The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 96

[Chapter 95 Betrayal]

After all, the action of the tens of thousands of troops was not a few people sneaking. Before they walked in the gate for a long time, just a hundred steps away from the gate of the guard’s mansion, they were discovered by the patrolling dark posts around, and an alarm was issued.

“Who are you? Stop, warn the soldiers, quickly signal, ah!”

Before the guard could finish his words, the angry rebel general shot him in the throat with an arrow, and with a scream, he slowly fell down.

“Di Di Di!” With the sound of a warning whistle, the three hundred guards stationed in the city lord’s mansion immediately responded.

He quickly came to the city wall of the city lord’s mansion, rushed to the dangerous places, and guarded the city lord’s mansion tightly.

At the same time, the guard camp, stationed 500 meters away from the lord’s mansion, was also awakened by the sound of the flute.

Quickly under the shouts of their respective officers, the disheveled people slowly gathered on the school grounds in the camp.

The commander-in-chief of the guard was about to send someone to inquire about the news, so as to find out what happened?

Why did those warning sirens sound all of a sudden?

But suddenly I heard a noise coming from the direction of the lord’s mansion not far away.

From time to time mixed with the collision of iron armor and the shouts of people, listen carefully.

Indistinctly heard, “Enemy attack, enemy attack, someone has betrayed, go and order reinforcements to come to rescue and quell the rebellion!”

Although it was a little unkind, but that’s what it meant, the commander of the guards quickly changed his face.

At this juncture, it is not a trivial matter that someone has betrayed.

If the enemy army outside the city attacked the city in the chaos, then this majestic revolving door can be said to be without the slightest defense and will be able to fall in one fell swoop.

With such an anxious expression on his face, his mouth also stopped at the same time, and he quickly said to the personal guard beside him, go and gather all the troops by yourself, gather them, and go to escort them.

At the same time, he sent messengers to summon troops from all over the city that had not yet participated in the rebellion.

They ordered some of them to go to guard the city wall, so as not to be seized by the defenders outside the city and attack the city.

The other part came immediately to quell the rebel army together. I just don’t know how many people there are in this army. If there are only a few hundred or thousands of him, then it’s nothing. If there are five or six thousand of him. , that’s bad.

Thinking like this in my heart, my army has also gathered, rode on horses, and led them to the rescue. The horses hooves rattled along the way, and soon they arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion.

At this time, the city lord’s mansion was crowded with people, and torches were lit everywhere. Looking out from the city wall of the city lord’s mansion, the entire city was lit up by dots of firelights illuminating the entire city.

According to the military system, every ten people is equipped with a torch.

Now that I count it down, I can see that the number of firelights is no less than a thousand, so it proves that at least tens of thousands of him participated in this rebellion.

Who is it?

How could so many people be encouraged to join the rebellion?

Don’t they fear the laws of the court?

Or the imperial court has been reduced to such a point that the hearts of the people are scattered and everyone wants to rebel.

This was the first reaction in his heart after the commander of the guards rushed to the City Lord’s Mansion and saw the boundless army. At the same time, he felt inexplicably sad in his heart, feeling sad for this dynasty that he had been loyal to for most of his life.

Seeing the 3,000 guards coming to rescue the driver, the leader of the tens of thousands of rebels, Anguo Colonel Guo Cheng, didn’t care.

He is a member of the local noble family Guo clan in Yingchuan County, and he is also the person with the highest gentry status among all the generals in this pass.

This time, he took advantage of his family’s position, and under the careful instigation of the imperial army outside Guan, he convened several times with friendly relations on weekdays, and they were also the generals of the nobles.

After a series of coercion and enticement, the generals who were born in the nobility have been systematically trained since childhood.

One of the reasons why I insist on not surrendering now is that I can’t stand the face. As a minister of the Han Dynasty, I have been an official of the Han Dynasty for generations, and I have eaten the wealth of the Han Dynasty. What about mutiny?

Because the educational philosophy they received from childhood did not match.

The second is that if they wanted to surrender, they had no way out, so they surrendered rashly. How could they know how Yuguo treated them?

Therefore, he did not surrender immediately.

But now knowing that Guo Cheng has obtained the secret book of Yuguo, the general who has the intention to surrender in his heart, and after a few times of shirk his restraint.

Under the repeated persuasion of the school captain Guo Cheng, he finally agreed to do something with him tonight, and used the head of Lu Zhi, the defender of the city, to go to the imperial camp in exchange for a merit.

The city wall of the City Lord’s Mansion is not high, only five meters away from him. Compared with the city wall that is as high as 20 meters outside the morning light, it is equivalent to adults and children, and it is completely incomparable.

However, at this moment, it is this small five-meter-high city wall that gives the hundreds of defenders in the city lord’s mansion a sense of security, allowing them to calm down and insist on being surrounded by tens of thousands of troops. Guard on top of the city walls.

It was not until they saw that the 3,000-strong bodyguards arrived in a short period of time, and the hearts of those guards completely settled down, and they concentrated on guarding the City Lord’s Mansion.

At this moment, he was startled by the noisy voice outside. Lu Zhi stopped discussing with those generals, and instead brought them to the city wall of the City Lord’s Mansion.

His eyes turned to the outside, which was full of heads, and the rebels were crowded.

His eyes suddenly sank, and he looked gloomily at Guo Cheng, the general of Anguo, who was riding a tall horse and sitting in the center of all the troops, surrounded by countless armored generals.

“Rebel Guo Cheng, the imperial court treats you well, inheriting the position of Jiuqing County Governor for generations, Yingchuan Guo’s family is even more favored by the emperor, and now he is rebellious, what do you want to do?” asked fiercely.

“When there is no way today, the world is in chaos, the people are displaced, and the land is starving. Today, the king of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty in the south has launched a large army to attack the Han. Welcome to the king’s division, and today, most of the time has been returned to the imperial army, and the mere chaotic man can resist the king’s division for how long? It is better for the generals to turn their backs and attack the incompetent, in order to return the world to a bright world, to make the people stable, and the world to be harmonious!” Hearing Lu Zhi’s questioning, the process did not take it to heart. Instead, he talked about the tyranny of the Han family, bewitching the defenders on the city wall to defect and messed up Lu Zhi’s position.

“It’s useless to talk too much now, you and I still see the truth on the battlefield!” Seeing the soldiers beside him, some people showed a strange color, Lu Zhi quickly cut off their imagination, and simply followed Guo outside. Cheng said.

“If that’s the case, then let’s do it like this, pass my order, attack, and those who get Lu Zhi’s head will be the first, rewarded with a hundred gold, and the official will be promoted to three levels!”

Guo Cheng looked around and found that after this period of delay, all the troops belonging to his side in the entire city slowly gathered around him, and the number had reached his 30,000, which had taken up the entire city’s army. Seventy percent or more.

In the city, only a mere 2,000 people rushed to the rescue, and the remaining 5,000 people stayed in their original locations, choosing to be neutral and wait and see the outcome of this battle.

There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, looking at Lu Zhi, who was still stubborn after the general trend was over, he couldn’t help but whisper a few words in his heart.

Don’t blame me, the benefits offered by Yuguo are too great, I can’t refuse that condition, a county fief!

And it’s still a big county. If he can successfully kill Lu Zhi this time, then he will be a monarch in the future.

Called lonely, the feeling of supremacy can also be tasted, and when I thought of seeing the emperor’s aloof appearance in the past, I couldn’t help but feel a burst of fiery in my heart.

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