With the horses' hooves roaring and the dust flying, Pei Qijun led 80,000 iron horsemen into the imperial city and stepped all the way to the towering palace city.

In front of the palace gate, Pei Qijun stood on his horse, he looked up at the man in the dragon robe and golden crown on the city tower, and a touch of sneer appeared on his lips: "Pei Gongcuo, I can't imagine it, you will also have today?" ”

Pei Gongcuoyu's face was calm and he couldn't see his expression, and after staring at him for a moment, he hooked his lips and smiled: "Brother Huang, don't come unharmed." ”

"You still have the heart to catch up." Pei Qijun sneered, "If you know each other, you will present the jade seal of the country and the edict of succession with both hands, otherwise you will not blame me for being polite." ”

"Oh?" Pei Gongcuo said slowly, "How is the imperial brother going to be polite?" ”

"Naturally, I will use my 80,000 iron horses to open the palace gate, and then push you off the dragon seat."

"I'd like to know if you have what it takes."

"In that case," Pei Qijun waved his arms and raised his voice, "Siege!" ”

As soon as the words fell, countless stride-on arrows shot out from the three-bow bed crossbow behind him, and they were firmly nailed into the city wall in rows, and the siege soldiers rushed forward and climbed up after him.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Pei Gongcuo gave an order, and arrows rained down and shot at the climbing soldiers. At the same time, Pei Qijun ordered the release of rockets to attack and defend. For a time, Miyagi was shrouded in a rain of arrows like locusts and a blazing smoke.

One fell down, one fell and the other went up, the vivid life turned into a corpse in the blink of an eye, and the rich bloody gas filled the suffocating air, like a hell.

The rain of arrows stopped, and as soon as some soldiers climbed the city wall, they were met by the guards with swords and died on the spot. However, the number of soldiers who managed to climb the tower continued to increase, swords fluttered, spears roared, screams, and screams were heard endlessly.

Pei Gongcuo, together with Han Zheng, Hua Dui, Fu Xin and the soldiers defending the city, swung his sword and killed countless enemies, but he was outnumbered. Seeing that the palace gate was opened, the enemy army drove straight in, and the two sides were engaged in the final desperate fight, he smiled sadly, looked up at the bloody sun, and the afterglow of the setting sun just poured on the city tower, which was very magnificent and poignant.

However, when his eyes flickered, he saw bursts of dust and smoke rising in the distance, and he looked intently, only to see a hunting banner written on it in the galloping of thousands of horses, with the word "end" written on it, shining in the setting sun.

He hooked his lips and smiled, as expected, King Duan came at the right time.

Pei Qijun couldn't help frowning when he saw Pei Yingshi arriving with soldiers and horses. He commanded half of the forbidden army in Beijing, although the military power was in his hands. When he appeared at this time, did he come to help him, or did he come to stir up the situation?

Everyone also stopped fighting and looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that were approaching.

Not far from the gate of the palace, Pei Yingshi took the lead in reining and immediately reined in, and everyone behind him also stopped, waiting for Pei Yingshi's order.

"All the soldiers obey the order! Pei Qijun rebelled, everyone was punished, if anyone took him down, there would be a reward! ”

Pei Yingshi's voice was sonorous and powerful, and when the words fell, not only did the soldiers behind him come forward one after another, but even the soldiers under Pei Qijun who originally shared the same hatred began to kill each other.

Pei Qijun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and before he could figure out which Pei Yingshi was singing, he saw a feather arrow cross the distance of dozens of zhang, pass through the figure of the fierce battle, and accurately sink into his chest.

At this moment when he was hit by the arrow, he finally understood that Pei Yingshi's subordinates who had followed him all the way but now turned against their subordinates and drew their swords against their subordinates were not here to help him. Everything was premeditated by him. The snipe and the clam competed, the fisherman profited, and he was busy, but he made wedding clothes for others. It's ridiculous!

At the same time as he fell to the ground, a vigorous voice overshadowed the screams and killing, and reached everyone's hearts: "Pei Qijun has been hit by an arrow, and the tiger and wolf soldiers are coming to the city, my Nanxiu soldiers must stop killing each other." ”

Including Pei Gongcuo, everyone invariably looked at the source of the voice, which was actually Yan Xun, the first guard beside Pei Yingshi. I saw him fly and jump to the side of Pei Qijun who was unconscious, picked him up, stepped on the arrow and jumped up to the city tower with the help of the arrow, threw him in front of Pei Gongcuo and said: "Pei Qijun rebelled and should be punished, but the emperor listened to the traitor, framed Zhongliang, disregarded the safety of the country with his own selfishness, and changed generals on the spot, resulting in the loss of the country, the martyrdom of the soldiers, and the people's livelihood, what face can afford to support this dragon robe?" ”

Pei Gongcuo smiled instead of being angry: "The words are high-sounding, but no matter how I hear it, I feel that King Duan is not here to protect the country and save the driver, but for my dragon robe." ”

Pei Yingshi's voice came faintly from below: "The national crisis is at the head, and an emperor with responsibility and courage is needed to lead the people to drive away the enemy, if it is not for the ministers to come in time, the imperial brother can't even save his own life, how can he protect the country?" ”

As soon as his voice fell, some soldiers echoed him, all of which asked Pei Gongcuo to abdicate and make way for Xian, and let Pei Ying release him.

Pei Gongcuo's eyes lit up, and he pointed at Li Zhihang and said: "You said that I listened to traitors, framed Zhongliang, and changed generals in battle, so Li Zhihang is now helping to abuse and leading troops to force the palace, have I wronged him?" ”

Everyone was suddenly silent and looked at Li Zhihang. Li Zhihang trembled, and immediately defended himself: "The minister has no intention of rebellion, only because the emperor wants to punish the minister's crime, the minister will defect in desperation." ”

Pei Gongcuo scolded: "You secretly hid the tribute first, and helped Pei Qijun to rebel later, and you committed this unforgivable crime, and even used strong words." May I ask King Duan, if it is you, and you learn that he has the intention of rebellion, should you change the general in advance, or continue to stay in the position of him to rebel? ”

Pei Yingshi smiled slightly: "What the imperial brother said is not unreasonable, but the result is obvious to all. Now that the people's hearts are wanting, why don't you hand over the imperial power and become the emperor? ”

Pei Gongcuo replied unexpectedly: "In your heart, which is heavier, Jiangshan or Myanmar?" ”

Pei Yingshi was stunned for a moment, then hooked her lips and smiled, and she did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Jiangshan and her, I want it." ”

"What if you had to choose one or the other?"

Pei Ying sneered: "Brother Huang, don't you want to tell me that as long as I am willing to give up the throne, you will give her to me?" ”

Pei Gongcuo shook his head slightly: "I will never exchange her, I just want an answer." If you feel that the throne is more important than hers, then I will fulfill you, but I have a request. ”

"What request?"

"Let me go out of the palace."

"Why?"

"I'm going to find Myanmar."

Pei Yingshi was stunned: "Isn't she in the palace?" ”

Pei Gongcuo raised his eyes to look at the distant void, and his voice was hard to hide the heaviness: "She was taken captive." ”

Pei Yingshi said in shock: "What's the matter? ”

Pei Gongcuo turned his gaze back to him: "You follow me to the imperial study, and I will draw up an edict for you." As he spoke, he turned and went down the tower.

Pei Yingshi turned over and dismounted and chased forward, grabbed his arm and said, "You make it clear, who has taken Mian'er away?" ”

There was sadness in Pei Gongcuo's eyes, and he shook his head: "I don't know either. ”

"Where was she taken captive?"

"Jungle in the eastern suburbs."

As soon as his words fell, Pei Yingshi disappeared in front of him. He couldn't help but be stunned, he couldn't imagine that Myanmar had already regained these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in his heart.

Pei Yingshi finally gave up the throne at his fingertips. If there is no sharing of flowers and Burma, even if the king is in the world and the country is picturesque, he will only face the loneliness of the mountains and rivers.

He led a large number of people to the dense forest in the eastern suburbs, and searched the corpse of every man in black in detail, not letting go of any clues. The hard work paid off, and he actually found a bronze waist plate with a phoenix pattern on one of them. This is the pass token for the Amaterasu Imperial Guard. In other words, it was the people of the Amaterasu family who assassinated Hanama. She was either taken captive by them or rescued.

He immediately sent two groups of people out, one to Amaterasu to investigate, and the other to search in Nanxiu.

A few days later, Yingcheng was captured by Ji Yunye, and Wen Liangyu, Hua Li and others retreated to Xiaocheng. This is the last barrier close to the imperial capital, if Xiaocheng is captured, Nanxiu will no longer be in danger to defend, and will be smashed by Huanglong.

Some people suggested that Pei Gongcuo reinstate Li Zhihang and let him make meritorious contributions. Not only did he refuse this request, but he immediately beheaded him for public display, with the intention of killing chickens and monkeys, and then personally took command of the battle.

Hua Mian woke up from a nightmare. She sat up suddenly, her hands covering her heart, panting heavily, soaked like water, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

At that time, Ling Yue was basking in the sun in the yard with her child in her arms, and hurriedly ran into the room when she heard the movement. Seeing that Hua Mian looked lost and depressed, he stepped forward and put the child on the bed to check her pulse.

After a while, he frowned deeply and said, "You are overly sad, and you have already hurt your lungs, resulting in a lack of yang qi and a weak body. The great treasure of the sky, a pill red sun, the great treasure of people, a vein of true yang. Don't think about unpleasant things anymore. ”

Hua Mian stroked his chest and said: "I don't want to think about it, but just now I dreamed that Ah Cuo and Ye Ge confronted each other in a canyon, and they were hit by an arrow at the same time, Ah Cuo fell off the cliff, and Ye Ge fell off his horse." I tried to save them but I couldn't do anything but watch them leave me. ”

Ling Yue comforted, "It's just a dream. ”

Hua Mian shook her head: "I always thought that this would happen, and I was going to stop them." ”

"How do you stop it? Now that Ji Yunye has hit Xiao Cheng, and Pei Gongcuo is personally in charge, I am afraid that they have already encountered it. ”

"What did you say?" Hua Mian was taken aback, "Where are we now?" ”

"It's about a hundred miles away from Xiaocheng, and it's a small rural courtyard."

Hua Mian breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not too far, and it was a few hours away by carriage. She was about to lift the quilt and get up, her eyes suddenly caught by the baby who was sucking her fingers at the end of the bed and looking at her with a pair of big watery eyes. She was excited, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the child in her arms.