The silence shortly afterwards was illuminated by the series of lights flashing by in the darkness and silence of the Imperial City.
"What happened?"
When Empress Cao, who had rested but was still sleeping very shallowly, was awakened in the drapery of the Lizheng Hall, she couldn't help but asked in a dumb voice:
"It's nothing, it's just that someone knocked on the ball overnight and was blocked by the guard on duty."
A feminine voice quickly replied:
"Qizi Niangniang, who is the Taiping Army's Grandmaster Chai Zhong, came to Tongbing with the token..."
Another female voice eagerly replied:
"Killing talent, why didn't this matter be notified as soon as possible? How long have people been waiting?"
Empress Cao suddenly lost her sleepiness and sternly shouted:
"I'm afraid this matter is out of courtesy, ah, my mother, it is a hindrance to the respect of the monarchs and ministers to meet in the palace at night with a wealth of gold and noble body, it is still the face after daybreak..."
The internal officer with a soft voice quickly discouraged:
"A bird made of rituals is so great that it can survive the safety of the city?"
Empress Cao couldn't help but explode.
A moment later, in the Xidailou courtyard in Danfengmen, Empress Cao, who already knew about the incident, did not hesitate to ask:
"This is really unreasonable, this generation is so frantic; Xiao Chai, what do you want to do, you must order the Secretary of the Palace to cooperate with you, and copy and hold this generation overnight..."
"Niang Niang Mingjian, compared to the major events in it, my personal safety is a trivial matter..."
Chai Ping said in a straightforward voice:
"Just thinking about it next time, since these thieves dared to risk unconventional relations in the street, they are afraid that the plot is much more than that, and there are more back-hands and actions at the same time."
"You are right...Where is Meng Liushou? Called here quickly."
Empress Cao suddenly woke up with a chill behind her back, and quickly asked.
"The palace guards and Weihe Mansion all moved on guard. The staff in the Lizheng Hall who was watching the night were taken down first, and then they were sent to the guards of the gates to confirm the situation one by one..."
"Uncle Ge Cun will also send someone there. Since your whereabouts have been leaked and an ambush has been arranged in advance, the people in his house will not be able to get rid of this matter; there are also those who have made suggestions about this. Send someone to ask questions!!"
However, her account was only completed, and someone hurried forward to report:
"Niangniang, there are fires in many places in the city... Jingzhao Mansion is making people fight for the rescue..."
It's just that when the crowd headed by Empress Cao stood on the Danfengmen Tower and looked out, they already smelled the burning smell.
"It's not good, the main hall, there are fires in the Lizheng Hall and Wanchun Hall..."
Only then did Empress Cao's face appear shocked and panic. Chai Ping continued to say:
"Niang Niang, be careful of the means of hitting the west..."
On the other side of the city of Chang'an, General Datang Jinwu, one of the parties who proposed the marriage, the current Daqi inspection school Shangshu Zuopu shot Zhang Zhifang; he also passed through one after another with a torch in the dark. Streets and alleys, and groups of followers gathered around.
He was originally the son of Zhang Zhongwu, the ambassador of Lu Long Jiedu, and he was once supported as the Queen of Lu Long after his father died. However, because he was addicted to alcohol and abused soldiers and caused chaos in the army and supported others, he fled back to Chang'an under the pretext of hunting. Tang Tingnian and his father Zhang Zhongwu made him a general of Jinwu.
It's just that his temperament remains unchanged. He once killed Envoy Jinwu with a petty crime and was demoted to the commanding army of You Yulin. Later, he repeatedly killed the servants and maidservants at home because of his minor negligence, and then demoted Sihu in Enzhou. During the reign of Qianfu, the prime minister Zheng Tianyan used Zhang Zhifang again after being a hero, taking the position of General Zuo Jinwuwei.
Until the contemporary polo emperor abandoned the capital and ran out of millions of soldiers and civilians, he and Liu Yunzhang, the left-behind ambassador of the branch office Dongdu, as the leader of the remaining hundred military officials, happened to be one of the survivors of the new dynasty of Da Qi. The model of Wu lies.
Therefore, in the new dynasty after Huang Chao ascended the throne, he was also a role model for preferential treatment. He also unceremoniously cum here to buy a house in the area where he is located. Therefore, a small percentage of the homes in today's suburbs are in his name.
Then, he had close contacts with the upper ranks of the thief army, personally guiding and entertaining them to enjoy the various extravagances of feasting, cockfighting and horse-fighting; and he bought each other's tricks and exchanged gifts for Ji concubine as a pleasure, singing and drinking every night. Suck the show until all night.
Now, his actions of self-defilement and confluence with thieves are finally about to be rewarded and Zhaoxue. As the new dynasty Daqi's extra lenient and preferential treatment to him, not only could he retain the ceremonial ostentation of many families who used the trilogy as the entrance and exit, but also provided a large number of servants and servants in the house and other occupations.
Therefore, after the thief army entered the city, those fish that slipped through the net that were lavishly liquidated by the ministers of the public, lost the family of the guardian of the family who was dismissed and expelled from the main family, and took off their robes and hid them in the city of Beijing. The members of the generals and sergeants were all placed and gathered in many industries under his name under his cover.
Some people were even placed under the names of the Xuncheng Division and the Zhufang Inspection Team on the spot, and they became eyeliners to inform him. Now his long-awaited opportunity with the heavy burden of the imperial court finally arrived.
When he once again walked out of Ningxingfang in the northeast corner of Chang'an, and saw the dimly lit Tonghua Gate at the end of Jiacheng, which was scattered high and low; behind him had already followed and gathered the horrible team.
It’s just that the ones in the front are the same as Zhang Zhifang, wearing a prison guard uniform and holding a sword, holding a spear and a crossbow; when they arrived in their rear team, they immediately became messy and messy, almost What kind of outfit you wear and all kinds of weapons.
"According to the order of General Ge of the Supervisory Gate Army, the Yongziying Yingziying, and Chiayi and other Wufang regiments came to reinforce the training... Stay here for the defense, please verify it..."
Afterwards, an army general at the front yelled in front of the city gate as he knew the road.
However, a military academy came out from the gatehouse of Tonghuamen and shouted:
"If you dare to ask if the central government's decree is attached, this is a special period. People who have not obtained the general decree are not counted..."
"My generation came in a hurry because of the verbal order from my mother. The token is here. Please send someone to check one or two..."
The general who shouted said calmly:
Immediately after the fence in the gate building was pushed aside, a small group of yawning soldiers walked down the stairs quickly, and the head of the school lieutenant still had the remnants of wine and fat on his body. Still muttering:
"What kind of defense did you change at midnight? Can't you stay in the day..."
"It's really urgent for the military... Haven't you seen fires in many places in the city? Don't be afraid of ten thousand just in case..."
The shouting general explained patiently:
"Naturally, Niang Niang is also very sympathetic to the hard work of the brothers. I have brought a lot of rewards long ago, and some tricks are waiting in the city side..."
"I'm afraid this is out of compliance..."
However, despite what they said in their mouths, the captain and the soldiers behind him cheered up. They hurriedly stepped forward and looked at the token with the light, before sighing:
"This is the Yufu Muqi in the middle palace... you wait and come in for a while..."
Then they quickly removed several barriers and anti-horses in the gate building, and raised the rungs and railings of the inner door; the "reinforcement" including Zhang Zhifang came in one after another. Only then went back to Tongbing along the stairs.
But the people headed by Zhang Zhifang didn't have any reason to wait for this. Soon after a few low confessions, each turned into a few paths and went to separate things; some took out axe and chisel and began to destroy nearby city defense facilities. Cut off the cable of the hoisting lifting mechanism;
Some touched inward to the edge of Wengcheng and used carts full of stones to top the trenches where the gates fell. Others used straw bags and cloth bundles holding sand, stuffed them to set fires and Pour ash, hot oil, hot coal, and boiling water.
And Zhang Zhifang and his party, under the leadership of that general, rushed up the city wall along the stairs without hesitation, and sternly criticized the guards on the stairs, waiting for him to panic. The occasional and silent culling was on the spot.
Then they ran into another group of people with lanterns with the words "Xuncheng Division" and "Xiao Cao" in the side of the gate building, and they couldn't help screaming and yelling:
"Who!!!! How dare to break into the key of the entrance guard..."
At this moment, Zhang Zhifang also recognized him. The leader of the other party appeared at the banquet hosted by him. As the nephew of Queen Cao, he was selected by Cao Qing in the patrol team; now there is no way to fool him. Passed.
Suddenly, the battle broke out at the moment Zhang Zhifang shot the opponent's chest with his bow, and in a short period of time when the opponent was caught off guard, quickly ended with a one-sided slaughter; and the defenders on the front of the city were slack. But after all, he wasn't a dead person, he was quickly disturbed, and he lit up lanterns and torches and gathered here.
Fortunately, the manpower brought by Zhang Zhifang also completed the work inside the door, and successively followed the emptied stairway to support and respond, and immediately amidst the roaring and killing war blades, they were able to block these slaves. Defenders gathered from both ends of the city wall.
After a while, the daring warriors headed by Zhang Zhifang even used some of the ready-made equipment at the front of the city to seal the entrances and exits of the gate tower, making them trapped inside and unable to escape for a while; then there were defenders in the gate tower one after another. Leaning out the window, he wanted to jump into them and fight, but he was shot and rolled down several times quickly by his eyesight and hands.
At this time, some other people who were busy working under their cover also lit the number as a sign from the fire, and then together from the top of the city, they lifted and pushed out the crenel to spill. And this little bit of residual sparks splashing from the wall suddenly falling from the top of the city, it also illuminates the way in front of an armored soldier crouching in the dark not far from the moat.
In the farther place, in the moonlight shrouded by light gauze, more teams of shimmering armour and various equipment clustered around them, like an overwhelming undercurrent.
"This is where the old man made a special trip to watch the night scene..."
Cui Anqian was also facing those generals who were awakened from their respective camps for watching the night, and said lightly; he also took a poem on the spot.
"Thousands of miles startled the sand and squinted people's eyes.
The iron armor frost was so cold that the horses shrank silently.
The red horned geese have high shadows, and the wind and chestnuts are sharp and sharp.
The title of the night battle road is like paint, and the ice beard falls to the point of exaggerating boldness. "(End of this chapter)