sbdcsierra Chapter 862: Vermilion Bird Gate
Chapter 862: Vermilion Bird Gate
Tonight, the imperial garden in the imperial city was on fire, burning the plants and trees, the pavilions and pavilions in the imperial garden, and even burning the side hall.
At the same time, Li Xun's former residence and Li Mingyue's palace were on fire.
If it succeeds today, Li Xun will no longer need to sleep in the former palace, and if it is unsuccessful, it will not be necessary, so tonight Li Xun asked people to burn it.
And the fire in the palace is the signal of Li Xun's rebellion tonight.
And the palace was even more chaotic, stepping up to put out the fire.
A fire in the palace is not a trivial matter, let alone three places ignited soaring flames at the same time. All of a sudden, the maids in the palace and some guards guarding the palace joined the ranks of extinguishing the fire.
At this time, I can't care about the harem anymore, putting out the fire is the first priority!
Fortunately, there are a lot of fire-fighting facilities in the palace, and most of the maids in the palace are not wine bags and rice bags, and after a short period of panic, they began to put out the fire in an orderly manner.
But they soon discovered that the fire didn't seem to be extinguished so easily this time, and everyone's faces were also ugly.
The fire was doused with kerosene!
This is clearly arson!
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Above the walls of the imperial city, the gatehouse of Vermilion Bird
There are four gates around the Imperial City, the Azure Dragon gate in the east, the Black Tortoise gate in the north, the Vermilion Bird gate in the south, and the White Tiger gate in the west.
In addition to these four gates, there are some small gates.
This place is the closest to Qinzheng Hall, breaking through the Vermilion Bird Gate is half the battle.
Today, the commander of the imperial guards guarding the palace came over to see the well-dressed Habayashi guards, frowned and asked, "Forbidden area of the imperial palace, what are the Habayashi guards and the cavalry guards doing here?"
Wu Xuan looked up at the commander of the imperial guards on the city wall and said: "I heard that the palace is on fire, so I'm here to help put out the fire, open the city gate quickly!"
The imperial guard said, "If you haven't received His Majesty's order, you still go back and forth from wherever you come from, and someone will take care of you in the palace."
Just when the commander of the imperial guards in the palace was getting impatient, an arrow shot from nowhere unexpectedly shot straight into the forehead of the commander of the imperial guards. He was only wearing armor but no iron mask, so there was no protection on his face, and he was killed on the spot by an arrow.
When the commander of the imperial guards fell down, the guards on the palace wall panicked and shouted loudly: "It's not good! The Habayashi Guards and the Xiaoqi Guards rebelled!"
Just now, Wu Xuan's accusation was naturally delaying time.
It was pitch black at night, with only a few lights to illuminate it. It was not easy to kill the archer with one blow.
Only by stabilizing the commander of the imperial army on his side can the archer be accurate enough.
Otherwise, shooting elsewhere would not have killed the commander of the armored guards.
Originally, Wu Xuan was just trying, he didn't intend to succeed, this was a gamble, if he won, then there would be some time for the opponent to have no master to dispatch, and the counterattack would be scattered.
If you lose the bet, it will be harmless to attack the city normally, at most the price will be higher.
But Wu Xuan didn't expect it to be possible. After returning home, it's time to add chicken legs to the archer just now!
The Vermilion Bird gate was gone, and Supreme Commander Habayashi Mamoru began to stuff gunpowder under the gate.
After all, the imperial city is much narrower than the capital. The moat of the imperial city is much narrower than that of the capital. Similarly, the decorative significance is greater, and the bridge has not been demolished in time. The gunpowder was transported very smoothly. Descend back.
Although the guards on the city wall reacted and kept drawing bows and firing arrows, the effect was minimal.
When the imperial guards rained arrows for a while, the crossbowmen exhausted their strength and found it difficult to control the strings, Habayashi guards and Xiao cavalry guards pulled down their shields, fired rockets and shot upwards, the archers on the city wall saw this scene, While cursing Habayashi Wei for not talking about martial arts, while dodging, he re-stringed the bow and arrow crossbow.
Finally, after the two sides fought for a while, a team was the first to understand the situation, and said: "Brothers, they don't have siege equipment, we stick to the city gate, and the gang of Habayashi guards can't do anything to us! Hold on until the reinforcements arrive, we Everyone has the power to save him!"
Everyone reacted when they heard the team leader's shout.
correct!
If you want to siege a city, you must first have siege equipment!
Although the gate of the imperial city is not as heavy and strong as the gate of the capital, it is still a gate!
Want to break through the city gate without siege equipment?
What if you just let you hold the knives in your hands and chop from now until dawn?
All right, all right, relax.
This wave, the advantage is in me!
The team didn't dare to probe anymore, the general who was so bold to probe out for a cup of tea last time had already collapsed at his feet with a big brain.
But the loser does not lose the battle. The team was squatting and hiding behind the city wall, shouting: "Rebellious ministers and thieves! Come in if you have the ability!"
Wu Xuan shouted: "You open the city gate, we will come in!"
The team said rightly: "If you have the ability, break open the gate of the city!"
Wu Xuan snorted coldly: "If you break it, you will break it! Come and shoot rockets at the city gate!"
Hearing this, the team was inexplicable, what does it mean to go to the Rockets?
Although the city gate is made of wood, it has been specially treated and covered with iron sheets. It is impossible for the fire to penetrate it at all!
Still shooting rockets?
At this moment, dozens of rockets shot straight at the gunpowder piled up under the city gate.
Then everyone erected their shields in front of them. Although they had retreated far enough, who knew how far the fragments from the explosion could fly because of the lethality of gunpowder?
No one wants to open their minds, let alone open their hearts.
Immediately, there was a roaring sound from the city gate, like thunder from the sky, and debris flew from the city gate, splashing all around.
There was a burst of intense fire for a moment, like the wrath of God.
When the roar stopped, Wu Xuan drew out his saber and said, "Follow me! The Lord has ordered that the first one to rush into the imperial city will be the Marquis of a Thousand Households!"
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This thunderous roar woke up many people.
Among them was Li Chen, the Prince of Zhou who was sleeping soundly in the Prince's Mansion.
The prince has a residence in the palace, and there is also a prince's mansion outside the palace, but since he was grounded last time and was beaten up in the palace, he has become more and more fond of living in the prince's mansion outside the palace.
When Zhou Crown Prince Li Chen woke up, he found that there seemed to be some noise outside, so he wiped the sweat from his forehead with sleepy eyes, lifted the curtain of the canopy bed, and said, "Come here, light up the lamp! Why is there such a quarrel outside? "
After Li Chen finished giving his orders, he noticed that a person came in from outside and lit the oil lamp.
When it was brought to Li Chen, he rubbed his eyes and looked out, but found that it was a man wearing a general's armor who came in. Li Chen was shocked: "Who are you?"
The man stepped forward and said, "Marquis of Zuo Wu and Wei Zhonglang General Zhang Cheng."