As the chaotic army was getting excited, the atmosphere in Kyoto City was almost frozen.
Everyone has eyes and ears. The true situation of the battle can be seen from the injured imperial guards.
Nowadays, in Kyoto, the quantity and price of grain and oil are limited.
There was a long queue in front of the grain shop, which seemed to have no end.
The people in the queue were in a daze and absent-minded. The government ordered that no one was allowed to discuss the war, otherwise they would be treated as spies.
This undoubtedly cast a shadow over everyone's hearts.
"Oh, if I had known this, I would have stocked up more rice."
"You're pretty good. At least you have a small yard where you can grow some wild vegetables. With seven or eight people crammed into a small room like ours, it's hard to even turn around, let alone grow vegetables. At this time of year in previous years, the elderly and children in the family would go to the suburbs to pick wild vegetables to supplement the family income. Alas, now, all the rats in Kyoto are almost wiped out."
Kyoto is a big city with millions of people, and there are many rats because of the large population.
The various neighborhoods have been troubled by the large number of rats, and no matter what methods they have tried, they have failed.
Now, without their mobilization, the people of Kyoto spontaneously caught rats.
First, it was to prevent rats from eating the few remaining food supplies, and second, although rats were small, they were still meat, and could be used to save lives when the situation became desperate.
"Don't just talk about mice. The same goes for people who have cats and dogs at home."
If conditions permit, cats and dogs are pets and are cute little ones.
When a city is besieged by foreign enemies, most people are reluctant to take out their most precious food to feed their cats and dogs.
The originally plump cats and dogs have become so skinny that their bellies are deflated.
This is still considered good luck. If you are unlucky, you may be caught at the entrance of some alley or on some roof and fall into the boiling pot of water.
Citizens throughout Kyoto realized that the situation was about to get worse.
Even the nobles who are high and mighty know that the situation is not good.
There were undercurrents in the court, and half of the people believed that they should concentrate their last bit of strength to break out.
Another large number of people believed that they should wait until reinforcements arrived before making a decision.
Finally, a small group of people believed that Kyoto could not be lost.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou sat on the throne, looking at the civil and military officials in the court arguing endlessly, and no one dared to offer to lead the troops to resist the rebellion. He suddenly felt it was extremely boring.
It's ridiculous and funny.
They were just a bunch of rabble, yet they were frightened like frightened birds.
With such a group of subordinates, it’s no wonder that he can’t defeat Gu Nanxi.
It's not that I'm incompetent, it's just that our friendly forces are too weak.
He turned away, no longer paying attention to the civil and military officials who were almost about to fight in the court.
The sun rises again.
The golden sunlight shines on the muddy ground, reflecting a blood-red glow.
Those were streams formed by blood, and they did not dry up in one night.
"Master Li! Something is wrong!"
Li Jin also discovered it.
This time, the civilians were no longer used as cannon fodder, but as laborers, carrying ladders and running forward, and the main force of the siege became the main force of the rebel army.
Their shield soldiers moved forward, followed by infantrymen behind them, with great momentum.
Li Jin looked solemn. These shields were rectangular and more than one and a half meters high. They covered most of the soldiers' bodies. They were covered with leather and painted red.
Some shields also have iron wrapping around the edges for added protection.
Obviously, these shields came from the military treasury of the captured provincial government and were the shields of the Zhou Dynasty!
After a brief adaptation process, the rebel army's subsequent main force actually formed a stacked formation, with shieldmen forming a barrier in the front row, and crossbowmen and spearmen in the rear fighting based on the shield formation.
Li Jin made a prompt decision: "Set up the crossbow on the bed!"
Kyoto naturally has weapons with great destructive power such as the bed crossbow.
Under the power of the crossbow, those shields were like paper, and there were several of them in a string.
But the rebel army was not frightened by this situation. On the contrary, their steps became more urgent and passionate, with strong desire in their eyes.
That is the desire for money!
Fang La waved his hand and dozens of shield carts moved forward.
The wheeled shield carts rumbled forward, and the soldiers hid behind them and advanced to the bottom of the city wall to resist the arrows and rolling logs of the defenders.
At the same time, the catapults that had always been treasured by the rebel army also began to appear.
Various stones drew beautiful parabolas, hit the city walls and fell into the city.
Su Xuanming mechanically pulled the crossbow and shot the arrow.
Under the rain of arrows, the rebel army fell down one after another like grass being cut down.
But there was still a part of the rebel army that ran to the foot of the hill where corpses were piled up, set up ladders and began to climb the wall!
Su Xuanming clearly felt that this time, things were really different.
There was no fear of death in the eyes of the chaotic army, only cold anger and greed like wild beasts.
Su Xuanming suddenly remembered something his mother had said.
When the profit reaches 10%, they will be ready to move.
When the profit reaches 50%, they will take risks.
When the profit reaches 100%, they dare to trample on all human laws.
When profits reached 300%, they dared to risk being hanged.
The chaotic world where evil spirits run rampant is not scary. What is scary is that people’s hearts are completely corrupt and they put profit first.
The profit from conquering Kyoto is 300%? !
From sunrise to sunset, the rebel army attacked the city walls several times and was beaten back several times.
The rebel army was not fools. After several failures, they finally discovered that the defenders of this section of the city wall were different from others.
There was no fear or anger in their eyes, and defeating the enemy seemed a matter of course to them.
They felt in their hearts that they could repel any enemy that came their way.
This confidence and composure was something the rebel army had never seen before.
The Great Zhou army that fought against the rebel army either fought fiercely or fled at the first sign of trouble.
This time, the opponents were completely different. They were calm and resourceful. Looking back, we found that every time they attacked, every time they cooperated, they were all for the sake of saving effort and efficiency. There was no fancy moves, no show-offs, only one requirement: to kill with one strike!
The movements were so skillful that it seemed as if they had been practiced thousands of times.
They cooperate with each other as if their teammates are their brothers and sisters.
Gradually, the rebel army would rather take a longer route and were unwilling to go to that section of the city wall.
In this war, Kyoto was still not captured, but the rebel army achieved good results, with the imperial guards suffering more than two-thirds casualties.
If the consumption continues, Kyoto will have to draw manpower from the people of Kyoto to fill the vacancies.
After hearing the war drums signaling the retreat, the rebel army left behind many corpses and swarmed back to the camp.
They were certain that the Imperial Guards' fighting power was limited to this level, and if they fought two or three more times, Kyoto would surely fall.
At the same time, various generals began to shirk their responsibilities and were unwilling to be responsible for that section of the city wall.
Kyoto is a piece of fat meat that is about to fall into your mouth. Whoever has stronger power will be able to bite off a bigger piece.
No one wants to waste too much manpower on this small city wall.
Fang La listened to the various leaders arguing endlessly and thought of some things he had heard. He had a vague guess in his mind.
The person responsible for guarding this section of the city wall should be Su Xuanming, the eldest son of Duke Yun.
Duke Yun would definitely not abandon his son and would definitely send someone to guard him.
In other words, the soldiers guarding this section of the city wall were most likely from Yunzhou.
"Okay, stop arguing. Those are Yunzhou soldiers. It's normal that we can't defeat them. The city wall is so long, so just don't attack this end." (End of this chapter)
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