Chapter 28 Breaking the City (2)

"Master Ye, I'm going right away!"

After entering the city and meeting his own Supervisory Department personnel, Liu Shilin, dressed in military uniform, looked at Ye Mingsheng, clasped his fists and saluted, and said in a deep voice:

Ye Mingsheng's expression became serious when he heard this. He also clasped his fists and returned the greeting to Liu Shilin, saying, "I'm counting on you, Brother Liu!"

After bidding farewell to Liu Shilin, knowing that he was racing against time, Ye Mingsheng immediately led his men and rushed towards the palace army's camp in the east of the city.

The army arrived after an incense stick of time. At this time, the palace troops in the camp on the east side of the city had been awakened and realized the coming danger. They began to assemble amid the roars of their generals. Ye Mingsheng sneered and gave the order to attack without any hesitation.

As Ye Mingsheng's order was issued, countless torches were immediately lit in the army. Ye Mingsheng and Chen Yannian were in charge of the central army, while Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu each led a thousand people and attacked directly towards the camp in the east of the city like two huge fists.

Although there are some arrow towers in the east camp and some archers gathered on them, it is a pity that the entire palace army in the east camp is now in a state of not knowing what has happened.

Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu's troops broke into the gate of the camp in the east of the city after only paying the price of a dozen people being shot dead.

The palace troops that had barely gathered in the camp were hit by a round of firearms including three-barreled guns and tiger squat cannons as soon as they saw the enemy, which directly broke up their formation. Before they could restore their formation, six hundred imperial guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, under the command of Chen Yannian, rushed up first and started fighting in their formation.

At this time, the advantages of the Great Zhou Imperial Army's well-equipped and powerful combat power were brought into play. In the formation of the palace army, they hacked and killed indiscriminately like a tiger entering a pack of wolves, completely breaking up the enemy's formation. The two thousand Black Mountain Wind Village Warriors who followed immediately followed, relying on their local superior forces, quickly annihilated the separated palace army.

In the camp east of the city, the shouts of the Great Zhou warriors and the cries of the palace troops rose one after another, one wave higher than the other. Outside the camp, Ye Mingsheng was watching his subordinates, seeing that the progress was so smooth. He breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and his solemn expression slowly dissipated. He looked towards the direction of the arsenal in the north.

It is only a matter of time for us to annihilate the 3,000 Gongdu troops in the camp east of the city. Now it depends on whether Liu Shilin can blow up the arms depot according to the plan to muddy the waters and buy time for himself.

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Ryugyong Royal City, Ande Hall.

"Father, wake up!"

Just when King Lee Jae-won of Gongdu was immersed in a sweet dream while holding a beautiful and delicate bride, suddenly the anxious voice of his crown prince Lee Hyun-chang rang in his ears.

"Sir, why are you doing this?"

Li Zaiyuan woke up from his sleep, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said very dissatisfiedly;

He is fifty-one years old this year, and it is very difficult for him to have a good sleep at his age. If the person who woke him up now was not his most beloved successor to the throne, he would have ordered his personal guards to drag the person out and beat him to death.

"Report to my father, the Zhou army has broken in and is now attacking the camp east of the city!" Li Xuanchang, looking pale, said quickly:
After hearing his son's story, Li Zaiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily:
"Prince, what nonsense are you talking about? I just gave the golden beauty to Xu Zhaojie, and he repeatedly promised me that he would not occupy the palace. How could they not keep their promise?" As Li Zaiyuan finished speaking, the young prince Li Xuanchang was about to explain something with a sad face when suddenly a huge explosion was heard outside.

"boom!"

The old and frail Li Zaiyuan was so frightened by such a huge and terrifying explosion that he collapsed to the ground, and his crown prince Li Xuanchang was not much better off and fell to the ground.

After the violent explosion, more than ten explosions were heard outside. The strong shock wave generated by the explosion caused the tiles of Ande Hall to tremble. Just when Li Jae-won and Li Xuanchang, father and son, were panicking.

A sturdy figure in military uniform rushed into the palace, apologized for his crime, and then took people to help Li Zaiyuan and Li Xuanchang, father and son, out of the palace.

As soon as the three of them came out, part of the wall of the Ande Hall in the royal palace, which had a history of a hundred years, collapsed. Broken bricks and stones flew everywhere, and the scene was very scary.

Looking at the tragic scene before him, Li Xuanchang breathed a sigh of relief with some fear, and said very sincerely:
"Thank you, General Park, for saving my life!"

"Your Highness, you are too kind! It is my duty!"

After saying this, Park Jingyuan, the general of the Red Tiger Army and the number one supporter of the Lee royal family, turned his head and looked at the old king Lee Jae-won who was still a little frightened beside him, and said earnestly:

"Your Majesty, that bastard Park Yong-chul betrayed the palace. He let a group of Zhou troops in from the south gate. Now this group of Zhou troops is besieging the East Camp. The military situation is extremely urgent. Please order me to lead the Red Tiger Army to rush to the East Camp to rescue it."

Li Zaiyuan, who originally did not believe that Zhou Jun would attack Liujing, was furious when he heard this. He finally believed what was happening. However, surprisingly, he thought for a while and whispered an order:
"General Park, pass on my order. Instruct Li Enjiu to gather the troops in the city and reinforce the east camp. As for you and the Red Tiger Army, stay in the royal city to protect the safety of the royal family!"

Park Jingyuan was naturally unwilling to hear the order and wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Lao Wang's cold eyes swept over him. Park Jingyuan sighed in his heart, saluted and left.

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Looking at the direction of the weapons depot where flames were shooting up into the sky, and the various government offices in the palace where sporadic fires were beginning to appear, a smile finally appeared on Ye Mingsheng's face. This Liu Shilin had lived up to his trust in him.

The explosion in the arsenal immediately made the Gongdu army in the east camp, which was already at a disadvantage, even more panicked, while the morale of the Zhou army soared. For a while, the shouts of the Zhou army in the east camp were as loud as deafening. The two vanguards, Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu, took this opportunity to decisively give orders and quickly attacked the core central army camp of the east camp.

However, at this moment, a group of highly skilled and well-equipped soldiers from Gongdu suddenly rushed out from the enemy's central army. Although the number of this group of people was small, there were only about a hundred of them.

However, they were extremely brave. Together with other palace soldiers, they managed to resist the offensive of Zhou army in the central army camp for a while, making it difficult for Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu's troops to take a single step forward.

(End of this chapter)