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The three-story wooden building car is as high as the Dongnai city wall, with wooden wheels underneath, surrounded by thick and thick wooden boards, leaving only some shooting holes for attacking, and it is heavy but firmly staring down like rain. The arrow hit the city wall with a "boom".

Although the strong bows and crossbows of the Xihe Army are powerful, they cannot shoot through the thick wooden boards covered with cowhide.The giant building car seemed to be in the land of no one. Once it got close to the city wall, the Xihu people inside began to pour kerosene on the defenders and fire crossbows. The Donglai city was instantly ignited with raging flames.

The Xihe army had never seen such a strange weapon. At first, they were shocked by the huge building car, and then they were burned terribly by the kerosene that touched it. Countless people howled and rolled in the fire, but they couldn't escape the bad luck of the flames. .

But what was even worse was that when everyone was panicking to get rid of the kerosene, countless Hu soldiers jumped out of the cars that were as high as the city wall, and occupied the key points of the city without any effort!

Soon, the towers that were originally used to fight against the enemies outside the city became a bunker for massacring the people in the city.The east and west gates were quickly opened, and countless horsemen rushed in, stomping on the streets of Donglai city, hacking and killing the defenders and civilians.

At this time, the aristocratic families gathered in Beicheng also sensed that the situation was wrong, and rushed into the city gate more violently.

Although the defenders of the north gate strictly followed the military orders, most of the troops were transferred to the remaining three cities to support them.

"Open the door! Open the city gate quickly! Donglai City is broken!"

In the chaos, someone shouted loudly.

"Hu people rushed in! Hu people rushed in!"

These two voices seemed to have activated the mechanism of urging death, making the already flustered crowd even more frightened.The original glamorous gentlemen beat their horses and whipped their whips one after another, rushing towards the city gate in a hurry, forgetting all their demeanor and manners, and only one thought remained in their minds:

—Going out of town!To escape from Donglai City!

Stampede, push, scream.

Just a short distance from the city gate has become the Huangquan Road that determines life and death. Some people have turned into pieces of meat under the hooves of horses before they can get close to the city gate, and stay in Donglai City forever.

In the end, it was the patriarch of the largest family in Donglai City who stepped forward, relying on a large number of followers and soldiers, forcibly suppressed the chaos at the north gate, and opened the north gate of Donglai City.

As soon as the door opened, a bloody wind rushed in.

At some point outside the door, several teams of barbarians were neatly lined up, not too many in number, but the steel knives and bones in their hands were still dripping blood.

At their feet, there were many corpses lying in disorder.Those are the defenders of Donglai City, dressed in the costumes of the Xihe King's Army, blood-stained on the battlefield, dying with regret.

One of them was dressed in silver armor and was surrounded by sturdy Hu Qi. Behind his back was a Xihu flag embroidered with a wolf's head, and the gray-white wolf's tail fluttered in the wind.

People with sharp eyes can recognize that this is the number one general under Zuo Guli's throne, Yehu Apiro, who is known as "Mozhihai Black Tiger". Many aristocratic families in the city changed their faces upon hearing the words.

He never expected that he opened the North City Gate with great difficulty, thinking that he could escape for the time being, but ended up bumping into the jackal who had been waiting outside early in the morning!

There was a sneer on Apiro's arrogant face, he didn't say much, he just waved his hand slightly, and countless sharp arrows aimed at the people inside the city gate.

"Leave none, kill!"

South City.

The three huge building cars were unstoppable, and soon the city wall was covered in flames.

If Ning Shaozi was on the spot, he would definitely recognize this huge building car as the "Lu Gong car" recorded in the history books.

Chang Yuchun, a general of the Ming Dynasty, once built a Lügong chariot to attack Yazhou.

The original Lügong chariot is a huge siege machine, as high as the city wall, with a built-in floor and a cowhide outer cover, and is driven by human or animal power.Once the car leans against the city wall, the soldiers hiding in the car can step over the tower as if walking on flat ground, without using other climbing tools, which is a sharp tool for climbing over the city wall.However, Lu Gongche is cumbersome, vulnerable to attack, and restricted by terrain, so the actual combat effect is not ideal.

The three cars under Donglai City are improved and strengthened versions, with strong wooden boards instead of cowhide, and the driving wooden wheels also use a simple linkage structure, which is very different from the Lvgong cars recorded in the history books.

This building car was carefully built by the Huolei Holy Witch for King Zuo Guli, and it shocked the audience as soon as it appeared.

It was originally planned to be used in the key battle to capture the old capital, but due to the gradual approach of the Feng family's black armor army, it had to be used in Donglai City in advance.

Now that it was brought out, King Zuoguli was also determined to win this battle.Seeing this incomparable behemoth opened the gate of Donglai City, his brows that had been frowning all the time suddenly relaxed.

Once the city gate is broken, Donglai City will be in hand.

After a night of bloody battle until dawn, the smoke in the city finally showed signs of dissipating.

Counting the damage after the battle, Hu Qi's casualties were not small, and one tenth of his manpower was lost in one battle, which was beyond King Zuo Guli's expectation.

He originally thought that as soon as the giant building truck came out, those weak businessmen would collapse and surrender.

After all, it was like this in Tongzi and Xinzhou before, like entering the land of no one, beheading wantonly, those aristocratic families have wealth, but they can't arouse blood and fighting spirit at all.

But this time, King Zuoguli miscalculated.

This time he met Yu Zhenglei, the direct descendant of the Yu family.Although this young man from a family hastily assumed the position of General of Hussars, he shouldered the title crowned on his head with all his strength.

After the Donglai City was broken, Yu Zhenglei fought and retreated, defending every step of the way, fought a street fight with the Xihu people, shot many arrows in his body without retreating, and finally fought and died for the country, which ruined the Yu family's reputation for loyalty and righteousness.

After Yu Zhenglei was killed in battle, the people of Donglai City and the remnants of the Xihe Army continued to resist.If Apiro hadn't brought people into the city from the north gate and formed an encirclement circle with the remaining three sides, Donglai City would not have fallen into the hands of King Zuoguli so quickly.

After the war, the Hu people dragged Yu Zhenglei's body to hang it on the city wall, but was stopped by King Zuoguli with a wave of his hand.

He took a deep look at the young general, shook his head, and finally ordered his subordinates to bury him generously.

Xihu people have always given respect to bloody and loyal warriors.

After seizing Donglai City, King Zuoguli did not rest in the city, leaving Apiro with a guard to guard the city, while he himself led an army to the old capital.

When the news spread to the old capital, the court was shaken.

Although it was heroic to fight and die for the country, the loss of the elite of the Xihe Army is also really bad news.Donglai City suffered a tragic defeat in the battle, but Sima Liang was in no mood to comfort the Yu clan who lost their beloved son, because the gate to the old capital had been completely opened, and it was only a matter of time before Hu Qi killed the city.

To go, to guard, there was a quarrel in the middle of the court.

Yu and Xie are the main combatants.Now there are [-] troops in the imperial court, and it may not be impossible to stick to it and wait for help.

What's more, the Black Armored Army of the Feng family has already marched south from Yongxiguan, and it will take a day to set off. With Feng Kai's bravery, as long as the old capital can withstand Hu Qi's onslaught for five days, when the frontier army rushes to help, they can cooperate from inside to outside and attack the left and right sides in one fell swoop. King Guli fought back.

The two families also thought very simply, both left and right had lost their family elites, if they could not keep the old capital, the symbol of the dynasty, and establish unshakable meritorious deeds in the defense of the city, the two families who were greatly weakened in the future would inevitably suffer losses.

But only the Yu and Xie families thought this way. Most of the families in the court were frightened by the tragedy of Donglai City early in the morning, and there were many people who advocated fleeing.

"Your Majesty, now that we are outnumbered, it is better to avoid the edge for now!"

In the court hall, an old official knelt down and wept.

"Even if you live in a corner, at least you can keep the clan's inheritance unbroken. Your Majesty is the royal legitimacy, why bother to burn everything and let the false king benefit?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Tiancheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, immediately stepped out of the squadron and knelt down, and respectfully gave a big gift to Emperor Zhengming, also crying.

"Your Majesty! The capital is well-defended and backed by natural dangers. There are currently [-] soldiers and horses in the court, and sufficient food and supplies. As long as it is properly deployed to defend the city for ten days, it is not a problem, why abandon it?!"

"Now that the situation is chaotic, how can there be a peaceful place in the world? The capital is a symbol of the state's dignity. If you give up so easily and flee without fighting, you will be able to recover the rivers and mountains one day. I am afraid that I will also fall into the trap of attracting people to talk about it." !"

Xie Tiancheng's words were as tactful as possible, but the anger of losing his beloved son still made him unable to restrain his sharpness. Hearing the old minister's face turn red and turn white, he was very uncomfortable.

Xie Tiancheng didn't even look at the other party, he took out the map of the capital from his sleeve, respectfully accepted it before Zhengming Emperor's case, and said with a bow.

"The Ministry of War has formulated a strategy for defending the city overnight, please read it, Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhengming's face sank like water, and he fixed his eyes on Tian Cheng for a while, then turned his eyes and stretched out his hand to get the map.

It was just that his fingers had just reached halfway, when the old official who had knelt down and cried bitterly clasped his head twice, and his voice suddenly increased by an octave, like a cuckoo weeping blood.

"His Majesty!"

He knelt and took a few steps, "The barbarians have created a new siege weapon. A building several feet high can easily climb over the city wall. If the 10,000+ people in Donglai City can't hold it, the capital city will not be spared either!"

"It's better to avoid it while it's still too late. Didn't Xie Shangshu say that Feng's family will arrive soon? That's just a delay for the Emperor, so that His Majesty can escape safely!"

Having said that, he paused and kowtowed again.

"If there is any more hesitation, it will still be too late!"

When he said this, Sima Liang's hand stretched out to the map stopped abruptly, he clenched his fist, and finally relaxed.

He was silent for a while and sighed deeply.Although he didn't make a decision on the spot, the courtiers of Yu Jie and the two factions were all terrified when they saw this, and then they were ashamed.

His Majesty was terrified by the barbarians' siege engines, and probably decided to abandon the defense and flee south.

As a result, the last great court meeting of the Zhengming Dynasty ended somewhat unclearly.

As soon as the chief servant announced his next court, all the courtiers fell silent like birds and beasts, and no one was going to the back to report.

Xie Tiancheng and Yu Zhenglan looked at each other, seeing deep helplessness and despair in each other's eyes.

Abandon the city and leave, flee without fighting.

I am afraid that this shameful label will be firmly attached to their followers of Sima Liang from now on, and generations will not be able to get rid of it.

In the reign of Emperor Zhengming, there was no imperial edict and jade seal for his establishment, so he was inherently deficient in decency.Now that he can't stand on the high position of the righteousness of the family and the country, even if he can escape the disaster of destroying the country this time, he may no longer be able to rule the world in the future.

Righteousness, righteousness, gaining wrongly and losing reputation is the final outcome.

It's a pity that they were separated from the two schools. After all, they misunderstood Sima Liang, a coward after all, and were moved by his righteous and humble attitude. Who knew that he turned out to be an unsupportable showman, not as good as the extravagant and tyrannical Sima Ye. Bloody.

That night, news came from the palace.

——In order to preserve the orthodoxy of the dynasty, Emperor Zhengming decided to move south.The minister of the Ministry of War, Xie Tiancheng, and the great Sima Yu Zhenglan stayed in the capital to mop up the emperor, and the rest of the courtiers followed to Zhaonan.

Along with the Emperor Jia, there were only 5 Xihe soldiers left in the city who went to Zhaonan. None of them were left for the Yu Jie family, and all of them were taken away.

In this way, the two great aristocratic families were left in the old capital, and Xie Tiancheng and Yu Zhenglan were so angry that they stopped talking about loyalty and morality, and directly ordered the family members and servants to pack up their belongings, leave overnight, and go to their hometown to guard their lives .

In just three days, the formerly prosperous old capital has become the most chaotic place in the world.

All the people in the city fled, regardless of the aristocratic family, and the carriages of the important ministers and princes were mixed in the flood-like crowd of refugees, scolding, pleading, helplessness, despair, negative emotions enveloped the whole city, and everyone's face was full of panic.

When fleeing for one's life, identity and status are unimportant, only the thought of leaving as soon as possible fills one's mind, the sooner the better, the earlier one is, the more chances of escape will be.

It's just that such an idea is naive.Three days later Zuoguli King Chen Bing went down to the old capital, unexpectedly did not encounter any resistance.

This is probably the most ridiculous scene in the history of the Ye Dynasty. The menacing barbarians rushed to the gate of the city. They thought they were going to launch a giant building cart and a trebuchet, but they punched cotton. There were no defenders in the city. It is easy to receive a prosperous and magnificent capital.

King Zuoguli sat on the throne of the main hall of the old capital, with the magnificent hall above his head, overlooking the white marble steps and his subordinates kneeling on the ground. Even the royal court far away in Ximozhihai could not create such luxury and magnificence. building.

Sitting in such a place, a feeling of contempt for the world naturally arises in my chest.

Is this what it feels like to be the emperor of the Central Plains?

"His Majesty."

The Holy Witch of Huolei stepped out from the side, bowed to King Zuogu Li, and changed his address automatically.

"Now that Sima Liang is escaping to the south, it is a good opportunity for our army to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Your Majesty is now holding the capital of Yechao, but only lacks a Jade Seal of the Kingdom. That treasure must have fled with Sima Liang. Why don't you go all out and call on the south to seize it?" The false emperors of the Ye Dynasty and the gods offered sacrifices."

The Huolei Holy Witch narrowed his eyes, a trace of hatred burst out in his eyes.

"In addition, since Your Majesty has already occupied Changzhou and Hengshou, the Xue family is useless. The Xue family has occupied the two cities for many years, and the relationship between the two cities is intricate. Longquan Jianfang and Changzhou Iron Mine are related to the supply of weapons for our army. It’s not the slightest bit. Since it’s useless, how about exterminating those Xue family members, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, and completely cutting off the businessman’s thoughts!”