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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 1068
The Imperial Guard troops under the command of Marshal Hu Ziyang of the Imperial Guard are quite elite, and they have a large number of people, occupying an absolute advantage in strength.
On the other hand, Liang Bin, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, only led tens of thousands of Imperial Guards back from the front line in the river, and most of the troops were still deployed on the front line of the river to monitor the rebels.
Originally, Liang Bin thought that relying on tens of thousands of elite Imperial Guard troops would be enough to control the capital and surrounding areas.
As long as the king's capital and the crown prince are tightly held in his hands, he will surely be able to command the world and make him the most powerful person in the Far East court.
But man is not as good as God, not only did he fail to kill Hu Ziyang, Marshal of the Imperial Guard, Hu Ziyang's army even drove to the capital city.
Facing the mighty King Qin's army outside the city, Liang Bin was also unwilling to flee the capital in such a desperate manner.
Therefore, while Liang Bin urgently sent people to Hezhong to mobilize an army to return to the capital, he himself dispatched troops to try to defend the capital.
As long as the capital and the crown prince are in his hands, he can issue an imperial edict in the name of the crown prince to besiege Hu Ziyang and determine that Hu Ziyang is a rebel.
Liang Bin was preparing for the battle urgently, trying to rely on the strong city to stand by and wait for help, but Hu Ziyang didn't know that Yan Jing was dead, and thought that Yan Jing was the supreme commander in the city.
"Eliminate the rebellion and avenge His Majesty!"
"Eliminate the rebellion and avenge His Majesty!"
Hu Ziyang's army chanted shocking slogans and launched a fierce attack on the capital.
The trebuchet was firing, and the howling stones kept smashing towards the capital, and this ancient city was shaking violently.
Countless arrows flew over densely like locusts, screaming one after another.
"Stick to the capital and protect the prince!"
"Stick to the capital and protect the prince!"
Liang Bin's troops inside the city also shouted slogans. In their eyes, Hu Ziyang outside the city was the rebel.
Both armies felt that the other was rebellious, and they both wanted to clear up the rebellion and make contributions.
The battle started on the southern city wall first, and soon the other city walls also started fighting.
Wave after wave of imperial guards attacked the capital, and dense ladders climbed up the city wall.
The imperial guards at the head of the city were also guarding tenaciously, and countless thunder, rocks and logs poured down, causing heavy casualties to the attacking imperial guards.
These two armies that originally came from the same line were fighting in the royal capital at this moment. After a while, there were many corpses in the city above and below the city, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air.
Facing hundreds of thousands of troops attacking in turn, although Liang Bin's imperial guards were elite, they were all exhausted by the day of the battle.
However, the enemies outside the city were still rushing forward like a tide, and the defenders at the top of the city, who had exhausted their strength, felt more and more powerless.
One section of the city wall was breached, and the second section of the city wall was breached. More and more soldiers from Hu Ziyang's troops climbed up the city wall, while the guarding soldiers kept falling in a pool of blood.
"Liang Shuai, brothers can't hold on anymore!"
?Blood-soaked officers rushed to Liang Bin to report the tragic battle situation on the front line.
"Shuai Liang, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. Let's retreat to the river."
"That's right, we still have countless troops in the river, and we will fight back when the time comes!"
"Shuai Liang, get out!"
Facing the continuous fall of the city wall, seeing that Hu Ziyang's army was about to enter the city, the trusted generals under Liang Bin's command were also very anxious, and persuaded Liang Bin to retreat.
"Take the crown prince, burn down the military equipment, food, fodder and supplies in the city, and break out from the west of the city!"
Liang Bin also knew that Hu Ziyang had too many troops, and they were all front-line field troops.
And he led his troops back in the name of supplementing the defense vacancy of the capital, so there were not many troops.
The one-night battle caused heavy casualties to their soldiers, and the survivors were all exhausted. Although Liang Bin was extremely unwilling, he could only decide to temporarily abandon the capital and return to the river.
After Liang Bin's order was issued, the soldiers who were fighting with gritted teeth no longer had the will to fight, and retreated one after another.
The army led by Liang Bin broke out from the west gate with the crown prince who was only a few years old and a lot of property.
And Hu Ziyang's army quickly poured into the city after encountering no resistance.
"Master,The rebel army in the city had been defeated, and they ran away from the west gate with His Highness the Crown Prince wrapped in their arms. "
The sky in the distance turned pale, and Hu Ziyang, Marshal of the Imperial Guard, also received good news, that is, the capital will be under his control.
"Pass down my military orders, hunt down the rebels, and save His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Hu Ziyang knew that now was not the time to be happy. After all, only when the crown prince was in his own hands could he occupy the title of righteousness.
A cavalry unit chased after Liang Bin's defeated army, and the city was also on fire at this moment.
The bustling royal capital was full of smoke and flames, and many pavilions and pavilions were crackling and burning in the fire.
The army under Hu Ziyang who invaded the city did not go to put out the fire. They faced the wide streets and the bustling city.
There were too many troops under Hu Ziyang's command. Hundreds of thousands of people rushed into the capital city at once. Facing the colorful world, they started looting in the name of hunting down rebels.
In the beginning, only a small number of soldiers plundered, but soon most of them joined in the plundering.
The permanent population of the royal capital is hundreds of thousands. Due to various factors such as wars, rich gentry from all over the country have also fled to the royal capital. They feel that this is the royal capital after all, and their safety can be guaranteed.
But what they never expected was that the capital of the king was breached. Facing the murderous soldiers with swords in their hands, the people all over the city were terrified.
The soldiers who poured into the city were like hungry wolves seeing a fat sheep. They scrambled to kick the door into the house and started their looting.
These soldiers have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and their personalities have become violent and fierce, so they draw their swords and kill people if they disagree.
In the raging flames, thousands of soldiers carried swords and searched for property from house to house.
Those rich and powerful families were the first to receive the patronage. Although they had servants, their servants were vulnerable to these established field troops.
These wealthy families escaped Yan Jing's rebellion and purge, and Liang Bin's purge, but they did not escape the rioters who entered the city.
There are no eggs under the overturned nest. Not only these rich and powerful families were broken into by rebels, but ordinary people were also hard to escape, and became the targets of being robbed.
Hu Ziyang, Generalissimo of the Imperial Guard, urgently needs loyal servants of the army at this moment, but he has no extra money, food and salaries in his hands.
His army ran out of food on the way back from the province in the middle of the river, and many towns along the way were looted by them, and he had already acquiesced in this.
So now that the army is looting the capital, he still turns a blind eye and has no intention of caring about it.
Anyway, in Hu Ziyang's plan, capturing the capital and clearing up the rebellion is just a small goal of his.
Because he knew that his army would not be able to contend against the Qinghe army that was following him, he was going to plunder and flee westward with the crown prince under his threat. When the time came, he would settle down in a corner and just be an overlord.
Staying in the royal capital will become a target of public criticism and a target of siege. Hu Ziyang still has a clear understanding of this. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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