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On weekdays, Zhong Ziang, the crown prince of the pseudo-Great Chu Dynasty, usually sleeps until three strokes in the morning before getting up, but he has insomnia today. After the fierce offensive and defensive battles at the foot of the mountain during the day, as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw flying flesh and blood in front of him. This is the first time for Manichaeism that such a battle has been fought.

In the past, the Manichaeans raided the states and counties by mobile warfare. If you can beat it, you can fight, and if you can't beat it, you can run. And because they have a deep popular base, they hide their troops among the people, scattering and gathering, so that the enemy cannot find them. Relying on this hand, even the famous Li Cheng and Li Tianwang have no choice but to take them.

However, as soon as Wang Shen came, the whole situation changed. The Manichaean guerrillas harassed, and the Sizhou army also took the initiative to attack by breaking the whole into pieces. and Li Cheng's Li Jiajun fought on the roads and cities, dividing the entire Dingzhou into rules and regulations, dividing and encircling the Divine Cult, and clearing one grid after another.

In the end, Manichaeism could not stand it, so it had to retreat all the way to Lianyunzhai in Taoyuan County, preparing to rest for a period of time and wait until this winter passed.

However, as soon as he and his father arrived, Wang Shen's main force also followed, and took all the roads and passes, completely surrounding the imperial court of the Divine Cult in this square inch.

Outside was an empty Daping Dam, with the enemy's cavalry raging and attacking, and the Divine Cult army had no possibility of breaking through, so they had to hold on to the walled city and wait for changes.

This is the first time that the Divine Cult has fought a battle to defend the city, and even if the disciples are fierce and brave enough to die, the huge sacrifice still makes everyone's hearts tremble, especially the big names in the sect.

The low-level disciples were all brainwashed by the scriptures, and felt that dying in battle was a glorious thing, and that after dying, their souls could be received by the Great Ming God and go to the Pure Land of Light to enjoy endless blessings.

But the senior generals and officials knew that the so-called Da Mingzun, that is, those stupid people, did not believe it. If the head is cut off by the enemy, the ghost knows where he will go when he dies?

Zhong Ziang tossed and turned in bed in the middle of the night, and his whole body was in pain, and he couldn't help it, so he approved the armor and walked to the second floor of the gate with a sharp axe.

The gate of the papal court was built on one floor, with four or five rooms, and the cathars were stationed above.

At this time, they all sat around the benches and ate their meals, and there was a strong smell of meat and wine.

When I looked closely, it was a large pot of boiled dog meat, and a dozen or so soldiers were eating red-faced.

Hearing the sound of the floor, the soldiers turned their heads and saw that it was Zhong Ziang, their bodies trembled, and then they jumped up violently: "Tai...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"

The Manichaean food eater demon king, the religion prohibits meat and fish, and if there is a violator, he must be whipped fifty times and driven out of the Divine Religion.

Of course, this matter is not right or right, and there are also cases of senior officials secretly eating meat and drinking wine. In the past, Manichaeism forbade its members to eat meat, because everyone was poor and had no money to buy it if they wanted to. After the incident, the poor believers who were full of lice in the past became a prince, and I became a general, rich and powerful, so naturally I want to enjoy it. Otherwise, let's tie our heads to the waistband of our trousers and rebel. Among the dignitaries, only Yang Mi can still be strict with himself, which is why he is very popular with the sect.

The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and gradually, everyone does not take the ban on drinking alcohol and eating meat seriously.

Zhong Ziang was sleep-deprived, and there was already an evil fire in his heart, so he suddenly stared at his red eyes and asked gloomily: "What are you doing, have you forgotten the holy precepts of the official family?" Secretly drinking wine and eating meat, is it really a bear's heart and leopard gall? Do you know what the law I teach says? ”

In the last two months, since Wang Shen's army entered Hunan, Manichaeism has collapsed on the battlefield. The troops were defeated repeatedly, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the morale of the army was already low. They were stunned to find that just eating fasting and reciting scriptures could not bless them to survive on the battlefield, and their superstitions about the sect leader and the so-called Great Ming Zun began to waver.

As a result, Zhong Xiang and Zhong Ziang also punished the offenders severely, cutting off their heads and sinking into the water at every turn, and restraining the troops with cruel means.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Ziang's face was gloomy.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a person who looked like a captain knelt on the ground with a thud and pleaded: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it is too cold on this mountain, and the parishioners are fighting all day long, and their physical strength is not enough, so they can't bear it without eating some meat." I hope that Your Highness, for the sake of our old brothers in the sect, spare us this time! ”

Zhong Ziang sneered: "According to the rules of my god sect, secretly eat meat and drink wine, whip fifty, and rush back to my hometown." Nowadays, the fierce battle ahead is in full swing, and extraordinary times should be used by extraordinary means. In this way, the morale of the army can be boosted, and the teachings can spare you, but you must not be spared. ”

He clenched the axe in his hand and was about to cut off the captain's head with an axe. Suddenly, a soldier standing by the window shouted, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, captain, there are a lot of people over there, and the situation doesn't seem right." ”

There was a sound of footsteps, and although the sound of killing at the foot of the mountain was shocking, it was still so neat and clear, it sounded like something was wrong.

Zhong Ziang's heart sank, and he gave up the idea of slashing and killing the captain Liwei, and walked behind the window with an arrow and looked at it.

I saw a group of people coming over quickly, about twenty or thirty people, all with weapons in their hands. Judging from their neat queue and the spirit emanating from their bodies, it was obvious that they were a team of well-trained elites in a hundred battles.

Zhong Ziang shouted: "What kind of person, what are you doing in the palace in the middle of the night?" ”

As they spoke, the group had already reached the palace gate.

A tall fat man at the head of the group, he bowed his hand slightly: "In Xia Gutianhou, the Tai Hospital Tai Doctor Iron Pillar, dare to ask which general is on duty above?" ”

"It turned out to be an iron pillar, I blinded your dog's eyes, didn't you see that it was His Royal Highness the Prince?" A soldier scolded.

Zhong Ziang also asked: "Tiezhu, what's the matter?" ”

Niu Gao: "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has urgent military affairs to meet with the official's family, please open the palace gate and let me go in." ”

"Emergency military affairs, what military affairs can you have as a doctor?" No matter how stupid Zhong Ziang was, when he saw Niu Gao bringing so many soldiers over, he knew that something was wrong, and scolded: "You brought so many people over, and you haven't lit lanterns and torches in the middle of the night, what do you want to do, go back to Lao Tzu immediately, and talk about it at dawn." ”

"It's dawn, I'm afraid it's too late." Niu Gao raised his breath and shouted: "Prince, listen to the people inside, there are spies of the Sizhou army in the palace, and they want to do bad things to the official family. A certain brother got a secret order to lead the troops into the guard, and the Qing monarch was on the side. Wait for the door to open the door quickly, or you will be regarded as a rebel and killed. ”

Beside him, a soldier couldn't help but ask Zhong Ziang: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what is the Qingjun side?" ”

"It is to eradicate the traitors around the emperor." Zhong Ziang was angry and anxious, and scolded loudly: "Tiezhu, you rebel, get back to me immediately, maybe I can spare your life!" ”

Niu Gao laughed: "Lao Tzu got my brother's order and asked me to bring people into the Weixing Palace, except for his order, no one can speak." ”

"Yang Mi is reversed, vigilance, realm!" Zhong Ziang was shocked, and a strange thought arose in his heart: Could it be that Yang Mi wants to take the throne of his father?

As soon as he shouted this sentence, he saw that Niu Gao didn't know when a hard bow appeared.

At the last moment, Zhong Zi was short.

A powerful arrow was shot into the house against his helmet, and all he could hear was a scream, and he didn't know which unlucky guy had been shot.

"Archer, archer, kill the iron pillar!" Zhong Zi shouted hoarsely.

At this time, Yue Yun, who was standing behind Niu Gao: "With so much nonsense, go in!" ”

At that level, he roared, grabbed a door on the side of the gate with both hands and shook it, then pulled it into his hand and threw it towards the gate fiercely.

"Boom!" Loud noise.

Zhong Xiang's palace used to be just a landlord's villa, but after several generations and Yang Mi's repairs, it finally has some appearance. However, in general, the defense was still very poor, and the gate of the courtyard was just like the wooden door of an ordinary temple, how could it withstand this thunderous blow, and it was suddenly opened.

Seeing Yue Yun's divine power, the soldiers all let out a cheer: "General Ying Xiang is also a god!" ”

The Manichaean priests upstairs were in a mess: "The thieves are in, the thieves are in!" ”

Zhong Ziang was so shocked by Yue Yun's tremendous strength that cold sweat poured down, and he shouted hoarsely: "Go down and block the palace gate." There are not many rebellions, we have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the mountain, as long as we guard the gate, and wait until the reinforcements arrive, so that the thieves will die without a place to be buried. ”

As he spoke, he beat and kicked all the soldiers in the house downstairs.

Such a big movement at the gate of the palace had already alarmed the soldiers of the other guardian teams in the palace, and the torches and lanterns were lit up, illuminating the courtyard as if it were day, and there were figures everywhere coming out of the house, carrying weapons and rushing towards the palace gate.

Weapons collided, knives slashed into the human body, blunt objects smashed bones, and the screams of pain of the wounded resounded in the sky in an instant.

Looking at it closely, the enemy general who had previously opened the palace gate with the door as a stone rushed into the crowd like a whirlwind with a handful of bones in one hand, and instantly opened a piece of air.

He smashed the helmet of an Avatar soldier to pieces with a single blow of his hammer, snatched a lantern and threw it upstairs.

Zhong Ziang screamed, picked up the torch and threw it down, hitting a Manichaean soldier on the head. The tung oil inside spilled out, and the flames snorted and burned him into a burning man.

In the scream, the man jumped directly into a pond under the eaves and kept rolling.

Another lantern was thrown up, followed by a torch, and Zhong Ziang couldn't keep it busy at all.

In the blink of an eye, smoke rose from the floor.

Zhong Ziang roared loudly: "Resist, resist, reinforcements are coming!" ”

Just as he was about to rush down the stairs, he heard Niu Gao shouting loudly: "Brothers, listen, Zhong Xiang is unrighteous himself, the remnants of the army abuse the people, he does not admire being the leader of my God Sect, he is not worthy of being the king of my Great Chu State, and he has fallen into the evil way." Tonight, Da Mingzun sent down a revelation and ordered his brother to go to the evil and restore the Divine Cult. If you put down your weapons and kneel on the ground to beg for mercy, it can be regarded as a pre-battle uprising. Otherwise, not only will you die immediately. Once the younger brother ascends the throne, your family will also be implicated. ”

Hearing this, all the guards of the cathar team were shocked, and they didn't know what to do for a while, and some people had already begun to quietly retreat.

"Ah...... Yang Mi, Yang Mi really reversed...... This rebellious ...... Kill them, kill them! Zhong Ziang didn't dare to delay, and under the protection of several soldiers, he ran along the corridor on the second floor towards the main hall.

While running, he shouted loudly: "Father, father, tell Father to get up, Yang Mi is reversed, Yang Mi is reversed!" ”

"You, you, a few of you, go to the barracks and send reinforcements over!"

By this time, the wooden cloister had already begun to burn, and the flames were rising into the sky.

The entire pseudo-palace was illuminated as bright as day, and the scenery in front of him was slightly distorted in the heat.