In the end, someone yelled that Qin's army was attacking. Great, the whole situation was like a volcanic eruption that could not be stopped. It exploded instantly.
The citizens and able-bodied men who had some control over themselves immediately crowded towards the city gate. Seeing this, the guards at the east gate immediately began their massacre.
Once the massacre began, it could not be stopped. Under the pursuit of the non-existent demon, the citizens and able-bodied men turned into red-eyed beasts, madly attacking the defense line of the east gate.
To protect themselves, the guards also began a very fierce massacre. Not only did they use swords and spears, but they also used iron cannons.
The sound of the cannons rang out, and row after row of people fell to the ground dead. The corpses piled up in piles, layer after layer. Blood splattered everywhere, and severed limbs flew everywhere. The East City Gate directly turned into a Shuraba, speeding in the most terrible direction.
Maeda Toshinaga and Hou Yangcheng, who should have quickly left Jingdu to escape, were blocked on the road, unable to move. After the sound of the explosion, they were attacked by the citizens and able-bodied men for no reason.
The retainers quickly formed a defense line and quickly killed those who had ill intentions. They fought with all their might, and at least managed to maintain the safety of Maeda Toshinaga and Hou Yangcheng. However, the situation was already out of control.
The army, the civilians, and the able-bodied men began to kill each other. The nobles could only cry in such a tragic situation, unable to find a way out. Many nobles even died in such a tragic situation, and it was the kind of tragic scene where the entire family was wiped out.
It was nothing more than the guards being killed, and the red-eyed people climbed over the corpses to steal the carriages and horses. At the same time, they also vented their anger, killing everything they saw, killing for no reason.
This kind of senseless killing continued from midnight until dawn. About one-third of Maeda Toshinaga's elite retainers and guards were killed, and the number of able-bodied men and civilians who died was unknown.
Maeda Toshinaga didn't know why these able-bodied men and civilians suddenly became so violent and crazily attacked them. He also didn't know where the inexplicable explosion came from. If it weren't for the explosion, the situation wouldn't have become so violent.
When dawn came, something even more terrifying happened.
Maeda Toshinaga's retainers and guards finally managed to protect Maeda Toshinaga and Hou Yangcheng's carriages with great difficulty. They killed their way to the south gate and tried to escape, but when they got there, they found that the situation had become very bad.
The refugees who had come to the capital from Danbo and other places had already surrounded the city gates so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through. They frantically slapped the gate, shouting to get in.
But the people in the city wanted to go out. Seeing such a situation, the most resourceful retainer's complexion changed greatly, not to mention Maeda Toshinaga and Houyang Cheng.
The explosion last night didn't just happen inside the city. It also happened outside the city. It happened inexplicably in the distance, directly detonating both inside and outside the city. The people inside the city wanted to go out, and the people outside the city wanted to come in, but all four entrances were blocked.
In the beginning, the group of retainers still had some hope. They led them to kill their way to the west and north gates. After losing a bunch of men, they finally realized that the city was completely blocked and they had no way to escape.
Faced with this situation, Hou Yangcheng had completely lost his mind. He personally came to condemn Maeda Toshinaga, scolding him until he lost his soul. But the situation before them had to be resolved. Without any other choice, the most intelligent retainer suggested that they might as well return to the palace and defend it.
"Wait for the people inside the city to rush out, or the people outside the city to rush into the city. Let these rioters kill each other until there is a result. Then we can fight our way out. Otherwise, with the city gate blocked, we won't be able to get out."
This was his suggestion. Hou Yangcheng and Maeda Toshinaga had no other choice but to listen to his suggestion. They headed in the direction of the palace and returned to their original nest.
In any case, everyone had wanted to escape last night, so no one had taken advantage of the chaos to rush into the palace. Other than a bit of chaos, there was not a single person in the palace. The retainers and the surviving soldiers immediately blocked the palace gates. After ensuring the safety of the palace, the group of people sat down to catch their breath, still in shock.
Last night's situation could really be called frightening.
And what was even more frightening was that other than Maeda Toshinaga, Hou Yangcheng, and his Empress, they had not been able to protect anyone. All the nobles and members of the royal family had been separated outside the city. The Empress cried bitterly, and Hou Yangcheng had a lifeless expression.
How could Maeda Toshinaga not have a lifeless expression?
His family had also been separated outside the city. At that time, he had only cared about running for his life, and had not had the time to care for his family. Now, although he remembered, he felt that they were likely dead.
His wife, concubines, children, and relatives were basically all separated outside the palace. According to the frightening situation last night, those rioters had killed each other with bloodshot eyes, without distinguishing between friend and foe. It was really hard to say.
But this was the full strength of the guards and retainers. In order to protect their lord, they had also suffered heavy casualties. Not only had they lost a large number of men, but even their own families had been separated.
Now, all of them were like frosted eggplants. They had lost their will to fight and were exhausted.
But what else could they do? They had already done all they could to do this. What else could they do?
Along the way, they could see many damaged carriages and tattered horse carcasses. There were also many luxuriously dressed corpses scattered outside. It was obvious that some noble family had died here.
This was really tragic to the extreme, so tragic that it could not be any more tragic.
However, they had no way to solve this problem. The army had dispersed, and no one knew how many people had survived. Now, there were less than 300 people who could protect them. Facing the entire city of rioters, they could not play any role at all.
It was impossible to restore order, and it was also impossible to take back the control of the city. Everyone was in chaos, and order had been destroyed. Now, it was time for fists and swords to do the talking.
The situation had gone out of control, and the future had become unpredictable. Whether the Qin Army had come, or whether the Qin Army had already appeared outside the city, these were all unknown.
If these could be discussed later, there was another problem that was very direct, and they had to face it.
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