Chapter 540 The Last Madness

When the sky was bright, He Jin led 5,000 soldiers and horses outside the south gate of Ningxia Town. The city was calm and there was no chaos as imagined. There was no shouting in the city, as if nothing had happened.

However, He Jin and his generals saw the difference. On the walls on both sides of the tower, round things hung on the wall with long ropes. With the roaring north wind, those things can be seen clearly. That's the human head!

He Jin immediately ordered the army not to approach the gate. He personally led dozens of horses to the gate and ordered people to shout to the top of the city from afar. After a while, a group of soldiers gathered a man and appeared above the tower.

Who is under the city? What do you want to do?" The man asked loudly.

He Jin said loudly, "Xu Yu, why don't you open the gate for me?"

Qiu Yu laughed and said, "It turned out to be General He. Why did you lead your troops back to the city when you were stationed on the West Cliff? If I remember correctly, you just came back yesterday to ask for reinforcements. Did you come back with a big defeat again?

The soldiers at the head of the city laughed wildly.

He Jin scolded angrily, "Xiu Yu, don't be proud, what's wrong with the prince? You traitor, if you had known that you were two-hearted, you should regret not have reminded the prince to be careful of you.

Qiu Yu smiled and said, "Do you have two hearts? I can't agree with what General He said. My enemy Yuming is only one-minded to be loyal to the emperor and has never been two-minded. Instead, you, General He is willing to follow the rebellious king to make trouble. You'd better keep these words for yourself.

He Jin shouted, "You are too happy. I know how many people are in the city. If you know the current affairs, you should open the city immediately to plead. Maybe there is still a chance; otherwise, my 5,000 troops will break through the gate and step on your body."

Qiu Yu looked up to the sky and waved his hand and said, "He Jin, don't be obsessed. Don't you want to see the prince? I'll let you meet once." While talking, the soldiers beside him pushed Zhu Yuqi up. Zhu Yuqi's hair and clothes were scattered, and his expression was decadent. He stood in the wind at the head of the city and was shaking.

He Jin got off his horse and bowed to the head of the city and said, "Your Majesty, the humble rescue is late. The prince was designed by the traitor, which is suffering."

Zhu Yuqi looked excited and shook his lips to say something. Qiu Yu whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty, don't forget our agreement. If you still have illusions, I can only take your head to Beijing; the prince is a relative of the emperor, and there may still be a chance to live in Beijing."

Zhu Yu suddenly looked gloomy and bowed his head and shouted to the city, "He Jin, I... I... I know you are very loyal, but at this point, don't insist any more. I order you to surrender to the court immediately and don't allow any more changes."

He Jin slowly got up from the ground and held his head high and said, "Your Majesty, how can there be a turning arrow when opening the bow? The humble position knows that you were forced to say so. Don't worry, the humble position will attack and save the prince. We still have a lot to do.

Zhu Wei hurriedly said, "Don't allow you to do this. You are not saving me but harming me. If you dare to move, they will kill me. Do you see the head hanging on the wall? Zhou Ang, Sun Jingwen and their heads are hanging from you there. I won't allow you to mess around.

He Jin said with a sneer on his face: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. Since the incident, it is inevitable that there will be a day. The prince himself said that this is doing things with his head. Why are you suddenly afraid of death now? Zhou Ang, Sun Jingwen and others are also the place to die. If the prince is also killed by them, won't it be a place to die for Jing? Later history books will leave a heavy sum of money for the prince. The prince can rest assured that he is humble but has a breath. He will follow the prince's instructions and lead the army to succeed and fulfill the prince's wishes.

Zhu Xiaoqi was stunned and said, "Did you disobey my life and death and disobey my order?"

He Jin said loudly, "What did the prince say? It's precisely because he obeyed the prince's order. Prince, take care of yourself. You are going to lead the army to attack the city.

He Jin galloped back. A moment later, the golden drums in the camp sounded, and 5,000 rebel soldiers began to line up to prepare for attack.

I don't know what the expression was on Zhu Xiaoqi's face. He was both stunned and frightened. He looked at Qiu Yu and said, "General Qiu, you can see it. It's not that I don't cooperate. That man... That man ignores my life and death."

Qiu Yu smiled and said, "I know, if you don't do the prince's business, do you understand now? Your most trusted subordinate, He Jin, is eager for you to die. What on earth did you do? It's too late to regret now. Come on, take the prince down to the city and give it to the Marquis Song. You should treat him well and don't let the prince be wronged.

Zhu Xiaoqi looked gray and slowly went down to the city under the look of the soldiers.

Qiu Yue turned around and watched the rebels under the city set up a formation and were about to launch an attack. His face was solemn. With a stack of orders, more than 600 soldiers at the head of the city and thousands of prisoners captured in the royal palace were quickly scattered behind the city stacks, waiting with bows and arrows.

With the sound of the drums, 5,000 rebels flocked. Last night, they were disturbed by Xinding and had no sleep. In the night, they marched for four or five hours and felt that they had not had time to take a breath to attack the city, and they were physically and mentally exhausted. However, under He Jin's strict order, they had no choice, only He can rise up and charge forward and take this body as his own body.

Even if the rebel soldiers are tired and the strength is more than three times, this disparity in strength is still irreparable. It only takes a small number of casualties. In less than half an hour, the rebel soldiers filled the moat outside the city with straw bags. After a short break, the rebels formed a team to cover it with the shield. Carrying the ladder and approaching the city with a hook and rope.

The defenders at the head of the city have no choice but to mechanically shoot arrows one after another. Fortunately, the enemy's formation is loose, and it can always bring some casualties after each round of arrow rain, but in terms of the rebel formation all over the city, there seems to be no tendency to decrease at all.

More than 300 ladders leaned against the wall, and rebel soldiers swarmed up like ants. Hundreds of soldiers could not stop the rebels at all, and rebels soon appeared at the head of the city. Qiu Yu roared and scolded, but he was really powerless and could only immediately organize people to clean up the rebels who climbed up in the city. However, once hundreds of soldiers are forced to fall into a hand-to-hand fight, the already overstretched defensive soldiers and horses will not be able to stop the rebels who come up and will fall into a vicious circle.

While being anxious, he listened to the roar of fire, and black smoke rose on the walls on both sides. Hou Dabiao led 50 fire guards into two teams and rushed out of the city tower and began to slaughter along the walls on both sides. Originally, these 50 brocade guards were Song Nan. He ordered to assist in guarding the city; but Qiu Yue did not treat these 50 people as a dish at all. He only discussed with Hou Dabiao and asked him to take the 50 people to guard above the gate. When the rebels at the head of the city came up, Qiu Yue even forgot the existence of these 50 people, but Hou Dabiao had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

The lethality of the close hand-to-hand combat of the shot bomb is simply horrible. On the wall several feet wide, it is almost impossible to avoid the coverage of the fire bullets. Although there are only more than 20 fire bullets in each team, they start from the tower like a harvester, cutting out a line of blood like mowing the rebels climbing up on both sides of the wall. Road.

The guards used the method of serial shooting. More than a dozen people shot, and more than a dozen others were fired. After a while, the roar was endless, and all of them were invincible. The soldiers defending the city were helped by firepower and their morale was greatly boosted. Dozens of soldiers followed the firearm team and were responsible for throwing the rebels who were shot from the wall. Whether they died or died or not, they all raised and threw them down the head of the city.

The rebels who attacked the city were originally high in morale and fought bravely, but when they saw the bodies thrown high like dumplings under the city, falling on the frozen soil under the city, they were all frightened.

After a round trip, the head of the city has become a forbidden place. Hundreds of rebels have landed on the head of the city, but they are half-dead by fire and thrown into meat slag. Coupled with the desperate defense of the soldiers at the head of the city, they have abruptly resisted the attack of the rebels. Qiu Yu really saw under the city, and the casualties are too great. Isn't it going to be The soldiers and horses in his hand were exhausted, so he ordered the collection of troops at the suggestion of his generals and thought of another good strategy.

The battle lasted for about an hour, less than half of the more than 1,500 defenders defended at the head of the city, and the rebels paid the price of 1,400 people. Under the bleak sun, the bodies in the city were stacked on top of necks, and blood flowed from under the corpses and froze into purple thin ice before they flowed far; the bodies were also Soon became hard, and the stiff corpse had an amazingly consistent expression due to the tightening of the skin. It was half open mouth and eyes, looking at the skin was creepy.