Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The new type of repeating crossbow played a huge role in this war.

Thousands of crossbows were fired at the walls of Tongcheng. Even if they failed, don't forget that Nanyue also has explosives.

Those small bombs were slightly weaker in power, but when the sparks from the explosion landed on Nan Yue's own explosives, the effect could be imagined.

At the same time, the roar at the city gate never stopped.

When King Annan received the news, he had a premonition that Dongsheng was about to take action. He wanted to appease the soldiers and let them fight back, but he was trapped in the yard by the people and could not escape.

Not only him, Nan Yiheng and many generals were also blocked in various places and asked for explanations by the people and soldiers.

Nan Yiheng, who had always been successful, became ill-tempered after experiencing a series of failures. Once a person becomes impatient, he is bound to make mistakes.

When King Annan finally came out of the palace, his good nephew caused him big trouble.

The cause was that the people surrounded Nan Yiheng's residence, demanding an explanation from him. At first, Nan Yiheng tried to appease them patiently, until the man whose mother and son died in Yunzhou demanded that he pay with his life, Nan Yiheng could not bear it any longer.

He is a prince and the future emperor. How dare this lowly person ask him to pay with his life?

In a rage, Nan Yiheng actually took action himself and killed the opponent with one sword.

He acted extremely quickly, and by the time the guards reacted it was too late.

The guards in the palace were stunned, and the people were also stunned.

Nan Yiheng also realized what was going on and couldn't help but feel extremely regretful.

He did not regret killing the man, but he regretted why he did it in front of so many people.

His sword completely ignited the anger of the people.

"Murder! The prince killed someone!" Angry shouts broke out in the crowd.

Those who originally just wanted an explanation were now so excited that they could no longer suppress their anger.

"You devil! You are not worthy of being a prince!"

"We are going to file a complaint with the Emperor and ask His Majesty to punish him!"

The people were outraged, and some even rushed forward and tried to fight with Nan Yiheng.

The guards tried hard to keep people out of the door, but as more and more people came, they had no choice but to draw their swords to stop them.

When the patrolling soldiers arrived, they looked at the out-of-control situation and heard the people's complaints, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.

They had also seen the papers in the morning. Even though they knew it was Dong Sheng's plan, the contents on it...

Maybe they didn't believe it at first, but when they heard the camp roar from the military camp, they understood that these things were probably true.

So does the imperial court know about this? Or does Your Majesty know about it?

Not only them, probably all the soldiers in Tongcheng had such doubts in their minds.

When King Annan arrived, this was the chaotic scene he saw.

His face turned pale and he cursed Nan Yiheng in his heart for being so stupid.

"Stop!" King Annan shouted loudly.

However, people at this moment no longer listened to him.

"Are you rebelling?" King Annan glared at them.

"You were the first to disregard our lives!" a citizen shouted.

The King of Annan knew very well that if he could not quell the public anger at this time, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Everyone calm down! We will give you an explanation for this matter!"

Seeing that these people remained unmoved, King Annan glared at Nan Yiheng fiercely.

Then he shouted at the soldiers standing nearby: "What are you still standing there for? Take all the people away and let them calm down first!"

The soldiers then came to their senses and forcibly took away the people who had gathered there.

The palace gate was empty, and Nan Yiheng quickly walked up to King Annan and asked anxiously, "Uncle, what should we do now?"

The King of Annan looked at him with a look of disappointment, "What should I do? You still dare to ask me? Is this what I and your father taught you?"

Nan Yiheng felt upset and knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Go to the military camp immediately and control the howling of the camp over there first! I will go to the city wall to check first!"

After giving his orders, King Annan flicked his sleeves and left.

However, when he arrived not far from the city gate, the scene before him made him tear his eyes out.

Although the city gate had not yet been broken, the city wall had already been lost.

After destroying the explosives on the city wall, Yang Rong immediately ordered an attack. The soldiers quickly set up ladders and climbed up the city wall under the cover of crossbowmen and archers.

More and more Dongsheng soldiers climbed up, and Nanyue’s defenders were unable to resist at all.

When King Annan came over, he saw countless Nanyue soldiers being hacked to death by Dongsheng soldiers, and their men were unable to climb up the city wall at all.

At this moment he panicked. If they didn't go up to the city wall, they would not be able to stop Dongsheng's grenade launcher from approaching, which meant that the city gate... would soon be impossible to defend.

"Quick, pass the order and have the people evacuate quickly! Also, gather all the soldiers in the camp to the east gate immediately!"

This time, King Annan did not run away, and he had nowhere to escape.

Tongcheng is their strongest line of defense. If Tongcheng is broken, they may no longer be able to stop the Dongsheng people.

King Annan led the charge, with his personal guards and the soldiers behind him, towards the city wall.

On the other side, as soon as Nan Yiheng arrived at the military camp, he saw King Annan's confidant riding a horse towards him.

I couldn't help but have an ominous feeling in my heart.

Sure enough, before the man even entered the door, he shouted loudly: "The prince has ordered to gather at the east gate immediately to fight Dongsheng."

These words were shouted several times in a row. The generals were all shocked when they heard them and immediately called the soldiers to assemble.

However, half of the soldiers were somewhat absent-minded.

"Cheer up! Regardless of whether those... are true or not, now that Tongcheng is about to fall, do you really want to watch the people of Dongsheng slaughter your companions?" An old general who came from the imperial city shouted loudly.

"You are all good men of Nanyue. You should take it as your responsibility to defend our country. Don't forget that behind us are tens of millions of Nanyue people!" The old general's words rang in the ears of the soldiers like a loud bell.

After hearing these words, the soldiers who were originally hesitant and confused gradually became determined. They quickly formed a team and followed the general to the east gate.

This side of the city gate.

After all, King Annan was Nanyue’s god of war. Wherever he went, many Dongsheng soldiers fell to the ground.

It’s a pity that he was a step too late.

As the crossbowmen also climbed up the city wall, the situation began to become one-sided.

Because he was worried that the other side would also use explosives, Yang Rong only allowed them to carry fifty small bombs.

But even if there were only fifty of them, it would be enough to scare away the Nanyue soldiers.

There was a constant roar coming from the city gate, and King Annan was injured because he could not dodge in time.

But he still did not retreat. When the soldiers of Nanyue saw this, they were immediately encouraged and began to counterattack fiercely.

There was a river of blood under the city gate and corpses were everywhere.

Both sides were blood-thirsty.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard at the other end of the long street.

Upon hearing this, the King of Annan was cheered up and said, "Soldiers, hold on, our people will be here soon!"

On the city wall, Liu Donglai and Xiao Kai, who came up with the crossbowmen, also heard it. They frowned, looked at each other, and moved their hands faster.

I was silently praying in my heart that the city gate would be broken quickly.

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and I could already see a sea of ​​people at the end of the long street...