Iron Dynasty

When there was a hint of fish belly white on the side of the day, soldiers in dark green military uniforms and flintlock guns appeared on the official road outside Chang'an City.

After learning 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. This is 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. 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 remaining soldiers of King Zhao are still stubbornly resisting in the inner palace with their artillery. All you have to do is come and blast away the inner palace with artillery.

Qi Guangyi came on horseback.

Niu Ben said: King Zhao is just a turtle in a urn now. It's not urgent. The most important thing now is to win the nearby prefectures and counties, so as not to be attacked by the enemy.

Speaking of this, Qi Guangyi said with a smile; The general has been overly concerned. Now the wealthy families in Chang'an can't wait to be brought under the emperor's command. The counties around Chang'an have already surrendered to the last general.

That's good. Niu Ben nodded, and he added: The current king of Zhao has already betrayed his relatives, and such a wolf-hearted person deserves retribution.

Along the way, Niu Ben witnessed the people living in hardships. In order to wage wars and manufacture firearms, the king of Zhao kept levying high taxes on the people, which led to the hardship of the people.

And this is not the most terrifying. On the route that is said to be the migration of Luoyang people, what he sees is piles of bones. For his royal power, King Zhao is already insane.

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

What the general said is that before the general came, King Zhao ordered the massacre of the city. If it wasn't for Ge Yiren and other nobles who led their tribes in the city to open the city gates, the people in Chang'an City would probably be one out of ten. Qi Guangyi clenched his hands tightly. fist up.

Luo Hong and Luo Xin were even more angry when they heard the words, Luo Hong said: It's a beast, General, please hand over this battle to the inner palace to the late general. There are many relatives of the soldiers in the firearms battalion in Chang'anchen. They take revenge.

Niu Ben nodded slowly, and he said, Then let King Zhao pay his debts with blood.

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

This expedition was very long, and unlike Niuben's army, they were already exhausted.

As soon as they entered the city, a large group of people suddenly rushed over. They brought bread and water, and they distributed food and water to the soldiers.

This scene shocked Niu Ben, 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 who want to come, they say that we saved their lives, I hope we can kill the rebels as soon as possible, and Chang'an will be saved. Peace of mind.

When Niu Ben heard the words, 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 devoted to us, we will have soldiers and food wherever we go. Not false.

The other generals all laughed when they heard the words, and their hearts became more and more firm in their belief in unifying the north, because only with unification can the people have a stable life.

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

Because of the war, the vassal kings took advantage of the people, bandits and bandits ran rampant in the villages to kill the people, production was cut off, and the people suffered from starvation.

Once a prosperous world was beaten to pieces because of the war, and the population suffered huge losses in the war.

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

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

An army of more than 100,000 people entered the city and immediately filled the empty camp in Chang'an City. 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.

This King Zhao really installed a lot of artillery in the inner palace. Luo Xin put down the telescope five hundred meters away, because he knew the range of the export-type artillery, he was not worried at all that he would be hit.

This time Niu Ben asked Luo Hong and Luo Xin to take charge of the siege, and they were accompanied by soldiers from the former Firearms Battalion.

This time, they shared the same enemy, and 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 we attack the city? Do we still need to be polite to King Zhao?

Turning around, he shouted loudly, Break the city gate to me, fire the cannon!

Under his order, the field artillery fired at the same time, and the huge roar was continuous.

Although the city wall of the inner palace was solid, it could not withstand the continuous bombardment of so many artillery pieces. After another 20 minutes, the front tower collapsed directly.

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

Until he appeared in a 100-meter collapsed area in front of him, he ordered the shelling to stop this time.

kill!

The sound of the guns went out, and Luo Hong rushed into the inner palace first, followed by the soldiers who once belonged to the firearms battalion, who followed Luo Hong like crazy with bayonets.

Niu Ben didn't 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 easier, and more and more soldiers rushed into the inner palace.

Clap clap clap...

The soldier Luo Hong, who encountered the King of Zhao, commanded the soldiers to complete a salvo, and then raised the bayonet to fight against the Zhao army.

In the battle with Qi Guangyi, the soldiers of the Zhao army have been thwarted and their morale plummeted.

Now a group of musketeers with higher morale than cavalry rushed in, and they couldn't resist.

Although they carried Zhao Jun's sturdy style and fought fiercely, it was only the advantages of firearms and the regular bayonet attack that made their casualties increase.

After more and more musketeers poured into the inner palace, the will of the resisting Zhao army began to disintegrate. Luo Hong noticed this and attacked the Zhao army more and more violently.

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

In the former Chengqing Hall, they found King Zhao sitting on the dragon chair, while Zhao Yuanliang was kneeling on the ground and shivering.

ps: There is one more chapter.