Chapter 10: The Siege of the Qin Palace
The curfew has just been lifted, and the Tonghua Gate has just opened. A team in armor and neighing horses under their crotches galloped towards the city. There were almost two hundred people in this team, all of whom had cold faces and did not say a word. As soon as the recruits defending the city wanted to scold, they were stopped by the veterans around them.
"You look like you're a rookie, do you know who these are?" The veteran waited for the team to leave before speaking.
"No matter who it is, you can't gallop like this in Chang'an City, this is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, how can you be presumptuous?" The recruit said unconvinced.
"That's the sixth rate of the prince, it's the prince's personal soldier today, even if he kills you, they'll be fine, and you'll die in vain!" The veteran said.
"The prince's own soldiers? Why enter the city at this time? Could it be that ...... recruit is not stupid, and he thinks a lot at once.
"Don't think too much, guard the city gate with peace of mind, those big people are not for us little soldiers to worry about." The veteran has long been smoothed out, just thinking about spending the rest of his life in peace and stability, and finally picking up a life from the battlefield, but he doesn't want to lose his life when the world is too peaceful.
"Looks like it's going to change!" The recruit didn't know what to do, and he knew that it was a good choice to pretend that he didn't know anything, but a voice in his heart told him that doing so would be no different from the dry bones in the mound.
No, it can't be like this, even if it is the prince's own soldiers, it can't violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The recruit thought about it, and quickly walked towards the city tower, the veteran looked at his back, showing a nostalgic look, he was also so enthusiastic back then, but he was exhausted on the battlefield, and did not meet a good general to lead, followed by the unpopular King of Qi to guard Luoyang, but he did not expect that when Wang Shichong's army came to the city, the supreme commander Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, actually left all his subordinates and fled for his life. This made his enthusiasm for serving the country cool.
"Woo woo woo ......" desolate horn sounded throughout Chang'an, in the early morning breeze drifting far away, Chang'an people were awakened from sleep, immediately put on their clothes, and ran outside, this is the horn of the siege, is Chang'an changed?
Li Kuan was also interrupted by the sound of the horn, wearing a short shirt and a pair of deerskin gloves. This is his current outfit, and it is also an extreme cultivation method that is convenient for practicing Xinyi Fist, using his gloved fist to hit the few big trees in the yard, which can not only accelerate the consumption of strength, but also protect his hands from injury. Hearing the horn, Li Kuan frowned slightly, this is not a good sound, this means that an army with unknown intentions has come to Chang'an City, and even entered Chang'an City.
"Could it be that the prince did it?" Li Kuan thought of this possibility, but in a blink of an eye he felt that it was unlikely, because it was impossible for the sixteen guards to rebel, so if the prince forced the palace, the sixteen guards would definitely meet the attack, and the drums would be beaten, but the horn sounded for a while, but no drums came. Then the size of this team must not be very large, no more than three hundred people at most, and it does not have the strength to storm the palace.
"So what's going on? Could it be that they came to the palace? Li Kuan thought of this possibility, and his vest broke out in a cold sweat: Li Er (Li Kuan still calls Li Er in his heart) is about to return to Beijing, so the two princes must want to strike first, and decided to take down the people in the palace and use them to threaten Li Er. In this way, the palace is in danger, and the Xuanjia guards left by Li Er are only fifty or sixty people, how can they be the opponents of the two or three hundred princes, even if they stick to the palace, it is not enough, unless they give up part of the courtyard and gather everyone together.
Thinking of this, Li Kuan rushed out of the small courtyard in two steps and came to the hall, where there was a gong that urgently summoned the people in the palace.
Li Kuan picked up the gong and struck the big gong on this side: Bang...... Boom......
The sharp sound spread throughout the palace, waking up the sleepy little Lori, and the eldest grandson, who had already gotten up, also rushed to this side.
"Erlang, what are you striking the gong for?" The eldest grandson came to the front of the hall, saw Li Kuan who was beating the gong, and asked.
"Gather everyone together, something may change!" Li Kuanyan said.
"What? Is that the cry? "The eldest grandson is also a wise man, and he suddenly remembered the horn that has not stopped.
"Mother, hurry up, there may not be much time, and those people from the Xuanjia Guard asked them to choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we will all gather there!" Li Kuan was a little anxious, because he had faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of the hurried horses' hooves stepping on the stone slab was like knocking on his heart, it was the sound of urgency.
"Xuanjiawei obeys the order!" The eldest grandson took out a small tiger talisman from his sleeve and shouted coquettishly to the surroundings.
"The last general!" A deep voice came, along with the clatter of armor hitting the ground.
"Choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then guard around, except for the people in the palace, there are those who are close to the palace, and there is no forgiveness!" The eldest grandson is also a resolute strange woman, and after guessing what is about to happen, she conveys one order after another.
"The last general commands!" The deep male voice came again, and then the footsteps that were not hidden went into the distance.
"Mother, go and call Lizhi and Xiaowei'er and Cheng Qian, Qingque, and the third child, now time is running out, those people are already here!" The sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer, as fast as a shower on plantain leaves.
The eldest grandson's face changed slightly, and he ordered again: "Take all the princesses, sons, and county lords of the palace to the chosen place!" There were footsteps around him again, Li Kuan didn't have to guess to know that this was another Xuanjia guard, I really don't know how these people hid on the side but were not noticed by their sensitive six senses.
It's just that now is not the time to think about these things, Li Kuan hid this question in his heart, and waited until the future, if he had a good opportunity to ask again, first get through the current difficulties, Li Kuan struck the gong, and wandered around the palace with the eldest grandson, countless subordinates were awakened, and then the eldest grandson instructed to start retreating to the selected address.
Time moved forward minute by minute, and Xue Wanche, who was leading two hundred knights, had already seen the red lanterns hanging high in the Qin Palace, but the sound of gongs coming from inside the Qin Palace, made the pair of thick eyebrows on his square face furrow: It seems that the Qin Palace's Mansion has been prepared, and it is all to blame on the two soldiers guarding the city gate, if they hadn't blown the horn of war, how could they make the people of the Qin Palace's alert!
Even if you prepare, the two hundred knights behind me are enough to level the Qin Palace. Xue Wanche thought so, so he no longer hesitated: "Speed up, rush over!" Knock open the door! ”
The general had an order, and the knights below naturally obeyed the order, and the ten knights in the front row let go of the horse lance in their hands, picked up the prepared sledgehammer from the saddle, and rushed towards the Qin Wangfu.
"Kill the ......" the knights shouted, the voice resounded in the sky, this morning, Chang'an City was boiling, countless people heard this voice, hurriedly returned to their houses, closed the door tightly, did not dare to wait and see anymore.
In the northwest of Chang'an City, in Xiuzhenfang, an old man with white hair and silver beard stood in front of his house, looking in the direction of the east: "Alas, the blood catastrophe has started, and the white tiger will inevitably increase his murderous aura when he sees blood, and it seems that Datang is about to go through a period of time with blood." ”
"Why should my uncle worry? Thinking that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is eloquent and strategic, and his life is unspeakably expensive, how can he not suppress a Gengjin White Tiger! I think Datang is going to prosper, and it will be more prosperous than before! This white tiger that grows with blood will be the sharp blade of the Tang Dynasty's expansion. A middle-aged Taoist priest stood behind the old man, with three long whiskers hanging down to his chest, his hair bun on his head was tied into a knot by Ge cloth, and a wooden hairpin was inserted.
"It seems that you have surpassed Uncle Wei in this divination, and you really deserve to be born with a pure body, but without that secret elixir, I am afraid it will take two years to break through this shackle. It's just that the little doll's pill is really a good thing, but the little guy doesn't believe in fate. The old man said with a little regret.
"Don't believe in fate? The little nephew will use action to make him believe! The middle-aged Taoist priest was very confident.
"Uncle Wei once again hexagram two days ago, but I didn't expect that this time I couldn't see the future clearly, and the entire heavenly machine was shrouded in chaos, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!" The old man sighed.
"Uncle is worried too much, whether it is a blessing or a curse, no one in the world can avoid it, and besides, the king of Qin has ascended to the great treasure this time, with this eloquent king, what kind of hurdle can't be passed? Even if Jieli goes south, so what, how can the Tang Dynasty soldiers be afraid of the Turks? The middle-aged Taoist priest said sharply.
"Don't talk about this, now the prince is making his last fight, it depends on whether King Qin can survive it, whether it is a dragon or a worm is in this dynasty!" The old man stroked his beard, looked at the gradually brightening sky, and said no more with a solemn expression.
Qin Wangfu, everyone, including the subordinates, has been gathered, among which the male young men are distributing weapons, so that they and Xuanjiawei are responsible for resisting strong enemies, these are the family members hired by the Qin Palace, usually do chores, and then go to the front yard, and these men in the back house can't enter.
With the addition of those sixty Xuanjia guards, the Qin Wangfu has only a hundred people in combat effectiveness, and all of them are infantry, and the prince who has already rushed into the Qin Wangfu has two hundred cavalry, can the Qin Wangfu withstand such a strength gap?
Li Kuan was sitting in the guard circle at this time, holding a knife in his hand and making what he wanted, and a large tree branch was cut to pieces by her. This is the branch of the oldest peach tree in the Qin Palace, and that peach tree has now been cut down to the ground by Li Kuan.
What is he going to do? All book friends must be very familiar with it, Li Kuan is now making a slingshot, a slingshot body made of the heart wood of the old peach tree, plus Li Kuan has long prepared the high-quality beef tendon as a rubber band, of course, Li Kuan made not the slingshot that the Tang people say, and the time is the kind of children play, the Tang Dynasty's slingshot and bow and arrow are not much different, for Li Kuan, who is only one meter five tall, is still a little big, so the small slingshot is good, both convenient and specially processed beef tendon, the tensile force can reach three stones, and the bow and arrow are not bad, as for the quasi-head, Li Kuan played with a slingshot when he was a child, and he could accurately hit a chicken's eye from ten meters away.
Except for Li Kuan, the rest of the little guys were also here, and they watched curiously, except for a few older ones with some panic on their faces, the rest didn't know what was going on.
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