In the official room, Wu Chongxun was pacing back and forth anxiously. At one watch tonight, his father would launch an attack on Taichu Palace, and he must occupy the south gate of the round wall before that, and cut off the Yulin Army and the Xiyuan Qianqi Battalion. The key passage for cavalry to enter the palace. Time is running out now, the Yulin Army will change shifts at Haishi, and he will also take over the south gate of the round wall at that time, while the Xuanwu Gate further south is in the hands of the prison guards. With half an hour left, Wu Chongxun was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. At this time, his tea boy came in with a cup of hot tea, placed the tea next to him, and slowly bowed his head and retreated. The tea boy's legs were trembling. , but Wu Chongxun was so worried that he did not notice this detail. He picked up the tea and took a slow sip, feeling a little calmer in his heart. He drank a few more sips of tea to try to calm his nervous heart. At this moment, the tea boy could no longer hold back the fear in his heart. He yelled, turned around and ran away. Wu Chongxun was startled and walked quickly towards the door, but he only took two steps. Suddenly he pinched his heart and slowly squatted down. He wanted to shout, but couldn't. He stretched out his hand He tried to grab the sword on the wall, but ended up falling to the ground and curling up into a ball. But the tea boy's shouting and running attracted Wu Chongxun's soldiers. Two soldiers rushed into the room and saw Wu Chongxun lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and dying. The soldiers were frightened and shouted, "Here comes someone." ! Come here! Something happened to the general." Wu Yanji and Yang Yuanyan who were lying in wait heard the cry. Wu Yanji jumped up and ordered his subordinates: "Surround the palace and kill all the soldiers!" Yang Yuanyan led a thousand soldiers. Wu Chongxun's official room was separated from the main camp to prevent chaos in the camp. At this time, Wu Yanji led 500 soldiers to kill from all directions and instantly surrounded Wu Chongxun's official room. Dozens of soldiers were unable to escape and were killed by all the rebels. Kill. Wu Yanji rushed into the room with a knife and saw Wu Chongxun lying on the ground with black blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. He stepped forward and touched Wu Chongxun's nose, but he found that he was no longer breathing. Wu Yanji sneered, "Do you have this day too?" He raised the knife and cut off Wu Chongxun's head. He heard Yang Yuanyan shouting from outside, "Army, listen, Wu Sansi is trying to rebel and kill the king. The Yulin Army Guard the palace, obey the orders of the Holy One, and do not allow riots. Those who cause trouble will be killed!" After all, Wu Chongxun's murder only caused a commotion in a small area, and it gradually calmed down under Yang Yuanyan's soft and hard tactics. Soon, the Longguang Gate leading to Xiyuan opened, and Li Zhen led 10,000 cavalry into the Round Wall City. King Li Xian of Luling also appeared in the team. At this time, Wu Yanji hurriedly came forward to pay homage to Li Xian, "Your Majesty, Wu Yanji, a humble official!" Li Xian smiled and reassured him: "General Wu can clearly understand the situation and choose to support the Tang Dynasty. I am very pleased. I hope General Wu can Persuading other members of the Wu clan to step back from the brink will give the Wu clan a way out. " This was Li Xian's official promise. Wu Yanji was overjoyed and said quickly, "Wei Chen is willing to persuade the Wu family to fully support His Highness's ascension to the throne." Li Xian nodded. Turning to Li Zhen, Li Zhen was the commander of the overall situation tonight. Li Zhen asked again: "What is the situation at Xuanwu Gate?" Wu Yanji quickly said: "General, Xuanwu Gate is about two hundred steps away from the south gate of the round wall. , and it is not as tall as the Yuanbi South Gate. The defenders of Xuanwu Gate will not notice the situation in Yuanbi City." "General Wu, please guard the Yuanbi South Gate and keep the city quiet so that our movements cannot be discovered in the palace." Order!" Wu Yanji bowed and retreated. At this time, Li Xianxiao asked: "General Li, what do we need to do now?" Li Zhen smiled and said: "Your Highness, now we just need to wait." Time gradually came to the first watch, Wu Sansi and his son led three thousand The warriors arrived at Zuoyemen outside the imperial city. Three thousand warriors were also the dead warriors raised by Wu Sansi in the manor outside the city. They entered the city separately from outside the city in ten days and entered Wu Sansi's Prince Liang's palace. The Zuoye Gate was also a city gate controlled by Wu Yizong. At this time, the city gate slowly opened. Wu Sansi was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, three thousand warriors quickly poured into the city gate. Under the leadership of Wu Chonglie and Wu Jizhi, they rushed to the Chongguang Gate of the East Palace. At this time, Cao Wen began to feel inexplicably worried, and Wu Sansi whispered: "Should we be more stable?" Wu Sansi was already dazzled by the desire to ascend the throne, and he could not hear any advice. Seeing the fear in Cao Wen's eyes, he couldn't help but said angrily: "You can't stand it at the critical moment. You can't achieve anything big, you bastard!" Wu San turned the horse's head and ran towards the East Palace. However, Cao Wen had no choice but to bite the bullet. Urging the horse to follow. There are two ways to enter the palace city from the imperial city. One is through Yingtian Gate, which is the central city gate and is heavily guarded. The second way is through the East Palace. The Mingde Gate of the East Palace is connected to the palace city. This is a small gate. , not usually turned on, but tonight it will be??Thinking twice is the key to entering the palace. Wu Sansi made careful arrangements. His eldest son Wu Chongxun would control the south gate of Yuanbi and lead his army from the Xuanwu Gate in the north to the Taichu Palace. They met him in Mingtang. The two armies entered the Changsheng Palace and killed two Zhangs. Control the Holy One, and then the Holy One will issue an edict to abdicate, and he, Wu Sansi, will ascend the throne. As long as a fait accompli is created, Wu Youyi, who is in charge of the Yulin Army, and Wu Yizong, who oversees the guard, will naturally submit to him. As for whether Li Zhen's Qianqi Camp is willing to submit, it depends on the outcome of their negotiations. Wu Sansi believes that as long as He gave Li Zhen an offer that he could not refuse, and Li Zhen would eventually be loyal to him. It can be seen that Wu Yizong was very cooperative. Wu Sansi's army went surprisingly smoothly. Three thousand warriors entered the Chongguang Gate and rushed into the East Palace. Wu Sansi was extremely excited. He pointed his sword at the dark Mingde Gate in the distance and said, "Charge forward!" Three thousand warriors rushed to the Mingde Gate, but an accident happened. The Mingde Gate did not open like the Zuoye Gate and the Chongguang Gate. Look. Wu Sansi was also puzzled. What was going on? Did Wu Yizong make a mistake in his plan? It shouldn't be possible. Once the Chongguang Gate is opened, the next step must be the Mingde Gate. At this moment, there was a loud slamming of the door closing in the distance. Everyone looked back and saw that the Chongguang Gate had been closed. The three thousand warriors were even more panicked. Wu Sansi finally felt something bad in his heart. Suddenly, shouts of killing erupted from several halls in the East Palace. Countless black shadows shot out from various buildings and rushed towards Wu Sansi's team. The warriors behind were caught off guard, and there was chaos. "Father, we have fallen into a trap!" Wu Chonglie shouted anxiously. Wu Sansi was extremely panicked. He turned his horse and ran towards Chongguang Gate. Wu Chonglie and Wu Jizhi waved their arms and shouted: "Follow me and fight out!" The two brothers led the way. , rushed to the front, while Cao Wen was so frightened that he hit his horse and ran away. At this time, a cold arrow shot and hit his horse. The horse neighed and raised its front hooves high. Cao Wen failed to hold on firmly. He was knocked off his horse. Before he could get up, more than a thousand warriors ran from behind and overthrew him again. Cao Wen was trampled by countless panicked warriors, screaming and wailing, and gradually became silent. When the warrior fled away, only a bloody corpse was left at the door of Mingde. On the city gate, Wu Yizong looked coldly at Cao Wen who was trampled to death. He shook his head. If he agreed to Wu Sansi, I'm afraid he would also This will be the outcome. As soon as Wu Chonglie and Wu Jizhi rushed to the Chongguang Gate, more than a thousand soldiers who were ambushing at the Chongguang Gate fired arrows together. The arrows came roaring like a rain. Wu Chonglie and Wu Jizhi were caught off guard. They were hit by dozens of arrows and the two of them were shot. Like a hedgehog, both men and horses fell to the ground. The other soldiers also fell down with arrows. Hundreds of people were killed or injured. The other soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled. Wu Sansi could see clearly from behind that his two sons were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. He was anxious and hateful in his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. There was a melee in the East Palace, and the shouts of killing were loud. Wu Sansi's army became smaller and smaller as they fought. Seeing that the situation was over, the other warriors knelt down and surrendered. Wu Sansi was also caught by more than a dozen soldiers. At this time, a group of people walked out of the East Palace Hall. The leader was Princess Taiping, followed by Gao Jian and more than a dozen generals. Princess Taiping was so proud that she almost laughed wildly. She got the final support from Er Zhang, who led two thousand generals from Taiping Mansion and one thousand internal guards led by Han Zhishou to ambush in the East Palace. In addition, Wu Yizong sent three thousand prison guards to help him ambush Wu Sansi, and finally let her Successfully killed Wu Sansi. At this time, several soldiers took Wu Sansi up. Wu Sansi was wounded by an arrow and was very weak. Princess Taiping walked up to him and said with a smile: "What, it fell into my hands in the end." "Bitch!" Wu Sansi cursed. Princess Taiping raised her hand and slapped him across the face, and ordered: "Drag him down and hang him!" Princess Taiping's heart was as hard as iron. At this critical moment, she would never leave Wu Sansi to let the Zhang brothers change their minds. . Two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, strangled Wu Sansi to death with a rope. Then a soldier dumped his body high on the mast and shouted at the Chongguang Gate: "Wu Sansi is dead!" Princess Taiping looked at Zhongguang with her hands behind her hands. Guangmen, she believed that at this time, the Zhang brothers had no choice The silence in Yuanbi City finally aroused the suspicion of the Zhang brothers. According to the plan, Wu Youyi would dismiss Wu Chongxun from his military post before and after the first watch and divide the troops into two. One route was led by Wu Yanji into the Taichu Palace to join Princess Taiping, and the other route was led by Wu Youyi himself to guard Longguang Gate and the south gate of Yuanbi to prevent Li Zhen's Qianqiying and inner guards from entering the palace. But the army that was supposed to be led by Wu Yanji never showed up. Zhang Yizhi stared at Xuanwu Gate for a long time.Looking at the south gate of Yuanbi City two hundred steps away, he asked Zhang Changzong doubtfully: "Didn't Wu Youyi succeed in killing Wu Chongxun?" Zhang Changzong shook his head, "If he didn't succeed, there would be chaos in Yuanbi City, and the Yulin army would There is internal strife and it is impossible to be so quiet. Maybe we haven't succeeded yet. Wait a little longer!" At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "I am reporting to the two generals that the chaos in the East Palace has ended, Wu Sansi has been killed, and there is peace! The princess asked to open the door and enter the palace. " Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong looked at each other. Zhang Yizhi felt uneasy in his heart. His intuition told him that Princess Taiping could not be allowed to enter the Taichu Palace before the mystery of Yuanbi City was solved. He quickly said: "Tell me. Wu Yizong asked him to calm down the princess and wait a moment." The soldiers rushed away. After a while, a soldier pointed at the south gate of the round wall and shouted: "Look, there is something moving!" The southern gate of the wall slowly opened, and a group of Yulin troops filed in. The leader seemed to be Wu Yanji. This group was not many, with only more than a thousand people. When they walked to the Xuanwu Gate, Wu Yanji shouted: "Change of dynasties, bright future" Reopen! "This is the secret password tonight. Only Wu Yanji knows it. This is to prevent fake Wu Yanji from appearing. Zhang Yizhi walked out of the city and asked, "General Wu, why did it take until now?" Wu Yanji didn't expect Zhang Yizhi. At the palace gate, he quickly bowed on his horse and said: "Reporting to General Zhang, an accident occurred. Wu Chongxun was injured and hid in the granary. There were more than a hundred personal guards around him. It took us a long time to kill him. " Wu Yanji ordered people to throw Wu Chongxun's head on the top of the city. A soldier presented the head to the Zhang brothers. The two looked at it. Zhang Changzong was about to order the door to be opened, but Zhang Yizhi waved his hand and asked: "Where is Wu Youyi? "Why didn't he come?" "Reporting to the general, General Wu is trying to stabilize the morale of the army, especially Wu Chongxun's men. He is worried that there will be internal strife." At the round wall gate, Li Zhen was watching the Xuanwu Gate from a distance. After he didn't open it for a long time, he knew that Er Zhang must have become suspicious, and immediately waved to Li Zhan in the distance. At this time, Zhang Changzong asked Zhang Yizhi in a low voice: "Wu Lang, do you think there is a problem?" Zhang Yizhi was silent, but he did not think about the problem. He was a little worried about how Princess Taiping would deal with their brothers after Wu Yanji came in and took control of the palace. , does he want to leave some room? Suddenly, there was a faint cry of killing in the distance. Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were startled. They quickly looked into the distance. It seemed that the cry of killing came from the north gate of the round wall. They saw a cavalry rushing towards them. , holding the command arrow in hand, shouted: "General, the Qianqi Battalion has begun to attack Longguang Gate. The general hopes that Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping will come to negotiate with Li Zhen immediately. Otherwise, if the Qianqi Battalion attacks the city gate, the situation will be out of control." Stop." Zhang Changzong was furious and glared at Zhang Yizhi: "What are you waiting for!" He immediately ordered: "Open the palace door!" Zhang Yizhi wanted to stop him, but he started to feel unsure, so he didn't shout out in the end. , watching helplessly as the palace door opened little by little. A strong uneasiness suddenly struck his heart, and he shouted sharply: "Close the palace door!"