Loud noises came one after another. When the people in the capital saw the giant God-like Gundam, they all ran away. The Imperial Guards also became a mess. The weapons in their hands were unable to stop the Gundam's advance. They could only shoot out the cannonballs at random, without caring.
Whether it hit or not, it dropped the muskets and rifles all over the ground and ran away with its head in its arms.
Peng Jinrong and his party quickly approached the city gate under the cover of Gundam. The twenty-four guns on Gundam's chest were fired at once. The guards on the city wall immediately fled out of sight. The city gate opened wide and the group walked through the city.
Go out and run towards the river, Peng Jing
Rong looked back with tears in her eyes. Gundam was too bulky to cross the city wall, so he had to block the pursuers for them inside the city. Looking at the iron man in the distance, he actually raised a hand and made a goodbye gesture. Peng Jinrong couldn't bear to look anymore and turned around resolutely.
Lead the troops to run quickly.
Seeing the Gundam stopped, countless officers and soldiers came out of their hiding places. Fire bazookas and small steel cannons kept hitting it, knocking countless dents on its hard and thick body. The Gundam did not have thick armor all over its body. In order to
Flexible movements, some joints are impossible to install
The armor was too heavy, so one arm was injured in the hail of bullets. After a while, it creaked and became fixed in one position. However, the two legs of the Gundam could still move. It could collapse a house by raising its feet.
, the psychological shock to the officers and soldiers was still great.
The officers and soldiers were unable to leave the city to pursue them. They were afraid of being punished by the emperor, so they scratched their heads and scratched their heads anxiously. While they were hesitating, they suddenly heard a buzzing sound in the sky. It turned out to be three aircraft marked with golden dragons.
The parafoil flew over.
This is not the air force of the Red Shirt Army, but an air superiority fighter built by the emperor himself, specially prepared to defend against Liu Ziguang's airship. However, the opponent did not send out air power, so the emperor did not use this trump card, three powered parafoils.
The small missiles loaded on it were unable to cause damage to the Gundam, but they pulled a steel cable from the tail and circled around the Gundam.
The small plane moved nimbly, but the Gundam was huge and slow in movement. It was as helpless as a giant swatting at flies. Soon, his whole body was covered with steel cables. He barely took a step and tripped over himself. His huge body fell to the ground with a loud sound.
More than ten miles away, even the palace was shaken.
Gundam is a giant humanoid weapon, powered by a steam engine. The whole body is filled with pressure pipes, and there are countless flame vents and shooting ports. After falling to the ground, it will inevitably explode. Dozens of operators inside the body will be killed on the spot, and those who survived will also be killed.
The fire came and burned them to death. Only Liu Ziguang escaped alone and grabbed a knife to fight in.
In the rebellious army, everyone did not know that this was the official who had invaded the Duke of Zhen. They only knew that this man was extremely powerful and no one could stand in front of him. The officers and soldiers knew what was good and what was bad, so why risk themselves for the sake of promotion and wealth?
Liu Ziguang was allowed to escape by jumping into the house, so he could not go into battle just by shouting.
At the Meridian Gate headquarters, the battle status was gathered one by one. Yuan Chengzhi was overjoyed. Good news came one after another: Steam Weng Zhong had been destroyed. The Jiangwutang rebels who rushed in from the east gate were also tightly surrounded by the Forbidden Army. It was only time for them to be destroyed.
Question, the people from Nanchang also brought the eldest princess and Liu Kangang. The three Huang brothers were fighting fiercely with the red shirt rebels by the river. It won't take long to catch all the rebellious officials and traitors who escaped from the city.
There is also some bad news: Liu Ziguang is still alive and dead, and Sun Gang, the admiral of the South Factory, was unfortunately seriously injured in a confrontation with the rebels and was dying. However, these do not matter, at least the biggest problem has been solved. , that is the complete collapse of the power of Liu Ziguang's family.
When the good news reached the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao also breathed a sigh of relief. He sent an order to bring the eldest princess and his little nephew into the palace. At the same time, he launched a city-wide search to arrest Liu Ziguang's accomplices, who often went to the town on weekdays. All the officials who moved around the Duke's office were imprisoned and questioned, and then they posted notices to calm the people, explaining the justice and legality of this counter-insurgency operation, and telegraphed Liu Ziguang's crimes to the whole country, completely eradicating all Liu Ziguang's influence.
Huang Zongxi and Wei Zhongxian both congratulated the emperor, and Zhu Youxiao waved his hand reservedly: "Both of the Qing family are great meritorious officials, and I will definitely reward them heavily."
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but smile and kowtow to thank him. Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty, Liu Ziguang has great supernatural powers and many tricks. As long as you don't see the body, you can't take it lightly. His family members and subordinates can just escape, and I can't afford to overturn it." What a waste. If Liu Ziguang escapes, he will contact his old subordinates from all over the country to openly rebel. I have a plan. No matter whether he is dead or alive, he will no longer be able to worry the emperor."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Huang, if you have any good plans, let me hear them."
Huang Zongxi said: "The Liu family has a huge power and is deeply interconnected. There are many ministers and generals under them, but they are not subordinate to each other and are scattered in various places. If Liu Ziguang escapes by chance and raises his arms, there will naturally be countless people who respond. But if Liu Ziguang dies, there will be no head." , A bird cannot fly without wings. No matter how many talents they have, they will be like a piece of scattered sand. When the time comes, your Majesty only needs to defeat them one by one to stabilize the world."
Wei Zhongxian immediately understood what Huang Zongxi meant, but he pretended not to understand and asked: "Our family is ignorant and we don't understand what Mr. Huang means. Haven't we always wanted to kill Liu Ziguang? What you said is the same as in vain." ah."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I understand what you mean, sir. Regardless of whether Liu Ziguang is dead or not, let's announce a death news first to disrupt their position. Even if Liu Ziguang really escapes, he will not be able to tell the people all over the country in a short time." The old man proves that he is the real Liu Ziguang, so that I can deal with these people calmly."
Wei Zhongxian nodded like a fool: "Your Majesty is so wise, this servant is so impressed that he fell to the ground."
Zhu Youzhan said seductively: "Xiao Weizi drafted a decree for me, saying that Liu Ziguang and his associates failed to rebel and resisted stubbornly, so they were killed on the spot by the imperial guards. Well, find another death row prisoner who looks similar to him and show his head to the public. Announce it to the world, and in this way, whether he is dead or not, he is still dead."
Huang Zongxi stroked his beard and nodded with a smile. Wei Zhongxian also smiled and said "Long Live the Holy Ming". The monarch and his ministers were complimenting each other. The guards came to report that the eldest princess had been brought outside the palace gate. Zhu Youxiao's happy expression immediately dimmed, although he thought Liu Ziguang felt sorry for himself, but this imperial sister was innocent. Her fault was that fate played a role in marrying someone else. Zhu Youxiao sighed and said: "Please come in, I want to persuade the eldest princess."
After a while, the eldest princess came and saw a young woman with disheveled hair and dull eyes walking into the hall with her child in her arms. She seemed to be stupid. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh again and said a few words of pleasant words, but Zeng Cheng didn't do anything. There was no response. Zhu Youxiao thought that his sister might have gone crazy after being hit by this, that's all. It was all fate.
His mother was paralyzed and his sister was crazy. Although Zhu Youxiao felt sad, he did not feel that it was his fault at all. At this moment, the only thing he cared about was the child in Zeng Cheng's arms. That was the child who had been calculated by Qintian and was destined to He wanted to sit on the emperor's dragon seed, so he ordered the eunuchs to bring the child over to watch. The two eunuchs came forward and tore at each other for a long time, but they couldn't take the child away from Zeng Cheng. Strangely, the child actually died after pulling and pulling. At every turn, Zhu Youxiao said curiously: "Wait a minute, look at what happened to that child?"
The eunuch stretched his head to take a closer look and said: "Go back to the emperor, this child is dead."
He's dead! No wonder his sister is crazy. Zhu Youxiao shook his head as if he couldn't bear it, but he felt a sense of relief and satisfaction in his heart. Just as he was thinking of saying a few words to comfort his crazy sister, a eunuch ran in in a panic. Report: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the Qianqing Palace. The sound of gunshots being loaded and the chaotic footsteps of the guards were heard together. At this moment, all the security forces in the palace were concentrated in the Qianqing Palace. The imperial guards and imperial guards outside were standing densely. At this time, these people gave way to the road like a tide, and saw two people walking closely together on the opposite side. The person in front was wearing a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, and his manners were extremely graceful and luxurious. The empress of the world is the mother of all, and the man behind puts a sharp knife on the queen's pink and slender neck, hiding behind the queen's back so that he can't see who it is.
Zhu Youxiao was shocked. An assassin actually entered the palace and kidnapped the queen. He even ran to the Qianqing Palace to demonstrate. He immediately thought of one person. Only this person had such strength and courage, and that was his brother-in-law who could not be killed. Liu Ziguang.
Wei Zhongxian shouted to protect the emperor and rushed to block Zhu Youxiao. Only then did the guards react and swarm up to form an airtight human wall to prevent assassins from rising up and harming the emperor.
But the assassin did not come forward. Instead, he escorted the Queen to the palace gate. His Majesty Dan found a corner and hid in it. Even the sharp archers could not do anything to him with his back against the stone wall. The guardsmen were afraid of hurting the Queen, so they all He didn't dare to step forward, and he didn't even dare to point the gun at the queen, for fear of accidentally setting off the fire and destroying the mother of a country.
Seeing that the assassin was not in danger for the time being, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Let's see who the assassin is and what is the purpose of kidnapping the queen?"
In view of the fact that many of the original imperial guards were Liu Ziguang's people, Zhu Youxiao specially cleaned the guard system and replaced them with reliable young people. Among them, Zhao Xingde, the son of Zhao Erhu, the former deputy minister of imperial guards, was the most outstanding. Wrong, he is the old man who went to Wuyi Lane in the morning to perform a mission and came back disgraced. In fact, his martial arts are indeed good, but he was hesitant at the critical moment, otherwise he would not be one of the eight captains of Xiyuan at such a young age. .
After Zhao Xingde came back to life, he took on the task of protecting the emperor. As if to make up for his mistakes in the morning, he was particularly active at this time and took the initiative to ask Ying to negotiate with the assassin.
The assassin was still hiding behind the queen, but he could see the hand holding the knife was white and slender, like a girl's hand. It was definitely not Liu Ziguang who appeared. Now Zhao Xingde breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "Bold assassin , actually sneaked into the deep palace to kidnap the queen, aren’t you afraid of killing the nine tribes!”
Faced with such a stern question, the assassin remained indifferent and did not say a word for a long time. Zhao Xingde felt bad. This time he met a veteran, so he changed his tone and said: "You must have been deceived by a traitor before you took the risk.
As long as you let the queen go, everything is easy to negotiate, and you can be satisfied with whatever conditions you want."
After hearing this, the assassin popped up his little head, rolled his two round eyes, licked his lips and said, "Is it true? I can do whatever I want?"