Chapter 458: Takeoff

"Enemy attack!"

"Boom boom boom..."

On the city wall, the generals shouted and the drums were beaten.

The soldiers who were resting under the city wall climbed up the city wall under the urging of the generals.

Yang Feng was also on the city wall, looking at the overwhelming Beidi soldiers, his heart sank to the bottom.

During this period, Beidi has not been attacking the city with all his strength.

The war has been going on gently.

But now Beidi obviously wants to take Xiancheng in one fell swoop.

"What happened?" Yang Feng was a little confused.

But the urgent war did not allow him to think, he immediately dispatched troops and ordered the soldiers to climb the city wall to prepare for a fight to the death.

At the same time, the only eighty artillery on the city wall roared.

The black shells flew back and forth on the city wall for a while.

At this moment, the second prince ran back to the Ma family mansion immediately after the initial panic.

Brought the news of Beidi's attack to Zhao Heng.

"It's over, it's all over." Zhao Heng sat down dejectedly.

The Beidi people were not going to talk at this time, but wanted to capture him alive.

Thinking of this, his whole body trembled slightly with fear.

He had been living a life of luxury since he was a child, and had never suffered any hardship.

He could not imagine what kind of life he would live if the Beidi people took him back to the grassland?

"Woo woo woo... Father, what should I do?" The second prince suddenly burst into tears.

Zhao Heng was the emperor, and the Beidi people might still keep him.

He was just a prince.

There was no need to talk about the experience of the third prince. He dared not imagine how the Beidi people would treat him?

Zhao Heng also wanted to cry, but he wanted to cry without tears.

Now, he could only wait desperately for the moment when Xiancheng was broken.

...

In the woods.

Zhongli suddenly pricked up his ears. The grove was only twenty miles away from Xiancheng.

The roar of the artillery could still be heard here.

"The sound of the artillery suddenly became more dense. I'm afraid that the Beidi people are attacking the city fiercely." Zhongli muttered to himself.

"Did the Beidi Khan know that the plan to go south from the sea failed?" He said again.

Then he looked at the red clouds in the west sky, and it was about to get dark.

After thinking about it, he did not change his plan and decided to launch the hot air balloon at dawn.

For him, as long as he exposed his location, the rescue plan would fail.

He could not panic because of the urgency of the war.

Gradually, the sky darkened.

At night, the Northern Di seemed to have stopped attacking the city.

But in the middle of the night, there was a loud noise that was louder than a cannon.

Everyone was awakened.

Thinking of something, Zhongli's face changed, and he said, "Oh no, the Northern Di used gunpowder barrels to blow up the city wall. Heat up the hot air balloon immediately."

Late at night, the Northern Di scouts basically stopped patrolling.

After all, basically nothing can be seen clearly.

He chose dawn, not because it was darker at this time.

But if they set out at that time, it would be dawn after rescuing the emperor.

In this way, they can let the Northern Di know that the emperor has been rescued by them, and there is no point in besieging Xiancheng.

But now the city wall may be blown up, which is different.

He didn't know how long the soldiers in Xiancheng could hold out under such circumstances.

After receiving his order, the nine balloon soldiers immediately opened the mouth of the balloon and ignited the fuel to heat the air inside.

The fire illuminated a small forest.

Half an hour later, the balloon gradually swelled up, but because the hot air balloon basket was tied to a wooden stake, the hot air balloon did not fly away.

Another half an hour later, the hot air balloon was fully filled.

At this time, the balloon soldiers climbed onto the basket.

"Be sure to be careful, your mission is related to the success or failure of your highness's plan." Zhongli said to the nine soldiers, his eyes full of worry.

Using a hot air balloon to rescue the emperor this time is also an adventure in itself.

Although Wang Chong built a hot air balloon, it is not 100% safe.

The hot air balloon that was circling around Yancheng had been in danger several times.

Therefore, whether Zhao Heng could be rescued this time depends partly on God's will.

"General, don't worry, we will do our best." The nine soldiers bowed.

Zhongli nodded and ordered the soldiers to untie the ropes on the stakes.

The restraints were removed, and the hot air balloon slowly flew into the sky.

In the night, it was like three balls of fire flew out of the woods.

"The rest of the people should immediately find a place to hide in the woods. If there are Beidi soldiers coming, they must not be allowed to escape." Zhongli said solemnly.

After receiving his order, the soldiers took up their weapons and disappeared into the darkness.

...

Xiancheng.

A big hole was blown out of the east gate.

Amidst the shouts and screams, the soldiers of Xiliang, Beidi, and Ma Jin rushed here frantically.

Yang Feng had come down from the city wall and was specifically staring at this place.

He concentrated all the heavy infantry in the imperial army here.

Since the advent of artillery and muskets, the King of Yan no longer concealed the heavy armor he made.

In the trade between the court and him, he provided the imperial army with 5,000 sets of such armor.

The armor the imperial army got may not be as good as the one used by the King of Yan himself.

But in war, this kind of armor still showed good protection.

Therefore, after a gap was blown open in the East City, he immediately mobilized all the remaining 2,000 heavy infantry here.

At this moment, these soldiers were like a steel wall blocking the enemies who tried to break into the city.

But even so, his heart was still cold.

Although these heavy infantrymen were excellent, it was obvious that Xiliang had also learned how to restrain this kind of armor during the battle with the King of Yan.

He kept seeing Xiliang soldiers with hammers rushing up and hitting the heavy infantry.

Under the hammers, the heavy infantry kept falling.

Staring at this scene, his heart sank little by little.

As a veteran of hundreds of battles, he actually knew very well that hammer weapons could restrain any armor.

In contrast, these heavy armors at least had good protection against other weapons.

"Drive the enemy back, the emperor is in the city, the emperor is captured, you and I are all sinners." Yang Feng shouted.

Although he was very disappointed with Zhao Heng, the Yang family, like the Mo family, was loyal to the emperor for generations.

Even if there was only one drop of blood left, he would fight for Zhao Heng.

"Kill!" After receiving his order, the imperial guards roared.

He had no way out, and there was no other way but to fight to the death.

Beidi Camp.

Mule Hongzhen didn't sleep. He stood behind the artillery and stared at Xiancheng.

For him, the east wall was breached, and the next step was much easier.

They had a great advantage in terms of military strength, not to mention that they were more capable of fighting than the Dasong army.

It took only one or two days to conquer Xiancheng.

Temu Ta stayed beside his father, also watching Xiancheng and the flashing torches on the wall.

Half an hour later, he was about to persuade his father to go back to the tent to rest.

At this time, there was a commotion in the camp.

Many soldiers looked up at the sky and cried out in surprise.

Temu Ta also looked up and saw three fireballs in the sky slowly flying towards Xiancheng.

"What is that!" Mule Hongzhen also saw it and was shocked.