For Da Qian, the purpose of the passage of trade roads was more to encourage state capitals to build roads. The rule of the empire did not depend on the strength of the army or the emperor's sage, but that government orders could reach every state capital, so roads were an empire. the basis of governance.
There are three sets of bureaucratic systems: three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons, and nine ranks of foreign ministers. Their powers overlap and are divided into priorities. The seemingly bloated bureaucracy can allow the decrees of the great cadres to penetrate into every corner of the empire.
But if there are no roads, the army cannot arrive quickly. Without the deterrence of the army, it is easy to form separatist forces in the local area, and there will be situations where orders are not obeyed.
The Daqian royal family went from separatist rule to ruling the Central Plains until the establishment of Daqian. Every time a new piece of land was incorporated, the road was ranked first in everything.
Don’t you see, the second prince has been staying in the Dingbei Governor’s Mansion for more than a year now.
And when the second prince completes the construction of the Dingbei Governor's Mansion, and returns to the capital, he will definitely be granted the title of prince, with the power to discuss government affairs, and he will also be the most legitimate candidate for the next generation of the royal family.
The sun has not yet set, and with the setting sun, the prince's guard of honor is walking on the street. The prince will stay in the East Palace overnight and cannot be anywhere else at night.
Su Ce was riding on his horse, thinking about this afternoon's negotiations. Trade between the two countries would be a good thing for Daqian and Ross, but there was a danger of seeking skin from the tiger.
And at the end of the day, the real demands of the Russians have been revealed. What they want is not trade, but a passage south.
So, who will Ross go south to deal with?
Go for it!
So the Russians didn't have any good intentions.
At the same time, Su Ce also understands that real big countries often only make strong demands during negotiations, and equal exchange is simply impossible!
Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and status is only on national strength.
When I saw the words and actions of the officials of Honglu Temple during negotiations, they were not gentle and gentle. They were like robbers and bandits. If they don't agree with what they say, they will open their mouths and attack with an army.
Looking at the forty-year-old minister of Honglu Temple, who looked as gentle as jade, he jumped up and cursed: "It's impossible, it must be exempted from tariffs."
It really opened Su Ce's eyes. As for his final performance, Su Ce felt that there was still a lot to be desired.
At that time, if I had a knife on my waist and cut two of them, I would have been able to negotiate smoothly.
In the evening, the crowds in Chang'an City were in a hurry. There was a curfew at night and they were not allowed to wander around without any reason.
After leaving Honglu Temple, the prince did not go back to the East Palace directly. Instead, he left the palace and went to Jianfu Temple.
When I came back, I just left Anrenfang and passed by the intersection of Pingkang, Wuben, Chongyi and Xuanyang. There were a lot of horse-drawn carriages here today.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow pierced the sky, aiming directly at Su Ce, who was accompanying the prince in his carriage. The unique black clothes and black armor allowed the archers to regard Su Ce as the leading general in the ceremonial guard, and to capture the thief before the king.
Su Ce felt a pain in his chest, and an arrow was stuck in his armor.
"Enemy attack, guard!"
Su Ce immediately realized that someone was attacking the prince's car. He looked at a row of archers standing on the roof in the northwest corner of Pingkangfang.
Su Ce quickly drew out the horizontal sword from his waist and slashed at the arrows that were shot at him. The armor on his chest bounced off many arrows. Su Ce didn't care about anything else. The prince's safety was his top priority.
Too careless!
The people responsible for the prince's honor guard are the prince's left and right officers, who are composed of the soldiers of the three guards of Xunyi. Counting Su Ce, there are a total of 235 people.
The most important thing is that these soldiers are all the descendants of officials of the fifth rank or above in the imperial court. Some of them carry fake weapons. Weapons such as axes, axes, hooks and halberds don't even have blades, so they are just fake.
Fortunately, everyone's horizontal swords were still there, but Su Ce also saw the horizontal swords made by Mu Zhu.
Qin Xunyi, the son of the Minister of Defense, really has more solutions than difficulties. The weapons and equipment on his body are all cut corners.
Su Ce cursed in his heart when he saw Zuo Wei and Right Wei, who were commanding the left and right brigades and Ben troops, duck under their horses to escape.
There is no way, these people can't stop the assassin at all.
"I am the uncle of Jingyang County, don't panic, gather here! Shield hand to defend the enemy, archer, sound arrow, three shots!"
Su Ce shouted loudly, these brigade soldiers finally found their backbone.
Everyone gathered around the prince's chariot, and the archers began to shoot at the assassins on the roof.
At this time, the assassin on the roof was still shooting arrows at the crowd with a short bow.
The screams were endless. Su Ce looked at his chest. The arrow was stuck in the armor. The pain just now was only transmitted to his chest by the force.
But when Su Ce saw the other people who had been shot and the dazzling blood stains on the red clothes and silver armor, his heart burned with anger.
The armors worn by these brigade soldiers are as good as the weapons in their hands. The armor plates of the large armors are regulated, and the light feather arrows cannot penetrate them at all. However, the armors of these people are like paper and cannot be blocked at all. live.
"Chirp..."
"Chirp..."
"Chirp..."
Three loud arrows shot straight into the sky.
At this time, when they heard the sound of arrows, the expressions of the nearby Zuo Xiao Guards, Jin Wu Guards, the left and right Wei Guards in the imperial city, and the unscrupulous commanders on the street changed drastically.
With the sound of arrows, officials were attacked.
Two arrows were fired, and the noble man was attacked.
Three arrows sounded, and the royal family was attacked.
Four arrows sounded, and the emperor was attacked.
At this time, three arrows sounded, indicating that a royal family was attacked nearby.
"Liuzi, where is that position?" The bad handsome man who was patrolling in Pingkangfang had no idea of the singer soliciting customers at this time.
"Southwest! It's very close!" Liu Zi thought for a moment and pointed to the north. The bad guys holding waist-high short sticks pushed aside the crowd arrogantly and rushed west out of the gate.
Zuo Xiao's guardsmen at the gate of the square also heard the sound of arrows and closed the gates one after another. At the same time, various watchtowers in Chang'an City began to beat drums and the sound of horns also sounded.
As soon as they left the square gate, these bad guys and Zuo Xiaowei's soldiers encountered assassins blocking their way. The same was true in other directions.
The drum trumpet sounded, and the gate guards on the left and right guarded the gates of Chang'an City. The 108 squares were also closed one after another. The Jinwu guards on the street drove the people on the street to the nearby squares, closed the gates, and guarded the city. Go to the street corner.
At the same time, the sixteen guards of Nanya were on duty with 20,000 cavalry on the left and right, and 10,000 cavalry were divided from each city gate to rush to various places. Two groups of 1,000 cavalry rode out from Anshangmen and Jingfengmen. , go straight to the sounding arrow.
It's just that distant water can't quench the near thirst. This is what Su Ce is facing now. The carriage at the intersection turns around, blocks the street, and surrounds the prince's guard of honor in the middle of the intersection.
At the same time, carriages blocked the roads in other directions on these four streets.
The soldiers and bad commanders who came for help were blocked by carriages blocking the street.
The assassin jumped out of the carriage and began to kill the horses, completely blocking the carriage in the street.
Some people blocked the road, and some surrounded and killed the prince's honor guard.
Su Ce also saw clearly what these assassins looked like at this time.
These people are Jiuhu people!
There is no intention of covering up.
The blade is made of iron bars, and the handle is simply wrapped with hemp rope.
Nearly a hundred people were attacking from each of the four directions.
Su Ce pulled down his lower armor and shouted at the prince's car: "Put down the iron plate. Those with acceptable weapons will step forward. The charioteer will follow. The others will take the injured with them. Let's go north. To the north is Jingfengmen.
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Su Ce kicked Heizi. Heizi understood and kicked the blue bricks on the street. He rushed out towards the north.
After Su Ce rushed out, there were ten or so cavalry following him. Su Ce glanced at them and saw that the swords of these people were all high-quality swords. They should be from noble families.
"Kill!" Su Ce yelled. Heizi knocked away an assassin in front of him. At the same time, the assassin's blade also scratched Heizi's chest. Su Ce leaned over and swung the knife horizontally, knocking away the assassin on the right.
With a straight knife, the tip of the knife cut off half of the assassin's neck.
Su Ce and a dozen riders rushed through the interception line formed by assassins, but were blocked by a carriage.
Su Ce had no choice but to turn the horse's head and said to the people next to him: "Ten people will push the carriage away, and the others will dismount and kill the enemy."
On the other side of the street, majestic cavalry on the left and right attacked the carriages and assassins regardless of casualties. The assassins who blocked them would be broken through by these cavalry in a few moments.
The assassins on Su Ce's side allocated half of their manpower to attack Su Ce and his small group.
At the same time, the people from Prince Chehu and the assassins from the other three streets took over.
People kept falling down, and the Prince's carriage moved slowly.
When the prince's car drove into the street, the remaining row of shieldmen cooperated with others to block the street. The thin line formed was crumbling under the impact of more than 200 assassins.
The two sides are like layers of biscuits, and time is the most important thing.
Soon the carriage was pushed through a gap. The driver of the carriage took a look and immediately slapped the horse's buttocks. The Lu Ben army in front of the carriage made way for the space. The carriage ran over the assassin. The Lu Ben troops on both sides also saw hope.
The brigade soldiers on the left and right took the weapons in their hands and hit the assassin hard on the assassin. This was a bad battle. The assassin only had a wooden board to protect his chest, and no matter how thin the armor on the left and right guards was,
It is also armor and has some defensive capabilities.
By the time more than a hundred assassins were strangled, less than a hundred were able to stand up, and there were still assassins chasing after them.
On the other side of the street, about a thousand majestic cavalrymen with more than a hundred casualties rushed to the side of the prince's chariot. At this time, Su Ce held on to his sword to prevent himself from falling, although Su Ce could not kill him.
Thirty assassins also suffered a lot of injuries. Although their arms and arms were protected by armor, they were also scratched. There were also many scratches on their legs. Reinforcements from other directions also arrived, including the Jinwu Guards on the street.
, there are also bad men with short sticks, and Zuo Xiaowei near the square gate.
Looking at Heizi lying on the ground, breathing heavily, he looked at Su Ce with wet eyes. The wound on Heizi's chest was deep, and the white sternum could already be seen. Black blood gushed out of the blood vessels, flowing all over the floor, and the dry green
The bricks kept absorbing Kuroko's blood, making small bubbles.
Su Ce's expression was obscured by the visor. Su Ce covered Heizi's eyes with iron-covered leather gloves and stabbed the knife in his right hand into Heizi's chest.
Heizi didn't struggle, but he let out a whimper from the throat that used to make a long chirping sound. He closed the lifeless eyelids of Heizi with his hands.
Su Ce's black clothes and armor showed no signs of injury, but exuded the smell of blood. Some were Su Ce's, but more were those of assassins.
With a muffled roar, he raised his sword and rushed to the assassin with the guards on the left and right to fight.
Broken limbs and broken arms lay scattered on the street. Half of the cavalrymen were divided into escorting the prince's carriage and driven away. The remaining half dismounted and fought on foot. While fighting with the assassins, they also moved the ground brigade troops to a safe place behind, regardless of life or death.
His eyes were empty, and Su Ce took a breath. The nails on his chest were in a mess and no longer neat and beautiful. Su Ce felt fluid flowing through his stomach. He felt carefully and found that the wound was not deep, just a scratch.
As soon as the elite cavalry guarding the left and right came out, the assassins were quickly strangled to death. After all, the assassins were only wearing rough wooden armor, and fighting against the Daqianfu soldiers who were armed to the teeth was just a one-sided massacre.
At night, the entire army of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya, with 120,000 troops, were stationed in every building, searching each room.
Su Ce and the injured Lu Benjun were receiving treatment and questioning at the Sixteenth Guards Yamen inside the imperial city.
Hearing the congratulations from the commander of the Jinwu Guard, Su Ce nodded, but there was not much joy on his face. The wound bled a lot, and Su Ce's face turned pale. In addition, Heizi died. The horse followed Su Ce for almost two days. Years old, a very popular war horse.
He had already come through the Northern Expedition before, but fell into the hands of the Jiuhu assassin. If he had a spear in his hand at that time, how could he let others hurt Heizi?