The capital of Jianye was still asleep, but on both sides of the street leading to the imperial city through several city gates, many people who were sleeping were awakened by the noise outside.

The capital has always been heavily guarded, since the Qinhuai army went north, Jianye capital has implemented a curfew, after dark, the streets and alleys are forbidden to pedestrians, so the whole capital will be as silent as death at night, and the people are also closing their doors and windows, not daring to go out easily.

But tonight is clearly special.

The noise on the street outside shouldn't have been.

The awakened people looked out through the gap in the window, only to find that on the long street, a group of soldiers and horses were marching towards the city, like wolves breaking into the capital, many soldiers held torches high, the long street was as bright as day, the fire light shone on the soldiers' spears and swords, shining on the armor, emitting a cold cold light.

The people who saw this scene in front of them were terrified.

Many did not dare to open the window, but leaned around the window and listened, hearing the sound of armor rubbing, hearing the sound of neat and rapid steps, and even hearing the sound of horses' hooves, and where they passed, it was like thunder shaking the earth.

The north gate of Jianye capital is the Zhengwu Gate, after entering the Zhengwu Gate, the wide Xuanwu Street leads directly to the Imperial City, there is no obstacle on the way, the dense soldiers and horses march straight to the Imperial City from the Xuanwu Street in a neat and orderly manner, the front is the cavalry of five cavalry and a row, after hundreds of cavalry, it is the infantry with distinct armor.

The horses in front of them swept by, bringing up the dust from the long street, and the whole team was like a dragon that had broken into Kyoto, and fiercely pounced on the heart of Kyoto, as if it was about to swallow the heart of Kyoto in one gulp.

In the procession, the flag is unfurled, and the word "Xuanwu" is painted on the pale yellow flag, which is blood-red handwriting, giving people a cruel and murderous intent of blood splashed on it.

The Xuanwu battalion is the main force of the garrison capital, although the equipment and combat effectiveness may not be better than the Yulin battalion or even the Tiger God battalion, but there are many soldiers and horses, there are tens of thousands of people, but since the establishment of the Xuanwu battalion, the soldiers and horses of the Xuanwu battalion have never entered the imperial city.

The Xuanwu battalion has always been stationed in the northwest of the capital, and the military regulations are strict, and without the emperor's will and the order of the military department, not a single soldier can leave the garrison without permission.

And the Xuanwu camp has always been the most complex one of the several soldiers and horses in the capital, among which there are many forces, whether it is the Jinyi Qi family or the Jindao Tai family, or even the Sima family, Wuxiang Hou Su family, can find their own people in the Xuanwu camp, but with the ups and downs of these major families, the power of the Wuxiang Hou Su family in the Xuanwu camp has almost ceased to exist, when the Sima family was in power, the Xuanwu camp was rectified, and even made a deal with the king of Huainan, and promised to transfer Wu Dalin out of the Yulin camp. However, Qu Yanzhi, the deputy commander of the Black Knife Battalion, was transferred to the Xuanwu Battalion as the commander, and took this opportunity to squeeze out the already weakened Jinyi Qi family and the Tantai Golden Sword forces in the army.

It's just that after the emperor got rid of Sima, Qu Yanzhi was transferred back to the Black Knife Battalion to replace the dead Chu Cangge in command of the Black Knife Battalion, and the Xuanwu Battalion was appointed by the emperor by decree.

The emperor did not issue a direct order, but first asked the generals of the Xuanwu camp to recommend generals who could serve the public, Qin Zhong stood out from it and was recommended by the generals as a new candidate, and the emperor soon issued an order to appoint Qin Zhong as the commander of the Xuanwu camp.

Qin Zhong was able to be elected as the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion by the generals, although he had the ability to command the army, but the most important thing was the person's background.

Qin Chong's father followed the old marquis of Tantai to fight in his early years, and was later transferred to the old marquis of Wuxiang, when Qin Chong was young, he was also trained under the old marquis of Wuxiang, and then he was transferred to the Qinhuai Legion, and made a lot of contributions on the battlefield, and was later transferred to the Xuanwu battalion as the deputy commander because of his merits.

The Qin family has some relationship with several hereditary marquis, so no one knows for sure which faction he belongs to, and when there is a dispute between the factions in the Xuanwu camp, Qin Chong has always avoided it, because in the eyes of the generals, after Qin Chong is the commander, he can at least balance the forces of the various factions in the army.

After Qin Chong took office, he didn't know if he had been instructed by the emperor to rectify the Xuanwu camp, and many low-level generals were promoted, but many veterans were dismissed, and most of the low-level generals were from the grassroots, and there was no hereditary background behind them, although it was impossible to completely eliminate the factional disputes in the Xuanwu camp in a short period of time, but Qin Chong also controlled the Xuanwu camp.

Under a big banner with red letters on a black background, Qin Zhong rode on his horse, squinting his eyes slightly, watching the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion march along Xuanwu Street in the direction of the imperial city.

His expression was grim, and the black armor was draped over his strong and burly body, and he had a momentum that was not angry and self-threatening.

The duties of the Xuanwu Battalion, he knew better than anyone else, that is, a garrison of the capital, beware of any foreign soldiers and horses close to Gyeonggi, but he obviously did not expect that one day this army would enter the capital from the Zhengwu Gate, and the target was directly aimed at the imperial city.

Although there was no order from the Ministry of War, the emperor's decree was enough for Qin Chong to obey the order immediately.

The Xuanwu battalion had 15,000 soldiers and horses, and although he received the emperor's order to enter the city to quell the chaos, Qin Zhong still left 3,000 soldiers and horses in the camp to guard in case of accidents.

The remaining soldiers and horses were divided into four routes, entering from the four gates of the capital, among the four soldiers and horses, he personally led 2,000 soldiers and horses to enter from the Zhengwu Gate, and the remaining 10,000 people were divided into three routes, and his subordinates entered the city from the other three gates.

When the soldiers and horses approached the city gate, the Tiger God Battalion that controlled the city gate immediately opened the city gate, which made Qin Chong, who was once suspicious, relieved his heart, since the Tiger God Camp was able to open the door and let it go, it also proved that the Tiger God Camp had also received the will to quell the chaos.

The soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion advanced forward strongly and powerfully, and Qin Chong clamped the horse's belly and led the few personal soldiers around him into the ranks.

The firelight was lit, the sound of horses' hooves, and Qi Ning at the head of the imperial city naturally saw the soldiers and horses moving towards this side.

The entire imperial city was a trap, and Qi Ning now finally understood Xiao Shaozong's plan completely.

Xiao Shaozong pretended to use the emperor's will to mobilize soldiers and horses into the city, naturally to besiege the imperial city, in the eyes of the world, Qi Ning infiltrated the palace of course is a bad plot, Xiao Shaozong withheld the name of rebellion in the palace to assassinate, then the soldiers and horses into the city, of course, is to exterminate Qi Ning, a traitor.

Xiao Shaozong may not have thought that Yu Linwei would be subdued by Qi Ning, maybe in Xiao Shaozong's plan, Yu Linwei searched for Qi Ning in the palace, Qi Ning could die in the hands of Yu Linwei It is naturally better, even if Yu Linwei could not kill Qi Ning, but if he transferred troops into the city and surrounded the entire imperial city, even if Qi Ning had the strength of a great grandmaster, he would not be able to compete with thousands of troops.

Qi Ning's expression was solemn.

The Yulin battalion was subdued by himself, so of course Xiao Shaozong would beat Yulinwei into a rebel, for Xiao Shaozong, it didn't matter how many people were sacrificed, as long as he could completely kill Qi Ning, Yulinwei would be buried as a companion.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, such as the Xuanwu Battalion, the Tiger God Battalion and even the Black Knife Battalion, and there are less than 1,000 Yulin guards in the palace, and they have to guard the gates of the palace, and the guards of each gate of the imperial city are only a few hundred, and the strength of the troops can be described as a world of difference.

Before entering the city and completely besieging the imperial city, of course Qi Ning still had a chance to leave, but he knew very well that if he left at this time, then the charges that Xiao Shaozong had charged himself would be completely confirmed, and everyone in the world would think that he was a traitor to the Chu State, and he would not be able to explain it no matter what.

"Grandpa Guo!" Qi Ning was looking at the soldiers and horses rolling towards the imperial city like a fire dragon from afar, when he suddenly heard someone behind him say, "Deputy Commander He, please go to a place." ”

Qi Ning frowned, hesitated, followed the man into the palace, and arrived at a palace outside, He Qingzheng was waiting outside the hall with a cold face, and when he saw Qi Ning coming, he hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward and whispered: "Grandpa Guo, I found the emperor!" ”

Qi Ning's body shook, "Your Majesty? ”

"Grandpa Guo, please!" He Qing raised his hand, Qi Ning entered the hall, He Qing led the way in front, to a warm pavilion outside, two Yulin guards guarded in front of the door, He Qing pushed open the door, glanced at Qi Ning, Qi Ning stepped into the warm pavilion, as soon as he entered the inside, he smelled a smell of blood, took a few steps forward, there was a bead curtain in front of him, there was an antique soft couch behind the curtain, He Qing raised his hand to open the bead curtain, Qi Ning saw a person lying on the soft couch, he slowly approached the past, only to see that the man was wearing a dragon robe, lying on the couch with his limbs spread out, Blood flowed down from the wooden couch, and blood dripped to the ground, and the smell of blood was emanating from this.

Qi Ning clenched his fists and walked to the edge of the wooden couch, seeing that this person's throat had been cut, and there was a bloody stain underneath, perhaps because it had been too long, the blood had coagulated, and that face was exactly the appearance of the little emperor Longtai.

Qi Ning changed color slightly, glanced at He Qing, He Qing's expression was solemn, Qi Ning stared at the man's face, and after a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "He is not the emperor, this is a puppet pretending to be the emperor." ”

He Qing also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "But...... The appearance is very similar to the emperor. ”

"Xiao Shaozong has always used the name of the emperor to control the government, so naturally he has already chosen a stand-in." Qi Ning said: "The puppet's blood has been coagulated, it should have been dead for a while, if I am not mistaken, when Xiao Shaozong left the palace, he poisoned him." He sneered: "He said that I entered the palace to assassinate the emperor, this is to leave evidence here to prove that the emperor was indeed killed." ”

"Not many people know about it yet." He Qing said in a low voice: "I have already told the two people who found this place not to be quiet, if someone mistakenly thinks that this puppet is the emperor, it will inevitably cause a commotion, and I am afraid that the situation will not be controlled." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, stared at He Qing's eyes and said, "Why would Deputy Commander He believe that he must be a puppet?" And why would you believe me? ”

"The first emperor is wise and wise, and the arrangement he makes will definitely not be a problem." He Qing's voice was not loud, but he was categorical: "Since the silver sword is in the hands of Grandpa Guo, then Grandpa Guo must be the savior of saving Da Chu, and the last general will definitely do his best to help and never give up!" ”

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