A quarter of an hour ago, Cao Jue, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Junshui Army, led 500 cavalry to the south gate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

To be sure, the battle situation around the South Gate was not very bad, because although the Junshui Army lost control of the South Gate due to the sneak attack of some anti-water forces in the Inner Guard, it didn't take long for the soldiers of the Junshui Army to react quickly and launch a counteroffensive against the Yangwu Army who were trying to attack the palace and some anti-water forces in the Inner Guard.

I have to say that the Junshui Army is worthy of being one of the "Six Battalions of the Garrison", as a perennial garrison in the suburbs of Daliang City, the soldiers of the Junshui Army in this premeditated thief sneak attack, although there was a little chaos at the beginning, but it didn't take long to stabilize, they used the Zhengong as a stronghold, holding the east and west avenues, effectively curbing the influx of the Yangwu Army into the depths of the palace.

"Whew-"

A neighing sound sounded, Xiao general Cao Jue reined in the reins of the horse, and sat in front of the earthquake palace, he looked around at the soldiers of his own army who were resisting the Yangwu army, and shouted: "Where is Duan Yang?!" ”

After a few shouts, a general galloped to Cao Jue's war horse, clasped his fists and saluted: "Junhou Duanyang, see General Cao." ”

Cao Jue waved his hand to remove Duan Yang's military salute, and asked in a deep voice, "What is the current situation?" ”

Hearing this, Duan Yang Zhengse said: "Those Yangwu soldiers don't know what crazy they are, attacking our army, and there are also internal guards, so they ......"

"I don't want to hear that! I just want to know, how is the current state of the war?! Cao Jue interrupted Duan Yang's words and asked.

Duan Yang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said succinctly: "The south gate is lost, and the city walls on both sides are still fighting fiercely. ”

Cao Jue pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the Yangwu Army have siege equipment?" ”

"There's a ladder."

"......" Cao Jue frowned when he heard this.

If the Yangwu army did not carry the ladder with the army, he would adopt a strategy of first inside and then outside, that is, first focus on annihilating the Yangwu rebels along the palace walls on both sides, and then concentrate on recapturing the south gate of the palace.

But since the Yangwu rebels have prepared a ladder, this strategy will not work, after all, the rebels will use the ladder to continuously attack the outer wall of the palace gate.

"You have to take the initiative!"

Cao Jue paid attention and ordered in a deep voice: "Duan Yang listens to the order, I order you to defend the earthquake palace to the death, and not let the rebels attack the palace." ”

"Obey!" Duan Yang clenched his fists and said.

Seeing this, Cao Jue clamped the horse's belly between his legs, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Xiao Cavalry Camp listens to orders, follow me...... Kill! ”

With an order, he led 500 Junshui cavalry and went straight to the south gate of the palace.

Along the way, the infantry of the Junshui Army in the melee gave way one after another, and the Yangwu rebels who tried to block Cao Jue's way were ruthlessly slaughtered by the five hundred Junshui cavalry led by Cao Jue, and they fought their way out of the bloody road.

"Ding—"

A cluster of arrows slammed into Cao Jue's armor with strong force, but regrettably, it could only leave a scratch on this armor.

At this scene, not to mention that one of the generals in the Yangwu rebels who tried to snipe Cao Jue, the general, his eyes widened in shock, and even Cao Jue was slightly distracted.

"Huh."

Cao Jue grinned at the rebel general with a mocking expression, didn't bother to pay attention to the other party at all, and waved the seemingly indestructible sword in his hand, and with one sword, he split the armor on a Yangwu rebel with his body into two.

"Good sword!"

Glancing at the sword in his hand that was almost undamaged, Cao Jue secretly whistled: The batch of armaments that Wei Tianzi spent a lot of money to build under the order from the Smelting Bureau was really extraordinary.

"I don't know if the "Horse Riding Horse" felt the same way when it was on the battlefield of the Shangdang......

Cao Jue couldn't help but reverie.

To tell the truth, the cavalry armor that he purchased from the Metallurgical Bureau was not a heavy armor like the Shangshui Horse Army, but a kind of armor between light armor and heavy armor - let's call it medium armor, these armors could not withstand the sniping of a strong crossbow within fifty paces, but still had considerable defensive power.

In comparison, the equipment of the Yangwu Army is not worth mentioning, as if it is still the kind of weapons and equipment ten years ago, and it is nearly twenty years behind the Junshui Army.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Junshui Army was able to make an effective counterattack even when it was stunned at the beginning - the equipment of the two armies is too far apart.

To put it mildly, the blade in the hands of the Junshui sergeant may be able to pierce the Yangwu rebels with the armor on their bodies with a single sword, but the blades in the hands of the Yangwu rebels require several swords to cut through the armor of the Junshui soldiers.

Under the rigid gap of this kind of equipment, even if the Yangwu Army seized the opportunity, it was unable to cause any effective casualties to the Junshui Army.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Jue did not take much effort to kill the rebels along the south gate and rushed straight to the outside of the palace.

And when Cao Jue led the cavalry team to the outside of the palace and saw the dense Yangwu rebels outside the palace, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

"Damn, the crows aren't reliable...... How many of them are more than a thousand?'

Cao Jue scolded with a wry smile, and secretly complained to Duan 13 and the others who had just passed on the warning message to him.

Of course, he wasn't suspicious of the Green Crows, after all, this black light was blinding, and the ghost knew how many Yangwu rebels participated in the attack on the palace.

But having said that, at this moment, Cao Jue did not have the slightest panic in his heart, but instead surged up in his heart - after getting the new equipment created by the Smelting Bureau, he was worried that there was no suitable test object for the Junshui Army!

"Kill!"

With Cao Jue's slightly excited order, the five hundred cavalry of the Junshui Army became a lingering nightmare for the Yangwu rebels, these seemingly invulnerable cavalry, spread their horses' hooves, let the horses under their crotches gallop, and every time the war knife in his hand was waved, a Yangwu rebel fell in a pool of blood with a miserable howl.

You must know that the swords created by the Smelting Bureau for the Junshui Army are different from the previous ones, they are the prototype of another weapon improved by the Smelting Bureau on the basis of the horse chopping knife, and when this kind of knife is upgraded to the satisfaction of His Royal Highness King Su, it will have another name ordered by His Royal Highness King Su, Modao.

Compared with the old chopping knife, this kind of Mo knife - although it is still only a prototype, light weight, narrower blade, and the front end of the blade is slightly heavier than the grip, so that when the cavalry of the Junshui Army wields, they can often wave it casually, which can cause a very considerable slash, and the arc of the blade is also very suitable for the cavalry on the war horse to slash, so that when the Junshui cavalry slashes, they feel an inexplicable pleasure.

Especially when you see the wielded Mo knife slashing the target and the armor on his body in two, the kind of pleasure is like an addiction.

It is said that this batch of Ma Zhan Mo knives was originally intended to be equipped with the Youma Army, but unfortunately, the improvement of this weapon by the Smelting Bureau failed to catch up with the "Wei Han Northern Xinjiang Campaign", so the Junshui Army was very honored to become the first user of this weapon.

Even Cao Jue had to admit that this kind of horse battle Mo knife, even if it was still only an experimental product of the Smelting Bureau, was far more powerful than any kind of blade he had known before, and it was no exaggeration to say that with this kind of weapon, something like a horse pistol was only left to be used as a throwing gun.

I don't know how long the fight lasted, the excitement in Cao Jue's heart has not diminished at all, but the war horse under his crotch is a little unbearable, and he snorts from his nose, no wonder, after all, although the middle armor is not as heavy as the heavy armor of the Youma Army, but in the final analysis, it is also an armor made of alloy iron and cowhide, and the weight is naturally not light.

However, taking another look at the Yangwu rebels on the battlefield outside the palace, Cao Jue frowned.

According to his estimates, there are more than 1,000 Yangwu troops participating in the rebellion this time, and there are estimated to be two or three thousand on the south gate alone, and how many of such a huge number are the real remnants of the Xiao family?

As far as he knew, the Yangwu Army, which was in charge of the Zhongyang Palace and the Zhongyang Hunting Ground, used to have an establishment of 30,000 people at most, and even now, more than 30 years later, it still retains an establishment of 8,000 people, could it be that these 8,000 people are all remnants of the Xiao family?

That's impossible.

Therefore, in Cao Jue's view, the real remnants of the Xiao family may only be a small handful of people, a small group of generals who control the military power of the Yangwu Army, and the vast majority of Yangwu soldiers may just be innocents who are kept in the dark.

Just like the rebel of the Yangwu Army he killed, when he Cao Jue asked why the other party wanted to attack the Zhongyang Palace, the other party actually said that he was rebelling against the Junshui Army.

Are you kidding?!

His water army is the capital defense army stationed in the capital of the Great Liang Dynasty!

But through this sentence, Cao Jue also realized that most of the Yangwu army was deceived by the remnants of the Xiao clan who were mixed in with it.

"Damn, these country troops, don't they know about my water army?"

Cao Jue glanced around in annoyance.

And at this moment, he suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound not far away, and looking at the faint moonlight, Cao Jue was pleasantly surprised to find that it seemed to be Wei Mu's Nanyan army.

The vanguard of the leading cavalry seems to be Wei Mu's lieutenant Ai He.

"Great, reinforcements are coming!"

Cao Jue was overjoyed in his heart, and waited quietly for the arrival of the Southern Yan Army.

In the distance, the Southern Yan cavalry launched a charge towards the Yangwu army outside the palace.

Twenty zhang ......

Ten Zhang......

Suddenly, Cao Jue, who was about to greet Ai He, suddenly felt that the situation was wrong, and his intuition as a military general made him subconsciously raise the sword in his hand and block it in front of his chest.

I only heard a loud bang, and the spear in Ai He's hand was bounced away by Cao Jue's sword.

"Adjutant General Ai? Adjutant General Ai, what are you doing?! Cao Jue exclaimed.

However, Ai He ignored his greetings and attacked Cao Jue one after another.

Seeing this, Cao Jue was dazed for a while, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and he realized one thing: Ai He, it is the remnant of the Xiao family!

"Not good!"

Cao Jue, who was shocked, hurriedly turned his head to look around, and sure enough, he saw that the five hundred Junshui cavalry under his command were caught off guard by the Nanyan cavalry in an unguarded situation.

"The Junshui army rebelled and rebelled, and all the kings followed me to the king!" Ai He shouted.

Hearing this, the Southern Yan cavalry and the infantry of the Southern Yan Army who arrived later launched a ferocious attack on the Junshui Army, which reversed black and white, so angry that Cao Jue almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Stop! Stop it! …… Ai He is a remnant of the Xiao family, don't listen to him...... Damn it! Before Cao Jue could finish shouting that sentence, he was almost hit by a Nanyan cavalryman with a weapon.

I have to say that Cao Jue made a mistake: those Nanyan soldiers under Wei Mu's command knew what the 'remnants of the Xiao family' were, so his words were far less important than Ai He's sentence of 'Junshui Army rebellion'.

Although some of the soldiers in the Southern Yan Army were confused and did not understand why the Junshui Army rebelled, they naturally had to obey the orders of the adjutant general Ai He when the general did not show up.

I have to say that with its excellent weapons, the Junshui Army can still block the Yangwu Army, which has a large number of people, but when facing the Southern Yan Army, whose weapons and equipment are not inferior to them, the situation of the Junshui Army has become very unfavorable, so that it is defeated and retreated.

Seeing this, Ai He didn't care about fighting with Cao Jue, and shouted loudly: "The Yangwu Army and the Southern Yan Army obey the order, follow me into the palace and protect Your Majesty!" ”

This sentence worked more effectively than anything else, so much so that the Yangwu army suddenly fell to the Southern Yan army and launched a fierce attack on the Junshui army.

And the soldiers of the Junshui Army who heard these words were at a loss: Isn't the other party a rebel?

Due to the disparity in troops, Cao Jue watched Ai He lead the Southern Yan Army and the Yangwu Army to the palace, and he could only shout in the direction of the palace wall: "Quickly tell Your Majesty, the Southern Yan Army has rebelled!" ”

Both camps, each believing the other to be rebellious, led to the extreme chaos of the scene.

After a while, the news reached the main hall of the Middle Palace, and even though it was Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, who was still as stable as Mount Tai in the face of King Yi's move to force the palace, was also a little restless after hearing the news of the 'Southern Yan Army Rebellion'.

He scolded Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan in a deep voice and said: "Sixth, are you still obsessed with it?!" ”

『Xiao Luan......』

Yiwang Zhao Yuanli's mind flashed the scenes when he got acquainted with Xiao Luan back then, and remembered the frivolous, cunning and witty prince of Nanyan back then.

After a long time, he raised his right hand and waved it, signaling the nightingales to let go of the hostage guests.

"Where's the antidote?" Wei Tianzi asked.

Yiwang Zhao Yuanling shook his head and said, "There is no need for an antidote, this anesthetic will dissipate by itself after a while......

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi's face turned slightly pale.

After all, this incident once again proves that Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan is not going to make trouble.

But as soon as he thought that this brother was being used by Xiao Luan, Wei Tianzi became angry.

At this time, seeing the hostages released by the nightingale in the palace, the Praetorian Guards outside the palace quickly poured in and took down all the nightingales, including the Ying'er and Que'er sisters around Zhao Hongrun.

And just when these Praetorian Guards were about to capture Zhao Yuanling, the king of Yi, they saw Wei Tianzi's eyes glaring and shouted: "Can't you tell which is more important?" Why don't you rush to help the Junshui Army quell the rebellion? Just go! Go for them all! …… Jin Ju! ”

"Obedience!"

Jin Ju, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, clenched his fists to receive the order, then turned around and waved his hand and beckoned: "Praetorian Guard, follow me to attack!" ”

As a result, all the Janissaries poured out of the temple again to assist the Junshui Army in quelling the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, what now?"

Li Cheng, who had gradually recovered from his body paralysis, walked to Wei Tianzi's side and said in a low voice: "The Southern Yan Army is also opposed, then the Junshui Army may not be able to resist for long......

Hearing this, many guests in the hall couldn't help but whisper, showing panic on their faces.

Seeing this, Wei Tianzi said calmly: "What are you afraid of? There are still thousands of men in the palace, can't they keep a middle palace? ”

After that, Wei Tianzi looked around and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, I want to go into battle in person and kill the rebels, are you willing to follow?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanyan, Zongfu Zongzheng, Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping, and other children of the Ji Zhao royal family took the lead in getting up and calling accordingly: "The ministers swear to defend Your Majesty!" ”

Immediately, the rest of the nobles in the palace, whether they were panicked or not, were also forced by the situation and got up one after another.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun stood up and said to Wei Tianzi: "Father, there are still fifty Su Wangwei and more than 100 green crows, and Rong Erchen will go to gather everyone. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Yuanlian, the sixth uncle, again and again, and his mood was very complicated.

After hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, Wei Tianzi also turned his head to look at this son.

In all fairness, he didn't want Zhao Hongrun, a junior, to interfere in his grievances with Xiao Luan, after all, it was the grievances of the previous generation.

This is out of fatherly self-esteem.

But in the current situation, any force is rare, not to mention that this son is still an outstanding commander.

So he nodded and said, "Well, go ahead, you can handle the affairs of the period." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Hongrun arched his hand, leaving a few guards to protect Princess Yulong and Una, and only took Wei Jiao and others and Mi Jiang to the palace gate.

When passing by Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but pause and glanced at the Sixth Uncle again, he had too many things to say to the Sixth Uncle in his heart, but right now, it seemed that it was not a suitable time.

"Let's go."

Whispering to Mi Jiang, Zong Wei and the others, Zhao Hongrun walked out of the hall.

This made Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan more and more frustrated, after all, Zhao Hongrun's move of stopping and standing and wanting to speak was actually in his eyes.

"Father-in-law......"

The sisters Ying'er and Qi'er seemed to feel the loss and confusion in Zhao Yuanling's heart, walked to the latter's side, and comforted him softly.

Feeling the concern of the two sisters, Zhao Yuanli nodded slightly, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Ying'er, Que'er, go help him." ”

"Yes, father-in-law." Ying'er nodded, and left with the finch and the rest of the nightingales in the hall.

Wei Tianzi did not stop the nightingales from leaving, after all, he could tell who was the real enemy, and as for the sixth Zhao Yuanling, he was just a sad person who was deceived by his old feelings.

As if he hadn't seen Zhao Yuanlian, the king of Yi, Wei Tianzi entrusted Concubine Shen Shu and Concubine Wu to Zhao Hongxuan for protection, and took Li Cheng, Zhao Yuanyan, Zhao Shen, Zhao Tan and many nobles to the outside of the middle palace, waiting for the rebel forces to kill.

After that, the battle situation did not improve, even if it was the Junshui army, in the face of the Yangwu army and the Southern Yan army, but also because of the numerical disadvantage and retreated, seeing this, the deputy general of the Junshui army, Li Qi, immediately decided to abandon other palaces, and defended the middle palace.

At this time, in the open space in front of the middle palace, King Su Zhao Hongrun had gathered Su Wangwei and the green crows, and used some furniture in the nearby palace to build a simple line of defense.

As more and more Junshui soldiers retreated, Zhao Hongrun shouted loudly: "The Junshui Army obeys the order, and now I, Zhao Run, take over the command!" ”

Li Qi, the deputy general of the Junshui Army, has no objection to the seizure of power by His Royal Highness King Su, after all, the talent of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, in marching and fighting is obvious to all.

With Li Qi's active cooperation, the Junshui army reorganized its formation in front of the middle palace.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun had also ordered Su Wangwei to set up the few sniper crossbows he had with some wooden cabinets.

I have to say that even if it is Zhao Hongrun, he also feels extremely troubled by the situation at this moment, if there are 10,000 Su Wang troops around him at this moment...... No, even if there were 5,000 heavily armed Su Wang troops, the situation would not be so passive.

Although the Junshui Army is also elite, it has to be said that this army is indeed not as brave as the battle-hardened Suwang Army, after all, the Suwang Army can be said to be a sharp army sharpened from the battlefield.

"His Royal Highness King Su."

The president of the Three Guards led Li Cheng to this side.

"General Lee." Zhao Hongrun nodded towards Li Cheng, and then looked back at Wei Tianzi and many nobles in the palace corridor.

It is undeniable that Wei Tianzi's practice of personally going into battle is indeed very morale-inspiring, but the actual effect, Zhao Hongrun is not optimistic - a group of people who are pampered on weekdays, even if they know some so-called swordsmanship, can they be compared with soldiers?

Even worse people, even if one of these people dies, it is not worth it.

"General Li, let's get to the bottom of this king, does my father have any tricks?" Zhao Hongrun asked in a low voice, he didn't believe that his father was unprepared.

Hearing this, Li Cheng smiled bitterly, because the Southern Yan Army that participated in the rebellion at this moment was originally one of Wei Tianzi's last moves.

"For today's plan......" Li Cheng said a few words to Zhao Hongrun, and Zhao Hongrun sometimes frowned and sometimes comforted his eyebrows.

After a while, the rebels really arrived, but because Zhao Hongrun had reorganized his position in the middle palace, the rebels were temporarily unable to break through this place.

However, at this moment, I suddenly saw a few green crows who had gone to inquire about the battle situation returning to the middle palace and shouting: "The Northern Second Army! The Northern Second Army has entered the palace! ”

"What?!"

Zhao Hongrun's face changed suddenly, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart.

At this time, Wei Tianzi's face was also gloomy, he suddenly turned his head and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the king of Nanliang?" ”

Everyone nearby looked at each other, and they couldn't see Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, on the left and right.

Seeing this, Wei Tianzi's face became even more ugly.

However, at this moment, he saw Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, pacing out of the main hall of the Middle Palace slowly, and asked with a smile: "When the minister heard His Majesty's call, I don't know what to order?" ”

『……』

Wei Tianzi was stunned.

The Northern Second Army attacked Zhongyang Palace, but Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, still appeared in front of him alone, which illustrates one thing - the position of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang.

"Was it a surprise?" As if seeing the shock in Wei Tianzi's heart, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, said lightly: "The experience of standing on the wrong team is enough once." How many seventeen years can there be in life? Right? …… I will put down this rebellion, my majesty. ”

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi's expression became extremely exciting: the most trusted sixth child betrayed him this time, and the third child, who had always been suspicious and jealous, gave up the God-given opportunity to take revenge on the events of the year and chose to stand on his side.

"Xiao Luan betrayed Yuan Li, and you, betrayed Xiao Luan...... What?'

Wei Tianzi took a deep look at Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang.

He had never understood the Third Brother, but he was sure of one thing.

This man is even more difficult to deal with than Xiao Luan.