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Downstairs of the Taiping Gate, thick smoke bursts and flames soared into the sky. Layers of soldiers used tight shield arrays as cover, and like tides, they launched wave after wave of impact on the city gate. The door-ramming car was pushed by the soldiers , kept crashing into the thick city gate, making a huge muffled sound, and one ladder after another stood on the city wall.

Seeing this situation, the soldiers defending the city did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Arrows rained down on their heads, followed by rolling logs and boulders. Many people fell from the ladder and fell to pieces. There were shouts and fighting sounds from all directions. , The screams are endless, resounding through the sky.Tie Yi rode on the horse, waving his right arm and shouting loudly: "Archers, step forward!" Thousands of rockets roared towards the top of the city following his gestures.

The capital is at the foot of the emperor, the most important place in the country, and its fortifications are different from other places.There are nine gates in the outer city, including Anding, Taiping, Changning, and Yonghe. The imperial city has five gates, including Chaoyang, Yunhan, and Zhuxi. ,indestructible.

Huo Lin led the cavalry, although there were a large number of them, they were all elites, but they traveled day and night, running back and forth almost without sleep, even the food was carried on the horse's back, and they were hungry when they were hungry, and they were already tired.Seeing that the city gate could not be attacked for a long time, Sun Teng could no longer hold his breath: "The Taiping Gate is so difficult to attack, you can imagine the Prince of England, such a waste of time, the situation is very bad."

Huo Lin sat on the saddle and watched the battle, with a very calm expression: "Outnumbered, they won't last long."

"General!" Sun Teng suddenly showed fear, and pointed to the top of the city. Huo Lin stared at it. The sharp weapon in urban battles has been improved through successive dynasties. The model is more compact, lighter, and more powerful. It can fire a hundred arrows at a time, and the range can reach [-] paces.Huo Lin often needed to use this thing when he was attacking cities and plundering land in the western borders, so Sun Teng knew how powerful it was, and his face immediately changed when he saw it.

A city gate can be equipped with so many ballistas, and there is only the capital in the world.As soon as such a big killer weapon was brought out, the effect was immediately seen. The soldiers who were constantly charging along the ladder were pierced through their chests and abdomen, and fell down in pieces. Next, another group of soldiers continued to climb up immediately. The soldiers in the city who were responsible for loading the guns on the vehicles began to feel sore and numb.

Sun Teng's eyes were tearing, his blood was surging, he wished he could ride a horse and rush over. Huo Rin remained calm, as if he knew everything in his chest.

Sun Teng was very anxious, but he had to continue to observe patiently. Suddenly, there was a commotion on the tower, and some soldiers manipulating the ballista suddenly stopped moving. A smile appeared on the corner of Huo Lin's mouth: "Here we come!"

Sun Teng was puzzled: "What's coming?"

Under the city wall, Tie Yi and Sun Yue, who were protected by the shield array, noticed the abnormality keenly. They couldn't help but waved their hands and shouted: "Quick! Go up, fast!"

The defenders on the top of the city were at the critical moment of life and death, and the fierce battle was in full swing. They were fully focused on dealing with the attacking side, but they didn't even notice that a large number of raiders were rushing from behind. As a group, they didn't know which side to deal with. Several soldiers were thrown directly from the high city wall. Their brains burst and blood spattered. The miserable situation was indescribable.Encouraged by the soldiers on the ladder, they swarmed up one after another with hands and feet.

Only then did Sun Teng understand: "The queen mother arranged for someone to meet us in the city?"

Huo Lin pointed at it with a horsewhip: "Look carefully, who is that?"

"It's too far away, and the general can't see clearly." Sun Teng stared at it for a long time, and suddenly said in surprise, "Could that man be Chai... Commander Chai?"

While speaking, the city gate suddenly opened a crack, and then slowly opened, Huo Lin's face became serious: "Go into the city! Drive!", and with a "hoo" in return, he slapped the horse's back hard, and was beaten Thousands of troops and horses galloped towards the city gate.

Chaoyang Gate is the main gate of the imperial city, located in the center of the capital, the symbol of royal majesty and grandeur, and now it is also experiencing a cruel and bloody storm.

The soldiers under Huo Mu are all battle-tested warriors, and the Yulin Guard led by Tan Ying and Xia Houjin are even more carefully selected and unique warriors. Once such two sides fight head-on , the scene was thrilling and extremely tragic.

On the square paved with white marble, blood flowed like a river, and more and more corpses piled up, but the city gate could not be approached, and the imperial guards seemed to be unable to kill them all. They shouted at the top in batches: "You are the emperor's army, the soldiers of the imperial court, why did you follow the rebellious ministers to make trouble?! The prince and General Huo Lin have already led the troops into the city. If you can surrender, the queen mother will not blame the past. If you stick to your obsession, you may end up killing everyone!" Dozens of people shouted in unison, and even in the midst of the melee, it could still be heard clearly in everyone's ears.

Both Changning Gate and Taiping Gate kept flying horses to report, saying that the rebels were attacking fiercely and it was difficult to sustain them, but there was no movement from Yunhan Gate.Huo Mu fought countless battles all his life, and he has never been so uncertain like he is today. He looked up at the city tower, his face covered with frost: "Send the order, attack the city gate with all your strength, and the first to enter the imperial city will be named the king of the county!"

He has always been like a mountain of iron orders, no one dares to disobey, and under the heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Everyone is eager to try, and under the cover of shield soldiers, they fight and advance, braving arrows and stones and slowly moving towards the city gate.Ran Li waited patiently. When he saw that the time had come, he nodded. Dozens of imperial guards raised more than a dozen large iron pots and poured them over the top of the city. The screams were heard all of a sudden, Ran Li took a torch from the guards around him, and threw it down with all his strength, with a "hoo", a wall of fire ignited in front of the city wall, and dozens of hundreds of "fire men" ran and shouted, their voices were shrill. Fearing that it would hurt them, the others dodged one after another.Seeing the sudden chaos in the formation, Huo Mu was furious, pulled out his saber, and shouted: "No one is allowed to retreat! Anyone who disobeys the order will be cut immediately!" The archers in the back row immediately drew their bows and took aim. All were shot and killed, but in an instant, the soldiers re-arranged into a neat battle formation.

From the beginning of Binglun's plan to seize power step by step, to the empress dowager who was in charge of the court, many people died under her hands and under her pen, but it was the first time to witness such a horrific and bloody killing scene.These people were originally heroes and outstanding people, but at this moment they have become victims of the power struggle, and they have been fighting in the dark.Looking down from the tower of Chaoyangmen, swords, arrows and arrows are raining everywhere, and flesh and blood are flying everywhere. At this moment, life is so insignificant and insignificant that it is not as good as an ant.A touch of emotion flashed across Binglun's cold phoenix eyes, but it was fleeting.

The long night is over, the sky gradually reveals a fish-belly color, the two sides in the battle are not tired at all, and all of them are red-eyed, looking like crazy.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more critical, Tan Ying hurried to Binglun's side, and said in a low and urgent voice, "Queen Mother, from the looks of it, Chaoyang Gate may be difficult to hold, and King Ying and General Huo Lin don't know what it is. The situation, I implore the queen mother to drive."

Binglun still looked down, said: "Well, you want me to leave?"

"Yes. The empress dowager and the emperor are the most important in the world, and they must not fall into the hands of the general. Otherwise, even if the king of England and general Huo Lin invade the city, they will be under the control of others. The empress dowager's painstaking efforts for so many years will be ruined." Tan Ying said: "Ran Li and the iron guards will escort the Empress Dowager Yu the Emperor out of the palace through the Xuanhui Gate, and find a safe place to take refuge temporarily."

"No, I won't go, and I won't let myself fall into his hands."

Tan Ying was so anxious that she knelt down and begged: "If the queen mother and the emperor are ruled by treacherous ministers, the humble ministers will become eternal sinners. Even if their bodies are broken, they will not make amends for their crimes. I beg the queen mother to change her mind and get up and escape temporarily!"

Binglun seemed not to have heard his words, she retracted her eyes, and turned her head slowly. Behind her, there were thousands of palaces and glazed jade tiles. It was impossible to tell which one was the Chongde Palace, but she could only vaguely discern the approximate direction. She looked at it for a while in silence, As if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth, and said in a decisive tone: "Give me an order, all the imperial guards will guard the city gate to the death, and I will live and die with Chaoyang Gate together with them!"

Tan Ying shouted: "The Empress Dowager!"

Binglun waved his hand, signaling him not to say any more, Tan Ying had no choice but to stand up and retreat, and went to pass on the decree in person.Tan Ying took the lead, holding a horned crossbow in his hand, and fired several arrows in succession. Suddenly, he heard a guard beside him excitedly say: "Boss Tan, look!"

Tan Ying was stunned, put down the weapon in his hand, looked into the distance, and vaguely saw flags flying in the distance, he was overjoyed, and shouted wildly: "General Huo Lin led the troops to escort us, everyone must stick to the last moment!" Soon, the gate tower The sound of "General Huo Lin leading the troops is coming!" was heard everywhere, and the guards of the Imperial Forest roared frantically, with great fighting spirit.

But after a while, a large number of people and horses approached from far away, aggressively, and the earth-shattering sound of horseshoes even overshadowed the sound of fighting here.Thousands of fine cavalry swept across the entire battlefield in an instant like a powerful whirlwind, smashing Huo Mu's troops to pieces, followed by raising their knives, like cutting melons and vegetables, and joined the battle. fighting.

The sky had already brightened, and the whole world returned to calm again. The golden sunlight shone on the majestic and majestic imperial city, and the layers of glazed roofs became dazzling again.Around the Chaoyang Gate, corpses are piled up like a mountain, and even the water of the moat has turned red, which is shocking to look at. The morning breeze is blowing, fresh and cool, but it still can't blow away the thick and suffocating air. bloody smell.

The city gate was slowly opened, and all the soldiers were waiting in line. Huo Lin got off his horse and entered the imperial city alone. Binglun walked down the tower under the guard of Tan Ying, Ran Li and others. Huo Lin walked up to her and stood on one knee. kneel down.

"Sister, I'm here." He raised his head, his handsome and resolute face was filled with imperceptible excitement: "Fortunately, it's not too late."

"Yes." Binglun held his hand, pulled him up, stared at him with both eyes, and choked his throat slightly: "Fortunately, it's not too late."

The siblings held each other's hands, and thousands of words were in each other's eyes.After a while, Huo Lin said: "Sister, he has sent people to transfer the remaining Golden Lion Army and Yellow Tiger Army to Beijing, and I have to deal with this matter."

Of course Binglun knew who the "he" he was talking about, said: "Since he has been captured, those people dare not act rashly, you take his soldier talisman and order them to return to the camp in Tianting County, we will talk about the rest later. "

"Yes."

"How about Changning Gate?"

"After I entered the city, I sent troops to help Changning Gate. Chai Biao and Yu Jianfeng both passed by. At this time, King Ying and others must have entered the city."

Binglun nodded: "Okay, you can go now."

Huo Lin knelt down again, bowed his head in salute, then turned back and left, ordering Sun Teng and some soldiers to guard outside the city to protect the queen mother and the emperor, and to deal with these corpses, clean the blood, and lead the army to leave. Tan Ying and Ran Li So he knelt down to invite the Ice Reincarnation Palace.

Lian Zhen waited until dawn in Chongde Palace, worried and worried, and lived like years. The torment could not be described in words. Seeing Binglun returned safely, the joy was no small matter. He hurried forward, suddenly realized that many people were there, and stopped He stopped and said in his mouth: "Depending on the protection of the emperor's ancestors, the queen mother returns safely, my concubine... my concubine..." Before I could say a word, tears were about to fall, and I lowered my head very quickly.

Binglun said: "I'm fine." When he entered the hall, he had noticed that Zong Xu and Wei Lun were there, and asked, "Why is the emperor here?"

Lian Zhen said: "The concubine asked Director Gao to take the emperor over."

When Zong Xu woke up, he knew that there was a commotion outside the palace, and he was panicking. It happened that Lian Zhen sent someone to invite him, so he came here.At this time, seeing Binglun looking at him, he hurriedly stepped forward to pay his respects, and asked, "Queen Mother, what happened outside?"

Binglun said: "I'll tell you another day, I still have something to do, you go back to your own palace first."

Zong Xu was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to say: "The minister there will leave first." Gao Xian took the other servants to leave.

Binglun walked into the Nuan Pavilion, then turned around, Lianzhen had already thrown herself into her arms, Binglun wrapped her arms around her slender waist, and whispered: "Don't cry, it's okay, it's okay."

Lian Zhen hugged her, just sobbing silently, after a long time, she let go, reached out and stroked her hair, her cheeks, as if to confirm whether she was safe and sound, then snuggled into her arms again, said in a choked voice: "I thought I'd never see you again."

"How come? I said that I must win." Binglun embraced her, his chest tenderness surged: "It's all my fault, and I will never let you be so frightened again in the future."

After a long time, Gao Xian said outside: "Queen Mother, Director Tan is here."

Binglun said softly: "Lian'er, although the chaos is calm at the moment, the capital is not settled yet, I will be very busy today, why don't you go back to the palace first, okay?"

Lian really knew what she was telling the truth, although she was extremely reluctant, she still let go of her hand slowly, Binglun couldn't bear it, and leaned closer to her ear: "Come see me later."

Tan Ying has already sent someone to escort Huo Mu to the imperial prison, and the rest of the captives have also been properly disposed of. After reporting to Binglun one by one, he also reported the situation on Huo Ling's side, saying: "Kuang Chong and Huo Ling confronted each other all night. , Now knowing that the general has been captured, I completely give up."

"Kuang Chong thought that climbing Huo Song was equivalent to climbing a dragon and attaching a phoenix, and he was so daring to dream of his daydream!" Bing Lun sneered twice, and said, "I will draw up a decree to remove his military power and let Ran Li will succeed him as the General of the Left Guard, as for him, let's not convict him yet, but put him under house arrest and put him under the care of Huo Ling, and hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment for conviction some other day."

Because everyone knew about this palace change at this time, all the ministers were terrified, people came to say hello one after another that day, and Binglun had to see several ministers of the next cabinet.By noon, Huo Lin had also returned, and reported: "The Golden Lion Army and the Yellow Tiger Army have obeyed the dispatch, and all retreated to the camp in Tianting County. The nine gates of the outer city have also returned to calm, and according to my sister's order, they are temporarily closed."

Binglun said: "Where is Zongmou? Where is he?"

Huo Lin said: "After the Changning Gate was breached, King Ying fought hand-to-hand with Huo Song's men and horses, and unfortunately died of random arrows."

Binglun didn't speak for a long time after hearing the words, Huo Lin didn't dare to look into her eyes, lowered his eyes, and after a while, said again: "Huo Song also died under the chaos of the Shu army. Also, my sister once told me that if When I met Huo Ze, I must capture him alive, but my subordinates searched the general's mansion, as well as inside and outside the city, and found no trace of him. Now I don't know if he is dead or alive. I will send people to continue the search .”

Binglun finally said, "I see."

Huo Lin looked at her face and said: "Sister didn't sleep all night, she must be tired, do you want to rest for a while?"

"Forget it, then you step back first."

As soon as Huo Lin left, Gao Xian came in and said softly: "Queen Mother, Jiang Ping is already waiting in the side hall."

"Call him in."

Binglun sat on the kang, closed his eyes, twirling the beads in his hand lightly with his fingers, Jiang Ping entered the Nuan Pavilion, and saluted as usual: "I have seen the Queen Mother."

"You attacked Taiping Gate with Chai Biao today, does Chai Biao know your identity?"

Jiang Pingdao: "He only knew that Weichen belonged to the Empress Dowager, and he didn't know anything else. As soon as the city gate was broken, I led my subordinates and quickly disappeared."

"What about what I told you, how is it?"

"Although it took a lot of work, I am fortunate enough to live up to my fate. Huo Ze has been captured by me."

Binglun opened his eyes, put the beads on the small table beside him, and asked, "Where is he now?"

Jiang Ping said: "It's in the palace."