Ma Chao didn't dare to arrest Lin Nan, for fear of causing a sensation, and the emperor of a hostile country appeared in his capital, which can only be said to be too incompetent. Therefore, he only said that he should do justice.

After finishing the order, Ma Chao immediately turned to Yang Wan and said: "Concubine Ai, this place is not safe, and the palace is no longer safe, these people are carefully selected by me, everyone is one as ten, I will let them protect you, send you to Liangwangfu, and stay with Bozhan, he is safer than the palace, no one can think that the princess will be in Liangwangfu, right?" ”

Yang Wan nodded, knowing that Ma Chao had something big to do next, as a woman, she could help him very little, so she could only stand behind him and support him silently. As for the big thing Lin Nan said, she also had some doubts, afraid that it was really a plan to kill people with a knife.

She hugged Ma Chao and said in Ma Chao's ear: "Don't believe everything, don't believe it, Your Highness just took advantage of the search for assassins as an excuse, you can survey the whole city, send troops to guard all the main roads in the city, and search every house, in case it is really like a high ...... As he said, His Highness is also in an active position and can take precautions. ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao nodded and said: "Concubine Ai, don't worry, I asked them to search for justice in the whole city, just for this matter, if there are really a lot of people mixed in Chang'an City, then I should take action in front of them." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao twisted his face and said to his subordinates: "Send the princess to the Liangwang Mansion, let Bozhan also dress up, take the King of Zhao and the King of Jin to the Liangwang Mansion, and then let him send someone to the palace, take the princess to him, mobilize a thousand people to hide in the Liangwang Mansion, guard it with heavy troops, if there is any accident, you can go out of the city from the south gate!" ”

"No!"

Ma Chao hugged Yang Wan again. Some reluctantly, but for the sake of his future, he had to leave, got on his horse, said goodbye to Yang Wan, and galloped towards the barracks alone.

……

Prime Minister's Office.

Yang Biao waited anxiously in the house. Although he was still weak, his complexion was much better than in the morning. If it weren't for Lin Nan who provoked him and made him spit out that mouthful of black blood, I am afraid that he would still be lying on the bed.

Not long after, Yang Yuan came from outside with an injury, his face was depressed, and when he saw Yang Biao, he immediately knelt on the ground, and said with a cry: "My lord." The subordinates are incompetent, miss...... The young lady was kidnapped halfway through......"

"What do you say? Who took them captive? What are you going to do! Yang Biao was surprised.

"Yes...... Those two people have been to the Prime Minister's Mansion at noon......"

"Is that them?" Yang Biao said in surprise at the moment.

After Yang Yuan was led away by Zhu Gongdao, it was easy to find it for a while, but unfortunately he couldn't find it after looking for it, and he didn't dare to come back directly, so he tossed outside for a long time before he dared to come back. However, he missed a lot of time.

Yang Biao immediately said angrily: "You actually dare to rob my daughter." You are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! Yang Yuan. Prepare a sedan chair and send me to Xiangyang Lane! ”

Yang Yuan saw that Yang Biao not only blamed him, but also asked him to prepare a sedan chair, and immediately got up from the ground, and went out to give instructions with a "promise".

The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion prepared a sedan chair, and Yang Biao sat on it. Immediately, under the protection of Yang Yuan and dozens of other practitioners, he left the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to Xiangyang Lane.

As soon as the group walked out of Suzaku Street, Yang Biao impatiently lifted the curtains and shouted to Yang Yuan: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

"Yes. My lord. Yang Yuan urged the sedan chair man to carry the sedan chair and go faster.

Suddenly, Ma Chao rode alone from the opposite Xuanwu Avenue and continued to gallop past, and soon disappeared into the street, after being seen by Yang Biao, Yang Biao was stunned in his heart, and secretly thought: "Ma Chao is going in the direction of the barracks...... Oops, if Lin Nan tells Ma Chao the whole thing, then the plan will be exposed, and my Yang family will suffer a catastrophe......"

At this moment, a cavalry general with a group of foot soldiers emerged from Xuanwu Avenue and quickly moved towards the south of the city, and then saw more than a dozen similar situations, which seemed to be dispatching troops.

Yang Biao was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and go to Xiangyang Lane, the sky is about to fall!" ”

……

Located in the Xiangyang Lane between Baihu Street and Qinglong Street, near an inconspicuous house, in the past few days, there have suddenly been many vegetable farmers who have come to set up stalls, their dress and ordinary people are undoubted, at first glance, I don't think there is anything suspicious, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that in this kind of remote alley to set up a stall to sell vegetables, who will come to buy?

The vegetable farmers were scattered in different places, and they didn't sell or shout, they just sat quietly, their eyes always looking around, as if they were guarding against something.

In the courtyard of the house, there are piles of firewood in the yard, and some people dressed as woodcutters are lazily leaning on the firewood pile, but their eyes are very sharp and their vigilance is extremely high.

The house was not big, only three houses, the door was closed, and there were some slight noises inside, as if someone was arguing fiercely, but the sound was deliberately suppressed.

Through the crack in the door, you can see that it is crowded with a room of people, a slender man in an ink-colored robe, extremely elegant, standing in the center of the crowd, that person is Sikong Chen Qun.

Chen Qun's face was pale, he stood there, his sharp eyes scanned the faces of everyone in the room, and he roared in a low voice: "No, no!" I can't do such unkind and unrighteous things! Gotta do it according to my plan! ”

"If the lives of the Ma clan are left, then how should our so-called 'horse cutting' operation be carried out? Lord Sikong, although Ma Chao has the grace of knowing you, it seems that he once threatened you with the lives of your people, right? The person who spoke was none other than Cao Cao's advisor Xu Shu, with a long sword hanging from his waist, arms folded in front of his chest, and his eyes full of disdain for Chen Qun.

"This matter goes against my original intention, 'Killing the Horse' only needs to overthrow the rule of the Ma clan, there is no need to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, the Ma clan treats me well, I absolutely cannot do this kind of thing." Chen Qun insisted on his own views and never compromised.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely tense, Cao Cao's old troops were standing behind Cao Cao, the leaders of the Qiang people were standing together, Chen Qun and Yang Xiu were standing together, and there were also Hou Xuan, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin and others, as well as other civil officials in the court. A small room is crowded with dozens of people, making this room very lively.

Cao Cao sat there without speaking, a pair of eyes kept looking at everyone, burst out with a strange light, raised his hand and stroked his beard. He slowly stood up and said, "If Lord Sikong doesn't agree, then this 'horse slashing' operation will not continue, we will each disperse, and still accept the rule of the Ma clan as usual." However, I think you also know that Ma Chao was so happy and cruel and easy to kill, which angered him a little. There may be a fatality. We have been secretly discussing for more than a few months, secretly contacting, involving too many people, if it ends like this, I am afraid that people's hearts will be scattered. In addition, if the 'chopping horse' can not really chop the horse, with Ma Chao's martial arts, his personality. If he doesn't die, will he let us go? ”

The voice fell. Cao Cao gave Yang Xiu, who was standing behind Chen Qun, a look.

Yang Xiu nodded slightly, and said, "The grass must be cut to the roots, otherwise it will resurge." In Chang'an City, after three months of careful arrangement, it is already ready to fly, and this matter is no longer the time to listen to the family. 'Cutting horses' is everyone's common wish. If Ma Chao does not die, then Zhang Xiu and Suo Xu in Wudu will definitely send troops to crusade, you know, the soldiers and horses stationed in Hanzhong and Wudu. But they are all Ma Chao's old departments, and they will not be in the same league as us. If the Ma clan is wiped out and they lose their backbone, they may compromise. In addition, we only controlled half of the soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and if we didn't rely on a surprise attack and strike first, we were afraid that it would be difficult to resist Ma Chao......"

"Bang!"

Before Yang Xiu could finish speaking, the door was pushed open, and a eunuch ran in, hurriedly saying, "Oh no, Ma Teng is mobilizing all the Imperial Forest Army in the palace, and all the Royal Forest Army is gathered in front of the palace gate of Weiyang Palace......"

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. Before the eunuch's words fell, another person ran in, and immediately said: "Ma Chao went to the barracks to mobilize soldiers and horses, saying that the whole city was searching for a person named Zhu Gongdao......

When everyone heard the news, they were all panicked, and someone immediately shouted: "Someone must have leaked the news, act now, we can't wait any longer, if we wait, we can only sit and wait!" ”

"Yes, start cutting horses now, and behead the Ma clan all over the house!"

"I'm going to deploy troops and dispatch generals, and I'll strike first." The candidate's participation in this matter is also to find a good way out, but to be honest, he is really afraid of Ma Chao, because it was unfavorable to protect Ding Ci before, which led to Ding Ci's tragic death, in addition to Suo Xu, he, Cheng Yin, and Yang Qiu were all punished, which made them very unhappy.

Just when Hou Xuan and others were unsatisfactory, Yang Xiu took the initiative to come to the door, and with his incorruptible tongue, he successfully persuaded him, and he pulled Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu in, so that the six military horses stationed in Chang'an City, three formed a powerful force, which could form a confrontation with Ma Chao, plus the participation of Chen Qun, Yang Biao, Yang Xiu, Cao Cao, and Qiang people, let them see hope, and invisibly strengthened the momentum of the rebel army.

"Wait!" Cao Cao immediately shouted, "Things are still going according to the original plan, but the time is ahead, act now, for the purpose of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, the 'horse cutting' operation has officially begun!" ”

"Changwen, Dezu, Ma Chao has gone to the barracks......" Yang Biao walked in from outside the door at this time, and immediately shouted loudly, "Hurry up, otherwise all of us will suffer a catastrophe!" ”

When everyone heard Yang Biao's words, they became even more nervous, and the candidate immediately shouted: "No, I have to go back to transfer troops immediately, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, let's go." ”

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin immediately clasped their fists and said to everyone: "Farewell!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the candidates, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin walked out of the small courtyard and galloped towards the barracks at the fastest speed.

Cao Cao immediately made a decision and said: "Without further ado, now that the arrow is ready to be sent, everyone starts to act, everyone, please act according to the plan!" ”

"But......" Chen Qun said hurriedly.

Before he finished speaking, Yang Xiu grabbed the corner of Chen Qun's clothes and said, "Changwen, things have reached the time when they are out of control, and this matter is no longer something you can control alone." ”

Chen Qun sighed, and when he saw that everyone had gone out, he frowned and didn't say anything.

Yang Xiu walked up to Yang Biao and said, "Father, why are you here in person!" ”

Lin Nan...... Lin Nan took your sister captive......" Yang Biao said.

As soon as everyone walked halfway through, they heard Yang Biao's words, and they were all taken aback, and they all asked in unison, "Who did you just say?" ”

Lin Nan...... Lin Nan came to Chang'an! ”

Cao Cao was particularly surprised. walked quickly in front of Yang Biao and asked, "Prime Minister, what you said is the truth?" ”

"The words are true, and Lin Nan seems to know about the anti-Qin thing we are plotting, and I guess he told Ma Chao about it. That's why Ma Chao went back to the barracks to transfer troops! ”

"Father, how did you know that Lin Nan came to Chang'an?" Yang Xiu asked.

"Dezu, you've also seen it, it's the ...... named Tang Liang"

"Huh?" Chen Qun was also surprised, "Why is he?" ”

Yang Xiu asked, "Brother Changwen, have you seen it too?" ”

"At noon today, he also went to Sikong Mansion to pay a visit, but I blamed my clumsy eyes and didn't recognize him."

"Don't be alarmed. Thinking that Lin Nan also mixed into Chang'an, he would definitely not bring many soldiers and horses, otherwise, why didn't the border report it? Since Lin Nan is in Chang'an City, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he will be dug out, and now the soldiers are divided into two ways, and you adults will act according to the plan, and I will send someone to find Lin Nan. Kill him on the spot to prevent future troubles. Cao Cao said loudly.

"That's a brilliant plan!" Everyone nodded their heads.

Cao Cao asked, "Prime Minister." How is Lin Nan dressed up today? ”

So, Yang Biao told how Lin Nan dressed up. Later, Chen Qun remembered that Lin Nan had told him where he lived, so he also told him about it.

With this information, Cao Cao turned around with a smile and immediately shouted, "Zhongkang." Yuan Rang, Miaocai, the three of you led 300 people to arrest Lin Nan, regardless of the old or young, all of them were killed, and Lin Nan's head was taken. Reward! ”

Xu Chu, Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan immediately nodded, and said in unison: "No!" ”

The plan has been decided, and everyone is scattered to carry out their own "horse cutting" action.

Cao Cao also asked Xu Shu to send a signal outside the city, and asked Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Man Chong and others, who were secretly stationed outside the west gate of Chang'an, to lead the Qiang soldiers to start action and cooperate with the people in the city to fight.

Although Chen Qun was unwilling to go too far, after all, he was involved, and it had reached the point of the whole juncture, so he had no choice but to use the power in his hand to go to the West Gate in person, preparing to order the guards to open the West Gate. Yang Xiu accompanied him and asked Yang Yuan to escort his father Yang Biao back to his home.

Cao Cao took Cao Zhen and Na Liang and other Qiang leaders to gather the troops who secretly infiltrated Chang'an City, and a "horse cutting" operation kicked off.

……

After Lin Nan and Zhu Gongdao left Ma Chao, they quickly returned to Liu Yu's residence, and at this time, Sima Yi, Zhu Pingping, Liu Yu and others had been waiting there for a long time.

As soon as he entered the door, without waiting for Lin Nan to speak, Zhu Ping took the lead and said: "Tang Gong, it is not advisable to stay in Chang'an City for a long time, you should leave quickly, I found a lot of suspicious people on the way back just now." I have already asked people to gather all the disciples in Chang'an City, and they will gather at the east gate to protect Tang Gong from the city at any time. ”

Under Liu Yu's repeated questioning, Zhu Ping told Liu Yu Lin Nan's true identity, and after Liu Yu heard it, he immediately decided to follow Zhu Ping to follow Lin Nan, after all, it is far better to protect Lin Nan out of the city at this time than to be a small official in Chang'an City. What's more, he can also borrow the power of the guards to open the city gate and let Lin Nan and the others return.

Liu Yu is a person who is a man of Ren Xia, and immediately told Lin Nan: "I received an order just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally ordered the city gate to be blocked, if you don't leave at this time, you won't have a chance to leave." I'm on duty today, I can let my subordinates open the city gate and let him go, Tang Gong, please leave quickly! ”

On the way back, Lin Nan had already seen traces of the transfer of soldiers and horses with Zhu Gongdao, and he didn't dare to guarantee that Ma Chao would believe what he said 100%. On the one hand, he didn't want Cao Cao to overthrow the Ma regime, and on the other hand, he hoped that Cao Cao and Ma Chao would lose both, and it would be better for them all to be finished, and he would not have to worry about it.

He nodded, and said without hesitation: "Leave now, too late will change." ”

So, everyone packed up and loaded it in the carriage, and Liu Yu personally put on the official uniform of the guard, picked up his mother and wife in the car, and followed the family to migrate.

After the preparations were made here, before he started walking, Zhu Gongdao suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, jumped on the wall, and saw hundreds of people rushing from the alleys in the west, led by Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, and Xiahou Yuan, all of whom were fierce and vicious.

He hurriedly shouted to Lin Nan: "Master, the enemy has appeared, and the leader is a one-eyed dragon!" ”

Lin Nan was shocked. He hadn't gone to Cao Cao for trouble yet, but Cao Cao had come to trouble them first, and he had acted so quickly. He hurriedly said to the people, "Hurry up! ”

Zhu Ping said to the ten domestic slaves with good martial arts: "You stay and stop the enemy!" ”

Without the slightest hesitation, the house slaves drew their long swords and blocked the main entrance.

"Brother Justice. Let's go! Zhu Pingdao jumped into a carriage and shouted to Zhu Gongdao as he drove the carriage.

Zhu Gongdao jumped off the wall, looked back at the ten house slaves who wished to be fair, and said, "Take care! ”

The ten house slaves did not reply, and shouted in unison: "Please leave quickly!" ”

Liu Yu drove the carriage, rushed to the front, and shouted to the behind: "Follow me, go through the back door." ”

Lin Nan carried Sima Yi into the carriage, and he himself drove a carriage. and Zhu Fairness and Zhu Fairness followed Liu Yu from the back door.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the courtyard door was kicked open, Xu Chu carried his Guyue Treasure Knife, the cold was pressing, the smooth knife surface was reflected in the sun, refracting the essence of the Dao Dao, his tiger body was shocked, and a person appeared at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that the ten swordsmen in the courtyard opened their formation, they glanced at it. I didn't see Lin Nan and the others, and the back door was still open, so I had to pass through the courtyard.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were behind Xu Chu, and the people they were all behind, and after glancing at the formation in the courtyard, one of Xiahoudun's eyes burst out with brilliance. shouted: "Kill it!" ”

Xu Chu rushed in quickly, taking the lead.

The ten swordsmen were also sword masters, and when they saw that there were many enemies, they shifted their shapes and positions, and each stood in one direction. A sword formation was formed. When they saw Xu Chu, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others rushing in, they waved the long sword in their hands to meet the enemy.

The sword shadows are heavy, the sword qi is vertical and horizontal, and the ten long swords are both offensive and defensive, and they cooperate quite tacitly, forming an invisible sword net, covering the path of Xu Chu, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others.

Xu Chu, Xiahou Xuan, and Xiahou Yuan are all at the level of generals, and everyone is a veteran of the battlefield, but they have never seen such a sword formation, three people, three weapons, three ways to attack, and they have lost more than ten subordinates, but they have never been able to break through the sword formation laid by these ten swordsmen, and they have been blocked here for a while.

Xu Chu was cut through the corner of his clothes by the sword qi, and he was angry. The courtyard is so big, but there are a lot of people who come to attack, and the space is relatively reduced, which is more beneficial to the people who have laid out the sword array.

He couldn't help laughing, rolled up his sleeves, took off his obstructive shirt, revealed a body of muscles as hard as stones, and shouted, "Grandma, a bear!" Two Xiahou generals, you lead the army to chase from the side, leave me twenty people, and I will deal with them! ”

Xiahoudun put the big knife in his hand across his chest, glanced at Xu Chu, and asked, "Can you do it?" These ten people are not ordinary characters. ”

"You go! I don't believe you can't kill them! "Xu Chu is indeed a brave and ruthless general, and he also likes to drill the tip of the horns.

Xiahou Yuan nodded and said, "Brother, Zhong Kang is strong in force, it will be fine, we still have to chase Lin Nan, we have delayed too much time here......"

"Wow......" Before Xiahou Yuan's words were finished, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the courtyard, and it turned out to be Ma Chao's subordinates who had killed.

"What's going on?" Xiahoudun turned his head and asked.

"It's the ...... of the Qin army"

It turned out that Ma Chao went to the barracks, and had mobilized all the soldiers and horses in the city, and transferred the six soldiers and horses to six different places in the city, and controlled the two city gates by blocking the city gates.

The candidates, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin were afraid of Ma Chao after all, and Ma Chao was surrounded by his henchmen, they didn't dare to act rashly, they only said that they were going to drink, and the soldiers and horses were not transferred, but they were deeply trapped in Ma Chao and others, and lost their role.

It just so happened that this Qin army passed by here and saw a group of people holding swords, so they immediately treated them as assassins and launched a direct attack on them.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan went out to see that there were too many infantry cavalry of the Qin army, filling the entire alley, and the armor was heavy, and they were pressing towards them with a overwhelming momentum, and more than 300 soldiers were killed and wounded more than 100 people when they landed under the chaotic arrows and flanking attacks of the Qin army.

"Retreat! Let the Qin army deal with Lin Nan! Xiahou Yuan immediately made a decision and shouted loudly.

When Xu Chu heard that he was going to retreat, he was a little angry and asked, "Kill his mother." Anyway, it's all going to be reversed, who to kill is not to kill? ”

"Zhong Kang must not be reckless, Lin Nan is not in the plan, withdraw quickly, leave some people to block them, let's go back to the lord quickly!" out of three. Only Xiahou Yuan is the most calm, as the leading commanding general of the Wei State in the past, his ability to judge the situation is not ambiguous at all, "Immediately spread rumors, saying that the soldiers and horses of the Huaxia State have come to the city, and they want to cover up!" ”

After hearing this, Xiahoudun felt that this method was feasible, and glanced at the ten swordsmen, it was indeed not suitable to break through. Moreover, Xu Chu was still fighting with them, trapped in it, covered by the sword net, and the Guyue Knife only had the ability to parry. He hurriedly shouted, "Zhongkang retreat quickly!" ”

Xu Chu was not angry in his heart, but he was also helpless, he really couldn't break through this sword formation, he only felt that these ten people cooperated tacitly, both offensive and defensive. made up for each other's shortcomings, but forced him to no avail.

"Grandma, a bear! Cheap you guys! Xu Chu shouted. The Gu Yue Treasure Knife slashed indiscriminately, and after forcing back the sword formation, he jumped out.

"Let's go!" Xiahou Yuan gave an order, and Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu immediately withdrew with more than 100 people, leaving forty or fifty people to block the main road, shouting loudly along the way the words of the Chinese army coming to the city.

There were no famous generals in these Qin armies. But it was also very regular, all of them were headed by the military Sima, assisted each other, and quickly wiped out the fifty or sixty people.

Rivers of blood flowed and corpses were everywhere. The Qin army won this street battle, but when they got the news that the Chinese army was approaching the city, they hurriedly sent people to report it, and did their best to reinforce the city gates.

When the Qin army entered the private house, the ten swordsmen had already retreated, each performing light kung fu and running towards the east gate of Chang'an City.

Chang'an City is now in disarray, with armies everywhere, cavalry galloping back and forth in the city, foot soldiers passing through the streets and alleys, and conducting door-to-door searches.

After the "Horse Killing" operation officially began, all the anti-Qin forces hidden in Chang'an City joined forces and attacked it en masse, and the mob could be seen everywhere, and everyone was killing in the direction of the palace.

Ma Chao took the candidate, Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu and his subordinates to the palace, and as soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he saw Ma Teng wearing a golden helmet and gold armor, and he looked very majestic under the escort of Wang Shuang and other royal forest troops.

"Father, why did you come out?" Ma Chao galloped to Ma Teng's side, and did not pay homage, but only symbolically arched his hand and asked.

Ma Teng said: "I received the news that Chang'an City is in chaos and mobs are everywhere, what is going on?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Erchen has already sent someone to investigate......

He didn't tell Sù Ma Teng Linnan about the news here, this matter was too important, and it was undoubtedly a shame for them.

"Report!" A fast horse galloped over quickly, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince, Chen Qun and Yang Xiu openly rebelled, opened the west gate, and welcomed the rebels in. And also...... Cao Cao...... Cao Cao and his old subordinates suddenly appeared in Chang'an City, and some other civil and military ministers led their private soldiers to set fire to the ......"

"Actually he was right? Chen Changwen and Yang Dezuan dare to do this! Ma Chao was surprised, but he was full of regret, hating himself for not believing Lin Nan's words. But who can believe the words of the emperor of a hostile country in this kind of thing?

"Don't be afraid, as long as the army is in our hands, we will immediately mobilize all the soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, and anyone who resists will be suppressed!" Ma Teng's strength was still there, and he immediately shouted.

Ma Chao asked, "Except for the West Gate, what about the rest of the city gates?" ”

"The rest of the city gates are safe and sound, only the news of the Chinese army coming to the city from the east gate......"

"This must be a rumor, not to be believed." Ma Chao immediately shouted, "Father, you are here in the palace, I will take a thousand cavalry to the West Gate, I want to see who dares not to obey my orders!" ”

Seeing that the opportunity had come, the candidates, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin, hurriedly announced: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, we are willing to mobilize the troops and horses of our headquarters and go to Ximen to quell the rebellion." ”

The three of them are Ma Teng's old subordinates, and Ma Teng naturally trusts them. It's just that he didn't know that the gap between the three of them and Ma Chao was getting bigger and bigger, and they were also involved in this matter. He immediately nodded and said: "Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, the two of you go to the north gate to transfer troops, rush to the west gate, candidate, you go to the east gate to transfer troops, and then start to kill the rebels in the city from east to west, Wang Shuang, you go and take over the south gate!" ”

Ma Chao heard it and asked, "Father, what about you?" ”

"I have the protection of these Imperial Guards, let alone my skills. If you want to get close, it's also very difficult. "What Ma Teng said is not wrong at all, although his martial arts are not as brave as his son Ma Chao, he is also a master in the northwest.

Ma Chao said: "Well, candidates, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, you go to transfer troops quickly." With the headquarters of the troops and horses to quell the rebellion, after the matter is completed, they are all named the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households! ”

The candidates, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin glanced at each other, all showing greedy expressions, and clenched their fists and said, "No!" ”

"Wang Shuang, you go to take over the south gate, all 10,000 soldiers and horses are under your command, and in addition, the Liangwang Mansion may not be safe. You quickly send someone to take King Liang and the others out of Chang'an, and let King Liang and others escort the rest to Hanzhong first. "Ma Chao has already made the worst plan, and he is afraid of hurting King Liang and them, so he made this decision, because he wants to kill on a large scale, wash Chang'an City in blood, and kill all those who rebel against him!

"No!" Wang Shuang rode out alone.

Ma Chao bowed to Ma Teng and said, "Father." I went to Ximen to quell the rebellion and asked my father to garrison the palace. Even if they were attacked, as long as they held the palace gate, the rebels would not be able to attack them. ”

"Well, you go, be careful yourself, and capture Chen Qun and Yang Xiu alive. I'm going to kill them myself! Ma Teng said.

"Sons obey orders!"

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao rode his horse and led a thousand cavalry in the direction of the west gate.

Ma Teng saw that Ma Chao had not gone far, and a trace of chill appeared in his eyes, and he immediately said to the Imperial Forest Army behind him: "Follow me!" ”

The Imperial Forest Army followed Ma Teng closely, and Ma Teng took the lead. Fast forward galloping. He secretly thought in his heart: "Chen Qun and Yang Xiu openly rebelled, Chen Yu and Yang Biao will inevitably be inseparable, I want to wash Suzaku Street in blood, and slaughter the Chen family and the Yang family to prevent future troubles." ”

His emperor did a very bad job, when he ascended the throne, he was held hostage by his son, although he was extremely reluctant, but if his son wanted to be the emperor, he had to hold on, knowing that his son was more than his father. He is willing to bear a qiē charge for his son Ma Chao, and when he passes the throne to Ma Chao in the future, he can clear a qiē obstacle. Originally, he thought that reusing the Chen family and the Yang family would enable them to assist Ma Chao, but Chen Qun and Yang Xiu's blatant rebellion made him realize that this was the root of a crime, and clearing the way was the most important thing.

10,000 Imperial Forest Army, mightily pulled out of the palace by Ma Teng, where they met many rebels in white clothes and white armor, and without Ma Teng's hand, the front vanguard had already cleared it, swept away a wide road, and forced directly to Suzaku Street.

Yang Xiu planted someone in the Imperial Forest Army, but after all, it was a minority, and at this time, due to self-preservation, he did not take action, but followed Ma Teng and others to Suzaku Street.

After the candidates, Cheng Yin, and Yang Qiu left the palace, Yang Qiu said to the candidates, Cheng Yin, in private: "The reason why we participated in the 'horse killing' operation is nothing more than because Ma Chao did not reward us for his merits. Think about it, there are so many people who cut horses, and when the time comes, who will be the emperor will inevitably have to argue, we might as well kill those who cut horses, anyway, we know their plans, and it is convenient to kill them......"

The candidate and Cheng Yin glanced at each other, and both said, "Makes sense......

"Then we will help Ma Chao to quell the rebellion, we are now the key, fall to the side of the gang of horses, horses have been deployed for so long, even if there is such a chaos, there is no suspense, and after the horses, we may not get so much. There is a big difference between a cake eaten by a hundred people and ten people. Yang Qiu further explained.

The candidate said: "Well, now Ma Chao needs us, the city gate only opens the west gate, as long as we don't open the north gate, those Qiang people can't attack it, and then kill all the people who cut the horses, who knows that we have participated in the horse killing?" ”

"Clever plan, I was fooled by Chen Changwen before, and this time I personally contributed to the prince, and I will definitely get a lot of rewards." Cheng Yin also agreed.

Yang Qiu said with a smile: "Then, let's make up our minds, first clean up the horse slashers in Chang'an City, and then gather troops to expel the rebels pouring in from Ximen!" ”

"Good!" The candidate and Cheng Yin nodded heavily.

As soon as the words fell, the three of them immediately went their separate ways, Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu's soldiers and horses were transferred to the north gate by Ma Chao, they went to the north gate, and the candidate soldiers and horses were transferred to the east gate, and galloped to the east gate.

The three people are capricious, flaunting for the sake of profit and loss, but it is also a big criticism of Xiliang people.

At this moment, at the east gate of Chang'an City, Liu Yu was the first to arrive in a carriage, but what he saw was a different scene, there were many more soldiers and horses at the east gate. He hurriedly reined in the carriage, jumped down, grabbed one of the soldiers, and asked, "Whose subordinate are you?" ”

The soldier looked very hanging, glanced at Liu Yu, and replied arrogantly: "What do you care about?" ”

Liu Yu didn't ask much, he ran directly to the city gate, asked his subordinates, and his subordinates told him that this was a candidate subordinate, and he immediately returned to the carriage and said to Lin Nan: "Tang Gong, you will all say that it is my family in a while, and I will make money to open the city gate." ”

Lin Nan nodded, seeing the candidate subordinates standing lazily by the city gate, the cavalry and infantry were waiting, there was no formation at all, he knew how the combat effectiveness of this group of people was, he looked back at Chang'an City, and saw that the city was full of smoke, and there was billowing smoke everywhere, and some people were unwilling to sit still, and they encountered the army as soon as they went out, and they were blocked back, and the tragic situation can be imagined.

"Hey! I hope that the ancient capital of Chang'an will not become a pile of scorched earth again......"

The city of Chang'an was full of swords, and the soldiers of the Qin army wearing black clothes and black armor and the rebels wearing white clothes and white armor launched fierce street battles, and the smoke was everywhere, and the sporadic fires were everywhere, and the people were caught between the two armies and suffered unspeakably.

The number of rebels was only a lot more, and the people in charge of receiving them in the city were some rebels in white clothes and white armor, most of them were people who entered Chang'an City in advance, or private soldiers at all levels who participated in the rebellion. Most of them were wrapped in white cloth around their right arms as a sign of the rebels.

At the gate of the east city, Lin Nan, Zhu Pingping, Zhu Gongdao, Liu Yu and others gathered together, swaggering from the candidate troops to the city gate, and those lazy soldiers did not care at all. In the gatehouse by the city gate, a room of people gathered, they were all Zhu Pingping's apprentices, and everyone had studied swordsmanship with Zhu Pingping for a period of time in Chang'an City.

The ancients said that one day is a teacher, and a lifetime is a father, which has been well explained in these disciples.

Most of the disciples are stubborn people who wander the streets and alleys of Chang'an, and some of them are still very familiar with the people in the army, and even worse, in order to make a living, they went to the army to teach martial artists.

As soon as everyone saw that Zhu Ping was coming, they all gathered around and bowed in unison, "Master! ”

After Zhu Ping saw it, he hurriedly introduced Lin Nan to everyone, only saying that it was his master Tang Gong, and asked all the apprentices to come to pay respects.

After the ceremony, Liu Yu said: "Senior brothers, if there is anything for a while, just block it for us, many of you are familiar with people in the army, senior brother, please here!" ”

Liu Yu is the eldest apprentice of Zhu Pingping, his swordsmanship is more outstanding, but his family is poor, compared with some other apprentices, he is not at the same level at all, and he is also binding on all the junior disciples.

Among the apprentices who wish fairness, there are also rich and noble people in Chang'an City, who are proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, so to speak, among the more than 100 apprentices here, including the three religions and nine streams in Chang'an City, and there are all kinds of people. After hearing Senior Brother Liu Yu's words, they all nodded.

Zhu Ping gave Liu Yu a look and said, "You go and open the city gate......

"Wait!" Lin Nan hurriedly stopped: "Open at this time, it is undoubtedly the target of exposure, there are no less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in this vicinity, and there is a long queue, just now it was said that Liu Yu's family came to take refuge, if you dare to open the city gate at this time, I am afraid that it will arouse suspicion." ”

"So what to do?"

"Hide first, there is already chaos in Chang'an City, we are here to wait and see, there are many troops here, absolutely no one dares to make trouble. Even if the troops are transferred, the general walks to the front and leaves as soon as he says hello, it will not involve us, not to mention the crowds, we may not be discovered. (To be continued......)