Chapter 723: The Emperor's Mandate (6)
was questioned by Hu Yun sharply, Jiang Chao was immediately furious, and shouted: "You bastard, what qualifications do you have to shout at General Ben?" Come on, take Hu Yun down for me. β
The people on the left and right looked at each other, and tacitly did not make any moves.
Hu Yun and the others looked at Jiang Chao coldly, a hot-tempered officer, stepped forward to grab Jiang Chao's chest, and immediately scolded: "Jiang Chao, I have long seen that you are not pleasing to the eye, you are a bully, you have no real ability, and you are a waste." β
At this time, the news has all spread, all the soldiers present know the reason, many soldiers calmed down at this time, pondered for a moment or two, and suddenly felt that something was indeed wrong, the reason is very simple, such a big thing, how could Yu Wenzhen not be present at the scene to command, before the army, An Guoqing pretended Yu Wenzhen's order, and he led 30,000 troops to enter the imperial city to quell the rebellion, and Yu Wenzhen was presiding over the overall situation outside the city.
There was a coup d'Γ©tat in the palace, if he could lead the army to quell the rebellion, what a merit and glory this is, it is impossible for Yu Wenzhen to give such a big benefit to An Guoqing, besides, Yu Wenzhen is the father-in-law of the crown prince, as the chief general of the three armies, where is the main general outside, and the deputy general presides over the overall situation?
"Tell me quickly, did you kill General Yuwen?"
"Tonight, it was Jiang Chao who called the general to the camp, and the general has no news at all so far, and he must have been murdered by Jiang Chao."
More than a dozen officers who surrounded Jiang Chao approached step by step, and questioned one after another.
Jiang Chao looked at them with a frightened face, and shouted in a trembling voice: "What are you doing here, do you want to rebel?" β
The officer who grabbed Jiang Chao's chest was already a little impatient, put the knife directly on his neck, and said with murderous intent: "What happened to General Yuwen, if you don't tell the truth, labor and management will kill you now." β
"I say, I say."
If you don't say it, it's death, Jiang Chao was frightened, and said tremblingly: "The general has been ..... by An Guoqing"
Jiang Chao told everything about what happened, this is a conspiracy, Yu Wenzhen was deceived by him to go to the camp, and it didn't take long for him to be killed by An Guoqing.
"Kill him."
The soldiers of the forbidden army who learned the truth were suddenly filled with strong anger in their hearts, and after a long time, it turned out that they were not putting down the rebellion, but becoming a rebel, which was never their original intention.
Angry soldiers rushed up and began to besiege Jiang Chao, Jiang Chao's cries and begs for mercy did not last long, but there was no more sound, and he was beaten to death by everyone.
Hu Yun and six or seven other officers walked over here.
"Let's go and see what they think."
Li Xun, Yan Yi, and Fu Meng greeted them.
"Yan Yi, we don't know about the general."
Hu Yun said to Yan Yi.
Yan Yi nodded: "Hu Yun, I believe in your character." β
Hu Yun looked at Li Xun, this was the first time the two had met, but Hu Yun had heard Hu Xian mention Li Xun a few times: "General Li, are you going to the East Palace?" β
An Guoqing's statement to them, Mu Gong colluded with the fifth son of the emperor Zhao Heng to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, the internal and external alliances, the prince has been killed, the Son of Heaven is imprisoned in the East Palace, anyone who intends to rush to the East Palace or the army, will be killed, now it seems that this is all a lie, they were deceived by An Guoqing.
Li Xun nodded.
Yan Yi said in a deep voice: "If you still remember a trace of kindness from my father-in-law, get out of the way, and we won't offend each other." β
Hu Yun sighed: "Now that we know the truth, what reason do we have for fighting?" However, there are at least more than 30,000 soldiers in the East Palace who can fight now, and there are only a few thousand of you, and I am afraid that you will be sent to death if you go. β
Li Xun sneered: "You still have the heart to care about us, I am afraid that your fate will be much more ugly than ours." β
Hu Yun's face suddenly turned cold: "Li Xun, you have some friendship with my brother Hu Xian, I am just polite to you, don't know what to do, what did Fang Cai's words mean, if you don't make it clear, we will fight again, I, Hu Yun, am not afraid of you." β
"You and I belong to the same yamen, and we don't have any friendships, no matter how much we say, we are also suspicious."
Li Xun looked at Fu Meng: "General Fu and Hu Yun belong to the same army, and the two of you are familiar with each other, so tell him about it." β
Although he had only been in contact with Fu Meng for less than two hours, this person made a very deep impression on Li Xun, this is a general with ideas and abilities.
He nodded violently, and said in a deep voice to Hu Yun: "Hu Yun, An Guoqing conspiracy to rebel, whether you know it or not, it is too late for things to develop now, you have been marked as rebellious, once Zhao He's coup fails, what will wait for you, don't you know?" β
Yan Yi also said at this time: "You killed Jiang Chao, even if Zhao He's final coup succeeded, you would still be unable to escape death." β
Hu Yun may not believe Li Xun's words, but when Fu Meng and Yan Yi said this, Hu Yun's face suddenly changed.
Yan Yi stepped forward and patted Hu Yun on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "You only have one way now, that is, to join us and immediately go to the East Palace to rescue the driver, as long as you keep His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and successfully quell the rebellion, you will be able to atone for your sins." β
Li Xun was about to continue speaking, but Hu Yun raised his hand to interrupt, and then said in a deep voice: "Needless to say, the general is kind to me, he was killed for no reason, how can I have no regrets in my heart?" β
After saying that, Hu Yun looked left and right, and the more than ten officers around him nodded one after another in agreement.
Seeing this scene, Li Xun's face suddenly had a look of surprise, plus the soldiers and horses in Hu Yun's hands, he had nearly 7,000 people in his hands, which was an increase in strength compared to the previous one, which had to be said to be an excellent thing.
Time was pressing, and he didn't know what the situation was in the East Palace, Li Xun immediately said loudly: "Immediately march to the East Palace, save the prince, and put down the rebellion, everyone is a hero, even if it fails, there is our name in the Loyal Martyrs Temple." β
The officers and men of the whole army were infected by Li Xun's words, and suddenly roared loudly, and their morale was greatly boosted.
The situation inside and outside the imperial city, at this time has undergone great changes, Li Zhong successfully obtained the military power of Jin Wuwei, he immediately divided the 20,000 troops into two ways, Xia Wenkai led 10,000 soldiers to attack the three gates of Fengjing Jingcheng, and seized the control of the city gate from the hands of the city guards, Li Zhong himself led 10,000 soldiers, at this time, Yang Daolin gathered a large number of officials, during the period, Liu Wei, who was in Fengjing, also stood up at this time, under his huge appeal, the other Xiangguo in the political hall was in the wait-and-see, at this time all came out, With Yang Daolin, Liu Wei, Li Zhong and other three people as the leaders, they headed towards the imperial city.