Chapter 624: Turmoil in the Royal Palace
As soon as it was dawn, the soldiers defending the city opened the city gate, and a yellow horse walked slowly along the street in the direction of the city gate.
At this time, there were few pedestrians on the street, only some early vendors were setting up stalls on the side of the road, and even the shops on both sides of the road were mostly closed doors.
The horses walked on the street, and the horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone slabs on the road, making a soft sound of "boom", which was a little pleasant in the quiet morning.
The horses that came towards the city gate carried a man and a woman on their backs.
The men were only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the women were only sixteen or seventeen years old. These two people were Jiang Gan and Juan'er, who had just left Lu Bu Mansion and planned to leave the city.
Juan'er sat in front of the horse, and Jiang Gan sat in the back, holding the reins in his arms, protecting Juan'er in front of his chest.
When walking along the street, Jiang Gan did not let the horse run very fast, the horse seemed very leisurely, and the two of them looked very calm.
"It's still early, why are you going out of the city?" As soon as they reached the gate, one of the soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward, made a stop gesture to them, and greeted them with a greeting.
Blocked by the soldiers, Jiang Gan hurriedly turned over and jumped off the horse, arched at the soldier with his fists, and said to the soldier: "The two of us are husband and wife, just because we want to go to Bingzhou to visit relatives, I am afraid that it will be late to leave, and it will be difficult to find a place to stay on the way, so I left the city early in the morning." β
After looking at Jiang Gan from head to toe, and seeing that he was not very old, the soldier became a little less vigilant, waved his hand at him, and said to him: "Go out, you have to be careful with a woman on the road." β
"Thank you for mentioning it!" Maintaining a fist-hugging posture, Jiang Gan bowed to the soldier, then pulled up the reins and led the horse out of Luoyang City.
More than an hour after Jiang Gan and Juan'er left Luoyang, in the Luoyang Palace, many guards and maids were busy setting up low tables to arrange the place for the wedding, and a guard ran from the front yard into the back garden in a panic, and while running, he also shouted loudly: "Lu Bu rebelled, protect His Highness!" β
Hearing Lu Bu's rebellion, the maids let out a scream, dropped the things in their hands, and jumped around with their heads in their hands, each trying to find a safe place to hide.
The guards who were still helping to arrange the wedding venue drew their long swords one after another and rushed towards the front yard of the palace.
At this time, in the front yard of the palace, a group of soldiers wearing Luoyang army armor but not helmets were waving their blades in their hands, shouting and charging towards the palace.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, the guards guarding the main gate of the palace did not have time to react at all, and were dispersed by this group of soldiers under the command of Lu Bu. γ
Shouting and killing, groups of palace guards who heard the shouting and killing carried blades and shields and rushed towards Lu Bujun, who had already entered the front yard of the palace.
Since taking on the duties of guarding the palace, Wang Liu and Wang Zhen have been living in the front yard of the palace.
There were shouts of killing at the main entrance, and Wang Liu and Wang Zhen hurriedly raised their long swords and rushed out of their residence.
As soon as he rushed out of the room, a soldier of Lu Bu's army held a short spear and stabbed it fiercely towards Wang Liu's chest.
Wang Liu turned to the side of his body, grabbed the short spear that Lu Bu soldier stabbed at her, and pulled it back, and the hand holding the sword seemed to wave very casually.
As a puddle of blood splattered, a head fell off the neck of the soldier of the Nalu Bu Army after the sword slashed, and tumbled and fell to the ground.
Raising his foot and kicking at the headless corpse, kicking the corpse to the ground, Wang Liu held the long sword in his hand and shouted: "Stop the rebels and protect Your Highness!" β
"Hurry up and inform the Sanwei Qin King!" At the same time as Wang Liu shouted, Wang Zhen, who rushed out of the room with her, also shouted.
Groups of Lu Bu's army poured into the Luoyang Palace, and a team of palace guards rushed up to the front, and the two sides launched a battle in the outer courtyard of the palace.
The number of palace guards is not very large, and the total number of people is only three or five hundred, but under the command of Lu Bu, who attacked the palace, there are thousands of people.
Although the guards desperately resisted the charge of Lu Bu's army, they were still pushed by Lu Bu's army and gradually retreated in the direction of the back garden.
Liu Wei, who had already received the news of Lu Bu's rebellion, was standing outside the door of Guan Qing's dormitory at this time, quietly listening to the earth-shattering shouts of killing from the outer courtyard.
For Lu Bu, Liu Wei had already taken precautions, but he just didn't expect that Lu Bu would take the opportunity to attack him on the day he was about to get married.
Frowning slightly, his hand pressed the hilt of the sword, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly.
Guan Qing, who was standing beside him, looked in the same direction as him at the sound of killing, and one hand had already been pressed on the hilt of the sword.
Liu Nu, who never thought that there would be a fight in the palace, listened to the shouts and killings outside, but did not run out to watch like Liu Wei and Guan Qing, but hid in the back garden and hid behind Tao'er, hoping that if there were really rebels killing her, Tao'er would be able to protect her.
"Your Highness......" The shouts of killing in the outer courtyard became more and more intense, and Guan Qing said softly to Liu Wei: "It's better to find a place to hide......
"Hide?" Before Guan Qing's words were finished, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth pulled up an indifferent smile, raised his hand and pointed to the direction where the shouting and killing sound came, and said to Guan Qing: "In less than an hour, the rebels will definitely be broken by our army, why should this king hide?" β
Liu Bian's words are full of confidence and categorical.
No one who hears what he says will have the slightest doubt about the truth of his words.
Looking at Liu Wei, although Guan Qing still had a little worry in his expression, he didn't persuade him to find a place to hide.
The guards of the palace, led by Wang Liu and Wang Zhen, desperately resisted the rebels under LΓΌ Bu's department.
Lu Bu, who was holding Fang Tian's halberd and riding a red rabbit horse under his crotch, led the soldiers to rush into the Luoyang Palace, clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode the horse to the back garden of the palace.
Along the way, several guards tried to stop Lu Bu, but they were all knocked to the ground by the painting halberd he wielded.
However, the soldiers who followed him did not immediately follow due to the resistance of the guards, but were blocked by the palace guards in the outer garden.
Rushing into the palace alone, Lu Bu carried Fang Tian's halberd and rode his horse along the main road of the palace to rush forward.
Just as he was about to rush to the area where the dormitory was concentrated, dozens of palace guards shouted and killed from the bushes on both sides of the road, blocking his way.
Looking around at the palace guards who were blocking in front of him, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, a disdainful smile pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and he turned the halberd over, and the tip of the halberd pointed at the officer who led the group of guards.
was pointed at by Lu Bu with a halberd, knowing that Lu Bu was powerful, the officer was also a little nervous, looked at the halberd that was almost pointing to the tip of his nose, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Get out of here!" Armed with a halberd, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered to the guards who were blocking him.
Liu Wei has an absolutely high prestige in the Luoyang Army, and the soldiers of the Luoyang Army would rather die in battle than watch Liu Wei suffer a little injury, not to mention that these guards guarding the palace are all carefully selected soldiers who can stand the test in terms of combat strength and loyalty to Liu Wei.
Lu Bu's shouts not only did not frighten the group of guards standing in front of him, but instead aroused the fighting intent in the guards' chests.
Although it was explained that he could not fight Lu Bu, the officer who led the team of guards still shouted: "Brothers, take down Lu Bu!" β
As the officer shouted, dozens of guards shouted in unison, brandished the long sword in their hands, and pounced on Lu Bu.
Riding on horseback, the corners of Lu Bu's eyes twitched slightly, he snorted coldly, and at the moment when the group of guards rushed forward, he waved the halberd in his hand suddenly.
The halberd made a semi-circular arc of light that swept across the chests of the guards who pounced on him.
With a muffled snort, more than a dozen guards fell to the ground after the halberd was crossed, and a lot of blood was suddenly splattered on the bluestone road.
With just a wave of the halberd, he knocked down more than a dozen guards, but the remaining guards were not intimidated by Lu Bu's momentum.
They were just stunned for a moment, glanced at their companions who were swept to the ground by Lu Bu with sad eyes, and rushed towards Lu Bu again with a roar.
The battle in the outer courtyard continued, and just when Wang Liu and Wang Zhen were already covered in blood, and the guards fell one by one, seeing that they were about to be unable to support it, a fast horse rushed in from the main gate of the palace.
The white-robed general on horseback shouted loudly while waving the spear in his hand: "Kill! Capture Lu Bu alive! β
The white-robed general rushed into the palace, and countless tiger guards with white feathers on their helmets rushed in after him.
Lu Bu's subordinates, who had already occupied the advantage, were rushed by the Tiger Benwei like this, and they suddenly dispersed. At the same time, the Yulin and Dragoon Guards led by Gao Shun and Deng Zhan had also rushed to the street where the palace was located and were rushing towards the palace.
"Where is Your Highness?" Wielding a spear and overturning dozens of soldiers under Lu Bu's command, Zhao Yun shouted and asked her a question when he rushed in front of Wang Liu.
"It's still in the back garden, Lu Bu has already rushed in!" A sword slashed over a Lu Bujun who was rushing towards her, and Wang Liu shouted and replied to Zhao Yun.
Knowing that Lu Bu had rushed into the backyard, Zhao Yun didn't dare to delay at all, hurriedly shook the reins, clamped his legs the horse's belly, and rode the horse into the back garden of the palace.
Lu Bu, who rushed into the back garden first, was entangled by dozens of palace guards, and at first the guards also launched a pounce on him, and after being split by Lu Bu for twenty or thirty people, the remaining guards changed their tactics and surrounded Lu Bu, but they did not fight with him head-on.
The guards' change of tactics delayed Lu Bu's time a little more.
Picking up the halberd, a halberd slashed over the last guard who was blocking in front of him, Lu Bu was about to ride his horse forward, but suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him.