"General, why do we have to go far and enter the imperial city from here?" When advancing to Donghua Gate, Wu Song on the side of Sun Tu asked suspiciously, which was also a question in the hearts of many soldiers in the rear. Because logically speaking, they fought all the way into Tokyo City from the north, and the most convenient way at this time was of course to go straight to the north gate of the imperial city, rather than deliberately detouring to this Donghua Gate.

The corners of Sun Tu's mouth curled slightly, and he glanced at Tong Mu, who was also closely following him, and motioned for him to explain. The latter really understood his intentions, and smiled: "You brothers obviously don't know much about my past, but this is a story.

However, it is said that during the Renzong Dynasty, the privy deputy envoy was the famous general at that time, Di Qing Di Wuxiang, who had made great achievements for the imperial court. But even though he has made many contributions to the imperial court, he is still suspicious of the emperor and suppressed by civil officials, so that his henchmen who went on a crusade were falsely accused of being convicted by some people with ulterior motives, and his life was not guaranteed.

Seeing this, even if he is as low-key and steady as Di Wuxiang, he can only save people, go to see the Son of Heaven, and plead with these old subordinates. But as a result, it was openly opposed by the courtiers. I still remember that Di Wuxiang once said at that time that those soldiers who were convicted were all heroes and good men, how could they be so unjustly killed. Then Han Qi, the ruler at that time, opened his mouth, what did you say about him? ”

"But what?" The soldiers who listened to Tong Mu's words felt the same way, and suddenly became a little angry. In fact, the situation at that time was so similar to that in Youzhou before, my own general was convicted of seven felonies by the imperial court, all of them made great contributions to the imperial court, but they were convicted by those civil officials who understated it!

Tong Mu said coldly: "What Han Qi said at that time was that in my Great Song Dynasty, only those who can enter the palace from this Donghua Gate are good men, and those soldiers who have been fighting for many years are not good men at all!" Seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, he gave a further explanation intimately: "The so-called people who enter the palace from the Donghua Gate refer to those Jinshi who have passed the imperial examination, because every time after the imperial examination, the Jinshi enter from this Donghua Gate. ”

This time, the soldiers finally fully understood Han Qi's disdain and belittlement of the generals in his words, it turned out that in his opinion, those loyal soldiers who fought for the country and did everything were not even good men, so even if they were unjustly killed, it was not worth mentioning.

Only a moment later, bursts of shouting and scolding had sounded from everywhere: "General Sun, what bullshit civil official, from now on, we will no longer be bound by them!" Today, we will enter through the Donghua Gate! ”

"Let's go, go to Donghuamen, so that everyone in the world knows who is the real good man!"

With the roar of rage, this team of tens of thousands of people had come to the gate of the palace before dark, which was about five feet high and extraordinary. However, it was not this palace gate that was the first to enter everyone's eyes, but hundreds of officials who stood in front of it to block the road, among which the high-grade officials in vermilion purple official robes were the mainstay, mixed with the low-grade officials in green robes, these people all stood upright, and there was no fear of the army pressing on them at all. ”

The fearless aura they exuded really frightened the soldiers at the front, made the soldiers move forward with a pause, and also made Sun Tu in the middle of the team frown. However, it is not too surprising that in the huge imperial court, there will always be some guys who think they are loyal ministers to stand up and do something that they think is to protect the country at this turbulent time.

He immediately shook the reins and brought a few personal generals to meet him. When he came to him, he shouted, "What do you want to do when you dare to block our army's way?" ”

"Bold Sun Tu, you raised troops to rebel, and you dared to enter the palace and shocked the saint? Don't give me a quick dismount yet! At the beginning, an official in a red robe with a gray beard stepped forward and shouted loudly, completely righteous and awe-inspiring, and did not take the tens of thousands of swords and guns in front of him in his eyes.

And with this person's shout, the courage of other officials was also stimulated, and they immediately resounded: "The rebel Sun Tu, who dares to rush into the residence of the Son of Heaven, is really guilty of ten thousand deaths." If you still have the slightest sense of shame, you will be bound immediately and wait for His Majesty's punishment! ”

"Sun Tu, if you want to enter the palace and harass Your Majesty, step on the corpses of our loyal ministers, and see how the people of the world judge you in the future, and see how you will be written in the history books in the future!"

"We are deeply affected by the court and His Majesty Long'en, and today we are about to die for the country, how can you be a rebel who can understand and stop it!"

Seeing these people so righteous and fearless, although the soldiers were angry, they really didn't dare to mess around. After all, as early as when he sent out the army, Sun Tu had already set a strict military order to prevent this thief army from killing or injuring innocents. Moreover, these officials really have a heroic aura that makes ordinary soldiers frightened, and they really suppress the momentum of the army.

Within the rear palace wall, seeing that the army of 10,000 people was really blocked by hundreds of officials, Cai Jing, who instigated all this, was relieved. When he saw the officials fleeing like lost dogs, he learned that even the inner city gate had been lost, and Sun Tuzheng came with troops, and he was panicked to the extreme, because he knew very well that he was the target of Sun Tu's killing, and once the Son of Heaven fell into the hands of Sun Tu, there would be no return.

But then, Cai Jing found that in addition to those corrupt officials who belonged to the same category as him, there were many honest officials who had always prided themselves on being clean and refused to take refuge in the vicinity of the imperial city. This made him feel like he had grabbed a life-saving straw when the flood was about to run out, so he no longer hesitated, and immediately found them, knowing that Sun Tu rebelled, and once he entered the palace, he would inevitably harm the Son of Heaven.

These people are the most upright, even if they have always had a dislike with Cai Jing, this time they also stood up for the loyalty and overall situation in their hearts, and were willingly used by Cai Jing to block the way forward of Sun Tu's department. And after seeing that Sun Tu and they were really stopped like this, Cai Jing didn't delay any longer, and immediately strode straight to the palace, he felt that these officials alone should not be able to really stop the rebels, and only the Son of Heaven could really save himself.

After a few steps, he saw Liang Shicheng in front of him, who was also walking in a hurry, which made Cai Jing feel annoyed, and immediately shouted: "Mrs. Liang, where are you going?" ”

This cry frightened Liang Shicheng almost stumbled on the smooth mirror-like ground, and then he was supported by the people around him, and turned back in fear: "Taishi......"

Cai Jing also took two steps with the support of his cronies, came to the other party, stared at him and said, "Why did the old man explain what you did to be like this, and actually let Sun Tu easily break into the city?" Don't you have that Sun Tu's family in your hands? ”

"Too ...... The Master forgives sins. Liang Shicheng immediately lowered his head weakly: "Actually Chinese New Year's Eve when the officials went to arrest Sun Tu's wife that day, they found that they had long since disappeared......

"What? Didn't you keep an eye on that side? How did you let them run away? Cai Jing suddenly changed color and asked even more annoyedly.

Liang Shicheng shook his head blankly: "Xiaguan, Xiaguan really doesn't know how they managed to escape from the layers of guards......"

"You piece of waste, if it weren't for you, why wouldn't you be here!" Cai Jing was so angry that he almost pointed at the other party's nose and scolded. And this time, it also provoked Liang Shicheng's anger, and at this time, he didn't care about the difference in status between the two sides, and replied loudly: "Aren't you Taishi Cai responsible for this matter?" At the beginning, I said that I wanted to take down his family earlier, but it wasn't that you blocked it several times, saying that you didn't want to force Sun Tu to go against him, and that you had concerns, but as a result, now you have put the responsibility on our family. Also, isn't it because of your softness again and again, and your appeasement and adultery again and again? If you really talk about guilt, I'm afraid that your Cai Jing's responsibility will only be greater than mine! ”

The depression and anger that had been in place for a long time completely exploded at this moment. In this squirt, Cai Jing was really stupid, and when he was older, he was even more suffocated because of nervousness and anger, and coughed violently. This frightened the other people around, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "The two prime ministers, don't argue about these details now, at this time, let's think about how to protect ourselves first, don't let Sun Tu enter the palace to harm us." ”

This persuasion really dissuaded the two of them, but before Cai Jing could say anything, there was a sudden cry like a ghost crying wolf outside, and the scalp was numb when he heard it, and Cai Jing's face turned pale: "Sun Tu really dares to do something to these officials?" Is this person really determined to rebel this time? His legs were weak, but he didn't dare to make trouble in his heart, and said urgently: "Go and see Your Majesty, now I can only rely on Your Majesty to save me and wait." ”

At the same time, outside the Donghua Gate, the scene was really miserable. Seeing that those officials were blocking and refusing to let go of the road, Sun Tu finally became angry, only waved his hand, and resolutely ordered: "Beat me, break their feet and hands, I see what these guys who sell their reputation can use to block our army's way." Didn't they die for the sake of fame, I wouldn't be cheaper for them! ”

Hearing this order, the soldiers around Sun Tu immediately shouted their promises and pounced fiercely. Originally, they didn't have a good impression of these court officials, and they were even more angry with the civil officials after listening to Tong Mu's introduction to the old incident decades ago.

Although the impact this time was not really deadly, and the whipping of the back of the knife and the barrel of the gun was used, these elite soldiers who had been trained from bloody battles could not resist the civilian officials in front of them who were powerless and could only play tricks. Suddenly, like a pack of wolves pounced on the sheep, a burst of whipping, the people had already fallen down, the screams were endless, and the few officials who were in the front were even more covered in blood and fell down......