Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1323 Xiangguo Palace Change
Around Xiangguo City that night, the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

It's not that there is really silence inside and outside the city, on the contrary, the actual situation is very noisy. The guards of Jiande Palace in the north of the city pass through the city and alleys, and after leaving the city, they are stationed in an array near the southern city wall.Xiaozhang City in the east of the city was also very noisy, with a huge number of vehicles, horses and people coming in and out.

But the feeling that falls in the heart of the person has a sense of stillness that is stagnant.Especially those villagers who were driven into the city a few days ago and are currently flooding the streets and alleys in the south of the city. The internal and external troops are frequently mobilized, and it is obviously a situation where they are about to go to war.

But the reaction of these people was so slow that it was almost numb, as if those things had nothing to do with them.Even if they themselves were scolded and scolded by the soldiers who were dispatched, they were like trees and rocks in a storm, shaking and retreating passively, but they did not have any emotional waves because of this.

This is a group of people who are as dry as death and have completely lost confidence in life. After years of suffering, they are just a group of walking corpses. For them, death may mean more of a relief.So they were silent about whatever fate was coming.

And the death of these untouchables, in the eyes of those in power in the Jie country, probably means that they rule violently and have completely suppressed these untouchables to accept any cruel arrangements.

But in fact, the people are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death?Although they didn't resist, they didn't obey either.Although Shi Xi drove many tourists into the city before, these people were not able to contribute to the defense of the city as he thought. Even if he ordered his soldiers to threaten with swords, or even kill people with swords, those people just used numb and empty eyes Looking back, I didn't accept the service tremblingly because of this.

They have suffered too much, and the current situation is not worse than before, and the deterrence and panic brought about by them have not exceeded the limit they can bear.

Shi Sui was very upset that the city was filled with miserable soldiers who were useless.It's not that he's timid to kill, it's that he is about to do a major event at the moment, and he doesn't dare to let the soldiers' physical strength and energy be exhausted in this kind of silent confrontation with these untouchables.However, the lack of cooperation of these people has also caused many troubles.

For example, there are many unprepared houses and defenses in the south of the city, and if there are too many guards stationed, it is inevitable to sit in the open air.Now that he is in Xiangguo's home court to fight, Wang Lang naturally does not want his soldiers to suffer such unnecessary suffering, so despite Shi Sui's repeated urgings, he still stubbornly keeps [-] troops in Jiande Palace, only saying that even if the enemy is really harassing the battle, It will not be too late to make another call.

There is another thing that made Shi Sui very angry, that is, although Shi Xuan did not refuse the order to garrison Xiaozhang City, he made many demands, such as needing hundreds of excellent war horses as animal power, Brand-new camping equipment and the like, all these, emerge in endlessly.

Shi Xuan didn't have confidence in this at first, but because Shi Xuan didn't refuse immediately, this gave him great encouragement, and he took this as a so-called conspiracy to break Shi Xuan's department.Therefore, at the very beginning, Shi Xuanfan made a request, and Shi Sui always agreed, just to successfully lure Shi Xuan into Xiaozhang City.

But gradually, even Li Yan and other confidantes in the Prince's Mansion realized that something was different. Shi Xuan just kept making demands. Obviously, the troops were already approaching Xiaozhang City, but they just dawdled and refused to enter. All kinds of horses, weapons and other materials sent to his army are enough to equip an elite [-]-man brigade.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is self-willed, and he will not take the initiative to admit his mistakes. It is a stupid move to admit that he has responded to his needs before the battle.However, Shi Xuan was not completely stupid, after sending another batch of supplies, he ordered the envoy to leave the city with his sword, saying that if Shi Xuan did not enter the city to garrison, he would attack immediately!
At this time, it was already midnight, not only Shi Xuan in the city was very anxious under Shi Xuan's constant tossing, even the soldiers of Shi Xuan's headquarters were listless and full of resentment.They had fled all the way in panic, and now they finally reached Xiangguo, but they still had to drink in the open air for more than midnight, because the army was also in turmoil.

After receiving the latest batch of goods, Shi Xuan finally nodded in satisfaction, and waved his hand to indicate that the soldiers can enter the city to recuperate.At this moment, he himself had launched a high-spirited morale, and led his own soldiers to line up on the left side of the road, watching the disorganized soldiers swarming into Xiaozhang City.

After all this tossing, Shi Xuan was not completely in vain. The various equipment and war horses he had obtained from Xiangguo City had already been distributed by him. Some generals' private song power is more than enough to re-equip and prepare, so there are nearly two thousand troops.

There were nearly 2000 people. Although they were also ravaged by the chasing soldiers along the way, they were exhausted. It would be difficult to restore the combat effectiveness of the heyday in a short period of time, but after being armed with new horses and armor, they finally recovered. Very strong army weather.

Shi Xuan's army finally began to enter Xiaozhang City, and Shi Sui's tense heartstrings gradually relaxed. He even came down to the high platform of Lishui Palace surrounded by his own soldiers, and looked at the soldiers from afar by the light of the bonfire in the night. They poured into Xiaozhang City, laughing so hard that their eyes narrowed, and they said fiercely: "The thief will definitely die tonight!"

After Shixuan's army completely settled in Xiaozhang City, once the high embankment on the west side was dug, Xiaozhang City would definitely be lost.But Shi Sui didn't care about it at all, and he would just drive those hard laborers to rebuild when things came to an end.

He just felt sorry for those sent out equipment and good horses. After being flooded by floods, he didn't know how much he could recover.Even though these staffs were not from his private treasury, but were forcibly taken from government offices that were not under his control, such as the Commander's Mansion, under the pretext of preparing for war, Shi Sui now regards the entire Xiang Kingdom as his private property. These ordnance are naturally his property!

Thinking of Shi Xuan begging for so many equipment and war horses to be buried for him when he was about to die, Shi Sui's hatred for this brother inevitably increased. Has it been properly arranged? I want to wipe out all my troops, and there must be no fish out of the urn!"

Shi Sui was still contemplating poisonous schemes here, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in the night, following his prestige, he saw a torrent formed by a bunch of black shadows outside Xiaozhang City rushing towards the outskirts northeast of Xiangguo City.

"what's going on?"

Seeing this, Shi Xie's face suddenly changed, he was no longer in the mood to look at the scene of his vicious plan succeeding, he hurried down the high platform, grabbed a soldier below and asked.

The soldier didn't know what was going on outside the city, he was pinched by the prince's palm, his throat was rattling, and his face turned red and blue.

The sound of galloping horses rushed into the Lishui Palace again, but a few scouts from outside the city hurried back, bringing with them a trembling, blood-stained man.

Immediately, Shi Sui learned from the scouts what had happened outside the city: it turned out that Shi Xuan's army was on the way to enter Xiaozhang City, but he was not in a hurry to enter the city, so he suddenly led an army behind him and galloped northward. go!

"What happened? Why did the thief do this?"

Shi Sui's face was extremely livid at this moment, his teeth were clenched, and his eyes burst out with a fierce light that seemed to be about to eat people.

The envoy who had been sent to Shixuan's army was brought up, and it was only when he got closer that the envoy who was originally an official of Prince Shi Sui's mansion had his upper and lower lips cut off, and both ears were cut off, because he was a whole person. His head and face were bloody, and he looked hideous and pitiful.

At this moment, the emissary was speechless, under Shi Xi's murderous eyes, he tremblingly wrote with his fingers on the blood stains on his head and face, on the hem of his clothes, Li Yan saw this, took a step forward to identify Shi Xi carefully, and then relayed Shi Xi.

It turned out that Shi Xuan had no intention of entering Xiaozhang City in person at all. After all the routs entered Xiaozhang City, he ordered someone to call the envoy to him and said: "What I said about the enemy's situation is indeed true, my prince. But you still treat the vassal like an enemy and want to put me to death. You and the prince's mansion belong to the people, and you have been selected by the lord, but you can't tell the prince to be wise. If you are a master and servant, even if you have ears and mouth, you can't What's the use!"

Before speaking, he pulled out his saber, cut off the messenger's upper and lower lips and cut off his two ears, and ordered someone to throw it down in the dust. Then he laughed again: "The prince can't tolerate it, let me live up to my loyalty. If so I am no longer reluctant, and immediately lead my troops to Xindu to meet the lord. As for you, after returning, you must stick to the capital with the crown prince, and when I receive the king's order, I will lead my troops to help!"

After finishing speaking, Shi Xuan got on his horse and led those direct relatives who had been fully armed, especially those who had brand-new horsepower, to go away.

In the final analysis, Shi Xuan never planned to enter Xiangguo to cooperate with the defense. He just wanted to divert the disaster to the east, or use Xiangguo as a goal to completely get rid of the chasing soldiers of the Jin army who were all the way.No matter who its soldiers are, an enemy city with weak defense is in front of it, and it is impossible to let Xiangguo go and continue to pursue him, a defeated general.

As for those rout soldiers who were noisy and settled in Xiaozhang City before, they were a burden to Shi Xuan, even if he wanted to get rid of them, he could do nothing, so he could just take advantage of this to get rid of them, and flee lightly.This can also be regarded as the compensation he gave after the misfortune was brought to the east. If Shi Sui has the capacity to accommodate others, these thousands of soldiers can also be regarded as a help.

But according to Shi Xuan's understanding of Shi Sui, he felt that most of those soldiers were going to suffer for him. Shi Sui was a stupid and cruel person, so it was absolutely impossible for him to retain this group of soldiers with confidence.

Sure enough, after listening to what the envoy wrote, Shi Xi was almost mad with anger.He rushed forward, pulled it out, picked it up, and stabbed at the messenger's body without turning his heels. The messenger's body was covered with blood holes, and he was so dead that he couldn't die anymore!
Even that Li Yan, because he was too close to the messenger, was brushed by the sword's arm, hurriedly covering his wound and backing away in embarrassment, blood gushing from his fingers.Seeing that the prince was like a madman, there was a dead silence in the arena, and everyone was silent, not daring to make the slightest noise.

"Break the embankment! Drown these lowly soldiers for me!"

When the envoy was hacked to a bloody mess, he picked up the blood splashed on his face and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it bitterly, as if the flesh and blood belonged to Shi Xuan, then he spat out a mouthful of blood and said ferociously.

At this moment, who would dare to disobey the prince's intentions, even though from a tactical point of view, it is by no means the best time to burst the dike and flood the city, and a considerable number of soldiers will definitely flee out of the city vigilantly.But whoever dares to raise any objection at this moment, and is responsible to the prince, is not responsible for his own life!

After that, Shi Sui carried the blood sword in his hand without putting it in the sheath, and left here straight away, let alone staying to appreciate the scene of his vicious plan succeeding.

Lishui Palace left more than [-] loyal servants of the Hu tribe here, waiting for the flood to fill the city, and then continued to besiege and kill the soldiers who fled from the city.As for the rest of the army, led by Shi Sui, they walked on the street and went straight to Jiande Palace.At this moment, his chest is full of anger and anger, and only killing can relieve the depression in his heart!

At this moment, there are still thousands of imperial guards staying behind in Jiande Palace, and soon some of the imperial guards noticed these thousands of menacing soldiers, drums and trumpets were suddenly raised on the walls of the palace, and warning torches were raised.

Some of the soldiers rushed out of the palace gate, wanting to put away the pontoon bridge outside the moat, but were ordered by Shi Xie, and afterward behind him, the warriors of the East Palace shot feathered arrows and killed them on the spot.

Seeing this scene, the guards on the palace wall became more vigilant, and then the main gate opened, and a young guard general led nearly a thousand soldiers to line up, frequently issuing empty warnings.

The young general's name was Wang Guang, he was the son of the leading general Wang Lang, he naturally saw the crown prince Shi Sui who was at the front of the opposing army, and immediately raised his voice and shouted: "The prince knocked on the gate late at night, do you know if he can get the command to lead the army? "

Hearing this question, Shi Xi's eyes became even more fierce. He suppressed his anger and waved to the opposite side: "The enemy's situation is urgent. I will lead the people to reinforce the palace. This agrees with the army leader. General Wang is going to check the talisman order."

Wang Guang had also sensed that Shi Sui's visitor was not kind, so he hesitated and dared not go forward, but the other party was the Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom after all, and now under the watchful eyes of everyone, he urged him a few times on the opposite side, so he could only lead a dozen of his own soldiers Move forward.

When they approached, all of Wang Guang's personal soldiers were isolated by the warriors of the Eastern Palace, and only Wang Guang was allowed to step forward.He bit the bullet and continued to move forward a few steps, then clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, please..."

"Death to the traitor!"

Wang Guang was only halfway through his words when Shi Sui suddenly rolled over from his horse, rushed a few steps, and pierced Wang Guang's chest with the bloody sword in his hand.As a general of the imperial guards, Wang Guang's armor was absolutely extraordinary, because he was not pierced immediately, but he was hit by such a force, and his body immediately fell backwards.

As Shi Hu's eldest son, Shi Sui also had military experience in his early years, so he can be called a mighty general.Although in recent years, due to his status, he needs to stay in Xiangguo all year round, his bow and horse skills are inevitably loose.

But recently, thinking about planning to do big things, he picked it up again. The so-called sharpening the gun in front of the battle, his movements were much more agile.

This time, Wang Guang was not spared. The sword edge pierced through the weak spot of his armor, pierced his body from under his ribs and nailed him to the ground. Live in Shi Sui whose face is already distorted.

Once the blow was successful, Shi Sui didn't stay any longer, he drew out his sword to push the dead body away, and then swung the sword to do everything, holding Wang Guang's head in his hand.At this moment, the warriors of the Eastern Palace in front had already killed Wang Guang's personal soldiers, and the guards farther away towards the palace gate were stunned when they saw such a change.

"Gu is Prince Dazhao, Jiande Palace is my home garden, Wang Lang and his son are traitors, controlling the imperial guards to make chaos in the palace! Today I enter the garden to fix the chaos, whoever dares to stand in the way is a traitor and will be killed without mercy!"

Shi Sui got on his horse again, aggressively held Wang Guang's head in his hands, and then led thousands of Eastern Palace warriors behind him, rushing straight to the gate of Jiande Palace.

The imperial guards were on duty in the palace, so they were naturally chosen by the elite.But because the Jie Lord Shi Hu is away all the year round, and because he is the imperial guard staying behind in Xiangguo, he is definitely not the top elite of Jieguo.Especially at the moment, the prince came so aggressively that even their chief general was beheaded on the spot.

If the current Heavenly King Shihu was still in the garden, these imperial guards probably still had the courage to resist, but at this moment, after encountering the impact of the Donggong warriors, they could only retreat again and again, and then scattered like birds and beasts.

So Shi Xi rushed into Jiande Palace all the way smoothly, and then he ordered someone to arrest several servants, and asked that all the princes and their families were placed in the East Sixth Palace in the northeast corner of Jiande Palace, and then led the tigers and wolves behind him. The tribe went through the corridors and buildings, and went straight to the East Sixth Palace to slaughter them.

Inside the palace, there were naturally guards on duty, but because most of the guards were transferred to the south of the city, the number was not too large.What's more, it was the Crown Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom who caused the disturbance at the moment, and these imperial guards were stunned for a while, and they were even more unable to organize an effective interception.

Afterwards, Shi Xi's journey went smoothly, and within half an hour he led the crowd into the Sixth East Palace.Here is a continuous palace, where many princes and daughters of the Shi clan live together, and there are a large number of palace attendants to serve them. At this moment, there are many people gathered in front of the corridor and pavilion, looking sleepily at the movement, but after that, arrows rain mercilessly. Soon, a large number of palace people wailed and fell in a pool of blood.

After such a rush of killings, Shi Sui finally regained his senses at this moment, and realized that it is still not allowed to cause massacres in the palace, so he also ordered the restraints to search the place of Shi Xuan's family, and also remembered to send some soldiers Go to the palace where the Empress Zheng lived to defend his mother.

But the tribes under Shi Xi's command, let alone those Donggong warriors, no matter whether they are righteous followers of the Hu tribe or criminals who were indulged, there are no good people.Although Shi Sui entered the palace, he mainly led the warriors of the Eastern Palace who he considered to be his direct lineage, but there were also quite a few criminals who followed Hu Buyi into the palace.

As soon as these people entered the palace, they were like mice scurrying into a rice vat. There was no reason for them to restrain themselves. They showed off their viciousness one by one, and soon the entire East Sixth Palace fell into serious chaos.

These relatives in the palace, even though they still don't know exactly what happened, the chaos broke out suddenly, and they subconsciously wanted to find the safest place to hide.At this moment, naturally, the palace where the Heavenly King Empress Zheng lived became the first choice of hiding place, and many palace people flocked to the Queen's Palace following those descendants of Shi's blood and their wives.

Shi Xi chased and killed him all the way, and naturally he rushed outside the Queen's Palace.At this moment, the inside and outside of the palace where the Empress lived was brightly lit, and a noble lady in a fine attire was standing on the pavilion surrounded by palace servants and servants. Chu pointed at Shi Xi and shouted angrily: "The prince wants to disrupt the country?"

The noble lady is the Heavenly King Empress Zheng. Although she is not a noble lady, she has been the empress of the main palace all the year round, and she has developed a domineering temperament.Although Mrs. Zheng is over fifty years old, she has a plump body and a good face, and she has a charming charm, but at this moment, her face is full of anger and despair, and there is no grace at all.

When he looked up and saw his aunt, Shi Sui was unavoidably flustered and restrained a bit, but after hearing Zheng's question, he became angry again and shouted: "The country is our country, and the family is my family." The queen mother should return to the palace to take care of her quickly, don't get involved in it! Today I will kill the villains of the family..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zheng stamped her feet and screamed: "My lord ordered you to stay in charge of the country and take care of the family. No one is so generous. You caused such a commotion. Afterwards, the lord will scold you. How will it end!"

If Mrs. Zheng didn't say these things, Shi Sui could still bear it for a while, but at this moment he was dazzled by anger again, pointed at Mrs. Zheng and cursed: "You woman, since you are a wife, you should go in and out to follow and serve you. If you are old and fading, you will not be able to love, if you are alone, you will lose your father's love! If this is not the case, why should I make trouble for this? All the mistakes are in the old woman. If you can only stick to love and get rid of temptation As for the scumbags from the family who come out frequently, spy on my position!"

Hearing that her son was so humiliated, Zheng's face was as pale as paper, she couldn't speak anymore, she fell backwards, and was rushed forward by the palace people to help her down.

Shi Sui was even more furious at this moment, and because of his grievance, he felt that his behavior was a bit more righteous, and ordered the soldiers behind him to say: "Guard the gate of the palace, no one is allowed to escape!"

After such a commotion, it was already the darkest hour of dawn. If you look up, you can see that the entire Xiangguo City is in chaos, and it is no longer limited to Jiande Palace.In the vicinity of Xiaozhang City in the east of the city, there were soldiers besieging and killing those fish that slipped through the net after the city was filled with water.And Wang Lang, the leading general in the south of the city, also learned of the changes in the palace, and is urgently leading the imperial guards back to help.

In the outskirts of Xiangguo City where no one was paying attention, a small cavalry team took advantage of the darkness and rushed straight to the northwest corner of Xiangguo City.Although there are only more than 2000 cavalry on this route, the sound of horseshoes is strong and powerful, and the sound waves brought by it are not inferior to thousands of troops.

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

In the midst of this chaos, suddenly higher flames rose from the West Sixth Palace in the northwest of Jiande Palace, and at the same time, the noise of beating and killing was even louder than the noise here.

"Oops, the thief lied to me, this is going back and forth!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Xi's expression changed drastically. Up to now, he still stubbornly believes that the bullying is only caused by Shi Xuan's army, and there is no concept of enemy intrusion in his mind.

It was also because of this that Shi Sui's army thought it was Shi Xuan who fled north before and returned.

And after all the noise and tossing, everyone in the palace probably understood that the cause of the chaos tonight was the two princes fighting for power. Jiao fled, hoping that Shi Xuan could show off his military power and force back Shi Sui, a group of fierce soldiers like wolves and tigers.

　A big chapter, writing this plot, I am generally in a more cheerful mood. . .As for whether it is logically valid, I can only say that I have to at least find a logical logic for the characters when I write the article. As for the many chaos of the same room during this period, there is no logic at all. There is no stupidity, only more Stupid, both North and South. . .

　　
　
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