serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 380 Autumn Hunting in Xishan 4
The moon was covered by clouds, only twinkling stars.

The night was already deep, and there was silence in the camp. Only a few bonfires in front of the camp were blown by the night wind.

On the archery tower, two imperial soldiers on guard were standing there, leaning on their spears, taking a nap.

Torches were swaying wildly, and a group of forbidden soldiers patrolled past the camp gate holding torches.

Just opposite the camp gate, in the lush mountains with dense vegetation, countless pairs of eyes are looking at this place.

Emperor Jianwu was standing under a big tree at this time, wearing a black fur coat and a hat covering his head, standing there quietly, motionless.

Dai Quan was also there, now wearing a thick fur cloak. He was looking forward and motionless.

Behind him and around him were a dozen eunuchs in red clothes holding sword hilts motionless.

This location is very good. You can see the road ahead and the road leading to the mountain pass not far away. There is only a trail behind you. The grass and trees are thick, and it is difficult to be discovered when you stand under the trees.

"What time is it?" Emperor Jianwu suddenly asked.

Dai Quan took out his pocket watch and replied, "Your Majesty, Haishi is almost over."

Emperor Jianwu: "It's almost the third watch."

"Yes."

Dai Quan broke a few branches, swept the fallen leaves from the wood behind Emperor Jianwu, took off his fur cloak, folded it into several layers and placed it on the wood: "Your Majesty, sit down and rest."

Emperor Jianwu sat down on the fur cloak, looked forward, and asked, "Is there any mistake?"

Dai Quan replied: "The inspector's sentry found three abandoned camps deep in the mountains, with an estimated 400 people. They tracked them all the way and confirmed that these people had come out of the mountains. They should be cooperating with the rebels lurking in the Forbidden Army at night. Attack the camp."

"Who! What are you doing!" Fanzi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, shouted from behind the mountain.

More than a dozen eunuchs in red drew their swords together, and each one of them stared at the mountain road with concentration.

"What are you shouting for? The Za family has something urgent to report to Your Majesty." The voice of a eunuch.

A lantern flashed towards this side quickly.

A chief eunuch, the eunuch in charge of rituals, trotted over panting, holding a lantern.

Dai Quan walked over: "What's the matter?"

The great eunuch gasped: "It's not good, Liangxiang's two thousand troops and the imperial army stationed at the mountain pass have changed their defenses."

Dai Quan's expression changed: "What? Who told them to change defense?"

The great eunuch said: "General Liangxiang's guard carries General Niu Ben's change of defense warrant!" He said and handed a warrant to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan took the order and took a look, his face suddenly turned livid, turned around and walked to Emperor Jianwu: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Jianwu still sat there without moving, looking at the carriage, and suddenly said: "He is coming!"

Dai Quan was startled at first, then realized what he had done. He read the warrant carefully again under the sparse starlight. It was indeed an imitation. At this moment, he actually had a hint of admiration for Prince Yizhong. This man was a fake. The masters, first the Supreme Emperor, and now imitating Niu Ben to forge warrants.

However, the big seal on it is real.

There is still a problem with the Imperial Guard.

Someone whispered: "The cabin is on fire!"

In the distance, a raging fire burned in the carriage, and the sound of people shouting and horses neighing could be heard clearly.

Emperor Jianwu spoke again: "Those people should be here."

Dai Quan looked towards the road leading to the mountain road, and heard the sound of rapid horse hooves and running.

In the rising dust, the flickering torches illuminated the galloping cavalry and the running infantry.

"It's Fangshan's three thousand soldiers and horses!" Dai Quan said angrily.

Emperor Jianwu: "It must be more than three thousand."

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of firecrackers from the mountain diagonally opposite, followed by a loud shout of killing!
Emperor Jianwu stood up suddenly.

Dai Quan: "It's General Niu Ben's place!"

Emperor Jianwu finally changed his expression and murmured: "I miscalculated the good means, I miscalculated."

While they were talking, the three thousand garrison troops from Fangshan had already rushed into the camp and were heading straight towards the bright yellow tent.

All the Imperial Guards who blocked the way fell to the swords of the rebels, who quickly rushed to a position less than [-] steps away from the big tent.

The well-trained imperial troops quickly formed a battle formation in front of the big tent!

A row of firecrackers knelt on one leg in a semicircle at the front of the battle formation, raised the firecrackers in their hands and fired at the same time!

Fire shot out from each gun, and the body of the rebel running at the front flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

At this time, the gunsmiths of the Forbidden Army directly pushed the scythe to expose the medicine chamber, took out the paper shell ammunition, bit the paper roll from the top, poured a small amount of gunpowder into the medicine chamber, and closed the medicine chamber with the scythe.Then, open the breech, load the gunpowder pellets in the paper bag into the breech, close the breech, aim the gun, and pull the trigger.

There was another sound of firecrackers, and the rebels fell one by one!
More rebels roared and charged towards the gunman with long knives!The firecrackers went off again, and then each of the rebels who rushed up fell down again under the light of the fire!

Emperor Jianwu: "The breech-mounted fire blunderbuss is so sharp! What a pity." After saying that, he turned to look diagonally opposite.

Before he could finish his words, the Forbidden Army gunmen retreated. There were too many rebels.

The Imperial Guard infantry behind them rushed forward and fought with the rebels.Suddenly, loud shouts of killing came from the direction of the mountain pass. Finally, the imperial army stationed outside the mountain reacted and were attacking the two thousand Liangxiang rebels who controlled the mountain pass.

Looking at the chaotic procession, Dai Quan shook his head and smiled bitterly. Two of the three troops mobilized by the emperor's order were actually rebels. In other words, they had fallen into the trap set by the opponent from the beginning.

Emperor Jianwu's eyes were still looking diagonally opposite, where the battle would be the key to victory or defeat.

Dai Quan: "The imperial army stationed in the big tent will be defeated."

The rebel cavalry rushed into the Forbidden Infantry battle formation at lightning speed, and the heads of the Forbidden Army infantry flew up under the passing sharp sabers!
Dai Quan spoke again: "It's stable. The noble generals are leading their soldiers to support the big tent, and the prince is here in person!"

After hearing this, Emperor Jianwu turned around and saw Jia Hu personally leading the cavalry into the crowd of rebels from the side, slashing left and right. The sword flashed across the place, and each rebel was chopped to the ground. His target It's the rebel cavalry who are killing the Imperial Guard infantry!
The Fangshan guard raised his saber and said, "Kill!" He rode his horse towards Jia Hu, who was galloping towards him!
The rebel cavalry followed closely and galloped away with swords in their hands!

Dai Quan was anxious: "The prince still has a gunshot wound on his back!"

Emperor Jianwu was startled for a moment, then laughed: "It doesn't matter."

On the galloping horse, Guardsman Fangshan actually threw away the reins of his left hand and pulled out a dagger from the horse. Using the sword with his left and right hands, he struck at Jia Hu who was coming with the sword. The saber slashed at Jia Hu. The blade of the sword stabbed Jia Hu's horse head!
Jia Hu raised his sword with both hands and struck at him. There was a "clang" sound, and a flash of fire flashed. The saber broke into two pieces among the lightning and flint. The sword with heavy force fell on the shoulder of the Fangshan guard in an instant. On the ground, the sounds of broken armor and bones and flesh were mixed together, and the opponent's body was actually cut into two halves!

The war horses passed each other, and the remains rolled down. The expressions of pain and shock were intertwined and fixed on the face of the Fangshan guard. His eyes were wide open, and he could not rest in peace!

Jia Hu's sword was flying up and down, and he had killed three rebels on horseback one after another!
Lin San and his soldiers also rushed over.

Emperor Jianwu was shocked!

Dai Quan swallowed subconsciously.

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch's voice trembled, "Look."

Emperor Jianwu was startled by his sudden move. He followed his gaze and suddenly his whole body trembled!
The torches were flying, and a group of men in black came around Prince Yizhong.

A dozen eunuchs in red blocked the entrance to the mountain road with swords in their hands.

Suddenly, a hail of arrows struck. The eunuchs in red hurriedly waved their swords to block it, and the man in black took the opportunity to rush forward.

The two sides were in close combat. Obviously, these eunuchs in red did not have much combat experience, and they were quickly killed by the men in black in coordination with each other.

Dai Quan had pulled out the soft sword from his waist and was currently protecting Emperor Jianwu.

The great eunuch picked up a branch from somewhere and protected Emperor Jianwu's side, shaking all over.

Prince Yizhong, who was wearing casual clothes, walked up. He was holding a folding fan in his hand. He unfolded it and fanned it gently. He looked at Emperor Jianwu with a smile and said, "Uncle, long time no see."

"It's you!" Dai Quan suddenly yelled.

Emperor Jianwu looked and was stunned. The eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was standing behind Prince Yizhong.

Prince Yizhong laughed heartily: "Uncle Huang is really a loner!"

Emperor Jianwu ignored Prince Yizhong and looked at the eunuch in charge: "Why?!"

The eunuch in charge was timid for a moment at first, and then became hardened: "If you want to blame it, it's your Majesty's fault! We have been working as cows and horses for the royal family all our lives, and we just made some money according to the old rules of the previous dynasty. You just Kill all the stewards, principals and persons in charge of each bureau with a cane, 130 seven of them, you are too cruel!" After saying that, he looked at Emperor Jianwu fiercely.

Emperor Jianwu smiled faintly and looked at Prince Yizhong again: "You want to usurp the throne?"

With a sneer, Prince Yizhong said: "If you hadn't been plotting behind your back, my father should be the emperor now, not you!"

Just as Emperor Jianwu was about to speak, Prince Yizhong said directly: "Don't try to delay time, so that you can understand that this grandson of the Emperor is here according to the order of the Supreme Emperor."

Emperor Jianwu was startled for a moment, then smiled.

Prince Yizhong: "You, what are you laughing at?"

Emperor Jianwu: "Let's do it."

Prince Yizhong was startled.

Dai Quan spoke: "Your Majesty is laughing at you for being too naive. Return the emperor's grandson! Go ahead and dream, the emperor will not pass the throne to you." After saying that, he laughed strangely, "The regicide must die!"

After hearing this, King Yizhong hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth: "You are all dead, and no one will know about this!"

Dai Quan smiled faintly: "Where are your subordinates? And him."

The eunuch in charge knelt down and said, "I didn't see anything, I don't know anything."

Prince Yizhong's eyes flashed with evil, and he snatched the knife from the man in black's hand. He raised the knife and dropped it, and the head of the eunuch in charge rolled to the ground in an instant.

"One man, one sword, kills the emperor, and we will be rich and powerful together from now on."

"Protect the Emperor!"

"Escort!"

Niu Ben led the Imperial Guards to arrive. Countless Imperial Guards raised their firecrackers and opened fire at the same time!
In an instant, countless bullets were sprayed on the bodies of the men in black. Each of the men in black screamed and fell down, and Prince Yizhong also fell.

Dai Quan breathed a long sigh of relief and turned to Emperor Jianwu: "It's too dangerous. Your Majesty must never take risks in the future."

The big eunuch screamed: "Be careful!"

At some point, Prince Yizhong raised a blunderbuss, aimed at the exposed half of Emperor Jianwu's body, and fired the blunderbuss.

Emperor Jianwu's eyes widened with disbelief, and he fell back.

Dai Quan hugged him, looked at his chest stained red with blood, and shouted: "Your Majesty. Your Majesty"

Emperor Jianwu held Dai Quan's hand and said in a trembling voice: "The Emperor will confine the Emperor to the Dragon Head Palace. No, don't hurt him." As he said that, he fell into his arms.
(End of this chapter)