When the general approached, Luo Yang immediately recognized him. It turned out that he was also an acquaintance. It was Wu Kuang, the commander of the infantry battalion who had a dispute with Luo Yang last year. However, after what happened last time, Wu Kuang
However, he and Luo Yang met several more times, and the grudge caused by Zhang Zhang had long since disappeared. So after seeing it was Luo Yang, Wu Kuangdang even smiled and said: "It turns out to be General Luo! Ah!
There are also General Cao and General Chunyu! It would be great if you came!"
Luo Yang, Cao Cao and Chun Yuqiong also paid tribute to Wu Kuang. Now that they were in the palace, it was not in compliance with the rules to ride horses, so the three of them, including those on horseback behind them, also dismounted. Since Luo Yang had already sent his troops
After handing it over to Cao Cao, Cao Cao held his fists to Wu Kuang on behalf of everyone and asked: "General Wu! It must be the general who asked you to wait here! I wonder where the general and the others are now?"
Wu Kuang nodded and said: "Yes, the general originally wanted to go directly to His Majesty's palace to confirm the news that Your Majesty has arrived in heaven, but later received a secret report that Jian Shuo had arranged a large number of troops and horses at His Majesty's palace.
If the general goes there rashly, I'm afraid he will be plotted! So the general has gone to the queen's palace in person and decided to directly support Marquis Shi on the throne! The general asked me to wait here for the generals until they arrive.
Lead the troops directly to the south of the palace to protect the safety of Empress Dowager Dong and Prince Xie!"
Luo Yang secretly snorted in his heart, protection? It's a hijacking, right? It seems that Jian Shuo has been forced into a desperate situation, and there is no extra manpower to take the Queen Mother Dong and the prince Xie to his side. As for He Jin, the soldiers and horses in his hands
Definitely not less than Jian Shuo. The reason why he did not choose to attack Jian Shuo by force was probably because he wanted to use Empress Dowager Dong and the Prince Association to force Jian Shuo to surrender! Unexpectedly, Jian Shuo, the leader of the Xiyuan Army who was once so majestic, now actually
It will end up like this!
With emotion, Cao Cao nodded and said to Wu Kuang: "The general really has a clever plan! Cao understands it! I will go to protect the safety of Empress Dowager Dong and Prince Xie soon!" After that! Cao Cao waved his hand and
He led his troops and horses towards the south quickly. In the past six months, Cao Cao often led troops to garrison the palace, and he was very familiar with the palace. With Cao Cao leading the way, Luo Yang and Chunyu Qiong were of course following closely behind.
Wu Kuang, on the other hand, said hello to everyone and left directly, thinking that he would have to return to He Jin to recover his life.
This palace is indeed big, and there are so many palaces inside. If Cao Cao hadn't led the way, Luo Yang and Chun Yuqiong, two newcomers who had never been to the palace before, would have definitely gotten lost. Even so, their group was not enough.
It took half a stick of incense to walk, but we finally arrived at Qinghe Palace, the residence of Empress Dowager Dong. The guards at the gate of Qinghe Palace saw Cao Cao's large group of people coming from a distance, and they were immediately frightened and ran into the palace in a hurry.
Inside, close the palace door.
In response, Cao Cao smiled coldly. How could a mere door withstand Cao Cao's thousands of men? Immediately, Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to speed up and directly surrounded Qinghe Palace.
However, this is the palace of Empress Dowager Dong after all, so it is still necessary to do this. Cao Cao stepped forward and walked outside the palace gate, and shouted loudly to the palace: "Dian Military Colonel Cao Cao, Left Colonel Luo Yang and Right Colonel Chunyu Qiong
! On the order of the general, we are here to protect the safety of the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness! Please open the palace door! Let me and other loyal people enter the palace!"
Chunyu Qiong, who was beside Luo Yang, couldn't help curling her lips and whispered to Luo Yang: "Zi Hui, I think this is not a waste of effort? Then how could Empress Dowager Dong not know our purpose of coming, and how could she be willing to open the palace door?"
Luo Yang just smiled faintly and explained: "No! General Cao said this just to be polite before fighting! After all, the other party is the Queen Mother after all! She is your Majesty's biological mother! We can't be too rude! General Cao did this, just
Complete the etiquette, and no one can say anything when the time comes!" Regarding Luo Yang's explanation, Chun Yuqiong only half understood it, and in the end just shook her head with a confused look. Luo Yang saw it and said no more.
He said that no more explanations to Chunyu Qiong would be of any use, so he was left to make random guesses on his own.
Sure enough, Cao Cao shouted for a long time, and the entire Qinghe Palace fell silent. Cao Cao, who had expected this for a long time, smiled coldly, but he secretly laughed at Empress Dowager Dong for not overestimating her capabilities. Just as he turned around, he was about to order the soldiers to break through the palace gate. Suddenly
A cry came from the palace door behind him: "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Let's open the door! Let's open the door!"
The sound was very weird and uncomfortable. Luo Yang and others immediately recognized that it was coming from a eunuch. Then, they heard a creak, and the palace door really opened.
Several eunuchs walked out of the palace door. They bowed to Cao Cao humbly and said, "General! The palace door has been opened!"
Cao Cao turned around and squinted his eyes, but suddenly sneered: "Hey! Isn't this Mr. Zhang? How can the young general bear such a great gift!"
Hearing Cao Cao's words, Luo Yang couldn't help but be stunned. He was used to Cao Cao's bold side, and suddenly seeing Cao Cao like this made Luo Yang very uncomfortable. At the same time, he was also confused about the identity of the eunuch at the entrance of the palace.
I'm very curious, but I don't know who it is that makes Cao Cao lose his temper like this.
When the eunuch saw that the general standing outside the palace gate turned out to be Cao Cao, his face changed and he secretly complained. This eunuch was none other than Zhang Rang, one of the ten permanent servants! Zhang Rang had many conflicts with Cao Cao back then.
Later, when Cao Cao was appointed Prime Minister of Jinan, he resigned and lived in seclusion, but he could not bear the persecution from Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang did not hear Cao Cao's shouts clearly in the palace just now. If he knew that it was Cao Cao outside the palace, he would not even beat Zhang Rang to death.
Dare you open this palace door!
But now the palace door has been opened. Looking at Cao Cao's indifferent face and the dense crowd of tigers and wolves outside the palace, Zhang Rang couldn't help but swallowed. After all, after so many years of intrigues in the palace, his reaction speed was still very fast.
Quickly, Dang even smiled apologetically at Cao Cao and said: "It turns out to be General Cao! I haven't seen General Cao for a long time! Now General Cao's style is still the same as before. It's really gratifying and congratulatory!"
"Huh!" Cao Cao didn't give any face at all. There was no room for turning between him and Zhang Rang, and Cao Cao didn't want to negotiate with Zhang Rang! But in this situation, it's really hard for Cao Cao to kill him.
Zhang Rang snorted coldly and said: "We have been ordered by the general to protect the Queen Mother and the Prince! Where are the Queen Mother and the Prince now?"
How could Zhang Rang dare to criticize Cao Cao's attitude? He humbly welcomed Cao Cao into the Qinghe Palace and said to Cao Cao: "General Cao, please come in! The Queen Mother and the Prince are both in the palace!"
Seeing Cao Cao entering, Luo Yang curled his lips towards Zhang Rang's back and asked Chunyu Qiong: "Is that old guy Zhang Rang?"
Chunyu Qiong's qualifications in Luoyang City were much earlier than Luo Yang's, and he had served as the commander of the Yulin Army for a period of time. He had been in and out of the palace many times, so he naturally recognized Zhang Rang. He hummed with disdain:
"Of course it's the old gelding! Usually this old gelding is very majestic, but I didn't expect him to be so honest now! If people outside the palace see this, they probably won't believe their own eyes!"
From what Chunyu Qiong said, it seems that this decree is very unpopular both inside and outside the palace! Think about it, whether this decree is in the history books of later generations or heard about in Luoyang in this era, this decree is very unpopular.
Rang's reputation was indeed not very good. There were a lot of scoldings inside and outside the court! But Luo Yang didn't expect that Zhang Rang would appear here at this time. It seemed that there was something fishy when the door of Qinghe Palace was opened.
! Immediately, Luo Yang smiled at Chunyu Qiong and said, "Let's go! Let's go in and have a look too!"
Chun Yuqiong looked around, and there was indeed nothing to do, so she nodded and agreed. The two of them walked into the Qinghe Palace side by side. As soon as they entered the Qinghe Palace, Luo Yang couldn't help but frown, because he smelled
When I smelled the blood, I was shocked. I remembered the cause of He Jin's death recorded in history. It seemed that Zhang Rang had played such a trick to invite you to enter the urn! Could it be that Cao Cao was also killed by Zhang Rang like this?
Thinking of this, Luo Yang was startled by his idea. He hurriedly picked up his spear and rushed into the palace. However, after taking a few steps, Luo Yang discovered the source of the bloody smell. Only then did Luo Yang discover the source of the bloody smell.
In the open space not far from the gate of Qinghe Palace, several eunuchs were carrying something. When Luo Yang walked in, he saw that there were more than ten corpses! Looking at the clothes and armor on these corpses, they were obviously those who had just closed the door.
The guards at the palace gate! Needless to say, these guards must have refused to open the palace door. In order to save their lives, Zhang Rang and others killed these guards. In terms of skill, these eunuchs were definitely no match for the guards. It must be Zhang Rang.
The guards were caught off guard by a sneak attack and were killed by the eunuchs.
At this time, Cao Cao, who entered first, also saw Luo Yang and Chun Yuqiong, and even greeted them to enter the palace together. Seeing that Cao Cao was not dead, Luo Yang felt very complicated and didn't know what he was feeling.
On the one hand, he hoped that Cao Cao would die like this, so that Luo Yang would lose a strong enemy in the future! On the other hand, Luo Yang did not want Cao Cao to commit suicide. After all, Luo Yang had heard how powerful Cao Cao was in the story of the Three Kingdoms since he was a child.
, established the huge Wei Empire, and in Luo Yang's heart, he also had a kind of worship for Cao Cao, and did not want Cao Cao to die in the hands of these despicable eunuchs.