"Why are you shaking?"
When this sentence reached Wang Yan's ears, his nerves were already tense to the extreme. When he raised his head, he saw the scrutinizing gaze of Emperor Yongle.
"Your Majesty, slave, I'm a little tired. I'm tired. That's why I'm like this. Please forgive me." Wang Yan quickly replied. Although he was mentally prepared to kill the king, he was in front of him after all. , to say I’m not nervous would be a lie.
His body was shaking uncontrollably and his voice was a little shaky, which also attracted Zhu Di's attention and aroused his vigilance.
Wang Yan handed over the medicine bowl and said reluctantly: "Your Majesty, drink it quickly, the medicine is almost cold."
But Zhu Di ignored him and just stared at him quietly. His eyes were no longer as cloudy as before, and they emitted two sharp rays of light.
Under this gaze, Wang Yan's body trembled more seriously. He seemed to realize that he had been exposed, but he still stretched the medicine bowl forward desperately, hoping that Zhu Di could drink it.
But Zhu Di had already noticed something was wrong, so how could he seek death?
"Get him for me!" Without warning, Zhu Di suddenly shouted and moved his body to the other side of the dragon bed.
Wang Yan subconsciously dropped the medicine bowl, turned around and wanted to run away, but several warriors carrying knives and swords immediately captured him and detained him.
Zhu Di was about to ask questions. At this moment, a young eunuch ran over rolling and crawling, with a cry in his voice:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Something is wrong!"
"The vanguard of Yulin rebelled and opened the city gate. The rebels who came from nowhere have invaded the city and are marching towards the imperial city!"
…
Yan Keng was very unlucky.
Halfway through, he got news of the rebellion. By this time, the rebels had begun to enter the city.
The rebels from Xingzhou and Tongzhou arrived in Beijing almost at the same time. Only Changshan's guards were far away and still on the way.
The main force of the three battalions was stationed outside the city, and part of them defended the inner and outer cities. They had no idea what was happening in Beijing. There was another mole among the Emperor's 22 personal troops stationed in the Imperial City and the Forbidden City, and they were defenseless. Then, the Yulin vanguard left the Chang'an Left Gate where they were stationed without authorization, attacked the unsuspecting Chaoyang Gate defenders, opened the city gate, and directly let the two rebels in!
After the rebels entered the city, they immediately divided into two groups according to the plan.
The main force along the way is to attack the imperial city and control the center of the empire.
There were only a few hundred people along the way, and they marched towards the mansions of various princes and ministers to take them hostage!
Fortunately, all the princes are not vegetarians. With the merits they will get immediately, who has not raised a few dead soldiers? For example, in Chen Guogong's mansion, a hundred elite soldiers of the Yan family were able to defeat more than 300 attacking rebels.
But Yan Keng was very unlucky. He was still far away from the imperial city and not close to his own mansion. On the wide street, he had even faintly heard the noise of the rebels.
"There's a carriage over there!"
"He seems to be a big shot... Brothers, gather around him!"
Dry.
The rebels didn't have many cavalry, but they could still gather a few dozen, and his carriage couldn't run across the street.
Fortunately, the guards were brave and killed several of them, leaving the rest of the cavalry to patrol. Finally, they did not make Mr. Chen Guogong angry on the spot, but they couldn't run away.
The two sides reached a stalemate, and the rebel infantry gradually pressed forward. Yan Keng was in danger.
He was in the carriage, holding his sword tightly, ready to die like a prince at any time.
It’s just that, as a father, I’m afraid I won’t be able to continue fighting for our career. Yan Keng sighed secretly.
The rebels were approaching, and Yan Keng got off the carriage and stood with his guards.
Regard death as home.
Just when they were about to fight with a few people against hundreds of rebels, the rumble of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the broad street.
Three thousand battalions!
The cavalry flew past the rebels like the wind, leaving corpses on the ground in an instant. The rebels wailed and were defeated and scattered by the knights of the three thousand battalion.
At the critical moment, Yan Yan came with a part of the 3,000 battalion.
Along the way, his nerves were tense all the time. As soon as he arrived at the military camp outside the city, he heard the noise in the city and the shouts of killing.
In fact, many people in the three camps were awakened, but no one dared to enter the city without the emperor's order.
But Yan Yan knew that his father was probably in danger at this time. The city of Beijing is too big and they live far away (Yan Ling’s idea was to avoid the emperor’s soul from asking “Whose house is this?”). At this time, Yan Keng definitely hadn’t arrived at the imperial city yet. If he bumped into the rebels on the way... …
He didn't dare think about it anymore.
He forcibly ordered the troops to set off. Relying on his identity as the eldest son of Chen Guogong, a division of the Three Thousand Battalion was finally persuaded by him and broke into the capital through the dilapidated Chaoyang Gate.
At the critical moment, Yan Keng was saved.
Although Chen Guogong was saved, he did not dare to stop for a moment.
Astride a war horse, he drew out his sword and shouted:
"Your Majesty is in trouble with the prince and grandson. Everyone, follow me to the imperial city to rescue them!"
At this time, the imperial city was already in some danger.
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji stood on a high building and looked at the place not far away where the fire was burning.
It was the rebels attacking the city.
The number of rebels was far greater than that of the troops stationed at the east gate of the imperial city. The incident happened suddenly and the rest of the troops did not react. If the battle continued like this, it would be a matter of time before they were broken through.
Beads of sweat appeared on their heads.
They knew that it was a life-or-death moment.
But at this moment, another army horse appeared in the distance.
Is it reinforcements from the rebels?
Both of them felt tense inside.
"Chen Guo Gong, it's Chen Guo Gong!" Suddenly a eunuch screamed beside him!
Looking around, I saw a big flag with the word "strict" waving in the night, illuminated by countless torches!
Countless cavalry in iron armor emerged from the darkness, and the leader was wearing armor (replaced by a general) and holding a saber in his hand. He was Yan Keng!
Seeing this scene, Zhu Gaochi breathed out a long breath and felt a sense of relief in his heart.
For some reason, Chen Guogong's name actually gave him an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, as if the rebels were not worth mentioning.
Chen Guogong was indeed a loyal minister. He said secretly, his trust in Yan Keng even higher.
And Zhu Zhanji, who was standing next to him, had bright eyes, and he actually had a little admiration!
He is still young and full of passion for fighting. You must know that in the original history, he followed the Yongle Northern Expedition, but he took the Ming army to take the initiative to cut down the tiles.
Although in this time and space, he did not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, it did not affect his yearning for the war and his admiration for the deeds of his great-grandfather and grandpa.
At this time, Yan Keng's fearless and heroic figure was deeply engraved in his heart.
Chen Guogong is indeed the pillar of the empire! The young Zhu Zhanji had such thoughts in his heart.
If I were the emperor, I would definitely use this person!
(End of chapter)
