Chapter 255: The Former Place of the Imperial Palace
Looking from the tower of Donghua Gate, on the mountain road in front of the left, a team is marching rapidly. The firelight flickered and flickered, as if there was some kind of pattern.
The fast-moving team is like a winding fire dragon, even in the dark night, it is magnificent.
This was the signal for the Meng family's army when it marched rapidly at night.
"Quick, open the south gate and welcome the army into the city!" Yun Fei looked happy and shouted loudly.
Yin Shuo gathered his troops at the east and west gates, so the south city gate was still safe for the time being.
The city gate slowly opened, and the Meng family's elite cavalry entered the city quickly and orderly. The first to bear the brunt was naturally the Xuanwangfu secret guard dressed in black.
After Meng Yuanheng entered the city, he divided the army into two teams, one team was led by Yu Jing, the defender of Shangyong City, and went to Xihuamen to defend the city, and the other team was led by himself to reinforce Donghuamen. As for the north and south gates, he also dispatched a considerable number of troops to garrison them in case Yin Shuo launched a sneak attack.
As soon as the Meng family army came, they quickly lined up and launched a large-scale attack on the Dongyue army with a thunderous force, killing them by surprise.
"Lord, you're here." Yun Fei rushed to Meng Yuanheng in a few steps, followed by Ning Fei, who looked adoring.
Meng Yuanheng is still wearing the purple brocade robe, his white hair is flying in the wind, his eyes are cold and indifferent, although the rapid march of several days and nights has made him a little dusty, but the tall, thin and straight body of the brocade clothes and white hair is still like the cold moon in the sky, unattainable.
Looking at Yun Fei and Ning Fei's embarrassed appearance covered in blood, he bowed his head lightly, "You are also tired, let's go and rest for a while." ”
"We're not tired!" When Ning Fei saw Meng Yuanheng, he was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, the previous fatigue was swept away, and he came to Yun Fei to introduce himself to Meng Yuanheng: "Lord Xuan, my name is Ning Fei, and I am the son of Ning Hou. ”
Yun Fei couldn't help but roll his eyes in the back.
Boy, can you give me a little reserve!
The cold look on Meng Yuanheng's face did not change, but he nodded towards Ning Fei and said, "What about the Donghua Gate guards?" ”
Li Mu is pricking the wound in the back, and if the wound on his shoulder is not treated, he is afraid that he will lose too much blood and pass out. Hearing Meng Yuanheng ask, he hurriedly tied the bandages, then walked forward and saluted Meng Yuanheng with a fist.
"Li Mu, the guard of Donghua Gate, has seen Lord Xuan."
Li Mu is also a veteran of the Dasheng Dynasty, when the former Xuan King Meng Langqing was alive, he can also be said to have had a little friendship, and Li Mu is obviously a little excited to see the son of the old man in this situation.
Although the Xuan Wangfu has declared its separation from Dasheng's autonomy, in Li Mu's mind, Xuanwangfu is still the Xuanwangfu that guards Dasheng's territory and protects Dasheng's people.
Just like today, at the time of the national crisis, didn't King Xuan lead the army to the rescue in time?
This is the same sect, and blood is thicker than water, and this will not change no matter what.
"General Li doesn't have to be polite." Meng Yuanheng's impression of Li Mu was also not bad, he glanced at his injuries and reached out to help him, "The defense map of Shengjing City has been leaked, this king needs to re-arm, and General Li needs to help in this matter." ”
Li Mu has guarded the imperial city for many years, and he is most familiar with the distribution of troops inside and outside the imperial city. But when he first heard about the leakage of the capital's defense map, he was very surprised, "No wonder Yin Shuo was able to hit here in just a few days, it turned out to be like this!" It's just that this Kyoto defense map is a secret, how did it get into the hands of the Dongyue people? ”
"Now I have to ask the red man next to your emperor, the prime minister who is in charge of the cabinet." Yun Fei sneered on the side.
"What!" Li Mu was shocked, "You mean...... Is it Rong Huaizhong's ghost? Why did he do that? This Shengjing City is gone, what good is it for him? ”
He was puzzled, but seeing Meng Yuanheng and Yun Fei's affirmative looks, he knew that this matter was probably true. This matter must be inseparable from Rong Huaizhong.
"Rong Huaizhong, this son of a bitch!" Almost none of the generals of the Dasheng Dynasty had a good impression of Rong Huaizhong's treacherous appearance, and Li Mu had long been unaccustomed to what he had done, so he immediately sent someone to get the capital defense map, and discussed with Meng Yuanheng the deployment of troops and generals, and redeployed the distribution of troops in Shengjing City.
Although the Meng army went through a few days of rapid marching, but after years of strict training, their combat effectiveness was not affected, and the Dongyue soldiers were already a little tired after nearly a day and a night of fighting, and under several rounds of strong attacks by the Meng army, it didn't take long for them to be difficult to parry, and they were defeated and retreated.
On this night, the horse's hooves neighed, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the corpses were piled up all over the streets and alleys of Shengjing City, and the air seemed to be filled with a smell of blood.
It wasn't until the sky was white that the battle was gradually coming to an end.
Yin Shuo can sit on the throne of King Dongyue in just a few years, and he is naturally a person who understands current affairs. Seeing that his side had no advantage, and that any further fight would only cause losses to the troops and increase casualties, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and order a retreat and retreat to the outside of the city.
After another round of fierce fighting, the Dongyue army was finally expelled from the capital.
The heavy gates were closed again. Under the deployment of Meng Yuanheng, the Meng family army quickly laid down the city defenses, while the hidden wolf team members searched the streets and alleys for the fish that had slipped through the net.
Reconnaissance and street fighting are the strengths of the hidden wolf, and with the help of the people of the capital, the Dongyue soldiers hiding in the city were cleaned up after a short time.
Meng Yuanheng stood on top of the towering tower of Shengjing with his hands in his hands, and the faint morning light sprinkled on his shoulders, making his casually tied white hair even more cold.
Downstairs in the city, the Dasheng army is cleaning up the battlefield. The corpses were all alive not long ago, but at this moment, they could only be collected by unknown people and hastily buried or cremated.
War is such a cruelty of white bones.
Meng Yuanheng looked at this scene condescendingly, his eyes were as calm as water, and his expression was light from beginning to end.
There was a sound of broken footsteps behind him, and after a while, Ning Feichun, Ning's personal maid, hurriedly ran up to the city tower and said to Ning Feiyu: "Second son, Miss asked you to hurry back to the house, master, he's about to die..."
"What did you say?" Ning Fei's eyes widened, "How can this be?" As he spoke, he said goodbye to Meng Yuanheng and the others, and left in a hurry.
Meng Yuanheng glanced at Yun Fei, who was obviously a little uneasy, and said, "You can also accompany him to take a look." ”
Yun Fei was worried about Ning Fei, so she nodded immediately and hurriedly followed Ning Fei's footsteps.
"General Li, I'll leave it to you here." Meng Yuanheng left these words, turned around and walked down the city tower.
I haven't set foot in the imperial city for a few years, and now I have returned here again, but I am only full of sadness.
Walking up the long steps, Meng Yuanheng's tall and thin back looked extremely lonely in the huge Forbidden City.
Sure enough, as he expected, this palace was more lifeless and less popular than it was at the beginning.
There were almost no obstacles all the way to Meng Tianjue's dormitory. Several palace maids and eunuchs were guarding outside the palace gate, and when they saw Meng Yuanheng approaching, although they knew his identity, they didn't know how to call him, they looked at each other for a while, and no one stepped forward to salute, let alone dare to stop him.
It's really that the momentum of the white-haired man in front of him is too terrifying.
"Meng Tianyu is not dead yet." Meng Yuanheng stood outside the hall gate, pulled the corners of his mouth disdainfully, and said lightly.
"Bold, you dare to be so disrespectful to the emperor!" One of the younger eunuchs, Xu Xu, had just entered the palace, and he didn't know the cold white-haired man in front of him, and when he heard that Meng Yuanheng didn't take the emperor in his eyes at all, he couldn't help but scold.
"Hugh is rude." At this time, there was a woman's clear drink in the hall, and then an older palace maid walked out of the hall and saluted Meng Yuanheng. "Lord Xuan, the queen is invited."