On the night of April 28th, the palace in Luoyang was still brightly lit, and the palace was still majestic. In the Jiade Hall, Emperor Ling took another elixir under the service of Zhao Zhong. Every time he took this elixir, he could make people lose weight.
The skeleton-like Spirit Emperor felt the energy of the dragon and horse, and his desire soared.
Ling Emperor Liu Hong had to control a palace maid again. When he reached the peak of excitement, Ling Emperor felt his chest was tight, his head was swollen, he couldn't breathe, his legs kicked wildly for a while and then there was no movement.
The maid above thought that the emperor was too excited and was still squirming on top. When she realized something was wrong and summoned Zhao Zhong, Jian Shuo and others, the mediocre Han Ling Emperor had already died with his eyes wide open.
Sadly, he didn't even leave any final words.
On April 30th, at dawn, Cao Zhi was awakened by the sounds of chaotic footsteps and knocks on the door. In order to familiarize themselves with military affairs, Cao Zhi and the others stayed in the military camp for the past few days.
The sleepy Cao Zhi opened the door and saw Cao An. He looked in a hurry, as if there was something urgent.
Cao An waited for Cao Zhi to open the door, and without waiting for Cao Zhi to ask, he said hurriedly: "Second Young Master, hurry up, the eldest Young Master asked you to come to the meeting room quickly." After hearing this, Cao Zhi did not ask what happened. It was unnecessary to ask, no.
Cao Cao would not ask him to arrive quickly for important matters. He grabbed some clothes and went to the meeting room with Cao An. In the meeting room, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan had arrived, and Xiahou Dun was putting on armor.
Cao Cao briefly told Cao Zhi what happened in the palace this morning. He Jin received the imperial edict this morning and entered the palace to meet the emperor. He was ambushed when he arrived at Zhuque Gate. He recognized that it was Jian Shuo's bodyguard who wanted to kill him. Fortunately, he saw through it early.
He escaped and came back. He just issued a general order to summon all the captains of the Imperial Guard to go to the general's palace to discuss the matter. The order was brought by Yuan Shao himself, and he had a showdown with Cao Cao. It is estimated that there was a major change in the emperor, and the eunuchs kept it secret and pretended to pass on the imperial edict.
I want to deal with General He first, and then summon all the civil and military officials to announce that Liu Xie will succeed the throne.
Cao Cao went to the General's Mansion and asked Cao Zhi and the others to send the Royal Guards to the Suzaku Gate of the South Palace of the Imperial Palace to stand by.
Without saying a word, Cao Zhi summoned his troops and led Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and two thousand troops to the Zhuque Gate of Nangong. Yuan Shao's troops had already arrived and formed a siege.
Luoyang Imperial Palace is divided into North and South Palaces. The South Palace is mostly where the emperor handles government affairs and holds grand ceremonies. The South Palace is divided into four gates: Suzaku, Xuanwu, Canglong and White Tiger. The North Palace is home to concubines and several princesses. According to Cao Cao's wishes, attack the Nangong first.
It is estimated that the two princes and the queen are all in Nangong, and of course the emperor, but I don't know whether he is dead or alive now. He has already expressed his thoughts to Yuan Shao, and he is probably trying to persuade He Jin now.
Cao Zhi wore a suit of armor, held a long spear in his hand, and hung a weird-looking scimitar on his waist. He was riding on a tall gray and white horse, looking majestic.
Who knows how nervous Cao Zhi is now. Cao Zhi's hand holding the spear has always been out of Han's hands. In this chaotic era, Cao Cao's brother is mentally prepared to fight, but after all, this is the first time in his life.
.In modern times, Cao Zhi is a good gentleman. He has never had a dispute with anyone, but now he has to lead a team of people into the palace. It is his first time to fight with real swords and guns, and he is using cold weapons. It is inevitable to feel nervous.
This kind of tension is mixed with a little excitement. Every man is warlike at heart. The opportunity to see real fighting and participate in a battle is what men long for deep in their hearts. Cao Zhi is now
It is this kind of psychological portrayal.
After a while, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao arrived with 5,000 troops. It seems that He Jin not only agreed to Cao Cao's battle plan, but also controlled the captains of the Imperial Army who were leaning towards Jian Shuo's rebellion, and confiscated all the military power of the Imperial Army. From Yuan Shao, Cao Cao
The 5,000 men they brought were added to the 2,000 from Cao Zhi's Dian army and the 2,000 from Yuan Shao's army who had arrived earlier. The total force was now 9,000 men and horses, and they surrounded Nangong.
The palace door of Zhuque Gate was tightly closed. From time to time, there were tall and handsome Yu Linjun stationed on the wall, and they were very busy. Yu Linjun could not help but feel a little uncontrollable, and he secretly looked outside the wall, and he felt like
The prisoner murmured that what they saw was more and more imperial guards, estimated to be tens of thousands of them, standing within a stone's throw of a dense mass of darkness. Although Jian Shuo, Zhang asked them to repeatedly emphasize that they must defend the emperor to the death.
The city, they are under the orders of the emperor, and the people outside are all rebels. But if there is a fight, how can they win? In the palace, Jian Shuo's Yulin army plus Zhao Zhong, and the guards led by Zhang Jing them are only 2,000 in total.
With multiple people, this is five to one!
Yuan Shao asked his Sima to shout to the wall, in the name of General He Jin, to ask the Yulin army inside the wall to put down their weapons. General He had the edict of Emperor Ling, and the Yulin army quickly opened the Suzaku Gate to welcome the new emperor Liu Bian.
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Cao Zhi felt funny when he heard this. He didn't know whether this man was dead or not. He Jin even had a posthumous edict.
Not long after he finished shouting, he saw a tall, muscular man with clear features climbing up the wall. Cao Zhi thought this was probably Jian Shuo. After the man climbed up the wall, he glanced at the dark Imperial Guards below.
, holding up a yellow scroll in his hand, shouted towards Yuan Shao, who was leading the way: "I have an edict from the late emperor Ling, and I want to summon all the officials into the palace to welcome the new emperor Liu Xie. You must quickly return to your respective defense areas and camps. Anyone who violates this will be killed."
No forgiveness, Zhujiu..."
Before Jian Shuo could finish speaking, an arrow shot straight towards Jian Shuo's door. Yuan Shao had already shot the first arrow at him, declaring the start of the war. Jian Shuo blocked the arrow. Yuan Shao had already commanded the army.
Attacked the city.
"It seems that Emperor Ling is really dead. Both sides still have edicts. It's really interesting." Cao Zhi thought to himself. Before he could think about it, Jian Shuo's Yu Lin army also started to fight back.
War drums were beating one after another. As soon as the first batch of charging Imperial Guards crossed the half-arrow field, they were hit by arrows from the Yulin army on the wall. Screams and shouts began to ring out on the battlefield. The second batch and the first batch
The remaining guards continued to charge forward with their shields raised, and the guards behind them also began to shoot arrows at the top of the wall, covering the guards who rushed to the base of the wall and built ladders to attack the city.
Another group of Imperial Guards held up shields and carried big logs to hit the palace gate. The shouts became more and more loud, and blood began to splash. After three or four rounds of charges, several of the soldiers setting up the ladders had climbed to the top of the wall.
, he was about to come into contact with the Yulin Army on the wall. The Yulin Army on the wall had begun to jump into the wall and retreated. Jian Shuo chopped down two soldiers who retreated privately, trying to control the situation, but it had no effect.
Very little. This group of Yulin troops usually show off their power and show off their honors, but when it comes to war, unless they have an absolute advantage, it will be difficult to win.
At this time, after a round of fierce collisions, the Imperial Guards with big wood finally broke open the palace gate. Yuan Shao shouted "Charge" and took the lead and led his Chinese army to rush in. He saw those Chinese soldiers one by one.
They rushed in like wolves and tigers. At this time, the people watching from the sidelines were all men, and men have wild nature. At this time, they were all aroused, and everyone was full of fighting spirit like bloodthirsty wild wolves.
The same goes for Cao Zhi. At first he couldn't bear to see the scene of blood splattering everywhere, but he was infected by the shocking shouts of killing and the high-spirited expressions of the soldiers. His blood was boiling, and he no longer felt nervous.
His heart was filled with excitement. He was now like an aggressive rooster, waiting to fight and fight. Before Yuan Shao's army could finish charging, Cao Zhi hit the horse's reins and charged with a spear.
He went out. Cao Cao next to him wanted to hold him back, but it was too late and he could only lead a pair of soldiers and horses to charge forward.
Cao Zhi has nothing else on his mind right now, he just wants to kill the enemy, vent his passion, and make achievements.
Cao Zhi rushed through the palace gate, where Yuan Shao's Imperial Guards were fighting hand to hand with Jian Shuo's Yu Lin Army. Cao Zhi spotted a Yu Lin Army and thought about his usual training in his mind. He leveled his spear and clamped it under his arm.
With the gun at the end, clamp the horse's belly with both legs, aim at the enemy and rush over.
With a "click" sound, Cao Zhi clearly saw the head of his spear piercing the body of a Yulin soldier. Then there was another "click" sound. Cao Zhi wanted to pull out the spear head and fight again, but saw that he was being stabbed by him.
The gun he pulled out from the body of the Yulin soldier who stabbed him was missing the tip of the gun (in order to reduce the weight, Cao Zhi used a wooden gun body), and the gun tip fell with the same force as the Yulin soldier. Cao Zhi
Sitting on the horse, he could even clearly see the end of his broken spearhead and the flesh and blood on the chest of the Yulin Army.
What happened? I don't know if Cao Zhi used too much force or had a wrong posture. The gun tip broke into the body of the Yulin soldier.
In his short moment, a Yulin Lieutenant saw that he had broken his weapon and raised his sword to kill him. Cao Zhi quickly threw away the "wooden stick" and went to draw his sword, but he had not yet drawn it out.
, the Yulin Lieutenant's sword had already hit his forehead, and Cao Zhi thought to himself, "It's over."
At this moment, a long knife came out from the side, and with a "ding" sound, sparks flew and blocked the big knife that was about to hit Cao Zhi's head.
Cao Zhi escaped from death, but without taking a closer look at who saved him, he drew out his waist knife and swept it towards the Yu Lin Lieutenant who was approaching. The sharp scimitar swept across the Yu Lin Lieutenant's chest and gave him a "plop!"
Lieutenant Lin's blood spurted out and splashed all over Cao Zhi's head and face. Cao Zhi was afraid that he would not die, so he raised his knife and stabbed Lieutenant Yu Lin again, nailing Lieutenant Yu Lin to the ground. After gathering himself, he raised his hand and wiped his face.
Then, at a glance, the person who saved him was his "eldest brother" Cao Cao.
The group of troops led by Cao Cao had also arrived. Cao Cao gave Cao Zhi a reproachful look and did not have time to elaborate. The battle was still going on. Cao Cao led his soldiers to rush over. The Dian Army Guards behind him were at Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan.
Under the leadership of the people, they successively killed.
After escaping from death just now, Cao Zhi's boiling blood has calmed down a lot. Looking back on just now, he did feel a little scared, and he also thought of his recklessness. Cao Zhi had no time to regret, and continued to rush past with the soldiers.
The absolute superiority in numbers made the battle one-sided. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's troops quickly occupied the South Palace. Jian Shuo's troops suffered heavy casualties and retreated steadily. They retreated to the North Palace with more than a thousand remaining troops.