Chapter 591: Turmoil in the Eastern Capital (4)
The leader of the nearly forty black-clothed men who approached the root of the city was Zhu Kaizhi, but seeing that he put his ears on the city wall and listened carefully for a moment, he was sure that the two teams of patrols marching in the opposite direction had moved away from this section of the city wall, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he immediately raised his hand and made an upward code, and then saw more than a dozen black-clothed masked people untie the flying grip wrapped around their waists, and threw them on the city head in unison, and after a slight clanging sound, they were all hung on the city plate.
"Up!"
There is no turning back arrow when the bow is opened, this time the flying grasp has been caught on the city, Zhu Kaizhi immediately snorted, his body spread, and took the lead in rushing to the city, but seeing that his emaciated body was like a civet cat, only a few "poofs", with the help of the rope, quickly rushed to the city, a group of people in black saw this, they did not dare to slack off, they stretched their bodies, and climbed towards the city, the speed was extremely fast.
"Who? Ah......h
A group of black-clothed people are all martial arts experts, the movement of Shangcheng is not too big, the two teams have deviated from the patrol here, and the patrolmen have not noticed the actions of the black-clothed people, but a drowsy sentry inadvertently found Zhu Kaizhi under the moonlight, and when he saw that the situation was different, he unconsciously asked a throat, which could have caused him to kill, but seeing Zhu Kaizhi's left hand, a flying knife had already shot out, and it was inserted into the throat of the sentry with great accuracy, and the unlucky sentry only had time to let out a half-miserable howl, and he had fallen down the city.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
As soon as the sentry died, the movement was loud, and many of the sentries who were dozing off were all awakened, and then saw that there were a lot of black-clothed people on the city, and they all panicked, and they all roared at the top of their throats.
"Take the city gate tower and kill!"
Xingzang has been exposed, Zhu Kaizhi naturally let out, roared, led dozens of subordinates who had climbed the city wall to rush to the city gate tower to kill, and instantly killed nearly half of the Yulin officers and soldiers who rushed to kill, and there was really an invincible majesty, of course, this is not how brave Zhu Kaizhi's men are, but it is really because the Yulin Army is too weak - the Yulin Army, divided into two armies, each with a strength of 6,000, also known as the Northern Ya Army, is the Praetorian Guard of the Garrison Palace, which sounds very majestic, But in fact, the combat effectiveness is the worst one of the Tang Dynasty armies, just because the origin of this army is the descendants of the heroes who followed the Taiyuan Incident of Tang Gaozu back then.
A group of black-clothed people are outlaws, extremely ruthless, tricks to kill, swords and blood, poor a group of Yulin officers and soldiers are not good at all, plus it is a sudden attack, although there are a lot of troops, but they are unable to block the attack of the black-clothed people at all, with heavy casualties, the rest of them have no more fighting spirit at all, and they are all defeated with wild shouts, from the beginning of the war to the fall of the city gate tower, it is not even a quarter of an hour, and the low combat effectiveness is really ridiculous.
"Open the gates, open the gates!"
As soon as he saw that the officers and soldiers defending the city had been defeated, Zhu Kaizhi did not pursue, led his troops to kill the city gate tower, roared and gave an order, and then saw that the two thick city gates were slowly pushed open from the inside, and the first gate of the imperial city was completely opened!
"Sons, Qingjun's side, behead the traitor, in one move, come with the palace, rush!"
Li Xian, who had already changed into a military uniform, saw that the city gate had been opened, and his nervous heart stabilized most of it, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, just because the Tongxun Gate was only the first gate to enter the imperial city, if you want to enter the harem, there is still a gate to conquer - to the west is the Anning Gate, to the north is the Xuanwu Gate, no matter which city gate, it is not easy to take it, and the matter is far from the time when it can be celebrated, this point Li Xian knows very well in his heart, and he does not dare to be careless, under a roar, He has already led his troops to rush into the training gate, and the idea is to kill into the harem in one fell swoop before the Yulin Army has fully reacted!
"Qingjun's side, behead the traitor, Qingjun's side, behead the adulterer!"
As soon as they saw that the prince had moved, a group of East Palace armor soldiers did not dare to delay a little, they all roared and rushed up, followed Li Xian, all the way through the small square in front of the Deyang Palace like a tide, and killed the Anning Gate like a rainbow - among the gates of the imperial city, the Xuanwu Gate is the nearest door to enter the harem, once you enter the door, you can kill all the way to the Qianyuan Palace, the road is close, but the Xuanwu Gate is the headquarters of the Northern Ya Army, the defense has always been strict, not to mention the large number of troops on duty, and all kinds of fortifications are also extremely complete, Li Xian didn't have the courage to attack the iron gate, but chose to go through the training gate, and then kill the relatively tortuous and long road of Anning Gate, in order to catch the Yulin Army by surprise, and seize the two doors in one fell swoop before the Yulin Army adjusts, so as to enter the harem, hold Gaozong hostage, and order hundreds of officials!
"What's going on? Why the chaos? ”
Li Xian's department entered the palace, the movement was not small, the roar shook the sky, and the whole imperial city was in chaos, Gaozong, who had always slept badly, finally had a little hazy sleepiness, and Leng Buding was excited by this chaos, and immediately woke up, and when he heard that the movement was wrong, he couldn't help but panic a little, and anxiously asked the palace maids and eunuchs who were accompanying him.
"The queen of heaven has arrived!"
A group of attendants have been staying in the dormitory, how can they know what is going on in the outer palace, but they heard the sound wrong, they were all panicked, they couldn't solve Gaozong's problem, and they were panicking, but when they heard a shout, the plain-faced Empress Wu had led a large group of eunuchs and palace maids to come in from outside, and the robes on their bodies were quite messy, and they had never put on a phoenix crown and xia cloak, and they seemed to have just gotten up.
"Mei Niang, what's going on outside? I don't sound right. ”
As soon as he saw Empress Wu coming, Gaozong's uneasiness suddenly decreased slightly, and he rolled over and got up, complaining angrily.
"Hurry up and change your Majesty's clothes!"
Empress Wu did not rush to answer Gaozong's question, but gave an order first, and then walked forward, personally took his hands, and cooperated with the palace maids in the palace to put on the robe for Gaozong.
"Mei Niang, what's going on? I'm so anxious! ”
Listening to the sound of the outer palace, not only did not stop, but it became much bigger, obviously there were a lot of soldiers and horses rushing towards the direction of the inner palace, Gaozong couldn't hold it steady anymore, and anxiously pushed away the two little palace maids who were putting the finishing touches on it, and asked impatiently.
"Alas......"
Empress Wu still didn't answer Gaozong's question, but her eyes turned red, she sighed, and lowered her head with sadness and guilt on her face, as if she had something unspeakably hidden.
"Mei Niang, what's wrong with you? What happened, you say! ”
As soon as he saw Empress Wu like this, Gao Zong's already impatient heart became a little more anxious, stomped his feet angrily, and asked one after another.
"Alas, Xian'er, Xian'er, he is the opposite."
Empress Wu sighed again, tears could not stop flowing, but she didn't reach out to wipe it, but just looked at Gaozong with great pain, and replied in a choked voice.
"What? This, this, this can't be! I don't believe it, I don't believe it! ”
As soon as he heard that it was the prince's rebellion, Gao Zong's arrival was as if he had been hit by five thunders, and the whole child was shocked suddenly, and his eyes were extremely round in surprise, and after being speechless for a long time, he suddenly roared loudly, and he couldn't believe the shocking news he heard.
"Your Majesty, the concubine body doesn't want to believe it, but, alas, it's just that the soldiers led by Xian'er have broken through the Tongxun Gate and are killing towards the Anning Gate.
Empress Wu stretched out her hand to wipe her tears, lowered her head with a painful face, sobbed a few times, and explained in a low voice, her words were full of guilt and self-pity.
"Alas, that's it, that's it, it's all fate, he wants to take this road, but he can't complain about Mei Niang, don't talk about this, I want to personally mention the army to quell this chaos, come to someone, pass on my order, Xue Rengui, Qi Bi He Li immediately sent troops to the peace gate, and arrested the traitor!"
Seeing that Empress Wu was in such pain, Gaozong was very reluctant, and it was impossible for him to blame Empress Wu at this time, so he just shook his head in annoyance, and even though his expression was violent, he roared loudly and made a will.
"No!"
Gaozong's order is very arrogant, but it's just empty words, at this time Li Xian's soldiers and horses are about to be killed to the Anning Gate, and then want to transfer troops from the Xuanwu Gate across the big and far away, how can they have time to save the scene, to collect the corpse is almost the same, although the people do not understand military affairs, but such a simple truth is still clear, but Gaozong has made a will, but no one dares to say a "no" word, can only bow down to the promise, and several of their own little eunuchs hurriedly ran out of the palace, He crawled to the Xuanwu Gate......
Although the Anning Gate is the inner city gate, but the scale is not small, it is a huge building complex in the shape of the "door" that is connected by the gatehouse, the Duolou, the que tower and the corridor between each other, the scale is magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, if you retest it from the sky, you can find that the whole city gate building is in the shape of "concave", there is a piece of east and west more than 200 steps long in front of the door, the huge square is 60 steps away from the north and south, its role is to rectify the honor guard when the emperor is in the court or out of the palace, because it is the inner city gate, the garrison on weekdays is not much, There are only two teams of Yulin Army on duty here, that is, to do some work to clean the door and clear the road, as for the combat effectiveness, it is impossible to talk about it at all, which is also the root reason why Li Xian chose this gate as a breakthrough, at this time, the killing sound in the palace has been loud, but the huge Ning'an Gate is quiet without a trace of sound, not even a trace of light, like a giant beast lying quietly on the ground, so quiet that it is extremely strange......