Hearing this, Zeng Chaosheng looked thoughtfully in the direction Bi Zhongyou left. Thinking of the fireworks that had just risen from the palace, Zeng Chaosheng suddenly understood something.
Ignoring Empress Cao for a moment, she directly asked Cheng Zhu: "What you just said is true. Zhao Zongquan really colluded with the people in the western suburbs camp."
Seeing Zeng Chaosheng so excited, Cheng Zhu didn't understand the reason for a moment, so he didn't dare to say anything.
He replied: "This matter was told to me two days ago when Yang Wenyuan asked me to meet. He said that Gu Tingye accidentally discovered that Zhao Zongquan's staff met frequently with some generals from the western suburbs camp.
I felt that there might be a connection between them, and the palace was the most important place, so I asked you to tell me and let me pay attention. "
Upon hearing this, Zeng Chaosheng immediately turned around and said to Empress Cao: "Empress, I'm afraid this is true, a firework suddenly exploded in the palace just now.
Now that I think about it, it rose from the direction of Yanyi Pavilion. I'm afraid it was Bi Zhongyou who was informing Zhao Zongquan that there was news about changes in the palace.
Moreover, Bi Zhongyou's current direction should be to seize Donghua Gate to allow Zhao Zongquan's troops to enter the palace. "
After hearing this, Queen Cao and Cheng Zhu were a little anxious.
Originally, in Queen Cao's eyes, Bi Zhongyou had been defeated.
Next, as long as we ensure that the imperial city is not lost, and then issue an order in the name of Zhao Zhen, allowing Gu Tingye to lead the troops, the matter will be settled.
As for whether Gu Tingye will come, Queen Cao is not worried.
This was not because he believed in Cao Jingxiu and thought he would be able to convince Gu Tingye whether he wanted to submit or not.
But Empress Cao believed that Gu Tingye could clearly see the pros and cons. Now she had the advantage, and Gu Tingye, a smart man, would not do stupid things.
Even how to deal with Zhao Zongquan in the future, Empress Cao has already thought about it in advance. The relationship between Bi Zhongyou and Zhao Zongquan is not a secret anyway.
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Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan asked them to quickly mobilize their troops to relieve the siege of the palace. "
When Cheng Zhu heard this, he thought that he had made the right choice.
Since Zhao Zong knew how to win over soldiers and horses, how could Empress Cao, who came from a family of military generals, not know about it.
No wonder Yang Wenyuan asked himself to pay attention to the situation in the palace. It turned out that he had been connected with Empress Cao for a long time.
As for the news that Yang Wenyuan knew, Cheng Zhu also came up with a reason why Empress Cao didn't know about it.
It may be that Yang Wenyuan was unable to determine the authenticity for the time being, so he did not tell Empress Cao directly, which is reasonable.
So Cheng Zhu confidently agreed: "Don't worry, Queen, I will definitely mobilize reinforcements in time."
If Cheng Zhu looked to the side at this time, he could see that something was wrong with Zeng Chaosheng's expression, because Zeng Chaosheng knew that Queen Cao had a ghostly connection with these three people.
Especially with Li Hao, Empress Cao was extremely dissatisfied with Li Hao at the beginning.
However, Zeng Chaosheng also understood that he could only take a gamble now, and it was also beneficial to choose Cheng Zhu to report the news. After all, he had been with these three people before, and after all, he had some friendship.
And as for the fight between Cheng Zhu and Bi Zhongyou just now, there was no need to worry about him jumping back.
After all, too many people saw it. If Zhao Zongquan really ascended the throne, his whole family would probably not end well.
Empress Cao did not waste any time and took Cheng Zhu directly to a nearby palace to look for pens and ink.
Zeng Chaosheng recruited his cronies and asked several of them to immediately gather the troops that had been gathered to reinforce the troops chasing Bi Zhongyou.
Others arranged tasks respectively and went to Xihua Gate, Xuande Gate, Gongchen Gate, and Left and Right Gates to find ways to block the city gates.
After everything was settled, Zeng Chaosheng took everyone he could gather to Donghua Gate.
Because Zeng Chaosheng knew that time was urgent and the troops at hand were too limited, he had to concentrate his forces to capture Bi Zhongyou in the shortest possible time, or at the worst, drive him out of the palace.
Otherwise, if the time drags on too long, even if Bi Zhongyou is killed, there will be no time to dispatch manpower to other city gates, which will be just as dangerous.
By the time Zeng Chaosheng arrived at Donghua Gate, Bi Zhongyou had completely given up on the city gate. Everyone had climbed onto the city wall and was relying on the favorable location to hold on.
Seeing that this was simply the worst case scenario, Zeng Chaosheng had a headache on his face.
Although Bi Zhongyou did not occupy the city gate, you can't ignore him. After all, if you don't defend the city wall, who knows how many people can climb out from the outside. It will be much easier to rush down from the top.
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But it is also very troublesome to rush up to the city wall, because there are only two steps to go up, and because the width of the steps is limited, there are not many people who can come into contact with it head-on.
In this case, although Zeng Chaosheng had more people than Bi Zhongyou, he could not take advantage of the large number of people.
There was no other way, so Zeng Chaosheng could only ask people to try it twice first, but the result was a failure.
For a time, Donghua Gate was in a stalemate, just like it was in Yanyi Pavilion.
But now the mood of both parties has changed. At this time, Zeng Chaosheng was extremely anxious, but there was nothing he could do to deal with Bi Zhongyou.
On the other hand, the other city gates went very smoothly. After Zeng Chaosheng's people passed by, they took over directly in the name of the official family.
As for Cheng Zhuzai, after taking the letter, he left the palace directly through Xihua Gate.
But before leaving, Cheng Zhu left his people with Zeng Chaosheng, and after a few words of explanation, he asked them to go to Donghua Gate to support Zeng Chaosheng.
After all, everyone is now a grasshopper on a rope, one is prosperous and the other is destitute.
And it was the arrival of this group of people that brought a turning point for Zeng Chaosheng.
Because these people are not only new forces, but also have more understanding and friendship with the people under Bi Zhongyou.
The people who are following Bi Zhongyou now are not the cronies sent by Bi Zhongyou to blockade Cheng Zhu. On the contrary, many of them are old people in the imperial camp.
After all, the establishment of the imperial camp army was a public matter.
In order to protect the safety of their children and nephews, the Hou family tried their best to mobilize elites from the upper four armies.
These people have been on countless battlefields. Faced with this kind of close combat without long-range attacks, the natural survival rate is relatively high.
So after seeing the situation here, someone came to Zeng Chaosheng and said: "Now it seems that it is difficult to capture Bi Zhongyou by attacking blindly, and even if we capture it, the loss is not something we can bear now." .”
Zeng Chaosheng heard that there was something in this man's words, so he asked, "Oh, do you have any ideas?"
The visitor said: "I just took a look and found that most of Bi Zhongyou's people are not his cronies. They are not necessarily that loyal to Bi Zhongyou.
And I believe that before today, Bi Zhongyou had never told them his plans.
Then what Bi Zhongyou said today, how many of them would really believe that Zhao Zongquan was behind him! "
After hearing this, Zeng Chaosheng immediately understood that Cheng Zhu had told him the truth, so he replied:
"Having said that, we don't have much time now. If we want to dismantle them from the inside, who knows how long it will take."
The visitor said hesitantly: "Actually, I have an idea, but it may be a bit..."
Seeing that this man was hesitant in speaking, Zeng Chaosheng said: "What time has it come now? If you have anything to say, no one will blame you."
The visitor said: "Okay, let me tell you. I think at this time, if the Queen Mother comes forward, it may have a miraculous effect. Of course, it would be best if the officials can come."
This is indeed a sincere idea, but it is also a kind of temptation. If the official family is still alive, it is already a matter of life and death, and it is time to come out to meet people.
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Zeng Chaosheng was a little silent at this time. You must know that Bi Zhongyou had a bow and arrow in front of him. Who knows whether he brought it over.
Bi Zhongyou is now in a commanding position at the top of the city. No matter who he lets come, there is danger. If something happens, he will definitely be unlucky.
But thinking about the current situation, Zeng Chaosheng really had no other choice, so he could only say: "I'll leave this place to your attention. I'll go and invite the Queen right now."
Then after a brief explanation, he quickly rushed to Queen Cao to understand the situation.
After hearing this, Empress Cao said without hesitation: "The body of an official is not easy to move, so I'd better go there."
This is indeed the case, but the reason why Queen Cao didn't want Zhao Zhen to come out was more because she was worried that Zhao Zhen still wanted Zhao Zongquan to succeed to the throne.
If Zhao Zhen is allowed to come out, if he really says this in front of everyone, he will really lose his righteousness.
It is precisely for this reason that even in the current situation of manpower shortage, the imperial guards outside Funing Hall have not been mobilized.
In order to increase the credibility of this time, Queen Cao did not plan to go there empty-handed, but went directly to get Zhao Zhen's jade seal and drafted an edict herself.
Anyway, Empress Cao also knew the location of Zhao Zhen's seal. She didn't do it originally because she just wanted to maintain the rules.
But now that things have developed to this point, Queen Cao has no way out and can only take a dark path.
After drafting the edict, Queen Cao, accompanied by Zeng Chaosheng, came to Donghua Gate.
Of course, in order to protect Queen Cao's safety and prevent arrows from being shot from above.
So they ordered people to dismantle two doors and have them lift them above their heads to block the way of bows and arrows.
After Empress Cao arrived, she said directly: "My fellow soldiers, you are all good men of the Song Dynasty, and you were all heroes in suppressing rebellions and suppressing bandits in the past.
I know that you didn't mean to be rebellious, you were just coerced by the female cadres and had no choice but to do so.
I just informed the officials about this. Do you know how heartbroken the officials are?
The officials really couldn't bear to see you being harmed by female gangsters, so they decided to forgive you one more time. "
After hearing this, Bi Zhongyou immediately realized something was wrong.
Because obviously, listening
After listening to Queen Cao's words, the chilling atmosphere of the people around him who had just finished the fighting was slowly calming down.
So Bi Zhongyou quickly interrupted: "It was obviously you who harmed the official family, but you want to confuse right and wrong here. If the official family was really not harmed by you, then you let the official family come here in person.
And I'm afraid it's not us who are going to die. Once the eldest prince's counter-rebellion army arrives, that's when you, the treasonous thieves, will die. "
Empress Cao snorted coldly: "Everyone knows that the official's serious illness has improved in the past two days.
But today I heard about your rebellion, and as a result, my condition suddenly worsened. How can I come here to have some fresh air?
And where did the counter-rebellion army come from? Since I know your true face, you think Zhao Zongquan can hide it from me with his small actions.
To tell you the truth, Li Hao, Song Chaozhong, and Gu Tingye have already gone to the western suburbs camp, so don't have any wild hopes that someone will come to save you. "
Hearing this, Bi Zhongyou was really panicked, because he really knew that the military talisman was in Li Hao's hand.
So for a while I really didn’t know if Empress Cao was making it up or if it was true, especially since the name in the Song Dynasty was very targeted as soon as it came out.
Of course, Empress Cao may not have expected that all the lies she made up were correct.
At this time, Li Hao, Song Chaozhong, and Gu Tingye had indeed arrived at the western suburbs camp, but Zhao Zongquan's people had already set off, so Queen Cao's time was running out.
Taking advantage of Bi Zhongyou's panic. Empress Cao immediately took out the edict written by herself and said: "This is the edict of pardon written by the official. It clearly states that except for the first offenders such as Bi Zhongyou, the rest will not be held accountable as long as they immediately abandon the secret and turn to the light." .
I believe that many of you must have seen the official's handwriting. I can send someone to send the edict up for you to see for yourself. "
As soon as these words came out, the commotion on the city wall became even greater. No matter how much Bi Zhongyou shouted and reprimanded, he could not suppress it.
For a moment, Bi Zhongyou felt angry and took out a bow and arrow from behind.
Aiming at Queen Cao, who moved a few steps away in order to show the edict to the people on the city wall.
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