Chapter 448: Embattled
But that night, there were a few thunders at the beginning of summer, and it rained a heavy rain, and in the heavy rain, Yin Jixuan and Yu'er's men and horses had already come to the city, clamoring for Yin Lihui to come out to fight.
Yin Lihui woke up in his sleep and heard that Yin Jihui had already hit the door, so he hurriedly asked people to gather all the soldiers in the imperial city. Although he was not mentally prepared at this time to expect them to attack suddenly, fortunately, after forcing Yin Sheng away, the garrison of the imperial city had never fallen, so now in the face of this unruly sneak attack, he can still deal with it without panic.
Yin Lihui sent people to rush to the city gate, but he didn't know that there were enemy troops coming to defend the imperial city, and these people who only ate and didn't work until they arrived at the city gate will be dragged to the vegetable market tomorrow and beheaded.
But when Yin Jixuan ascended the city gate and looked down, he suddenly understood why the people guarding the city didn't find out. Because it was raining tonight, the other party didn't light a fire, and walked down the city gate in the dark, and their military uniforms were also pitch black, and there was no way to find them. In addition, Yin Sheng has not done anything for so long, his people have long been slack, where will they guard the city gate well.
Yin Lihui was condescending, and said to Yin Jixuan, who was riding on a tall horse: "Seventh brother, don't come unharmed, I didn't expect you to call so soon." ”
Yin Jixuan looked up at him and replied loudly: "Second brother, I didn't come here this time to fight with you, I just wanted you to let Chu Yaocen and his father go." ”
Yin Lihui glanced at the number of Yin Jixuan's army, if these were all his men, then he didn't need to be afraid of them, he didn't need to let the people from Xicheng come over, as long as the people of Nancheng could completely defeat them. What's more, they must have marched all the way, and they arrived here without rest, and they were very tired, and if they wanted to fight, they would definitely not be able to beat them. Yin Lihui didn't take his words seriously, laughed, and said, "If you let me go, I'll let it go?" Wouldn't I be shameless? ”
"Second brother, I know that you have always been a cheerful person, so I will directly talk to you about our current situation, your ally Yin Yongmin has fallen into my hands, but he may not be of much use to you, and you may not care about him. Yin Sheng and I didn't plan to start a war with you so soon, but Chu Yaocen said that he was a friend, and I came here just for the sake of my friend's righteousness, and I hope that the second brother will cooperate, otherwise it will not be good for us to really fight. ”
Yin Lihui laughed: "I don't need to give you face. ”
"Okay then." Yin Jixuan didn't talk nonsense with him anymore, glanced at Yu'er, and said, "Child, you can recite the holy decree again." ”
"Don't call me a child!" Yu'er said a word to Yin Jixuan in a deep voice, and then took out the holy decree and said Yin Sheng's decision to restore Chu Yaocen's status and rehabilitate his father.
After hearing this, Yin Lihui only felt funny, and said: "Even if Yin Sheng rehabilitates Chu Yaocen's father and makes Chu Yaocen a general, so what?" In my case, I don't admit it in the slightest. ”
"But if you capture our general, we have every reason to declare war on you." She closed the decree and said.
Yin Lihui sneered nonchalantly and said, "I'm the general who captured you, so what?" I don't even admit Yin Sheng, the emperor, and let me listen to him? ”
Yin Jixuan shook his hand: "If you don't say anything, it's not good, then we won't talk nonsense, just start fighting." ”
Yin Lihui was also not afraid, raised his hand and shouted "release the arrow", and suddenly, a group of archers stepped forward and raised their bows to shoot arrows down.
Yin Jixuan and Yu'er are not fools, since they dare to stand at the gate of the city and shout, they are naturally prepared, their team was instantly divided into two teams, one team rode on horses, raised the shields in their hands, and spliced them together tightly, without leaving a gap, a team of soldiers walked out from the shield low, carrying a thick wooden stick to hit the city gate.
In the current situation, it is impossible to say which side of the two sides has the advantage, but Yin Lihui will not be able to defeat Yin Xihui for a while, and it is not a good thing to waste time with him here. He asked the people around him: "How long will it take for the soldiers of Nancheng to arrive?" ”
The man listened to Yin Lihui's question, hurriedly went to find someone to ask, and came over after a while to answer: "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, the soldiers in Nancheng seem to have been poisoned by others at night, and they can't get here for a while." ”
"Poisoned? The military camp in Nancheng is heavily guarded, how can it be poisoned by others? Yin Lihui asked coldly, and said, "What poison?" Is it poisoned? ”
"Not yet, but ......"
"Since they are not poisoned, let them hurry over!"
The man hesitated, was silent for a long time, and still said: "But, Lord Wang, although they were not poisoned, they were given laxatives, and the people in the entire barracks had diarrhea, and the thatched houses were not enough, and they almost collapsed, and they had no strength to fight......
Yin Lihui quickly twisted his brows, in the imperial city, Chu Yaocen is in his hands, and some people who have different intentions for him have already been killed or taken out of the imperial city by him for various reasons, it stands to reason that there can be no more opponents in the entire imperial city, what kind of person is so capable, not to mention sneaking into the barracks, and poisoning them? And since this person has the ability to poison them, why is it a laxative, instead of directly poisoning them? Isn't that just a one-and-done thing?
Yin Lihui thought about it carefully, but it was not appropriate to let his people come over now, they were just sent to death like that, and it would take some time for the soldiers from Beicheng, Xicheng, and Dongcheng to rush over, and the thirty percent of the troops were not enough, so they were all lined up to other places a few days ago. So for now, it's better to stabilize Yin Jixuan's people first, and wait for their own people to survive this period of time, and then give them a great taste.
Yin Lihui said: "Then don't call them over, you go and tie up Chu Chengguan and Chu Yaocen and bring them to the city tower, go quickly!" ”
The man answered, and hurried back to the palace.
The shouts of the army of Yin Jixuan and Yu'er shook the sky, as if they could break through this gate and rush in at any time. And in this case, Yin Lihui's arrow array also looked a little chicken. If there is no way to send more men over, it is only a matter of time before the city gates are breached.
Now they can only rely on Chu Yaocen and Chu Chengguan to make them have some fears.
But after a while, the guard who was sent to take Chu Yaocen and Chu Chengguan ran back alone, and said, "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, the palace is ......"
Yin Lihui immediately grabbed the man's collar and asked loudly, "What's wrong with the palace?" Say it quickly! ”
"There is no one in the palace, and the subordinates have been looking for a long time, and they found the maids and subordinates who were tied together by the well, the lady, the son, and the father and son of the Chu family, all of whom are missing."
"Madame and they are missing?" Yin Lihui gritted his teeth and asked, and said coldly: "What kind of person is it, cooperating with Chu Yaocen in the city, and cooperating with Yin Jixuan, if I find out, I will cut off the flesh on his body piece by piece, in order to vent the anger in my heart!" ”
The messenger did not dare to respond, and quickly retreated.
Yin Lihui clenched his fists and slammed it on the city wall, what should he do now? Open the door and let them in?
No, Chu Yaocen is still in the imperial city, as long as he finds Chu Yaocen, he can also threaten them.
Thinking of this, Yin Lihui immediately ran down from the city gate, wanting to ask some people to search for Chu Yaocen throughout the process.
But before he could give the order, Chu Yaocen walked slowly from not far away and walked in front of him. Chu Yaocen smiled and asked Yin Lihui: "Lord Wang, it's so noisy outside, can it be Yin Jihui coming?" ”
Yin Lihui furrowed his brows and looked at the few people behind Chu Yaocen, none of these people he had ever seen, but it was certain that they must have saved Chu Yaocen and taken Bai Qingqing away.
Chu Yaocen was followed by a man in white, that man was extraordinary, he was not a vulgar thing at first glance, he should be the main force to cooperate with Chu Yaocen.
"My army is all poisoned, but you gave it to you?" Yin Lihui looked at the person behind Chu Yaocen and asked.
The man smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "That's right, it's me." ”
Yin Lihui squinted his eyes and looked at him carefully, and then asked: "You actually have such a great ability to sneak into the military camp to poison it, why don't you just poison my army, you only give them laxatives, and after a while, we can still kill all of you." ”
"How expensive is the medicine that poisons people, besides, there is no pharmacy that can poison people, and these drugs have smells, and your soldiers are also experienced in a hundred battles, if they are discovered, my plan will soon be in vain." And laxatives are cheap and easy to obtain, so they can hold you off for a while, so let's leave first, and that's enough. The man explained to him with a chuckle.
After hearing this, Yin Lihui said in his heart that this person was really extraordinary, so he snorted coldly and asked, "Who are you?" What is your name? ”
The man replied, "Luoyun Bow." ”
"I haven't heard of it." Yin Lihui said, he has been in the imperial city for so many years, and he really has never heard of this person. I really don't know where Chu Yaocen found a helper.
"Let's not talk nonsense, the soldiers of the Seventh Prince are about to rush in, Second Prince, don't you consider letting us out to negotiate peace first?" Luo Yungong suggested.
Yin Lihui's eyes rolled, now in this situation, it is he who suffers from the hard consumption with them, if he can stabilize them for the time being, he can also consider how to deal with them later.
"Okay, a fight will indeed make us both lose, as long as you return Qingqing and my son, I will open the city gate and let you out." Yin Lihui said.
Luo Yungong was stunned, Chu Yaocen didn't quite understand, looked at Luo Yungong and said, "Yungong, did you catch Bai Qingqing?" ”
Luo Yungong shook his head: "No, I only tied up all the subordinates of their family, and I didn't find the whereabouts of his wife." ”
Chu Yaocen frowned, what the hell is going on? Could it be that besides them, there was someone else who captured Bai Qingqing? So what is the purpose of that person?
Chu Yaocen was thinking about it, not far away, a carriage came over, drove in front of them and stopped, and then, Chu Linyuan got off the car, and Chu Linyuan helped Chu Chengguan to walk down.
Then Chu Linyuan lifted the curtain, and there were two people sitting in the carriage, Bai Qingqing and his son, who were tied up.
When Chu Linyuan saw Chu Yaocen, he smiled at him first, and said, "You guys will come out first, and you will also arrest this woman to help us escape." ”
After speaking, he said to Yin Lihui: "Lord Wang, your wife and children are in my hands, you can do it." ”