Volume 4: Chapter 74 of the Emperor's Prosperity Chapter Bloodstained Capital (Middle)
The whole capital is composed of 14 roads in the north and south, 11 roads in the east and west, these 25 avenues divide the capital into 114 squares of different sizes, each square wall is set up in a set, all set up the city gate and the square gate, the base of the square wall is eight to ten feet wide, about one zhang high, forms the strict defense engineering system of the whole capital. In the midst of people, it is like being in the chessboard formed by heaven and earth, in order.
It's just that the current order has been broken, there are torches everywhere, there are shouts of killing everywhere, looking at the chaotic sounds around him, Liu Hu asked blankly: "His Royal Highness King Wei, where do we go first?" ”
Indeed, Yang Yong only gave Liu Hu the task of killing Yu Wenshu and Yu Wenmi, killing the two of them, he was going to go back and hand over the order, but now he had to follow Yang Shuang to move on.
Yang Shuang said in high spirits: "Let's go, since you killed Yuwenshu and the others, let's deal with their two guards first." ”
The two of them were about to lead people to the military camp where Wuhou was on the left and right, when a few miles to the east of them suddenly burst into flames, and then there was a shout of killing, Yang Shuang glanced at it, and his face changed: "It's not good, it's the East Palace." ”
How could there be shouts of killing from the East Palace? Yang Shuang and Liu Hu glanced at each other suspiciously, thinking that there were only more than two hundred guards in the East Palace at the moment, and the strength of the Imperial City was also the weakest, the two of them were so anxious that they immediately changed their minds and rushed to the direction of the East Palace with people.
The east-west horizontal street that borders the palace city and the imperial city is the widest avenue in the city, and the width of both sides reaches more than seventy-three zhang. Thousands of people are surrounding the Imperial City and the East Palace.
It turns out that people are tigers, tigers are also people, since yesterday, Jing Zhao Yin Guo Yan has been terrified, as Jing Zhao Yin, although it is only the fourth grade, the power is very great, not only governing the security of the entire capital, but also has 5,000 troops. The important ministers of the court had to be polite when they saw him, after all, this position was too important.
Yesterday I heard that the Praetorian Guards were out of the city. Guo Yan screamed in his heart, and a terrible thought came out. Could it be that the ambush of the prince has been exposed, once exposed, of course he knows what it means, not only is the glory and wealth gone, even suicide will not save the end of the family and the extermination.
Guo Yan really wanted to find someone else to discuss immediately, but yesterday the Praetorian Guards declared martial law, and his power was reduced to a minimum, Yang Shuang and Su Wei jointly issued an order, and half of the Praetorian Guards were dispatched to impose martial law on the capital. Guo Yan's 5,000 city defense troops were confined to the barracks, and the streets were full of patrolling Praetorian Guards, although officials could move around, but they would be interrogated by the Praetorian Guards wherever they went. Guo Yan didn't dare to act indiscriminately, so as not to be exposed. I had to delay for a day in vain.
Early this morning, Guo Yan couldn't hold back any longer, and personally went to the west gate of the capital as soon as it was dawn, his idea was that no matter whether the ambush on the prince was successful or not, the news could come today. Only Guo Yan was disappointed. Until the gates were closed, no news came from the west. He had the intention to send people out of the city to investigate, but after martial law, the city gate was allowed to enter but not to leave, even if he was Jing Zhaoyin, he could not send anyone.
In the evening, Guo Yan found that Yu Wenshu and Yu Wenmi were pulled away by King Wei, which made Guo Yan feel even more bad, and he decided to take a risk, regardless of whether the prince died or not, and then capture the East Palace first.
The number of troops he can rely on is 5,000 city defense troops, Guo Yan has served as Jing Zhaoyin for many years, and many henchmen have already been arranged in the city defense army, although the city defense army is restricted by the Praetorian Guards and cannot go out of the barracks, but Guo Yan still sneaks in secretly with his familiarity with the city defense camp.
With the structure of Daxing City, even if Guo Yan infiltrated the city defense camp, there was no way to sneak the city defense camp out quietly, but when the Praetorian Guards were dispatched in large numbers, Guo Yan also got the opportunity, he commanded his henchmen to assassinate the Praetorian Guards who were watching outside, and then instigated the city defense army. The Praetorian Guards outside are about to exterminate the city defense army, if they don't take this opportunity to admonish the prince's soldiers, everyone will die, and he even let him bring the city defense army out before the siege of the Janissake, seeing the torches swimming in the whole city, the city defense army believed Guo Yan's statement, and finally mustered up the courage to attack the East Palace.
In normal times, although there are only 500 guards in the East Palace, Guo Yan will never dare to attack with 5,000 city defense troops, because the East Palace and the palace are next to each other, but now because the emperor went to Renshou Palace to escape the summer, the internal guards in the palace were all taken away, and the outer guards had to return to the barracks after dark, and there were not many people on duty in the palace, which gave Guo Yan a chance.
It's just that although the East Palace is small, it is not so easy to attack, under the personal leadership of the crown princess and the two side concubines, the city defense troops close to the city wall of the East Palace are shot with crossbow arrows one by one, although many city defense troops are encouraged, they are still uneasy about attacking the East Palace, and they are unwilling to do their best.
At present, the whole city is shrouded in a shouting and killing, and the scene here in the East Palace will not be particularly noticeable, but it is impossible to hide it for too long, the Praetorian Guards will return at any time, Guo Yan is in a hurry, and personally form a supervision team in the back, and the soldiers will be executed as soon as they hesitate, which makes the city defense army have to attack desperately, countless city defense troops braved the rain of arrows, set up the cloud ladder into the wall of the East Palace, and began to climb to the top, many arrows also crossed the wall of the East Palace and fell inside, and the defense line of the East Palace began to be critical.
Yang Yu was dressed in iron armor all over his body, holding a longbow, standing on the highest gatehouse of the East Palace, his face was full of excitement, Yang Yu was seventeen years old, his two elder brothers were crowned kings last year and moved out of the capital, and next year, he should also be crowned kings out of Beijing, but he didn't expect someone to attack the East Palace, Yang Yu was not only afraid, but encouraged his mother to let him personally go to the front to supervise the battle, where was Yun Meier willing to agree, and ordered someone to watch Yang Yu.
It's just that with the fierce battle, the guards who watched Yang Yu were not allowed to go up to the palace wall to defend, and while they were unprepared, Yang Yu still slipped to the most intense place in the city tower with his weapons.
As soon as Yang Yu went up to the city tower, several guards around him recognized him, and they were immediately frightened, and begged bitterly: "Little prince, it's dangerous above, go down quickly!" ”
"What a danger. Father was thirteen years old and led troops to meet the Turkic army, this king is already seventeen years old, he is no longer a child, don't prevent this king from killing the enemy, all the soldiers, now the East Palace is at the most dangerous moment, as long as it is blocked for a while, our reinforcements will come soon, kill the enemy! Fight the enemy! ”
"Kill! Fight the enemy! "I saw the little prince standing in the city tower in person. Many of the guards were both worried and moved. Shouted loudly, and drove down all the city guards who had climbed up.
I saw Yang Yu on the city tower. Guo Yan's eyes lit up, of course he knew Yang Yu's identity, and pointed at Yang Yu with his hand: "Quick, capture this person alive, and reward 10,000 yuan!" ”
Ordinary sergeants in the city defense army are only 30 times a year, and 10,000 yuan can be worth their military salary for hundreds of years, and when they heard the reward of 10,000 yuan, the low morale of the city defense army seemed to be a booster, and they temporarily forgot the fear of rebellion, and rushed in the direction of Yang Yudi with a roar.
Yang Yu shot two people in a row. He was also startled when he saw the city guards rushing towards his nest, but he gritted his teeth and refused to retreat, dropped his bow and arrows, and drew the spear behind him. Shoot at the enemy who climbed up, the place of the city gate tower is limited, so many city defense troops are greedy for bounties and rush to one place, squeezing together to affect the effect instead, plus the guards are desperately resisting. Guo Yandi's order was to catch alive. No one dared to release the arrows, but let Yang Yu cooperate with more than ten guards. Firmly holding this gap, the pressure on other places has also been reduced a lot.
However, if there are no reinforcements, the East Palace may not be able to stop for long, Yang Shuang and Liu Hu led people to arrive at the right time, seeing someone besieging the East Palace, both Yang Shuang and Liu Hu's subordinates were indignant, and rushed to the back of the city defense army.
"Kill!"
The flat side street is easier to exert the power of cavalry than the grassland, and most of the city defense army is infantry, and the cavalry brought by Yang Shuang and Liu Hu rushed to the ground, and they suddenly fell to the ground like mustard.
"Damn, the Praetorian Guard is back."
"Run, run, the Praetorian Guards are back."
The city defense army that was attacking the East Palace was suddenly chaotic, they were already under a lot of pressure, and when they heard that the Praetorian Guard was coming, no one had the courage to turn around and resist, and no matter how the supervision team composed of Guo Yan threatened and agitated, they refused to attack again, and they all threw down their weapons and fled, and the city defense army of thousands of people was scattered by hundreds of cavalry at once.
Guo Yan was also involved in the chaos of the army, ignorant with the defeat of the city defense army, but the capital is not as good as elsewhere, because the fang is separated by the fang wall, the people are in the protection of the city, the defeated army can only retreat along the streets, it is impossible to hide, and soon these people were disarmed by the Praetorian Guards who came up one after another, and Guo Yan also had to be taken prisoner.
The horse's hooves stepped on the solid ground, there was a crisp sound, in a blink of an eye, this sound was covered by countless shouts, screams, Daxing City has been built for 20 years now, as the Great Sui Land is getting stronger and stronger, the people of the capital have never thought that there is a moment to suffer from military disasters, hearing the horses' hooves and shouting and killing outside, everyone closes the door tightly, and does not dare to go out.
If such a big event happens in other cities, there will definitely be many gangsters who take the opportunity to set fire to and rob, but there is no such possibility in the capital due to the separation of the walls, even if it is chaos, it can only be caused in various squares, and it will soon be pacified by the Praetorian Guards, so although the Praetorian Guards are now dispatched from all sides to arrest and participate in the rebellion, it has little impact on the ordinary people.
Mai Tiezhu and Yang Shi were accompanied by Yang Yong on the left and right, Yang Yong was about to go to the East Palace to sit in the town after issuing the order, but the news came to Yang Yong just after walking for a while, which seriously delayed the speed of Yang Yong and his party, and Yang Yong and the others could only slowly move towards the East Palace along the street.
"Prince Yu, General Du Yan has come to report that he has surrounded Zuowu Houwei."
"Prince Yu, General Han Hong has come to report that he has surrounded Youwu Houwei."
"Prince Yu, General Zheng Xiong has surrounded Murong Mansion, and everyone in Murong Mansion has resisted, and they are currently fighting fiercely."
"Prince Yu, Zuowu Houwei has disarmed his weapon."
"It's too much, the right martial hou guard has disarmed his weapon." Nodding slightly, things are going very smoothly, as long as the Sanwei Praetorian Guards do not resist, after dawn, basically the big thing can be decided.
Another horse came running quickly: "Prince Yu, General Liu Hu is coming to report, Yu Wenshu, Yu Wenmi and Yu Wenmi have been awarded." ”
"Well done." Yang Yong was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How is Uncle Wang's illness, has it worsened in the past two days?" ”
"Back to the prince, in the past two days, the prince and various ministers have been circling around, spending a lot of energy, tonight in order to leave Yuwenshu, Yuwenmi and the two, they drank a lot of wine, but they killed two people, the prince still refuses to rest, and now he has gone into battle." The guard said with a grim face.
"It's the palace that owes Uncle Wang." Yang Yong muttered. He was stunned for a while before continuing to urge the horse forward.
"Crown Prince, His Royal Highness King Wei has reported that someone is besieging the East Palace."
"What?" Yang Yong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered everyone to speed up, but when Yang Yong arrived at the East Palace, Yang Shuang had already broken the city defense army, and more than 300 people he brought were rushing to capture the prisoners.
Looking at the pale color on Yang Shuang's face, Yang Yong was already choked up, held Yang Shuang's hand and said, "Uncle Wang, I've worked hard for you." ”
Yang Shuang was about to answer, and the entire East Palace cheered: "The prince is back, the prince is back." Then the gate of the East Palace was opened, although Yang Shuang repelled the city defense army when he came to help just now, but the number was too small, Yang Shuang was afraid that the city defense army would return, and he did not dare to let the East Palace open the door.
"The child sees the father." Yang Yu came out of the palace first, and he was still wearing that armor, which was stained with a little blood. Yang Yong was shocked: "Yu'er, are you injured?" ”
"Father, rest assured, the child is splattered with the blood of the enemy." Yang Yu said proudly.