All the rebels were cowardly, Zhang Xiaowu became more and more courageous the more he fought, although the blood on his left arm flowed out of his sleeve, but he didn't know the pain, and the purple gold gong in his hand flew and smashed into the opponent. The rebels' spear stabbed at him was swung away, but it stabbed his mount, and probably the other party also realized that killing the horse first killed the killer, and stabbed the horse one after another.

Zhang Xiaowu shrewdly jumped off his horse, and his mount under his crotch was stabbed by several red tassel spears at the same time, and then fell to the ground and the wailing man died. Zhang Xiaowu was not afraid but excited, he laughed and said, "Tonight, let me kill a good time!" ”

The Imperial Guards in the distance behind him were infected by Zhang Xiaowu's bravery, and after glancing at each other, they rushed up with a howl and formed a mess with the rebels. Everyone's combat effectiveness has increased several times, they are honor guards, but they are young and enthusiastic saint Han men, loyal and patriotic saint Han boys, they have rammed into the rebels with war horses, and at this time I saw that the rebels were divided and flew up by the cavalry. Later, the Royal Foresters stabbed the rebels with red tassel guns, completely killing the rebels who fell to the ground.

The screams came out with shouts of killing, and the sound of swords clashing quickly died down, and the battle was over.

Zhang Xiaowu and others fought bloodily and killed all 50 of the opponent's 27 people, and Zhang Xiaowu alone killed 20 people. He turned around and counted, there were still twenty-five left, and only two people were killed, but all of them were covered in blood and blood, and their eyes revealed murderous aura and strong battle intent.

"After this battle, he is a real soldier." Zhang Xiaowu nodded, but when his eyes swept to Emperor Dade, he suddenly laughed, because Emperor Dade was holding a red tassel spear and looking at the rebels he killed with a serious face, his hands were still trembling nervously.

Zhang Xiaowu rode his horse over, raised the red tassel spear of Emperor Dade, and said, "Your Majesty, after your strength is exhausted, you should move your body, otherwise you will lose your strength." ”

Emperor Dade woke up suddenly, looked around incredulously, and asked, "I killed the rebels?" ”

One of the guards behind him said, "Your Majesty, you killed two people, killed one, and stabbed one to death." ”

Emperor Dade looked at his hands incredulously, and only after a while did he say, "I actually killed someone." ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, is your body okay, can you still fight?" ”

Emperor Dade was excited, and said: "I always thought that I was a literati, an emperor of Wen, but now I know that I can also go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

"——" Zhang Xiaowu wanted to say that you were just fighting a good fight, not going into battle to kill the enemy, but seeing that the emperor was so demoralized and swept away the previous malaise, he was happy in his heart, so he didn't say those words that hit him. He looked at the crowd and asked, "You guys, can you still fight?" ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, continue like this, cavalry for combat, first smash the opponent's bones with the war horse, then trample the opponent to death with the horse's hooves, and then end the opponent's life with the swords and guns in your hands." Zhang Xiaowu taught temporarily, then moved over a horse, turned over on the horse, and said, "Keep going, don't stop!" ”

"Whoa!"

All of them were in high spirits, and were no longer afraid of any rebels in front of them, and they continued to move forward, killing them whenever they encountered a small group of rebels, and if they encountered a large group of rebels, they would take refuge. After half an hour, they finally came to the gate of the north gate.

However, from a distance, everyone's hearts were cold, and the enemy had occupied the north gate. At the gate of the north gate, they captured nearly three hundred palace maids and eunuchs, who knelt on the side and did not dare to speak, and there were three or four corpses at the door. Zhang Xiaowu counted from afar, there were about more than 200 rebels occupying the north gate, and they stood on the city gate with strong bows, and their bows and arrows were aimed at the palace.

The number of enemy troops was almost two hundred, and after thinking about it, Zhang Xiaowu thought that they should go to the south gate at this time, because the silver and silver guards should be assembled at the south gate.

At this moment, one of the Royal Guards soldiers suddenly said, "My lord, I know there is a place to get out, but-"

Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly asked, "But what?" Hurry up and say! ”

The Imperial Forest Army said: "But there is a cold palace there, and there is a mountain behind the cold palace, and on that mountain, there are often concubines who are beaten into the cold palace to commit suicide and hang themselves. And on the west side of the cold palace, there is a city wall, and on the wall there is a watchtower, and the function of that watchtower is to keep an eye on the small hill, so that no one will commit suicide here. There was a ladder in the watchtower, and when the hanged concubine was found, the Imperial Guards could advance down and immediately go up the mountain to rescue them. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "This place is good, let's go upstairs along the ladder and climb out on the knotted rope." It's a little farther away, but it's okay. ”

The Imperial Forest Army said: "The Cold Palace is close to the West Palace, and the West Palace is the place where the fire burns, I am afraid that there will be more rebels in the West Palace." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "There are rebels who are not afraid, we are not unafraid of rebels, we have not seen rebels, everyone go to the West Palace, the West Palace is the first place where the fire burns, as the so-called lights are dark, it is possible that the rebels did not notice the West Palace." Let's all pay attention and be cautious, or kill them when we encounter a small group of rebels, and avoid them when we encounter the rebels of the aunt. ”

In the direction of the West Palace, the fire gradually became smaller, and the places that could be burned were also burned, and they bypassed the fire and walked through the woods, and suddenly encountered a group of rebel foot soldiers of about fifty people. Zhang Xiaowu raised his gun and killed him, but when he saw that this group of rebels did not have a white scarf, he hurriedly restrained his horse.

Zhang Xiaowu looked carefully, the leader of this group of rebels turned out to be Wu Di, one of Li Canglan's four divisions and nephews, and saw that Wu Di was about to kill him when he shouted, Zhang Xiaowu immediately took off his face towel and shouted: "Stop, it's me, Zhang Xiaowu." ”

Wu Di took a closer look at the firelight and sure enough, it was Zhang Xiaowu, and he was puzzled: "Zhang Shaobao, why did you join the rebels?" Why did you betray the emperor too? ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Why do you say this? ”

Wu Di said: "You see that you are still pretending to be confused, isn't it that you and Li Canglan led the rebels to attack the imperial city?" Don't you know when I don't? You rebels wear white scarves. ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't laugh and cried, and explained: "I entered the palace to save the emperor after seeing the fire, who would have thought that someone would take the opportunity to rebel, I also met the rebels, and found that they were wearing platinum around their necks, but I didn't expect you to also find out this secret." These are not my men, they are the Guards I picked up on the road, and I took them to kill them to get here. On the contrary, it is you, how did you find out that your uncle became the leader of the rebels? ”

Wu Di was suspicious, but with his judgment of Zhang Xiaowu's past, this person is a loyal and patriotic person, and this person won a big victory in Saibei with his own strength against the six countries of Inuyi, and he should not be a repeated villain, so he said: "Do you have evidence to prove yourself?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu has no evidence, and when he didn't know what to do, several Royal Forest soldiers behind him took their scarves and said: "Down is the second array of the Imperial Forest Army's Renzi Battalion, is there anyone who knows me?" ”

"Below is the second golden emblem of the Royal Forest Army's Renzi Battalion, do you know me? My family is in Pingkangfang, and my ancestors have been blacksmiths for generations, known as Pingkangfang gold blacksmiths. ”

"Below is Rong Dongsheng, the fourth team of the Renzi Battalion of the Royal Forest Army, whose home is in Xile Fang, and the Rong family is next to it."

"In the fourth formation of the Lower Imperial Forest Army Renzi Battalion, Nian Zongcheng's home is in Xianrenfang, but there is someone who recognizes Nian's fried cake shop, and that is the next home."

Wu Di and the others listened to their words, and finally believed that these people were not rebels, and immediately became overjoyed, and said with emotion: "There will be patriots after all." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "How did you find out that Li Canglan is a rebel? ”

Wu Di explained: "Senior Brother Teng and I are on duty tonight, and Li Canglan called us first and told us that he had decided to support King Jin as emperor. Senior Brother Teng immediately objected, saying that it would never be possible to let his plan come true, so Li Canglan killed him. Seeing that the situation was not good, I pretended to agree, although after the rebels entered the palace, they immediately entangled their troops to attack him. However, Li Canglan was prepared, they killed us by surprise, and in the melee, I escaped with them. ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked, "How many of you are there?" How many of them are there? ”

Wu Di said: "There are 1,200 of them, all of them are homeless people recruited from the north, and they have been hiding in the mansion of Lord Mishan in Mishan County, and Lord Mishan has secretly hidden 1,200 soldiers under the pretext of appeasing the homeless. These people are ostensibly tenants of Lord Yoneyama, but in fact they train the military formation and hide troops in the mountain. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said angrily: "Could it be that Jin Yiwei and Mishan County Ling didn't notice it? ”

Wu Di said: "Hmph! The order of Namishan County is one of the thieves who plotted against him, and Jin Yiwei is afraid that he is also having an affair with him, otherwise why would he not be seen for a long time? ”

Zhang Xiaowu sighed and said, "King Jin is only a teenager, how can he be called emperor?" Isn't he afraid that Du Shanbo will lead an army to rescue him? Isn't he afraid of the common opposition of the whole world? I thought he was just a kid, but I didn't expect him to have so much energy. Li Canglan, Li Canglan, he actually rebelled, he actually participated in the rebellion, it's just confused! ”

Wu Di said: "I don't know much about the reason. Lord Shaobao, since you have killed in the crowd, you will definitely be able to kill back, I ask you to kill back with me and find the emperor. Under heaven and earth, only your martial arts can beat Li Canglan, and only you can kill him. We killed him together, rescued the emperor, and helped Sheji. ”

Zhang Xiaowu was embarrassed, the emperor was by his side, what he should do now was not to kill Li Canglan, but to protect the emperor to escape smoothly and safely, so he said: "It doesn't matter whether you kill Li Canglan or not now, the important thing is to find the emperor, the emperor's safety is more important than everything." ”

Wu Di said: "Yes, yes, I have to find Your Majesty before Li Canglan." Li Canglan is like crazy, when he sees the emperor, he will definitely kill him. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Therefore, our soldiers are divided into two ways, each looking for the emperor. ”

Wu Di said: "We are going to find the emperor, but I think you seem to be running away, right?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "We have to flee to find reinforcements, and only enough reinforcements can rescue the emperor." There are only a few dozen of us, and there are thousands of them, and confronting them in the palace at this time is tantamount to throwing ourselves into a net with an egg hitting a stone. ”

Wu Di was furious: "I think you are just cowardly and afraid of death!" Hum! Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu, I misjudged you, I thought you were a man who stood up to the sky, I thought you were the most backbone person in the saint, but I didn't expect you to be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Run away, but I'll stay. ”

Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly persuaded: "Captain Wu, if you stay here, you can only become the soul of Li Canglan's sword, it will not help at all, it is better to go out with me, I will gather the silver guards, and we will counterattack together!" ”

Wu Di said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, Zhang Shaobao, I am the commander of the Shenghan Imperial Forest Army Captain Battalion, my duty is to protect the superiors, I will never abandon the emperor, and I will never escape first." If I can't find the emperor today, I will never leave, and if Li Canglan finds the emperor first, I will warn him with death that there are still people in the world who are righteous. ”

Everyone was moved, they didn't expect Wu Di to be such a tough man, and they didn't expect that in the face of a life and death crisis, he would be able to keep his heart unchanged. Emperor Dade was already in tears, and he never thought that this ordinary and inconspicuous person in the past would be so loyal.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are one of the few men I admire." ”

Wu Di laughed: "You can make the ghost general admire, it will be worth it in the next life, Zhang Xiaowu, you escaped from the palace, if you don't bring the soldiers to kill back, I won't forgive you for being a ghost." If you come back with troops and rescue the emperor, I will make you a cow and a horse in the next life. Goodbye! With that, he led his men and rushed towards the mess of fire to the south.

Zhang Xiaowu and the others got out of the way, looked at this group of people who were determined to die with admiration, and said for a long time: "The blood of the Holy Han has not dried up. In times of crisis, there will always be such a group of people who use their blood and loyalty to awaken the justice and fighting spirit in people's hearts. Let's go, let's go out first, and hopefully they'll hold out until we come back." ”

"Whoa."

Everyone continued to ride their horses, and soon after they heard shouts of killing behind them, everyone knew that this was Wu Di and the others caught in the battle with the rebels, and everyone wanted to go back to support them, but they couldn't do so. Their mission is to protect the emperor, and the only thing they can do is to leave the Holy Han Palace of Blood and Fire as soon as possible.

In the silent march, Zhang Xiaowu thought that the King of Jin was only a teenager and had no strength to launch a rebellion, and the reason why Li Canglan and Lord Yoneyama and others supported him as the new emperor was definitely not to be impressed by his talent, let alone to monopolize power, after all, they had shallow qualifications, and if they wanted to monopolize power, they needed to face the challenge of Dushanbo, and no matter who could not stop Dushanbo's thunderous blow.

"Could it be Zhang Kuan? No, Zhang Kuan is already so old, he definitely won't take this risk, and if the emperor is deposed whether he succeeds or not, he will become the soul of Du Shanbo's sword, but who can have such energy? Zhang Xiaowu was puzzled, as if a thousand questions had entered his mind, making his head a little painful. I don't know if this pain is because he thinks too much about it, or because he has just been roasted by the fire and passed through the cold Yuehua Lake, which caused him to get sick with a fever from one cold and one hot.