Chapter 1220: The fierce battle in the internal library (1)
Yang Mi followed Liu Feng for many years, and Liu Feng treated him well. Yang Mi also wanted to save Liu Feng's life, but to save Liu Feng, he had to make meritorious deeds first. The imperial document archives and the palace treasury were owned by the King of Jin.
As long as Liu Feng protects the two most important treasuries, at least his life can be saved.
Liu Feng and Yang Mi discussed for a while and decided to split up. Wang Qing led 500 soldiers to control the inner treasury, while Yang Mi was responsible for guarding the document archives.
Then Liu Feng, in the name of protecting the granary and Zuozangku in the Prime Minister's Mansion, seconded 3,000 soldiers from Qianniuwei to guard the Prime Minister's Mansion to prevent anyone from grabbing money and food. The main reason was to prevent Wang Xianzhong from getting angry and sending people to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion.
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Seizing the inner treasury in advance was one of the tasks assigned to Zhou Fei by King Guo Song of Jin Dynasty. Guo Song sent Zhou Fei to sneak into Luoyang City, not to let him cooperate inside and outside to seize the city gate, but to let him perform two secret tasks. One was to remove Luoyang City.
To get rid of Li Zhen, only a few dozen people are enough to get rid of Li Zhen. There is no need to bring 500 people. The reason why we bring 500 elites is to control the internal treasury. Once tens of thousands of guards or tiger guards take advantage of the chaos, they will rob them.
If you hide your property in the inner treasury, it will be difficult to recover it again.
Liu Feng sent someone to find Zhou Fei and said to him: "Mr. Yang must have told the general about protecting the inner treasury. I hope you can protect the inner treasury. I will reward each of you with twenty taels of gold first. Once the matter is completed,
, I still have a big reward!”
Zhou Fei was secretly amused in his heart, and he quickly bowed and thanked: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the reward!"
Liu Feng asked his steward to bring out ten thousand taels of gold, but this was Liu Feng's own gold. Anyway, after the Jin army entered the city, the gold could not be kept. Liu Feng was simply more generous and rewarded Zhou Fei and his men with two taels of gold each.
Ten taels of gold.
Liu Feng's Prime Minister's Mansion is known as the Small Imperial Court, covering an area of about 500 acres. Not only is Liu Feng's private residence here, he also moved the imperial document warehouse, Zuozang warehouse, grain warehouse, and armory warehouse to his Prime Minister's Mansion.
, there are hundreds of official rooms, and a large number of officials come here to work every day, completely evacuating the imperial court.
Liu Feng immediately opened the armory and asked Zhou Fei's five hundred soldiers to bring all kinds of equipment, especially crossbows and arrows, as well as dozens of barrels of kerosene, and gave him the prime minister's gold medal.
Yang Mi immediately notified Jiang Min and asked him to lead fifty intelligence spies with high martial arts skills to station in the Prime Minister's Mansion to help him guard the court's document and archives building. At this time, Yang Mi no longer cared about the leakage of his identity. Even if Liu Feng noticed it, he would not
Maybe something happened to him.
Zhu Si's inner treasury is located in the palace city. From the Prime Minister's Mansion to the palace city, you have to pass through several palace gates, which are heavily guarded. Especially if you go through the main gate, there are more defenders, but there is only one road, which can be regarded as a shortcut.
First, go to Shangyang Palace to the west of the palace. Shangyang Palace is currently a dormitory for palace maids and eunuchs, and a place for their retirement. It is equivalent to Yeting Palace. All kinds of laundry, wine making and other chores are done here. There are basically no
garrison.
Several eunuchs on duty guarding the palace gate have been controlled by the scouts. Five hundred soldiers followed two carriages loaded with weapons and supplies into Shangyang Palace and ran along the palace wall. It was the second watch of the night, and the palace maids and
The eunuchs have all gone to sleep, and the Shangyang Palace is very quiet.
After walking for about two miles, you will see Xuanhui Gate in front of you. On the other side of Xuanhui Gate is a passageway that is more than a mile long. Diagonally opposite the passageway is Jiayu Gate in the palace city.
Xuanhui Gate is the side gate of Shangyang Palace and is also guarded by several eunuchs on duty, but Jiayu Gate diagonally opposite Xuanhui Gate is guarded by dozens of palace guards.
In fact, they will only encounter one palace gate guarded by guards on this road, but if they take the main entrance, they will encounter at least two palace gates guarded by soldiers.
The soldiers knocked out several eunuchs on duty, got the palace door key, and opened the Xuanhui Gate. Outside was a very long alley, one mile long and two feet wide. Every morning, thousands of palace maids and eunuchs
Everyone must gather here for roll call, and then enter the palace through Jiayu Gate.
Jiayu Gate is diagonally opposite Xuanhui Gate. The two palace gates are about fifty steps apart. Several large lanterns hang above Jiayu Gate, and soldiers can be vaguely seen pacing back and forth on the towers on both sides.
"General, what if they find out that Liu Feng is fake?"
Lieutenant General Zhang Zhiyuan was a little worried. Liu Feng's carriage was coming from the front, but inside the carriage was Liu Feng's stand-in. He looked very similar, but his voice was completely different. If he was discovered by the soldiers guarding the imperial city, would the response fail?
Zhou Fei said calmly: "Since Liu Feng told us not to worry, he must have a reason. Yang Mi also said that the imperial city is easy to enter. The key is the palace city. If they really see through it later, we will take action directly!"
"I understand the humble position!"
Zhou Fei waved his hand, and ten soldiers quickly rushed into the alley, submerged into the darkness, and leaned against the opposite corner. Zhou Fei personally led the team. He would lead these ten soldiers to take down Jiayu Gate, and the remaining 490 people and
Two carriages were waiting at Xuanhui Gate.
In order to seize the inner treasury, Zhou Fei had already made careful plans and knew the layout of the palace well. It must be said that the prime minister's gold medal, carriage and stand-in Liu Feng gave them would play a key role.
Not long after, a large carriage came from the south toward Jiayu Gate. It was the Prime Minister's carriage that came to pick up Zhou Fei and the others. Inside, Liu Feng's stand-in was sitting. He had a special pass. The only carriage in the entire court was Liu Feng's carriage and Xiao Wanding.
The carriage can drive directly into the inner palace to show favor.
Just now, Zhang Zhiyuan was worried that the carriage would not be able to enter the imperial city. Now it seems that he was overly worried. It is indeed easier for the carriage to enter the imperial city.
But entering the palace is not that easy. First of all, carriages cannot enter the palace through the Yingtian Gate on the front. They can only enter the palace through the Xuanren Gate or Jiayu Gate on the east and west sides. This is just like a guest's carriage can only enter the palace through the side door.
Just like entering a house, it is a sign of respect for the master.
This is why Zhou Fei wants to enter the inner palace through Jiayu Gate, so that he can make full use of the privileges of this carriage.
The carriage was very slow and was still moving. Zhou Fei led his ten men to get into the carriage one by one. The interior of the carriage was like a room, enough to accommodate eleven soldiers.
The light inside the carriage was dim, and a man who looked exactly like Liu Feng sat in the carriage with a complicated expression. He was a farmer Liu Feng found from Xin'an County. He looked exactly like Liu Feng, and he was also fat and white, but Zhou Fei
You can still recognize this person at a glance. Liu Feng has a large black mole on his left earlobe, but this person does not. So today the man specially wore sackcloth and mourning, covering his ears, and came to guard Liu Feng's funeral for the emperor.
Zhou Fei was also afraid that this person was unreliable, so he sent a subordinate to follow him.
The carriage stopped slowly at Jiayu Gate, and the coachman shouted loudly: "Liu Xiangguo is here to keep vigil for His Majesty!"
The guards guarding the palace gate are very familiar with this carriage. Xiangguo's carriage often comes to the palace, but this is the first time it comes here in the middle of the night. Zhu Si has always requested that entering the inner palace must be strictly interrogated. However, Zhu Si has passed away. It depends on the guards.
There is no sense of responsibility and strict inspection.
A large wooden platform was slowly rolled down with a wheel, and a guard stood on it. The guard stepped forward and inspected the Prime Minister's gold medal, and clasped his fists and said: "This is to inform the Prime Minister, Manager Wang does not allow the palace door to be opened at night. Please forgive me!"
Liu Feng opened the car curtain and revealed his face. He said slowly in a hoarse voice: "The emperor allows me to enter the palace at any time. If the emperor's body is not cold yet, you will turn your back and deny it. Who is the master of the palace?"
Not to mention, the stand-in's arrogant tone is quite similar. Although the voice is wrong, the pronunciation is hoarse and it is still difficult to distinguish.
The guard was a little embarrassed and ran back to report. Zhou Fei quickly judged that he might not be able to enter the inner palace in the name of keeping watch, so he had to change his strategy. He lowered his voice and asked Liu Feng's substitute: "Just say that there is an urgent military situation, and we need to discuss it with Manager Wang.
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Liu Feng's substitute nodded. After a while, the guard came back and asked, "Excuse me, why did the Prime Minister come to the palace?"
"I have an urgent military situation and I need to discuss it with Manager Wang immediately. Don't delay this important matter!"
The guard went back to report. Not long after, the guard ran back. He looked inside the car. It was so dark inside that he couldn't see anything clearly. Liu Feng glared at him and said, "Do you suspect that there is an assassin hidden in the truth?"
"The villain dare not!"
The guard did not dare to take a closer look. He waved his hand, and the palace door slowly opened, and the carriage drove in. The carriage did not stop, but the soldiers jumped out of the carriage one by one and jumped into the woods on the roadside.
There were twelve people in total, including Zhou Fei. They quickly ran towards the palace gate. There were twenty guards guarding the Jiayu Gate. They were all in the towers on both sides of the palace gate. They couldn't go up to the tower from the outside, but they were inside.
There is a passage upstairs.
Zhou Fei's soldiers divided into two groups, each running towards a tower. There were soldiers sleeping in the tower, and there were soldiers on duty. They rushed in at the same time, and started killing. These guards were no match for them. There was a scream, and only for a moment, two people
Ten people were killed cleanly.
The palace gate opened, and the scout soldiers waiting in Xuanhui Gate diagonally across the way poured out under the leadership of Zhang Yuanzhi. Two carriages also drove into Jiayu Gate together. All five hundred people entered the inner palace, and the inner treasury was dark.
Qi's huge figure is only three hundred steps away, and can be vaguely seen in front of Jiayu Gate.