Chapter 863 Accident

When the iron gate was closed, the third round of shelling at the head of the city exploded next to the iron chariot. The chariot roared, which made the ears dizzy. Lu Qingli and Yang Koer grabbed the iron ring armrest to stabilize their bodies. After the roar, Yang Koer quietly ordered: "Open the front aiming port."

A craftsman climbed up to the front end, reached out and wiped it on the iron buckle. With a click, a basin-sized iron sheet fell off, revealing a thin and narrow gap, and the dim skylight came in from the outside.

"Master Zhang said that aiming at the concave on the left side of the city wall, the muzzle gun and rocket artillery bombarded a large pit ten feet deep on the wall. Now the muzzle is aimed at, just fire." Lu Qingli said loudly.

Yang Keer nodded, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his white arms, bit his lower lip and ordered, "Half bucket of xanthate, three buckets of black medicine, plug in the lead to compact it. After being bombed, the cover plates around must be covered firmly, and the smoke outlets on both sides must be opened, otherwise we will all chop to death in it.

Several craftsmen picked up a small wooden barrel to inject medicine, put a large iron ball the size of a basin into the bowl, covered it with a thick steel plate cover and locked it firmly, then opened the smoke outlets on both sides, closed the sealed door of the back seat, and a thick lead diagonally stretched out to the outside and placed it next to the back seat.

"Everything is ready." The craftsmen reported.

Lu Qingli swallowed and spit and said in a hoarse voice, "Kouer, light the fire."

Yang Kouer's nervous little face turned white, took the burning fire fold from the hand of one person beside her, and said in a trembling voice, "Qingli, I... I'm lighting the rope."

Lu Qingli covered her face and nodded in a trembling voice: "Well..."

Yang Koo'er gritted her teeth and slowly put the fire fold up.

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On the tower of Damingmen of the palace at night, Song Nan and Wanzhi Wang Yong and others stood quietly, looking at thousands of soldiers on Damingmen Square. It has been an afternoon since the two sides confronted each other. Since Song Nan retreated to the palace gate, the soldiers and horses in the lower square have maintained a posture of attacking at any time. After a few hours have passed, Although there was no fight, the atmosphere has been solemn and tense.

Song Nan is not worried that they will attack Donghuamen or Xihuamen. Although there are only more than 100 Han generals under Wan Zhi on duty at each of the two palace gates, it is reasonable to attack these two palace gates, it can't be defended at all. However, there are no one or two thousand Dahan generals with more than 100 fire-armed brocade guards. The rapid attack of people is not enough to break through quickly, and the power of the fire is obvious in the situation of occupying the land.

Song Nan actually hopes that they will divide 2,000 people to attack the east and west palace gate. Once they know that they have divided their troops, Song Nan will take the initiative to attack head-on. The battle on Zhengyang Gate is fierce, which has forced the 7,000 soldiers and horses in the square to mobilized more than 2,000 to assist in defense. If they dare to divide the troops again, the number of enemy soldiers in the square will only There are more than 3,000 people left, and the number of people at hand by Song Nan is roughly the same. How can Song Nan, who has a large number of fire, be afraid that this number wants to fight? That's why he put most of his troops on the Daming Gate.

I'm not afraid that you won't attack other palace gates. As long as you have one soldier, I will give you a head-on blow, annihilate the enemy of the square, directly threaten the rear of Zhengyang Gate, and fight with Zhang Lun.

However, Song Nan's expectations bubbled up with the little west sinking of the sun. The other party obviously realized that his troops were insufficient and refused to disperse them. Instead, he concentrated more than 5,000 troops to stare at Damingmen, which not only maintained the pressure, but also consolidated the fierce battlefield of Zhengyangmen. The rear is safe.

The anxiety in Song Nan's heart gradually breeds over time. For nothing else, he is worried that he will lose his advantage of location after dark. After dark, he can't see the enemy's dynamics clearly. If the enemy mobilized troops and horses in the dark to break through from the east and west, it will be too late to reinforce when the battle starts. .

Moreover, Song Nan's impatience is that the siege at Zhengyang Gate has not been effective for a long time. At noon, the sound of gunfire is shocking. At this moment, the gun body has become few, and only the sound of fire is coming. Judging from Song Nan's experience, I'm afraid that most of the guns have been scrapped, and the fire is in the siege of the city. The effect is not big, and the shortness of the range has basically become a decoration; it shows Zhang Lun's attack and the possibility of shaking the Zhengyang Gate.

Zhang Lun is not an incompetent person. He can't attack Zhengyangmen with the strength of the regimental battalion, but he can't succeed. Most of his prediction has become a fact. The rest of the regimental battalion did not participate. Zhang Lun's number of soldiers and horses is small, so he cannot form an absolute advantage. Song Nan was completely disappointed with those marquises. He made a decision in his heart that if he could control the situation this time, all the marquises of the regiment camp would be cleaned up, and there was no need to condone them. In addition to being abominable, the wall grasses were also quite terrible. When it was dark, Song Nan didn't know what would happen. Maybe when the marquis saw that the wind would fall to Yang Tinghe's side, he had no chance of winning.

"Your Excellency, the princess is here." Wan Zhi whispered in Song Nan's ear with a sad face leaning on the city stack.

Song Nan quickly came to her senses, with a smile on her face, and turned back to look at the stairs below. However, seeing Corning in a plain palace suit and a skirt and carefully walking to the top of the city, Song Nan hurried to the entrance of the stone steps, stretched out her hand condescendingly, and said softly, "Princess pay attention to her feet. The stone steps are very slippery."

Corning raised his head, with tears on his face and slightly red and swollen eyes, but a smile on his face. Reaching out her hand and naturally put it on Song Nan's palm, Song Nan pulled her light body up.

"It's dangerous here. What are you doing?" Song Nan looked at Kang Ning's face and asked with a smile.

Corning said, "If you don't go to see me, I have to come to see you. No need to explain. I know the situation is critical and you can't get rid of it."

Song Nan whispered, "Have you cried? From the Yangxin Hall?"

Cangning looked dark, and tears gushed out again and sob, "Your Majesty... That's it. At such a young age, he actually..."

Song Nan comforted him softly: "Life and death. Don't be too sad. Although the emperor has passed away, he was calm before he left. The emperor's mind was very clear and the explanation of the matter was very clear. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that his edict had no chance to be read to Yang Ting and them, so they took action."

Corning nodded and said, "What if it is announced? They have arranged everything for a long time, how can they give up? The mother... Hey... The mother is really confused. She was seduced by them and became their accomplice.

Song Nan said, "The Empress Dowager is indeed bewitched by them. The mastermind of all this is Yang Tinghe and Liang Chufeihong, and the current situation is also caused by them. Don't worry, I will punish them for the emperor; by the way, if it hadn't been for your assistance today, Xiyuan's big Han general I'm afraid that the barracks can't get the news in time. I may be buried outside the Yangxin Hall. Thank you very much.

Cangning whispered, "Are you still polite to me at this time?"

Song Nan smiled and said, "That's right, you and I don't have to be so polite, but I'm curious about how you brought Wang Yong out of the west gate of the inner city. I know that in order to block Xiyuan and the inner city, there are many people guarding it. I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will not allow people to go to Xiyuan."

Kang Ning smiled and said, "That's not difficult. I just took Lord Wang over as an excuse to go to Xiyuan to relax and bring him among the accompanying female officials. I just wronged Lord Wang and asked him to dress up as a woman. Lord Wang saw that there was no other way, so he had to agree.

Song Nanha smiled and said, "It seems that Wang Yong must have been a woman in his last life. This time he has pretended to be a woman twice. Last time in Ningxia Town, he and I sneaked into the Qingwang Mansion and were found and hid in... Hiding in a place. The guards of the palace came in to investigate. He and I disguised as a woman and barely escaped."

Corning smiled and said, "What is it? In the boudoir of Princess Ping'an?

Song Nan was stunned and said, "How did you... know?"

Kang Ning glanced at him and said, "Do you think you can hide it from me? I can keep an eye on you all the time."

Song Nan was speechless and wanted to make fun of a few words, but this situation was obviously inappropriate. Zhengde was still lying upright in the Yangxin Hall, and there was a strong force outside. The situation was very critical, and he was not in the mood to laugh.

Thinking of the current situation, Song Nan couldn't help frowning slightly. Kang Ning whispered, "Is it very tricky?"

Song Nan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is with me. You can go back to Shouning Palace to rest. Are you still worried about me?"

Corning took a look at Damingmen Square and said slightly, "It seems that it's really tricky. You shouldn't go back to Beijing alone. You should go back to Beijing with the army. Even if they control the capital, you can still defeat them. The current situation is very difficult.

Song Nan shook his head and said, "Of course I know this, but I can't do that. The emperor gave Zhang Yong a jade pendant, hinting that he asked me to go back to Beijing. How can I not go back to Beijing to see the emperor for the last time? Besides, let Yang Tinhe and others control the situation. Although I can lead an army to break through the capital, they will use that false edict as a shield, and my behavior will become a rebellion. How can I let them splash this dirty water on me?

Corning sighed in a low voice: "That's right. People who cherish feathers naturally refuse to let people splash dirty water, but this time I'm afraid it's a disaster. Whether we can survive it or not depends on God's blessing. I hope the emperor's spirit is not far away and bless us to turn evil into good luck to get through this disaster."

Song Nan just wanted to say that it was useless to rely on himself and other words to cheer up, which made Kang Ning feel better. When his mouth opened, he suddenly heard a thunder-like sound in his ear, which made his ears buzz back. It was as if the clear sky was thundering, and the wall under his feet seemed to shake a few times.

Song Nan held Kang Ning in his arms and curled up under the mouth. Wang Yong and Wanzhi and others also changed their looks, and the city was in a panic. Song Nan thought that the soldiers and horses in the square fired at the palace door and asked loudly, "Find out where to fire and where did it hit?" How many casualties? Is the palace gate stable?

Wang Yong looked south and said in a daze, "Your Excellency, it's not here... it's the sound of gunfire outside Zhengyang Gate."

Song Nan was stunned and pulled up the faded Kang Ning and looked in the direction of the battlefield of Zhengyangmen in the south, but saw a black smoke rising in the air, like a black peony blooming in the dim light, curling and agitating, covering half of the sky and making people goose bumps all over.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers inside and outside the Daming Gate stood as if they had been enchanted, twisting their necks in the direction of Zhengyangmen and stared at the rising black clouds, opening their mouths one by one, shocked in place.

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Yang Koer gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, put the fire folds on the lead and ignited it. In an instant, the flames on the lead line splashed and sneered loudly, and the blue smoke was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, filling the noses of everyone inside the chariot.

Lu Qingli and Yang Keer snuggled together, staring at the shorter and shorter lead, and their bodies trembled slightly.

"Kier, are you afraid?"

"I... I'm not afraid, Qingli... How about you?"

"I...not afraid."

"Yes... we are not afraid. In a word, we are not afraid to have me with you and you with me."

The two dreamily whispered in each other's ears and cheered each other up, but it was hard to say the fear in their hearts. This iron chariot giant artillery was the first launch in the true sense. The accident rate of firearms manufactured in the arsenal was very high when they were first fired, and the two were clear; other firearms were still like this, not to mention It's this kind of giant cannon. In the event of an accident, everyone in the whole iron chariot will destroy the bones without ashes. It would be strange if they were not afraid.

"Bomb." An earth-shaking loud noise sounded in Zhengyangmen Square. The earth trembled, and the stones and dust on the ground also jumped in an instant and flew for a moment. Zhang Lun, the little princess, and all the people present were buzzing in the ear drums, and no sound could be heard for a moment, but when they saw the black smoke steaming, the whole iron chariot was shrouded in a thick black smoke after the loud noise, as if it had been wrapped in a thick layer of black cotton.

Hundreds of steps away, on the left side of Zhengyang Gate, it took a whole afternoon to bombard the deep grooves of the city wall, and were hit by huge shells. The violent explosion was mixed with rammed earth, bricks, bricks and black smoke, like a surging torrent, rushing out from the side of the city wall; black smoke and dust floated in the air. The whole wall was shrouded in black smoke. After a moment, it was like a huge black mushroom growing above the wall, constantly surging and surging. This doomsday scene makes all the people present scared and difficult to control themselves.

"It worked... They did it."

There was a shout from the standing crowd. Aunt Ye Fang ran forward with a loud voice and rushed to the iron chariot exposed after the thick smoke dispersed. When the back iron door opened, it was dark and silent. Ye Fanggu shouted loudly: "Qingli... Qingli, Koer... Koer, how are you? You guys talk."

The little princess Dai Suer and Zhu Fengtong also arrived, and the wind lamp came up. Ye Fanggu climbed into the high chariot three or two steps. After a long time, there was a scream. The little princess also hurriedly climbed up. In the choking smoke, under the yellow light of the wind lamp, she saw Lu Qingli and Yang Keer's faces relied on Ye Fanggu's chest. Their hair was scattered, and there seemed to be blood in their nostrils and corners of their mouths, but their eyes were open, emitting excitement.

"Qing Li, Kaier, how are you? Are you all right?" Aunt Ye Fang shouted coquettishly.

Lu Qingli and Yang Keer didn't realize it and muttered, "It's done, it's done."

Ye Fanggu shouted a few more, but the two still did not respond. The little princess's mind moved and pushed aside the green silk in their ears, but when she saw a thin blood line flowing from their ears, she immediately said in horrified, "Sister Ye, I'm afraid the ears of Qingli and Ko'er's ears..."

Aunt Ye Fang's heart was cold. Without saying a word, she walked out with the two of them in her arms. With the help of the little princess, she moved them from the high belly of the car to the outside. Before they realized and lost their hearing, they shouted excitedly to the women around them: "Success, it's done."

Zhu Fengtong's eyes were slightly red. He came forward and checked carefully and said, "The sound of the explosion was so loud that it seemed to crack the ear drum. We were so far away from outside and almost lost our breath. They are inside. How loud is the sound there? Hey. Hurry up and wrap their ears in cotton cloth. Now they must not be injured again. After that, find a doctor to see if they can recover.

Ye Fanggu cried like rain, but she also knew that it was not the time to investigate and blame anyone, so she ordered people to take cotton strips to bandage them personally. Lu Qingli and Yang Kooer still didn't understand what had happened. There was a tsunami-like sound in their ears. They thought it was the afterglow of the explosion and didn't care at all. But when they saw that the movements and expressions of the people's words were wrong, there were tears in everyone's eyes before they realized that something had happened. When Aunt Ye Fang was about to wrap their ears, the two suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem.

"What's wrong with us?" Lu Qingli's voice was amazing, but she didn't hear her voice at all.

Yang Keer had already understood. She reached out and took Lu Qingli's hand and wrote in her hand, "We are deaf."

Lu Qingli stood in a daze, holding Yang Ke'er's hand after a moment, smiled sadly and stopped talking. The two stood silently, allowing the little princess and Ye Fanggu to wrap their ears with cloth towels and pull up the hood to cover them.

During the busy period of the Song family, the dark clouds at the head of the city gradually dissipated. After being shocked, the generals and soldiers in the city began to quickly evaluate the power of the cannon. The city wall east of Zhengyang Gate was bombarded by the explosion caused by this gun, and nearly one-third of the thick wall with a width of more than four feet was outside. The place collapsed and formed a huge depression. The shot was bombarding the interior of the hollowed outer wall, directly smashing the solid wall like an iron wall.

Zhang Lun was extremely excited when he learned of the report. According to this power, with another three or four cannons, the wall would undoubtedly be opened up with a huge gap, so he immediately came to the busy place of the women and asked for a few more shots to bombard the wall. However, when he learned that both women's ears had been deaf, he was shocked and stayed in place.

"Master Zhang, don't worry, even if we are all deaf, we will collapse the wall and save our husband. Let's go to fire." Ye Fang said quietly.

"I'll go too. What if I'm deaf? If you can't save your husband, we are willing to die." The little princess also straightened her chest.

Zhang Lun stamped his feet and said, "Girl, don't make trouble, okay? You are all deaf and blind. Why didn't Song Nan tear me up? Don't be excited. I'm ordered to shoot, but we don't understand the proportion of gunpowder and the operation of this iron pimple.

Although Lu Qingli and Yang Kouer were deaf, they could understand why these people in front of them were arguing. They looked at each other and nodded with mutual understanding. Lu Qingli gently pulled Ye Fang's sleeves and signaled that they had something to say.