The emperor was seriously ill and dying, the Empress Dowager was in charge of the country, the cabinet scholar Du Xin was the assistant to the government, and the power of the Imperial Forest Army returned to Pingyang Hou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Duanmu Xiong, who was back in charge of the Imperial Forest Army, immediately redeployed half of the troops and horses in the Holy Capital City, focusing on the east and south gates that were not occupied by the rebels, and the Praetorian Guards guarding the palace also changed a group of leaders, all of whom were Duanmu Xiong's henchmen, and Zhou Yu's whereabouts were unknown, and those who were removed dared not speak out.

Regarding the rebels occupying half of the Holy Capital, Duanmu Xiong was not worried, no matter who borrowed his soldiers and horses to start the incident, although he temporarily lost half of the city, he finally took this opportunity to recapture the Imperial Forest Army, and even the Praetorian Guard is now his.

As for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who recognized the wrong master, he has a new plan, over the years, the Zhou family has held the military power of the northern army, not putting anyone in his eyes, and even intends to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven, the emperor has always been jealous of the Zhou family, after Zhou Xue's death, it seems to have become a big threat to the imperial power.

Zhou Yu's scheming city is like a deep sea, and he will disappear in southern Xinjiang for no reason? I'm afraid that the golden cicada has already broken out of its shell and gone to northern Xinjiang, as for the purpose, it is obvious.

Therefore, Duanmuxiong did not send more people to find Zhou Yu, but planned and waited for them to throw themselves into the net.

However, although Duanmu Xiong's wishful thinking played well, it was scattered by the sudden change.

It was night, the cold wind was blowing, and the silent summer night was only the sound of insects.

The rebels, who had been dormant for nearly a month after the city was breached, suddenly broke the standoff and attacked the palace at night.

Since half of the Imperial Forest Army was transferred by Duanmu Xiong to the city gate dozens of miles away, the rebels launched a surprise attack when the patrol soldiers changed their guard in the middle of the night, and the Royal Forest Army was caught off guard and was defeated one after another, and the two sides fought fiercely at the Wude Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Duanmu Xiong, who had not slept for a long time, finally closed his eyes and fell asleep with peace of mind after retrieving the military power of the Imperial Forest, and was woken up from a sweet dream in the middle of the night.

When Duanmuxiong led a hundred well-trained cavalry from Pingyang Houfu to the palace, the Imperial Forest Army outside the Wude Gate could not resist the fierce offensive of the rebels, and the leading captain sent a message to the palace to ask the Praetorian Guards to open the palace gate to send reinforcements, but there was no response after the news passed, the palace gate was closed, and the Praetorian Guards kept a close eye on the battle situation on the city tower, but there was no intention of joining.

Duanmu Xiong galloped to Wude Gate, and hundreds of horses galloped in the strict palace with a loud sound.

"Master Hou." A middle-aged man who had just been promoted to commander by Duanmu Xiong pushed aside the soldiers who were blocking him, ran to Duanmu Xiongma like a savior, knelt down and arched his hand, "Lord Hou, the rebels are attacking at night, and the Imperial Forest Army will not be able to hold on, Captain Lin sent someone to ask for reinforcements from the Praetorian Guard, but there are vacant positions under his subordinates but they cannot transfer troops, and these soldiers disobey." ”

Duanmu Xiong's eyes were round, and he rode on horseback and said coldly to a group of Praetorian Guard soldiers, "The enemy is now, how dare you disobey orders, if you let the rebels attack the palace, you are also in a catastrophe, so don't open the door quickly to face the battle." ”

In fact, Duanmu Xiong didn't want to meet his tens of thousands of horse soldiers, but it happened suddenly, completely beyond his expectations, at this moment the two sides were fighting, and the arrow was on the line, he could only suppress the rebels first, and then think long-term.

The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard did not say a word, and one of the young soldiers came out, tilted his head slightly, and said aloud without humility or arrogance, "Master Hou's words are wrong, we are not disobedient and unwilling to open the door to send troops, but the emperor has explained that only the commander of Zhou has the right to mobilize the Praetorian Guard, and his subordinates think that the Imperial Forest Army is brave and good at fighting, and will be able to retreat from the enemy. ”

The middle-aged commander glared at him angrily, "Obviously, sending troops at this time can annihilate the rebels and reduce the casualties of the Royal Forest Army, but you have to wait until the whole army is killed before sending troops, you, you have sinister intentions." ”

"This is the emperor's will, we are just acting on orders, and it is okay for the Praetorian Guard to send troops immediately, and it can only be done with the order of Commander Zhou or the emperor's decree."

"You!"

This is obviously unwilling to open the door for reinforcements, the emperor dictated, that is a verbal matter, the parties are not present, the emperor is unconscious, and he wants to give an order, how is it possible?

Duanmu Xiong can see it, and secretly scolded you Zhou Yu, and put Lao Tzu together before leaving Beijing, it turned out that he had already prepared a back hand, knowing that Lao Tzu could change a few captains and commanders, but he couldn't replace the entire Praetorian Guard.

At this critical juncture, Duanmu Xiong did not force the Praetorian Guards to open the door to meet the battle, but ordered his subordinates to rush to the East City Gate to dispatch troops and horses, because he knew that the Praetorian Guards would not work for anyone other than Zhou Yu.

But the far water can't save the near fire, the Royal Forest Army is finally invincible, the army is defeated, the rest of the people and horses see that there is no hope of reinforcements, they have lost their armor, fled in all directions, the rebels are full of energy, break through the palace gate, and kill into the palace.

Staying in Qingshan is not afraid of no firewood, Duanmuxiong led the cavalry to escort the Queen Mother and Li You to escape from the side gate of the palace, but the matter was urgent, but Lin Yuyan, who was pregnant with Liujia, was left behind, and it was too late to go back to save people when he remembered it.

After the rebels entered the palace, they did not wreak havoc, only killed a few rebellious guards and palace people, and the harem concubines cried together and were driven to the cold palace for settlement.

The Janissaries did not put up any resistance, unloading their weapons and surrendering after the rebels stormed the palace. On the way back to the palace, the Imperial Forest Army of Dongcheng was ambushed by artillery, and the blood flowed like rivers and corpses were strewn all over the field.

The earth-shattering changes overnight shocked both the government and the opposition.

The next day, the corpses outside the palace gate were cleaned up, but the smell of blood lingered in the air.

King Rui summoned hundreds of civil and military officials into the palace, and reprimanded Li You and the Queen Mother for killing the monarch and forcing the palace to usurp the throne, he forbearably planned for nearly eight years, and finally killed the thief who killed his father and seized the throne.

There was an uproar.

It turned out that it was not a rebel, but King Rui's private soldiers, no wonder the Praetorian Guards did not face the battle, this was something that King Rui and Commander Zhou had already discussed!

The ministers wanted to support King Rui as the emperor, but the cabinet assistant and several old ministers stood up and claimed that the emperor had made an edict when he was alive, and the throne was inherited by the crown prince Li Jin after a hundred years, but after Li You seized the throne, the means of eradicating dissidents were ruthless, and a group of old ministers were in order to protect themselves, and the prince was suspected of being buried in the fire, and the matter of the edict was over.

In recent years, there have been rumors that the prince is not dead, and there are even rumors that the emperor secretly left the prince with an elite soldier, and it was this elite soldier who saved the prince.

Now that Li You has been defeated, regardless of whether the rumors of the prince's life are true or not, the court should send people to find the prince, and if it is confirmed that the prince is really dead, then King Rui's succession to the throne will be justified.

In the end, the ministers elected King Rui as the regent, temporarily acting as the ruler of the court, and the royal forest army, which was greatly damaged, was reorganized and placed under the regent.

The regent ordered the entire city to be wanted for the deposed emperor, the deposed empress dowager and Pingyang Hou Duanmuxiong.