Chapter 223: Bi Zhongyou is defeated
Because of the suddenness of the incident, both Zeng Chaosheng and Bi Zhongyou were not prepared.
So at the beginning, the number of people on both sides was not too large, and the battle situation was also maintained in the area of Dianzhong Province and Yanyi Pavilion.
But after fighting, Zeng Chaosheng's side advantage came out, because Empress Cao took the initiative to walk out of the Baoci Hall after learning the news that the palace had started.
I personally went to the Yimo Gate to boost morale, and in front of everyone in the Praetorian Guard, the performance began.
It is said that Bi Zhongyou deliberately rebelled in a vain attempt to subvert the Great Song Dynasty Sheji, and directly occupied the name of righteousness.
Then Empress Cao began to seal the official and make a wish: "Except for Bi Zhongyou and other main criminals, the rest are innocent, and those who kill Bi Zhongyou can be crowned as envoys!"
Then for the people below, Queen Cao was not very familiar with it, so she simply asked Zeng Chaosheng to report a few names, and then a reward must be issued.
At this time, the morale of the Praetorian Guards naturally soared, and Zeng Chaosheng's cronies took the lead, so the Praetorian Guards immediately rushed towards Bi Zhongyou with a rainbow of momentum.
At this time, Zeng Chaosheng also bid farewell to Empress Cao, preparing to go to the front line to watch and preside over the battle.
But who knew that Empress Cao said, "I'll go with you, let's go."
Hearing this, Zeng Chaosheng was taken aback, and immediately said, "I'm afraid the scene there is not very good-looking, don't bump into the queen."
Empress Cao explained, "Don't forget, I am also from Jiangmen, and this little scene does not scare me.
Thinking about it, Bi Zhongyou's subordinates can't all be like him, determined to rebel, many people are just coerced.
There are some things you say, which are not as convincing as what I said myself, and now there can be no chaos in the palace for too long, and it will always be smoother with me going."
After speaking, he got up directly and walked in the direction of Yanyi Pavilion.
Seeing this, Zeng Chaosheng hurriedly led people to follow and escorted Empress Cao, so as not to be finished if something happened.
And Bi Zhongyou's side is really not in a good situation, although he also helped Zhao Zongquan to make a wish to his subordinates, but he is not Zhao Zongquan himself after all, and the credibility of this statement is greatly reduced.
If you can strike first, take advantage of it, and fight a good fight, you may be able to break out.
can be in the current situation, although it is driven by its own hardcore henchmen, it still occupies a certain advantage in the Praetorian Guards that are attacking now.
But this is also because the battlefield is now close to the location of the former division of his palace, and there are many people on his side.
But as the number of reinforced Praetorian Guards increased, Bi Zhongyou's advantage on his side became smaller and smaller, and he could only barely stalemate with the Praetorian Guards in the back.
At this time, Bi Zhongyou lost hope in the original plan to take down the Funing Palace and control the official family and Empress Cao.
In order to protect himself, and in order to reverse the situation in the future, Bi Zhongyou has already begun to have plans to give up here.
Of course, there is Xihua Gate, Bi Zhongyou will definitely not be able to go, after all, the location is now one east and one west, and he has to cross the entire palace, but I am afraid that there will be no one under him at that time.
Therefore, Bi Zhongyou planned to take people to the direction of Donghua Gate, take down Zuo Chengtian Xiangfu Gate and Donghua Gate, and then wait for reinforcements from the western suburbs battalion.
Although Donghua Gate is a little farther away, it is also a little different from the plan, and it is necessary to ask the people from the western suburbs to go around to get there. ….
But now there is no way, no matter what, you have to survive first.
Just as Bi Zhongyou had made up his mind and was about to transfer, Empress Cao had already arrived outside the Yanyi Pavilion accompanied by Zeng Chaosheng.
Zeng Chaosheng asked the Praetorian Guards to retreat first, and distanced himself from Bi Zhongyou's people, and the people of the palace front division, who were already at a disadvantage, also thought that this was a trap and did not dare to attack outside.
All of a sudden, the battlefield that was boiling back suddenly became quiet.
Bi Zhongyou, who sensed the movement outside, also walked out of the house at this time.
At this time, I only heard Empress Cao shouting: "All the soldiers of the front division of the palace, I am the queen of the dynasty, I believe that you are not deliberately rebelling, but just coerced by gangsters.
I now give an order in the name of the official, this time only
Punish the evil, and never ask! No matter who it is, as long as they take Bi Zhongyou, they will be given the title of commander."
Later, the soldiers arranged by Zeng Chaosheng around also shouted: "The queen and the official family have an order, this time they will only punish the evil, and they will never ask!" No matter who it is, as long as they take Bi Zhongyou, they will be given the title of commander."
shouted repeatedly, and when he heard the front division of the palace looking at each other, he couldn't help but be shaken in his heart.
From the very beginning of listening to Empress Cao's words, Bi Zhongyou already knew that something was wrong.
He hurriedly walked out and shouted directly, "Joke, who will believe this! And where is the official family, if you have the ability, you let the official family come out, and we will listen to what the official family says?"
Bi Zhongyou thought to himself, if Zhao Zhen could come over and hear such a big movement, he was afraid that he would have come over a long time ago, and he would not let Queen Cao come forward.
What's more, even if Zhao Zhen comes, he has now tied his head to the waistband of his pants to rebel, Zhao Zhen is really here, and he has to shoot two arrows for him.
Then he turned to the people in front of the temple and said, "Do you all want to die? This is the severed head business, now as long as you persevere, when the soldiers and horses of the great prince enter the imperial city, everyone will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future, so if you don't want to die, give it to me."
After speaking, he took out the only dozen bows and arrows, roughly sensed the direction of Empress Cao, and then shot them all together.
Although they didn't hit the target because of the distance, they still startled Empress Cao and Zeng Chaosheng.
You must know that it has always been strictly forbidden to carry bows and crossbows in the palace, after all, the attack range of bows and crossbows is much farther than that of knives and guns.
It's not like there have never been traitors among the guards, who would dare to hand over long-range weapons to them?
And ordinary guards of the imperial city do not use bows and crossbows.
Even if there are dragon crossbows, dragon bows and arrows, archery squads, and crossbowmen in the Praetorian Guards, and the squad does have bows and crossbows in their hands, there are only three or five arrows in their quivers, and they are all decorations.
So in the face of these real arrows shot by Bi Zhongyou, Zeng Chaosheng's first reaction was to directly let people attack inside, messing up the scene and not giving Bi Zhongyou the target of the arrows.
Then he hurriedly asked Empress Cao for his guilt, after all, it was the responsibility of the Imperial City Division to search the palace, and now he actually brought the arrow into the palace.
Fortunately, this battle happened early, and Bi Zhongyou did not find an opportunity to attack Queen Cao, otherwise the consequences would be serious. ….
I only heard Zeng Chaosheng say: "The minister is guilty of negligence, and he actually let the traitor take advantage of the loophole and bring the arrow into the palace, and the crime deserves death.
In addition, please ask the queen to move so as not to be injured by miscarriage."
Of course, this is also a scene that has to be said, after all, it is impossible for Queen Cao to punish herself at this time.
Sure enough, I only heard Queen Cao say, "It's not strange if you don't know, you don't know Bi Zhongyou's true face before, and you will inevitably be deceived by him.
You can deal with Bi Zhongyou with peace of mind, I will watch from here, and watch you take down this group of traitors with my own eyes."
Queen Cao's last sentence deliberately amplified her voice, and the soldiers on the side listened with confidence, after all, for the soldiers below, with Queen Cao watching here, this merit is clear, at least there is no need to worry about being robbed.
But Zeng Chaosheng is not at ease, what if Queen Cao is really lost and injured, now his biggest reliance on his side is Queen Cao.
If something happens to her, even if Bi Zhongyou is really killed at that time, I am afraid that the fate of her whole family will not be better.
When even persuaded again: "Big lady, after all, there is a bow and arrow in hand on the other side, you might as well stand behind a little, so as not to hurt you by mistake."
For this, Queen Cao also listened to this, after all, everyone is afraid of death, if death is valuable, then it is okay, if it is really just killed by loss, it will be too wrong.
So Empress Cao stepped back a bit, basically far from the effective range of ordinary bows and arrows.
In addition, Zeng Chaosheng arranged some soldiers with armor as guards, and let them stand in front of Empress Cao to block arrows.
Then he left with peace of mind and went to the front to command the battle.
Seeing that the battle situation was becoming stalemate, and there was no sign of breaking through in a short period of time, Zeng Chaosheng began to enlarge again, and after asking Empress Cao, Zeng Chaosheng began to name him.
Said directly: "Wang Zhong! If you turn around and give Bi Zhongyou a knife now, you will immediately be above the official, and you will be the envoy of the festival! It's a captain!
This is the promise of the queen mother and the official family, what can you get by following Bi Zhongyou's rebellion, think about it.
If you don't do it now, it's someone else's."
Then the people around Bi Zhongyou were named one by one, and they blatantly began to sow discord.
In the face of Zeng Chaosheng's conspiracy, Bi Zhongyou could only grasp one point, that is, the official family had died.
"Don't say it so politely, the official family originally intended to make the eldest prince the crown prince.
I think that you people have already harmed the official family, and then obviously disregarded the wishes of the official family, and wanted to forcibly push Zhao Zonghan, the second child, to succeed to the throne, so as to do Lu Wu's thing.
If the official family is really fine, then you let the official family come over in person, and I promise to obey orders."
This is the basic quality of being an official for many years, when you want to splash dirty water, you can make it up at any time, anyway, as long as Zhao Zhen doesn't show it, you can't prove that what I said is false.
"Okay, then you see! The official family will be here soon, I'll see what you do!" Then Zeng Chaosheng drank the order again, "Give it to me, kill one thief, and you will enter the stream, and if you kill one more thief, you will be added to the official rank." Whoever can kill Bi Zhongyou is the envoy of the festival!"
After stimulating Bi Zhongyou's people, he has to encourage his side, anyway, for Zeng Chaosheng, as long as he can take Bi Zhongyou, it doesn't matter who makes the move. ….
Anyway, after hearing this, the people of the Imperial City Division immediately broke out in a wave, beating the people of the front division of the palace back again and again, but in the end, the situation was stabilized by Bi Zhongyou.
However, Bi Zhongyou may still be happy early, because Cheng Zhu, who had been ignored before, seized the opportunity to jump out directly at this time.
Originally, Cheng Zhu had been blocked by Bi Zhongyou's people, but the war with the Imperial City Division was tense later, so he transferred people out from there, and naturally the blockade here was weak.
In addition, Zeng Chaosheng shouted so loudly here, Cheng Zhu and they naturally heard it.
So Cheng Zhu and the others discussed, anyway, even if Zhao Zongquan was offended to death when he beat Bi Zhongyou, it would be better to directly pick out the banner to help Zeng Chaosheng.
In case luck really kills Bi Zhongyou, wouldn't it be nice to get a position as a commander!
Because Yanyi Pavilion is playing over there, most of the attention of the people outside is also on that side.
After Cheng Zhu and the others found the opportunity, they rushed out in one go, and they were caught off guard and rushed out directly.
After rushing out, Cheng Zhu and the others did not stop, and directly rushed towards Bi Zhongyou's department.
Because Bi Zhongyou and the others didn't expect the enemy to come up from behind, they didn't arrange many people to defend.
[In view of the general environment, he was really beaten to the Yanyi Pavilion by Cheng Zhu for a while, but Bi Zhongyou's reaction was also very fast, and he directly led people to counter-pressure, plus there were chasing soldiers behind him.
After all, Cheng Zhu's side was too manpowered, and he didn't communicate with Zeng Chaosheng about it, so he was worried that the lone army would be surrounded, so after the assault was blocked, he managed to rush out from the side again, and went to make peace with Zeng Chaosheng instead.
Although there were not many people Cheng Zhu and they really killed, this move still disrupted Bi Zhongyou's arrangement, that is, Zeng Chaosheng and Cheng Zhu had no contact between the two sides, otherwise maybe one wave would determine the winner.
It was precisely because of this situation that Bi Zhongyou finally made a decision in his heart to abandon Yanyi Pavilion and bring all the people to Donghua Gate.
According to Bi Zhongyou's calculations, most of the centaurs of the Imperial City Division are basically concentrated here in Yanyi Pavilion, and there should not be many people at the city gates.
It can be taken in one fell swoop, and with the help of the terrain of the city wall, waiting for Zhao Zongquan's support to arrive.
As soon as he said it, Zhao Zongquan immediately summoned the generals over and said, "Now that we have held on to Yanyi Pavilion for enough time, the support of the Great Prince will arrive soon, and we need to open the city gate for him in advance.
Therefore, I decided to retreat to Donghua Gate with the whole army, storm Donghua Gate, and receive the Great Prince into the city."
Hearing that their support would arrive soon, everyone present suddenly felt a lot more relieved, after all, these people still have vision, and they know that if they continue to fight like this, their side will definitely lose.
Now that we know that the turnaround is coming, victory is in sight, and the low morale of everyone finally broke out.
After Bi Zhongyou gave the order, everyone immediately went back to organize his subordinates, and a wave broke out to repel the people of the Imperial City Division.
Then quickly turned in and ran wildly in the direction of Donghua Gate.
This wave of operations made Zeng Chaosheng puzzled, although he didn't understand what Bi Zhongyou was going to do, but Zeng Chaosheng was still happy in his heart at this time.
After all, Zeng Chaosheng didn't know that Bi Zhongyou still had a large wave of support outside the city, and he just thought that this was already a victory.
After this, Bi Zhongyou no longer had a substantial threat to Empress Cao and the official family.
But this good mood disappeared completely with the arrival of Cheng Zhu.
Originally, Zeng Chaosheng was not going to see Cheng Zhu, anyway, Bi Zhongyou can't turn the sky now, as long as he spends some time, he can finish it himself, why bother to let people share the work.
And Zeng Chaosheng also didn't trust Cheng Zhu, thinking that Cheng Zhu might have problems.
So even if Cheng Zhu said that he had something important to report, it was related to the life and death of everyone.
Zeng Chaosheng didn't give Cheng Zhu a chance, and in the end, it was Empress Cao who wanted to calm down the chaos as quickly as possible, so she gave the degree a chance to speak.
Of course, there should be precautions, there are still some precautions.
When Cheng Zhu walked in front of Empress Cao, he had already been searched and confirmed that there was no problem, so he was allowed to approach.
I only heard Empress Cao say, "You just said that there is a big event, what exactly do you mean."
Cheng Zhu replied: "Returning to the queen's mother, what the minister wants to report is the collusion between Zhao Zongquan and the soldiers and horses of the western suburbs battalion."
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