Chapter 531 The dust has settled

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 531 The dust has settled

When Huo Guang ordered the mobilization of the Northern Army, Zhang Yue had already controlled Changle and Weiyang palaces, and had blocked all gates in Chang'an.

The lieutenant army under Huo Yu's control was also retreating steadily at this time.

Many low-level officers and soldiers even chose to defect after seeing Emperor Daxing's edict and gold reward.

At this time, the only ones that can really pose a threat to Zhang Yue and others are Fan Mingyou's Northern Army and the soldiers of Sanfu.

In order to deal with the threat from Fan Mingyou's troops, Zhang Yue gathered the guards of Zhao Guanghan, Liu Yi and other princes, as well as the Qimen and Hu cavalry armies, totaling 3,000 cavalry.

Ignoring the threats from private soldiers such as ministers and princes, he decisively led his troops towards the headquarters of Fan Ming's friends.

Zhang Yue knew very well that as long as he captured Fan Mingyou's headquarters, the rest of the troops around Chang'an would just choose to wait and see.

In this way, as long as Huo Guang and the Chang'an court are controlled, this coup can be considered a success.

When the troops from Hexi led by Wu Zheng enter Chang'an, great things will happen.

At that time, even if some people are dissatisfied, he can hold the emperor hostage and order the princes.

It should be said that Fan Mingyou was still very vigilant. When the golden reward began to block the gates of Chang'an, he immediately took out the imperial edict prepared in advance by the Empress Dowager and ordered the Northern Army to prepare to attack Chang'an City.

But he was fast, and Zhang Yue was not slow either. Fan Mingyou's 10,000 troops had just left the camp, and Zhang Yue's 3,000 cavalry had already arrived.

Neither Fan Mingyou nor his generals expected that they would be attacked by a large number of elite cavalry at the entrance of the camp.

Fan Mingyou barely had time to react when his 10,000-strong army was overwhelmed by Zhang Yue's troops.

Zhang Yue led his troops to charge while shouting: "I have been ordered to punish thieves... Those who surrender will be spared!"

Then the three thousand Han cavalry following Zhang Yue also shouted loudly.

The Northern Army soldiers, who were already unable to resist, became hesitant one by one when they heard the shouts.

The soldiers of the Northern Army were also very familiar with Zhang Yue, and were even more familiar with Zhang Yue's Hu Qi and Qi Men armies.

Since the founding of the emperor, the two armies of Men, Hu and Cavalry have been the emperor's personal soldiers.

When the Northern Army soldiers saw that they were being attacked by these two armies, they naturally became hesitant. Coupled with the "cries of being ordered to punish thieves," the resistance of the Northern Army soldiers was quickly broken down.

Although Fan Mingyou shouted loudly and urgently: "This is a false edict... This is a false edict!"

But most of the soldiers and officers of the Northern Army still believed in Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue did not lie. He did have the edict in his hand. And not one copy, but two copies.

One is the edict left by the previous emperor, and the other is the posthumous edict of Emperor Daxing.

Seeing that the Northern Army officers were hesitant, Zhang Yue ordered the attack to be postponed and ordered Yang You to read aloud the edicts left by the late Emperor and Emperor Daxing.

With these two testaments in hand, the soldiers of the Northern Army naturally had no desire to continue fighting, and soon chose to surrender under the leadership of various uncles and hundreds of generals.

In the end, the Northern Army only suffered less than 200 casualties, and Zhang Yue's cavalry only suffered dozens of casualties.

Fan Mingyou saw that the situation was not going well and was about to run away, but unfortunately Zhang Yue had caught his reaction earlier.

As soon as Fan Mingyou escaped to Changling, the Qianniu Guard spies who had already been activated blocked his way.

Qianniu Guard Fan Mingyou, who was facing Yang You, knew that the situation was over, so he did not continue to resist.

He wisely chose to surrender. After Qian Niuwei captured Fan Mingyou, he immediately escorted him to Zhang Yue.

"Marquis Yunyang is really a good calculator!"

After Fan Mingyou saw Zhang Yue, he just said with a wry smile.

Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "I have no choice but to do this. What does General Fan want to say?"

Fan Mingyou sighed: "Since ancient times, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy... If you lose, you are defeated. There is nothing to say!"

Zhang Yue waved his hand and ordered Fan Mingyou to be put into a prison car, and then ordered Yang You to lead two thousand cavalry to escort Fan Mingyou into Chang'an.

At this time, the Northern Army, which originally belonged to Fan Mingyou, had been reorganized by Zhang Yue.

When Yang You led his troops back to Chang'an for reinforcements, Zhang Yue led the remaining 1,000 cavalry and the newly surrendered Northern Army to surrender several other garrisons in the Chang'an area with Liu Fuling's imperial edict.

Things turned out just as Zhang Yue expected, except for a few troops who put up a less fierce resistance.

After seeing the edicts from Emperor Daxing and the previous emperor, most of the Chang'an garrison either chose to switch sides or chose to close their camps and wait and see.

In just half a day, all the troops originally affiliated with Huo Guang were disintegrated by Zhang Yue.

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When Zhang Yue dealt with the garrison outside Chang'an City, the 800 Yulin Army led by Zhang Huan, with the cooperation of Weiyang guards, had also surrounded Chengming Palace.

In order to avoid large-scale turmoil in the court, Zhang Huan and others followed the plan and only surrounded Chengming Hall and did not launch an attack on Chengming Hall.

"General, you can't escape anymore, so surrender quickly!"

Zhang Huan ordered people to shout loudly outside the palace.

The appearance of Zhang Huan and the Yulin Army made everyone know that today's coup was actually planned by Zhang Yue, who always seemed harmless to humans and animals.

Hearing Zhang Huan and others' shouting, Huo Yun shouted angrily:

"Zhang Huan'er and Zhang Yue are both villains...How dare you betray the big man...Aren't you afraid of a good death?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huan shouted: "We are here to punish the thieves... Who are the rebels... Huo Yun'er should know better..."

Tian Yannian shouted at this time: "The soldiers outside are listening to the Queen Mother's orders... As long as you put down your weapons... your sins can be pardoned... If you continue to follow the Zhang family and his son to cause trouble... you will not be spared when the army enters the city."

…”

Zhang Huan laughed and said: "Who is the rebel... who commits rebellion will be decided in the future..."

Huo Guang also spoke at this time: "Zhang Huan, as long as you put down your weapons, I can guarantee that your father and son will not die!"

Zhang Huan glanced at Huo Guang coldly: "General, you and a certain family are heroes. It's a pity that you shouldn't have committed such a thing as to cause trouble..."

"Bold, the ones who caused the rebellion are clearly your Zhang family and his son!"

Zhang Huan chuckled: "Huo Guang'er is a minister, but he dares to abolish the establishment. Isn't he committing rebellion against his superiors?"

Huo Guang did not speak when he heard this. Instead, Huo Yun next to him argued: "King Liu He of Changyi messed up the palace... He committed nearly a thousand major crimes on the 27th day after he ascended the throne... The general was the former emperor's assistant minister... What's the point of bringing order to the chaos?

No!"

Zhang Huan laughed and said: "I told too many lies. I didn't expect that I even lied to myself in the end... I committed a thousand major crimes on the 27th... Do you think everyone in the world is a fool!"

Zhang Huan was about to continue talking when Liu Yi led Huang Menling and three hundred soldiers to the outside of Chengming Hall.

"Edict of the Emperor Daxing!"

After Huang Menling arrived, he immediately came forward holding an edict.

"...I know that my fate will not be long...I appoint my nephew Changyi Wang He as the emperor...Yunyang Houyue will be the auxiliary minister...to protect the Han Dynasty...anyone who messes with our Han Dynasty, Yunyang Houyue will be able to do it..."

Acting as Heaven’s Executioner…”

After Huang Menling read out Emperor Daxing's last edict with great enthusiasm, the entire Chengming Palace suddenly fell into silence.

No one thought that the deceased Emperor Daxing would leave such a legacy.

At this time, Liu He, who had collapsed on the ground, suddenly jumped up.

"Hahaha!"

"Huo Guang'er and other rebellious ministers and traitors are actually here today!"

When Tian Yannian saw that Liu He jumped out at this moment, he was filled with fear and fear.

He carried his sword and went straight to Liu He.

"Tian Yannian, what do you want to do?"

Zhang Anshi and Bingji were horrified when they saw this, and immediately drew their swords to stop them.

"Ping ping ping bang bang..."

Tian Yannian was the opponent of Zhang Anshi and Bingji, and was quickly subdued by the two.

Seeing the farce in the palace, all the officials in the palace fell into silence.

At this time, Liu Yi outside the palace took out another edict.

"In February of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor issued an edict... If anyone attempts to abolish the establishment, Yunyang Houyue will have the power to take charge of the general and lead troops into Chang'an..."

When everyone heard that it turned out to be an edict left by the former emperor before his death.

"This is fake...this is fake!"

Huo Yun looked at Liu Yi and roared loudly.

"Don't be deceived by this false edict... When General Fan enters the city, these rebellious officials and traitors should be turned into powder..."

Following Huo Yun's shout, the officials of Huo Guang's line in the palace cheered up again.

There are nearly a thousand soldiers loyal to Huo Guang inside and outside Chengming Hall. As long as they persist until the army enters the city, they will definitely be able to make a comeback.
To be continued...