Mid-May.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and after Li Jun surrounded Weiyang Palace, Li Yi immediately launched a fierce offensive against this palace city. Under this offensive, the defense of Changle Palace looked like it had fallen to a loss, and it seemed that it would not be surprising that it would be captured by Li Jun at any time.

However, Li Yi did not participate in these attacks too much, because he believed that Lu Bu and the others could handle it. After all, at this point, there is no need for much strategy or anything else. What is needed is only the lives of the three military.

Li Yi stood on the wall of Weiyang Palace, with a broken bridge in front of him, which was originally a direct passage connecting the arsenal and Changle Palace, but was later broken by the Taiping army.

He looked at the Changle Palace in the distance, even from such a distance, he could still hear all kinds of shouting and killing noises coming from there. Lu Wen stood quietly behind Li Yi with a phoenix halberd in her hand, and looked around with a pair of beautiful eyes full of vigilance.

I don't know how long it took, Li Yi's voice came into her ears, "Finally, it's going to take Chang'an, it's really a long time."

"Yes, it's finally going to end" Lu Wen sighed softly when she heard this.

"Huh, the end? It's just the beginning of more chaos. Hearing this, Li Yi raised the corners of his mouth lightly, and said with a referential tone.

"Do you mean the Kanto side?" Lu Wen guessed what Li Yi was referring to, after all, she followed him every day, and Lu Wen still knew many things very well.

"Yes, then it will be the real test. Yuan Benchu, Meng De, Xuande, and Sun Bofu, the son of Wentai, are much more difficult to serve than Jun Qi and his Taiping army. Li Yi said in a flat tone, just looking at his glittering eyes, how could he seem to be looking forward to it?

"Please instigate me bluntly, my subordinates don't think they can cause any big trouble to the lord. Now that Duke Yan and Zheng Chengcheng are at war with the King of Qi, the puppet emperor Yuan Shu has also entered Jingzhou. In this case, whether the lord recuperated and watched from the wall after capturing Chang'an, or coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes crusade against him, what could they do? Lu Wen pursed her lips and said, obviously she didn't think that Cao Cao and the others could pose any threat to Li Yi.

"And what if they form an alliance against me?" Li Yi chuckled when he heard this, "During the Warring States Period, the Six Nations united to resist Qin, and now, Meng De and the others are all unborn heroes, how can they sit back and watch me continue to grow bigger?" As for coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it's good to think about this kind of thing, and at this point, who will pay attention to the so-called holy order? ”

"And" Speaking of this, Li Yi paused, then swayed and sighed, "I'm afraid Jun An won't give me this opportunity."

In the Yongning Hall of Changle Palace.

Zhang Ning stood in front of the hall, his eyes staring at the city gate, where the two armies were fiercely fighting for control of the city wall. This is not known how many times, Li Jun has been killed on the city wall, and every day passes, the number of times Li Jun ascends the city will increase several times, and the resistance of the Taiping army will also weaken a few points.

At the same time, the interior of the Taiping Army has become more and more restless.

The sound of footsteps pulled Zhang Ning back from his contemplation, and when he looked at the sound, he saw Wang Yi walking briskly towards him, and behind him were more than a hundred soldiers, and more than a dozen people in armor were also detained.

"The queen mother, the court captain Zhao Yu, the servant Li Shi, Da Honglu and others tried to instigate the soldiers to open the city and surrender, among them, Shang Shuling Lu Su, Taizhong Doctor and others tried to resist, and they have been killed on the spot, and the rest have all been arrested!" Wang Yi said murderously, with a trace of undried blood on his body.

"Well, let's just kill it." Zhang Ning said lightly, and he couldn't hear any change in his tone. "In addition, go and call Meng Qi, and then bring Ji'er and them, I have something to say."

Speaking of which, this is the first time in the past half a month that someone has tried to rebel. But it's no wonder that the so-called trees fall and scatter, and the walls fall and everyone pushes them. It was not easy for Li Yi to win the street battle in the outer city before, and the troops in the imperial city were all elite troops, so when they first began to defend the imperial city, the morale of the Taiping army was relatively high.

It's just that with Beigong and other palace cities being taken by Li Yi, Changle Palace now looks precarious, which makes many soldiers of the Taiping Army have other thoughts, not to mention these scholars and doctors who were originally Hanchen.

However, Zhang Ning obviously guarded against this for a long time, Huang Da, Huang Er, Han Qian, and Bao Chu, four people, stayed in the army all day, and Ma Chao personally took the Tiger Ben Army to patrol everywhere to prevent possible riots. It's just that as time goes on, the situation gets worse and harder to control.

"The queen mother specially called the child here, but what is the important matter?" As soon as Ma Chao entered the hall, he asked, although his tone was still so respectful, but the rapid speed of speech, the anxious expression and the blood-stained armor had already exposed Ma Chao's heart.

"Wait for them." Zhang Ning said lightly, and then teased the emperor Liu Ping in his arms, or Ma Ping.

Hearing this, although Ma Chao was worried about the situation outside, he had no choice but to stand aside and wait. Fortunately, it didn't take long for Wang Yi to come with Ma Ji, Ma Tie and others.

Zhang Ning looked around at them, and from their faces, Zhang Ning saw that he was anxious, calm, worried, panicked, and overwhelmed and sighed slightly, Zhang Ning looked at everyone and said, "We are defeated, completely defeated." ”

"Queen Mother?!" Hearing this, Ma Chao looked at Zhang Ning in disbelief and shouted, but before he could continue, he was interrupted by Zhang Ning.

"Meng Qi, the queen mother knows that you are unwilling, but I want to come to your heart, and I also understand this," Zhang Ning sighed lightly.

Hearing Zhang Ning's words, Ma Chao was silent, in fact, not only did he understand, but who didn't understand the vast majority of people in the city? It can be said that if it weren't for the fact that Ma Chao, Huang Da and others had won the hearts of the army in the past, and a considerable number of soldiers were willing to serve them to the death, I am afraid that Li Jun would have broken the city long ago.

"What does the queen mother mean," Wang Yi asked with a calm face as he looked at Zhang Ning.

"Ji'er, they are still young, and Ping'er is only two years old, if he continues to play the son of Liu Xie," Zhang Ning sighed as he looked at Ma Ping in his arms.

"The queen mother is not afraid of death!" As soon as the words fell, Ma Ji shouted crisply, "Ji'er is also going into battle to kill the enemy!" The people of the Ma family, how can they steal their lives?! ”

The words were said generously and powerfully, and Matthew and the others, who were still a little at a loss on the side, also became extremely firm when they heard these words.

"Well said!" Another voice sounded, but it was Wang Yi, who saw her looking at Zhang Ning and said in a tone that could not be objected to, "Queen Mother, there is no one in the Ma family who grovels and steals life. And Erchen didn't want Ping'er to serve Li Yiran in order to make a living, and it might be a little unfair to him, but since he was born in the Ma family, he can't make the decision! ”