My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 132 Entering Yan Palace
The wind blew through the burning wooden building, and sparks floated in the night. The sound of fighting could be heard sporadically in a corner of the city. The cries of the people gradually subsided, and soldiers covered in blood were driven to put out the fire in the streets.

It was already midnight.

Wearing a silver chainmail and a cloak slightly waving behind his back, Su Chen stood in front of the ancestral coffin with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the imperial city at the end of Suzaku Avenue in the distance.

"It's my first time coming to Yanjing. I didn't expect such a scene. Everyone, I haven't seen what the palace looks like. Have you seen it?"

Following the words, the wind blowing through the night suddenly became violent, causing the hem and cloak to fly.Su Chen calmed down his expression, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and tried to maintain a calm and indifferent expression, like a king overlooking the world. The old Ding'an City expression was gradually no longer found in him.

On the imperial city in the distance, soldiers and soldiers from the imperial city holding torches were walking around on it. From time to time, voices of scolding could be heard. As soldiers at the center of the Yan Kingdom, they never thought that one day they would face the defenders. city ​​moment.

Che Jin stood on the top of the city, looking at the dying flames in the city. In addition to the people participating in putting out the fire, there were figures of rebels on the streets. Some of them helped the people put out the fire and clean up the mess on the streets. More of them were still there. Outside the imperial city, siege equipment was being assembled in full swing.

He remembered the slap he had received before, and his cheek still hurt slightly.

The night passed slowly.

On Suzaku Avenue, on the paved streets surrounding the military formation, Su Chen looked at the city wall, and most of the generals such as Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Xia Houyuan gathered around him were watching all this in silence.

In the peripheral vision, the first ray of morning light cut through the clouds, and Su Chen slowly raised his hand.

"...The soldiers are tired now from the fighting, so we can take the imperial city in one go!"

The messengers waiting near the cart stepped forward to wait for orders. Su Chen raised his hands and slowly clenched them into fists: "It's just a city wall. The messengers to Zhang Liao's Bingzhou Army——"

He narrowed his eyes and pressed down his fist: "——Attack the city!"

In an instant, the messenger rushed outside and blew the horn.

In the military formation on the right side of Zhuque Avenue, Zhang Liao heard the sound of the attack horn. The surrounding cavalry galloped towards each army camp. Some Bingzhou soldiers walked out of the formation and brought the ladders made by the craftsmen back to the formation.

Bu Dong stepped forward and set up a large shield within the arrow range of the city. More than a thousand archers stood behind them, raised their bows and aimed their arrows at the top of the city uniformly.

The atmosphere of war instantly filled the city.

Behind the wall stacks, the imperial soldiers and archers guarding the city wall looked at the soldiers and horses outside the wall in fear. A school captain wearing iron armor looked at the movements of the rebels and shouted: "Get ready!" Then he turned around again. Turning around, he looked at the commander in front of the imperial city tower. The latter was holding a long sword and said nothing.

Seeing that the order had not been conveyed, several lieutenants became anxious and rushed to the tower.

"Commander, the rebels are about to attack the city..."

Che Jin looked at the road outside the city and the cart under the banner, and he said softly: "Open the city gate."

"Hey, let's get ready for war!"

Several people raised their hands and turned around. Suddenly they realized something was wrong and hurriedly turned back: "Commander, what did you just say?"

"Open the city gate, stop fighting!"

Che Jin looked away, took a deep breath, and looked at these confidants, "You are all my brothers. I don't want everyone to die here. You have a better understanding of what His Majesty is like. Poisonous Killing the late emperor... Suppressing old ministers... Acting arbitrarily, having courage but no courage, having tricks but no strategy... How can we risk our lives to accompany such a king."

"I can't be as foolish and loyal as Guo Xin, Xu You, Wang Chengwu and others... So, open the city gate." He closed his eyes, then opened them again: "We will welcome the general into the palace!"

"Yes!" The generals bowed their hands.

Outside the imperial city, the final preparations for the siege have been completed. Zhang Liao is riding on horseback and talking to Guan Yu. They fight together for two days and only have one chance.

"Liao, fighting hand in hand with Yunchang like this, it seems that only the white horse was ruined back then, right?" Zhang Liao stroked the mane of the war horse and said with a smile: "That time, when Cao Gong was at the point of life and death, fortunately Yunchang made a sharp move with his horse. , kill that guy."

"Haha, if it weren't for Wenyuan and Gongming, how could Guan be so relaxed?" When talking to his friends, Guan Yu rarely showed a happy look, which made Zhang Fei on the other side snort, "My second brother is not like this when talking to me. Laughed like that!”

Just as he was about to mix a couple of sentences out loud, his tiger eyes suddenly glared, he pulled the reins, hurried his horse forward a few steps, and pointed towards the imperial city: "Second brother, look at the city wall!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Liao followed the direction he pointed. The Yan State flag that was originally standing in front of the city tower suddenly lowered and was thrown outside the wall. Someone on the city shouted: "Che Jin, the commander of the imperial city, is unwilling to fight with the heavenly soldiers." , welcome the general into the palace!"

After the words fell, the closed city gate below the city tower slowly opened inwards with a heavy sound.

Guan Yu squinted his eyes and looked unmoved, "Could it be a scam?!"

"Instruct the soldiers in front to put down the ladders and go to control the city gate immediately. Order Niugai to take his troops and immediately enter the imperial city and guard the city tower. Ask the surrounding imperial soldiers and horses to put down their weapons and take off their armor. Quick!"

Zhang Liao did not dare to be careless, but he would not miss this opportunity. When the messengers started galloping, Zhang Fei was also leaving with him. He had a fiery temperament and jumped on his horse to follow the advance queue and rush to the city gate.The warning arrows flew into the sky.

In the formation behind the Bingzhou Army, Su Chen raised his head and looked at the sky where the warning signal came from, and then his eyes fell on the Bingzhou Army in front. The military formation was already in tense operation. He immediately got off the cart without sending out the order. He rode over to ask, and saw that a fast horse was coming from the Bingzhou Army and stopped in front of him.

Su Chen looked at him, and the surrounding generals also looked at the scout: "What's going on! Why did he suddenly shoot an arrow?"

"Reporting to the general, the Imperial City has opened the door and surrendered. General Zhang flew over to control the city gate. General Niu also entered the Imperial City at this moment..."

"Send the order, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, and the Wolf Cavalry enter the palace first. Anyone who blocks them will crush them directly!"

Su Chen turned around and returned to the car, raised his hand and waved, his voice resounding: "Everyone, get ready, come with me, enter the imperial city, enter the palace! Let us see the emperor -"

He opened his mouth, revealing his white teeth: "How frightened you look!"

The trumpet sounded.

Soon after, three thousand cavalry thundered into the imperial city. Groups of cavalry galloped through the palace road, followed by Bingzhou Army and Xiliang Army swarming in.

"Haha, the palace, I'm back to fight again!" Dong Zhuo rode over the soldiers one by one and looked at the palace buildings within the palace wall, as if he had returned to the feeling of leading troops into the Luoyang Palace.

"Li Jue, hurry up and go ahead. Lead the troops to seal the inner court and the back garden. Don't let the soldiers break in. Also search for the hidden door in the corner. Don't let the emperor escape. Take care of the concubines in the harem as well."

"Dong Gong, don't worry, it's already cooked!"

Li Jue smiled evilly, and the feeling he had back then came back. The inner garden of the palace was almost the same, and he led the six hundred flying bear troops to walk through the palace in an almost familiar way.

At this time, three thousand wolf cavalry swept through every road between palaces and attics in the palace. The maids and eunuchs were frightened by the sudden cavalry and ran around, while the guards in the palace guarded everywhere, fighting with the advancing Bingzhou and the eunuchs. The two armies of Xiliang fought together.

……

In the back garden bedroom, the three-foot white silk was held by the eunuch and walked behind Jiang. He looked at the queen who had served for many years, tears fell, and his voice choked up: "Queen, don't blame your majesty, he is a man, always." I'm worried too much. After seeing off the Queen and the Prince, the old slave also came to serve."

Queen Jiang looked at the bronze mirror, her eyes were red, and she squeezed out a gentle smile.

"I don't blame him. It saves Your Majesty a worry. What you should do as a queen is... Shu'er, I hope you can conceal the past secretly for the sake of my master and servant for many years. Shu'er is still young, and there is no world in this world. , He hasn’t seen it yet...",

"I understand, I understand!"

The old eunuch cried out, tremblingly took the white silk on the tray and slowly stepped forward, putting it on the pretty beauty's neck.

"Don't worry, Queen. After you go, I will take the prince away..."

Outside the palace, there was a loud sound of hooves, and a rude shout resounded: "This is the palace, rush in!"

The old eunuch who had restrained the queen turned around, and the door in his field of vision exploded with a bang. A war horse leapt into the bedroom, treading its iron hooves anxiously. The knight above drew out his blade and pointed it this way.

"Eunuch, let go of the Queen of Yan!"

After a moment, the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army poured in!

……

The moment the wave of fighting spread from the front palace, outside the Jingxin Hall on the other side of the back garden, Bei Miyano was fully clothed in armor, with a sword with a golden scabbard on his waist. He led a group of palace guards and strode into the hall. In the field of vision, an old man was sitting on a chair, sleeping with his eyes closed.

He slapped the scroll in his hand onto the table and sat down opposite the old man with a golden sword.

"Master, the palace can no longer be defended. The emperor may have to sit down for the rest of his life. You have always wanted this "General's Night Banquet". I will put it here and you can take it away. However, we have some things that we should settle clearly. ”

The old man seemed to have expected it and slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, how do you know this?"

Bei Miyano's face was haggard and his mouth was covered with light stubble. He stared at Xiao Wenbi opposite him and said, "Someone told me that... Su Yong is not dead."

The old man's expression darkened.

(End of this chapter)