Chapter 33: Besieged on all sides
Prince Chun’s Mansion.
Li Chengye put on his armor and stood on Baiyu Square, looking into the east of the city. The loud noise just now shocked the royal palace. Prince Chun summoned the Huwei and Fengwu camp to be on standby. An old man in green who looked like a scholar in his fifties walked over quickly and said, "Prince, it would be too late to send troops if he didn't send troops."
Prince Chun pondered slightly and said, "The situation outside has not been discovered. If the defense in the palace is empty, if there is a conflict with Guanshan Camp and the city guards, it will be a waste of money. It is better to contact the imperial guards before sending troops. Don't worry, if the imperial guards are here, the palace will be worry-free."
"But, Prince, there are two groups of tiger guards we sent to contact with. If we don't send troops at this time, I'm afraid that the palace gate will change." The old man in green said anxiously.
"Mr. Zhao, please be calm and Chengye will send someone to you." After saying that, Prince Chun was about to send the guards to contact him again.
Suddenly, a tiger guard rushed over. Before the horse stopped, the man flew to the ground, rolled in front of Prince Chun and said, "Report! Prince, Tai Shi Yu has already arrived at the palace gate. Except for the Chengxi Guard, the other two guards in the city are empty."
"What!?" Prince Chun and the old man in Qingyi changed his face. The old man in Qingyi asked anxiously: "Where is the Duwei of the Chengxi Guard?"
Huwei paused and said in a trembling voice: "All are dead."
Prince Chun took a breath and looked at each other with the old man in green. The old man in green said anxiously: "Prince."
Prince Chun calmed down and shouted: "Send troops to Zhuque."
"Yes." Hu Guard and Fengwu Camp shouted in unison, rode their horses and raised their swords. Prince Chun lifted the reins of the horse and was the first to leave the gate of the palace. The old man in green sighed slightly and followed closely behind.
It was a long way from Prince Chun’s mansion to the palace gate, and it took some time to ride a horse. When Prince Chun came to Zhuque Street, there was already a military flag covering the moon, and the sound of the rushing sound. Prince Chun held down the war horses, and his subordinates were bows and arrows rolled on the bows and arrows, aimed at the soldiers and generals in the square, and shot arrows just after the order was given.
At this time, the soldiers and generals in the square suddenly split into one person and one horse and came straight for Prince Chun. The old man in green hurriedly stopped the Huwei and Fengwu camp soldiers. The person came ten steps away from Prince Chun, and bowed with his fists and said, "Is it Prince Chun?"
"Yes, I'll be the general name." Prince Chun asked in a deep voice.
"The last general Qu Zhe, General Huaihua, Guanshan Camp, is the order of Prince Mu. Please ask Prince Shu Mu to come in person. The imperial guards participated in the rebellion. Now that the palace has fallen into the hands of Yu Chengyun, please ask the prince to settle his soldiers on the west side of the square. Prince Mu asked the prince to join the army to speak." After saying that, he threw the token to Prince Chun.
Prince Chun took the token, and it was indeed the order of King Mu. After thinking for a moment, he turned to the old man in green and said, "Mr. Zhao, you are here to take the troops and horses and act according to the opportunity. I will go to the Central Army to meet King Mu."
"Yes, Prince." The old man in green nodded slightly.
Prince Chun turned his horse's head and handed the token to the old man. He followed the captain Qu Zhe all the way to the central army. As soon as he arrived at the central army, he came up to meet a cavalry and asked from a distance: "But the Thirteenth Brother is here?"
"Yes, Chengwen, what's going on?" Prince Chun was happy when he saw Li Chengwen and asked hurriedly.
As he spoke, King Mu welcomed him. King Mu Li Chengwen was the youngest younger brother of Emperor Wanlong. He was over thirty years old and was handsome and dressed in military uniform, and looked even more heroic.
"The situation is not good, and the cavalry has rebelled. King Li Chengru of Jinan was actually bribed by Yu Chengyun for some unknown method. He opened the palace gate. Now the palace is under the control of Chengyun, and the whereabouts of the emperor's brother are unknown."
"Why is there any news about Changming Palace?"
"No, the palace gate is closed, the news inside cannot be transmitted, and the news outside cannot be transmitted. The imperial city has become a dead place." Li Chengwen showed his murderous aura and said coldly.
"Hmm?" Li Chengye was shocked and asked, "How strong are the rebels?"
"There are more than 2,000 cavalrymen, nearly 5,000 imperial guards, and the private soldiers of the Grand Tutor's Mansion have nearly 8,000."
Li Chengye took a breath of cold air and said in horror: "So much?"
"Yes, Brother Thirteen, I said the situation is not good." Li Chengwen sighed, "I have only launched a total of 13,400 troops in Guanshan Camp. Together with Brother Thirteen's Dingbei Army, it will be up to 15,000 at most. I am not afraid of head-on battles, but if I want to attack the city, it will be a little insufficient."
Prince Chun also frowned, and the palace gate was closed and he was at a loss. If he wanted to attack the city without siege equipment, these soldiers were no different from killing death. It could only be like taking advantage of the clouds to clear the palace and waiting for an opportunity to move.
Prince Chun looked up and was about to discuss countermeasures with King Mu, but saw that King Mu's expression was quite strange. He was just anxious, but he didn't see much worry. Then Li Chengye asked, "Chengwen, when did you enter the city? Do you know where the Duwei in the city is? As you said just now, the Duwei did not join the rebels. Now, except for the Duwei in the west garrison, the Duwei in the east and south garrisons are nowhere to be seen. Chengwen, do you know the reason for the Central Plains?"
Li Chengwen looked at Li Chengye with surprise and said, "Brother Thirteen, don't you know?" After saying that, seeing Prince Chun shook his head, King Mu wanted to say something, and thought for a while and said, "Kunshan Camp entered the city from the east gate of Zhuocheng. Brother Thirteen, you should hear a loud noise, which was the sound of the explosion of the city gate. Our cavalry entered the city, but it was still one step too late. Yu Chengyun did not intercept him before entering the palace. He never thought that Li Chengru had actually surrendered Yu Chengyun and was taken advantage of by Yu Chengyun. As for the explosion of the city gate, it was Duweiying."
"Well, okay, Xuanci knows his own will and is good at silence. He should be the leader of our Li family's next generation." Prince Chun nodded and said.
King Mu looked at Prince Chun strangely and said nothing.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the east of the imperial city. Three arrows were drawn through the air, rising to more than fifty feet and exploded, reflecting it incredible under the moonlight. Li Chengwen raised his sword eyebrows and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "It's done."
Prince Chun felt a little strange. Just as he was about to ask what he wanted, he saw the Huaihualang general Qu Zhe who had led the way rushed over and returned closer: "Two princes, the spike gate of the eastern wall of the palace has been broken. My infantry, shooting sound, Tiger Ben, and Yueqi have entered the palace. Please tell me."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "Okay," Wang Chang smiled and shouted: "Where is Lord Xiao?"
"I'm here." A sound came from the central army behind him. The voice was very familiar. Prince Chun turned around in surprise. It turned out that it was Jiufen Xiao Baishen.
Xiao Baihe nodded slightly to the two princes, jumped over a totem, and shouted: "All the generals received the order!"
King Mu raised his anger on the horse's back and shouted: "I will accept the order, please forgive the crime of Chengwen's inability to be fully ceremonious."
"Okay," Xiao Baishi roared and suppressed all the noises in the field. Then he unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and said, "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor ordered King Mu to raise troops to clear the king's side, quell the rebellion, and those who surrendered in chaos will not be killed. The generals of the army will be dismissed and demoted to common people. I will no longer pursue the rest of the generals. If I am obsessed with it, I will kill the nine clans. If I die, Prince Chun Li Chengye will succeed me. For the 14th generation of the Great Gansu king, all the rebels I encountered were killed before the palace gate. I will be honored."
"Receive the order and thank the emperor for his kindness." King Mu shouted violently, pulled out his long sword, pointed to the palace gate, "Attack!"
The soldiers of Guanshan Camp were unsheathed and slowly rushed towards the main gate of the palace. Prince Chun did not care about being surprised and hurriedly signaled to his personal soldiers, ordering the Northern Army to act together with Guanshan Camp and make arrangements. Prince Chun turned his head and exclaimed, "Seventeenth brother, you have a plan to openly repair the plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang. It seems that Brother Yu is going to learn well with you."
"Haha, Brother Thirteen, don't make fun of me. When it comes to marching and fighting, you are the number one person in Da Gan. How can I compare to you? These strategies have been arranged by Brother Third, I just follow the rules."
"Hmm?" Li Chengye was stunned, but the situation was urgent, so he could only suppress his doubts and force the army towards the palace gate.
At this time, the sound of killing in the palace became louder and louder, and it was clearly heard outside the palace walls. Guanshan Camp and Dingbei Army reached the range of bows and arrows. King Mu signaled the soldiers to stop. Li Chengwen shouted: "The soldiers of the imperial guards obey the orders, the emperor has given the orders, and the surrendered officials will be restored. Except for Li Chengru, everyone else will not blame him. If they are obsessed with it, they will die when the city is destroyed."
"My Guanshan Camp has already attacked the imperial city. If you break the palace gate, you will see sooner or later. If you are willing to surrender, my Prince Chun Li Chengye guarantees that all officials will be restored and captured Li Chengru alive will be promoted to three levels and rewarded with tens of thousands of taels of silver. But if you insist on doing it alone, all parents, wife and children will be killed before the palace gate, and the Northern Army will obey the order." As soon as King Mu finished speaking, another majestic voice sounded in the central army.
"At." More than a thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and the palace gate guards were shocked for a moment and silently.
"I have been saying dozens of times. If the city gate is not open, I will hurry up and capture all the parents and relatives of the soldiers who were established by the Imperial Army. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy. If you violate this oath, you will still be like this." After saying that, Li Chengye pulled out the long sword of his personal soldiers beside him and waved it upwards. His internal force was everywhere, and the long sword broke in response to the sound.
"Yes," the Dingbei Army shouted in unison.
"One. Two." Echoing Prince Chun's voice, the shouts of killing in the palace became louder and louder, and it became closer and closer to the palace gate, "Seven."
Suddenly, an old and angry voice came from the top of the palace gate: "Li Chengye, you can compete with each other with swords and guns. How could the dignified Prince Chun Dingbei Hou be so despicable??"
"Haha," Prince Chun laughed and said, "Li Chengru, Li Chengru, he launched a war to rebel and betray the clan. He even said that others were despicable. For his own selfish desires, he brought more than a thousand imperial guards to bury you. This is considered to be upright? Have you ever thought about these five thousand imperial guards before the rebellion? How many of these five thousand imperial guards were not in Zhuocheng? Such behavior is to punish the nine clans according to the law. Have you ever thought about them?"
"You are such a prince Chun, with sharp teeth and sharp mouths. Humph, we are the real polite court. Now I am in great storm. It's not because you are the ones who only know how to plunder the people's wealth, fish and meat, and the court is messed up by you."
"What a loyal and patriotic man," Li Chengru interrupted before he finished speaking, "But what kind of person you, Li Chengru, are you? Others don't know, don't you? I have joined the army at the age of 18. Now I have been in the army for more than 20 years. I have won more than defeats in my life, and have won more than defeats. I have won more than defeats. I have won more than defeats. The foreign races outside the border will not step on the central prefectures. Even so, I dare not use the banner of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to seek my own selfish desires, and I will not exchange my life and death for my own wealth and glory.
Imperial Army soldiers, you are loyal to me, the Great Gan Dynasty, not this despicable villain. If you can't even protect your parents, how can you defend your country?" After saying that, before Li Chengru could reply, Li Chengye shouted wildly, "Ten!"
At this time, someone shouted on the palace wall: "I surrender, don't kill my parents, I."
With a scream, the voice came to an abrupt end. At this time, the Dingbei Army shouted in unison: "Those who kill the brothers of the comrades, kill them!"
The soldiers of Guanshan Camp also shouted in unison: "Those who kill the brothers of the comrades, kill them!"
Several screams came out from the palace wall again, and Li Chengru cursed in anger: "Stop, stop, stop, don't be confused."
Suddenly, Li Chengru stopped and a low voice slowly came out: "Stop it all, otherwise Xiao will kill Li Chengru." It turned out that Xiao Bai died in nine lives.
Xiao Baishen took advantage of the chaos and used a military instrument to jump onto the palace wall. When the King of Jinan was unprepared, he took it down in one fell swoop. The soldiers on the palace wall were distorted, and no one found that Xiao Baishen had climbed to the palace gate. By the time he found out, it was already too late.
"Open the palace gate!" Xiao Baihe shouted softly.
The soldiers on the palace wall had no fighting spirit and were drooping their weapons. Several Li Chengru's confidants had been killed by random swords, and the remaining soldiers and generals were frightened. At this time, Li Chengye's voice sounded again: "Open the city gate, what I said just now is still counting."
A general who looked like an imperial guard officer sighed, threw his weapon to the ground, and said, "Open the palace gate."
The remaining soldiers and generals also threw their weapons to the ground and sat down dejectedly. Seeing this, Li Chengru was so angry that he turned his eyes and fainted.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The palace gate creaked and slowly opened. Prince Chun and King Mu rode together and entered the Dagan Palace. King Mu exclaimed: "Brother Thirteen, what a soldier is good at attacking the enemy. This way, the soldiers will take down the palace gate without bloodshed. Hey, Brother Thirteen, you seem unhappy?" Li Chengwen asked when he saw Li Chengye frowning.
Li Chengye shook his head and said, "Why is Yu Chengyun not here in such an important location?"
Li Chengwen was stunned and said, "Is there any other variables in the palace?"
Li Chengye didn't say anything. He looked at the Dingbei Army and the soldiers of Guanshan Camp who were escorting the imperial guards, slapped the war horses and said, "Let's go, Chengwen, go and ask Li Chengru."
The two of them rode their horses to Xiao Baihe. Li Chengye smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao, I am worthy of being the number one master of my Great Gansu. The twenty-foot palace wall is like walking on flat ground. Well, this time I will remember your great achievements."
Xiao Baihe smiled slightly and lifted Li Chengru to the front of the horse. As soon as he let go, Li Chengru collapsed to the ground and muttered to himself, but couldn't hear what he was saying. Li Chengye called several times but did not agree. Xiao Baihe was angry and stepped forward to grab Li Chengru and shouted: "Rebel, where is the emperor?"
Li Chengru was stunned and burst into tears, and the sky was so sad that the earth was miserable. Li Chengye was furious and ordered the Northern Army to take it down and take it seriously.
King Mu said anxiously: "If the emperor's brother falls into their hands, all our efforts will be wasted. Lord Xiao, do you know where the emperor has gone?"
Xiao Baihe shook his head and said, "The lower official has been with the prince and he doesn't know the situation in the palace."
Li Chengye's eyes flashed with a sharp look and he said, "There is no other way. Chengwen, your Guanshan Camp and my Dingbei Army are searching together, and they don't care about any rules. You must find the emperor's brother."
King Mu nodded and was about to send an order, suddenly a lot of people came from afar. Dingbei Army and Guanshan Camp immediately became alert. When they were about to enter the range of the bow and arrow, Xiao Baihe hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, you are your own."
At this time, a person flew out of the crowd, several ups and downs, like butterflies, came to Prince Chun and King Mu, and clasped his fists and said, "Prince, the general leader." It turned out to be a woman, and she was trembling coldly when she heard the sound. She had a beautiful figure and a black veil on her head, which added a bit of mystery.
Prince Chun and Prince Mu were shocked by the peerless body skills of the visitor. They looked at Xiao Baihe suspiciously, but saw Xiao Baihe nodding slightly and said, "Prince, this is Xiao's fifth sister, the fourth star among the eight-star guards, Chu Ying'er is surrounded by enemies." After that, he turned to Chu Ying'er and asked, "Fifth sister, how about the palace?"
The palace guards had eight stars and one guards, and their martial arts skills were ranked from low to high. They believed that the nine-life Xiao Baishen had the highest martial arts skills, but their identity rankings were from high to low. Xiao Baishen was the boss of the eight stars and one guards. Except for three or four guards, the others were very low-key in their daily lives, and they had heard of their reputation for a long time but had never seen them.
The name of the enemy on all sides was mentioned in a palace banquet at Xiao Baihe. In terms of martial arts, Lao Wu could not take his own ten moves, but if he talked about light skills, he would not catch up with her in his life. The guests at the banquet were surprised. He did not expect that there was a master in the eight stars who had better body skills than Xiao Baihe. The name of the enemy on all sides was spread all over Zhuocheng. However, Xiao Baihe did not say at that time who was named and who was a man or a woman. When he saw this, everyone was extremely surprised. No one expected that the enemy on all sides was a woman, and the eyes of several bold soldiers and guards were already circling up and down Chu Ying'er's graceful body.
Chu Ying'er's tone became even colder, and she snorted coldly, "The Seventh Prince will arrive soon, the Emperor will go to the Tiantai."
Chapter completed!