1343 Death by the neck
The collapse of the Xiangshui defense line is naturally the result of the chaos of the Xiangshui Kingdom.
The leader Wang Lang took the lead, in order to prevent the rebellious people from rushing across Xiangshui and spreading to the north of the city, he could not say that he did his best. But he also had a lot of anxiety in his heart, worried that the soldiers would consume too much physical strength in the confrontation with the rebels, and they would not be able to fight again when the Jin army behind them really rushed closer.
Therefore, when he learned that Xiangcheng Gongshi Shigui had rumored that he was going to lead his troops into this battle, although there was no lack of doubt in his heart, he was also overjoyed.
Among the people he contacted last night, Xiangcheng Gongshi Shi is considered to be one of the stronger families, although he has been deprived of power, but he is an old and handsome man of the Qian clan, with nearly a thousand people in his fixed clan, if Xiangcheng Gong can join this, the pressure on him will be much smaller.
For this upcoming strong aid, Wang Lang did not dare to slack off, he personally withdrew the front line from the pontoon bridge across Xiangshui, hurriedly stepped forward, and saw Xiangcheng Gongshi She's return to the right from a distance.
If Wang Lang was at the main gate of Jiande Palace last night, he should be able to keenly perceive that this picture is familiar. But he is not lacking in anxiety at the moment, and since he had just reached a certain degree of consensus with Shi Shigui last night, he didn't think that Shi Shigui would change his mind in such a short period of time.
So when the two sides approached, and the big knife in Shi Shigui's hand suddenly slashed at him, Wang Lang's mind was blank for a while, and he couldn't understand why Shi Shigui was like this. But from the aspect of Shi Shigui, the trade-off of pros and cons is very clear, what Wang Lang said to him is either to move with affection or to induce him to benefit, but whether it can be fulfilled in the end is still just a utopian vision.
But now, the queen has made it clear that as long as he has enough means and ability, he can replace Wang Lang. A promise with a not very clear future, and an opportunity that is at your fingertips at the moment, which one should be chosen, even if Shi Shigui is not very shrewd, he can choose from his heart.
"On the orders of Her Majesty the Queen, I immediately beheaded the traitors of the country! Don't be alarmed, the queen is benevolent, Yun'er is waiting for the crime to make meritorious contributions, and kill the thief with me! ”
If Shi Shigui only killed Wang Lang, in fact, the impact of the consequences is still limited, after all, the soldiers on the front are still tired of dealing with the impact of those chaotic people, and few people can pay attention to the tragedy that just happened on the north bank of the river.
However, although the old man was old but not calm, he was too eager to assert his authority in order to create a given fact, and after beheading Wang Lang, he cut off his head and ordered his troops to provoke the pontoon bridge to inform the officers and soldiers of the army.
Those soldiers were also tired at the moment, and when they heard that the main general who was still supervising their battle just now was actually killed directly, it was even more difficult to accept for a while, and the collapse of the defense line was already in an instant.
As soon as they noticed that the prohibition ahead was loosened, they rushed over, or hugged the planks in their arms, or directly plunged into the Xiangshui River with their bare hands, and swam straight to the opposite bank.
Shi Shigui was only concerned about the situation in the Jiande Palace before, and was hinted by Shi Zun, the Duke of Boling, that he should take the right of the Praetorian Guard as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that a group of rioters in the south of the city had caused such a big turmoil.
He was still reminiscing about the pleasure of killing Wang Lang before, fantasizing about the beautiful picture of his own Praetorian Guard power in the future, and only felt that the only thing that was not beautiful was to share this hard-won power with several other people, but he didn't expect the Praetorian Guard defense line to collapse directly, and even the crowd of people who couldn't see it at a glance was surging towards him through the Xiangshui.
For a while, Shi Shigui also panicked, and originally planned to try to drink the order and the crowd and clean up the situation, but after finding that this was just a futile effort, he could only lead the troops to retreat with hatred, and then flee in the direction of Jiande Palace. It's just that on the way back, he didn't forget to order his subordinates to shout and shout, so that those guards gathered under the walls of Jiande Palace to stand by.
But in this noisy and chaotic scene, how many people could hear this order, and how many people could follow it, even Shi Shigui himself did not dare to be optimistic. Right now, he really has a feeling of wanting to cry without tears even if he swallows the bait and spins even if he is pierced by a fish hook.
Fortunately, those people were already lacking in restraint, and as soon as they broke through the barrier defense line set up by Wang Lang before, they began to scatter and flee, and did not organize to concentrate on attacking a certain place, so that Shi Shigui could lead his troops back to Jiande Palace intact.
But when I turned around and saw the crowd of people surging on the galloping road of the royal street outside the Jiande Palace, how many other guards could I find!
And these Praetorian Guards from last night to now can also be said to be ill-fated, although they are not the first-class elite soldiers of the Qiang State, but they are also better than the organization and discipline, and they are the only armed forces that can be relied on and reused in the Xiang State at the moment.
However, since the chaos last night, they have fallen into absolute passivity, and they have no opportunity or ability to exert their combat effectiveness at all. However, under the order of the main general Wang Lang, they gradually pulled out of the quagmire and fortified on the bank of the Xiangshui River, and forcibly blocked the rebels who were far more than ten times larger than them on the south bank of Xiangshui.
But who would have thought that not long after such a situation, the main general Wang Lang would suddenly be beheaded behind them. These Praetorian Guards really felt like they were about to collapse for a while, coupled with the impact of those unstoppable rebels, they were already at a loss at the moment, and as for Xiangcheng Gongshi Shigui's shouting to retreat to the palace wall and assemble, no one listened to them at this time.
In the final analysis, Shi Shigui still overestimated his ability and prestige. Perhaps with his qualifications, he is an elder with a lot of prestige within the Karma clan, but if he puts it into the entire Karma country, he has been suppressed and idle for a long time, and even before he was suppressed, he was not at all as good as Kui'an and other patriarchs who always followed the Karma Lord.
Not to mention this kind of already dangerous battle for power, even in the ordinary peaceful season, suddenly casually carrying a handful of old bones buried in the earth to replace Wang Lang, the leader of the prime, the Praetorian Guards need a transition period to gradually accept. As for the moment, Shi Shigui wants to completely take over the power of the Praetorian Guard with just a piece of edict, which is really whimsical.
For the old nobles of the Qianguo who have now climbed to the head of the palace wall and taken over the defense of Jiande Palace, the roaring crowd formed by the chaotic people is only the first round of impact, and the pressure brought to them by this round of impact is not great, and it can even be ignored.
After all, those people are lacking in organization, and they live around Xiangguo all the year round, and the fear of Jiande Palace, which represents the strict authority of King Xiang, can be said to be immersed in their bones, even if the order in Xiangguo City has completely collapsed now, they have no courage and no reason to go straight to the palace defense.
Therefore, although there are many of these chaotic people, they are like a strong wind, and the palace wall is standing still, and those chaotic people have already dispersed into the streets and alleys on the north bank of Xiangshui. As for how many people in the fang will suffer in the future, the nobles of the Karma Kingdom on the palace wall now have no time to scruple, because the second round of crisis is approaching.
At this moment, the sun has thinned, and under the afterglow of the sunset, several banners with the word "Jin" are waving in the wind, approaching the city of Xiangguo, and it is naturally those people led by Xu Wuxian, the captain of the Fenwu army. Although there were only a few of them, the private soldiers of those families in the south of the city were followed, and the people in the city who were coerced or took the initiative to join were also in the thousands.
Although these thousands of people were also lacking in organization, those who were close to the Fenwu Warrior area at the front could still maintain a basic array posture. At this moment, they embraced the banner of the Jin character, waved the staff in their hands, and came towards the Jiande Palace with a fierce momentum, and for a while there was a kind of deterrence of the approaching army.
As for the elders of the Qianguo Kingdom at the head of the city, they were also a little dumbfounded for a while when they saw such a powerful crowd approaching the palace, and there was no shortage of people who expected Ai Ai to ask: "Isn't it that the Jin army is weak, only a few hundred people, and they are still wandering in the palace?" What's going on? ”
No wonder these people have this doubt, they are originally idle people in the country, and even if there is any first-hand enemy intelligence military aircraft, they will not have the opportunity to contact it at all.
Although Wang Lang, the leader of the army before, also went to visit them one by one to lobby them, but mainly to persuade them to send their various troops to settle this chaos, in order to prevent them from hiding out because of timidity, there are not many mentions of the Jin army's enemy situation, and more about the palace ban and chaos.
What's more, even Wang Lang, who was even killed, actually didn't know the details of the Jin army that invaded the city this time.
So at this moment, seeing so many soldiers with the banner of the Jin army approaching Jiande Palace, the nobles on the wall, including the auxiliary state appointed by the queen before, were all confused and fell into a dazed panic.
"No, it's not Jin Jun, it's not ......"
But there is no lack of discerning people who quickly discovered the unusual place, these soldiers who are forcing the palace wall seem to be numerous and powerful, but they can still find that their troops are disorganized, and the equipment rations are also poor, if the majestic rise of the southern soil, the repeated defeat of their elite Jin army Wang Shi is just so military, it is really a big joke.
After this reminder, more and more people noticed that something was wrong, and their courage inevitably regained strength, and then some people said angrily: "These thieves are really daring, they dare to take advantage of the danger of the enemy's invasion of the territory to threaten the nobles of the royal capital under the banner of the enemy, they really deserve to die!" ”
Since it is not a well-trained and amazing Jin army king, then there is nothing to fear about these nobles. Even if they have been idle for a long time and have not been pawned for a long time, they have never been unfamiliar with the deeds of bullying the weak and oppressing the small people, so there are frequent people in the city after that.
Xiangcheng Gongshi Shigui was still worried about where the Praetorian Guard soldiers he had just arrived had been impacted at the moment, and his mood was not very high, and when he heard that there was no shortage of people asking for battle, he casually sent a person and sneered: "It's okay to go out of the palace and kill and intimidate, let these thieves know that I am mighty and powerful, and I can't be insulted!" ”
The person who was assigned was a young man with a beard, and he was probably not willing to be lonely, and he was excited that he could take the lead in the battle in front of everyone, and immediately after receiving the order, he immediately got down the city wall, and pointed out his more than 200 parts to generously walk out of the palace wall.
Although the number of others is not large, they are the strong slaves raised by their own families all the year round, and the armor and rations are also neat, to attack and kill those rabble thieves, they can be captured.
I saw the palace gate open, and then rushed out of the crowd, and at this moment, the formation of Chen Bing not far from the south of Jiande Palace was also faintly commotion.
After all, these people were just small people under the rule of the Karma State not long ago, even if they gathered the crowd to follow the king's master this time, but after many years of accumulation, it was difficult to eliminate it for a while. Previously, there were all the way to the attack, and there were only some frightened people who were facing it, but now they were about to fight against the army that rushed out of the palace of the Kingdom of Qian, and the fear that had been pressed in their arms earlier poured out uncontrollably.
However, the soldiers at the forefront of the military formation did not have a special reaction to this, and the captain Xu Wuxian noticed that the surrounding momentum was suddenly a little subtle and cold, and when he came out of the crowd, he said with a smile: "The warriors of the Fenwu will go out first, set an example to the Hebei righteous soldiers present, and kill the thief army." ”
There are more than 50 soldiers along the way, because they have been active in the chaotic realm in the south of the city, and most of them are still recuperating in the Liu Mansion, so the damage is negligible.
Although the number of people is not large, but the neat movements, the silent and solemn expression, and the sophisticated and strict armor and armament, there is a deterrent and wanton outpouring out, and after the children of the various clans of the Xiangguo family around them see it, they are ashamed and proud, and they can't replace them with their bodies.
The palpitations and riots of these people had already fallen into the eyes of the nobles of the Qiang Kingdom who were watching on the city wall, and they couldn't help but be even more contemptuous, and they were sure that this was just a group of thugs with fake foxes and tigers. At this moment, seeing that there were still people who dared to go out to fight for the enemy, they were surprised, but they were angry, and they howled and urged the fighter to kill these daring thieves as soon as possible.
In order to ensure the integrity of the formation, except for the strong man, the rest are on foot. Originally, the speed of moving forward was not fast, but when he heard the noise of the city, and saw that there were still people who dared to come forward to fight at this moment, he was also ashamed, so he shouted and ran to kill.
In particular, the main general, who originally had his own armor pawn to lead the horse, but under the shame, he relied on his own bravery, so he simply threw off his subordinates, beat the horse and rushed, his arms shook, the horse rose up, and he sprinted straight to the opposite side.
Captain Xu Wuxian silently looked at the opposite side, and when he saw that the enemy's main general had already charged, he raised his arm and withdrew a bow behind his waist, this bow was temporarily used in Liu's house, at this moment Xu Wuxian tapped the bowstring lightly, only to feel that it was too weak and inappropriate, so he casually threw it on the ground, and then grabbed a horse chopping knife that had just been assembled by the soldiers next to him and was integrated with a knife and staff.
At this moment, the enemy general who was flying and sprinting was less than five feet away from them, and he could even faintly hear the stirring wind from the impact of the enemy general.
Xu Wuxian held the knife in both hands, only then did he take a step forward, the distance between the two sides between his breaths was even closer, he suddenly snorted violently, like a spring thunder, and the horse slashing knife in his hand was also wrapped in the momentum of wind and thunder, and went straight to the enemy to chop and go!
The enemy general's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he could already see the picture of this villain who didn't know whether he was alive or dead was about to be pierced by his own spear, so the corners of his mouth were also slightly upturned, and the lance was slightly trembling on the blade of the long knife that was split, ready to take advantage of the situation and then swing the lance to disembowel the fang.
However, the weapons of both sides suddenly touched, there was a strong way along the lance straight to the arms, this lance was a clever force, the general did not expect that the other party this person could actually split such a clumsy knife, to wait until the chase force has been a little too late, the horse lance not only did not set aside this knife, but slid along the trend and then because of the huge impact of the knife body, the arms trembled and almost could not hold the horse lance flew out.
"Bad ......"
The enemy general had a thought in his heart, but then he suddenly disappeared where he was.
The spectators in the north and south saw it clearly, only to see Xu Wuxi's knife swinged, but the opponent seemed to be sluggish, straddled the posture on horseback leaned slightly, and seemed to take the initiative to throw the blade fit.
With the power of a knife, the enemy general was directly chopped out of the horse, and the enemy general flying in mid-air broke apart from the broken armor in the sweep, revealing a body that was almost split into two pieces!
Xu Wuxian's knife shook the enemy generals who rushed in unison, and his own impact was not small, and the ankles supporting his body sank suddenly, and he could only see clearly when he was very close.
The war horse that lost its master was quickly solved by the rest of the Fenwu soldiers, and some people rushed forward, fitted to the back of the commander, and supported the ribs to offset the impulse.
After a while, Xu Wuxi's body shook slightly, and then he took a step forward, cutting the saber in his hand to quickly cut the enemy general but it was not clean, he held it in his hand, pointed to the wall of Jiande Palace opposite, and shouted loudly: "The general is a soldier who goes down to the stage to fight hard, and he is brave in a hundred battles, and the courage of the non-champion among the thieves is unbearable!" If there is a warrior, come and fight now! Otherwise, the neck will be killed! ”