The rise of the prince

Chapter 686 I Killed

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moonlight was bright and clear, and the entire imperial city was filled with blood and blood. The gunfire gradually quieted down, and rebels were escorted to Xuanwumen from the periphery one after another, and more than 1000 people had gathered.

Finally had to move out.

"How many were caught?" Li Xingzhou asked, he just went to the back to see Ji Chunsheng came back, Ji Chunsheng's breath was weak, the imperial doctor said that he might not make it through tonight, he couldn't help feeling sad.

"I didn't count, it's more than a thousand." The battalion commander next to him agreed: "My lord, according to these people, they have at least six battalions here, and two battalions have gone to the palace."

Li Xingzhou nodded, he was actually more at ease in the Wangfu, and had already made arrangements, the key lies in how to deal with these people.

Wei Yubai also came back, and told the whole story of her going to see the emperor, Li Xingzhou nodded, and asked the new army to make way for Shangzhi's personal guards, and soon Shangzhi's personal guards were transferred from outside the north gate to defend the emperor.

With so many troops in the palace, it is normal for the emperor to be worried, not to mention that once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes, the prince's sudden rebellion must have caused a very serious blow and psychological trauma to the emperor, which he did not care about at first.

"You're so smart. Fortunately, you said it beforehand. I didn't expect such worries." Li Xingzhou said, Wei Yubai smiled and cupped his hands.

He asked people to restrain the prince's body, wipe off the blood, and then wrapped it with a military flag.

Wei Yubai stood behind him and asked softly, "How do you feel?"

Li Xingzhou smiled and sighed: "I don't know, it's not easy, but it's not heavy either. Thinking about the future, everything will be easier."

Wei Yubai nodded, "Me too. When I led the soldiers in, I made up my mind. Anyone who stops me will die."

It is not a joke for the army to enter the imperial city. Just like now, there are four battalions of new troops in the imperial city, and half of the sergeants of Wu Desi are outside, half of them are seriously injured, and the soldiers are tired. He can overthrow the dynasty with a single effort.

Of course, he won't do that, and it's unnecessary, but this feeling of holding the world in his hands is indeed the first time, the first time he stands in such a position, and he really holds the lifeblood of this dynasty, this feeling is natural is different.

It was trembling, but with a squint, he quickly calmed down at the piles of corpses piled up in the corner.

In the middle of the night, the atmosphere in the palace tended to calm down, and the situation basically settled down. Li Xingzhou immediately sent someone in to report the outside situation to the emperor.

When all these gradually settled down, he ordered the new army to guard the prisoners, withdraw from the north gate and wait for orders, leaving a battalion of cavalry in black to patrol the imperial city, lest any fish slip through the net.

Several commanding envoys listened to the order, began to escort the prisoners, and left the palace, leaving only a battalion of cavalry to patrol the imperial city.

Then he took Wei Yubai to face the saint.

At this time, the imperial garden has been surrounded and protected by Shangzhi's personal guards.

These Shangzhi personal guards are all wearing armor, with long swords on their waists, majestic and majestic, but they don't know when they fight.

Although Shangzhi's personal guards were selected from the elite imperial guards, they only knew that mules and horses had to slip away. They had been in Beijing all year round and had no actual combat experience.

The frontier soldiers who fought, had a bow, two crossbows, and then spears, then axes and knives. The elimination of swords began in the Han Dynasty. The standard equipment in the early Han Dynasty removed all kinds of long weapons, and most of them used swords until the battle with the Xiongnu began. It was found that the soldiers had dropped their swords one after another and went to pick up the Huns' knives to use.

Later, the high-level executives also discovered the problem. With the advancement of forging technology, traditional swords have gradually become unsuitable for the battlefield. Therefore, the army of the Han Dynasty who galloped on the grasslands of Mobei in the later period was basically replaced by the ring sword. Since then, the sword has basically withdrawn from the country of the Central Plains. The ranks of standard equipment.

But almost everyone in Shangzhi’s personal guards is equipped with a good-looking sword. This kind of sword must not be able to hold the spears, axes, and knives of the frontier army or the imperial army. Li Xingzhou himself was lucky. Those who fought against the imperial army were Wu Desi soldiers. If these elite and most beautiful Shangzhi personal guards were replaced, he and the emperor would probably die.

As soon as he entered the imperial garden, everyone's eyes came together instantly.

The emperor came up with the empress and all the officials. Before the emperor could speak, Li Xingzhou knelt down on one knee and reported: "To report to the emperor, the rebels have basically been wiped out. The new army beheaded more than 1000 people and captured more than [-] people. Now there are three battalions of troops. The rebel prisoners have been escorted and wait outside the north gate, waiting for the emperor to send them off.

There is also a battalion of people who are investigating the caught fish in various places in the palace. "

"Get up! Get up!" The old emperor personally stepped forward and helped him up: "At such a time of crisis, only you can make me feel at ease! Well done, if it weren't for you, I would still have all the ministers tonight Fall into the hands of that traitor!"

The empress stepped forward with distress, wiped off the blood spots on his face, and anxiously looked him up and down, "This child is covered in blood, is he injured?"

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "It's okay, it's all other people's blood."

Only then did the queen feel relieved. It was already late at night, and the air was filled with chill. The court ladies and eunuchs lit a fire in the garden for the emperor, queen and everyone to keep warm. , and no one has time to care about the poetic and picturesque.

"Where's the prince and the son?" the emperor asked, and as soon as the words came out, everyone fell silent.

"Dead." Li Xingzhou directly agreed, and the entire imperial garden was silent for a moment, but it was only for a moment, and it was fleeting. Many people guessed that the sky would change, but they didn't expect it to change so quickly.

The emperor nodded and didn't say much.

"I killed it, the body has been restrained." The emperor didn't ask, Li Xingzhou said directly.

"Bring it up for me to see." There was no sadness or joy in the emperor's words. The prince is his own son, and this cannot be changed.

When Li Xingzhou ordered the soldiers to bring in the prince's body wrapped in military weapons, everyone turned their heads to look, whispered, and dared not speak loudly.

Soon, the corpse was placed in front of the emperor. At this time, the prince looked much better than when he died. The blood was wiped clean, and Li Xingzhou closed his eyes for him. A hole in which a muscle contracts and everts.

The emperor took a fixed look, then nodded slowly, and asked him suddenly: "In your heart, is he more important than Ji Chunsheng."

"Uncle Ji." Li Xingzhou replied without hesitation, and De Gong behind him was so frightened that he tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not angry, but smiled slightly: "You are straightforward, but no matter what, he is also your uncle, you have to remember this matter."

Li Xingzhou nodded.

The emperor seemed to be in a better mood, and after seeing the body of his own son, he continued to ask: "You really killed him, and did it by yourself?"

Li Xingzhou nodded without evading at all: "That's right."

The emperor laughed out loud, "Hehe, don't you think that I don't know about soldiers. I also fought in the past. Although I may not be as good as you are now, I understand the truth. No matter how powerful you are, you can shoot so many arrows on the prince at once. ?”

The emperor thought that the wounds on the prince's body were the wounds left by the arrows or crossbow bolts pulled out.

"He died in the rebellion. It was killed by your soldiers." The emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, I am the one who killed you." Li Xingzhou reiterated again.

The emperor smiled even more happily, waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, I know you love soldiers like sons, but the crown prince deserves what he deserves. If not, we will be in great trouble tonight."

"Nizi Wudao, you are also benevolent, leaving his body is a great kindness. Before, I was worried that you had been fighting all the time, with a cruel temper, and the appearance of a benevolent monarch, you could not tolerate the emperor's brother-in-law. Now it seems that you have not let me down after all! "

"Your majesty is wise!" As soon as the words came out, the ministers around cleverly agreed, the crisis was lifted, and everyone finally showed the smiles of the survivors. Only the queen wept sadly because of the death of the prince.

The night is long and the moon is bright. On this day of Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky in Jingguo has changed.

(End of this chapter)