Qian Xi immediately lowered his face and said with a disdainful expression, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is doing well in the palace. You are too mean to slander His Highness the Crown Prince with such red lips and white teeth."
"Bold..." Liu Xingzhi said angrily. He looked at his father and saw his father nodded, so he hinted to Hou Zhigui behind him.
Hou Zhigui understood this and immediately took out an arrow from his quiver, drew his bow and shot towards Qian Xi on the tower.
Before Qian Xi had time to react, the arrow had penetrated his forehead and he immediately fell down. There was chaos on the tower, and the noise was overwhelming. Fortunately, the lieutenants shouted sternly to stop the chaos and immediately adopted a defensive strategy.
Under the palace gate, Liu Xingzhi gave an order, and King Ning's troops were arranged in order. Although the siege equipment was scattered, they were still in order when they advanced to the front. Then the first wave of attacks began to beat the war drums.
Although the soldiers on the city tower were all ready to fight, the general was dead and their morale was still a little weak. The first wave of attacks by King Ning's army was already difficult to resist.
Liu Xingzhi saw that all his soldiers were extremely brave and gradually gained the advantage, with a hint of pride on his lips. He turned to look at his father and saw that he still had a worried look on his face, so he asked: "Father, we will capture Ximen soon. Are you still worried?"
Ning Wang Liu Xun looked at the sky and said, "The defenders here are all old and weak soldiers, and it's been three quarters now and we haven't taken the west gate yet. We really shouldn't have! If the other side has assembled a good army and rushed to support them in time, Then it will be difficult for us to attack the city gate."
Liu Xingzhi's expression became stern, veins popped out on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I understand, kid." He immediately ordered the offensive to continue to be strengthened.
After a while, the defenders on the city tower gradually became exhausted, and King Ning's army had already followed the ladder to attack the city.
The sky above the majestic Xuanzheng Palace is gloomy and gloomy, and several gusts of cold wind are whistling past, which always makes people shudder. In front of the majestic building, sergeants holding sharp swords stood under the white marble stone steps.
There was a majestic figure standing on the stone steps, wearing gold armor, with bright red tassels flying in the wind. He was holding a sword in his hand and stood in front of the closed door of Xuanzheng Hall with his back turned. The officials standing on both sides of the man were both civilized and military, and they were all Liu Yan's confidants.
"Report..."
The team outside the Xuanzheng Hall neatly separated into a lane. A panting detective ran from the middle of the lane to the stone steps. He hurriedly knelt down and cupped his hands and said: "The traitor Liu Xun led his troops to attack the west gate of the palace. Now the west gate can hardly be defended. Yes, please let General Xun decide!"
Xun Mou Yingwu's figure on the stone steps trembled slightly, turned around slowly, with a cold expression on his face, just like the color of the sky at this time, and roared towards the bottom of the stone steps: "Where is Lieutenant General Sun An?"
From the crowd on Xun Mou's left hand, a young general with a strong back and a strong back appeared out of the crowd. He quickly stood back at the stone steps below Xun Mou and said, "The general is here!"
"Go and lead a team of 1,000 men. After the Ximen City is broken, we will intercept and kill the enemy. Remember that in the end you will only be defeated but not victorious, and you must lead the rebels to Jiulong Bridge."
"General, take your orders!" Sun An immediately ordered a group of armors and ran towards the west gate.
Xun Mou continued to shout: "Xiao Renyi obeys the order..."
Xiao Renyi also hurriedly went out to take orders, "The general is here!"
"I order you to lead two thousand infantry and one thousand archers to wait in ambush at Jiulong Bridge. After Sun An leads the rebels to Jiulong Bridge, after the archers fire their arrows, the infantry will attack again. Remember not to step back even half a step. If you violate the rules, The order - kill!"
Xiao Renyi was a little stunned, and the other civil and military officials on the stone steps also shook their heads, thinking that this move was inappropriate, because if Sun An was allowed to pretend to be defeated in order to lure the enemy deeper, then the Jiulong Bridge should be heavily armed. A mere three thousand soldiers are not just sheep. At the tiger's mouth, as long as the opponent takes the Jiulong Bridge, the rebels can march to the city and surround the Xuanzheng Hall.
Everyone was whispering to each other, but few people dared to speak out. Xiao Renyi also raised his head and looked at Xun Mou doubtfully, as if asking whether this plan was really feasible.
"Gen. When they come here, they will definitely fight to the death with us. I'm afraid they will have the courage to fight to the death!"
General Xun turned a deaf ear and continued to order Xiao Renyi, "Order your troops immediately, without any mistakes."
Chu Bingde looked at Xiao Renyi's leaving figure, and couldn't help but feel a trace of embarrassment and dissatisfaction on his face. The other officials also pretended to be nonchalant at this moment.
The moment the west gate of the imperial palace was breached, Liu Xun's nervous face showed a hint of relaxation. As expected, King Ning's army had just rushed into the city gate, and the bandit army had already led a reinforcement army to fight. When he looked closely, he saw that the enemy army only had one or two thousand soldiers. This made Liu Xun a little confused. Why didn't Liu Yan concentrate his troops to besiege? Is it due to lack of deployment or not enough people? Or is there another deployment? At present, it seems that the only option is to use soldiers to cover up the water and soil, and it is better to defeat the enemy one by one than to defeat the enemy with fewer enemies.
Half an hour later, the sky gradually darkened, and the army led by Sun An also suffered numerous casualties, so he led his remaining dozens of men to escape to Jiulong Bridge. Just as Liu Xingzhi was preparing to lead his troops in pursuit, Liu Xun immediately ordered to suspend the pursuit. Liu Xingzhi was very puzzled. He reined up his horse and stepped forward and asked, "Father, after passing the city gate and then crossing the Jiulong Bridge, we can approach the Xuanzheng Hall. Why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Liu Xun looked at the enemy's defeated soldiers who were fleeing, and said with suspicion: "Don't you see that their reinforcements are only more than a thousand people, and they are so vulnerable, there must be some deception. If they pursue such a rash pursuit, they will definitely fall into the trap. They We have miscalculated that we will attack Ximen, so now they must be trying to lure us into their trap. Now that we have disrupted their plan, we will continue to disrupt their next move. Since they are leading us to Kowloon If we want to go to the bridge, then we will take a long way to the northwest of Chongde Gate and attack."
Liu Xingzhi frowned noncommittally, "Everything is up to my father's arrangement."
Just as Liu Xun and others were leading the army to Chongde Gate, Liu Xun was still a little worried. He now had 14,000 soldiers left to fight. If he could send another army to the Jiulong Bridge, Maybe we can distract the opponent, and when the time comes, we can surround the Xuanzheng Hall around the west gate and catch him off guard. Wouldn't it be perfect? After Liu Xun thought about it, he immediately ordered Hou Zhigui to lead four thousand soldiers and horses towards Jiulong Bridge.
The Xuanzheng Hall was already engulfed in the night, and the bright torches illuminated the majestic palace as red as day. Xun Mou stood outside the palace door, looking at the closed palace door, slowly feeling uneasy. The civil and military officials on both sides had already turned livid with anxiety, and they were all rubbing their palms.
Seeing that there was no news yet, Chu Bingde asked impatiently: "I have spoken first, and we should concentrate our forces to wipe out Liu Xun. Now..."
"Report..."
When Xun Mou saw the detectives coming to report, his eyes lit up and he asked quickly: "How is the situation?"
The detective knelt down and cupped his hands and replied: "General Sun has followed the original plan and retreated to Jiulong Bridge. They have also pursued Jiulong Bridge. Now the two sides are fighting. However, my subordinates have observed several times and did not see the traitor Liu Xun. Command from the rear.”
"How many rebels are there?"
"About four to five thousand people were touched."
Xun Mou laughed and said, "Okay! Go down and continue to investigate."
After the detectives retreated, the other civil and military officials all turned pale with shock. However, seeing that Bingde was disappointed, they didn't dare to ask any more questions. Only the Duke of Wei, Xun Yu, stepped forward and asked: "Mou'er, the rebels numbered at least 10,000, and now only some of them are coming to Jiulong Bridge, which means they have seen through our plan, what should we do now?" ?”
