Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 164 Good News
Bauhinia Pass.

The pass at night seemed extremely quiet.

Every not far away on the city wall, a lantern will be lit. Looking down from the city, you can see clearly, but looking up from the bottom, you can only see a piece of darkness.

In the dark place between the two lanterns, Wang Wen stared blankly at the Yexian camp in the distance. Behind him, Ren Li, Liu Shen, and more than a dozen generals, all in full armor, stood solemnly.

But if you are interested, you will find that Tao Jin, the deputy commander of Zijing Pass, is not here.

These people just stood on the city wall, without exception, looking into the distance, standing silently, without making a sound.

Under the heavy night, such a group of people seemed like sculptures, motionless in the icy cold wind, half of their faces were reflected by the lights, and half of their faces were hidden in darkness, which looked a little weird.

The Wala Camp is a full five miles away from the Zijing Pass. No matter how good a person's eyesight is, he can only see a small dot at most.

Suddenly, a dark hill somewhere in the distance became a little brighter, and it was obvious that it was on fire.

The whirring sound of the wind blowing his robes sounded, and Wang Wen, who was motionless like a wood carving, had a smile on the corner of his mouth, his lips moved slightly, and asked softly.

"At this time, Shen Mu should have been captured by them, right?"

There was a slight clash of armor, and the answer was Liu Shen, the commander of the capital, said.

"Yes, according to the plan, at this time, Shen Mu should have disclosed the news of the fall of Yanghekou to Yexian. The fire is the signal we agreed upon."

Wang Wenwei nodded incredulously, and continued to ask.

"How is Tao Jin's arrangement going?"

"One hour ago, Tao Zongbing sent news that he led 5000 elite soldiers and set up an ambush outside the city of Yuzhou, and the preparations are ready."

So Wang Wen turned his eyes to Ren Li who was at the side, his face was still extremely cold under the light.

As if feeling Wang Wen's gaze, Ren Li snorted softly and said.

"Liu Shen!"

"exist!"

"Order you to lead five thousand cavalry as the left forward. After half an hour, follow me to attack the camp."

"Yes!"

"Xu Ping!"

"exist!"

"Order you to lead five thousand infantry as the rear guard of the army. After half an hour, you will go to battle with this general!"

"Yes!"

There were bursts of sonorous and powerful sounds, as if breathing life into the ancient pass of Zijing Pass.

With the sound of armor colliding, the originally full city wall suddenly became empty, leaving only Wang Wen and Ren Li.

The flames in the distance became more and more prosperous and tended to spread.

After a while, Wang Wen spoke softly.

"This battle must be won, please be the commander-in-chief."

Ren Li's face was as dark as ever. Ever since the imperial court issued an order to reprimand the two of them, but in fact, even Wang Wen's Wang Ming flag had not been taken back, Ren Li was like this. It's like giving him 10 taels of silver.

Hearing this, Ren Li glanced at Wang Wen and said coldly.

"You don't need to worry about Mr. Wang. Hmph, the flag of Wang Ming, it's not like you can't go to the battlefield or fight..."

Ren Li lowered his voice slightly for the last sentence, but there were only the two of them here, how could Wang Wen not hear it.

But he was not angry, instead he spoke lightly.

"The civil servants and military generals each perform their own duties. If the old man is required to go to war, you will be the commander-in-chief. There is no need for you to exist."

"you!"

Ren Li was so choked by his words that he couldn't breathe, he snorted coldly, and if he didn't spend more time talking with him, he turned around and was about to walk away.

However, at this moment, Wang Wen's voice sounded from behind him.

"After this battle, Ren Zongbing must be promoted to a noble, and he will be a person in power in the line of his relatives."

"The so-called blooming brocade, the fire cooking oil, the wealth and title are hard to come by, I hope that Ren Zongbing will not choose the wrong path!"

Ren Li froze, but in the end he went straight down the city wall without saying anything.

The icy cold wind blew the robe, and it seemed that scattered snowflakes began to float in the sky again.

Looking at Ren Li's disappearing figure, Wang Wen heaved a long sigh.

Immediately, his expression returned to his usual indifference, and he stared fixedly at the distant fire, which spread like a prairie fire.

…………

The morning sun shines on the earth, and the majestic city of the capital is gradually waking up.

The closed city gate was slowly opened, and there were gradually many vendors and pedestrians coming and going on the street.

Just a few days ago, the martial law of the nine gates was finally lifted in the capital, and the common people heaved a long sigh of relief.

Some time ago, the officers and soldiers dug trenches and strictly checked access, but the common people were frightened.

All kinds of rumors were rampant, some said that the imperial court was planning to move the capital, some said that captives and spies had sneaked into the capital, and some said that captives were about to attack the capital.

It made people panic.

Now that the state of martial law is lifted, most of the common people feel at ease.

It's just that the strength of the nine-door interrogation is still stricter than before, and the wide horse refusal posts are still in place, without any intention of dismantling them. Frowning, sighing.

Zhengyangmen, as the south gate of the capital city, although it does not belong to the imperial city, it also has special significance in the capital city.

Going in from Zhengyang Gate, you will find the main gate of the imperial city, Daming Gate.

Because it is the closest to the imperial city, Zhengyang Gate is also the city gate where officials come and go the most.

Although there is no explicit prohibition, ordinary people with small arms and legs are always afraid of accidentally bumping into nobles, so they consciously enter and exit from Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen on both sides.

Therefore, compared with other city gates, Zhengyang Gate is much deserted.

Early in the morning, Zheng Erwa, the guard guarding the city, was a little listless.

The capital city has been conducting strict investigations these days, and finally there was not much investigation in the past two days, so Zheng Erwa sneaked away to the small courtyard in the next street to vent the fire.

As a result, I was tossing all night, and I was listless on duty.

After saying hello to the two brothers who were on duty with her, Zheng Erwa hid on the edge of the city wall, thinking about squinting for a while.

Anyway, the people who come in and out of Zhengyang Gate are all officials, and there is nothing to investigate, and no one dares to make trouble in this place!
However, he had just sat down against the city wall, without closing his eyes for a moment, when he heard the sound of galloping horseshoes in the distance.

Zheng Erwa was originally from the frontier army, and she could tell at once that this was coming on horseback, and the number of them was no less than 50.

The sun is really coming out from the west today, how dare someone gallop here at Zhengyangmen?

Zheng Erwa opened her eyes, but she still didn't see what was going on.

Then he felt a whistling sound from his ears, and the team rushed into Zhengyang Gate without stopping.

The horse refusal posts that were originally placed at the gate of the city had been removed at some point.

It has just snowed in the past few days, the ground is very muddy, and the group of people galloped so fast, Zheng Erwa was accidentally splashed with mud all over her body.

He said unlucky to himself, and set his sights on the group of arrogant horse-riding people. He wanted to see who was so bold.

Looking up, it was a group of cavalry, dressed in armor, and the leader had a bright red long feather on his helmet, showing their identity.

At the same time, following the sound of galloping horses, several members of the cavalry team shouted loudly.

"Bauhinia pass urgent report, our army has won a great victory, wiped out five thousand enemies, and shot and killed the enemy chieftain Yan Timur!"

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