There is an artificial canal of more than ten wars wide in the Danei Imperial Garden in Lin'an Imperial City, which is a branch of the Grand Canal. A row of ships of large and small occupy more than a hundred war-long rivers, one of which is inlaid with jade and gold, carved dragons and phoenixes is Zhao Gou's imperial ship. Now he is sitting upright in the main hall of the cabin waiting for news of the war.

Shipmen in various positions and sailors in the Shenwu Army barracks have been waiting for the ship to arrive. The corridors on the head of the Water Gate and on both sides of the gate hole are covered with Shenwu Army soldiers. Foreign enemies will never be able to capture and blockade this Water Gate in a short time. Zhao Gou only needs to give the order to drive the ship out of the city.

The faint sound of shouting and the explosion of the thunderbolt bomb made Zhao Gou restless. He said to himself: "Why are firecrackers still used in wars? Are you brave enough? I don't know if it is used by the enemy or the Shenwu Army."

Zhao Gou walked back and forth a few steps and sat on the dragon chaise. He picked up the hot tea that the palace maid had just sent, twisted the lid of the cup and slid it twice to dissipate heat. When he was sending it to his mouth, his close eunuch ran over in panic and reported: "Your Majesty, according to the eunuch who was inquiring from the city front, the enemy may be Jin... Jin soldiers!"

With a jingle, the teacup in Zhao Gou's hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces. His fingers were trembling slightly and he shouted, "Can you find out clearly?"

"Yes. The three eunuchs sent out said this when they came back. They climbed up to the top of the city to observe, shouting from a distance to shout and killing. The sound of defeated soldiers learned that it was the Jin soldiers coming, and there were also a large number of horse teams. In addition... In addition," the eunuch said in tears as he spoke. Zhao Gou frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Let's finish your words."

"In addition, there is an eunuch who died by an arrow! He is the younger brother of my family. Woo... Woo." The little eunuch finished crying and said.

Zhao Gou was already in his throat and had no time to pay attention to comforting the eunuch. He was wondering if he should order the ship to escape. At this moment, a Shenwu Army guard general rushed to report: "Report! Yang Yizhong, the commander of the Suwei Commander of the Interior Secretariat, was seriously injured by the enemy and could no longer command the battle. Now the general is in charge of the position. Please clearly state the commander of the Emperor."

Zhao Gou was shocked again and said in fear: "Ah, Yang Yizhong was seriously injured after just a moment of fighting..." A loud noise like thunder interrupted his words. Then the loud noise like thunder sounded one after another, and at the same time, Zhao Gou smelled a familiar smell that he often smelled during the Chinese New Year - the smell of gunpowder.

Not to mention Zhao Gou, everyone present, including the palace maids and eunuchs, were shocked and trembled.

Zhao Gou rushed to the deck outside the cabin in two steps and shouted: "Who, who is still setting firecrackers at this time? I will kill him all over!"

The first thing that caught his eye was the rockets like the fire in July. They drew traces in the sky with a roaring sound and flew into the imperial city. There was a bamboo whistle on the rocket. After the rocket landed, it was no longer powerful, but when it encountered a place where dead trees were flammable, a big fire would burn. Many palace servants, eunuchs, and soldiers were struggling to put out the fire. Several rockets even floated on the deck of the dragon boat that Zhao Gou was riding.

Then, he saw something black falling from the sky, and then a pillar of fire and smoke rose from the bank of the canal. A soldier standing guard outside the battle fell to the ground as if he was pushed by someone, and then twitched his limbs and never got up again. A piece of pottery was inserted into his neck, and blood kept gushing out from the artery at his neck.

The shocked Zhao Gou realized at this time that this was a "firebuke" thrown by the enemy, and a "firebuke" that could be killed. The soldiers following him rushed over and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's dangerous outside, hurry up and go into the cabin." He put Zhao Gou into the cabin with all his strength.

Of course, the arrows and crossbows at the main gate of the Imperial City cannot hit this far. These rockets were shot by longbowmen from the east wall of the outer city, and the outer city is only a two-wicket-wide alleyway between the outer city and the inner city.

The soldiers of Chongming Army seized a large amount of reserved slugs and shields in the city tower, and used these slugs and shields to purchase a shield wall to block the heavy crossbow shooting from the inner city wall. Then, they looked down and the longbowman continued to fire rockets. The crossbow guns were set up with light crossbows that Yue Fei called mortars, and removed a slug bag of thunder bullets. They also began to project down and down into the palace city according to the established coordinates.

At the same time, to the west, a large number of Chongming soldiers carried light crossbows and longbows to the top of Fenghuang Mountain on the west side of the imperial city. This place is known as the first peak of Wushan. The top of the mountain is in Lin'an City. The inner wall of the imperial city is built along the slope of Fenghuang Mountain, circling most of the Fenghuang Mountain into the imperial city as part of the imperial garden.

On the top of Phoenix Mountain, the crossbowman sets up a crossbow, and the longbowman shoots a rocket made of light arrows at the maximum elevation angle. Under normal circumstances, the maximum range of longbows can reach more than 450 meters. With the support of condescending heights, the arrow can float more than 200 meters and reach a range of more than 700 meters. The same is true for the crossbow. It can only shoot 300 meters of hot bombs, because the height can hit nearly 200 meters and reach a range of 500 meters. Of course, there is no accurate point at this range, so the shooting parameters can be adjusted.

Thunderbolt bombs, rockets drew parabolas in the sky and fell into the palace randomly. Thunderous sounds came one after another, and the screams of warblers came from the palace one after another, and the smell of gunpowder was filled with the air.

In a panic, the ships in the canal anchored, and the gate of the water gate slowly opened. Zhao Gou had obviously ordered the evacuation from the waterway to the Qiantang River. More than ten large and small ships successively raised their sails, and the oars tried their best to row the oars and drove out of the water gate one after another.

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Yang Yizhong's wound was finally cleaned by the military doctor. He was wearing armor and helmet again to climb the city tower to fight. His wound just looked terrible, but after all, he had an armor shield, and the actual wound caused by the iron filings and steel balls was not deep. As a result, it was misinterpreted to Zhao Gou's ears and became seriously injured.

At this time, several Shenwu Army soldiers came to Yang Yizhong with two disheveled men and reported: "General, we have captured two spies who are preparing to sneak into the palace."

But the two of them quickly explained: "General, we are not spies, we are from the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion. We are specially ordered by the Prime Minister to come to the palace to deliver the letter. We are really from the Prime Minister. We lost the seal letter in a panic on the road, so the military officials just don't believe it."
Chapter completed!