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Although Xue Poye is a person who likes to be exciting, but he is not forced to take risks with himself, and he will never do it.

But today, the situation of necessity has formed, and he has to do some things that risk his life.Under the current situation, although neither the crown prince's victory nor the fourth prince's victory would do him any good, but at this moment of political decision, he had to choose a position for his future.

choice?

The fourth prince is now strong, even if Xue Poye takes refuge in him, the fourth prince may not be surprised, after all the present Xue Poye has no value in the eyes of the fourth prince.

Of course, Xue Poye would not really seek refuge with the Fourth Prince, he did not want to be charged as a "traitor".

As for the prince... Xue Poye sighed helplessly. At this time, he actually felt that he had no one to vote for.

"Perhaps protecting the Queen Mother is a great achievement." Xue Poye thought helplessly.

Ximen Leizang and others have already led Xiaoshi away. Although Xue Poye knows that even if they release the news, there may not be many troops who can come to King Qin, but this matter must be spread in various state capitals.

The afterglow of the setting sun has dissipated, and the sky and the earth began to dim.

The blades of the rebels are already cold, and the garrison on the top of the city is even more unclear. Therefore, they don't understand why these obviously superior rebels have not attacked the city for a long time, and what are they waiting for?

Sometimes, waiting can be even more frightening.

Xuanyuanchou was the chief general of the Kyoto garrison. He was standing at the top of the east gate, looking at the densely packed rebel army below the city, full of anger, and his right hand holding the knife handle was already bruised.

He was not afraid of battle, but he couldn't figure out the key to the rebels' strategy of encircling and not attacking.

The torches of the rebels were as numerous as stars, perhaps deliberately to create such a deterrent effect. All around the city of Kyoto uniformly held up torches, and the [-] army held torches, illuminating the entire periphery of the city of Kyoto as bright as day.

This kind of light made the less than [-] garrison guarding the city feel a bit empty.

There was no shouting or waving the flag as imagined. The rebels just waved the torches lightly, like [-] ghost soldiers approaching the city without making any noise, appearing deserted and orderly. The terrifying atmosphere made the garrison at the top of the city panic.

"General... Look...!" A lieutenant beside Xuanyuan Chou exclaimed in shock.

Among the rebels, I saw a rider galloping over from the densely packed crowd. The man was wearing a light shirt, and his flying horse was like lightning, gliding across the heavily-fortified rebel formation.

The rebels were all very surprised for a moment. Seeing this cavalry galloping over, they couldn't help giving way one after another, and the cavalry rushed straight down the city very smoothly.

"Who is that?" Someone in the rebel formation shouted.

"Who is he?" Immediately someone shouted, and there was a commotion in the rebel formation, and the strange tranquility that had been maintained before was broken in this instant.

That ride swept through the rebel formation like a whirlwind.

"Take him down!" someone from the rebels shouted.

The approaching rebel soldiers immediately fired their spears and aimed at the knight.

The knight reined in his horse violently, the horse raised its hooves, hissed long, the blade flashed, and the sound of "click, click" sounded continuously, and the several long spears that were piercing the knight were cut off in an instant. The gun head was removed, leaving only the long shaft.

Everyone turned pale with shock, but saw the knight slapped the horse's back suddenly, and the steed galloped forward again under the surprise of everyone.

Not only the rebels were inexplicably surprised, but even the garrison on the top of the city was also quite surprised. All eyes were on this man and one horse. The wind-like speed and the superb equestrian skill of shuttling among thousands of troops couldn't help but make people feel surprised. Xuanyuan Chou on the top of the wall clapped his hands and said: "Okay, good job!"

"General, who is that person?" The lieutenant general asked, "Is... a rebel?"

"This man has high martial arts skills and superb equestrian skills. It would be a pity if he is a rebel." Xuanyuan Chou waved his hand and ordered: "Pass down the order. If this person is really a rebel, shoot him immediately."

"But...!" the lieutenant asked in confusion, "Why did the rebels want to capture and kill him?"

The knight was like a swimming dragon among the rebels, dodging and jumping on the horse, dodging the attack of the rebel soldiers, but the sword in his hand was shining, and the sword flashed past, either the soldier's weapon broke, or the soldier let out a miserable howl .

This knight turned out to be like a wolf going deep into the flock!

"Cut his horse!" shouted the commanders among the rebels.

The swordsmen immediately came to their senses, and they all went to chop off the horse's legs. Unexpectedly, the knight immediately yelled, and his body turned under the horse's belly like a spinning top. The cold light in his hand aimed straight at a swordsman's throat. Fierce and ruthless, with a "poof", it pierced the sword soldier's throat, and the sword soldier's binocular thug died immediately.

This may be a rebel soldier who died on the battlefield.

The swordsmen were all startled, but when they heard the sound of "drive", the knight urged the horse away again and rushed out of the encirclement.

The knight was obviously well prepared. The defensive line he broke through was actually the weakest point of the rebel army. In addition, the rebel army didn't react at all at the beginning. Shengdi broke through the army formation and rushed out.

The rebel army formation was not far from the city gate of Kyoto. After breaking through the army formation, the knight threw his hands and feet apart, like a sharp arrow shot, and slashed towards the city gate like a shooting star.

This is certainly a knight's skill, but being able to pass through the rebel army formation has a lot to do with the rebel army's surprise. Who would have thought that someone would dare to break through the army formation single-handedly under such circumstances. The rebels thought they were from their own side. When they came to their senses, the knight had already crossed half of the army formation. Coupled with the knight's outstanding martial arts, he was lucky enough to break through.

Seeing the knight galloping away, the rebels were all dumbfounded.

"call out!"

A sharp arrow shot out through the air, chasing the knight like a shooting star from the rebel formation.

The knight obviously also knew that the sharp arrow was coming, but this sharp arrow came out of the sky, just like he suddenly rushed through the army formation, it was unimaginable. He didn't shoot people, but shot horses. Even though he was very capable, he couldn't change the shape of the horse transposition,

"puff"!

The feather arrow hit the middle of the horse's rear hip, and there was a sad hiss, the horse rolled to the ground in pain, and the knight on the horse jumped off the horse in an instant, and continued to rush towards the city gate without hesitation, the rebels immediately went up more than ten An archer, a rain of arrows shot at the knight.

Among the rebel army, the fourth prince handed the bow and arrow in his hand to the commander beside him, looked coldly at the knight who was going away, and said with a sneer: "A person like a clown actually did something like a man, I am a little boy!" Look at him."

Beside him was the commander of the Nanlin Camp, and asked, "Your Highness, who is that man?"

"Xue Poye!" The fourth prince said coldly: "At this time, he doesn't hide to be a turtle, but also to be a hero. Hmph, does he want to go to the city to seek death?"

"Xue Poye?" The commander looked at Xue Poye's figure approaching the city gate, and suddenly realized: "So he is the deputy general guard of the Habayashi Battalion?"

"Deputy General Guard of the Yulin Camp?" The Fourth Prince shook his head and said, "It's not anymore. If he really wants to go back to the Yulin Camp, then tomorrow I will be able to see his rank in front of me."

The commander suddenly said: "Fourth Highness, you...Look!"

The fourth prince looked in the direction of his finger, and saw Xue Poye was like a gecko at the side of the thick city wall, clinging to the wall and quickly crawling towards the top of the city.

Although he was cold and arrogant, at this moment, he couldn't help opening his mouth wide, in disbelief.

Not only him, but the rebels under the flames also stared at this scene with gaping eyes. The high city wall stands toweringly, and Xue Poye wanted to decorate a gem on the city wall, and moved up quickly. .

On the top of the city, many soldiers have already stood on the top of the city and looked down.

I saw that Xue Poye had an iron claw-like tool in each of his hands, clasping the inconspicuous gaps in the city wall, climbing up like a gecko.

"General...!" The lieutenant exclaimed in surprise, "He...he is going to the top of the city!"

Xuanyuan Chou was silent, and finally said: "I would like to see what kind of hero this is. Since the rebels want to kill him, even if this person is not a member of the court, he is probably not an enemy. Let him come up!"

Xue Poye was also at the end of his battle at this time, mentally and physically exhausted to the extreme, he was able to rush out from the rebel army formation, it looked cool, but in fact Xue Poye was frightened from the beginning to the end, he knew that there was a slight negligence Or if you are unlucky, you must be buried under the chaos of the rebels.

After climbing up to the top of the city exhausted, several defenders immediately pointed their bows and arrows at him.

Xuanyuanchou walked over quickly, only took one look, and immediately said in shock: "Xue...Master Xue!"

Xue Poye looked up at Xuanyuan Chou, smiled bitterly and said, "Xuanyuan Guard, it's rare that you still recognize me."

Xuanyuanchou hastily retreated from his subordinates, stepped forward and said, "Lord Xue, you...why do you look like this? Where did you come from?" Obviously, he never expected that the majestic Viscount of Great Chu, the household servant, It actually appeared in such a weird way at this time.

Xue Poye waved his hand and said, "Come on, first... give me some water!"

Xuanyuan Qiu hastily took the water bag from the soldier next to him, and handed it to Xue Poye. Xue Poye took a gulp and drank half of the bag, wiped his mouth, and said: "Xuanyuan is on guard, I have sent someone to release the news. , As for whether help can come, hehe, it depends on God's will."

"Oh!" Xuanyuan Chou's eyes lit up: "I'm waiting for the Zhengchou news to be released. It turns out that Master Xue has already done it. My lord, now that the soldiers are approaching the city, the rebels will attack the city at any time. Uh... yes, Lord Xue knows the rebels. Why didn't you attack the city for a long time?"

Xue Poye shook his head and said: "I don't know." Standing up, the clothes on his body were still stained with blood, he didn't care so much at this time, and clasped his fists and said: "Xuanyuan is guarding, I have important things to do, I can't stay long, Please match me with a fast horse, and I will hurry back to Yubayashi Camp."

Seeing Xue Poye's anxious face, Xuanyuanchou knew the urgency of the situation, so he didn't say much, and ordered: "Find a fast horse for Mr. Xue, um, and send some soldiers to follow the guard."

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Fenghuoying camp, one of the three major branches of Yulinying.

Gong Yangyue and Zhao Tianda stood quietly outside the gate of the camp. The rebels outside the capital city plunged the entire capital city into deep unease, but Yu Linying had to keep absolutely calm.

Because the more panicked the capital is, the greater the threat the royal family faces. As the Habayashi camp that protects the safety of the royal family, it must maintain a calm fighting force and go all out to protect the safety of the royal family.

The more it is at this time, the more important it is to show the importance of Habayashi Ying.

The Habayashi Guards of the Fenghuo Camp are gathering. Although some of the Habayashi Guards of the Fenghuo Camp are already guarding the palace, in this extraordinary period, the palace must be absolutely safe, and the Fenghuo Camp must use all its forces to protect the palace. The queen mother, protect the prince, protect the empress, protect the eldest princess, protect the concubines in the palace, and protect the sons and grandsons of the dragon.

Each of the [-] Habayashi guards in the Fenghuo camp is a loyal man who has undergone education and re-education. In their minds, protecting the safety of the royal family is the highest meaning of their lives and the value of their existence.

The captains of Habayashi were waving their flags, and their bright swords shone coldly under the firelight.

"Captain Gongyang, do you think the Vice President Wei will come back?" Zhao Tianda said gruffly, "Captain Ximen doesn't know if he has found the Vice President Wei. Come here to make trouble, if he dares to come here again, I...I...!" Although Li Wu was furious about taking over the military power of the Fenghuo Camp, but the Yulin Camp seemed to be orderly and orderly to prohibit it, although Li Wu did not He belonged to Fenghuo Camp, but he was the deputy general guard, so Zhao Tianda didn't dare to speak angrily for a while.

With a faint smile on Gongyangyue's face, he flicked the steel knife in his hand, and said calmly: "The sky is falling, and we will bear it for the Queen Mother and the others. If anyone wants to do something that hurts the palace, will our Fenghuoying Yes."

Zhao Tianda nodded and said: "Captain Gongyang, you are right, I will fight anyone who dares to break into the palace."

At this moment, I saw a Captain Habayashi rushing over in a panic, knelt down and said, "Report, Vice President Li is here again."

Zhao Tianda said angrily: "Didn't you just say yesterday that this Fenghuo Camp belongs to Mr. Teng and Mr. Xue, and it's not something harsh... He wants to take over the Fenghuo Camp, and he will take out the imperial edict or Mr. Teng's Commander-in-Chief Guards come...!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a group of fully armed soldiers appearing in front of him, and they were rushing over aggressively.

The armor of Yulin Sanying, Fenghuoying is reddish-brown, Taijiying is black and white, and Xiulinying is navy blue, but the style is the same. The group of people who came here are wearing black and white refined armor. It was Li Wu's Tai Chi camp.

In the middle of this group of soldiers was Wei Liwu, the vice-president of the Taiji Battalion with a strange smile on his face.

Li Wu led the men to come forward, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen Habayashi guards behind him dispersed instantly, surrounding Gongyangyue and Zhao Tianda. Seeing this, the Habayashi guards of the Fenghuo camp immediately drew out their weapons. Surrounded by the Taiji Habayashi Guard, two encircling circles were immediately formed.

Gong Yangyue and Zhao Tianda looked at each other. Although they were very angry at Li Wu's behavior, they still followed the rules of Yulinying and respectfully stepped forward to salute: "For humble posts, see Vice President Li!"

Li Wu sneered and said: "So you still know that I am the deputy general guard. I am very good. I have an order from the official. From now on, I will take over the military power of the Fenghuo Camp. You two have worked very hard all the time, so let's rest for a few days , drink tea."

Zhao Tianda opened his eyes and said: "Vice Chief Guard Li, you want to take over the military power of Fenghuoying. There is nothing to say about a lowly position, but according to the rules of the court, you have to take over the power. You have to take out the imperial edict or the order of the general guard. It is natural for you to be lowly. Only the horse is the only way to look forward, otherwise...otherwise Vice President Li is not qualified to take over the power."

"I'm the deputy general guard of the Habayashi camp. Now the general guard Fuji and you, the deputy general guard Xue, can't command because of something, and the rebel army is approaching the city. At such an extraordinary time, I am naturally qualified to take over all the military power of the Habayashi camp." Li Li Wu Leng said coldly: "Captain Zhao, you have refused to hand over power several times, you have no superiors, do you want to rebel?"

Zhao Tianda said sternly: "The humble official serves the country loyally, and is loyal to the Holy One. How can there be a rebellion? It is a rule set by the Holy One that the deputy chief guard Li should come up with an edict or an order of the general guard. What's wrong?" He was originally a solid person, and his eloquence was not good at first, but at this moment, the words came from his heart, and his sentences were sharp and loud.

Li Wu just sneered, turned to look at Gongyangyue, and said coldly: "Captain Gongyang, do you mean the same as Captain Zhao?"

With a slight smile, Gong Yangyue said calmly: "The lowly position eats the salary, but it is for the court. What Zhao Duwei said is reasonable. If the deputy general guard Li wants to take over the military power of my Fenghuo camp, I hope he will come up with something. An imperial edict or an order of the general guard." After a pause, he shook his head and said, "Otherwise, I'm sorry for my lowly position, and I'll be hard-pressed to obey."

Li Wu laughed loudly, waved his hand, and shouted: "Take it!"

The Taiji Yulin guards were about to make a move, but they heard the surrounding Fenghuo camp Yulin guards raise their swords one after another, and some even shouted: "Who dares to touch the captain!"

At this time, if the Habayashi guards in the Fenghuo camp were full, if they did something, they would be able to chop Li Wu and the rest of the Taiji camp's habayashi into meat paste in an instant.

Li Wu was very courageous, he took out the token from his bosom, held it up high, and said loudly: "This is the token of the deputy general guard, if you act rashly, it will be a rebellion, don't you want to kill everyone? What are the rules of the Yulin Camp? Orders are followed by orders and orders are prohibited. This is the rule set by the Holy Majesty. If you disobey it, you will disobey the order and disrespect. Can you bear this crime? I want to see, who are you? Dare to do it."

Fenghuoying Yulin guards all looked at each other in blank dismay. Li Wu's words were not wrong. The most important thing in the rules of the Habayashi guards is to follow orders from above and to prohibit orders. Said, it is really suspected of committing a riot.

During this pause, all the Yulins of the Taiji camp rushed up and wanted to capture Gongyangyue and Zhao Tianda.

Zhao Tianda was in a hurry and wanted to resist, but Gong Yangyue said calmly: "Brother Zhao, don't do anything!"

Gong Yangyue is very clear that once the attack is made, the opponent will not only have a large number of people, but he and Zhao Tianda will not be rivals. What is more important is that Li Wu, who is anti-religious, has been convicted of the crime of rioting. beheaded here.

Hearing Gongyangyue's voice, Zhao Tianda was slightly stunned for a moment, but didn't make a move. During this stunned time, the Taiji Yulin had already pushed the two of them to the ground and tied them up quickly.

The Fenghuo Camp Habayashi guards were all filled with righteous indignation, their eye circles were red, they were holding the handle of the knife tightly, and their veins were protruding, but no one could bear the charge of "committing chaos" and watched helplessly as their captain was tied up stand up.