The imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was not large.

Like other dynasties, it is also divided into the inner city and the outer city, and the inner city, an area near the Jinshui Gate is commonly known as the Great Interior, that is, the gathering place of power in the palace, and Zhao Kuangyin's bedroom is also in this area.

The outer city is different.

Offices such as Guozijian, Taixue, and Wudesi are all in the outer city.

Whether it is the inner city or the outer city, they all belong to the important places of the organs, and naturally, the guards in the imperial city are the most elite soldiers in the world, equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.

The Imperial City covers an area of only two kilometers.

However, the number of soldiers stationed is not quite large, if you count the guards stationed outside the city and the forbidden army under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, there are about 50,000, and then not counting the outside, like the entire Bianjing, there are as many as 100,000 troops stationed.

It's a pity that Wang Chen can't use it.

For the time being, the only thing he can rely on is the front division of the palace. The strength of the three departments of the Wu De Division and the guards and the pro-army who had not met, besides, Wang Chen, the former division of the palace, did not master them all, but he was able to mobilize about 3,000 people in the east and west classes, and two or three hundred people in the golden gun class, if the other classes could be obedient, if they were added together, there should be six or seven thousand people, as for the 60,000 elite appearance of the two major units of the Iron Cavalry Army and the Crane Control Army, although they are also under the control of the front of the palace, most of them are defending the frontier, especially the Crane Control Army, which is the strongest combat effectiveness among the four major legions, and the main force to fight the Southern Tang Dynasty is the Crane Control Army, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, it is useless, and the far water cannot quench the thirst。

Wu Desi's words, the number is even smaller, Wu Desi is the best selected from the forbidden army, in charge of the keys to the imperial city, on duty, and is also responsible for the emperor's eyes and ears, spying on intelligence, etc. The total establishment is four battalions, but the number is smaller, generally maintaining about 1,500 people, who are on duty 24 hours a day.

The guards are different, they are also in charge of the 60,000 elites of the two legions, namely the Longjie Army and the Hujie Army, about half of them are left in the imperial city, about 25,000 are outside, and the remaining 5,000 are in charge of the outer city and the inner city, and they contain each other with the front division of the palace.

Therefore, if Zhao Guangyi really led his troops to come tonight, it would be difficult to resist by relying on the strength of the East and West Classes of the Front Division, the Golden Gun Squad and the Wude Division, and it would be necessary to rely on the strength of the guards and the pro-army.

Wang Chen took Li Huaizhong and Zhang Qian to go straight to the Wude Division, and by the way, he asked people to call the direct commanders of the other classes of the front division of the palace and the top commander of the front division of the palace all over the commanding envoys.

I have to mention it here.

The official title of the nominal highest chief of the palace division should be the palace front inspection, just because Zhao Kuangyin used to be the person of the guard division, but he became the highest officer of the palace front division, and finally Chen Qiao mutinied, resulting in the current palace front division did not set up the palace front inspection, and the guard division did not have the guard pro-army command envoy position, and it was also divided into two, respectively, the guard pro-army horse army command envoy division and the guard pro-army infantry division two divisions, nominally still under the control of the guard division, in fact, the emperor is directly responsible, and the palace is commanded by the envoy department together called "two yasa and three divisions".

Wu Desi.

In the hall, as soon as Wang Chen ran in, he saw Gonggong Zhang, the commander of the front division of the palace, the deputy commander of the infantry army of the guards, and the deputy commander of the horse army of the guards.

"National teacher, you're finally here. Zhang Gonggong's eyes were sharp, and when he saw it, he immediately got rid of everyone and greeted him, then took his hand, turned to the group of people present and said: "The orders are all issued by the national teacher, and you will tell him anything about it." ”

As soon as he thought of using everyone's strength to resist Zhao Guangyi and the potential danger Zhao Dezhao, Wang Chen greeted him with a smile, "Everyone, if there is anything that doesn't go well, you can talk to me." ”

The myths and legends about Wang Chen have long been played in the capital, and this group of people did not dare not give face and salute together.

"National teacher. ”

"Kingdom Division. ”

Shouting everything.

Wang Chen responded one by one.

After the greetings were over, the front division of the palace commanded the first one to complain: "You have dropped all the east and west classes, leaving only the golden gun class to guard the palace of diligence, if something happens to Your Majesty, my palace front division can not afford it." ”

"The situation is urgent, and Xu Du commands the envoy to forgive me. Wang Chen began to act again, and said with a solemn face: "Previously, Shangyao sent Liu Han into the palace with the imperial doctor, saying that His Majesty was in danger, in order to prevent the young people from taking the opportunity to make trouble, the queen specially wrote an edict, asking Er and others to concentrate all their forces tonight to guard the outer city, and not let anyone in, so that the clock rang at night." ”

Hearing this, Commander Xu Du looked at the two deputy commanders of the guards, and all three frowned.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Wang Chen directly took out Empress Song's edict, "Everyone, take a look?"

The three still didn't answer.

Li Huaizhong and Zhang Qiangui were under the command of Xu, and they couldn't speak at all at this time.

Father-in-law Zhang saw that the situation was not right, and said, "Then I'll wait and see." ”

Wang Chen did not hesitate and handed over the edict of Empress Song.

Father-in-law Zhang said while dismantling: "The three of you come over and have a look." ”

Seeing this, Xu Du's commander and the two deputy commanders of the guards were out of options, so they had to step forward to watch.

While they were reading the edict, Wang Chen said slowly: "The queen wants us to strengthen our vigilance, what do you think?"

The deputy commander of the guard's pro-army infantry army glanced at it and roughly understood the content of the edict, and he directly vetoed: "I'm sorry national teacher, please forgive me for not agreeing." ”

Immediately afterwards, the deputy commander of the guards and the Ma Army also nodded and said, "We can't leave our posts without permission." ”

Xu Du commanded the envoy but did not speak.

When Wang Chen heard this, he knew that the guard division was shirking, so he patiently persuaded him: "The queen is also for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the two of them work hard all night, she will not forget the merits of the two when she looks back." ”

"It's not a matter of merit or credit. The deputy commander of the Ma army made the soft and hard not to eat: "But our transfer is only under the control of Your Majesty, if the national teacher has a tiger talisman, or Your Majesty's will, I will guard the pro-army Ma Junsi without hesitation to gather people, if not, then I can't live it." ”

The deputy commander of the infantry army sang with a red face and said: "National teacher, you must not hold a grudge against me and Deputy Marshal Ma, if the Guards Department listens to your transfer today, and Your Majesty knows about it, then we will both have to lose our heads." "Generally speaking, the guards are all commanding the infantry and are called the infantry commanders, and the horse army is commanding the envoys and calling the horse marshals, because the two divisions are not both commanders, so the two deputy commanders are called the deputy commanders of the infantry and the deputy marshal of the horse, not that their surnames are horses or their surnames are steps.

Drop your head and fart!

Is it okay for Lao Zhao to be dead?

What the two said was reasonable, Wang Chen really had no reason to refute, but he really needed the strength of the guard division, so he had to endure the unhappiness and said: "Deputy Marshal Bu, Deputy Marshal Ma, Your Majesty is unconscious now, if you don't believe it, I can call Liu Fengyu to tell you the truth, you can rest assured, if Your Majesty wakes up, you will be blamed, you can take out the queen's edict, I guarantee with the head of the head, you will definitely not be punished in any way, and you will even be rewarded." ”

"No, no. Vice Marshal Ma shook his head again and again, "We only listen to His Majesty's orders." ”

Deputy Marshal Bu also said: "Don't embarrass us. ”

One is hard, one is soft.

He didn't want to listen to Wang Chen at all, even if he took the queen's edict, Wang Chen still wanted to say that he was alive and said, "Ma ......"

"I still have something to do, go ahead of the curve. Vice Marshal Ma interrupted without hesitation, and turned around and left directly, regardless of how Wu Desi strictly guarded the city gate.

Deputy Marshal Bu also had an attitude, "National teacher, I will retire first." ”

The two walked one after the other, running faster than their legs.

Wang Chen understood at a glance, these two people probably had foreseen that a political storm was about to be born, and they didn't think about wealth and wealth at all, they just thought about protecting themselves, after all, for them, if they win, they will not be promoted, and if they lose, they may lose their heads, so they will naturally not participate in this big gamble.

In the minds of the two of them, they are guards and pro-army, and like the front division of the palace, they belong to the emperor's first cronies, even if the political storm turns the world upside down, they will be demoted at most one level when they turn back, and give up the power in their hands, at least there will be no danger to their lives, maybe they will be lucky, and they will not even be demoted.

Therefore, Deputy Marshal Ma and Deputy Marshal Bu are definitely unwilling to listen to Wang Chen.

Mingzhe protects himself This is nothing, Wang Chen can understand, what he is unhappy about is that the two of them sang and harmonized, trying to press their IQ on the ground and rub and paralyze, and after tonight, buddies must clean up these two.

Seeing that there was only one person left at the scene, Wang Chen thought about it, although there were about 3,000 people left in the front of the palace, no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat, and he tentatively said: "Xu Du commanded the envoy?"

Xu Du, who had not spoken, commanded the envoy and smiled, "That national teacher, the lower official and you will tell you directly, except for the Crane Control Army and the Iron Cavalry Army outside, there are only Zhuban Zhi in the Imperial City, and the most powerful of the Banzhi among the Banzhi is none other than the East and West Class. He paused and pointed at Li Huaizhong, "Deputy Commander Li came with the national teacher, presumably he has already responded to the call, if it is under normal circumstances, the lower officials will definitely stop it, but the situation is urgent, I will treat it as if nothing happened, and let Deputy Commander Li be dispatched by you." ”

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, "But the front of the palace and the outer hall are straight, scattered command, scattered head, scattered straight and so on, if you take the initiative with all your might, at least you can keep the imperial city worry-free, and when Your Majesty wakes up tomorrow, or the high-ranking ministers enter the palace, you can lift your guard, and ask Xu Du to command the envoy to help a lot, don't let me fail to fulfill the queen's order." ”

Commander Xu Du said bitterly: "The other squads really can't be transferred, just now Deputy Marshal Ma and Deputy Marshal Foot said very clearly, our palace front division is the same as the guard division, under the direct management of His Majesty, if there is no order from His Majesty, the punishment is small, get a full house to behead, who will help me?"

Wang Chen promised: "I will help you, if Your Majesty really wants to ask you, I will be the first to stand up and be willing to make a note." ”

"I'm sorry. "Commander Xu Du refused to agree.

Wang Chen was out of options, knowing that he would not convince the other party no matter what, so he had to say: "Then you go and get busy first, I and Wu Desi will sum up." ”

"Well, it's okay, the next official will retire. Commander Xu Du's attitude was not bad, he bowed and left.

Ate three soft nails in a row.

Wang Chen's heart was furious, and he said in his heart, who is this, don't you cherish the great work of the dragon in front of you?

Forget it.

Leave it to mind what happens to these three people.

Let's think about what to do with tonight.

Wang Chen stood over there and calculated, the east and west classes and the Wude Division add up to about 5,000 people, and it is more difficult to defend the city, as for the inner hall and the golden gun class, they must guard the Qinzheng Palace, otherwise the news of Zhao Kuangyin's violent death will spread, I am afraid that it will not be the three top executives of the Guards Division and the Front Division of the Palace just now who gave soft nails to eat, but will have to cooperate with Zhao Guangyi in turn to play with himself.

Now Wang Chen can't use the energy of the mysterious space for the time being, and no matter how much his body exceeds the limit of the human body, it is impossible to defeat tens of thousands.

No way.

Only these 5,000 people can hold the imperial city.

Wang Chen was a little worried.

Li Huaizhong, Zhang Gonggong and Zhang Qian saw that Wang Chen was silent, and Gu is looked at each other, and they obviously realized that tonight was extremely dangerous.

Zhang Gonggong: "The national teacher ......"

Wang Chen took a deep breath and waved his hand to interrupt: "Don't say anything, just transfer all the people of Wudesi and Wu Desi to guard the city tower." ”

"It's been transferred. Grandpa Zhang smiled bitterly: "I hope nothing will happen tonight." ”

Li Huaizhong thought on the bright side, "Probably not." ”

Zhang Qian said with a worried face: "But King Jin went out of the palace before, alas." ”

Oh, yes.

Zhao Guangyi went out of the palace just now.

I'm afraid something will happen.

But at this time, Wang Chen could only remain optimistic, after all, he was the backbone, and he wanted to stabilize the morale of the army, and smiled, "It should be fine." ”

As soon as the words fell, a cannon rang out outside!

Bang!

Li Huaizhong's face changed, "Someone is attacking the city!"

"What, so fast!?" Zhang Qian's eyes widened.

This cannon is not a later artillery, but a signal cannon supported by gunpowder in the current era, and it has no lethality, just to tell the other party, my side is going to attack you, which is probably what it means.

Of course, this is more friendly, if it is not friendly, sorry, there will be absolutely no sound from the sneak attack.

As soon as Wang Chen heard the sound of this cannon, he immediately understood one thing, I am afraid that the person who came was either Zhao Guangyi or Zhao Dezhao, and the cannon was not really attacked, but to test the reaction in the imperial city, if Zhao Kuangyin was fine, he would definitely send someone out to scold, and then send an order to retreat, and then call Zhao Guangyi or Zhao Dezhao over to scold, one of the two is Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, and the other is a son, and there will be no major incident.

Why these two people must be?

Because if it were someone else, Lao Zhao would have lost his head if he hadn't died!

The problem is that Lao Zhao is dead!

Where did his mother's Wang Chen get Lao Zhao's handwritten edict to let the people outside withdraw from the army?

Depend on!

I don't know if it's Zhao Guangyi or Zhao Dezhao.

However, Wang Chen estimates that it is more likely to be Zhao Guangyi, and it just so happens that the biggest threat to him tonight is Zhao Er!

"National teacher, what should we do?" Zhang Qian said with some trepidation.

Although Li Huaizhong and Father-in-law Zhang didn't speak, their eyes were full of worry.

For a while, the atmosphere in Wu Desi was extremely depressing.

What to do?

How do I know what to do?

Wang Chen was very upset, but he still held back his sullenness and said, "Let's go, let's go out and have a look, since there is a cannon sound, I think it will not attack the imperial city for a while, let's see who it is." ”

Yes, the most important thing now is to find out whether the person who came is Zhao Guangyi or Zhao Dezhao, and then find a way.

No matter who it is, Wang Chen knows that his previous guess has come true, there is really no peace tonight, but no matter whether the peace is not peaceful, he must hold on tonight, otherwise he will have to worry about his life, he owes more than 70 million energy points, and there is no way to use time and space travel.

Be sure to resist.

Wang Chen secretly told himself that no matter what, he would survive tonight at all costs, and when the sun rose tomorrow, all the good things were beckoning to him.