Great Tang princess

Chapter 741 Entering the Red Mountain Palace

The Red Mountain Palace and the White House were already in chaos.

Although Chidu Songtsan was still sitting cross-legged on his exclusive seat as usual, judging from his expression, his mood at this time was obviously restless with a little fear.

The courtiers in the hall were in a mess, as noisy as a vegetable market.

If it weren't for a group of heavily armored warriors in the main hall at this moment, the fight would have started long ago.

Rather, they have not escaped until now, not unwillingly, but under the deterrence of these emperor's personal guards, they have to stay here and advance and retreat with the emperor.

And just outside the main hall, all kinds of shouts can be heard endlessly, among which are the sounds of explosions and screams from time to time.

The most important thing is that among these messy sounds, some "bang bang" sounds can still be heard.

No one knew what the sound was, but they knew that every time this sound sounded, it seemed to be getting closer and closer to the main hall.

Even if you haven't been on the battlefield in person, you can guess that the enemy soldiers are moving towards the hall little by little, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

Chidu Songtsan asked the guard next to him a little irritably, "Where is the enemy army?"

"Back to Zanpu, we have already fought outside the main hall. If there is no strategy to defend against the enemy, I'm afraid..."

The personal guard didn't continue, but the meaning was already self-evident.

"Ugh……"

Hearing this, Chidu Songtsan couldn't help sighing, turned his head and looked at the various Buddha statues in the hall and muttered to himself: "Is it true that the sky is going to kill me, Tubo..."

Just as he was speaking, a bang suddenly sounded from the entrance of the main hall.

With a sound of "Boom," the heavily armored warriors guarding the entrance of the hall vomited blood and fell to the ground.

Since the prefabricated fragments were removed from the grenade at this time, it did not cause much damage.

However, even so, the shock wave generated by the explosion directly killed the person at the front.

Although the people in the last few rows were still alive, they could only fall down and roll on the ground at this moment, completely losing their fighting power.

This sudden explosion shocked everyone, and the hall, which was as noisy as a vegetable market, fell silent instantly.

Everyone turned their heads in unison, looking at the dusty doorway caused by the explosion just now.

When the flying smoke cleared, under the surprised gazes of everyone in the hall, a group of people in camouflage with short beards and short hair appeared in sight.

These people were wearing colorful clothes with narrow cuffs and trouser cuffs, which were a little out of tune with the clothes of this era.

They are all wearing light armor. It stands to reason that such equipment is impossible to face the hard steel of the Tubo warriors in heavy armor.

However, the fact is that these people directly hit the palace hall.

And except for a few soldiers in the front row, no bloodstains can be seen on the other soldiers. It is hard to imagine how they fought all the way.

The few soldiers walking in the front looked young, holding a thing made of iron pipes and wood in their hands.

Let's say it's a weapon, but it doesn't look like it's even started. I don't know what it's for.

But when it comes to ritual utensils, they don't look like them either.

There is only one kind of sacrificial vessel in the army, which is the military flag, which is used to convey orders and let soldiers know that their side has not failed.

Therefore, in many wars, the primary goal is to capture the opponent's military flag.

Soldiers who cannot see the flag will think they have lost and lose morale.

Chidu Songtsan was also taken aback by the sudden situation, and subconsciously stood up.

The guards around him yelled, "Stop them!"

The Tubo warriors who were closest to the entrance of the main hall raised their weapons and rushed towards the Da Zhou soldiers.

However, the soldiers at the front all raised their guns and pulled the trigger at the same time.

"Bang bang bang..."

After a few gunshots, the Tubo people in the front flew upside down and flew nearly a foot away.

After falling to the ground, there was a muffled "bang", and it remained motionless.

Everyone was taken aback. Looking carefully, these people's faces and chests should be covered in blood.

Some even had their heads smashed, and there was absolutely no way they were still alive.

Everyone who saw this scene with their own eyes took a few steps back subconsciously, looking at the iron pipes in the hands of the soldiers with horror on their faces.

Really unexpected, it turns out that this is really a weapon, and such a brutal weapon.

Then several soldiers pulled back the handguard under the barrel of the gun in unison, and pointed the gun at them again.

At the same time, they shouted in their half-baked Tubo language: "Surrender without killing, sit cross-legged, and raise your hands!"

After seeing the power of the shotgun with their own eyes, these people have already developed enough fear of the black muzzle.

Many people hurriedly followed what they said, sat cross-legged on the ground, and raised their hands to express their surrender.

Although there were not many people holding this kind of weapon, only about ten, the crossbows and black lacquered axes held by the soldiers behind were not vegetarians either.

Especially now that there are more and more enemy troops entering the hall, this war has come to an end.

Seeing this scene, Chidu Songtsan also recovered from the initial shock, couldn't help sighing, and closed his eyes in despair.

And the heavily armored warriors in the hall, after seeing the terrifying power of the musket with their own eyes, completely lost their will to fight, subconsciously threw away the weapons in their hands, obediently sat on the ground, and raised their hands in surrender.

Li Chongrun spread out from several other soldiers holding shotguns and stood in every corner of the hall.

Seeing that the situation was under control, he immediately walked towards Chidu Songtsan, who was sitting on a large chair, with a gun in his hand.

His chair is a bit like the dragon chair in many TV dramas in the future.

It is said to be a chair, but it is actually the size of a bed, and it is extremely conspicuous in the hall.

Seeing him approaching, Chidu Songtsan's guards immediately drew out their scimitars and stood in front of him, shouting at Li Chongrun, "Bold! How dare you..."

"boom!"

Li Chongrun shot directly without hesitation, and the captain of the personal guard flew out before finishing his sentence.

And there was still a trace of blood mist that popped out before the heart stopped beating in the air.

This scene shocked everyone in the hall, and even made several Tubo ministers pee their pants in fright.

This is actually a very normal phenomenon. It is normal for people to have this kind of reaction when they are faced with such a terrifying weapon beyond their cognition.

Then Li Chongrun pulled back the handguard under the barrel, threw out a shell, and aimed the gun at Chidu Songtsan again.

"You should understand Chinese, right? Come down! Sit with them!" As he spoke, he pointed his chin at the ministers who had surrendered below.

Chidu Songtsan looked at the immature young man in front of him, and said in fluent Chinese: "I am also the emperor of Tubo, how can you treat me like this..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chongrun took a step forward and put the muzzle of the gun directly on his cheek.

Feeling the warm muzzle of the gun, Chidu Songtsan immediately closed his mouth.

Li Chongrun stared at him and said, "I only recognize the Great Zhou Emperor! What nonsense? Get off!"

Although it is said that Li Yuechen has always had a good cultural education for the members of the royal family all these years.

But in the final analysis, the army is a wild place after all.

Besides, for cultural people, once the army plays hooligans, they are really hooligans.

Li Chongrun is not usually a violent person, but he deeply understands that it is a waste of time to reason with these literati.

So he took out this pair of hooligans, expressing that he didn't want to talk nonsense with him.

Chidu Songtsan was also taken aback by this vicious attitude.

He had seen the power of this weapon just now, if he really wanted to use it, his head might explode on the spot.

But the majestic emperor of a country was so threatened by the enemy's soldiers, which made his eyes full of anger.

But now that he was being pointed at with a gun, he didn't dare to say anything more.

After all, in his impression, the soldiers are all uneducated youths, if he really wants to fight for himself, then there is no hope of even negotiating.

Now his only hope lies in negotiating with the Great Zhou Emperor, and he must not let himself die here.

So the anger in my heart is anger, but now the situation is stronger than others, so I can only obey obediently.

So he stood up with a face full of dissatisfaction, and sat down cross-legged in front of the courtiers below, letting the soldiers who came over tie his hands.

But in the process, he didn't forget to stare at Li Chongrun with murderous eyes, as if he wanted to remember his face, and punish him when he had the opportunity in the future.

However, Li Chongrun was too lazy to care about his thoughts, and beckoned to the soldiers on the side: "Move this corpse out, and clean up the blood, so as not to hinder the saint's eyes for a while!"

"Yes!" The soldier next to him agreed and immediately started to act.

……

At the same time, on the main street in Luosuo City, it was a different scene.

A chariot carried by 32 people walked slowly through the center of the street, and the soldiers on both sides of the street and on the roof all raised their hands in salute when the chariot passed by them.

After passing by in a chariot, he will put down his hands and continue his work.

The captives being escorted on both sides of the street and the civilians who were temporarily controlled couldn't help being surprised when they saw this scene.

It is really hard to imagine that the army of the Great Zhou was like this, just like the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals.

Whether it's this crisp and neat movement, or the uniform pace and completely uniform uniform... In their view, this is completely unimaginable.

And in the middle of the street, around the chariot, apart from those palace ladies who looked completely different from the temperament of the servants, the rest were the group of men and women in black.

These people don't seem to be very old, but it is absolutely impossible for them to be ordinary people who can walk beside the emperor's chariot.

While walking, Li Shouli picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction of the Red Mountain Palace, and then said: "The semaphore has been raised, and the hall has been completely controlled. The saint can drive straight in without hindrance."

"Then let's go. Speaking of it, I'm also a little curious about what the Hongshan Palace looks like in this era..." Li Yuechen said as if muttering to himself.

In fact, after more than 1000 years, she came here.

It's just that the Hongshan Palace at that time had already been rebuilt, and it should be quite different from this era.

Take the square at the foot of the mountain as an example. More than 1000 years later, there were pools and fountains here, but now...it's just a relatively flat open space.

The emperor's chariot was not slow, but even so, it still took more than an hour from the gate of Luosuo City to the gate of the main hall of Hongshan Palace.

It was almost Wei time when they entered the city, but by the time the chariot arrived at the gate of the main hall, it was already the three quarters of Shen time.

……

In the main hall, everyone including Chidu Songtsan felt a little restless.

It has been more than half an hour since I was tied here, so I have to tell you how to deal with it.

However, these soldiers just looked at them here, and there was no unnecessary communication, as if they were waiting for something.

And whenever someone wants to speak, three or five bows and crossbows are pointed at them.

A few people wanted to go to the bathroom in such a tense environment, but they didn't dare to say it, for fear that they would be shot to death if they made a sound, so they could only hold back.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and the next moment, a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms ran in.

After the group of soldiers came in, they were divided into two teams and separated on both sides of the road in the middle of the hall.

Everyone's steps were in perfect harmony, so much so that it sounded like there was only one person.

With a "stand still", all the soldiers stopped, and then turned around cleanly, facing each other.

Their legs were close together, their heads held high, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were facing their chests, facing upwards to the left.

These two rows of people lined up from the entrance of the main hall to the front of the emperor's exclusive seat, and even the distance between everyone was the same, at least there was no obvious difference with the naked eye.

Then I saw a chariot slowly descending at the entrance of the main hall, and in the sunlight, a figure wearing a gorgeous crown came down.

The old eunuch beside him passed his arm over, and Wu Zetian gently put his hand on Zhang Chengxin's forearm, and followed him slowly into the hall.

At this moment, everyone present knew that it was the Great Zhou Emperor who had arrived in person.

Although no one here has seen her, this does not prevent them from guessing her identity.

And beside her, several court ladies also held the iron pipe weapon in their hands, completely surrounding her.

At the same time, there were a group of young men and women in black accompanying them.

This kind of foil also made the gorgeous crown on her body more conspicuous in the sun, and even had a sense of brilliance.

Seeing her walking in step by step, Chidu Songtsan opened his eyes wide, his face full of unwillingness.

Of course he could see that her purpose was to sit where he usually sat.

But how could she do this?

You know, that position has a huge symbolic meaning, once the emperor of another country sits on it, it means that Tubo will be gone!

But now he didn't have the guts to stand up and stop her at all, he could only watch her walk over step by step.

At this moment, every step she took was like stepping on the heart of this young Zanpu!
It's a pity that time will not stop with his unwillingness. In the end, the emperor in the crown still sat in the position that usually only belonged to him.

With a "crash", all the soldiers in the hall turned around, raised their hands in salute, and said in unison, "Long live my emperor!"

Under the magnificent flowing beads, Wu Zetian slowly raised his eyelids, raised his right arm, and said loudly: "All generals and soldiers are welcome!"

(End of this chapter)