Chapter 789: Assassination
The pro-army escorted the emperor all the way back to the capital.
Dozens of light riders opened the way in front and walked very smoothly.
The Emperor drove his horse forward in a heroic manner, just as in the autumn hunt, and the greatest prey was in front of him, and he was about to show his skills.
"Your Majesty, the palace in front has been cleaned up," Yu Jiang stepped forward to say, "However, we are in a hurry, and the people who serve us are probably not well prepared." ”
The emperor waved his hand: "It's important to hurry." ”
The officials guarding the palace came all the way to greet him, and when he saw the emperor, he didn't even dare to speak, and lowered his head nervously: "The holy car came, and the ministers were incompetent and did not make proper arrangements, so that the saint suffered from running around." ”
The emperor said indifferently: "Lead the way!" ”
The palace has already prepared meals, and there are also soldiers and horses stationed in the guards, and they are about to enter the palace, Yu Jiang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, let the guards take over here, and the meals inside must also be re-prepared by the palace people we brought." "The more times like this, the more you can't be careless.
The Emperor nodded.
Yu Jiang immediately led people forward, and soon all the soldiers in the palace withdrew, and the guards went in to check a few times before he was relieved to invite the emperor in.
The emperor sat in the chair, although he was already tired, his spirit was still very good, he had to hurry tomorrow at dawn, the closer he was to Beijing, the safer he became, everything he wanted was already in front of him, almost at his fingertips.
After eating, freshening up, the emperor disposed of the folds and lay down on the bed to rest.
Feng Shun and his guards were guarding the door, he didn't have the slightest worry, and fell asleep in a daze.
"Your Majesty...... The Emperor ......"
I don't know how long later, an urgent voice came, and the emperor slowly opened his eyes, and for a moment he couldn't tell where he was.
"Your Majesty, someone attacked the palace, the guards guarding the door were killed, and the slaves and maids escorted the emperor to leave here first."
Hearing this, the emperor's drowsiness immediately went away, and he got up from the bed all of a sudden, and Feng Shun's face immediately came into view.
At this moment, Feng Shun's face was panicked, and his eyes were full of anxious expression.
"What did you say?" The emperor asked.
Before Feng Shun could speak, the emperor had already heard a noisy noise outside.
Feng Shun said: "The officials of the palace may have been bought by the people of the southeast, they took the opportunity to send food to the pro-army and suddenly made a move, several captains were murdered, thanks to Yu Jiang and others immediately discovered the abnormality, and have already led people to meet the enemy, just in case, the emperor still left the palace first, several generals are waiting outside, and the slaves and maids serve you to get up." ”
"Damn the traitor," the Emperor said, turning to fetch his sword, "I'm going to kill them all." ”
Feng Shun was stunned: "Your Majesty, you can't get into danger." As he spoke, he was about to step forward to stop him, but the emperor stretched out his hand and pushed him aside.
The gate opened, and the emperor walked out of the house, and sure enough, he saw the guards standing in the courtyard.
"Your Majesty," General Ni stepped forward, "the soldiers of the guard have defected to the rebels, and they can't stay here any longer." ”
"How many rebels are there?" The emperor said, "Didn't I already let people take over the guard? Is that the same people who were removed from here earlier? "If it's just those people, there's nothing to be afraid of.
General Ni's face was pale, those people came out of nowhere, and their actions and methods did not look like the defenders of the palace.
The elite soldiers and generals on the guard were all transferred away by the imperial court, and most of these people left behind were slightly older soldiers, these people were lazy and lazy on weekdays, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't have much ability, but he just saw those soldiers bravely kill the pro-military captains, and their fists and feet are very good, just like assassins who were specially selected by someone, and they are here to murder the emperor.
Few people know about the emperor all the way here, and it is even more impossible for Song Chengxuan in the southeast to get the news in time, make these arrangements in advance, and plan to assassinate someone else tonight.
For the sake of now, they should get out of here first, lest these people have other means.
General Ni was about to speak.
"There is no way for the faint king, we will kill the faint monarch to avenge the prince of Wei."
Shouting was heard.
"The stolen throne should also be returned to the King of Wei......"
When the emperor heard these words, his anger swelled up, and he immediately drew the long sword at his waist and instructed General Ni: "I order you to kill the traitors immediately." ”
General Ni was slightly stunned and couldn't help but open his mouth.
"What are you doing?" The Emperor snapped, "Go." ”
General Ni didn't dare to slack off any longer, and immediately bowed down and said, "Weichen has an order." "They brought a lot of people, even if there would be some losses in killing these people, they could protect the emperor to Beijing.
General Ni led people out of the courtyard.
After a while, only a "boom" was heard, and the entire palace shook, and the emperor frowned, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Your Majesty," General Ni returned to the courtyard with a disgraced face, "There are firearms buried in the palace, and we are surrounded by people, Your Majesty...... Let's leave. ”
As he spoke, the sound of thunder sounded again.
The guards are not familiar with this palace, it is like falling into a big net, it is difficult to stretch their hands and feet, and if they continue like this, they will only suffer more casualties.
Seeing that the emperor still hadn't made up his mind, General Ni immediately led everyone to kneel down and plead.
The emperor nodded reluctantly, he didn't understand how some soldiers who couldn't get on the stage could compete with his pro-army, he was a ninety-five, and he had to flee for this.
General Ni breathed a sigh of relief, but it was not so simple to go to the palace, there were people and horses in ambush outside the palace gate, and it took a lot of effort for the pro-army to open a gap and protect the emperor and rush out of the door.
After galloping for an hour, the emperor dismounted to rest, looking at the embarrassed crowd and the reduced manpower, the emperor was even more angry, how could he have a majestic appearance now, just like a lost dog.
What kind of ability does Song Chengxuan have to make these people willingly take refuge.
"Your Majesty," Yu Jiang and the others also caught up, "There is a change on the road, should we go back to the Chinese army camp first?" The news of the emperor's return to Beijing has been leaked, and I am afraid that the rebels have other arrangements. "There are not many pro-army soldiers, and if the rebels come, it will not be so easy to get out.
The emperor looked forward: "Before that, there were soldiers and horses stationed in Beijing to respond, and now it will take longer to return to the Chinese army camp?" ”
Having said that, it was a long way to get to the capital from here, and Yu Jiang felt that someone would be waiting for them in ambush there, and those people expected that the emperor would return to Beijing wholeheartedly, and all the people were arranged there, and if the emperor changed his mind, those people's plans would fail.
The guards reorganized their troops and horses, and soon escorted the emperor to continue to walk forward.
A gust of wind hit the official road, it was supposed to be summer, but this wind made people feel cold.
The trees rustled like someone was hiding in them.
"Someone is in ambush." The front army shouted.
"Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh", arrows immediately shot from both sides.
"Protect the Emperor." General Ni shouted.
The soldiers and horses of the guards immediately gathered towards the emperor, and the guards had become panicked at this time.