There are still more than 20 royal forest soldiers and more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids on the star-picking platform, but the eunuchs and palace maids can only stay, and the rest of them are dressed and ready to go. Zhang Xiaowu looked at the crowd and then said, "In order to distinguish ourselves from them, we also need to cover our faces with a white cloth." Everyone remembers that the man with the white cloth is our man. Zhang Xiaowu looked up and down at Emperor Dade, pointed to his shoes and said, "Your Majesty, your shoes need to be changed." ”

Emperor Dade looked down at his shoes, only to find that it was the Jinse Liuyun boots that the emperor could wear, fortunately Zhang Xiaowu found it early, so he changed shoes with a person with the right foot size. He held a spear tightly, this is a special red tassel gun for the Royal Forest Army, in fact, this kind of red tassel gun is far less lethal and effective than the spear gun and the Pu knife, but its red tassel looks very handsome, just suitable for ceremonial use, so it has become the standard weapon of the Royal Forest Army.

"Follow me, listen to me, if you protect Your Majesty to break through today, you will be added to the rank of knight, if the emperor has any three long and two short, you don't need to be punished by Your Majesty, the traitors will cut you into a pulp." Zhang Xiaowu said, "Do you know everything?" ”

"Got it."

Although everyone had never followed Zhang Xiaowu to fight, although it was the first time they saw the ghost general, they learned that he had killed more than 20 cavalrymen by himself and also seized horses and armor, and saw that this person acted neatly, and there was a natural domineering existence on his body, and they suddenly became energetic. As the so-called flock of sheep led by a lion can burst out with the combat effectiveness of a lion pack, although the Royal Forest Army is a ceremonial army on weekdays, but at this moment, in order to protect His Majesty, everyone is murderous and heroic.

"Obey my orders in everything, and you must not act without permission, speak without authorization, speak without authorization, and even if you meet acquaintances, you must not recognize each other." After Zhang Xiaowu reaffirmed his discipline again, he led the group out of the willow forest and towards a darker place.

The west side of Yuehua Lake is the Yangxin Palace, and the east side is the direction of the East Palace, and at this time the East Palace has already burned a fire, including the surrounding Shangwu Pavilion, the Hundred Beasts Garden, the Yangyi Palace, the Xile Palace, etc., and because the Great Emperor did not have a lustful emperor, so that he has been on the throne for two years, but there is no concubine beauty added to the palace, and many palaces are vacant. When the fire came, these vacant palaces were left untouched, so that the fire spread unchecked, and it became a pile of rubble.

Seeing it in his eyes, Emperor Dade could only sigh helplessly and said: "Rebuilding in the future will be another move to work hard and lose money." ”

Zhang Xiaowu always thought that Emperor Dade was a good emperor, he was not greedy for money, not lustful, not tyrannical, and appointed virtuous ministers to live with the people, how could there be people who rebelled? He couldn't figure out who would rebel, except for the Heavenly Fire Sect? But how could the Heavenly Fire Sect buy Jin Yiwei and Li Canglan, and how could it buy the Imperial Forest Army. He looked at Emperor Dade, and then at the fire around him, and his heart was sad.

When the group came to the shore on the east side of Yuehua Lake, Zhang Xiaowu suddenly heard a creaking sound on the ice, and he suddenly secretly screamed that it was not good, as a northerner, this sound was too familiar to him, because it was the sound of the ice cracking. He immediately turned around and shouted, "Stop! Stop it! ”

Everyone stopped moving forward and looked at Zhang Xiaowu suspiciously.

Zhang Xiaowu instructed: "Retreat, retreat, turn the horse's head, and return to the island, the ice is dangerous." ”

Everyone was puzzled, but out of worship of the ghost general and infinite trust in Zhang Xiaowu, they turned their horses and retreated.

Just after everyone had retreated more than fifty steps, they suddenly saw a group of Royal Forest rebel infantry rushing out from behind the wall of fire on the shore in front of them, and they climbed over the fence and ran to the ice, lying on the ice and shouting to be cool. A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly pointed at the cavalry of the Imperial Guards on the west side and shouted, "Chief, that's our own people." ”

"Hey! Come here! ”

"What are you doing?"

"Give us the horse."

"Come and pick it up."

"Arima is amazing, isn't it?"

Zhang Xiaowu pretended to shout: "Have you seen the emperor?" ”

"Didn't find it!"

"Did you find it?"

"We didn't find it either."

Zhang Xiaowu shouted: "We continue to search, you rest and rest." ”

Those people were in a hurry, but they didn't expect the cavalry to abandon their comrades and rush over, but after a few steps, everyone suddenly heard a clicking sound, and then there was a boom, and the ice really cracked. The rebels immediately fell into the lake, they shouted loudly, no one would have expected that the ice of Yuehua Lake would crack, but it did happen.

In fact, although the winter in the Central Plains is cold and frozen, it is a small thing compared to Saibei, and Longdu is located in the central region of the Central Plains, where the winter is not so cold, and the ice is not so thick, so although the ice surface of Yuehua Lake can withstand human walking on weekdays, it is also dangerous. The fence around Yuehua Lake is actually the old eunuchs who are worried that an ignorant little eunuch will run to the ice and worry about falling into the lake and freezing to death. But tonight, and it has snowed heavily in the past few days, the ice is covered with a thick layer of snow, causing many people to misjudge the thickness of the ice.

Especially tonight, because of the fire in the palace, the temperature in the entire palace is extremely high, and the ice near the shore has melted and cracked, and the horse's hooves have stepped on the ice, causing cracks in the ice surface. And these rebel infantry probably didn't expect this, and rushed to the place where the crack had just appeared.

The rebels shouted for help while swimming in the water, Zhang Xiaowu ignored these people who fell into the lake, and he immediately turned around with his cavalry and returned to the island in the middle of the lake.

In the case of unknown enemies, it is impossible for him to save anyone, and it is impossible to help anyone, the only thing he wants now is to escape from the palace with the emperor, and then return to the palace with the silver-clothed guards to help the Emperor Dade regain power.

Tonight was particularly chaotic and cruel, the rebels killed people everywhere in the palace, but they could never find the emperor, and at this time someone suddenly realized that the emperor had most likely fled to Yuehua Lake. And because of the fire, more and more people fled to Yuehua Lake, after all, there was no fire here.

When Zhang Xiaowu and the others returned to the island in the middle of the lake, they found that there were more than 100 palace maids and eunuchs, and among them there were also the emperor's concubine Yu Meiren. The emperor had a noble concubine, Tang Guifei, and two concubines, namely Yu Mei and Zhen Concubine, and the Yu Mei was the concubine who was responsible for raising the crown prince.

Although Yu Meiren was not favored by the emperor, as a concubine who raised the crown prince, Emperor Dade also respected her very much, and treated her family very well. The poppy did not win the favor of the emperor, but she did win the favor of her parents, who often wrote to her to inform her that the family was doing well.

The poppy was protected by several palace maids, but when they saw the cavalry of Zhang Xiaowu and others, they immediately screamed in fright and hid behind trees. No one recognized that the Imperial Forest Army soldier behind Zhang Xiaowu was the current saint, not even the poppy beauty. These palace maids and eunuchs were scared of being killed, they thought that Zhang Xiaowu and the others were also rebels who had come to kill them, so they trembled and knelt on the ground and cried out not to kill us, not to kill us.

"Shut up, we're not rebels!" Zhang Xiaowu shouted.

"Are you really a Guard?" An old palace maid hurriedly asked.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You should be quiet, don't lure the rebels over." ”

At this time, everyone was relieved and walked out of the woods one after another, and the old palace maid hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The emperor's beauty is here, and she hasn't seen Yu Meiren yet." ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked at the pale poppy, bowed his hand slightly, and did not dismount. This poppy beauty is not a beauty, but her face is very blessed, and her round face is a bit like Jia Ling, who is a little thinner. But her eyes were full of horror and fear, she didn't have the momentum that a harem concubine should have, and she stammered and couldn't speak, no wonder the emperor didn't like her.

The old palace maid said: "This young general, please also protect the beauty Niangniang to escape from the palace, and Your Majesty will definitely thank you heavily in the future." ”

Zhang Xiaowu turned over and dismounted, and the old palace maid thought he had agreed, but saw him walk up the steps of the star-picking platform. Standing at the top of the star-picking platform, Zhang Xiaowu looked into the distance, looking for a new exit. He found that the north side of the palace was sparsely populated, and he decided to flee to the north because the emperor did not go there very much, and the north was an upwind outlet and was not affected by the fire.

Zhang Xiaowu got off the star picking platform, turned over and got on the horse, the old palace maid hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse, stuffed a cloth bag, and said: "This young general, here is a little bit of the old slave's heart, and please don't dislike the little general." ”

"Hehehe, what is money compared to life." Zhang Xiaowu pushed away the bag of silver jewelry, and with a wave of his hand, the cavalry immediately ran north. This time, in order to prevent the horse's hooves from cracking the ice, they walked slowly, and finally crossed the ice.

And the palace maids and eunuchs who stayed behind saw the Royal Guards fleeing, and they actually followed them by a ghost, and they probably guessed that if they encountered the rebels, these Royal Guards would fight against them.

After Zhang Xiaowu and the others crossed the ice, they immediately walked quickly, and when they bypassed several palaces, they suddenly heard the sound of killing and screams behind them. They were very surprised, Zhang Xiaowu asked one of the Imperial Forest Army to turn around to take a look at the situation, and everyone took the opportunity to rest.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Xiaowu whispered beside Emperor Dade, "Are you still used to riding a horse?" ”

Emperor Dade smiled bitterly: "When I was a child, the emperor asked me to ride a horse, and I was always reluctant, but later I was older, because I rode more than I was compared to people, and I would have fallen off by this time." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "Although Your Majesty's equestrian skills can't fight, they are still proficient. ”

Emperor Dade said: "I really didn't expect that I would call myself Emperor Wen, but I became Emperor Wu." ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help laughing and asked everyone to pay attention to the surroundings, and the observing Imperial Forest Army ran back and told everyone: "The rebels are slaughtering eunuchs and palace maids, including poppies. ”

Everyone was surprised for a while, Zhang Xiaowu looked at the emperor, Emperor Dade gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and said for a long time: "I will treat Yu Meiren's family well." ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "This is a wise move, let's move on." ”

So they continued to walk north, and as they walked, a group of rebel soldiers suddenly appeared in front of them, led by a square-faced man, and after he saw Zhang Xiaowu's cavalry, he suddenly said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhang Xiaowu was immediately stunned, what do you mean? Long live my emperor, long live, long live? Could it be that the other party knows that the emperor is by his side?

However, the other party was stunned when he saw Zhang Xiaowu and the others, and immediately realized that these cavalry were not his own people, and the square-faced man shouted: "Kill these people!" They are the people of the palace! ”

"Kill!"

More than 50 infantry drew their swords and bravely rushed towards Zhang Xiaowu's twenty-seven cavalrymen.

When the other party drew his sword, Zhang Xiaowu realized that this was a code, and he didn't match the code. However, what he didn't expect was that the other party actually rushed to him, are these people stupid or crazy? In northern Cyprus, when the infantry charged the cavalry, they generally charged to the death or charged in formation with spears and guns, otherwise it was an act of death.

"Hahaha, look for death!" Zhang Xiaowu shouted, and at the same time as the other party drew his sword, he also pulled out the purple gold sword and red tassel spear, and suddenly rode his horse and accelerated towards the rebels.

The rebels probably didn't expect these guards to resist, but they were very proud, and felt that these guards were nothing to fear, but just the emperor's honor guard. But who is Zhang Xiaowu? He is a super fierce general with the head of a general in a million army, and after seeing his war horse rush over, he slammed into several rebels, and then the red tassel gun in his hand flew up and down, directly picking up a few rebels who were blocking the way in front.

The rebels were dumbfounded for a moment, they didn't expect this young general of the Royal Forest Army to be so brave.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party was stunned, Zhang Xiaowu raised the red tassel gun and threw it hard, and the square-faced leader of the rebels fell in response and was nailed to death.

However, after the death of the rebel leader, his men took command and shouted: "He is alone, shoulder to shoulder, do not be afraid, do not be afraid!" ”

Zhang Xiaowu continued to ride his horse and rammed, and was accidentally stabbed in the left arm by a red tassel gun, but the strength of this shot was exhausted, and only one cut was gried. Zhang Xiaowu stoned the rebel to death, and then snatched his red tassel gun with one hand, held the root and swept it away, forcing the surrounding rebels back.

He glanced at it, smiled slightly, and continued to ride his horse towards the rebel leader's heir.

The inheritor was also very brave, and shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone, kill him together." ”

Zhang Xiaowu stabbed at the successor, and the rebels hurriedly resisted with weapons, but Zhang Xiaowu's shot was just a false move, and his target was not the successor, but the other rebels on both sides of him. Zhang Xiaowu's spear turned a corner, pierced directly through the head of the rebel on the left, and then hit the successor with a sweep.

Zhang Xiaowu's horse then knocked down the rebel soldier on the right, and at this time, Zhang Xiaowu threw away the red tassel spear, stretched out his right hand with one arm, and grabbed the successor.

Zhang Xiaowu held the successor aloft, and then shouted: "Death to those who stand in my way!" With that, he slammed the man to the ground, and heard a thud, and the heir was slammed to death.