"Report!"

A light horse rode through the layers of military formations, arrived in front of the prince's tent, fell off his horse and knelt on the ground.

In the tent, the prince's armor was neat and his face was solemn, next to him was Fan Che, Guo Que, the commander of the guards, Gu Xiao of the northern camp of the city defense, and Jia De, the general of the Jia Ziqi foot soldiers, with a total of 14,000 troops outside the tent. Considering that there is also a team of Imperial Forest Army guards above the Sword Sect, plus the disciples of the Sword Sect, and the sect master is sealed in Xiu, so the prince is just besieging but not attacking, and rashly going up the mountain will only increase casualties.

All he wanted was to find the talisman in the palace while trapping the emperor and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, so that he could order the three armies to naturally not be afraid of trapping the people on the mountain.

"Come in!"

"Your Highness, the Nine Emperor Princes came to inform Your Highness that they had not found the Tiger Talisman in the palace. ”

The light cavalry guards entered the account in response, knelt in front of the prince's case and said.

"What!"

The prince stood up from behind the desk at once. The total time before and after raising troops to rebel was only five days, so in such a hurry, I didn't dare to say anything about others, even I didn't dare to say that I was completely prepared, and the tiger talisman of the three armies had always been placed within the palace wall, how could I not find it?

A trace of uneasiness quickly flashed in the hearts of the prince and the others.

"Stand down, go back and report again!"

Fan Cheping retired from the light cavalry.

"Your Highness, if you can't find the Tiger Talisman, it will be difficult to command the three armies, so our time will be even tighter. ”

"You need to say it!"

The prince scolded angrily.

"If you can't find the tiger talisman in the palace, then you can only be taken by your father's side, and the order will go down and attack the mountain in formation!"

Since they have torn their faces, there are not so many scenes and politeness, and if the tiger charm can't be found, it can only be done endlessly, and when the emperor's head falls to the ground, the position of the monarch is not his Eastern Emperor Liang Ming's!

"Your Royal Highness, the Sword Sect is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the emperor still has some soldiers and horses around him who can resist, and Feng Yuxiu is also on the mountain, although the individual martial artists always have the ability to reach the sky, they can't stand the army to rush and kill, but I'm afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties in this way." It's better to let His Highness Nine look carefully, and if we find the Tiger Talisman, we will win. ”

Among the few people, except for the prince's personal guards, Fan Che is the secretary of the military department and the prince's cronies, the Jia family is the in-law of the king's general, only Gu Xiao was present, and only the northern camp of the city defense went to take the lead as cannon fodder, and let the thousands of people under him go up to die first, that was cutting the flesh on his body, how could Gu Xiao not feel distressed.

"Lord Gu, you still have the heart to preserve your strength until now, you can't command the three armies if you don't find the tiger talisman, and the 14,000 soldiers and horses surrounding the mountain at the moment, plus the 6,000 or 20,000 people who occupy the imperial city, are already the biggest force in our hands. If the Tiger Talisman is still in the hands of my father, once it is allowed to go out and gather reinforcements, we will all have to fall to the ground! At that time, not to mention the thousands of people in your city defense battalion, all the people who do the work will not be able to live!"

At this moment, the prince has been completely decisive, and there is no turning back from the bow, so he can only bet on everything to fight.

"The subordinate understood. ”

Gu Xiao nodded and took the order.

"You guys should also prepare, all the crossbowmen press back, that is reserved for Feng Yuxiu. ”

"Yes. ”

Fan Che and Judd then set off.

Killing the enemy on the battlefield is different from the competition in the rivers and lakes, a good general may not necessarily have a high level of personal cultivation, but he must be meticulous and have a broad vision, and be able to lead the overall situation and plan everywhere. Soldiers must only obey military orders and orders, and they can go forward bravely and sacrifice their lives to death, and they can be unswerving.

Since he can be called a master, he must understand the simple truth that two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and when he cultivates to be high and prosperous, it is inevitable that he will be exhausted, and it is easy for one person to kill ten people, easy to kill whites, and thousands of people. Second, what people are trying to do in the rivers and lakes is nothing more than fame and fortune, who will have nothing to do with the army, and even many strong men and reckless men are recruited by the army to mix up an official and a half-position.

Therefore, no matter how famous the Sword Sect is, the Eastern Emperor Liang Ming is also full of confidence with 20,000 elite soldiers.

The foot pawn holds the shield in front, holds the short soldier in his hand, the spear is behind, and the bow and arrow retreat ten steps, so that the formation of attacking the mountain advances step by step, and continues to make up for the break, and it will always attack in front of the Sword Sect Palace.

"Array!"

Fan Che led his horse up and went around the field, and after an earth-shattering order, he sounded the war drum and sounded the horn, and thousands of people lined up in front of the mountain to shout!

"Roar!"

The phalanx is formed, and the armor rustles, which makes people can't help but feel numb in the scalp and soft in the soles of their feet.

The order to gather from thousands of mouths shouted almost simultaneously shook the hearts of everyone present, and the call was like thunder through the clouds, even the main hall above the Sword Sect could be heard clearly.

Above the main hall of the Sword Sect, everyone retreated, and everyone was empty, only the great eunuch Tong Zhu and the Sword Sect Sect Master Feng Yu Xiu accompanied the emperor.

Usually people say that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, let alone the emperor of the Son of Heaven? Knowing that the crown prince took advantage of the trial to lead the troops to occupy the city and encircle the mountain with the intention of seizing the throne, this is something that the emperor never expected, how did he treat him on weekdays, how could he? How dare he?

Feng Yu Xiu saw that the emperor was emotionally complicated for a while and could not be restrained, so he asked Tong Yu to step back left and right first, and let the emperor slow down. Donghuang Taiyi took the Imperial Forest Army and a group of Sword Sect disciples to set up defenses.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

As soon as the Eastern Emperor Tai arranged the defense matters, he wanted to go back to the palace to report the situation to the emperor, but he stopped Bai Mingshi under the steps in front of the palace.

"Is there something wrong with the gentleman?"

"At a critical juncture, His Royal Highness must remember to forbear, we have forced the prince into a corner, and he can't turn over now, you just need to protect the emperor from harm, and after the calm down, you will abolish the prince, and with His Royal Highness's prestige and merits, he will become the prince just around the corner. Remember not to talk too much at this juncture and cause trouble to provoke the emperor's suspicion. ”

Bai Mingshi carefully avoided the ministers, the ten-year plan had reached the last step, seeing that the Donghuang Tai's face was as calm as usual, but he was very nervous, and his hands couldn't help but tremble when he pulled the Donghuang Taiyi and whispered.

"I've endured it for ten years, and I'm not afraid to endure it for a while, but I see that Mr. is very nervous. ”

Donghuang Taiyi laughed twice and patted Bai Mingshi's shoulder hard, and by the way, he also teased.

"The old man knew that His Royal Highness was among the dragons and phoenixes, but he really didn't expect the prince to be able to gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in such a short time. ”

Donghuang Taiyi knew in his heart that Bai Mingshi, as a strategist, was naturally the first-rate in the world, otherwise he would not have been able to have such a status and achievements as he is today from a concubine who almost everyone shouts and beats, but after all, he is a scholar, and he still can't help but tremble when he sees the battlefield killing with his own eyes.

"It's okay, the Eastern Emperor Jiulin has already gone to the north camp of the city defense with the tiger talisman, and after taking over the imperial city again, he will go straight to the Sword Sect, and when the time comes, the prince will definitely be defeated. ”

After comforting Bai Mingshi, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi hurriedly entered the hall.

Bai Fengfeng said well, the more critical the moment, the more he must be patient, although the prince raised troops to surround the Sword Sect, it was still not enough, so he had to wait, waiting for the prince's cold knife to really slash in front of him, waiting for the prince to say that he was going to win the throne now.

Only then will the emperor be completely dead-hearted, truly dead-hearted.

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The capital was only guarded by Fan Che's 6,000 men, and Shaoyang, the general of the northern camp of the city defense, had the old forest of the Eastern Emperor beside him, and there was a tiger talisman that could command the three armies, and he gathered all 20,000 horses without hesitation.

The military guards who were left to defend the city were complicated, and the division was still a rebel, and they all secretly beat the drum in their hearts, and broke the city gate with a slight impact on the city defense battalion, and most of them were obediently tied up after entering the city.

Later, the Eastern Emperor Jiulin asked Feng Shaoyang to stay in the capital, and he led the crowd to the Sword Sect to support.

Riding a horse, the smoke and dust were billowing on the official road, and the old Lin of the Eastern Emperor hated to smoke the horsewhip in his hand, just thinking that the seventh brother could hold on for a while, and not let the prince rush up the mountain to hold it.

didn't go far from a long roar above everyone's heads, and a big falcon swooped down like a black cloud, and the sharp eyes of the East Emperor Old Forest recognized that it was a bird of prey raised by the Seventh Brother, and hurriedly picked up the leather swing in front of him and put it on his forearm, and the big falcon fluttered down and grabbed the forearm of the East Emperor Old Forest, and immediately grinned in pain.

"It's a letter from the Seventh Brother. ”

Donghuang Jiulin untied the message from the big falcon's leg, and sent the big falcon away with a wave of his arm.

"Pass the order, slow down when you reach the Sword Sect three miles away, and start attacking with the fireworks on the mountain!"

The lieutenant general beside him didn't know what was written on the note from His Royal Highness the Seventh, but the Eastern Emperor Old Lin immediately felt a lot more relaxed after reading it.

"Your Highness, what did the Seventh Highness say?"

The adjutant general took a turn back to convey the order, and after returning to the East Emperor Old Lin, he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he leaned over and asked in a whisper.

"What are you talking about?"

Donghuang Jiulin pondered for a moment, and then gently patted the neck of the sitting war horse.

"Your Highness is kind, so that we don't have to rush over to fight, and after the prince rushes halfway up the mountain, let's fight back and forth with the mountain, and directly swallow the prince's more than 10,000 horses!"

"Wonderful, really wonderful! Your Highness's wisdom and scheming are indeed not comparable to us. ”

The adjutant general smiled and slapped a sycophant who thought he was leaky.

The prince of Jianzong Mountain ordered the attack on the mountain.

Fan Che commanded the formation, the foot soldiers held the shield in front, the spear archers followed in turn, and the orderly military formation stepped forward step by step along the mountain road of the Sword Sect.

The Xishu Sword Sect has a deep relationship with the royal family, the mountain is repaired in a regular atmosphere, and the mountain road is wide enough to run seven carriages in parallel, and it only begins to narrow in the middle of the mountainside.

The advance of the army was unstoppable, and the number of the Royal Forest Army was not enough for a fraction of them, so they could only hide on both sides and rely on the stones to attack, which was not a climate at all.

Soon it was cleared, and the formation of troops on the mountainside platform changed, and the group of five continued to push upward.

The prince and others followed behind and also went up the mountain, and when his soldiers pushed him to the main hall of the Sword Sect, he wanted to be the first to stand in the eyes of everyone, take the throne of Xishu in front of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and then execute him with his own hands to let him fall into the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who had to rebel against the situation!

The speed of attacking the mountain slowed down suddenly, and the mountain road narrowed to allow them to attack and defend at the same time, and the royal forest soldiers on the mountain occupied the favorable terrain and about ten people could effectively block it, and there were elders of the Sword Sect on other branch roads.

"Where is the general!"

Seeing that the scene began to stalemate, the prince was anxious, picked up his spear and rushed to the front.

"The last general!"

Gu Xiao of the city defense battalion, Jia Zijun, and Jia De stepped forward together with the three deputy generals.

"A few of you are scattered and lead the formation, although the mountain road is long and narrow, even if there are many people, you can't do more to delay them and let them fight and retreat, we can't afford to withstand the consumption!"

"Your Highness, your safety?"

Several people obeyed the order but were a little hesitant, they have been guarding the prince's side to ensure the prince's life, if the prince has a little bit of a problem, what are they following the rebellion for?

"Don't worry about me, just a few hundred Imperial Forest Soldiers can't hurt me in the slightest, you just go and suppress the Sword Sect Elder and push the army formation to the front of the main hall as soon as possible!"

The prince shouted, how could he still be afraid at such a critical moment? Even if he saved his life, he could wait for the reinforcements under the mountain to finish as soon as they arrived!

"Wait for the order!"

There is no better way for a few people to look at each other, and now it takes a moment more time to win, and the chance of victory will be smaller, but fortunately, the Royal Forest Army is almost all pressed on the main road, although there are many people, but the combat power is limited, and those elders of the Sword Sect are scattered on other branch roads, which makes the soldiers attacking the mountain a headache.

Gu Xiaojiad and the others immediately got up and left, and each scattered to the branch road.

The fierce general on the battlefield naturally has its own merits worthy of praise, Judd is a long-handed man holding a broad-backed Pu knife, raising a bow and pulling the string from a hundred meters away, the sword of the five elders of the Sword Sect on the mountain road flies, and the front row of foot soldiers holding shields to resist is actually suppressed and cannot advance a bit, the shield clangs, and each sword qi rushes over will leave a trace on the shield surface, so that the shields used for defense have become the same as the back of the turtle, and the sword marks are mottled and intertwined, and they will explode at some point.

Eyes, arms, and arrows, Judd is ready to bend the bow like a full moon!

The next moment, the sharp arrow is still attacking through the air!

The five elders have already played the Sword Sect's moves back and forth twice, but they can only try to suppress the advancing enemy formation, and if he has the slightest idea of getting close, he will stab the spear behind the shield intensively, and the coordination of the troops is seamless, while the Royal Forest Army on his side can only hide far behind to find some space to release some cold arrows, and it is impossible to form an efficient cooperation like the opposite side.

It's okay to suppress it temporarily, it can be delayed for a while, anyway, His Royal Highness the Seventh has already said that His Royal Highness the Eastern Emperor Jiulin entered the palace and grabbed the Tiger Fu and will definitely mobilize reinforcements to come.

As soon as the fifth elder's third routine move opened the shelf, a sharp arrow struck through the enemy formation!

Jumping over the enemy formation, you can clearly see a burly general holding a long work in his hand and running quickly.

After the five elders took off into the air, they took four steps back, returned to the sword with their right hand and pinched their fingers with their left hand to sacrifice the mantra, and the qi in their bodies surged outward, and a barrier was piled up between the sharp arrows close to their bodies, intercepting the sharp arrows.

There is no room for respite, and the second sharp arrow comes one after another!

But this time, with preparation, the five elders relied on their flexible body skills to dodge over.

Judd's distance of one hundred meters has been shortened for a moment, and he jumped on the ground to cross the shield wall, and the longbow threw the ground and the cold light flickered, and the thunderous blow was a head-on slash!

The seemingly powerful blow looked at the five elders' long swords, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea, failing to stir up the slightest splash. But Judd rolled on the spot after a blow, and the shield wall behind him took two steps forward to make Judd a back lean, the spears were well connected and unambiguous, and the continuous attacks of dozens of spears made the five elders unable to find room to counterattack.

The spear is withdrawn, Judd is again, the shield wall is again!

With such a cooperation of the enemy formation, although the five elders had no more than enough to deal with, they could only be forced to retreat, and the stagnant military formation finally started again and slowly went up the mountain!