Chapter 629 Internal strife

The six nobles led by the Xu family of Wei State, almost at the same time, and the private soldiers raised by each family rushed out with murderous intent. The Ming system led the nobles to fight. These nobles were all generals in the army for many years, and the private soldiers around them were the most elite soldiers.

The weapons and equipment are far beyond ordinary military soldiers. These people are veterans. After a little contact with each other, they will form a single force.

A group of people rushed to the city gate near the river, and most of the rest rushed towards the imperial city. There were no pedestrians on the road now. The wealthy and noble families built their own buildings to protect themselves, and the common people stayed in their doors, and there were only rogue bandits who wanted to take advantage of the situation. At this time, there were no places to hide.

The private soldiers and infantry of the noble family were mixed, and they had to be at a speed. Some people stopped them on the road and looked at some soldiers holding weapons. The first reaction was to kill them and not let them run away. How could these rogue bandits and lazy soldiers resist the elites who had been in the noble family for many years?

The only one who was killed seemed to be like cutting melons and cutting vegetables, and blood was flowing all over the ground.

Originally, the eunuchs in Nanjing were to raise fire as a call at night, and then the personal soldiers guarding near the palace would come out everywhere and attack him unprepared. However, they did not expect that when it was almost dark, the other party would take action first. First, the soldiers on the city wall saw some people running towards the imperial city in the distance.

Seeing that the dress was all the common people, the smoke and dust were rolling behind them, but it was a sign of cavalry coming. When I got in front of me, I saw clearly that the people running in front of me were rascals, and these people were so confused that they were chased by the nobles' personal soldiers and generals, and had nowhere to escape, so I could only run towards the imperial city.

The original purpose of those noble soldiers was the palace, which was equivalent to driving these rogue bandits from behind to rush over. Although they planned to send troops to the evening, their defense during the day was not so concerned. This was the palace and the imperial city. Who would have the courage to attack? As long as it was an attack, it would be a crime of treason, and everyone would be punished by it.

By this time, even the city gate was not closed. When the rascals saw that there was a way in front of them, they still had to care about what way they were and rushed over desperately.

Seeing the fierce private soldiers behind, the guards in the imperial city didn't know what was going on, so an officer immediately led the soldiers down and prepared to close the city gate.

The gates of the imperial city are all thick and huge, and it is very troublesome to close and open. The reason why it is open now is to prepare for the troops to be arrested at night. Who would have thought that it would become a loophole at this time? The rogue bandits with fast legs and feet have already rushed to the front of the door. The soldiers inside were rudely slashing and killing with swords and guns. Although the combat effectiveness of the rogue bandits is not worth mentioning, they also have weapons in their hands.

As soon as the two sides were crowded and fought, time delayed. The private soldiers of the Xu family of Wei Duke over there often quelled the bandits in Nanzhili and Shandong, fought with pirates on the beach. They had the most practical experience and were the strongest soldiers. Seeing the city gates crowded, they immediately knew how to do it.

The infantry retreated temporarily. Now eight horses lined up in two rows, crossing the Golden Bridge directly, shouting and rushed over side by side. Usually, even if the ministers of the aristocratic families rode on horseback, if they were investigated strictly, it would be a serious crime. But now they can't care about anything, and they just lined up eight horses.

The knights on the horse held a big gun in their hands, shouted in one after another, and rushed forward side by side. They were all veteran generals, and it took very little time to align the whole team. Four horses rushed up in rows, and the city gate opposite was still fighting. To be precise, it was slaughtering. Those rogues knew that the people behind them were going to kill them. They rushed into the imperial city and might have a chance to run inside, but there was no chance in front of them, and only swords and guns kept slashing and stabbing.

When I heard the sound of horse hooves behind me, I realized that I would not be able to run if I didn’t enter the door. If I jumped into the river or ran to other places, I would avoid the murderous intent behind me. I just ran with my heart and courage, only knew how to run forward and forgot everything else. It was too late at this time.

The soldiers guarding the city who were chopping and slaughtering inside the city gate immediately ignored the horses rushing behind and turned around and ran away. The city gate was not closed at all. With such a large space and such a vast road, how to block the impact of the cavalry? The rogue bandits stuck at the door were too late to turn around and were directly pierced by big guns. The horses behind followed and were trampled.

The Xu family of Wei has been guarding Jiangnan for generations, and the family has a complete training system and at least about 4,000 soldiers and generals. By this generation, after the prosecution case caused by the Beijing Commercial Regiment, Jiajing was very cautious about the nobles in various places. In order to avoid disaster, the contemporary Duke of Wei left these people in the business transactions in various places. However, the official title of the garrison in Nanjing was in place, and the generals must have personal soldiers and subordinates in their hands.

This was the result of two thousand people and more than one hundred horses. If the troops and horses in the former eunuchs fought against Duke Wei in Nanjing City, it would be a joke. At this time, the strength was different. If Duke Wei and other nobles wanted to think about things, they could only take advantage of the situation when they were not careful to take action to win.

However, since the palace gate is open, there is a lot of chance of victory. If the eunuchs in Nanjing close the palace gate and defend themselves and besiege the city, they can only attack the city without equipment. The troops mobilized by the aristocratic families in the city cannot reach such a high number of people, and they can be fought there.

But the gate of the imperial city is open, so many things are much simpler. The personal soldiers guarding the eunuchs also know that if the other party rushed in, they would be defeated.

After retreating into the city gate, more than a dozen people held large shield spears side by side, and the officers behind desperately gathered the soldiers to advance. The personal army guarding the eunuchs had already begun to shoot arrows, and the soldiers of the aristocratic families who rushed to the front had already fallen to the ground, but it was not so easy to block the hole as soon as the hole was opened.

The Xu family of Duke of Wei obviously had people who really understood the battle. They gathered the horses of various noble families and gathered about 300 horses. If you look closely, you can see that some saddles and bridles on horse skins were very expensive, and they were all taken out as war horses at this time.

The officers and soldiers guarding the imperial city had just formed a group and were immediately dispersed by the horse team and retreated constantly. The servants and private soldiers of various tribes from behind continued to pour in.

The same is true for the city gates everywhere. The soldiers guarding the city walls completely ignored the movements outside and fought against the inside. Some people directly surrendered obediently, looking at the direction of the imperial city in a mess, knowing that the situation is not a matter of control or not, they should surrender obediently to avoid being affected by war.

There was only the north gate, because there was the Huazhou fleet there, and the two thousand soldiers and horses in the hands of the Minister of War were stationed there to guard against the other side to attack the city there.

The generals who led the troops there watched the chaos in the city, knew that things were not good, but they did not dare to move lightly. They could only send some troops to the six ministries to rescue the Shangshu.

It seemed like a joke outside the city. The dozen Chinese soldiers who had fired dozens of shells took a bucket from the carriage behind them and sprinkled a white line on the ground. These actions made the people in the city confused and didn't know what they were doing.

Suddenly, a shrill sound of horns in the village sounded, and countless people emerged from it. What was even more surprising was that there were also animals of all sizes, including horses, cows, and even mules and donkeys. These animals were pulled with cannons and cannon trucks behind them. The animals were pushing them with force in front of them, and the people behind them pushed them.

Nearly fifty artillery pieces of different caliber were pushed up. So many people tried hard together, and the heavy artillery was moving very quickly. The Huazhou artillery, who had been shooting under the city, suddenly dispersed, and there was a person standing at every ten steps in the white line as a sign.

The artillery pushed up from behind were all stopped at the white line. Under the command of the soldiers standing there, the muzzle and direction were corrected. There were artillery and weapons to defend the city on the city, but they could not hit such a long distance. The officers guarding the city looked at the cannons below and were completely cold. The soldiers on the city and under the city looked at the chaos in the city, and then looked at the cannons outside the city. They were all in vain and didn't know what to do.

The following actions are not as scattered as during the day. Huazhou artillery used practical actions to show the people in the city why the Huazhou army was invincible.

The various actions of setting up guns, calibrating, and loading ammunition were done quickly and accurately. Every time they were completed, a person shouted. More than fifty guns were reported quickly, and an officer shouted loudly there.

The fifty guns fired together, and the directions were already corrected in advance. The places that were aimed at were weak places like the city gate. The largest caliber cannons were only ten twelve-listed naval cannons, and the smallest one was three-pound cannon.

Although the city gate is weak, the defense party has long been filled with earth and rocks, and there is a urn inside. The power of such artillery shells is impossible to break the city.

But the momentum was too huge. All the sounds in the noisy Nanjing city were suppressed by the shelling. The Nanjing city wall seemed to tremble. The soldiers guarding the city gate were lying on the city wall and on the ground, chanting Buddha's name in their hearts.
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