When I arrived at Xuanwu Gate, I walked up to the city tower. The soldier guarding the place recognized Chen Cheng and asked, "Does Jin Wu have any orders from the Great Changqiu when I come here?"
Chen Cheng was not as easy to talk to as last time. He put his hand on the handle of the knife and shouted: "Your Majesty has made me a hussar general, do you know?"
The soldier said: "I know, but..."
"Since you know this, why don't you get out of the way?" Chen Cheng scolded, "Do you think my sword is harmful to you?"
Jia's morale was taken away by him, so he didn't dare to stop him and allowed him to lead the soldiers through. However, it may be that Chen Cheng's voice was too loud, which made him dizzy and unable to do other actions, so he just watched helplessly.
Chen Cheng led people on the restoration road.
When they arrived at the tower of the North Palace, there were still soldiers guarding them. But the guards here had just heard Chen Cheng's scolding, and when they hesitated, they were knocked aside by Chen Cheng. Looking at the group of people walking away, the guards looked at each other, but
Don't know what to do.
More than a hundred people moved quickly, crossing half of the North Palace, and arrived at the gate of Changqiu Palace. Hearing the sound of the clash of armor and soldiers, everyone in the palace panicked. Queen He forced herself to calm down and said: "Go out and ask them.
What are you here for?"
Queen Lin of Xiaogong walked out tremblingly. When she saw it was Chen Cheng, she became more courageous. She mustered up the courage to ask, "General, why are you here late at night?"
Chen Cheng smiled and did not answer, but said: "Take me to see the queen."
Seeing that Chen Cheng was easier to talk to, the eunuch next to him became emboldened. He immediately put on an arrogant face and reprimanded: "Bold! You can see the Queen whenever you want?"
Chen Cheng sighed and said: "Originally I didn't want to kill anyone, but some people just can't give in. Now the situation is urgent, so I have no choice but to offend!"
His expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "Drag him down and kill him!"
Two cavalrymen from the Yueqi battalion stepped forward, grabbed the eunuch and dragged him down the hall. Another cavalryman drew out his sword and asked, "General, do you really want to kill him?"
The eunuch was pushed to the ground and shouted: "I serve the queen, you dare to kill me? Changqiu will not let you go!"
Chen Cheng knew that when he didn't know his mother-in-law, once he showed a little bit of weakness, things would slip out of control, so he said with a cold face: "Could it be that you don't even know how to kill?"
The cavalryman laughed ferociously, turned around, and chopped off the eunuch's head with a "click". The head rolled twice on the ground and stopped, with his horrified eyes facing Wang Lin.
The poor little palace maid was so frightened that she fell to the ground and screamed uncontrollably.
Girls are always like this. When they see spiders, cockroaches and other things, they can't help but scream. Then when Wang Lin saw someone who was fine just now suddenly turned into two parts, he would scream, too.
Very normal thing.
Chen Cheng's brows furrowed. He hated crying, whether it was his own or someone else's, because it was a sign of weakness. Similarly, he also disliked people who were in panic and only knew how to yell. He sighed,
He looked around and asked, "Can anyone show me the way?"
"No need," Queen He walked out. She looked at the head and headless corpse on the ground and almost vomited, but she held it back and just said coldly: "Zhi Jinwu is so majestic, Lian Yu
You dare to kill everyone around you!"
Chen Cheng bowed and said with a smile: "The situation is urgent and we have no choice but to ask for the Queen's forgiveness."
Queen He sneered and said, "If I don't forgive you, will Zhijinwu kill you too?"
"The queen is joking," Chen Cheng said, "Your Majesty has just passed away. Please, the queen and the prince and princess go to Jiade Hall immediately."
The queen's expression was already bad, but her expression changed even more after hearing these words, "Your Majesty passed away, how come I didn't know?"
"Maybe it's because Changqiu hasn't had time to inform the Queen."
Queen He suddenly put on a sad face and said: "I just heard shouting outside the palace, is it the general?"
"It's nothing, it's just some thieves who are shouting randomly, trying to confuse people's hearts." Chen Cheng said: "Without further delay, please leave immediately, Queen."
Queen He was silent for a while and said coldly: "Princess Wannian does not live here."
Chen Cheng immediately said: "I will send someone to stay here. Once the princess is received, she will be sent to the Jiade Palace immediately."
Queen He turned around and walked a few steps, then turned back and said: "Clean up the floor, don't surprise His Highness."
After a while, Queen He came out holding Liu Bian's hand. The body on the ground had been dragged to the corner. The blood stains were wiped, but not clean. Looking carefully, there were many suspicious things on the ground.
dark red.
Liu Bian was woken up from his sleep. He was very unhappy and shouted: "Mother, I want to sleep!"
Queen He held his hand and said, "Let's go to your father's place and sleep there."
Liu Bian muttered: "Why do you have to sleep over there?"
Queen He didn't speak any more and pulled Liu Bian into the chariot. Wang Lin woke up from his panic and followed.
The group of people held torches and rushed from the Changqiu Palace to the Zhuque Gate. The Zhuque Gate of the North Palace was facing the White Tiger Gate of the South Palace, and the complex road was erected in the towers above the two gates.
Not long after Chen Cheng entered the Beigong, Zhang Rang got the news. He screamed angrily: "What on earth does he want to do?"
In the corner, Zhao Zhong said slowly: "I probably want to capture both the queen and the prince."
Since seeing the emperor's death, the wrinkles on his face have become deeper and his whole person has become weak. Compared with the smiling appearance before, he seems to be a completely different person.
Zhang Rang suppressed his anger and said: "Beigong is all our people, do you want it?"
He stretched out his right palm and made a chopping motion.
Zhao Zhong glanced at Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie in the distance, then pursed his lips and said: "There are people from the Yueqi camp outside the palace. He can kill us no matter how we kill him."
Although the two big Diao Dang mobilized some more men to the Jiade Hall, even if the gap in combat effectiveness is not taken into account, how can they compare with the Yueqi battalion with thousands of soldiers and horses?
Zhang Rang said in a deep voice: "Jian Shuo is outside, and no one in the palace can resist us. We will return to the Beigong immediately, gather troops and horses to kill him, and then close the city to defend ourselves. The matter can be settled!"
Zhao Zhong looked at the emperor's body lying on the bed in the distance, sighed, and said: "Then let's do it. I'll just cry to the empress later and promise to support her son as emperor."
The two of them had decided on a plan and quietly retreated, leaving Duan Guisun Zhang and others busy in the hall. They only called a dozen soldiers, but did not take away all the troops here.
I don't want to attract attention here, and secondly, although Beigong's troops are not large, there are still one or two thousand elites, enough to kill Chen Cheng.
While they were taking action, Jian Shuo was also taking action. When he arrived at the Western Garden, the main camp of his headquarters was already crumbling. Yuan Shao's people shouted loudly outside the camp that the emperor was dead, and the general summoned the soldiers and horses from all over the world to join forces.
He killed the eunuchs and asked the Xiyuan army inside to come out and surrender, saying that they were only killing Jian Shuo's cronies.
Jian Shuo was absent, and the morale of the troops in the camp was shaken. Gao Lan and Zhu Ling, who knew soldiers well, took the opportunity to attack fiercely and almost broke through the camp. Fortunately, the officers in the camp were able to suppress Yuan Shao's troops with strong bows and crossbows.
The horse shot back. Jian Shuo arrived in time and launched an attack from the rear. He personally held a halberd and rushed to the front, shouting his name loudly while charging forward to kill.
In any case, Jian Shuo was also the marshal of the Xiyuan Army appointed by the emperor, and was the immediate superior of all the Xiyuan Army soldiers. In this way, he took the lead and quickly boosted the morale of his own side, while the morale of the attacking side quickly dropped to the lowest level.
Freezing point. The soldiers and horses under Gao Lan and Zhu Ling were defeated and scattered all over the place in the darkness, unable to be gathered up at all.
The two of them were ashamed and angry, but there was nothing they could do. Those who can launch attacks in the dark are always the best of the best. Although the soldiers of the Xiyuan Army are all carefully selected, the army is still short-lived.
The soldiers are naturally unwilling to fight for it until the end of the stalemate.
We are all here to receive military pay. Who is willing to fight for the power of those above you?
Gao Lan and the others pressed a little, but some people took advantage of the darkness and disappeared. Anyway, in the dark, as long as they ran farther away, the officers could not find anyone. When they were attacked from behind by Jian Shuo, the soldiers were even more disorganized.
No shadows can be seen.
Yuan Shao was sitting in his own camp. When he saw the two people who had fled back in embarrassment, he couldn't help but be shocked and asked: "Why are you in such embarrassment?"
As soon as Gao Lan and Zhu Ling explained the situation, Yuan Shao said angrily: "I have ordered senior officials to block the road, how can Jian Shuo still come here?"
But now is not the time to investigate the responsibility. Yuan Shao suppressed the anger in his chest and said: "It doesn't matter, except for Jian Shuo's troops, the others are all our people. We will stick to the camp first and wait until dawn before making plans!"
After Gao Lan and Zhu Ling retreated, Yuan Shao was still angry. He had to keep calm in front of his subordinates just now, but now he could no longer bear it. He walked a few steps quickly in the tent, pulled out the long sword placed on the wooden stand, and
Then he slashed hard on the table in front of him. The long sword in Yuan Shao's hand was made of fine steel and was extremely sharp. With one strike of the sword, there was a "click" sound, and the table split into two pieces.
Hearing the noise behind them, Gao Lan and Zhu Ling looked at each other, and then immediately separated their eyes.
Gao Lan said in a low voice: "It seems that the lord is very angry."
Zhu Ling smiled bitterly and said, "Can you not be angry?"
Gao Lan sighed and said, "Who knew that eunuch was so brave? It would not be an injustice if we were defeated by him."
Zhu Ling said: "Sending troops at night is a taboo..."
At this point, he stopped. If he continued, he would be blaming Yuan Shao.
The two of them had not gone far when they heard someone shouting outside the Yuyuan Gate: "Captain Cao Mengde of the Dian Army, pay a courtesy visit to the Colonel of the Central Military Commission. Please open the door quickly."
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had known each other since they were children. They did many ridiculous things together when they were young. When they heard that Cao Mengde was coming, Yuan Shao opened the camp gate and welcomed him out. The anger on his face had disappeared, and he said with a smile: "
When Meng De comes here, he must be able to teach me!"
Cao Cao jumped off his horse and said: "Benchu, the general has given us an order to lead troops to surround the palace immediately."
Yuan Shao was stunned and said: "General...General...have you made up your mind?"
Cao Cao looked into Yuan Shao's eyes, suddenly laughed, and said: "What you said just now is just a joke. There is a chaos inside and outside the city now. The soldiers and horses patrolling the city can't suppress it. Someone is already taking advantage of the fire. Even if the general is really
My orders may not reach your hands."
"You?" Yuan Shao subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of the sword and asked, "What does Meng De mean?"
Cao Cao said calmly: "There is chaos in the city. I heard that Benchu's attack on Jian Shuo failed, so I came here to help!"
Yuan Shao stared at Cao Cao for a while, and the latter looked at him calmly. After a while, Yuan Shao came forward and held Cao Cao's arm, and said with a smile: "With Meng De's help, why worry about the big thing happening?"
Cao Cao also laughed, but secretly he breathed a sigh of relief.
