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Chapter 319 Horses trample on the Imperial Capital
The Taining Army camp outside Tokyo.

Since Du Ping, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, took over the camp a few days ago, rumors have spread in the camp.

There has been no news from Li Qiong, the commander-in-chief of the Taining Army, for ten days. Some people say that Li Jieshuai was detained in the city by the prince, while others said that Li Jieshuai had been killed by the prince.

Later, the news spread that all the people in King Lu's palace were executed, and the Taining army became even more panic-stricken.

The middle and senior officers in the army all know that their commander and even the six thousand Taining Army have long been labeled as direct descendants of King Lu. If the new prince in the imperial city is so cruel to King Lu's family, then they
The lower-level sergeants may still be able to survive, but officers like them will most likely be purged.

When King Lu led the Jingnan Army back south, the officers seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and they began to communicate in private, hoping to cooperate with King Lu in the incident.

Du Ping, who was responsible for monitoring the camp, naturally noticed the undercurrents within the Taining Army, and immediately on June [-]th, he ordered the imperial army to collect all the weapons and weapons of the Taining Army.

This move is like pouring a bowl of water into a boiling oil pan
On the evening of the [-]th, the Taining army mutinied.

Although the Forbidden Army has a small number of people, it is considered to be the elite of Qi State and has a complete organizational structure; Taining has many soldiers, but they are leaderless.

The two sides can be said to be evenly matched.

Liu Chi, who was stationed in the city, received the news, but he had no way to support his soldiers.

The strength of the imperial army was already stretched thin, and now it was barely enough to suppress the city.

Liu Chi did not sit still and wait for death. Instead, he issued an edict and then sent a group of envoys secretly to the north.

The content of the decree was to summon armies from all over the country to come to King Qin in Beijing to suppress the rebel King Lu.

The envoy went north to the Kingdom of Jin to request the Emperor of Jin to officially canonize Liu Chi as Emperor of Qi.
In a hurry, there was no time to prepare all the generous gifts, but it was written in the certificate of credence that after he ascended the throne, he would present 50 yuan in silk, one million in silver, two princesses, and [-] beauties.
Jin is the father of Qi. If the position of Prince Liu Chi is recognized by his father's country, it will undoubtedly be a great deterrent to King Lu and others.

It's a pity that distant water cannot quench the near thirst. It will take at least several months for this messenger to come and go.

Furthermore, the Jin people were intolerant of the intense heat in the Central Plains, and they had never gone south in summer.

By this time, Liu Chi had naturally noticed the ambition of the Huaibei Army, who was originally regarded as his right-hand man, but he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it.

Even after the fire in Prince Lu's Mansion on the night of the [-]th, Mr. Cai's group and the staff of the Tokyo branch of Sihai Trading Company suddenly disappeared.

Liu Chi, who was extremely short of manpower, did not even have the ability to detach part of the imperial army to search for them.

This was also the reason why he had been asking the Huaibei Army to move closer to Tokyo in the early stage. In the original plan, the Forbidden Army would control the rear party in the city. With nearly [-] Huaibei Army stationed outside the city, even King Lu would not dare to act rashly.

But the actual situation now is that the former is a wolf and the latter is a tiger.

For now, all we can do is delay.

But the furious King Liu Lin of Lu did not give him a chance to delay.

In the early morning of the [-]th, Liu Lin led more than [-] soldiers of the Shanning Guijing Army to arrive outside Tokyo. He immediately supported the Taining Army, which had been fighting in a melee all night.

Liu Lin gathered the remaining 3000 Taining troops, and the two armies totaled more than [-] people, and marched at the east gate of Tokyo City.

The eight thousand forbidden troops in the city could not defend the city wall with a circumference of dozens of miles, so they had to use the untrusted Xiang army and urgently recruit some young and strong people to defend the city.

The people were the most confused. The prince in the city said that King Lu outside the city was plotting rebellion; King Lu outside the city said that the third prince in the city had usurped power.

Who is right and who is wrong between these two brothers? How can anyone tell the difference?
They were just afraid of the swords and guns of the imperial army and were driven to the top of the city to help defend the city. The people did not care about who won and who lost. They were only worried that the imperial brothers' rebellion would affect their families in the city.

It is conceivable that there are many loopholes in the city's defense in such a hurry.

Not to mention, some of the generals of the Xiang army were promoted from Qian Shangshu's later parties and had already secretly defected to King Lu.

At [-] o'clock on the [-]th, Liu Lin pretended to attack Hanhui Gate in the east of the city, while Dan Ninggui led the main force to lie in ambush at Jingyang Gate in the north of the city.

In the afternoon, the generals of the Jingyang Gate Army trapped and supervised the imperial guards, and the city gate was opened wide.
Liu Chi originally planned to rely on Xiongcheng for ten days and a half, but unexpectedly, the city was destroyed in half a day.

After King Lu entered the city, a large number of Xiang troops turned against him.

The commander of the Forbidden Army knew that he had no way out, so he had no choice but to fight to the death
The Forbidden Army was mostly filled with experienced border sergeants, and their combat power was better than that of Jingnan, Taining and Xiang troops. However, they were gradually at a disadvantage in the face of an enemy three times their own.

When the battle reached dusk, Li Zhong led more than [-] remaining troops to retreat into the imperial city.

King Lu, who still had ten thousand men, surrounded the imperial city completely.

Like the setting sun, it dyes the long streets, alleys, eaves and brackets in the thick imperial capital golden.

The smoke that usually rose all over the city at this hour has turned into beacon fires rising into the sky.

This scene of people shouting for murder all over the city couldn't help but remind the people of Tokyo of the Dingwei Rebellion more than ten years ago.

Are troubled times coming again?
Some of them were timid and had blackened their children's faces and hid them in rice vats, under wells, and on roof beams. The remaining couple bolted the courtyard door tightly, each holding a wooden stick and a kitchen knife, and guarded behind the door tremblingly. .

With the lessons learned from the last Dingwei Rebellion, they already know that the consequences of being a docile lamb who does not resist is to be slaughtered by others.

Some of the clever ones took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the city with their children and their daughters.

No matter Liu Chi or Liu Lin, neither side has sufficient troops.

After breaking through the outer city, both sides quickly gathered around the imperial city, so that no one was guarding the more than ten city gates.

The killings inside and outside the imperial city shook the sky, and the outer city with its gates open on all sides turned into an undefended vacuum zone.

Fengle Building is the tallest building in Tokyo. Standing on the top floor, you can see the Xuande Gate in the imperial city two miles away.

At this time, there was a faint smell of blood in the Xiaojin Cave, which was rare in the world and reached the pinnacle.

After Liu Lin climbed up the building, he saw several corpses lying scattered around the house. It was the family of Xiang Qiang, the proprietor of Fengle Building.

Xiang Qiang is also Liu Chi’s uncle
Inside the house, Qian Yiannian, who had lost weight in the past few days, had tall cheekbones and a sinister expression, was ordering the sergeant to move the corpses to the street.

It seems that the violent death of Xiang Qiang's family was Qian Shangshu's masterpiece.

After entering the city, this was the first time Liu Lin met Qian Yinian, but on the way there, he heard that his cousin Qian Chengjin had been killed by Liu Chi.

As soon as they met, Liu Lin couldn't help but sigh and called out in a low voice, "Uncle."

With cold eyes, Qian Yiannian heard the sound and looked over. When he saw his nephew arriving, he couldn't help but get a lump in his throat, "Lin'er, Jin'er. He was killed by Liu Chi!"

"My condolences, uncle," Liu Lin comforted in a low voice.

Qian Yiannian's eyes were red, but he turned to look at Xuandemen, who was fighting fiercely two miles away, and said: "Lin'er! Then Liu Jia first killed your cousin, and then killed your whole family, completely disregarding any brotherly feelings. ! After conquering the imperial city, you must not be soft-hearted! This traitor must be cut into pieces!"

The whole family was killed, which was naturally a pain point for Liu Lin. Hearing this, he also looked at the crumbling Xuande Gate and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, don't worry! When the imperial city is destroyed, that's when Concubine Xiang, mother and son died!"

Inside the Imperial City.

It was already the end of the world, with eunuchs and maids running around like headless flies, hoping to escape from the most luxurious prison in Daqi, but all efforts were in vain.

In the southern part of the imperial city, under the heavy reward, the Jingnan army attacked the city and had already reached the top of the city several times.

Seeing that the number of imperial troops guarding the city was getting smaller and smaller, and they were increasingly unable to meet their expectations, Li Zhong ordered his subordinates to enter the imperial city to capture eunuchs to assist in the defense of the city.

It is said that beating a dog depends on the owner. Most of the eunuchs were concentrated in the palaces of the empresses. The rude military men went straight into the inner palace to catch people, which caused a lot of scolding from several nobles.
At this moment, the evil fire in the chests of the lower-level soldiers of the Forbidden Army was suddenly ignited. How do the superiors stand, who do they support, and what does it have to do with them, the top soldiers, commanders, and corps commanders?

If Li Zhongruo wins the bet and becomes king and prime minister in the future, they will be able to make a lot of money!
Seeing that the war situation was unfavorable and the brothers around them were dying one by one, these well-dressed ladies were still so bossy that they could no longer suppress the hostility in their hearts!

Ha, after all, I am going to die, I need to enjoy it before I die!
At the end of Haishi, the Imperial Army took the lead in raping and humiliating concubines and maids in the Ciyuan Hall of the harem. Afterwards, uncontrolled chaos spread rapidly in the harem.

In the middle of the night, the palace was filled with the chaotic footsteps of the imperial guards chasing the maids and concubines, as well as the frightened screams of the women.

Concubine Xiang, who was surrounded by more than ten guards, was temporarily spared and hurriedly escaped from Qingning Palace to Daqing Palace where her son was.

The mother and son met outside the palace gate and said in panic to the imperial concubine: "Chi'er! There is chaos in the palace. Send people to kill those who are causing trouble!"

Liu Chi glanced at his mother, then turned to look at Xuande Gate on the south side, and said with a wry smile: "Mother, where else can I send anyone?"

At this moment, I suddenly saw the shadows and shadows on the south city full of fighting figures. The soldiers of the Forbidden Army rushed to the rear like a tide. Then I heard someone shouting: "The Zuoye Gate is broken, the Zuoye Gate is broken, brothers." Run for your life."

Concubine Xiang was so frightened that she turned pale and murmured to herself: "The city is broken? Impossible! Chi'er, didn't you say that Marquis Lu An would come to help? Where are the others? Where is his army!"

Liu Chi held on to the white marble railing and looked down at the defeated soldiers in the city, silent.Concubine Xiang, who was shaking like chaff, suddenly burst into laughter and shouted towards the defeated soldiers in the distance: "Quick, quick, come and see Your Majesty, His Majesty has ascended the throne."

In the middle of the night, the left gate of the imperial city was broken.

Li Zhong led the remaining few hundred imperial guards to retreat outside the Daqing Palace to make a last stand with King Lu's troops.

After the city was broken, Qian Yinian and the official Xue Shilang led two families with a total of more than a hundred servants to attack Honghuxuan in the palace.

Honghuxuan is the residence of Liu Chi, his wife and children.
When the war reached its peak, King Lu's troops finally wiped out the last bone, Li Zhong's personal guards, and Li Zhong died in the rebellion.

Daqing Hall. This magnificent palace, which is usually used for official meetings and New Year banquets, is brightly lit, but at this moment it is empty with only two people.

A person is sitting on a dragon chair deep in the palace.

The other woman had her hair in a messy bun and was laughing like crazy.

When Liu Lin, who was soaked in blood, walked into the hall, the woman suddenly stepped forward. The soldiers beside him were about to draw their swords, but Liu Lin raised his hand to signal that there was no need to be nervous.

After the woman approached Liu Lin, she clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Are you here to pay homage to His Majesty too? Come on, come and get a discount."

After saying that, he pulled Liu Lin to kneel down to this crazy woman, who else could it be if she wasn't Concubine Xiang.

Liu Lin frowned and pushed Concubine Xiang to the ground with a wave of his hand.

Concubine Xiang couldn't feel the pain, so she rolled over on the ground, kowtowed three times to the man on the dragon throne in the distance, and said joyfully: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The man on the dragon chair is like a clay sculpture, motionless, with no trace of sadness or joy.

After a while, Qian Yiannian, who had gone to Honghuxuan, turned back to Daqing Hall, carrying two bloody human heads on the left and right.
The one on the left is a young and beautiful woman, who is the Crown Princess.

The small one on the right is Liu Ji's son who has just turned two years old.
When Concubine Xiang saw the head in Qian Yinian's hand, she walked forward with a silly smile on her face, hugged her grandson's head and giggled: "My dear grandson, come and salute your father, your father will be the emperor."

Qian Yinian didn't let go, and pulled at the imperial concubine once. Then he saw Qian Yinian's hand tightly grasping his grandson's boy bun. He couldn't help but get angry and shouted angrily from bottom to top: "How bold! This is so bold!" You are the eldest son of the current emperor, how dare you be so rude, I will ask the emperor to kill your entire family!"

Qian Yinian naturally saw that Concubine Xiang was crazy and was too lazy to make love to her. With one look, a guard came forward and stabbed Concubine Xiang in the back of the heart.
I don’t know if she was pretending to be crazy just now, or if this stab made her suddenly wake up. I saw this woman who had planned for her son for many years, climbed a few steps to the dragon throne with difficulty, looked at the young man on the dragon throne with infinite nostalgia, and said with a smile. He used his last bit of strength to shout, "Son, run away."

The guard following behind nailed Concubine Xiang to the main hall with another knife. Concubine Xiang lay on the ground, blood slowly overflowing from under her body, and there was no more sound.

Liu Lin watched all this with an expressionless face, and walked towards the dragon chair, while waving his hand to indicate that the guards did not need to follow.

Liu Lin has been in the army for a long time, and the weak Liu Chi is far from his opponent, and the latter cannot hurt him.

The two brothers were separated by a long hall of thirty or forty steps, but Liu Lin walked nearly a hundred breaths.

When there were less than three steps between the two of them, Liu Lin stopped and looked at the calm-looking third brother.

"Third brother, I only ask you, why did you want to harm my wife and children? Those are your sister-in-law and nephew."

Liu Lin spoke slowly and in a calm tone, but he still couldn't help but tremble when he mentioned 'sister-in-law and nephew'.

Liu Chi looked at the little head in the distance that had been thrown to the ground by Qian Yiannian. His expression of sadness could no longer be concealed, and he only said: "Brother, if I say that the murderer of my sister-in-law and nephew is not me, you Believable?"

Liu Lin was silent for a moment, but then said: "I will investigate this matter, but right now, besides you, you are more important to me."

After another long period of silence, Liu Chi nodded in agreement. Regardless of whether there is evidence or not, as long as Liu Chi dies, he will be found guilty of killing his father and usurping the throne.

So it's important to get rid of Liu Chi, or in other words, it's important to Liu Lin to get rid of this rival for the throne.

"Go ahead"

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Chi seemed to have something else to say, but Liu Lin quickly took action and inserted a short sword of about a foot straight into Liu Chi's chest.

The two faced each other. After Liu Chi was stabbed, his vitality quickly disappeared. He involuntarily fell forward, just leaning on Liu Lin's body.
With the last bit of strength, Liu Jia shivered and stuffed the small wooden horse he held tightly into Liu Lin's hand.

Perhaps because it had been played with frequently, this little wooden horse was coated with a layer of warm and moist paste from grease, but now it was covered in bright red blood.

Under the bright lights, Liu Lin paused.
This little wooden horse was carved for Liu Chi by his elder brother, Liu Lin, when they were young.

At that time, their father was just an official of Zhou State.

At that time, although Qian, as the royal wife, was dissatisfied with her father's doting on Aunt Xiang, she never treated Aunt Xiang, mother and son harshly.

The two of them can be considered brothers and sisters.
When did the two gradually become incompatible?

While Liu Lin was thinking, Liu Chi, who was coughing up blood, tightly grasped his brother's clothes and said the last words of his life, "Brother, be careful of Lu Anhou. He is planning to conquer our family!"

Night, late at night.

got windy.

Liu Lin, accompanied by Dan Ninggui, Qian Yinian and others, boarded the blood-stained Xuande Tower at the south gate of the imperial city.

Dan Ninggui and Hubu Shangshu Zhai Desheng were discussing Liu Lin's ascension to the throne in a low voice, and their excitement was palpable.

Also, although the losses were heavy tonight, the battle was decisive for Daqi.

These Conglong heroes have a bright future ahead of them.

Liu Lin was not as happy as he imagined.

Based on this, overlooking the whole city, there are still sporadic resistances, and I think they can be put down before dawn.

However, the bad habits of the officers and soldiers after the war also appeared in the city.

I saw groups of officers and soldiers randomly knocking on people's houses, provoking provocations and extorting money in the name of hunting down rebels.

"Commander Shan, please just order the soldiers to stop and don't make too much trouble," Liu Lin ordered.

"Yes!"

Dan Ninggui responded, but he still stood where he was and did not send anyone to stop him.

After Liu Lin said this, he seemed to have regained his peace of mind and remained silent.

This is a rule. After a fierce battle, the soldiers always need to find some money and relax.

Disorder is always the state that causes the greatest harm to the people.

Because this is an imperial capital, they have restrained themselves a lot.

In the midst of silence, a vague 'dah-dah' sound suddenly carried into Xuande Tower in the night wind from the south.

Dan Ninggui and Liu Lin had been in the army for a long time, and they knew immediately when they heard it that it was the sound made by horse hooves stepping on the long stone street.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, there must be a lot of people there.

The two of them looked at each other in shock and confusion. Before Dan Ninggui could give the order to gather the troops quickly, they saw a large number of Jingnan Army sergeants fleeing from the south and were extorting money from the city.

A swarm of bees came running north.

A moment later, groups of silent knights were seen advancing at a steady speed down the long street. Seeing the fleeing Jingnan Army, they raised their swords and dropped them.

This group of knights also wore Qi military uniforms, but with an extra red scarf tied around their necks.

To distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

At the front of the team, a person held a large black flag with the word 'wuhe' written on it, almost blending into the rich night.

June seventeenth.

During the Chou hour, the vanguard of the Huaibei Army entered the capital at the order of the Prince to Qin the King!

　I’ll finish the chapter later, so I’ll try to post it before 12 o’clock!
　　
　
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