As night gradually fell, there was still nothing wrong with the camp gate of the Northern Army outside the city, as usual. But inside the camp gate, it was a different view.

The soldiers in armor nibbled on the dry food in their hands on the salted meat, and all the soldiers realized that there would definitely be a major military operation tonight, and that the food of salted meat was difficult for ordinary soldiers to eat in ordinary times, and they could not eat meat unless they were on holidays or when they received rewards. Veterans know that a sudden improvement in food means that a big war is coming, and it is necessary to let the soldiers fight to the death after they are fed.

Lu Zhan looked at Zhang Yu, who was lying on the bed, and said: "Yu'er, tonight is the moment to decide success or failure, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent."

Looking at Lu Zhan's resolute eyes, Zhang Yu's thousands of words came to his heart, and in the end he only said four words: "Be careful."

The Southern soldiers guarding the city wall looked at the moon overhead, thinking that it was time for the changing of the guard again, and they could take a good rest. Yes, there will be many people who will rest forever tonight.

A few days ago, there was a group of people who came to attack the city gates at night, and unlike the previous days, there were fewer people today, but it was a surprise move.

The men and horses led by Zhang Ze secretly came to the vicinity of the city gate by night, and looked at the soldiers of the Southern Army standing not far away, Zhang Ze drew his sword and pointed in the direction of the city gate and shouted: "Send a signal, it's time for you to make meritorious contributions, kill with me!"

The soldiers of the Southern Army guarding this place did not expect that the enemy would attack the city gate at night again, and shouted loudly that after the enemy attack, the soldiers of the Southern Army picked up the weapons in their hands and prepared to resist these incoming enemies.

The warriors with all kinds of weapons rushed to the city gates, and the archers on the city walls only had time to shoot a few arrows before they found that the two sides were already fighting together, and in the dark of night there was no accuracy at all, and shooting would only kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

But the officer in charge of the command didn't care about the life or death of ordinary soldiers, and shouted: "Shoot the arrows, whether it will hurt your own people or not." I don't stop for a moment, and I shoot until my arm is out of force. ”

The officer saw the fireworks that were raised, and then ran to the other side of the city wall, and found that the northern army had begun to erect a siege ladder and prepare to enter the city, and looked at the number of torches, and estimated that all the northern troops outside the city were here.

Hundreds of siege ladders have been erected on the city wall, and countless soldiers of the Northern Army braved arrows and rolling wood and thunder stones to climb the city wall. There were not many soldiers on the night shift guarding the city walls, and they were attacked again. The Southern Army, which had no will to fight, was quickly defeated.

With the soldiers of the Northern Army completely controlling the city wall, the men led by Zhang Ze opened the heavy gate, and the cavalry of the Northern Army rode from the Mingde Gate, which had been closed for several days, to the street quickly.

"Brother Xu, don't you think things seem to be going a little too smoothly." Lu Zhan said worriedly to Xu Hao.

"Brother Lu, you can't be bitten by a snake for ten years and be afraid of the well rope. Our smooth operation only shows that the rebels are lax in their defenses. Xu Hao put his arm around Lu Zhan's shoulder and said.

"No, there's still something wrong." After all, there is a saying in modern times that if you find that everything is going according to plan, then you must have hit the trap.

Looking at the soldiers of the Northern Army who were constantly pouring into the capital, Lu Zhan, who was standing outside the city and waiting, ordered the people around him to send scouts to observe the situation.

Just as the Mingde Gate was breached, another gate was slowly opened.

The soldiers on duty at the palace gate were still watching the movement outside the palace as usual, and suddenly a group of forbidden troops came in the direction of the palace gate.

Seeing that it was his own people, he was not too worried, and the officer on duty asked, "Which general are you under and what are you doing here?"

The officer who suddenly spoke suddenly felt a chill in his neck, and looked at his comrade with a sharp blade in disbelief.

Seeing the officer on duty falling, the soldiers on duty on the city wall immediately began to shout loudly.

"The rebels are attacking the city! Hurry up, ......" was pierced through the throat by a sharp arrow before he finished speaking.

Dong Cunren, who was riding a tall horse, looked at the palace gate that was opened by Nei Ying and smiled and said: "After breaking through the palace city, we must ensure the safety of our son of heaven, and I also need him to see the Zen Rang ceremony."

The unsuspecting forbidden army quickly lost the palace gate under the sneak attack of Neiying, and these forbidden troops on duty did not expect that the brothers who got along day and night would be enemies at this moment. When the cold blade was inserted into his chest, he could not say anything but watch his former comrades fall one by one.

The Son of Heaven, who was sleeping on the dragon bed, was suddenly woken up by the eunuch beside him, and before he could open his mouth to reprimand these ignorant eunuchs, he heard the eunuch crying and saying, "Your Majesty, something is wrong!" The rebels have already broken through the palace gates. Prince Su Xin took the government soldiers to protect around the dormitory, and hoped that His Majesty would quickly dodge. ”

"What, how could the rebels break through the palace gate." Sitting on the dragon bed, the Son of Heaven seemed to can't believe that all this was true.

"It was said that Neiying opened the palace gate and let the rebels in, Your Majesty should leave quickly." The eunuch knelt on the ground and kept begging the Son of Heaven to take refuge elsewhere.

At this moment, there was a noise outside the dormitory, and the Son of Heaven hurried to the periphery of the dormitory without even caring about getting dressed. Looking at the chaotic eunuchs and palace maids, hearing the sound of fighting from a distance, the Son of Heaven clenched his fists and made a difficult decision.

Looking at the Son of Heaven who was standing beside him and looking into the distance, Su Xin said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please follow me to other places to temporarily avoid the rebels."

"Su Aiqing, how many soldiers and horses can be commanded right now."

"Back to Your Majesty, due to the surprise attack of the rebels at night, there are only more than 600 people in the forbidden army plus the government soldiers."

"Okay, come on, take my armor and prepare to fight the rebels to the death." The words of the Son of Heaven were said with undoubted majesty.

After hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Su Xin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no, Your Majesty is a daughter, how can you be in danger."

"Spread my will, if I encounter an accident, it will be passed on to the prince. The Son of Heaven who has not surrendered since the founding of the Dynasty will let me be the first Son of Heaven to die in battle today. ”

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, the soldiers guarding the Son of Heaven knew that the Son of Heaven was going to fight with them tonight, and the blood in their bodies was aroused. Shouting slogans of battle to the death, they formed a battle formation and prepared to meet the incoming rebels.

The concubines in the harem were all terrified and cried when they heard that the rebels had broken through the palace gate. Only the queen calmly instructed the palace maid beside her: "Send someone to inquire about the situation of Your Majesty, and then gather the prince and princess over."

On the way to the palace where the queen lived, the fifth princess Jing Nianshuang kept hearing the news of the rebels from the fleeing eunuchs. One will be when the rebels arrive at the Son of Heaven's dormitory, and the other will be when the rebels enter the Imperial Garden.