Although Wan Qingming had predicted that the prisoners' attack on the palace was about to fail, the actual situation was not that simple.
The prisoners, led by Chiboas, Reeses and others, retreated into the inner palace while resisting.
There is only one door connected to the outer palace, except for the necessary guards on the walls on both sides.
In addition, the two men gathered most of the prisoners for defense near the gate.
The Praetorian Guards, under the command of Emperor Constantine VI, launched several successive waves of fierce attacks, but they all ended in failure, killing and wounding many people.
Hundreds of people failed to enter the inner palace, and the corpses piled up at the gate of the inner palace almost blocked the door.
After several consecutive attacks by the Imperial Guard failed, they began to shift their main attack power to the tall walls on both sides of the gate.
Although there was only a wall separating the inner palace and the outer palace, it was insurmountable for most people in the palace.
There is a wall.
All the emperor's female family members are inside the inner palace, and all the outer palaces are men.
It can be imagined how tall the emperor will build this wall in order to prevent these men from taking advantage of the women in his inner palace. solid.
Chiboas and Zeris were not fools either.
After sensing that the Guards were shifting their offensive power to both sides, they also began to move the prisoners concentrated at the gate to both sides.
Although the prisoners were not organized, they were At this critical moment of life and death, all the prisoners gave up all conflicts and took the initiative to assume the task of defense.
The battle continued until midnight.
Although the morale of the Praetorian Guards was high, they did not gain much advantage.
Compared with the strength of the prisoners, the strength of the Praetorian Guards was not superior.
The Guards' attack was contained.
The Imperial Guards were under the personal command of the emperor, and they held great righteousness and high morale, while the prisoners were fighting for their own survival.
Both sides had reasons to fight to the death.
At this time, neither side had a psychological advantage.
If they wanted to win, they only had to It can rely on the command and the combat effectiveness of both sides.
After this midnight battle, the prisoners suffered considerable losses.
They fought from the inner palace to the outer palace, and a massacre was carried out in the outer palace.
The guards complained incessantly, and the emperor and the guards were forced to retreat.
In the inner palace, more than 1,800 people were lost, and the number of people lost by the Imperial Guard was no less than that of the prisoners.
The fighting continued, and the fighting on the wall and at the gate of the inner palace did not stop at all.
The longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it became for the prisoners.
After all, they were surrounded.
Reizes, covered in blood, walked up to Chiboas with a big sword and said loudly: "Brothers can't stand it any longer.
After all, they have not received special military training, and we have no organization.
If we continue to fight, we can only Being surrounded and annihilated here” Chiboas chopped down a Praetorian soldier who climbed up the wall and asked: "What do you want to do?"
Reese said: "It's better to go back through the secret passage."
Chiboas asked: "Do you think we can still retreat from the secret passage?
I believe that the people we arranged in the arena will retreat back here soon.
The emperor and Alexius are not that stupid, they will definitely send People rushed into the arena to block our retreat.
If you don’t believe it, you will know after a while.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a prisoner ran over and reported to the two of them: "It's not good.
The brothers in the arena escaped from the secret passage.
They said they were attacked by a large number of troops, which were the Imperial Guards."
Sure enough, Reese reached out and touched the blood on his face and looked at Chiboas and asked: "What should we do now?
We have no way out.
The Guards are attacking from the front again.
The longer the time goes by, the morale on our side will deteriorate."
The lower you will be, the more likely it will be sooner or later that the Imperial Guards attack you."
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Chiboas was also a little frustrated now.
After all calculations, he did not expect that the emperor left the palace shortly after nightfall.
This was really an unexpected accident.
If this thing did not happen, as long as the emperor was caught , this operation was successful.
Chiboas was unwilling to give in.
This action was actually his idea and initiative.
It failed like this.
He gritted his teeth and said to Reeses: "Brother, this is the emperor's inner palace.
It must be stored."
Some grain and other food.
As long as we withstand the attack of the Praetorian Guards, at least we will not be short of food for the time being.
The Praetorian Guards The number of troops is not greater than ours, unless they plan to wipe out all the Imperial Guards.
Believe me, as long as we stay here for two days, the Queen Mother and Lord Cortsim will definitely find a way to send troops to relieve the siege, because they don’t want us either.
Surrender or be captured, exposing themselves directly to the Emperor and Alexius."
Rhyses thought for a while and nodded: "You are right.
We have reached this point and we have no other choice but to defend.
However, in this desperate situation, it is difficult for the brothers to muster up the courage to fight against the guards.
The army will fight to the death.”
Chiboas said: "Brother, you were once an officer and almost became a general.
You should be best at boosting morale."
Reese was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
The attack of the Praetorian Guards finally stopped.
The loss of troops was too great and they did not take any advantage.
In order to preserve the limited armed forces, Emperor Constantine VI had to order a temporary halt to the attack.
At this time, Alexius, the commander of the Praetorian Guards, discovered that there were only more than a hundred people left under his command, and the remaining 1,800 people who had been won over by the emperor were still intact.
With.
Alexius couldn't help but look at the emperor, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
He could only feel chills all over.
The emperor actually weakened his strength to the extreme without making a move.
The astrologer Enechus came over and whispered to Alexios: "General, our men and horses have suffered too much loss, and the prisoners inside are still fighting desperately.
The men and horses are no less than us.
We want a short time."
It is very difficult to win within a short period of time.
If we wait until dawn, there will definitely be action at the Holy Apostles Cathedral.
Now we must find a way to eliminate all the prisoners as soon as possible before dawn."
Alexius said: "What can you do?"
Enekius whispered: "There is no other way now.
The four legions outside the city cannot be mobilized, and even if they are mobilized, they cannot enter the city.
We can only mobilize the city guards to come over for reinforcements."
"Half of the City Guards are Cotesim's men.
Ferlandrius still needs to take his half of the troops to contain Cotesim.
How should we adjust it?"
Ikeneus whispered: "General, now it is related to the life and death of all of us.
Once the Queen Mother makes another move, it will be difficult for our current troops to resist it.
Maybe the Queen Mother is already trying to make Ke Tesim attacks Ferlandrius, takes control of the city guards, and attacks us from behind.
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Then we will be finished.
Why don't we let Ferlandrius attack Cortsim first?
Obtain control of all city guards" Alexius's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is a good idea, but I don't know whether it will succeed.
I will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor immediately."
Enechus grabbed Alexius and said: "General, this matter cannot be told to the emperor.
His Majesty can only give orders to Ferlandrius in your name."
Alexius was stunned and asked: "Why do you know that all the remaining guards have been controlled by the emperor?
I can only command more than a hundred people, and the others were all killed in the battle just now."
If I still go my own way now, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be suspicious of me."
Enekius couldn't help but stamp his feet and said: "Oh, General, why don't you understand that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager are mother and son after all, and he is the flesh that fell from the Empress Dowager's body?
Do you want them to face each other and commit suicide?"
Kill each other.
You know what the consequences are.
You'll just die faster sometimes.
Some things can only be done but not said.
Things like this that make it difficult for the emperor to make a decision can only be done by us ministers first and then reported to the emperor.
Only then will the emperor not feel guilty and remember even if he is unhappy.
We are loyal to him, and he will not punish us severely when he wants to.”
Alexius thought for a long time and finally decided to hide the matter first.
He secretly sent a few people out of the palace to convey the order to Ferlandrius.
Cathedral of the Holy Apostles.
Irina, Tarasius and others who had been paying attention to the fighting situation in the palace also quickly received the news.
Tarasius said to Irina: "Your Majesty, a stalemate in the war is not a good thing for us.
We must find a way to gain an advantage.
Even if we cannot win completely, with this advantage we can allow the prisoner army to negotiate with the emperor and let them Obtain a regular establishment, so that you have an army that you can directly command."
Irina folded her hands on her lower abdomen, walked to the window, looked in the direction of the Holy Palace, and asked, "What solution have you come up with?"
Thalassius said: "Your Majesty, you can ask Cortsim to attack Ferlandrius, kill Ferlandrius, seize the command of all the city guards, and then order Cortsim to lead the city guards.
The army attacks the palace.
The best outcome is to eliminate all the Praetorian Guards and capture Alexius and some others; the worst outcome is that Cortsim and Ferlandrius will fight to no avail. ,Only If we want to strike first, the advantage will definitely be on our side.
Even if we cannot get the best expectations, we can still allow the prisoner army to persist until negotiating with the emperor.
I will detail that His Majesty still has someone in the palace.
As long as we get in touch with this person, let him Find Chiboas and tell them your decision.
I believe they will follow your orders, because this is the way you fight for them."
After listening to this, Irina said: "Your method is a good one, but I can't do it."
Tarasius said anxiously: "Your Majesty, why?"
Irina said calmly: "Because I am his mother.
If Kortsimi is allowed to attack Ferlandrius, no matter what the outcome is, it will be our mother and son who will directly tear each other apart.
After all, he is my son. , how could our relationship come to this point?
Even God would not tolerate me doing this.
Even if the prisoners fail, as long as they don’t break up with Constantine, he will still be my son, and I will still be him.
Mother, he will not do anything to me to regain the power of power, we will still have a chance in the future."
Thalassius opened his mouth, but he was full of words but could not say any more
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