Chapter 415: The Eighth Master's Rivalry (I)
He Tie has always been a loyal person, whether it is in the Xi Dynasty or in the Yuanzhuo years, he has never made any mistakes, for him to ensure the safety of the royal family is his unshirkable responsibility, he has always thought so, and he has done so, so the explosion of Donghua Gate is an order for him, but when he led a group of Zishan battalion sergeants to Donghua Gate, he found that the situation was even more serious than he originally thought - a huge hole appeared in the lower right corner of the strong gate of Donghua Gate, which was enough to drill into a person, The city gate hole is full of stumps and broken arms, and there is a large piece of flesh and blood, which looks very embarrassing.
"What's going on?" He Tie grabbed a soldier from the Shanpu Battalion who was running past him in a panic, and said with a broken snort.
"Cannon, sir, cannon, someone is firing at the palace gate. The terrified soldier stammered.
"Fart!" He Tie didn't believe that any cannon could blow up the two-inch-thick palace gate into such a shape with one shot, and besides, although this hole was scorched black, as if it had been shelled, the location was in the lower right corner, which was clearly the work of **. He Tie pushed the soldier away fiercely, rushed to the city gate tower in three steps and two steps, and yelled: "Calm down, don't mess up!" Stay vigilant! "The sergeant of the Shanpu Battalion, who was originally frightened by this explosion, saw that his master was coming, and this was the backbone of his family, and they returned to their original positions, but after a period of panic, they never saw any other movements.
"General Wang, what's going on?" He Tie saw that reinforcements were constantly arriving, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly called a general in charge of guarding Donghua Gate to ask what was going on.
"Your Excellency, at the time of the incident, Xia Guan was on the city gate tower, only to hear a loud noise, and the entire city gate tower trembled violently. Before the lower officials could figure out what was going on, the adults came. General Wang replied in confusion.
"Bastard! Who is responsible for guarding the gates? He Tie couldn't say anything from General Wang, and his face suddenly darkened - such a major event happened at this extraordinary moment, and He Tie, who was the head of the palace guards, was absolutely inseparable.
"Your Excellency, it's Wanghe's a person, but ......," General Wang stammered, swallowing his saliva.
"It's not a fart! Say it! He Tie, who was red-eyed, pulled out the big knife on his waist and slammed it on the neck of General Wang. Frightened, General Wang Shen hurriedly knelt on the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Lord He, spare your life, they are all dead, and everyone is dead......
"Dead?" He Tie was angry and anxious, but seeing that the palace gate here was damaged, the people of the eighth master could attack from here at any time, and it was getting late, if there was a good one. He Tie was to blame even if he died, and with a black face, He Tie thought about it for a while, and had to order loudly to strengthen vigilance, and send people from all gates of the Forbidden City to guard the Donghua Gate. Now that some of them are even more stretched, the guards of the rest of the gates are inevitably loosened a lot.
When the explosion of Donghua Gate sounded, Lin Xuanyi had just transferred 2,000 men and horses from Donghua Gate with his holy decree, and hurriedly rushed along the long street towards Donghua Gate. When the explosion started, Lin Xuanyi's heart suddenly became anxious, and he urged the soldiers to rush towards Donghua Gate, turned the corner of the street, and immediately saw that Donghua Gate was heavily guarded, and He Tie's black face was standing in the bright place of the light, and his heart couldn't help but relax, just planning to contact He Tie. But suddenly heard He Tie's shout from the city gate: "Prepare for battle!" ”
Although Lin Xuanyi was not proficient in military affairs, he also knew that he had turned out of the shadows and did not light a torch, so it was inevitable that there would be a misunderstanding, so he hurriedly strangled the war horse under his crotch and ordered loudly: "Stop moving forward and light the torch." When the soldiers found the torches, Lin Xuanyi took the torches from the hands of a soldier beside him. Just as he was about to go up to negotiate with He Tie. The mutation had taken place—but a small group of people shouted from the roof of a house not far away: "Rush, go to the palace." With those wild shouts and screams, a sparse stream of arrows shot out of the shadows. Although none of the feather arrows could really cross the small square in front of Donghua Gate, the sound of the bowstring and the sound of the feather arrows breaking through the air were extremely harsh. At this time, not only were the officers and soldiers of the Shanpu Battalion on the upper floor of the city gate nervous, but even the defenders of Dongzhimen who followed Lin Xuanyi were also in a panic, and the city and the city became a pot of porridge.
Not good! Hit the trick! This thought quickly flashed through Lin Xuanyi's mind, knowing that his actions were all expected, this was a plan to fish in troubled waters, Prince Lian's people were just a false shot here in Donghua Gate - that explosion, together with the shouts and attacks just now, were all to cover the real direction of attack. Now the explanation is no longer clear, if your own troops move forward, I am afraid that they will really fight, and then it will be too late! Lin Xuanyi is a wise man, just thinking about it, he understood the key to the matter, and hurriedly ordered in a loud voice: "The whole army is here, retreat!" ”
Just when the Donghua Gate was in trouble, more than a dozen black-clothed masked people quietly appeared in the northwest and south corners of the palace, and a big man led by a big man knocked rhythmically and gently on a small door, but when he heard a sound inside, the small door slowly opened a small crack, and a fat middle-aged eunuch poked his head out of the door and asked in a low voice: "Are you here?" Hurry up. His voice trembled.
"Father-in-law Xing, you have made a great contribution, the eighth master has an order, after the matter is completed, you will be the eunuch of the ceremonies, open the door quickly. The masked man in black said calmly.
"Okay, let's open the door. After a while, the subway chain that had been tied to the door was removed, and the small door was completely opened.
The group of black-clothed men did not say a word, and pushed the middle-aged eunuch aside, more than a dozen black-clothed men swarmed in, and quickly discharged a vigilant posture around the door, the black-clothed man nodded to the middle-aged eunuch who was in a panic, and then took out a fire fold from his arms, shook it in the wind, lit the fire fold, and shook it in his hand, and suddenly hundreds of men in strong clothes rushed through the open area in front of the imperial city in the far corner of the street and rushed towards the door......
The little eunuch Hu Song is very unlucky today, he just said: What kind of battle is fought in a good manner, he was reported by someone, he was stunned and suffered ten boards, and the pain was unbearable, and he was relegated to Xinzheku to do miscellaneous work. Look at this bad luck? Hu Song was irritable, and his buttocks hurt badly, he didn't sit down, and it was uncomfortable to lie down, so he simply took advantage of the darkness of the night to walk around, and by the way, he wiped out the bruises on his buttocks, and just walked out of the dirty and broken yard of Xinzheku. Hu Song suddenly felt an urgency to urinate, but he didn't dare to let it go anywhere, he just held his urine, moved his feet and slipped into the dark, and was about to relax, when he suddenly found that there was a fire not far away, and his heart suddenly chuckled, and flashed to the back of the pillar of the corridor to take a closer look. Suddenly dumbfounded—more than a dozen big men stood by a door with swords in hand, looking at the clothes that were not the palace guards.
Hu Song was originally a little eunuch in Kunning Palace, although he had no status, but the news was still well-informed, although he was demoted. But I still knew that there was a strict martial law in the palace tonight, but I was worried that there would be a villain, and at this time, seeing that the thief had already entered the palace, Hu Song was nervous. In my heart, I couldn't help but be overjoyed - the opportunity for meritorious service had come, and if such a great achievement was made, a deacon and eunuch position would not be able to escape.
In ecstasy, Hu Song completely forgot about his urgency to urinate, and stepped back lightly, planning to run to the guard to report it, but he forgot the pain on his buttocks, and accidentally hit the pillar of the corridor, and suddenly cried out in pain: "Oops." "The group of men in black was already nervous. At this time, a sound was heard, and several big men flew up at the same time, rushing towards the corridor, their bodies were extremely fast, and they were obviously masters.
"Someone, there are thieves who have infiltrated the palace!" Hu Song saw that he couldn't escape, and suddenly shouted at the top of his throat, and the shrill high voice suddenly broke the silence in the palace. The sergeant of the Shanpo Battalion, who was patrolling in the distance, heard this abrupt shout. Immediately rushed towards Xinzhiku. The group of men in black didn't expect that the matter would be revealed to an inconsequential little eunuch, and they suddenly became angry. The knife chopped Hu Song into meat sauce.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The sergeants of the battalion with torches in hand saw the figures outside the Xin Zheku flickering, and the swords and swords swayed, and they suddenly roared loudly, and the palace was suddenly in chaos, and at the same time, hundreds of men in strong suits outside the palace had rushed to the small door, but the door was narrow, and they couldn't rush in for a while, and a group of people were crowded at the door. More than a dozen black-clothed men in the advanced garden were all masters, and although they faced the attack of twenty or thirty soldiers of the Shanpu Battalion, they did not mess up at all, but instead gained the upper hand, oppressing the soldiers of the Shanpu Battalion who came in a hurry and kept retreating. With the continuous influx of powerful men from outside the palace, the soldiers of the Shanpu Battalion immediately couldn't bear their strength, and suffered heavy casualties, and the first batch of soldiers of the Shanpu Battalion were all killed except for a few who were still struggling to support.
Seeing that the "enemy army" outside the Donghua Gate had retreated, He Tiegang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and unexpectedly heard the shout of the little eunuch Hu Song before he died, and then heard the shouts and fighting sounds of the "enemy attack" from the northwest corner, his mind was dizzy, and his face suddenly turned pale - the Donghua Gate has been destroyed, and there are still a large number of "enemy troops" outside the door, once the troops are sent to reinforce the northwest corner, once the enemy army outside the gate launches an attack, how can it be stopped, but if you don't send people to support, once the northwest corner is breached, the palace still can't hold it! He Tie, who was red-eyed, circled around the city gate, and didn't know what to do for a while.
Lin Xuanyi, who had retreated to the street, did not hear the shouts of the little eunuch, but he heard the "enemy attack" sound made by the sergeants of the Shanpo Battalion in unison. Linking the whole thing back and forth, Lin Xuanyi already understood Prince Lian's entire plan - whether it was the explosion or the breakthrough in the northwest corner of the imperial city, it was all done by the inside, making full use of people's psychology, and taking advantage of the mutual suspicion of people loyal to the emperor to break through the imperial city in one fell swoop. Once Prince Lian's people enter the imperial city and control the queen mother and princes, no matter how Prince Yi outside has a strong army, it will be useless, unless Prince Yi is willing to risk the disapproval of the world, disregard the safety of the hostages, and forcibly raise troops to attack, of course, with Yunxiang's personality, I am afraid that he may not have that courage.
Now there are two ways in front of Lin Xuanyi: one is to lead the army from the square around the walls of the palace to the northwest corner of the imperial city, and attack Prince Lian from behind, but one may not be able to catch up, and once the Shanpu battalion believes that Lin is also a rebel, he will inevitably send troops to block it, so that he can only cheapen Prince Lian for nothing, but Lin Xuanyi himself may not be in danger of his life; The second way is for Lin Xuanyi to personally step forward to intercede the matter, and at the same time let his soldiers and the soldiers of the camp on the upper floor of the city gate flank Prince Lian's men and horses at both ends, which means that Lin Xuanyi's own life is in danger - those archers hiding in the shadows will definitely not let Lin Xuanyi explain the matter.
This time is undoubtedly extremely precious, Lin Xuanyi can't afford to delay it at all, so he can only look up to the sky and sigh loudly: "Chengfu, cover me, wait for this official to come forward and explain to He Tie!" Commander Ling, you don't have to worry about possible attacks on the city, rush through the small square at full speed, and advance along the wall of the palace to the northwest corner. But you are not allowed to enter the palace for any reason, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! Let's go! As soon as the words fell, Lin Xuanyi held a torch in his hand, and rushed towards the city gate tower, Sun Chengfu led a few masters of the "Honghu" to hurriedly follow the horse, Ling Buyao, the commander of Dongzhimen, was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and then ordered the whole army to march in a loud voice, and for a time the two thousand troops rushed up, and the momentum was amazing.
Seeing a man with a civil official holding a torch leading a few horses out of the long street, and then hearing the rumbling footsteps on the long street, He Tie on the city gate tower could not delay any longer, and ordered in a loud voice: "Archers prepare!" ”
As soon as Lin Xuanyi rushed to the small square, a bowstring sounded in the dark behind him, and more than a dozen feathered arrows flew towards Lin Xuanyi's vest like locusts......
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