Chapter 75: The knife cuts out the heart
The people of the Imperial City suddenly found that from time to time there was a group of knights rushing through the streets, as fast as if they were playing with their lives, and kept shouting and shouting "dodge and dodge", and the officers and soldiers patrolling were more than ten times more than usual, and they changed their usual loose appearance, all of them were grim-faced, well-dressed, and full of swords and guns.
An extremely strange atmosphere spread in the imperial city, and the people were not stupid, they vaguely guessed something, and every household began to rush to buy rice and grain materials, and closed their doors.
Some people are worried that it is not safe to hide in their homes, so they drag their families to drive horse-drawn carriages and push carts, trying to go out of the city to avoid it.
But soon found that the city gate was already crowded with the families of princes, nobles, dignitaries and nobles, and ordinary people had no way out of the city gate, so they had to return home, find wooden sticks and sticks, and directly nail the doors and windows.
The mansion of the five princes seemed to have become a court, and hundreds of civil and military officials hurried over, apparently receiving the news of the death of the old emperor.
The civil officials headed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, hundreds of people, large and small, cranes, golden pheasants, peacocks, cloud geese, white pheasants, herons, etc., all kinds of virtual shadows, civil officials convince people with "morality", and the momentum is magnificent.
On the military attachΓ©'s side, headed by Ning Guogong and Jin Nanhou, there were as many as hundreds of people, all wearing armor and hanging swords from their waists, and all kinds of phantoms followed behind them, majestic and fierce, and the killing spirit was like substance.
Bai Yu was almost dazzled, the civilian system and the military attache system should be all gathered here.
Su Jin's beautiful eyes looked at the mess of cups and plates all over the ground, frowned and sniffed the smell of wine and rouge gouache on Bai Yu's body, and her eyes were not good.
Bai Yu leaned into her ear and whispered, "It's okay today, the fifth prince has to pull me over to drink and enjoy singing and dancing." β
Su Jinwen was suspicious, "What's the matter with the rouge gouache flavor?" β
Bai Yu said, "The five princes called many singers and dancers, dancing and dancing, and they were polluted everywhere. β
Su Jin's beautiful eyes looked at the five princes with annoyance, now it is a very moment, but it is not easy to care.
An old eunuch from the palace quickly took out a holy decree from the brocade box, and then suppressed his frustrated thoughts, "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The five princes are benevolent and harmonious, both civil and military, and have broad ambitions, and can inherit the foundation of the imperial family. β
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu immediately stood up, his voice was loud, and the roof tiles trembled, "The edict of the first emperor is located in His Royal Highness the Five Princes, please follow the edict of the Fifth Prince, Shun Cheng Emperor's throne, and become a great unification!" β
"Please obey the edict of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, become the emperor, and become a great unification!"
"Please obey the edict of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, become the emperor, and become a great unification!" ......
The civil and military officials looked solemn and followed the mountains and roared with a tsunami.
Bai Yu also shouted a few words, knowing in his heart that this edict must be fake, it may have been forged several years in advance, if it is a real edict, the four-clawed dragon phantom that lingers around the body of the five princes will directly turn into half a five-clawed true dragon.
However, at this point, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, in order to be famous, the meaning is obtained.
"The retainers take the order!"
The five princes took the holy decree with both hands.
Ning Guo said fairly, "His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the news, the eldest prince and the fourth prince are rebellious, and they even falsely spread the edict of the first emperor and set themselves up as the crown prince. β
Three Princes...... Bai Yu almost laughed, he must not laugh at such a serious moment, and he can't help but endure it, otherwise the civil and military officials will not be able to strangle him to death?
It is conceivable that the Great Prince's Mansion and the Fourth Prince's Mansion are also holding the same "succession ceremony", and they are all saying similar things...... accused the other two princes of falsely passing on the edict and establishing themselves as fake princes.
Everyone knew very well that it was not important what they said, but the most important thing was the entry of the army into the city.
Without further ado.
The five princes immediately took the civil and military officials, hurried out of the house, and everyone and horses hurried out of the city and rushed to the barracks.
"When the fifth prince transfers troops, what if the eldest prince and the fourth prince close the city gate?"
Bai Yu didn't know much about these doorways, and asked the Jin Wu beside him in a low voice.
Su Jinwen said softly, "This kind of situation has long been expected, in normal times, the patrol and defense of the imperial city are the responsibility of the patrol battalion in the city, and the patrol battalion has been infiltrated into a sieve by the three princes, one of whom belongs to the side of the five princes, and has already controlled the east city gate and led the imperial city guards on our side into the city. β
Arrived at the barracks.
As soon as Bai Yu looked at the good guys, the 300,000 Imperial City Guards of the Ningzi Battalion and the Jinnan Battalion had already been assembled, all wearing black armor, like black clouds precipitating on the earth, and the black pressure could not be seen from the edge, from the front of the eyes to the sky.
Think about it, as the saying goes, the number of people is more than 10,000, and there is no boundary, let alone 300,000.
The five princes ascended to the worship platform, raised their arms and shouted, boosting morale, and what he said was exactly the same as what the four princes of the demon arena said...... How can you say that if you don't say that?
Bai Yu felt bored, the so-called battle for the throne was to follow the steps and send troops into the imperial city.
It's not like the battle for the throne staged in some TV dramas, full of wit and wonderful, assassination, poisoning, and the queen mother invited the ancestral family law to reprimand, and the princess ran out of the boudoir to talk about feelings "Put down your arms, Miss Ben will marry you", and a few sons and brothers went to that station, and the mighty army did not dare to move......
Like this, 300,000 Imperial City Janissaries pressed over, these people's necks were too thick, or were the knives not sharp enough?
Any stratagem is ridiculous.
Anyone who stands in the way will be wiped out.
The 300,000 Imperial City Janissalines, like a long black river, mighty and mighty, poured into the East City Gate and flowed into the Imperial City.
Equally.
The same is true for the eldest prince and the fourth prince.
The 350,000 Imperial City Guards in the Great Prince's camp wore white armor, like a long river of white.
The 300,000 Imperial City Guards in the camp of the Four Princes wore very burning gold armor, like a long river of gold.
If you look at the entire imperial city from a high altitude, you will find a rather spectacular scene, after three long rivers poured into the imperial city, they quickly spread in the streets and alleys, forming dense "tributaries", which began to meet each other and start a fight.
Seeing this scene, the Jiangyang thieves, flower thieves, and lazy people who hid in the dark and cramped corners on weekdays and did not dare to come out suddenly made waves and ushered in the carnival moment.
These people went around lighting fires, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil.
The people suffered, but unfortunately the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion had long been paralyzed, and no one cared about their lives or deaths.
"The worst situation still appeared, the imperial city guards of the three princes entered the city almost at the same time, and it was impossible to stop without killing a river of blood, and the corpses were piling up like a mountain."
Bai Yu felt his own insignificance, what about the roll call, what about the wind, what about the demon slaying, one-on-one was okay, and in the face of the cruel battle of the millions of imperial city guards, it didn't play a role.
Because the mansion of the five princes is close to the east city gate, it will not be threatened and harassed by the other two princes, and it is regarded as a temporary headquarters.
"These people are really scheming, when they chose to build the mansion, they probably thought of today's situation a long time ago, and chose the location of the mansion near the East City Gate."
Bai Yu looked at the sand table of the imperial city in the middle, and found that the Five Princes' Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, and Jinnanhou Mansion were all close to the East City Gate, which was obviously not a coincidence, and he must have already estimated the situation of today's battle for the throne.
Bai Yu quietly listened to the fierce discussion of the battle situation, his face was red and his ears were red when he quarreled, he couldn't interject and didn't plan to interject, he just sat on the side with Jin Yu, leaning his head and whispering...... You beat you, I'll fall in love first, it's very reasonable.
Today's war is complex and simple.
The armies of the three parties fought in a melee in the imperial dynasty, and it was impossible to tell the winner in a short time, after all, they were all the imperial city guards, all elite, who would be weaker than whom?
Whoever controls the palace first wins, sits on the throne, accepts the worship of civil and military officials, and the dynasty is lucky to become the new emperor, the overall situation has been decided, and the other two parties have to bow down to the ministers.
But the bad thing is that the palace has been closed by the Jin Wuwei and the palace guards, and it is strictly guarded, although the number is not large, only about 50,000, no matter which prince's army approaches the palace, it will suffer from the fierce attack of the other two sides, contain each other, and cause no one to occupy the palace, so embarrassing.
Jin Wuwei and the palace guards have always been under the control of the old emperor himself, and the three princes have not been able to infiltrate, so it is impossible to cooperate with the outside.
Therefore, the overall battle situation in the imperial city has been frozen, as if it has become a "meat grinding field", depending on who has more "meat" in the end, the garrisons of various provinces have been hurrying day and night, approaching and gathering on the side of the imperial city.
It can be expected that in a short time, the entire Gyeonggi will become a huge battlefield, not to mention three days and five days, and it may not be enough to fight this battle for the throne for several months and years.
The fifth prince asked, "Uncle, have the families of the civil and military officials in our camp been properly arranged?" β
Jin Nanhou said, "It's arranged, all of them will be taken out of the city, sent to the camp, and the 30,000 imperial city guards will be left behind to prevent the camp from being attacked." β
He was still very relieved about his experienced uncle, and the fifth prince smiled, "The rebel prince and the family members of the fourth prince, do we have a chance to succeed?" β
Jin Nanhou shook his head, "They are also very well protected, and they don't have any chances." β
Don't underestimate this, the families of the civil and military officials are extremely important, if they are captured by the eldest prince and the fourth prince, then the civil and military officials on the side of the fifth prince can vote without fighting......
Parents, wives, and children are all gone, what can you do alone from the dragon's work?
After all, there are still a few people who can kill their relatives in righteousness.
......
After the "palace".
The palace battles of the concubines were no less tragic than the battles in the streets and alleys of the imperial city.
The old emperor died, and all the concubines who usually hid in the small mounds came out, escalating from "small fights" to fighting to the death.
At a glance, the gorgeously dressed and delicate-looking concubines were fighting each other on the small mound, or three or five to one, their clothes were flying, their swords were all over the place, blood was splashed, and corpses were everywhere.
There are only three princes who have the strength to compete for the throne, and the more than 2,000 concubines are divided into three camps, and no one can stay out of the matter and can only choose sides.
Yi Guifei, Mu Guifei, and Jing Guifei each have seven or eight hundred concubines to support, and they are evenly matched, but Yi Guifei has already condensed into the power of Jiuluan, and her strength is too strong, Mu Guifei and Jing Guifei teamed up to beat her.
It's not just the harem.
The entire palace has also become a "pot of porridge", and tens of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs are also fighting and fighting, poisoning, assassination, and assault are all coming, little palace maid, are you supporting Mu Guifei? Burst! Suddenly gave you a knife to cut your heart, hehe, I'm from Yi Guifei's side, didn't expect it?