Zhang Jin followed Zhao Tong to the west of Longyou before, nominally as Zhao Tong's deputy, to investigate a series of problems of Li Xun in Longyou, but in fact, Zhang Jin has the mission given by Zhao Xun, that is, from Li Xun's army, secretly select a group of soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, no relationship with the family, and clean identity, and supplement the six rates of the East Palace.

Zhao Xun didn't even tell Li Xun about this situation, until Li Xun returned to Wuzhou, Zhao Tong and Li Xun had a fight, and when the whole thing was about to end, Zhang Jin told Li Xun about it, Li Xun was very silent at that time, and he didn't say a word for a long time, but in the end, Li Xun still unreservedly supported Zhao Xun's arrangement, and let Zhang Jin choose his own people, and the chosen people could follow Zhang Jin to leave at any time as long as they were willing, and he would never have any obstruction here.

Zhang Jin is very good to Li Xun, he just selects elite soldiers and some middle and low-level officers, the number is not too much, just about 2,000 people, as for capable rising stars and young generals like Lei Wanhai and Li Cunxiao, Zhang Jin did not move.

After Zhang Jin returned to Beijing, with these two thousand elite soldiers of Longyou as the team, he successively transferred 6,000 people from Huang Hua's forbidden right army, as well as Hedong and other places, a total of 8,000 people, and reorganized the six rates of the East Palace.

Although Zhang Jin is the son-in-law of the eldest grandson Wuyang, the relationship between the two is very close, and the eldest grandson Wuyang also appreciates and values Zhang Jin very much, but the ideological concepts of the two are very different.

Zhang Jin's ancestors were once glorious, two hundred years ago, they were also famous in the world, but with the failure of the political struggle, the family talent was cut off, and by the time of his great-grandfather, the whole family had been very declining, with less than twenty people, and when it came to Zhang Jin's father's generation, it was even more impoverished, and there was no difference between the people of Pingming and Ming.

Zhang Jin, whether it is in literature or martial arts, his ability is not very outstanding, but both aspects are not bad, so he can be regarded as both civil and military.

Zhang Jin is fifty years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, and in his early years, he took two imperial examinations, both of which failed, and then abandoned literature and martial arts, entered Shitu through martial arts, and was transferred to Yulinwei on duty.

Zhang Jin is very lucky, he entered the military system at the age of twenty-six, this age, in fact, is already a little late, but he is also very lucky, because he was soon valued by the eldest grandson Wuyang, and recruited as a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, the next thing, needless to say, with the eldest grandson Wuyang often praised him in front of Zhao Zhi, Zhang Jin quickly entered Zhao Zhi's field of vision, Zhang Jin's position rose all the way, but in six or seven years, he achieved the position of general.

Zhang Jin is not a child of the family, so he does not have so many relationships and family interests, Zhang Jin is very grateful for the importance and help of the eldest grandson Wuyang, but from another aspect, Zhang Jin values more in his heart, is that he can enter the official career, can go to this day, through the country's martial arts system, through the emperor Zhao Zhi's appreciation and trust, so, in terms of Zhang Jin's deepest emotions in his heart, his loyalty to the country and the emperor is extremely strong.

When the eldest grandson Wuyang learned that the crown prince Zhao Xun had fled to the East Palace with the emperor Zhao Zhi, he actually didn't pay too much attention to it, because the chief general of the sixth rate of the East Palace was not his son-in-law? That's my own person, what's so bad about things.

Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuyang only took thousands of people to the East Palace for the first time, and thought that as long as he said a word, Zhang Jin would immediately send the head of the crown prince Zhao Xun out.

But some things are not as simple as they seem.

Zhang Jin and the eldest grandson Wuyang have a very harmonious and intimate relationship on weekdays, and Zhang Jin has always had great respect for his father-in-law.

But this is just a personal emotion between the two, if this emotion exceeds the bottom line of the principles that he adheres to in his heart, where will Zhang Jin go?

The answer was soon revealed.

The eldest grandson Wuyang sent his own nephew into the East Palace, and asked Zhang Jin to immediately poison the crown prince Zhao Xun, if he didn't want to bear this reputation, then send Zhao Xun out, and let Zhao Ke, the king of Hengshan, do the rest of the things.

What is Zhang Jin's decision in this regard?

flatly refused, and in front of Zhao Xun, he personally killed the eldest grandson Wuyang's nephew to prove his heart.

Subsequently, Zhang Jin led the army to take the initiative to attack, defeated the eldest grandson Wuyang, and almost captured his father-in-law, if it were not for Zhao Ke to lead 30,000 forbidden troops into the imperial city, perhaps with Zhang Jin's strength alone, this coup would have ended in failure.

No one expected that the biggest change was not someone else, but the son-in-law who the eldest grandson Wuyang valued and appreciated the most on weekdays, and regarded him as a parent-in-law, Zhang Jin.

All the people outside were almost certain that in this case, Zhao Xun would definitely die, but who would have thought that in the face of the fierce attack of nearly 40,000 people, Zhang Jin led 8,000 soldiers from the East Palace, and he had held out for more than two hours.

Outside the imperial city, Li Xun's 4,000 troops took the initiative to attack to test the reality of the other party, so they went fast and retreated quickly.

Zhou Qian said to Li Xun: "General Li, the opponent's defensive strength is not very strong, if you have enough siege equipment, give me 5,000 people, and within half an hour, you will definitely be able to attack the imperial city." ”

Li Xun frowned and fell into deep thought.

Li Xun led the army to arrive, the initial goal was not to attack the imperial city, that would make no sense, but now it is different, through Ruan Donglang, he has learned that the crown prince Zhao Xun is still alive, then now any other plan is meaningless, the most urgent thing now is to immediately attack the imperial city, disturb Zhao He's military heart, disperse the rebels in the imperial city, reduce the pressure on the East Palace to the greatest extent, for the crown prince Zhao Xun, but also for Li Zhong and others, as much as possible to gain time.

Sima Tu said softly: "My lord, when we came, we had already sent someone to tell Li Zhong and the others the news that the crown prince was still alive, Li Zhong should now go to Jinwuwei to transfer troops, and Yang Daolin to gather hundreds of officials in the capital, and so on, it will take at least an hour for them to gather in the imperial city." ”

Chen He also said at this time: "There are only 8,000 soldiers in the East Palace, and in the face of the onslaught of 40,000 rebels, it has been two hours now, and the damage must be very large, and they can't hold out for long." ”

Li Xun gritted his teeth and said: "There are not enough siege equipment, there is no force, what can I do about it?" ”

When he was depressed, Li Xun seemed to think of something, and suddenly there was a look of surprise on his face, he slapped his thigh, and shouted: "Isn't the young palace eunuch on the edge of the imperial city?" ”

The Shaofu Supervisor was in charge of the nation's weapons production, and there must have been a large number of weapons and siege equipment stored there.

Li Xun immediately ordered Zhu Zhengguo to lead 1,000 troops and immediately rush to the Shaofu Prison to quickly transport the necessary things.