"This is a rebellion!"

Lu Xiao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, looked angry, and said sharply in the face of Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites: "Without the order of the Ministry of War, even I, the secretary of the Ministry of War, know nothing, the Xuanwu Battalion and the Black Knife Battalion dare to enter the capital, the Tiger God Battalion..... The Tiger God Camp not only did not stop it, but opened the city gate, they were going to rebel. ”

The fists clenched in anger trembled.

Yuan Moxian also looked solemn and asked, "Lord Lu, you didn't have any news beforehand?" ”

"In the middle of the night, I was woken up and learned that the soldiers and horses had entered the city." Lu Xiao said: "Since the founding of the country, no army or horse has entered Beijing without the knowledge of the Ministry of War. Even if the first emperor was critically ill and the Black Knife Battalion entered the city to change defenses, Sima Lan had informed the Ministry of War, and there was an order issued by the Ministry of War. ”

Yuan Laoshangshu leaned back in his chair: "Without the order of the Ministry of War, how can the Xuanwu Battalion enter the city?" There is only one reason, that is, the emperor directly issued a will. ”

"But the emperor ordered to send troops into the city, and there is always a reason." Lu Xiao said: "Why did they go into the city? That's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the military power is controlled by Qin Chong, if ..... If there is another reason, the capital is in danger. ”

Yuan Moxian's eyes also showed a look of horror: "The Tiger God Camp can open the door and let it go, so it is naturally a first-class combination with the Xuanwu Battalion, if it ...... If they really want to rebel, there are only a thousand Yulin battalions in the Imperial City, and they will definitely not be able to stop it. ”

"There is a conspiracy!" Lu Xiao stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice: "Xue Lingfeng, the leader of the Tiger God Battalion, was assassinated, and Lu Xiaochao controlled the Tiger God Camp, and now it seems that it may be for today." ”

Yuan Laoshangshu's face was also not good-looking, but his mood was quite calm, and he suddenly got up and said, "Let's enter the palace!" ”

"Into the palace?" Yuan Moxian was stunned: "Father, how can you enter the palace at this time?" ”

Yuan Laoshangshu sneered: "It's at this time that I want to enter the palace, and the old man wants to see what is going on this time." ”

"The Xuanwu camp has entered the city." Yuan Moxian immediately said: "No one knows if the Xuanwu Camp is rebelling, ...... at this time!" ”

"Are you worried that the rebels will kill the old man with one sword?" Yuan Laoshangshu snorted coldly: "The old man just wants to see whose knife is going to be cut down this time." ”

Lu Xiao also said: "I went to the palace with Lao Shangshu, no matter what, I have to meet the emperor." ”

At the foot of the imperial city, a group of cavalry appeared first at the entrance of the street at the edge of the square, the square under the imperial city was wide and empty, in the past, unless a court meeting was held, the minister of civil and military affairs would appear on the square outside the city gate to wait, otherwise no one dared to approach this square easily.

The crossbow machine at the head of the Imperial City is not an ornament, and its farthest distance can be shot to the edge of the square, so the entire square is actually within the range of the crossbow machine.

There were not many defenders at the head of the city, less than 300 men, but they were all in good fight.

The walls of the imperial city are not thinner than the outer city, very heavy, and the construction is made of solid boulders transported from afar, on the top of the city can be ridden on horseback, and the city wall can also store materials, the most is arrows, all the soldiers of the Yulin battalion can not only ride horses, but also can shoot arrows, all of them are waist with sharp blades and carry longbows, and the arrows stored in the city wall are enough for the soldiers to squander.

When there is a fire in the distance, the guards have already carried boxes of arrows to the city, and the eight crossbow machines lined up are also on the crossbow arrows, the crossbow machine is a special weapon to guard the imperial city, different from ordinary arrows and crossbows, very huge, its arrows are also specially made, the lethality is extremely strong, an arrow shot out, can easily shoot a tall horse.

At the sound of horses' hooves, the cavalry was the first to enter the square, followed by one cavalry after another.

"It's the Xuanwu Battalion!" Someone at the head of the city saw the banner waving in the wind and shouted, "Everyone be on guard. ”

Yu Beigu pressed his hands on the battlements, staring at the cavalry who entered the square, after hundreds of cavalry entered, the infantry of the brigade behind him also stepped on the square without any scruples with spears, and soon it was like a dark cloud sweeping from the sky, occupying a large part of the square.

"Captain!" The soldier at the control of the crossbow machine looked at Yu Beigu.

The imperial city is an important place, which is extraordinary, and the duty of the Yulin battalion is to shoot anyone suspected of rebels entering the square.

At this time, the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion had no scruples to enter the Yulin Camp as a forbidden area, and the Yulin Battalion could of course shoot at any time.

Yu Beigu's expression was solemn and he did not give an order immediately.

The dense Xuanwu battalion soldiers continued to approach the imperial city like cold Yin soldiers, and the sound of the neighing of the war horse and the friction of the armor made the originally calm square instantly filled with the intention of killing, and the unscrupulous and even domineering momentum of the other party made the defenders of the city feel nervous for no reason.

"Give them a warning, don't kill yet!" Yu Beigu finally said.

The crossbow machine quickly adjusted, and soon, with an order, several thick crossbow arrows burst out from the city, and on the square, there was an immediate sound of "bang bang bang", and those crossbow arrows were shot a few steps in front of the first row of cavalry, although the strong impact force did not completely break the bluestone slab, but it still made the bluestone slab crack.

It's a warning!

The cavalry at the front finally stopped, and the cavalry raised their heads and looked at the defenders at the head of the city, and after the crossbow machine fired the first round of crossbow arrows, the defenders quickly put the crossbow arrows back on, and the other defenders had already bent their bows and aimed at the menacing soldiers and horses.

The Xuanwu battalion soldiers approached the city, and Qi Ning quickly got a report.

He Qing's face was cold, and he said: "Sure enough, it was premeditated, Xiao Shaozong had already prepared to transfer troops to besiege the city." ”

"So the Imperial City is a trap." Qi Ning sneered: "The puppet was killed, naturally he wanted to blame me, so that it became a fact that I entered the palace to assassinate, and he became famous for leading troops to suppress thieves." ”

Suddenly, I heard a shout not far away: "There are assassins!" ”

A group of Yu Linwei immediately rushed over with spears, Qi Ning saw a group of figures coming this way, and saw that the group of people were all dressed in night clothes, and saw that they were about to fight with Yu Linwei, Qi Ning shouted in a deep voice: "Don't move, it's your own people." Walking over quickly, I saw that there were many people who came, all of them were dressed in night clothes, and when one of them saw Qi Ning, he immediately said: "Grandpa Guo!" "Listening to the voice, it is the shadow mouse gray crow.

Qi Ning acted tonight, the troops were divided into three ways, the gray crow and the flying cicada Kotaro each led a road of manpower, and agreed in advance that no matter the success or failure of the mission, they would return to the snow python pool, and when they saw the gray crow appear here, they frowned and said, "How is the situation?" How did you end up here? ”

The gray crow said: "When we were about to act, we suddenly found a large number of palace maids and eunuchs running around, grabbed one person and asked, knowing that Yu Linwei had killed and entered, and the palace was in chaos, and some people said that Yu Linwei entered the palace to arrest Grandpa Guo, thinking that Grandpa Guo's traces had been exposed and returned to .....!" Glancing at He Qing beside Qi Ning, he said: "Returning to the agreed place, Miss Chi was afraid that Grandpa Guo would lose, so she assigned us to look for Grandpa Guo in the palace." I found out that Grandpa Guo was here just now, and I thought he was captured by the Yulin Battalion, so I ...... Wanted to come to the rescue. ”

Qi Ning sighed, there had been an agreement in advance, no matter which way something happened, the other two roads didn't have to worry about it, but Chi Danmei obviously didn't follow her orders, and when she learned that the Yulin Camp was going to arrest her, she still sent someone to rescue her.

"Where are they?"

"Still in the palace." The gray crow said, "We are scattered to find the prince. ”

Qi Ning nodded, and then said to He Qing: "I expected that the emperor was imprisoned by Xiao Shaozong, so I brought people into the palace tonight to rescue the emperor, but I fell into Xiao Shaozong's trap." ”

He Qing actually guessed probably, there was no doubt that Qi Ning led people to rescue the emperor, but it was strange that the imperial city was heavily guarded, but how could Qi Ning lead people to sneak into the palace? He naturally didn't know the existence of that secret passage, and although he was suspicious in his heart, he still said: "Grandpa Guo, the Xuanwu camp is in rebellion, besieging the imperial city on all sides, and the last general will go to the city first." ”

At that moment, He Qing led people to the city, and Qi Ning ordered the gray crow to release a signal, which was a ringing bamboo, as long as it was ejected into the air, it would make a piercing sound, and it was also a signal that Qi Ning had agreed to gather in advance.

After the signal was sent, he didn't wait too long, and he saw the flying cicada Kotaro rushing over with a group of people, and then Chi Danmei also hurried over, and saw that Qi Ning was safe and sound, Chi Danmei was relieved, and her pretty face was solemn: "The palace has been in chaos, and the Yulin army has been killed." ”

Qi Ning explained briefly at the moment, and Chi Danmei frowned and said: "Xiao Shaozong has already transferred troops to besiege the imperial city, so naturally he is coming at you, and he wants to kill you." ”

"There's no way he's going to let me live." Qi Ning sneered: "But it's not just to kill me, there must be other purposes." ”

"There are too few defenders in the Imperial City." Chi Dan said: "There is no need to attack the imperial city, as long as the imperial city is besieged, it won't be long before everyone here will starve to death." She rolled her eyes and said in a low voice, "We have withdrawn from the secret passage, so we don't need to sit here and wait for death." ”

"The secret passage must be sealed." Qi Ning said: "Xiao Shaozong has long known that we have discovered the secret passage, and he deliberately pretended not to know, just to let me enter the palace through the secret passage. I came in with my front foot, but I was afraid that his back foot would let people block the secret passage, and it was impossible to get out of the secret passage again. ”

Chi Danmei's willow eyebrows frowned even more: "That..... How's that to be? Silver Fang bit and said: "Take advantage of the darkness, I will protect you and rush out, you and I join forces, even if there are thousands of troops, we may not be able to stop it." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "The imperial city has been surrounded, as long as we leave the city, we will immediately fall into a heavy siege." Not to mention whether you and I can really fight their way out of the encirclement, even if they really have that ability, they will inevitably kill countless people, most of the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion were deceived by Xiao Shaozong, they are all soldiers of the Chu State, and as a last resort, don't hurt them. He sneered and said: "What Xiao Shaozong gave me is the name of rebellion, if I really kill it in front of everyone, my name of rebellion will no longer be cleared, and Xiao Shaozong's conspiracy will succeed." ”

"That'..... How's that to be? ”

At this moment, he heard the sound of the horn, the horn sounded one after another, and it was connected into one, Qi Ning's face tightened, and he didn't say much, he turned around and rushed to the outer city, Chi Danmei and the others did not hesitate, and followed behind Qi Ning.