On the evening of September 25th, outside Chendu Palace.
As the city gate opened with a creak, the rebels cheered fiercely, and people crazily crowded inside.
Ji Ben, Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Jin Yi and others who were in charge of the command outside the palace gate wiped the sweat from their faces, but what they couldn't suppress was the smiles on their faces.
Only a middle-aged man standing next to them had a serious expression on his face.
Gibbon was not happy to see him and said: "Commander Wang, now that we have entered the palace, why are you still looking so sad?"
Commander Wang's name is Wang Xing, and he is the spy leader who was placed in Chendu by Shen Chen. He shook his head and said solemnly: "It took us three days to break through the outer palace. There is still an inner palace to break behind. I'm afraid we won't be able to break through it." easy."
Next to him, Geng Ji said: "Commander Wang, there is no need to worry. General Shen has already sent troops, Yan Kuang is still on the way to transport food, and Chen has no one to support him for seven or eight days. It will be a matter of time to break through the inner palace."
"It's them I'm afraid of."
Wang Xing turned his head, and behind them was the empty Chendu Street.
There was no one guarding the east gate. Although the city gate was closed, there was not a soul on the palace wall or around it.
Geng Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I hope Cao Cao will only kill us culprits and spare the innocent people."
Gibbon and others were anxious and angry, but their plan was a suicidal act. The planning was not thorough, and the personnel were not elite. There was really nothing they could do against them.
From late autumn to early winter in September, the sharp north wind blows, making the shop signs hanging on the street jingle, as if there are wind chimes and bamboo horses whirling among them.
Countless arrows were fired at them.
I kept going until it was almost dawn, and finally there was a change.
"Forget it, surrender."
Their morale and fighting power are much higher than those of the slaves. They can kill Wan Qian and rush into the palace gate. Most of them can succeed.
Gibbon and others also entered the palace at a slightly slower pace.
"It's over, it's over, General Yan is really back."
"There are more than two thousand rebels in the palace, and they are now surrounded by us."
However, Wang Xing knew that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at them in the seemingly deserted streets and houses, which house had a crack in its second-floor window, and which house had a figure in its pavilion. I know it very well in my heart.
Chenliu Street is two cross streets that intersect north and south. The Imperial Palace is at the northwest corner of the cross. Exiting the east gate of the Palace is the street above the cross street. Directly north is the north gate of Chendu.
Cao Jun's scouts came to report on Pegasus: "Three thousand Shen Chen troops are coming from the south gate!"
Yan Kuangjun outside had no idea that the enemy would not hold on and would actually charge out. He was caught off guard and was hacked to death by Wang Xing.
Yan Kuang ordered people to enter through the Xuanwu Gate and guarded the Suzaku Gate to the south. In addition, there was no White Tiger Gate to the west, which was equivalent to the tactic of surrounding three and missing one, forcing the rebels to evacuate from the east gate.
In the past few days, they had also thought about whether the wealthy families loyal to Cao Cao would gather troops to put down the rebellion. However, their first task was to break down the palace gate and find Liu Xie first, so it was inevitable that they would make some omissions.
Now everyone knew that Yan Kuang was really back, and the slaves immediately cried for father and mother and fled one after another.
After all, the people on both sides were all slaves. How could ordinary slaves be as well-trained as soldiers? The only good news was that the opponent's combat effectiveness was not very high. Wang Xing had some soldiers under his command who had fought the enemy on the battlefield, and they managed to defeat the opponent.
Wang Xing put down Jiben's body and gritted his teeth and said: "We must not sit still and wait for death. Soldiers, we are dead soldiers in Chen Duwei. If we surrender, we will be dead. If we charge out with me, there is still a glimmer of life."
At this moment, everyone woke up from a dream and hurriedly followed Wang Xing to the east gate.
"What should we do? The reinforcements are back."
Wang Xing was horrified, and pulled him back again. The soldiers under his command hurriedly closed the palace door, and outside they could only hear the sound of countless footsteps heading towards the palace.
With blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, Gibbon smiled miserably and said: "This is God's will. Your Majesty, I am incompetent."
The slaves gathered by Gibbon and others were panicked and wanted to escape.
The main reason is that they are very old, like Gibbon, who is already over 60 years old, and it is difficult for them to run again, so they are slightly out of touch with the army in front.
Wang Xing's hundreds of spies were relatively well-trained, and they rushed all the way from the north gate of the Prime Minister's Palace into Gyeongbokgung Palace, and then ran eastward.
There was chaos in the distance.
"Yes, fight out through the east gate."
All kinds of screams suddenly came from the southern streets.
Wang Xing was breathing heavily. He had exhausted all his strength after fighting here. The brothers around him had also suffered too many casualties. There were only less than 200 people following him.
The scene suddenly came to a standstill.
As soon as I saw the end of the road ahead, more than two thousand fully armed soldiers rushed out. The leaders were riding war horses. Yan Kuang was riding on the horse and smiled contemptuously: "I knew you would run from the north gate!"
A sneer appeared on Yan Kuang's lips, and he waved his hand and gave the final order.
But now there are reinforcements outside the palace. Even though the number of both sides is about the same, due to formation problems, they will be attacked from both sides by the opponent, so they have to enter the palace to adjust the formation first.
At this moment, they were surrounded by enemies from both sides. Fortunately, Wang Xing ordered the rear troops to retreat into the Prime Minister's Mansion and used Cao Cao's residence in the palace to resist, and they were able to withstand it.
Ji Ben, Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Jin Yi and others quickly reassured everyone, telling them that the enemies outside were deceiving them and that Shen Chen would soon defeat Cao Hong.
None of these three items are wrong.
"Don't leave and betray the party!"
The Chenliu Palace where Liu Xie lives is located to the west of the palace, similar to the location of the Luoyang Palace and the West Palace where Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong lived.
Just as he was about to rush out before the enemy's encirclement could shrink, the sound of galloping horses could be heard.
At midnight, this embarrassing situation was quickly broken, because Yan Kuang returned with 6,000 Dian peasant troops. He rushed into the city and was quickly surrounded by the Wei family's children.
After saying that, he rushed towards the enemy with a knife and was stabbed to death by the enemy's spear.
There was a loud shout outside.
Wang Xing hugged the old man.
Yan Kuang attacked.
They traveled all night, and the soldiers could not rest and were exhausted long ago. Therefore, if they could not rest, they might not be able to fight in the attack.
"good."
The spies roared angrily.
Gibbon turned back to his two sons, Ji Miao Jimu, and said, "You should lead people in immediately and be sure to find His Majesty."
"This is a serious crime that will destroy three tribes."
It soon became dark, and the rebellion fell into an embarrassing situation. The Chenliu Palace in the inner palace could not be penetrated for the time being, and it was surrounded by enemies outside. The rebels were in a difficult situation.
"Run quickly or you will die."
Since there is no city gate to the west of Chenliu Palace, there is no west gate in the entire Chenliu Palace, only three gates in the south, east and north.
But such words would obviously only make people doubtful. However, due to Wang Xing's oppression, they could only stop their activities.
"They don't have crossbows."
Thousands of well-equipped soldiers climbed up and entered the prime minister's palace.
Without hesitation, Wang Xing picked up the slow-moving Gibbon on his back and hurried into the palace with a greeting.
Gibbon, who was supported by Wang Xing in the front and ran away, was suddenly shot in the heart by an arrow.
"I surrender, I surrender, don't kill me, ah!"
"Let's go out and surrender."
The thump-dong-dong footsteps moved forward slowly, like the rumble of a tank approaching.
"Kill them!"
"What's the point of fearing death?"
"Protect Your Majesty!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Soon his order was carried out, and someone shouted loudly outside the Prime Minister's Palace, saying that Yan Kuang had returned to the rescue and surrendered to avoid death.
The slaves became like birds and beasts and scattered.
"Kill!"
"They are currently guarding the Prime Minister's Mansion and have locked the gate tightly. There are spears and spears on the wall. We cannot attack them for the time being."
The first thing is to send people to the North City, enter Chenliu Palace from Xuanwu Gate, and help the guards at the palace gate to resist the enemy.
"The imperial physician's order, the imperial physician's order."
Wang Xing rushed over with more than a dozen elite soldiers and stared at everyone coldly.
"If you capture Ji Ben alive, the King of Wei will definitely give you a big reward."
But just at this time.
As for the second item, it will be easy to attack the city tomorrow.
Wei Huang collapsed on the ground and said in despair: "We have completely failed."
"Yes, father."
But he himself will hide outside the east city gate with his soldiers, and once the enemy comes out, he will kill them all.
Gibbon was horrified and shouted: "Don't listen to them. It's more than 500 miles from Dingling to Chendu. How can they arrive in just three or four days? What's more, General Shen has already held back Cao Hong. This is what they are doing."
Lie to you."
"You are not allowed to leave, whoever leaves will die."
There were torches all around outside the palace, and many so-called "Hanchen" who would fall in whatever direction the wind blew saw Yan Kuang entering the city to quell the rebellion, so they came out with their slaves to help.
Brothers Jimiao and Jimu cried and were very sad.
As a result, at this moment, thousands of people suddenly poured out of the streets outside and started to kill them.
Ladders were placed on the palace wall outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
A large number of enemy troops surrounded them, and they were so surrounded that no one here would live until tomorrow.
The rebels entered through the South City Gate and now occupy the Prime Minister's Mansion to the east, which is closer to the Eastern Qinglong Gate.
"Quickly, retreat into the palace!"
On the street.
At this time, there were constant sounds of footsteps outside.
"Father!"
Jin Yi cursed angrily and shouted: "The thief Cao bullies the emperor, I am willing to die to be a benevolent person."
They had been preparing for so long, and actually brought ladders with them. However, they could not equip the guards with crossbows, so they had not been able to knock down the outer palace gate in the past few days.
Soon a ladder was set up outside and they began to climb the palace wall. The pursuers from Jingfu Palace in the rear also rushed towards the east gate. Seeing that they were about to fall into death, Wang Xing roared and ordered the palace door to be opened. Hundreds of people rushed up and went outside.
Rush away.
Since they launched the rebellion, the once bustling streets of Chendu seemed to have turned into a ghostland overnight. The doors of every household were closed tightly, and the streets were deserted. You could see the end of the street from the street at a glance.
As a result, we never expected that in just a few days, so many people would gather and surround them all at once. The situation was in danger.
In an instant, everyone was desperate.
"Report!"
When everyone arrived at the east gate, they just opened the palace gate and rushed to the streets outside the palace.
Wang Xing believed that the first task now was to break through Chenliu Palace, so he ordered his elite soldiers to guard the Prime Minister's Palace, while he personally led his servants to Jingfu Palace through the back door.
The news came to Yan Kuang one by one, which made him feel reassured.
Wang Xing noticed that the number of enemies had increased, and he was suddenly horrified. He knew that something might be wrong, so he had to retreat to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Chendu Palace is actually very small. Unlike the Luoyang Palace, which covers an area of seven square kilometers, there are only four or five palaces. Therefore, there are less than a thousand guards in the entire palace, so they were able to capture it.
Although Chen Du is empty, they have gathered more than 2,000 people and are already a huge force that even the palace gate guards can't resist. However, if those aristocratic families unite together and add the guards, I'm afraid their
The situation will be very difficult.
Although the front is a wolf and the back is a tiger, Wang Xing feels that the street outside is not empty, and the number of enemies will definitely not be too many. As long as he can kill them, he can rush out from the north gate.
Many people have been waiting and watching these days, but there are still many Yanzhou families who are loyal to Cao Cao and are secretly dispatching people. For example, the Weizi family has a spy who works as a slave in the Wei family and reports that several people have gathered in the Wei family's mansion.
Hundreds of people may take action at any time.
The officers and soldiers of Cao's army around him didn't know what was happening, and looked behind him in surprise.
"kill!"
Geng Ji, Wei Huang, and Jin Yi also had sad faces. At this moment, they were attacking from both sides and were at the end of the road.
Fortunately, the frozen atmosphere did not last long. Because Yan Kuang's army outside had not attacked yet, and it was too dark, they did not know whether the other party had come for reinforcements, so they gradually believed what Gibbon and the others said.
At this time, they reached Chenliu Palace. The Wei family's descendants had already arrived with reinforcements. There were still hundreds of guards at the palace gate. With their support, their strength increased greatly, and they quickly brought the troops brought by Wang Xing.
repel.
For a time, the rebels in the Prime Minister's Palace were in chaos, and their already low morale collapsed completely.
Everyone fought their way to the north street.
Jimiao also said.
The dense crowd rushed toward the palace gate, and Wang Xing's expression suddenly changed.
The two sides fought in a chaotic manner, far from the orderly cooperation and tacit understanding of the army's lethality.
The second step is to let your soldiers rest for a while before attacking the city tomorrow.
The slaves were captured by him and did not dare to move rashly for a while.
All of a sudden, there were nearly tens of thousands of troops outside the womb, and the entire palace was surrounded by water.
Wang Xing took the lead and led the soldiers to the palace gate.
"I hope so."
The last step is to send people to persuade them to surrender and shake the enemy's morale.
The two of them rushed forward in a hurry, giving the order and leading the slaves deep into the palace.
The streets were filled with people crowding in. Wang Xing led his soldiers to protect Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Jin Yi and others, and rushed towards the North City Gate.
The last one is simpler, it's a trick to attack the heart.
Everyone was tired and sleepy, and many simply lay down and fell asleep.
Chendu Palace is located in the northwest corner of Chenliu County, covering an area of less than one square kilometer. It is a very small palace, only one-eighth the size of Luoyang Palace.
Wang Xing nodded, turned around and continued: "We broke through the outer palace, then the Prime Minister's Palace, Jingfu Hall, Chengguang Hall, and Yongshi Terrace. These places are undefeable and we can break them, but in the end Chen Liu
The palace is the residence of His Majesty, just like the West Palace in Luoyang in the past. It is surrounded by city walls and is difficult to break in. We should act quickly."
However, no one listened to him. Someone held up a torch and rushed to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion to open the door to let the enemy in. At the critical moment, a steel knife cut off his head.
Seeing that the situation was good, Yan Kuang issued a series of orders.
Wei Huang put his hands in his sleeves and said with a serious face: "A man with lofty ideals and a benevolent man has no desire to live to harm others, but to kill himself to achieve benevolence. When things have reached this point, we can only continue to face the difficulties. As long as the emperor is rescued, we will leave immediately
Chen Du, flee south to Nanyang, I believe Cao Cao can't do anything to us."
At the critical moment, Wang Xing shouted: "The imperial doctor ordered that things cannot be done. Let's fight out from the east gate."
Yoshimoto Gengji and others were frightened and didn't know what to do.
"Huangmen soldiers!"
He turned his head and lost his vitality.
Yan Kuang squeezed out these three words through his teeth.
He would never forget in his life how Xu Du was attacked several times by the Huangmen soldiers who could travel two hundred miles a day.
He also could not forget how his former predecessor and superior, Ren Jun, a general in charge of farming, was ambushed by this army and was eventually reduced to ashes.