Chapter 103: Strange Forces
When everyone present heard this number, they couldn't help but gasp, they never expected that there would be so many people under the crown prince, this was simply an overwhelming victory, if Chang Jiyang had no way to come back early, it was very likely that Jinling over there would be lost because of this.
"In that case, then we will fight our way out, even if we want to die with them, we must not surrender!"
"But...... Do we really want to die with them? It is not so much that we will die together, and what chance do we have of winning in such an overwhelming victory? If we are left in the green mountains, we are not afraid of running out of firewood, so why should we go forward to send people to their heads?"
Although some people present were enthusiastic and eager to pick up the knife in their hands and rush out and cut the other party off the horse, there were still timid and afraid people who said disturbing things at this time.
It's like being poured a basin of cold water in the middle of winter, and all the blood is forced back to the heart in an instant, and I don't even have the strength to move.
"What the prince wants is just the throne, not our lives, everyone present is the pillars of the imperial court, does the prince want to kill us all on the spot? How is this possible? If we are killed, then will it be possible for the prince to want to build a new government overnight?"
"It's ridiculous, you dare to show in front of the emperor that you want to be a lackey of the thief! And use such ridiculous words to incite everyone's emotions, what is your intention?! This prince has not conquered the palace yet, you have done such a traitorous thing to seek glory, if he conquers the palace, do you want to point the knife at us?! In exchange for your life's career and glory and wealth?!"
Xu Shibo, the first official to show loyalty after Ji Yao, after hearing the words of Zhu Youcai, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had no way to control the emotions in his heart at all, turned around and pulled out his saber from the waist of the guard behind him, and stabbed it into the opponent's stomach at a sudden speed.
Zhu Youcai's eyes widened, and he watched in disbelief as the person in front of him behaved like this to him, blood gushed out of his mouth in an instant, and the people around the two of him dispersed at the first time.
The emperor sat on the dragon chair, looking at everything that was happening in front of him coldly, and did not say a word, obviously acquiescing to Xu Shibo's behavior.
Xu Shibo slammed the saber out of Zhu Youcai's abdomen~ , Zhu Youcai fell to the ground at once, only to hear Xu Shibo hold up the saber he said, and shouted to everyone present: "Now the situation outside is so grim, the palace is about to be conquered by thieves, today, I will use the blood of this traitor to seek glory to sacrifice my Xu Shibo's loyalty! The thief will not die, the palace will not break, and I, Xu Shibo, will never take a step back!"
After saying this, Xu Shibo suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor: "Minister Xu Shibo asked to go to war to assist His Royal Highness King An." ”
The emperor's lips moved, and he slowly spit out two words from his mouth: "Quasi-play!"
"Your Majesty Xie!" Just as Xu Shibo was about to get up and leave, the emperor suddenly spoke again, "Slow!"
Everyone looked at the emperor again, not knowing why he suddenly stopped Xu Shibo, and some people even guessed that the emperor was planning to admit defeat and not do this senseless battle.
But everyone didn't expect that the emperor would actually open his mouth and say: "I sent these three hundred personal soldiers to Aiqing, if Aiqing can return alive, I will grant you the position of General Sima, if Aiqing has no way to come back, I will grant the title of Aiqing family, and future generations will always be hereditary!"
Xu Shibo never expected that the emperor would say such a thing, and the blood in his heart boiled more and more, and he confidently spit out a sentence to the person in front of him: "Minister! Thank you, Lord Longen!"
After saying this, he really took the three hundred soldiers without looking back and ran straight out of the hall.
Although these 300 personal soldiers sound a bit small, this is half of the few 600 personal soldiers in the palace used to protect the emperor, this number is enough to show the emperor's determination, and even more enough to show the emperor's attitude!
Xu Shibo rushed into the bloody battle with everyone's expectations, and some soldiers came to tell them without stopping, although they did not repel the anti-thieves, but because of Xu Shibo's participation, those anti-thieves failed to force them in the direction of the palace.
Instead, it was so deadlocked, but this stalemate lasted for just two hours, and Liu Xun and the others retreated in the direction of the palace again, and they were only two miles away from the palace at this moment.
There were people in the main hall who volunteered to rush out of the palace with swords, but the momentum of being repelled was still getting stronger and stronger, and even a little uncontrollable.
It seems that in a few hours, those people will be able to enter the palace, and when those people enter the palace, even if the eldest brother arrives, I am afraid that it will be too late to save the people in this palace.
Fighting from outside the city to the inside is inevitably a lot of twists and turns, so even if the eldest brother arrives at that time, it will not help.
Ji Yao thought so in her heart, naturally she didn't dare to say so, she looked sideways at King Ding, and what she saw was the sweat on King Ding's palm, obviously King Ding also knew the current situation very well, and even determined that there was no possibility of getting it back.
In fact, everyone present knew it in their hearts, but because they had just experienced Xu Shibo's murder, they all closed their mouths tightly, and no one dared to say this possible thing, because they didn't want to be a second wronged soul, even if they wanted to do something like a traitor seeking glory, they didn't dare to show it at this time.
It can be said that at this moment, everyone is waiting for death, waiting for the prince to break through the layers of obstacles in the palace and make a rebellious act of forcing the palace, and what awaits them may be death, or maybe it is ......
But there is no one in the world who is not afraid of death, and just after some ministers whispered and had such thoughts again, the soldiers rushed over again in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, the retreat is under control, I don't know which passerby arrived first, and he killed from the side, alleviating the situation and successfully delaying the time!"
The emperor didn't expect the soldiers to break out such good news, and couldn't help but stand up excitedly, he subconsciously thought that it must be Chang Jiyang who arrived in advance with the rescuers, and couldn't help but say loudly: "God bless the Great Song, General Chang arrived in advance with someone!"
"Back to Your Majesty, it's not General Chang who arrived with people...... It's an unknown force, and His Royal Highness King An said that he didn't know where the other party came from, but only that they were helping us. ”