Chapter 74 Blood stained the capital

The entire capital consists of fourteen roads from north to south and eleven roads from east to west. These twenty-five avenues divide the capital into 114 houses of different sizes. Each house is surrounded by walls and wall gates. The wall base of the wall is eight to ten feet wide and about one meter high, forming a strict defense engineering system for the entire capital. People are in it, just like a chessboard formed by heaven and earth, in order.

However, the order at the moment was broken, with torches everywhere and shouting and killing everywhere. Looking at the chaotic sounds coming from all over the world, Liu Hu asked blankly: "Your Highness, where are we going first?"

Indeed, Yang Yong only gave Liu Hu the task of killing Yuwen Shu and Yuwen Mi. He killed two people. He was going to go back and hand over the order, but now he has to follow Yang Shuang to continue moving forward.

Yang Shuang said angrily: "Let's go, since you have killed Yuwen Shu and the others, let's deal with their two guards first."

The two were about to lead people to the military camp where Wuhou was at the left and right, and a few miles east of them suddenly burst into the sky. Then a shout of killing came. Yang Shuang glanced at it and his face changed: "No, it's the East Palace."

How could there be a shout of killing in the East Palace? Yang Shuang and Liu Hu looked at each other in confusion, thinking that the East Palace had only more than 200 guards, and the imperial city was the weakest. The two were anxious and immediately changed their minds and rushed towards the East Palace with their people.

The east-west horizontal street that is bounded between the palace city and the imperial city is the widest avenue in the city, with two sides being more than 73 feet wide. At this time, this wide horizontal street is covered with dense figures, and thousands of people are surrounding the imperial city and the Eastern Palace to attack.

It turns out that people are considered tigers, and tigers are considered humans. Since yesterday, Jingzhao Yin Guo Yan has been living a terrifying life. As Jingzhao Yin, although he is only a fourth-rank official, he has great power. He not only governs the public security of the entire capital, but also has 5,000 troops under his command. The important officials of various courts must be polite when they see him. After all, this position is too important.

When Guo Yan heard the Imperial Guards leave the city yesterday, he heard a terrible thought in his heart. Could it be that the ambushing the prince had been exposed? Once it was exposed, he certainly knew what it meant. Even if it was not dull, the wealth would be gone, and even suicide would not save the fate of raiding the family and extermination.

Guo Yan wanted to find others to discuss immediately, but yesterday the Imperial Guard announced martial law and his power was reduced to the minimum. Yang Shuang and Su Wei jointly issued an order, dispatching half of the Imperial Guards to martial law against the capital. Guo Yan's 5,000 city defense forces were restricted in the military camp, and the streets were full of patrolling Imperial Guards. Although officials could walk around, they would be questioned by the Imperial Guards wherever they went. Guo Yan did not dare to act randomly to avoid being exposed, so he had to delay for a day in vain.

Early this morning, Guo Yan could no longer bear it. He went to the west gate of the capital in person at dawn. His idea was that no matter whether the ambush of the prince was successful or not, the news would be heard today. What disappointed Guo Yan was that until the city gate was closed, there was no news from the west. He was determined to send people out of the city to inquire, but after martial law, the city gate was allowed to enter and not leave, even if he was Jingzhao Yin, he could not send people.

At night, Guo Yan discovered that Yuwen Shu and Yuwen Mi were taken away by King Wei, which made Guo Yan even more unfavorable. He decided to take the risk, regardless of whether the prince died or not, he would first conquer the East Palace.

The troops he could rely on were the five thousand city defense forces. Guo Yan served as the Jingzhao Yin for many years, and many confidants had already arranged in the city defense force. Although the city defense force was restricted by the Imperial Guards, Guo Yan still sneaked in with his familiarity with the city defense force.

With the structure of Daxing City, even if Guo Yan sneaked into the city defense camp, he could not bring the city defense camp quietly. However, when the Imperial Guards were dispatched in large quantities, Guo Yan also got the opportunity. He commanded his confidant servants to assassinate the Imperial Guards that were monitored outside, and then urged the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards outside were about to kill the Imperial Guards. If they did not take this opportunity to advise the Prince's Army, everyone would die in a bad way. They actually asked him to take the Imperial Guards out before the Imperial Guards surrounded. Seeing the torches swimming across the city, the Imperial Guards believed Guo Yan's statement and finally plucked up the courage to attack the Eastern Palace.

If it were normal for the Eastern Palace, although there were only 500 guards in the Eastern Palace, Guo Yan would never dare to attack with the 5,000 city defense troops, because the Eastern Palace was next to the Imperial Palace, but now because the emperor went to Renshou Palace to escape the summer heat, all the inner guards in the palace were taken away, and the outer guards had to return to the military camp after dark. There were not many people on duty in the palace, which gave Guo Yan a chance. If he could break through the Eastern Palace before the Imperial Guards returned, the prince would have to be afraid of the rats.

However, although the Eastern Palace was small, it was not so easy to attack. Under the leadership of the Crown Princess and two concubines, they shot the city defense forces close to the walls of the Eastern Palace with crossbows one by one. Although many city defense forces were tempted, they were still uneasy about attacking the Eastern Palace and refused to do their best.

At present, the whole city was shrouded in a shout of killing, and the scene in the East Palace would not attract much attention, but it could not be hidden for too long. The Imperial Guard would come back at any time. Guo Yan was very anxious and formed a supervision team behind him. Once the soldiers hesitated, they were executed immediately. This forced the city defense army to attack desperately. Countless city defense troops braved the rain of arrows and put the cloud ladder into the wall of the East Palace and began to climb up. Many arrow branches also crossed the wall of the East Palace and fell inside. The defense line of the East Palace began to become critical.

Yang Yu was wearing iron armor and holding a longbow in his hand. He stood on the highest gatehouse of the East Palace, with an excited look on his face. Yang Yu was already seventeen years old. His two brothers were crowned kings last year and moved out of the capital. Next year, he should also be crowned kings and left the capital. Unexpectedly, someone attacked the East Palace. Yang Yu was not afraid, but instead encouraged his mother and asked him to go to the front to supervise the battle in person. Yun Meier was not willing to agree and ordered someone to watch Yang Yu.

However, as the war became fierce, the guards who watched Yang Yu were not allowed to go to the palace wall to defend. While the people were unprepared, Yang Yu still sneaked to the most intense place of the battle on the city tower with his weapons.

As soon as Yang Yu went up the city tower, several guards around him recognized him. He was frightened and begged: "Little Prince, you are in danger above, go down quickly!"

"What danger? My father led his troops to fight against the Turkic army at the age of thirteen. I am already seventeen years old and no longer a child. Don't be careful not to prevent me from killing the enemy. Dear soldiers, the Eastern Palace has reached the most dangerous moment now. As long as we block this time, our reinforcements will come soon, kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!" Seeing the little prince standing on the city tower in person, many guards were worried and moved, and shouted loudly and drove all the city defense forces that had climbed up.

When Guo Yan saw Yang Yu on the city tower, his eyes lit up. Of course, he knew Yang Yu's identity and pointed at Yang Yu with his hand: "Hurry, capture this person alive and give him ten thousand yuan in rewards!"

The annual salary of ordinary soldiers of the City Defense Forces is only about 30 guan, and ten thousand guan can be worth hundreds of years of military pay. When he heard the reward of 10,000 guan, the city Defense Forces' sluggish morale seemed to have been a booster. He temporarily forgot the fear of rebellion and rushed towards Yang Yu with a scream.

Yang Yu shot two people in a row. When he saw the city defense force rushing towards his nest, he was shocked, but he gritted his teeth and refused to retreat. He dropped the bow and arrow, pulled out the spear behind him, and shot at the enemy climbing upwards. He hit the chest of a city defense force. The city defense force screamed and fell head-on.

The city gate tower is limited, so many city defense forces are greedy for bounty and are rushing towards one place, huddling together with each other has affected their performance. Guo Yan's order was to catch the dead, and no one dared to shoot arrows. Instead, Yang Yu, with the cooperation of more than ten guards, steadily defended this gap, and the pressure in other places has been greatly reduced.

However, after a moment of delay, the number of people in the East Palace was even worse. If there were no reinforcements, the East Palace would probably not be able to stop it for long. Yang Shuang and Liu Hu led their men to arrive at the right time. When they saw someone besieging the East Palace, both Yang Shuang and Liu Hu's subordinates were indignant and rushed towards the back of the city defense force.

"kill!"

The flat cross streets are easier to exert the power of cavalry than the grassland. Most of the city defense forces are infantry. When the cavalry brought by Yang Shuang and Liu Hu rushed to the ground like grass.

"Oh my God, the Imperial Guards are back."

"Escape, run away quickly, the Imperial Guards are back."

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The city defense forces, which were attacking the East Palace, suddenly became in chaos. They were already under a lot of pressure. When they heard the Imperial Guards coming, no one had the courage to turn around and resist. They allowed the supervision team composed of Guo Yan to threaten and incite and refused to attack again. They all left their weapons and fled. The city defense forces with thousands were suddenly dispersed by hundreds of cavalry.

Guo Yan was also involved in the chaos and was defeated with the city defense army in a daze. However, the capital was no better than other places. Since each yard was separated by the walls, the people were all under the protection of the yard city. The defeated garrison could only retreat along the streets and it was impossible to hide. Soon these people were disarmed by the imperial guards that followed, and Guo Yan had to be captured.

The horse's hooves stepped on the solid ground, and a crisp sound came from the sound. In a blink of an eye, this sound was covered up by countless shouts and screams. It has been twenty years since Daxing City was built. With the increasing strength of the Great Sui Dynasty, the people in the capital had never thought of a war disaster. When they heard the horse's hooves outside and shouted to kill, everyone closed the door and did not dare to go out.

If such a big thing happens in other cities, many gangsters will definitely take the opportunity to set fire and rob. Due to the separation of walls in the capital, there is no such possibility. Even if it is chaos, it can only cause chaos in each of the buildings and will be soon pacified by the Imperial Guards. Therefore, although the Imperial Guards are dispatched from all sides to capture the offenders who participate in the rebellion, it will not have much impact on ordinary people.

Mai Tiezhang and Yang Shi were with Yang Yong, one on the left and one on the right. After Yang Yong issued the order, he was about to go to the East Palace to take charge. However, after walking a while, news came to Yang Yong, which seriously delayed the speed of Yang Yong and his group. Yang Yong and others could only slowly move along the street towards the East Palace.

"Report to the Crown Prince, General Du Yan has come to report that he has surrounded the Zuowu Hou Guard Camp."

"Report to the Crown Prince, General Han Hong has reported that he has surrounded the Guards of Right Wuhou."

"Report to the Crown Prince, General Zheng Xiong has surrounded Murong Mansion. Everyone in Murong Mansion resists and is currently fighting fiercely."

"Report to the prince, Zuo Wu Houwei dismantled the weapons."

"Report to the very best, the Right Wu Hou Guard removed the weapons."

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Every time the news came, Yang Yong nodded slightly. Things were going well. As long as the Three Guards and Imperial Guards did not resist, after dawn, major events could basically be settled.

Another cavalry ran over quickly: "Report to the Crown Prince, General Liu Hu came to report, Yuwen Shu and Yuwen Mi have already been awarded the title."

"Good." Yang Yong was overjoyed and asked quickly: "How is Uncle Wang's illness? Has it worsened in the past two days?"

"Return to the prince, the prince has been dealing with the ministers in the past two days, and has spent a lot of energy. Tonight, Yuwen Mi and the others have drunk a lot of wine, but they have killed two of them. The prince still refuses to rest, and now he has put on the battlefield." The guard said with a sad face.

"I owe Uncle Wang," Yang Yong murmured. He was stunned for a while before continuing to urge the horse to move forward.

"Report to the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Wei, someone is besieging the Eastern Palace."

"What?" Yang Yong was shocked and urgently ordered everyone to speed up. However, when Yang Yong arrived at the Eastern Palace, Yang Shuang had already defeated the city defense force, and the more than 300 people he brought were rushing to capture the prisoners.

Looking at the pale look on Yang Shuang's face, Yang Yong choked and said, holding Yang Shuang's hand, "Uncle Wang, thank you for your hard work."

Yang Shuang was about to answer, and the entire East Palace cheered: "The prince is back, the prince is back." Then the gate of the East Palace opened wide. Although Yang Shuang came to support, he repelled the city defense force, but the number of people was too small. Yang Shuang was afraid that the city defense force would return, so he did not dare to let the East Palace open.

"Children, please see your father." Yang Yu first came out of the palace. He was wearing the armor, covered with blood.

Yang Yong was shocked: "Yu'er, are you injured?"
Chapter completed!