Chapter 159: Everyone Chooses Differently

Li Xin did not stay in the Weiyang Palace for long, and after he got the sealed decree in Shangshutai, he left the Weiyang Palace and walked towards Yong'an Gate.

Because now is not the time to show off the might, now the capital is still full of war, although the Hanzhou army occupies the imperial city, but the Ningzhou army is still fighting with the defenders of the capital, the top priority now is to calm down the struggle first, and then grasp the power, and then get the power of the forbidden army.

Only when he gets the military power of the forbidden army can this war really end, otherwise Li Xin can only be said to have entered the capital, not to defeat the capital.

Outside the palace, Mu Ying had been waiting for a long time, and Li Xin was holding two holy decrees in his hand, one was thrown to Mu Ying, and the other was held in his own hand.

"The things are in hand, Brother Mu, you go to the right camp of the forbidden army, and I will go to the left camp of the forbidden army."

"At this moment, Chong Xuantong should be putting pressure on the two battalions of forbidden troops, and he must rush ahead of him and take over the two battalions of forbidden troops with the holy decree, otherwise not only will He Xiang Hou Jingde's life be in danger, but he will really be taken over by Chong Xuantong, and this old man may not even recognize the holy decree!"

Although He Xiang and Hou Jingde controlled the two battalions of the forbidden army, it did not mean that the two battalions of the forbidden army would rebel with them, they just temporarily controlled the two battalions of the forbidden army under the pretense of "imperial order".

If Chong Xuantong was decisive enough to personally go to the two camps of the forbidden army and kill Hou Jingde and He Xiang, he was the general of the forbidden army under the imperial court, and he could really take over the power of the forbidden army.

The Chong family is different from all the civil and military officials, their family and the Ji family share weal and woe, it is impossible to watch the Great Jin fall into the hands of outsiders, and it is even possible that the Chong Xuantong will not even care about the life of the emperor in the imperial city, and he will have to deal with the southwest army to the end.

It's a big deal, the family will find another emperor surnamed Ji.

Mu Ying immediately nodded: "The last general understands!" ”

The two of them left most of the Hanzhou army to garrison the imperial city, and before leaving, Mu Ying gave a death order, not allowing the Hanzhou army to disturb anyone in the imperial city, otherwise they would all be punished on the spot.

This order will attract some dissatisfaction from the Hanzhou army, after all, everyone has worked hard for so long, and finally entered the imperial city, not to mention burning and looting in the imperial city, at least you can rob a few palace maids to go home as daughters-in-law, there is no reason to break into the emperor Laozi's house, but also to be their guards.

However, Mu Ying's prestige in the Hanzhou army is extremely heavy, and he has always done what he says, and the people in the Hanzhou army don't dare to have any opinions, so they can only bow their heads and take orders.

In this way, after the Hanzhou army controlled many gates of the imperial city, Li Xin and Mu Ying, each with about a thousand people, each holding a holy decree, Li Xin went straight to the garrison of the left camp of the forbidden army, and Mu Ying went to the right camp of the forbidden army where He Xiangruo was there.

These two battalions were originally stationed outside the city, after the two battalions of the forbidden army entered the city, in order to prevent the southwest army from attacking from several other gates, the two battalions of the forbidden army were quite scattered, the left battalion of the forbidden army was in the west of the city, and the nearby defense of the west of the city, while the right battalion of the forbidden army was in the south of the city, to prevent the surprise attack of the southwest army.

In other words, at this time, most of the Xuantong was in the left camp of the forbidden army in the west of the city.

At this time, the sky has already brightened, and the two battalions of the forbidden army are still standing still, but the Ankang army and the Hanzhong army are still fighting with the Ningzhou army, and the Ningzhou army has firearms and a lot of people, so they have the upper hand at this time.

However, this is the case that the two battalions of the forbidden army are not involved, and the two battalions of the forbidden army that do not move should have more than 150,000 troops at this time, and once they participate in the battle, the Ningzhou army, which has been basically paralyzed by the firearms battalion, will soon be unable to support it and will be defeated.

Li Xin, under the escort of a thousand Hanzhou troops, broke into the vicinity of the big tent of the left camp of the forbidden army in the chaos, and at this time the left camp of the forbidden army was surrounded by the soldiers of the left battalion, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, but some soldiers who were not the uniform of the left battalion could be seen near the big tent.

Obviously, at this time, most of them have already entered the left camp of the forbidden army.

Li Xin frowned slightly.

At this time, he has no way to grasp what the situation is in the left camp of the forbidden army, if Hou Jingde is still there, then he can go in and announce the decree, but if the Xuantong has already controlled the situation, he will just be sent to death if he goes in.

But if he delays for a while, Hou Jingde may die in the hands of Chong Xuantong, this former old boss has helped Li Xin a lot, and this time it has played a key role, and Li Xin can't sit idly by.

He was silent for a while, and then ordered the people around him: "Go and call Zhao Yi." ”

At this time, the most suitable candidate should be Li Xin's brother-in-law Zhao Fang, but Zhao Fang is not in the capital now, but is active in the Jiangnan area, and the only one who can be used and credible enough is this righteous son.

Zhao Yi is now in the Ningzhou army, and it didn't take long for him to arrive in front of Li Xin, he hugged his fists deeply at Li Xin, and said respectfully: "Righteous ......"

As soon as he said a word, Zhao Yi felt that it was a little inappropriate, after all, he was in the military formation at this time, so he hurriedly changed his words.

"I've seen the General!"

Li Xin handed him the holy decree, pointed to the big tent in the left camp in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "You go in to announce the holy decree of the imperial court." ”

"Fast, if it's late, General Hou may be worried about his life!"

Zhao Yi hurriedly took the holy decree, he was bold and unambiguous, and immediately took the holy decree and walked towards the big tent in Zuoying.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the big tent, he was stopped by the forbidden soldiers of the left camp, Zhao Yi held the holy decree in his hand and shouted: "The holy decree has arrived, the holy decree has arrived!" ”

"The left camp is forbidden to the army, and it will not be possible to rebel!"

This young man held the holy decree in his hand, and his face was not afraid, and the people of the left camp did not dare to stop him, so they let him in.

At this time, in the tent of the left battalion of the forbidden army, there was tension.

Hou Jingde was protected by more than a dozen personal guards, and the general in cyan armor held a long sword and looked coldly at Hou Jingde, who was protected by more than a dozen people.

"A rebel and thief who does not distinguish between right and wrong!"

Chong Xuantong shouted angrily.

At this time, the left battalion of the forbidden army still had the complete combat strength of about four Zhichong Mansions, but there were six Zhichong Captains in the big tent, and only two of these Zhichong Captains stood on Hou Jingde's side, the other three stood on the side of Xuantong, and one took a few steps back, bowed his head and did not stand on either side.

In the face of Chong Xuantong's scolding, Hou Jingde did not fight back, but just glanced at the sword in Chong Xuantong's hand with palpitations.

Just now, this old man entered the tent of the left camp of the forbidden army in a friendly manner, and as soon as they met, he directly drew his sword and almost hacked him to death with a sword.

If it weren't for Hou Jingde's skills not falling much over the years, he might have lost his life at this time!

Chong Xuantong looked at the two commanders behind Hou Jingde again, and scolded angrily: "Are you the forbidden army of the Great Jin Dynasty, or the forbidden army of Hou Jingde?" ”

"This guy colluded with the southwest anti-thieves, and the southwest anti-thieves have invaded the capital, do you want to join him and be connected by the nine clans!"

The two lieutenants standing behind Hou Jingde were all cronies who he had brought up with one hand, and in the face of the old general's questioning, the two of them took a deep breath, bowed their heads and didn't say anything.

After Hou Jingde calmed down, he looked up at Chong Xuantong, and said slightly: "Old general, Hou has always respected the seed family very much, and today's matter has come to this point, but you and I have chosen differently, and the old general doesn't need to say anything." ”

"You and I just wait for news."

Hou Jingde slowly exhaled a breath, and his voice was low: "Let's see if it's us people who have been connected by the Nine Clans, or if the Renchen Palace has reappeared back then." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a high-pitched young man's voice came from outside the big tent.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"