"Your Highness, let's go quickly. If we're late, the situation down there won't be under control. The Queen Mother has specifically instructed that Your Highness not to worry about his own safety and can bring a thousand guards with him into the palace."
Eunuch Qu saw that Prince Zhennan's eyes were unpredictable and he didn't know what Prince Zhennan was thinking, but Eunuch Qu wanted to return to the palace as soon as possible. It was too scary outside. People on the road were ruthless. Normally, he was the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace. Even Prince Zhennan had to give him some respect. But now that the outside world was in such chaos, who cared whether he was the chief eunuch or not. They would take your life with one knife.
"We'll be there soon. Let's go now."
When the Prince of Zhennan said this, his guards were dumbfounded. Didn't they agree to leave the city immediately? Now, no matter what the Queen Mother says, even if we bring two thousand guards into the palace, we can't go into the palace now. It's like a den of dragons and tigers. No one who enters will come out intact. Do we need to talk about the hatred between you and His Majesty the King?
Just when they wanted to persuade him, the Prince of Zhennan simply drew out his sword and killed the eunuch Qu in front of him with one blow.
It was only then that everyone understood that Prince Zhennan could not go to the palace, but he could not disobey his mother's orders. Now that the whole city was in such chaos, they should just pretend that Eunuch Qu had never been here. Even if someone talked about this matter in the future, it would not be the Prince Zhennan's fault.
The guards around quickly understood this spirit and drew their swords at the same time. The eunuchs from the surrounding palace were doomed to die. It's your fault for coming here at this time. You are all loyal to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother overestimates her own power.
The killing outside has already turned into such a mess, and it is basically impossible to solve the problem through talking. The Prince of Zhennan has also been through many hardships, so it is naturally impossible for him to maintain that kind of womanly view. After killing these people, his men naturally dragged them to a fire in the distance. After the fire was out, who knew whether they were the children of powerful people or the eunuch chief in the palace, they were nothing but a pile of black ashes.
"Pass on my order to break out of South City immediately. Anyone who tries to stop us will be executed on the spot."
The Prince of Zhennan mounted his warhorse, and his soldiers were also excited. They had been with the Prince of Zhennan for quite some time, and had always been suppressed by the King in various ways. You have to know that they were people who had made contributions to the entire country. How could they not side with the Prince of Zhennan when a king treated the heroes of the entire country like this? So when the Prince of Zhennan prepared to rebel, these people were even more concerned than the King of Zhennan.
This army is the most elite among all the armies in Nanzhao, even the palace guards cannot compare to them. Although they have only about 2,000 people, they are normally well-supplied with the best supplies. Take the 100 people at the front for example, the swords they use were all bought from the Tang Dynasty. If others want to stop them, they may break their weapons with one sword.
Not to mention other expenses, just these one hundred swords cost the King of Zhennan nearly 300,000 strings of money. He spent so much money to equip the army so that they could fight their way out for him at the critical moment, and he also did not hesitate to spend money on daily training.
Now it seems that the money was well spent. There were several layers of checkpoints from the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion to the South Gate, and there were more than one or two thousand people blocking the way, but none of them could stop this ferocious army. When they saw someone blocking them in front of them, they would not waste time talking to these people, but would just raise their swords and kill their way from the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion to the South Gate.
All four city gates had received orders from His Majesty the King, and they had initially closed them. His Majesty also believed that he had already won the battle. As long as the Prince of Zhennan couldn't leave, even if the troops outside the city were too numerous, without the Prince of Zhennan leading them, would they dare to attack the royal city? Many people's families were still in the city, unless they wanted their entire families executed.
"Light the torches and pass the word down that no one is allowed to open the city gates. When the prince arrives later, invite him to the palace and tell him that His Majesty the King wants to discuss something..."
The officials guarding the city are the king's confidants. They may not be able to control the entire country, but the royal city is still safe, so His Majesty the King is also very confident.
But before the official could finish his words, he was suddenly kicked down from the city wall. The guy was not dead after falling down. He was still lying on the ground twitching. He wanted to look back to see who kicked him down. When he was floating in the air, he realized that the King of Zhennan had already planted people here.
When he received the king's order, he knew that he had many men under the command of the King of Zhennan, so he immediately detained more than a hundred people. However, he did not expect that there was still a fish that escaped. If he had the ability to look back at this moment, he would naturally know who kicked him down. That was his most trusted nephew. At that time, there were only these two people on the city wall, but for his own glory and wealth, this nephew also kicked his uncle off the city wall.
"Open the city gates and escort the prince out of the city."
After the deputy general of the South Gate killed his own uncle, this guy didn't feel any guilt. According to the original succession method, he had to wait for this person to be promoted before he could become the commander of the South Gate. The King of Zhennan had already promised him that as long as he could get the King of Zhennan out of the city, a mere commander of the South Gate would be nothing. He would be transferred to another place to be a general and experience the life of a high-ranking official.
This can be said to be a leap in life. In this situation, if you still don't dare to do anything, then you can only be a small prejudice here in your life. The opportunity is right in front of you, it depends on how you grasp it. He has persuaded his uncle several times, but this uncle is loyal to His Majesty the King. Now it has come to the end, and he can only kill his uncle to fulfill himself.
"You are not allowed to open the city gate. I will kill anyone who dares to open the city gate."
The Prince of Zhennan had already arrived at the city gate, and another army appeared in the distance. The leader of the army was the chief of the palace guards. Now they also knew that the Prince of Zhennan was going to leave the city.
