Ji Xuan, Fan Changyun and others were waiting for news in the East Palace, and at the same time, they were also analyzing what King Cheng might do next.

I don't know why I talked about Pang Hong again, and as he spoke, Fan Changyun suddenly remembered something, and his voice was not good, and then he told Ji Xuan what he was worried about.

Pang Hongzu, the main general of Beiying, was one of the five kings who founded the country, and in the midst of all the difficulties, Pang Hong's grandfather delayed the fighter plane, causing the rebellious King Huai to lead his troops to the capital, causing the court to suffer huge losses. After King Huai's rebellion was put down, the Pang family was questioned, but remembering the merits of his ancestors, in addition to the title was deprived, only Pang Hong's grandfather was beheaded, and the rest were exiled to the bitter cold land of Liaozhou.

The Pang family still had a gold medal for avoiding death at that time, but Pang Hong's grandfather did not use it on himself, he knew that he deserved to die, so he used this gold medal for avoiding death on Pang Hong. Pang Hong was only a teenager at the time, the only male of his generation, and if he followed him to Liaozhou, the Pang family would have no hope of turning over, so his grandfather used the gold medal to ask the emperor to pardon Pang Hong's crime of exile and let him join the army.

The emperor agreed to Pang Hong's grandfather's request and let Pang Hong go to the army. Pang Hong was born in a family of military generals, learned martial arts since childhood and was familiar with the art of war, fought bravely in the army, repeatedly made military exploits, and was slowly promoted, and was appointed as the chief general of the northern camp of the forbidden army the year before last.

may be because of the sins committed by his ancestors, Pang Hong is very low-key, and he has never spoken any dissatisfied words in front of others because his ancestors were convicted. At that time, when the Ministry of War recommended him to be the chief general of the northern camp of the forbidden army in the capital, some people in the DPRK and China also stood up and raised their worries, fearing that Pang Hong would be resentful because of the affairs of his ancestors and would do something after holding the military power.

In the end, the emperor did not veto the proposal of the military department because of this worry, and Pang Hong became the chief general of the northern camp.

Of course, this is not the root of Fan Changyun's worries, but he remembered that the secretary of the military department who recommended Pang Hong at that time was Ji Min. Ji Min was originally the deputy assistant of the cabinet, and in the process of Ji Xuan's rectification of the dynasty, he was removed from his official position. Ji Min was the secretary of the military department before becoming the deputy assistant of the cabinet, but the key thing is that he was a confidant of King Cheng.

Although the person recommended by King Cheng's henchmen is not necessarily the person who becomes the king, in this case, he has to be guarded against.

The defense of the north gate is very important, and there can be no accidents, although Ji Xuan asked Ah Niu to follow Pang Hong to prevent accidents, but after all, Ah Niu is too young and has experienced too few things, and there are only a few people who go here.

After hearing Fan Changyun's worries, Ji Xuan immediately got up, asked Gong Que to accompany him, and rushed to the north gate with more than a hundred East Palace guards.

On the way, they saw the fireworks emitted by Pang Hong, knew that something was wrong, and quickened the pace of progress. Then they met Brother Xiong and Qi Wu one after another, and asked them to rush back to the north gate together.

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The soldiers of the Beiying who came to the north gate with Shen Yue saw hundreds of people lying on the ground, and they were suspicious, they didn't have time to ask, because the rebels had already lit a fire outside the city gate, if it wasn't for Ah Niu to let the two water tanks on the city tower full of water and put out the fire on weekdays, it is estimated that the fire will be even bigger.

As reinforcements climbed the walls, the archers fired a barrage of arrows, forcing the rebels to retreat to their positions. After making sure that it was safe, Ah Niu led people to open the city gate and extinguish the fire.

Bai Han saw that the opportunity was missed, and scolded angrily.

Just when Bai Han was annoyed, the follow-up army finally arrived. Bai Han briefly told his brother Bai Hao about the previous situation.

According to Bai Han's description, Bai Hao concluded that the North Gate Forbidden Army must not have prepared for defense in a hurry, so he didn't care about resting and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

Bai Han was unwilling to accept the opportunity he had missed before, and ordered the forward battalion to attack the city with siege equipment. This is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and Bai Hao naturally agrees.

A lieutenant general in his fifties standing beside Bai Hao looked at Bai Han with a serious expression and led people to attack the city.

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As Bai Hao expected, although Shen Yue came with part of the forbidden army, he was in a hurry, and the equipment and items used to defend the city had not yet had time to be transported to the city wall, but he had already ordered people to act and speed up the transportation.

To carry the equipment, Pang Hong, who was still lying unconscious on the ground, and the hundreds of soldiers got in the way, so Shen Yue ordered people to move these people away.

At this moment, someone stood up and questioned why Pang Hong, who was the commander of the North Battalion, and the hundreds of soldiers fell unconscious.

Shen Yue and Ah Niu stood up one after another to explain the situation, but some people were still skeptical, especially those soldiers who had a good impression of Pang Hong.

Before the war, internal unity and morale were the most important, so Shen Yue and Ah Niu discussed how to convince everyone that what they said was all the truth.

At this moment, Ji Xuan arrived with someone.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came forward, which naturally dispelled everyone's doubts. Shen Yue was appointed as the new commander of the Beiying, and all the soldiers in the Beiying rushed to fend off the attack on the Chengjun army while carrying equipment and materials.

The attack on the Cheng army was very fierce, and the Beiying forbidden army resisted very hard, and there were casualties on both sides. However, Xiang Cheng's army had 50,000 horses and horses, attacking in turn, and the forbidden army was in a hurry to meet the battle, and the armament, wood and stone were not well prepared, which caused the defense on the city wall to be very difficult.

Xiang Cheng's army attacked the city wall several times, and the two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand fight, and the forbidden army killed all the Xiang Chengjun who attacked the city wall after paying a great price.

The sound of killing cries resounded in the night sky.

Ji Xuan stood on the city gate tower and quietly watched this tragic scene, his expression was extremely serious.

The attack on the Cheng army gradually became less violent as it was repelled by the forbidden army again and again, and the forbidden army has stabilized its position after the initial panic, the key is that Ji Xuan, as the prince, has been standing on the city gate tower, which is the greatest encouragement to the soldiers of the forbidden army.

In the early morning of summer, the first morning glow rising in the eastern sky was glowing red and brilliant, as if it was dyed red by the blood of soldiers on both sides.

As the sky brightened, Xiang Cheng's army stopped attacking.

This time the army was planned, Xiang Cheng army raided the north gate, and Pang Hong, the commander of the north camp, was responsible for responding, it was said that it was easy to enter the capital from the north gate, but the current situation was that Pang Hong did not appear, and the raid became a strong attack.

Bai Hao didn't know exactly what was going on, but everything deviated from the plan that King Cheng had told him, which made him feel a little uneasy. Although the strength of the army is five to one, but the city wall of the capital is tall and strong, the forbidden army is in danger and defending, and now the situation has been stabilized, it will be difficult to storm it, and the price paid is also huge, and now he has lost one or two thousand people.

King Cheng should be in the Temple of Mercy and Grace now, so Bai Hao asked Bai Han to go there to see King Cheng, tell him the situation at the north gate, and decide what to do next.