It turned out that the rebels could be roughly divided into three parts, which came from Jiankang, Lin'an, and Taihu. The rebels who gathered in Taihu Lake were actually trained by Yong Chen. He is different from others, he has joined the army, and he has also seen some people who have fought in big battles, and his training is quite orderly. Therefore, although the rebels are all a rabble, only this group from Taihu Lake still has some combat effectiveness.

In the assigned task, Chen Yichao, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren led two former Tianji Palace disciples Long Shanhai and Luo Yanchao, as well as 2,500 rebels from Taihu Lake, who were ordered to attack the military camp and block the reinforcements of the Song army.

But Chen Yichao knew in his heart that there were at least 10,000 Song troops in the barracks in the city, and the rebels could not match them in terms of number and quality, as well as weapon assembly, and the only thing that could be sustained was to take advantage of the dark night to suddenly attack and surprise the Song army. If you risk attacking the Song army's barracks, you are looking for your own death. We had to find another way.

Therefore, after gathering manpower, Chen Yichao immediately proposed to Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren that they should not take the initiative to attack the Song army's barracks, but ambush the team on the only way to rescue the imperial city.

After listening to Chen Yichao's suggestion, they also felt that this discussion was very good, so according to Chen Yichao's opinion, they immediately ambushed the people on the way, just waiting for the Song army to arrive.

At this time, in addition to the men and horses who defended the imperial city, guarded the city gates, and patrolled the city at night, there were more than 10,000 people and horses in the military camp, and about half of the arch holy army and the Japanese army. Xiao Yong, the commander of the Gongsheng Army, was also taken aback when he heard that someone was rebelling in the city and was attacking the imperial city, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately gathered all the men and horses in the camp and rushed to the imperial city in the dark. And in order to rush to the palace as soon as possible, Xiao Yong didn't care about the formation, only Cui led the soldiers along the way, and when he arrived at West Chang'an Avenue, he suddenly killed countless rebels from the left and right, and rushed to both sides of the Song army.

The Song army was already in an unorganized formation, and it was unprepared, and it didn't know how many rebels were ambushed in the dark, and the two armies of Gongsheng and Zhuri also lacked combat experience, so many people panicked, so they crowded each other back and forth, and the whole team immediately became chaotic. Although Xiao Yong tried his best to command, in the dark night, the vast majority of the Song army could not see him, so he could only mobilize a few Song troops around him. In a hurry, Xiao Yong had no choice but to order someone to light a torch, and then planned to make plans after seeing the situation clearly, and at the same time let other Song soldiers see his position.

At this time, Xie Qingfeng and the others were on the rooftops on both sides of the street, they were all masters, even if they were in the dark, they were also very clear, looking for the commander of the Song army. As soon as the firelight lit up, they immediately pointed out the target, and several people immediately leaned towards Xiao Yong from the roof, and when they reached Xiao Yong's vicinity, Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren immediately jumped from the roof and struck at Xiao Yong.

At this time, Xiao Yong was busy reorganizing the men and horses, and he was unprepared, and although the guards were protecting him on his left and right, no one paid attention to the top of his head. When he heard the wind coming, Yijing couldn't dodge, and was hit in the back by Xie Qingfeng's palm, and immediately spat blood from his mouth and died.

As soon as Xiao Yong died, there was no one to command, and the Song army was even more chaotic. Two generals were originally going to replace Xiao Yong in command, but as soon as they showed their heads, they were also killed by Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren successively. The Song army was in the dark, and I didn't know how many rebels there were, and I didn't know who to listen to, so they could only fight separately, although there were many people, but they crowded and trampled on each other, and suddenly killed countless injuries, and Chen Yichao took the opportunity to command the rebels to attack fiercely, and after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Song army finally couldn't resist, and was finally killed and scattered away.

Seeing that the Song army had been killed and retreated, and the task had been successfully completed, Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren were very happy and thought that it was done. But Chen Yichao understood that this victory was actually very fortunate, and although the Song army was defeated, the loss was not great, and they just scattered and fled. If it is reorganized by others, it is still a force to be reckoned with. Therefore, Chen Yichao believes that he should immediately attack the barracks and set fire to the barracks, so that the scattered Song troops have nowhere to gather, so that they can solve this trouble.

Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren saw that they used Chen Yichao's strategy to successfully defeat the Song army, and they obeyed him, so they immediately agreed with him, and sent people to report the progress of their side to Shi Miyuan and Zhao Hong, while leading the army to attack the barracks.

At this time, all the soldiers in the barracks were sent out, and there were only more than 100 veterans in the camp, who could withstand the attack of the rebels. After setting the fire, Chen Yichao, Xie Qingfeng, Song Yiren and others rushed to the imperial city with the rebels, and found the bodies of Xiao Yong and others along the way, and also brought them to ask Zong Tianxuan for credit.

At this time, when it came to the fifth watch, Zong Tianxuan heard that they had actually defeated the defenders in the city, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, without this big trouble, there was no need to rush to attack the imperial city now, because it was Chen Yichao's strategy to defeat the reinforcements of the Song army, so Zong Tianxuan also appreciated him, and immediately appointed Chen Yichao to reorganize the army, command the next siege battle, and at the same time report the current progress of himself and Yang Yan to Zhao Hong and Shi Miyuan.

Shi Miyuan and Zhao Hong have been sleeping in the house all the time, waiting for news from all sides, but in fact, they can't sleep even if they want to. After receiving the news from all sides, Shi Miyuan couldn't help but be surprised and happy, the most unexpected thing was that he let Yang Yan's family run away, and the most incredible thing was that he actually broke up the garrison in the city. It seems that the easiest thing to do has not been done, but the most difficult thing has been done, which can not help but make people feel ridiculous.

But this is good, although the imperial city has not been breached yet, and Yang Yan's family has not been caught, but it has given himself some time, and there can be a certain amount of room for maneuver. The current result is not bad, as long as he can attack the palace and kill Zhao Chen, then this coup will be completed.

After Zhao Hong heard this, he couldn't help but be a little eager to try, and told Shi Miyuan at that time that he was going to personally supervise the battle and watch how the rebels attacked the imperial city.

Shi Miyuan did not object, because what he had to do now was to control the other ministers in Jiankang City, so that Zhao Chen could no longer get support, and at the same time, he also had to control the gates of Jiankang City, and not let the Song army outside the city enter the city to support, and Jiankang had a total of twelve city gates, each of which had three hundred defenders, and if he wanted to mobilize these defenders, in addition to military orders, only the Privy Council could, so these things could only be done by himself. On the other hand, it is also necessary to break through the imperial city as soon as possible and capture or kill Zhao Chen. It is not of much use for Zhao Hong to stay in his own mansion, and in terms of name, he is the co-leader of this rebellion, and having him personally supervise the war can also boost morale.

So the two immediately left the house and went their separate ways. Knowing that Zhao Hong arrived in front of the imperial city, not only did he not encourage the morale of the rebels, but he was ridiculed by Zhao Chen, and he was poor in words, and even the rebels were in a big situation, if it weren't for Chen Yichao's eagerness and wisdom and picking out Xiao Yong's head, this battle would not have to be fought again.

At this time, many Song soldiers in the imperial city recognized that this was Xiao Yong's head, which couldn't help but cause a burst of chaos. Many people's hearts are a little panicked. Because you don't need to ask, you know that the Song army in the barracks in the city is finished, and there are no reinforcements. Even Zhao Qianru, Zhao Yueru and others also had a bad feeling.

At this time, Zhao Chen said to the Song army: "Don't panic, although the Song army in the city has been defeated, there are still Li Dianshuai's palace front division outside the city, after he learns the news that the imperial city is trapped, he will immediately lead the troops into the city to rescue us, and then it will be the end of the rebels." Then he clasped his fists on the city wall, bowed to Xiao Yong's head, and said: "Xiao Tong, you unfortunately died at the hands of traitors, and you are loyal to the country, but you can go with confidence!" I will get you justice. Then he turned to Song Jun and said, "We must avenge the Xiao system." ”

Li Xianzhong was known for his prestige in the Great Song Army, and his qualifications and prestige were still above Yang Yan, and the Song soldiers listened to the emperor's words, and they all temporarily settled down. Hearing the emperor mention avenging Xiao Yong, he couldn't help but arouse the hatred of the same enemy in everyone's hearts, so they also shouted: "Avenge Xiao Yong's system." ”

Zhao Qianru looked at Zhao Shen's performance on the side, and her heart couldn't help but be full of emotion, in this case, he was still able to re-boost the morale of the Song army, it seems that Zhao Chen is no longer the child he used to be, and now he is a real emperor.

And at this moment, I only heard the three sounds of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" on the city wall, and the three feather arrows lined up in a "pin" shape and shot at Zhao Hong together. It turned out that it was Zhao Yueru who shot arrows, although she was inconvenient to move at this time, but there was not much hindrance to archery, she had already stood beside Zhao Chen with a bow and waited for the opportunity, and took advantage of the current Song army when the crowd was excited, and immediately bent the bow and shot at Zhao Hong.

Although Zhao Hong has also studied martial arts for two years, but he is only able to strengthen his body, these three arrows are as fast as meteors, he can hide there, fortunately, Zong Tianxuan beside him has always been on guard, as soon as he saw the arrow shooting, he hurriedly drew his sword in his hand, and his body shook, he stopped in front of Zhao Hong, and shot down the three arrows one by one.