At night, outside the palace of the king of Chu.

Ma Shixiu looked at his generals and asked in a deep voice, "How?" Is it arranged? ”

"It's all arranged."

Ma Shixiu's subordinates nodded calmly, and then said with a hint of relief on his face: "Zhu Huakui is too stingy, and he is too harsh on his subordinates. ”

"We didn't have to do anything at all, we arranged people in, and now the two palace gates inside and outside are already under our control."

Speaking of this, this man couldn't hide a smile on his face.

To be honest, he originally thought that it would be difficult to install people in the palace, but he didn't expect that although Zhu Huakui was the prince, he was not popular at all, and most of the people in his mansion had no loyalty to him.

He casually arrested some of the people in charge, just a little coercion and temptation, and those people took the initiative to bring his inner response in, and it didn't take much to do anything.

Now that the two palace gates are under their control, without having to face the two tall city walls, their three thousand people are estimated to have no loss at all, and they can directly control the entire Chu Palace.

Thinking of the wealth of the King of Chu that Ma Shixiu once depicted to him, these people couldn't help but feel a little hot in their hearts.

As for Ma Shixiu, who has not dealt with the King of Chu, how do he know how much wealth the King of Chu has, it doesn't matter to them who have been blinded by wealth.

Ma Shixiu did not rashly lead a large army to surround him, but first led a small group of people to guard outside the palace gate, hiding in the shadows and observing the tall palace gate at all times.

Listening to the drums and beating the third watch, when the time they agreed with Neiying, the originally closed palace door instantly opened a gap.

"The door is open, Hu Zhong, you go and bring the army over."

"The rest of the people, follow me to kill them and control the palace gate."

After Ma Shixiu said this, he directly drew his sword and rushed to the front.

The guards in the palace were originally a little surprised to see the palace gate being opened, but when they saw Ma Shixiu and them rushing over, they instantly understood what was going on.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, a thief army has entered the city!

！ ”

A palace guard who reacted quickly immediately shouted loudly, and in the silent night sky, his frightened voice was directly heard far away.

It's just that although his shouts brought some warnings to others, they also brought death to himself.

Ma Shixiu, who rushed to the front, heard the soldier's shout, and suddenly showed a trace of annoyance on his face, and then directly slashed at the man, "Lao Tzu let you shout!"

！ ”

Ma Shixiu's knife skills on the battlefield all the year round are unpretentious, but they are extremely ruthless.

With just one sword, he cut off the head of the palace guard who was shouting.

Feeling the blood splashed all over, Ma Shixiu didn't care at all, but shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill with me!" ”

"When the palace is broken, you can claim the gold and silver!"

Maybe other soldiers are not necessarily for money, but these soldiers under Ma Shixiu who were recruited from anti-thieves must be for money.

After hearing Ma Shixiu's promise, this group of people suddenly rushed forward with red eyes and screams.

With the intention to fight unintentionally, all the guards in front of them were directly cut down by them with almost no resistance.

It's just that this is the palace after all, and the number of guards is still quite large, and they didn't rush out far, when another group of guards immediately came up, and even behind them, there was a steady stream of guards to join in.

And Ma Shixiu was not afraid of them, and directly formed a battle formation to stay in place, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce fight.

With their fight, Zuo Liangyu's large army behind them was also brought over by Hu Zhong.

Seeing that the people on his side were about to arrive, Ma Shixiu suddenly had no scruples, and shouted directly: "Don't fight, everyone, fight with me and take down the second palace gate." ”

"As long as we can take the second palace gate, this Chu Wangfu will be our brother's."

The soldiers, who were originally high in morale, suddenly turned red after hearing Zuo Liangyu's words, and they were fighting to the death, and the guards in front of them were killed by them just for a cup of tea.

When did the Chu Wangfu suffer from this kind of turmoil, when he heard the shouts of killing outside, he immediately panicked inside.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, ran out without wearing shoes, looked at his guards with some horror, and asked, "Where did the thief army come from?" Is Zhang Xianzhong here? ”

"It's not clear yet, Lord Wang."

Although Zhang Yong, the commander of the guards of the Chu Palace, was also a little panicked at this time, he still immediately opened his mouth to appease the King of Chu and said: "But don't worry, the prince listens to the sound of killing, there shouldn't be too many people." ”

"Lord Wang, you avoid it first, and then you will take someone to the inner wall to guard it."

"As long as the defenders in the city arrive, the prince will naturally be safe."

"That's good, that's good."

Zhu Huakui wiped the cold sweat that was frightened on his forehead, and then said in a loud voice: "You go quickly, go and guard the city wall, don't let them in, I'll go hide first." ”

After saying this, Zhu Huakui, who was three hundred pounds, actually showed unparalleled agility, and without waiting for Zhang Yong to stay, he disappeared in front of Zhang Yong in an instant.

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"Hey......"

Before Zhu Huakui left, Zhang Yong remembered some things, and just wanted to ask Zhu Huakui for instructions, but Zhu Huakui disappeared.

"This ......"

Zhang Yong shook his head, feeling a little helpless in his heart, the thieves were too fierce, he originally wanted Zhu Huakui to promise the guards some money to boost morale, but Zhu Huakui ran away directly.

Zhang Yong thought about it for a while, and decided to make a promise for Zhu Huakui first, thinking that at such a life-threatening moment, Zhu Huakui would not be so stingy.

After making up his mind, Zhang Yong directly led people back to the city wall.

At this time, Ma Shixiu and they were getting closer and closer to the inner wall, and the people on the city wall were panicked, these people had never experienced a battle at all, and some people were even so frightened that they couldn't hold their weapons at this time.

After seeing this, Zhang Yong immediately shouted: "Don't be afraid, hold the bow and arrow in your hand, and shoot them when they get close!" ”

"The prince said, kill one enemy, reward ten taels of silver, behead the leader of the thief army, reward one hundred taels of silver!"

"We have the walls to hold onto, and they can't come up!"

The so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, hearing ten taels of silver for a head, the mood on the city wall quickly stabilized.

It's just that Zhang Yong didn't notice that just when he was boosting morale on the city wall, a small group of people quietly approached the palace gate.

These people are all arranged by Ma Shixiu, if they open the city gate, the surging soldiers can take the entire Chu Wangfu in an instant.

However, when this group of people approached, another group of people who did not know when they were ambushing near the palace gate raised their short crossbows directly at them in the shadows.

"Whoosh~"

As a scream sounded, Ma Shixiu's inner response suddenly fell halfway.

"Commander Zhang, there is an internal response to the enemy here."

The group of people who were lying in ambush in the shadows shouted a word at the top of the city wall, and then they killed directly.

In just a moment, Ma Shixiu's people were killed.

And after destroying this group of people, these people did not forget to put away the short crossbow on their bodies, so as not to be discovered by the people on the city wall.

After all, the short crossbow is not something that ordinary palace guards can have.

When Zhang Yong heard the turmoil below, he panicked at first, and after seeing the group of people below kill Nei Ying, he didn't move, thinking that they were his own people, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Good, well done! When the enemy army is repulsed, I will definitely ask the prince for credit for you!" ”

After Zhang Yong said this, Ma Shixiu outside the inner wall had already killed them, and Daniel Zhang didn't have time to care about the wave of people below, so he directly said: "You guys guard the palace gate below, if you really can't do it, find something to block the palace gate!" ”

After the arrangement, Zhang Yong turned his gaze to the outside of the city wall and shouted: "The thief army has rushed over, release the arrows!" ”

With Zhang Yong's shout, waves of arrows immediately shot down.

Although the archery skills of the guards in the palace are not good, but they are superior to the number of people, and they are condescending, although this wave of Jiannu did not cause too many casualties, but it also directly frustrated Ma Shixiu's strong morale.

"Damn, why haven't the gates been opened yet!"

Ma Shixiu, who was almost shot, was a little angry in his heart, he looked at the city gate without movement, and couldn't help but curse angrily, "Hu Zhong, what about the person who arranged to go in?" Are they all dead? ”

For Ma Shixiu, the importance of the inner wall is far greater than the outer wall, so in order to be foolproof, most of their inner walls are arranged inside the inner wall.

But now, all of them have been killed outside the inner wall, and there is still no movement in this palace gate, how can Ma Shixiu not scold his mother.

"They...... Maybe I didn't have a chance to do it. ”

Hu Zhong didn't know what the situation was now, he said with some hesitation: "Boss, why don't I take people to rush for a while, attract the attention of the wall, and create some opportunities for them?" ”

"Okay, then you go, watch out for the bow and arrow on the wall."

After Ma Shixiu agreed, he scolded and looked at the city wall that was five or six meters high.

With such a high wall, if they didn't open the gates, they wouldn't have been able to enter without paying a heavy price.

Hu Zhong led a group of people, holding shields and rushed up directly, although people fell from time to time under the rain of arrows on the city wall, but because of the cover of the archers on Ma Shixiu's side, and the archery skills of the guards on the city wall were too poor, they still rushed to the city gate without danger.

However, looking at the three-meter-high solid wood city gate, Hu Zhong and his party had no way to take this city gate at all.

"Damn, are the people inside dead?"

Hu Zhong hatefully slammed the city gate with a knife, but the city gate did not move at all, and almost shook his knife away.

Hu Zhong, who has always robbed civilians, encountered this kind of high-walled gate, and in the absence of siege equipment, he seemed a little overwhelmed for a while.