The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

The flames shot up into the sky, lighting up half the sky red!
Looking down from a high place, the black-clad soldiers of the Infantry Battalion were like rows of tides attacking the defense line of the remnants of the Imperial Guards.

Not far away, King Zhongshun was sitting on his horse, and his personal cavalry was lined up there quietly, waiting for orders.

On his left, the captain of the guard held a monocular telescope and pointed it towards the imperial tent, paying attention to the situation there.

It’s less than two miles from here to the imperial tent!
Although the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were extremely brave, there were too many rebels before them. Their comrades began to fall one by one. There were more and more corpses under their feet, and both sides began to fight over the corpses.

King Zhongshun saw this and couldn't help but smile. This gamble was won!

"Your Highness!" the captain of the guard exclaimed, "Look!" and hurriedly handed the telescope to Prince Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun took the telescope and looked towards the imperial tent. The scene in the telescope froze him:

Li Hu dismounted from his horse and handed his sword to the imperial guards outside the tent.

The curtain was lifted, and a red-robed eunuch from the Imperial Household Department came out and said something with a smile.

Li Hu strode into the imperial tent.

"How is it possible that it wasn't blocked?!" King Zhongshun put down the telescope, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

The captain of the guard gave a bitter smile. They were mentally prepared for the strength of the scouts in the Rui Shi Camp. Not only did they send people to assassinate Li Hu, they also collected horses from the imperial guards and put together a cavalry of more than a thousand people.

The moment the horn sounded, they knew the assassination had failed, and they sent out the cobbled-together cavalry.

I originally thought that even if I couldn't destroy the scouts of the Ruishi Camp, I should be able to inflict heavy damage on them. Even if that wasn't enough, it would buy time for the army to break through the imperial tent.

"Waste!" King Zhongshun threw the telescope to the ground.

The captain of the guard spoke: "Don't be anxious, Your Majesty. We don't know who will win yet."

King Chungshun looked at him.

Guard Captain: "Only Li Hu has come, which means the fighting over there is not over yet."

Prince Zhongshun's eyes lit up: "Not bad!"

The captain of the guards said, "As long as we defeat these remnants of the Imperial Guards and capture the emperor's tent before the scouts of the Sharp Knights arrive, we will win! Even if we can't, we still have more than 3,000 people, while the Imperial Guards only have more than 1,000 people. As for the scouts of the Sharp Knights, even if they still have 300, we still have a greater chance of winning!"

After hearing what the captain of the guard said, King Zhongshun's eyes flickered.

"Your Highness, why don't you fight for that position?!" the captain of the guard suddenly asked.

It was like a bolt from the blue!

King Zhongshun was shocked by the question from the captain of the guard!
The captain of the guards said: "Your Highness, the Second Prince even dared to poison the Emperor. Do you think he will let us who know about it go? Only if you sit in the Fengtian Palace, we can survive!"

Prince Zhongshun was reminded and his face turned ugly.

The captain of the guard looked at Prince Zhongshun excitedly: "Your Majesty, according to etiquette, you are not qualified to inherit the throne. Now is a golden opportunity. We can kill Prince Fu and the Crown Prince, then seize the power of the imperial guards, kill the Crown Prince, Prince Kang and Prince An, and issue an edict in the name of the Emperor Emeritus to push all of this onto Prince Fu.

You are the only one left in the royal family, and the whole world can decide by decree. If you miss this opportunity, you will never be the emperor in your next life, let alone the next life!"

Prince Zhongshun was tempted. This was the emperor! Who could resist the temptation of being an emperor? !
The position in Fengtian Hall should belong to the boss. If he can be the emperor, why can't I? The more Prince Zhongshun thought about it, the more he felt it was right.

Now everyone in the Infantry Camp knows that it was the Second Prince, Prince Fu, who colluded with the Emperor Retired to plot rebellion. The Emperor is dead, so they just need to take advantage of the chaos to kill Prince Fu and the Crown Prince, get the seal and the gold medal for mobilizing troops, and then seal this place off, return to the capital, and use the seal and the gold medal for mobilizing troops to gain control of the Imperial Guards.
Thinking of this, King Zhongshun felt warm all over, and then he cast an eager and encouraging look at the captain of the guard.

The captain of the guards understood and said excitedly, "I will go to the big tent and kill Prince Fu right now." He turned to the next team of guards and said, "Follow me!"

The captain of the guard led a team of guards to the tent of King Zhongshun. King Fu did not follow, firstly because swords and guns were blind on the battlefield, and most importantly, in the eyes of the soldiers of the infantry camp, King Fu was a traitor!
King Zhongshun's cheeks were flushed with excitement. After trying his best to calm his turbulent emotions, he pulled out the spear from the saddle of his horse with his left hand, and suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist with his right hand, and swung it with a cold light: "Kill the enemy!"

A roar sounded immediately, and King Zhongshun took the lead and led his personal cavalry to rush towards the imperial guards.

King Chungsun led his personal guards and wreaked havoc among the imperial guards like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep. Every swing of his sword took a life.

The once powerful imperial guards became vulnerable in front of him.

The Imperial Guards' defense line was in chaos, and the Imperial Guards were knocked to the ground one by one.

The deputy commander of the imperial guards, with a bloody face and disheveled hair, screamed and shouted, trying to regroup his men into formation. Suddenly, he let out a scream, and a spear pierced through his chest, and then he was thrown high into the air, and a scream rang out in the air.

King Zhongshun shook the blood off his spear and roared, "Kill!"

The morale of the infantry battalion was high, and they fought with all their might, like an extremely sharp boning knife, instantly cutting the imperial guards into two parts, and opening the way to the imperial tent!

King Zhongshun was so excited that his eyes turned red, and he shouted hysterically: "Kill! Kill!" and led his personal soldiers and cavalry to charge towards the imperial tent!
Soon after, a large group of soldiers from the infantry camp, holding spears and swords high, rushed towards the imperial tent!

Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and more than a hundred heavily armored infantrymen wearing heavy armor and holding sabers lined up neatly from both sides of the imperial tent and formed a battle formation in front of the imperial tent.

"Kill!" Marquis Zhongjing Shi Ding roared and swung his sword!
The heavily armored infantry advanced forward in orderly steps.

Li Hu happened to walk out of the emperor's tent. He was stunned to find that there were heavily armored infantrymen beside the emperor. No wonder he didn't see any anxious look on Dai Quan's face just now.

At this moment, the personal cavalry led by King Zhongshun arrived.

King Zhongshun was sharp-eyed and suddenly controlled his horse to dodge, shouting loudly: "Retreat! Retreat!"

But it was too late, the cavalry behind him crashed into him.

The sharp sabers flew around, and dozens of cavalrymen were chopped into pieces along with their horses.

After killing King Zhongshun's personal cavalry, the heavily armored infantry did not stop, but instead charged towards the soldiers from the infantry camp who were charging up.

Such a cruel and bloody scene frightened many soldiers in the infantry battalion and they began to retreat.

Some spearmen were unaware of the power of the heavy armor on the heavy armored infantrymen, and they stabbed at the heavy armored infantrymen with their spears, trying to pierce their chests.

The sharp saber flew again, cutting off the spear with one blow and splitting the spearman in half with two blows, causing him to die miserably.

The heavy-armored infantrymen marched forward at the infantry camp with heavy steps like a mountain. Their sabers flew in the air, and they were unstoppable. They killed the soldiers in the infantry camp so badly that their heads fell to the ground and blood flowed like a river. The soldiers in the infantry camp were frightened and their fighting spirit was broken. They fled in all directions.

Li Hu swallowed his saliva. It was too brutal! Then he shook his head. These heavily armored infantrymen could only bully the infantry battalion that didn't have much equipment. If they were replaced by the elite battalion and the border troops, they could easily kill them.

King Zhongshun's face turned pale. He thought victory was within his grasp, but he didn't expect the emperor had another trick up his sleeve. The morale of the infantry camp collapsed and he was defeated!

At this moment, fear was the only thought that could arise in his mind.

The earth-shaking sound of horse hooves brought him back to his senses. King Zhongshun's face turned even paler. The scouts of the Rui Shi Camp had finally arrived!

escape!
King Zhongshun clamped his legs together, and at that moment, a feather arrow shot towards him like lightning. He felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then vomited blood. He then fell off his horse, twitched a few times on the ground, and died.

An arrow pierced King Zhongshun's throat. Li Hu slowly retracted the bow and arrow. He finally killed the shameless old man with his own hands, and did it so openly. How cool!

He looked at the heavily armored infantrymen who were slaughtering the soldiers of the infantry camp, and then looked at Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding who was not far away. Would he agree to send the seal and the gold medal for mobilizing troops to the queen and the prince? He should acquiesce. No matter what, let's find the second prince first.

Thinking of this, Li Hu jumped on his horse and galloped towards the sentry camp. (End of this chapter)