The sound of hurried footsteps sounded above the imperial city, and several forbidden people in armor knelt down on one knee in front of them and said a few words. Fan Xian stood behind the eldest prince and listened calmly, there was no surprise in his heart, he searched all night and caught the queen, but he did not catch the prince, and the soldiers sent to the two mansions of Ye Qin also pounced.

Just as the eldest princess sent people to surround Fan's Mansion at the beginning, she was helpless to pounce on a reason, these characters of the older generation, even if they don't have the strength of the past, they still see the trend of the turmoil very clearly. Especially like the Ye Qin family, since they are determined to hold the hem of the eldest princess's skirt and rebel, where will Fan Xian and them catch any useful hostages.

As for the other schools, they reported to the eldest prince separately about the defense situation in Kyoto at this time. After hearing this, the eldest prince frowned slightly, waved his hand to let them go down, turned to Fan Xian and said, "The current situation is that if you shrink into the palace according to the established method...... If all the terrain outside the palace is handed over to them. The rebels have set up a position to surround this palace, and we have no power to turn the sky upside down. ”

Fan Xian looked at him.

"But the problem is that if we start harassing the rebels from the moment they enter the city, it will only play the role of harassment, not much at all. The eldest prince said, "I have too few troops in my hands. ”

At this time, the morning sun has risen, and the red light shines on the vermilion palace wall, and then reflects out, so that the entire palace city and a large square in front of it are shrouded in warm color, which is the clear and quiet moat behind the side of the palace, and it is also soaked in a palpitating red, like blood.

"If you want to delay time, you have to strike at the first moment they enter the Kyoto gate. The eldest prince looked at Chaoyang, squinted slightly and said, "The problem at hand is that the problem at hand. Your agents in the Overseer are cut off by the walls of the Quartet. There is no way to deliver information at all, and we must guess through which gate the army will enter Beijing. ”

"There is a distance from the city gate to the palace. It's enough for us to kill each other's spirits. Fan Xian bowed his head and said, "If you really want me to guess where the army entered Beijing from the city gate." I bet ...... Zhengyangmen. ”

"Same as I thought. The eldest prince nodded. The rebels attacked Kyoto from the Yuantai battalion. The nearest gate is Zhengyang Gate. Moreover, the Thirteen City Gates Division and the Dibu Ya were also located in that place, although Zhang Deqing rebelled, only that city gate was personally controlled by him. The eldest princess's army entered Beijing through this gate. The safest and smoothest.

The eldest prince frowned and said, "I left a cavalry team there. ”

Fan Xian glanced at him. A hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and me was too great, and it was impossible to keep the enemy out of the city gate. But he and the eldest prince must be at the moment when the rebels enter the city. gave the other party a blow that was painful to remember. in order to reduce the morale of the rebels a little.

However, this army that has only been thrown into the army will definitely be swallowed up by the surging momentum of the army, and I am afraid that no one will survive.

seemed to sense what Fan Xian was thinking. The eldest prince frowned slightly. He said in a deep voice: "As a soldier of Qingguo." Disregard one's own safety. Deserved. ”

Fan Xian thought slightly, it was just the Son of Heaven's family fighting for power and profit, but he asked these ordinary soldiers to throw their heads and spill their blood. At this moment, a gust of morning wind blew. With the wind, there were some voices full of blood and murderous aura in the imperial city. It was the officers of the forbidden army. Began to carry out the final mobilization of his subordinates before the war, for a while. Inside and outside the Imperial City. A slaughter. There seemed to be tension in the air.

"One last time I asked you if you wanted to go. The eldest prince squinted at the city gate in the east, and didn't look at Fan Xian, "When the army surrounds the palace, it will be impossible to break through." ”

He had discussed this issue with Fan Xian several times. The eldest prince originally intended to lead the forbidden army to attract the rebels to Kyoto for a bloody fight, while Fan Xian was helped by more than a thousand agents of the Supervision Yuan. With those in the palace. Find a way to live. Fight your way out of the gates. Hurry south to Weizhou.

Fan Xian was still the same as he had been during the previous discussions. shook his head slightly, not to mention that the breakthrough is a few points, even if it can break through. He would not let the eldest prince be torn to pieces by the army of the eldest princess alone, and he still had a great expectation in his heart. Let him stand firmly on the walls with his feet firmly on the wall.

He followed the direction of the eldest prince's gaze, staring at the more solemn Zhengyang Gate under the rising sun, without saying a word.

The whole of Kyoto did not wake up with the rising sun, and hundreds of thousands of people stayed at home in fear, listening to the movement outside and the streets between the houses. Tianhe Avenue, the yamen, is empty and silent.

It's so quiet, so cold, that it feels like the first day is still endlessly late. The whole of Kyoto has become an isolated city, a dead city.

At this moment, an ominous sound suddenly came from the morning breeze, and it seemed that the heavy gates of Kyoto had been opened.

I couldn't hear the hooves of horses, I couldn't hear the neighing of horses, I didn't hear the sound of armor and swords colliding with each other, I didn't see the flag flying, and I couldn't hear the opening and closing of the city gate from such a distance.

But in such a deathly silence in Kyoto, the slightest movement from the castle gate would touch the Imperial Palace

Feeling the heart.

Fan Xian Huoran turned his head, looked at several directions in the west and south, and looked at the green smoke of the intelligence emitted by the secret agents of the Supervision Yuan. Pupils are miniaturized. After a moment, he and the eldest prince looked at each other and said, "We all guessed wrong. ”

The expression on the eldest prince's face was extremely solemn, and he nodded.

Green smoke rises everywhere, the horn gradually sounds, and from the condescending view of the imperial city, you can find that at this time, dozens of clouds of smoke and dust appeared in different directions on the outer city wall of Kyoto, and the sound of hooves was like thunder. It is rumbling from the city gate and along the thoroughfare of Kyoto in all directions, in the direction of the Imperial Palace!

Fan Xian and the eldest prince guessed that the rebels would enter Beijing from Zhengyangmen, but they didn't expect that the rebels would be so upright and imposing...... Nine city gates enter Beijing at the same time!

The two princes above the imperial city gasped, thinking to themselves how many rebels were under the eldest princess's command? Create such a terrifying momentum!

It's a moment. Kyoto is surrounded by wolf smoke.

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Outside the Zhengyang Gate in Kyoto, the loess was trampled and crushed by the horse's hooves speeding past. Kicked again. Turned into a cloud of dust and smoke. Gradually. It became a cloud of yellow smoke. It obscured the light cast by the rising sun of the first rising horizon, making the entire city gate a little dark inside and out.

An army of 5,000 cavalry men was riding in a row of five. at a steady speed. Drive towards the Zhengyang Gate of the open place. Everything seemed so silent and fast. The horse's hooves brought up the smoke and dust. Rushed by these horses. Scrape into the gates. It looks like a yellow dragon with no head or tail. I am struggling to enter Kyoto. Intent to devour the poor mortals.

In the loess sky, a large military flag is waving in the wind. The black flag was painted with a large Qin character. The last stab of Qin Zidi was forceful, and it seemed to give people an indestructible power. Even in the smoke and dust. Still murderous.

Former Deputy of the Privy Council. Today, he is the commander of the Kyoto garrison. The second-generation leader of the Qin family, Qin Heng was under this banner, calmly looking at his own army. Enter Kyoto with an irresistible momentum.

He squinted. But he didn't cover his mouth and nose so as not to inhale the loess, he just watched all this calmly, and extremely complicated emotions appeared in his chest. As the commander of the Kyoto garrison. He is very familiar with this Zhengyang Gate. Knowing that if the gates of the city were closed, if only these three thousand cavalry. I'm afraid that I won't be able to enter Kyoto even if I rush for three years.

The capital of Qingguo has been besieged by foreign enemies in history. But it was never beaten into the city by the enemy. This is a small place in history. It fully demonstrates its strong defensive power.

Today, however. The gates of Kyoto have finally been conquered—as Zhuang Mohan once said in his book, the most powerful kingdoms in history have been conquered. It is often attacked from within.

Today's Gyeongguodi rebellion is no exception.

Qin Heng looked at all this, as a Qingguo soldier, he had a very complicated mood, and he felt extremely admired for the highness of the eldest princess who easily controlled the thirteen city gates. Incomparably scared.

However, the situation at this time did not allow him to think too much. Today, the army entered Beijing through nine city gates, and the cavalry brigade under his territory went to Zhengyangmen. He had to get ahead of everyone else to the palace.

This time, the army gathered the armies of the Qin and Ye families, as well as the Kyoto garrison. There were more than 30,000 people in total, and the total defense force of the palace was less than 6,000 people. When the army enters Beijing, the important place is dignified. To force people, it is necessary to suppress the people in the palace to fight timidly. Surrender and come out!

For Qin Heng, with six to one troops. Come and fight this battle. It wasn't that hard, he never thought about it. Those acquaintances in the palace can compete with such a powerful army.

His pupils flashed over the galloping horses in front of him, and the soldiers ...... Then a person's name flashed, for Qin Heng, he was not worried much about the palace at the moment, but worried that Ye Zhong would rush to the palace before him.

The name Ye Zhong comes to mind. Qin Heng let out a breath of turbidity, this permanent member of the Kyoto garrison received the will of the Queen Mother, but did not return to Dingzhou! Although it seems that the Ye family's refusal to retreat is also a secret arrangement of the eldest princess. It is of great significance for the battle of Kyoto today, but for the Qin family. The existence of the Ye family's military strength has some other meanings.

Ye Zhong is the father-in-law of the second prince, and the Qin family naturally supports the crown prince. Therefore, Old Man Qin gave a death order, in order to stabilize the crown prince's throne in the future, the Qin family's army must be strong enough in this battle, and it must arrive before the Ye family!

Qin Heng clamped the horse's belly. He led his own local barracks and joined the team to enter the city, becoming the brightest scale on the Yellow Dragon.

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The rebels entered Kyoto in nine directions, the Qin family occupied six roads, and the Ye family occupied three roads, precisely because the rebels were powerful and knew that Kyoto's defense was empty, so they didn't care about the division of troops.

Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Thirteen City Gate Divisions did not join the ranks of the rebels. The ordinary soldiers were dumbfounded

In this scene, I don't know what happened, some smart school officials have rebelled, but they don't dare to move under the suppression of the chiefs. Commander Zhang Deqing is a smart man, knowing this kind of rebellion, even if he adds another hand, he doesn't have much credit, and he first holds his own city gate division. It's really the smart choice.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder on the avenue leading from Zhengyang Gate to the Imperial Palace. The cavalry of the Qin family's army took out their weapons and began to be vigilant. However, their speed did not decrease in the slightest. It swept through like a gust of wind.

Nowadays, the world admires black. The cavalry of the Qin family is also very light and dark. It is very close to the Black Rider of the Supervision Courtyard. It's just a little bit of the heaviest black. At the cuirass there were a few patches of brilliance.

A dozen horsemen on the run suddenly broke away from the group. Accelerate forward and slam into the quiet streets like lightning. Rubbing the low eaves of the house. Begin to scout for the march of the army to reconnoitre.

One should be business as usual. The dozen or so cavalrymen galloped into the streets. One more turn. Spread out like arrows. Begin to march into the depths. All this happened extremely quickly and naturally, fully demonstrating the training level of the Qing army and the strength of the Qin army.

The cavalry brigade did not slow down. Follow the direction of the dozen or so cavalry stepping across the ground. Keep going. Qin Heng rode his horse. Led the pro-military camp. Indifferently stared at the front of more than 100 feet. He knew that Fan Xian and the eldest prince would definitely not sit still. This quietly long street. There will be sniping and hard fights.

But he didn't care, he knew how many people Fan Xian and the eldest prince had in their hands. He demanded the speed of the march. The strong momentum, no matter how much it is blocked, must be ruthlessly crushed with a large army!

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The rebels advanced too fast. So much so that the dozen or so leading cavalry could not play the role of a scout at all. Ready to speak. They are just brave bait, and they are a bit like Fan Xian in that world. Those martyrs who bravely rolled over the minefield. with their own lives. Go and touch the dead silence inside Kyoto. What kind of danger exists?

However, the rebels have already broken through from Zhengyang Gate for 500 zhang. The dozen or so brave cavalrymen still did not encounter any sniper fire. Until they could faintly see the morning sun shining down on the eaves of the palace. The streets are still quiet.

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"Shhh

The rebel brigade, about a hundred feet away from these dozen cavalry, rushed to the front of the horses. I breathe the air of Kyoto vigorously. I maintain a steady speed. But at the same time. Screaming in pain!

The hissing sound came out of it. Several horses fell to the ground at the same time!

The heavy body of the war horse slammed into the bluestone floor of the street, shaking up a few dusts. But it shook the streets, and the streets seemed to tremble. The horse's head slammed into the ground. Blood is flowing!

And no matter how good the cavalry riding skills were on the horse, they were caught off guard by this sudden change. Tumble to the ground. Before they could wake up from the pain of their broken legs, they came from the houses on the side of the street. Several black, venomous crossbow arrows shot out and slammed into their bodies.

Just before a few horses fell to the ground. When a cavalryman is killed by a crossbow arrow. Suddenly there were countless hissing sounds throughout the quiet street.

These noises did not come from the mouths and noses of the galloping horses, but from the ground. The streets of Kyoto are paved with square bluestones. The gap between the bluestones is filled with loess.

Those hissing sounds came from the fine loess between these bluestone slabs.

At the same moment, the loess between the bluestone slabs on the long street suddenly cracked! There seemed to be some magical power on both sides of the street. From the cracked loess, a thin black leather rope bounced up. The piso was too thin to be barbed, but it was faintly visible with a faint glow, a thin needle that should have been quenched.

Dozens of black-made tripwires. It suddenly and magically appeared on the street that was still a smooth road a moment ago!

Countless muffled sounds sounded at the same time, and the Qin family's army ground cavalry brigade suffered a merciless blow at this moment. In total, about 100 riders fell into the clouds and smashed into the deep ground in front of these dozens of tripwires.

For a while, people on the street turned on their backs. screamed again and again. I don't know how many people or horse tendons broke and broke their bones, smashed together, rolled over, and bled out.

Immediately afterward, there was a whooshing sound of breaking through the air, and these sounds were like the whistles of the netherworld coming to harvest and reap their lives. It's terrifying. Countless black crossbow arrows shot out from the houses on the side of the street, and shot at the rebels who fell to the ground, stopping their screams in an instant.

But in an instant. There were more than a hundred dead people on this half of the street, all of whom had crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies. The ambushers did not shoot the horses, and the severed and poisoned horses lay limply on the ground, beside the corpses of their masters, neighing in pain and kicking their legs one after another.

The scene is extremely miserable to watch.