The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 373 Closing
Wang Gang stood in the tallest bell tower in Bianjing City, overlooking the entire imperial city.

He didn't go out to visit friends, and stayed in Bianjing all the time.

At this time, the bustling imperial city was in chaos. At the south gate, King Yong Shu's private army had joined Zhou Bing and obtained a large number of weapons.

In the other direction, the palace was lit up with gunpowder smoke, King Yong personally led his troops to storm the main gate of the palace, and was about to rush in.

It stands to reason that the palace is heavily guarded and should not have been breached so easily, but coincidentally, the official family is critically ill today, and a large number of defenders have been transferred to the inner palace, but the guards at the gate of the palace are weak.

When the war broke out, King Yong was as powerful as a bamboo, almost unstoppable, because he still had internal support in the palace, who could open the gate of the palace for him.

Wang Gang sighed, and said to himself: "This farce should be over."

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Holding the tiger amulet, Zhao Zongquan wanted to sneak out of the palace, but before he could go far, he ran into King Yong's dead man.

King Yong's order is to kill anyone who comes out of the palace.

Zhao Zongquan was so frightened that he ran for his life, but he had been pampered for too long, and he was soon caught up with those dead men.

Just as he was about to die, a spear stood in front of him.

Gu Tingye was holding a spear and wearing a strong suit, protecting Zhao Zongquan like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

"My lord, I am Gu Tingye, the son of Marquis Ningyuan. I'm blocking you here, so hurry up."

Zhao Zongquan remembered that Gu Yankai, Marquis of Ningyuan, was the commander of the imperial army.

"Has Commander Gu led his troops here?" Zhao Zongquan said happily.

Gu Tingye used the eight-level gun to wipe out the enemy, and said to Zhao Zongquan: "My father can't deploy troops without imperial orders. I came here because I saw the chaos in the palace."

Zhao Zongquan thought so too, the imperial army was stationed outside the city, and it would take time for Gu Yankai to enter the city to capture the king.

"Hurry up and protect me out of the city, I have the Tiger Talisman in my hand."

Gu Tingye swept his spear across, and glanced at Zhao Zongquan in surprise.

Early this morning, Wang Gang sent someone to look for him, saying that he was going to give him a fortune.

Gu Tingye trusted Wang Gang very much, so he came outside the palace without thinking too much, but he didn't expect to meet King Yong to force the palace.

What is even more coincidental is that the place Wang Gang sent someone to bring him happened to meet Zhao Zongquan who escaped from the palace and was in danger. If you want to say this is a coincidence, it is too coincidental.

At this time, Gu Tingye couldn't think too much, and took a long gun to protect Zhao Zongquan and ran outside the city.

It's just that the city of Bianjing is very chaotic now, and rebellious troops can be seen everywhere in the streets. It is impossible for Gu Tingye alone to protect Zhao Zongquan.

Fortunately, the two of them ran into a group of people within a short distance.

This is a team composed of civilian husbands, about [-] people, holding simple weapons in their hands, and some even hold sticks.

Wang Gang came out of the crowd, holding a long stick, and led others to help Gu Tingye clear the obstacles.

"Changfeng?" Seeing Wang Gang, Gu Tingye wanted to ask too many things, but Wang Gang didn't give him a chance.

"I'll talk about anything later, first protect the prince out of the city."

Wang Gang is like a dragon entering the sea, dancing like a tiger with a long stick, and there is no enemy under the stick.

King Yong's privately raised army had very little actual combat experience and low combat effectiveness. Wang Gang, with the servants of the Sheng family and the caravan guards, was barely able to handle it, and soon sent Zhao Zongquan out of the city.

It went so smoothly, of course, because Wang Gang Ming Xiaoyong's private army deployed and could always find the weakest point to break through.

After leaving the city, Zhao Zongquan thanked Gu Tingye and Wang Gang.

"Thank you both for your help. When this king calms down the turmoil, I will definitely ask the officials for credit for you."

Gu Tingye said without hesitation: "I, the Marquis of Ningyuan, has received the favor of the emperor, and I want to protect my family and the country, and swear allegiance to Your Majesty to the death."

Wang Gang also said: "My Sheng family is the same, even if the body is smashed to pieces, I can't let the rebellious officials and thieves succeed."

Zhao Zongquan believed what the two said, after all, they saved his life.

Soon Gu Yankai led a team of forbidden soldiers to find Zhao Zongquan.

In fact, the forbidden army had already discovered the civil strife in Bianjing city, but King Yong bought some middle-level officers of the forbidden army and held Gu Yan back for a while, so that he could not rescue him in time.

When he was busy, his son and Wang Gang came to the barracks with Zhao Zongquan protected.

"General Gu, please send troops to protect King Qin immediately." Zhao Zongquan immediately took out the tiger talisman when he saw Gu Yankai.

Gu Yankai said nothing, he had already prepared everything, and the army could start at any time.

"The last general takes orders." Gu Yan opened his hands to take the tiger talisman, and immediately ordered his subordinates to mobilize the army and march towards the capital.

Zhao Zongquan, Gu Tingye and Wang Gang stayed in the central army, protected by three teams.

Wang Gang stayed in the barracks with peace of mind, knowing that he had nothing to do now.

After all, the Forbidden Army is one of the strongest troops in the imperial court. Gu Yankai is also a man who knows soldiers and is good at fighting. He has learned the art of war passed down from his ancestors.

He knew the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast, so he dispatched cavalry first to suppress the soldiers and horses in the five cities outside the city.

King Yong in the palace led [-] dead soldiers to attack the inner palace of the palace, but encountered strong resistance and was unable to enter for a long time.

On the other side, King Yan led the elite of the palace and was harassing him from the rear.

King Yong thought that the private army in Sichuan could come back to help, but he didn't wait for Lu Chuan to come.

"Where did Lu Chuan die?" King Yong was sweating profusely. He sent troops in a hurry. The longer the delay, the worse it would be for him.

"My lord, now we can only put all our eggs in one basket and take down the inner palace and capture the officials. As long as the officials are in hand, no one can do anything to us." King Yong's subordinates suggested.

King Yong's heart became ruthless, and he shouted loudly: "The first person to break into the inner palace will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and given the title of marquis."

With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and the morale of the three thousand dead soldiers has really increased, and it is even more urgent to attack the defense line of the inner palace.

The queen in the palace hugged the unconscious official Zhao Zhen, trembling with fright.

Prime Minister Han Qi was calm. Although he didn't know the art of war, he knew that at this time, as long as he guarded against death and waited for the imperial army to rescue him, King Yong's 3000 troops were nothing to fear.

"Hold on, the Eighth Prince will bring the forbidden army to help, and the rebellious officials and thieves will be wiped out." Han Qi shouted loudly.

At this time, the palace guards are not very motivated to fight. The advantage is that there are many people, but they can still hold on.

Because they have already discovered that a group of people suddenly appeared behind King Yong, it was the elite of the palace brought by King Yan.

The number of this team is not large, but the sneak attack from behind caused a lot of trouble for King Yong.

"King Yong, you intend to rebel and hijack the official house, and you will be arrested without hand." King Yan was riding on a horse, holding a sword in his hand, and he was very proud.

King Yan didn't want to be complacent, but his old opponent was about to inherit the throne, so he suddenly made a foolish move and surrounded the palace with soldiers.

To be honest, King Yan would wake up laughing from his dream now.

King Yan's men and the inner palace guards were attacking from front to back. King Yong's [-] dead men were caught in the middle.

King Yong knew that the general situation was over, but he still wanted to resist for a while. After all, he still had [-] private troops outside the palace.

It's just that Lu Chuan went to transfer the private army, and he hasn't returned until now, which cast a shadow over King Yong's heart.

The fighting spirit of King Yong's soldiers became less and less, some even put down their weapons, and then more and more people surrendered, no matter how much King Yong could shout, it was useless.

Not far away, King Yan bent his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at King Yong, and shot an arrow, and King Yong fell in response.

Once King Yong fell, his men no longer had the will to fight, and they put down their weapons and surrendered one after another.

King Yan sent someone to confiscate the weapons of the rebels, then went to the inner palace, and shouted: "I am late to save you, please forgive me from the officials."

Seeing the rebel army being suppressed, the queen jumped up happily, and said to the prime minister, Han Qi: "Quickly open the palace gate, and let King Yan come in."

"It's absolutely impossible." Han Qi stopped immediately.

The queen was a little puzzled, and looked at Han Qi puzzled.

At this time, Zhao Zhen, who had been in a coma with a high fever, woke up.

"Don't open the door." Zhao Zhen said weakly: "Who knows whether King Yan is here to put down the rebellion, or to force the palace."

Only then did the queen realize that it was hard to say whether King Yan was loyal or traitorous.

"We won't open the door until the imperial army arrives." Zhao Zhen tried to sit up from the bed, but failed for a long time.

In the end, it was the queen and the eunuch who supported Zhao Zhen on one side.

"Prime Minister Han, go and tell King Yan to let his subordinates put down their weapons and hand over all the troops to the inner court guards."

Han Qi knew that this was Zhao Zhen's temptation to King Yan, so he hurried to the door to spread the word.

Sure enough, King Yan didn't ask people to put down their weapons, but instead got closer and closer to the inner palace.

Both Zhao Zhen and the queen became nervous. It was just after the evil tiger was repelled, another poisonous wolf came!

Seeing that King Yan's troops were getting closer and closer to the palace, the guards all clenched their weapons.

At this most tense moment, Gu Yankai came with the forbidden army.

The brigade rushed towards the direction of the inner palace.

When King Yan heard the news, he knew that he had lost the best opportunity, so he stopped insisting and asked his subordinates to put down their weapons, and he gave the command to the inner court army.

After Gu Yankai arrived, he immediately controlled the troops of King Yong and King Yan, and went to the inner palace alone to meet him.

The gate of the inner palace finally opened wide. With the support of the queen, Zhao Zhen walked out of the palace gate and officially announced the end of this absurd drama of coercing the palace.

(End of this chapter)