Chapter 383: Outside the Chengtian Gate

"Hehe, in two days it will be the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the New Year is almost over! During the Chinese New Year, my father will lock us in the palace and wait until we are released after the New Year! After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhang Yunwen was thinking about going home, but before he reached the gate of the palace, he was stopped by Li Zhi.

"So, brother-in-law, can you take me to that orchid shop again tomorrow?" Li Zhi looked at Zhang Yunwen with a pair of shining eyes.

Zhang Yunwen glanced at Li Zhi: "What, won't you go by yourself?" Do you want me to take it with you? ”

Li Zhi said indignantly: "It's not the fourth brother, I heard that there are orchids dancing in the orchid wine shop, and every few days, he will drag a group of merry literati to the wine shop to drink and have fun, and he also said that he will meet in the name of literature and give poems together." If I go by myself, I will definitely be seen by the fourth brother, and if he reports to my father, then I will be miserable! ”

"So. You want to use me as a shield? ”

"Second brother-in-law, you can't say that! I guess you also miss that Hu Xuan dance very much! Now that the end of the year is here, it's time for you to take a good rest! If you are tired, won't it make the second sister feel distressed? Li Zhi grinned.

Looking at Li Zhi's expression, Zhang Yunwen suddenly had a feeling that this Li Zhi might have been like this, but under the pressure of his father and brother, he slowly became the original taciturn.

"Okay, tomorrow afternoon, I'll be waiting for you at the gate of this palace!" Zhang Yunwen agreed.

Today's court meeting is the last court meeting in the twelfth year of Zhenguan, and there is little office, so Zhang Yunwen will rarely come to the imperial city in the next month except for major events.

When Li Zhi heard this, he suddenly smiled on his face: "Okay, I will leave the palace gate tomorrow afternoon!" ”

"Tomorrow, we will be scattered at the gate of the palace, if someone opens the palace door and goes out, they will take the opportunity to kill into the palace, kill one or two relatives of the emperor, and after the important ministers of the court, take their heads and escape to the west gate! Hehe, with Lao Tzu's Zhonglang General's waist card and He Luohu's Beiping Junwang token, he will be able to get out of the city smoothly. After leaving the city, go all the way to the west, as long as you reach the Western Turks, you will be prosperous and rich endlessly! ”

In the hall of the palace of Beiping County, more than 50 fierce Turkic men were divided into two circles and sat around a fireplace. The association put down the bowl in his hand and whispered the words above.

When these more than 50 Turkic men heard this, they were all silent.

The association's gaze swept among these men, and at a glance he saw a big man who was hanging his head and drinking silently.

"Gu Luling, why don't you speak?" The association asked the big man coldly.

"Association, now we have surrendered to Datang for so many years, and now, you suddenly asked us to rebel against Datang, why is this?" As soon as Gululing's words fell, several Turkic men responded one after another.

"Hmph, we are Turkic people, we were born to live on the steppe, graze cattle and sheep to our heart's content, gallop horses, and should not take this city wall with us and grow old slowly! Have you forgotten that we have wolf blood in our veins? The association said impassionedly.

This was righteous, but it made Gu Luling and the others speechless.

The association took the opportunity to say: "Since you haven't forgotten that we have wolf blood in our bodies, you should do it with Lao Tzu!" Then go to the Western Turks. There are Turkic people with the same surname Ashina, and the same blood of wolves! ”

"Smack-" A wine cup was smashed to the ground.

A Turkic man stood up: "Association, Lao Tzu did it!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang-" The sound of the wine cup smashing sounded again and again, and a Turkic man smashed the wine cup one after another and stood up.

Although the imperial court had restrictions on weapons and blades at this time, this restriction was only on highly lethal weapons such as knives and crossbow machines and large equipment such as bed crossbows and catapults, but there were not too many restrictions on horizontal knives and bows and arrows below two stones.

Therefore, these Turkic men, who were not equipped with a horizontal sword, a two-stone bow, a pot of arrows, and wore black leather armor, stayed and wandered around the palace from the morning.

Since they did not know which gate of the palace would be opened, these Turks gathered outside the main gate of the palace, Chengtianmen, and except for one or two people as scouts, the rest of them hid in various places in the side streets, closely watching the movements of Chengtianmen.

However, for the whole morning, there was still no movement at this Chengtianmen.

Finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the three figures stepped on the snow on the ground and slowly walked in the direction of Chengtianmen.

At the sight of these three figures, the association hidden behind a wall could not help but be surprised.

These three people are Zhang Yunwen, Yang Shi, and Song Waterfall.

Remembering yesterday's promise, Zhang Yunwen took Yang Shi and Song Waterfall to the palace at the beginning of noon, after finishing lunch.

However, when he walked outside the palace, Zhang Yunwen suddenly felt that something was wrong and immediately stopped.

The howling cold wind whipped up the snowflakes on the ground, shuttling between the buildings, making a "whining" sound.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Song Pu saw Zhang Yunwen stop, and couldn't help asking, as soon as this question fell, he also felt that something was wrong.

In front of such a spacious Chengtian Gate, in this cold and howling afternoon, nothing should have appeared, uh, of course, the three of them were exceptions. However, there were three people in black robes squatting opposite Chengtianmen, their eyes glancing around, and when they met Zhang Yunwen's gaze, they hurriedly looked away. Such a suspicious deed cannot but be suspicious.

At this time, I saw that the palace gate creaked, and the Chengtian Gate actually opened.

I saw a group of four people slowly walking out from behind the palace gate, and when they walked outside the Chengtian Gate, they stood still, turned around, and looked inside the city gate. It looks like a guard of honor, but it's too small.

Then, a figure appeared in the gate, and it was Li Zhi.

As soon as Li Zhi saw Zhang Yunwen across the street, his eyes couldn't help but light up, but the upbringing of the royal family made him not shout, and walked out slowly with his hands behind his back.

However, Zhang Yunwen's eyes were firmly fixed on the three men in black.

Just as Li Zhi was about to come over, Zhang Yunwen suddenly shouted: "Xiaozhi, go back!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi couldn't help but be stunned. But then, something happened that left him dumbfounded. I saw the three black-clothed men draw their horizontal knives from their waists and yell, "Kill—"

Then more than fifty black-clothed men with horizontal knives in their hands turned out of the gap in the opposite wall, shouting and rushing in the direction of Li Zhi.

At this time, outside the Chengtian Gate, there were only more than ten soldiers on the city tower, and there were four soldiers standing on both sides of the gate. Including Li Zhi's four guards, there are only eight people in total. However, these eight people were veterans of the battlefield, and when they saw this situation, they hurriedly rushed forward, lined up in formation, and stopped Li Zhi behind them.

And the soldiers who were patrolling the city also hurried down from the city and prepared to support the following.

Zhang Yunwen held a military spur in his right hand and a dagger in his left hand, while Yang Shi and Song Pu rushed towards those black-clothed men with a horizontal knife.

When Zhang Yunwen quickly dodged the two horizontal knives that were chopped down, and inserted the backhand general stab into the abdomen of one person, he suddenly heard a soft shout: "Zhang Yunwen, it's Zhang Yunwen!" ”

Zhang Yunwen dodged the attack of this big man, and looked at it with a loud voice, and saw the association coming to his side at a glance.

"Ashina Association, you ate the gall of the ambitious leopard, and you actually led a rebellion?" Zhang Yunwen shouted, and at the same time, his arms shook, pulled out the horizontal knife of a Turkic man, and kicked the man's knee with a kick. The Turkic man fell to the ground suddenly.

"Haha, the court treats me like nothing, what if I wait for the opposite! Kill, kill King Jin and Zhang Yunwen for me, and exchange their heads for fame! Ashina roared wildly, leading the three of them to bypass the defense line formed by the eight soldiers and kill Li Zhi.

Zhang Yunwen saw it in his eyes and yelled at Yang Shi and Song Waterfall: "You two are blocked, I'll go find Xiaozhi!" ”

Song Pu slashed his knife violently, and actually cut the Turkic man in front of him into two pieces, and then kicked the nearly 200-pound man into a foot high, and when he hit the ground, blood was already overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't survive.

"Don't worry, my lord, these subordinates can cook!" Song Waterfall said neatly.

And that Yang Shi, the horizontal knife in his hand was like flying, and the soldier in front of him saw a knife light enveloping him, and his heart was shocked, and when he was about to fight back, he suddenly felt a cold neck, and then blood gushed like a spring.

Zhang Yunwen saw that the Ashina Association was about to rush in front of Li Zhi, Zhang Yunwen didn't think about it, and the military thorn in his right hand flew towards the Ashina Association, and shouted at the same time: "Xiaozhi, draw your sword to resist the enemy!" ”

The afterglow of the Ashina Association caught a glimpse of Zhang Yunwen's right arm, knowing that something was wrong, and with a sharp swing of the horizontal knife in his right hand, he was impartial, and just hit the military stab. Hearing the sound of the "bell", the military thorn changed direction and shot diagonally, and the remaining momentum was not reduced, and it was directly inserted into the body of a Tang sergeant.

However, Li Zhi, who was empty, had already pulled out the long sword beside him, and looked at the Ashina Association that had pounced again with a frightened face.

"Haha, His Royal Highness King Jin, come here!" The association laughed evilly, and was about to cut it down with a swing of the knife.

At this time, Zhang Yunwen had already experienced Li Zhi, but he was entangled by two Turkic men. These two big men knew that Zhang Yunwen was powerful, and waved the horizontal knife in their hands, but they were always three steps away from Zhang Yunwen and did not let him get close.

And the eight soldiers, under the attack of the Turkic Han, have already killed five people, and the remaining three are in stubborn resistance.

At this moment, behind the Chengtian Gate, a large number of soldiers armed with spears suddenly poured out and came straight to this side.

The association slashed with a sword, Li Zhi hurriedly raised his sword in response, only to hear the sound of "bell", a huge force came from the place where the sword was handed over, and the hilt of the sword trembled slightly, almost making Li Zhi unable to hold the sword.

He hurriedly took two steps back and raised his sword again.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen hurriedly shouted: "Xiaozhi, didn't you say that you want to go to the battlefield?" Bring in your energy and think about what you were taught! ”

When Li Zhi heard this, a trace of brilliance suddenly flashed in his eyes. yes, didn't I say I was going to war? If you can't get through today's situation, how can you get on the battlefield?

Seeing that the association was attacking again, Li Zhi raised his sword with both hands and kept hitting the horizontal knife, and in the blink of an eye, he blocked four knives in a row.

At this time, the soldiers who rushed out of the city gate had already arrived, protected Li Zhi in the center, and stabbed straight at the association with spears.

Seeing the Tang army coming out, the association knew that it was impossible to cut off the heads of Li Zhi or Zhang Yunwen in this battle, and they had a sense of retreat in their hearts. He shouted loudly: "Withdraw!" He stepped back.

I thought that someone would answer me in the process of retreating, however, there was nothing empty on all sides, except for the corpses under his feet, and there was not a single Turkic man.

Surprised, the association looked back and saw that the Hormahu had retreated south with the Turks, nearly twenty feet away from him.