Around Xiangguo City this night, the atmosphere was a little weirdly quiet.

It's not that the inside and outside of the city are really silent, on the contrary, the actual situation is very noisy, the guards of the Jiande Palace in the north of the city pass through the alleys of the city, and after leaving the city, they are stationed in the south of the city wall array. Xiaozhang City in the east of the city is also noisy, with a lot of cars and horses and people coming in and out.

But the feeling that falls on the bottom of people's hearts is a sense of dead silence that is not in the backwater. In particular, the people who had been driven into the city a few days earlier, and who were now flooding the streets and alleys south of the city, had frequent internal and external military movements, and it was clear that they were about to make a big move.

But the people reacted to this with a dullness that bordered on numbness, as if those things had nothing to do with them. Even if they were scolded and scolded by those sergeants who were dispatching, they were like wood and stones in a storm, passively shaking and retreating, but there were no emotional waves because of this.

This is a group of people who are in a withered state of mind, who have completely lost faith in life, who are just a group of walking corpses under the torture of years of suffering, and for them, death may mean more of a relief. So for whatever fate is coming, they are silent.

And the silence of these untouchables, in the eyes of those in power in the kingdom, is probably because they have ruled in a tyrannical way, and have completely suppressed these untouchables to accept any cruel arrangements.

But in fact, the people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? They don't resist, but they don't listen either. Although Shi Di drove many wanderers into the city before, these people were not as able to contribute to the defense of the city as he thought, even if he ordered his soldiers to use swords to intimidate, and even to really kill people with knives, but those people just looked back with numb and empty eyes, and did not accept the service with trembling because of this.

They have suffered too much, and the current situation is not worse than before, and the deterrence and panic they bring are not beyond the limit of what they can bear.

It is useless to work hard all over the city, which also makes Shi Ditou very angry. He is not afraid to kill the killer, but the big thing is about to happen, and he does not dare to let the soldiers' physical strength and energy be wasted in this silent confrontation with these untouchables. However, the lack of cooperation of these people has also brought a lot of trouble.

For example, there are many houses in the south of the city, and there are many defenses, and if there are too many guards, it is inevitable to sit on the ground in the open air. Now that he is waiting for the battle on the home field of Xiangguo, Wang Lang naturally does not want the soldiers to suffer this senseless suffering, so despite Shi Di's several urgings, he still stubbornly retains 3,000 troops in Jiande Palace, but even if the enemy really disturbs the battle, it will not be too late to make another transfer at that time.

There was another thing that made Shi Di feel very angry, that is, although Shi Xuan did not refuse the order to garrison Xiaozhangcheng, he put forward many requirements, such as the need for hundreds of fine war horses to be used as animal power, and new camping equipment, etc., all of which emerged in endlessly.

Shi Di was not confident in this, but because Shi Xuan did not refuse at the first time, this gave him great encouragement, and regarded this as a so-called conspiracy to break Shi Xuan's department. Therefore, at the very beginning, Shi Xuanfan had a request, but Shi Xuan did not refuse, just to be able to smoothly deceive Shi Xuan into the dead place of Xiaozhangcheng.

But gradually, even Li Yan and other henchmen of the Prince's Mansion noticed that something was wrong, and Shi Xuan kept making demands, obviously the troops were already approaching Xiaozhang City, but they were not allowed to enter, and the various horses, weapons and other materials sent to his army from Xiangguo City were enough to arm an elite thousand-man brigade.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is stubborn and self-serving, and will not take the initiative to admit his mistakes, admitting that it is a stupid move to respond to requests before the enemy. However, Shi Xuan was not completely stupid, and after sending another batch of goods, he ordered the messenger to carry his sword out of the city, saying that if Shi Xuan did not enter the city and station, he would immediately raise troops to attack!

At this time, it was already midnight, and Shi Di in Budu City was anxious under Shi Xuan's constant tossing, and even the soldiers of Shi Xuan's headquarters were depressed and resentful. They had fled in panic all the way, and now they finally arrived in Xiangguo, but they still had to drink in the open air for more than half the night, because there was also a riot in the army.

After receiving the latest batch of goods, Shi Xuan finally nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand to signal that the soldiers could enter the city to recuperate. At this time, he himself launched the Gao Feng Liang Festival, and led his own soldiers to press the formation on the left side of the road, and watched the chaotic routs of the troops swarming into Xiaozhang City.

This toss, Shi Xuan was not without gains, all kinds of equipment and war horses that he asked for from Xiangguo City had already been assigned by him, so it was naturally impossible to get down to those ordinary troops, but the private strength of his personal soldiers, including some other generals, was more than enough for dressing and preparation, so there were nearly two thousand soldiers.

These nearly 2,000 people, although they were also ravaged by the impact of the pursuing soldiers along the way, can be described as exhausted, and it is difficult to recover the combat effectiveness of the heyday in a short time, but when the new war horses, armor and other weapons are armed, they have finally recovered a little bit of strong marching atmosphere.

Shi Xuan's army finally began to settle in Xiaozhang City, and Shi Xuan's tense heartstrings gradually relaxed, and even personally went to the high platform of Lishui Palace surrounded by his own soldiers, and watched those soldiers pour into Xiaozhang City from a distance by the light of the bonfire in the night, and his eyes narrowed with laughter, and the fierce light was shining: "The thief will definitely die tonight!" ”

After Shi Xuan's army completely settled in Xiaozhangcheng, once the high embankment on the west side was excavated, Xiaozhangcheng would inevitably be unprotected. But Shi Di didn't care about this at all, and then drove those hard laborers to rebuild when it was over.

He just felt a little sorry for the equipment and good horses that were sent out, and after being flooded by the city, he didn't know how much he could recover. Although these weapons and rods were not from his private treasury, but were forcibly taken from official offices that were not under his control, such as the military mansion, in the name of preparing for war, Shi Di now regarded the entire Xiangguo as his private property, and these weapons naturally belonged to him!

Thinking that when Shi Xuan was dying, he also asked for so many instruments and war horses to be buried for him, Shi Xuan's disgust for this brother couldn't help but increase, and he watched the scene of Shi Xuan's troops entering the city, and asked in a cruel voice: "Has the embankment been properly arranged?" I want to be completely wiped out of the water, and there must be no fish out of the urn! ”

Shi Di was still here to conceive a poison plan, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the night, and followed the sound, only to see a torrent of black shadows condensed outside Xiaozhang City rushing towards the suburbs northeast of Xiangguo City.

"What happened?"

Seeing this, Shi Di's face changed suddenly, and he was no longer in the mood to look at the picture of his poisonous plan succeeding, so he hurriedly walked down the high platform, grabbed a soldier below and asked.

The soldier didn't know what had happened outside the city, and he was choked by the prince's palm, his throat gurgled, and his face turned even redder.

The sound of galloping horses rushed into the Lishui Palace again, and several scouts from outside the city hurried back, with a shivering and bloodied man.

Immediately, Shi Di learned from the scout what had happened outside the city: it turned out that Shi Xuan's army was halfway through the entry into Xiaozhang City, but his people were not in a hurry to enter the city, and suddenly led a group of troops behind him, beat their horses and galloped north!

"What happened? Why is a thief like this? ”

Shi Di's face was extremely blue at this moment, his teeth were clenched, and his eyes burst out with a fierce light like he was about to eat people.

The messenger who had been sent to Shi Xuan's army was brought up, and it was not until he got closer that he found that the upper and lower lips of the messenger, who was originally a subordinate official of Prince Shi Xuan's mansion, had his upper and lower lips cut off, and both ears had been cut off.

At this moment, the messenger was speechless, and under Shi Di's murderous gaze, he trembled and dipped his fingers on the blood stains on his head and face on the hem of his clothes, Li Yan saw this, stepped forward and carefully identified it, and then relayed Shi Di.

It turned out that Shi Xuan had no intention of entering Xiaozhang City in person, and after all those defeated soldiers entered Xiaozhang City, he ordered someone to summon the messenger to him and said: "What I said about the enemy situation is indeed true, but the prince is still treating the vassal like an enemy, and wants to put me to death. You and the prince's mansion belong to the people, and since you have been chosen by the Lord, you are not able to advise the prince to be wise. If you are a master and servant, even if you have ears and mouths, what is the use! ”

Before he could speak, he drew his sword, cut off the upper and lower lips of the messenger, cut off both ears, and ordered them to be lowered into the dust. If so, I will no longer be reluctant, and immediately lead my troops to the capital of faith to meet the Lord. As for you, after you return, you will stick to the capital with the prince, and when I receive the king's order, I will lead the army to help! ”

After saying that, Shi Xuan turned on his horse and led the people who had changed their full armament, especially those who had new horsepower, to leave.

In the final analysis, Shi Xuan never had the intention of entering Xiangguo to coordinate defense, he just wanted to bring disaster to the east, or to use the goal of Xiangguo to completely get rid of the Jin army's pursuers who were attached to the bones all the way. No matter who his military commander was, an enemy capital with weak defenses was in front of him, and it was impossible to let go of Xiangguo and continue to pursue him, the general of the defeated army.

As for the chaotic soldiers who had been in Xiaozhang City before, it was originally a drag on Shi Xuan, even if he wanted to get rid of it, he couldn't do anything, so he could take advantage of this to get rid of it and flee lightly. This can be regarded as the compensation he gave away after the disaster led to the east, if Shi Di has the amount to accommodate people, these thousands of soldiers can also be regarded as a help.

But according to Shi Xuan's understanding of Shi Di, he felt that most of those soldiers were going to suffer on his behalf, and Shi Di was stupid and cruel, and it was impossible to rest assured that he would retain this group of soldiers.

Sure enough, after listening to the messenger's book, Shi Di's whole person was already so angry that he was almost crazy. He rushed forward, pulled it out, and stabbed it straight into the messenger, and without turning his heels, the messenger was covered in blood, and was so dead that he could no longer die!

Even that Li Yan, because he was too close to the messenger, was grazed by the sword blade on his arm, and he hurriedly covered his wound and retreated in embarrassment, blood gushing out from his fingers. Seeing that the prince was crazy, there was a dead silence in the venue, and everyone was silent, not daring to make the slightest strange sound.

"Burst! Drown these for me! ”

When the messenger was chopped into a blur of flesh and blood, he picked up the plasma splattered on his face and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it hatefully, as if the flesh and blood were Shi Xuan's body, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood and said hideously.

At this time, who dares to disobey the prince's will, although even from a tactical point of view, this is by no means the best time to break the embankment and flood the city, and a considerable number of soldiers will definitely flee from the city vigilantly. But whoever dares to raise any objection at this moment is responsible for the crown prince, that is not responsible for his own life!

After that, Shi Di carried the blood sword in his hand, and did not put it in the sheath, and left here directly, and did not stay to enjoy the picture of his successful poisonous plan.

More than 5,000 Hu Buyi servants were left here in Lishui Palace, waiting for the flood to flood the city, and then continue to besiege and kill the soldiers who escaped from the city. As for the other soldiers, they walked down the street under the leadership of Shi Di and went straight to Jiande Palace. At the moment, he is full of anger in his chest, and only killing can relieve the depression in his heart!

At this moment, there are still thousands of guards left in Jiande Palace, and soon some guards noticed these thousands of soldiers coming violently, and the palace wall suddenly made a loud drum and trumpet, and raised a torch of warning.

Some soldiers rushed out of the palace gate, wanting to put away the moat pontoon bridge outside the wall, but they were ordered by Shi Di, and then the East Palace Lux feather arrows behind him shot people on the spot.

Seeing this scene, the guards on the palace wall were more vigilant, and then the main gate opened, and a young janissary general led nearly a thousand soldiers out of the formation, frequently warning with empty strings.

The young general's name is Wang Guang, and he is the son of the leading general Wang Lang, and he naturally saw the prince Shi Di at the front of the opposite military formation, and even shouted loudly: "The prince knocks late at night, I don't know if you can get the command of the army?" ”

When Shi Di heard this question, the fierce light in his eyes was even worse, he forced himself to suppress his anger, and beckoned to the opposite side: "The enemy situation is urgent, I will lead the people to reinforce the palace, this is the consensus with the leading army, General Wang approached to check the order." ”

Wang Guang had already noticed that Shi Di was not good, and he hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, but after all, the other party was the prince of the prison country, and now in full view of everyone, he could only lead a dozen personal soldiers to leave the department.

When they got closer, Wang Guang's personal soldiers were all isolated by the Donggong warriors, and only Wang Guang was allowed to step forward. He stubbornly continued to take a few steps, and then clenched his fists and said, "Please ...... His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Death to the traitor!"

Wang Guang was only halfway through his words, and Shi suddenly rolled over from his horse, and he rushed a few steps, and the bloody sword in his hand pierced Wang Guangdang's chest. As a general of the Praetorian Guard, the armor on his body was extraordinary, because he was not pierced at the first time, but after this strong impact, his body suddenly fell backwards.

As Shi Hu's eldest son, Shi Di also had experience in fighting horses in his early years, and he can be called a fierce general. Although in recent years, because of his identity, he needs to stay in Xiangguo all the year round, and his bow and horse skills are inevitably loose.

But recently, the mind is planning to do something big, but it has also picked it up again, the so-called grinding guns in battle, and the movements are much more agile, seeing that a sword is missing, he suddenly jumped, like a big bird, and pounced on Wang Guang who fell to the ground.

This time, Wang Guang was not spared, the blade pierced the weak part of his armor, and directly penetrated his body from under the ribs and nailed him to the ground, even if he was already dead, his eyes were still staring at the stone with a hideous and twisted face in disbelief.

With a successful blow, Shi Di didn't stay any longer, drew his sword to pick open the corpse's pocket, and then swung his sword to lift Wang Guang's head in his hand. At this moment, the wrestlers of the East Palace in front had already killed Wang Guang's personal soldiers, and the guards in the direction of the palace gate farther away suddenly saw such a change, and they were all stunned for a while.

"Lone is the prince of Da Zhao, Jiande Palace is my family, Wang Lang and his son are traitors, and they control the guards to make chaos in the palace! Today, I enter the garden to set up chaos, whoever dares to obstruct it is a traitor, and there is no forgiveness for killing! ”

Shi Di turned over and got on his horse again, and with a fierce momentum, he held Wang Guang's head in his hand, and then led thousands of Donggong wrestlers behind him to rush straight to the gate of Jiande Palace.

The guards are on duty in the palace, and they are naturally the elite choice. But because Shi Hu, the lord of the country, is away all the year round, because he is a guard who stays in Xiangguo, he is definitely not the first-class elite of the country. Especially at this moment, the prince came violently, and even their main general was killed on the spot.

If the Heavenly King Shi Hu was still in the garden, these guards would probably still have the courage to resist, but at this moment, after encountering the impact of the Donggong wrestlers, they could only retreat again and again, and then scattered.

So Shi Di rushed all the way into the Jiande Palace, and then he ordered someone to capture a few chamberlains, and asked the princes and their families to be placed in the East Sixth Palace in the northeast corner of the Jiande Palace, and then led the tiger and wolf tribes behind him, through the corridor building, and went straight to the East Sixth Palace to kill.

In the palace, there are naturally guards on duty, but because most of the guards have been transferred to the south of the city to garrison, the number is not large. What's more, it was the prince of the prison who was making trouble at the moment, and these guards were also stunned for a while, and they couldn't organize an effective interception.

After that, Shi Di went all the way smoothly, and in less than half an hour, he led the crowd to rush into the East Sixth Palace. The palace garden here is continuous, many Shi princes and princesses live there, there are a large number of palace people to accompany and serve, at this moment there is no shortage of people gathered in front of the pavilion under the corridor, sleepy eyes to visit the movement, but then it is the rain of arrows ruthlessly shooting, and soon there will be a large number of palace people wailing and falling in a pool of blood.

After such a rush to kill, Shi Di finally sobered up a little at this time, and realized that it was still not possible to make a big killing in the palace, so he also ordered his subordinates to focus on searching Shi Xuan's family, and remembered to send a part of the soldiers to defend the palace where his mother Zheng lived.

But the subordinates under Shi Di's command, those Donggong wrestlers don't mention it for the time being, whether it is those Hu Buyi or the indulged criminals, how can there be any good people. Although Shi Di entered the palace, he mainly led the Donggong wrestlers who he thought he was a descendant, but there were also a considerable number of prisoners and Hu Buyi who followed in.

As soon as these people entered the palace, they were like rats running into the rice tank, and where would there be a reason for convergence, one by one, they were ferocious, and soon the entire East Sixth Palace fell into serious chaos.

These relatives in the palace, although they still don't know what happened, the chaos is abrupt, and they subconsciously want to find the most stable place to hide. At this moment, the palace where the Queen of Heaven lived in the Zheng family became the preferred place to take refuge, and many palace people flocked to the queen's palace from those Shi bloodlines and female dependents.

Shi Di chased and killed all the way, and naturally rushed to the outside of the queen's palace. At this moment, the palace where the queen lives is bright inside and outside, a noblewoman in gorgeous costume is standing in the pavilion surrounded by the palace servants and women, seeing the bloodstained and hideous face of Shi Di rushing towards the sword, she is already pale, and she points at Shi Di on a high place and shouts angrily: "The prince wants to disrupt the country? ”

The noble lady is the Queen of Heaven Zheng, although she is not a famous lady, but as the queen of the main palace all the year round, she has also developed a commanding temperament. Although Zheng is already over fifty years old, he has a plump body, a good face, and a charming charm, but at this moment, his face is angry and corrupt, and there is no grace at all.

Looking up and seeing his mother-in-law, Shi Di was inevitably a little flustered, and his ferocity was a little restrained, but after hearing Zheng's question, he was angry again, and suddenly shouted: "The country is my country, and my home is my home." The queen mother should return to the palace to recuperate, don't get involved in this! I will kill my family today......"

When the Zheng family heard this, he suddenly screamed: "The Lord ordered you to stay in prison and take care of the family, the sons are not so generous, you cause a riot like this, and then the Lord asks, how will it end!" ”

If the Zheng family didn't say this, Shi Di could still endure a little bit, but at this moment, he was carried away by anger again, pointed at the Zheng family and scolded: "You woman, since you are a wife, you should go in and out to serve as a follower, you can't love when you are old and decrepit, you are alone, and I am tired of losing my father's love!" If not, why should I bother with this? All kinds of mistakes, all in the old woman, if you can keep mercy and get rid of charm, why do you want to come out of the house frequently, peep at my storage position! ”

Hearing that he was so humiliated by his son, Zheng's face was as pale as paper, and he couldn't speak anymore, and the whole person fell backwards, and was hurriedly hugged by the palace people to help him down.

Shi Di was even more angry at this moment, and because of his grievances, he felt that his behavior was a little justified, and shouted to the guards behind him: "Guard the gate of the palace, no one is allowed to escape!" ”

After such a commotion, it has reached the darkest time of dawn, and if you raise your vision, you can see that the entire Xiangguo City has fallen into chaos, and it is no longer limited to Jiande Palace. Near Xiaozhang City in the east of the city, there are soldiers who besiege and kill those fish that have slipped through the net after the city is flooded. And Wang Lang, the leading general in the south of the city, also learned that the palace had changed, and was urgently leading the Praetorian Guards back to help.

In the suburbs of Xiangguo City, which no one paid attention to, the cavalry team that was not very large all the way took advantage of the cover of night and rushed straight to the northwest corner of Xiangguo City. Although there were only more than 2,000 cavalry on this road, the sound of horses' hooves was strong and powerful, and the sound brought by it was not inferior to that of ten thousand troops.

At this moment, Shi Di is just bent on searching for Shi Xuan's family in the chaotic palace, and he doesn't know anything about foreign affairs, probably even if he knows, he probably has no intention of responding at this moment.

In the midst of this chaos, suddenly a higher flame rose from the West Sixth Palace in the northwest direction of Jiande Palace, and at the same time, the sound of killing was especially noisy.

"Oops, the thief cheated me, this is going and coming back!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Di's face suddenly changed greatly, until now, he still stubbornly thought that this deception was only Shi Xuan's army, and there was no concept of enemy invasion in his mind.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Xuan's army thought that it was Shi Xuan, who had fled north before, and returned.

And after this noisy toss, everyone in the palace probably understood that the cause of tonight's chaos was the two princes fighting for power, when they learned that Shi Xuan led the army to attack back, they were overjoyed, and fled to the northwest corner of Jiande Palace, hoping that Shi Xuan could take advantage of the military and force back Shi Xuan, a group of fierce soldiers like wolves and tigers.