After the previous chaos, Wang Ling's defense system had completely collapsed. Fortunately, the Huo family army's cohesion was not comparable to that of ordinary armies. They quickly organized and launched a counterattack.
But even so, with the entire defense system completely collapsed, their counterattack seemed feeble. Even though they more or less killed a lot of monsters, and even one or two Nascent Soul-level demon slaves were killed by them, they still couldn't stop the barrier from being violently attacked.
As the repair speed of the barrier was much slower than the speed of damage, cracks finally appeared on its surface, and finally completely collapsed.
The barrier was destroyed, and monster beasts immediately poured into the outer court like a flood. They slaughtered humans wantonly, and the so-called defense line completely collapsed. Even though some people were still resisting, they were pale and powerless under this ferocious offensive.
"Hold on, everyone must hold on. Those who are timid will be killed!" Eunuch Liu shouted, but he fled towards the middle courtyard as quickly as possible.
Eunuch Liu's actions also completely wiped out everyone's thoughts of resistance. People fled towards the middle courtyard, only to find that the door of the middle courtyard was tightly closed.
"Listen, either drive the monsters out or die!" Eunuch Liu shouted to the city.
Everyone fell into despair. It was enough to drive away the monsters. The worst they could do was fight them. But the combat power of the demon slave army was beyond their ability to stop. This was tantamount to asking them to die.
More importantly, everyone's morale has dropped to the lowest point. Even though the army of demon slaves is still watching the battle from a distance, the real massacre in the outer court is just the demon beasts and ordinary demon slaves killed by the demon beasts. Humanity has also fallen into complete passivity.
"Father-in-law, please order the barrier to be opened. General Lin Wei is still outside." A deputy general of the Huo Family Army requested.
Eunuch Liu snorted coldly: "The monsters are still attacking. If you open the barrier at this time, wouldn't it be an opportunity for the monsters to take advantage of? If even the middle courtyard is lost, can you bear this responsibility? Let alone the guard. The royal mausoleum is your responsibility, how can you be afraid of war now?"
"Then please, father-in-law, please let me out! Since we are all Pao Ze, how can there be any reason to sit back and watch Pao Ze die?" The lieutenant turned and gritted his teeth.
"They are just like that. Our mission is to ensure that the royal tomb is not lost. If you all go out, who will guard the middle courtyard? Don't forget your responsibilities!" Eunuch Liu shook his head and said, "Anyway, since Lin Wei is outside, Shishuang is also injured, so one person in our family has the final say here! Pass my order and no one is allowed to open the barrier."
The deputy general gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the person present, Eunuch Liu, had the highest authority. As long as he was unwilling to open the barrier, no one could do anything.
In fact, Eunuch Liu had very selfish motives for not letting others in. After all, those outside had witnessed his wrong decision. If he hadn't ordered the defenders to go out of the city to fight the monsters in order to leave a good impression on the reinforcements, the Shangguan. It is impossible for the outer courtyard to collapse so quickly. If it is investigated in the future, even if it is not a death penalty, it will not be much different. So the best way is to let these witnesses die in the hands of the monster, so that he can push all the blame to the people outside. , after all, the dead will not defend themselves.
As for the few people who escaped into the middle courtyard, don't be afraid. After all, it's still a long time, and he also has the highest authority, so he's not afraid that he won't have the chance to liquidate these people one by one.
Just as he was planning for the future, the barrier in the middle courtyard suddenly opened, and the city gate opened immediately, and everyone swarmed in towards the city gate.
"What's going on? I didn't agree. Who opened the city gate?" Eunuch Liu asked at the gate.
"It's me!" Shishuang said weakly, holding on to her weak spirit.
"You! You are so brave!" Eunuch Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you take my wife seriously?"
Empress? Shishuang's eyes were full of doubts. Although her soul was reborn and inherited everything about Shishuang, she had no memory of the past. From Eunuch Liu's words, it seems that the two of them colluded. Perhaps Shishuang's previous action of replacing King Zhongwu's ashes was also related to Eunuch Liu.
But now is not the time to investigate this. Eunuch Liu obviously remembered his slip of the tongue, so he corrected him: "If the Intermediate Court falls, can you bear this responsibility?"
"There is no need for me to take responsibility! Welcome the prince!" Shishuang knelt down towards the inner palace.
Not only Shishuang, but also the maids from the palace who came with him all knelt down beside the main road.
"Prince? What prince?"
Eunuch Liu said with confusion on his face, but he saw the door of the inner palace opened immediately, and a general in black armor came out accompanied by Luo Fei.
Outsiders may be very unfamiliar with this armor, but the people in the palace and the Huo Family Army recognized it at first sight. It was their general's armor. Huo Qing, who was an ordinary captain at the time, was wearing this armor to carry the injured emperor from the hospital. Surrounded by the Dongyi army, they fought back to the pass.
It is precisely because of this that although this battle armor is only a top-grade magic weapon, it was named an imperial armor by the emperor, and was given the privilege of wearing this battle armor without kneeling when meeting the emperor or being punished. It can also be said to be a way to avoid death. gold medal.
Although Huo Qing has died now, the spiritual imprint of the combined level on it is still there, which also means that except for the prince or the people authorized by him during his lifetime, it is basically impossible for others to wear the equipment when he was alive. In addition, since he is still the emperor's royal armor, no one can replace him. After all, Huo Qing does not dare to risk the crime of deceiving the emperor by handing over the authority of the imperial armor to others.
Therefore, no one dared to doubt the authenticity of this prince. After being stunned for a while, everyone in the middle courtyard knelt down one after another, including Eunuch Liu, who had been showing off his power before.
"The servants of the Huo family must obey the order and repel the invading monsters. Let these Xiaoxiao people know the consequences of offending my Huo family!" Luo Fei then ordered.
"Got the order!"
All the maids took off their pink clothes, and they were actually wearing a very close-fitting armor underneath. Together they rushed out of the city gate and attacked the monsters. Their combat power was actually stronger than the average Huo family army, and they looked fierce. The monsters turned into paper and suffered heavy losses in a short period of time. Of course, this was also related to the fact that they were caught off guard.
At this time, there was a feminine man in the army of demon slaves watching the battle. He was sitting on a strange sedan chair. The people carrying the sedan chair turned out to be four women who were like flowers and jade. However, these women's eyes were dull, but they did not It's not a blood slave or a corpse slave, it's more like being under some kind of evil spell.
Seeing that the originally one-sided situation was reversed again, the feminine man frowned. Just when he was about to order the army of demon slaves to completely suppress the situation, he heard cheers coming from the royal tomb.
"Long live the prince! Long live the prince!"
Your Majesty! The feminine man's expression wrinkled again, and his eyes turned to the inner courtyard wall, only to see a general in black armor standing on the wall.
The feminine man's face changed drastically. Although he had never really dealt with Huo Qing, he had seen Huo Qing's image from other people's ears and picture albums, and the person in front of him was exactly the same! Coupled with the inexplicable change in the battle situation, this further strengthened the impression in his mind.
"How is that possible? Isn't Huo Qing dead?"
Although the feminine man has the strength of the middle stage of divine transformation, he is several levels behind Huo Qing, who is invincible in the combined realm. If he is caught, he will definitely die.
Therefore, he did not dare to waste time and directly drove the sedan towards Tianmen County. The original army of demon slaves stopped attacking and turned into fighting and retreating to cover his escape.
The original sneak attack turned into a huge rout. The defenders who had lost all morale seemed to have been given a shot of blood. Their combat power seemed to have increased several times, and the monsters that entered the outer court were annihilated in a short time.
But just when everyone was preparing to pursue the victory and kill the monsters outside, Ming Jin's horn suddenly sounded from the city wall to withdraw troops, and then they were ordered to abandon the middle courtyard and retreat to the inner palace.
Although they had annihilated many demonic beasts and demon slaves, the opponent's main force was still there, but humans had suffered heavy losses in this chaos and were no longer able to organize the defense line of the Central Court.
Everyone was extremely puzzled, but after all, it was the prince's order and they could only follow it. As for whether the inner palace was a restricted area, since the prince had given the order, there was no need to avoid taboos.
"Why? Why not take advantage of the victory to pursue and regain Tianmen?" Some people still asked Luo Fei doubtfully, "I guess with the strength of the prince, it will not be difficult to directly quell this war, right?"
"The prince has just recovered from his serious injury. It is not appropriate to take action for the time being. When the prince recovers, he will definitely attack Huanglong." Luo Fei could only deal with it outside the palace.
"If the prince is still alive, what happened to his ashes? Could it be that General Yue lied to us?" Some soldiers also wondered.
"Your Majesty didn't tell me. He will tell everyone when he recovers." Luo Fei continued to prevaricate. At this time, she was also riding a tiger, but she had to use Huo Qing's name to scare everyone, so that she could give Shou Qing the name. The army won more time. After all, in this battle that could not be said to be a victory, half of the people died and the remaining people were more or less injured.
"How is the prince injured? Do you want us to serve him?" The other maids also asked eagerly.
"The injury is okay, but it's not easy either. He needs rest most now. It's better not to disturb him. When he recovers a little, he will naturally summon everyone." Luofei said with a guilty look on her face. She also knew that it was the most difficult thing to hide. These are the maids, but they can only take one step at a time.
"Our family has something to do and we want to see the prince." Eunuch Liu came out and said, "Although my family is very gentle, at least we represent your majesty and the court. I also ask the prince to see me so that your majesty and the court can feel at ease."
"We appreciate your majesty's kindness, but the prince has already gone to bed. Please ask my father-in-law to change the date." Luo Fei said with a smile.
"We are just taking a look and will not disturb the prince's rest." Eunuch Liu insisted.
Seeing that Eunuch Liu was so stubborn, Luo Fei could only turn around and said coldly: "This is the prince's order. Please don't make things difficult for us, please."
"Does that mean the prince doesn't take your majesty seriously now?" Eunuch Liu also asked.
"We didn't say that!" Luo Fei shook her head and said, "If father-in-law feels there is any problem, you can sue the court, but before that, please don't disturb the prince's cultivation!"
"Let him come in." Shishuang shouted from inside.
