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After learning the news that King Zhao was trapped in Chang'an, Niu Ben led the army that night and finally arrived at the city of Chang'an this morning.

"Chang'an."

Luo Hong and Luo Xin burst into tears when they saw Chang'an City, where they were born and where they have lived for more than 20 years.

Thinking that two years ago they had to withdraw from Chang'an to take refuge in Qingzhou, and now that two years have passed, they have once again stood under the city of Chang'an, but unlike the first embarrassment, this time they came back as victors.

"General, the remnants of King Zhao's soldiers are still resisting stubbornly with artillery in the inner palace, you just come and use artillery to blast the inner palace open."

Qi Guangyi came on horseback.

Niu Ben said: "King Zhao is now just a turtle in an urn, this is not in a hurry, the most important thing now is to take the nearby states and counties, so as not to suffer from the enemy." ”

Speaking of this, Qi Guangyi said with a smile; "The general is too worried, and now the wealthy families in Chang'an are eager to be under the emperor's command, and the states and counties around Chang'an have already surrendered to the last general."

"That's fine." Niu Ben nodded, and he said again: "The current King Zhao is already a traitor, and such a wolf-hearted person should also be punished." ”

Along the way, Niu Ben witnessed the people living in hardship, and in order to wage war and manufacture firearms, King Zhao continued to levy high taxes on the people, resulting in the people's misery.

And this is not the most terrible, it is said that it is the migration route of the people of Luoyang, he is full of white bones, for his royal power, King Zhao is already mad.

Before coming to Chang'an, his heart was already full of hatred for King Zhao.

"What the general said is that before the general came, King Zhao actually ordered the slaughter of the city, if it weren't for Ge Yiren and other wealthy clans leading their tribes in the city as an inner should open the city gate, the people in Chang'an City are estimated to be one out of ten." Qi Guangyi clenched his fists.

Luo Hong and Luo Xin were even more angry when they heard this, Luo Hong said: "It's just a brute, general, please hand over this attack on the inner palace to the last general, there are many relatives of the firearms battalion soldiers among the Chang'an ministers, and the last general will avenge them." ”

Niu Ben nodded slowly, and he said, "Then let King Zhao pay for his blood debt." ”

The group talked for a while at the gate of the city, Niu Ben led the army into the city, King Huainan and Chen Xinran glanced at each other, and there was some relief in their eyes, and they could return to their vassal kingdom after this battle.

This expedition was very long, and unlike Niu Ben's army, they were already sleepy and tired.

As soon as they entered the city, a large crowd of people came rushing in, carrying bread and water, and distributing food and water to the soldiers.

This scene made Niu Ben really shocked, and he couldn't help but look at Qi Guangyi.

Hehe laughed twice, Qi Guangyi said: "General, this is not the idea of the last general, it is the people themselves who have to come, they say that we saved their lives, I hope we can kill the rebels as soon as possible, and return Chang'an to peace." ”

When Niu Ben heard this, his serious face softened, he looked at the people and said: "The emperor said that the people are the foundation of the world, as long as the people are dedicated to us, we have soldiers and food wherever we go, and now it seems that it is really true." ”

The other generals all laughed when they heard this, and their hearts became more and more firm in their hearts to unify the north, because only by unification can the people achieve a stable life.

In the past two years, they have fought from north to south and from east to west, and they have seen too many tragedies along the way.

Because of the war, the vassal king took advantage of the people, bandits and bandits ran rampant in the countryside and killed the people, production was cut off, and the people starved.

Once a prosperous world was shattered by war, and the population suffered huge losses in the war.

The corpses of civilians can now be seen everywhere on the road, either killed by soldiers or dying of hunger and cold.

And when they entered Chang'an, the civil strife that swept the Great Chongqing Kingdom finally came to an end.

More than 100,000 troops entered the city, and immediately filled the empty camp of Chang'an City, and after placing the soldiers, Luo Hong and Luo Xin led 40,000 people to approach the inner palace.

They prepared artillery and muskets to bury King Zhao's men and horses.

"This King Zhao really installed a lot of artillery in the inner palace." Five hundred meters away, Luo Xin put down his binoculars, because he knew the range of the export artillery, he was not afraid that he would be hit.

This time, Niu Ben put Luo Hong and Luo Xin in charge of the siege, and they were accompanied by soldiers from the former firearms battalion.

This time, they had the same hatred, and they couldn't wait to kill King Zhao in their hearts.

"How are you going to attack the city?" Luo Hong asked.

Luo Xin said lazily: "How else can you attack the city?" Do you still need to be polite to deal with King Zhao? ”

Turning around, he shouted, "Bomb the city gate to smithereens, open fire!" ”

Under his command, the field artillery opened fire at the same time, and the huge roar was incessant.

Although the walls of the inner palace were solid, they could not withstand the continuous bombardment of so many artillery, and after holding out for another twenty minutes, the castle tower in front collapsed directly.

Luo Xin did not stop at this time, but continued to shell the city walls on both sides, and the hole was constantly expanding.

It was only when a hundred-meter collapse zone appeared in front of him that he ordered the shelling to stop this time.

"Kill!"

The sound of the cannon was extinguished, and Luo Hong rushed into the inner palace first, followed by the soldiers who once belonged to the firearms battalion, and they followed Luo Hong like crazy with bayonets.

Niu Ben did not take command this time, according to Niu Ben's words, if Luo Hong couldn't even attack the inner palace at this time, he wouldn't have to go back to see him.

The gap was opened, and the rest became simpler, and more and more soldiers rushed into the inner palace.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Luo Hong, a soldier who encountered the king of Zhao, would always command the soldiers to complete a volley, and then raise his bayonet to fight the Zhao army.

In the battle with Qi Guangyi, the soldiers of the Zhao army had been defeated, and their morale had dropped greatly.

Now a group of musketeers, whose morale was higher than that of cavalry, rushed in, and they could not resist it.

Although they carried the fierce style of the Zhao army and fought with the same ferocity, it was only the superiority of firearms and the regular bayonet killing skills that caused their casualties to continue to increase.

After more and more musketeers poured into the inner palace, the will of the resisting Zhao army began to crumble, and Luo Hong sensed this and attacked the Zhao army more and more fiercely.

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and with the ever-expanding advantage, Luo Hong successfully led the soldiers to capture the inner palace.

In the former Chengqing Palace, they found King Zhao sitting on the dragon chair, and Zhao Yuanliang was kneeling on the ground and trembling.