It was dark at night, and on the tower of the south gate of Lin'an City, the soldiers of the patrol battalion stationed were drowsy.
Suddenly, two fast horses came galloping from the street in the middle of the night, the sound of horseshoes sounded suddenly, and the guards of the patrol battalion up and down the city tower were also startled. I saw two men in the uniform of the imperial guards coming quickly.
"It's so late, why is there another person from the imperial guards?"
While speaking, the sound of horseshoes had already reached the bottom of the city tower, and the imperial guards on the horseshoes did not get off their horses, but only shouted to the top of the city tower, "Is there something strange at the city gate?"
The captain of the patrol battalion who was in charge of night duty stepped forward and said, "No, no, it's so late, and the city gate has been closed for so long, so there's nothing unusual about it."
The men on horseback looked at each other, but did not turn around and leave immediately. The captain of the guard shouted suspiciously, "Brother, what's going on? Is something wrong?"
One of the imperial guards said, "A fire site was found in the south of the city, and two people were burned to death. It is very likely that they were the princess concubine. going out of town…”
When they heard that the concubine was burned to death, all the soldiers of the patrol battalion felt horrified.
The next moment, two imperial guards got off their horses and walked towards the top of the tower.
The captain of the guard frowned and wanted to say something, but seeing the other party's particularly prominent body guard and the badge hanging around his waist, he had no choice but to swallow the words he was about to blurt, and the guard who spoke earlier stood aside. One side of the city wall said, "The gates on all sides must be strictly guarded. Don't let your guard down just because it's late. If someone escapes, our deputy commander will suffer, and the people below will have a hard time..."
During the conversation, the person had already gone up to the tower, which was originally the site of the patrol battalion. It was fine to bring people up when Prince Rui and Zhao Yu were there, but now there are only two imperial guards who have no rules like this, the captain of the guard I was dissatisfied from the bottom of my heart, but I also understood that these two people came here under orders, one to supervise, and the other to show off their power. After thinking about it, the captain of the guard graciously handed over a hot water bag. If something really happened like this, he was not responsible for it alone.
As soon as the two imperial guards arrived, the others immediately felt relieved of sleepiness, but the wind and snow were too heavy. Except for the guards above the tower, everyone returned to the barracks below the tower. After half a cup of tea, the outside of the city Suddenly, two torches lit up on the pitch-black official road. The captain of the guard was the first to discover it, and he jumped up in shock, "Look, what are those..."
In the dark and snowy night, there were two torches lit outside the city. Not only that, but the two torches were also rapidly approaching the gate of the city.
The captain of the guard yelled, and all the soldiers on the city tower gathered together. Everyone was frightened. On such a snowy night, no matter who came, nothing good would happen. Of course, if only civilians came The common people are just difficult to enter the city gate.
But when the queen and the prince fled the palace privately and were suspected of treason, everyone had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
"Urgent report! Yingzhou military information is urgent! Open the city gate!"
"We are the soldiers of Luo Xiucheng, the commander-in-chief of Yingzhou. The golden feather arrow is here, open the city gate quickly!"
The "torch" quickly arrived under the city gate, and several heart-piercing shouts spread to the top of the city tower through the wind and snow. Young men in military uniform, these two looked stern, their faces were all red with frostbite, they had walked in the snow for too long.
Hearing the word "Golden Feather Arrow", the captain of the guard immediately panicked, "Yingzhou?! Why did there suddenly come an urgent report from Yingzhou?!"
A Imperial Guard also stepped forward and said, "Luo Xiucheng is the commander-in-chief of Yingzhou. His personal soldiers brought an urgent report with golden feather arrows. There must be an accident in the north! The gate of the city is not yet opened!"
The captain of the guard was panicked at first, and immediately ordered to open the gate of the city after being shouted like this! Although the city gate was open, the captain of the guard was not at ease. As soon as he got out of the city gate, two fast horses rushed in. The captain of the guard saw the golden feather arrow at a glance. There was no obstruction anywhere, and the two fast horses entered the city gate without staying too long, and immediately raised their whips and galloped towards the direction of the imperial city.
Everyone watched the two gallop away, and only reacted when they disappeared.
"Yingzhou is only two days away from the capital, what happened?"
"I heard that Cangzhou was already under the control of the Beifu army. Could it be that the Beifu army has already attacked Yingzhou in the past few days?"
"No! It's absolutely impossible. There are Chongzhou and Fengzhou above Yingzhou. If the Beifu army goes south, it is impossible not to send urgent reports from these two places..."
"Could it be... Could it be that I didn't have time..."
People under the city tower were discussing a lot. The Beifu Army has always been elite and unstoppable. The empress and prince escaped from the palace privately, which indicates that there will be great changes. Therefore, even if everyone doesn't know what happened in Yingzhou, the speculation at this moment It was enough to make Da Zhou set off a monstrous storm.
For a moment, everyone at the city gate was panicking. If the Beifu army had already reached Yingzhou, they would definitely attack Lin'an tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!
Now there are less than 50,000 defenders in Lin'an, is it possible to resist the Beifu army? !
When the guards of the patrol battalion at the city gate were in panic, the two men who were holding the golden feather arrows to deliver the emergency report had already arrived under the imperial city.
The Golden Feather Arrow soldiers who arrived in the middle of the night were like a thunderbolt, and they exploded heavily in the snowy night of the capital.
At the same time, Yan Chi stood alone at the gate of Prince Gong's mansion.