The atmosphere in Kyoto is very different from what it used to be.

The news of the mobilization of troops and horses in the northern suburbs has been spread, and the soldiers on duty at the city gate are like facing a great enemy, and they close the nine gates early before the hour comes, and they gallop away on fast horses outside the city, and go straight to the camps where they are stationed, and then a team of soldiers and soldiers are pulled out of the palace, and all the soldiers and horses of the five cities who were originally on duty at the city gate are driven to the city, and all the streets and alleys of the Beijing division are blocked, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the house, regardless of the people and officials, they are driven into their homes and are not allowed to go out without authorization.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Beishan Xiao kept pacing back and forth with a solemn face, and only then did Xu Shiyuan's blood gradually become in the Cloud Pole Palace, and he immediately regretted it afterwards!

Who is Xu Shiyuan, a person who has been appointed by the first emperor for many years and trusted, and the head of the courtiers! Now that I killed him myself, what does it mean? The first emperor is a great achievement in his life, naturally he is right, the fault can only be him, he is outrageously wrong, and the wrong cannot be reversed!

Kitayama Xiao kicked on the imperial case, and the imperial case suddenly fell to the ground, and the folding paperweight pen holder on it fell to the ground with a bang.

Yang Chengzhi hurriedly knelt down, but he didn't dare to persuade him.

This is a small waiter outside: "Your Excellency, Huayi is waiting for Cui Yu to see you outside the palace." ”

Beishan Xiao stared at the door with red eyes, and his thoughts stopped for a moment, "Let him in!" ”

After a moment, a figure at the door of the hall hurriedly came in with a solemn expression. "Minister, see the king."

Beishan Xiao saw that he was respectful as usual, and his heart was a lot more comfortable, he took two steps forward, looked at Cui Yu, carefully examined the expression on his face, and did not miss the slightest change.

Cui Yu hung his head and knelt, very worried in his heart, I don't know if the matter of his grandson Cui Sheng has reached Junshang. He hadn't seen Beishan Xiao for a long time, and a drop of cold sweat fell on the scarlet carpet.

I don't know how long it took, Beishan Xiao asked faintly: "Cui Yu, you are favored by the heavenly family, I once sent you to the border to supervise the army, and you did not disappoint the first emperor, in those years, I really fought a few beautiful battles, and in terms of bravery, I can carry the crown, with one as a hundred, so I still regard you as my right-hand man." Cui Yuzhen asked you, how does the heavenly family treat you? ”

When Cui Yu heard this, his heart was very safe, he had been in the officialdom for many years, he talked about people when he saw people, and he talked nonsense when he saw ghosts, if he didn't even understand the intention of Beishan Xiaoze's words, he would have lived in vain for decades. He touched the ground with his head and said loudly: "The emperor's grace is vast, minister, and he can only repay him with death." ”

"Are you really still loyal to the Heavenly Family, still loyal to me?"

"I would like to swear to heaven!"

"Even if the anti-thieves are coming to the city now, the society is in danger like eggs, and it will fall at the touch of a button?"

"Life is a royal slave, death is a royal ghost!"

Cui Yu's attitude was very resolute and did not hesitate, Beishan Xiao was only half relieved, he sat down in the chair, stunned for a long time, and said: "In your opinion, what is the current situation?" ”

"The main arch guard army of the Beijing division is the twelve regiment battalions, but at this time, the border army is divided into 30,000 cavalry and set up a sniper battalion outside the city, the regimental battalion has been idle for a long time, although the number is numerous, but according to the old minister's view, the victory or defeat is still unknown, so the main force in the capital division is only in the four guards under the jurisdiction of the imperial horse prison, including the guard battalion, the brave army battalion, a total of more than 20,000 people, this is the only elite division in the capital division city......"

The more Beishan Xiao listened, the more disappointed he became, and said angrily: "Could it be that I have been set aside? Is there only 20,000 soldiers and horses available? ”

Cui Yu didn't dare to say a lot of things, and said with a wry smile: "Of course, there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but according to the ancestral system the regimental battalion is not stationed in the city, and now it is blocked outside the city by the border army, and there are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in the five cities in the city, as well as the so-called 26 guards of the pro-army, more than half of these 26 guards are stationed outside the city, although the remaining 12 guards are in the city, the soldiers have not practiced for a long time, the generals in the army are greedy for ink and lack of salaries, and the twelve guards are no different from lazy men and idle men. These twelve guards and the five cities of the Soldiers and Horses can hardly be considered. ”

"So, I don't have a chance to turn the tables around?"

"That's not it, the old minister is quite confident in the combat power of the four guards of Gyeonggi, this army is a real elite division, in the past, His Majesty was still martial, often forbidden to practice martial arts, and it was also this army that was trained, the old minister can say that their combat power is not inferior to the border army......"

"That's just over 20,000 ......"

Cui Yu sighed, lowered his head and said, "If everything ends in the end, the old minister is willing to accompany His Majesty to Huangquan." ”

Beishan Xiao was shocked and said ruthlessly: "It must not be like this!" ”

Cui Yu glanced at him and said, "Before the old minister entered the palace, I heard that Lord Xu's mansion was empty, and there was not even a single ...... of the subordinates."

"I really thought it right, Xu Shiyuan's death advice when he entered the palace was arranged by them to calculate me!" Kitayama Xiao was furious. This is the real time of internal and external difficulties, he closed his eyes in weariness and despair. "The ministers of the Zhao Dynasty will come to the Yunji Hall court meeting!"

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Approaching the sub-time.

Tongyang Pass, the city is covered with war clouds, people roar and neigh, and the peaceful scene of the past is no longer there.

Officials and civilians were driven into their homes, the guards and horses of the various divisions in the city were frequently mobilized, and the chaotic and noisy footsteps spread in the streets and alleys, this important checkpoint of calm and tranquility in Da'an, when the soldiers came to the city a hundred years ago, the subjects of Jingshi were also shrouded in the shadow of war, and after a hundred years of peace and tranquility, the war quietly came to this ancient vicissitudes of life again.

In the road under the city wall and the city gate, the soldiers gathered in the city wall, rolling wood, stones, fire oil, artillery and other city defense weapons were carried on the city wall like a people, and a fluttering Ming and Yellow Dragon Flag was erected high at the head of the city, showing the determination of the Tongyang Pass defenders not to give in.

The gate of one end of the Yongdao was closed, and the other end of the alarmed defenders of the city came like a tide, and the two sides of the men and horses quickly became a ball, and the screams were intertwined, and the general of the Baimeng, who did not look very old, divided the siege army into two parts, one part desperately resisted the soldiers at the end of the Yongdao, and the rest of the people went crazy towards the city gate.

The hundred households guarding the gate were killed by the battle of the trapped beasts, and they were forced to the door by the soldiers of the Hundred Leagues in a few breaths, they were killed, and the fierce light in their eyes flickered non-stop, and when they were about to kill the hundred households in one go to seize the city gate, the other side of the subordinates who desperately resisted screamed a few times, and died under the knife of the soldiers defending the city.

Nikian squinted, it turned out to be the leader of the other party's defenders, the one surnamed Ji! He had to divide his troops to resist again, the pressure of the soldiers in the city gate suddenly relaxed, the resistance became more and more fierce, the offensive and defensive momentum of seizing the city gate immediately turned, Nikan and his subordinates were blocked at both ends, and the situation became more and more critical.

Outside the city gate, 20,000 troops had begun to attack the city, and the pre-agreed city gate was not opened, so they had to set up a ladder to climb the city wall, and the soldiers defending the city were fiercely inseparable, and each suffered heavy casualties.

In the corridor, Nikean's eyes were red, and his expression became more and more anxious, the victory or defeat of this battle was very important, I thought that the other party had no support and should be very easy to deal with, but I never thought that it was a hard bone to gnaw!

But their numbers are far beyond the reach of the other party!

One by one, the gates were breached, and the drawbridges hanging high by the gates were broken with heavy hammers, and the drawbridges creaked with overwhelming squeaks under the gaze of countless Dao Dao fearful and joyful, and finally shook a few times, and fell down like an exhausted giant, and lay across the surface of the moat.

The situation on Ji Yun's side is much worse than that of the other party, the soldiers under his command screamed one by one and died under the knife of Nikean, Ji Yun had red eyes, gritted his teeth fiercely, simply turned around, turned his entire back towards Yongdao, and desperately killed towards the city gate, but just turned around for a moment, he was stabbed several times on his back, and the criss-crossing knife edges were like a baby's small mouth grinning. Blood gushed out.

"If you win, you live, and if you lose, you die!" The corners of Ji Yun's mouth were bleeding, and he shouted with a wide eye.

The soldiers behind him responded violently, everyone had a determined look on their faces, the steel knives in their hands danced vigorously, and the tide-like soldiers of the Baimeng seemed to have encountered a barrage dam, and the fierce offensive was actually blocked on the Yongdao pass.

But there are too many people in Baimeng......

Just when Ji Yun's subordinates were about to be overwhelmed by the soldiers of the Hundred Alliances like small waves, a rush suddenly sounded from the periphery of the heavily surrounded Yongdao, and the enemy soldiers fell to the ground with screams, and crossbow arrows shot towards them like a rain of rain.

The sudden attack caused the offensive of the soldiers on the periphery to stagnate, and the situation of the enemy and us instantly turned around, and now one layer after another, and both sides were in a situation where they were under the enemy's back.

As soon as the offensive slowed down, the crossbow arrows became more and more intense, and they poured mercilessly towards the soldiers of the Hundred Alliance, and in a moment they put down a hundred and ten people, and the tightly blocked city gate and road were quickly killed to open a bloody path.

Ji Yun and his subordinates, who were about to die at the city gate, squinted and looked at the end of the road, but saw Gongsun Xian, who was wearing a bright light armor, leading nearly a thousand elite soldiers to arrive.

Ji Yun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly was overjoyed: "It's you?" ”

Gongsun Xian led thousands of people to kill all the way from Yongdao to Ji Yun, his face was splashed with blood, and he looked very hideous and terrifying. But at this time, in Ji Yun's eyes, he was simply a god.

With a new new force, there are still hundreds of shooters equipped with repeating crossbows, hundreds of machine crossbows guarding the city gate, and the rest of the people are struggling to kill the dozens of soldiers who are close to the city gate, and the battle situation is suddenly one-sided.

At this time, Ji Yun's pressure had been reduced a lot, and he even had time to turn his head and speak.

"Why are you here?" "No, no, you know my sister, protect the short." As the two spoke, the enemy troops of the Hundred Alliances with their backs against the city gate were finally killed in the stormy slashing and slashing. The spear in Gongsun Xian's hand was like mercury, dragging out a long snow-white horse, and an enemy's chest was cut by the knife with a long bloody wound, and he fell to the ground screaming.

Ji Yun knew that he was joking, and the situation in Shubei Gongsun Lan was clear to him before leaving, but now was not the time to ask. "Retreat from the enemy first!"