The palace lantern hanging under the eaves of Yongxin Palace swayed unsteadily in the wind and rain. The golden tassels on the lamp were tangled and messy, and the dark red light flickered in the glass lampshade, as if that bit of brightness was about to fly away with the wind.
After listening to Han Sa's words, Xia Chu knew that the situation was serious. He remained silent all the way and hurried to Yongxin Palace.
When Xiao Zimu saw her figure appearing outside the hall, he tried his best to smile: "You're here."
Seeing the bitterness in that smile, Xia Chu came in and said, "Don't force yourself to smile. I already heard Han Sa tell you about the current situation on the road."
Xiao Mubai has regained his former calmness, his face is still cold and resolute, he said in a deep voice: "She gave the palace to us, and then surrounded the palace for hunting. Father thought he was superior, and could borrow I took the opportunity to identify how many useful people in the court, but I didn’t expect that Li Fei was the same, so I took the opportunity to clear out all the hidden nails around me.”
"We thought that the realism of this scene made her relax her vigilance, and while she was getting carried away, we secretly gathered so much evidence, just to make her defense indefensible and had no choice but to kill her. Who would have thought that she would not bother to argue at all? , the back moves gradually came out, and there were so many hands buried." Xia Chu walked to the table, tapped the table with his right index finger and said faintly: "After all, we underestimated this empress."
Concubine Li knew that she could no longer stay in the palace, so she decisively withdrew from Yufu Palace. She judged that Xiao Mubai would break into the palace.
Therefore, Lian Yan was asked to shoot the command arrow.
The moment they saw the mausoleum gate, they all thought that the command arrow was used to summon the mausoleum gate.
At present, it seems that in addition to the mausoleum gate, there are also garrison troops from various places.
For cities like those close to Chang'an, if you travel on a starry night, you may be able to reach them in less than two days.
At that time, all troops will be mobilized to attack, and the palace will be in danger.
At present, the palace is full of civil and military officials loyal to Xiao Guo. Although these people are powerful, they have no soldiers and no achievements. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
Nowadays, they live in the palace, such as Concubine Qi, Concubine Lian, Taifu Wu, and Prime Minister Ju, but they have become weaknesses.
Even though Xia Chu's Qinggong was as good as wings, those people Li Fei deliberately stayed in the palace were like shackles on Xia Chu's wings, preventing her from flying freely.
If the army surrounded the palace, it would not be able to surround masters like Xia Chu, who was able to walk on the snow without leaving a trace, or Xiao Mubai, who was an outstanding swordsman.
However, now, they are responsible for the legitimacy of the Xiao Kingdom and the life and death of countless people in the palace. How can Xia Chu and Xiao Mubai escape
How could they bear to escape...
Xiao Mubai thought of Concubine Li's gorgeous face, his eyes moved, and he raised his eyebrows slightly and said to himself: "I gave this palace to you, how about it?"
The voice of the seven guardsmen sounded outside the hall, breaking the silence and heavy atmosphere of the three people in the hall.
The guards separately reported on the defense situation in the imperial city at this time. Xiao Zimu frowned after listening and issued an order for them to start preparing to defend the imperial city and prepare some equipment.
Right now, everyone clearly knows what kind of terrifying crisis they are about to face.
Xiao Zimu waved his hand to let them go down, turned to Xiao Mubai and said: "The current situation, if we delay them for two days, the army attacks and shrinks into the palace... It will be equivalent to destroying all the terrain outside the palace. Leave it to them. Once the rebels set up their positions and surround this palace city, we will no longer be able to make a difference."
Xia Chu looked at the departing figures of the Seven Guardsmen and sighed: "We have too few soldiers in our hands."
Xiao Mubai suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing with sharp light: "If I can take back the initiative in Chang'an before the garrison troops from each city come to help. By forcing them outside Chang'an City, I might be able to survive a little longer. "
Xia Chu and Xiao Zimu looked at him in shock at the same time. This was simply impossible...
"The seven guards still have to guard the palace gate. Now that all the troops are integrated and divided into nine columns, it is extremely difficult just to guard the city gate. If the second brother wants to take them all out and fight to the death, he will not even have a 10% chance of winning. No. When the nine gates are empty, they can march straight in. There are not many generals in the palace, so how can the civil servants and the concubines be protected." Xiao Zimu lowered his eyes and shook his head.
He felt that this move was very inappropriate. The total defense force in the palace was less than five thousand, and even taking them all away would be a drop in the bucket.
Xia Chu looked at Xiao Mubai intently and asked, "Did you... have some hidden tricks that I don't know about?"
Xiao Mubai reached out and flicked her forehead gently, and the corners of his lips curled into a slight arc: "Ming Sa Yuan."
His facial features were strong and steep, and he looked cold, distant, and inhumane. However, when he showed his face, he actually had a smile on his face.
Xia Chu only felt that the haze that had been covering the hall was completely dissipated in the arc he drew.
Xiao Zimu looked at the admiration blooming in her eyes. He coughed slightly and turned to look at Xiao Mubai: "Didn't Ming Sa Garden be forced to close down since Ah Chu was exiled?"
Xiao Mubai nodded: "It's closed, but it's not forced."
Xiao Zimu tilted his head suspiciously, and Xia Chu urged: "Don't be pretentious, there isn't much time in the first place."
Xiao Mubai glanced at Han Sa, who immediately took out a large piece of rice paper and pen and ink.
With a few strokes of his pen, Xiao Mubai sketched out the topographic map of Mingsa Garden, which covers an extremely large area and sits on the mountains in the western suburbs of the capital.
"What a coincidence, the courtyard Bingwen bought was Pang Weiguang's mansion back then. I'm very familiar with it..." Xiao Mubai raised his eyes and looked at Xia Chu.
Xia Chu vaguely remembered that when she asked Xiao Mubai about the assassination, he once said that Pang Weiguang rarely returned home because he spent most of his time in the palace.
Therefore, he bought his house in the open western suburbs. Although the house was huge, it was cheap because it was in the suburbs.
I never thought that after being vacant for so many years, it would come into Bingwen's hands.
"But, what does this have to do with the current situation?" Xia Chu looked back at him, with confusion in his eyes.
"When I returned to Beijing, I asked Han Sa to carry the banner of King Mo's army and bring 20,000 troops back to Beijing in a mighty manner and stationed outside the North City Gate." He paused after saying this.
He didn't need to say this, Xiao Zimu and Xia Chu also knew about it early on.
But now those soldiers and horses must have been guarded and guarded by Concubine Li and the Shi family army. It was also because of this relationship that after they recovered the troops of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, Jing Zhaoyin and Yushitai, they did not rush to attack the city, but waited for reinforcements to arrive. Take it slow and steady.
"Of course these soldiers and horses must have been closely guarded by them long ago and cannot be easily moved." Xiao Mubai also said immediately: "But when I secretly returned to Beijing, I brought another 20,000 horses with me, and went around in batches to station them. Ming Sa Garden…”
(End of chapter)