While Zhu Ling was holding a grand banquet, Guan Ning's army, who had only entered the city in the evening, was not left out. Under his orders, all the restaurants were booked tonight and were not used by the army.
When Jin Yiwei came to various restaurants, all the shopkeepers were exactly the same, thinking that they had done something serious. The diners who were eating normally in the restaurant were also scared away by the Jin Yiwei. But when Jin Yiwei explained the purpose of his visit, all the shopkeepers
I breathed a sigh of relief, it turns out I was just here to eat.
Moreover, Jin Yiwei was also quite generous. He left a thousand taels of silver in a restaurant and left. Therefore, when Guan Ning's soldiers unarmed came to the restaurant, they ate and drank so much that every restaurant was occupied.
, the food was being served non-stop. Even with so many restaurants, there was still no room for eight thousand soldiers.
In order to meet the needs of food and drink, Feng Yuanyang even sent people to ask wealthy businessmen with whom he had good relationships to free up their extra houses for the soldiers to eat and drink. However, this expense was still borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
While Guan Ning's eight thousand troops were feasting, three generals and some of their cronies in a restaurant couldn't sit still. Instead of eating and drinking, they ordered their subordinates not to drink, but to eat some food.
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"Brother Hu, are you sure you want to take action today?" The bearded general named Mashan glanced at the surrounding soldiers eating and drinking happily. Such a lively scene could not help but change his mood.
"That's natural. If we don't take action as soon as possible, I don't think our men will be willing to follow us in the uprising in a few days." The general, known as Brother Hu, had a cold face and a sword hanging on his waist.
"Brother Hu is right. Before we entered the city today, many people in the battalion under my command were clamoring to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds for His Majesty. It seems that His Majesty has used very good tricks in the past few days."
Another general named Wu Bing also said.
"Where's the plan? Not having a plan is a taboo!" If they were to take action today, a plan was essential. But they didn't have a perfect plan yet. If they failed, wouldn't they become lambs to be slaughtered?
Facing Ma Shan's question, Hu Ruohai showed a sinister smile, obviously confident, and said: "Half an hour ago, the prince's cronies arrived, and they are first-class experts. As for the plan, it is very simple. Wu Bing will personally bring some people.
Go and question Yang Kuo and ask him if he is willing to lead troops back to Shanhaiguan."
"If you don't want to, just kill him. With the prince's cronies here, it will be easy for Yang Kuo. Furthermore, Mashan, you can bring some people to control the city gate. When I lead my troops, I will open the city gate immediately. And I
Then we will personally go to instigate the rebel army, but I’m afraid there aren’t many people willing to follow us now, so we can take as many as we can.”
After hearing Hu Ruohai's plan, although Mashan and Wu Bing had some doubts, due to time constraints, they had no choice but to act this way for the time being.
Before leaving, Hu Ruohai warned the two of them: "If the matter is exposed, just say that it was your own doing, commit suicide by taking poison, and don't implicate other brothers."
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When Yang Kuo returned to the house, he deliberately smelled of alcohol all over his body, walked like crazy, and talked nonsense. This was intended to make others think that he was drunk. If those people really wanted to kill him, they would have to go back to investigate first.
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After being helped to the bed by his personal guards, he immediately hid a dagger under the pillow, and then felt unsafe. He was wearing armor and carrying a knife, so a dagger of his own might not be of any use.
Then he took out his soft armor and put it in his underwear, and his anxious heart felt a little calmer.
It was quite boring while waiting. He was tired from running around today, so he almost fell asleep several times. However, the emotional tension allowed him to pretend to be asleep, but he did not fall asleep.
Finally, after half an hour, he vaguely heard someone talking outside, and his personal guard said something like "Your Excellency is drunk." He quickly calmed down his breath and took a good posture, knowing that someone was indeed coming.
When his whole body was tense, he tried his best to keep his breath steady. At this time, with the door creaking, a pair of feet came in. It must be someone walked in, but the door was not closed. Maybe there was something wrong.
Others did not come in.
The room was pitch black at this time, and the candlelight had already been blown out by Yang Kuo. He wanted to see if anyone was really going to attack him. He slowly pulled out a knife from his pillow and held it tightly in his hand, always ready to fight back.
But after a long time, he only felt someone a few steps away from the bed, but didn't hear any other movement. He didn't move, he just endured it and waited for the other person's move.
"General."
Finally, the person spoke and just called out. There was no other word. Yang Kuo was a little confused, but did not respond.
"Brothers want to go back and don't want to follow His Majesty. Let us go. Don't stop us. Otherwise, I don't know if I will kill the general."
As soon as the words fell, Yang Kuo immediately turned over and jumped up. In an instant, a long knife was directly pressed against his neck. He did not dare to move and froze in place.
"Do you want to rebel?"
Yang Kuo was furious. His men actually dared to rebel! It was simply lawless!
"General, don't force me."
Although he couldn't see the person clearly, Yang Kuo knew who it was by hearing his voice.
"Wu Bing, your majesty and I have treated you well, why did you rebel?" He wanted to ask why you rebelled. After all, once you rebel, it will be the crime of killing the nine tribes. There is no turning back. Besides, your majesty did not die, and the court was not destroyed.
, what is the reason for the rebellion?
"General, everyone has his own ambitions. Even if the Ming Dynasty does not fall now, it will fall sooner or later. With Hou Jin in the north and rebels in the south, how can we defend it?" Wu did not take action directly, but chose to persuade Yang Kuo. He could not bear the past general
Killed by him.
"Let's do it."
The visitor who had been standing in the darkness also spoke up. Seeing Wu Bing's pretentiousness, he immediately urged him.
"Will you do it?" At this point, Yang Kuo still didn't want to believe that his subordinates would kill him.
"I'm sorry, General. I know that if I don't kill you, you will definitely tell the truth."
After saying that, Wu Bing pushed his arm forward, and the tip of the knife sank directly into Yang Kuo's neck. A stream of blood suddenly gushes out, soaking most of the blade. Then, Yang Kuo's body went limp and he fell unwillingly on the bed beside him.
There will be no life left.
"Okay, let's go quickly. General Hu Shen still needs our help."
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Here, Hu Ruohai sent out his men to win over the soldiers, and everyone agreed to meet at the city gate in an hour. By that time, no matter how many people had gathered, they would have to leave immediately.
He had gathered more than two hundred people here, several hundred fewer than he expected, but there was nothing he could do. He led his men and rode non-stop to the city gate. After all, they had already begun to mutiny, and there was no way out. Once
If you don't even have a way out, you are asking for death.
When he and his men galloped to the city gate, there were no torches at the city gate of Nuoda. It was pitch black and there was not even a human figure. He, who was always cautious, felt something was wrong and turned his horse's head to evacuate immediately.
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"withdraw!"
Suddenly, countless torches lit up behind him, and countless soldiers and guards blocked his way. Looking back, he saw His Majesty sitting above him!