"Your Majesty, be careful!" Pang Xiao stretched out his long arm and caught the arrow before Li Qitian could react.
The force of the rotating arrow was enormous. Pang Xiao's palm was cut and bleeding, but he did not relax. His powerful arm strength caused the arrow to stop three inches away from Li Qitian's nose.
Li Qitian was so scared that he let out a long sigh.
The guards holding leather shields rushed forward and quickly formed a human wall in front of Li Qitian, blocking the second wave of arrows.
Pang Xiao threw away the arrow and turned to protect Qin Yining behind him.
Although the situation here was chaotic, Pang Xiao was confident that he could protect Qin Yining as long as he was in front of him.
Seeing the soldiers guarding the city walls and the soldiers of the Five Cities Warden's Office brazenly attacking below the city walls, Pang Xiao's heart bled.
Pang Xiao had been on the battlefield for many years and had always loved his soldiers as if they were his children. In this struggle for power, Li Qitian felt that taking back the Imperial Palace would be as easy as blowing off dust. However, Pang Xiao felt sorry for these innocent soldiers who had died in vain.
They were all citizens of Da Zhou. They were all good people. But because of the struggle for power, they had lost their lives for no reason.
If they had fought with the Tatan to protect the mountains and rivers, then their deaths would have been worth it.
But what about now?
They had lost their lives for no reason. They could not be called heroes. They might even be labeled as traitors. They were wronged. How innocent!
Just like Pang Xiao, Ji Zeyu's expression was extremely ugly.
When he saw Li Qitian's angry and high-spirited face, he felt a wave of disgust in his heart.
Li Qitian's life had been saved by Pang Xiao. Although it was frightening but not dangerous, he calmed down and thought about it.
They had once fought alongside Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu. He wasn't an ordinary scholarly emperor. He was the founding emperor of the Da Zhou Dynasty!
An emperor on horseback actually needed someone to save him?
In front of so many people, if he behaved even more cowardly, wouldn't he lose the limelight?
With this in mind, Li Qitian strode forward and pushed aside the shield-wielding guards in front of him, exposing himself to everyone below the palace walls.
As soon as they saw Li Qitian come out, more arrows came flying from Prince Li's position.
Li Qitian used all his strength to dodge two of the arrows and then reached out to grab another one. The skin on his palm was scratched, and the pain made his face unsightly.
But he couldn't stop. Even if it hurt, he had to endure it!
Flustered and exasperated, Li Qitian threw the arrow down the palace wall. He took a deep breath and roared, "My officers and soldiers! What are you doing? Do you want to rebel? "
Li Qitian was dressed in bright yellow. Standing on top of the palace wall, his figure was very conspicuous. Coupled with his furious roar, the soldiers of the Warden's Office were all stunned.
Wasn't this the emperor?
The emperor was rescued?
Then why did Prince Li still want to attack the city?
They fought in order to capture the Tatar spies and protect the Imperial Family and take back the Imperial Palace. But now the person they wanted to protect was standing in front of them. The emperor they were loyal to was on the palace wall!
The soldiers were at a loss for a moment.
Everyone lost their will to fight. Some people even threw their weapons to the ground.
Prince Li's eyes were about to pop out. He had already come this far, and there was no turning back. If he couldn't kill Li Qitian this time and take back the palace, what awaited him was Li Qitian's crazy revenge!
Prince Li roared, "What are you waiting for? That is a fake. He is a Tatan spy. Kill him, take back the palace, and save the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the unborn dragon son. This is the right thing to do! Everyone, don't be fooled by this fake! "
Prince Li was far away from Li Qitian. Li Qitian couldn't hear his words completely, but he could roughly guess what Prince Li was shouting.
Li Qitian was so angry that his heart hurt.
But he was the emperor. In front of people, he had to act like an emperor, especially in front of so many soldiers! At this time, he couldn't act like a shrew. He could only shout, "Look carefully, who am I? If you continue to be stubborn, you can only be convicted of rebellion! "
The soldiers of the Warden's Office looked left and right. They didn't know who to believe.
Seeing that the people below had stopped attacking, the guards on the wall all let out a sigh of relief.
Li Qitian had an idea. Just as he was about to open his mouth to mobilize them, he suddenly saw a black sea in the distance neatly approaching along the wide street. The sound of the footsteps was uniform. They came from afar, and the red tassels on their black armor and helmets fluttered in the wind indicated their identity.
It was the Tiger Army!
And from the sound of the footsteps, the earth seemed to tremble. The people standing on high ground could see the Tiger Army coming in a steady stream. Clearly, there were more than ten thousand Tiger Army soldiers entering the city.
"It's Marquis Qingyang." Pang Xiao's eyes were red with anger. He gritted his teeth and said this.
He had single-handedly brought up the Tiger Army. It could be said that the soldiers inside were all his brothers. And Marquis Qingyang actually dared to drag these people in!
When Prince Li saw the Tiger Army arrive, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.
The Tiger Army's fighting strength was extremely valiant. The border army's individual combat ability was not something the greenhouse flowers of the Warden's Office could compare to. Now that the border army's Tiger Army had arrived outside the palace gates, they were like wild beasts about to leave their cages. In the blink of an eye, they were about to devour people.
Marquis Qingyang loudly said: "Everyone, taking back the palace today and protecting the Empress Dowager and the Dragon Son is a great merit! Don't listen to the clever words of those Tatan spies! Listen to my orders, charge! "
"Yes!"
The uniform roar shook the palace walls. It came from the mouths of nearly ten thousand people. It was extremely shocking to the people who heard it.
And looking from above, one could see the orderly and strict formation of the Tiger Army even more clearly. This was the difference between the spirit of the soldiers and the ordinary soldiers of the Warden's Office. It was simply the difference between heavenly soldiers and the soldiers of the Warden's Office.
A soldier's duty was to obey orders.
With Marquis Qingyang's military order, the various troops of the Tiger Army moved forward in an orderly manner, joining the ranks of the Warden's Office to attack the palace.
Li Qitian panicked. He knew how strong the Tiger Army led by Pang Xiao was. If those little tiger-like soldiers rushed up, how could they survive!
Li Qitian couldn't care about anything else. He leaned half of his body out and loudly said: "All of you stop! If you go any further east, you will be rebelling! "
When Marquis Qingyang heard this, he also loudly said: "Don't listen to him! The people above are Tatan spies. Listen to my orders! "
With the addition of the Tiger Army, they were about to attack the palace gates. Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu tacitly moved forward side by side, standing at the outermost perimeter of the palace walls.
Pang Xiao looked down and saw a familiar man with his sharp eyes. He loudly reprimanded: "Sun Tieniu! What are you doing! "
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