Li Maoheng was completely unprepared when he saw the situation suddenly intensifying. He and five personal guards were the only ones standing in front of the palace gate. There was no way he could withstand such a surging crowd.
What made him even more unexpected was that the more than a thousand subordinates brought by Wu Ruyi also started to commotion at this time. They and the rioters were mostly from the same army, and most of them were old comrades, so they saw the leader
The man was whipped by Wu Ruyi with tears in his eyes, and his emotions soon lost control. He began to follow the rebels and started shouting "Kill the King of Jin and burn the prince's palace."
Li Maoheng was still confident that he could suppress the more than three hundred rebels. But now that more than a thousand troops brought by Wu Ruyi were suddenly added, the atmosphere suddenly changed, and the situation suddenly became tense to the point of a critical moment.
The shouts of killing from the rebels were getting louder and louder. The royal guards were all experienced warriors who had experienced many battles. Faced with such a sudden and tense shocking scene, they could not help but take a step back. Their momentum was completely suppressed by the opponent.
"Prince Jin is here. I heard that you want to kill Gu Gu?"
Just when Li Maoheng was extremely nervous, when he had already made up his mind that once these rebels wanted to forcefully break into the palace, he would stop them even if he died on the spot, when another group of about a hundred heavy armored cavalry came.
He rushed to the back of Wu Ruyi's team.
Li Laiheng was wearing triple iron armor, and the armored cavalry guards around him were also fully armed. Each of them also wore an iron face armor. Sun Shoufa, holding an iron whip in both hands, was guarding the King of Jin.
Li Laiheng pulled back his visor, revealing a face that was familiar to most soldiers of the Dashun Army, and repeated with all his strength:
"Prince Jin is here, who wants to kill Gu?"
Wu Ruyi seemed to be very surprised, as if he did not expect that Li Laiheng would suddenly appear behind him with more than a hundred heavy armored cavalry if he was not staying well in Prince Jin's palace.
Wu Ruyi recalculated in her mind. According to Niu Jinxing's arrangement, Li Laiheng brought only a few hundred troops to Kaifeng. Where did another group of heavily armored cavalry appear from?
When the knights followed King Jin and took off their masks, Wu Ruyi finally understood:
Most of these knights are actually the Three Walls elite knights from Zuoying.
Sure enough, another person who made Wu Ruyi feel extremely familiar and under heavy pressure appeared next to Li Laiheng.
Liu Fangliang also put down his visor, revealing his extraordinary handsome white face. He was holding a spear in his hand, and placed two murderous spears on the harness, carrying a bow and arrows on his back, and wearing a short waist.
The gun is also fully armed.
Liu Fangliang said loudly: "Wu Ruyi, take care of your people! You actually made trouble in front of the Jin Prince's Mansion. Don't you want to live?"
Li Laiheng's qualifications are indeed relatively low in Dashun Yuanzhong, but Liu Fangliang was one of the first Yuancong generals to follow Li Zicheng in the army. His qualifications were only slightly lower than those of Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo, and even Yuan Zongdi could not compare with them.
Liu Fangliang's prestige is even more prestige than Wu Ruyi's.
Those rebel soldiers dared to scold Li Laiheng not only because they did not understand Chu Chuang's potential strength, but also because Chu Chuang had a deep gap with the Central Plains Chuang Army and belonged to different systems.
But Liu Fangliang is the first-class general of the Central Plains Army!
When the rebels saw Liu Fangliang's sudden appearance, they were like a mouse seeing a cat. They were full of murderous intent just now, as if they wanted to splash blood on the palace gate, but now they have turned into frosted persimmons, completely deflated.
Wu Ruyi frowned deeply and looked sad. After thinking for a long time, he had no choice but to get off his horse and kneel on the ground and said:
"Liu Shuai, it's my fault in running the army laxly. I came here just to restrain these bastards."
Li Laiheng smiled coldly and said:
"Restraint? I see that these people Wu Ruyi you brought, who were unable to stop Bai Guangen in Huolu, are now following a group of rebels and attacking my home. They are very brave."
Wu Ruyi gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said, "This is all due to my lax management of the army. Please forgive me, His Highness the King of Jin."
Liu Fangliang knew that it was very strange for Wu Ruyi to suddenly appear in the Jin Palace with troops, but he also felt that the situation in Kaifeng was delicate now, and Wu Ruyi was an old brother who broke into the camp and Yuancong, so there was no need to intensify the conflict, so he whispered:
"Youci lives in Prince Jin's Mansion...Wu Ruyi, don't scare him."
When Li Guo learned that he was seriously injured and it became a rumor that spread throughout Kaifeng, he immediately summoned Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang to discuss the aftermath.
Sure enough, before the three of them could come up with any ideas, the rebel soldiers who were already full of dissatisfaction and resentment immediately seized this good excuse and started a larger-scale mutiny.
This time Li Guo still wanted to make peace with Xi Ni, so he wrote another edict to pardon the mutineers' crimes and appease them, and planned to let Li Laiheng take them there like last time to eliminate the tense confrontation.
But Li Laiheng insisted that it was not possible, and even Liu Fangliang, who had always agreed with Li Guo's opinions, also held the same opinion. At that time, Liu Fangliang saw Li Guo lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, and the uneasiness in his heart had reached the limit, so he simply proposed to take care of the three people himself.
The wall-blocking spirit is dispatched. If the chaos cannot be calmed down, he will never hesitate to use force - even if it means bringing Liu Fangliang a bad name, he will not hesitate to do so.
The development of the matter is indeed closer to what Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang predicted. Behind these mutinies, who doesn't know that there must be someone behind the scenes instigating them?
Even if Wu Ruyi's behavior was not caught this time, wouldn't Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang have guessed it?
Could it be that Li Guo was really so stupid that he never guessed who was behind the instigation?
Your Highness Jianguo, is it that you can’t guess, or you don’t want to guess, or you don’t want to guess?
Liu Fangliang added: "The mutinies this time are really not like what the old brothers in the camp would do. I always find it strange...Wu Ruyi, please restrain the troops and explain to the supervisor later."
Wu Ruyi was sweating profusely and said: "I will restrain them...Liu Shuai, I didn't expect Liu Shuai to come here in person."
Li Laiheng sneered and said, "I didn't expect Master Liu to come. I should have thought that Gu Hui would be in Prince Jin's Mansion!"
Li Laiheng's laughter caused another burst of dissatisfaction among the rebels. There were still more than 300 rebels, and more than a thousand troops under Wu Ruyi's command also sympathized with the rebels. Their actual position was the same.
The troops of more than a thousand people all looked at Li Laiheng with hostile eyes.
It's just that although the Three Walls cavalry brought by Liu Fangliang only numbered a hundred people, their momentum under the equipment of the men and horses was really terrifying. There were more than a thousand skirmishers without heavy weapons or armor. Facing such a capable and terrifying cavalry team, it was really terrifying.
I can't afford to stiffen my neck.
Li Laiheng looked at them and said directly: "You are going to Jin Prince's Mansion to cause trouble? Aren't you afraid that a hundred thousand Chu troops will cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace?"
Wu Ruyi thought in his heart that it was precisely because of fear that he had to take this step, but he said: "I am incompetent in running the army. Please calm down, His Highness the King of Jin."
Li Laiheng looked at Wu Ruyi indifferently. He was already very clear and insightful about the situation of the person behind him. But before Li Laiheng could say anything else, a black smoke column in the distance that shot straight into the sky attracted people.
All eyes.
The sounds of fire, whistling wind, shouts, snatching, and splashing of water were mixed with the crackling sounds of houses collapsing and collapsing. Along with the sudden rise of black smoke, countless noises immediately resounded throughout Kaifeng.
in the city.
Li Laiheng looked at the direction in which the smoke column was rising, and a terrible thought flashed through his mind.
He and Liu Fangliang looked at each other, and then looked at Wu Ruyi with the same terrifying horror in their eyes.
Liu Fangliang pointed at Wu Ruyi and cursed: "What are your intentions?"
Li Laiheng looked in the direction of the black smoke and murmured: "That direction is... the Queen Mother's palace."