Your Highness, has he stopped today?

On the twenty-third night of the twelfth lunar month, it was the New Year's Eve.The Xiao family's army dressed as refugees and merchants suddenly marched straight in and turned Yecheng upside down. Fortunately, the people were all at home and no innocent people were hurt.

Chu Heng led a thousand troops from the Xiao family to fight from the gate of Yecheng to the city. Lu Zheyu covered his face, and under the escort of the Xiao family army, he came to the camp of the Dingyuan army.

Since Lu Chi handed in the soldier talisman, the Dingyuan army camp has been supervised, and now the soldiers in the camp can't practice soldiers every day, so they can only do nothing.

The more than one thousand Xiao family soldiers were all brave and killed the imperial guards who were in charge of imprisonment outside the camp.Although the Dingyuan army failed to wait for their coach, but now they finally waited for Lu Zheyu.

I don't know who took the lead and shouted "See General Lu", and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted together.

The soldiers of the Dingyuanhou's Mansion recognized their masters, but not their military talismans.

Lu Zheyu looked back at Chu Heng, and said: "There are many forbidden troops in the city, and Ah Jing has never led soldiers. I don't trust him. You bring 3000 troops and go to meet him quickly."

Chu Heng clasped his fists and bowed: "This subordinate obeys orders."

Then Lu Zheyu raised his voice and ordered: "The generals of the whole army obey the order, and 3000 people enter the city to unite with the Xiao family army and fight against the forbidden army. It is forbidden to rob houses and injure innocent people, and those who violate the order will be executed. The rest of them, follow me into the palace."

"Yes!"

There was another shout like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Chu Heng led the one thousand Xiao family army and the three thousand Dingyuan army first, and Lu Zheyu went straight to the palace with the rest.

Shi Yunjing learned a lot about the art of war, but he had never personally led troops.If Emperor Cheng'an hadn't been suppressing everywhere in the past, Xiao Hanxu would have taken Shi Yunjing to the battlefield long ago, but it's a pity that Shi Ningcheng couldn't have given him any chance to make military exploits.

Shi Yunjing's quiver had run out of arrows, and the crossbow in his hand had become a decoration.He could only draw out his long sword and fight with the imperial army.Several guards around him had to divide their minds to protect the master, but if they were distracted, it would be difficult to fight against the imperial army, and injuries were inevitable.The long sword in Shi Yunjing's hand had already drank a lot of blood, and now the hand holding the sword became more and more numb.

"Your Highness, it's not good. A fire broke out in a folk alley in the east. Judging by the posture, it has already begun to spread!" A Xiao family soldier came on horseback and quickly reported to Shi Yunjing.

Shi Yunjing frowned, in the middle of the night, the people are all staying at home, who would set fire?

Although it was hard to see clearly in the night, the smell of fire could indeed be faintly smelled in the air.Shi Yunjing regained his composure, and quickly ordered: "There are many people in the city, don't hurt innocent people, first lead people to put out the fire."

The Xiao family army was a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, there are too many forbidden troops in the city. We are already invincible. If we send out more people to fight the fire, I'm afraid..."

"Then look at the current situation, when the fire spreads, can we beat the imperial army?" Shi Yunjing changed his usual foolish appearance, and snapped.

"The last general obeys the order!" The Xiao family army hurriedly took the order, rode away, and led his men to put out the fire.

The sound of weapons colliding suddenly came from behind, which was extremely ear-piercing. When Shi Yunjing looked back, he saw that it was a forbidden soldier who wanted to sneak attack, but was stopped by the soldiers around him, and then the soldier killed him with a long knife.

Shi Yunjing stabbed out with his long sword and beheaded the imperial army, but at this moment, someone came from behind with a knife. When Shi Yunjing realized it, it was too late to dodge, and in the blink of an eye, "咻咻" came from his ear. With a bang, a feathered arrow flew over and pierced the arm of the guard holding the knife. The long knife missed its aim and drew a bloodstain on Shi Yunjing's right shoulder blade.Shi Yunjing endured the pain and stabbed out with the sword, the man fell off the horse and died on the spot.

There was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, Shi Yunjing looked up, but at the end of the long street, Chu Heng led the army to come, and seeing the clothes of the soldiers, they were from the Dingyuan Army.

Chu Heng threw a quiver full of short arrows to Shi Yunjing, cupped his fists and saluted: "Your Highness, forgive me, this subordinate is late."

"It's just in time." Shi Yunjing caught the quiver, took an arrow and put it into the crossbow, and said, "The alley in the south is on fire, most likely there are thieves taking advantage of the chaos, take someone to have a look."

Chu Heng showed hesitation: "His Highness's injury..."

Shi Yunjing subconsciously turned his head to look at the wound, but the wound was on the back and he couldn't see it. He waved his hand and said, "It's just a small wound, it doesn't matter, you go quickly."

"Yes!"

Chu Heng was about to turn his horse's head, when Yun Jing seemed to think of something again, and stopped him: "Wait, where is Zhe Yu?"

"Young Master Lu has led an army into the palace, and most of them are now at the south gate."

Shi Yunjing waved his hand to let him go, leaving only thousands of Dingyuan troops to fight with the Imperial Army.

When the day was about to break, Yecheng finally gradually calmed down. There were corpses lying all over the place in the alley. Fortunately, the fire in the south alley was controlled in time, and it did not spread, leaving only wisps of white smoke.

Shi Yunjing was riding on a horse, his face was covered with blood, and dozens of fine cavalry from the Dingyuan Army were guarding him. Shi Yunjing let out a long breath, looked up at them, and said: "Everyone has worked hard. Your master I am still fighting against the Imperial Army in the palace, are you willing to follow me to help?"

The group of elite knights looked at each other, and the leader clasped his fists and saluted: "The general has an order, and I have been ordered to follow His Highness Six's orders. Now I will be at the mercy of His Highness."

"Okay." Shi Yunjing put the long sword back into the sheath, and wiped the blood on his face. "The Dingyuan army obeys the order and follows me into the palace."

"Yes!"

Thousands of soldiers and horses galloped away with Shi Yunjing, stirring up dust all the way.

……

The situation in the palace is no better than in the city.Before dawn, Lu Zheyu led the army to break through the gate of the palace, but the Dingyuan army led by him had lost part of its combat power after a night of fighting, but now the forbidden army in the palace is in full swing.Lu Zheyu was not fully sure that he would win.

If this battle cannot be won, then neither he nor Shi Yunjing, Dingyuan Army or Xiao Family Army will have a way out.

The arrow is on the string, and it's just a desperate fight.It's not like he hasn't experienced a battlefield more difficult than this.

The sounds of weapons colliding and blades piercing into flesh are all around my ears, wave after wave of imperial troops, and I don't know when the killing will end.

Lu Zheyu's hand holding the sword has become numb, and now he fights by instinct.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes, and Lu Zheyu looked back, only to see that the leader of the army was Shi Yunjing.

"A Jing—"

Lu Zheyu couldn't help calling out.

Shi Yunjing rode his horse and came running, holding the reins in one hand, and pressing the crossbow mechanism with the other, the short arrow flew out, hitting the two imperial guards behind Lu Zheyu.

"Are you okay?" Shi Yunjing asked.

"It's okay." Lu Zheyu came back to his senses and said, "How is the situation in the city now?"

"It's all settled." Shi Yunjing looked at him, with the corners of his lips lightly drawn, "How about it, should General Lu praise me?"

Lu Zheyu smiled, and wanted to rub his head as usual, but both of them were riding on horseback, and the distance was too far to reach.Lu Zheyu could only open his mouth and say: "A Jing has a general talent, given time, he will become a great weapon." He paused, and then said, "How about boasting like this?"

Shi Yunjing bent her eyes and smiled, leaped forward, straddled Lu Zheyu's horse, and wrapped his arms around Lu Zheyu's waist.

Lu Zheyu frowned, and from time to time he had to be wary of someone sneaking up beside him: "What are you doing?"

Shi Yunjing held Lu Zheyu's wrist, put his palm on top of her head, and smiled at him: "I know you want to rub me."

The familiar touch came from the palm, and Lu Zheyu's heart warmed up.

Shi Yunjing always paid attention to his appearance, after a night of fighting, his hair was already disheveled, and his face was still stained with blood. Lu Zheyu put down his hands and said, "Be obedient, let's settle the matter before us."

Shi Yunjing nodded obediently, and smiled, his appearance at this time was completely different from that of him who was fighting with people in the lane just now.

***

After all, the forbidden army in the palace lost to the battle-tested soldiers, and when Shi Yunjing led troops to support them, the forbidden army was defeated immediately, and the palace garden was full of corpses, like a Shura field.

Shi Yunjing wiped someone's blood on his face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and fixedly looked at the main entrance of Bixiao Palace in front of him.

The few imperial guards left at the gate held their knives and stared covetously at the two riders in front of them and the dozens of fine riders behind them, as if they were always ready to fight.

Shi Yunjing said: "If you are sensible, get out of the way. There are not a few corpses in the palace, not many of you."

Those forbidden soldiers looked at each other, then at the two men on horseback in front of them and the Dingyuan army behind them, finally threw away the weapons in their hands and voluntarily moved out of the way.

Shi Yunjing looked at the person beside him, and calmed down: "I'll go in by myself, you wait for me outside."

Lu Zheyu glanced at the closed palace gate, then turned to tell the soldiers behind him: "Protect Your Highness Six."

"Yes!"

Shi Yunjing got off the horse, held the sword, climbed up the steps, and stepped into the Bixiao Palace step by step.

The door of the palace was pushed open. At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and his figure was stretched very long, extending all the way to the resplendent and magnificent wall.

Emperor Chongde coughed a few times, looked up weakly at the person coming, but against the light and shadow, it was really difficult for him to see the face of the person in front of him clearly.

When the man approached, Emperor Chongde said in a hoarse voice, "Are you from Chu?"

Shi Yunjing said: "Your Majesty, you know that half a year ago, the Dingyuan Army invaded the Chu Palace in this way, forcing Shi Ningcheng to return the six border cities and cede the thirteen cities in the northwest."

Emperor Chongde asked, "What is your relationship with Shi Ningsheng?"

Shi Yunjing frowned slightly: "The late Empress Wende is my biological mother."

"Sixth Prince, Shi Yunjing." Emperor Chongde sneered. "You are more promising than your father."

Shi Yunjing stared at him and said, "The emperor of the Chen Kingdom is not as good as one term."

Hearing what he said, Emperor Chongde was not angry, but laughed at himself: "You are right. But if I have a brother, it is not my turn to sit on the throne." Having said that, he raised his head and looked at At that time, Yun Jing's self-deprecating expression changed to mocking others: "So, it's really hard for me to understand those of you who fight to the death for the throne."

"Do you think this king cares about this throne? If it weren't for Shi Ningcheng, the Xiao family would not have rebelled. As for you—" Shi Yunjing sneered. "If it weren't for you worrying about the rebellion of the Dingyuan army every day..."

Speaking of this, Shi Yunjing approached Emperor Chongde step by step with a sword in his hand, and said: "The Dingyuan army has been loyal ministers and good generals for generations, but you favor treacherous ministers and get close to villains, which is an unforgivable crime."

Shi Yunjing's long sword pointed directly at Emperor Chongde, and looked at him coldly.

Emperor Chongde looked at the cold light shining on the sword, and he said silently: "Impossible, the Dingyuanhou's mansion has long wanted to rebel. Otherwise, why did Lu Zheyu station/army in Lizhou? Nothing? Don’t you want to support your troops and stand on your own?”

Shi Yunjing didn't speak, and a guard behind him threw three gold forging scrolls and a waist card in front of Emperor Chongde.

"Look at what this is?" Shi Yunjing said coldly, "All your imperial edicts were intercepted by Han Qing's people. He colluded with the dead men's organization to frame Zhongliang, but you were always kept in the dark. Faint and incompetent How can you be worthy of being the monarch of the Chen Kingdom?"

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