Chapter 71: The Dagger (5)

Eunuchs also have hierarchies, such as Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong is naturally at the top, but no matter what industry, the position above is limited, and those eunuchs at the lower and lower levels may not live better than the big soldiers. Chen Cheng paid according to the person's hair, and Zhao Zhong naturally didn't look down on the mere 10,000 yuan, but the little yellow gate below was all elated.

Zhao Zhong watched coldly, and said in his heart: "This trick is not necessarily clever, who wouldn't be able to throw money?" ”

But even if he was dissatisfied with Chen Cheng, he had to admit that the trick of scattering coins was very useful.

After Chen Cheng unloaded all the coins on the carriage, he went to the arsenal twice more, and the last time he did not pull copper coins and cloth, but filled it with armor and arrows. For the first time, his "inventory" was also full, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of coins, cloth, iron armor, and arrows.

A one-handed weapon should occupy a grid, a bag of arrows should also occupy a grid, and a box of coins should also occupy a grid, obviously it is more cost-effective to put iron armor and coins, but his best weapon is the bow and arrow, if there are no arrows, then you can only go forward and fight hand-to-hand.

In order to avoid the situation that there were no arrows available, Chen Cheng had brought more than thirty bags of arrows before, only three or four hundred, and half of them could be used up in one battle. It's not impossible to use it all up over a longer period of time. This time I opened a copy of the arsenal and got countless equipment, where is there any reason to save? Immediately the number of arrows was increased to a hundred bags, which means that there are more than two thousand, and according to the average four arrows to kill one person, it is enough for him to kill five or six hundred people.

Sounds awesome, actually....... It's also very powerful.

By the time he escorted the weapon from the Xuanwu Gate into the South Palace again, a hint of white color had already appeared in the sky. Although Chen Cheng had only been away for less than two hours, the hearts of the people in the city were already fluctuating. The queen and the queen mother don't deal with each other, and among the rest of the people, there is no fanatic like Yan Zhong, in the face of Queen He and the queen mother Dong, they can only swallow their anger and accept it.

Well, now, as soon as Chen Cheng came back, the other generals were greatly relieved.

After the reward, the morale in the city has increased significantly. He climbed the tower and looked out to see that the riots in the city had spread to the vicinity of the imperial city. Once the army begins to plunder, the danger is even worse than that of robbers. On the streets and alleys, there are routs everywhere. Several markets were breached, and property was looted.

Looking further away, the West Park Army was scuffling around several large battalions. Chen Cheng narrowed his field of vision and looked at it for a while, the attacker dragged his feet, and his morale didn't seem to be high. The defenders defended very resolutely, relying on strong bows and crossbows to repel the attackers many times.

He looked at it for a while, and said in his heart: "It seems that Jian Shuo failed to catch the Xiyuan Army in his hands, and now he can only shrink up and defend." Although it seems to be playing well now, defense alone will not win. ”

Moving his gaze to the south, the infantry battalion of the Northern Army stationed near Taixue had already crossed Luoshui and was heading towards the city. The main force of this northern army moved quickly, and after occupying the city gate, while approaching Nangong, it sent part of its troops to clear the chaotic soldiers and bandits on the streets, and after cutting off more than 100 heads one after another, it finally stabilized Nancheng in general.

The three battalions of Shot, Changshui, and Tuncai also poured into Luoyang from different city gates, plus the troops of each family, as well as the troops who rushed from all over the country after receiving He Jin's order, there were already seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses in the city.

These many troops were not subordinate to each other, and after entering the city, they began to fight each other. The infantry, shooting, Changshui, and four battalions of the Tun Cavalry of the Northern Army joined forces and quickly subdued the soldiers and horses of the other troops. Although they only had 20,000 men, their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the other departments combined. Then He Jin raised the banner of the general and ordered the commanders of the armies to go to see it.

Just when the soldiers and horses in the city were mobilized, the soldiers walked to Chen Cheng's side and whispered: "General, the Huangmen order who went to deliver the edict was driven back, and the Tai Lieutenant Ma Riyan refused to obey the edict, and he also said........."

Chen Cheng waved his hand and motioned for him not to speak. Except for Taiwei Ma Riyan, none of the other bigwigs such as Xu Xiang, Ding Gong, Liu Hong, Fan Ling, Cui Lie, Zhang Wen and other bigwigs in the DPRK and China were willing to cooperate with him. Even Empress Dowager Dong's nephew, Dong Chong, the uncle of Dong Hou Liu Xie, pushed down the appointment of the general, and directly blocked the Yellow Gate Order from the door, without the slightest intention of talking to him.

Chen Cheng's face was silent, but he felt powerless in his heart. Didn't Dong Chong know that he was preparing to support Liu Xie as emperor?

Well, he also knows that Dong Chong should actually know, but he is not optimistic about his side.

In the eyes of these people, he Chen Cheng is just a lucky man, who has no connections in the court, no family background, and no name, no matter what they think, they will not vote on this side. What's more, he still has a deep eunuch brand on his body. At a time when liquidating the eunuchs is the greatest political correctness, who would risk ruining their reputation to join him in this earth-shattering gamble?

Chen Cheng looked at the dense army and the flags outside the palace, and began to reflect. There is no way, even if he is brave and invincible, he can kill hundreds or thousands of people if he dies, and now there are tens of thousands of troops outside, and they are in the city, and they can't fly kites if they want to.

If there are only a few hundred people, as in the early days of day, they can run on horseback, shoot their opponents on horseback, and then go up to collect the heads. But now that it's densely packed with enemies, how can this maneuver? How else do you run a horse?

Perhaps, it is better to leave before the army is encircled?

He immediately stomped the thought under his feet, and then twisted it vigorously. What are you kidding, the eldest husband would rather die in battle than run away without a fight! Now that Jian Shuo is fighting in the trapped beasts, can't he even compare to a eunuch?

Seeing the army slowly approaching, the people at the head of the city, whether they originally belonged to the Xiyuan Army, or belonged to the Yue Cavalry, or the eunuch Lifu in the palace, all showed frightened looks. Without it, the disparity in strength is too great.

If it weren't for the previous round of bounty, I'm afraid that the morale would have dropped to near the cordon.

Chen Cheng sensed the change in morale, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Send someone to give an order to stop the advance of the army on the opposite side, otherwise it will be punished as a rebellion!" ”

He said to Duan Jue, who was pale, and the other servants said: "Go and ask the queen mother and the queen for their decree, just say that the Son of Heaven is in a great way, and invite officials with more than 2,000 stones to enter the palace." ”

Duan Qi and the others heard the noise outside the city and went up to the city wall to see the movement. How do you know that as soon as you come, you can see that we are at an absolute disadvantage, and we are in a panic all day. At this time, when he heard Chen Cheng's order, he hurriedly went down to the city and went in the direction of the Jiade Palace.

However, it was said that He Jin raised the banner of the general, sent orders to all directions, and all the generals bowed their heads and rushed to the general's mansion to listen to the order. The street in front of the General's Mansion was full of soldiers who were waiting for battle. Farther away, carriages and horses blocked the road. Officials under 600 stone are not even qualified to enter the door.

The generals in armor stood at the foot of the steps, facing two silent stone lions. I didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

If they could look beyond the threshold and the empty courtyard, and then through the heavily guarded corridor, they could see He Jin standing above the lobby with his sword pressed. The general He Jin's face was calm, and he looked at the civil and military generals gathered below, and said nothing. The atmosphere of slaughter permeated the courtyard and outside, and those who had originally wanted to persuade the Great Shogun, no matter what they had in mind, now wisely closed their mouths.

Because, in front of He Jin, a coffin was parked. The general's younger brother, He Miao, the Marquis of Jiyang, was lying quietly inside.

He Jin tied a white cloth on his head, slowly looked at the people below, and after looking around, he asked in a deep voice, "Why haven't the generals of the Xiyuan Army come yet?" Hu Ben Zhonglang General Yuan Shao, Dian Military Captain Cao Cao, Left and Right Lieutenant Xia Mou, Chun Yuqiong, where are these people? ”

Yuan Kui stood up and said, "Last night, Jian Shuo went straight into the barracks, instigated the soldiers, and almost caused a catastrophe. ”

He Jin has always respected Yuan Kui very much, because the other party is the leader of the scholars, and the protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the world, but now he just squints at him and said coldly: "Eunuch Yu Party? How did I hear that Jian Shuo occupied the camp and was still holding the water? ”

Yuan Kui couldn't be right, and bowed his head and retreated.

He Jin withdrew his gaze and shouted, "Where is Tunqi Captain Feng Shu?" ”

A general stepped out of the crowd, knelt on one knee, and answered in a loud voice: "Minister, Tun Cavalry Captain Feng Shu, meet the general!" ”

"Order you to be the marshal of the Xiyuan Army, take the headquarters to the West Garden, control the generals, and attack the Jianshuo camp," He Jin said indifferently: "Before sunset, if you can't break through the Jianshuo camp, I will cut off your head." ”

Feng Shu's heart tightened, and he said loudly: "If you can't break the enemy army before sunset, you don't need the general to do it, and the minister will cut off his head himself!" ”

With that, he immediately got up and strode out the door.

Yuan Kui looked sideways at Ma Riyan on the side, but the latter was like an old monk in a fixed state. Yuan Kui secretly scolded in his heart, Ma Riyan was a captain, and he should be in charge of the general's affairs. On weekdays, he is not uncommon to see him reaching out everywhere, but now it is time for him to go out, but he is pretending to be a dead dog there.

Looking further back, there was a person who was watched, and had to come out of the ranks, saying, "General, this matter is not appropriate!" ”

He Jin moved his gaze over and said coldly, "What's wrong?" ”

The man's back was cold, but he turned his heart sideways and said loudly: "How can you give and receive the famous weapons of the country privately?" ”

"Oh, what do you say you should do?"

"Since the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will issue an edict, and the three dukes will countersign, and then the trip will be!"

He Jin said coldly: "Don't you know that the Son of Heaven has become a great business?" ”

"If the Son of Heaven is not there, the bento should be discussed by the princes of the court!"

He Jin looked at the people in the hall coldly for a while, and suddenly laughed, but there was no joy in his smile, but it was more like the roar of a tiger before eating people.

"I remember you, your name is Zhao.... Zhao: What's coming? It doesn't matter," He Jin stood by his sword and said coldly: "Come on, drag him down and behead him!" ”

Two armor soldiers came up to the hall, grabbed the man, and dragged him outside.

"General, I'm not guilty, why kill me?"

"General, don't kill innocents indiscriminately!"

The hall suddenly boiled, and everyone persuaded He Jin word by word, but He Jin sneered and said nothing. Suddenly, the screams in the hall suddenly stopped, and the armor soldier stepped forward with a wooden plate and showed the head of the grinning teeth in front of everyone.

He Jin slowly looked over to the hall, a happy smile on the corner of his mouth.