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Gongyang Shu shook his head and smiled wryly: "Master Li insists on thinking this way, and I have nothing to say. It seems that the old man's visit was indeed in vain. Today I will rest in Luzhou city for one night. I will leave early tomorrow morning." Go back to the capital."

Li Xin looked calm, and said lightly: "If you want to talk, it's not impossible to talk at all. According to my opinion, Emperor Yuanzhao immediately issued an abdication edict, passing the throne to the sixth prince Ji Ying, and then the emperor himself went out of the city to come to Luzhou. The old Prime Minister led people to take the sixth prince into the capital, and at the same time, the Gyeonggi Imperial Army was transferred a hundred miles away from the capital, and our Southwest Army also withdrew a hundred miles away from the capital. When the dust in the capital settles, the Southwest Army can consider retreating."

"What does the old man think?"

Gongyang Shu lowered his head and muttered for a while, and said: "The old man said before that His Majesty can issue an edict of abdication, and the six princes can enter the capital to succeed them at any time, but the Imperial Guards in the capital cannot move, and the Southwest Army has to retreat hundreds of miles away. As for Marquis Li Lord, whether you want to go to Beijing to watch the ceremony, or you want to stay outside the city to watch, the imperial court will not restrict you."

Speaking of this, the old man stroked his gray beard, and said in a deep voice: "But no matter what, today I must not go out of the city to be a hostage for your Southwest Army, otherwise it will be my first victory in the century since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty." The scandal will be engraved in the history for thousands of generations to come, and will be ridiculed by future generations!"

General Li said in a dumb voice: "Since the old man is so persistent, there is really no need to negotiate. I have a few good words here, and I want to advise the old man."

At this time, Gongyang Shu was still walking in front, and Li Xin was walking behind him. Hearing that, the old man stopped, looked back at Li Xin, and stopped.

"Master Li, please tell me."

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, and there was a bit of hostility in his eyes.

"The old man thinks, how confident is the Southwest Army that they can capture the capital?"

Gongyang Shu shook his head: "I don't know, but you shouldn't be too sure about coming to Lord Li, otherwise, at this time, Lord Li wouldn't take time out of his busy schedule to talk so much nonsense with the old man."

Li Xin grinned: "There is always [-]% to [-]%?"

Gongyang Shu was speechless, and after a long silence, he slowly said: "The troops of the two Zhechong mansions were scattered overnight by Li Shuo under Lord Hou's command. Of course there is certainty.”

"Then it's a [-]% certainty."

General Li put his hands behind his back, and his voice was a little low.

"At this time, the imperial court is united to abolish the emperor, welcome the sixth prince to the capital, and preserve the combat power of the Jingji Forbidden Army. Then even if our Southwest Army enters the capital, the Great Jin will still be the Great Jin, and the Ji family will still be the Ji family. It is still alive, the imperial army still has fighting power, at most Li will go to Beijing to be a powerful minister, in the future the emperor will still be surnamed Ji, and the official masters in the court will still be official masters."

Speaking of this, Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued: "But if our Southwest Army seizes the [-]% chance, breaks the forbidden army, and breaks into the capital abruptly, then even if Li wants the world to continue Ji, the Southwest Army will force his surname to be Li, and when the artifact changes hands, the world will change his surname, will a civil official like the old man in the Jin Dynasty still be a civil official in the new dynasty?"

"The old Xiangye has survived three dynasties, and he is still working for the emperor in the capital. I don't need to explain the truth to the old Xiangye. You can understand it."

Gongyang Shu's complexion became a little ugly, he frowned, stroked the few gray beards under his chin, and snorted: "If what Master Li Hou said is true, the old man can make the decision now, the six The prince welcomes the heir to the capital and forces the emperor to abdicate, but once the Southwest Army enters the capital, what will happen in the future is up to you, Lord Li, how can I believe it?"

"The old man can only trust me."

Li Xin looked calm, and said: "Let me go to Beijing at this time, the Southwest Army will remember the merits of the court officials. Even if the artifact is easier, the civil servants will still be civil servants. Whether the emperor changes or not, it is hard to say, in fact None of your business."

The old man was so angry that his face was flushed, he gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "You, Li Chang'an, don't you think that all scholars in the world are people without integrity?!"

"There are so many civil servants, and those who have integrity will naturally have them. This thing can't be eaten. If they don't want to continue to be officials in the court, they will be rewarded with money. I can assure the old man that if the court opens the city and releases the Southwest Army When I come to Beijing, I will not indiscriminately kill any civil servant."

The old man looked ugly and said nothing.

Speaking of this, the two had already reached the edge of the city wall of Luzhou City. Li Xin invited Gong Yangshu to the city wall, and then the two of them looked in the direction of the capital together.

General Li pointed to the capital city, then looked up at the sky, and then said: "Our Southwest Army's soldiers are leading to the capital city. At this time, it is not in my hands to decide whether to fight or not. It is in the hands of the imperial court. The imperial court opens the city gate." , Naturally avoid a military disaster."

"If the imperial court does not open the city gate..."

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, looked towards the capital, and muttered to himself.

"At this moment, most of Li Shuo's artillery fire has landed on the city wall of the capital."

Case

Chapter 1076 Three Days of Bombardment!

The capital city has indeed started fighting.

After Hou Jingde led the two Zhechong mansions out of the city and were dispersed overnight, the imperial court's attitude towards the Southwest Army turned completely conservative. Pushed abruptly to the capital city.

This is already a shame that the Great Jin has never experienced for more than a hundred years!

Even when the Northern Zhou Dynasty was at its most powerful, there were 20 iron cavalry and 30 string-controllers eyeing the Southern Jin Dynasty. With the efforts of the ancestors of the Jin Dynasty, they never hit the capital of the Jin Dynasty. Only 5 people were mobilized, and they had really arrived at the foot of the capital.

Hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in Gyeonggi were too frightened to stand firm!

Even if the Southwest Army can't take down the capital, this incident will be recorded in the history books, and the successors of the Jin Dynasty will be ashamed of it!

Emperor Yuanzhao's personal reputation dropped to freezing point as the Southwest Army arrived at the foot of the capital.

The Great Jin Dynasty was founded more than a hundred years ago, and there were nine emperors in total. He was the first emperor who was beaten to the door of his house. Even if the common people could not say anything about him, his ancestors would probably not spare him when he came underground.

Li Shuo led more than 5 people. After arriving at the capital, he was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he slowly pushed out the catapults that had been built in the past few days. A total of thirty catapults were all driven to the capital. West Gate.

Next, Li Shuo sent people to call out to the capital, urging them to open the city and surrender, depose the faint king, and welcome the sixth prince to the capital to succeed him.

Of course, this was just a routine matter. No one dared to open the door at this time, and no one would respond to it. Although there were thousands of guards on the city wall, it was silent and no one dared to make a sound.

Li Shuo didn't talk nonsense to them. With a big wave of his hand, the catapult under him began to move forward at a leisurely pace.

Ordinary catapults, because they throw stones, are too heavy, and their shooting range is not even comparable to that of bows and arrows, especially because the city wall has the advantage of condescending. In the case of throwing, the range of bows and arrows can reach three to four hundred steps. If the catapult wants to attack the city wall, it will definitely be shot by the local crossbow. However, the weight of these pottery pots is far less than that of stones, but they are not too light, which leads to the range of this kind of catapult. A hundred steps or even five hundred steps are already beyond the reach of an arrow, and the longbow thrown from the tower can't do anything with these catapults.

Before starting his expedition to the east of Shu, Li Xin had people deliberately train a group of stone slingers. These people were very good at distance and accuracy. Clay pots were smashed on the city wall with incomparable precision. Then it exploded!

Although the loading speed of the catapults was appallingly slow, they exploded in less than half an hour, and each catapult still threw more than a dozen clay pots and hundreds of thunders, which exploded on the city wall!

Because at this time, the imperial court's response to firearms was far from what it had been before, so there were not too many people standing on the city wall, only a few people were arranged to hide behind the bunker, watch the Southwest Army's movements with binoculars, and then report to them at any time. The officer behind him reported.

Because of the small number of people, these clay pots exploded on the city wall. Naturally, there were not many people killed, but the city wall must always be filled with people. If a person dies, the Imperial Army will send people to fill it. After half an hour, there will be people on the city wall. Hundreds of casualties.

Li Shuo, who was attacking from the bottom of the city, was also holding a binoculars to observe the situation on the city wall. He was not in a hurry, and only ordered the catapults not to stop, and kept throwing thunder.

that's all.The Southwest Army drove to the capital city from the morning, and after three or four hours of indiscriminate bombardment with catapults, at dusk, the general of the Ningzhou Army waved his hand, led his men, surrounded the catapults, and withdrew his troops Go back to your camp.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Shuo still took thirty of his soldiers and pushed them towards the city wall of the capital for a whole day. After three days in a row, the imperial army died and injured only more than 3000 people, but the people in the capital Everyone felt a little panic in their hearts.

The most frightening thing is not how powerful the enemy is, but that our own side has no way to fight back. If these southwest troops don't attack the city, the forbidden army will have no way to go out of the city to attack them.

More importantly, although the city wall of Dajin Capital City was strong, it took a few days to blow it down, and the main body of the entire west city wall was still strong, but there were many potholes in many places, and even some gaps appeared, which was extremely terrifying.

The general of the forbidden army, Zhong Xuantong, retreated from the city wall with a gloomy face, wiped off the black ash on his face with a towel, and rode to the imperial city.

In the Weiyang Palace, the emperor was discussing with several prime ministers, mainly discussing how long the food in the city can be eaten when the capital is closed, and how to maintain order in the capital.

It was during the war, Zhong Xuantong was taken to Weiyang Palace, and soon saw the emperor, he knelt in front of the emperor, bowed his head and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the Southwest Army has retreated."

Emperor Yuanzhao looked at the time, and then said expressionlessly: "Every day the sound of thunder rises at sunrise and rests at sunset. The Southwest Army is really like working in a government office."

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and said in a shy voice: "Your Majesty, although the imperial army has not suffered many casualties in a few days, people in the capital are already in panic. None of us know how many useless firearms these southwest rebels still have. If this continues without any counterattack, the city may be in chaos."

He lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Not only the people in the city, but even the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army. If hundreds of people die like this every day, I'm afraid they will feel dissatisfied..."

Emperor Yuanzhao frowned slightly, and then said: "The Southwest Army is too small to use their lives to attack the city. They act like this to attract the forbidden army out of the city to hate them for fighting. Please bear with me, old general. fell for them."