The sound of horse hooves heard from Xihuamen was the cavalry who had just arrived at Xuandemen.

The first to arrive at Xuande Gate in the south of the imperial city was Dong Zunxun, the third army commander of the horse army, Deng Fei, and the two led 800 elite cavalry to the intersection in front of Xuande Gate, and immediately turned west. A large stream of horses formed a bend and rushed rapidly. The formation of hundreds of iron hooves seemed to be earth-shaking, and there was no obstacle along the road; facing the established cavalry armed to the teeth, the fool went to stop it.

The Guards Office was next to the Zuoye Gate of the Imperial City, next to Xuande Gate. At this time, some people were watching from afar at the gate of the yamen. However, Dong Zunxun and others ignored the Guards Office and rushed straight to their destination.

The imperial city is almost square, slightly longer from north to south, with a side length of more than two miles. Dong Zunxun's troops headed west from Xuande Gate to the southwest corner tower of the imperial city, and then went straight north. The total distance was about two miles. He led his army to Xihua Gate within more than one minute (about minutes).

A huge square flag was floating in the wind on the horse, with four thick words on it "Summon to fight against the rebellion". Dong Zunxun rode a very tall pure-blooded red horse in the Western Regions. His whole body was double-layered and his whole body was like an iron man, with only two eyes exposed, and even the chin of his mouth was filled with porous fine-wrought iron sheets.

The sound of horse hooves is deafening!

Dong Zunxun led the way and rushed to Xihua Gate first. He saw the palace gate open, and he was slapped and rushed. At the same time, the bow and arrow were already in his hand. When he looked up, he saw that the door was already in chaos, and some soldiers and women had been killed on the ground. The first drop of blood had been seen, so what nonsense could be said!

"Bang!" The bowstring sounded, and a heavy arrow flew out in the face of a soldier besieging Luo Yanhuan. Before the man fell down, another string sounded, hitting another person's chest, which was ten steps away!

"Little Dong!" Luo Yanhuan, covered in blood, was overjoyed, "You are finally here!"

"General Luo!" Dong Zunxun responded, "Tell your people to dodge!"

Before he finished speaking, Dong Zunxun had thrown away the expensive carved bow. A cold light appeared, and the exquisite riding sword was unsheathed from his back, long, thick and narrow. Dong Zunxun's war horse had rushed directly into the crowd of people with a cherry spear. While waving the sword with his right hand, he held the unbladed sword edge behind the long sword with his left hand, and directly broke the armor. The sound of metal impact and screams sounded at the same time.

After a while, his personal soldiers rushed up completely regardless of their lives. The cavalry slashed desperately. One of the personal soldiers on the side was not protected by the left wing, and they were suddenly killed by the cherry guns stabbed several times. Dong Zunxun was caught in several arrows in his chest and the horse was injured. He fell off the horse. Many cavalry behind him saw this and walked up with long and short weapons to protect him.

More cavalry abandoned horses and crowded in. Hundreds of cavalry were blocking outside the palace. The horse army could not run away and occupied a lot of space. The troops abandoned horses and fought in sprints. The bowstrings sounded "papa", and arrows flew around in the air.

The defenders who had just reinforced at the city gate were weak, and the generals seemed to have been killed by Luo Yanhuan Formation. The troops were in a mess. Dong Zunxun's troops broke through the formation and chased them in an instant. The defenders were defeated and fled. But everyone was already red in their eyes, and the crazy soldiers rushed up and killed them, regardless of others' surrender or begging for mercy.

Some of the defenders were squeezed to the corner of the wall, and the soldiers poked the people with long and short weapons regardless of the number of times. The gatehouse was full of corpses. Except for some soldiers who fled to the inner wall and the small door, the remaining defenders in the not-so-wide space were all slaughtered, and they could not die again. Many people were at least hit by dozens of swords and guns, and were killed to the point of blood.

Luo Yanhuan spit out a mouthful of blood, stretched out an arrow in his chest and pulled it out, causing a twisted convulsion on his face. He shouted, "Let the array! Keep this place, fight after one soldier, my left wing army will come soon!"

When he looked back, there were corpses and blood everywhere on the ground, and many other people were not dead, struggling and screaming. There were also many women with paint on their faces. The women's weapons were only short swords, and they were shot and died miserably. The blood dyed the white dress mottled. But at this time, Luo Yanhuan did not see Cao Tai and immediately shouted: "Eunuch Cao..."

At this moment, he felt that Cao Tai had helped a lot, and he was very sorry for his death, so he searched for the corpse on the ground. At this moment, behind dozens of surviving women, an eunuch walked out and said, "Eunuch Cao went from the small door to the front hall. The family saw him with their own eyes."

Not long after, before the reinforcements were seen in the palace, the sound of horse hooves outside was already ringing like thunder.

Thousands of troops rushed to the street outside Xihua Gate like a flood. The army that came so quickly could only be the left wing! It took less than a stick of incense to start from Zhuque Gate; for the unprepared military camp, it was a problem that even a commanding man was gathered in one stick of incense.

Sure enough, a big flag soon appeared in people's sight, and the flag embroidered with tiger patterns called the soldiers to see it very familiar and friendly. The soldiers riding horses were all infantry, and some two were riding a horse. When they heard the shouts of the generals, they dismounted one after another. Generals at all levels waved their swords and cursed and organized their respective troops to arrange them into square formations. There was a lot of noise outside, except for the horses.

The soldiers who set up the Xihuamen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Dong Zunxun clasped his fists and said, "General Luo has made his first contribution, and I, Uncle Guo, will definitely pay extra attention. I am so envious!"

Luo Yanhuan said: "The key to opening the palace gate is the eunuch named Cao... I thought I was going to die here." He held the bloody hilt of the sword tightly, "The guard is a novice, he doesn't know how to guard the city gate, and hesitates to fight without any decision, otherwise we will fight to the death even if we hold up half of the incense here!"

Before he could stop his nervousness, he kept saying, "First, the eunuch asked him to open the palace gate. I scared him while quarreling and delaying the time; later the personal soldiers also came up to pull him up. But the guard was not sure about me, and did not dare to use swords and guns easily, and it took a lot of time.

Later, the movement of the army was too obvious. The guy (the guard general) finally came to his senses and shouted and closed the city gate immediately. I killed him on the spot! He and dozens of people occupied the door. How could the defenders close the door? He had to start a move. Those women were really not afraid of death. They took out their short swords and helped block the door, but nearly half of them died in vain. The short swords were useless in the formation battle. The defenders used bows and arrows and long weapons, and they wanted to block the door with their short swords. They could not bully themselves, but could only be used as a wall of flesh and could not reach others..."

At this moment, Guo Shao also came. He was approaching him with a heroic woman in armor, which was Jingniang. Guo Shao walked up to him and saw the scene of Xihuamen. He walked up to him and held Luo Yanhuan's palm in both hands, and said with emotion: "General Luo, you have made a great contribution!"

Luo Yanhuan, who was making a living in the Qingshui Yamen in Tokyo two years ago, may not have understood what the concept of a magical ritual is for a while, and said in a daze: "I will fulfill my mission and finally get the job done!"

Guo Shao said: "The most difficult places in this battle include this Xihua Sect! Once you cannot break through quickly, if you want to attack with force, the time will be delayed, which will greatly increase various unpredictable variables. This is why I sent you, the general, to come in person!"

Luo Yanhuan hurriedly said, "Thanks to the commander's proper operation, the eunuch, as an insider, could open the city gate."

Guo Shao looked back at the troops who had been rectifying the queue one after another and said, "It's half the success that we have been able to open the Xihua Gate. We must make a concerted effort and recount the credit when we celebrate the achievements in the future."

He sighed again, turned his head and said in a deep voice: "You ask your personal soldiers to find a place to put the bodies of these women first. They should be treated as courtesy not less than the soldiers who fell into battle when they die at critical moments."

...

Outside Jinxiang Hall, Qiao Kangzheng was extremely anxious to order reinforcements from all the gates to gather. In a hurry, the soldiers were in a mess. Of course, he ignored the eunuch who was walking away with the whisk. There were many people in the palace, but there were no shortage of eunuchs.

Cao Tai shrank, hugged his body in his arms, and buried his head in Jinxiang Hall.

After entering, the eunuch finally recognized him and stepped forward to stop him: "Eunuch Cao, where are you going?"

Cao Tai said: "If you have important things in the family, you must meet Eunuch Yang (Yang Shiliang)."

The eunuch's usual power and position were completely inferior to Cao Tai. When he heard that he was going to meet the equal-level Inspector, he said, "Eunuch Cao comes with the miscellaneous family." At this critical moment, how to deal with it is the above matter, and he will not offend people or take any risks.

They passed through the hall, walked aside, and entered the back hall. They soon saw Yang Shiliang. Yang Shiliang's face was not covered with blood and took Cao Tai into a room.

The sound of horse hooves outside the imperial city had already resounded in the front hall not long ago. When he heard that the Xihua Gate had started fighting, Yang Shiliang asked the eunuchs coming there and said that he was holding the tiger flag...the tiger army.

Before Cao Tai could speak, Yang Shiliang asked anxiously: "Is Guo Shao's Hujie Army's left wing coming from outside?"

"There is also the right wing, and Gao Huaide, the right wing, also raised an army with Guo Shao. Guo Shao is the savior of Gao Huaide's sister, and the chief general of Gao Huaide's nephew, who controlled the entire Hujie Army." Cao Tai glared, "There are more than 20,000 people in total, sweeping over half of the capital. He just broke through Xihua Gate, and the army is coming to the imperial city."

Yang Shiliang frowned: "Guo Shao wants to rebel?"

Cao Tai said: "Why did he rebel? The queen's sister is his wife whom he married to the public. Guo Shao and the Fu family are relatives. He is not qualified enough. If he doesn't hold the queen and takes over the wealth, why should he rebel with his head?"

"That's true." Yang Shiliang nodded.

Cao Tai said in a deep voice again: "What is the situation in the official family, Eunuch Yang is the most clear? You must not get up from the bed. Can you still explain it clearly?"

Yang Shiliang said: "It started even worse yesterday. I could only say one or two words, and I would take half an hour to rest... I was not confused yet and could hear others talking. As long as I said in front of him, he would nod or shake his head."

Cao Tai said: "Then Eunuch Yang thinks the official family can be better? Also, the 20,000 army has already raised its troops into the imperial city. Will they slowly watch the official family shake their heads or nodding?"

Yang Shiliang remained silent for a long time.

Cao Tai said quietly, "Wang Zhong looks miserable. Didn't he die yet? It's hard to predict whether he is not dead... Wang Zhong made plans early, but he took too much risk; Eunuch Yang is not at all dangerous now, so why not sit back and enjoy the fruits of his life?"

"How to sit and enjoy the fruits of it?" Yang Shiliang asked.

"The government can no longer take charge, and there is a prince; the prince's mother is the queen... The empress's confidant army has entered the city! Eunuch Yang, you have to think clearly. It is not obvious who will be in power in the court?" Cao Tai said.
Chapter completed!