The general is dead? !
What was he thinking at that time and why he dared to enter the palace city with only 500 Northern soldiers.
Lu Li was stunned for a long time, and he could barely guess an answer: He Jin had probably had enough of life, and felt that the world was nothing more than this, and wanted to die.
Beside, Zhang Liao was also speechless for a while.
At the invitation of the general, he came to Luoyang to annihilate the eunuchs. As soon as he settled down and drank a few glasses of wine, he suddenly disappeared.
What should I do now?
You have to find a hilltop to live in. Otherwise, how should you act as a Bingzhou border general?
After all, the three of them are all state and county officials. Leaving Bingzhou this time is a private act. Without an order from the court, it is equivalent to resigning with a seal and ribbon. In this huge Luoyang City, no one can command them.
"It must be Shi Changshi who designed to deceive the general. I shall avenge him!"
At this time, Cao Cao also recovered from his shock and made the same decision as Yuan Shao——
Bloodbath the two palaces in the north and south, kill the eunuchs as quickly as possible and control the government.
"I would like to lend a helping hand to Meng Degong." Lu Li said immediately, "To avenge the general, Qing Jun will be sidelined and the country will be in trouble."
Now that He Jin has been killed, as long as the ten regular servants are killed, only Yuan Taifu is left in the court who is qualified to take power. After all, the Yuan family in Runan is the fourth generation and three princes, with clans, in-laws, disciples, and old friends all over the world.
However, if you want to join this group, you must obtain a certificate of investment, and now is the time to make a contribution.
After hearing Lu Li's words, Cao Cao's face brightened slightly and he said cheerfully, "In that case, please follow me to the West Garden to meet Benchu."
In the West Garden, Yuan Shao had already discussed countermeasures with his allies. Zhao Rong and Xia Mou led their troops to stay in the West Garden, responsible for keeping an eye on the troops left by the late Lieutenant Bao Hong, as well as the eunuch Feng Fang——
Feng Fang is the son-in-law of the great eunuch Cao Jie, and he is very close to Jian Shuo. If he knows that there are changes in the palace, he will most likely start an army and cause rebellion.
Chunyu Qiong was responsible for keeping an eye on the military academy officers under Jian Shuo, and prohibited anyone from entering or exiting. Violators would be killed without mercy!
The three captains did not shirk and took orders one after another.
It stands to reason that every captain has a similar rank and no one can command anyone else. However, Yuan Shao has a good uncle.
In fact, at this moment, Grand Tutor Yuan Wei also received the message. He first received an edict stamped with the Emperor's Seal:
Fan Ling, the former Taiwei, was appointed as the commander of the Sili School, and Xu Xiang, the Shaofu, was appointed as the Yin of Henan.
He was originally exhausted and planned to go to bed to rest. He was suddenly awakened. This edict was a fake one at first glance. It couldn't be more fake. But why did the general enter the Bingbai County Residence? Why did the ten permanent servants dare to act like this? Sili Xiaowei and Henan Yin are all official positions with real power, and they are still in the capital.
Not long after, two waves of spies came together:
The general was killed;
The Northern Army and Huben are besieging the city, and there are signs of army mobilization in Xiyuan.
The former message directly changed Yuan Wei's expression. Even though he had been in officialdom for decades and had mastered Qi-nurturing Kung Fu, he was still frightened. But he calmed down and when he heard the latter message, he smelled an opportunity——
His sons Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both held military power and could use both soft and hard tactics to annex the general's remaining tribes. Coupled with their influence in the court, they could emulate the former Han Dynasty Huo Guang.
As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Wei immediately wrote a letter and summoned Fan Ling and Xu Xiang. As for what to do, there is no need to go into details.
Haishi.
Under the leadership of Cao Cao, everyone rushed towards the Xiyuan. However, not long after leaving the mansion, they felt the imperial road shaking——
Yuan Shao led the soldiers of his department and the Dian Military Academy to attack Canglong Que.
The palace city is the residence of the emperor, and its layout is naturally unique. There is a que next to each palace gate. The so-called que is actually a tower built on a high platform.
White Tiger Tower, Canglong Tower, Zhuque Tower, North Tower, Nangong Tower...
As the name suggests, Canglong Tower is built next to Canglong Gate and is guarded by Canglong Sima.
Lu Li and others had also seen it on the way to Tongtuo Street. No, to be precise, when they passed Xuanyuan Pass and arrived in Yanshi County, they had already seen the outline of this tower, which was a hundred feet high and seemed to touch the clouds.
"Mengde, have you also received news of the general's death?"
After seeing the person clearly, Yuan Shao was overjoyed and ignored the pleasantries and said directly: "Follow me to kill the thieves!"
As for Lu Li and others, he subconsciously regarded them as Cao Cao's retainers.
There is one camp commander for every one hundred people; two villages form one qu, and every 200 people have one military lord; two qus form one unit, and every 400 people have one military commander; five militia constitutes one battalion, that is, an independent combat unit.
In order to ensure that he could quickly capture Canglong Tower and enter the palace to kill the thieves as soon as possible, Yuan Shao ordered all the soldiers and horses he could mobilize. There were four thousand men. Even if they sacrificed their lives, they could still use up all the city guards.
Not long after, four thousand warriors arrived at Canglongmen.
"kill!"
Yuan Shao didn't talk nonsense, raised his sword and roared.
Shi Changshi was forced into a desperate situation, so why not him?
In this way, hundreds of soldiers began to set up ladders and collided with the defenders standing on the city wall!
The shouts of killing are endless.
Lu Li, who received a ring-shou sword, squinted his eyes because he saw a light similar to that of a white horse.
Last year, when he was chasing King Gu Li, he strayed into Gongsun Zan's territory and was targeted by a small group of white-horse righteous followers. These people looked up to the sky and shouted: "Where justice goes, life and death follow it! The sky can tell you, and the white horse is the proof." !", and then exploded with multiple times of combat power.
However, no one shouted slogans this time. The light emanated from the Canglong Tower and was projected onto the guards, making them not afraid of pain and making them equal to five.
After looking at it carefully for a moment, Lu Li finally determined what the light was.
Dragon Shadow!
It has a body like a long snake, a unicorn head, a carp tail, a long beard on the face, deer-like antlers with five claws, and a majestic appearance.
Not only did the Xiyuan soldiers have no vision behind them, but their combat power was greatly reduced. After dozens of clashes between their swords, they lost their strength and their heads were taken away.
In fact, the gap between the two is not that big. The equipment is equally well-equipped, and the height and strength are also about the same.
Luck?
Lu Li felt that something similar was at work, because they were attacking the palace city and committing treasonous acts.
When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao saw this scene, they both acted very calmly, as if they knew this would happen in advance.
"Ascend the battering ram."
"promise!"
Immediately afterwards, the archers began to shoot to suppress the Canglong guards on the city wall. During this period, a four-wheeled vehicle four feet long and two and a half feet wide was pushed up by dozens of soldiers, with a pole fixed in it. Thick wooden stakes.
After three days of separation, we were even more impressed.
Not to mention Lu Li, he is no longer the novice who used to be inexperienced in war. He naturally recognizes this object, but this is the first time he has seen such a strange battering ram, so he couldn't help but ask: "Meng Degong, these lines are for the alchemist." Painted?"
I saw mysterious symbols as dense as tadpoles engraved on the wooden cone, which seemed to be hieroglyphics, glimmering in the moonlight.
Cao Cao nodded and replied: "Yes, this is the royal possession of Emperor Guangwu."
As for why the royal objects appeared here, he did not explain.
Seeing that Cao Cao was so patient with him, Yuan Shao also realized that he had made a mistake: I'm afraid he was not a retainer, but a member of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou!
After all, the strategy of recruiting the border generals to enter the capital secretly was dedicated to the general by him. .
Now it seems that it was a foolish move——
In order to allow Ding Yuan to send his fierce generals to the capital, the scholar group promised him to serve as King Wu. This official position was worth two thousand stones. Although it was not as noble as Jiuqing, it had the same rank as Jiuqing, and it was a real power official position.
Zhijinwu not only has two hundred Tiqi under his command, but also controls the arsenal in the north of the city. In addition, Ding Yuan has been operating in Bingzhou for many years. Once he enters Luo, he will not go alone. With two troops each, the consequences will be disastrous.
Sure enough, Yuan Shao's old habits recurred: he was broad but constant, fond of schemes but seldom decisive, suspicious by nature, and only focused on immediate gains.
While he was struggling, the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the South Palace burst into flames.
Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Yuan Shu simply ordered a fire attack. This could not only break down the door, but also shock the ten permanent servants hiding in the palace, letting them know what kind of disaster would happen if the general was killed.
The fire that burned the Suzaku Sect was also an extraordinary fire. Like Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was also a direct descendant of the Yuan family in Runan and a son of the Grand Tutor. Naturally, there was no shortage of strange people and strangers under his command. The flames of various colors dazzled the eyes.
About half a moment later, with a ethereal cry, the palace gate collapsed, and the defenders hiding on the Suzaku Tower fell down.
Sawdust, stones, and materials of unknown materials were flying around, killing and injuring many people. The remaining half of the wooden frame carved with Suzaku wings was half tilted in the air, as if wailing.
Not far away, the surviving city guards and eunuchs hid behind the pillar beasts, avoiding debris while gritting their teeth, waiting for a decisive battle with the rebels who broke into the palace.
"Sima, something bad has happened. General He Miao is here!"
At this time, a guard with sharp eyes saw an army marching towards here with a banner, and he was instantly frightened and turned pale.
In fact, the cavalry general He Miao was the first to get the news, even earlier than Yuan Shu——
After weighing for a long time, we decided to send troops.
He is the half-brother of Queen He and the half-brother of He Jin.
(He Miao Hejin’s father Xuxian is the son of his ex-husband Zhu, so the two are not related by blood)
But if the bones are broken and the tendons are connected, no matter what, they are all brothers. They are both prosperous and damaged. He Jin cannot escape if he dies. Therefore, after figuring it out, He Miao immediately came to help Yuan Shu with his troops. .
However, when the remnants of the Suzaku Sect were desperate, a sudden change occurred, and the two teams that were supposed to be an alliance had a dispute!
In Yuan Shu's view, He Jin's confidants Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang were like mad dogs at this moment. They felt that although He Miao was the younger brother of the general, he had always been rebellious, and they repeatedly discouraged He Jin from conflicting with the eunuchs.
Under such circumstances, Wu and Zhang suspected that he was conspiring with the eunuchs, so they ordered the army to say:
"The one who killed the general was a chariot and rider. Can the officials avenge the general?"
Frankly speaking, He Jin came from a humble background and was a butcher, but he treated his subordinates sincerely, not only eating and living with them, but also recording merits absolutely fairly, and he often used his own money to buy clothes and food for the soldiers.
Because of this, the soldiers of the Northern Army fell into madness when they saw their lord's body separated and his body missing. Now when he hears his superior saying that He Miao is the culprit, how can he not believe it?
They all shed tears and said, "I wish I could die!"
The so-called death means that there is no rest until death. Even if you risk your life, you must avenge the general.
Tonight, from south to north, from east to west, Luoyang, which had been at ease for nearly two hundred years, fell into unprecedented madness and chaos.
Canglong Gate, Zhuque Gate, and North Gate were all breached, and all the guards died for their country.
The moon rises to the midheaven.
The various ministries scattered in various areas of the palace city gathered together. Lu Li, who had been fishing, heard a lot of news and contacted them together. It was probably that the soldiers were all red-eyed, at least ten thousand people were killed, everywhere. corpse.
Some were accidentally killed because they were pale and beardless, and some took off their clothes in public in order to prove their identity. But the most incredible thing was that the cavalry general He Miao was killed. Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and Yuan Shu joined forces to attack and kill He Miao, and took the body Throw it away in the palace garden.
Of course, there are also some rumors that are hard to tell whether they are true or false:
Zhang Rang and Duan Gui took the Empress Dowager He, Dong Hou and Shi Hou and fled from Fudao to Beigong. Fortunately, Lu Zhi arrived in time, holding a long gun, blocking the way of Zhang Rang and others, and rescued the Empress Dowager He and the two Prince.
Some people also say that there are two complex roads, with Shi Changshi standing on the top and Shangshu Lu Zhi at the bottom. The two groups of people faced each other in the air for a while. Zhang Thief was afraid of Lu Shangshu's murderous spirit, so he let go. The Queen Mother, but the two princes could not escape and were forced to flee to the North Palace.
In addition, there are also many rumors:
The two princes died in the war, and the emperor had no heirs;
Thief Zhang deliberately killed Marquis Shi, leaving only Marquis Dong alive.
As a time traveler, Lu Li preferred the second theory. Lu Zhi only rescued the Queen Mother and the two princes were taken to the North Palace.
There is a very famous saying in later generations: A Hou is not a Marquis, and a King is not a King. Thousands of horses and thousands of horses march across Beimang.
That's exactly what he said -
The two princes were wrapped up and brought to Beimang, and all the troops and horses who came to King Qin rushed to rescue them.
How about going to the rescue?
Anyway, there is no point in staying here to kill chickens and dogs. It is better to go to Beiman Mountain in advance and wait.
Lu Li couldn't help but glance to his side, looking for Pan Ming's location and wanting to invite him to go with him.
The two eyes met.
Pan Ming said in surprise: "Follow me to find the Jade Seal of the Kingdom."
Compared to Lu Li, he understands this era better. If nothing goes wrong, the national jade seal may be lost tonight!
The emperor has seven seals in total, six of which are for daily use, namely: the emperor's official seal, the emperor's official seal, the emperor's letter seal, the emperor's official seal, the emperor's official seal, and the emperor's official letter seal.
But the most important thing is still the imperial seal.
It was engraved by the First Emperor's order, and the seal was engraved with eight seal characters written by Li Si: "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever."
More than ten years later, when the great ancestor Liu Bang conquered the army, Prince Qin Ying knelt down and enshrined this seal in the middle of the road.
During this period, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and asked the Queen Mother for the imperial seal. The Queen Mother threw it angrily and broke a corner of it. The craftsmen repaired it with gold. Finally, it was obtained by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and the seal returned to the Han Dynasty.
Various deeds surrounding the jade seal passed down to the country made it deified, becoming an artifact of the country and a symbol of national orthodoxy. Coupled with the arrival of the sacred stone into the world, the Confucian theory of telepathy between heaven and man became more and more popular.
In other words.
The imperial seal is more important than rescuing the prince, and it is also easier to find——
There is a well in front of the Jianzhang Hall. There is the body of a palace maid. She is holding a brocade bag in her arms, and the jade seal of the country is in it.
"Walk!"
Lu Li licked his chapped lips: "I have a hunch that we will meet a lot of familiar faces tonight."
"With the courage of you and me, who dares to seize food from the tiger's mouth?"
After saying this, Pan Ming clamped his horse's belly and rushed towards the Jianzhang Hall hidden in the darkness.
