On the tenth day of the third month of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, it was approaching the time of the sub.

Sima Dekan gathered tens of thousands of rebellious Xiaoguo troops in Dongcheng, held countless torches, and killed Jiangdu Palace. There were also rebels who took the wrong path and broke into the mansions of wealthy officials with knives and guns, and the night of bloodshed in Jiangdu City began.

At this time, Yang Guang did not rest, he looked at the fire outside the palace, and sent someone out to ask what happened outside?

Pei Qiantong outside the hall quickly came with an answer, "There is a fire in the grass workshop, and the people outside are fighting the fire!" ”

Pei Qiantong has been following Yang Guang for more than 20 years, and Yang Guang trusts him a lot, so when he heard him say this, he put this matter down for the time being.

The 30,000 Xiaoguo in Dongcheng are only the backup of Sima Dekan and others, and the soldiers who really enter the palace and are responsible for admonishing soldiers are the cronies of Yu Wenhua and others.

Sima Dekan led a large army to surround the palace, and divided some elite troops to converge with the family of the Yuwen family, under the leadership of Yuwen Zhihe and Pei Qiantong, broke into the palace, and soon changed the guards of the palace gates.

After doing all this, Pei Qiantong retreated and closed all the doors, leaving only the east gate open, and sent people in to drive all the guards in the palace away.

Outside the Chengxiang Palace, Dugu Sheng, who didn't know why, noticed that the situation was abnormal, and immediately asked Pei Qiantong loudly, "What are you going to do?" ”

Pei Qiantong replied, "The matter has come to this, everything has nothing to do with the general, please don't meddle in the general!" ”

"Old thief, the Son of Heaven is here, dare to be presumptuous, don't retreat quickly!"

It happened too suddenly, and before Dugu Sheng, who was loyal to Yang Guang, could put on his armor, he brandished his weapon and rushed towards Pei Qiantong and other rebels with more than ten guards.

Pei Qiantong waved his hand, and the rebels swarmed up and cut Dugu Sheng and the dozen or so guards into meat sauce.

The uproar set off by the rebels was getting closer and closer, and Yang Guang's chamberlain Wang Yi hurriedly came in and said sadly, "Your Majesty, the people outside are all coming to the palace to kill."

"Got it" Yang Guang agreed lightly, without any expression on his face.

Wang Yi saw that Yang Guang didn't follow, and didn't dare to ask, but listened to Yang Guang continue, "Just let them guard the palace gate, a few fish and shrimp crossing the river can't set off any wind and waves." ”

As soon as Wang Yi went down, Yuwen Chengdu walked in and hurriedly said to Yang Guang, "Your Majesty, it is Yu Wenhua and the Xiaoguo Army led by Yu Wenhua who rebelled, and Weichen asks Your Majesty to take refuge in the West Pavilion for the time being." ”

"Oh" When Yang Guang heard Yu Wenhua and this name, his face finally sank, not only because Yu Wenhua was his closest confidant, but also because Yu Wencheng was Yu Wenhua and his godson.

Yang Guang still didn't have any doubts about Yuwen Chengdu's force value, and the latter wanted to take his life without much effort, so he could only choose to believe him unconditionally at this time.

"Then let's retreat to the West Pavilion first!" Yang Guang was also simply, and after saying this, he hurried to the West Pavilion under the escort of more than 100 guards such as Yuwen Chengdu.

At this time, the shouts of killing outside the palace became louder and louder, and nearly 10,000 Xiaoguo troops mutinied outside the inner city, and the situation continued to deteriorate.

After Li Xuanba realized that Yang Guang was in trouble, he rushed to the inner city with only more than ten guards, and as soon as he arrived at the door, a patrol of more than 100 people came up to intercept him.

"I am Li Xuanba, who dares to stop me!" Li Xuanba waved the two sledgehammers in his hand and shouted.

The little leader of the patrol took two steps back, and said with a fierce expression, "This person is a spy, brothers take it down for me!" ”

Just hearing this, Li Xuanba knew that this group of people were all rebels, and he didn't speak, just a pair of legs clamped the horse's belly and rushed towards them like a tiger entering a flock, and the more than ten guards behind him were not ambiguous.

With a "whew", a big hammer in Li Xuanba's hand came out of his hand and smashed straight towards the door of the little leader, and the little head didn't even have time to scream, and his brain burst to death.

The brothers around the little boss were stunned at that time, and Li Xuanba shouted again, "If you don't want to die, get out!" ”

Everyone's legs were already weak, how could they still have the strength to escape at this time? After they heard Li Xuanba's chanting, a small half got out of the way, and a small half knelt down.

Li Xuanba didn't ink with them, and after retracting his big hammer, he went straight to the palace.

At this time, the entire inner city was full of killings, and countless Sui soldiers raised their swords to each other, and for a while, the sound of crying and screaming filled the heavens and the earth.

Someone shouted, "Yang Guang is punished, and those who surrender will not die!" ”

Someone shouted angrily: "Anti-thief rebellion, destroy rebellion!" ”

Li Xuanba was in a hurry, and rushed all the way to the palace gate, but fortunately, at this time, most of the Sui troops in the palace were fighting each other, and Li Xuanba's more than ten people were not effectively intercepted.

Before he arrived at the palace gate, Li Xuanba saw a large number of people gathered at the gate from a distance, and the palace gate was closed.

Under the door, there was a majestic-looking young man with a dragon head and an iron rod with three or two hundred people shouting, "I am the tiger Benlang general Mai Mengcai, open the door quickly!" ”

The soldiers at the palace gate responded, "General Tianbao is fighting with the rebel army, in order to prevent the rebel party from disturbing the holy car, we are ordered to stick to this gate and not let anyone enter." ”

"Nonsense!" Mai Mengcai said, "I came to clean up the thieves on the order of General Tianbao!" ”

The soldiers in the city immediately sneered, "It was Xu Guogong who presided over the mutiny, and General Tianbao is Xu Guogong's fake son, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"So you're rebels!" Mai Mengcai immediately comprehended and said weakly.

Li Xuanba knew that Yuwen Chengdu was on duty tonight, and since Yu Wenhua and the leaders were in trouble, there would be no suspense if His Majesty fell into their hands.

Li Xuanba sighed and whispered to the more than ten guards behind him, "Let's go, leave Jiangdu immediately!" ”

At the entrance of the West Pavilion, Shen Guang, the general of Zhi Chonglang, looked solemn and solemn, holding a gun in one hand and a sword in the other, leading a hundred palace slaves with swords to form a "messenger" in front of the main hall steps, staring at the chaotic army that rushed to kill in front of them.

The "envoys" set up by Shen Guang on the orders of Yang Guang were all selected from the sturdy eunuchs in the palace.

The sword is the ancestor of a hundred soldiers, so there are very few people in the army who can use the sword, as long as they dare to use the sword, they are masters, and these palace slaves all use swords; Even in the face of a rebellious army several times their size, their expressions did not change in the slightest.

Despite this, the chaotic army still used the tactics of crowds to push in, and Shen Guang had no choice but to retreat.

After entering the gate, the rebels saw a wide square, which was empty and unobstructed within a radius of nearly fifty zhang, but when they rushed in, a scream suddenly sounded around the square.

But it was a dense rain of arrows from the surrounding square that struck the middle of the square; Among them, there are more than 100 stainless steel arrows that are more than a foot long and as thick as an arm.

The rain of arrows in the sky is especially inconspicuous in the dark night, only under the reflection of lanterns and torches, the arrows reflect bursts of cold light, which is chilling; Hundreds of rebel troops who rushed to the front could not escape the overwhelming rain of arrows, and fell to the ground one by one.

And Yuwen Chengdu's voice also sounded from the inside, "Divine crossbow team, prepare to fight!" ”

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and in an instant, three or two hundred people arrived at the door of the West Pavilion, and the first one immediately shouted, "The last general, the left imperial guard, Zhi Chonglang, will be late to rescue Fan Wenchao, and the lord is frightened!" ”

Yang Guanglang said, "Not guilty! Fan Qing is the son of Fan Zigai, right? I still remember that my father guarded the eastern capital and exterminated Yang Xuangan, but he made a great contribution. The Fan family has produced another loyal tiger general, which is really a great fortune for the country! ”

Fan Wenchao humbly conceded, "Defending the land and defending the country is the duty of a military general!" ”

Yang Guang instructed again, "You have made meritorious contributions to saving the driver, and now you will listen to my words and guard them on the spot, and then you will have your own reward!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Fan Wenchao opened his mouth and shouted.

"Still don't get the order?!" Yang Guang immediately reprimanded angrily.

Everyone was silent in their hearts and couldn't help but take a step back.

Fan Wenchao's eyes flashed, and he raised the spear in his hand and drank, "Your Majesty has been held hostage by the anti-thief Yuwen Chengdu, and all the soldiers rushed in with me to save the driver!" ”

Yuwen Chengdu's voice came out coldly from inside, "Anyone who dares to step into the West Pavilion will be killed!" ”

The soldiers who were originally moved by Fan Wenchao's words were so frightened that they retracted their steps, and the crossbow team that was lying in ambush around the West Pavilion each drew their swords and aimed their crossbows at them.

As long as you are not a fool, you can see that Fan Wenchao has a problem, and the people who originally gathered here with loyal and brave escorts suddenly made a commotion.

Pei Qiantong and Ling Hu Xingda led nearly a thousand people from the main palace to the West Pavilion through Yongxiang, Fan Wenchao watched the reinforcements arrive, and immediately said with a ruthless face, "Kill the faint king." Welcome to the new Lord! Everyone, rush with me! ”

Fan Wenchao pointed his spear, and many people around him immediately rushed up the steps.

Later, because the other party suddenly launched and didn't know who the traitor was, he had to cut it when he saw someone rushing forward, or he fought back when he was cut down, and chased after someone who ran away.

For a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere, but few people knew why they wanted to kill, or why they were killed.

The soldiers outside the hall poured into the West Pavilion like a tide, and then they saw another wonderful performance of the crossbow team again.

The crossbowmen who poured out of the secret doors were all ten people in a row, and every five rows formed a small phalanx, and a phalanx of fifty people; There are a total of sixteen phalanxes in all directions of the main hall, ensuring that there are no blind spots for shooting, and a total of 800 people are neatly organized.

From the moment the chaotic army just poured out of the temple gate, a fan-shaped array composed of the four small phalanxes closest to the temple gate was aimed at the door. First the first row pulled the trigger, until the five-shot repeater arrow magazine was fired; Then quickly bend down and retreat to the last row, where pairs help each other load their bolts.

Then the second row became the first row, and the shooting began without stopping.

Although the rebels kept rushing in, they suffered heavy damage as soon as they entered.

This fan-shaped array is about twenty zhang away from the entrance of the palace, but it has become a line of life and death isolation for the rebel army to storm the main hall of the dormitory.

At this distance, the power of a crossbow arrow can pierce a heavily armored knight; For foot soldiers, there is no problem in penetrating two or three people in a row.

A moment later, a half-man-tall corpse was erected at the entrance of the temple.

The blood of the rebels continued to gather and flow down the steps of the doorway, turning the marble steps a vivid red.