leave quickly, they obediently descended the city wall, and then ran away to an unknown place.
There was a loud bang, accompanied by smoke and dust flying in the sky, and the entire city wall collapsed at once.
Even though he had been prepared, when this scene really appeared in front of him, the prime minister still let out a heartfelt sigh.
"What a powerful ...... this," the prime minister muttered to himself, and the soldiers of the Pingxia Battalion, who had already been prepared, were killed at once.
Behind the ass is the defenders of Thang Long City chasing, and these people themselves are not bribed.
So he hurried after him, and now he stayed, and these reckless men saw the clues, and they must have torn themselves apart.
As the prime minister said, there was no ambush in the city, and there were no large number of soldiers as expected. Some are just a group of palace maids and eunuchs in a state of panic.
Gao Shu led his subordinates to skip these people and go straight to the inner city, and found that the inner city defenders were heavily guarded after the change in the outer city. Looking at the heavily armed palace guards on the city wall, Gao Shu did not hesitate, and directly asked the soldiers to set up the tiger squat cannon, and then began to project gunpowder on the city wall.
Throughout the entire Cochin War, the Cochin people suffered because they were not so familiar with gunpowder.
The Tangut people fought with the Song people for six years, and dealt with gunpowder for six years, before they became familiar with the role of gunpowder, understood the function of gunpowder, and summed up a set of more mature ways to deal with it.
However, the real sword confrontation between the Jiaozhi people and the Song people began, and it has only been two or three months, and in these two or three months, the military aircraft department of Jiaozhi is still studying what gunpowder is all about, where can they find countermeasures like the Tangut people, and know what to do and what not to do in the face of gunpowder?
As a result, the city wall facing the Pingxia camp was destroyed by the Song army without any accident. The defenders of the city died and fled, the city gate was blown to pieces, and the Pingxia camp was unimpeded all the way, holding weapons and killing directly to Li Deqian's harem.