Walking back to the military formation with Yuan Tao, Xu Mu's face turned gloomy. For the first time, in his chest, he was extremely eager for a bloody battle, and he would use his troops to attack the palace.
"National Salvation Army——"
One after another, the generals kept running around with their swords in hand, boosting morale back and forth.
"Roar!"
Outside the palace, densely packed marching formations kept roaring and raised their weapons and shields.
"Kill to the palace!"
"This will change the world and change the country!"
"kill!"
The first phalanx began to rush forward in a hurry, with resolute faces that clearly showed no fear of life or death.
"Climb the wall!" Gu Ying, who was behind him, also shouted loudly. In an instant, thousands of foot soldiers began to use the ladders to climb the high walls on both sides to seize the opportunity.
Yuan Tao's expression remained unchanged, he raised his head silently and looked at the middle gate of the palace not far ahead.
"If I guess correctly, Gou Xiang will definitely take advantage of the favorable location and send troops from the middle gate to resist." Li Rucheng said in a deep voice.
Xu Mu, who was standing by, didn't think much about it. When Yuan Tao told Chen Changqing, he knew that there should be no problem in deciding the fate of the country.
…
Royal Palace, Jinluan Hall.
Even though he was still far away, he could vaguely hear the shouts of killing outside. Compared to the panic of some veterans, Xiao Yuanlu looked extremely calm.
"Chen Changqing, what do you think?"
"Stand tight and wait for King Qin's reinforcements."
"There is only one central gate in the palace. If the prince of the country is willing, he can blow it open with a falling stone."
"Xiao Zaifu is joking, there are more than 70,000 troops in my palace."
Xiao Yuanlu smiled and turned his head back. Chen Changqing's words made him feel comfortable all of a sudden. Not only were there more than 70,000 troops, but there were also 4,000 Yulin Army and 2,000 to 3,000 Jianghu people.
In total, it's more than 80,000.
In a hand-to-hand combat, it should not be difficult to double the opponent's strength.
"Chen Changqing, how about you play the vanguard this time. Since it is a hand-to-hand battle, it is ultimately up to the warriors of Muyun Province to support the power of the first wave."
"That's not appropriate." Chen Changqing smiled half-heartedly, "As early as when we entered Changyang, I said that you are not allowed to mobilize my army. I have full authority to mobilize it."
Xiao Yuanlu frowned, "You and I have no way out now. No one can survive if a marquis named Guo breaks into the palace."
"This is natural. Just as Xiao Zaifu said, you and I have no way out. So, while waiting, I will not have other thoughts."
"What do you want."
"Thirty thousand Muyunzhou, climbed the wall and shot, used rope hooks to bypass the enemy troops, and covered and killed them in front and behind."
Xiao Yuanlu was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister, your Majesty is crying again." A eunuch hurried over.
Xiao Yuanlu ignored any further discussion and hurried to the Yangxin Hall. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Yuan Lu grabbing a palace maid and beating her until her head was covered with blood.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here."
"Xiangfu! Xiangfu! I heard that the little emperor uncle is going to lead people to kill him in the palace!" Without paying attention to Long Yan, Yuan Lu shouted in fear and ran towards Xiao Yuanlu.
"He is a thief who definitely wants to usurp the throne!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has deployed a large army. There should be no problem in suppressing the rebellion this time."
"Is what my father-in-law said true?"
"Of course it's true."
"This thief, this thief, will not be able to enter the royal family tree in his lifetime. After his death, I will find ten eighty-year-old censors and list all his crimes. It is too numerous to write down-"
boom!
Outside the palace, there was an extremely dull sound of rocks collapsing. The young emperor turned pale in shock and buried his head in Xiao Yuanlu's arms.
Xiao Yuanlu turned his head, with a ferocious look on his face.
"Your Majesty, a war is about to begin."
…
"Bump into the palace gate!"
Hundreds of white-robed members of the National Salvation Battalion, holding an iron-wrapped knocking post, roared and crashed into the middle gate.
"Hoo! Hoo!"
The entire middle gate suddenly became crumbling.
Gu Ying stood on the palace wall on the right, holding a knife and glaring ahead.
The middle door was slowly pushed open, and hundreds of National Salvation Camp members holding the pillars had no time to move. They were shot to death by flying arrows and fell to the ground in pain.
"Counterinsurgency——"
A battalion general wearing a battle armor, his voice still a bit hasty, finally gave the order.
"Array up!"
A dense phalanx emerged from the palace. The soldiers in the front row held up large shields, and the soldiers in the center held guns with both hands, poking out from the gaps in the shield rows from time to time.
In the last row, there was a hidden bowman who hurriedly dropped the flying arrows outside the middle gate.
Thump thump thump.
Many of the National Salvation Army's tiger shields were soon filled with arrows.
"Raise the bow!" Following Gu Ying's order, the National Salvation Army's rifle bows on both sides of the palace wall also roared and threw waves of flying arrows back.
After all, a soldier whose shield was penetrated fell to the ground screaming.
"Quickly, burn the rocks and push them down!"
The location was too narrow to allow the use of catapults, so the battalion general commanded simply had the rocks ignited and thrown towards the outside of the central gate.
In front of the long and narrow palace gate, countless explosions and explosions immediately hurt people's eardrums.
"The terrain is unfavorable." Li Rucheng frowned and turned his head, looking at Yuan Tao beside him.
Yuan Tao's face was neither sad nor happy, and he did not have any intention of asking for gold. He had waited too long for this day.
"Old Marquis, just wait and see, the country is set."
Li Rucheng was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Yuan Tao meant.
Xu Mu, with the five thousand beheaded troops behind him, raised his head and could clearly see the Mu Yunzhou army on the wall in the palace. At this time, he finally made a move, turned his bow and arrow, and pointed it at the palace.
's camp.
Xu Mu sneered in his heart. Chen Changqing was really cunning. He could obviously start the counterattack first, but he still had to wait and see the situation.
"I, Chen Changqing, am willing to take the surname of the country and save the country!" Chen Changqing suddenly drew his sword and roared, the sound was like thunder.
"kill!"
The 30,000 Muyun battalion who climbed onto the wall quickly dropped the flying arrows into the phalanx of the battalion soldiers. When they were caught off guard, countless battalion soldiers fell down one after another, and the blood stained the snow road red.
Yuan Tao still looked indifferent.
Li Rucheng, who was standing by, was so shocked that his face turned pale.
"Little Marquis, when did you instigate Chen Changqing's rebellion?"
Yuan Tao gave a rare faint smile and said, "He has always been my shadow, and I was responsible for all the military successes he promoted."
"I didn't tell the old Marquis because I was afraid that people would be evil."
"Little Marquis cannot trust Chen Changqing..."
"I can't believe it." Yuan Tao's voice was calm, "Even if there is no Chen Changqing, I will have other ways to bring down the palace."
Li Rucheng was silent for a while and nodded, "Now, we are really going to decide the country."
"My brother, go call Yuan An." Yuan Tao suddenly turned his head, his tone clearly filled with hesitation.
Why didn't Xu Mu understand that he allowed Yuan An to gain a reputation for military merit and help him rise to the top step by step?
It is no exaggeration to say that Yuan Tao has made the best layout. As for the future of the Epoch Times, it is still unknown.