Chapter Twenty-Six: The Hunting Palace Breakout
When Taizong feinted to the east, turned to the southwest, fortunately Pei General Yun responded, Fang broke through, and then the rebels pursued Baili, Taizong was almost surrounded several times, fortunately the generals and righteous soldiers desperately protected, Fang escaped from danger.
- "Yongshi; Taizong Benjiγ
Just before King Yong's breakthrough, Pei Yun, the commander of the northern camp of the forbidden army, encountered an unprecedented crisis, and he could only face the enemy alone under the heavy siege of his robe brothers.
Sighing softly, Pei Yun casually tore off a battle robe and wrapped the wound on his shoulder, and opposite him, a young man with a jade tree in the wind and a face like jade, Xiahou Yuanfeng, was standing with a smile, and beside him, there were four female swordsmen in snow, one of whom still had red blood on the blade.
Outside the six people, the forbidden army of Xiahou Yuanfeng's family surrounded the six people, and the outer side was the forbidden army loyal to Pei Yun, at this moment the two sides were facing each other, Xiahou Yuanfeng did not dare to force Pei Yun too much, otherwise the forbidden army outside would be furious, and Pei Yun would not dare to let his subordinates attack, otherwise I am afraid that before he broke into the encirclement, Pei Yun would die first.
Xiahou Yuanfeng said with a smile: "Why should General Pei be so stubborn, you were originally under the command of King Qi, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi is a supporter of His Royal Highness the Prince, how can King Yong's little favors to you be as much as His Royal Highness the King of Qi should say, if the general is reined in from the precipice, the lower officials guarantee that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qi will definitely not embarrass the general." β
Pei Yun sneered: "This general is a general of Dayong, and he is not subject to chaos, I don't believe that the emperor will issue an edict to execute King Yong, so you Xiahou Yuanfeng still don't have to waste your tongue, who doesn't know that you and Fengyimen are both the prince's party, and the prince wants to rebel and make trouble, I'm afraid that it is because of the notoriety, and I am worried that the emperor will be deposed." β
The two female swordsmen suddenly swords flashed like lightning, crossed and slashed, Pei Yun's figure flashed, and snatched the blade, and the other two female swordsmen happened to launch, the saber in Pei Yun's hand turned into a copper wall, and the five people fell, and the four female swordsmen still surrounded Pei Yun in it. Xiahou Yuanfeng pounced again, the dazzling sword light was extremely beautiful, and the four female swordsmen also launched again, Pei Yun's martial arts were already in the middle of Xiahou Yuanfeng, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while, at this time, the forbidden army outside shouted in unison, Xiahou Yuanfeng showed a wry smile, and had to slow down the offensive, Pei Yun could barely support it this time.
At this moment, a cyan figure crossed the encirclement in an instant, Xiahou Yuanfeng only felt that the vest seemed to be being targeted by an eagle wolf, and hurriedly retreated sideways, but he was still swept in the back by the palm wind, and he was powerless to fight back for a while, and the cyan figure had already broken into the center of the sword formation of the female swordsman of Fengyi Gate, Pei Yun only felt that a feminine palm wind sent him out of the sword array, at this time, the four female swordsmen shouted softly in unison, the sword light was like snow, and they rushed towards the man in green clothes unscrupulously. The figure of the Tsing Yi man flashed, and a pair of empty hands suppressed the fierce and beautiful attack of the four female swordsmen, and after fighting less than ten moves, the Tsing Yi man, his body flashed, which was dizzying, and then there were four screams, and the four female swordsmen were all hit by the Tsing Yi man and fell to the ground and died, but their crazy attack also left traces on the Tsing Yi man's body, and his green shirt was already broken at the hem.
Xiao Shunzi frowned, and looked at the female swordsmen who fell to the ground, these swordsmen were crazy and ruthless, if they joined forces, their power would be better than Li Hanyou and others, it seemed that this was the killer weapon of Fengyimen, his gaze fell on Xiahou Yuanfeng, and the murderous aura was condensed.
Xiahou Yuanfeng felt a chill in his heart, at this time he had already recovered his internal strength, and hurriedly said, "Retreat." With that, he rushed out.
Xiao Shunzi had just raised his palm, and Pei Yun had already shouted: "Master Li, now is not the time, it is still important to rescue His Highness." β
Xiao Shunzi frowned, did not speak, Pei Yun did not stop him, the forbidden army and the inner guards controlled by Xiahou Yuanfeng are all elite soldiers, there is no need to do it here, if it is entangled, I am afraid that it will be too late to rescue Li Zhen, Pei Yun is very clear, if it is not for the fact that he has already done something to King Yong, Xiahou Yuanfeng will not make a move on himself, not to mention that Xiao Shunzi came not to ask for help, what reason will there be.
Xiao Shunzi hurriedly said to Pei Yun: "Wei Ying is the prince's party, and he has a false oracle, His Royal Highness wants to break through and ask you to answer it." β
Pei Yun immediately ordered to set off, he was very clear about the terrain of the Hunting Palace, and there was Xiao Shunzi to guide the way, and it didn't take long for him to see the fire rising to the sky, and he also heard the sound of killing. Pei Yun looked behind him, before the incident, the new defense map sent by the commander of Dongying Huang scattered the four thousand forbidden troops inclined to him on the west side of the hunting palace, while the one thousand forbidden troops of Xiahou Yuanfeng were concentrated together, although Pei Yun was puzzled in his heart at that time, he did not expect such a change, so despite the summoning order, there were still only more than 2,000 people who had time to follow him to protect King Yong, this little man, can he protect King Yong to break through, Pei Yun thought worriedly.
When Pei Yun and Xiao Shunzi rushed to the southwest corner gate, it was when King Yong was blocked by the forbidden army outside. The forbidden army in this direction is the descendant of General Qin, the deputy commander of the Dongying forbidden army Sun Ding's jurisdiction, Sun Ding and Fengyimen have no collusion, but just before he set up defense, there was once General Qin Qing's guards who came to issue a strict order with Qin Qing's talisman, no matter what happens tonight, not a single soldier is allowed to go out in this direction. Therefore, although they were suspicious of King Yong's shouting about the prince's rebellion, King Yong had neither an imperial order nor a warrant from General Qin or General Qin, so they never dared to let King Yong pass. Under the dispute between the two sides, it became a never-ending stalemate. King Yong has only more than a hundred followers, and no matter how powerful he is, it is difficult to pass through the defense line laid by the forbidden army. Just when the fierce battle was at its worst, behind King Yong, Wen Ziyan, who was pursuing, could already see his figure.
Pei Yun didn't care about the outnumbered enemy, and shouted: "Your Highness, the last general Pei Yun is here to escort you." β
A look of relief flashed on King Yong's cold face, if there was no Pei Yun's forbidden army, I am afraid that it would be difficult to break out of the palace gate. He said in a loud voice: "Pei Yun, open a bloody path for this king." β
Pei Yun shouted the order, and with a wave of his hand, many forbidden troops protected King Yong and the guards in the middle and rushed towards the palace gate.
Wen Ziyan knew that it was not good as soon as she saw Pei Yun, her figure flashed, and she rushed in the direction of King Yong, she was strong in martial arts, and she had repeatedly been to the battlefield back then, so she avoided the obstruction of the forbidden army, and soon approached King Yong, at this time, a green shadow volleyed in the air, Wen Ziyan stabbed out with a sword, the green shadow grabbed it with his bare hands like a sword, Wen Ziyan was furious, this person couldn't help but look down on himself too much, and his real strength was concentrated on the sword, but at this time he heard a crisp sound, her sword that could cut gold and jade was actually broken from it, and he was stunned when he heard Ziyan, The man had slapped his palm on the chest. After all, Wen Ziyan's heart is like an iron stone, and he has already stabbed it with a short sword, this sword is a move that hurts both sides, and the person really stagnated slightly, and the two fought in the chaos. At this time, Wen Ziyan had already seen the person's face clearly, and that person was the "evil shadow" Li Shun. Wen Ziyan's spirit was shocked, if she killed this person, then there would be no master to rely on around King Yong, so she stabilized her mind and fought Li Shun with all her might. At this time, a white-clothed female swordsman threw a long sword, Wen Ziyan took it easily, and then the Fengyi Sect's world-shattering wind sword technique was finally unfolded, and the fast sword that surpassed the limits of the human body covered up the sky-high fire and the blood light on the blades of the warring parties, but Li Shun's figure was very weird, looming in the sword light. This fight, if it is peaceful, some people will be amazed and impressed, but at this moment, both sides have no time to take care of it.
At this time, under the charge of Jing Chi, Sima Xiong and Pei Yun, the forbidden army outside the hunting palace could no longer support it, although Commander Yang was also a fierce general, but in the face of the three generals of Dayong who could be ranked in the top thirty if they talked about martial arts strategy, they finally showed a flaw, and the battle formation revealed a weak place, King Yong and others were battle-hardened generals, and they saw through it at a glance, Jing Chi shouted loudly, and the horse lance swept away, killing the general of the forbidden army who blocked the way, and the forbidden army was even more imposing, and King Yong took the opportunity to order a rush, More than 1,000 iron horsemen rushed out of the hunting palace and disappeared in the vast night. In just a few short hours of incense, nearly half of the warriors under Pei Yun's command fell within the walls of the Hunting Palace. At this time, several Fengyi Sect disciples had already forced over, and Wen Ziyan was determined to leave Li Shun behind.
Xiao Shunzi's heart is as clear as a mirror, although his martial arts are strong, but under the onslaught of these swordsmen, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, and those forbidden troops have gradually surrounded him, and it will be too late if he doesn't leave. Thinking of this, his figure suddenly and strangely stuck in the air, several female swordsmen were unexpected, the sword momentum couldn't help revealing flaws, Xiao Shunzi had already rushed to Wen Ziyan, Wen Ziyan calmed down, a sword stabbed out, this sword momentum is like thunder, Xiao Shunzi's right hand is raised, but there is a hairpin between the two fingers in the middle of the food, the sword blade is slashed through Xiao Shunzi's right ribs at the same time, the hairpin also crossed Wen Ziyan's cheeks, Wen Ziyan only felt a wisp of cold air rushing to his face, and subconsciously turned his head sideways, so he avoided the disaster of losing his eyes, And Xiao Shunzi had already taken the opportunity to cross her side, kicked a forbidden soldier off his horse, and rode his horse to chase King Yong.
Wen Ziyan's eyes were full of anger, and he said: "Give me to bite them to death, and chase and kill Baili to kill King Yong." After that, he took the reins handed over by others, and chased after King Yong and the others first. Wei Ying stood on a high place and frowned slightly, in this hunting palace, the forbidden army they can completely control is only five thousand people, and the other forbidden troops can only let them assist in defense, and the forbidden army that controls the Xiaoshuang Hall and pursues King Yong can only go to the forbidden army with cronies, so the manpower is very tight. After thinking about it, he still sent two thousand people to follow Wen Ziyan to hunt down and kill King Yong, and the remaining three thousand people should be enough to control Xiaoshuang Hall and the other forbidden troops.
It's a pity, Wei Ying looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, I don't know how King Yong found the trap, and actually escaped from the hunting palace for him, if it wasn't for the king of Qi, although the princess of Qi stole the talisman of the king of Qi, but the army of the king of Qi can be mobilized to change the guard, and they want them to attack the army of the king of Yong or besiege the hunting palace, they are resolutely unwilling to agree, claiming that unless they see the warrant of the king of Qi, they will not obey their orders, it seems that they have to put some effort on the king of Qi, and now the king of Yong has escaped, if he is allowed to meet with the guards, So if there is no support from the army of King Qi, your side will be defeated and invincible. Wei Ying thought about it, his brows were deep, he thought that everything had been thought of before launching the palace change, but he still didn't expect King Yong to see through the false edict so quickly, what was going on?
It was dawn, and from the cold mist came the crisp sound of horses' hooves. This night, Wen Ziyan chased after the forbidden army, even if King Yong was proficient in military strategy, he was helpless. King Yong wanted to ignore the pursuers and march with all his might, but this time King Yong's breakthrough was very hasty, and there were even two people riding together, but the pursuers first requisitioned horses from other forbidden armies, with an average of two horses per person, and they could change horses at any time, so that the speed was much faster than that of King Yong and others. In desperation, King Yong tossed and turned, mobilized the pursuers, and set up ambushes and sneak attacks along the way, wanting to annihilate the pursuers. But the two who led the chasing soldiers, Huang Xia, the commander of Huang, was a battlefield general, and Wen Ziyan was an assassin who had been on the battlefield for many years.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, regardless of strength or speed, King Yong does not have an advantage, and the tactical advantage is offset by strong force, King Yong has never been so embarrassed. It wasn't until an ambush at dawn that all the masters under King Yong's command joined forces to set up an ambush at a narrow valley mouth, which caused the pursuers to suffer great losses, and King Yong, who had been running all night, could finally breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.
King Yong knew very well that these forbidden troops who were responsible for chasing and killing him were definitely the power that Fengyimen could use as an arm, although they were not many in number, but in comparison, their own troops were weaker, unless they could meet their own guards, otherwise they would encounter the most dangerous situation in their lives. The top priority at the moment is to meet with his own army, King Yong still can't believe that Qin Yong will help him, now Fengyimen may have obtained the talisman, and Qin Yong may only obey the edict at that time, so meeting with the army led by Changsun Ji and Dong Zhi has become King Yong's biggest goal.
At this time, a horse galloped in the distance, King Yong and the others were all in their hearts, although there was only one ride, but if they heard the purple smoke or those female swordsmen of the Fengyi Sect were personally scouted, then their whereabouts would be leaked immediately, if they couldn't take a break, they were afraid that they would be dragged down if they went on like this. When the person approached, a guard with excellent eyesight said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, it's Li Shun and Li Ye." Then the people were relieved.
Xiao Shunzi was originally lagging behind, and his equestrian skills were not as good as those of King Yong, so the surname Suo hid in the dark, changed into the clothes and armor of the forbidden army, and followed behind Wen Ziyan and others, although there was only one horse, but he had been using light body skills to minimize the burden of the horse, so he kept up with the forbidden army led by Wen Ziyan. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate, but the forbidden army led by Wen Ziyan was also Dayong's elite soldiers, where it was so easy to mix, although several times they took advantage of the horse to judge the whereabouts of King Yong and others or give the horse water to attack, but the effect was not great, the last time was surrounded by Wen Ziyan and people, fortunately, Xiao Shunzi was very clever, prepared a retreat in advance, so that he was able to get out, seeing that this would not play a role, Xiao Shunzi was bent on catching up with King Yong, with clever tracking skills and a bit of luck, Finally, he caught up with King Yong first. Seeing King Yong's golden armor from a distance, Xiao Shunzi was overjoyed, he should be able to see Gongzi, but he was very worried that Jiang Zhe would be victimized in the chaos.
But the closer Xiao Shunzi got to King Yong and the others, the more uneasy he became in his heart, and his face became more and more cold. β
If someone else asks like this, King Yong is deliberately explaining, and he will be angry, after all, the difference between monarchs and ministers, the distinction between upper and lower dignity cannot be ambiguous, but Xiao Shunzi asked so sharply, even if no one including King Yong is angry, who doesn't know that there is only one master in this person's heart, he was ordered by Jiang Zhe to pass the order to Pei Yun, so that everyone can break through successfully, at this moment he is covered with bloodstains, thinking of his image of being clean and clean, it is even more impossible to be angry with him. King Yong said calmly: "Suiyun stayed in the Hunting Palace. β
When Xiao Shunzi heard this, his expression changed greatly, and his murderous aura rose to the sky, a cold light appeared in his eyes, staring at King Yong viciously, and everyone subconsciously protected King Yong, at this time Jing Chi stepped forward and said: "Master Li, it is Mr. Jiang's own decision." Xiao Shunzi glanced at him, and his gaze became a little soft, after all, this Jing Chi has been in and out of the cold garden all the year round, and he has supervised him many times to copy books, and he is quite familiar.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Li Zhen stepped forward and whispered a word, Xiao Shunzi's eyes flashed with a different color, and then bowed down and said, "The slave offended His Highness, please forgive Your Highness." β
Li Zhen smiled and said: "It's good if you can understand, this king also thinks that if you take Suiyun with you, you are only afraid of nine deaths, but there is still a little more life, if you are worried, you might as well rush back to the hunting palace, with your martial arts, you should be able to protect Suiyun." β
Xiao Shunzi looked awe-inspiring, and said lightly: "No, the slave asks for his life and goes to see Qin Yong in person." β
Li Zhen was shocked: "Why is this, aren't you worried about Suiyun's safety?" β
Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "If my son-in-law has an accident, the slave will be crushed and the enemy will be killed, but now the life and death of the son is unknown, if the childe's strategy fails, it has now fallen into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid that there is no life, I just rush to it is useless, if the son is alive, then the slave alone can not rescue the son from the siege, in this case, I can only do my best, so that the son can get out of danger as soon as possible." Now His Royal Highness is alone here, the chasing soldiers behind will arrive within half an hour, His Royal Highness's army and the army of King Qi may not be able to come, the two sides monitor each other, no one can leave the battlefield, then General Qin's army is His Highness's only life, but His Highness can not command the Qin army, if the prince's side gets the holy decree of the soldier, the Qin army will also become His Highness's enemy, only now, only let the Qin army support His Highness, His Highness can win this battle, so that he can rescue my son-in-law, this matter can only Li Shun do, Qin Yong's side my son-in-law had an arrangement, only I know about this matter, although the son-in-law didn't say it, I know what he meant. β
Li Zhen's expression was greatly lifted and said: "I see, your masters and servants are all wise and brave people, so this king trusts you." As he spoke, he handed a small bag to Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Shunzi took it, did not look at it, and said lightly: "Your Highness be careful, even if the Qin army can come to help His Highness, it is not a short time to come, although His Highness has a good strategy in the art of war, but Wen Ziyan's soldiers are strong and strong, and his martial arts are strong, His Highness must be extremely difficult, but as long as His Highness delays for two days, the slave guarantees that the Qin army can come to rescue His Highness, if the slave fails, then there is nothing to say, the slave master and servant accompany His Highness to die." β
Li Zhen said: "This king has always known your ability, and you do your best, and the two are still a little sure of the covenant." β
Xiao Shunzi saluted lightly, turned around and rode away. Li Zhen looked at his back and said in a loud voice: "Rest for a while, let's continue on our way, if we can meet General Changsun, at least we can be safe." Even if you can't join the army, you can't go head-to-head with Wen Ziyan. β
Everyone responded in unison, and each seized the time to rest, Li Zhen looked at the rising sun, and said: "Suiyun, this king is going to count on you." β
When King Yong broke through, the hunting palace was already full of alarms, Li Yuan was dining with the queen concubines, he frowned and said, "Leng Chuan, what's going on outside?" β
Leng Chuan walked out of the palace gate in response, and then saw the fire in the distance, his heart sank, the fire in the hunting palace was absolutely unusual, not to mention the faint sound of fighting, he hurriedly returned to the palace, and reported: "Your Majesty, it seems that there has been a turmoil, Your Majesty, do you want to summon General Qin." β
At this time, there was a heavy sound of footsteps outside, and someone said in a deep voice: "Qin Yi and Cheng Shu ask to see Your Majesty." β
Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Come in." β
With his shout, Qin Yi and Cheng Shu hurriedly walked in. Li Yuan split his head and asked, "Qin Qing, what happened?" β
Qin Yi said with a heavy expression: "Your Majesty, Wei Ying is here?" β
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't need him to make a decree tonight, let him go down and rest." β
Qin Yi's expression changed greatly: "Just now Wei Ying came to deliver the decree, saying that the emperor summoned the minister and the Duke of Wei, but as soon as the minister arrived here, he found that there was a disturbance in the West Palace. β
Li Yuan said angrily: "What's going on, I didn't let Wei Ying pass on the decree, Qin Aiqing, you can see the holy decree." β
Qin Yi smiled bitterly: "He said that it was His Majesty's dictation, and the edict asked about the defense of the hunting palace." β
Cheng Shu hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that someone wants to rebel, you should quickly gather the forbidden army and guards to escort you." β
Qin Yi's face changed, and today it should be Qin Qing who is responsible for guarding the Xiaoshuang Palace, why didn't he see it when he came in, he didn't bother to ask Li Yuan, rushed out of the palace door, and said in a loud voice: "Qin Qing, Qin Qing, get over to me." β
However, Qin Yi found that except for the guards who were in charge of the prestige, the guards around him were silent, holding the hilt of the sword, and Qin Qing was nowhere to be seen. Qin Yi's heart gradually sank, he had never hated his appeasement as much as he did today, how could he not have thought that this camp of forbidden troops had been under Qin Qing's command for a long time, so Fengyimen might have intervened, this incompetent rebel.
Li Yuan had already walked out of the hall gate and said in a loud voice: "Why don't you go and summon General Qin Qing soon." β
At this time, there was a silver bell-like laughter in the distance, and a group of women came in the distance, led by Li Hanyou, beside her was Qin Zheng, the princess of Qi, and another pretty girl, all three of them were wearing moon-white suits, wearing long swords, behind them, thirty-six snow-clothed female swordsmen were divided into four columns, they were all filled with cold murderous intent, and the pace was vigorous, and the actions echoed each other, and the murderous aura increased exponentially.
Li Hanyou walked to the bottom of the stairs and saluted: "Your Majesty, the concubine is on the order of the crown prince to crusade against the rebellious King Yong, His Royal Highness is worried about His Majesty's safety, and the concubine is sent to protect Your Majesty." β
Li Yuan's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Do you think you can do it?" Leng Chuan walked to his side, and Li Yuan said coldly: "It is impossible for you to control all the forbidden armies, as long as I ascend to the heights, those forbidden armies will defect." β
Li Hanyou sneered: "Your Majesty is right, the general is strict in governing the army, we really have no way to control the entire forbidden army, and even now, we can only control the five thousand forbidden army, and we have to send two thousand forbidden troops to chase and kill King Yong, but this is enough, as long as the emperor can't get out of the Xiaoshuang Palace, then the concubines can control the entire forbidden army." β
Li Yuan's face changed drastically, and he said, "You stole my gold medal. β
Li Han smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really wise, the only ones who can completely control the forbidden army are General Qin himself and Your Majesty's gold medal, now General Qin is here, Your Majesty's gold medal is in our hands, Your Majesty You are powerless, when we will be rebellious, when the time comes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come to His Majesty to ask for guilt." β
Li Yuan's body trembled a little, and the incomparable anger made him almost unable to stand, and he said coldly: "Who stole my gold medal." β
At this time, the queen and the three concubines walked out of the palace, the queen's face was like frost, Ji Guifei smiled slightly, the eldest grandson Guifei trembled, and Yan Guifei was frightened. Li Yuan's eyes fell on Ji Guifei, impossible, he has always been very strict with Ji Guifei, so who is it, the eldest grandson Guifei will never do this kind of thing, she has no reason to do this, Yan Guifei is gentle and cowardly, and she will not do this, then there is only one person, and his eyes fell on the queen.
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