Chapter 24： King's Capital Restoration War II

On both sides of the north gate of Jingyao Fort, the wall climbing ladders on the siege vehicles were built on the city wall. While climbing up desperately, the soldiers of the royal army held up their shields to defend against the arrows and hot oil thrown by the rebels. Even boiled dung juice. Some siege vehicles drenched in hot oil were ignited by the rebels with rockets, and the fire quickly engulfed the siege vehicles. The soldiers who were on fire had to jump directly from the upper floor. There were also many unfortunate soldiers who did not escape, and their flesh was burnt. The smell is everywhere.

The first group of royal soldiers wore thick armor, held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and blocked the rebel soldiers' knives and axes with all their strength. With a breakthrough.

For a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere on the city wall.

By noon, both the offensive and defensive sides were exhausted. Duke Walker ordered the attack to be suspended, and the rebels took the opportunity to rectify and rest.

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In a private house near the North City Gate, several people sat in the living room with sad faces.

"How many people were lost in the morning?" Hals, the former city guard commander and now the rebel leader, asked wearily.

"About 400 old brothers..." one of his subordinates replied cautiously.

Hals touched his forehead weakly. As for the loss of the forced militiamen, he didn't bother to ask.

At this moment, Hals felt remorse, annoyance, fear, and various emotions lingering in his mind repeatedly. Besieged in the isolated city, the expected reinforcements have not arrived, and King Qin's army knows that it is constantly converging nearby without even thinking about it.

He cursed viciously: "Damn Giles! Go to hell!"

On weekdays, he pretended to be a loyal dog of the royal family. In fact, he had been secretly communicating with Giles. Because he had always been cautious, he had never leaked his feet, and he still firmly occupied the position of the commander of the city guard. This time the eldest princess led an army expedition to the highlands, Giles finally couldn't restrain his ambition, took the opportunity to rebel, and sent someone to inform him to respond before the princess's army returned.

I refused at first, your Giles army is still far away, isn't it courting death for me to cause trouble in the capital?

But later the contact person said that the Duke of Dodge in the south had fallen to Giles, and the biggest obstacle for the army to go north had been cleared, and the other small lords had nothing to worry about, and even promised him to grant him the title of earl once the matter was accomplished. I wanted to make a great contribution when my head was hot. If I didn't respond until Giles's army ran to the gate of the capital city, wouldn't it make him look down on himself? If he controlled Jingyao first and captured the king, this credit Definitely outshine anyone in Giles' camp.

Then he reversed himself, except that he didn't catch the king, everything else went well. The command system of the City Guard Army has been cleaned up, the disobedient officers were killed and shut down, and the entire army was under his control. After imprisoning a group of ministers in the palace and killing a few thorns, the nobles who are now staying in the capital neither clearly oppose him nor support him clearly. Forget it, wait for Giles to come and clean up the gang himself It's just grass on the wall. There are also many nobles who ran away during the chaotic moment when the army was raised, he didn't care, let them run to make trouble for Her Royal Highness, as long as they left their property.

After he had done everything he had to do, the army of Giles that the connectors were talking about didn't come for a long time. Feeling that something was wrong, he immediately sent someone to the south to investigate, and the news that came back made him want to vomit blood: the Dodge family did not fall to Giles at all, and the northward army was still blocked by the thorn pass.

"It's over, it's over, it's over..." This was his only thought after hearing the news.

But now he has no way out, and after enjoying a period of monopolizing power, he is even more unwilling to give up everything in front of him and abscond quietly. He decided to take a big gamble and hold the capital until Giles' army arrived.

King Qin's army quickly gathered near the capital, and after waiting for the princess's army to return, he launched an offensive this morning. He moved the headquarters to the north gate where the king's army attacked, and personally directed the defense. Withdrew the first wave of attacks.

Just want to take a nap, suddenly the horn sounded again.

A soldier rushed in hastily, "Master Hals, the enemy is attacking again. The defenders on the wall ask for reinforcements, otherwise they will not be able to hold on."

Hals ordered decisively: "Drop half of the troops from other directions to reinforce the north gate. After repelling this wave of attacks, open the city gate while the enemy is retreating. I will personally lead the troops to fight back."

"Yes!" The soldier took the order and left.

No one noticed that the two officers in the hall looked at each other quietly and imperceptibly.

"Master Hals, although the enemy army is only attacking the north gate, other directions should not be taken lightly. Please allow me to check the post."

"You're right, go ahead and keep an eye on those bastards." For some of his subordinates, he was really not at ease.

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"Your Highness, there is news from the carrier pigeon that it is time to attack." Ofina reported the enemy's situation to Catherine.

In the dense forest outside the east gate, the main force of the royal army with 25,000 people is hidden, waiting for this moment.

Catherine drew her sword, turned around and shouted: "Soldiers, the long-awaited moment has arrived. Many people's parents, wives and children are in this city, and it is time to rescue them from the rebels. Show your Loyalty to the country, long live Aldo!"

"Long live Aldo!"

"Aldo must win!"

The soldiers responded to Catherine with bursts of cheers.

"Blow the horn and attack—" Catherine ordered.

With the blowing of the horn, the officers and soldiers of the king's army rushed out of the dense forest, carried the ladder and the bumper, and attacked the east gate with the sound of the sound, and the real attack began.

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The second wave of attack at the North Gate was repulsed, and the soldiers of the Wang Army retreated in the direction of the attack. Hals ordered the city gate to be opened, and shouted at the five hundred cavalry behind him: "Brothers, show some color to these bastards. When you come back, each person will be rewarded with 5 gold coins." He took the lead and rushed towards the retreating soldiers of the royal army, and the cavalry behind him charged closely.

The Wang Jun who was retreating did not expect the enemy to fight back. He was caught off guard and couldn't stop the more than 500 cavalry from charging left and right for a while.

However, just as Hals was venting his anger for the past few days, he caught a glimpse of a rider rushing towards him from the city gate, yelling anxiously.

After the rider approached, he finally heard what the other party was shouting.

"The east gate is lost, please send troops to support quickly, my lord."

Hals' eyes went dark, and he almost fell off his horse. UU Reading

"Master Hals! Lord Hals?" The rider called him anxiously, the commander must not be in trouble at this juncture.

Hals stabilized his body, and suddenly stabbed out the lance in his hand.

With an expression of disbelief on his face, the rider stared wide-eyed at the lance pierced into his chest, then fell off his horse and died.

"Haha! You lied to me, you lied to me!"

Hals, who was already crazy, threw off his helmet, raised his lance and charged again, charging towards the densest place of enemy soldiers.

His frenzied voice wafted across the battlefield:

"You lied to me, you all lied to me!"

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On Rabson Hill near the capital, two men dressed as businessmen silently watched the fighting in the distance.

"Alas—" one of the young men with frivolous eyes and an earring on his right ear sighed.

"Master Hals has been cautious for so many years, but capsized at the last moment. What a pity."

"Hmph, don't pretend to be merciful there. If you hadn't been slapping the sidelines there, even if I say Potian, I probably wouldn't be able to arouse the little Jiujiu in his heart. But this guy is quite useless, he only lasted for a day and it was over." Then he continued. The person speaking was a middle-aged man with a mustache.

"People, don't be too greedy. If the princess doesn't go back to the royal capital, she goes directly east and goes south, and the old man Dodge will attack from left to right. His Royal Highness will be the one who will feel uncomfortable at that time. The princess has made such a big detour, and the extra time is not worth it. It's just one day."

"Hmph, I don't need you to tell me. By the way, have you prepared the gift for Her Highness the Princess?"

"Hehe, how dare I be negligent when dealing with such a beauty?"

The corners of the young man's mouth raised slightly, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.