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Da Zhou's Imperial Palace was built on the foundation of Beiji's Imperial Palace. The Imperial Palace was the Emperor's home. A great deal of thought had been put into its construction in the early years. Not only was the Imperial Palace very sturdy, it was also easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Other than Jinghu Wei and Ji Zeyu's soldiers who had attacked the Imperial Palace last night, there were only the remaining guards, imperial bodyguards, and eunuchs guarding the Imperial Palace.
There were more than eight thousand people from the Warden's Office attacking the Imperial Palace. Even if they split up, there were still more people guarding the Imperial Palace. Relying on the geographical advantage, the one thousand people guarding the Imperial Palace could barely hold on.
However, the people of the Warden's Office were all riled up. They were determined to take back the Imperial Palace and cut the thieves into pieces. In their anger, their fighting strength increased by several levels. Although they were definitely not a match for Jinghu Wei, who came from the border army, their bravery was still fearsome.
There was a great disparity in fighting strength. Moreover, after the Warden's Office, there might be Marquis Qingyang's Tiger Army.
Huzi stood on the city wall and looked down. He had seen the scene of close to ten thousand people shouting and killing many times when he had followed Pang Xiao to the border. This was the first time he had seen close to ten thousand people gathered in the capital and shouting and killing at the Imperial Palace.
With such a big thing happening right under the Emperor's feet, the common people in the city had long been alarmed. The common people all hid in their homes with their doors and windows tightly shut. Those who lived closer were scared out of their wits by the deafening battle cries.
The common people did not know what was going on. The only thing they were certain of was that the capital, which had been peaceful for less than five years, was once again in chaos.
There was war again!
Last time, when Pang Xiao led soldiers to attack the capital of Beiji, he did not allow the Tiger Army to disturb the common people. The people of Beiji had originally been on tenterhooks.
This time, no one knew who was fighting who. No one could be sure whether there would be a riot in the city.
Chaos.
Even the Imperial Palace was being attacked. If there were criminals in the city who took the opportunity to burn, kill, and loot, their crimes would be easily covered up.
The Warden's Office, which was responsible for maintaining law and order, was now the main force attacking the Imperial Palace.
The common people hid and trembled, silently praying that kind of tragedy would not happen.
Prince Li Editor: Modlawls123 Prince Li was no less fearful than the common people in the city.
He did not expect that so many people could not take down the Imperial Palace!
If this continued, wouldn't it be even more difficult to fight in the future if the Warden's Office of the five cities lost people?
"Go, hurry up and urge Marquis Qingyang. Why hasn't the Tiger Army arrived yet?" Commandery Prince Li urged his trusted aide to welcome Marquis Qingyang.
On the other hand, he encouraged the soldiers of the Warden's Office, "Everyone, work harder!"
., you must move. The Empress Dowager ordered this Prince to supervise the country. Today, this Prince did not announce that he was going to attend the court, but the courtiers have all entered the palace. Presumably, they have fallen into the Tatars' trap. Brothers, all of you have elders in your family who are officials. If we take down the palace as quickly as possible and capture the spies, we might be able to guarantee the safety of all of you! "
.. "Prince Li's words were passed on by the messenger.
However, to Commandery Prince Li's surprise, after holding on for less than an hour, the soldiers of the Warden's Office did not press on with their attacks. Instead, all of them looked tired.
Prince Li was greatly disappointed. He angrily said, "Don't you want to save your family's elders?!"
Those who could hold an official position in the Warden's Office were not of low birth. They were basically the children of officials.
The officials who could show their faces in court were basically the heads of their families. At the very least, they were important figures in their families.
Therefore, the Warden's Office soldiers attacking the Imperial Palace had their uncles, elders, or family heads in the Imperial Palace attending court.
Who knew which stray arrow would hurt the family head.
Who knew which family head would become a hostage for the Tatan spies to threaten them.
The prosperity of a family naturally could not be separated from the family head. If something happened to the family head here, the family would be in chaos, and they would not be able to escape blame.
Therefore, at this time, the Warden's Office soldiers attacking the Imperial Palace were all somewhat restrained.
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In Heavenly Worship Palace, the shouts and sounds of fighting outside became more and more intense.
Li Qitian saw that the time was right and immediately stood up in anger. He angrily said, "Beloved officials! Right now, there are people attacking the Imperial Palace, vainly trying to harm Da Zhou and its people. We really did not expect such a situation to occur in the Imperial Palace! You've really disappointed me! "
"This subject is terrified!" The officials all fell to their knees.
Li Qitian raised his arms and said, "Beloved officials, there is no need to be terrified. Right now, we do not know what the situation in the Imperial Palace is like. We do not know if the people are safe or not, and there are people like this attacking the Imperial Palace. We have not touched a weapon for five years, so they think we are a soft persimmon that can be bullied!
"Beloved officials, follow us to kill the enemy!"
Li Qitian's voice was full of confidence. After saying this, he quickly walked down the red stairs.
Ji Zeyu followed closely behind Li Qitian.
Pang Xiao supported Qin Yining from time to time and walked behind them.
The officials looked at each other in dismay. Everyone was very worried, but Your Majesty had spoken first and was walking at the front. The officials naturally did not dare to show too much fear in front of Your Majesty, lest they become an excuse for their political enemies to attack them.
As a result, the civil and military officials were united like never before. They all glared angrily and planned to follow Li Qitian to see what the situation was like.
They walked all the way to the city walls near the Imperial Palace gates. They heard the angry roars close by and saw the Imperial Palace gates being hit by solid logs from the outside. The soldiers guarding the Imperial Palace used their bodies to stare at the gates from the inside. The dust that fell from the Imperial Palace covered their heads and faces, but no one had the time to pay attention to it.
Some of the more timid people's legs began to tremble.
Li Qitian said with a strong sense of righteousness, "My beloved officials, follow me to the city gate tower to see what is going on!"
Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu looked at each other and immediately stepped forward to stop him. They tried to persuade him, "Your Majesty, it is too dangerous to go up the city gate tower. What if a stray arrow gets hurt?"
Li Qitian, however, waved his sleeve in a righteous manner, "No matter! I want to see who dares to rebel! "
As he spoke, he turned around and walked up the steps.
When the officials saw Li Qitian's righteous indignation, their hearts were filled with pride. For a moment, everyone disregarded their own lives and followed Li Qitian up the city walls.
Qin Yining's movements were a bit slower. He was half supported and half carried up by Pang Xiao.
On the high walls, the layout of the buildings in the capital could be seen very clearly. There was not a single person on the streets. It seemed like the capital had become a ghost town like the border.
And the people attacking the city walls were the people from the Five Cities Warden's Office.
Li Qitian's face was filled with shock and sorrow.
"It's actually the people from the Five Cities Warden's Office? That is … … Prince Li? I didn't expect him to lead my people to attack the Imperial Palace! Could it be that he really wants to rebel? "
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