12dz Chapter 779: Take action and set off back to the capital!
Chapter 779: Take action and set off back to the capital!
The emperor's two imperial edicts completely disrupted the situation in Kyoto City.
No one expected that the emperor would actually hand over the imperial guards and the city defense battalion to the fourth prince.
Even the prince was imprisoned at this critical moment!
This clearly tells everyone that he wants to support the Fourth Prince.
The prince refused to surrender, and immediately led his troops to the Fourth Prince's residence.
A huge palace stood on the street, with high walls and courtyards, blue bricks and white tiles. There were eight guards holding spears guarding the gate.
Pedestrians around did not even dare to get too close, for fear of offending the royal majesty.
But today, there were bursts of horse hoof sounds outside the palace, followed by a troop of soldiers rushing over quickly.
The leader, wearing a dragon robe and a purple gold crown on his head, had a majestic face. He was none other than the crown prince of the current dynasty!
Seeing this, the guards at the gate of the palace bowed and saluted: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
The prince said indifferently: "Let the fourth one come out!"
"This... Your Highness, the Fourth Prince is not in the palace."
"Humph, since he is not in the mansion, I will check it myself!"
The prince said coldly: "The Sizhou troops under my command have lost several soldiers, and there is reliable information that they are here!"
"Someone, go in and search!"
At a command, the Sizhou troops rushed towards the palace.
The guards at the door were horrified; they didn't expect the prince to be so forceful.
Just when they didn't know how to respond, they suddenly heard a sneer from inside the mansion:
"Brother Crown Prince wants to search my palace?"
As he was speaking, the Fourth Prince Chu Ying arrived at the gate of the mansion with a team of soldiers. He stood on the steps at the door, looking down at the Crown Prince and making eye contact.
The prince narrowed his eyes, and a hint of murderous intent flashed across his eyes: "Fourth Brother, although you are now the regent, you cannot arrest my people at will!
If you know what's good for you, hand them over. Otherwise, I will not let this go today."
"Helping someone?"
The fourth prince sneered: "Brother Crown Prince, I have confused you. I have never met your people, so how can I talk about making friends with them?"
Although he knew that the Crown Prince was making excuses, the Fourth Prince had no choice but to cooperate with him.
He's stalling for time!
As long as the city defense camp and the imperial guards arrive, the prince will definitely not dare to take action.
But the prince was not a fool, how could he not understand that Chu Ying was stalling for time, he sneered when he heard this:
"Fourth brother, stop pretending. Do you want to stall for time and wait for your people to come? Humph, do you think I will give you this opportunity?"
The prince waved his hand and said, "Everyone, listen up! Immediately rush into the palace to search. Anyone who obstructs us will be killed without mercy!"
The strict order boosted the morale of the Sizhou soldiers, and they rushed forward waving their weapons.
The Fourth Prince's face darkened: "Retreat to the palace and hold on for a quarter of an hour. Our reinforcements will arrive soon!"
Everyone retreated into the palace and closed the door.
"Break open the door!"
The prince sneered and commanded: "Go find another ladder and climb in from the wall!"
The Sizhou soldiers immediately took action. They treated the palace as a city, banging on the gates and climbing over the high walls.
The fourth prince who was in command in the palace had a gloomy face: "Shoot the arrows, we must stop them!"
"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh~" The sharp arrows whistled and killed the Sizhou soldiers who tried to climb in.
At the same time, the guards in the mansion moved a table to block the door.
Even though the Sizhou soldiers were constantly attacking, they were held back and it was not easy to break through the gate.
For a while, the battle came to a stalemate.
At the same time, Chu Ning outside the city also received the news.
"Your Highness!"
Jia Yu came to report excitedly: "The Crown Prince has led his troops to surround the Fourth Prince's residence, and the Fourth Prince does not seem to want to surrender, and has mobilized the city defense camp and the imperial guards to help. They will definitely fight today!"
As soon as these words came out, before Chu Ning could speak, Ran Ming stood up excitedly: "Since they are fighting, we can go back now!"
"The winner hasn't been decided yet, what are we going to do back there?"
Chu Ning glared at him unhappily: "Don't worry, there will definitely be a time when you will be needed to take action this time."
"But not now. The time has not come yet. When the time comes, I will definitely let you have a good fight."
Ran Ming chuckled: "Your Highness said this! This time when I go back, I will definitely let go and fight."
Chu Ning shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to this bloodthirsty guy.
He turned to Jia Yu and asked, "What are the movements of other people in the city?"
Jia Yu chuckled: "At present, all parties are still waiting and watching, but several princes are eager to try, and seem to want to take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits."
"Fisherman?"
Chu Ning sneered: "Only I can be the one to take advantage of this situation. If others want to interfere, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The current situation can be said to be caused by him alone, and he will never allow others to reap the benefits.
Chu Ning stood up slowly, squinted his eyes, and looked towards the direction of Kyoto City: "Calculating the time, they should be fighting!
Send an order, everyone pack up immediately and return to Kyoto City after dark in three quarters of an hour!"
"Yes!" Ran Ming went down to pass on the order with an excited look on his face.
Returning to the city means you can take action!
However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Chu Ning was very cautious and chose to go back after dark.
The timing must be chosen well. If you go back too early, not only will you fail to reap the harvest, but you will become the target of public criticism.
If you go back too late, other princes will take advantage of you!
He must appear when the winner is decided!
At the command, the White Horse Cavalry was ready to go and could only return to Beijing after dark.
At this moment, the situation in the city has reached a white-hot stage!
The prince led his men to continuously attack the palace, but in just a quarter of an hour, there were signs that they could not hold out at the gate.
"Your Highness, it's bad. The door is about to be broken. You'd better go out through the back door!" The guard came over immediately to persuade him.
But the fourth prince Chu Ying put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "I believe Lord Liu will bring his troops here."
"Tell the brothers to hold on for a while. If they win this battle, I will reward them handsomely!"
"If anyone dies in battle, their families will be treated well by the palace."
"Yes!" the guard responded and immediately went down to pass on the order.
The morale, which had been shaky, stabilized after this order, and the guards of the palace fought with all their might!
Outside the palace, the prince looked at the palace gate that was about to be broken down and couldn't help laughing wildly, "Fourth Brother, you can't escape today!"
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, shouts of killing were heard outside the street, and two armies attacked the Sizhou soldiers from the left and right.
This scene made the prince's face change drastically. He turned around and shouted angrily: "What's going on!"
A soldier immediately came to report: "Your Highness, the Imperial Guards and the City Defense Battalion have arrived. They didn't negotiate with us at all, they just came up and started fighting!"
The prince's face suddenly turned gloomy when he heard this.
There are a lot of people from the Imperial Guards and the City Defense Camp. If they rush here at this moment, can he still kill the Fourth Prince?
There are only two paths before him now.
Either fight to the end and take the opportunity to kill the Fourth Prince.
Or go back and live a life of confinement!