Fortunately, Zeng Chaosheng had been paying attention to the movements above. When he saw Bi Zhongyou emerging, he knew something was wrong and shouted: "Queen, be careful."
Then he pushed the soldier holding the door forward and used the door to block the arrow.
At this time, the people on the city wall were stunned for a while when they saw this scene.
Except for some die-hard fans of Bi Zhongyou, most of the others were just coerced into it.
He had no choice but to follow the rebellion, and he never thought that he would attack the current queen.
This scene had a big impact on them, coupled with what Queen Cao said earlier.
Everyone who had preconceptions thought that Bi Zhongyou's lie had been exposed, so they jumped over the wall and wanted to kill Queen Cao, in order to force everyone to stand with him.
At this time, everyone's dissatisfaction burst out, and even someone said: "Bi Zhongyou is trying to push us to death, can we just sit back and wait for death?
The officials mercifully pardoned our death penalty and allowed us to perform meritorious service. Now is the time for us to repay the officials. "
As he raised the knife, he rushed towards Bi Zhongyou. This move immediately triggered a chain reaction on the city wall, and many people who were already dissatisfied with Bi Zhongyou began to counterattack.
Of course, Bi Zhongyou was an old fox in the officialdom after all, so he naturally had some confidants around him, so people on both sides started fighting inside the city wall.
Seeing this, Zeng Chaosheng in the city immediately wanted to add fuel to their fire, and asked Empress Cao to shout again: "The officials have said that no matter who it is, as long as Bi Zhongyou is captured, he will be the governor."
After hearing this, everyone became even more excited, and more and more people participated.
After all, there were only a few cronies around Bi Zhongyou, and he was caught in the middle and was surrounded and killed from both sides, so he couldn't resist.
At this time, seeing that the situation was over, one of Bi Zhongyou's cronies simply cut Bi Zhongyou with a backhand knife, and then added a few more blows.
After seeing that Bi Zhongyou was no longer moving, he said loudly: "I have killed Bi Zhongyou."
Hearing this man's cry, both parties in the battle were stunned for a moment, but then the man next to him raised a knife and cut him down.
As for whether it was to avenge Bi Zhongyou, or whether he was resentful that he could rise to the top in one step, I don't know.
Now that the rightful owner is dead, there is no point in continuing this fight, so it soon calms down on the city wall.
Seeing this situation, Zeng Chaosheng immediately sent people to the city wall with the edict to formally appease everyone.
After collecting their weapons, they led them down the city and brought them back to Yanyi Pavilion for custody.
But Zeng Chaosheng was a little embarrassed about how to deal with them.
After all, there are not enough troops in the palace now. If someone is to guard them, it will definitely make the nervous manpower even worse.
But if he left it alone, Zeng Chaosheng would be worried because after all, these people were involved in Bi Zhongyou's rebellion.
Although they are very honest now, when Zhao Zongquan leads his troops to attack the imperial city, who knows if these people will rebel again.
Now that everyone's wealth and lives are here, Zeng Chaosheng cannot help but be careless.
So after arranging the defense of Donghua Gate, Zeng Chaosheng found Empress Cao to discuss how to deal with these people.
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Zeng Chaosheng had the idea of settling things once and for all. After all, it was for the sake of the world, and he wanted these people to make sacrifices.
Of course, Zeng Chaosheng did not propose it directly, but implicitly hinted to Empress Cao.
Queen Cao would naturally not agree with this. No matter what the reason was, Queen Cao would never go back on her words.
Since she had already stated that she would forgive the person who was being coerced, Queen Cao would not break her promise, let alone kill someone.
Once this happens, even if he can defeat Zhao Zongquan, he will completely lose trust in front of all officials, and the hidden dangers will be endless.
However, this problem does need to be solved. Queen Cao suggested: "Actually, there is a palace in the palace. It is usually
Used to imprison palace maids and eunuchs who made mistakes.
The houses there are specially reinforced and have only one exit. As long as the door is sealed, no one can escape. "
Regarding Queen Cao's proposal, Zeng Chaosheng immediately agreed. Anyway, without Queen Cao's nod, Zeng Chaosheng would not dare to kill anyone.
Queen Cao's proposal was considered safe, so Zeng Chaosheng hurried down to do it. After all, he had to arrange the defense of the entire palace, and the time was still very tight.
While Zeng Chaosheng was busy, Zhao Zongquan had already taken Zhao Ceying to join the people from the western suburbs camp and headed towards Bianjing City.
As a result, as soon as the army reached Wansheng Gate, they found that the city gates were already closed.
It turned out that when the city gate defenders saw a large number of soldiers approaching, although they didn't know what the situation was, their first reaction was to close the city gate.
Originally, Zhao Zongquan also placed manpower in the city guards and arranged how to use them.
But because of Bi Zhongyou, this incident happened so suddenly that most of the originally arranged plans could not be realized normally, just like the gate in front of them.
Especially now that the situation in the palace is unclear, Zhao Zongquan is worried that Bi Zhongyou won't last long, and wants to quickly bring people to support him.
Therefore, Zhao Zongquan first bowed his head and then sent troops. He stepped forward to persuade the city guards to open the city gate to no avail.
Zhao Zongquan immediately ordered people to attack Wanshengmen. Anyway, there were some ladders and rams for the siege, which were prepared early in the morning.
Of course, the most important reason is that Zhao Zongquan knows very well that the city guards are strong on the outside and weak on the inside.
You must know that since the last palace change, it is not only the guards in the palace that have been changed, but the guards in Bianjing City have also been adjusted.
After all, almost all of the Fourth Army troops in Bianjing City were implicated last time.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen issued an order later. In the future, inspections in Bianjing no longer need to be carried out by the Fourth Army, but will be managed by the Kaifeng Prefecture.
Anyway, in Zhao Zhen's opinion, the combat ability of the city guards is not important. After all, if there is an attack from foreign enemies, the western suburbs camp will be enough.
If the western suburbs camp is really unable to withstand it, then there is no need to count on the city guards.
Moreover, there are other benefits to having the city guards weak. At least in this way, there will be no threat to the imperial palace in Bianjing City.
Therefore, Zhao Zongquan had no regard for the actual combat capabilities of the city guards.
And this is indeed the case. Facing the fierce siege battle from Zhao Zongquan, the city guards only lasted two rounds before they began to lose their hold, and some timid people began to escape from the battle.
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As soon as one ran away, the second and third came. Soon the city guards completely lost their ability to resist and dispersed, allowing Zhao Zongquan to lead his people into Bianjing City.
After entering the city, Zhao Zongquan found all the leading generals and began to assign specific tasks.
First, four troops were separated. Except for one who stayed at Wansheng Gate, the other three troops went to the other three gates to completely seal Bianjing City.
In addition, several small teams were dispatched to protect important officials and families in Bianjing City, and they were safely protected in their own hands. This matter was left to Zhao Zongquan and Shen Congxing.
Zhao Zongquan will personally take the remaining troops to the palace to support Bi Zhongyou.
After Zhao Zongquan arranged everything, everyone took their orders and went down to perform their tasks.
However, Zhao Zongquan left Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing alone and said, "I left you here just to give you a few more words.
The first place you want to go on this trip is to Li Hao's house. The military talisman in his hand is a hidden danger after all.
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After the instructions, Zhao Zongquan asked the two of them to take people to do it quickly.
But Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing did not leave at this time, but looked at each other.
Zhao Ceying asked: "What should we do at the Zhongjing Hou Mansion?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zongquan knew that they were asking for Xiao Shen's sake, so he replied: "The Zhongjing Hou Mansion should also send people to protect them. This is also for their own good.
Firstly, it can protect them from harassment. Secondly, you also know the temper of his old master. If you don't control it, you also know what will happen.
It will only be more difficult for your aunt then, and it is for her own good to let you go. "
This was a high-sounding statement. Anyway, Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing had nothing to argue with, so they obeyed the order and went ahead.
Because Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing had the least manpower to deploy, although they were the last to come out, they were the first to set off.
But before he could get far, he encountered an unexpected attack.
Although the attackers are mainly city guards composed of soldiers from the left and right military patrols, logically speaking, their combat power is much inferior to that of the troops from the western suburbs camp.
The siege battle just now had already proved this, but because of what they thought, the city guards would take the initiative to attack them, and the number of people they led was insufficient.
For a moment, he was suppressed and beaten by them. Fortunately, Zhao Zongquan quickly learned the news and sent people over to repel the city guards.
Under this situation, Zhao Zongquan was no longer busy dividing his troops, except that his original plan to go to the palace remained unchanged.
The other troops gathered first and began to chase the city guards. After they were completely dealt with, they completed their respective tasks.
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At first, the city guards relied on their familiarity with Bianjing City and took advantage of the terrain to form a situation of using more to defeat fewer, which caused considerable losses to Zhao Ceying and the others.
But as Zhao Zongquan and others quickly approached the palace, the city guards suddenly gave up on Zhao Ceying's side and turned to provoke Zhao Zongquan.
At first, Zhao Zongquan sent people to chase and chase them, but then Zhao Zongquan slowly realized that something was wrong.
Because when the city guards did this, they couldn't really attack, it was more like delaying time.
Thinking about where he was going, Zhao Zongquan knew keenly how the city guards should deal with it.
So Zhao Zongquan stopped caring about the harassment of the city guards and headed towards the palace wholeheartedly.
As Zhao Zongquan got closer and closer to the palace, the city guards saw that Zhao Zongquan was no longer fooled.
In order to protect the safety of the palace, he had no choice but to take the initiative and have a head-on fight with Zhao Zongquan.
It's just a head-on fight. The city guards are really no match for the soldiers and horses of the western suburbs camp. The city guards' main advantage is their familiarity with the terrain.
Just when the city guards wanted to take advantage of the terrain to leave, suddenly Zhao Ceying and others came from behind and made dumplings of the city guards' men.
Now the city guard really couldn't escape. After holding on for a while, the city guard really had no way out.
At this time, Zhao Zongquan began to persuade them to surrender. Under the threat of death, the city guards also began to surrender in batches.
It was at this time that Zhao Zongquan and the others realized that the leader on the opposite side was actually Zeng Gongliang, the current power magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion.
This news surprised everyone. They did not expect that this civil servant would be so courageous.
It's a pity that by the time Zhao Zongquan knew it and wanted to find someone again, Zeng Gongliang had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape and went to stay in some nook and corner.
Zhao Zongquan didn't have time to check now. After all, it was still more important inside the palace.
So Zhao Zongquan followed the original plan and let each team do their own thing.
And the task of finding Zeng Gongliang was handed over to Zhao Ceying.
Then each ministry began to act according to their own plans. To be honest, Zeng Gongliang caused considerable losses to Zhao Zongquan this time, and he also succeeded in delaying time.
In fact, had it not been for Zeng Gongliang’s operation, he might have
Chaosheng didn't have enough time to arrange the palace's defenses.
Anyway, when Zhao Zongquan arrived at Xihua Gate, he originally thought that he would be greeted by Bi Zhongyou and the wide-open palace gate.
But in fact, the gate here is closed, and there are soldiers standing on the city wall. It seems that they are well prepared.
Zhao Zongquan felt really strange at this time. It was obviously agreed upon originally that Bi Zhongyou should take down Xihua Gate and wait for help, but he was here now.
Thinking about the misfortunes along the way, Zhao Zongquan's heart was really clouded now.
But in fact, it was not just Zhao Zongquan who had things go wrong.
Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing were also in trouble. The first place they came to with their troops was Li Hao's house.
Originally, the two of them planned to be polite first and have a good talk first. If Li Hao was willing to join them, everyone would be happy.
If that doesn't work, then the two of them will resort to other methods.
But who would have thought that Li Hao's house is now empty, not only Li Hao's family, but also the servants in the house.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Ceying sent someone to look for him, because Zhao Zongquan had sent someone to keep an eye on the Li family. Now Zhao Ceying wanted to find him and ask what was going on.
It turned out that when Zhao Zongquan attacked Wansheng Gate, the news had already spread throughout Bianjing City, and it also reached Fu Deng's ears.
Fu Deng knew something was wrong, so he sent all his servants away according to Li Hao's instructions when he left.
In addition, in order to keep it secret, Fu Deng also led people to eliminate all the people watching at the door, including Zhao Zongquan's people.
So Zhao Ceying waited for a long time, but no one came to report back in the end. What was going on.
There was no other way, so Zhao Ceying had to take people to other houses to take a look. It turned out that this was not only the case with Li Hao, but also in the houses of Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan.
Although it is not as clean as Li Hao's house, there is still no one left in the house.
Such a discovery inevitably made Zhao Ceying feel that something was wrong.
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