Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Du Zi didn't want to cause trouble directly.

He just wanted to follow orders and enter Shenmu City first.

But this time they miscalculated.

Tongbao Pavilion inexplicably reported the people entering and leaving the city just as they were starting to take action.

This timing is such a coincidence.

In the territory of Shenmu Kingdom, countless armies gathered towards Shenmu City.

All the authorities are very sensitive.

Upon seeing this news, Hua Yuanzheng will definitely investigate.

You will be in danger.

"Everyone disperse, and inform the troops behind you not to come in again."

"According to the list planned last night, report to the residences of the major officials."

Taking a deep breath, Du Zi quickly gave the order.

"Yes!"

The soldiers who received the order did not dare to delay. They wore coarse linen clothes and disguised themselves as civilians, and scattered into the streets.

Their plan before coming was to have the infiltrated troops enter the homes of some officials loyal to Hua Yunhong and disguise themselves as servants.

At that time, a batch of equipment will be secretly transported out from the national treasury, and they will be armed in secret, waiting for Hua Yunhong to light the beacon outside the city, and then they can file out and start fighting.

However, after being noticed by the enemy, it is unknown how many of these troops sent in can successfully hide.

"Stop!"

On both sides of the moat under the city wall, people were buying low-priced grain shipped in from outside.

A loud roar came from a distance, making everyone's heart skip a beat!

Hu Weizhao brought hundreds of officers and soldiers and directly blocked this place!

"Run!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

Most of them began to flee outside, preparing to break through the blockade of officers and soldiers.

Some people took the opportunity to snatch food, and shouts were heard one after another.

"Stop them!"

Hu Weizhao personally went down and fought with them.

Time is running out, and he must find out as quickly as possible whether there are enemy troops among this group of people before everyone escapes.

If you want to try it out, the best way is to just get started.

Bang bang bang!

The dull thud of fists hitting flesh continued, but most of those falling to the ground were ordinary people.

With Hu Weizhao's leadership, these officers and soldiers no longer had any scruples and took action without reservation.

"I hit someone!"

“The soldiers are beating people!!”

Just as Hu Wei was investigating the enemy's traces here.

Several people holding paper and pen suddenly ran against the flow of people from a distance.

The moment he saw the other person, Hu Wei broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

"Stop! Stop it!"

He knows these people.

This is the investigator from Tongbao Pavilion.

Normally, they are responsible for reporting news from various places, writing them and publishing them in newspapers.

Now that newspapers are not under the control of the imperial court, Hu Weichao doesn't dare to think about what he will be written about in the newspapers tomorrow if they see what he has done.

There's no need for tomorrow, the explosive news will be revealed tonight.

Everyone was ready to stop.

But at this moment, a voice came again.

"General, we caught him!"

"What!?"

Hu Weichao was stunned for a moment. Why did it have to be at this time?

Turning around, he saw one of his men fighting with a man in coarse linen clothes.

The opponent's moves were ruthless and decisive, without any hesitation.

There is no need to say much about this posture, it must have been trained in the army!

Still an elite!

But the investigators from Tongbao Pavilion have arrived!

Do you still want to fight in front of them?

For a moment, Hu Weizhao was extremely conflicted.

Continuing to fight would mean that the reputation of the Fourth Prince’s lineage in Shenmu City would be ruined.

If we don't continue fighting, how can we screen out the enemies who have sneaked in?

I think they have already confirmed that someone has sneaked in.

It is absolutely impossible not to check.

Thinking of this, Hu Weichao had no choice but to grit his teeth and said fiercely:

"Fight me, if anything goes wrong, it's my fault!"

Seeing this, hundreds of soldiers had no choice but to continue.

In the distance, several Tongbao Pavilion investigators saw this, so they found a table with pen and paper and began to calmly record this chaos.

A very strange scene occurred at the scene.

Although Du Zi's men and Hu Weichao's men were fighting fiercely in front.

But there seems to be a wonderful tacit understanding between the two sides.

No one dared to expand the battlefield to the people of Tongbao Pavilion.

After all, the pen from Tongbao Pavilion is really disgusting.

If you attack them, you might end up in trouble if you bump into something.

It will not only affect the people under them, but will even affect the reputation of His Highness himself.

The most direct example is the last time the Fourth Prince killed several newspaper writers, and his story was published in the newspaper and he was denounced for several days.

He hadn't been in the newspaper yet.

With this precedent, no one wanted to get involved with Tongbao Pavilion, knowing that it was a toad lying on their feet.

They tacitly chose to take a detour.

In this way, several people in charge of recording even drank two cups of tea and recorded the entire scene in detail.

After a bloody battle in the city, Hu Weizhao successfully prevented most of the enemy troops from infiltrating.

However, he also lost a lot of troops.

Wow...

In a corner of the moat outside the city, a man wearing armor and soaked with wounds climbed ashore.

This is Du Zi. During the melee just now, he had already swam out of the city along the river.

"General, how did you become like this!"

Seeing this, several soldiers in charge of the response hurried forward and helped him up.

"Take me to see His Highness first."

Du Zi spoke with a weak breath.

"Okay, hold on."

Several people quickly carried him back to the military camp.

In the evening, Mu Liuming and Changsun Huo, who had rushed back from afar, followed Hua Yunhong and came to Du Zi.

"Something happened in the city."

When I saw them, my stomach, which had been holding on for a long time, immediately reported what they had encountered.

The obstacles encountered in this attack were too great.

Most of the troops they brought were damaged, and it was not known whether the remaining troops could successfully infiltrate the residences of the major officials.

"I didn't expect them to be so tense right now, ready to take action at the slightest sign of trouble."

The eldest grandson frowned slightly.

Mu Liuming looked at Hua Yunhong.

They certainly couldn't just wait outside now.

You still have to make a decision and see what to do next.

Feeling his gaze, Hua Yunhong suddenly said:

"Go to the rear and divide the troops."

"You want me to stop the advance of those troops?"

It has not been two days since Hua Yunhong and Hua Yuanzheng reached an agreement.

Hua Yuanzheng attacked Hua Yunhong's men first, and now Hua Yunhong is going to the back to stop Hua Yuanzheng's troops from advancing.

The negotiations between the two parties were almost meaningless.

However, with Qin Ming as a guarantor, they naturally have to maintain peace on the surface. It is not the time to turn against each other yet.

"Well, join the troops in the major counties and don't leave any room for gossip."

Hua Yunhong spoke to him.