The palace guards and Liu Neng's subordinates outside are nominally Jinyiwei, but in fact they are two systems. Most of the guards in the palace are served as officers by the sons of nobles, while the generals, captains, and wrestlers of the Han Dynasty are from the people with rich torso and brave and strong, and the task is to guard the palace and serve as honor guards, guards and other tasks.

It is said that the forbidden army of the palace guards also has four guard battalions and warrior battalions, but after Chongzhen ascended the throne, there were years of war, and the Beijing camp guards were already sent out. After Chongzhen's southern tour, the forbidden army completely disappeared. The guards in the palace were all newly recruited, and many of the officers were soldiers of the Pingnan Army who followed Chen Vietnam.

The Imperial City was important, even cabinet ministers had to enter with a sign, but when Xu Qingtian and Han Li arrived at Xi'an Gate with a hundred and ten brocade guards, the guards of Daming Gate were already empty, and the remaining few smiled at Han Li like acquaintances.

It was indeed an acquaintance, and not long ago, Han Li was one of them.

Inside the Xi'an Gate is the palace city, which is much more convenient than taking the Hongwu Gate Chengtian Gate. Shi Kefa's cabinet was on the west side of Miyagi. Rushing into the palace by force will inevitably cause a fight, although the combat effectiveness of the palace guards is not good, there are also a thousand people, Xu Qingtian's number of one hundred and ten people is too small, and if it is led by Shi Kefa, the first assistant, everything will be much smoother. For Shi Kefa, he can rest assured that he can take the situation into his own hands and see Chongzhen's safety with his own eyes. It was not far from the cabinet to the Qianqing Palace where Chongzhen lived, and Han Zanzhou's henchman Xiao Guizi who stayed in the palace had already gotten the news.

Hearing that a brocade guard broke into the palace to join the first assistant Shi Kefa and came to the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Guizi was shocked and hurriedly ordered someone to send a letter to Han Zanzhou, and he gathered the palace guards to guard against it.

I heard that Shoufu led the troops to break into the palace, and there was a great chaos in the palace, some of the guards were suddenly at a loss, and many of them hid from their posts, the battle outside the city, the court was turbulent, and no one knew what the wind would be in the future, and smart people would choose to protect themselves. And there were only three or four hundred people gathered under Xiao Guizi's orders, and most of them were Han Zanzhou's henchmen.

"Motosuke, you, how about you with no people?" Although the number of his subordinates was far greater than that of the other party, Xiao Guizi still felt insecure, and stammered at Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa's ability not to say what, he has always been the first assistant after Chongzhen's southern tour, plus he has an excellent reputation among the people of Shilin for being honest and honest, and everyone in the entire Nanjing City dares to be disrespectful to him, not to mention that Xiao Guizi is just an eunuch.

"This pavilion is going to see Your Majesty and protect Your Majesty's safety, what, do you want to stop it?" Shi Kefa asked without anger.

"The slave doesn't dare, but Yuanfu, if you want to see Your Majesty, you can naturally see it at any time, but why do you have to bring so many people?" Xiao Guizi asked as she tried to straighten up.

Before Shi Kefa could reply, Xu Qingtian stood up: "Lord Yuanfu suspects that someone has kidnapped His Majesty, blocked the palace inside and outside the palace, and has murdered the monarch and plotted rebellion, so he personally brought someone to protect His Majesty's safety." Anyone who dares to stand in the way is a rebel! ”

Shi Kefa nodded, with his identity, it was really a loss of identity to answer an eunuch like Xiao Guizi.

Xu Qingtian's words suddenly caused turmoil on Xiao Guizi's side, and all the guards looked at each other and didn't know what to do. Shi Kefa is the head of a country, representing the imperial court, and his status is so high that these ordinary guards have to look up, and Shi Kefa's reputation is even more convincing to most people, he will never do anything rebellious. And now that Shi Kefa personally led the troops and said that someone was holding the emperor hostage and rebelling, didn't that mean his own side?

"Nonsense, these people are all palace guards, and it is their duty to guard the palace and protect Your Majesty, even if you are the first assistant, Shi Ge Lao, you can only take care of things outside the palace, and it is not your turn to call the shots in this palace, otherwise it will be a mistake. What do you say someone is holding Your Majesty hostage? Shi Ge Lao, did you see Your Majesty not long ago, Your Majesty can't be a director if he has a stroke, everyone knows this, but has anyone prevented you from seeing Your Majesty? ”

Xiao Guizi's words were quite harsh, and Shi Kefa didn't know how to speak.

"Extraordinary things in extraordinary times, Han Zanzhou killed the prince and murdered His Majesty, committed the crime of great rebellion, the Duke of Qi was called to return to Beijing to clear the rebel party, and he has entered the capital, if you are obsessed again, you will be guilty of the rebel party!"

The matter was urgent, Xu Qingtian didn't bother to say more, and pointed at Xiao Guizi and shouted. With Xu Qingtian's words, the brocade guards behind him swarmed forward, several people escorted Shi Kefa behind him, and the others raised their crossbows and raised their knives and guns, and the battle was about to break out.

Xiao Guizi's face changed violently, and he suddenly gritted his teeth, and roared hoarsely: "Shi Kefa and Chen Yue rebelled and rebelled, colluding inside and outside to kill the monarch and stand on his own. Soldiers, you are all palace guards, your Majesty's most trusted people, kill the past, catch the rebellious Shi Kefa, and protect Your Majesty's safety! ”

For Xiao Guizi, he and Han Zanzhou are too deeply involved, many conspiracies are involved, and he will never end well when Han Zanzhou falls, anyway, they are all dead, it is better to die and break the net! However, for those guards, many people don't know what happened at all, on one side is the first assistant Shi Kefa, and on the other hand, the master of ceremonies in charge of the palace, Bingbi Han Zanzhou, which side should they stand on?

Many of Han Zanzhou's henchmen rushed forward with weapons in their hands, and some of them shrank back quietly, although the Jinyi guards on the opposite side were small in number, they were all elite, and no one wanted to fight with such a person.

"Kill!" The cold killing word burst out from Xu Qingtian's mouth, and with this word, dozens of crossbow arrows shot out, Xu Qingtian followed closely behind the crossbow arrows with a spear, and took the lead in killing the blocking guards.

The spear stabbed again and again, several guards screamed and fell to the ground, and the other brocade guards followed closely behind Xu Qingtian, guarding his wings and killing fiercely towards the queue of guards.

First, they were shot down by a round of crossbow arrows, and then rushed into the queue led by Xu Qingtian, and the guards were suddenly blinded, and they retreated again and again in panic.

For these guards, most of the work is to stand guard of honor, how have they ever experienced a fight? However, Jinyiwei was carefully selected by Liu Neng from the front-line soldiers, and Xu Qingtian was a fierce general of the hundred-man enemy, and the first-class warrior of the Xishan Army in the past, the gap in combat power between the two sides could not be made up by numbers.

In less than a cup of tea, a hundred and ten guards fell in a pool of blood, and the others immediately fled. Xiao Guizi, who wanted to escape, was poked in the thigh by Xu Qingtian, bleeding like a note, begging loudly, if he didn't have to get a confession, Xu Qingtian would kill him this time.

Enduring the discomfort in his abdomen, Shi Kefa stepped through the courtyard full of corpses and bloodstains, and entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.