Chapter 83 Siege of the Palace
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After chopping for a long time, the spruce fell down with a bang. Before they could prune the branches, the soldiers carried the trunks and rushed to the palace wall. After a "bang", the wall was slightly sunken and hit four or five times. Finally, a big hole was made. After pushing the trunk a few times, a wall collapsed.
Seeing that the city wall was broken, the soldiers immediately went to defend. Qian Xiaoxing pointed and said, "Break this place, here, here... for me."
Qian Xiaoxing talked about more than a dozen places in a row, and the soldiers of the Si army immediately followed the order. Two tree trunks collapsed one after another. The Hu army had no choice but to divide the troops and then, trying to defend these places.
"Xiong Yitan, I think it's almost done. Let's start an attack and see!" Qian Xiaoxing ordered.
Xiong Yitan ordered the soldiers to attack from the opened gaps together. As soon as the Hu army's forces were dispersed, the defense became much weaker immediately. After a while of fighting, several gaps were attacked. With such a comprehensive defense, as long as one place was broken, the soldiers of the Si army could rush into the palace and encircle the Hu army. Therefore, when the Hu army in other places saw that the gap was broken, they gave up resistance and retreated backward.
Qian Xiaoxing waved his sword and shouted: "Kill in and capture King Hu alive!"
"Roll!" "Kill!" The screams continued, and the soldiers rushed into the palace from the wall and chased the Hu army inside. Although the equipment of the Infantry Brigade of the Army was not as good as that of the Undead Legion, it was much stronger than that of the Hu army. The sharp samurai sword cut down the bronze long swords, just like cutting branches. The Hu army that cut down threw down their short swords and fled everywhere.
The palace can be used for defense, but it can also be used to trap people. Once the defense is broken, the people there have nowhere to escape. Hukan saw that the palace gate had been lost and the last glimmer of hope had been shattered, and he couldn't help but despair. When the other guards saw that King Hu was still, they immediately pulled him to the harem.
The harem was already in chaos, and the beautiful concubines were panicked and wanted to escape from the palace, but not only were they surrounded outside the palace, but the exits of the harem were surrounded by Si Jun. They wanted to run away unless they could fly.
Qian Xiaoxing led the guard company and entered the palace with the large army. The scene here was still the same as before. I remember that I had been in Shandu several times in the palace. The tall spruce in front of the imperial kitchen and the small courtyard of Concubine Jing all brought back memories of Qian Xiaoxing.
The Hu army, compressed in the harem, had already resisted stubbornly, while the troops blocking the Hu army reinforcements outside the palace were under strong pressure.
The Hu army was blocked by the fire, but pushed down the earth wall and obtained the soil, quickly extinguishing the fire from the refining bombs. The soldiers of the Si Jun Bowl Brigade only carried one refining bomb and could no longer use fire to block the Hu army's attack. Moreover, the Hu army lifted the door panel, causing the Si Jun archers to almost lose their effect, and all the attack pressure was pressed on the soldiers of the Undead Legion.
The Hu Bing, who was running in the front, had already fought close together. The door panels were cut by samurai swords, and the Hu Bing also suffered heavy losses. However, they were large in number, and a group of dead and then added up. The bodies fell in front of the soldiers of the Undead, and a large number of them lay down in front of the soldiers of the Undead.
After fierce battles, the soldiers of the Undead Legion were exhausted, but their strong will allowed them to realize their final potential. Some soldiers shouted: "Defend the front line to the death and never take a step back!"
"The Undead Legion, invincible!"
The soldiers also encouraged and cheered up their comrades, but the dense Hu soldiers behind them were rushing in batches, as if there was no end. Most of the soldiers of the Undead Legion were not killed, but reduced their combat effectiveness because of exhaustion.
The soldiers of the Undead Legion were slashing mechanically, their eyes were empty, and there was no pity or fear in their eyes. Their numb arms were only the hands that held the hilt tightly, and they still showed their strength.
"The command given to us by the Chief of Staff is to block the reinforcements of Hu's army. Even if we fight to the last person, we must keep it for me!" the leader of the Undead Legion shouted.
Under the wheel battle of Hu Bing, several gaps were finally broken through, but none of the soldiers of the Undead Legion retreated. They were using the battle to prove their honor.
The soldiers of the Undead Legion were divided and surrounded. As the soldiers fell one by one, the form became even more critical. If this continues, the Undead Legion might be wiped out.
Suddenly, I heard a commotion behind Hu Jun, and only a general shouted: "Shi Jun is here!"
A white-robed general rode a white horse and led Shi Jun to attack the rear of the Hu army. This person was Shi Jun's general Yi Shuihan.
Shi Jun's combat style is undoubtedly fierce, and his spirit of fighting desperately regardless of life and death is even better than Si Jun. With the addition of Shi Jun, the Hu Jun was attacked on both sides and the situation immediately reversed. Hu Jun, who had hope of victory, now no longer had confidence and did not bother with Si Jun and began to flee around.
Yi Shuihan held a big copper hammer in his hand. Regardless of whether Hu Jun was wearing a helmet or not, he would faint if he didn't die after one hammer. He soon arrived at Si Jun's position.
Yi Shuihan said to the commander of the Undead Legion: "I am the commander of Shi Jun on the left side of the army and came to wipe out the Hu army at the order of my king. My king said that this is a gift from friendship and will not ask the Si Jun for any credit."
Shi Jun arrived in time and lifted the siege of the Dead Legion. The commander of the Dead Legion bowed and replied: "Thank you, General Yi, for saving us. I will report this to the Chief of Staff truthfully."
Yi Shuihan waved his hand and said, "You Si Jun is still powerful. Not only will you break through Shandu City, but you will have to deal with the 150,000 Hu Jun. It is indeed very difficult. So my Wangcai sent me to help Chief of Staff Qian. What is the situation in the palace now?"
"My mission is to block the Hu army here. The situation is not clear there. Since the Hu army has disintegrated, let's go and have a look together." The commander of the Dead Legion replied.
"Okay!" Yi Shuihan nodded and replied, "My king has something to ask me to tell Chief Qian."
In the palace, the battle in the harem was already fierce. Although the weather was cold, a wisp of heat still emerged from the soldiers. Seeing that the women in the harem were packing up and wanted to escape, Hukan couldn't help laughing: "You still want to run away, do you want to surrender to Si Jun, warm the bed for Qian Xiaoxing? A group of smelly women will all die for me!"
The palace had no hope of defending it. Hu Kan vented his anger on the concubines in the harem. He raised his long sword and cut one, pierced one. The beautiful concubines were so scared that they were already scared. When Hu Kan killed him, he cried and shouted.
"Catch all these women into the house, and no one of them will run away!" Hukan angrily directed the last few guards.
About thirty concubines were driven into the house. Hukan guarded the door with a long sword in his hand and said to his subordinates: "Set the fire, if I die, I will let them accompany me to die."
The soldiers lit the windows with torches, and the fire soon became bigger. The smoke from the sky made the concubines cry, and some shouted: "Master, spare us!"
Some were about to rush out the door and were chopped to the ground by Hukan who was guarding the door. Facing death, failure, and seeing the situation of being powerless to turn the world around, Hukan had lost his mind.
As soon as he cut off two concubines, Qian Xiaoxing rushed over with his troops. Hu Kan was covered with the blood of a woman. He turned his head slowly to look at Qian Xiaoxing with a ferocious face and smiled: "Haha, Qian Xiaoxing, do you think you won? You were wrong. I have not been killed by you yet!"
Qian Xiaoxing was excited when he saw Hukan, and he also entered a state of rampage, and persuaded him, "Hukan, for prisoners of your level, I can let you live and surrender!"
"Haha... what's the point of living? Is it because I'm living here to humiliate you!" Hukan roared.
"You don't seem to be afraid of death, you still have some backbone!" Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but praise her. Seeing that the woman in the big house behind Hu Kan was crying, she saw that the fire was about to get bigger, and it was hard to save her if she didn't take action to put out the fire. She said, "Hu Kan, those women are the beautiful women you have chosen for so many choices. It's a pity to die. Surrender quickly, let's put out the fire."
"I admit that I can't beat you, but it's impossible for you to get them! If you want to save them, I won't let them go." Hukan finally found a place that could hit Qian Xiaoxing, and couldn't help but be very happy.
Qian Xiaoxing gave Zhang Yongchao a wink, meaning that he would arrest King Hu and catch the live ones. Zhang Yongchao understood and slowly leaned forward. Unexpectedly, Hu Kan was very alert. Before Zhang Yongchao could take a few steps, Hu Kan rushed into the big room and shouted: "More than 30 women are buried with me. Qian Xiaoxing, you want to save them, you can dream."
Hukan closed the door and locked it up. The fire on the window was already burning very strongly. The temperature and thick smoke emitted made people feel the power of the fire.
"Chief of Staff, let me go in and capture him!" Zhang Yongchao asked for a fight.
"No, the fire is too big, it's too dangerous!" Qian Xiaoxing refused.
Chapter completed!