When the morning sun slowly rises, the dark world becomes bright again.

Those who stayed up all night stood in their courtyards, watching the rising sun in the distance, hoping that today would pass sooner.

The Prince's Private Residence.

Since yesterday, the crown prince has been immersed in the fantasy of becoming an emperor again.

He's in a very good mood, and he's never been so good.

Zhang Zhong was not by his side at the moment, he stayed alone in the luxurious living room, enjoying the carnival without anyone prying eyes.

Because when he walked out of this room, he had to become compassionate, and even had to agree to the ministers to "force" himself to become the emperor, and he must not show any joy.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Zhang Zhong has finished assembling the army and is waiting outside the courtyard. A soldier shouted outside the door.

The prince returned to reality from his fantasy, and by this time he was already dressed in a yellow robe, the fitting robe made him very comfortable, and the soft and precious material seemed to tell everyone that his status was extraordinary.

He pushed the door open, and when the first rays of sunlight hit his cheeks, a warm feeling spread throughout his body.

He understood that the moment he walked out of this room, he was only half a step away from the imperial throne.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hundreds of generals knelt down at the same time and bowed before him.

And the thousands of soldiers on the periphery also fell to one knee.

Zhang Zhong also changed into a brass armor at this time, walked to the prince's side with a serious face, and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the army has been assembled, and they are all waiting for His Highness to speak." ”

The crown prince nodded, as the leading figure of this uprising, he had to give all the generals and ministers a declaration of uprising.

Of course, this "declaration" has been practiced many times and has long been familiar with it.

He walked slowly to the center of the huge courtyard, where a half-man high platform had already been prepared for him to speak.

More than a dozen people in strange costumes walked up behind him with arrogant expressions.

These people are the martial arts masters who protect him closely.

The crown prince ascended the high platform, looked around at the officers kneeling on the ground in a circle, and said loudly: "The Yanyang Empire is rich and vast, and the number of people is also in the forefront of several surrounding empires. But our court is corrupt and bureaucratic, and our military power is even weaker, and we have been repeatedly invaded by the empire, and the people on the border are living in water and fire. ”

He paused slightly, and his tone became helpless: "This is all because of the elder sister of the prince, that is, the eldest princess of the dynasty! She used beautiful women to confuse her father, and used fine wine to consume her father's will, and divided the imperial power that should have been concentrated into two.

When the impassioned words were finished, all the officers shouted in unison: "The prince is wise!

The prince glanced at the officers in front of him with great satisfaction, among them there were many civilian officials, and they were all on his side.

"Next, let General Zhang Zhong announce the edict of the Qing monarch and the ten charges of the eldest princess!"

Zhang Zhong slowly stood under the prince's high platform, unfolded an edict, and began to read it.

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Outside the private house.

A team of 1,000 people marched towards the private house with neat footwork.

"Gu Qinggao, why are you here?" shouted a general who was guarding outside the private house, "Well, why are there so many people behind you?"

Gu Zhengang is a centurion with only a hundred people under his command, but the long line behind him is full of thousands.

"Li Wei and He Wanqing suddenly fell ill this morning, and they were afraid of delaying the affairs of the Lieutenant's Mansion, so they asked me to bring their team here. Gu Zhengang said.

"When did they have such a good relationship with you? The officer was a little curious, "I actually handed over my team to you." ”

"What is the matter with summoning us in such a hurry this morning?" Gu Zhengang raised his hand and asked the soldiers behind him to stop.

The officer looked left and right, walked up to Gu Zhengang, and said in a low voice: "I also just learned that the prince is actually going to revolt, and the Qing monarch is reading the edict of the uprising in his private house." ”

Although Gu Zhengang had known about it for a long time, he also pretended to be surprised and said: "Uprising?

The use of the army to revolt in any era is a very big thing, and the army that revolts in general is a rebellion.

The officer continued to whisper, "It seems that the crown prince really can't wait, and now he is about to ascend the throne of the King of God." ”

He doesn't have a good relationship with Gu Zhengang, but he really has some good things, just like watching the people, and he can't wait to express his opinions.

"Okay, I won't tell you, where is my position today?" asked Gu Zhengang.

The officer took out a sign and handed it to Gu Zhengang, "Li Wei is the forward army, He Wanqing is in the rear army, you are protecting the prince..."

Gu Zhengang nodded, turned around and distributed the army according to the position on the sign.

When no one was paying attention, he summoned nine people and whispered, "You each lead your own team and return to the team according to the position on the sign." ”

The other nine nodded, and walked forward with their respective teams.

The officer looked at the few people who walked in front of him, and his eyes showed doubt: "Gu Qinggao, why do these people look so raw? I don't seem to have seen them before." ”

"How do I know, these people are the people Li Wei and the others arranged to lead the team, if you want to know something, just ask them. After Gu Qinggao finished speaking, he walked towards the private house without looking back.

From him to the prince's private residence, the road was full of guards.

At this time, the edict of the uprising in the private mansion had been read out, and the generals in the courtyard had dispersed, and they had already been given the task of preparing to capture the palace.

The prince stood in the center of the courtyard, with only Zhang Zhong and a dozen martial arts masters by his side.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the hour is almost up, do you want to leave now?" Zhang Zhong asked.

The crown prince glanced at the sun that had risen in the distance, "Let's go." ”

"Honor. Zhang Zhong followed the prince and walked outside.

The battle plan for this uprising had already been agreed with the crown prince, and the prince, as the main rebel, had to set off with the army to calm the hearts of the army.

Although they rebelled in the name of "Qing Jun's side", an uprising is an uprising, and it is no different from a rebellion, so having the prince in charge is even more justifiable.

The 150,000 guards were divided into six teams, and there were 20,000 guards at each of the east, west, north and south gates to prevent the eldest princess from escaping and the army of Yunhai City from attacking the city.

Of the remaining 90,000 guards, 30,000 attacked the north gate of the palace, 40,000 attacked the south gate of the palace, and the remaining 20,000 defended the prince.

Each of these armies is divided into three teams: front, middle, and rear.

The prince walked out of the private house and rode a pure white high-headed horse, while Zhang Zhong followed beside him.

"Let's go!"

The mighty procession headed towards the palace.

And the thousand-strong team brought by Gu Zhengang had already been mixed with the prince's team attacking the south gate.

Zhang Zhong lightly pinched the horse's belly, walked a few steps quickly to the prince's side, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the prince, there is something that the old minister still thinks to report to His Highness." ”

"What?" the prince's expression remained unchanged, and his mouth moved slightly.

Zhang Zhonggang wanted to speak, but looked at the surrounding troops and hesitated, "Do we really want to kill all the Ouchi guards?"

"This question doesn't seem like it's coming from your mouth. The prince chuckled, "None will be left." ”

Zhang Zhong nodded, slightly uneasy in his heart.

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Grand Princess Palace.

At this time, the originally empty hall was full of trembling singers and luthiers, and in front of the main hall stood several female guards wearing red brocade clothes and long swords at their waists, with a solemn expression.

The eldest princess sat calmly on the bench, with a sense of majesty that was breezy and calm.

"Hongu saw that your whole body was trembling. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the singers and luthiers knelt on the ground, and their upper bodies were even more close to the ground.

"Your Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, for the sake of the slave family who have served you for many years, let us go. A luthier said with tears in his voice.

"Please, Celestia, be merciful!" shouted everyone in the hall in unison.

Many timid dancers cried out even more.

The golden curtain on the eldest princess's face shook slightly, and she chuckled, "What's the matter?

The pianist lying on the ground was helpless, they served the royal family all the year round, and the prince's uprising had long been heard, and now the prince's army was about to enter the palace.

If the crown prince sees that they are still serving the eldest princess, he will definitely be angry with them, and their heads will be lost.

These singers and luthiers are just ordinary people who rely on their skills to eat, and they are not loyal to anyone, and they serve whoever is in power.

Seeing that these people didn't speak, the eldest princess spoke again: "Do you think this palace will be killed by the crown prince?"

There was a bit of coldness in these words, and everyone in the hall trembled with fear.

"The minions don't dare. "It's still the violinist who spoke, "But we're all showers, and we don't want to get involved in the royal family in public, so please be gracious to the eldest princess and let us out." ”

The eldest princess smiled "haha", "You are talking truthfully." ”

The violinist hesitated slightly, "Is the eldest princess willing to let us go?"

"Hehe, let's go, as you said, you're just showmans. The eldest princess smiled, "Early in the morning, this palace also wants to be quiet." ”

The luthiers and dancers in the main hall immediately stood up and went out as if they had been pardoned.

"Huh!"

The female guard at the temple gate drew her sword.

The piano master and dancer who walked to the door were suddenly startled, and their hearts were terrified, "Isn't the Grand Duke going to kill people to vent his anger?"

"Butterfly, let them go. Princess Celestia said lightly.

Guarding the inner door of the palace was Da Die, who had changed into a brocade robe.

"Hmph!" she put away her sword and let the luthier and dancer leave.

At this time, a palace goddess walked anxiously to the center of the palace, knelt down and said: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, the prince's army has come to the south gate of the palace and is about to attack." ”

"Hehe, let them come, this palace wants to see if the prince is powerful or our Lord Qi is powerful. Princess Celestia laughed.

At this time, all the female guards looked at the eldest princess with admiration, and at the moment of life and death, but the eldest princess was as steady as Mount Tai, without the slightest panic, and even drank wine arrogantly...

You must know that at this time, Qi Tian's team in the palace is not even 10,000, but the crown prince is 150,000 guards!

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The prince's army came to the palace gates.

"Well, who are those?" the prince frowned.

Zhang Zhong and the other generals also looked at the neatly lined up black armor army in front of the palace with a curious expression.

"Their armor is strange. Zhang Zhong observed carefully, "It's a bit like the legendary Iron Scorpion Legion." ”

"Iron Scorpion Legion?" exclaimed the Prince, "aren't they characters from thousands of years ago?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "They are only dressed like them, but they are definitely not, the Iron Scorpion Legion only has a thousand soldiers, but they have two thousand. ”

"Where did they come from?" the prince was a little puzzled, "Wasn't it the lockdown a few days ago?"

Zhang Zhong is also strange, he has also read the registration book for entering the city within two months, and there are no large-scale light and strong men entering the city.

The crown prince glanced at Zhang Zhong angrily, thinking that he had not done a good job of sealing the city, and someone must have fished in troubled waters to enter the imperial capital.

"General Zhang, no matter who is in front of you, all of them will be annihilated by Prince Ben!"

Zhang Zhong was stunned, and immediately understood that the prince was angry.

In the past, the prince only called him Uncle Zhong, but now he calls himself General Zhang, and the meaning of estrangement is very obvious!

"The former army listened to the order, killed them all, and left no one behind!" Zhang Zhong shouted.

"Whew!"

Twenty thousand soldiers immediately raised their shields, mounted their spears, and advanced forward.

But to their surprise, the black-armored soldiers in front of the palace gate stepped back neatly, and then were level with the palace gate.

Zhang Zhong frowned, so that the advantage in the number of guards would be gone.

Soon, the two armies intersected and met in close combat.

It's just that the soldiers in black armor are obviously much more trained than the Guards.

They erected a half-man-tall rectangular shield, two triangular protrusions plunging directly into the ground, and stabbed their spears at the Guard's bare spots.

On the other hand, the Guards, in terms of strength, combat quality, including armor, etc., are much inferior to these black-armored soldiers.

In an instant, all the guards in the first row fell to the ground screaming, and the spears of these black-armored soldiers were different from ordinary spears, with three small bloodletting hooks on them, and each soldier who was shot was bleeding profusely.

The black-armored soldier saw that all the guards in front of him had fallen, and then neatly pulled out his long black shield, crossed the first row of guards that had fallen, and continued to kill the second row of guards.

And the guards, who were lying on the ground and not dead, were immediately hacked to death by the soldiers in the second row.

The crown prince, Zhang Zhong, and those generals were soldiers in the middle of the country, and they all felt chills in their hearts when they saw the well-trained black-armored soldiers ruthlessly slaughtering the guards.

All of them whispered, 'These black-armored soldiers are too strong. ’

In the blink of an eye, a quarter of the 20,000 soldiers of the former army were killed or wounded, which was 5,000.

"Whose army are they!" the prince roared angrily.