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The Taiji camp was full of noise at this time, and the captains and captains were reorganizing the army. According to Li Wu's order before leaving, all the Yulin guards in the Taiji camp were all tied with white ribbons on their helmets, like Like the rebels outside the city, ribbons fluttered.

Most of the Habayashi guards don't understand why such weird things are tied on their heads. Everyone thinks that this is just a ritual for offering sacrifices to the saint. At such a moment, it is better to be honest and obedient, there is no need to bet your life to get ahead.

Li Wu often secretly said to his confidants: "Yu Linying is a guard loyal to the royal family, the prince is a member of the royal family, the queen mother is a member of the royal family, and the eldest princess is a member of the royal family, so don't the other princes belong to the royal family? "

This is very strange, but everyone understands what is going on.

In the flames of the sword soldiers, a voice suddenly shouted: "Who is in charge of the Taiji Camp now? Come and meet Deputy Chief Guard Xue of the Fenghuo Camp."

At the gate of Taiji camp, Xue Poye led more than a dozen cavalrymen from Fenghuo camp, sitting high on horses, watching the soldiers entering and leaving the camp coldly.

Several captains and captains of the Taiji camp in the distance were quite strange. As far as they knew, Vice President Li went to Fenghuo Camp. Now that Vice President Li has not come back, how could he provoke Vice President Xue from Fenghuo Camp? General guard?Didn't it mean that Xue Poye's whereabouts are unknown and he is not in the capital? Could it be that he flew back from the sky?

The top and bottom are orderly. Although the captains and captains of the Taiji camp are puzzled, etiquette is undeniable. Except for the captains who are still gathering troops, the rest of the captains and captains all came forward and knelt down on the ground: " See Vice President Xue for the humble position!"

Xue Poye said bluntly: "You Vice President Li rebelled, do you want to rebel too?"

The captains and captains immediately turned pale with fright, and looked at each other, but they heard the sound of "choke, choke, choke", and a group of Tai Chi camp officers surrounded Xue Poye and others, and the surrounding guards saw the chief Without thinking too much about it, he drew out his weapon and made a tight circle. The Fenghuo Yulin guards beside Xue Poye had already drawn out their weapons and protected Xue Poye in the middle. Confrontation, the sight is about to move, blood spattered five steps.

"Vice President Xue, I would like to ask for my brothers, have we, Vice President Li, been detained by you?" A captain asked loudly.

Xue Poye said indifferently: "Your Vice President Li is not feeling well, so you stay in my camp to rest. What do you want to do when you draw your swords at each other? Could it be that your Vice President Li didn't teach you the rules of the Habayashi Guard? The order from the top of the Lin camp is down, you, as captains and captains, dare to point your blade at the deputy general guard, do you want to rebel?"

The faces of the captains and captains were a little flustered, but some people still said: "Vice President Xue, we will be loyal to protect the country, and we will never be able to bear the rebellion. But let's ask Vice President Xue to let us go. Chief Wei, we naturally dare not be rude and negligent."

Xue Poye sneered, "What if I don't let go?"

The captains and captains stared at each other for a while, not knowing what to do.

After all, they are Habayashi Guards, and their minds have always been implanted with the thought of going up and down. If Liwu is still there at this time, they will naturally obey the order, but Liwu is being detained at this time, and the group of dragons No, and facing a high-ranking official like the deputy general guard of the Yubayashi Battalion, I really didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Although the inner three floors were surrounded by water, no one dared to use a knife.

"Vice President Xue, you... you said that Vice President Li rebelled, but... do you have any evidence?" a captain of the Tai Chi Camp asked loudly.

Xue Poye said sternly: "Soldiers are approaching the city. It's all right if you, Vice President Li, don't guard the palace with soldiers. The white ribbons on the Yulin helmet tassels of your Taiji battalion are evidence." He paused and glanced The generals of the Taiji camp looked perplexed, and said loudly: "Perhaps you still don't know. The symbol of the rebels outside the city is the white ribbon on the helmet tassel. Your Vice President Li ordered you to do so. What is the purpose of the heart, don't you really understand?"

There was a sudden commotion in the Tai Chi camp.

"I didn't come here to interfere with the military affairs of your Taiji Battalion, let alone meddle in the military affairs of the Taiji Battalion." Xue Poye sat on the horse with a calm and elegant demeanor: "I just want to tell you that the Yulin Battalion belongs to the Holy Majesty." The Habayashi Camp is loyal to the royal family and loyal to the imperial court. Since the establishment of the Habayashi Camp, everyone in the world knows that the Habayashi Camp is the most loyal army. Every Habayashi Guard is a good man loyal to the imperial court. They will turn against the imperial court because of someone's bad intentions. Habayashi Ying is the imperial guards who stand up when the imperial court is in danger. They can bleed and lose their lives, but they must defend the palace, the royal family, and the Court!"

These words were not passionate, or even extremely calm, but in the ears of all Habayashi, there was a surge of excitement in their hearts, and the blood on their bodies seemed to boil.

That's right, that's what Habayashi Ying does!

"Maybe it will fail, maybe it will die." Xue Poye raised his arms and said: "But future generations will remember that at the most critical moment of the Great Chu Dynasty, there was an army called Habayashi who swore to the death to defend their responsibility. !"

Perhaps it was Xue Poye's seemingly calm words that aroused the pride in the bones of the Habayashi guards. Suddenly another person in the Taiji camp raised his arm and shouted: "Mighty Habayashi, mighty Habayashi...!"

After one sound, it quickly became two, three, four... At the end, the entire Tai Chi camp remembered the shout of "Mighty Yulin" all over the sky, which was a proud cry.

After the excited voice gradually subsided, a captain of the Taiji camp asked loudly: "Vice President Xue, what should we do?"

Xue Poye heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that these iron-blooded men still knew right from wrong, so he said calmly: "I won't tell you what to do, you have your own choice, but if you need my advice, I'm happy to help, you can now Gather the soldiers and horses, enter the palace, protect the nine gates of the palace, no one needs to come in and out easily!"

All the captains and captains of the Taiji camp actually knelt on one knee, and said in a respectful voice: "The humble post takes orders!" Without hesitation, they summoned the Habayashi guards who were like the Taiji camp, took sharp bows and arrows, and rushed to away from the palace.

When Xue Poye led more than a dozen cavalry out of the camp, he saw another group of horses galloping towards him, all of them were in navy blue armor, and the first person was Pan Zhenhai, the deputy general guard of Xiulin camp.

The relationship between Pan Zhenhai and Xue Poye is not good, but there is absolutely no barrier between them. Among the three battalions of Yulin, Xiulin Ying is the most low-key, which is of course determined by the personality of its deputy general guard.

Pan Zhenhai is a very low-key person.

"Master Xue!" Pan Zhenhai galloped closer and saw the Habayashi guards of the Taiji camp heading for the palace, he couldn't help showing a smile: "It seems that the matter here has been resolved by Master Xue."

Xue Poye clasped his fists and said with a smile: "We are both Habayashi, so everything is negotiable."

Pan Zhenhai nodded, and said, "The rebels have already started attacking the city."

Xue Poye had just heard the sound of war drums and horns outside the city. He knew that the war had already begun, and he must hurry up here. With the power of the garrison, he would not be able to hold out for too long. Once the rebels broke through the capital city , the next goal is naturally to point directly at the palace.

"I would like to protect the imperial court together with you!" Pan Zhenhai stretched out his hand, Xue Poye stretched out his hand to hold it, and clasped two strong hands together.

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Sure enough, the rebels began to attack the city.

There was no movement in the city for a long time, and Ye Dao quickly deduced that there must be something wrong with Li Wu. If he continued to wait, the morale of the Nanlin Camp would be exhausted.

At this time, Ye Guogong, who was at the east gate, came to the military order and ordered to attack the city.

So the rebels besieged the army at the four gates of Kyoto from four directions, and at the same time launched an astonishing siege battle.

The siege battle started with a feathered arrow of the fourth prince. He shot a soldier at the top of the city with one arrow. After the soldier was hit by the arrow, he fell from the top of the city like a rammed stone and fell to the base of the city wall. It became a pool of meat paste.

With the sound of war drums and the sound of horns, the garrison at the top of the city was roaring loudly under Xuanyuan Chou. Tens of thousands of arrows shot straight at the rebel formation like a rain of arrows all over the sky.

There were screams again and again, but they couldn't stop the rebels from advancing.

Under the protection of the shield soldiers, the archers of the rebel army shot a round of arrows at the top of the city. From the beginning, the two sides opened the prelude to the war with this rain of arrows.

No one will really take the screams in battle to heart, maybe they will be startled when they suddenly hear the miserable screams coming from around them, but the crazy atmosphere on the battlefield will soon put this heart The shock was wiped out.

There was only one thought in the minds of the soldiers on both sides: kill!

Kill enemies, kill enemies that are not of the same faction.

The strength of the rebel army destined them to rush to the base of the city wall very quickly. Amid the mighty roar of the soldiers on both sides, after the rebel army rushed to the bottom of the city, they quickly set up a ladder.

At this time, smoke billowed from the top of the city, which was the oily smoke from the boiling oil burned by the fire.

Dozens of ladders have already been set up on the thick city wall. The sword soldiers use shields to protect their bodies and climb up with gritted teeth. Although a soldier who climbs to the top of the city will definitely get extraordinary rewards, the defenders' swords often Let a soldier who climbed to the top of the wall become a puddle of flesh that no one can recognize.

Ye Dao rode on a tall horse and watched his soldiers charge into battle. He remained calm enough, but there was also a faint disdain in the depths of his eyes.

Could it be that the south gate defenders with less than [-] troops would be opponents of the rebels four times as large as him?

What's more, the combat effectiveness of the garrison is far inferior to that of the well-trained Kyoto garrison.

There used to be people who joked that the Kyoto garrison was just a group of girls in refined armor, a group of girls who couldn't stand the storm.

In fact, the peripheral troops looked down on the garrison army when they thought about it. In the eyes of many troops, the garrison army was just idlers who stood at the top of the city and watched the scenery every day.

In the eyes of the guards, except for the Beizhen Army at the border and the Habayashi Army in the imperial city, they never really paid attention to other armies.

Although the individual officers of the Kyoto Prefecture and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are extremely capable in single-handed combat, for the two big yamen with a combined total of less than a thousand people, the guards only think that they are playthings, just a group of people who can sneak around. The yamen who were assassinated by intelligence, and when it comes to war...they really don't deserve it!

It's just that today's garrison, although they looked a little panicked, actually showed their bravery when they actually fought.

Maybe there is a saying that is right, a raging soldier is a raging wolf, and a wolf leads a group of sheep. Although the appearance of the sheep has not changed, they have the tenacity of a wolf.

Xuanyuan Chou is of course a brave wolf.

Therefore, although his garrison looks like a sheep in the eyes of outsiders, today it still shows its wolf nature.

Feathered arrows were shot down from the top of the city, and the screams of the rebel army never stopped.

Ye Dao frowned. He was a little surprised. He had expected to bow to the city of Kyoto at a very small price, but at this time he deviated from his will. In just a moment of fighting, the rebels lost hundreds of people.

And it all seems to have just begun.

The killing sounds of the other three sects also came faintly. The four-way army, with [-] people, seems to be not too difficult to break through the weakly defended capital city.

Ye Dao frowned, and ordered the lieutenant beside him: "Crash the city gate!"

The siege weapons of the rebels are sufficient, and they are all the most advanced siege weapons of this era. In addition to the ladders and floating towers, the most important thing is the "tiger head hammer" used to smash into the city gate.

It was a heavy-duty city-crashing weapon mounted on a car. The front was made of steel with a tiger-headed cone, full of momentum.

Protected by a huge shield, the rebels began to roll out giant tiger-headed hammers, ready to hit the city gate.

The rebels who climbed the ladder quickly understood what a terrible death was. The hot boiling oil poured down from the top of the city sprinkled on their bodies like rainwater. There was a burnt smell, which was the smell of burnt flesh. It was disgusting and unpleasant. Amidst the screams, he rolled down the ladder.

The entire south gate was filled with the sound of killing, screams, drums, horns, and shouts.

Countless corpses were deformed and fell to the ground like mud, and were trampled by war horses and companions. The blood stained the ground red, like a Shura hell field.

The rebel army suffered heavy casualties, and the condition of the defenders at the top of the city was also very bad. Meteor-like feather arrows shot down the defenders one by one, but the defenders could not hide behind like turtles. Kill more rebels at the cost of your own life.

Even Xuanyuan Chou, who is the commander-in-chief, had several feathered arrows in his body at this time, but he still stood upright like a stone. Although his voice was hoarse, he didn't stop for a moment, and he was always inspiring his subordinates.

In the capital city, no matter the officials or the common people, they are all quietly staying at home at this time, praying for the swift end of this war.

In fact, many people do not have a firm supporter deep in their hearts. Everyone knows that it is not the Fanbang Hu people who attacked the city, but another prince of their Great Chu Kingdom. This life-and-death battle is, in the final analysis, just a It's just a battle for imperial power, a game of imperial power at the expense of the lives of ordinary soldiers.

They heard the shouts of killing coming from the four doors, it was so clear and so shocking.

All previous activities in Kyoto seemed to have stopped at the moment the war started. There were no workers, no business, no officials, no soldiers, and everyone was waiting for the outcome of the already known outcome.

Babies even stopped crying, and old people knelt in front of Buddha statues and prayed.

But at this time, a large number of Habayashi poured in from the various gates of the imperial palace. This majestic city within the city is home to the most noble people in the Great Chu Kingdom, and the Habayashi guards want to guarantee their safety with their lives.

The nine gates of the imperial palace were quickly closed after the Habayashi Army entered.

In addition to the Habayashi guards who went out to Kyoto, the total number of Habayashi guards gathered in the palace is less than 5000 people, guarding the gates of the nine palaces.

The square outside the four main gates of the imperial palace was extremely empty, and it looked pale and silent.

Outside the Chaoyang Gate, there is a wide square. Just imagine that in the past, when the Holy Majesty ordered troops, the square accommodated tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Today, the battle outside the city is fierce, but here, it is empty.

Some of the Habayashi guards have already boarded the top of the palace. Although there is an empty space in front of them, they know that perhaps it will not be long before this square will be filled with tens of thousands of rebels. At that time, there will be another battle. fight.

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There was anger hidden in the empress dowager's phoenix eyes, but her stubborn face was still calm and solemn.

The queen mother who was born into the royal family and married into the royal family has experienced too many storms in her life. A small rebellion can only make her angry, but it will not make her fear and uneasy.

Beside her, stood the prince with a pale face, and behind her were a large number of courtiers.

The military officers had already boarded the capital city to assist Xuanyuan Chou in resisting the rebels, while the civilian officials could only follow the queen mother and the prince to show their loyalty.

"Report to the Empress Dowager and Prince...!" A Habayashi Feibu reported: "Xue Poye, the deputy general guard of the Fenghuo Battalion, and the third battalion, Habayashi, entered the palace. Now the nine doors have been closed tightly, and heavy troops are protecting the palace."

Habayashi's report made the hall, which had been in a tense atmosphere, a lot easier. The faces of the courtiers were more or less happy, and some people whispered: "We still have the Habayashi Camp...they are the bravest fighters...!"

Although it is only an extravagant hope for thousands of Habayashi guards to resist tens of thousands of rebels, but at this time, at least they retain a glimmer of hope.

The queen mother looked calm, and after a long time, she calmly said: "The Great Chu Kingdom will never lack loyal ministers... Vice President Xue is a loyal minister...!"

The courtiers behind him immediately said yes, and there was a burst of praise, and they were even more humane: "It's no wonder that the Holy Majesty respected Lord Xue so much when he was alive. Now it seems that the Holy Majesty has unique insight, and I can't compare with others."

"Lord Xue is not chaotic in the face of danger, he is worthy of being a loyal minister, and even more worthy of being a famous general!"

The Empress Dowager didn't pay attention to the sound of praise behind her, she just said indifferently: "Wei Shantai, Li Zifu!"

At that moment, Wei Shantai and Li Zifu stepped forward and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, my minister is here!"

The queen mother pondered for a moment, and said: "Since Xuanyuan's garrison is fighting hard outside, and Vice President Xue is staying inside, shouldn't your capital city and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also do something!"

"Follow the Queen Mother's orders!"

The queen mother nodded and said: "Outside the imperial palace, there is an empty square. Naturally, there is no way to guard against it, but outside the square, there are a large number of residential buildings... If the rebels want to attack, they must pass through the residential buildings. Can you Teach the rebels some lessons in that residential area?"

Wei Shantai and Li Zifu looked at each other, immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant, and respectfully said: "My minister obeys the Queen Mother's order, so I will make arrangements!" After speaking, the two dark bosses quickly disappeared into the hall and retreated.

"Prince!" The queen mother's majestic voice sounded again, but it startled the prince. At this time, he was restless, his face was pale, and there was a fear that could be seen in his eyes. Hearing the queen mother's call, he was shocked. After a while, he hurriedly said: "Mother... Empress Dowager...!"

The queen mother glanced at the prince, sighed helplessly, and said: "Your soldiers are fighting to the death for you. Although your body is precious, you can't go to the battlefield, but can you go and see the loyal Habayashi Guard?"

The prince was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "Look at Habayashi Wei...!"

The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "Follow me!" With a flick of her sleeves, she walked out of the hall first.