The disciples of Xuanbing Palace reported to Isabel that the current progress is very smooth. Zhou Xingyun and others have joined the brigade and entered a safe distance, maintaining a distance of twenty miles from Shuixian Pavilion, Leshan Sect, Haolin Shaoshi and other sects. This is
The process can be accelerated according to the plan, and the whole team can move forward at a faster speed...
In addition, good news came from the disciples of Xuanbing Palace. Yesterday, Biyuan Villa and other sects came down the mountain and met the disciples of Hongtian Martial Arts Hall in Fujing City.
The chief instructor of Hongtian Martial Arts School knew that the eldest princess and the daughter of the Minister of War were both guests at Jianshu Villa, so they also joined the plan.
However, the main objects of protection of Hongtian Martial Arts School are the daughters and young masters of the Minister of War, so they did not go with Biyuan Villa, but prepared themselves in Fujing City. Now they are following Zhou Xingyun and others, so as to prevent
The martial arts men in Jingcheng pursued him, and secondly, they could protect Xuanyuan Fengxue ahead.
Zhou Xingyun couldn't help but feel relieved when he learned that Hongtian Martial Arts Hall was responsible for the rear guard and covering their return to Beijing.
During the battle at Qinglian Mountain, the three people who impressed Zhou Xingyun the most were the murderous Kefu, the heroic Xiao Yun, and the muscular bald old man, Gao Song, the chief instructor of Hongtian Martial Arts School.
The bald old man was a hard scumbag in the extreme realm, an invincible little strong man with rough skin and thick flesh. The two extreme warriors tried hard to hammer him, but the bald old man was indifferent, which really opened Zhou Xingyun's eyes. Therefore, Zhou Xingyun secretly gave the bald old man a
Nickname...thousand-year-old turtle.
Due to time constraints, Zhou Xingyun and others had to return to the capital as soon as possible. After the Xuanbing Palace gatekeepers confirmed that the teams from all parties were in place, they immediately galloped forward at full speed and had to reach the capital before the northern soldiers and horses.
At the end of January, dark clouds filled the sky, spring thunder resounded across the sky, and the continuous drizzle washed away the bloodstains on the city wall.
The people in the capital were so frightened that they closed their doors and hid in their homes, afraid to go out.
Half a month ago, the three defense lines of 'Tianmen Pass', 'Shuimen Pass' and 'Longmen Pass' that were supposed to protect the capital suddenly mutinied, strangling the throat of the capital and leaving the imperial city isolated and helpless.
Three days ago, the vanguard troops rushing to quell the chaos in the capital finally arrived at the ‘Tianmen Pass’ in the northwest of the capital.
However, the suppression of the rebellion that the people expected did not happen as usual. The vanguard troops sent from the northern capital not only failed to attack the rebels, but even joined forces with the rebels to launch an attack on the capital.
Today the gates of the capital city were breached, and all the city guards and imperial guards loyal to the royal family retreated to the imperial city.
After the northern rebels successfully occupied the city gate, they completely blocked the capital, waiting for the large northern troops to arrive in Beijing, and then captured the imperial city in one fell swoop and took the heads of the empress dowager and the prince.
Song Xiguang, the governor of the Northern Cavalry, drove his horses and 300 personal guards and drove in from the city gate.
Song Xiguang is the commander-in-chief of the vanguard force. He was the commander of the capture of the capital city gate this time. Now that they have captured the city gate, they have won half the battle. The empress dowager, prince and others are trapped in the imperial city. All they have to do next is wait.
The arrival of the 50,000-strong army from the north will ensure victory.
The rebels began to clean up the battlefield, collecting weapons and piling corpses under the city wall. As it drizzled in the sky, it continued to wash away the blood after the battle, making the dirty and disgusting battlefield look clean, but there was still a thick smell at the city gate.
The smell of blood.
Looking sideways at the corpses stacked under the city wall, Song Xiguang couldn't help but frown.
The corpses piled into the hill were all guards loyal to the Empress Dowager and guarding the city gate. Song Xiguang frowned, not because he felt compassion for the soldiers who died in battle.
Song Xiguang felt very unhappy because the results were less than he expected.
The troops from the north rushed to the capital, and they had to march for more than a month. A hasty march would not only demoralize the troops, but also make the soldiers exhausted. When the war actually started, they would not be able to exert even half of their combat effectiveness.
Therefore, Song Xiguang was ordered to lead 7,000 cavalry as the vanguard to rush to the capital, seize the city gate first, and completely trap the prince and the empress dowager in the palace.
Since the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor had already made arrangements, when Song Xiguang attacked the city gate, he and the undercover officers stationed at the city gate worked together inside and outside to attack from the front and back, and successfully captured the city wall without much effort. However... the other party seemed to have deliberately abandoned the city gate and retreated with the entire army.
Imperial City, so casualties were minimal.
Although Song Xiguang captured the city gate, he only killed more than a hundred enemy soldiers. This meager result made him very dissatisfied.
However, Song Xiguang's dull mood soon became brighter because he thought of an exciting thing.
Song Xiguang took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the vanguard general. It was not without reason. He wanted to be the first to attack the capital, and then go to Zhou Xingyun's mansion to ravage those beauties who looked like gods, so that the pretty maidservants who were once unwilling to obey him were left to die.
"You all come with me! Drive!" Song Xiguang showed an excited smile and led hundreds of troops straight to Zhou Xingyun's official residence...
Before Song Xiguang attacked the city gate, he had secretly planted troops to keep an eye on Zhou Xingyun's official residence to prevent the beauties in the mansion from escaping. Now that the city gate was breached, he only had to rush to Zhou Xingyun's official residence and join up with the men surrounding Zhou's mansion, and the beauty would be captured easily.
The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor promised him that as long as he succeeded in occupying the city gate, all beauties in Zhou Xingyun's mansion, except Qin Beiyan, could not be touched, and all other beauties would be at his disposal.
"Woof woof woof woof!"
At Zhou Xingyun's official residence, the puppy leader was jumping around anxiously in the courtyard, reminding everyone that there were many people outside the house...
"Xiao Qing, what's going on outside? Is it too late for us to evacuate now?" Jin Run'er didn't expect that the Sixteenth Emperor's son would move so quickly. He launched a sudden attack last night and occupied the city gate this morning.
"Hang, hang, the situation is really not good, we are surrounded." Xiao Qing was about to cry but had no tears. There were about two hundred people outside the house, patrolling around Zhou Xingyun's official residence, blocking all escape routes. If she was alone, she could easily break through the encirclement.
,The issue is……
Jin Run'er, Qin Beiyan, Shen Xin, and Situ Wan'er are all not good at martial arts. Even if Xiao Qing has three heads and six arms, she may not be able to protect them from the siege.
"What's going on over there, Mrs. Xu?" Zhou Xingyun's official residence was blocked by guards of unknown origin this morning, so Jin Run'er could only send Xiao Qing out to inquire about the news.
"Before the city gate was breached, almost all the bureaucrats who supported His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne were summoned into the imperial city together with their relatives under the cover of the Imperial Guards." Xiao Qing said in a leisurely manner, and those who are still staying in the aristocratic residence area of the capital.
The officials, except for them, were either from the faction of the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor, or were insignificant and petty officials.
"Why are there no imperial guards to pick us up into the imperial city?" Qin Beiyan was puzzled. Logically speaking, Zhou Xingyungui was the prince's young master and the eldest princess's consort, so the empress dowager should send someone to pick them up to avoid being arrested by the sixteenth son of the emperor.
They serve as hostages.
"It's not that I didn't come, it's that I couldn't come." Xiao Qing sighed helplessly. Not long ago, a hundred or so Imperial Guards tried to break through the blockade and come to Zhou Xingyun's official residence to rescue people, but they were stopped by the other party.
The capital city can be roughly divided into five rings...
The first ring is the restricted area of the imperial palace located in the center of the city, which is also the imperial city.
The second ring is the residence area where dignitaries live.
The third ring is the living and trade area.
The fourth ring is the civilian residential area.
The fifth ring is the farming area for villagers.
Beyond the Fifth Ring Road is the suburbs of the capital city, and beyond the suburbs are the three natural danger checkpoints of ‘Tianmen’, ‘Shuimen’ and ‘Longmen’.
The small town of Jianshu where Xuanjing used to live is located in the farming area of the fifth ring. In other words, the fifth ring is actually made up of many small villages.
The city wall of the capital is the dividing line between the fifth ring and the fourth ring. Currently, the northern vanguard force led by Song Xiguang has successfully occupied the city gate and marched straight into the civilian residential area of the fourth ring.
It is true that the capital city is the capital of the country after all. Even if the city gate is breached, there are still three lines of defense in the city.
The second ring, where the mansions of dignitaries live, can be divided into three sections: upper, middle and lower.
The villa purchased by Jianshu Villa in Guizhou District of Beijing, and the small courtyard house that Zhou Xingyun obtained when he became an official, are located in the lower section.
Now the official residence given to Zhou Xingyun by the Empress Dowager is located in the middle section.
The residences of Taifu Xu, Minister of War and other important ministers were naturally built in the upper section.
Between the middle section and the upper section of the Noble District, there is a protective wall that is higher than the capital city wall. This is the first level of the city's three-layer defense line.
Zhou Xingyun's official residence happened to be located outside the protective wall, so Jin Run'er and other daughters were surrounded by enemies and trapped in the mansion without being able to get out.
If Zhou Xingyun's official residence was located in the upper section of your district, the situation would be much better, because the protective walls of the residence area are still under the control of the imperial guards.
However, the officials supporting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have already withdrawn into the Imperial City, which shows that the Empress Dowager intends to gather troops in the Imperial City. You must know that the protective wall checkpoint in the upper section of the residence area still confuses the Sixteenth Prince's troops, but the Emperor alone
The city was impregnable, and the generals who guarded the city were all the confidants of the Empress Dowager.
"Xiao Qing, you take Beiyan to the imperial city, and I will handle the situation here." Jin Run'er thought for a moment and decided to let Xiao Qing lead Qin Beiyan to break out of the siege. Jin Run'er believed in her communicative skills, and since the other party refused to attack
, which means there is room for negotiation.
"Run'er is really cruel. He actually wants me to leave my companions and run away. What should I do if I can't sleep well and have nightmares every day?" Xiao Qing really doesn't want to leave Jin Run'er and others and run away, although this can ensure that
She and Qin Beiyan are safe.
"Beiyan is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. I will wait here for him to come back." Qin Beiyan replied resolutely. If she leaves Jin Run'er, Shen Xin, Situ Waner, and escapes with Xiao Qing, Zhou Xingyun will come back.
Ask, how should she explain?
"Miss Beiyan, I think Sister Jin is right. Instead of everyone being trapped in the mansion together, it's better for you and Xiao Qing to escape first." Shen Xin and Situ Wan'er were very scared in their hearts, but they both agreed with Jin Run'er's approach.
After Qin Beiyan and Xiao Qing escape, the three of them can find a place to hide and try their luck to see if they can escape the enemy's eyes and ears.
"No! We have to go together, and we have to stay together." Qin Beiyan was determined and determined to live and die with everyone.