The palace is not far from the palace. It only needs to pass through a horizontal street going east. The long street is wide, and seven thousand people are rushing forward like a tide, rushing towards the palace at a very fast speed. Logically speaking, there should be some people on this street.
It is a blockade by soldiers and horses. However, there is no one on this street at this moment. The road is also clean. The wind lantern is swaying, and the bluestone slabs on the ground in front of the street reflect the dim light, making it look lonely and empty.
Just a mile away from the main square in front of Daqing Gate, the large group of people was suddenly blocked by a mountain of debris piled up on the road ahead. The ground was filled with Juma sandbags and large piles of firewood.
objects, completely blocking the intersection leading to Daqingmen Square.
When Guo Kun heard the report, he was confused. He rode his horse forward to check and found that they were all firewood and other objects that could not resist horses. He immediately ordered the soldiers to move these objects away. At this moment, a flaming rocket pierced the roof diagonally in front of him.
In the night sky, a long trajectory fell accurately on a pile of firewood. With a bang, a fire exploded. Those firewood items were soaked in grease, and they caught fire and exploded.
Everyone was shocked and retreated quickly. Fortunately, they retreated in time, but saw that the eight or nine piles of firewood were quickly ignited, forming a raging wall of fire, blocking the entrance of the entire road. If they had retreated slower, they would have
Some soldiers were burned to death.
The fire soared into the sky, illuminating a distance of a hundred steps in radius. From dozens of steps away, one could feel the scorching flames, making people so hot that they had to turn around and avoid them.
In the midst of the chaos, someone spoke loudly from above the roof on the left.
"My young prince, where are you going with this large number of troops?"
Everyone looked up and immediately recognized who it was with sharp eyesight. On the roof dozens of steps away, Yang Jun was standing there with several generals.
"Privy Yang, it turns out to be you." Guo Kun shouted coldly.
Yang Jundao: "It's me, Guo Kun, you haven't answered my words yet. My order is that the capital's horse-riding imperial guards will immediately block the roads and gates of the city and implement a curfew. But I didn't remember to mobilize you."
My troops. Why are you gathering here with so many soldiers and horses? Where are you going?"
Guo Kun sneered and said: "Don't be pretentious. Yang Jun, as the privy envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor treats you well. Now that Guo Xu and Lu Zhongtian have usurped the throne and rebelled, instead of saving the emperor, you are colluding with them. You are worthy of the emperor's treatment."
Favor? Are you worthy of the emperor's trust in you and letting you be the Privy Councilor of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
The smile on Yang Jun's face faded and he shouted in a deep voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's clearly you who want to rebel. Guo Xu did not conspire to usurp the throne. It was the emperor who took the initiative to pass the throne to him. It is because of you that the emperor
It was only because of the slander that the King of Jin was made the crown prince. Now it's time for the Emperor to make his decision. The Emperor is going to pass the throne to King Huai. The Emperor has already issued an edict and will announce it to the world early tomorrow morning. I have sealed off the capital because I don't want this matter to cause chaos.
Guo Kun, it’s you who wants to take the opportunity to cause trouble, right?”
Guo Kun laughed and said: "So you are so shameless. You are the most shameless person I have ever seen.
Compared to Lu Zhongtian and Guo Xu, you are more hateful. Do you think no one knows about the things in the palace? Qian Delu risked his life to leave the palace and reported the news to us. What rumor is in Guo Xu? Nonsense. I don’t know, there is no country
Is the imperial edict of passing the throne useful? If you want the national seal, I'm afraid you have to ask me. Speak of tomorrow morning, or the day after tomorrow, there will still be no national seal on the imperial edict."
Yang Jun sneered and said: "What is the national seal? You can carve one out of that thing casually. Do you think you can take the opportunity to become the emperor of Zhou after you got the national seal? I'm afraid you are overthinking. Yang advises you to change your mind immediately.
Go away, stay safe, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne. You are a relative of the emperor, and the emperor will not blame you too much in the future. If you are stubborn, hehe!"
Guo Kun said angrily: "Then what? Don't think that a few piles of fire can stop us. It's easy to break through this wall of fire. After I attack the palace and rescue the emperor, I will kill you, the rebellious ministers and traitors one by one."
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Yang Jun laughed and murmured the word "rebellious ministers and traitors". Suddenly his face turned cold and he shouted coldly: "Little prince, since you are stubborn, you can't blame me. Originally, I wanted to persuade you.
You look back and don't want to attack you. If I had followed other people's advice, I would have been rude to you. But you can't persuade me with good words. Since you don't know how to praise, you can't blame others. Come on! Shoot arrows!"
After Yang Jun finished speaking, the big flag waved behind him. The next moment, countless figures appeared on the roofs on the left and right sides of the long street. They bent their bows and arrows, and began to rain arrows on the dense crowd on the street. Although the market was wide, it was
There were too many people, and they were all densely packed with soldiers and horses. Those archers didn't even have the luxury of aiming, and the arrows were fired without any miss. There was a scream and shout from below, and no one could escape, because
Even if he hid in the corner of the surrounding shops, he couldn't escape the arrows on the roof opposite.
The dense rain of arrows instantly caused huge casualties. The soldiers and horses were in chaos. In desperation, someone shouted: "Enter the shop, enter the shops on both sides."
Everyone seemed to be waking up from a dream. They would be easy targets if they stayed on the long street. Why not rush into the store to escape. However, they were soon shocked. Almost all the shop doors on this street were locked.
, the windows were all nailed shut with thick wooden boards, as if someone had done it deliberately to make it impossible for people to hide. When he realized this, Guo Kun also realized that this was a carefully planned ambush.
Yang Jun had long expected that he would raise troops to attack the palace, so he chose this section of the street to ambush. A large number of archers were ambushed on the roof ridges on both sides, and the doors and windows of shops and people's houses were nailed in advance. This
It's a conspiracy to get you into a trap.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Guo Kun shouted.
After being ambushed, Guo Kun was quite panicked and made a wrong decision. In fact, what he should do at this time was not to retreat, but to immediately break through the wall of fire and resist the horse, rush to the open area in front of Daqingmen Square, and retreat.
This is the most unwise approach, because even if you retreat, there will still be tall shops and buildings on both sides, and it will still be like a canyon.
With the ambush terrain, Yang Jun's archers can also kill a large number of their own soldiers and horses.
Sure enough, as soon as the order to retreat was given, the troops and horses immediately fell into great chaos. The front and rear teams were crowded together. The front team was eager to escape the slaughter of bows and arrows, but the rear team did not know what was happening in front. The people and horses were crowded and crying.
The noise was loud and loud, and he soon fell into a dilemma.
The arrows swished down mercilessly. Dozens of people fell in the rain of arrows at every moment. The ambush lasted for less than a cup of tea, and more than a thousand soldiers and horses were killed by the rain of arrows. With this,
At this speed, in less than one stick of incense, all seven thousand people would die here.
Fortunately, the soldiers and horses in the rear finally began to retreat, and the entire army was able to evacuate along the long street. In other words, it was not an evacuation, but a rout. Everyone threw off their helmets and armor, and fled toward the rear with their heads in their hands.
They wanted to escape from the life-threatening arrows on both sides. The entire formation no longer became a formation, it was just a bunch of rabble.
After paying the price of nearly two thousand men, the five thousand soldiers and horses withdrew from the ambush circle of the archers and retreated more than three miles. After the whine of arrows in the sky disappeared, everyone gasped in shock and congratulated themselves.
They were able to escape death. However, before they could take a few breaths, the rumble of horse hooves could be heard on the streets in front and behind. In their horrified eyes, in front and behind the long street, the dark guards of the Horse Army and the Cavalry Brigade had already
appear in their field of vision.
Guo Kun suddenly began to regret. He regretted his stupidity and hastiness. When Lin Jue objected to his proposal to lead troops to attack the palace, he once laughed at Lin Jue in his heart for being as timid as a mouse. In this situation, it is the time to show off his talents.
At the best time, he chose to escape immediately, which was truly worthy of his reputation for being both wise and brave. Guo Kun thought that when he succeeded in raising an army and won the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would have to deal with this matter.
He brought it up from time to time and ridiculed his arrogant brother-in-law, letting him know who could turn the tide at the critical moment.
However, facts are the best medicine for people to wake up. Everything in front of him made Guo Kun wake up. It turned out that what he planned was just a wishful plan, and what he wanted was an unrealistic dream after all. He
He naively believed that as long as he raised his own troops, he would be invincible with a single call. However, all his actions were controlled by others. He could not even see the wall of the Ouchi Palace and was about to be strangled here. All of this is
How sad, how tragic.
The cavalry on the opposite side raised their long swords like a forest, and their horses' hooves scratched uneasily on the bluestone. Everyone swallowed nervously, and their hearts were already timid. Guo Kun also understood that this battle was bound to be lost.
In this situation, the cavalry will be invincible. Once they launch a charge, they will ruthlessly crush their own soldiers and horses who have no fighting spirit into dregs. But at this moment, Guo Kun has no choice.
"Get ready! Engage!" Guo Kun gave the order hoarsely. The soldiers gritted their teeth and raised their swords and guns. At the same time, the sharp bamboo whistle sounded, the hoofbeats rumbled, and the cavalry on both sides began their charge.
