Chapter 165 Hell on Earth
The Xuanyou Gate was closed tightly, but there was no imperial guard on the city wall. Zhao Yuanyan stood at the door excitedly and shouted, "Break it open for me! The prince is treasonous and is so timid that he doesn't even want the Xuanyou Gate!"
The thick wooden battering ram kept hitting the city gate, making a thumping sound. Zhao Zhen stood on the wall of the East Palace with his ears pricked up. Peng Qi tightened the long knife in his hand, "Your Highness, why should we abandon Xuanyou Gate? If King Rong leads the rebels to attack Xuanyou Gate, they can take the East Palace directly!"
Zhao Zhen did not answer, and asked without knowing his head: "Where is Xuanyou Gate connected to?"
"Youjia Sumen!"
"What if King Rong's rebels invade and we take Xuanyoumen?"
Peng Qi touched his head and said, "It's like catching a turtle in a urn, but how can we capture Xuanyou Gate?"
"wait!"
"Wait?" Peng Qi and Li Jiu looked at each other. Does His Highness have any backup plans?
Zhao Zhen had no backup plan, but he believed that Chen Lin did, and his father's hands would never be empty.
At this time, Gyeongbokgung Palace was already under heavy siege by King Yeong. The entire Gyeongbokgung Palace was divided into two buildings, Gyeongbok Hall and Yeonhwa Hall. The imperial troops outside the palace wall were all under the command of King Yeong Zhao Yuanyan. Chen Lin came from the palace wall. Jumping up and down a few steps, he arrived at the inner hall. He looked at Zhao Heng on the sick bed and whispered: "In the official family, the rebellion of King Rong is everywhere! Did the imperial guards come straight to escort him?"
Zhao Heng weakly raised his arm and waved, "No, as long as Yi'er is fine, Zhao Yuanyan will not dare to touch me and the Queen. If my guess is correct, they are all standing outside, right? Haha, Yi'er is not the same. Have you ever experienced this kind of thing? What you have to do is use my tiger talisman to mobilize the Imperial City Department to support the prince in his crusade against the rebels!"
Chen Lin's face changed drastically: "How can the officials do this? Without the Imperial City Division's escort..."
Zhao Heng grabbed Chen Lin's arm with force: "Huh...huh... Taizu has ordered that all officials are not allowed to move when encountering palace changes, and the only order is to use the official tiger talisman!"
Chen Lin took the jade tiger talisman that Zhao Heng took out from his arms, held it tightly in her hands and knelt down, "Don't worry, officials, I will not let the prince make any mistakes even if I risk my life!"
Turning to bow to Queen Liu E again, she reached out and held up a signal bomb, "All the officials of the Imperial City Department are monitoring the Imperial Guards in Gyeongbokgung Palace. If there is any unscrupulous little spy in the Imperial Palace, please use this as a signal, slaves and maids." We must rise up and kill the thief!"
Liu E calmly lifted up her sleeves and reached out to take it, and said in a warm voice without changing her expression: "Your Majesty, just do what the official wants, and I will protect the official family!"
At this time, the corners of her slightly wrinkled eyes wrinkled slightly, and a trace of heroism flashed in her eyes, as if she had gone back to the days when the officials personally recruited her to guard the country of the Song Dynasty. She knew that if Zhao Zhen died, the officials and herself would not After a good death, the imperial palace of the fallen Song Dynasty will once again stage a "good show" of brother and brother coming together. The center of the chaos is in the East Palace... and it is the prince!
Chen Lin came out before the first ray of sunlight at dawn hit the palace wall. Outside the wall, the prison officers of the Imperial City Department and the prison officers all shouted and moved forward in order to give their high officials a chance. Cover.
The personal officers of the Imperial City Division were all elites of the imperial army. At that time, Taizu used unprecedented efforts to transfer a large number of elite troops to the Wude Division, the predecessor of the Imperial City Division, and established a new division independent of the Imperial Palace Division and the Guards. The army, these people are the emperor's last barrier and personal officials.
When Emperor Taizong came to the Imperial City, there were thousands of personal and subordinate officials. He ordered the two military ministers to know the master and not to interfere in front of the palace. This ancestor had deep military and political affairs! The Imperial City Division had five personal subordinates and three commanders in total. Thousands of people, the most elite of which were 500, entered the inner courtyard. Each of these people was worth ten, so Chen Lin was not worried about the official's comfort.
What's more, the officials just said that as long as the prince is fine, Zhao Yuanyan will not dare to touch him and the queen, otherwise he will be accused of treason. In the Song Dynasty, treason would never be able to take the throne, and it is impossible for everyone in the world. Let a man who kills kings, brothers and nephews take the throne.
Chen Lin's feet connected like a roc spreading its wings across the imperial army, stepping on the shoulders of the Imperial City's ministers, she jumped away and disappeared in front of everyone as fast as a fox and a cunning rabbit.
It was not allowed to ride horses in the imperial city, so Chen Lin simply ran all the way to the Daqing Palace. The commanders of all the squads were there. The Imperial City Department was responsible for the safety of the officials. It was the first time for Chen Lin to disobey the officials. The decree, according to Zhao Heng's intention, is to directly mobilize the Ban Zhi of the Imperial City Division. This is tantamount to the officials putting themselves in danger!
Time is everything at this time, Zhao Zhen is short of time, and Zhao Yuanyan is also short of time!
Huge battering rams kept hitting Xuanyou Gate, and the huge sound was like a drum beating everyone's hearts. Xuanyou Gate is a city gate, and the walls between the towers are connected. It has both military defense and flood control functions. It is a strong barrier. In the era without gunpowder, it would take a lot of time to break through such a strong door.
The gate of Xuanyou Gate has been put down by Peng Qi. Even if he climbed up the city wall, he could not open the gate. Zhao Yuanyan stood at the door. He had lost his previous pride. He lacked time than Zhao Zhen!
There was a loud bang and the heavy city gate finally fell down. Zhao Yuanyan's eyes lit up and he turned around and shouted at the Imperial Army behind him: "This is the time for a good man to make a great contribution! Kill!"
The nerves on the faces of Peng Qi and others far away in the East Palace twitched violently, "The Xuanyou Gate is broken!"
Zhao Zhen pulled out the Han Sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "You must be the elite of the Three Guards! The three solitary guards are no better than the Forbidden Army, none of them are useless and none of them are cowards! Today, King Rong Zhao Yuanyan has rebelled, and you will serve with your life." After making great achievements, kill him and make his wife Yinzi come out! God bless the Emperor Song!"
"God bless the Emperor Song! God bless the Emperor Song!"
Li Jiu and Peng Qi Dali, none of them were in charge of a guard. Zhao Yuanyan led the imperial army of 3,000 people to attack the East Palace in a mighty manner. All the maids and maids he saw on the road were killed by him. Zhao Zhen frowned and this eighth uncle also He is not a fool. In order to arouse the fighting spirit of the rebels, he would not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of the palace people.
When people see blood, their inner wildness will be stimulated.
Three thousand people excitedly rushed to the wall of the East Palace. Peng Qi was still waiting for the prince to speak. At this time, the prince's identity and language are the best weapons. If they can kill them without bloodshed, then these talents are the best. So. Your Highness is too smart to fail to see this.
But Zhao Zhen waved decisively after these soldiers rushed into the attack range. Sancai on the side beat the war drum hard. The sound of the war drum was the signal. Countless arrows rained out like locusts. Lying, squatting, and standing in three rows, immediately retreat to the last row after each shot.
The soldiers in front of the rebels kept falling, and those behind them followed one after another. Everyone knew that it was a life-and-death situation, and the only way to survive was to defeat the opponent!
The reason why Zhao Zhen didn't shout was because he gave them a chance. When they knocked on the door, there were countless opportunities to escape on the way to the East Palace. Those who stayed in front of him were all Zhao Yuanyan's die-hard loyalists, holding their arms. The fantasy of changing the day! Not killing is not enough to calm the anger in your heart. Not killing is not enough to show the stability of the imperial power!
Thunder, rain and dew are all your grace!
The rebels wore strong infantry armor, but they would still be shot through by the ratchet crossbow. Zhao Yuanyan looked at the unfavorable battlefield and gathered all the rebels at one point. Zhao Zhen stood on the palace wall and watched Sancai carrying
A huge shield protected him and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The crossbows in the hands of these forbidden troops are pitiful, and they are completely suppressed by our three guards. What's the use of carrying a shield?!"
"Hey, it's better to be careful! Besides, swords and swords have no eyes on this battlefield. If anything happens, it's better to be careful!"
Sancai's incoherent speech made Zhao Zhen dumbfounded. This guy was probably scared to death.
"It's time to end it!" Zhao Zhen took out the flare and lit it. The red flare dragged its long tail and screamed in the air.
Sancai immediately abandoned the shield in his hand and ran towards the box of gunpowder bombs. The soldiers of Sanwei put down their ratchet crossbows and hung them on their waists. They reached out to take the gunpowder bombs, lit them and threw them down the palace wall.
The situation outside the palace wall instantly turned into a hell on earth. The sound of violent explosions was heard, and the successive air waves knocked the rebels wearing infantry armor to the ground and were killed by the rain of arrows shot from above.
The rebels cried and howled and ran around in disarray. Zhao Yuanyan was stunned by what he saw. What kind of firearm was this that was so terrifying?
The tarpaulin on the wall of the East Palace was lifted, revealing a crossbow as big as a spear, "It's a three-bow bed crossbow!" The rebel commander saw the ferocious weapon like a giant beast at a glance, and said to Zhao Yuanyan in a panic
call out.
Chapter completed!