Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 641 King Wei's Killing Intent

It seemed that at this very moment, the entire capital was surrounded by smoldering smoke and turned into a battlefield for large armies.

Outside the north gate of Kyoto, the loess was crushed and crushed by galloping horseshoes, and then kicked up continuously, turning into a cloud of dust and smoke.Gradually rising, it turned into a cloud of yellow smoke, covering the bright sunlight projected by the rising sun that initially rose above the horizon, making the entire north city gate a bit dark inside and out.

Compared with other forbidden troops, the [-] city defense troops led by Zeng Shangfei who had been switched out of the city obviously had been preparing for a long time.At this time, the [-] troops drove towards the opened north gate at a steady and not slow speed.Everything seemed so silent and fast.The smoke and dust brought up by the horseshoes were rushed by these steeds and blown into the city gate, looking like a yellow dragon with no head or tail.It is constantly struggling to enter the capital, intending to devour those poor mortals.

In the sky full of loess, after Zeng Shangfei, and at the other five side gates on the left and right and the east gate, the big military flags of Pengri, Tianwu, Longwei, Shenwei, Shenyong, Xuanwu, Xiaoqi, etc. are waving in the wind, even in the dusty sky among.Still murderous.They have already got the exact news that King Jin is dead. If they don't show a clear attitude at this time, and don't rush to wipe out the cloud cavalry army under Pan Mei and Li Jilong, then after the new emperor ascends the throne, the new court will be established. In the beginning, not only did they not have a place, but they were also likely to be settled by Qiuhou.After all, although they were not the confidantes of the King of Jin, they once acquiesced that the King of Jin would ascend the throne as emperor.

The sound of horseshoes sounded like thunder on the avenue leading directly to the imperial palace, and Liu Shouzhong led the cavalry cavalry to chase after Pan Mei who had started to flee towards the south gate.It didn't take long for Liu Shouzhong to see Pan Mei's infantry running at the rear.

Seeing that he was about to catch up with Pan Mei's infantry, Liu Shouzhong drew out the long knife in his hand and shouted: "His Royal Highness Wei Wang has an order! King Jin and Pan Mei murdered the king and rebelled, pigs and dogs are not as good as pigs and dogs. Anyone who has Song Guoerlang, Everyone can rise up and attack...kill!"

As soon as the military order came out, the [-] cavalrymen of the Wucai Army sped up again and charged towards the infantry under Pan Mei's command who were running at the rear.Before Liu Shouzhong led the army to attack the imperial city, many soldiers were at a loss. Now, after hearing what the general said, they successfully overcome the most critical morale problem in all the battlefields where they suddenly attack the friendly army and turn against them. They are very confident. The attack on the infantry under Pan Mei's command began.

What would happen if the fleeing infantry turned their backs to the cavalry? It is conceivable that after a round of charge, the last infantry suffered thousands of casualties. This is because the streets of Kyoto are not wide enough, and the infantry can change lanes and drill alleys at any time. Otherwise, if On the plain, the infantry turned their backs to the cavalry, and with this charge alone, [-] cavalry could defeat [-] infantry.

Pan Mei knew very well that given the size of Kyoto, before the [-] infantrymen under his command escaped from the city, he would soon be overtaken by [-] cavalrymen from the Wucai Army. He is looking for death, but he has no choice at this time, because there are [-] to [-] troops following the [-] cavalry troops, and he dare not stop and fight a battle head-on. It will only wipe out the entire army, and the most important thing is that I will also lose the chance to escape.

Therefore, at this time, he only brought five hundred personal soldiers with horses and two thousand cavalry left by Li Jilong to rush towards the south gate desperately, and even deliberately issued several orders to let ten thousand infantry delay him behind. time.

In fact, Liu Shouzhong did not let all the [-] cavalrymen go after Pan Mei's infantry, but after the [-] infantry were defeated and dispersed in the First World War, he asked the deputy capital commander to lead the [-] cavalry to continue the pursuit.And he personally led the [-] heavy cavalry to stop and turn around, and headed for the imperial city - he had more important things to do.

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A few days ago, there were naturally more than two people who disappeared with Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Pu, and there were more than 200 loyal guards beside them.So many people have been hiding in Kaifeng for many days without being discovered by Zhao Guangyi, Xu Fangyi and others. From this point, it can be seen that Zhao Pu still has a lot of power and strength hidden in the capital, whether in the court or among the people.

When the news of Zhao Guangyi's death came, Zhao Pu wanted to take Zhao Dezhao straight to the imperial city and take the lead.But the latter was afraid in his heart and dared not take any risks.Until I got the news——Pan Mei has led the rebels to flee to the south gate, which is far away from the imperial city.Zhao Dezhao rushed to the imperial city surrounded by all the guards after Zhao Pu persuaded him.

At this moment, what Zhao Pu is most worried about is that Ye Chen and the little prince Zhao Defang have entered the imperial city, rescued more than 50 ministers who were imprisoned by King Jin, and won the allegiance of a forbidden army.In that case, even though Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao has the advantages of being the eldest son and being an adult compared to the little prince, there will still be many variables, not to mention the support of a terrifying figure like Ye Chen, plus the possibility of saving the lives of more than 50 ministers. Well, the variables will be even greater.

Fortunately, when Zhao Pu and Zhao Dezhao rushed to the imperial city, they did not see Ye Chen and the little prince.After Pan Mei led the army away, Bai Canghai, Lian Jicheng, Duo Luoduo, Shui'er and more than 20 surviving master assassins hurriedly protected Song Empress and the little prince along the retreat route they had arranged in advance. The underground passage in the small courtyard deep in the alley led all the way to the Xiangfu Palace. Most of the more than 20 people who survived were injured. The ghost doctor and Yu Qingyan began to treat these people.Ye Chen first went to Dali Temple and rescued Li Junhao easily. Ye Chen was worried about the safety of his family, so the two returned to Ye Mansion earlier.

At this time, the piles of dead bodies inside and outside the imperial city were shocking. He had never been on a battlefield. Zhao Dezhao, who had seen such a scene, could not help but vomit several times. Can't hold on.

Before these corpses were cleaned up, neither in the imperial city nor on the square in front of the imperial city, there was no place to stay. Therefore, Zhao Pu took Zhao Dezhao to the imperial city. At this time, Xuesha and Wang Jien had already brought a group of King Jin's guards took King Jin's body and escaped, but they didn't know if they hid it somewhere in the capital, or they escaped from the capital while taking advantage of the chaos.

Reminded by Zhao Pu, Zhao Dezhao first took two hundred guards to personally rescue Xue Juzheng, Lu Yuqing and more than 50 ministers who were imprisoned in the prison, and sent someone to rescue Cao Bin, who was under house arrest by King Jin. , Luo Gongming, and Zhao Guangmei also received the imperial city.The most important thing is that in the name of King Wei, Zhao Pu has sent people to order the commanders of all the forbidden troops who led the army into the city - half of the troops came to the imperial city to return to their orders, and the other half of the troops continued to chase and kill the rebels, but they were not allowed to leave Kyoto hundred miles.

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Even though there were only [-] cavalrymen in the military cavalry army who continued to chase the rebels, but because their morale was high and there were a large number of reinforcements behind them, they attacked a group of infantry who were not commanded by generals and only cared about escaping. Don't worry, because the rebels at this time only want to escape, and don't have much fighting spirit.

In the shadow of smoke and dust in the distance, Pan Mei's big flag with the word 'Pan' written on it could be faintly seen, rapidly approaching the south gate.And all the way behind him, it has become a Shura field, [-] infantrymen, except for a few more clever ones, ran into the alleys, found a place to hide, and even took off their military uniforms and armors, climbed over the wall and entered the houses Except for the soldiers, more than half of them had already been killed by the cavalry army and other forbidden troops who had caught up, or surrendered on their knees.Of course, there were also generals who knew that surrender was useless after they had participated in the rebellion and regicide, so they led their soldiers to fight desperately in an attempt to find a way out.

In short, the scene was very chaotic. While fleeing, the remaining infantry turned into countless small battle groups under the leadership of low-ranking generals, and fought with the chasing cavalry and other imperial cavalry.

Along the line from the imperial city to the south gate, battles are happening all the way, people are dying and screaming, the autumn sun hangs high in the sky, and finally penetrates the clouds and mists above Kaifeng City, illuminating everything clearly.There was blood all over the ground, especially the Jinshui River near the imperial city. The blood had seeped into the river, and many dead and wounded soldiers also fell into the river. Some infantry under Pan Mei's command who hadn't died were soaked by the cold water of the moat. .After waking up, he was unable to struggle to get ashore, struggling helplessly, and sank down to the river.It looks like there are countless water ghosts in the Jinshui River, pulling their ankles.

Hunt and be hunted, kill and be killed.Arrow feathers flew wildly, knives and guns came out fiercely, and war horses charged.The whole of Kyoto began to tremble.Knowing that today is bound to face a turmoil and bloodbath that has never been seen since the founding of the Song Dynasty 14 years ago.

After receiving Wei Wangzhao's order, all the commanders of the forbidden army hesitated for a while, and finally chose to obey Wei Wang's order, let the deputy capital commander lead half of the army to continue chasing and killing the rebels, and gathered the other half of the army to go to the imperial city. King Wei.

The late emperor had two sons. If the little prince Zhao Defang had grown up and had such a terrifying and powerful figure as Xiangfu Wang Yechen backing him, even if Zhao Defang was not the eldest son of the emperor, many people would think that there would not be much suspense about who would be the emperor.To put it simply, anyone who doesn't want to die will choose the little prince Zhao Defang who Ye Chen fully supports.Unfortunately, Zhao Defang is not of age.

Specifically, the little prince is only 14 years old after all, and he doesn't have any deeds or prestige that can be shown.On the other hand, the king of Wei, who has become a king and is an adult, has some prestige brought about by the deeds of raising food in Jianghuai the year before.Comparing the two, if Ye Chen doesn't want to bloodbath and assassinate the entire court, it will be difficult to change the direction of the court.Therefore, it was not wrong for these generals of the imperial army to choose to listen to the king of Wei at this time and return to the imperial city.

(End of this chapter)