The sound of horse hooves heard from Xihuamen was the cavalry who had just arrived at Xuandemen.
The first to arrive at Xuande Gate in the south of the imperial city were Dong Zunxun, the third army's capital, and Deng Fei, commander of the horse army. The two led 800 elite cavalry to the intersection in front of Xuande Gate, and immediately turned westward. A large stream of horses formed a curve and rushed rapidly.
The formation of hundreds of iron hooves seemed to be earth-shaking, with no obstacles along the way; when faced with the established cavalry armed to the teeth, the fool went to stop them.
The Office of the Guards Office is next to the Zuoye Gate of the Imperial City, next to Xuande Gate. At this time, some people were watching from afar at the gate of the Office.
But Dong Zunxun and others ignored the Guards' Department and rushed straight to their destination.
The imperial city is almost square, slightly longer from north to south, with a side length of more than two miles.
Dong Zunxun's troops went west from Xuande Gate to the southwest corner tower of the Imperial City and then went straight north. The total distance was about two miles. He led his army to Xihua Gate within more than one minute (about a minute).
A huge square flag was floating in the wind on the horse, and four thick words on it were called to fight against the rebellion.
Dong Zunxun rode a very tall pure-blooded red horse in the Western Regions. His body was double-layered and heavy armor. His whole body was like an iron man, only his eyes were exposed, and even his mouth and chin had porous fine-wrought iron sheets.
The sound of horse hooves is deafening!
Dong Zunxun led the way and rushed to Xihua Gate first. He saw the palace gate open, and he was immediately overjoyed and rushed.
At the same time, the bow and arrow were already in hand. When I looked up, I saw that the door was in chaos, and some soldiers and women had been killed on the ground.
The first drop of blood has been seen, so what nonsense can I say!
Bang!The bowstring sounded, and a heavy arrow flew out with a diagonal slanting, hitting the face of a soldier who besieged Luo Yanhuan; before the man fell down, another string sounded, hitting another person's chest, which was ten steps away!
Xiao Dong!Luo Yanhuan, covered in blood, was overjoyed, you are finally here!
General Luo!Dong Zunxun responded and told your people to dodge!
Before he finished speaking, Dong Zunxun had thrown away the expensive carved bow. As soon as a cold light appeared, the exquisite riding sword was unsheathed from his back, long, thick and narrow.
Dong Zunxun's war horse rushed directly into the crowd of people with a cherry spear. While swinging the sword with his right hand, he held the unbladed sword edge behind the long sword with his left hand, and directly broke through the armor. The sound of metal impact and screams sounded at the same time.
After a while, his personal soldiers rushed up completely regardless of their lives, and the cavalry slashed desperately.
A personal soldier next to him was not protected by anyone on the left wing, and he was suddenly shot by the cherry blossoms stabbed from several sides and was so blood was stormy.
Dong Zunxun was caught in several arrows in his chest, and the horse was injured. He fell off the horse. Seeing this, many cavalrymen behind abandoned their horses and walked up, holding long and short weapons to protect them.
More cavalry abandoned horses and crowded in.Hundreds of cavalry were blocking outside the palace, and the horse army could not run away and occupied a lot of space. The troops abandoned their horses and fought in battle in the sport.The bowstrings were slapping and arrows flew around in the air.
The defender who had just reinforced at the city gate was weak, and the general seemed to have been killed by Luo Yanhuan's formation. The troops were in a mess. Dong Zunxun's army broke through the formation and chased him in an instant. The defender was defeated and fled.
But everyone was already red in their eyes, and the crazy soldiers rushed up and killed them, regardless of others surrendering or begging for mercy.
Some of the defenders were squeezed to the corner of the wall, and the soldiers poked the people with long and short weapons regardless of the number of times. The gatehouse was full of corpses.
Except for some soldiers who fled to the small door of the inner wall, the remaining defenders in the not-so-wide space were all slaughtered, and they could not die any more. Many people were at least hit by dozens of swords and guns, and were killed in blood.
Luo Yanhuan spit out a mouthful of blood, stretched out an arrow on his chest and pulled it out, causing distorted convulsions on his face.
He shouted: Array!After defending this place, one soldier and one soldier, my left wing army will come soon!
When he looked back, there were corpses and blood everywhere on the ground, and many undead people were struggling and screaming in pain.
There were many women with paint on their faces. The women's weapons were only short swords, and they were unprotected. They died miserably when they were hit. The blood dyed the white dress mottled.
But at this time, Luo Yanhuan did not see Cao Tai and immediately shouted: Eunuch Cao...
At this moment, he felt that Cao Tai had helped a lot, and it was a pity that he died, so he searched for the corpse on the ground.
At this moment, behind dozens of surviving women, an eunuch walked out and said, "Eunuch Cao went from the small gate to the front hall."The family saw him go with their own eyes.
Not long after, before the reinforcements in the palace were seen, the sound of horse hooves outside was already ringing like thunder.
Thousands of troops rushed to the street outside Xihuamen like a flood.
The army that came so quickly could only be the left wing!
It has been less than one stick of incense since the beginning of the Zhuque Gate; for the unprepared military camp, it is a problem that even a commanding commander gathers together for one stick of incense.
Sure enough, a big flag soon appeared in people's sight, and the flag embroidered with tiger patterns made the soldiers feel very familiar and friendly when they saw it.
The soldiers riding horses were all infantry, and some two were riding a horse. When they arrived, they dismounted when they heard the shouts of the generals.
Generals at all levels waved their swords and cursed themselves in their respective armies and arranged them into square formations.
There was noisy outside, and everyone except horses were all people.
The soldiers who set up Xihuamen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.Dong Zunxun clasped his fists and said: General Luo has made his first contribution, and I, Uncle Guo, will definitely pay extra attention. I really envy Ah!
Luo Yanhuan said: The key to opening the palace gate is the eunuch named Cao... I thought I was going to die here.He held the hilt of the bloody sword tightly. The guard was a novice. He didn't know how to guard the city gate and hesitated to fight without any decisive battle. Otherwise, we would have to fight to the death even if we hold on to half a stick of incense here!
Before he could stop his nervousness, he kept saying: First, the eunuch asked him to open the palace gate. I scared him while quarreling and delaying the time; later the personal soldiers also came up to pull him up.But the guard was not sure about me and did not dare to use swords and guns easily. It took a lot of time.
Later, the movement of the army was too obvious. The guy (the guard) finally came to his senses and shouted that he would close the city gate immediately.I killed him on the spot!How can we close the door with dozens of people?They had to start a fight. Those women were really not afraid of death. They took out their short sword and helped block the door, but nearly half of them died in vain. The short sword was useless in formation battles. The defenders used bows and arrows and long weapons. They wanted to block the door with their short swords and could not bully them. They could only be used as a wall of flesh and could not reach others...
At this moment, Guo Shao also came. He was close to him with a heroic woman in armor and a handsome figure, Jing Niang.
Guo Shao walked up and looked at the scene of Xihuamen. He walked up and held Luo Yanhuan's palm in both hands, and said with emotion: General Luo, you have made a great contribution!
Luo Yanhuan, who was making a living in the Qingshui Yamen in Tokyo two years ago, may not have understood what the concept of a wonderful skill is for a while, and said in a daze: The last general will fulfill his mission, and finally get a job!
Guo Shao said: The most difficult places in this battle include this Xihua Gate!Once you cannot make a quick breakthrough, the time will be delayed if you want to attack, which will greatly increase various unpredictable variables.This is why I sent you, the general, to come in person!
Luo Yanhuan hurriedly said: Thanks to the commander's proper operation, the eunuchs can open the city gate as an insider.
Guo Shao looked back at the people who were rectifying the queue one after another and said: It is half the success that it has been opened in Xihua Gate. We must make a concerted effort and recount the contributions when we celebrate the achievements in the future.
He sighed again, turned his head and said in a deep voice: You ask the personal soldiers to find a place to put the bodies of these women first.They should give them no less courtesy than the soldiers who died in battle at critical moments.
……
Outside Jinxiang Hall, Qiao Kangzheng was extremely anxious to order the reinforcements from all the gates to gather together, and the soldiers were in a hurry.
Of course, he ignored the eunuch who was walking away with the whisk. There were many people in the palace, but there were no shortage of eunuchs.
Cao Tai shrank, hugged his body in his arms, and buried his head in Jinxiang Hall.
After entering, the eunuch finally recognized him and stepped forward to stop him: Eunuch Cao, where are you going?
Cao Tai said: If you have important things for the family, you must meet Eunuch Yang (Yang Shiliang).
The eunuch's usual power and position were completely inferior to Cao Tai. When he heard that he was going to meet the equal-level Inspector, he said: Eunuch Cao comes with the miscellaneous family.At this critical moment, how to deal with it is the above matter, and you will not offend others or take any risks.
They walked through the hall, walked aside, and entered the back hall.I soon saw Yang Shiliang. Yang Shiliang's face was not covered with blood and he took Cao Tai into a room.
The sound of horse hooves outside the imperial city had already resounded in the front hall not long ago. When he heard that the Xihua Gate had started fighting, Yang Shiliang asked the eunuchs coming there and said that they were holding the tiger flag...the tiger army.
Before Cao Tai could speak, Yang Shiliang asked anxiously: Is it Guo Shao’s left wing of the Hujie Army coming outside?
There is also the right wing, and Gao Huaide also raised an army with Guo Shao.Guo Shao was the savior of Gao Huaide's sister and the chief general of Gao Huaide's nephew, and controlled the entire Hu Jie Army.Cao Tai glared and said, "There are more than 20,000 people in total, sweeping over half of the capital. Having just broken through Xihua Gate, the army quickly entered the imperial city."
Yang Shiliang frowned: Guo Shao wants to rebel?
Cao Tai said: Why is he treason?The queen's sister is his wife whom he married to, and Guo Shao and the Fu family are relatives. He is not qualified enough. If he doesn't hold the queen to take over the glory and wealth, why should he rebel with his head?
That's true.Yang Shiliang nodded constantly.
Cao Tai said in a deep voice: What is the situation in the official family, Eunuch Yang knows the most, right?I definitely can't get up, can I still say it clearly?
Yang Shiliang said: It started even worse yesterday. I could only say one or two words, and I would take half an hour to rest... I was not confused yet and could hear others talking; as long as I said in front of him, he would nod or shake his head.
Cao Tai said: Then Eunuch Yang thinks the government can be better?Also, the 20,000 army has already raised its troops into the imperial city. Will they slowly watch the officials shake their heads or nod?
Yang Shiliang remained silent for a long time.
Cao Tai said quietly: Wang Zhong looks miserable, isn’t he dead yet?It is hard to predict whether you have to die or not. Ah... Wang Zhong made plans early, but he took too much risk. Eunuch Yang is not at all dangerous now, so why not sit back and enjoy the fruits of his life?
How to sit and enjoy the fruits?Yang Shiliang asked.
The government can no longer take charge, and there is a prince; the prince's mother is the queen... The queen's confidant army has entered the city!Eunuch Yang, you have to think clearly. It is not obvious that who will be in power in the court?Cao Tai said.
Yang Shiliang suddenly knelt in front of Cao Tai: Eunuch Cao, please give me some good words to help the miscellaneous family for many years of friendship!
The first to arrive at Xuande Gate in the south of the imperial city were Dong Zunxun, the third army's capital, and Deng Fei, commander of the horse army. The two led 800 elite cavalry to the intersection in front of Xuande Gate, and immediately turned westward. A large stream of horses formed a curve and rushed rapidly.
The formation of hundreds of iron hooves seemed to be earth-shaking, with no obstacles along the way; when faced with the established cavalry armed to the teeth, the fool went to stop them.
The Office of the Guards Office is next to the Zuoye Gate of the Imperial City, next to Xuande Gate. At this time, some people were watching from afar at the gate of the Office.
But Dong Zunxun and others ignored the Guards' Department and rushed straight to their destination.
The imperial city is almost square, slightly longer from north to south, with a side length of more than two miles.
Dong Zunxun's troops went west from Xuande Gate to the southwest corner tower of the Imperial City and then went straight north. The total distance was about two miles. He led his army to Xihua Gate within more than one minute (about a minute).
A huge square flag was floating in the wind on the horse, and four thick words on it were called to fight against the rebellion.
Dong Zunxun rode a very tall pure-blooded red horse in the Western Regions. His body was double-layered and heavy armor. His whole body was like an iron man, only his eyes were exposed, and even his mouth and chin had porous fine-wrought iron sheets.
The sound of horse hooves is deafening!
Dong Zunxun led the way and rushed to Xihua Gate first. He saw the palace gate open, and he was immediately overjoyed and rushed.
At the same time, the bow and arrow were already in hand. When I looked up, I saw that the door was in chaos, and some soldiers and women had been killed on the ground.
The first drop of blood has been seen, so what nonsense can I say!
Bang!The bowstring sounded, and a heavy arrow flew out with a diagonal slanting, hitting the face of a soldier who besieged Luo Yanhuan; before the man fell down, another string sounded, hitting another person's chest, which was ten steps away!
Xiao Dong!Luo Yanhuan, covered in blood, was overjoyed, you are finally here!
General Luo!Dong Zunxun responded and told your people to dodge!
Before he finished speaking, Dong Zunxun had thrown away the expensive carved bow. As soon as a cold light appeared, the exquisite riding sword was unsheathed from his back, long, thick and narrow.
Dong Zunxun's war horse rushed directly into the crowd of people with a cherry spear. While swinging the sword with his right hand, he held the unbladed sword edge behind the long sword with his left hand, and directly broke through the armor. The sound of metal impact and screams sounded at the same time.
After a while, his personal soldiers rushed up completely regardless of their lives, and the cavalry slashed desperately.
A personal soldier next to him was not protected by anyone on the left wing, and he was suddenly shot by the cherry blossoms stabbed from several sides and was so blood was stormy.
Dong Zunxun was caught in several arrows in his chest, and the horse was injured. He fell off the horse. Seeing this, many cavalrymen behind abandoned their horses and walked up, holding long and short weapons to protect them.
More cavalry abandoned horses and crowded in.Hundreds of cavalry were blocking outside the palace, and the horse army could not run away and occupied a lot of space. The troops abandoned their horses and fought in battle in the sport.The bowstrings were slapping and arrows flew around in the air.
The defender who had just reinforced at the city gate was weak, and the general seemed to have been killed by Luo Yanhuan's formation. The troops were in a mess. Dong Zunxun's army broke through the formation and chased him in an instant. The defender was defeated and fled.
But everyone was already red in their eyes, and the crazy soldiers rushed up and killed them, regardless of others surrendering or begging for mercy.
Some of the defenders were squeezed to the corner of the wall, and the soldiers poked the people with long and short weapons regardless of the number of times. The gatehouse was full of corpses.
Except for some soldiers who fled to the small door of the inner wall, the remaining defenders in the not-so-wide space were all slaughtered, and they could not die any more. Many people were at least hit by dozens of swords and guns, and were killed in blood.
Luo Yanhuan spit out a mouthful of blood, stretched out an arrow on his chest and pulled it out, causing distorted convulsions on his face.
He shouted: Array!After defending this place, one soldier and one soldier, my left wing army will come soon!
When he looked back, there were corpses and blood everywhere on the ground, and many undead people were struggling and screaming in pain.
There were many women with paint on their faces. The women's weapons were only short swords, and they were unprotected. They died miserably when they were hit. The blood dyed the white dress mottled.
But at this time, Luo Yanhuan did not see Cao Tai and immediately shouted: Eunuch Cao...
At this moment, he felt that Cao Tai had helped a lot, and it was a pity that he died, so he searched for the corpse on the ground.
At this moment, behind dozens of surviving women, an eunuch walked out and said, "Eunuch Cao went from the small gate to the front hall."The family saw him go with their own eyes.
Not long after, before the reinforcements in the palace were seen, the sound of horse hooves outside was already ringing like thunder.
Thousands of troops rushed to the street outside Xihuamen like a flood.
The army that came so quickly could only be the left wing!
It has been less than one stick of incense since the beginning of the Zhuque Gate; for the unprepared military camp, it is a problem that even a commanding commander gathers together for one stick of incense.
Sure enough, a big flag soon appeared in people's sight, and the flag embroidered with tiger patterns made the soldiers feel very familiar and friendly when they saw it.
The soldiers riding horses were all infantry, and some two were riding a horse. When they arrived, they dismounted when they heard the shouts of the generals.
Generals at all levels waved their swords and cursed themselves in their respective armies and arranged them into square formations.
There was noisy outside, and everyone except horses were all people.
The soldiers who set up Xihuamen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.Dong Zunxun clasped his fists and said: General Luo has made his first contribution, and I, Uncle Guo, will definitely pay extra attention. I really envy Ah!
Luo Yanhuan said: The key to opening the palace gate is the eunuch named Cao... I thought I was going to die here.He held the hilt of the bloody sword tightly. The guard was a novice. He didn't know how to guard the city gate and hesitated to fight without any decisive battle. Otherwise, we would have to fight to the death even if we hold on to half a stick of incense here!
Before he could stop his nervousness, he kept saying: First, the eunuch asked him to open the palace gate. I scared him while quarreling and delaying the time; later the personal soldiers also came up to pull him up.But the guard was not sure about me and did not dare to use swords and guns easily. It took a lot of time.
Later, the movement of the army was too obvious. The guy (the guard) finally came to his senses and shouted that he would close the city gate immediately.I killed him on the spot!How can we close the door with dozens of people?They had to start a fight. Those women were really not afraid of death. They took out their short sword and helped block the door, but nearly half of them died in vain. The short sword was useless in formation battles. The defenders used bows and arrows and long weapons. They wanted to block the door with their short swords and could not bully them. They could only be used as a wall of flesh and could not reach others...
At this moment, Guo Shao also came. He was close to him with a heroic woman in armor and a handsome figure, Jing Niang.
Guo Shao walked up and looked at the scene of Xihuamen. He walked up and held Luo Yanhuan's palm in both hands, and said with emotion: General Luo, you have made a great contribution!
Luo Yanhuan, who was making a living in the Qingshui Yamen in Tokyo two years ago, may not have understood what the concept of a wonderful skill is for a while, and said in a daze: The last general will fulfill his mission, and finally get a job!
Guo Shao said: The most difficult places in this battle include this Xihua Gate!Once you cannot make a quick breakthrough, the time will be delayed if you want to attack, which will greatly increase various unpredictable variables.This is why I sent you, the general, to come in person!
Luo Yanhuan hurriedly said: Thanks to the commander's proper operation, the eunuchs can open the city gate as an insider.
Guo Shao looked back at the people who were rectifying the queue one after another and said: It is half the success that it has been opened in Xihua Gate. We must make a concerted effort and recount the contributions when we celebrate the achievements in the future.
He sighed again, turned his head and said in a deep voice: You ask the personal soldiers to find a place to put the bodies of these women first.They should give them no less courtesy than the soldiers who died in battle at critical moments.
……
Outside Jinxiang Hall, Qiao Kangzheng was extremely anxious to order the reinforcements from all the gates to gather together, and the soldiers were in a hurry.
Of course, he ignored the eunuch who was walking away with the whisk. There were many people in the palace, but there were no shortage of eunuchs.
Cao Tai shrank, hugged his body in his arms, and buried his head in Jinxiang Hall.
After entering, the eunuch finally recognized him and stepped forward to stop him: Eunuch Cao, where are you going?
Cao Tai said: If you have important things for the family, you must meet Eunuch Yang (Yang Shiliang).
The eunuch's usual power and position were completely inferior to Cao Tai. When he heard that he was going to meet the equal-level Inspector, he said: Eunuch Cao comes with the miscellaneous family.At this critical moment, how to deal with it is the above matter, and you will not offend others or take any risks.
They walked through the hall, walked aside, and entered the back hall.I soon saw Yang Shiliang. Yang Shiliang's face was not covered with blood and he took Cao Tai into a room.
The sound of horse hooves outside the imperial city had already resounded in the front hall not long ago. When he heard that the Xihua Gate had started fighting, Yang Shiliang asked the eunuchs coming there and said that they were holding the tiger flag...the tiger army.
Before Cao Tai could speak, Yang Shiliang asked anxiously: Is it Guo Shao’s left wing of the Hujie Army coming outside?
There is also the right wing, and Gao Huaide also raised an army with Guo Shao.Guo Shao was the savior of Gao Huaide's sister and the chief general of Gao Huaide's nephew, and controlled the entire Hu Jie Army.Cao Tai glared and said, "There are more than 20,000 people in total, sweeping over half of the capital. Having just broken through Xihua Gate, the army quickly entered the imperial city."
Yang Shiliang frowned: Guo Shao wants to rebel?
Cao Tai said: Why is he treason?The queen's sister is his wife whom he married to, and Guo Shao and the Fu family are relatives. He is not qualified enough. If he doesn't hold the queen to take over the glory and wealth, why should he rebel with his head?
That's true.Yang Shiliang nodded constantly.
Cao Tai said in a deep voice: What is the situation in the official family, Eunuch Yang knows the most, right?I definitely can't get up, can I still say it clearly?
Yang Shiliang said: It started even worse yesterday. I could only say one or two words, and I would take half an hour to rest... I was not confused yet and could hear others talking; as long as I said in front of him, he would nod or shake his head.
Cao Tai said: Then Eunuch Yang thinks the government can be better?Also, the 20,000 army has already raised its troops into the imperial city. Will they slowly watch the officials shake their heads or nod?
Yang Shiliang remained silent for a long time.
Cao Tai said quietly: Wang Zhong looks miserable, isn’t he dead yet?It is hard to predict whether you have to die or not. Ah... Wang Zhong made plans early, but he took too much risk. Eunuch Yang is not at all dangerous now, so why not sit back and enjoy the fruits of his life?
How to sit and enjoy the fruits?Yang Shiliang asked.
The government can no longer take charge, and there is a prince; the prince's mother is the queen... The queen's confidant army has entered the city!Eunuch Yang, you have to think clearly. It is not obvious that who will be in power in the court?Cao Tai said.
Yang Shiliang suddenly knelt in front of Cao Tai: Eunuch Cao, please give me some good words to help the miscellaneous family for many years of friendship!