The battle in the capital has indeed started.

After Hou Jingde led two Zhechong Mansions out of the city and was dispersed overnight, the court's attitude towards the Southwest Army turned completely to be conservative, and even if the military strength was superior, he could not defend it. So Li Shuo only brought more than 50,000 people and pushed it to the capital.

This is a shame that has not been seen in the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty in more than a hundred years!

Even when the Northern Zhou Dynasty was at its most powerful time, there were 200,000 cavalry and 300,000 string control men eyeing the Southern Jin Dynasty. With the efforts of the ancestors of the Great Jin Dynasty, they never reached the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty. However, now the southwest traitors have dispatched only 50,000 people to truly come to the capital.

Hundreds of thousands of imperial guards in the capital were so scared that they could not stand out!

Even if the Southwest Army could not capture the capital, this incident would be recorded in history books, which would bring shame to the later generations of the Jin Dynasty!

Emperor Zhao's personal reputation also fell to freezing point as the Southwest Army arrived at the capital.

The founding of the Great Jin Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and he had nine emperors in total. He was the first emperor to be beaten to his doorstep. Even if the people could not say anything about him, if they came underground, their ancestors would probably not be able to spare him.

After Li Shuo arrived at the capital city with more than 50,000 people, he did not rush to attack. Instead, he slowly pushed out the catapult carts that had been prepared in the past few days. A total of 30 catapult cars were driven to the Xicheng Gate of the capital city.

Next, Li Shuo sent someone to call the capital, advising them to open the city to surrender, depose the foolish monarch, and welcome the sixth prince to the capital to succeed the throne.

Of course, this is just a routine matter. No one dares to open the door at this time, and no one will respond to it. Although there are thousands of guards above the city wall, it is silent and no one dares to make a sound.

Li Shuo didn't talk nonsense to them. With a wave of his hand, his catapult cart began to advance slowly.

Ordinary catapults, because they throw stones, are too heavy, and their range is not even as high as bows and arrows, especially the advantage of being condescending on the city wall. When throwing, the range of bows and arrows can reach three or four hundred steps. If ordinary catapults want to attack the city wall, they will definitely be shot by local crossbows. However, the weight of these pots is far less than that of stones, but they are not too light. This leads to the range of such catapults that can reach four or even five hundred steps, which has exceeded the land of an arrow. The longbows shot on the city tower are also useless to use these catapults.

Before starting his expedition to Shu East, Li Xin had someone deliberately trained a group of stone casters. These people had enough grasp of distance and accuracy. Clay pots hit the city wall accurately and then exploded!

Although the catapult loading speed was so slow that it exploded, it exploded in half an hour, and each catapult still threw more than a dozen pots and hundreds of thunders, exploded on the city wall!

Because at this time, the court's response to firearms was far from comparable before, so there were not many people standing on the city wall, and only a few people were arranged to hide behind the bunker, watch the movements of the Southwest Army with a thousand-mile mirror, and then report to the commander behind him at any time.

Because there are not many people, these pottery jars exploded on the city wall, so there are naturally not many people killed. However, the city wall must always be kept as human. If one person dies, the imperial guards will send people to fill it. After half an hour, hundreds of casualties will be found on the city wall.

Li Shuo, who was attacking under the city, also held a thousand-mile mirror and watched the situation on the city wall. He was not in a hurry, and only ordered the catapult to stop and kept throwing thunder.

In this way, the Southwest Army drove to the capital city in the morning, and after three or four hours of bombing with catapults, in the evening, the Ningzhou Army general waved his hand and took his subordinates to surround the catapults and retreated back to his camp.

Early the next morning, Li Shuo still brought his soldiers and pushed thirty people to blow up the walls of the capital for a whole day. After three days, although there were only more than 3,000 people killed or injured by the imperial guards, everyone in the capital felt a little more panic.

The most terrifying thing is not how powerful the enemy is, but that our own side has no way to fight back. If these southwest troops do not attack the city, the imperial guards will not be able to leave the city to attack them.

More importantly, although the walls of Dajinjing City were strong, after a few days of blowing up, the main body of the entire western city wall was still strong, but there were many places that were already bumpy and even some gaps appeared, which was extremely terrifying.

The Imperial Army General Xuantong retreated from the city wall with a gloomy face, wiped away the black and gray from his face with a towel, and rode a horse to the imperial city.

In the Weiyang Palace, the emperor was discussing with several prime ministers, mainly discussing how long the city can be eaten when the capital is closed down and how to maintain order in the capital.

This was during the war. Zhong Xuantong was taken to Weiyang Palace with only stay. He soon saw the emperor. He knelt in front of the emperor and bowed his head and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Southwest Army has retreated."

Emperor Yuan Zhao looked at Shichen, then said expressionlessly: "Every day, the sound of thunder rises from the sun and stops from the sunset. These southwest troops are really like sitting in the yamen."

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, in a few days, although there were not many casualties in the imperial guards, the capital was already panicked. No one of us knew how many firearms there were in these southwest rebels who were useless. If we continue like this, we might be in chaos in the city."

He lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said, "It's not just the people in the city, but even the soldiers of the imperial guards, who die hundreds of people every day, may feel dissatisfied..."

Emperor Yuan Zhao frowned slightly, and then said, "There are too few soldiers in the southwest who dare not use their lives to attack the city. They did this just to attract the imperial guards out of the city and hate them for fighting. The veteran general should bear it and don't be fooled by them."

Speaking of this, the emperor remembered something and his brows became deeper.

"Mr. Gongyang has been out of the city for so long, but he hasn't come back yet..."

Zhong Xuantong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, since gunpowder is burning at a glance, it is blown up. What I mean is that we can send a surprise troops out of the city, find the firearms of the Southwest Army, and burn it with fire..."

Now the craftsmen in the capital have created thunder, so generals of the level of Zhong Xuantong are no strangers to the nature of gunpowder, so it is not surprising that they come up with a way to deal with it.

The emperor shook his head slightly and said in a stern voice: "The old general should know that my teacher is an extremely cautious person."

"Now the one who is sieging the city under the capital is Li Shuo of the Southwest Army. The troops he is led are Ningzhou Army in the Southwest Army. Ningzhou munitions are allocated by the so-called general's mansion in the southwest. Even if we destroy their firearms, it will only destroy the firearms for one or two days, and it is useless."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Zhong Xuantong and sighed slowly.

"The old general, please stick to it according to my wishes. If there are damaged areas in the city walls, I will ask the Ministry of Works to repair it overnight. The people in the capital will ask Jingzhao Prefecture to appease it. The old general just needs to take the imperial guards to defend it."

Zhong Xuantong lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty, if you keep guarding, the imperial guard's spirit may be dissipated..."

The emperor still shook his head stubbornly. He walked off the throne and personally helped the old general up from the ground with his eyes firm.
Chapter completed!