Nowadays, Sichuan and Shu are fighting everywhere and are short of manpower. The bodyguards sent to attack Xiangwang City were reluctantly drawn from the bodyguards guarding the village.
In fact, the bodyguards guarding the village had been deployed once before by Jin Feng and Ninth Princess. Guan Xiaorou went to Xizhou and deployed again. There are not many left.
However, in order to kill King Xiang, King Chu, King Wu and other vassal dignitaries, the Ninth Princess ordered another group to be dispatched to carry out this mission.
The Ninth Princess also knew very well that it was impossible to capture King Xiang's city with just the few people on the airship and hot air balloon, so the task she gave the battalion commander was to capture King Xiang alive.
To capture the thief, capture the king first. As long as King Xiang is killed, the land of Xiang will be in chaos.
King Xiang's "throne" was not justified in the first place. In the past, relying on King Xiang's accumulated wealth, he could barely control the powerful men under him. Once King Xiang is gone, it will be difficult for his group of sons to hold up the throne.
Maybe these sons will get into trouble themselves.
If you want to capture King Xiang alive, bombing alone will definitely not work, so the Ninth Princess also prepared two special operations teams in advance and lurked into King Xiang City in advance to carry out the capture mission and deal with some emergencies.
As the battalion commander's order was conveyed, a hot air balloon slowly landed in the backyard of a shop not far from the palace.
Two combat teams are hiding here.
It's just that they can sneak into Xiangwang City among the common people, but they can't bring weapons and armor in. They can only wait until the operation starts and the hot air balloon is sent in.
The combat team moved very quickly. Within three minutes after the hot air balloon landed, they changed their armor and ran out of the back door of the shop, heading straight for the palace.
But they did not rush to the main entrance of the palace, but rushed to a section of the city wall under the guidance of the airship.
In the feudal era, hierarchy was strict, and there were strict regulations on food, clothing, housing, and transportation. For example, the materials and colors for making clothes, and the length, width, and height of the carriage you took when going out could not exceed the prescribed data. Exceeding the regulations was considered trespassing.
The so-called "Imperial Palace" was renovated from the former Prince Xiang's Palace. Although it is not as high as the walls of the Imperial Palace in the capital, it is still more than a foot high. There are iron spikes on the top. It is not easy to climb over.
At this time, the city was in chaos. Many people passing by saw the combat team and thought they were going to climb over the wall and enter the palace, but the combat team did not do so.
I saw two people rushing out of the team. One of them took out a hammer and chisel from his waist and smashed it towards the palace wall.
"Do they want to knock down the palace wall with a hammer?"
A passing petty official couldn't help but shook his head when he saw this.
He once worked in the Ministry of Industry and knew how strong the wall in front of him was.
Although there is no concrete in Xiangwang, when the wall was first built, glutinous rice juice was mixed with it, and the bricks were also specially made. Many of the bricks had the name of the manufacturer printed on them, and every other brick would be found with the names of other relevant responsible persons engraved on it.
Name and place of origin.
Once something happens to a section of the wall, the person responsible can be quickly identified.
As a result, neither the masonry makers nor the wall workers dared to take it lightly.
Although the cost of building a wall built using this method is very high, it is not inferior to concrete in terms of strength. If you want to break it open with a fist-sized hammer, you will probably have to hit it for a long time.
The escort just punched a small hole in the city wall and stopped. Just when the officer thought that the escorts were about to give up, he saw the escort next to him take out a small square package from his arms and stuff it in
Entered into the small hole that was just made.
Then, the escort took out the fire stick and lit the fuse.
"Everyone get out of the way!"
The escort who lit the fire shouted loudly and ran away with the escort who smashed the wall.
boom!
With a violent explosion, bricks and stones flew into the air.
A huge gap more than two feet wide was directly blown out of the solid wall.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the two combat teams had disappeared, leaving only the junior officer looking at the huge gap, dumbfounded.
Nowadays, grenades have become a common weapon of the Zhenyuan Escort Agency. The junior officer has also heard of grenades, but he cannot imagine that that small square that looks ordinary can burst out with such powerful power.
At this moment, Xiaoguan vaguely realized that times had begun to change.
The combat team ignored this minor official. After getting in through the gap, they immediately rushed to the Prince's East Palace not far away.
Since ancient times, the relationship between the emperor and the prince has been very delicate.
As the crown prince, the prince is an important nurturing target for the emperor. However, almost all emperors are worried that the prince will seek power and usurp the throne if he becomes too powerful, and they restrict the prince at every turn.
The same is true for King Xiang and Prince Chen Quan.
After confirming Chen Quan as the crown prince, Prince Xiang took back almost all of Chen Quan's rights. The euphemistic claim was that he would let him study the art of governing the country quietly in the East Palace. In fact, he was afraid that Chen Quan would be like the four princes in the capital.
, kill me and usurp the throne.
Therefore, Chen Quan's East Palace is an empty shell. Only now did he understand what happened, but before he could escape, the combat team blocked the door.
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On the Bailian River, King Xiang and the escort team were still facing off.
An airship slowly flew over.
The airship did not land. Instead, after descending to a certain height, a person was tied to a rope and lowered from the sky.
The escort on the ground quickly ran over and confirmed that the person being put down was Chen Quan. The company commander gave a thumbs up in the air.
On the airship, the observer gestured back, signaling the airship to fly away.
"Chen Peijun, aren't you looking for Chen Quan? We have found it for you. Put down the knife!"
The company commander of the escort dragged Chen Quan to the shore.
On the shore, Chen Quan couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at King Xiang, half filled with anger and half filled with confusion.
Prince Xiang and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau are sworn enemies. Chen Quan didn't think much about it after he was arrested just now. After all, he is the prince, and it is normal for the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau to arrest him.
But when he heard what the company commander of the escort said, Chen Quan came back to his senses. It turned out that it was King Xiang who asked the Zhenyuan Escort to arrest him.
Chen Quan couldn't figure it out at this moment. Even if King Xiang ran away without taking him with him, why would he bite him out when he was caught?
What are you picturing?
Father, do you not want to see me so much?
Prince Xiang was gnashing his teeth in hatred, but when he saw Chen Quan being tied up and lowered from the airship, Prince Xiang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
But thinking that besides him and the dead man, only Chen Quan knew about the secret passage, King Xiang became angry again and roared at Chen Quan: "Sir, why did you tell the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau about the secret passage?"
Hearing Chen Quan's words, not only Chen Quan was dumbfounded, but even the escort company commander standing aside was stunned.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Although Chen Quan's hands and feet were tied, he still stared at King Xiang and jumped up and down.
Even with a ball of cloth stuffed in his mouth, the escort company commander could guess that he was cursing. Bayi Chinese website