Chapter 550 The first snow
Li Anyan climbed up to the Xuanwu Gate Tower steadily, held the disc wall and looked at the palace. The palaces far and near seemed like giant beasts lying there in the night.
Li Anyan sighed a long sigh, turned around, and walked towards the city tower with his knife.
The wind gradually rose and it was a little cooler, which seemed to be warmer than before.
When he was about to enter the city tower, Anyan suddenly stopped and slowly raised his head.
A string of lanterns on the Xuanwu Gate Tower shone the red light on the bluestone ground. Some ethereal objects in the light and shadow were scattered. Li Anyan opened his palm and caught a grain of crystal snow. The crystal clear snow melted rapidly in his palm, feeling only a hint of wetness, which was not enough to turn into water droplets.
"It's going to snow..."
Li Anyan murmured, and when he walked into the city tower, his strength suddenly became stronger.
He felt that this first snow this winter is a good sign!
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When the drip scale was almost midnight, Li Daqi and others looked at Li Yu nervously.
A sneak attack is impossible. Although everyone is an imperial guard, I am Zuo Tun and you are You Tun, but even if you belong to the same gate, you run to Xuanwu Gate in the middle of the night with a fire... Not to mention wearing a helmet and armor, even if you are bare-handed, you will still shoot and kill without any negotiation.
If you are approached by you so easily, and then you will be surprised and kill someone to grab the door, wouldn’t it be a big joke?
The soldiers in Zuotun only have swords and guns, and do not have any long-range weapons. There is not even shield. Do you, a guard at the chapel gate, need these things? So their arsenal does not have these weapons at all.
There are no guards in the imperial city, but there are them in the camp of the imperial city guards.
The imperial guards of the imperial palace are on duty tonight. Chu Longxiang's headquarters is located on the edge of Longshouyuan. At dusk, when the palace gates and city gates are about to be closed one after another, a secret order was made by a small yellow gate played by an imperial guard. They stepped out of the city with the rumbling sound of closed door drums and sent to Longshouyuan.
At this time, Chu Longxiang had personally led a large group of troops into the capital.
Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty implemented a curfew. At night, unless there were special circumstances, the people were not allowed to walk on the streets, and their activity space was limited to each yard. Therefore, there were not many people who noticed the sounds mobilized by the army.
A team of escorted soldiers and chariots went straight to the Tun Army camp in the northwest corner of the north city as soon as they entered the city. They sent shields, crossbow arrows, flying catches and other items to the soldiers in Zuotun.
To attack Xuanwu Gate, there is no need for thousands of troops, and even thousands of troops cannot be merciless there. Just a unit of Tunwei. For security reasons, the emperor would not allow this army to attack Xuanwu Gate with Tunwei. Even if they do not have the intention of rebellion, there is still a problem of military discipline.
During the war, many things are uncontrollable.
Seeing that the time was coming, the convoy carrying weapons had arrived in time. They immediately distributed weapons. After a series of equipment, they seemed even more murderous. Li Yu took his hand and everyone hid into the vast night, crossed the palace wall, and headed straight to Xuanwu Gate.
The troops escorting weapons and equipment turned back and soon arrived at the military camp in Youtun. They began to quietly deploy defenses just outside the gate.
The confidants that Anyan could mobilize must have followed him to Xuanwu Gate. Those who stayed in the camp should be soldiers who were not sure whether they were reliable. They should not have participated in the rebellion, but at this time, how could they dare to be careless?
Li Yu and his party quietly sneaked to the vicinity of Xuanwu Gate. Along the way, they were both excited and at ease. Shields, bows, arrows, flying grabs and other objects were delivered, indicating that Chu Longxiang had strengthened his guard against the imperial city. Even if Hou Jun gathered his army into the city, he had to pass their level first. It can be said that the overall situation was halfway.
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In the palace, the emperor stayed at Luopin tonight. This is a sixteen-year-old woman who has been out of the palace for two years. She has a gentle temperament and a sweet face, and is very favored by the emperor. Of course, she is also the emperor tonight, and except for the second-rank concubines above, all of them are like this.
The moon gradually becomes round from the beginning of the month to the middle of the month, and gradually becomes smaller from the middle of the month to the end of the month. The concubines in the palace are also arranged in this order by the emperor. In the middle of the month, they are concubines with high status, while at the beginning of the month and at the end of the month, they are concubines with low status.
However, Li Shimin would certainly not be so uncontrollable. He said that he was the emperor and only had one person tonight. The other few people just inherited the rain and dew. At least it was unlikely to get pregnant, unless a miracle happened.
It was almost midnight, and these nine women were about to fall asleep. After all, the largest one was only eighteen, and he was still sleepy. But Li Shimin, who had been paying attention to his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, with a clear and tireless look.
"Come! Change your clothes!"
Li Shimin put down the curtain, covered the spring light of the couch, stood naked on the carpet, and several eunuchs and palace maids serving outside quickly came in.
"saint……"
Luo Ping woke up and rubbed her eyes and sat up.
Inside the curtain, an attractive figure emerged.
"You go to bed, I suddenly remembered that there are some things to deal with!"
Li Shimin turned around and comforted him softly. The eunuchs and palace maids put him on and left Luopin's residence.
"Huh~~, it's snowing!"
As soon as Li Shimin left the palace, he felt clear-headed and snowflakes were everywhere in the sky. At this time, they were already flying.
"saint!"
The eunuch close to him and owed him. He didn't know why the emperor got up and what he wanted to do.
"Go! Go..."
Li Shimin's eyes slowly turned, and suddenly he saw lights still in a palace. He looked closely and realized that it was the location of Huamuyuan.
Li Shimin said, "Go to Huamuyuan!"
The eunuch who was close to the body muttered secretly, isn’t this day for the concubines of Hua Muyuan?
But when he thought so, he didn't dare to say that, so he had to agree, straighten his waist, and just about to announce the ceremony of Huapu, Li Shimin said, "Let's go!" Then he walked into the vast snow, and the eunuch quickly stepped forward and put an umbrella for him.
Two strings of palace lanterns in front of him went straight to Huamuyuan.
The palace is very big, and it takes a lot of effort to go around. So as long as you don’t know where the emperor stays tonight, even if you break into the palace, you won’t even think about finding him for a while.
Although Li Shimin made complete arrangements, he changed his stay in the middle of the night to prevent it.
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Tonight in the East Palace is also a sleepless night.
Li Chengqian was wearing soft armor inside and a dragon robe outside. He also had a big cloak outside the dragon robe. He walked around anxiously in the hall, and walked to the door of the hall from time to time to look out. Later, he simply stood outside and refused to go back. When the snowflakes blew, his anxious mood became much weaker.
Du He and Zhao Jie were not dressed like him. They were wearing military uniforms, with knives hanging around their waists, and were closely accompanied by Li Chengqian. They wanted to leave a deep impression on the prince with this look, and the prince would always remember that they had also fought side by side with the prince.
"Prince, don't worry. Look at the time, at most, it's just started!"
Zhao Jie looked at the sky and comforted the prince softly.
Li Chengqian nodded and asked, "Are you ready to stop?"
Du He said: "Don't worry, the guards, eunuchs, and even the palace maids in the palace were all armed and distributed weapons, totaling 1,200 people, and they would fight for the prince at any time!"
Li Chengqian sighed and said, "What's wrong with Liu Rui's wing?"
Zhao Jie said: "I'll wait for the battle to take action at any time! Just wait for the General Marquis to launch it, and then go to the city immediately to echo it!"
Li Chengqian nodded and sighed softly: "What a pity! If Domineering and Chengji are there, these two powerful generals will be a reassurance, but they don't know where they are now, alas..."
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At the moment when Li Chengqian sighed, the two tiger generals led their elite troops to the south and east of the city.
East of the city, the camp of the East Palace Liuzhi.
In the snowy night, it was lonely and the guards at the gate had already covered with thick layer of white snow, but they did not dare to move at all.
It was obvious that something was going to happen in the camp tonight. In the evening, the atmosphere was a bit strange, and it was even more so at this moment. The central army tent was brightly lit, as if it was about to fight. Who in the whole army dared not to cheer up?
At this time, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly found that the night was dark and was pressing up like a tide of Buddha.
What's this?
The soldier screamed in horror. When the other guards turned their heads to look, they saw the black tide turning into a pair of big roc wings, slowly spreading and spreading towards the two wings. It seemed that it was like using a pair of black wings to cover the entire camp.
"Who! Stop!"
“Woo~~Woo~~~”
The sound of warning horn sounded, and several guards at the gate opened their bows and arrows, and asked in a stern heart.
A moment later, one man, one horse, and a horse were tall, and the man and horse were united. In the darkness, it seemed as if the demon knight from hell slowly walked out of the open wings with a strong and pressured posture.
"You'll hear it!"
The man was full of energy and was in a good mood. His voice clearly reached the ears of several guards.
Several guards narrowed their eyes to resist the wind and snow, looking at the terrifying black knight.
"Sir, Yuchi Jingde, on the order of the emperor, take over the six routes! You are guarding the camp tonight and do not act rashly. Those who violate the violation will be killed without mercy!"
The knight on the horse held a purple whip in his hand, and his voice was as thunderous as thunder.
There is no need to report to his officials, the four words "Yuchi Jingde" are enough.
The bravest one is Yuchi Gong of the three armies!
Destroy the sky at the end of the battle, the enemy of thousands of people!
With the heroic generals Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, and Zhai Changsun, he led General Yuchi, who had the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry!
In the central army tent, the six generals led the generals holding a wooden whip in their forehand, pointing to the map of the capital, discussing enthusiastically.
Without anyone's notice, Yuchi Gong's voice of gold and stone had already been sent to the big tent. The general holding the whip in his hand fell in dismay, and for a moment, his soul was gone.
People's name, trees' shadow, although these generals are always above the top, no one looks down on them, but once they stand on the stance of being an enemy, they suddenly realize that they have long been a mountain in his heart, and are unattainable!
The snow is getting heavier!
Tonight, swords and swords are everywhere. How can Hou Junji, the station in Qinghua Mountain in the south of the city be left out?
Hou Junji, a famous general! Even Yuchi Gong, who has the power to destroy the country, can suppress Liusu of the East Palace, but he cannot suppress him.
Chapter completed!