Fake concubine, real queen

The north wind howls, and the sky dances with snow.

At this moment, whether it is Zhou Yufei and Yan Chi who came behind, or the more than 2000 soldiers and guards who followed He Gu in front, everyone knows that there will be a tough battle ahead. It is the imperial capital of the entire Dai Viet Dynasty, and the Imperial Army of the Fifth Division of Gyeonggi is known to everyone as an elite division with strict military discipline, strict orders and prohibitions, and the ability to outnumber one hundred. They know almost nothing about the current defense situation in the city. As for the young cavalry general He Gu who was newly promoted, no one knew whether he could take on this important task.

More than [-] and five imperial guards, if the defense is balanced, each of the seven gates of the outer city is at least guarded by more than a thousand imperial guards, and the northern two gates are especially adjacent. However, there are more than three thousand people, and if you think about it with your feet, you know that there are definitely more than them.

The gates of the city are closed, and the capital is under martial law. Even someone who has never read military books, as long as he has some brains, he knows that it must be easy to defend the city and difficult to attack. It's definitely not something that General He's miscellaneous army mixed with more than 1000 Yangxi soldiers can easily match.

Under such circumstances, the young general just sent a few scouts under his command to investigate a few times, but the city gate was closed, and he didn't know what they had discovered, so General He ordered to attack the city gate. ——

Military orders are hard to break.

The morning of the severe winter was extremely cold, and the hearts of the soldiers were as cold as the temperature around them, and they hugged their will to die with a little bit of despair.

Although Zhengye didn't know what Lord Hou was thinking, he guessed that it was probably because he was thinking about His Highness the Third Highness in his heart, that's why he rushed forward so impetuously, and he wanted to persuade him, so he tied the reins of the horses while the horses were getting ready, and whispered earnestly in a low voice. On the side of He Gu, he persuaded: "Since Yan's guards are here, you can also get His Majesty's will. As long as we wait a little longer, the Chenghe Second Battalion will come later, and then attack the city gate, the chances of winning are not so great? I I know I'm worried about my lord... But if I can't bear it, I will make a big plan. If I ruin our lives for a moment of impatience, it's a small thing, but if I can't save you, I will delay the lives of your majesty, empress, and lord. How can it be worthwhile? ?”

He Gu heard the words, his movements paused for a while, I wonder if it was Zheng Ye's illusion, he always felt that since hearing the news of the accident in the capital, Hou Ye seemed to be a little different from the past, and others naturally didn't notice it, After all, Ke Zhengye grew up with He Gu since he was a child, even if there are only slight differences between He Gu Xingzhi and the past, he can still smell some clues and something wrong.

He Gu lowered his eyelids, stood in front of Yun Zhui with his back to Zhengye, he was stroking the horse's face along the harness on Yun Zhui's mouth when he heard this, he paused, and turned his head slightly , tickled the corners of his lips.

Masano was taken aback when he saw this.

His little master...why does he look like he is smiling?

But he really didn't expect that Lord Hou could still laugh at this time...

He Gu turned on the horse neatly, pulled the rein over the rein and looked down at Zhengye, the smile on his face faded by three points, and his tone sounded strange——

No, it should be said that it is very strange.

"We are not the ones to worry about right now, let's get on the horse."

He Guru said.

Zhengye had never heard him speak in such a tone.

It was a half-smile, but it seemed to be carrying a bit of imperceptible, veiled killing intent. It was clear that he wanted to pin his head on his belt, and risk his life to gamble without knowing his life or death, but he didn't seem to worry about his own safety at all.

Zhengye looked at him, his mind was in a trance for a moment, he almost thought that this upcoming tough battle, Lord Hou had already made up his mind, and he was sure to win and return.

With He Gu like this, Zhengye's heart inexplicably settled down a bit.

He Gu didn't look at him anymore.

This place is tens of miles away from the capital, and it is almost within easy reach. Just now, the soldiers listened to General He’s words and the imperial decree brought by that guard, and they knew that even though it was dangerous, this battle was not worth it. Stop fighting, right now they can only follow General He, and there is no way out if they want to back down. If this is the case, it is better to beat him once. They all secretly harbored a will to die.

As a result, this miscellaneous army, which was not very clean at first, showed an almost abnormal silence and efficiency for the first time since it sent troops from Yangxi yesterday. Marching at full speed, they rushed to the north of the city before the sky broke. two doors.

It's just that no one thought that the tough siege battle that was expected for them did not seem to be as difficult to win as expected, with heavy casualties-and the direction of the whole thing was not as they originally imagined.

The sky was already bright, and the generals guarding the city were at the city gate, obviously they had already noticed that soldiers and horses were approaching.

"Who is coming!"

"Martial law in the capital! People from the seven gates of the outer city are not allowed to enter or leave. Where are you under the command of the general? You dare to mobilize troops and horses privately to besiege the capital. You are so courageous. Do you have your head on your neck itchy and alive?" Tired of crooked?"

Zhengye followed He Gu, and when he heard the words of the guard at the city gate, his heart skipped a beat. Although he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he was only a half-grown young man after all. Together with He Lao Hou Ye, he also fought in Chenghe, but at that time, all those killed were stragglers, how can it be compared with the feeling of being pointed at the head by the archers on the city wall when facing the forbidden army of the Fifth Division of Gyeonggi?

... Fortunately, considering He Gu's repeated exhortations just now, he still forced himself to calm down.

He Gu raised his hand, signaling the soldiers behind to stop, looked up at the guard on the city gate, but did not speak, Zhengye's Adam's apple rolled, and he shouted in a deep voice: "We are under General Chenghe Yang, General Order me to go to Beijing as soon as possible, and cooperate with His Highness the Crown Prince Qingjun to arrest the anti-Wang Zhong and the two kings Ke, here is a secret letter written by General Yang himself and sealed."

Hearing this, the guard at the city gate sneered, and said from afar: "Depending on your background, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never mentioned it to us, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, it would not work, not to mention that General Yang is still in the grassland right now. Come on, where did you get the time to write secret letters and dispatch troops for you? If you want to fool people, you have to make up a decent excuse. The old tricks of thousands of years ago, dare to show off in front of grandpa. Could it be that I think I have everything in my head? The problem is that the pig can't go into the water?"

Zheng Ye said: "Brother, I waited for a night of marching and did not rest for a moment. I knew that the army was on fire, so I didn't dare to delay. If you don't believe me, take the letter yourself and look at it. Since we are all for His Royal Highness If you work hard, why bother to hurt your peace with cynicism and sarcasm?"

"It doesn't matter if you make fun of us. If the important matter between His Highness and General Yang is delayed, when the nobles will pursue it, who will take care of it?"

The general who guarded the city replied: "Young Master and I come here to do this. Today you are talking about flowers. Without His Highness's order, anyone who dares to step into the city gate will be committing a serious crime. Don't blame Grandpa!" Swords and guns have no eyes!"

He Gu only taught him these two sentences, and Yi Zhengye finished the first two sentences. When he heard the answer from the city guard, he naturally didn't know how to respond. With cold sweat, he looked sideways at He Gu next to him.

He Gu didn't look at him, just took out a letter with wax lacquer from his arms with a calm expression, looked up at the guard on the city gate, and raised his voice: "If your excellency is worried about being cheated, it's actually a big deal. But there is no need, there are many ways to read letters, and it is not necessarily necessary for the general to open the city gate."

The guard was slightly taken aback, but before he could reply, he saw He Gu touched the longbow on the horse's back, raised his hand and drew the bow with his sword, aiming at himself on the city gate——

The guard was terrified, but the leading general, who couldn't see his face clearly, opened his bow and aimed at the arrow, but it was almost as fast as lightning. Amazing, but it was also the first time he encountered such a fast bow and arrow. When he came back to his senses and wanted to hide behind the city wall, the arrow had already smashed through the air with the cold wind, and just passed him. side of the ear—

As for asking the archers on the city wall to release arrows, it was naturally too late.

Then a cool breeze blew past his cheeks, and the guard heard a soft "poof" in his ears. He turned his head and saw a small bamboo tube tied to a feathered arrow, which happened to go into the ground behind him. The plaque on the city tower is three inches, and the tail of the arrow shakes lightly.

He Gu put down his longbow, and said: "The secret letter is tied to the arrow, please read it, your Excellency will be able to tell whether our identity is true or not."

The guard was still in shock. He was not a fool. Although it was only for a moment, the attitude of the people downstairs seemed to be kind and courteous, and there were no provocative words or actions. This move is to tell him clearly by the means of a warrior, if the archer in the city wants to, it is not impossible to take his head with one arrow——

Contests in the military camp are indeed everywhere, even if the person who comes is indeed from His Royal Highness, it does not affect him to give himself a blow.

The guard was silent for a moment, ignoring the question of whether the guards around him had shot arrows, raised his hand and pulled out the feathered arrow that was deeply nailed into the plaque of Xuanhua Gate, took off the secret letter on it, unfolded it and took a closer look— —

Seeing this, his pupils shrank slightly.

These guards are several capable subordinates under Ji Hong's command, so the prince is often seen on weekdays. Before the new year's incident, His Royal Highness personally instructed them one by one to defend the capital, so he also knew that the far away In Chenghe, General Yang Wenbing of the Northern Camp who seemed to have nothing to do with His Royal Highness was actually a member of the Eastern Palace.

It is precisely because of this that this group of people said that they were under General Yang's subordinates. Although he didn't believe it, he didn't immediately order people to throw stones and arrows. After all, General Yang followed His Royal Highness. Not everyone knew about it, but this group The person who came here actually knew that, just based on this point, it is already three points credible.

Even so, he was still vigilant, never intending to open the gate of the city easily and ask someone to fetch the so-called secret letter from someone else.

But he never expected that he would see this pattern on the lacquer seal of this letter at this moment.

This is only known to several high-ranking generals in the Imperial Army of the Five Divisions of Gyeonggi Province, which means that it contains the most important letters, and the pattern will be used——

Naturally, this pattern does not exist for nothing. Anyone who sees this pattern will not be able to open it and see it, and the submission must not be delayed. It must be sent to Commander Ji as soon as possible. .

Knowing this pattern, the entire Imperial Army of the Five Divisions of Gyeonggi can be counted on one hand. This one in front of you... who the hell is it?

The guard turned his gaze from the letter back to the general who was riding on the horse under the city gate, and asked, "Are you also a brother of my Fifth Imperial Army?"

He Gu knew that although the sky was bright, but the snow was too thick, the other party would definitely not be able to see his face clearly, and he was not afraid of being recognized by him, so he was confident, and replied: "Brothers are not brothers, as long as you serve Your Highness, Which of us is not a brother?"

The guard said: "What are you..."

He Gudao: "Since you know the goods, you still dare to delay. Aren't you afraid of being questioned by the commander? After all, I delivered the things to you. If the military situation is delayed, you will take care of it alone. Don't rely on me anymore."

The guard obviously hesitated and paused for a moment, then turned around and said something to the guards around him. After a while, the guards around the guard took something from him and looked like He bowed again and again to answer, and quickly turned his head and hurried down the tower, not knowing what to do.

He Gu chuckled and didn't speak, but put his right hand on the handle of the long knife at his waist calmly.

The guard at the city gate said from afar: "I just didn't know this brother, offended, we all work for His Highness, and I also have an errand, so I dare not slack off, Brother Wanwang, don't blame me."

After the guard had finished speaking, the archers on the city wall withdrew their bows one after another.

He tried to persuade him, but He Gu ignored him, only snorted softly in his nose, tugged at the rein slightly, and turned sideways.

Although the guard didn't hear the soft snort, but he saw his movement from a distance, and knew that he just said something to Grandpa and Lao Tzu, and his tone was not very good, most likely the other party was a little unhappy, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, so he had to touch him. I touched my nose and fell silent.

After waiting for about half a stick of incense, He Gu said impatiently: "Your Excellency, this soldier's journey is too slow, if we delay any longer, we don't have to wait for His Highness to be held accountable, and we will directly prepare for the future." The loyal king ascends the throne, and asks the twelve guards to take you and me, and let us go to prison together to ransack our family and exterminate our clan!"

The guard choked and said, "But I can't open the city gate without the commander's order..."

He Gu said: "Okay, since your Excellency is in trouble, we have no choice but to go around to the south and find another guard to open the door."

After Yu Bi raised his hand, he ordered the soldiers behind him to get ready, and said loudly, "Let's go!"

Seeing that he really wanted to leave, the guard was determined not to open the door, but he suddenly became undecided. After all, it seems that this person is indeed released from the imperial army. His Highness always likes to promote people like this , he also knows.

... If it is true, telling him to go to the south to delay the big event, what if His Highness and Commander Ji pursue it in the future, what should we do?

He really couldn't bear it.

The guard suddenly felt that one head and two big, he had never encountered such a dilemma in his life.

At this moment, the guard's eyes paused on the triangular long flag held by the team below the tower, seeing clearly the word "Fly" on the flag, his mind went blank for a moment, and he immediately froze on the spot——

Young, good at arching horses, and also knows the top-secret wax pattern, and the "Flying" flag...

Besides Commander Ji's own brother, Ji Fei, who else could there be?

He Gu intentionally slowed down, and just as his whip was about to hit Yun Zhui's butt, as expected, the guard's voice came from the top of the tower: "Your Excellency, stay!"

He Gu turned his back on his back, smiled softly in his nasal cavity, and reined in his horse, but he changed back to that arrogant look with his nostrils turned upside down.

The guard said: "If you offend me, don't blame me."

"Open the city gate!"

The Xuanhuamen became like this, with a soft "squeak" in the heavy snow, and slowly opened a crack towards the outside.

He Gu looked up at the guard, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."

He raised his voice and said, "Go!"

After half a cup of tea, more than 2000 people marched towards Xuanhua Gate.

While walking down the tower, the guard decided to meet the younger brother of Commander Ji in person, and to accompany his offense to Cai just now, but suddenly found that he was still holding the feather arrow in his hand.

Standing on the stairs of the city tower, he was startled for a moment, he didn't know what to think of, his pupils suddenly shrank, and suddenly he roared in a low voice: "Oops!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a tidal-like fighting sound from the bottom of the city tower. The sound surrounded the guard from all directions, almost making his head dizzy. He forced himself to calm down and ran towards the city tower However, as soon as he stepped out of the building, he was kicked fiercely in the chest by someone. This kick was so powerful that it sent him flying far away. His chest felt stuffy and his throat was sweet. , The whole brain is shaking.

When he came back to his senses, the back of his neck was already touched by a cold blade.

He Gu took the guard, tied him up and put him into the prison cart prepared by the soldiers behind him, and then asked someone to pull his hair into a mess, and then smeared it all over his face. There was a lot of cold snow mixed with dirty mud, the guard was kicked into the chest and lungs with such force as a natural cow, and he hadn't recovered yet, so naturally he could only bear it.

Ning Silang rode over from a distance with a saber in his hand, and said to He Guxi from a distance: "My good fellow, there are very few people in the Bei Er Sect, I went around and estimated that they are only in the early [-]s! "

After a pause, he continued: "But they are brave. Although they were caught off guard, I am still worried that the people in front of us will not be able to stand up to such a good player, Lord Hou..."

He Gu turned around and stepped on the horse, said: "Don't worry, Rong De just follow."

The guard was locked in the prison cart at the front, tied to two horses, and then pulled out. He Gu reined in the horse and followed behind the prison cart, raised the Yulin sword in his hand, and looked coldly towards the city wall. The soldiers of the two armies who fought together shouted: "The guard Zhang Yingkai has already been executed, and the north gate guards still don't abandon their weapons?"

"Here is the Yulin Sword bestowed by the Son of Heaven. If you continue to resist in the corner, you will be treated as a conspiracy and will not be pardoned!"

The Forbidden Army fighting under the city wall was caught off guard, and those who reacted slowly have already lost their souls. Now those who are still fighting back with weapons are quick to react, but at this moment they are still in a daze and don't know who they were beaten by. , a little at a loss, was startled when he heard the sound, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw their guard Zhang Yingkai locked in the prison car with blood on the corner of his mouth.

All distraught.

He Gu took away the Yulin sword, raised the long silver spear, and pinched the horse's belly with his legs, knowing that there was no time to toss around here. The imperial guards from other places in the city found that the Xuanhuamen had changed and surrounded them. It's a matter of time, and it will be troublesome at that time.

So a young general with a silver gun led the way, and a pair of black-faced men with vigorous maces followed, and these two men turned red like crazy and killed seven in and seven out of the guards. The guards at the gate lost their main generals. Although the opponents were not as strong as them, the two leading generals of Shashen were really powerful. With a group of miscellaneous soldiers, they forced the guards at the north gate to defeat them.

Therefore, General He's first battle after his promotion—the Battle of Xuanhuamen, was almost unstoppable in an unstoppable posture that no one expected. There were hardly any casualties, and an unexpected victory won.

The two city gates in the north are adjacent to each other. Although the defenders of the two gates have been dealt with in various ways, He Gu knows that he did not come here to break the Xuanhua Gate.

The most important thing is in the palace——

Third Highness, Empress, Your Majesty...

Must be safe and sound.

The Xuanhua Gate will be opened for the Shenwu Camp and Rui Xun Camp that will come later, but even if people are left to guard here, if the imperial guards from other places notice and surround them, I am afraid that the little manpower he left behind will not help——

That being the case, it's better to burn the boat and take a gamble!

If the defenses in the north of the city are not strict, and the Xuanhua Gate can be opened until the Chenghe Second Battalion catches up behind, and enters Beijing to provide reinforcements, then the general situation will be stable. People and horses can only be caught in the urn.

There was not a single soldier left in Xuanhuamen, only the mess and the traces of fighting covered by the wind and snow.

He Gu took the rest of the troops, followed Xuanhua Gate to the imperial palace as he remembered - the road with the fewest patrols, and hurried away.

On the long street, there was only the sound of galloping horseshoes falling on the snow. He Gu was a little dazed, but for no reason, Pei Zhaoheng's flawless side face like white jade when he sat playing the piano under the moonlight suddenly appeared in his mind. The drooping, slender, trembling eyelashes—

His Highness raised his eyes to look at him. Under the moonlight, the pair of clear and piercing peach blossom eyes called He Gu Hun dreamily stared straight at He Gu, almost looking at the little Marquis He, whose whole heart felt uncomfortable for no reason. He clearly saw His Highness's lips moving, but no matter how hard he tried to listen, he found that he couldn't hear what His Highness was saying no matter what.

He Gu's five fingers holding the rein were tightly clenched. It was a snowy and cold day, but his palms were inexplicably sweaty, and Jin's rein, which was as thick as a thumb, was a little wet and sticky.

This feeling is familiar...

Past and present lives are like a dream for a while.

Your Highness, what do you want to tell me?

Brother Yuqing...

What are you going to tell me?

I want to hear it from you.

He Gu thought so.