In the Jicheng Palace, Zang Cha, who was still asleep, was woken up by the waiter.

The chamberlain reported that there was an unusual movement at the West City Gate.

Zang Cha immediately asked the attendant to pass the word and sent someone to check what was happening.

On the other side of the bed, there is also a woman, a beautiful concubine who was included in the harem by Zang Cha only a few days ago.

With a woman in the warm quilt, as long as it is not a big event, Zang Cha is too lazy to get up before dawn.

On the way to the palace, Zhong Liyang rode his mount forward, followed by dozens of "subordinates" jogging, several of whom held torches.

These are not Zhong Liyang's real subordinates, but Fan Lianji's subordinates dressed up in Yan Bing's clothes.

In the ancient castles, it was impossible to light lanterns or torches at night unless there were special circumstances.

On this night, the semicircular moon in the sky hung high, and the moonlight shone on the earth, and Li Zuoche and his soldiers followed behind by the moonlight.

He Xian also followed, always beside Li Zuoche. He had walked around the city many times in the past few days, and he knew the way to the palace.

When he was about to arrive at the palace, he saw three fast horses coming, this was the palace guard, and he happened to meet Zhong Liyang head-on.

Seeing this situation, Zhong Liyang took the initiative to say: "I am the guard of the West City Gate, something happened at the West City Gate, and I specially came to report to the king!" ”

The guard said, "The king also ordered me to check what happened, and since you are here, save me from running to the west gate again." ”

The guards didn't have any suspicions, and glanced at the soldiers standing behind Zhong Liyang again, they just came to report the matter, and the soldiers they brought seemed to be a bit much, but they weren't outrageously many, so they didn't ask.

However, the leading guard inadvertently glanced at the pitch black place farther back, and there seemed to be a dark shadow in the faint moonlight.

The alert Fan Lian became alert, stretched out his hand and pointed to the front and said, "What is that?" ”

The three guards turned their heads and looked back, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.

Suddenly, a halberd stabbed out and stabbed into the throat of the leading guard, and the other two guards had just realized that before they could react, they were also stabbed into the vital point by the halberd.

It turned out that when the guards turned their heads, Fan Lian stepped forward as quickly as possible and made a decisive move.

The two people next to Fan Lian, after he was promoted to the rank of captain, followed the subordinates who were fighting, and they had a tacit understanding with each other.

Before the three guards could make a noise, they all fell off their horses.

For all this, Li Zuoche saw it in his eyes, and praised Fan Lian in his heart, if the guards saw something strange and issued a warning, the consequences would be very serious.

He and his subordinates arrived and said to Fan Lian: "You have done a good job. ”

He said to Zhong Liyang: "General Zhongli, I'll wait here for the time being, it's up to you!" ”

Zhong Liyang nodded, continued to hurry with his "subordinates", and not long after turning the corner, he arrived at the gate of the palace.

The gate is closed, and thirty soldiers are guarding the gate.

"Something big has happened at the West Gate, I want to enter and report the news to the king!"

As Zhong Liyang spoke, he showed his identification items.

"General Zhongli, what happened?"

In the past, King Yan was summoned to the palace many times, and even if he didn't show a certificate, the gatekeeper recognized Zhong Liyang.

"The stakes are so high, I will report to the king personally!

The gatekeeper did not ask questions, but called a guard into the palace to spread the word, and shouted inside to explain what had happened.

Immediately, a squeak sounded, and one side of the heavy palace door was opened.

At the same time, Zhong Liyang had already dismounted, holding the sword tightly in his right hand, this position was closer to the palace gate, as long as the movement was fast enough, he had time to rush close to the palace gate.

The palace has a strict system, people from outside must come in, not to carry any weapons, if waiting for the guards to come back, the king let in, then Zhong Liyang must unarm before entering the palace. There is only one chance to rush in.

Fan Lian and his subordinates were also ready.

The soldier had just stepped into the palace gate with his front foot, and an accident happened!

"Kill..."

Zhong Liyang suddenly drew his sword and rushed forward, and before the officer guarding the gate could react, he slashed his throat with a sword.

He rushed to the palace gate as fast as he could, and Fan Lian and his subordinates also rushed up.

By the time the guards reacted, Zhong Liyang had already rushed to the palace gate, and the two sides began to fight.

Not far away, Li Zuoche and his subordinates all heard the shouting of killing.

"Qian Fan, take your subordinates and rush in!"

"No!"

Qian Fan took his subordinates and rushed over first.

Li Zuoche immediately made another arrangement, sending 1,500 soldiers to surround the palace, as long as he found someone escaping over the wall, he would be killed, so as to ensure that Zang Cha could not escape over the wall. The city of Jicheng itself is not very large, not to mention the palace, more than a thousand cavalry are enough to surround the palace.

He then led the rest of the men and horses to the palace gate.

At the palace gate, Fan Lian and his subordinates were fighting fiercely with the palace guards.

Jicheng Palace, there are 30 guards in front of the palace gate, and hundreds of people behind the palace gate.

After an unexpected situation occurred, the guards behind the palace gate rushed over, and Fan Lian was at a disadvantage in numbers, and the way forward was blocked.

However, his mission is not to enter the palace, as long as to ensure that the palace door is not closed.

"Kill ......"

Qian Fan and his subordinates rushed over in time, quickly solved the Yan soldiers in front of the palace gate, and then dismounted and rushed to the palace gate.

Cavalry is not only good at fighting on horseback, but also has great combat power after dismounting.

After the reinforcements joined the battle, Fan Lian and his subordinates took the lead in entering, among the thousands of cavalry, he ranked third in terms of force, and at this critical moment, it inspired great fighting spirit, rushed to the front, killed several Yan soldiers in a row, and killed them hard.

Zang Cha, who was still in the bedroom, was startled by the sudden shouting and killing.

"King, it's not good! Someone rebelled and wanted to enter the palace! ”

The chamberlain received a report from the guards, because it was Zhong Liyang who took the lead in rushing and killing, and it was regarded as an internal rebellion.

Zang Cha was taken aback, quickly put on his armor, and came out with a weapon.

The shouting and killing sound from the palace gate woke everyone in the palace, and the guards kept rushing to the palace gate, and the attendants and palace maids were all panicked.

Zang Cha walked quickly towards the palace gate with more than 100 people, he wanted to see who dared to rebel.

Jicheng Palace, here is the palace city of Yan during the Warring States Period, after entering from the palace gate is an open field, and then there is the main hall of the upper dynasty, and there are roads on both sides of the main hall to enter the inner palace.

The armies of Yan and Zhao fought fiercely in the open field in front of the main hall.

The Zhao army marched forward bravely, and the number was superior, and the Yan army retreated step by step, but the thousands of guards in the palace were Zang Cha's pro-army and the elite soldiers in the Yan army, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.

Li Zuozhan stood at the palace gate, observing the battle situation, and He Yan stayed next to him.

Zhong Liyang had already withdrawn from the fierce battle and was also staying next to Li Zuoche.

All three were excited.

Li Zuoche said approvingly: "You two have done a great job!" ”

He explained, "This is thanks to General Zhongli. ”

Zhong Liyang said gratefully: "If you don't help me, I don't know when I will be able to take revenge on King Yan, if I can capture Zang Cha alive, I hope I can slaughter him with my own hands, and then hang his body at the city gate to show the public." ”

He Yan didn't answer, the rest of the matter was not something he could decide, and when he found out that he had been deceived, Zhong Liyang would definitely hate him to death.

Li Zuodao: "I'll talk about it when I catch Zang Cha." ”

Just now, He Xian had whispered to him about Zhong Liyang, Zhong Liyang wanted to kill Zang Cha to support Xinjun, which was absolutely impossible.