Chapter eight hundred and ninety first night attack
After the prince reaches adulthood, he needs to leave the capital and go to the fiefdom. This is the royal family's practice.
But this convention is not absolute. If the emperor appoints a prince early, the other princes will have no reason to stay in the capital once they reach adulthood. But if the prince is not established, the emperor will leave several princes as choices for the prince.
King Kang, King Duan, and King Huai fell into the latter situation.
As for King Fu, it was because he was the younger brother of the emperor, and the relationship between the brothers was harmonious, so his majesty specially stayed in the capital so that they could get together frequently.
According to the laws of the State of Chen, a prince can have a personal army, but the number cannot exceed five hundred. This is to prevent the prince from becoming too powerful and conspiring to rebel.
In a capital with 100,000 imperial guards guarding the city inside and out, 500 people cannot stir up any trouble.
If they want to rebel, they will be completely wiped out by the Habayashi Guards before they attack the palace.
Although five hundred people cannot rebel, they are more than enough to level any palace in the capital.
Just after midnight, countless armored figures poured out from Prince Duan's Mansion, completely ignoring the curfew in Beijing, and rushed towards a certain mansion across the street.
No one noticed that in the dark corner opposite the palace, a figure crossed several courtyard walls at a faster speed than them and ran towards a mansion a street away.
The five hundred imperial guards of Prince Duan's Mansion were stopped by a group of dozens of people before they even walked out of the street.
These dozens of people stood in two lines, each wearing golden armor and holding a halberd. They were the Golden Feather Guards responsible for patrolling the city.
The young Jin Yuwei general was shocked when he saw so many people appearing on the streets of the capital after the curfew, but he still ordered everyone to stop in front of them and said sternly: "Who are they!"
Among the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion, the leader gave the young general opposite a cold look and said in a cold voice: "The Prince's Mansion is doing business, everyone else, get out of the way!"
The young Jin Yuwei officer had already seen that these people were the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion. Although the Prince's canonization ceremony had not yet been held, the matter of Prince Duan's promotion to Crown Prince was undisputed. If necessary, they were not willing to negotiate with the Prince's Mansion.
people are against.
But it was already midnight, and all the guards from Prince Duan's Mansion were out, certainly not doing anything good. However, they were so numerous, and with dozens of them, it was impossible to stop them.
The young general led his men back decisively, and after the guards from Prince Duan's Mansion left, he lit a bamboo tube in his hand.
boom!
A dazzling fire shot straight into the night sky, exploded high in the sky, and turned into scattered fireworks, which could be seen in every corner of the capital.
Naturally, the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion also saw the fireworks and knew that this was the summoning signal of the Jinyu Guards. The leader frowned and said, "Move quickly..."
Although he expected that Jin Yuwei would not dare to attack the people in the Prince's Mansion, if they arrived, they would not be able to complete the task assigned to them by King Duan tonight.
When the guards heard this, they moved faster.
At the same time, in the Tang Mansion, Tang Ning and Lao Zheng stood side by side. The old beggar yawned. The eighth elder and the fourth elder stood beside Lao Zheng, with very relaxed expressions on their faces.
One hundred Tang family guards stood in front of them, their expressions somewhat solemn.
As soon as there was any movement in Prince Duan's Mansion, Tangning learned about it.
Whether it was Prince Duan's Mansion or the Tang Family, his people were always watching around him for twelve hours. Five hundred guards from Prince Duan's Mansion came out of Prince Duan's Mansion at the same time, and they knew what he wanted to do without thinking.
The Tang family does not have five hundred guards, and having more than a hundred guards would be an overstep. However, these one hundred people are all selected from a hundred, and everyone is equal to one in ten.
Tang Ning didn't expect that after Prince Duan became the crown prince, he would be so bold and attack the Prime Minister's Mansion at night. He knew exactly what choice Chen Huang would make between the two.
It's a pity that he didn't calculate it, and his plan with Concubine Tang Hui had been exposed.
Old Zheng looked at Tang Ning and asked, "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Tang Ning said: "Anyone who dares to step into this door will be killed without mercy."
On the street outside the door, five hundred Duan Palace guards approached quietly.
The lanterns hung high in front of the Tang family's door, revealing a weak light. King Duan gave them an order to leave no one behind. The guard leader stood in front of the Tang family's door and waved, and several people raised their hands.
A huge tree slammed into the Tang family's gate.
The door bolt snapped with a sound, and what they saw was not the panicked servants of the Tang family.
Oncoming was a wave of arrows.
The dozen or so people in front of them were shot into hedgehogs in the next moment and fell to the ground.
At this time, the second wave of arrows had already followed.
They had no time to react, and in an instant, more than ten people fell to the ground.
The guard leader named Xu Wei was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted and said loudly: "Fire the arrow, fire the arrow!"
But before he could finish his words, a burst of yellow smoke suddenly appeared under his feet.
At the same time, he also smelled a pungent smell in his nose, and the next moment, his head became dizzy.
"This smoke is poisonous!"
Xu Wei's expression changed drastically, and after he finished speaking, he immediately tore off a piece of his cuff and covered his mouth and nose. However, within this short period of time, nearly a hundred people fell to the ground.
Xu Wei was a little anxious, but more of a panic. He thought that it would be a simple matter for the palace guards to come out in force and subvert a mansion, but he never expected that they had not even entered the gate of the Tang Palace.
So I lost two people's hands first.
He knew that he could not waste any more time. If he waited until Jin Yuwei arrived, tonight's mission would definitely fail. There was a stern look in his eyes and he said loudly: "Come in!"
The Duan Palace guard at the front showed a stern look on his face, and was about to rush into the Tang Palace when he suddenly felt a stinging pain in his neck, wrists, ankles, etc. When he lowered his head and looked down, under the moonlight, he saw that the ground was densely covered with things like centipedes.
A poisonous insect like a scorpion was startled at the moment, and then his vision went dark, and he fell to the ground without knowing what was going on.
The guards of Prince Duan's Mansion had never seen such a battle before. In just one face-to-face encounter, there was a rain of arrows, poisonous smoke, and poisonous insects. By calculation, half of the 500 people had been lost, but not only did they not even have the opponent's people,
See, they didn’t even step through the door!
Xu Wei didn't have time to be shocked. He knew that the Tang family's guards would not exceed a hundred people. The remaining people still had a great advantage in numbers, but they had not seen their opponents yet, which made him feel violently.
disturbed.
Xu Wei gritted his teeth and was about to issue another order when the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook.
Figures wearing golden armor poured out from the end of the street. In a blink of an eye, they occupied the entire street and surrounded them.
"Jin Yuwei!" Xu Wei's face completely darkened.
A thin figure walked slowly from behind. One of his legs was lame and he walked very slowly, but Xu Wei did not dare to underestimate him, because this person was General Zuo Jinyuwei and Wu Liehou Han Wei.
Wu Liehou glanced at the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion in front of him with indifferent eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Put down your weapons. Anyone who takes action without permission will die!"
Although there were many people in Jin Yuwei, they were Prince Duan and subordinates of the prince. They were not too afraid and looked at Xu Wei.
However, while they were hesitating, Wu Liehou had already raised his hand and quickly waved it down.
"There is an assassin assassinating Prime Minister Tang. If you resist with weapons within one breath, kill him!"
One breath is one breath, which is the time it takes for him to wave his hand.
call out!
As he waved his arm down, another shower of arrows appeared in the night sky. The guards of Prince Duan's Mansion who had no time to put down their weapons were immediately shot and killed on the spot. Even those who surrendered their weapons immediately, many were affected.
Xu Wei was hit by an arrow in his shoulder. He looked at Wu Liehou with eyes split open and gritted his teeth and said: "Han Wei!"
"Kneel down!" Wu Liehou's face darkened and he said sternly: "Who gives you the courage to assassinate the prime minister of the dynasty!"
Two Jin Yu guards had already come forward and forced him to kneel down.
Xu Wei continued to struggle, but Wu Liehou glanced at him and said, "Break his legs."
Click!
Jin Yuwei ordered the ban, and Xu Wei screamed, his legs bent at a strange angle, and he knelt in front of Wu Liehou.
Tang Ning walked out of the house, looked at Marquis Wu Lie, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for arriving in time."
Seeing Tang Ning, Wu Liehou showed a smile on his face and asked, "Jin Yuwei is late. Is Mr. Tang okay?"
"It's okay." Tangning waved her hand, looked at Xu Wei, who was kneeling on the ground with both legs broken, and shook her head: "Prince Duan really doesn't want to wait all day..."
Xu Wei's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he still looked at Tang Ning with fierce eyes. A smile appeared on his face and he said: "If you can avoid the first year of junior high school, you can't hide from the fifteenth day. Your Highness will not let you go. Wash your neck."
Wait for death hahaha..."
Tang Ning glanced at him, then looked away and said, "Go to Prince Duan's Mansion."
