Chapter 129 The confrontation between the two armies
Hearing the cannon blast outside the palace gate, He Jin laughed loudly, pointed at Jian Shuo and shouted with a ferocious expression: "Old dog, the soldiers and horses of a certain family have arrived. Just wait until you are ripped off by a certain person!"
Jian Shuo was very anxious and didn't understand why soldiers and horses suddenly came outside the palace gate. Did someone leak the news?
"Step up the attack and be sure to kill He Jin before the palace door is opened."
As a result, the fighting in the palace gate passage became even more fierce.
Although the guards arranged by He Jin into the palace were not elite, they were all soldiers who had received real favors from him. They were indeed willing to give up their lives for He Jin, so Jian Shuo would not be able to capture He Jin for a while.
But He Miao, who was outside the palace gate, had already ordered the attack on the gate. A flood of sergeants rushed under the palace wall in a black mass, and fought against the guards outside the palace gate.
Jian Shuo was already furious. Seeing that He Jin was about to be killed by him, he never expected that He Miao would arrive with his troops like a divine soldier descending from heaven. Although on the surface, it seemed that He Miao was leading his troops to attack the palace.
It is easy to stimulate the nerves of many royalists in Luoyang, but He Jin himself is one of the pillars of the royalists. As long as He Miao rescues He Jin from the palace as soon as possible, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to Jian Shuo.
In the palace gate passage, He Jin had already opened a gap in the heavy palace door with the help of several sergeants, but the fighting was going on outside, so he did not dare to go out rashly.
Jian Shuo became more and more anxious and couldn't bear the suffering. He shouted loudly and swung his sword to kill in the palace gate passage.
Suddenly, the offensive of the palace guards suddenly increased, and the sergeants in front of He Jin fell to the ground in an instant. More than a dozen people fell.
When the last sergeant loyal to He Jin shouted "General, go away" and rushed forward with a dozen sharp long knives, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and get into the palace through the gap in the palace door.
On the battlefield outside.
He Jin had just arrived at the square outside the palace from the palace gate. He Jin's eyes were blinded by countless torches. At this moment, there was a sound of horses hanging luan bells from far to near, and a general carrying a big ax was killed.
Open a bloody path and come to the palace gate.
"General, mount your horse quickly, I will protect you from the siege."
He Jin looked up and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Lai Jiang is not someone else, but He Jin’s confidant, Jiang He Muxun.
He Hun and He Jin were from the same hometown. According to their seniority, He Hun had to call He Jin his uncle.
He Hun has been tall since he was a child and has a huge appetite. He eats so much that his parents feel like they can't afford it.
It happened that the Empress Dowager He entered the palace and was favored by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. She ordered someone to send a message home asking the two brothers He Jin to come to Beijing to receive the title, so He Jin took He Hun with him, who was very powerful.
He Hun did not regret his trust in He Jin. He stepped forward several times when He Jin needed it, killed enemies, blocked guns, and even got shot by fools. Anyway, he was working hard.
He Jin did not lose out to this little fellow countryman. In just a few years, He Hun was promoted to the throne of General Zhendong.
Now seeing He Hun coming to kill him, He Jin didn't bother to say anything. He ran to He Hun's horse with a big belly and almost burst into tears.
He Hun stood up from his horse and grabbed He Jin's arm, shouting: "General, get on the horse!"
He exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and with a thud, He Hun fell off his horse.
There was no way, He Jin was too heavy, and his belly was as big as if he were carrying septuplets. It was not something that ordinary people could lift him up.
He Hun hit the ground with his head, and it took him a long time to stand up unsteadily. He didn't know where his helmet fell.
"General, please mount your horse. I will send you off to fight on foot at the end of the battle."
Having just stopped mentioning He Jin, He Hun knew that it was impossible for the two of them to ride on the same horse. It was already very difficult for a war horse to carry He Jin alone, so there was no need to add He Hun to someone else's back.
He Jin patted He Hun on the shoulder with emotion, pulled the saddle with both hands and stepped on the pedal, and jumped hard. He Hun carried it on his shoulders, and He Jin finally got on the horse.
Before the two of them left the vicinity of the palace gate, they heard the palace door creaking softly. It opened suddenly from left to right, and Jian Shuo from behind the door led his men to rush out like crazy.
He Jin screamed in fright, and bent down to pull He Hun onto the horse. He Hun turned sideways to let He Jin's outstretched hand, and the big ax in his hand stabbed the horse's back door hard, and the horse squeaked.
Hissing miserably, he carried He Jin and Juechen away.
He Hun swung his big ax horizontally and pointed at Jian Shuo with a ferocious smile: "Old dog, come here, grandpa will give you a good time."
Jian Shuo looked at He Jin walking away, his teeth bleeding from his bite, and he threw the long knife in his hand at him with all his strength, but it was all in vain.
The imperial guards in the palace rushed out from the palace gate one after another, and formed a formation in front of the palace, facing the imperial imperial army led by He Miao at a distance. Generals from both sides kept galloping in front of the formation to suppress the position.
He Miao sent someone to bring He Hun back to the formation. At this time, He Hun was already covered in blood, both from the palace guards and from himself. Although the injuries looked serious, they were not fatal in fact.
He Jin felt distressed and stepped forward to hug He Hun. He Hun struggled to stand up and wanted to fight again. He Miao scolded him for a few words, and then he obediently returned home to bandage his wounds and clean his body.
He Jin finally regained his composure and rode back on his own Dawan horse, which was a horse from the Western Regions given to him by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty during his lifetime. If it weren't for this divine horse, He Jin would have had to ride a car instead of a horse to get in and out.
Arriving in front of the formation of the two armies, He Jin pointed at Jian Shuo with his riding crop: "Old Jian, I didn't expect you to be so mad and so mad that you dared to attack and kill the general of the dynasty at the gate of the palace. Could it be that you want to rebel?"
"Bah!" Jian Shuo forcefully spat out a mouthful of blood-stained spit, "He Jin is a common man. You were not summoned to the palace after nightfall. Our family suspected that you were trying to assassinate the king, so we ordered the palace guards to capture you. I didn't expect you.
This daring, disloyal and unfilial man, seeing his conspiracy exposed, ordered his subordinates to lead troops to besiege the palace. This is the height of lawlessness!"
Naturally, the imperial guards in the palace and the imperial guards in the capital have their own differences.
Since they believed in their commander-in-chief, the soldiers of both sides spoke out one after another. They were all fighting men who sent troops to fight. Naturally, the words that came out of their mouths were dirty and dirty. They kept going back and forth, swearing to fight with each other.
The female relatives had many intimate relationships, even at the expense of their own treasured blood essence.
Not only did the generals of the two armies have no one to stop them, but they galloped back and forth with their horses and guns waving to cheer for their sons.
The chaos in front of the palace was beyond words.
In the residences of concubines, princes, princesses and others in various places in the palace, the maids and eunuchs were so frightened that they hid their masters on the bed, and then stretched their heads under the bed one by one, shivering without caring about their buttocks.
In the palace of Empress Dowager He, Zhang ordered Zhao Zhong and other ten regular attendants to dress neatly and hold knives and guns in a state of high spirits.
It seemed that the loyal servants came to escort him, which impressed the Queen Mother He. In fact, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong had already exchanged opinions in private. Once the palace gate was lost and the troops outside the forbidden palace came in, they must immediately kidnap the Queen Mother and Zhao Zhong.
The two princes escaped through the back door.
Now Zhang Rang regrets so much that his intestines are blue.
The old dog Jian Shuo knelt down and licked the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty desperately, thereby taking control of the imperial guards in the palace. Later, he accepted the order of the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and founded the Western Garden, with countless elite soldiers and generals under his command.
However, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others worked hard to make money and make friends with the ministers in the court. They always looked down on Jian Shuo, who had a black head and a black face and was mixed up with the fighting men in the army all day long.
Nowadays, the war between the imperial guards and the imperial army is about to break out. Shi Changshi, who has no extra fighting power in his hands, is dumbfounded.
Empress Dowager He and Prince Bian, who had relied on them in the past, were also unable to do anything about this. No matter how loud they shouted, no one would listen to them even if they had no soldiers in their hands.
Empress Dowager He turned pale and asked in a trembling voice: "Zhang Banban, what's going on outside the palace now? Has General Yi of the Ai family obeyed his orders?"
During his lifetime, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty called Zhang Rang Yafu and Zhao Zhong Yamu, which meant that Zhang Rang, who had grown up with him since childhood, was as close to him as his father, and Zhao Zhong was as close to him as his mother.
Now that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has passed away, these titles of "father and mother" in the palace have naturally disappeared without a trace overnight.
The Queen Mother He called him Zhang Banban, but Zhang Rang bowed and replied with a look of honor: "Back to the Queen Mother, the old slave just sent someone out to announce the decree, but he couldn't get out of the palace gate at all. As soon as he got close to the palace gate, he was stopped by the imperial guards.
I drove them back with swords and knives, but I couldn't get out."
Empress Dowager He clasped her hands in front of her chest: "God bless you, please don't let Xiaohuangmen and the general really get into a fight. How many lives will be lost and how much land will be burnt?"
Jian Shuo's position in the palace was sealed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so Empress Dowager He called him that.
Zhang Rang had a gentle and courteous look on his face: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, no matter who wins or loses between Xiao Huangmen and the Great General, no one will dare to come to Fushou Palace."
At this time, someone outside the door announced loudly: "The Empress Dowager is about to be played, and Eunuch Jian has ordered people to come and escort her."