Chapter 869: The King Escapes
In an instant, a large number of people flocked to the city gates. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
During the war, the city gates were naturally closed, but the people did not care, shouting for the soldiers to open the city gates. The defenders of the city are not allowed, and now the enemy army is attacking the city, and opening the city gate at this time is not to lure the wolf into the house.
The people don't care, in the face of life and death, the fall of the family and country seems to have become less important again. As more and more people gathered near the city gates, the scene was about to get out of control.
The surging crowd prepares to break through the Praetorian Guards.
Not far from them, the fire spread further and smoke billowed out.
Seeing this, the people were even more excited, and some people were already ready to break in. There were many family members of the Praetorian Guards in the crowd, and they inevitably pleaded for mercy and scolded the rabbit cubs.
"Hurry up and tell the general!"
Cold sweat broke down from the forehead of the gatekeeper, and he could only ask Ismail, the commander of the Praetorian Guard.
Ismail is in the northern city at the moment, and his face is cloudy. When a fire broke out in the city, Ismail was already aware of the problem, and when enemy fighters flew high in the sky, his heart was even more shocked.
Next, various urgent reports reached Ismail.
Someone deliberately set a fire, and Ismail needs to be asked to arrest the arsonist; Organizing the demolition also required Ismail to mobilize the Janissaries. Now that the gates are in danger, Ismail's decision is even more needed.
Ismail could almost have concluded that the explosion of the oil depot was by no means accidental, otherwise, why did it not explode sooner or later, but when the enemy was attacking the city, and one explosion was three at the same time.
The ensuing arson and bombing further confirmed Ismail's speculation.
"This is a massacre, a war criminal!"
Ismail's face was hideous, he didn't expect that the Great Xia Dynasty would use such vicious methods.
While Ismail was hesitating, Muhammad VI sent to Ismail and asked the Janissaries to cover the royal family's evacuation of the royal city.
"Immediately, immediately!" Mohammed VI's rhetoric was tough and anxious.
Clearly, Muhammad VI no longer had any expectations of holding the royal city. If he had escaped from Morocco and had escaped from Morocco, Mehmed VI would have had the opportunity to flee to a neighboring country and become a wandering king.
Stay in Rabat and either die in the fire or be killed by the enemy.
It's all too easy to choose between the two.
Seeing this, Ismail sighed, the king's order must not be violated. It's just that how to escort members of the royal family away, or even flee to neighboring countries, is not an easy task, and it needs to be well planned.
Thinking of this, Ismail simply led the team to the palace.
In the royal palace, Mohammed VI and the core Moroccan dignitaries have gathered. Seeing Ismail is like seeing a savior, and there is no longer the arrogance of the past.
"Ismail, tell me what you think." Although Mohammed VI was old and not confused, he knew that if he left the city with such a big grin, it would be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap.
On the way to the palace, Ismael had already thought clearly, and said, "I think so, my lord. Now that a large number of people have gathered at the gates of the city, we might as well open the gates, sneak in with the people, and take the opportunity to escape from the city. When I got out of the city, I was doing calculations. β
"Okay, that's it!" Muhammad VI rejoiced.
The next thing is easy, the bigwigs found the people's clothes, and quietly blended into the flow of people under the escort of the Praetorian Guards, who were also dressed in disguise.
At the same time, Ismail issued two military orders in succession, one was to order the city gate guards to open the city gate and let the people out of the city; The second is to order the Praetorian Guards, who are still fighting, to continue the battle with the player troops.
At critical moments, Ismail can also be hard-hearted.
There was no army to hold back the enemy, and once the enemy attacked the palace, the king could be found to have fled. In that case, they may not be able to escape to neighboring countries under the pursuit of cavalry.
At about 11 o'clock in the morning, the gates of the city were opened.
A large number of people poured out of the city gates and came out of the city. Sure enough, the expeditionary force besieging the city had already been instructed not to harm innocent people.
The people of the city were able to leave the royal city without any problems, and disappeared into the wilderness, scattering and fleeing. Some chose to go to Casablanca and other cities, some chose to hide in the mountains, and some stayed not far outside the city, hoping that they would return to the royal city one day.
Muhammad VI and others naturally escaped the catastrophe in the midst of the hustle and bustle. In order not to attract attention, Ismail brought only five hundred Praetorian guards with him, all of whom were his personal guards.
As for the Moroccan players, they basically didn't go far.
The world is so big, but there is no place for them. Once the war is lost, no matter where they are, whether they live or die, they will be forcibly transported to the Land of Trials by Gaia.
In that case, why bother.
The siege battle is still going on, and the fighting players are so motivated that they are ready to die, and they are familiar with the fire in the city. It's just that the morale of the Moroccan Janissaries is gradually weakening, especially after seeing a large number of civilians leaving the city, they are even less motivated.
In view of this, he ordered to speed up the pace of the attack, and it was necessary to complete the battle.
At the same time, the Black Snake, who was still guarding the city of Rabat, was the first to notice the anomaly in the city. Not to mention anything else, the palace was so quiet that even the legendary Zhenguo Divine Beast did not appear.
Morocco's mythical beast is a golden lion that is quite psychic, and has awakened when the city of Rabat is attacked. As long as the palace is not attacked, it will not attack on its own initiative.
The evacuation of Muhammad VI greatly disappointed the Golden Lion, and according to the rules of national warfare established by Gaia, the king abandoned the city and fled, and the Zhenguo Divine Beast could directly choose to continue to sleep.
Once the kingdom changes hands, the Zhenguo Divine Beast will automatically change hands.
The black snake secretly came to the palace, and saw that the palace was poorly defended and there was no one to put out the fire where it was on fire, so he became even more suspicious. "Let's go, go in and have a look." Black Snake ordered.
The accompanying agent said, "My lord, isn't this too risky?" β
The black snake shook his head and said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den and get the tiger, and don't figure out what is going on inside, it will be our dereliction of duty, and I don't want to be reprimanded by the king again." β
The spy listened, and had nothing to say.
Fortunately, they are also masters of art and bold, and it didn't take much effort to sneak into the palace.
In this way, the black snake became even more suspicious, and had a bad guess in his heart, and said: "No need to search, go directly to see if Muhammad VI is still there." β
"My lord, do you suspect that Muhammad VI has escaped?" The agent was shocked.
Black Snake didn't draw a conclusion, just said, "I'll talk about it after watching it." β
"No!"
Soon, they searched the palace inside and out, but naturally found nothing.
"Damn, I really escaped." The black snake's face was pale.
The spy was puzzled and said, "No, there are our people secretly watching at the gates of the city, and we have not seen them leave the city." β
"Fools, will they swagger out of town? He must have disguised himself as an ordinary person and went out of the city. At that time, the city gate was so chaotic and there were so many people, how could you see it clearly. Black Snake was annoyed.
The agent was ashamed and said cautiously: "So, what now?" β
The black snake looked quite calm, suddenly smiled weirdly, and said, "It's okay to escape, it can be regarded as a great favor for our army." The news of Mohammed VI's abandonment of the city and his flight was immediately disseminated, especially among the Moroccan Janissaries. In addition, he sent someone to inform the king and the commander of Bai Qi. β
"No!" The spy understood in seconds and smiled.
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When the Moroccan Janissaries got the news, they didn't believe it at first, and then they waited for someone to go to the palace to confirm it, and then they made a big uproar. Not only Muhammad VI, but also Ismail were not found.
Thinking about it this way, Ismail's previous military orders are chilling.
The Moroccan Janissaries were in an uproar, and they no longer had the heart to resist the war, so they either stopped and wanted to blend in with the people and flee together, or simply surrendered.
Anyway, it was Mohammed VI who was treacherous first, and there was no psychological pressure on the soldiers to surrender.
Bai Qi also got the news early and immediately asked the front-line troops to withdraw. The surrender of the Moroccan Janissaries was naturally not rejected by those who came.
Looking at it this way, this siege battle was surprisingly smooth, and the battle was basically solved without the need for an expeditionary force to enter the city, saving a lot of trouble and sacrifice.
As for the street fighting training on a desert island, it is naturally not needed.
Bai Qi has no regrets about this.
In addition to ordering a strike at the front, Bai Qi also did three things. The first is to order the army to strictly inspect the people who leave the city, so as to prevent the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard or the officials in the city from taking the opportunity to sneak out of the city.
At the same time, it is also to persuade the people to settle temporarily in the wilderness and not to go far.
The second called LΓΌ Bu and asked LΓΌ Bu to immediately disperse with a cavalry division and go to pursue the fleeing Muhammad VI and his party.
"If Mohammed VI is found, he will be summarily executed without asking for instructions. As for the others, they were brought back to the city and placed at the king's disposal. Bai Qi commanded.
"The last general understands!"
Lu Bu received the order, and led the team to leave after a little leaning, accompanied by the Black Snake Guard's secret agents. If there is no secret agent guidance, Lu Bu is not familiar with the geography of Morocco, and second, he does not know Mohammed VI, then how can he chase people.
The third thing Bai Qi did was to order the army to recruit young and middle-aged people from among the people and enter the city again to extinguish the fire. Although the fire has completely spread throughout the city, it is a little bit that can be saved.
As the expeditionary force voluntarily withdrew from the front line, more and more Moroccan Janissaries surrendered. In this battle, they can be regarded as seeing the strength of the Great Xia Dynasty, so they are naturally interested in it, and they have to meet the master.
Of course, there are also Praetorian Guard soldiers who would rather die than give in, and these people have a common characteristic, either their homes were burned to death, or their relatives were burned to death.
If you have a pimple in your heart, you naturally don't want to surrender to the enemy.
Of course, there are also those who don't know about this, after all, the city is too chaotic, and they don't have a chance to get together with their families, so they can only surrender first, and as for learning that their relatives were killed in the future, they don't know what will happen.
The most embarrassing thing is to fight back against the Moroccan battle players on the city wall, and they are in a dilemma. Surrender, it doesn't make any sense; Let's fight, the expeditionary force won't play with them again, it's really sad.