Accidentally dressed as an empress

After bringing the imperial horse back to the palace, the team leader led her team of soldiers to patrol the palace walls.

"Captain, look, what are those dark things?"

The captain held the spear and said, "Quick, go back and report to the Langjiang."

The team leader hurriedly led the team to the palace gate. From afar, they saw that a beacon fire had been lit at the west gate, and gray smoke was rising into the air.

Lin Nan also saw that many people had gathered outside the palace gate. Outside the palace, in the distant Lingyun City, there were also flames in many places.

Lin Nan decisively ordered, "Seal the palace gates, archers ready."

"General, I can't see anything."

"Use a rocket." Lin Nan wrapped the arrow head with hay, soaked it in oil, and lit it on the campfire.

Lin Nan had the archers stationed at the battlements and gave the order, "Fire!"

The black crowd encountered a dense rain of arrows and retreated one after another, not daring to approach the palace gate.

The defenders on the palace gate and the city wall were in a stalemate with the mob, staring at each other.

Cui Ti didn't stay overnight in Jingxin Palace. After she left, a servant hurried over and said outside the bedroom, "General Lin sent me here. There's a mob outside the palace gate. Your Highness, please go and take charge of the situation."

Lin Hong put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out, saying, "I'll go with you to take a look."

Lin Hong climbed up the palace gate and the city wall. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Under the light of the bonfire, a crowd of people surrounded Yuecheng. The dry grass and branches on the ground were burning, and sparks flew up.

The soldiers defending the city were in a stalemate with the mob. Lin Hong climbed up the city wall and looked out into the distance. The fires in Lingyun City had no pattern, and they were burning in all four directions, inside and outside the city. Lin Hong asked Lin Nan, "What's the situation?"

Seeing his brother, Lin Nan felt reassured and said, "Brother, this riot seems to be organized, unlike the past. They attacked for a while, then surrounded the palace gate and stopped moving."

Lin Hong fell into deep thought. This was a premeditated riot, not an accident. Could their purpose be to trap the palace soldiers?

Lin Nan added, "The beacon fire for help has been lit. The garrison troops in the northern camp outside the city have seen the beacons at the four city gates and are now rushing here."

Upon hearing this, Lin Hong said, "I'm afraid we've fallen into a trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Your Majesty has already taken most of the garrison with him this time. Why did these people not pursue Your Majesty, but instead chose to start an uprising in Lingyun City?

In order to make a feint to the east and attack in the west.

Because Your Majesty left the city and went north to the palace, the garrison troops were bound to face the need to split up, and this move played exactly into the hands of the mob.

The commander of the garrison faced a dilemma: should he defend Lingyun City or His Majesty?

Lin Hong quickly made a decision and said to Lin Nan, "Extinguish the beacons at those three city gates and leave only the North Gate ablaze. There are less than 3,000 garrison troops left, and we absolutely cannot split them up. Have all the garrison troops come from the North Camp. They are closest to the North Gate, and speed is of the essence. Quickly quell the chaos in the city, and then rush to the Beiyuan Palace to support His Majesty."

Lin Nan scratched his head and asked, "Shouldn't we send someone to guard Lingyun City?"

"With you, we can organize the guards of the noble families to defend the city." Seeing that Lin Nan was still unsure, Lin Hong explained to her, "His Majesty, the princesses, and the ministers of the noble families have all gone to the palace. If you were a rebel, what would you choose?"

If the rebels go to the palace, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Lin Hong looked at the sky dotted with sparse stars. "These rioters in the city are just stragglers. The garrison troops will enter the city and quickly clear out the rioters. After quelling the rebellion, they will rush to join up with the main garrison troops of Your Majesty. At any time, a combined army will have the advantage over a divided army."

Lin Nan nodded and asked the messenger soldier to raise the flag to send a signal, leaving only the beacon smoke at the north gate.

Inside the North Camp, the sentry on the arrow tower saw the flag signal and saw that three more smoke columns had disappeared, leaving only the North Gate still burning. He said, "General, we have news from Lingyun City. Let's all go to the North Gate."

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Lingyun City was in chaos, and Gu Zezhi, with about a hundred people from Qingfeng Tower, quickly broke out of the siege. When he arrived at the city gate, he saw that it was already crowded with people, all of whom were civilians carrying bags and trying to escape the city.

People were whispering, "How could so many rioters appear overnight? Where did they come from?"

"My slave went crazy and nearly killed me."

"My slave. I'm usually nice to him, but he just went crazy and stole my stuff and ran off to the street."

Gu Zezhi parted the crowd, hurried up the city wall, and said to the sergeant guarding the city, "Take me to see your superior."

"I have a reason to leave the city. Please let me out, General." Gu Zezhi showed the seal of the Inspector.

"Sir, we dispatched scouts on swift horses to the Beiyuan Palace to deliver the message when the incident occurred. Your Excellency need not worry. Just wait in peace within the city. Once reinforcements arrive, we will wipe out those rioters who are burning, killing, and looting."

"Wrong! Completely wrong!" Gu Zezhi's face darkened. "Send another scout to tell His Majesty to stay in the palace and not to return for reinforcements. There are probably even more mobs outside Lingyun City, and their real target is His Majesty!"

"how do I say this?"

"I have information from a source. The mastermind behind this riot is no longer in the city. He must have some ulterior motive."

The general defending the city said, "But His Majesty has so many garrison troops around him..."

Gu Zezhi said, "But Your Majesty has received a scout's request for assistance. If the garrison troops are sent back to support Lingyun City, it will be bad. General, please let me leave the city."

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From the hour of Hai, unrest began in Lingyun City.

The originally quiet night was broken by people's screams, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps and children's crying.

In the backyard of the eldest princess's mansion, the lights were on. Su Er tied up the four short-haired slaves. One of the slaves went out to buy things in the afternoon and did not come back until dark.

Su Jiu said to Su Er, "The Third Princess's Mansion is completely empty."

The slaves walked around as if they had agreed, and did not come to them.

Other houses in Lingyun City do not have this kind of treatment.

Fires broke out everywhere, and people were busy fetching water to put out the fires. The mob swept in like locusts, burning, killing and looting wherever they went.

The people suffered heavy losses, many died, and a lot of property was lost.

The Zhong family had never owned slaves, so they were not attacked from within. The guards held off the slaves' attack, and when the slaves realized they couldn't break through, they quickly withdrew.

The Xu family, who lived next door to the Zhong family, were not so lucky. Someone was killed by a domestic slave, and a fire broke out in the Xu family's house. The Zhong family helped them put out the fire for most of the night.

In Lingyun City, in the home of a wealthy family that kept slaves, the owner was killed and four slaves took away all the valuables of the wealthy family.

When the other servants realized what was happening, they also started to grab the remaining utensils and furniture, and even stripped their master's clothes to sell for money, because the master of this house took pleasure in oppressing and abusing slaves and servants.

Lingyun City, the wealthy and prosperous capital of Yun Kingdom, was in chaos.