Chapter 157: Dingzhou Army

The sound of killing was shocking the sky, abruptly and without any signs, countless cavalrymen wearing Dingzhou smoke and dust began to attack the Qin family from all directions of the square. A team of cavalry with about a thousand people swept through the imperial city like a sickle. The ladders towering up the city instantly looked like ripe grains in the rice fields. With a bang, the roots were neatly cut off.

The ears of wheat are always heavy. There are many rebels climbing up bravely on the ladder. They never expected that friendly troops would come from below. The defense below the ladder did not take this problem into consideration. So many three-section ladders collapsed from both sides to the center, and the rebels above fell from high school in a tragic roar, just like grains that fell when cutting rice.

Many people fell to death on the ground, bursting with bloody internal organs, and were pressed to the bottom by the ladders that fell on the ground like rice stalks. The rebel soldiers who had already climbed to the imperial city suddenly realized something was wrong behind them, and they were all shocked.

On the contrary, the only remaining imperial guards and subordinates of the Supervision Bureau in the imperial city discovered that the situation on the battlefield below suddenly changed drastically and found the last chance. The courage immediately rushed into their minds. The people who defended the palace rushed up and divided and surrounded the rebels who had climbed to the imperial city, putting these Qin soldiers who had no way out into a desperate situation.

Rebels had already entered the main gate of the palace and were storming, but they had no idea what was going on behind them. The two teams of cavalry of the Ye family rushed from the west and Taipingfang. After sweeping off the ladder, they did not slow down at all. They rode their horses into the main gate of the black palace and attacked the rebels who entered the palace.

The Dingzhou Army, which occupied a favorable position on the square, had already begun to counterattack the Qin family. Today, the upper-level generals of the Qin family were killed and injured. In addition, the incident happened suddenly, and for a moment, they could not organize effective defense and counterattack.

On the battlefield, the one who decides the victory or defeat is often the moment the war begins. The generals of the Dingzhou Army have implemented the secret orders of the commander before entering the city, and attacked with thunder and caught the Qin army off guard. For a moment, the rebels suffered heavy casualties and wounds. The balance of victory or defeat has turned to the Dingzhou Army.

But why the balance fell, not everyone can figure out what it is? Especially in the middle of the square, those who had been fighting for two hours and were extremely tired. Seeing the imperial guards and the black cavalry who were about to face death, they even stared at their eyes, obviously a little confused.

The eldest prince covered in blood and Jing Ge, who lowered his head, stood in the same place, staring in shock at the shouts of killing around him. Black smoke, sword light, sword shadow, listening to the muffled groans and tragic roars in the square, and found that the long sword in his hand was so heavy.

At this time, the rebels suddenly attacked each other, and the Qin family could not protect themselves. The Dingzhou Army deliberately staggered the area in the middle of the square. The eldest prince and the people who protected the palace stood in a daze in the open space, not understanding what was going on.

The moment before, they were still fighting with others, but the next moment, they... seemed to have become pure bystanders, what happened in Kyoto seemed to have nothing to do with them...

The eldest prince glanced at Jing Ge, who was covered in wounds, and frowned. As the commander of the Western Expedition Army, he certainly knew how important his reaction was on the battlefield. No matter what problems were happening within the rebels at the moment, if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, he had to immediately order to gather the only two thousand living forces left inside and outside the palace.

However, his eyes were a little confused, because the inside and outside the palace had been divided into several war zones. At this time, the imperial guards wanted to twist into a rope. It was basically impossible, and from the bottom of his heart, the eldest prince was unwilling to let these subordinates who had been overdrawn to the peak again get out of the rare moment of safety and join the war.

So he had to see clearly what the sudden rebellion of Dingzhou Army meant, and the second brother wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the prince and ascend the throne to the emperor himself? But why did the Dingzhou Army deliberately stay away from this imperial guard and was trying hard to protect the palace? He suddenly thought of everything Fan Xian did when he got up early this morning, and his heart skipped a sigh of relief.

Did Fan Xian know that the Ye family would do something? That was why he issued those instructions to seek a good opportunity for the other party? At this time, an imperial guard rushed to him and whispered a few words in his ear, briefly explaining the accident that someone had noticed before.

The eldest prince's eyes lit up slightly. He looked at the Dingzhou army walking around, the Qin army retreating not far away and the dragon flag at the prince's location, and finally relaxed a little, and admired Fan Xian a little more.

From time to time, rapid military orders came from all over the world. In the dust and smoke, all forces were gathering and rushing. The eldest prince brought the remaining 200 people to the imperial guards who returned to Taipingfang to rescue. He had a very good luck in converging in one place and slowly pressed towards the imperial city. In the distance, the bright yellow dragon flag was faintly visible, evacuating from the square.

The entire square has become a Shura field. Although the Qin rebels suffered heavy casualties, their number was greater than that of the Dingzhou army. Although the military orders were not satisfactory, the Dingzhou army still paid a huge price with the natural excellent individual quality of the Qing army.

The scene was very chaotic, and all the soldiers of the Qing Kingdom had turned into countless small battle groups and fought together. This situation was caused by the chaos that the Dingzhou army received the order of the prince and was preparing to change formations with the Qin family at the beginning.

Along the line of the imperial city, battles were happening on all sides, people were dying everywhere, and people were crying everywhere. Autumn hangs high in the sky, and finally penetrated the smoke around the palace, illuminating everything clearly. Blood was flowing on the ground, especially in the three places where there were moats in the imperial city, the blood had already penetrated into the river, and many soldiers who were killed and injured fell into the river miserably. Some rebels who had not died were soaked by the cold moat water, but they were unable to struggle to get ashore. They struggled miserably and sank to the river, looking like there were countless water ghosts in the moat. They were pulling their ankles.

Faced with the sudden attack from the Dingzhou army, the Qin family finally retreated after struggling to support for a while. Several generals protected the prince and led the gathered teams to evacuate the square, and along the streets and alleys of Kyoto, they began to retreat to the rebels who were still under control of the city gate.

As soon as the Dragon Banner retreated, the army was defeated again, and the Dingzhou army shouted loudly and rushed forward bravely. The battlefield suddenly spread to the entire Kyoto within about three miles of the palace, again, chasing and being chased, killing people and being killed, and arrow feathers flew away. The swords and guns were out, and the entire Kyoto began to tremble, knowing that today would face a turmoil and bloody bath that had not been encountered in 16 years.

With the result, a series of heavy sounds of horse hooves pierced the only smoke on the ground, and appeared in front of the imperial guards and the black cavalry under the imperial city, and appeared in this corner that seemed to have been forgotten by the rebels.

Countless metal collision sounded, no one issued orders, no need to issue orders. These imperial guards, who were extremely tired and the black cavalry, suddenly burst out with courage, quickly changed the formation, surrounding the general and the personal camp behind the general in the formation!

The personal soldiers behind the general's face changed drastically, and they all drew their swords and unsheathed them!

The eldest prince slowly walked out, looked at the familiar figure immediately, and kept silent with his eyebrows.

Ye Zhong slowly raised his right arm, and dozens of personal soldiers slowly put away their swords with vigilance. However, they still watched nervously at the remnants who had brought them countless spiritual shocks. Previously, the hundreds of cavalry rushed twice in the square, and the rebels rushed into chaos. They picked Qin Heng's gun and defeated thousands of troops with swords. It was really terrible.

"At the end, three thousand soldiers will be transferred to help His Highness defend the city."

Ye Chong looked at the blood-covered prince in front of him. A hint of praise flashed in his eyes. But his tone was still calm, "Ming Dian will arrive soon. He helps His Highness control the situation."

The eldest prince looked at him and still did not speak. Ye Chong had already reached into his arms, took out a waist card, and threw it at the eldest prince from afar.

The eldest prince raised his right arm, which was sore that he was extremely sore, and grabbed it in his hand. Ding Qing looked at it and found that it was the waist card that Fan Xian had only retrieved from his subordinates in the early morning. She couldn't help but frowned, raised her head to look at the body of Ye Chong, which was as calm as a green mountain, and asked, "Father..."

After saying only two words, Ye Chong interrupted him because he knew what the Lord Highness was going to ask, but he didn't know how to answer.

There were not many fools in the royal family. When Ye Chong showed his identity at this time and had Fan Xian’s waist card as a token, the eldest prince had already clarified the role Ye Chong performed in this rebellion. He also clearly knew that people of a level like Ye Chong were definitely not something Fan Xian could do. It can only be said that before his father left Beijing, he had already made arrangements for the Dingzhou army who pretended to come to offer prisoners!

The eldest prince took a deep breath, said nothing, and issued an order directly: "Chase."

He knew that Ye Chong was waiting for his order. Although the Qin family was defeated at this time, and although there were still sounds of fighting in the square, the Dingzhou army of the Ye family had actually controlled the entire situation in Kyoto. However, Ye Chong was still coming to see him, so he naturally needed himself, the commander of the imperial guards, and the eldest son of the royal family, to give Ye Chong a commander.

At this time, the strength in his hands has already allowed Ye Chong to be the controller of Kyoto, but he didn't want to, nor did he dare to let anyone make such speculation afterwards, so he was particularly respectful to the eldest prince.

The war has spread to Kyoto, inevitably affecting the civilians who have been closed for a day and a night. War tragedies have occurred everywhere. The Dingzhou military and local cavalry brigade has already chased the Qin family's main camp and marched towards the nine city gates in Kyoto.

But the prince was not under the dragon flag at all. The young man who was about to attack the palace and become the new monarch of the Qing Kingdom suddenly suffered a blow with his waist. His dream was shattered in front of him, and his face was already bleak. Fortunately, the loyal generals of the Qin family reacted very quickly and led the remaining troops to fight for a bloody path.

Li Chengqian didn't want to retreat because he knew that all he could have was the Qin army. If he withdrew from Kyoto, although the world was big, where would he have his own place to live? I'm afraid even my aunt didn't expect the Ye family to be rebellious? A bitter smile appeared on the corner of the young prince's lips, and the war horses under him were shaking, and his expression that seemed to have frozen did not change at all.

I had previously thought about how to fight the Ye family from my second son after ascending the throne, be a real emperor, how to withstand the pressure of my aunt, mother, grandmother and Mr. Qin, and pardon those civil officials on the city wall who were determined to be right against me, especially the two great scholars Shu Hu.

Who would have expected that the Ye family would betray this way!

My aunt was afraid that she would not know the shocking news. Her mother and grandmother were still trapped in the imperial city, and Mr. Qin... was dead.

The prince's chest was a sharp pain, and he was about to stand up straight. A rebel general beside him said with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, as long as you go out of the city, collect soldiers, and rush to the ground in the mountains and our people, then rush straight to the north and meet with the Grand Governor of Yan, and the big thing will be done!"

This made sense, but Li Chengqian didn't believe it very much, because Fan Xian came back alive, afraid that Governor Yan would die, and since the Ye family had rebelled, Liuyun's uncle was afraid... Alas, Li Chengqian sighed in his heart, and as the horse ran towards the city gate, he didn't know what kind of waves were waving in his heart.

Under the imperial city, one of the other rebellious masterminds, the second prince, was looking at his father-in-law with a look of resentment and despair. Before Ye Chong personally led the Dingzhou army to pursue, he returned to his central camp for some reason and took a look at his son-in-law.

"If you want to survive, you must remember what I said today in Dingzhou Army."

The second prince was now in a state of restraint, standing under the horse desolately, looking up at Ye Chong stubbornly, and spat. He knew what Ye Chong meant. The Dingzhou Army's final turnover was nominally because he wanted to avenge his father's will and execute his father's will, but he knew it was not the case.

Among all the parties involved, the second prince was actually the most desperate, shocking and angry. He had no idea that on the Dadong Mountain, Emperor Qing had said in his explanation to Fan Xian that if possible, he would save his second son's life. At such a moment, the second prince had never thought that he could survive.

What made him most angry was that he seemed to have planned for a long time... It turned out that he was the stupidest person in the end! Everything he did now seemed so ridiculous and so funny!

His eyes were filled with anger, and his usual gentle face looked extremely cold: "Father-in-law, you are really a good dog... But what should you do if your father is really dead?"

Ye Chong didn't say anything, slowly turned his horse's head, and the expression on his face became a little dark. The second prince shouted behind him, "You liars!"

At this moment, a heavy object suddenly fell from the imperial city, hitting the hard stone slab with a muffled sound. The person who fell was a man wearing a beautiful uniform. After this heavy blow, his muscles and bones were broken, blood flowing, and he had already died, but her head was still intact, revealing that dignified and haggard, desperate and crazy face.

Watching the dragon flag go away, the desperate queen finally fell to death helplessly.
Chapter completed!