Imprisonment.
At this time, the prison was already overcrowded.
Regardless of whether it was a sky jail or an ordinary cell, they were all full of people at this time.
The place was packed full of officials from the Eunuch Party, the Hou Party, and the Dongzhu Party, plus some relatives and family members of officials from each party.
Those below the fifth rank are not even qualified to enter the Heavenly Prison.
Even in this prison, the officials of the three parties still called each other by their official titles, and they were divided into three distinct factions.
The people from the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party were fine. Although they looked at each other occasionally, they would only curse a few times.
But facing the eunuchs, the officials from Dongzhu Party and Houdang were not so polite, and they started to fight, and their hair was messed up.
Fortunately, there were many eunuch officials when they were in the court, and now there are also many in the prison.
And there are some generals who practice martial arts themselves.
For a while, the fight was inextricable.
On weekdays, everyone is in different cells. Fortunately, every morning when they go to the atrium to relax, it is when enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, and a fight is inevitable.
Anyway, everyone says that their side is the one who is loyal to the emperor, cares about the country and the people, while the other side is a complete rebel and a traitor.
At this time, a prison guard of Jin Yiwei was walking towards the sky prison carrying a bucket of vegetable porridge.
As he walked, he knocked the wooden spoon in his hand and shouted loudly:
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
In the surrounding cells, officials who were originally gentle and elegant rushed to the cell door with the iron bowls in their hands and stretched out their hands to receive the porridge.
When they first arrived at the imperial prison, these adults were quite arrogant, for fear of losing face in front of their colleagues.
However, after eating fresh vegetables and coarse grain steamed buns for several days, the overwhelming hunger in their stomachs instantly reminded them that they were alone, and humans had to eat.
After being hungry all night, the bowl of vegetable porridge this morning was much sweeter in their eyes than any delicacies from the mountains and seas.
In the face of hunger, there is no face.
The vegetable porridge in the wooden spoon was poured into bowls. Many people immediately took the bowls back and started to drink.
The sound of snoring and drinking porridge was everywhere in the prison, as if they were in a pig pen.
Soon, the cell had reached the innermost part of the Tianlao. The prisoners in this cell were none other than Mr. Xu Wen, Xu Ge, the former Chief Assistant to the Cabinet, and other important officials of the Dongzhu Party.
At this time, Xu Wen was leaning against the pillar of the cell with his eyes closed and concentrating. Hearing the arrival of the prisoner delivering food, he did not move at all.
"It's time to eat." The prisoner tapped the pillar of the cell with a wooden spoon and said impatiently.
Cai Huazhang, the former Imperial College guest who offered wine at the Imperial Academy, immediately carefully picked up a bowl of vegetable porridge, held it in front of Xu Wen, and said respectfully:
"Mr. Ge."
Xu Wen took the porridge bowl and took a big sip, the beard on his lips was soaked in the bowl.
At this moment, while scooping up porridge, the prisoner lowered his head and whispered behind Xu Wen:
"General Han has received news that he has been connected with the Zhenbei Army and the Xuanwu Army. The troops will be at the city today. All the soldiers in the city have also made preparations and are just waiting for the instructions of the elder. The king is ignorant and will kill. As a matter of fact, every family in the city has long been complaining."
After a pause, he continued:
"The news from my family is that He Xingzu has reached the realm of the Transformation Realm Grandmaster. Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Dong Chao has welcomed a new worshiper. His skills are unpredictable."
Xu Wen nodded calmly and said:
"Okay. Your Majesty has killed Enhai, killed the eunuchs, and imprisoned our officials from the Dongzhu Party and the Houdang Party. The young man's nature is exactly when he is satisfied with his ambitions. If I am right, he will definitely leave the city. Fight, and the charioteer will fight in person."
"At that time, let the soldiers of each family rise up, open the city gates, and welcome the Bohai Wolf Soldiers into the city. A great thing can be accomplished."
Hearing this, Sun Wei, the cabinet scholar, Cui Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Cai Huazhang, the imperial wine minister, who were in the same cell, could not help but admire in a low voice, and their eyes showed excitement.
Although they did not think that the emperor really dared to kill them, this act of directly imprisoning them and ransacking their homes was really unbearable.
This is not a slap in the face of the Dongzhu Party, but a slap in the face of the nine and ten famous families in the world!
Since the emperor is so dishonorable, don't blame the Dongzhu Party for being ruthless!
Immediately afterwards, Xu Wen suddenly coughed and said in a loud voice:
"This... officer, how about giving me another bowl of porridge?"
The prisoner nodded, then tapped the pillar with his spoon and shouted loudly:
"You old man, do you still think this place is above the court? The chief minister and minister are all just a spoonful of porridge, no more!"
Then he threw the spoon back into the bucket and walked out of the prison.
After hearing the conversation here, some eunuch officials in other cells immediately burst into laughter and mocked:
"I didn't expect that the great bachelor of the cabinet and the leader of the Dongzhu Party would only be worth this spoonful of vegetable porridge!"
"Mr. Xu Ge, you often call us traitors in private. How come you, a puritan, are also in the prison?"
"Hehe, if you become a whore, don't build that memorial arch. The emperor doesn't recognize the memorial arch of this chaste and martyr woman, so he treats you as whores!"
"..."
Amid a burst of laughter, the officials from the Dongzhu Party immediately retorted, and finally the officials from the Hou Party were involved, setting off a scolding war in the prison.
Only Xu Wen remained calm, sitting with his back against the pillar of the cell, gently tapping his fingers on his knees, and humming in a low voice:
"...Fathers and sons served the country loyally and courageously. They fought desperately on the Golden Beach, and the ghosts wept and screamed. All the sons and sons suffered from hatred on the battlefield without fulfilling their ambitions. They spilled green blood and stained the yellow sand. Their majestic spirit will last forever..."
At the same time, the prisoner had already carried the bucket out of the imperial prison. He immediately heard the rapid sound of gongs and drums coming from outside. It was the people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division who were sounding the alarm, asking the people in the city to immediately go to the market as a unit. , young and strong laborers went to the city to work as civilian workers to transport supplies.
The city gates around the capital were slowly closing at this time, and teams of soldiers and horses were mobilizing frequently on the streets.
On the north wall, teams of crossbowmen were marching on the city quickly.
Looking to the north, in the dim morning light, on the distant horizon is a thick fog that has risen since last night.
At this time, the fog slowly dissipated, and groups of cavalry were slowly appearing.
The sound of hooves rumbled, the flags were flying, the spear in his hand was shining, and the metal armor on the horse also exuded a metallic luster in the sunlight.
The ten thousand uniformed cavalry in the center are all wearing heavy iron armor, and the horses are also covered with chain armor. Together with the two-staff long spears in the hands of the cavalry, they are the strongest iron in the Zhenbei Army. Pagoda heavy riding!
Like a forest of steel.
On top of the red flags is the eye-catching word "Zhenbei".
In the center of these flags is a large banner (dao\) with the words "He Zhenbei, General He" written on it.
On both sides of this large banner, there are two equally huge banners with the words "Qingjun side" and "Zuomingzhu" written on them.
Seeing this scene, a soldier on the city wall couldn't help but shuddered and murmured:
"This is... the Iron Buddha! It is the Iron Buddha of the Zhenbei Army! It is said that this Iron Buddha is indestructible, and no grass will grow wherever it passes... It seems that this legend is true..."
Another soldier next to him patted his head angrily and said:
"Why are you panicking? We have a total of 200,000 defenders in the capital. The Zhenbei Army only has 80,000 troops at full strength. And it is still attacking the city. No matter how powerful his iron pagoda is, can it still rush to the city wall?"
Just as he was talking, he saw another group of figures emerging from the horizon in the northeast of the capital. Looking at it, there were only slightly fewer people than the Zhenbei Army.
There are at least 60,000 to 70,000 people!
Most of these people are infantry, and there are only a few thousand cavalry. However, the clothes on the soldiers and the spears, knives and bucklers in their hands are obviously elite. They are very similar to the pro-military guards guarding the city.
These people walked neatly and moved like the wind. They were obviously refined elite teachers!
There are two large banners at the front, one with the title "Commander of the Zuo Army" and the other with the word "Han" written in large letters.
Zuojun Dudufu, Korean Dragon Division!
The soldier who was guarding the city who was comforting his colleagues just now couldn't help but be startled, then his eyes widened and he swallowed.
Just when he was about to give himself a slap in the face and call himself a crow's mouth, he heard a commotion and noise among the soldiers guarding the city. Many people raised their hands and pointed to the northwest.
He immediately raised his head and looked to the northwest, and saw a military formation also appearing there.
The soldiers in this military formation were all wearing black armor, with white spear tassels hanging in their hands.
Rows of longbowmen and heavy crossbowmen were densely packed, accounting for almost one-third of the entire military formation.
The rest were sword formations holding long-handled Mo Dao, and sword and shield soldiers holding swords and shields.
At the same time, on both wings of this military formation, there were about ten thousand light cavalry, all carrying short bows on their backs and holding long spears.
In the center of the military formation was a large black scroll with blood-red characters written on it:
Xuanwu!
This is the 100,000 Xuanwu Army under the command of Dong Chao, the governor of Xuanwu Festival!
Seeing this scene, on the city wall, a group of soldiers guarding the city couldn't help but instantly became commotion.
They had also heard news from their superiors, such as Xiaoqi General Banner, that several groups of rebels were rushing towards the capital from different directions.
But why did they arrive at the same time! ?
In the center of the city wall, Li Yun, surrounded by a group of commanders, looked at the scene in front of him, couldn't help but smile, and said lightly:
"interesting."
Since the day before yesterday, there has been a heavy fog outside the city, and many of the scouts who were sent out have never returned.
It turned out to be to cover the confluence of these three groups of rebels.
At this time, he could feel that as the mist gradually dissipated, the remaining water vapor drifted over, and he could smell a hint of fishy-sweet smell.
It was somewhat similar to the aura of the blood evil technique used by Yu Xuzi who was killed by him before.
Then he said loudly:
"Everyone who loves you, please come with me to conquer in person!"
(End of chapter)
