The sky is dawning, and the morning glow is faint.

Xiang Yu stood on top of the city tower, overlooking half of the holy capital at his feet.

On the imperial city are black flags waving in the wind and elite warriors waiting for the day, and under the imperial city are rebels who cannot be seen at a glance.

This was not a dream, but a real rebellion.

Overnight, she felt like she had grown a lot again.

Yet just last night she was a carefree girl, bathing as usual and preparing for bed.

Suddenly, Geng Tian broke in, and Shi Liyu reported: "Your Royal Highness Princess, Qi Longxiang has held the three princes hostage and conspired with Da Wuzhu to rebel, and now the rebels have taken control of the Holy Capital City Binglin Palace Gate. The situation is urgent!"

"Dangchang!"

The bronze mirror in Xiang Yu's hand fell to the ground, and he lost his voice and said: "King Wu, Da Wu Zhu and my third brother rebelled?

Geng Tian said in a deep voice: "There is no mistake, this matter is true. If Her Royal Highness doesn't believe it, you can see it when you climb the tower!"

"No, no, how can this be?" Xiang Yu was incredulous, his eyes widened and said, "What about my father, why don't you report to him?"

Geng Tian replied: "Your Majesty has not returned since he left the palace after taking the lamp. Now rumors are rife in the Holy Capital City, and there are even rebels claiming that His Majesty has been blessed by the Great Witch...... Kill!"

"No!" Xiang Yu was hit by five thunderbolts, his legs were weak and he struggled to support the table before he could collapse, his pretty face lost his blood color in an instant, and he said like a wooden chicken: "You are talking nonsense, you lie to me! Come on, take Geng Tian down, and take him to see his father!"

The two little palace maids beside you, you look at me, I look at you, which one dares to move.

Geng Tian said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, now is not the time to be petty. Your Majesty is not here, and neither is the Empress, who else in this imperial city can be in charge of affairs? If you refuse to come forward, the morale of the army outside will be chaotic, and the rebels will knock on the door and enter the imperial city...... I'm afraid I can't keep it!"

Xiang Yu had never seen Geng Tian with such a powerful appearance, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Geng Tian was anxious, the arrows were on the bow outside, and he really didn't have time to grind his teeth with this little princess.

At this moment, Xiang Yu turned around and took off his sword from the wall and said, "General Geng, lead the way, let's go up to the city tower!"

Geng Tian was relieved, and immediately led the two of them in front of him and quickly walked towards the direction of Suzaku Gate.

From time to time, shouts of killing sounded in the imperial city, several palaces were also on fire, and there were swords-rattling Praetorian Guards everywhere, and a team of Jinfeng guards cruised back and forth at night to protect the sky above the imperial city.

This Jin Fengwei is the trump card of the Great Chu army, which was originally created by the Martial King Qi Longxiang himself. But tonight, the vast majority of them have become an important force in the protection of the royal family.

Geng Tian comforted Xiang Yu and said: "Your Royal Highness the princess doesn't need to be afraid, before I came, I had already swept away most of the spies who tried to make trouble in the palace, even if there were a few small fish that slipped through the net, they couldn't make waves." ”

Xiang Yu fixed his mind and said, "General Geng, do you think there will be anything wrong with my father?"

"No, it won't. Geng Tian's gloomy face flashed a trace of gloom in the firelight, and said: "Your Majesty's wise and martial arts cultivation is the world, who can hurt him in the world today?"

Xiang Yu asked: "Then why did such a big thing happen, and I haven't seen him come back to preside over the overall situation?"

"Your Majesty has always acted casually, how can the last general speculate?"

Xiang Yu didn't speak anymore, and the two of them boarded the Vermilion Bird Gate surrounded by the Praetorian Guards.

The Praetorian Guards guarding the imperial city saw Her Royal Highness the princess in the line of fire, all cheered, thundered, and their morale was high, holding swords, guns, torches, and chanting Chitose.

I saw that the lights were bright up and down the city tower, and thousands of rebels outside the moat below were mobilizing troops to gather in formation, and one by one the ballista carts were pushed up, and Sen Han's giant crossbow was aimed at the city tower from afar, just waiting for an order to fire ten thousand arrows.

Xiang Yu's eyes wandered around the city, but he didn't see Qi Longxiang and Xiang Ran. Li Chuxian, one of the five doctors in charge of the rebels, saw Xiang Yu standing on the city tower at a glance, and said with no surprise in his heart: "Sure enough, there is only such a yellow-haired little girl as Xiang Yu left in the imperial city, and the first credit for seizing the palace from the dragon is none other than me!"

Geng Tian glanced at Li Chuxian and said in a low voice: "The Eight Dragon and Snake Great Array has been opened, which is enough to be worth 100,000 male masters. Li Chuxian is not an idiot, so he naturally knows how powerful it is. No attack on the Imperial City will be launched until the mobilization of troops and horses is completed. The only thing to watch out for now is a sneak attack. ”

Xiang Yu turned to face the soldiers defending the city, and said loudly: "All the soldiers, everyone has worked hard! There will be a fierce battle later, and I, Xiang Yu, will stand on this city tower and fight the enemy side by side with everyone." People are in the imperial city, and they will never take half a step back. If you have the slightest greed for life and fear of death, you swear to be like this!"

She pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver of her own soldiers, and threw it out of the city with a slight "click" with both hands.

A group of Praetorian Guards in the Imperial City suddenly boiled with enthusiasm, raised their arms and shouted: "People are in the Imperial City, and they swear to live and die with His Highness!"

Seeing this, Geng Tian couldn't help but feel pleased: "The little princess is quite bold and arrogant, not to be underestimated. ”

Before he could think about it, Li Chuxian under the imperial city secretly opened his bow and aimed at Xiang Yu.

"Huh-" In the terrible scream, an arrow turned into a black streamer and shone with runic brilliance, shooting towards Xiang Yu with lightning speed.

Geng Tian was shocked, and drew his knife to slash the arrow shaft with a crisp sound of "sonorous".

The arrow shook violently and deflected, swept past Xiang Yu's side and shot straight into the pile of people standing in front of her.

A Tiger Army warrior was caught off guard, and was pierced through the skull by an arrow, and the muffled sound of "bang" was like a watermelon bursting, and the upper half of his body turned into a blood mist in response.

When it was too late, a Tiger Ben military academy captain in the crowd suddenly waved his hand and threw a poison-quenching flying knife without warning, and a blue light flew viciously towards Xiang Yu's throat.

Geng Tian's arm was shocked by Li Chuxian's streamer arrow, and the knife style was too late to defend for a while, and he couldn't help but roar in anger: "Your Highness, be careful!"

As he spoke, Li Chuxian's second and third streamer arrows under the city tower swirled around.

A coquettish sound sounded next to Leng Buding, and Xiang Yu's personal palace maid Taro blocked in front of her, flipped her wrist and showed a short sword, blocking the flying knife that came from her, and she was also stumbled and shocked out of a few steps.

The Huben military captain shouted viciously, "Die!" The sound reached the point where he opened his left hand and inserted five fingers into Xiang Yu's heart.

Dong'er, another personal palace maid, rushed forward desperately, raised her arm and pulled out a short sword and stabbed it into the captain's palm.

Unexpectedly, the other party struck the east and west, his left paw shook a shot, and Chen Cang slammed Dong'er's lower abdomen under his feet.

Dong'er vomited blood and stumbled into Xiang Yu's arms, and the captain rubbed his body with a cruel smile on his face, and tried to kill Xiang Yu with a knife.

At the last moment, Dong'er jumped up from Xiang Yu's arms and flew towards the captain's blade.

"Poof!" the blade stabbed into Dong'er's chest, and she didn't seem to feel the slightest pain, and her hands were locked tightly on the captain's arms.

"Dong'er!" Taro let out a mournful cry, and the short sword slammed into the side of the captain's neck, and blood gushed like a spring when he landed.

The captain jumped up with a scream, and fell to the ground again, and lay down in a pool of blood with Dong'er's limbs.

"Kow, keng!" Geng Tian struggled to fly the streamer arrow shot by Li Chuxian, and hissed and shouted: "Protect Your Highness!"

Without his reminder, several cronies and warriors swarmed Xiang Yu and retreated.

Xiang Yu pushed away the warrior who protected him, kicked the captain who assassinated him away, leaned over and picked up the dying Dong'er, his heart was full of grief and indignation, and he cried out: "Dong'er!"

Dong'er no longer had the strength to speak, her head hung down and she closed her eyes.

Taro was crying while stabbing the captain with a short sword in the face, she and Dong'er were both dead soldiers sent by Xiang Yi to Xiang Yu's side, and they were usually hidden and no one knew. Unexpectedly, the first time tonight, Dong'er and the assassin died together.

Suddenly Geng Tian whispered and shouted, "Wait, he wears a human skin mask on his face!"

The soldiers stepped forward three times and divided five by two, and tore off the human skin mask on the captain's face, revealing an unfamiliar face.

"It's not Liu Tie!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

"This person must have killed Captain Liu and used his face to make a human skin mask and blended in!"

"Where did this son of a son come from?!"

"Don't make a noise!" Geng Tian stopped drinking, and said slowly: "If I don't admit my mistake, he is the witch's nest of one of the thirteen witches of the Witch Sect! Poor Brother Liu Tie, I don't know where to ...... head."

At this time, the rebels outside the imperial city burst into cheers, and Qi Longxiang and Xiang Ran came to the Vermilion Bird Gate surrounded by a group of generals and stars.

Qi Longxiang raised his voice and said: "Xiang Yi's actions against the sky are unpopular, and he is ruined and killed. Geng Tian, why did you help to torture the jade and burn it, and you didn't open the palace gate to make meritorious contributions to the new monarch?!"

Geng Tian said angrily: "Qi Longxiang, Your Majesty treats you like a mountain, but you are embarrassed to conspire with Tang Yan to usurp the throne and do that ungrateful thing!

While he angrily scolded Qi Longxiang, he secretly had luck all over his body and could adapt at any time.

Qi Longxiang was promoted to the realm of the Great Sun as early as twenty years ago, and when it came to cultivation in the Great Chu Dynasty and the opposition, it can be said that one person is above ten thousand people. If he came to assassinate Xiang Yu by force, I really don't know if he can resist it?

Fortunately, Qi Longxiang didn't mean this, and smiled disapprovingly: "Since you are stubborn, don't blame this king for not remembering the old love!"

Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Ran, who had been lowering his head and not speaking, and said angrily: "Third Emperor Brother, why did you betray your father?"

Xiang Ran slowly raised his head and hesitated, then lowered his head again, and did not speak.

Qi Longxiang's eyes swept over Li Chuxian, Li Chuxian immediately understood, and ordered: "Cover with a bow and crossbow, fill the moat, and prepare to attack the city!"

"K-"

Rows of giant crossbow strings rang out, and hundreds of crossbow arrows burst out, densely covering the night and rushing towards the city tower like dark clouds.

"Boom-" The walls of the imperial city suddenly lit up with giant runes, and the light was like a bright candle rushing into the sky, converging into a series of dragon and snake phantoms, guarding the inside and outside of the imperial city.

"Release the crossbow!" Geng Tian did not show weakness, and gave an order.

The giant crossbows installed on the castle tower were fired in unison, and the crossbow arrows flew condescendingly like rain and shot towards the rebel array outside the city.

A bloody battle began.

(End of chapter)