The crossbow arrows of the crossbow guarding the city, like a short spear, pierced the flesh and blood of men and horses, and pierced deeply into the gaps between the bluestone slabs in the square, like the iron arrows with thick arms, trembling constantly, making a buzzing sound, and the blood of the cavalry corpses under the arrows surged wildly.

Many people didn't react, including the rebels and the forbidden army in the imperial city, tens of thousands of people looked at this scene stupidly, not daring to believe their eyes, such a huge crossbow arrow shè pierced the body of the cavalry, more like an iron rod of heavenly punishment, smashed down from outside the Nine Heavens Cloud.

A dead silence, a cold fear, spread across the square.

On the glorious cavalry, the three flag-carrying officers did not react, they looked stupidly at the cavalry in front of them that turned into blood foam, looked at the juice of the internal organs that were squeezed out on the ground, and did not know how to react.

Horses are different from people, even if they are the war horses that are picked up in ten thousand, seeing this scene, they feel the fear of the crossbow arrows, and the instinct of the creature makes the three horses neigh in unison, and after being frightened, they run to the side and back.

A moment later, two military flags were unfurled in the morning breeze...... However, he returned to the camp of the rebels very badly, while another dragon banner with a bright yellow sè fell miserably on the flat ground of the square, rolled up in a ball, and looked very unbearable.

Because the sergeant holding the flag was frightened by the crossbow of this city, and the war horse under the seat was frightened and galloped, he did not hold it firmly for a while, and fell this dragon flag to the ground!

Tens of thousands of Qing troops up and down the imperial city were still dead silent at this time, but their eyes had moved from the bloody mud in the square to the flag, the dragon flag that represented the royal dignity of the Qing Kingdom and the invincible will of the Qing army - this flag that seemed to be flying in front of the army forever, the flag that did not fall, actually fell miserably to the ground like this!

The emotions in tens of thousands of eyes are very complicated, very angry, and very wrong.

Above the imperial city, Fan Xian squinted at this scene, smiled at the eldest prince beside him and said, "The effect is good, isn't it?"

The eldest prince didn't answer, thinking that the prince was raising troops today, but at this moment, he even lost the dragon flag, which was really a loss for the adult.

The forbidden troops above the imperial city suddenly burst out into cheers in unison, and these cheers undoubtedly whipped the faces of the tens of thousands of rebels under the imperial city.

............ At this moment, the empty-handed cavalryman had returned to the rebel camp, he sat on his horse and bowed his head, trembling all over, knowing that he would face a severe punishment according to military regulations, as a standard-bearer, what a glorious duty, he had accidentally dropped the dragon flag to the ground.

The hundred cavalry of the rebel battalion gradually separated, and the crown prince Li Chengqian, who was dressed in bright armor, walked out slowly under the guard of several generals, only glanced at the cavalryman, and did not say anything.

The prince's eyes were gentle, but the cavalryman felt extremely ashamed, and he gritted his teeth and twisted his horse's head, preparing to go to the square to snatch back the dragon flag that had fallen to the ground, even if he died.

At this moment, to everyone's surprise, a general beside the prince urged his horse out, came to the side of the cavalryman, and said: "The two armies clash, and those who lose the flag will be killed!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the cavalryman was shocked, and subconsciously closed his eyes, but he tried to stand up straight, and then felt the chill on his neck.

The general put away his sword and returned, without looking at the corpse of the cavalryman who fell to the ground beside him, squeezed out a cold snort from his nose, and with a clamp on the horse's belly, the horse under the seat swept out like lightning, galloping out of the rebel camp in an instant, and piercing the middle of the square under the imperial city.

Right in front of the dragon flag curled up on the ground!

Not all of the tens of thousands of rebels knew this general, but they knew what this general was going to do, and they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and their blood rushed up, and tens of thousands of people shouted in unison and shouted rhythmically.

In the midst of this iron-blooded awe-inspiring shouting of the crowd, the war horse under the general's seat was like a flying dragon, and its four hooves seemed to soar into the air, piercing straight under the imperial city like a sharp arrow.

Riding alone in the empty square of the great eye, galloping on the imperial city pierced by crossbow arrows, how heroic.

The speed of the horse is extremely fast, and the skill of the horse is even better, it seems that a straight line goes straight to the top of the imperial city, but in fact it is moving forward according to a strange trajectory, although it has taken some detours, but how can it be full of momentum, it only took a moment of effort, and rushed to the middle of the square.

Until this time, the city guard crossbow above the imperial city still did not send out a single branch.

The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army and the Supervision Yuan next to the huge city defense crossbow were in a cold sweat, they couldn't capture the advance path of the rebel general at all, and the other party seemed to be able to keenly capture the speed and defense range of the imperial city defense crossbow at such a high speed.

Fan Xian squinted at this scene, feeling as if it was just a blink of an eye, and the rebel general had already rushed to his feet and rushed to the dragon flag.

The strength of the crossbow to defend the city has just been shown once, and the rebel general resolutely rushed over, this kind of momentum and courage is really heartbreaking, for some reason, Fan Xian suddenly thought of Wang Shisanlang, and his heart moved slightly.

His hand was about to be raised, but with great perseverance he ordered himself to let it go slowly. This small action did not fall in the eyes of the eldest prince, because the eldest prince was also looking at the one-man drama of the two armies seizing power in front of the imperial city with an awe-inspiring face.

The two armies intersect, the momentum is the first, the flag is the momentum, and the capture of the flag is the seizure of the momentum!

Immediately, the rebel sailed to the dragon flag, did not slow down, and with great riding skills, he pedaled on one foot, leaned down with one hand, and easily picked up the dragon flag.

At this time, although Fan Xian lowered his arm, the group in charge of Cāo as the crossbow guarding the city refused to let go of this great opportunity and pulled the heavy crossbow machine spring buckle.

With a muffled sound, the thick imperial city seemed to tremble with the shuffle of the giant crossbow.

............ A horse neighed into the sky, and I saw that the rebel general under the imperial city seemed to guess when the crossbow to defend the city was fired, and he actually took half a minute in advance, lifted the reins of the horse, kicked his feet in the belly of the beloved rider, and shouted wildly, so that the rider stood up!

The front hooves of the war horse hung in the air, and the huge body was forcibly twisted, and it made a stunned hovering in the air. The rebel general held the Ming Yellow Dragon Flag in one hand, lifted the reins of the horse in one hand, and rode obliquely on the human war horse, which was illuminated by the rising sun, and he was brave and fierce.

And at this time, the huge city-guarding crossbow came to them, rubbing the belly of the war horse, and stabbing it diagonally!

The arm-thick iron crossbow pierced into the bluestone slab of the square, and the rubble flew wildly, but not even a single hair of the rebel general was bruised.

The rebel turned his left elbow, reined in the reins, turned the head of the horse to the left, neighed, his hooves fell to the ground, and the muscles of his body were loosened and tightened, like a light smoke, and ran straight back, dashing back to the rebel camp, and ran back to His Royal Highness the Prince.

The rebel general did not dismount, but planted the bright yellow dragon flag heavily on the ground, the flagpole sank into the ground, standing tall, and the dragon flag once again waved in the morning breeze, shining brightly.

Then he turned his horse's head and remained silent, looking at the two small black dots above the imperial city.

From the moment he jumped out of the middle camp, tens of thousands of rebels began to shout, and as he recaptured the dragon flag and ran back to the middle camp, tens of thousands of people cheered higher and higher...... And when the rebel put the dragon flag back on the ground, and the flag fluttered in the wind, the cheers of the rebels finally reached the extreme!

............ "Zhuang Zai ......" Fan Xian gently wiped the cold sweat on his palms, and at this moment expressed his opinion that as one of the commanders, he should never have expressed, "In my Daqing army, there are indeed countless fierce generals, no wonder there is no one who dominates the world." ”

Fan Xian smiled and said, "It's Gong Dian...... He has been the deputy commander of the forbidden army for so many years, and his understanding of the crossbow to defend the city is certainly much better than that of you and me. What's more, he himself is a master of the eighth grade, and with the body of a general, he bravely risked his life to capture the flag, which is really admirable. ”

The eldest prince frowned slightly and said, "It turned out to be him...... No wonder, no wonder...... General Gong has been herding horses on the border of Dingzhou since he was a child, and he is known as the first in the army. ”

It was not the first time Fan Xian had heard of the origin of the palace code, he quietly looked at the middle camp of the rebels, and found that most of the people surrounded by the prince were the generals of the Qin family, and the Ye family in Dingzhou, it seemed that only one palace code appeared there.

Gong Dian, the former deputy commander of the forbidden army and minister of guard of Qingguo, and a former close confidant of Emperor Qing, but because of Emperor Qing's suspicion of the Ye family, he chose to use the hanging temple, and chose a trumped-up reason to put Gong Dian in prison.

Fan Xian participated in the incident of the Hanging Temple from beginning to end, and was seriously injured once, and many of the secrets in it were still not clear, but he knew that His Majesty the Emperor was suspicious and did not know how many terrible opposition forces had been brought to Kyoto today.

Fan Xian's heart moved again. The eldest princess Chen Pingping and Lin Ruofu have said on different occasions that His Majesty has no major weaknesses in this life, but because he is suspicious, he can be defeated.

The eldest prince suddenly raised his head and said, "It's a tie." ”

Fan Xian nodded, he knew what the eldest prince meant by the draw, the rebels surrounded the palace strongly, and with the defensive strength in the palace, they couldn't support it for a few days anyway, so they had to rush at the very beginning, and use the most direct means to strike at the momentum of the rebels.

That's why there will be a tragic sniper in front of Zhengyang Gate, and there will be the first use of the crossbow to defend the city for half a century, even if it is only one sniper, it will snipe the rebels.

However, the chic capture of the flag by Gong Dian has made this momentum turn back again. Fortunately, although the rebels are once again vigorous at this time, looking at the opponent's position, they should not attack immediately.

The rebels have an obvious advantage, why not attack immediately, Fan Xian can count a few points. The defense of the palace has a natural advantage, the high walls of the city are thick and the crossbow is sharp, and the strength of the palace has been to death.

And the more critical question is, who will attack it?

"Although the heavenly soldiers I hope for have not yet arrived. Fan Xian smiled gently at the eldest prince and said: "But I think the rebels are actually very troublesome, they are not monolithic, nominally Ye Qin and the two families support the prince, but what will the prince think in his heart? Ye Chong is the second father-in-law......

He raised his hand and pointed to a distant military horse on the right, and said, "The second child and Ye Zhong should be over there, you said that the prince is willing to let the people of the old Qin family charge into battle, but let the second child choose a big advantage?"

The eldest prince said calmly: "Of course, the second child is reluctant to let his father-in-law go out, he has a lot of things in his heart, if the final capital is finished, how will Cheng Qian clean him up in the future, he knows it." ”

"Exactly. Fan Xian gently patted the blue brick wall of the imperial city, looked at the rebel camp in front of him and slowly approached the imperial city, and said softly: "Our two brothers have ghosts in their hearts, and if they don't discuss it, they can't fight." ”

"Of course, no matter how you look at it, they are lions, and we are antelopes...... But they don't want to lose too much, so they will definitely persuade them to surrender. Fan Xian lowered his head and said, "The prince is a gentle man. ”

The prince is playing the name of righteousness, not to rebel, so if you don't say a few high-sounding words, just like this, isn't the archway not open, and you have to prepare to pick up customers?

Fan Xian expected that this was something that a rebel would never do, so he quietly waited for the crown prince Li Chengqian to speak.

............ Tens of thousands of rebels have been assembled, lined up in formation, and slowly pressed towards the imperial city, and the black pressure was like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, which made people feel very palpitating to watch. The black cloud-like rebels stopped two arrows away from the imperial city, and in the sea of people, the middle battalion of the rebel army slowly drove out of several people, who were the crown prince and the important generals beside him.

The crown prince was surrounded by the generals of the Qin family, and the palace codex, who had previously shown a very chic hand, fell behind the two horsemen.

Fan Xian squinted at this scene and saw a lot of content clearly, Gong Dian followed the prince, this must be the loyal attitude of the Ye family, but the prince did not have much trust in the Ye family.

On the right hand side of the crown prince is the old man Qin, this old man is now wearing the armor that he has not worn for a long time, his old face contains the murderous aura accumulated on the battlefield for countless years, and the cloudy eyes are now staring at the juniors in the imperial city like an eagle, and he can't see a trace of old age at all.

With the status and authority of the old man Qin in the Qingguo Palace, there is no doubt that he is the core leader of the rebels today, the queen mother believes in him, the prince also believes in him, and he also repays the queen mother and the prince with strong enough support.

It's just that those few strands of white hair seeped out of the armor, and they looked a little lonely by the morning breeze in Kyoto.

Fan Xian's eyesight was excellent, and he looked at the veteran of the Qing ** side silently, but for some reason, he thought of the previous life when he watched the 98 World Cup, after the semi-finals between Brazil and the Netherlands, Zagallo was walking in the wind on the sidelines, and the few white hairs were blown desolate.

It's not empty, it's not distracted, it's just that he subconsciously remembered that scene, Fan Xian took a deep breath, thinking that Zagalo has made meritorious achievements for generations, and after winning that one, it will be a dismal end after all, how can you Old Man Qin be an exception!

At this moment, the old man Qin, who was cursed by Fan Xian, glanced at the prince, slowly spoke, and said to the forbidden troops above the imperial city: "You are a Qing ** soldier, how dare you help Fan Xian, a traitor who kills the king? and the prince listen to Xuan ......."

As soon as Old Man Qin spoke, the air in the square above the entire Imperial City buzzed!

Fan Xian's eyes shrank, and he and the eldest prince glanced at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes-Old Man Qin is so strong in cultivation and so profound in skill!

............ Fan Xian quietly wiped the sweat from his palm on the green bricks, he had been guessing who the real powerhouse of the Qin family was, but in any case, he never thought that the nine products hidden in the Qin family were actually the old man Qin himself!

That old and weak old guy is actually a super strong man on the ninth grade!

This fact suddenly rushed into Fan Xian's heart, making his face ugly, under the fame, there is no vanity! The Qin family has been in the world for decades, and the old man Qin has always sat in the position of the first person in the Qing ** side, even if the arrogant Yan Xiaoyi is extremely respectful to him, it really makes sense.

Fan Xian's right index finger trembled slightly, not afraid, but excited, when he sniped Yan Xiaoyi, he sniped so hard, and now he snipes this old man, presumably the sense of accomplishment will be stronger.

However, when he glanced at the palace in silence following the rebels in the camp, his right index finger regained his calm again, and shouted under the city wall: "Qin Ye!"

At this time, Old Man Qin's first sentence had not yet been finished, Fan Xian had already drunk these two words, these two words were mixed with his domineering true qi, although it was not as pure and grand as Old Man Qin's voice, but it was extremely violent, and it immediately suppressed Old Man Qin's voice!

Tens of thousands of people in the city and under the city all set their eyes on Fan Xian above the imperial city.

Old Man Qin frowned slightly, as if he didn't expect the domineering true qi in Fan Xian's body to be so strong, let alone that he would hear this name that he hadn't heard for a long time under the imperial city.

Qin Ye: In this world, who else dares to call herself like this except the Queen Mother?

Fan Xian dared. The faces of the generals of the Qin family beside the crown prince all showed angry expressions.

............ "Qin Ye!"

Fan Xian shouted again, and it spread all over the palace, shocking everyone's hearts and gathering the attention of Old Man Qin.

Separated from a very long distance, in the midst of all the attention, Fan Xian looked at the place where Old Man Qin was, and said quietly: "You are just a son, where is he?"

Qin Heng entered through the Zhengyang Gate, the closest distance, but until this moment, the rebels had been surrounded, and he still hadn't arrived, and the rebel generals had already been secretly worried about this matter, and when they heard Fan Xian's words, they couldn't help but feel a palpitation in their hearts.

Old Man Qin's eyes narrowed, but he didn't have a shocked expression.

After a slight pause, Fan Xian said in a cold voice, "You should have guessed something yourself...... That's right, your eldest son was killed by one shot by my subordinate Jing Ge in the camp, and Qin Heng was sniped to death by the Supervision Yuan in Zhengyangmen!"

"If you dare to betray Your Majesty, I will be able to make your old Qin family ...... Cut off children and grandchildren!"

............ What vicious words, what a thorn in the hearts of the people! It made the battlefield fall into a suffocating silence again in an instant. The eldest prince glanced at him, lowered his voice and said, "At this time, it doesn't seem to be a good choice for you to make the old man mad. ”

Fan Xian's eyes were level, staring at the place where the crown prince Li Chengqian was, and said quietly: "I just want to see if the old guy is mad and the prince is not crazy, will there be some problems between them." ”

The development of the situation did not continue according to Fan Xian's thoughts, after the old man Qin heard Fan Xian's vicious words, he just slowly lowered his head, and then slowly raised his head, the old face wrapped in armor was indifferent, without a trace of emotion.

"Fan Xian, I thank you in advance for helping the old man solve a question that has been going on for many years. Old Man Qin said slowly, his voice spreading in all directions, "My eldest son was picked in the camp, and the thief should have died in the prison, and the same was true when I checked the archives later, but I never found the body of the thief...... Now I know that it was taken by the old black dog. ”

The military veteran said slowly: "I will leave you a whole corpse, and as for Chen Pingping, I will let him suffer tens of millions." ”

"As for Qin Heng, the old man has always had confidence in this kid, even if you can stop him for a moment under the Zhengyang Gate, how can you help him. Old Man Qin said indifferently: "Even if he dies, what will happen? The general will inevitably die in battle, if he dies in your tricks, then he will die with the glory of death." ”

"Cut off children and grandchildren?...... I haven't even been afraid of your demon mother, do you think you can anger the old man with these two sentences?" Old Man Qin looked at the juniors in the city with a sneering gaze, and said word by word.

............ "The old guy is already crazy, see how long he can pretend...... When people are old and dying, this kind of nonsense is especially abundant. ”

Like Old Man Qin, Fan Xian finally learned a secret that he had guessed for a long time at this time, he sighed in his heart, turned his eyes slightly, and looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince beside Old Man Qin sincerely, and said sincerely before the prince spoke:

"Cheng Qian, come down. ”