Chapter 34: The Road to Inquiry (1)

"Ahh Prince Chun and King Mu exclaimed in surprise, their faces beaming with joy. This prayer platform was built by the emperor for the protection of heaven, and was originally built in the last years of Gaozong, and was finally completed after two generations of kings. The whole body of the prayer platform is polished by a rare white jade called Yun'er Bing, about 30 zhang high, all the white jade is ground one by one, there is no gap up and down, with the sunlight turning, the cloud pattern in Yun'er Ice also flows and changes, it is a spectacle.

Yun'er ice is extremely hard, and it is smooth and abnormal after polishing, the top white jade is built into a lotus shape, and the middle of the lotus platform is towering with a prayer case of Xu Jianfang, which is carved from a piece of whole jade. Bows and arrows from the bottom up cannot reach the prayer platform, except for a three-foot wide white jade path called the Asking Heart Road, even a peerless master cannot climb this prayer platform with the strength of his strength. If there are several people guarding the place where the road of inquiry meets the lotus platform, it is difficult for bows and arrows to reach, and even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they will not be able to climb up for a while.

Li Chengye, Li Chengwen, and Xiao Baisheng all breathed a sigh of relief, if there were eight-star guards, Emperor Wanlong would be able to support him for a few hours on this prayer platform, and he would not fall short.

As he spoke, the army in the distance had come to the front, it was the Seventh Prince Li Xuanci and the capital guards led by him, Li Xuanci rushed to Prince Chun and King Mu, and bowed and said: "Uncle Huang, please forgive your nephew for being rude." ”

"It doesn't matter," King Mu waved his hand and said, "Xuan Ci, did Yu Chengyun, the old thief, go to the prayer platform?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Huang, Xuan Ci opened the long-closed Thorn Water Gate according to the strategy, and after receiving the four battalions of Guanshan into the palace, Xuan Ci led the army to clear out the traitors in Wanshou Palace and several other Niangniang Palaces, escorted them to a safe place, and then came to meet Uncle Huang."

"Xuan Ci, everything needs to be prioritized by the emperor, and the queen mother is just that, how can you still have this kung fu to take care of a few mothers? After clearing the rebels, the palace will naturally be safe. Li Chengwen frowned.

Li Xuanci touched his cheek in embarrassment and said, "Uncle Huang, this is what my father meant." He also went to the prayer platform to attract the attention of the rebels. ”

Prince Chun saw that King Mu was still going to speak, so he intercepted: "Chengwen, time is pressing, I'll talk about these words later." The Dingbei army listened to the order and followed the king to save him. ”

The king of Mu came to his senses, and then ordered the official mountain camp to accompany him to rescue him, Li Xuanci hurriedly followed, and suddenly heard Xiao Baisheng in shock, and said: "Your Highness, why are the eight stars here?" Who's escorting? ”

Prince Chun and King Mu were shocked, and when they turned their heads to look, Li Xuanci was quite calm, and then relaxed a little, and heard Li Xuanci say with a little worry: "He is here." ”

Xiao Bai let out a sigh, and his face softened. Prince Chun was quite strange, he didn't know who "he" Xiao Baisheng and the Seven Princes were talking about, and he couldn't think of any martial arts masters in Zhuocheng who could put Xiao Baidie at ease, on the other hand, although King Mu was not surprised, he was extremely worried.

While speaking, everyone rode their horses and galloped wildly, getting closer and closer to the Tiantai, Li Chengye looked at Li Xuanci on his side, his sword eyebrows were in his sideburns, his eyes were powerful, and he looked even more heroic and refreshing in the moonlight, and said with a slight sigh: "The emperor's nephew is a talent, in the chaos, when it is broken, it is really the dragon and phoenix among people." ”

Li Xuanci was slightly stunned, and said with a little complication: "Uncle Huang praises falsely, Xuanci just acts according to the plan. ”

Prince Chun asked curiously: "The king of Mu also said that he acted according to the plan, could it be that today's matter was a plan set by the emperor?" ”

Li Xuanci opened his mouth and said, "Uncle Huang, you will know at a glance in a while." ”

The prayer platform was already in sight, and Li Chengye had no choice but to suppress his doubts. I heard Li Xuanci shouting: "Eight stars and one guard, take the first step and clear the traitors in the dark." ”

As soon as the words fell, the nine figures swished and flew out neatly, and the embattled Chu Ying'er's figure was indeed the leader of the nine guards, which was faster than Xiao Bai's death. If it weren't for the presence of the two princes and the Seventh Prince just now, I am afraid that he would have taught those presumptuous generals a lesson, but at this time, he was already holding back his breath, and as soon as the order came out, Chu Ying'er took a step ahead of everyone and jumped out, as fast as lightning, Xiao Baizhu shook his head lightly, and hurriedly followed.

Tea Kung Fu has come to the front of the Tianque, and through the Tianque, it is the prayer platform. When everyone arrived, there were corpses all over the field in front of the gate, the eight stars and a guard were fighting with the rebels, Xiao Baisheng stood in front of the gate, nailed in the middle motionlessly, steady as Mount Tai, the long sword in his hand drew a burst of sword shadows, just like a stormy wave, and rolled towards the rebel soldiers who surged up, and the remaining eight guards stood on the gate to prevent the rebels from crossing the wall, and Chu Ying'er was like a light cloud, floating between the wall and the gate, everywhere he went, blood splashed, fierce and not weak men.

In front of the Que Gate, Li Chengye led the Dingbei Army to rush straight to the Que Gate, King Mu and Li Xuanci looked at each other in shock, and heard Li Chengye say loudly: "The Fengwu camp is bowed, three columns, rush!" After that, he took the lead in riding a horse and rushed to Wentianque, followed by the soldiers of the Fengwu Battalion. When he was about to reach the gate, Li Chengye shouted wildly: "Lord Xiao, the wall!" ”

Xiao Baisheng immediately understood, and the internal force carried the long sword, forcing the few rebels in front of him away, with a long roar, and jumped on the wall reflexively. As soon as the whistle fell, I heard a loud shout: "Release!" The Wuhou of the Fengwu Battalion fired three crossbows in unison, and the buzzing sound sounded one after another, and the rebels inside the door fell, and the tiger guards quickly grabbed it and forced the rebels who were counterattacking. Between leaps and charges, the Dingbei army had already broken through the Que Gate, and Li Chengwen and Li Xuanci were busy urging their horses to enter the Que. The two armies are short of each other, the Dingbei Army has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it may not be the opponent of the Forbidden Army and the Metropolitan Cavalry Army single-handedly, but such a military formation is connected, and the Forbidden Army and the Metropolitan Cavalry Army are far inferior, that is, the Eighth Colonel of the Guanshan Battalion, and the cooperation between advance and retreat is far above the Forbidden Army and the Metropolitan Cavalry Army.

The rebels were defeated and retreated, and the Eight Stars and One Guard were even more rushed to the forefront, the figures turned over, and a bloody road was broken, and the Dingbei Army and the officers and soldiers of the Guanshan Battalion followed closely behind the Nine Guards, like a standing cone, and stabbed towards the prayer platform.

Xiao Baisheng flashed to Li Chengye's side and shouted: "Lord Wang, something is not right, there are many rebels, but there is no master, Xiao is afraid that there will be changes ahead." ”

Li Chengye's mind raced, and he said: "Lord Xiao, the Fengwu Camp is under your command, use crossbow arrows to open the way, and kill a bloody road!" ”

"Yes, the lower official obeys the order." Xiao Bai replied.

"Zhao Qingzhi," Prince Chun shouted.

"The subordinates are here." It was the old man in Tsing Yi who came with Prince Chun.

"Take all the soldiers of the Fengwu Battalion and the Wuhou crossbow, and work with Lord Xiao to fight a bloody path, and you can't stay for half a moment."

"Subordinates obey." After speaking, Zhao Qingzhi summoned all the soldiers of the Fengwu Battalion to take the Wuhou crossbow and follow Xiao Bai to death.

At the moment when the two armies met, more than 1,000 corpses had been left on the road from Que Gate to Qitiantai, and the guards who came in behind had to step on the corpses before they could advance. At this time, Xiao Baisheng suddenly came to the front of the military column, the eight stars surrounded him, and the nine people worked together to kill a few zhang, and suddenly retracted their blades together, and quickly retreated, the rebels were stunned, and they were about to take advantage of the situation to kill back, when suddenly the buzzing sound sounded again, Wuhou Lian crossbow shot out neatly from the gap, and the screams were endless, and there were crossbow arrows that shot through the soldiers in front and pierced into the soldiers behind, as soon as the arrows fell, the nine guards killed again, so several times, the rebels were already in danger.

Looking at the corpses and splashes of blood everywhere, which were particularly eye-catching under the moonlight, and the stump arms and limbs could be seen everywhere, Li Xuanci's face turned blue, and he couldn't bear it and didn't spit it out. Li Chengye smiled lightly and said, "Xuan Ci, you are like this for the first time on the battlefield, you are already very good." ”

Li Xuanci wanted to say a kind word, opened his mouth, but didn't say it.

Li Chengwen walked over and sighed: "Thirteenth brother, I used to say that the Dingbei Army was extremely brave, rare in the world, and the foolish brother never believed it, thinking that his Guanshan Battalion was not weaker than the Dingbei Army. Thirteenth brother, admire. ”

Li Chengye smiled faintly and said: "Chengwen, there can be an army like the Guanshan Battalion in Zhuozhou, to be honest, I am more surprised than you." But Chengwen, today's situation, I really admire my brother, who planned it, you should talk about it at this time. ”

Li Chengwen snorted, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "Thirteenth brother, it's broken, go, you can see for yourself in a while." After speaking, he took the lead in patting the horse and rushed forward.

Li Chengye looked at it, and sure enough, the rebels cut it off and were surrounded by the Guanshan battalion, and they were already stubbornly resisting. Li Chengye led the Dingbei Army and Li Xuanci's Duwei Army rushed over, and went straight to the bottom of the prayer platform, that is, just now, the Dingbei Army of more than 1,000 people was less than 800 people, and Li Xuanci led the Duwei at the time of raising the army There were more than 3,000 people, and there were only less than 2,000 left at this time, fortunately, there were few rebels left, Li Chengye left Zhao Qingzhi to assist Li Chengwen to leave a deputy general to command the mountain camp, completely annihilated the rebels, and he and the king of Mu and the seven princes led the remaining military horses to kill the prayer platform.

Through the human wall, Li Chengye finally saw the prince Yu Chengyun, the prince with a panicked face, the queen who couldn't see what she was thinking, and a few frightened concubines. Yu Chengyun was looking at the prayer platform at this time, even if Li Chengye led the army to come, he didn't turn his head. Following Yu Chengyun's gaze, Li Chengye saw Emperor Wanlong, and a person in front of Emperor Wanlong.

Li Chengye just raised his eyes and was deeply attracted by the person in front of Emperor Wanlong. This person was holding a long knife, and the original color of his clothes could no longer be seen, and he could only see the blood slowly dripping down the corners of his clothes and the tip of the knife. What frightened Li Chengye the most was the mask of a big Luo ghost that this person was wearing, the miserable white mask had been splashed with a lot of blood droplets, although it was terrifying, but these were far from the eyes of the mask owner, plain, as if there was no emotion, the corpses of the full level were all like flowing water, and they couldn't leave a ripple in this person's eyes, Li Chengye saw it once, and immediately turned his head, his heart was pounding, and it took a long time to calm down, and then he looked at Muwang and Li Xuanci couldn't get any better, and his face was already a little blue.