On the fifth watch of the first month, it was still in pitch black, the weather was very cold, and the heavy snow that had fallen a few years ago had not completely melted, and it creaked when stepping on it.

Zhang Si shrunk his neck, stayed outside for a long time, he felt that he was about to freeze, this damn weather, it has been the New Year, it is still so cold, he looked at the light of dawn in the sky, looking forward to the sun rising soon, in this way, he can end today's errand.

"Squeak, squeak—" An unusual sound was heard, especially loud in the empty and lonely street.

What was that? Zhang Si's heart tightened, and he followed the sound and looked forward, so early, the forbidden army patrolling the city should not have come yet, listening to the footsteps of the snow, there are quite a few people.

Soon the husband Zhang Si saw the opposite scene, a large piece of black pressure like a dark cloud cover, they were not wearing the armor of the forbidden army, but a black suit, under the reflection of the snow, it was particularly eye-catching, and the cold light of the knife and gun was flickering, so that the husband Zhang Si had a feeling like falling into an ice cellar.

In the capital of Beijing, it is illegal for anyone to act with arms, let alone such a large-scale organized armed operation, a rebellion? Rebel? This thought flashed in his mind, and he was suddenly frightened, his back pressed against the wall, and his legs trembled involuntarily.

The awe-inspiring murderous aura brought by these black-clothed men filled the air, and Zhang Si's eyes widened in fear, for fear that these people would kill people, you must know that it is not a good thing to accidentally bump into these rebels, in case these rebels are afraid of the leakage of news, they must be left behind.

Zhang Si, the husband of the husband, simply regretted dying at this time, not to mention the meager income, such a cold day, hunger and cold, there was still a danger to his life, he really wanted to kill these people, how can the old and the young live?

Zhang Si, the husband of the husband, was thinking nonsense there, but these men in black paid no attention to him at all, and completely regarded him as air, and the men in black walked vigorously, moving like the wind, walking briskly on the snow, and could not hear any sound except for the sound of squeaky footsteps.

I can't count how many people in black there are, their speed is too much, and it only flashes in front of Zhang Si, but this black trend seems to have no end, just like a black nightmare, I want it to end, but it can't end.

Finally, the nightmare was over, the black crowd was gone, and the husband Zhang Si collapsed weakly, the warm and cloudy liquid dripping from his trousers, and he struggled to get up from the ground, and he didn't even want anything to eat, and ran in the opposite direction like a soulless.

The direction in which those black-clothed men ran was the Xuanyang Gate in Luoyang South City, which was facing Tonghuo Street and was the main gate among the twelve city gates of Luoyang City, so it was of great significance to control Xuanyang Gate.

The city gate of Xuanyang Gate is named Li Zheng, as a petty official of the ninth grade, Li Zheng's duty is to open and close the city gate every day, and every day on the fifth watch, he has to get up to make preparations, and he has to open the city gate when the rooster crows.

Today he also got up at the same time as usual, but as soon as he stood at the door, he felt a compelling cold, this cold has nothing to do with the weather, more precisely, it is a murderous aura, the black oppressive crowd, so oppressive that he can almost breathe.

Li Zheng subconsciously touched the handle of the knife on his waist, but as soon as he reached the handle of the knife, he released his hand like an electric shock, joking, in the face of such a large group of people, if he still wanted to pull the knife to fight, it would be cut into meat sauce in minutes.

A man in heavy armor stood in front of him, and in the darkness he could also see that he was wearing a black blindfold in his left eye, his face was like frost, and he said coldly: "Are you Li Zheng, the city gate commander?" ”

"Yui. Who are you? Li Zhengzhan asked tremblingly.

"Sima Shi of the Central Protector Army."

Li Zheng suddenly felt a sense of relief, a few days ago he got an order from above, saying that the people of the Sima family would come to take over the city gate, although Li Zheng felt very strange, but he did not dare to disobey the order at all, after all, the person who gave him the order was a figure he could not afford to provoke at all.

"It turned out to be Sima Gongzi, the key to the city gate is here, please check." Li Zheng respectfully handed over the key.

There was a smile on the corner of Sima Shi's mouth, it seemed that Sima Yi's preparations in the early stage were quite good, and he was now controlling Xuanyangmen without blood.

"Defend the Xuanyang Gate well, and you will have to take credit for it afterwards." Sima Shi said lightly.

Li Zheng was flattered, you must know that he is just a small Jiupin City Gate Order, dreaming of being promoted and making a fortune, but he has always had no chance, but he didn't expect to get Sima Shi's approval now, doesn't that mean that he will really have a chance to soar in the future?

In fact, what the Sima family wants to do, blind people can see it, but Li Zheng doesn't care, it doesn't matter who he is loyal to, what matters is how much benefit he can get, if he is according to his previous career, he can be promoted to one or two levels, in the end he is still a small official, and it is difficult to support his family, and now the opportunity has finally come, how can he give up easily, he is ecstatic in his heart at the moment, and he responded in a loud voice.

Sima Shi's expression was very flat, taking Xuanyang Gate was only a prelude to the beginning of the mutiny, although Xuanyang Gate was the main gate of Luoyang, and it was the passage for the Son of Heaven to drive in and out, but if you want to completely control the situation in Luoyang, you must firmly control all the twelve city gates of Luoyang in their hands, all of which are indispensable.

After all, this time the Son of Heaven went out of the city to worship Gao Pingling, Cao Shuang took away most of the forbidden army, and the Sima family launched a mutiny, but it was easy to control the situation in Luoyang, but if Cao Shuang led the army to counterattack, the situation would change again, because the number of troops controlled by Cao Shuang exceeded that of the Sima family, if the Sima family's army could not rely on the city's defense to fight against Cao Shuang, it was likely that this mutiny would end in failure.

Therefore, Sima Yi planned the overall situation and adopted a multi-pronged strategy, on the one hand, to seize the arsenal and obtain the ordnance and armor they urgently needed, and on the other hand, to preemptively control the twelve city gates of Luoyang, and only by relying on the city could Cao Shuang be blocked from Luoyang City.

After all, although Cao Shuang's army was numerous, it only carried the weapons he carried with him, and those heavy equipment and siege equipment were all placed in the arsenal, and he couldn't break through the city with these light weapons alone.