"This is a rebellion!"

The Minister of War Lu Xiao was furious and said sternly to the Minister of Rites Yuan, "Without the Ministry of War's transfer order, even I, the Minister of War, knew nothing. Xuanwu Camp and Black Knife Camp dared to enter the capital, Tiger God Camp... The Tiger God Camp not only did not stop it, but opened the city gate. They were about to rebel."

The fist that was clenched in anger was trembling.

Yuan Moxian also looked solemn and asked, "Mr. Lu, did you have any news in advance?"

"In the middle of the night, I was woken up and found out that the troops entered the city." Lu Xiao said: "Since the founding of the country, no troops have entered the capital without knowing it. Even if the late emperor was critically ill and the Black Knife Camp entered the city to change defense, Sima Lan had informed the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War issued a transfer order."

Old Shangshu Yuan leaned on the chair: "Without the Ministry of War's transfer order, how could Xuanwu Camp enter the city? There was only one reason, that is, the emperor issued an order directly."

"But the emperor issued an order to mobilize troops into the city, there is always a reason." Lu Xiao said: "Why do they want to enter the city? That is tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the military power is controlled by Qin Zhong. If... if there is another reason, the capital will be in danger."

Yuan Moxian also showed a look of horror in his eyes: "The Tiger God Camp can open the door and let it go, so it is naturally a first-class alliance with the Xuanwu Camp. If... if they really want to rebel, there are only a few thousand Yulin Camps in the imperial city, which is absolutely unstoppable."

"There is a conspiracy!" Lu Xiao stood up and said in a deep voice: "The commander of the Tiger God Camp Xue Lingfeng was assassinated. Lu Xiaochao controlled the Tiger God Camp. Now it seems that it is probably for today."

Old Shangshu Yuan also looked bad, but his emotions were calm. He suddenly stood up and said, "Let's enter the palace!"

"Enter the palace?" Yuan Moxian was stunned: "Father, how can I enter the palace at this time?"

Old Shangshu Yuan sneered: "It is at this time that I want to enter the palace. I want to see what happened this time."

"Xuanwu Camp has entered the city." Yuan Moxian immediately said: "No one knows whether Xuanwu Camp rebelled, at this time...!"

"Are you worried that the rebels would kill me with one knife?" Old Shangshu Yuan snorted coldly: "I just want to see who is going to cut off this time."

Lu Xiao also said: "I will go to the palace with the old minister. No matter what, I will meet the emperor."

At the foot of the imperial city, a team of cavalry first appeared at the intersection of the edge of the square. The square under the imperial city was wide and empty. In the past, unless a court meeting was held, civil and military ministers would appear in the square outside the city gate to wait. Otherwise, no one would dare to approach this square easily.

The crossbow at the top of the Imperial City is not a decoration. Its farthest distance can be shot to the edge of the square, so the entire square is actually within the range of the crossbow.

There were not many defenders on the top of the city, less than 300 people, but they were all ready.

The walls of the imperial city are not thinner than those of the outer city, very heavy. They are built with solid huge rocks transported from afar. They can ride horses on the top of the city, and the walls can also store materials. The most are arrows. All the soldiers in the Yulin Camp can not only ride horses, but also shoot arrows. Therefore, everyone wears a sharp blade and carries a longbow. The arrows stored in the city walls are enough to make the soldiers spend their entire lives.

When the fire appeared in the distance, the guards had already transported boxes of arrows to the top of the city, and the eight crossbow machines lined up were all equipped with crossbow arrows. The crossbow machines were special weapons to guard the imperial city. Unlike ordinary crossbows, they were very huge. The arrows were also specially made and had extremely strong lethality. If you shoot one arrow, you can easily shoot a tall horse.

Amid the sound of horse hooves, the cavalry team took the lead in entering the square, followed by teams of cavalry.

"It's Xuanwu Camp!" Someone on the top of the city saw the flags waving in the wind and whispered loudly: "Everyone is on guard."

Yu Beigu pressed his hands on the wall and stared at the cavalry entering the square. After hundreds of cavalry entered, the brigade of infantry following behind also stepped onto the square without any scruples, holding spears in hand. Soon, like dark clouds sweeping in the sky, occupying a large area of ​​the square.

"Sir!" The soldier who was controlling the crossbow machine looked at Yu Beigu.

The important area of ​​the imperial city is extraordinary. The Yulin Camp's responsibilities are: Any suspected rebels can be shot and killed whenever they enter the square.

At this time, the soldiers of Xuanwu Camp entered the Yulin Camp without any scruples and regarded it as the place of the forbidden area. Of course, the Yulin Camp can shoot and kill at any time.

Yu Beigu looked solemn and did not immediately give an order.

The dense soldiers of Xuanwu Camp continued to approach the imperial city like cold ghost soldiers. The sound of war horses neighing and the friction of armor made the originally calm square instantly filled with solemn intentions. The opponent's unscrupulous and even domineering momentum made the defenders on the city feel tight for no reason.

"Give them a warning, don't kill people first!" Yu Beigu finally said.

The crossbow machine made a quick adjustment. Soon, with a command, several thick crossbow arrows shot out from the top of the city. A "bang bang" sounded immediately above the square. The crossbow arrows were shot a few steps ahead of the first row of cavalry. Although the powerful impact force did not completely crush the bluestone slab, it still cracked the bluestone slab.

This is a warning!

The cavalry in front finally stopped. The cavalry raised their heads and looked at the defenders at the top of the city. After the crossbow machine fired the crossbow arrows in the first round, the defenders quickly put the crossbow arrows back, and the other defenders had already bent their bows and arrows, aiming at the fierce soldiers and horses.

When Xuanwu Camp troops arrived at the city, Qi Ning quickly received a report.

He Qing's face was cold and said, "It turns out that he had planned it long ago. Xiao Shaozong had already prepared to mobilize troops to siege the city."

"So the imperial city is a trap." Qi Ning sneered: "The puppet was killed, so it was naturally to blame me. In this way, it became a fact for me to enter the palace to assassinate him, and he was famous for leading troops to suppress the thieves."

Suddenly, I heard a shout from a distance: "There is an assassin!"

A group of Yulin Guards rushed over with their spears. Qi Ning saw a group of figures coming here. When they saw that the group of people were all wearing night-slide clothes, they were about to fight with Yulin Guards. Qi Ning shouted in a deep voice: "Don't move, they are your own people." He quickly walked over and saw that many people came, all wearing night-slide clothes. The first one saw Qi Ning and immediately said: "Mr. Duke!" But the sound was the Shadow Mouse Gray Crow.

Qi Ning operated tonight, and the troops were divided into three groups. The gray crow and the flying cicada Kotaro each led a group of men. They agreed in advance that regardless of the success or failure of the mission, they would return to the snow python pool. When they saw the gray crow appearing here, they frowned and said, "What's the situation? How could you be here?"

Gray Crow said: "When we were preparing to take action, we suddenly found a large number of palace maids and eunuchs running around. They caught someone asking. They knew that Yulin Guard had killed in, and the palace was in chaos. Some people said that Yulin Guard entered the palace to capture the Duke of the Kingdom. They thought that the Duke of the Kingdom had been exposed, so they retreated...!" They glanced at He Qing beside Qi Ning and said: "When the agreement was back, Miss Chi was afraid that the Duke of the Kingdom was wrong, so they sent us to find the Duke of the Kingdom in the palace. They just found that the Duke of the Kingdom was here, and thought that he was captured by the Yulin Camp, so... wanted to come and rescue him."

Qi Ning sighed and had already agreed in advance that no matter what happened, there was no need to worry about the other two routes, but Chi Danmei obviously did not follow her instructions. When she learned that the Yulin Camp was going to arrest her, she still sent someone to rescue her.

“Where are they?”

"It's still in the palace." said the gray crow, "We scattered to find the Duke."

Qi Ning nodded and then said to He Qing: "I expected the emperor to be imprisoned by Xiao Shaozong, so I brought people to Miyamoto tonight to try to rescue the emperor, but I fell into Xiao Shaozong's trap."

He Qing actually guessed that he had no doubt about Qi Ning leading people to rescue the emperor. He was just surprised that the imperial city was so strict, but how could Qi Ning lead people to sneak into the palace? Naturally, he didn't know the existence of the secret passage. Although he was suspicious, he still said: "Dude, the Xuanwu Camp rebelled and besieged the imperial city from all sides. Finally, he will go to the top of the city first."

At that moment, He Qing led his men to the top of the city. Qi Ning asked the gray crow to release a signal. It was a sound bamboo. As long as it ejected into the air, it would make a harsh sound. It was also a signal that Qi Ning had agreed in advance to gather.

After the signal was sent, he did not wait long before he saw Feichan Xiaotaro coming quickly with a group of people. Then Chi Danmei also rushed over. Seeing Qi Ning safe and sound, Chi Danmei was relieved and had a serious face: "The palace has been in chaos, and the Yulin Army has all killed in it."

Qi Ning explained briefly, and Chi Danmei frowned and said, "Xiao Shaozong has already dispatched troops to siege the imperial city, so he is naturally coming to you. He wants to kill you."

"He couldn't let me survive." Qi Ning sneered: "But the big fight is not just to kill me, but there must be other purposes."

"There are too few defenders in the imperial city." Chi Danmei said, "There is no need to attack the imperial city. As long as the imperial city is surrounded, it will not take long for the people here to starve to death." Her beautiful eyes turned and she whispered: "We will withdraw from the secret passage, so we don't need to sit here and wait for death."

"The secret passage must be blocked." Qi Ning said: "Xiao Shaozong had known that we had discovered the secret passage for a long time. He deliberately pretended not to know, just to let me enter the palace from the secret passage. I came in for the front foot, but I was afraid that someone would block the secret passage from the back foot, and it would be impossible to go out from the secret passage."

Chi Dan Mei Liu's eyebrows frowned even more: "Then...what should we do?" Yinya bit and said: "When it's dark, I will protect you and rush out. You and I will join forces. Even if there are thousands of troops, they may not be able to stop it."

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "The imperial city has been surrounded. As long as we leave the city, we will immediately fall into the siege. Not to mention whether you and I can really break through the siege, even if we really have the ability, we will definitely kill countless people. Most of the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp were deceived by Xiao Shaozong. They are all soldiers of the Chu State. If we have no choice, don't hurt them." He sneered and said, "Xiao Shaozong gave me the name of rebellion. If I really kill it in front of everyone, my name of rebellion will no longer be clear, and Xiao Shaozong's conspiracy will succeed."

"Then...what should I do?"
Chapter completed!