The key to the Jinchuan Gate is held by Xu Yelu, but most of the more than a thousand troops stationed here are under his two deputies Niu Qian and Ma Yan. This is also the premise for the King of Han to rest assured that Xu Yelu will continue to be the commander...
Xu Shi felt that the overall situation had been decided. General Niu Ma was in a very good mood and talked loudly on the top of the city. Xu Yelu also smiled and agreed, but he was always a little absent-minded... He had already seen the flash of light on the restaurant opposite the city tower. It was reflected by a mirror.
The sunlight, three long and two short flashes, means that the prince is about to leave the city from here.
But when he lowered his eyelids and glanced at the thousand soldiers under the city tower, his heart couldn't help tightening - among these thousand soldiers, only two hundred people listened to him.
This is the limit of what can be arranged secretly if you pay attention. But the opponent has a total of 800 troops. Even if you add the prince's dozens of troops, you can't rush out at all.
Because opening the city gate is not a door, it can be pushed open or even kicked open. The city gate is two feet thick and weighs 10,000 kilograms. It cannot be opened by human power alone. A winch is required.
And it takes a lot of effort... This period of time is too long, enough for the other party to make up for any mistakes they made.
The only thing Xu Yelu can hope for is that these thousand people don't know that they are here to rebel. In fact, even the soldiers on Fangshan Mountain are nine times out of ten kept in the dark. Only the very high-ranking or very close generals
, only then did we know the real plan of the King of Han. This was not because Zhu Gaoxu was trying to show off, but that rebellion was not as simple as treating guests to a meal. When do you just do it but don’t talk about it, when do you just talk but don’t do it, when do you say it and do it at the same time?
They are all very particular.
In particular, Emperor Yongle had very strong control over the army. If the soldiers knew that the King of Han wanted to rebel against the prince, they would probably mutiny... After all, the prince was appointed by the emperor, and rebelling against the prince would be equivalent to indirectly rebelling against the emperor.
The soldiers will still lose their courage.
Therefore, the King of Han's wishful thinking was to drag all the soldiers into the water while they were still in the dark. As long as he led his army back into the city, the King of Han could announce that the rebellion had begun, the prince had been captured, and all those who followed him into the city would be able to do so.
The people in the city are all heroes who followed him in the uprising. By then, I believe that most of the officers and soldiers will only have one way to go.
The timing of the announcement is naturally important. If the king of Han has not yet returned to the city, and the soldiers know that they are going to rebel, they will be panic-stricken, and their morale is likely to disappear. So Xu Yelu was hesitant whether to strike first.
, throw away the bull head and horse face, and then declare the two of them guilty of rebellion?
But if this happens, the subsequent scene will be completely out of control... But it's better than letting His Highness take the risk, right? Xu Yelu's thoughts were racing, and there was a slight sweat on his forehead.
"General?" Xu Yelu is a Mongolian who is not good at hypocrisy after all. His nervous appearance cannot be hidden from Niu Qian and the two. The two looked at each other. The former held the handle of the knife in his hand, and the latter called out: "General?"
"Oh...ah..." Xu Yelu came back to his senses, looked at Ma Yan with some confusion and said, "What's wrong, Vice General Ma?"
"It's nothing, it's just that you seem to be distracted." Ma Yan said, holding the handle of the knife.
Feeling the murderous intent of the two men, Xu Yelu, a general who kills without batting an eyelid, began to panic. "Hey, I'm worried about what the situation will be like next?
"What else can we do? The King of Han will definitely win." Niu Qian said lightly, and then suddenly said: "Is the door locked?"
"Oh, it's locked." Xu Yelu said subconsciously.
Niu Qian looked coldly at Xu Yelu, who had lost his mind, stretched out his other hand and said, "Let the general keep the key."
Xu Yelu could feel that Ma Yan behind him was full of murderous intent. As long as he dared to say the word "no," he would have his head removed. Xu Yelu could only nod, took the city gate key from his waist, and handed it over
He said to Niu Qian in front of him: "You might as well take it, so as not to be suspicious."
His quick action made Niu Qian and Ma Yan greatly reduce their vigilance. Although they wanted to take the opportunity to kill him, they were worried about upsetting the prince... After all, the prince had already said that once the matter was accomplished, they would definitely be high-spirited.
It seems that there is no need to lose a big thing for a small amount of money.
Thinking of this, the two of them put down their hands holding the handle of the knife, and Ma Yan squeezed out a smile and said: "General, don't blame me in these extraordinary times."
"How could it be possible?" Xu Yelu said hurriedly: "Although I am a rough man, I also know that for the prince, you two are the most trusted ones. In the future, in front of the prince, I ask you to speak kindly and take care of me, the former prince.
Old colleague."
"It's easy to talk about." Seeing how understanding he was, the two of them relaxed their vigilance even more. Ma Yan nodded and said with a smile: "After all, we are working together, we are all brothers.
"Someone is here again." Niu Qian felt that Ma Yan's attitude had changed a bit quickly. Seeing that another convoy wanted to leave the city, he quickly changed the subject and said: "Stop them." This was superfluous because there was no need to give orders. Today
The defenders will also detain all the troops who want to leave the city.
In fact, when there was a riot today, there were quite a lot of people on horseback and on the road who wanted to leave the city quickly. However, as soon as the city gates were closed and the martial law was enforced, all of them were frightened away. Only a few of them were blind, stupid.
The bold ones dared to try their luck, but without exception, they were all deducted...
However, the group of people coming to the city gate now are obviously not as easy to bully as before.
"Martial law at the city gate" Qianhu, the city guard at Jinchuan Gate, shouted loudly: "Stop for inspection"
"You know whose chariot this is," Xinyan, pretending to be a charioteer, yelled loudly, causing the ears of the soldiers in the city gate to buzz. "Hurry up and open the door."
"You are a fucking gong, you are so loud." Qianhu shook his head, with the buzzing sound still echoing in his head, and couldn't help but said angrily: "You dare to pretend to be His Highness the Crown Prince, you really have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, take it down."
"Yes" The soldiers were about to rush forward.
"Slow down." At this time, the car curtain opened, revealing a fat face that smiled like Maitreya Buddha. If he wasn't the prince, who could he be?
The gatekeepers were all officers of the Imperial Guard, and they were no strangers to the royal family. When they saw that he was actually the prince, they all knelt down on one knee. Even the Qianhu who guarded the city did not dare not to return, saying "
He shouted loudly and loudly: "The general will pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Niu Qian and Ma Yan were on the city gate tower, so naturally they couldn't see what was going on in the city gate cave, until they heard the mournful cry from the thousands of households guarding the city: "The general will pay homage to His Royal Highness." After the sound reverberated through the city gate cave, they heard
It wasn't that clear, at least neither the cow nor the horse understood it at the first time.
"What big shot is coming, and Zhou Qianhu actually wants to pay homage to him..." Niu Qian laughed in his mind that Zhou Qianhu couldn't figure out the situation. Now it's not that they are paying homage to those princes and ministers, but that the princes and ministers are coming to pay homage to them.
"Prince...Prince?" Ma Yan finally heard the sound clearly, and the expressions of the two of them changed drastically. They never expected that the Prince who originally went to Fangshan would appear in front of the city gate at their feet.
"Not bad." Niu Qian and Ma Yan only heard Xu Yelu's deep voice, and they turned around subconsciously. Before Ma Yan could react, Xu Yelu stabbed him in the stomach with a knife, although today Ma Yan went out of his way to
Wearing three layers of armor, Xu Yewei’s attack was too fierce and he was stabbed all the way through.
Ma Yan screamed and fell down the city. He hit the prince's carriage and bounced to the ground. His brains were all thrown out... Qianhu and the soldiers were stunned and couldn't figure out what happened.
However, Niu Qian dodged Xu Yelu's blow. He didn't bother to fight back, so he rolled and crawled to escape, shouting: "If the prince rebels, if the prince rebels, if he catches the prince, he is the number one hero."
Xu Yelu wanted to get the key back, so naturally he couldn't let Niu Qian go, so he followed closely behind him to kill him.
Under the city gate, Qianhu also came to his senses and said loudly: "The prince has rebelled. If you catch the prince, you can be made a marquis with a reward of ten thousand taels." The soldiers were stunned by this scene, but when they heard the reward offered by Lord Qianhu
, many people are ready to take action
"Who dares to touch me?" Zhu Gaochi roared, shocking all the soldiers. Everyone was so used to the cowardice and cowardice of His Highness the Crown Prince that they couldn't even beat him. Now that he suddenly broke out, they were all shocked.
The next moment, they were even more shocked - they saw Prince Zhu Gaochi smashing the roof of the car with one palm. The sturdy carriage was not made of paper. Apparently, the prince was not only not as incompetent as everyone thought, but actually had a powerful hand.
The world's top internal strength
The soldiers stared blankly at His Royal Highness. They saw that he was wearing golden armor, carrying a sword, and wearing a golden crown. Although his fat face was a little ridiculous because of the red lace of the golden crown, he was majestic and inviolable after all.
Zhu Gaochi held up his sword and shouted loudly. Ten years of humiliation, fear and waiting finally resulted in this roar: "Open the door for me."
Everyone was stunned by the prince's roar, including the gatekeeper Qianhu, who was stunned and forgot to take action... In fact, it was useless even if he was still conscious. The soldiers under the city tower were already controlled by the prince.
In fact, things in the world are like this. The more courageous a conqueror is, the more he will gain; the more timid a person is, the more he will lose...
At this time, Xu Yelu also caught up with Niu Qian, pressed him on the arrow stack, raised his fist and greeted him on the head.
Niu Qian did not dodge, but he met his fist and took a hard blow. His orifices were bleeding immediately. But when Xu Yelu wasn't paying attention, he also threw the city gate key in his right hand outside the city.
in the moat.
Seeing the city gate key flying out, Xu Yelu was shocked and stretched out his hand to catch it, but he was still a foot away. He could only watch the shiny key flying into the water, making a small splash.
Xu Yelu was furious and turned around to deal with Niu Qian, but when he saw Niu Qian's bleeding face, he had a proud smile and hissed: "Zhang Xi is here, let's see how you open the door..."
Xu Yelu stood high and could see far away. Sure enough, he saw a cavalry galloping towards this direction. He couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. He kicked Niu Qian in the heart and sent him to the west.