Looking at the thick dark clouds floating in the sky, Lao Yan squinted his eyes, raised his hands to cover his eyebrows, looked carefully for a while, and then sighed: "Oh, it seems that the sky is about to change."
Then, he glanced at his subordinates around him. Just now the Commander came over to make an inspection, and left very satisfied.
Right now... I guess the central square must be very lively. Lao Yan couldn't help standing on tiptoe, looking far away at the end of the long street and the location of the central square. There was faint noise and exclamations from the wind, and shouts...
Lao Yan and his subordinates belonged to the "Emperor Capital Guard Corps", known as the most elite in the entire empire. But Lao Yan and his subordinates are not under the jurisdiction of the Guards Legion. Although the designation of him and his troops belonged to the Royal Guards, according to the historical practice of the empire, they only accepted the orders of His Majesty the Emperor alone! Because they are carefully selected, with clean net worth, and the information of three generations of ancestors has been investigated clearly.
Compared with other members of the Royal Guards Legion, Lao Yan's salary is twice as high as that of officers of the same rank in the Guards Legion, and even the feed for the horses is first-class. At the same time, priority is given to changing equipment every year, as well as various royal rewards. Such generous conditions are to ensure the absolute loyalty of this army to the emperor himself!
Because, they are the so-called "Royal Forest Army", an army dedicated to guarding the imperial palace.
There are still a large number of royal city guards on the streets behind them. It's really strange today, a special order came down, and the Wangcheng Guards replaced the security department's responsibility for maintaining order. But Lao Yan wouldn't bother with these things. Just wait until today is over. Then the busy time during this period can come to an end. According to the management, after the celebration every year, His Majesty will give a lot of rewards in the Imperial Forest Army. If you are lucky, you may even get a noble title.
Lao Yan carefully considered his qualifications. He was born in a small noble family, and because he was not the eldest son, he did not have a noble title. He has served in the imperial army for twelve years. But only became a captain. If you are lucky this time. According to the number of years I have served in the Royal Forest Army, maybe I can be rewarded with the title of "Jazz".
"Your Excellency", what a nice title.
Lao Yan rubbed his numb legs. Fortunately, the sun seems to be blocked by dark clouds... It's so hot today. But it has been standing here like a wooden stake all morning.
But this is already lucky... Lao Yan looked back at a group of real Guards soldiers behind him who were maintaining order. The soldiers were wearing full armor and lined up nervously to maintain order. It blocked the crowds of onlookers coming in waves on both sides of the long street. In such a hot weather, wearing such a heavy armor... It's really pitiful.
However, none of those guys seemed to show dissatisfaction, and everyone looked determined.
Lao Yan couldn't help but wonder: When did those guys from the imperial guards become so powerful? These people are probably newcomers who have recently changed defenses from the Northwest or North Storm Legion, right? Only real soldiers who have experienced in dangerous places have such a flag.
"These poor guys." Lao Yan curled his lips in disdain. Although they also belonged to the number of the Guards, the Imperial Forest Army never looked down on those City Guards. Because after all, I am the identity of guarding the palace! And from the point of view of equipment, they are much more beautiful than those city guards. Although it is also the armor of the Guards. But today the imperial guards are wearing light armor with dignity. The sharp armor looks as if it has been plated with silver, which looks very chic. The clothes with inner lining are all specially made by the clothes and spinning in the palace. A straight neckline, plus a specially dyed golden feather inserted on the helmet - you know, just to dye the helmets of all the guardsmen with golden feathers, the Royal Dyeing Workshop has started working at full capacity Three days and three nights!
The breeze blows. The golden feather swayed slightly, and the cloak fluttered behind him... Lao Yan had already clearly noticed that among the surrounding crowd, many girls with blushing faces looked at him many times from time to time.
Although... such a specially made armor, in the eyes of a veteran like Lao Yan, is really a bit flashy. The thin silver armor is not really plated with silver, but a layer of dyeing made at the cost of thinning the thickness of the armor, such an armor. It is not so much a protective effect as it is purely for good looks. With such a thin layer, Lao Yan suspects that a long sword standard equipped with the imperial army can easily pierce through it!
But... never mind! Anyway, wearing this thing today is not for fighting, but for looking good.
Yes, that's right! For good looks!
Lao Yan got up his spirits, behind him were Fang Zheng from the four brigades of the Royal Forest Army, waiting for orders. The completely new Habayashi Army in the place where Laoyan is located is the final highlight of today's military parade.
This is a small square located two kilometers to the left of the central square under the Imperial Palace. To say it is small is only relative to the huge central square.
This square is called Victory Square, and it is also one of the three major squares in the imperial capital. According to the arrangement, for today's celebration parade ceremony, all the teams preparing for the parade will gather in this Victory Square, and then wait for orders, and then go up wave after wave.
In front of the Imperial Forest Army where Lao Yan is located, there is also a thousand-man infantry phalanx, but it belongs to the Royal City Guards. As the garrison army of the imperial capital, the military parade of the Imperial City Guards ranks in front of the Royal Forest Army, which is the second last of all the troops. This ranking is already very important.
Lao Yan looked at the murderous equipment of the guards, and couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, why are they wearing standard combat equipment... Well, they even brought bows and arrows... Yi? They are also equipped with short crossbows? I God, these odds and ends, plus such a heavy armor, aren't you tired? It's not like going to war... "
And behind the Imperial Forest Army where Lao Yan is located, closely lined up, is a folk parade square.
According to tradition, in order to celebrate the summer festival day, the eighteen largest chambers of commerce in the imperial capital will jointly organize a parade. This is also the best stage for the chambers of commerce to show their strength. The funniest, fanciest parade floats come…
Well, the float of the Solomon family won the first guess last year! I remember last year, the Solomon family came up with an idea ingeniously. They made a series of floats as big as an opera stage, with a platform on them, and then let the actors wear performance costumes, and the floats paraded all the way. The actors on the stage All the way, they performed a short temporary repertoire. There are places praising the great achievements of His Majesty the founding emperor Aragon, and there are places praising the legendary story of the rise of the Augustine family.
However, the most brilliant float last year was the last performance of the story of the great victory in the Northwest War twenty years ago. His Majesty the Emperor was very happy to see that float. It is said that each actor was rewarded with a hundred gold coins.
I don't know what new tricks the Solomon family will come up with this year? The Marquis of Solomon is a friend of His Majesty's when he was young, and he is also in charge of the royal family's property, the chamber of commerce in the imperial capital, he is the number one... Yi? ? ?
Lao Yan was looking back to find Solomon's parade float this year. It was easy to find!
This is already very strange. Because according to the status of the Solomon Family Chamber of Commerce, it should be second to none in the imperial capital. It should be the finale at the end. But the strange thing is that this year's arrangement is different, the floats of the Solomon family are still closely lined up behind the guards - are they actually the first folk floats to appear? This is too disrespectful! Lao Yan sighed inwardly.
What made him even more strange was that this year's team of floats from the Solomon family was a bit too strange!
Good guy!
What a float! In terms of size, each one is actually bigger than those mobile stages last year! It's just that the top is bare, with no decorations at all, not even the most basic flowers and ribbons! It's just such a huge bare piece of wood... well, it's like a big coffin that has been magnified dozens of times!
Bare, dull colors, without any gorgeous place!
This is the float of the Solomon family this year
Lao Yan's eyes widened. These huge coffin-like wooden boxes have a few wheels added underneath... Is the Solomon family planning to push these things to the front for His Majesty to see? hell...
Just as he was thinking wildly, suddenly, in the distance ahead, at the central square under the palace, there was a burst of earth-shattering exclamation! The screams of countless people gathered together and came from a distance, just like the buzzing sound of a swarm of bees flying by!
There was no festive joy and celebration in that voice, but it was full of surprise... even fear!
what happened? Lao Yan subconsciously stood up straight, and the surrounding subordinates also looked at each other in blank dismay. What happened to the central square
But at this moment, the horn sounded loudly from the square!
When Lao Yan heard the sound of the horn, his face suddenly changed slightly... What horn was it blowing
The sound is two long and one short...
hell! This is the charge! What are you doing playing the charge on the celebration day! !
Just as Lao Yan was in a daze, suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation and angry roars in front of the Imperial Forest Army! The scene suddenly became chaotic!
"Killed! Killed!!"
"The guards rebelled!!"
"These people are crazy!!"
The imperial forest army line that was originally neat suddenly became chaotic! Before Lao Yan regained his composure, he suddenly saw the one in the distance ahead, who was making a plan. The phalanx of the Guards, which was lined up in front of the Imperial Forest Army, was ready to be inspected. After hearing the charge, the whole team suddenly turned around in unison!
Heavily armed and murderous guards. It bared its fangs like a poisonous snake. All of a sudden, he pulled out his long sword that had been sharpened, and charged towards the unprepared Imperial Forest Army behind him! !
The two phalanxes just came into contact. Almost caught off guard, the Imperial Forest Army's formation immediately collapsed! Although there are 3,000 of them. There are only a thousand people on the other side...
However, they were unprepared, and even ranked last anyway. After standing for a whole morning, many soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were already distracted, and some even closed their eyes and fell asleep. Suddenly being killed by an enemy who was originally a colleague, many people have not even had time to react, and immediately turned into dead souls under the sword!
Unfortunately, for the sake of "looking good" in simplicity, although the three thousand Imperial Forest Army are all the most powerful and mighty elites carefully selected, the weapons they wear are all ceremonial and delicate. Slender swords, such swords, are usually worn by nobles as decorations... When encountering an enemy, when cut by the standard long sword of the army in the hands of the guards who suddenly came over, they immediately fell Into two parts!
What's even more unfortunate is the "beautiful" armor on the Imperial Forest Army. There is no defensive effect at all! The opponent is obviously also an elite soldier, often swinging a long sword can easily penetrate the armor of the Imperial Forest Army!
The surroundings are already in chaos! Countless onlookers screamed in horror and ran in all directions, and the guards maintaining order seemed to be prepared in advance. It was divided into two waves in an orderly manner, one wave drove the frightened people away like ducks, and the other wave quickly formed a circle around the Imperial Forest Army!
Everything seems to have been carefully prepared!
Corpses have fallen to the ground, and under those beautiful silver armors, they have become lifeless and mutilated bodies! Heads rolled to the ground one after another, the bright red plasma stained the cyan stone pavement red, and the carefully prepared golden long feathers were also stained a piercing red by the blood...
Lao Yan kept retreating along with this turbulent flow. After a short period of confusion, the three thousand Imperial Forest Army were after all carefully selected elites. After suffering heavy casualties, they retreated in an organized manner. Some officers even led everyone to retreat towards the floats of the private chambers of commerce behind them. !
The bows and crossbows equipped by the guards are too powerful to kill the Royal Forest Army. Only with the help of those dragon-like floats behind can we find a favorable terrain to resist!
The imperial forest army has pushed around the long line of floats prepared by the Solomon family behind them. The Guards began to disperse, organized into groups of several people, and slaughtered the remaining Imperial Forest Army to their heart's content!
And Lao Yan had more than a dozen people with him. Just now, he saw his boss, a fourth-level warrior, who was shot through the throat by the opponent and fell to the ground. He also stared at himself with a pair of dead fish eyes.
Lao Yan was completely dumbfounded, and just retreated instinctively. The front is full of screams after the battle, and the blood is everywhere! Lao Yan blocked the opponent's sword just now, but the fancy rapier in his hand was chopped off by the opponent in one stroke. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he might have been hacked to death too!
Just as hundreds of people were surrounding the float of the Solomon family to resist, the last talisman to these poor imperial guards was finally thrown out!
All those "floats" of the Solomon family that were shaped like huge wooden coffins, suddenly on the surface, pieces of wood were opened from the inside, revealing densely packed windows the size of a human head. Immediately, the metal-cold radiance revealed inside... that was the arrow!
Whoosh!
All the floats instantly became life-harvesting killing weapons! Countless sharp arrows shot out from the floats, and the Royal Forest Army who had been relying on the floats to resist was finally destroyed!
The first wave of arrow rain killed almost half of the Imperial Forest Army, and some of the remaining people rushed out with red eyes and died quickly under the chaotic swords, and some simply dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground. Surrender on the ground! It's a pity that the other party doesn't seem to have any plans to keep prisoners, and they often just kneel down. Immediately, he was rushed to the front of the dungeon guard and chopped off his head with a sword!
Scream! There are desperate screams everywhere! Even at the last moment before death, many people still don't understand: why is this! ! What exactly happened here! ±Saliva, sigh, Miyue, drought, lack, ΧJi, Shushu, there are only three people around K left. He just picked up from the ground a sword left by a dungeon guard who died under the Imperial Forest Army. Another two people were cut down, and he shouted loudly: "Run! Run away! How many can run! Hurry up and report! The city guards rebelled! Rebelled!!"
After all, he is an officer, and Lao Yan is a third-level knight. Facing the critical moment of life and death, a faint light erupted from his long sword unexpectedly! That is a sign of breaking through the critical point of martial arts!
Fighting!
A low-level officer, at such a critical moment of life and death, was forced to show desperate fighting spirit, and unexpectedly broke through his own bottleneck, and his martial skills made a leap forward!
However, this was also his misfortune, the other party immediately noticed Lao Yan's fighting spirit. Two formidable warriors in the city guard immediately surrounded him, Lao Yan was one against two, and soon fell into the disadvantaged. In less than a moment, he was hit by two swords, one of which almost knocked him down. The shoulders are pierced!
Lao Yan let out a roar like a beast. With red eyes, he rushed to the samurai who had hurt himself in front of him. The long sword shot out of his hand, and directly plunged into the opponent's throat...
However, at the same moment, he suddenly felt his heart light up!
Looking down, an arrow has pierced his heart, and the black arrow feathers have been stained red by the blood he spewed out. Lao Yan's throat let out a few "cracking" sounds. Grabbing hard with both hands, as if trying to grab something, he finally fell down unwillingly.
Before closing his eyes, a thought suddenly popped up in Lao Yan's mind: Your Excellency Sir...that would be a nice address...
All the boards on the "floats" of Solomon's house were lifted up, and from dozens of floats, a large number of soldiers ran out in a file. These soldiers were uniformly wearing light armor and holding bows and arrows in their hands. . They immediately joined forces with those dungeon guards who were chasing and killing the Imperial Forest Army!
Melee and city guards, archers shoot from behind...
Victory Square has become a killing field!
A year later, when the military counted the details of the coup d'état. The figures on the official materials are recorded like this: 3,000 of the most elite Imperial Forest Army carefully selected, all died in battle under the conditions of comprehensive backward equipment, sneak attack and plot, and the opponent's insidious tactics and other conditions! The city guards who attacked them paid only a price of less than 400 people. Just wiped out this elite imperial forest army of 3,000 people!
Four hundred for three thousand... a terrible ratio!
And on this day, rivers of blood flowed in Victory Square. Blood flowed into the aqueducts of the surrounding imperial capital, making the wells in the area around Victory Square ten days later. You can still see red in the water!
"... Today, I have to get an answer, just today! Bei Lishou is on the horse. His sharp long sword is pointed at Augustine VI. His originally handsome face has an undisguised murderous look!
Augustine VI's hands were trembling, his eyes were gloomy, and his half-closed eyelids were finally fully opened. The supreme ruler of the empire tried his best to stand up, and at this moment, his aura burst out suddenly! Even Du Wei, who was far away from him, could feel the anger in the emperor's heart!
The dark clouds in the sky blocked the sun, and in the distance of the long street. From the direction of Victory Square, there was suddenly a real noise and panic, and the people crowded on the street, like a herd of frightened horses, suddenly fell into chaos!
The news of the massacre in Victory Square has spread through the crowd. At first, some people didn't believe it, but seeing the terrified people rushing all the way from the direction of Victory Square...
And the bursts of majesty brought a strong smell of blood!
Fear, that kind of thing. It quickly spread among the crowd! The first man starts running...then the second, the third...and the thousandth...
Those royal city guards who were originally guarding the streets. Suddenly left his post. Ignoring these chaotic and surging crowds, they assembled quickly, and then formed a phalanx with great experience, heading towards Victory Square. The long sword in his hand cut through everything blocking the way in front of him... people!
Ordinary citizens, businessmen, tourists. At this moment, life lost its value and just became a symbol of those butchers wielding long swords!
On the Victory Square, beside the First Prince, densely packed city guards had already gathered, and the front heavy cavalry was on the ground around him. With the addition of four infantry phalanxes, there are already tens of thousands of troops!
These people firmly surrounded the two sides of the central square. As long as the fleeing people didn't run towards the central square, they didn't care, because their goal was only one: the palace!
And above the Victory Square, the archers ambush by the Solomon family were also quickly in place, thousands of sharp arrows pointed at the imperial city from a distance... His Majesty the Emperor himself!
In the air, something tense is rapidly condensing, and no one knows when this atmosphere will detonate!