"Master Li!"
"Master Xiao Li!"
"I'm fine."
Li Qiao waved his hands behind him, but still stared ahead.
The plank has been set up, and the other party's people are already rushing onto the plank.
But the wooden board seemed unable to withstand the weight of the opponent's hand and kept shaking. Seeing that the first person on the other side was about to rush onto the dragon boat, the part of the wooden board on the dragon boat slipped a bit, and then the board tilted and went straight into the water. Fall.
The seven or eight people on the wooden board also fell down.
The other party built a total of five planks, and the two outermost ones were destroyed by Li Qiao.
But three planks were still intact.
The opponent's people boarded the dragon boat. Behind Li Qiao, the guards rushed up to fight with the opponent's people.
Li Qiao felt a little sorry.
He wanted to rush forward and nail Chen Mei or Xu Fuxing to the deck with a spear, but if he was really so cruel, he would definitely arouse suspicion.
He is a civil servant.
He is a weak civil servant.
Strong strength and fast speed can barely explain it. If it goes one step further, it really can't be explained.
He stepped back.
That's all, act according to the opportunity. Sheng Hong is right. It's not impossible to fight. After all, the guards are the best among the best.
If he quietly wreaks some havoc, Sheng Hong's side should win.
It's just that the Guards didn't bring many bows and arrows. Alas, otherwise they would have won more easily if they occupied a favorable location.
Chapter 268 The Xu family rebels (Part 2)
However, Chen Mei knew the combat power of the Guards.
Chen Mei would definitely not bring a bunch of trash to rebel.
The combat strength of the two thousand men trained by Chen Mei would not be much inferior to that of the Forbidden Army.
As for the Xu family's manpower, their combat strength will be at least as high as that of the Red Turban Army.
Thinking of this, a drop of water silently fell from Li Qiao's fingertips, slipped off the dragon boat, and headed straight for the Yulin Gate behind him.
The noise was so loud that Li Qiao couldn't hear clearly what was going on behind the gate.
But obviously the people behind the gate realized something was wrong.
The commander of the imperial army accompanying the ship this time is Tang Dian, who was responsible for the security of Dingchun Garden when the fifth prince rebelled last time. Tang Dian is very capable and will definitely try his best to get over the gate quickly.
In this case, he would help Tang Dian to help the three thousand forbidden troops come over quickly.
As Li Qiao retreated, the two sides fought.
Qian San escorted Sheng Hong into the palace.
The eldest prince and the fourth prince also entered the palace.
Tao Zhu held the three little ones and stood silently at the entrance of the palace. Tao Zhu knew that Li Qiao was not in danger, but Li Qiao's behavior just now made him a little worried.
Is the situation really difficult...
The three little guys were very bold when they were down there, but now they were extremely well-behaved and stood quietly next to Tao Zhu.
The Sixth Prince was guarded by two personal guards. His two personal guards carefully helped him sit down on the round stool.
All the guards rushed out to fight with the Xu family. The palace was empty except for these people.
Li Qiao entered the palace and took the bow and arrow from Li Yunfan's child. Then he came out of the palace and stood on the deck. After confirming that Chen Mei's arrow could not hit his position, he took the child's bow and arrow and began to draw the bow to shoot people.
He is close to the Xu family, and a child's bow and arrow are enough.
Although there were hundreds of guards on the dragon boat, they were poorly prepared with only a few bows and arrows. The guards mostly fought with the Xu family with broadswords and long swords.
Close combat is prone to accidental injuries, so Chen Mei and the Xu family members did not dare to easily use bows and arrows to hurt people. The two sides relied on their true abilities to fight head-on.
As Li Qiao had guessed, the Xu family's fighting ability was indeed not weak.
He couldn't tell which ones were from the Xu family and which ones were trained by Chen Mei. Everyone on the other side was wearing clothes similar to night clothes. These people stepped on the wooden boards and climbed onto the dragon boat. They picked up the knives in their hands and slashed at the guards. Both speed and strength far surpassed the Red Scarf Army.
Li Qiao had seen the strength of the Red Turban Army in the border town.
The strength of these people is higher than that of the Red Scarf Army, but not as good as the Forbidden Army. Their level should be similar to that of the Forbidden Army before the screening and assessment.
The guards occupies a favorable location, but the opponent has many people, so the two sides are temporarily tied.
This is true not only of the bow but also of the sides of the ship.
Xu Fuxing and Chen Mei relied on their large numbers to surround the dragon boat and attack it from all directions.
The three thousand forbidden troops behind the Yulin Gate still have a considerable deterrent effect on the two of them. There are not many troops stationed in Xiaozhou Prefecture, only three thousand people.
The three thousand Red Scarf Army had zero chance of winning against the Three Thousand Forbidden Army. However, the two banks here are steep and it is difficult to move on the shore. If you want to pass the Yulin Gate, you can only take the waterway. The Three Thousand Red Scarf Army can temporarily resist the three thousand Forbidden Army through the sluice. .
But it was not advisable to delay for too long, so the two ordered a fierce attack.
Li Qiao understood the situation before him, and two more drops of water slipped off the dragon boat, heading towards the Xu family's boat.
Inside the palace.
The fourth prince stood at the door of the palace observing the battle, and the more he looked at him, the more he frowned.
He waved his hand and asked his personal bodyguard to rush over to help. Then he turned to look at the sixth prince sitting on the round stool.
The sixth prince's right arm was hanging down, and his left arm was resting on his knees to support his forehead. He was much calmer than before, his body was no longer shaking, and his breathing was no longer rapid.
After hesitating for a moment, the fourth prince walked towards the sixth prince.
When he came to his deeply shocked sixth brother, he pursed his lower lip, squatted down, and gently patted the sixth prince's knee with his big hand.
"Sixth brother, you have been wronged."
With this comforting voice coming out, the Sixth Prince slowly raised his head and looked at him.
"Alas! It's hard for me to comment on my father's decision, but let alone the prince, it's hard for ordinary people to accept it."
"You have been greatly wronged."
The fourth prince felt very uncomfortable in his heart when he looked at the sixth prince's still wet face and red, swollen and dull eyes.
He was not the one executed by Sheng Hong in public.
But this is so ridiculous.
Moreover, didn't his father mean that Li Qiao was irreplaceable, but the prince could choose at will?
He is also in that category of random choices.
He can also be replaced.
If he was only compared with his brothers, then he would not be any different, but the key point is that all the princes were singled out by their father because Li Qiao was a minister...
Who will feel better?
Although he admired Li Qiao, he also felt that Li Qiao had an immeasurable and irreplaceable role in Dasheng Jiangshan.
But what did his sixth brother do wrong before that?
well!
The eldest prince sat in a wheelchair with his arms folded, and the wheelchair was close to the palace door. After hearing this, his eyes darkened, and he turned to look at the fierce fighting outside.
The smell of blood has drifted over.
There were more than twenty corpses on the deck, which belonged to the Xu family.
Although some of the Guardsmen were injured, no one died.
The hand on his arm slowly clenched into a fist.
Sheng Hong seemed not to have heard his fourth son's words. He looked at the deck outside the palace with heavy eyes without saying a word.
"Fourth brother, thank you."
The sixth prince spoke softly, his voice hoarse.
After saying this, he turned to look at Sheng Hong behind him.
Sheng Hong also looked over. Several candles were burning in the hall, illuminating the hall brightly. The father and son's eyes met, and Sheng Hong did not dodge.
But after just a few seconds, Sheng Hong lowered his eyes and looked away, not daring to look at the face of the sixth prince that had not yet recovered after Sheng's collapse.
When the Sixth Prince saw this, his nose became sore again: "Father, you treat me like this, but I can't be hard-hearted towards you."
"If I persuade my second uncle to stop, can you spare the lives of the Xu family?"
Sheng Hong: "..."
These hoarse and nasal words were like a pair of invisible hands holding his heart. He couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his heart gently. He couldn't help his son.
But the current situation is no longer decided by his son.
"Xu Fuxing will not stop, you don't have to persuade him."
He lowered his eyes and said, still not looking at the Sixth Prince.
"Give me a knife and he won't hold back, then I will commit suicide. If I die, how can he plot rebellion?"
"You can't help Xu's family ascend the throne, right?"
"...That's all, just go and try it."
Sheng Hong signaled the two guards guarding the sixth prince to hand the knife to the sixth prince.
The sixth prince held the knife in his left hand, supported it on the ground, and stood up slowly.
He walked towards the outside of the palace.
