Yanjing, the imperial city.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Li Qing was dressed in armor and wore a scarf on his head, and entered with a sword, followed by four teams of heavily armed forbidden troops.

Li Dingyuan sat on the dragon chair, and his middle-aged father-in-law, Gāo Zhān, stood on one side with his hands down, surrounded by young eunuchs.

There was silence in the hall, save for the sound of boots tapping on the ground.

Li Qing walked to the front of the imperial steps, bent down, and clenched his fists.

"Father, move away, this is too close to the palace gate, if you rebel and attack, it will be dangerous."

Li Dingyuan let out a long sigh, looked at Li Qing and the forbidden army behind her, his face turned pale, and he coughed.

The middle-aged father-in-law hurriedly went over and beat his chest and back for Li Dingyuan.

After a while, Li Dingyuan stopped coughing and asked in a deep voice.

"Qing'er, how is the situation outside, among the four major camps, how many are controlled by that rebel?"

Li Qing's face was ugly: "It's not clear now."

Su Lu led the patrol battalion to fight fiercely with the Xicheng battalion in Xicheng, and Tang Ke, the governor of the Dongcheng battalion, was suppressed by the old general Xiahouwei, and there was no movement in the northern and southern camps. ”

Li Dingyuan let out a long sigh: "How is the control of the left and right palace guards?" ”

Li Qing glanced at several forbidden army generals beside him and said, "My people have already controlled all the palace guards, and the unstable factors have also been controlled. ”

Li Dingyuan nodded, and commanded:

"Spread the decree, Su Lu is loyal and brave, loyal and patriotic, and he is committed to mentioning the Fourth Army of the Northern Army, and the commander-in-chief of the inner city should be defended."

"Xiahou Wei is loyal to the national body, and he guards the camp in Dongcheng with festivals."

"Li Kang, the left attendant of the military department, guards the camp in Beicheng with a festival."

"The champion general Luo Du, although he is at fault, is loyal to the army and patriotic, recovers, and guards the camp in Nancheng."

A few little eunuchs received the holy decree, and quickly went out of the temple gate to deliver the decree.

Li Dingyuan stood up with the dragon chair, stood on the top of the imperial steps, and asked the middle-aged father-in-law beside him.

"Gāo zhān, tell me about it, you old boy, this is good, why did Xun'er suddenly rebel?"

Gāo Zhān lowered his head and held Li Dingyuan's arm:

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't dare to say anything about this, and the slave doesn't know why, the former King Ning still came to the palace to ask for peace."

Li Dingyuan's face turned pale and snorted coldly.

"If it weren't for my permission, it wouldn't have been the evil result today, to put it bluntly, my heirs are not prosperous, otherwise how could Zhongqing allow him to meddle in the big camps, I didn't expect that the four major camps of Gongwei Jinggi were also corroded."

Outside the temple gate, hurried footsteps sounded.

Shangshu ordered Zuo Ping, served Tang Yi, Zhongshu ordered Guo Ping, and behind him was a group of officials from three provinces and six ministries who came in.

Zuo Ping saluted first, and a group of court officials knelt down in unison.

Li Dingyuan waved his hand, and the officials stood up, and for a while, the hall was full of purple robes and scarlet shirts.

Zuo Ping was the first to say:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has sent a message that the Xicheng battalion is rebelling, and the matter is serious, and it is necessary to send generals to guard the remaining four battalions, and the capable generals will raise some points to defend the four armies in the north and guard the inner city."

Li Dingyuan waved his hand: "Zuo Ping, at the beginning, you told me not to abolish Li Xun, but now the disaster starts with King Ning, and you Zuo Ping doesn't know anyone." ”

Zuo Ping took off his hat and knelt on the ground: "The minister is frightened, the minister is guilty, and now the Yanjing soldiers are resurrected, and the foreign people enter Beijing, and the ministers are guilty." However, when the state affairs were at the head, the ministers asked for an order, personally supervised the four armies of the Northern Army, and swore to defend the imperial city to the death. ”

Li Dingyuan waved his hand: "It's accurate"

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at the scholars, and pointed at Li Huaiyuan: "Li Huaiyuan, you also follow, as the highest official of the guard, you also know about the soldiers of the four-city battalion." ”

Li Huaiyuan bowed down and chased Zuo Ping out of the Qinzheng Palace.

At the head of Xicheng City, Su Lu looked at the black and oppressive Xicheng battalion soldiers, his brows furrowed, it seemed that the Xicheng battalion soldiers had rebelled.

The white-robed and silver-armored Changning soldier armor was covered with blood, and the armor page was sonorous, and he walked over.

"Governor, most of the soldiers in the Xicheng battalion have been killed, and the small half have surrendered, what should these people do?"

"The battalion officers will be selected, and the rest of the people will be assigned to each battalion, and the battalion officers will be assigned to the death squad."

Su Lu commanded, and his eyes did not take off to kill the Xicheng battalion soldiers under the city.

The Xicheng battalion is full of 12,000 people, with three armies, and the two guard battalions that captured the head of the city are only a fraction, and now I am afraid that the whole battalion is exhausted.

There are tens of thousands of people, and there is no boundary.

Standing at the top of the city, the eyes are full of soldiers and horses, boundless.

Su Yun wore a white armor, a silver and white scarf, and his cheeks were flushed, and he reported to Su Lu and said:

"Brother, the three gates of the patrol camp are intact, and Captain Li Ling has sent all the forbidden troops out."

Su Lu nodded: "Let Li Ling go to guard the east city gate, and tell him that no matter who it is, the door cannot be opened, and if there is a strong attack, it will be rebellion, and it will be killed." ”

Su Yun nodded, turned around and ordered the little mud who followed behind.

Luo Ding had already put on the hood, but the blood on his face had not been wiped clean, and he came over to talk.

"Governor, what should we do, it seems that the Xicheng battalion is going to attack, we are a little bit of people, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the West City Gate."

Su Lu turned his head and glanced at Luo Du.

Luo Du's face turned pale, his whole body was cold, and he seemed to have been shot a hole in his chest.

"Dudu, I didn't mean that."

"What do you mean by Captain Luo?"

The old man's voice sounded, and Shang Shu Ling Zuo Ping and Shang Shu Li Huaiyuan of the Ministry of War went to the city with a group of forbidden troops, and it was Shang Shu Ling Zuo Ping who spoke.

Su Lu waved his hand: "I don't care what you mean, from now on, without my military order, no one can leave the city one step, dare to spread rumors, shake the hearts of the army, and kill no mercy." ”

Luo Ding bowed down and clenched his fists, "My subordinates understand." ”

Su Ping waved his hand and motioned for Luo Ding to reorganize his army for battle, and then turned to Zuo Ping and Li Huaiyuan.

"With armor on the body, I can't pay full courtesy, Zuo Xiang and Li Shangshu are here, but what does Your Majesty have to explain?"

Zuo Ping stood in front of the battlements, stroked his beard and said: "Without him, it's just to give the general courage." ”

Li Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, but his heart was broad, and he pushed all the rights to Su Lu, and went through Su Lu's resume in his mind, Li Huaiyuan asked.

"General Su is good at field battles, invincible in all battles, I don't know if you can have confidence in defending the city? His Majesty's military order has mobilized the Fourth Army of the Northern Army, which can go to the city at any time. ”

Su Lu looked at the Xicheng battalion that was approaching under the city,

"It's just 10,000 Xicheng battalion soldiers, and in the plains field battle, I can break him with 3,000 soldiers."

Zuo Ping's face darkened when he heard this, the generals each have a good way of fighting, Su Lu is good at field warfare, and defending the city is not his forte.

Li Huaiyuan hurriedly asked: "Then how many soldiers do you need this time, I will want to transfer with you, left and right city guards, and the fourth army of the north is feasible?" ”

Su Lu looked at Li Xun, the king of Ning, who was riding a white horse under the city, and said with a smile and squinted his eyes.

"To defend the city, 2,000 soldiers are enough."

Two thousand?

Zuo Ping and Li Huaiyuan looked confused.

Under the city, the sergeant with a loud voice had already shouted.