Zhao Cai was so frightened that he turned around and ran towards the city. At this time, Wang Huan had already drilled out of the hole and was fighting with the Jingzhou army.
Ding Yi ran into the cave. The cave was only seven feet high and could accommodate three people walking side by side. Ding Yi bent over and ran forward quickly, with gravel falling from time to time above his head.
The further you go, the smaller the entrance to the cave becomes, and you can only turn sideways when entering the city. When Ding Yi squeezed out of the cave, he saw Wang Huan being knocked down by Zhao Cai with a shot.
Ding Yi shouted loudly and raised his stick to hit Zhao Cai. Zhao and Cai exchanged spears. Unexpectedly, Ding Hao was extremely powerful and the stick as thick as a duck egg in his hand was actually made of refined iron.
The iron rod swept over the barrel of the gun,
The gun barrel was broken with a "click". Zhao Cai reacted quickly, jumped back, broke the gun with his hand and threw it at Ding Yi.
The soldiers beside him hurriedly stepped forward to protect him, but Ding Yi ignored the stabbing swords and spears. The iron bars danced like mountains of sticks, and all the swords and spears flew away when they touched him.
Zhao Cai changed his iron sword and saw that Ding Hao was as brave as a tiger. He did not rush forward to fight, but ordered archers to come forward.
Ding Yi heard Zhao Cai's order to mobilize archers, swept away the soldiers blocking the ground in front of him, and rushed towards Zhao Cai.
Zhao Cai knew that if the hole was not blocked in time, the imperial troops and horses would continue to pour in, and the inner city of Jiangling would not be able to be defended.
The stick was struck on the head by the strong wind. Zhao Cai did not dare to use the knife to fight hard. He turned the blade sideways and placed it on the stick. He stepped forward and slashed Ding Hao's hand with the steel knife along the stick.
Ding Yi shook the stick, flicked the steel knife away, and stabbed Zhao Cai's chest with the stick in his right hand. Zhao Cai knocked the iron rod away with the back of his knife.
The iron rod took advantage of the momentum and swiped to the left. The Jingzhou Army in front had experienced the power of the iron rod. Many people's mouths were shattered and they all moved back to avoid the edge of the iron rod.
The officers and soldiers continuously poured out from the entrance of the cave to join the battle. In a moment, they formed an arc formation in front of the entrance of the cave to block the Jingzhou army from outside.
At this time, the archers rushed over and fired a dense rain of arrows at the imperial officers. The imperial officers did not hold shields and had to use their weapons to shoot the arrows. From time to time, some people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Ding Yi was entangled by Zhao Cai. Seeing that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, he roared angrily. Seeing Zhao Cai attack him, he turned around slightly but fought back with his stick.
The knife struck the leather armor on Ding Ao's chest first, and the armor pieces flew away, leaving a half-foot-long gash in his chest. Zhao Cai defended the city for a long time in the afternoon and fought fiercely. The strength in his hands was far less than usual. Seeing that the blade only left a small wound on Ding Ao's chest, he secretly thought something was wrong and hurriedly stepped back.
The tip of the stick had hit Zhao Cai's lower abdomen heavily. Zhao Cai was unable to resist and staggered back. His stomach felt like a river was overturning, and he was extremely uncomfortable.
Ding Hao was not willing to let go. He raised his stick and struck Zhao Cai in the chest.
There was a muffled "pop" sound, and Zhao Cai's chest was dented several inches by the iron rod. He was swept up into the air, blood spurted from his mouth, and he fell to the ground unable to struggle.
Ding Hao stepped forward with a grin, smashed Zhao Cai's head with a stick, and then rushed towards the archer like a vicious wolf, driving away the archer with three strikes.
Behind him, more than a hundred imperial soldiers and horses poured into the city. At this time, Zhao Hui, Zhu Xianzhi, Mao Xiuzhi and others came from everywhere.
Outside the city, the war drums sounded again, and Liu Yu led the imperial troops to launch an attack overnight. More and more officers and soldiers entered the inner city from the cave. Ding Yi commanded the soldiers and horses to gradually move towards the city gate. Killing sounds rang out on the city wall, and the imperial soldiers and horses had already climbed to the top of the city.
Seeing the Jin general leading his troops to the east city gate, Zhao Hui and others knew that the situation was over and led their troops to withdraw towards the governor's mansion.
Zhao Hui led his soldiers into the houses on both sides and fired cold arrows at the court soldiers and horses from inside the house from time to time. Zhu Xianzhi went straight to the lobby to see Liu Yi.
Liu Yi, wearing iron armor and holding a sword, was rushing out with his men. When Zhu Xianzhi arrived, he said: "My lord, the east gate has been broken. Leave quickly."
"I want to fight Liu Jinu to the death, and I'm not going anywhere." Liu Yi said with red eyes, waving his sword.
Zhu Xianzhi glanced around and saw Liu Sumin leading the horse to leave the government office. He stepped forward and grabbed the reins.
Liu Sumin said anxiously: "General Zhu, this is my servant's horse." Zhu Xianzhi shouted angrily: "Your father is in danger. If he dies, where can you escape to?" He led the horse to Liu Yi and did not allow Liu Yi to be separated. Yi Dou got on his horse and fled towards Beicheng behind him.
Mao Xiuzhi had a close relationship with Jingzhou Farewell Xie Chun. He led people to find Xie Chun and asked Xie Chun to escape from the city with him.
Xie Chun said calmly: "I'm going to leave Jingzhou. If Liu Taiwei wants to be punished, he can only accept his fate. Respectfully, you can go and I can live my destiny." After that, he took the book from the case and placed it under the lamp. Look down and don't bother to talk to Xiuzhi anymore.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Mao Xiuzhi had no choice but to turn around and leave. The east gate of Jincheng opened, and the imperial soldiers and horses poured in like a tide. Zhao Hui led the soldiers and horses to fight in the streets, and the shouts of killing rang out all night long.
In the end, Zhao Hui saw that he was unable to save the defeat and ordered the city to be set on fire, turning the inner city into a sea of flames. At Chen time, the flames in the inner city were gradually extinguished, and all the grain, grass and baggage stored by Liu Yi were burned.
Looking at the dark inner city, soldiers carrying burnt corpses passed by from time to time. Liu Yu didn't feel much joy in winning. Liu Yi left him a mess.
Knowing that Liu Yi had escaped from the north gate with dozens of people, Liu Yu sent General Ning Shuo Zang Xi to search for him. At this time, Liu Yi was already a fish in the net and could not escape from his grasp.
At noon, Longxiang General Mao Xiuzhi led his army to surrender. Mao Xiuzhi once served under Liu Yu. Although Mao Xiuzhi followed Liu Yi's command to fight against the imperial troops, Liu Yu did not blame him and asked him to help appease the Jingzhou troops.
At the time of filing, Zang Xi took Liu Yi's body and returned the report. Liu Yi fled last night to Niu Mu Temple, twenty miles north of Jiangling, and tried to stay. There was a monk hiding in the temple, Huan Wei, who was discovered by Liu Yi and killed. The monk was afraid that the same thing would happen again and refused to stay overnight, so Liu Yi had to hide in the temple. In the edge forest.
At Chen time, Zang Xi led his pursuers to arrive. Zhu Xianzhi, Xi Sengshi and others fought against him and died one after another. Liu Yi was so disillusioned that he hanged himself. Zang Xi captured his nephew who fled with Liu Yi and brought him back to Jiangling with Liu Yi's body.
Liu Yu resented Liu Yi for burning Jiangling's grain reserves, and ordered Liu Yi's body to be dragged to the market and beheaded in public, and his sons and nephews were killed together.
An army of 40,000 captured Jiangling and lost nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses. In Jingzhou, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were killed. About 7,000 were killed in the battle, and more than 3,000 escaped. The rest returned to the imperial court, but their military strength increased.
However, Jingzhou's food, grass and baggage were almost completely burned, leaving only more than 300 naval warships. Jiangling was short of food, so Liu Yu urgently ordered Xiakou and Jiankang to transfer food to the west.
There were many aftermaths, the official offices in the inner city were burned down, Huang Wu gave up the houses in the outer city, and Liu Yu issued orders in the Huang Mansion to appease Jingzhou.
Seizing Jiangling is only Liu Yu's initial plan. Liu Yu has not yet made a final decision whether to pacify Qiaoshu or go north to Xiangyang.
......... Dingcheng, Yao Yu was persuaded by Yao Yu to lead 6,000 soldiers and horses from An Luan to defend the city. Zhao Xuan divided 3,000 troops to defend Zheng County, and he led Yao Yu, Yan Hui, Yang Qian and others to lead 5,000 troops. Ma went to Chang'an to wait for the opportunity.
In Chang'an City, Yao Bi received a secret letter from Yao Man and learned that the fourth brother would arrive outside Chang'an City on February 8, so he immediately summoned Yao Min and others for a secret discussion.
On February 6, Yao Min went to the palace to see Yao Xing and presented him with the elixir given by the eminent monks from the Western Regions. After taking it, Yao Xing felt energetic and his condition seemed to be improving. Yao Min then asked the emperor to invite the eminent monks to come to the palace to pray for blessings. Yao Xing did so and ordered the prince to come out. The palace went to Nanyang Gongfu to meet the eminent monk.
At Haishi, Yao Hong learned from Yao Shao that tomorrow Yao Bi, Yao Min and others would kidnap him when he went to Nanyang Duke's Mansion, forcing his father to issue an order to abolish the crown prince and make Yao Bi the prince to supervise the country.
Yao Shao suggested: "Your Highness, strike first to gain strength. Why not send troops overnight to capture Yao Bi and Yao Min, and then report to the emperor the conspiracy of Yao Bi and his party, and ask your Majesty to kill Yao Bi and others." Yao Hong shook his head and said: "If Gu Ruo takes action first, his crime will not be revealed, but he will easily be counterattacked by his party. It is better to lure the snake out of its hole and wait for him to lead his army to attack the imperial city before capturing him. By then, my father will have nothing to say." The next day, Yao Bi With 600 soldiers lurking in Yao Min's Nanyang Duke's mansion, plus Yao Min's original tribe of 800 people, the Nanyang Duke's mansion set up a dragnet and waited for the arrival of the prince Yao Hong.
Chen hour has passed, and the prince should have arrived long ago, but the prince's ceremonial guard has still not arrived. Yao Bi and Yao Min were suspicious, thinking that the plot had been exposed, so they simply gathered their troops and marched to the palace, claiming along the way that the prince had killed the emperor and intended to usurp the throne.
Yao Bi and others led their troops to the end gate of the imperial city. The gate was closed tightly, and the towers were filled with soldiers holding bows.
Yao Bi sent Yao Wubo forward to shout, claiming that he was ordered to attack the crown prince Yao Hong, and secretly waited for Yao Shaoli to cooperate with the outside world.
In the council hall, Yao Hong summoned the civil and military officials in the imperial city to announce Yao Bi's rebellion. Dou Wen, Yin Chong and others defended Yao Bi, believing that Yao Bi was deceived by traitors and did wrong things in impulse, so he ordered someone to go and declare the decree. Please ask Yao Bi and others to come into the discussion hall to explain clearly.
Yao Hong sneered in his heart and said: "In that case, I'd like to trouble Duke Dongping to go and announce the decree, ordering Yao Bi and others to retreat first, and then enter the palace to defend themselves." Dou Wen, Yin Yuan and others were overjoyed that Duke Dongping Yao Shao was one of their own , if he goes to Duanmen, he will definitely open the palace door and let Yao Bi's army enter, and the big thing will be accomplished.
After lighting a stick of incense, Yao Shao appeared expressionlessly on the Duanmen Gate Tower and read out Prince Yao Hong's decree to allow the armies to return, and invited Duke Guangping and Duke Nanyang to enter the palace on hanging baskets to defend themselves.
Yao Bi pointed at Yao Shao on the tower and cursed,
"Traitors who harm the country will die without a burial place." He ordered the Duanmen Gate to be set on fire and then entered the palace. In Xianyang Palace, the sound of horns and war drums alarmed Yao Xing, who was in a daze. He asked his attendants what happened, where did the sound of war drums come from, and had the Jin army attacked the city?
The attendant beside Yao Xing has been replaced by Yao Hong as his confidant. After hearing this, it was reported that Duke Guangping and Duke Nanyang led their troops to attack the palace city to snatch the crown prince's position.
Yao Xing was so angry that his eyes were filled with stars. Yao Bi's fight for the throne had his acquiescence and connivance. But now that the Jin army was approaching the city, the disciples still wanted to fight for the throne. Could it be that they thought they would die not soon enough.
He ordered his attendants to take two elixirs and take them. Yao Xing felt a little more energetic. Under the service of the maid, he dressed neatly and asked four attendants to carry the sedan to the consultation hall.
Yao Hong got the notice early and led the civil and military forces out of the hall to kneel down to greet him. Yao Xing did not enter and asked Yao Hong and Wen Wu to follow him to Duanmen.
Arriving at the city gate, Yao Hong helped Yao Xing to show up. The army saw the emperor appearing, and the rumor that the prince killed the emperor was self-defeating.
Yao Xing was so prestigious that when the three armies saw the emperor, they all abandoned their weapons and knelt on the ground. Seeing this, Yao Bi and others knew that the situation was over, so they had to dismount and kneel.
Yao Xingqiang gathered his energy and ordered Yao Bi and others to be imprisoned, and then they were carried back to the palace. Liang Xi, Ren Qian, Yin Zhao and others went to court one after another, demanding that Yao Bi, Yao Min and their party members be killed.
While the memorials were being collected, Yao Xing sent someone to summon Yao Hong into his palace. After a few words of comfort, he hinted that Yao Hong would come forward to protect Yao Bi and let Yao Bi go to Lantian to lead his army and perform meritorious service.
Yao Hong was very disappointed, so he could only agree and went back to the consultation hall to discuss with Yao Shao, Liang Xi and others. Wang Zhou, the Supervisor of the Zhongshu, sighed: "Your Majesty was deceived by Duke Guangping and insisted on preserving his life. It is difficult for us to go against your will." Liang Xi said: "Even if we cannot kill Duke Guangping, we must not allow him to return to Lantian to lead the army. Dou Wen and Yin Yuan, Wang Bi and other feathers must not be let go, and they must be severely punished." On February 8, after Yao Xing took the medicine, he came to the consultation hall and summoned the ministers to discuss matters.
Yao Xing scolded Yao Bi for being stupid, for listening to the villain's lies, and for daring to lead an army to attack the imperial city. This was an unforgivable crime and he must be severely punished.
Yao Hong cried bitterly and asked Yao Xing to forgive his brother. Yao Xing was very moved and said to Shangshu's right servant, She Liang Xi: "The prince has a peaceful mind and a less jealous nature. He has the ability to support the virtuous people and protect the brothers. I am very pleased." He was about to go down the slope to summon Yao Bi and others. He went to the palace to scold him and ordered him to pay a small salary. The attendants outside the palace rushed inside to start the memorial. Chen Liugong led his army to the east gate to ask the Qing monarch to quell the civil strife.
"Rebellious son", Yao Xing stood up violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes, and fell heavily to the ground.
Note: Duanmen, the south gate of the imperial city.
