The fuse ignites, and when it reaches the bottom, the fire explodes.
It blasted people and horses away; the power was so great that a single explosion could kill or injure dozens of people.
Nangong Jingyao had never seen such a tactic before. Su Luo didn't throw anything down, yet she managed to blow things away, which meant she must have laid an ambush here long ago.
"Second Prince, there's an ambush."
One of the lieutenants following Nangong Jingyao said that they were leading the troops in front, but the bombs were being fired at the soldiers behind them.
With the city gates breached and right before his eyes, Nangong Jingyao could not retreat.
"The arrow has left the bowstring and cannot be stopped. Everyone, heed my command and take the capital."
The city defense battalion commanders were also shocked by Su Luo's tactics. It was just a matter of lighting a few fuses, yet it had such great power.
"Vice Minister of Agriculture, how... how did you do that?"
Su Luo saw that most of the men Nangong Jingyao brought had been killed by the landmines she had laid in an ambush, so even if they entered the city, they had no chance of winning.
"This is a landmine. Lighting it will cause it to explode, or it can be used to kill a hundred people."
Su Luo and Nangong Qing discussed for two days. The capital city had no troops left. If they didn't have a special way to fight, they would only fall into Nangong Jingyao's hands.
At that time, not only will the people in the city be harmed, but Nangong Qing and the people will also be in danger of losing their lives. If Nangong Jingyao succeeds in forcing the emperor to abdicate, he will never leave anyone who poses a danger to him in this world.
As for Su Luo herself, she is a good friend of Nangong Qing. Even if Nangong Jingyao doesn't take action against her for the time being in order to use Nangong Chiyu to stabilize the capital, Su Luo is still a good friend of Nangong Qing.
But with such a seed of trouble planted, one day, she and Nangong Chiyu will not have a good ending.
"Vice Minister of Agriculture, your brilliant move is indeed extraordinary. However, the Second Prince is about to enter the city. Please give the order, Vice Minister of Agriculture."
The city's inhabitants had long been dispersed, and Nangong Jingyao went straight to the palace upon entering the city.
"Soldiers, take up your swords and follow me to meet the enemy."
This was Su Luo's first time using a longsword. After Nangong Jingyao stormed into the city, he headed straight for the palace, leaving only about three hundred soldiers to deal with the city gates.
He didn't intend to kill everyone on the city gate, but rather to leave some men to hold off Su Luo and the others, preventing them from going to support the palace.
Su Luo's martial arts skills were not considered top-notch, but among these soldiers, she had no problem protecting herself.
Within half an hour, almost all of Nangong Jingyao's men had been brought under control by the city defense battalion brought by Su Luo. The entire city was covered in blood, the blood of the soldiers.
"Chief Guan, you stay here and tidy up. Tie up all the rebel soldiers. I'm going back to the palace to take a look."
"Yes, Deputy Minister of Agriculture."
The entire street was deserted. When Su Luo arrived at the palace, a fierce fight was raging inside.
Ah Xu was guarding the main gate of the palace, where he confronted Nangong Jingyao head-on.
The three northwest gates are guarded by imperial guards.
Chaos erupted in the palace. Su Luo rode her horse forward, dodging the long swords swung at her by the soldiers.
She and Nangong Qing simultaneously fired their hidden arrows at Nangong Jingyao.
"Nangong Jingyao has been captured. Why don't you all stop immediately?"
Nangong Qing shouted and saw Nangong Jingyao collapse to the ground, and everyone stopped.
"Those who surrender their weapons will be spared the death penalty."
The hidden arrow was laced with anesthetic, and Nangong Jingyao was paralyzed and unable to speak. He watched helplessly as his subordinates abandoned their troops and surrendered.
He tried to raise his hand to stop it, but found that his hand wouldn't obey him at all. He watched helplessly as everything he was about to get shattered in an instant.
"Nangong Jingyao, you have truly disappointed your father."
Nangong Qing held a long sword horizontally to his neck.
Nangong Jingyao closed his eyes. He was unable to move his entire body, and his eyes were the only part of him that he could resist.
I never imagined that the palace's defenses would be so rigorous even though Nangong Chiyu wasn't in the capital.
He grew up in the palace and meticulously planned every defense, but he still overlooked the fact that Su Luo would use firearms to blow them up.
Furthermore, the fact that Nangong Qing was seriously injured and possessed hidden weapons was something he hadn't expected.
"Nangong Qing, take him away. His Majesty will deal with him personally later," Su Luo said to Nangong Qing.
Inside and outside the palace, Ah Xu and the Imperial Guards were dealing with the soldiers and clearing away the dead and wounded.
The emperor was restless when a report came from outside that the third prince had brought the situation under control.
The rebel soldiers all surrendered, but these soldiers were not regular soldiers; they were soldiers that Nangong Jingyao had paid to keep on the sidelines.
The emperor could have easily ordered their execution.
An hour later, the door to the main hall was opened, and Nangong Qing was found with bloodstains on his body.
The emperor was heartbroken when he saw this; Nangong Qing had finally recovered from his old injuries, only to suffer new ones.
"Qing'er, how are you?"
"Father, I am fine. This time, it is all thanks to the brilliant plan of the Vice Minister of Agriculture. Otherwise, if the palace gates had fallen, we would not be the ones standing here."
Thinking about the advice Su Luo had given him these past few days, as well as the landmines, strategies, and weapons she had created, Su Luo was in no way inferior to any man.
How could Nangong Qing not look at her with new respect?
"Yes, I have said it before. With the Vice Minister of Agriculture here, everything will turn out alright. She is our lucky star in Nanning."
Lock up Nangong Jingyao and have someone guard him. Su Luo will remove the poison needles from his body. His Majesty will definitely come to see him soon. Now that the poison needles are removed, he will be able to speak.
As expected, at dusk, the emperor ordered Nangong Jingyao to be brought before him.
"Su Luo, I never thought that one day I would be defeated by someone like you."
The anesthesia wore off a bit for Nangong Jingyao, and he could speak through the back of his tongue, but he still had difficulty moving around.
"You didn't lose to me, you lost to yourself. If you hadn't been so greedy, things wouldn't have turned out this way."
Su Luo stayed here to watch over Nangong Jingyao, and the eunuchs and maids cleaned up the mess in the palace.
All the people from the Imperial Medical Academy went to treat the soldiers' injuries.
All the military officials in the capital were involved in this confrontation, but Nangong Jingyao's forces were simply too overwhelming.
If Su Luo and Nangong Qing hadn't captured the leader first, they might not have been able to escape this catastrophe.
"Hmph, I'll earn what I want myself; no one will hand it to me."
Su Luo looked at Nangong Jingyao's gritted teeth and unwilling expression. Didn't he still not understand what he was doing?
"stupid……"
Su Luo waved for someone to take him away.
Outside the main hall, Nangong Jingyao was locked in a wooden prison cart. He was the only prince in the history of the Nanning Dynasty to be imprisoned outside the main hall.
Surrounded by heavy imperial guards, the emperor walked unsteadily from the main hall to the door.
Apart from Nangong Qing supporting him, he did not allow any other ministers to accompany him.
The hair under the crown turned mostly white overnight.
With bloodshot eyes, how long ago was it that an emperor's eyes welled up with tears?
Father and son, who had once faced each other with swords drawn, now watched calmly. The emperor gritted his teeth, his lips trembling, a breath stuck in his throat, and it took him a long time to utter a few words.
"Why? Why do you have to do this?"
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