There is an artificial canal more than ten miles wide in the Imperial Garden of Lin'an Imperial City, which is a branch of the Grand Canal.
A row of large and small ships filled the more than a hundred-long river.
One of them was a large ship inlaid with jade and covered with gold, with carved dragons and painted phoenixes.
It was Zhao Gou's royal ship.
Now he is sitting in the main hall of the cabin waiting for news of the war.
Boatmen at various positions, as well as sailors in the Shenwu Army barracks, were waiting for the ship to arrive.
The corridors at the top of Watergate City and on both sides of the gate were filled with darkness and escorted by Shenwu Army soldiers.
There was absolutely no possibility that foreign enemies could capture and blockade this Watergate in a short period of time.
Zhao Gou only needs to give an order to sail out of the city.
The faint shouts of killing and the explosion of thunder bullets made Zhao Gou restless.
He said to himself: "Why are firecrackers used in wars now?
Is it to boost courage?
I don't know whether it is used by the enemy or our own Shenwu Army."
Zhao Gou walked back and forth for a few steps and then sat down on the dragon chair.
He picked up the hot tea that the palace maid had just brought, twisted the lid of the cup with two fingers and slid it twice to dissipate the heat, before bringing it to his mouth.
His personal eunuch ran over in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, according to the eunuch who inquired at the top of the city in front, the enemy is likely to be Jinjin soldiers."
With a clang, the tea cup in Zhao Gou's hand fell to the ground and shattered.
His fingers were trembling slightly, and he shouted: "You can find out clearly."
"Yes.
Two of the three eunuchs who were sent out said so when they came back.
They personally stood on the top of the city to observe.
From the distant shouts of killing and the sound of rout, they learned that the Jin soldiers were coming, and there were also a large number of cavalry.
"In addition," the eunuch burst into tears as he spoke.
Zhao Gouyi frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?
Please finish talking."
"In addition, there was also a chamberlain who was killed by an arrow.
He was the younger brother of the slave family.
Wuwu" the little eunuch finished his words while crying.
Zhao Gou's heart was in his throat at this time, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to a few words of comfort to the young eunuch.
He was now thinking about whether it was time to order the boat to escape.
At this moment, a supervisor of the Shenwu Army's Suwei Army hurriedly came to report: "The commander of Suweidu in front of the palace, Yang Yizhong, was seriously injured by the enemy and can no longer command on the battlefield.
The general will now take over the duty.
Please give instructions to your Majesty."
Zhao Gou was shocked again and said in horror: "Ah, just a moment after the battle, Yang Yizhong was seriously injured."
A loud noise like thunder interrupted his words.
Then the loud noises like thunder sounded one after another, and at the same time Zhao Gou smelled a familiar smell of gunpowder smoke that can often be smelled during the New Year.
Not to mention Zhao Gou, everyone present, including the maids and eunuchs, were shocked and trembling.
Zhao Gou angrily rushed to the deck outside the cabin and shouted: "Whoever is setting off firecrackers randomly at this time, I will kill them all."
The first thing that caught his eye was the rocket that was like July fire.
With screaming sounds, they left traces in the sky and flew into the imperial city.
There is actually a bamboo whistle on this rocket.
The rocket has no power after landing, but when it encounters flammable dead wood, it will burst into flames.
Many palace officials, eunuchs, and soldiers are working hard to put out the fire.
Some rockets even hit the deck of Zhao Gou's dragon boat.
Then, he saw a dark thing falling from the sky, and then a column of fire and smoke rose from the bank of the canal.
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A Shenwu Army soldier standing guard half a battle away fell to the ground as if he had been pushed, and then His limbs twitched and he never got up again.
A piece of pottery was inserted into his neck, and blood continued to gush out from the aorta in his neck.
The stunned Zhao Gou realized at this time that this was a "firecracker" thrown by the enemy, and it was a "firecracker" that could kill people.
The soldiers following him swarmed up, shouting: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous outside, hurry up and get into the cabin."
They rushed Zhao Gou into the cabin.
Of course, the arrows and ballistae at the main entrance of the imperial city couldn't hit that far.
These rockets were shot by longbowmen from the top of the east wall of the outer city.
The outer city was separated from the inner city by only a two-carat-wide lane.
The soldiers of the Chongming Army seized a large number of stored oar shields in the city tower and used these oar shields to purchase a shield wall to block heavy crossbow fire from the inner city wall.
Then, from a high position, the longbowmen continued to release rockets, and the crossbowmen set up ten light crossbows, which Yue Fei called mortars, and unloaded sack after sack of thunderbolt shells.
It also began to project condescendingly into the palace city according to the established coordinates.
At the same time, in the west, a large number of Chongming Army soldiers carried light ballistae and long bows and climbed to the top of Fenghuang Mountain on the west side of the Imperial City.
It is known as the first peak of Wushan Mountain.
The top of the mountain is in Lin'an City, and the inner city wall of the Imperial City It was also built along the slopes of Phoenix Mountain, enclosing most of Phoenix Mountain into the imperial city as part of the imperial garden.
On the top of Phoenix Mountain, the crossbowmen set up their crossbows, and the longbowmen projected rockets made of light arrows at the maximum elevation angle.
The maximum range of a light arrow thrown by a longbow can reach more than 450 meters under normal circumstances.
With the condescending blessing, the arrow can float more than two hundred meters, reaching a range of more than seven hundred meters.
The same is true for the ballista.
Originally, it could only project explosive shells for 300 meters.
Because the height can be increased by nearly 200 meters, it can reach a range of 500 meters.
Of course, there is no accuracy at this range, so there is no need to adjust the shooting parameters.
Thunderbolts and rockets drew parabolas in the sky and randomly fell into the palace city.
Loud noises like thunder came one after another, screams of orioles and swallows came from the palace, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
In the panic, the ships in the canal raised anchors and the water gates slowly opened.
Zhao Gou had apparently ordered evacuation from the waterway to the Qiantang River.
More than a dozen ships, large and small, raised their sails one after another, and the oarsmen shook their oars vigorously, and they sailed out of the water gate one after another.
Yang Yizhong's wound was finally cleaned by the military doctor, and he once again put on his armor and helmet to prepare to climb the tower to fight.
His wound only looked terrible, but after all, it was protected by armor, and the wound caused by the iron filings and steel balls was not actually deep.
As a result, the misinformation reached Zhao Gou's ears and he was seriously injured.
At this time, several soldiers of the Shenwu Army escorted two disheveled men to Yang Yizhong and reported: "General Qi, we have caught two spies who are preparing to sneak into the palace."
The two people quickly explained: "General, I am wronged.
We are not spies.
We are people from the palace of the Prime Minister of Qin.
We came to the palace to deliver the message on the order of the Prime Minister.
We are really people of the Prime Minister.
We were lost in the panic on the road.
Seal, so some military lords just don’t believe it.”
Upon hearing this, Yang Yizhong quickly asked some details about Qin Hui and his mansion.
After repeated checks, he confirmed that they were indeed not spies.
Just then he asked anxiously: "There is a big chaos in the city now.
Why did the prime minister tell you to come here?
And where is he now?"
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