Chapter 289: Thunder and fire from heaven and earth, the capital of Xu and Song countries was destroyed!
After sending away the disgusting eunuch, Yuan Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I have to say, although these eunuchs disgusted him very much.
But these eunuchs accompanied Xu Xiao all day long and had Xu Xiao's trust.
As it was getting dark, Yuan Jin began to arrange the tasks of city defense.
In order to deal with the northern army's attack under the cover of night, Yuan Jin specially transferred 5,000 imperial guards guarding the imperial city.
In addition, he also specially selected 5,000 people.
At night, these five thousand people guarded the four city gates.
However, even if Yuan Jin's arrangements were flawless, the fate of the Xu Song capital was already doomed!
As time passed late at night, the soldiers of Xu Song who were patrolling on the city walls were already drowsy.
Although they were all elite soldiers carefully selected by Yuan Jin.
But they are human beings after all, so it is inevitable that they will feel sleepy.
At the same time, Li Yuanyi led 500 soldiers from the Royal Guard Battalion wearing night clothes to the bottom of the city wall.
On their backs were bags filled with burdens.
Looking at the sleepy defenders on the city wall, Li Yuanyi smiled slightly.
"Take out everything and pile it up at the city gate!"
"Remember, be careful and don't alarm the defenders."
After Li Yuanyi's orders were passed down one by one, the five hundred soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion unloaded the bags on their backs one after another.
After opening the bundle, he took out a number of black spherical objects.
These are the latest "thunder and fire from heaven and earth" produced by Jiang Chen's Ministry of Industry - black gunpowder!
After taking out these explosives, Li Yuanyi led them to place them near the city gate in an orderly manner.
Not only that, they even installed explosives in the weak spots of the city walls.
After doing all this, Li Yuanyi and the others took out the fire starters from their arms.
Then, the long fuses of the explosives were lit one by one.
Looking at the successfully lit fuse, Li Yuanyi hurriedly spoke to everyone.
"Quick, retreat!"
Upon hearing this, the five hundred soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion turned around and ran madly after Li Yuanyi.
When they just ran back to the starting point, there was a sudden earth-shaking sound from the capital of Xu Song State behind them.
“Boom boom—”
Along with the loud sound of gunpowder exploding, a huge light illuminated the night.
Jiang Chen, who was sitting in the camp, also felt the vibration from the ground.
As for the 50,000 Northern Border Cavalry, protection measures had already been taken under Jiang Chen's arrangement.
Therefore, the 50,000 war horses were not frightened by the explosion.
Let’s turn our attention back to the capital of Xu Song State after the explosion.
A group of patrolling guards looked at the city wall with a huge gap blown out.
They all stood there in amazement, stunned in disbelief.
Yuan Jin, who was originally resting with his eyes closed, heard the explosion.
He immediately jumped up from the ground and rushed out of the room with a sword in hand.
"Damn it, what happened in the direction of the East City Gate!?"
"Quick, quick, everyone, get up for me!"
At Yuan Jin's loud shout, countless Xu Song soldiers hurriedly grabbed their weapons.
Then he quickly followed him and ran towards the east gate.
But before they could reach the east gate, Prime Minister Huo led 50,000 Northern cavalrymen into the city.
"The lord has ordered that the first person to enter the imperial city of Xu Song State must kill him!"
"A thousand gold coins reward, five levels of promotion!"
After Huo Xiang finished speaking, he crossed the ruins with his spear in hand.
They broke into the capital of Xu Song through the gap in the city wall!
Behind him, 50,000 Northern cavalrymen, armed to the teeth, followed closely behind him.
Looking at the northern army that was attacking the city like a tide.
The sword in Yuan Jin's hand fell weakly to the ground.
"It's over. We can't defend the capital anymore..."
At the same time as the northern army attacked the capital of Xu Song, at this time in the Xu Song Palace.
Xu Xiao, awakened by the explosion, ran out of the palace barefoot in panic.
"Where's Yuan Jin? Where's Yuan Jin!?"
"Go and have a look, what happened? Why is there such a big commotion?!"
Xu Xiao loudly ordered the eunuchs who came over.
Several eunuchs turned around in a panic and ran out of the palace.
Soon, Huang Gaoan, the commander of the Xu Song Imperial Guards, came to Xu Xiao with three thousand Imperial Guards.
Before Huang Gaoan could bow to Xu Xiao, the eunuchs ran back in panic.
"Lord, Lord, something bad has happened!"
"Something bad has happened. The Northern Army has used divine power to break open the city gate."
"Now, they are almost attacking the imperial city!"
Upon hearing the news that the Northern Army had already entered the city, Xu Xiao was stunned on the spot.
“How…how is this possible?!”
"It's over. It's all over. This foundation that I have built with great difficulty..."
“It’s all going to be gone!!”
Xu Xiao fell to the ground in dismay, his face turning pale.
Seeing Xu Xiao's expression, Huang Gaoan on the side hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.
"Lord, we still have hope!"
"You and the Emperor of Beiming have already made an agreement. We can escape to Beiming!"
"We still have 40,000 troops in Xu Song. As long as they are here."
"We will be able to take back the capital and other places sooner or later!"
After hearing what Huang Gaoan said, Xu Xiao's eyes lit up again.
"Yes, yes, I still have 40,000 soldiers!"
"As long as they are here, plus the help from Beiming and Qi."
"Even if Jiang Chen really has the help of gods, he will be defeated by me sooner or later!"
Seeing that Xu Xiao had regained his confidence, Huang Gaoan didn't say anything more.
He fled the imperial city directly with three thousand imperial guards escorting him.
I don’t know whether I should say that they have bad luck.
After Xu Xiao and his group escaped from the imperial city, they ran into the three thousand guards led by Li Yuanyi.
Looking at the disheveled Xu Xiao and others, Li Yuan recognized them at a glance.
"It's the bandit leader Xu Xiao!"
"Brothers, follow me."
"Capture Xu Xiao, and the lord will reward you handsomely!"
Following Li Yuanyi's loud shout, the three thousand guards instantly became like hungry wolves.
He followed directly behind him and rushed towards Xu Xiao and the others.
Facing the personal guards that Jiang Chen had spent three years to train, the 3,000 imperial guards under Xu Xiao were no match!
After just one head-on attack, half of the three thousand imperial guards fell!
Just as Li Yuanyi was about to rush in front of Xu Xiao, a general rushed out.
He blocked Li Yuanyi's attack with just one knife!
Xu Xiao took a look over and immediately shouted with joy.
"General Yuan Jin!"
"Huang Gaoan, take the king away quickly, leave this place to me."
Yuan Jin ignored the delighted Xu Xiao and turned to shout at Huang Gaoan.
Huang Gaoan finally came back to his senses after hearing Yuan Jin's shout.
"I understand, General Yuan, please be careful!"
After responding to Yuan Jin, Huang Gaoan took the remaining hundreds of people and protected Xu Xiao and continued on the road to escape.
