Chapter 784: The North Gate

Zuo Yuliang won a big victory in the south, and after a short rest, he will continue to march southeast, pointing his sword at Sangbiqiu, and the whole country is rejoicing.

According to the usual practice, when the frontline soldiers win, ordinary people will burn incense at home to pray for the soldiers and send off those who died in battle. As a royal family, there are also such etiquettes to be completed, which are even far more grand than ordinary people.

However, in view of the current "big exam", this ritual activity of the royal family was not specially organized, but each royal clan went to the heaven and earth altar to salute and burn incense.

September ninth day, sunny, morning, north gate.

"Spirit King is out of the city! Passers-by avoid!"

King Ling seldom goes out with guards of honor, which is not in line with his personality and is not what he likes. He prefers to wear ordinary clothes and walk freely through the streets with his hands behind his back. But today he went out of the city to burn incense and offer sacrifices to the heavens to celebrate the victory, so he had to set up the majesty of the royal family and not lighten it. Otherwise, it would hurt the dignity of the royal family and the honor of the fallen soldiers in the south.

The road was opened in front, and the people entering and leaving the city on both sides of the north gate avoided the two sides to make way for the guard of honor of King Ling to pass behind. .

Fortunately, King Ling's guard of honor was not too long, and he passed the north gate in just a few tens of breaths, without causing a blockage of the city gate.

At this time, on the wall of the north gate, a soldier in military uniform, Qianhu, supported the female wall with a cold face, watching the carriage of King Ling passing through the wall, and said to the adjutant beside him calmly: "Notice King Qi, just say that King Ling went out from the north gate."

"The subordinate understands."

Half an hour after the adjutant went down, at the north city gate, Qi Wang Yang Feng arrived, and another hour later, two princes came one after another, it was Shou Wang Yang Lin and Wu Wang Yang Yong.

Martial law has long been enforced in the tower of the city wall. Apart from Huang Zishan's personal soldiers guarding the north gate, there are also three princes' inner guards, guarding several floors inside and outside, and there is an atmosphere of mutual vigilance. In short, there is tension in the weirdness.

The inside of the city tower is relatively simple, it is mainly the command post of the city guard, it is just tables and chairs, at most a cup of tea is considered as preferential treatment for the three princes who came.

King Qi sat at the head, and King Shou and King Wu sat on the left and right. It's not that the throne of Qi is high, but that Beimen is now under the command of King Qi, and King Qi is considered the master here, so he takes the seat.

There were people standing behind the three princes, and two royal guards were close to protecting them, and behind King Qi was an officer of a thousand households in military uniform. It was this King Qi who had watched King Ling's carriage leave from the side of the female wall and had someone notify him.

"Huang Zishan, please tell the two lords about the situation." Yang Feng waved his hand, and the Qianhu officer in military uniform behind him bowed in response.

Huang Zishan, guarding the north gate with thousands of households, was originally under the command of King Lu, and was later captured by King Qi. At this time, the man bowed his hands to the left and right and said: "So that the two princes can know that King Ling left the city when he first arrived at Sishi. He was accompanied by a total of thirty-one cavalry and sixty-three infantry. Centered. Looking at the direction, it should be going to the Heaven and Earth Altar."

As soon as Huang Zishan finished speaking, King Shou snorted, put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a sneer, "After waiting for so many days, it's finally here. What do you say?"

"How do you say? There was a consensus before that once Yang Shu leaves the imperial city, it will be our chance, so we will naturally do what we said in advance. Why? Fifth Brother, do you have another opinion?" Wu Wang sipped his tea and didn't move. Sensuality, they came here to deal with Yang Shu, but the three of them knew that they were also hostile to each other, and they were just cooperating temporarily, so they looked cold.

"I don't have any opinion, but I'm a little worried about whether you will turn your back on the third brother. After all, the third brother made a move in the past." King Shou curled his lips. For a while, King Qian was stronger than King Jing, and Wu Wangyong followed behind King Qian like a fart. Later, King Jing became the rooster, and immediately ran behind King Jing as a follower. It's contemptible.

This time the matter is so important that Shou Wang Yang Lin also had to express his worry, and at the same time, he was reminding the other party, which means that I am on guard against you, so don't mess around.

Wu Wang Yang Yong's expression changed slightly. What he was most jealous of was when someone said that he liked to jump horizontally, so he said: "It seems that the fifth brother still remembers the things I bullied before? Tsk tsk, he is quite old. , look away. If you are really scared, go and beg Lao Qi to see if he will accept you."

Before Shou Wanglin could speak again, Qi Wang Yang Feng interrupted with a smile: "Why should the two brothers argue? We should help each other at this critical moment. This time Yang Shu went out of the city to burn incense and salute. According to the royal rules, I am afraid You won’t be able to come back until night, and the shortest way is the north gate. So according to what we said before, the action should be tonight.

I wonder if the two elder brothers are ready? "

Shou Wanglin smiled and said: "It's been prepared a long time ago. The monks under my sect are thirty, and the minimum cultivation is the initial stage of concentration, is it enough sincerity?" After speaking, he gave Qi Wangyong the opposite side a cold look.

"I'm a 30-year-old monk, and the minimum level of cultivation is the initial state of concentration." Wu Wang glanced back, the force in his hand was not as good as that of Ling Wang Shu, but it was not bad compared to Shou Wang Lin.

After Shou Wang and Wu Wang finished speaking, they looked at Qi Wang.

"The two elder brothers are strong, and I am really not as good as them. They can only produce 20 monks, and the minimum cultivation is the initial stage of concentration. But Huang Zishan will be able to form an array at that time, so it won't hold back the two elder brothers. "

There is a gap in strength, but the king of Qi will not even be able to make up thirty monks, only twenty, and the other ten are made up by the garrison at the north gate.

No one is willing to suffer when the three cooperate.

"Well, how to arrange the manpower, how to ambush, and come up with a charter now."

"That's natural."

The conversation was divided into two parts, the North Gate Tower was full of drums and drums, and Ling Wang Shu, who was walking the incense burning ceremony at the Heaven and Earth Altar in the north of the imperial city, was not in a hurry. It wasn't until Xuzheng that all the etiquette was finished, and then I went back home.

Immediately on the way back to the city, the mastermind under his command handed over a Thousand Miles Note, which was written in code words, and it was interpreted as a copy of the distribution of ambushes similar to Military News.

"So they're ready?"

"Yes, my lord, this is the secret letter from Huang Zishan, and it is the battle prepared by the three for you tonight."

Yang Shu leaned on the back of the carriage with his eyes closed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Tell the people below to let them know what to do, and at the same time, let the people lurking outside the north gate get ready. Don’t act rashly. There are also our people hiding in the north gate, let them keep a close eye on Huangzi Mountain, and if there is any abnormal movement, immediately warn the police.”