In the middle of the night in Luojing City, the darkness is like ink, and the whole city is silent in sleep, only the heart of the empire, outside the palace of the Han Kingdom, the fire is soaring, and the noise is incomparable.

The warring sides used the four palace gates as the fulcrum and fought each other, and after both sides left countless corpses, Liu Qibu finally occupied an irreversible advantage.

As if victory was at hand, and the power of the empire was about to fall into his hands, Liu Qi's eyes gradually took on a hint of fanaticism, his hands clenched into fists with excitement, because of the force, his nails were almost embedded in the flesh, and a little blood slowly seeped out.

Liu Qi's soldiers saw that the palace gate was overturned, and they were all in high spirits, and rushed forward to kill, so that they did not hear the strange sound faintly sounding in the palace.

But victory is imminent, and how can the red-eyed soldiers notice this.

The hard door was finally slammed open, and the eyes of the soldiers who shouted victory turned red, and they rushed in with endless killing intent, seeing that a bloody killing was about to begin, but they heard a sudden sound of "aggressiveness" in the door.

Anyone who has been on the battlefield should be able to tell that it is the sound of a sharp arrow entering the human body.

Screams immediately rang out from the crowd, and the unsuspecting forward soldiers retreated unsuspectingly, only to huddle together with the excited soldiers in the small space.

The situation was reversed almost instantly, and on the high walls around the palace, not far from the palace gate, countless columns of archers suddenly appeared, and countless sharp arrows pierced the night sky with a swishing sound in the darkness, and shot away like rain.

Liu Qi's troops were caught off guard, and because of the retreat of the former military trade, they broke up the rear army formation, and the front and rear armies were all blocked at the palace gate, unable to advance or retreat, and suffered countless casualties for a time, screaming again and again.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan hurriedly led his generals to step forward, and under their orders, the chaotic situation gradually stabilized, but at this moment, on the street, countless soldiers suddenly rushed out of the hidden places in the dark, and the number was more than a thousand, surrounding and strangling the soldiers guarding Liu Qi!

At this time, Liu Qi did not have many available soldiers around him, and he was suddenly attacked, with countless casualties.

The sound of killing echoed in this night, shaking the entire Luojing City and the entire empire.

When the day dawned, the most sacred place in the empire had completely fallen into chaos and blood, and Liu Qi's so-called "Qing Jun's side, eliminating traitors" was no longer a simple 2,000 people storming the palace to save the driver, but a large-scale war involving three regular armies.

It's just that no one thought that there were as many as 1,000 soldiers in the dark department of the "Ying Pavilion" guarding the palace in the palace, but what was even more incredible was that there were almost more than 3,000 soldiers who seemed to be ambushed near the palace in advance.

Inside and outside, Liu Qi was defeated.

It is rumored that this fierce and long bloody battle lasted for a whole night, and the streets around the palace were completely turned into battlefields, and the blood everywhere stained the ground, and the blood pooled on the ground, and then it was trampled by the people who ran to and fro, leaving the footprints of unknown people, and it spread in a mess.

There was a pungent smell of blood in the air, and as soon as the cold wind passed, it spread, gradually enveloping the entire city, making people feel disgusting and depressing.

Outside the palace, there was a mess, and the walls were covered with bloodstains, which looked terrible. But the strangest thing is that there was such a big mess in the imperial Luojing City, but the imperial ministers and generals did not react, and no one stepped out of the palace to check the situation, and no one went out of the city to find the king of soldiers, and even the foreign envoys stayed quietly in the post house and never went out.

Everyone did not react to the big battle and allowed the two sides to fight each other.

And the spies sent by Liu Qi in various parts of the city spent the most thrilling night in the empire in hundreds of years "leisurely".

After all, the subordinates of the fourth prince Liu Qi were inferior in numbers, and they did not respond enough, and they were caught off guard, and suffered considerable losses, although everyone was brave and good at fighting, and completely resisted, but after all, they were outnumbered, and they were completely defeated under the attack of both sides within an hour after dawn.

Liu Qi, under the protection of several personal guards, took advantage of the chaos to escape and disappeared.

Then the eldest princess Liu Ying, who was responsible for guarding the palace, personally interrogated several captured prisoners, and under the heavy punishment, someone finally confessed, saying that His Royal Highness Liu Qi saw that the emperor had been undecided on the throne, and even if the emperor could confirm his position as the crown prince, but he had no foundation inside and outside the court, and there was no one who was close to him, and the people of the world did not know that there was still His Royal Highness "Liu Qi, the Fourth Prince", in the palace gate, so in order to expand his prestige and consolidate his power, and at the same time take advantage of this battle to eliminate dissidents and establish party henchmen, he came up with this strategy, I thought that the raid on the palace would be foolproof, but I didn't expect that the palace and the palace would be prepared for a long time, so that it fell short and returned defeated.

Liu Ying frowned after hearing this, and stood up, she took a deep breath and was about to speak, but she just stood up and didn't speak, and the hair on her head suddenly spread out, as if dark clouds were pressing on the top, covering her face.

The hairpin was bad, the hair was messy, everyone looked at Liu Ying together, they knew in their hearts that the eldest princess of this empire, a weak woman, led a thousand people, guarded the palace gate, fought all night, and had not yet washed and dressed.

Seeing this scene, everyone was moved, but deep down, there was always a trace of resistance.

With long hair dancing and fluttering clothes, the one standing in front of him is just a woman after all!

But just when everyone was thinking about it, I saw Liu Ying suddenly pull out the long sword from the hand of the guard on the left, and then cut off all the long hair that covered her vision in front of everyone!

The long scattered hair danced in the wind, as if unwilling, and they scrambled to wrap themselves around the princess's neck, in a vain attempt to return to the princess, but they were soon blown away by the wind and could no longer be seen.

There was a dead silence.

The princess didn't seem to care, she returned the sword, brushed off a few hairs on her shoulders, and said with a serious face to everyone:

"Guarding the palace gate at night, fighting all night, you have a lot of hard work, although the emperor has the heart to reward you, but the holy body is sick, the dragon body is not safe, I can't see you, I hope you will forgive me!"

Everyone hurriedly humbled themselves.

Liu Ying nodded and continued: "Through last night's battle, you all know that the four princes of the empire, Liu Qi raised dead soldiers and led troops to rebel, although he was now defeated by the generals and rebels, but Liu Qi took advantage of the chaos to die, his people did not die, and the empire was restless!" For today's plan, Liu Qi must be arrested, the rest of the troops must be wiped out, and his henchmen must be cut off, so as to ensure the peace of the empire and consolidate the country. ”

Speaking of this, she paused, her gaze swept over everyone's faces, her eyes were cold and severe, and no one dared to look at her.

She slowly retracted her gaze, her voice was clear and fierce: "I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, I don't know about the war, although I often hear my father talk about it, and I know the generals of the empire, but I have no clue about the army structure, so all the orders I gave today are based on the people who guarded the gate of last night's battle as the commander, I hope you don't blame!" ”

Seeing that everyone bowed their heads and agreed, Liu Ying nodded and continued: "Everyone, listen to the order!" Ximen General Liu Ziliang led an army of 500 and went to the mansions of the ministers in the capital to escort them, and at the same time picket Liu Qi's spies and arrest them! Liu Ziliang replied loudly, and the leading troops turned away.

Liu Ying didn't wait for him to go far before continuing to order: "Li Zhaoyi, the general of the North Gate, leads five hundred troops, and is responsible for inspecting the capital, arresting spies, and at the same time comforting the people, so as not to cause riots. ”

Li Zhaoyi obeyed the order and led the troops away.

Liu Ying looked at Sui Wen who was guarding the south gate and said: "Sui Wen at the south gate leads five hundred troops, guards the palace, inspects the inside and outside, without my order, no one is allowed to enter the palace, and at the same time inspect whether there are rumors in the palace, if they are found, they will be killed!" ”

Sui Wen nodded and left.

Liu Ying's eyes flashed, turned his head, and looked at the Imperial Pavilion Elder who led the troops to rescue last night, the old lady Zhang Yuliang, and said, "Elder Zhang Ge! ”

Zhang Yuliang nodded with a smile and replied, "Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Liu Ying stretched out her hand and wanted to stroke the hair on her head, but she touched the void, her brows furrowed, but she said with a smile on her face: "Thanks to Elder Zhang Ge who arrived in time last night, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." ”

Zhang Yuliang lowered his head and replied: "The princess is polite, protecting the emperor is a matter of the old minister's responsibility, it is too late to save the driver, disturbing the holy car, and I hope that the princess will convey the guilt of the old minister to His Majesty." ”

Liu Ying smiled slightly, and replied: "Elder Zhang Ge is polite, I will definitely report to my father," she didn't wait for Zhang Yuliang to be polite, so she continued: "Last night's scuffle, I have no experience in war, in the panic, I only know that Zhang Ge Lao led the troops to help, and I don't know which way the army led by the lord is?" How many people are there? ”

Zhang Yuliang replied: "Princess Qiyu, this army is the Han Wei border change army, withdraw to Luojing for repair, the number is not much, only 3,000 people, Your Majesty has long known about this matter, and personally issued an edict to let the change of defense army be stationed outside the city, God helps the Han, the old minister arrived in time and saved the holy car." ”

Liu Ying nodded and said: "The 30,000 imperial forest troops inside and outside the imperial city were transferred away by Liu Qi's edict, so that the palace was empty, so that Liu Qi had a chance to take advantage of it, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the pavilion elder, I don't know if I could hold out until dawn." ”

Zhang Yuliang didn't dare to say anything.

Liu Ying's eyes were sharp, no longer polite, but looked at Zhang Yuliang and Chen Kun, the general of the North Gate Guard, and said loudly: "Taifu Zhang Yuliang, Chen Kun, the General of the North Gate, listen to the order!" ”

Zhang Yuliang and Chen Kun stepped forward at the same time and said in unison: "Here!" ”

Liu Ying's clear voice carried a hint of determination: "Liu Qi is the prince of the empire, but he conspired against the crime, the crime is extremely evil, although Ling Chi can't vent his hatred, but last night, the rebellion took advantage of the chaos to escape, delusional to get rid of the crime, the empire is vast, the territory is extensive, Liu Qi must not escape, I order, Zhang Yuliang and Chen Kun, two people, led 3,000 troops, search Liu Qi, be sure to arrest him, there must be no mistake!" ”

The two men were ordered to lead the troops away.

Although the situation gradually stabilized, the scene of nearly 10,000 soldiers running back and forth on Pingxi Avenue, the greatest and most spacious avenue of the empire, still cast a shadow over the hearts of the people.

Countless soldiers ran through the streets, and the ice blades reflecting the cold light of the sun brought a chill to the city.

In the shadow of the sword and sword, the murderous intent permeated the sky over the city, and it could not be dispersed for a long time.

Although it is claimed that there are only more than 500 guards, in fact, no matter how big or small, all the officials in the city are standing guard outside the yamen.

It seems that it only took half a day to actually take over the city by the imperial princess Liu Ying.

The tense atmosphere is becoming more and more solemn.