roccoschili Chapter 394 Those who surrender will not be killed!
Chapter 394 Those who surrender will not be killed!
Shen Meng and Luo Zhixiang finally realized something was wrong.
There were about 30,000 to 40,000 fewer troops under the city, and Li Jiren suddenly disappeared.
"Not good, it must be that the Crown Prince of Beiji led a part of his army to attack the North City."
Yu Chun gave a sarcastic smile from an angle that no one else could see.
There are secret guards from Prince Lin’s Mansion and several Saker Falcons that have become spirits in Luo City.
When Empress Dowager Chen discovered something was wrong, she immediately took advantage of the situation.
Today, it turns out that it is just as the Empress Dowager expected. Li Zhaoying was pretending to build a plank road but secretly attacking Chencang.
Yu Chun brought the hostages to confront Li Zhaoying, which was to create an opportunity for the other party to cause chaos and let Li Jiren lead his men to the north gate.
From the very beginning, the Empress Dowager knew that these people on the city wall could only make Li Zhaoying feel fearful and would not let him give in.
Only by capturing his son can Li Zhaoying be forced to retreat.
On the surface, because the Beiji army stayed at the South Gate, almost all the troops in Luo City were transferred to the South Gate, leaving only 50,000 people at the North Gate.
But in fact, the 300,000 most elite troops near the imperial city all went to the north gate.
In addition, of the 100,000 guards, 10,000 went to the South Gate as a show, 40,000 guarded the palace, and the remaining 50,000 all went to the North Gate.
As long as Li Jiren reaches the north gate, he will be able to enter the city quickly, but once he enters the city, they will be able to catch him in the trap.
No matter how skilled Li Jiren was in martial arts, he could not escape unscathed from the attack of 350,000 soldiers and a hundred secret guards.
Yu Chun thought proudly, then raised his hand: "Stop making trouble!"
After a long while, the noisy city wall finally quieted down.
Li Zhaoying and Li Jixin breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that although several people were injured on the city wall, no one died.
"Sixth Grandpa, Seventh Uncle, are you okay?"
Prince Cheng panted heavily: "It's okay, you little bastards! Shen Meng, the Imperial Guards are the Imperial Guards of my Li family. You are just a thug for the remnants of Nanlai, bah!"
Shen Meng's face turned red and he was speechless.
Yu Chun shouted, "Prince Cheng, you keep saying that the emperor is from Nanlai. What evidence do you have? The birthmark on the emperor's body has been confirmed to be from the Chen family."
Li Jixin sneered: "From the Chen family? I have found the old servant who used to serve Chen Hao, and also found Chen Hao's biological brother Chen Ming. Neither Chen Hao nor Chen Ming has a birthmark."
Chen Hao is the father of Chen Su and Chen Xinrong. In order to protect the people of a city, he surrendered to Emperor Yongle and committed suicide a few years later.
Yu Chun's face froze for a moment, but she still fought back, "I can still find a witness to prove that Lord Chen does have the same birthmark as the emperor."
Both of them were trying to delay the conversation, and for a while they engaged in a heated argument...
The north gate of Luo City is indeed under siege at this moment.
Li Jiren's 30,000 troops quickly broke into the city despite the defenders' deliberate surrender.
The general defending the city was Lin Pingyuan's son Lin Tunan.
At this moment, he stared fiercely at Li Jiren, who was two years younger than him, and wished he could kill him immediately to avenge his father.
Unfortunately, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager only allowed him to capture Li Jiren alive to threaten Li Zhaoying and Li Jixin.
Lin Tuanan stared at Li Jiren and clenched the knife in his hand, ready to catch him. He would definitely cripple this man's kung fu first.
Thirty thousand troops from the Northern Ji State entered the city.
A group of people with strange movements all rushed towards Li Jiren, and the personal guards around Li Jiren immediately went to meet them.
Lin Tunan shouted with a bloodthirsty smile: "Close the city gates!"
Li Jiren shouted to the army in front: "Kill!"
He acted too calmly, and Lin Tuanan always felt something was wrong.
Outside the city, a young man's clear voice rang out: "Charge!"
Lin Tuanan looked at the huge army outside the city and immediately realized that they had fallen into a trap.
Lu Changping led an army of 200,000 and rushed into the city before the north gate was closed.
This is a duel without any suspense.
The 230,000-strong army of the Northern Ji State quickly captured Luo City and surrounded the imperial palace.
Lin Tunan rode his horse like crazy towards the South City Gate, unaware that Li Jiren had deliberately let him go...
Yu Chun, Shen Meng, Luo Zhixiang and others did not dare to believe Lin Tuanan's words at all. How could Li Jiren occupy the north gate and attack the imperial city in just half a day?
"General Luo, Commander Shen, Li Jiren has killed all military officers above the rank of Colonel. Of the 300,000 defenders and 50,000 imperial guards, 30,000 have perished. The rest have all surrendered. There is no time to hesitate! Return to the king's aid!"
The panic in Yu Chun's eyes could no longer be concealed.
A Saker Falcon fell into Li Jixin's hand, making the boy's overly handsome face look even more heroic.
"Hahaha, you're worthy of being my big brother! Everyone in the city, listen up! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The Northern Ji army shouted in unison: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The sound was deafening, causing panic among the Luocheng army.
Several more fast horses came running over: "Shen Meng, Aunt Yuchun, Li Jiren is about to break through the palace, quickly return to the palace to protect the emperor and the empress dowager."
Yu Chun knew they had been tricked, so she swung her sword and slashed at King Cheng: "Kill, kill them all!"
Li Zhaoying and Li Jixin both flew towards the city wall.
Ziying, who was hiding in the dark, made a gesture, and more than thirty secret guards from Prince Lin's mansion rushed towards the city wall, stepping on the soldiers' heads.
There was chaos on the city wall again.
Li Jixin shouted: "Attack the city!"
The secret guards around Li Zhaoying and Li Jixin followed closely behind, climbing up the city wall with the help of ladders, and while protecting their relatives and court officials, they fought with the imperial guards.
Yu Chun's eyes were red, but he didn't dare to waste any more time.
"Shen Meng, bring the imperial guards with me back to the palace to protect the emperor. Luo Zhixiang, if you can't hold the city gate, your family will be buried with you!"
After she finished speaking, she led her men and quickly ran towards the palace.
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Arrows flew everywhere from the city walls.
Lu Liang, Zhao Xingwu, and Yang Li protected Han Qingyun, Lu Yanyan, Lu Youtian, and others and hid them in a safe place.
Two hours later, the South Gate was breached.
All the generals above the rank of captain were killed, and the weapons of the ordinary soldiers were confiscated and they were tied up.
Shang Chenggong and others stayed at the city gate to deal with the aftermath, while Han Qingyun was responsible for comforting the frightened relatives and Dayu officials.
Li Zhaoying and Li Jixin brought their personal guards and cavalry to meet Li Jiren and Lu Changping.
Empress Dowager Chen guessed correctly. Emperor Ji Lin was indeed repairing the plank road in public while secretly attacking Chencang. However, the Chencang he was secretly attacking was not the north gate where Li Jiren led 30,000 troops.
In the Wuping County incident, the reason why the Beirong people were able to collude with Zhao Qihua and successfully arrive in Wuping County was because their numbers were scattered and they met at Wangyue Villa one after another.
When Li Jiren recaptured Pingyao Prefecture and prepared to march south, he ordered his men to follow suit and sent an army of 200,000 through Beiming Prefecture and Guanzhong Prefecture and finally gathered at the border between Dongyang Prefecture and Luocheng.
Last year, when Li Jixin, Han Qingyun, Lu Yanyan and his party went to Minzhou Prefecture to rescue Gao Siwei, they were already preparing for this day when they passed through Dongyang Prefecture.
Officials from all levels of Dongyang Prefecture had a good relationship with Gao Siwei. The prefect of Dongyang Prefecture had once received great favors from the Qi family of Guanzhong Prefecture and was also an old friend of Li Zhaoying.
There is a villa on the border of Dongyang Prefecture that is much larger than Wangyue Villa, and the Qi family has sent people to take care of it.
The news received in the capital was that Li Jiren took 600,000 troops from Pingyao Prefecture and marched south. Every time he passed through a city, he left 50,000 troops to appease the local people. Only 400,000 troops arrived in Luocheng.
In fact, these 200,000 people were already led to Dongyang Prefecture by Qi Ming, the mighty general of the Northern Ji Kingdom, when they set out...