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Chapter 492: The Capital in Danger
Screams continued from the capital city walls.
There was also endless wailing under the city wall, like a hell on earth, which was frightening.
The shooting of archers and the bombardment of trebuchets would take away many soldiers from both sides every time.
Wanyan Lie and the other three were riding on their horses and looking at the situation on the city wall from a distance. They didn't show any signs of heartache when they saw the soldiers who had suffered heavy losses.
"Send the order, the first one to attack the city wall will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver and ten beauties. Those who have officials will be promoted, and those who have no officials will be promoted to nobility."
The three vassal kings all mentioned rewards to encourage the morale of their own camps.
Suddenly the pace of the rebels' attack on the city became more intense, and they rushed forward desperately. If one of the rebels carrying the siege ladder fell down, another one would immediately take over and continue the charge.
The principle that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward was vividly reflected at this moment.
Isn't it that the purpose of being a soldier and eating food is to get promoted to a higher position, and to have a group of wives and concubines? In order to get these rewards, the rebels didn't care at all about the dense rain of arrows on the city.
"Your Majesty, I beg you, please leave the city."
The old master and a group of ministers looked at the empress who was standing on the tower watching the battle, crying and begging the empress to leave the city for refuge.
"Your Majesty, what the Grand Master said makes sense. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. After your Majesty leaves the city, you can gather your old troops and make a comeback. If you are really captured by the rebels, the Kingdom of Jin will be over. Your Majesty, please think twice."
"Your Majesty, the situation is not as good as the people now. Leaving the city is the best plan. If you don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late."
The Queen looked at the ministers with a gloomy expression: "I'm gone, what will happen to the people in the city and the soldiers guarding the city? They sacrificed their lives and blood for the Wanyan family, but I abandoned the city and fled in order to survive, and to the people in the city, under my command I don't care about the generals, how can I have the face to meet the ancestors under the Nine Springs?"
The sounds of attacks and killings under the city wall became more intense. The faces of all the ministers were extremely pale and their bodies were shaking like chaff.
The minister who had previously solemnly said that he would live and die with the city was also distracted and panicked.
It is human nature, and there are only a few people in the world who can truly face life and death without changing their expressions.
The Queen gently pulled out the sword from her waist: "My dear friends, if you want to escape from the city, just go on your own. I will never stop you. You can leave but I can't. If I leave, the soldiers guarding the city will feel sad. Collapsed, with no fighting spirit, I cannot let these loyal and brave soldiers down."
The Queen walked down the tower without looking back, leaving a group of ministers looking at each other.
"Hui'er, send a message to Liu Mingzhi. If...if the city is broken, let him take the Dalong envoy and the remaining Xiong Shang army to escape. Don't resist in vain. It will be in vain. Lost his life.”
Hui'er looked serene: "Your Majesty!"
"This is an imperial edict, no need to say more."
Hui'er looked at the determined Queen with rosy eyes and nodded: "I obey the decree."
Then quickly retreated.
The queen was fully armored and walked toward the city where arrows were flying with a long sword in her hand. The sword in her hand flew back and forth, cutting off many arrows.
"General, the arrows are about to be exhausted."
"Pour the golden juice, use thunder, stone and rolling wood to greet these thieves fiercely. What's the use?"
"General, there are not many stones left in the catapult."
"Tear down the city bricks on the inside of the city wall and replace them, make the best use of them, and we must not let these thieves climb the city wall."
Yeluhu's hysterical voice echoed above the city wall.
"Rush..."
The sounds of galloping war horses and loud shouts made the somber battlefield even more gloomy.
The Queen looked overjoyed as she looked at the golden cavalry rushing in from the southwest: "Great, I thought General Jin had died together with the people of the Turkic Royal Court."
The arrival of 10,000 Jinwu guards caught the rebels who were bent on attacking the city off guard, and they were cut in half by a saber when they were stunned.
Yeluhu yelled with a hoarse voice: "Brothers, reinforcements are coming, hold on."
The arrival of 10,000 cavalry boosted the morale of the defenders above the city. They were full of strength. The swords in their hands fiercely greeted the rebel ladders that had begun to touch the city.
"Your Majesty, why are you here? It's dangerous at the top of the city. Get to the top of the city tower quickly."
Yeluhu finally discovered the queen's figure.
The Queen shook her head lightly: "General Yelu, there is a shortage of men at the top of the city. I, an eighth-grade man of strength, can always take the place of fifty soldiers. You can give the order. I don't know anything about defending the city, so I have full authority to obey your command."
"Your Majesty, how dare I..."
"General Yelu, when it comes to the success or failure of the country, don't care about worldly opinions. Give me... give me orders."
Yeluhu hesitated for a while and gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty...General Wanyan, listen to your order."
"The end will be here."
"You lead a thousand soldiers to guard the west side of the south gate, where there are the most siege ladders. Use your sword energy to cut off the siege ladders and not allow the rebels to climb the city wall."
"It's an order."
The Queen rushed towards the place Yeluhu said without any hesitation, without the slightest sense of fear.
Just by looking at the Queen's unconventional and decisive nature, it can be seen that the gradual growth of the Kingdom of Jin over the years is no accident.
"Prince, stop chasing. Supporting the capital is the most important thing."
Yan Yu waved her riding whip to stop Hu Yanyu, who had blood-red eyes.
Hu Yanyu took a few deep breaths to calm down the anger in his heart. Looking at the countless corpses of Turkic cavalry and countless neighing horses on the open terrain ten miles away from the capital of the Jin Kingdom, he inserted the scimitar in his hand into the scabbard on his back.
Yan Yu looked at Hu Yanyu who finally returned to normal and breathed a sigh of relief: "Prince, the people in the Spieth Royal Court are already lost dogs. Don't pursue them if they are poor. Let's take it as a day to recover some interest for the death of our mother."
Hu Yanyu nodded lightly: "I understand, please support the capital."
Yan Yu began to give orders to the commanders around him: "Commander Shi Sizhe led three thousand people to clean the battlefield and collect the intact horses."
"It's an order."
"Bulhan Na listens to the order."
"My subordinate is here."
"Lead 30,000 cavalry to directly attack the south gate of the Jin capital, and outflank the rebel rear army with the rear wing."
"It's an order."
"Prince, let's lead the rest of the people back to the north gate of the capital, and join our sister...His Majesty Jin Emperor to defend the city."
Hu Yanyu nodded lightly: "Just give your orders."
The 50,000 cavalrymen of the Huyan tribe began to gallop towards the capital and began to provide support.
The generals of the Turkic Royal Court of Spisi, Spisi and Tai, who had previously flaunted their power in the Jin rebel camp, now began to flee northwest on horseback in disheveled clothes.
Behind them were more than 3,000 cavalrymen from the Royal Court of Spieth, who were also panic-stricken, as if there were devils following them.
"General, we are not chasing you. The enemy is not chasing us."
A scout rode a sweaty horse and quickly kept up with Spieth and Tai.
Spieth and Tai slowly grabbed the reins of their horses and panted heavily. The more than 3,000 cavalrymen behind them also began to stop.
"This pair of cavalrymen are from that tribe. They dare to be enemies of the Royal Court of Spieth. They must pay the price for what they have done."
There are only 3,000 soldiers left out of 20,000. It is not clear what happened to the cavalry that went to block Jin Kingdom's reinforcements in southern Xinjiang. Spies and Tai simply cannot afford such a huge loss.
"I don't know. They are very cunning. They put away the tribe's flag, so they can't be recognized at all. But from the accent, they should be from the tribe in the eastern part of the grassland."
"Cha, if I don't avenge this, I swear I won't be a human being."
