Chapter 272: My Soldiers
The bright night sky suddenly darkened, followed by a scream like a storm, and countless sharp crossbows shot out in an instant in the darkness around the courtyard, flying from the sky and the sun, targeting all the forbidden troops on the periphery of the field.
A series of terrible screams rang out one after another, those forbidden soldiers had lowered their weapons and knelt on one knee waiting for the new emperor to ascend the throne, no one expected such a sudden attack, only stunned dozens of people lying in a pool of blood, with black crossbow arrows stuck in the vital places, killed with one blow.
Dark shadows jumped out of the darkness, the crossbow in their hands wide open, and the arrows flashed cold under the moon, aiming steadily at everyone in the field.
The number of this group of people is not large, only about a hundred, but the crossbow arrows in their hands have made the hearts of everyone in the field feel cold, Xiao Buzi is the fastest to react despite his age, and he rushed towards Chongzong with a single movement.
Things really went wrong, capture the thief and capture the king first, and it is important to take Chongzong! But a smiling face suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way, it was Xu Zizhen.
"Master Xiao, where are you going?"
Xiao Buzi still can't understand it, Xu Zizhen is pretending to be a ghost, and he is really still a person from Chongzong, and the previous qiē is just him acting.
"Xu Zizhen!" Xiao Butar almost gritted his teeth and called out word by word.
"Father, get out!" Xiao Yan in the field was shocked, Xu Zizhen was notorious and able to fight when he went out, how dare he let his father face it alone, and he couldn't care about the crossbow around him, and rushed over with the team of guards and horses.
Xiao He also came back to his senses, and shouted at the two teams of forbidden troops standing on both sides of the palace gate: "Quickly take Li Qianshun with me!" ”
Xu Zizhen had a smile on the corner of his mouth, just looked at Xiao Buzi in front of him, there was an obvious banter in his eyes, he turned a blind eye to Xiao Yan who rushed over, and suddenly stretched out his finger to the entrance and whistled loudly.
Suddenly, the forbidden army by the gate of the palace suddenly changed its formation and surrounded Chongzong, but their knives pointed to the periphery, and the two teams of forbidden troops guarding the front of the palace also shot at the same time, cutting the ties on the hands of those palace front division soldiers, and turned around to protect the surrounding areas of those imperial concubines and princesses.
The door of Chengtian Palace opened suddenly, and two people walked out of the door, the first old man had a half-white hair and was in good spirits, and the one behind him was younger than him, with sharp eyes and steady steps, the Xiao family saw these two people at a glance, and they all gasped, because these two people turned out to be the half-dead Mu Xianting and the dead Yu Qi.
"The front division of the palace obeys orders, guards all the crossings, and those who dare to trespass will be killed!" This is Mu Xianting.
"All the iron guards obey the order, quickly arrest the thief, and those who dare to resist will be killed!" This is Yu Qi.
The captured soldiers of the front division of the palace could not hold it back, jumped up and pounced on the weapons not far away, grabbed the spears and steel knives and rushed to the exits of various places in the palace, and at the same time, the dozens of iron guards around them, that is, those figures who came out of the darkness also rushed over.
Xiao He and Xiao were also shocked, but they were not panicked, after all, the number of the other party was not large, and there were still thousands of forbidden troops and guards on their side, but they were just about to give the order, but they saw that the envoy group who had been watching the battle from the side also moved.
More than 300 Tibetan envoys, Uighur envoys, Black Khan envoys, and envoys from the Three Kingdoms and their guards shot at the same time, as if they had planned for a long time, and quickly entered the panicked forbidden army brigade.
The situation turned upside down in an instant, Chongzong stood in front of the palace gate with his hands behind his back, his expression was cold, the team of guards wearing forbidden army uniforms stood still in front of him, with a resolute expression, Xiao Buzi suddenly seemed to have discovered something, gritted his teeth and said: "This is the Yun family?" ”
Xu Zizhen smiled: "Congratulations, you got it right!" ”
Xiao Buzi didn't speak again, because he had already thought that since the Yun family could have so many people here, then the dead soldiers who went to encircle and suppress the so-called Yun family's lair must have been in the air and fell into the trap, and it is likely to be gone now, as soon as he thought of this Xiao Buzi's heart, he felt a sharp pain, it was a secret power that he had painstakingly cultivated for more than ten years, this qiē was just for today, but he hated himself for believing Xu Zizhen's rhetoric, giving up the opportunity to be safe, and choosing this absurd and nonsensical way to usurp the throne today.
The wide field is already a bloody storm, the front division of the palace guards the passages everywhere, no one can escape, although the number of forbidden troops is large, but now it has become people's dumpling filling, plus their commanders have been surrounded at the moment, the scene is chaotic and noisy, even the most basic military orders are difficult to communicate, the only thing they can do at this time is only two things: abandon the knife and surrender, or resist to the end and be killed.
There are only a few dozen iron guards, and it is nothing to be scattered into this vast sea of people, but they completely ignore those forbidden troops, and just go straight to those officials in the center, those who are loyal to Chongzong have long been taken aside, and the rest of them, except for the diehard loyalists of the Xiao family, are at most some wall-riding factions, and it is not a pity to kill them.
What caught the Xiao family off guard the most was the three envoys, those guards were strong and ruthless, not like ordinary envoys at all, but more like horse thieves in the Hexi Corridor, and the most terrifying thing was that their cooperation was extremely tacit, often two or three people could join forces to resist more than a dozen forbidden soldiers, and even kill a few people.
The forbidden army has been defeated, surrounded by siege, and divided and slaughtered, this mutiny seems to have come to fruition, and the Xiao clan will be defeated!
Xiao Buzi never dreamed that these people would make a move at this time, could it be that the envoys of these countries were secretly hooking up with Chongzong early? The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily a few times, and his eyes were about to erupt with fire, but the current situation was completely beyond his estimate.
Xu Zizhen seemed to guess what he was thinking: "You guessed right, they are not some envoys, but my soldiers." ”
"Your soldiers?" Xiao Buzi took a deep breath and looked at him.
Xu Zizhen smiled: "You should have heard of their name, Shenji Battalion." ”
The night was full of terrible screams and cries for help, the iron guards were merciless, and those who dared to resist were killed on the spot, as for the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, there was no concern, and the whole field was soon filled with a strong smell of blood, blood flowed on the flat stone ground, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere.
The huge Chengtian Palace has become a Shura hell in front of it, and some people in the forbidden army have already surrendered, and the iron guards have also rushed into the center, and under the deterrence of steel swords and crossbows, they quickly controlled all the officials present, including Xiao He and Xiao Ye.
Xiao Buzi didn't move, Xiao Yan and the team of guards he led didn't move, they confronted Chongzong, and in the middle stood a calm and relaxed Xu Zizhen.