Xiao Ruxun's sudden attack was clearly out of many people's expectations. At least, the soldiers who had rushed over with their long spears and big spears did not know where to stab.
The officer's reaction was clearly half a beat too slow. Faced with Xiao Ruxun's sudden attack, he did not immediately give any instructions. As a result, Xiao Ruxun quickly killed three or four soldiers blocking his way before rushing out of the Dong Hua Gate and escaping the danger of being locked inside.
However, there were still many soldiers blocking his way. Seeing Xiao Ruxun's imposing manner, they were all somewhat afraid and did not dare to move forward.
"I am the Daming Qin Duke Xiao Ruxun! Who are you people?! Why do you want to harm me?! "
Xiao Ruxun roared.
Under the light of the fire, his entire person appeared even more ferocious.
The group of soldiers in front of him were so frightened that they took a few steps back.
"Kill the thief! Don't let him escape! "
At this time, an officer finally reacted and quickly gave the order. The other soldiers also seemed to have reacted. They pushed open the Dong Hua Gate and quickly rushed out. Xiao Ruxun saw that the situation was not good. Disregarding the many questions in his heart, he directly swung his sword and charged in front of him.
Although those soldiers had the advantage in numbers, under Xiao Ruxun's explosive attacks, another three or four of them were chopped down, and they were almost forced out of the encirclement by her.
Only now did they realize that Xiao Ruxun was a famous general who had experienced hundreds of battles. Not only did he know how to fight, but his own martial arts value was also off the charts. He was completely different from some vases who did not know how to ride a horse or shoot an arrow.
The soldiers in front were forced to retreat by Xiao Ruxun's sudden attack. They did not dare to face him head-on. The people in the back quickly followed but did not dare to directly charge forward. This caused the line of encirclement to move further and further away from the Dong Hua Gate. Gradually, it felt as if they were advancing into an alley.
This situation continued until a green-robed civil official arrived on a fast horse.
"A bunch of trash! So many people can't even kill one person! Quickly release the arrows for me! "
"But Thief Xiao is fighting with so many people, he will hurt his own people by accident!"
The officer quickly said.
The green-robed civil servant swung his palm over.
"Fire the arrows! Kill that thief Xiao!! "
The archers were no longer watching from the sidelines. The archers on and below the city walls fired their arrows at the group of people fighting at the lit torches.
The moment Xiao Ruxun heard the sound, he let go of a saber. With his left hand, he grabbed a dead soldier from the capital and used him as a shield. In the next moment, the huge impact caused him to fall backwards. A gust of wind blew past his ear. When he turned his head to look, several arrows had bounced off his ear.
Good luck!
They didn't even let their own people go. It seemed that they were determined to kill him!
Xiao Ruxun was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He pushed the corpse in front of him that had almost been shot into a sieve, but before he could stand up, another round of arrows rained down on him. He reacted quickly and pulled another corpse in front of him.
It had to be said that sometimes, luck was so mysterious.
Perhaps it was because the surrounding torches had fallen to the ground, causing the lighting to be poor. Even if the archers were to shoot from all directions, they wouldn't be able to hit their targets accurately. Xiao Ruxun was still unscathed. But taking advantage of this opportunity, more soldiers circled around the area where the arrows were raining down, directly cutting off Xiao Ruxun's escape route and blocking off the alleys.
In the dark, as long as he rushed into the alleys, Xiao Ruxun was confident that he could find a way out. But if he did not rush in, he would be used as a live target. Sooner or later, he would be shot to death. Luck would not always favor one person, even if he was the illegitimate child of God.
"Fire the arrows!!!"
After the second round of arrow rain, the civil servant roared again, followed by Xiao Ruxun's roar.
"I am the Daming Duke Qin! Who is trying to harm me?! Who is the thief?! "
Xiao Ruxun stood up with the corpse on his back.
The scene of him holding a saber in one hand and a corpse in the other was terrifying.
The archers involuntarily stopped shooting.
"Who! Who is trying to harm me?! Don't you know that I am the Daming Duke Qin?! Do you want to rebel against your superiors?! "
Seeing that his roar had frightened these soldiers, Xiao Ruxun was relieved. He quickly panted and used this precious time to recover his strength. At the same time, he looked around.
He was surrounded on all sides.
This was a trap, a terrible trap. It had been a trap since he boarded the palanquin.
The defense of the inner city and the imperial city had always been the responsibility of the Four Soaring Phoenix Guards and the Warrior Battalion. This was the only army directly under the Emperor and was led by the Imperial Horse Supervisor. They wore black armor with a tiger's head painted on it. Some people called them the Black Armor Army, but more people called them the Black Tiger Army.
As the last warm veil between the officials and the Emperor, its mission of guarding the inner city and the Imperial City had an incomparably important political meaning. While it was still in use, it was the Emperor's last bit of face that could be preserved.
If one day its duty of guarding the imperial city was taken away, like now, and it was replaced by other soldiers, it would mean the complete decline of the Daming's imperial power.
The defense of this army symbolized the remaining imperial power and dignity in Zhu Yijun's hands. Zhu Yijun had mentioned this to Xiao Ruxun. It seemed that some people didn't know and thought that Xiao Ruxun didn't know what the Black Tiger Army meant to Zhu Yijun.
Xiao Ruxun also knew that in the last years of Chong Zhen's reign, the Four Soaring Phoenix Guards and the Warrior Battalion had merged into the Brave Guard Battalion. This was the only army besides Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers that truly fought for Chong Zhen and Daming, fighting bandits everywhere and acting as a firefighter. Alas, when the capital fell, the Brave Guard Battalion happened to be out on campaign, or else Emperor Chong Zhen might have died.
The significance of such an army was extremely important!
Calling someone to enter the Imperial City through the Dong 'an Gate was already extremely strange, and it had never happened before. The soldiers of the capital guarding the Dong' an Gate was even stranger. As long as Zhu Yijun was clear-headed, he would never allow such a thing to happen, and the eunuchs of the inner court would never allow such a thing to happen.
The only explanation was that something terrible had happened in the palace!
Shen Yicheng, the Second Assistant of the Cabinet, the Prime Minister of the country, had actually done something like this.
Xiao Ruxun had imagined countless possibilities: framing, political suppression, isolating public opinion, moral kidnapping …
But he had never imagined that Shen Yicheng would suddenly start a mutiny.
Xiao Ruxun looked nervously at the army in front of him.
"Xiao Ruxun! What else do you have to say? Do you think no one knows about your plot to rebel? Minister Shen already knows about your 30,000 soldiers in Xi Mountain and your plot to rebel! Quickly surrender! Don't make any more pointless resistance! "
The green-robed official yelled loudly.
Xiao Ruxun felt that he had heard the funniest and most terrifying thing in the world.
The funniest thing was that he was plotting to rebel.
The most terrifying thing was that Shen Yicheng knew about the soldiers in Xi Mountain. That meant that all of this was carried out under the leadership of Shen Yicheng. The secret that he and Zhu Yijun thought was a secret had long been known by Shen Yicheng!
Shen Yicheng knew about this and knew that he and Zhu Yijun were preparing to join forces to seize control of the military, launch a mutiny, and take back power. Thus, he made up his mind and acted ahead of time. He chose this moment to act against Xiao Ruxun, who had lowered his guard to the lowest.
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