A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 570 The White Mansion versus White King Entering the Palace, the Palace Gate is Broken by the White Book Chaos

The waning moon hangs high, gradually moving its body.

Guessing that the time for the city's defense change was getting closer and closer, Cui Hao waited anxiously in front of the gate of Prince Bai's Mansion, pacing back and forth.

The horses pulling the cart behind kept neighing and shaking their heads.

He didn't know if what he did today was right, but he knew that after doing it, his heart would be at ease.

"Squeak!"

The side door of Prince Bai's Mansion opened, and a middle-aged steward of the Prince's Mansion stepped out and said to Cui Hao:

"Your Highness invites you!"

Cui Hao, who hurriedly returned the gift, followed the butler into the elegantly decorated palace.

As soon as he stepped into the side door, he could see elite soldiers standing guard on both sides. A pair of cold eyes kept scanning Cui Hao.

Regardless of the rudeness of the guard, Cui Hao, who only wanted to see King Bai as soon as possible, quickened his pace, forcing the butler to jog.

"Prime Minister Cui, this way."

Cui Hao, who almost went to the wrong place, quickly followed the housekeeper's guidance and came to a room.

What caught his eye was a handsome young man, none other than Daxia's third heir, Bai Wangwen.

"Prime Minister Cui came to visit late at night and was so anxious. But something big happened?"

Seeing Cui Hao being so anxious, Bai Wen's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but take the lead in asking.

"Your Highness is wise, and there is indeed an urgent matter."

"Serve tea."

Bai Wen wanted to know in his heart, but the good royal education made him calm down subconsciously:

"Cui Xiang takes a sip of tea first and speaks slowly."

He took the tea from the maid, but did not drink it. Instead, he put it on the small table nearby and expressed his guess first.

"Marquis Xianping wants to rebel?"

It was nothing more than Bai Wen's surprise. You must know that Xianping Hou Bai Ce was the son of the Bai family with the divine seal, and he had made more contributions to the country than himself in the past.

What's more, in Bai's records, there is no precedent for Bai's son to be disobedient.

He couldn't help but wonder if Cui Hao was unfounded, or if he wanted to use himself to achieve some purpose.

So after listening to it, he didn't feel so anxious. Instead, he blew the tea foam and drank the water slowly.

Seeing that Bai Wen suddenly became so steady after hearing his statement, Cui Hao knew that he had been too anxious just now and made the other party suspicious.

After all, whoever suddenly sees an outsider running into your home tells you that your uncle is about to join forces with the outsider to steal your family property.

And there is no evidence at all, just a mouthful.

Cui Hao quickly stood up and saluted Bai Wen:
"I'm being rude, but this matter is absolutely true. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can go to the Xianping Marquis Mansion and Donghai Gong Mansion to investigate.

In addition, today's defense change is also recorded in the Secretariat, and His Highness can send someone to investigate.

The only thing is that the speed must be fast. If the prediction is good, the city defense army will have already begun to change defenses at this time.

The reason why I came to look for His Highness first is because it is getting late and I cannot enter the palace to see you. I would like to ask Your Highness for your advice. "

Seeing that Cui Hao's words were sincere and not fake, he had to make some preparations first, but he couldn't believe them all.

"Su Shu!"

"Your Highness."

The middle-aged housekeeper who just led Cui Hao opened the door and came in.

"Send someone to check whether the number of strangers coming in and out of Xianpinghou Mansion has increased in the past few days.

Then send people to check and see where Donghai Gong, Xiangping Gong and other princes have gone.

Then go to the palace to find me. "

"Yes."

"Lu Shen!"

"Your Highness."

A man wearing black brocade clothes, an iron waistband, a waist knife in his hand, and a bamboo hat on his head entered the room.

"Go back immediately and tell your commanders, just as I said, let them check the movements of Marquis Xianping in the past few days.

If you find anything wrong, report it to Your Majesty immediately. "

"Yes."

After accepting the order, the man in black turned around and left quickly.

After giving all instructions, Bai Wen stood up:
"Prime Minister Cui, please enter the palace with me."

Two quarters of an hour later, King Bai's carriage and Cui Hao's carriage arrived at the palace gate.

"Who is coming? The forbidden area of ​​the palace, leave quickly."

Upstairs at the palace gate, a palace guard shouted loudly.

The guard of Prince Bai's Mansion immediately stepped forward and said loudly:
"King Bai's chariot is here. Open the door quickly. Your Highness wants to enter the palace."

There was silence at the palace gate for a while, and then a palace general, who was clearly dressed as a general, stuck his head out and said loudly:
"Where is His Highness King Bai?"

The Prince's Sima immediately turned his horse around, came to Bai Wen's carriage, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Highness, the palace guards want to see your Highness's face."

Bai Wen opened the door curtain of the carriage and stood on the carriage with his head held high. The torches around him revealed his face.

General Gongmen stretched his neck and checked carefully to confirm that King Bai was correct.

"Open the door!"

"Squeak!"

The heavy palace door opened, and King Bai entered the palace alone, while the rest of the soldiers and horses stayed outside the palace.

Cheng'an Hall

When Prince Bai Ran entered the hall, he saw his father Bai Qian sitting high, looking at something in his hand. Below him, Bai Wen and Cui Hao were standing quietly.

"My son, I will meet my father."

Bai Qian waved his hand, Bai Ran walked up to Bai Wen and asked in a low voice:

"what's up?"

Bai Wen bowed slightly and told the whole story.

Bai Ran's eyes widened in disbelief and he was speechless.

"You can't believe it, right? I can't believe it either. Okay, you are really a good son of my Bai family."

Bai Ran looked up and saw Bai Qian with a gloomy face, handing something to Deng Xuan aside, indicating to show it to Bai Ran. "This is the defense change document obtained from the Secretariat, as well as the information sent by Feng Dao Guard."

"Father, this, alas."

All the words finally turned into a sigh.

At the east gate of Qiyang, Bai Ce's figure emerged, and Bai Ning, the city gate captain in charge, greeted him respectfully.

"Are you ready?"

Bai Ning, Wang Teng and others were so excited that their ears turned red:

"Please don't worry, Lord Marquis. All the brothers have arrived, and there are six thousand people on their way to this place."

They didn't expect that they could capture the city gate so smoothly.

"Walk."

Under the leadership of Bai Ce, Bai Ning, Wang Teng and several confidants marched towards the palace with the three thousand soldiers who entered the city.

"Who is it? During the curfew, you are not allowed to walk around the streets at will."

Several government officials patrolling the streets at night scolded the walking rebels.

"call out!"

A few crossbow arrows took the yamen servant away.

A few people from the rebels came out and moved the body aside, while the rest continued to rush towards the palace.

"Stop."

At Mingde Gate, Bai Ning raised the torch and drew three circles at Bai Ce's signal.

Not long after, the palace door slowly opened.

With a wave of Bai Ce's hand, the rebels poured into the palace like running water.

The general guarding the palace gate knelt down to the white book and said:
"I've met the Marquis, but there is a palace gate ahead, so I can't do anything about it."

Bai Ce's eyes flashed with light, and he said confidently:

"As long as the outer wall is gone, the inner wall alone cannot stop my army.

After passing the order, whoever breaks through the inner wall will be rewarded with a hundred golds and will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. "

"kill!"

Hearing that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, the rebels received a heavy reward in a white book, and their morale was as strong as a tiger. They shouted and killed towards the palace wall.

In White Book's expectation, this should be a perfect raid.

The defenders of the inner wall must be unprepared, and it only takes a moment to break through.

Unexpectedly, the rebels had just arrived in front of the palace wall, and suddenly densely packed torches were raised on the wall.

"put!"

The dense rain of arrows killed a large number of rebels who were swarming forward.

At the same time, a group of troops came outside the outer wall where the rebels had just passed.

The general guarding this place was puzzled:

"Where did you come from?"

The leading general smiled and replied:

"Dedicate the order of Marquis Ping and come for reinforcements."

Hearing that they were reinforcements, the guard smiled happily and asked his men to open the door. He was about to go forward to greet them, but unexpectedly the other party suddenly turned against him and attacked and killed him.

Wiping away the blood on his face, Bai Zheng ordered to the generals beside him:
"Guard this place carefully. No one can be allowed to pass without my general's orders."

As the leader of the East Palace Guards and a relative of the Bai clan, Bai Zheng hated this rebellion very much.

After giving the instructions, Bai Zheng led the Qiandong Palace Guards behind him and attacked the back of the rebels.

The rebels, who were attacked from the front and back, were immediately confused. They didn't know whether to continue attacking and hit the palace gate, or to retreat and deal with the enemies behind them first.

Bai Zhi was originally in a bad mood because his attack on the palace gate was blocked. Now when he saw someone coming from behind, he grabbed the general of the palace gate and roared:
"You betrayed me?"

"No, Lord Marquis, I don't, and I don't know where those people came from."

Bai Zhu threw it to the ground, knowing that the only way to survive was to move forward and break through the palace gate, so he ordered:

"As long as the palace gate is breached, everyone will be promoted to three ranks, five ranks, and a wife will be given a bounty. If you want anything, I will satisfy you."

And personally led people to attack.

With the extra rewards and Bai Zhu's leadership, the rebels' offensive suddenly escalated to several levels.

He was about to take down the palace gate before he saw it.

A group of eight-foot-tall, broad-waisted soldiers wrapped in iron armor suddenly appeared and attacked the rebel formation.

Although this team of soldiers was small, with only more than 300 soldiers, no rebels they encountered survived.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred rebels were killed, and none of the soldiers themselves were injured.

When Bai Ce saw this group of soldiers, he couldn't help but said in horror:

"White Guards, why are they here? Shouldn't they be in the imperial mausoleum?"

Because as far as Bai Ce knew, the White Guards had gone to the imperial mausoleum for outdoor training two days ago. There were only dozens of White Guards and thousands of Imperial Guards guarding the palace.

They need to disperse everywhere, so the point chosen by Bai Zhi is guarded by at most a thousand Imperial Guards.

As the White Guards continued to harvest, the morale of the rebels collapsed, and scores of rebels began to surrender.

Bai Ce was also caught in front of Bai Qian.

He didn't speak, and Bai Qian didn't want to say anything to him, because ever since he committed the rebellion, Bai Ce would no longer be regarded as a brother by Bai Qian.

"Drag him down and put him in a prison."

The war in the palace ended, the unknown bandits outside the prison were also wiped out, and Qiyang East City was recaptured.

The garrison outside the city, which was originally prepared to support Bai Ce, was surrounded by counter-rebellion troops as soon as they left the camp gate and surrendered.

After dawn, the people of Qiyang City opened their doors and saw only the government officials who were cleaning the ground. They had no idea what happened last night.

A few days later, twelve people including Xianping Marquis Bai Ce, Donghai Gong Zhang Miao, Wuyuan Gong Chen Qi, Anping Marquis Wang Teng and so on were all questioned and executed by the court.

Only the Duke of Xiangping, Murong Chen, although he had been under house arrest in the Xianping Marquis Mansion, did not commit any treason.

However, because he failed to report the knowledge, he was demoted to the rank of Marquis of Xiangping, and his military position remained unchanged. The other twelve princes were all exterminated.

In November of the third year of Jingping, all sixty-three officials in the imperial court who were related to Bai Ce were imprisoned, and those who had any plots were executed.

In the first month of the fourth year of Jingping, Emperor Bai Qian, in his capacity as the head of the Bai family, ordered that a royal meeting of the Bai family of Xia Kingdom be held in the imperial mausoleum in April. The princes and princes from all over the town, as well as the Bai family in Beijing, were required to attend and could not be absent.

(End of this chapter)