It was just after noon at this time, and the autumn sunshine was shining directly down from mid-air, making it particularly bright. However, there was a gloomy feeling in the imperial city.
From Xuandemen (also known as Daqing Gate), Daqing Hall to Xuanyoumen (the second south gate of the imperial city), there were not a few living people at all. There were seven or eight fires, accompanied by thick smoke rising into the sky. Dark clouds covered the heads of Zhao Yuanfen and his minions around him.
Obviously, Liu Chenggui was not the only arsonist in the inner circle. In the imperial city, there were also die-hard loyalists of Zhao Heng, an official of the Song Dynasty. They found that they were helpless and would rather set themselves and the palace on fire than Zhao Yuanfen, mother and son. Shun Shun became the new owner of the palace.
Fortunately, there had just been a heavy rain the day before yesterday, and the moisture on the surface of the building had not faded away. Moreover, the fire isolation issues between the main buildings in the imperial city were considered at the beginning of the planning, so the fire did not spread quickly.
Even so, when Zhao Yuanfen saw him, he stopped and dispatched his strong arms to lead the soldiers of the Divine Guard to put out the fire everywhere.
Unexpectedly, when he pressed the gourd, the gourd floated up. He had just deployed his manpower, and before he could take a breath, there was another shrill horn sound behind him. It was Wang Shu, the governor of Kaifeng, and the judge of the North Courtyard. Wei Zhong, the right patrol envoy Yang Wenguang, the left patrol envoy Wang Yan and others discovered that the imperial city had been lost, and led the officers and soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion to launch a desperate counterattack against the Divine Guards.
"Wang Dujian, go and take command personally and capture Wang Shu and his minions at any cost!" As long as you pass through the Xuanyou Gate, you can step onto the steps of the Zichen Palace, the center of power in the Song Dynasty. The last section of the road continues all the way. After walking to the end, Zhao Heng couldn't suppress his anger, so he called Wang Fan, the supervisor of the Divine Guard Army, and gave instructions loudly.
"Yes!" Wang Fan was Zhao Yuanfen's son-in-law. He knew very well how much his father-in-law liked to vent his anger on innocent people, so he quickly agreed and rushed out of the imperial city.
After only a dozen steps, another shrill sound of horns came from the southeast of Bianliang inner city. Immediately afterwards, a messenger galloped towards him on horseback. He was a student of Taixue. I don’t know who incited him. , had a conflict with a whole battalion of the Divine Guards who were monitoring the Imperial Academy, and beat the latter to flight.
"It must be the fault of that old man Zheng Changfeng. Li Sheng, you and Cao Quan went there with a military brother to suppress you. If you dare not return to Taixue within half an hour, you will be punished as if you were a member of the Liao Kingdom!" The nameless karma fire rushed straight to his forehead, Zhao Yuanfen gritted his teeth and ordered.
Beads of sweat immediately appeared on the forehead of Li Sheng, the admonishing doctor. However, he did not dare to disobey Zhao Yuanfen's oral instructions and bowed his body to accept the order.
He was born in Taixue Shangshe, Jijiu was his mentor, and all current students were his fellow disciples.
Today, he was ordered to suppress his mentor and junior brother. Even if the battle was not fatal, the friendship between him and his teacher was completely severed. From now on, he no longer has to think about himself as a senior senior brother in front of other colleagues who came from Imperial College!
"The old man surnamed Zheng, if he, Kou Zhun, Lu Mengzheng and others hadn't played tricks on him, I would have entered the Zichen Palace long ago. Why would I have to wait until now?!" Zhao Yuanfen had no time to consider Li Sheng's difficulties and gritted his teeth. Emphasizing in a low voice, "You two, after suppressing that group of scholars, arrest the old man named Zheng and imprison him in the camp of the Divine Guards. In order to prevent him from inciting other people to cause trouble for me."
"Yes!" Li Sheng staggered, and bowed again together with Cao Quan.
"Go quickly!" Zhao Yuanfen waved his hand impatiently, turned around and continued walking towards the Zichen Palace. Just as he was about to pass through the Xuanyou Gate, suddenly another soldier came to report, but it was Sesame Officer who was lining up to unload the two divisions. They, leading thousands of soldiers responsible for carrying supplies, broke through the water gate of the Bianhe River and headed southeast.
"Fang Guangming, you lead an army to block the water gate. Anyone who takes the opportunity to escape from the inner city, regardless of their official position, will be killed on the spot!" Zhao Yuanfen's face was distorted with anger. He dropped a word and strode onto the Zichen Palace. steps.
If someone doesn't want to be his subject at this time, just kill him. Zichen Palace is already close at hand, and even if the gods come today, they can't stop him.
"Your Highness, be careful. Qie Rongmo will take people in to search in case of any unexpected events!" Yuhou Chugou, the commander of the left wing of the Divine Guards, was cautious and took the initiative to rush forward a few steps and shouted a reminder.
"Well, go quickly. No need to ask for instructions!" Zhao Yuanfen was burning with anxiety, but he knew there was no harm in being cautious, so he stopped and nodded gently.
"Soldier Zuoying, follow me!" Chu Gou immediately turned his head and greeted the soldiers around Zhao Yuanfen. The expression on his face did not change at all because of Zhao Yuanfen's trust.
The other generals of the Divine Guard who followed Zhao Yuanfen were so regretful that they wanted to find a corner and hit their heads against the wall.
The imperial city has been broken, Han Qing, who is the most capable of fighting, has long since escaped, and the inner squad who can best unite the military's morale knows that Liu Chenggui set fire to himself in Wende Palace. At this moment, what danger can there be in Zichen Palace?
The so-called precaution against unexpected events was clearly an excuse that Chu Gou came up with at the last minute. It was just to show off in front of Zhao Yuanfen so that he could have a place in the court or among the imperial guards in front of the palace in the future.
"Open the palace door, search the main hall and the side halls on both sides, and block the back door. No matter who is inside, arrest them all and take them aside for future screening and interrogation!" Just when he was regretting that he had missed the opportunity, Chu Gou had already led him With more than two hundred soldiers, they rushed to the door of Zichen Palace. While reaching out to push the door open, they shouted orders.
"Squeak--" The main door was not bolted, and Chu Gou pushed it gently and slowly opened inward. The midday sun penetrated the black smoke in the air, illuminating the hall, which was usually used to hold court meetings. Get a bright light.
The face of Liu E, the noble concubine of the Song Dynasty, immediately fell into Chu Gou's eyes. He saw her sitting on Zhao Heng's dragon chair with an angry look on her face.
Han Qing, who was rumored to have escaped for a long time, was standing beside her holding a finger-thick Gao Xiang, with the sneer at the corner of her mouth genuine.
"Be careful—" A blast of cold air rushed straight to Chu Gou's front door. Immediately afterwards, an exclamation came out of his mouth. "Escort me, protect me quickly..."
It's too late.
The high incense in Han Qing's hand was pressed down suddenly. Two strings of sparks immediately went under the two huge tables facing the entrance of Zichen Hall.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of projectiles rushed out from under the incense table accompanied by the light of fire. The sound was like exploding beans, "Bang, bang, bang, bang..."
Looking at Chu Gou and the seven or eight heavily armed cronies around him, they were all pushed backwards by the projectiles, and blood splattered on everyone's chest and back.
"It's a musket!" At the last moment of his life, Chu Gou knew what kind of sharp weapon was hidden under the incense table.
This object is also commonly equipped in the Divine Guards, and can penetrate iron armor within ten steps. However, its main function is to scare horses, and it is used to deal with infantry, but the effect is useless.
Unless the infantry rushes within ten steps of the musket, and their chest is facing the muzzle of the musket, otherwise, this object will not hit the target at all.
Ten steps away, the power of the projectiles drops sharply, and they cannot penetrate the armor of the God Guards. As for thirty steps away, even if someone wearing a cloth robe is hit by a musket, it will only be a superficial wound at most, and it is impossible to be injured at all.
to the internal organs.
As a confidant of King Yong, Chu Gou thought of various ways to enhance the power of the sudden fire gun, and also thought of various ways to deal with the close range shooting of the sudden fire gun.
However, I never thought that a musket with an attack range of no more than ten steps and a useless effect could be used together like this!
More than two hundred muskets were connected together by wires and fired in a concentrated manner. In the blink of an eye, a hail of bullets was thrown at the entrance of Zichen Palace.
Chu Gou's body was beaten into a sieve and rolled down the steps of Zichen Palace. He opened his eyes wide and refused to close his eyes to death!