In the front office of the palace, Zhang Yongde asked: "Whose people!?" ”

This was the first thing he asked, no one could answer, and finally a general in charge of the garrison office said at the door: "Go back to Zhangdu to check the point, we have already sent someone to see it, and we will know when we report back." ”

Then Zhang Yongde looked back left and right and asked the second sentence: "What about Zhao Du's envoy (Zhao Kuangyin)?" ”

Still no one could answer his question, only someone muttered: "I still saw Zhao Du's envoy ...... in front of the half-pillar incense" Several people in the lobby looked at each other, silent for a long time, and everyone seemed to be guessing and thinking.

Today's day is not right, it is not the date of the order, and only the senior generals above the commander of the Xiangdu command will come to the government office to order the Mao (otherwise, Guo Shao's side should not do it in the morning in order to be more perfect); The chief and deputy middle-level generals at the army level are all in their respective garrison barracks, and there are very few people in the front department of the palace. I don't know when a few more people left, and even fewer people came to the lobby.

At this moment, a young general came in and said: "The people with the tiger flag, the people on the left side of the Hujie army!" Blocked all the intersections on the street and east side! ”

"What do they want to do!" Zhang Yongde stood up suddenly, and shouted with round eyes.

Today he always asks questions that are so "profound" that no one else can answer them.

Zhang Yongde stood for a moment, looked at the people in the lobby again, and slowly sat back in his chair, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

……

Zhao Kuangyin and dozens of others were waiting in an alley, and finally saw Zhao Pu riding over with a package tightly in his arms, Zhao Pu came up and said, "I got the thing!" After hearing this, Kuang Yin turned around and called the two generals and guards to wait at the entrance of the alley, so he rode up to meet him, glanced back first, and asked in a low voice: "Have you checked it?" ”

Zhao Pu looked nervous, nodded vigorously, and said, "Don't dare to be negligent in such a big matter." ”

Kuang Yin had a black face, and the three vertical lines between his eyebrows had not been scattered, and he said in a deep voice: "It's too fast, we haven't started yet...... I'm afraid it's too late to do it now! He sighed again: "I was about to talk to Zhang Yongde this morning......"

"Who gave him the guts! It must be that the queen bought the eunuchs and colluded inside and outside without permission. Zhao Pu said, "The official family can still speak the day before yesterday, and there is no sign in the court in the past two days...... How dare they ......"

Kuang Yin said: "First of all, we must support Zhang Yongde and have a name." Otherwise, it is easy to make mistakes in the deployment of troops in the limelight with our people alone...... The preparation was also insufficient, just planned, nothing had been started, and I didn't dare to discuss it with everyone too early. It can't be done! ”

Zhao Pu said: "Don't hesitate, don't hesitate now, don't make a decision right away, wait for Empress Fu and Guo Shao to calm down the situation in the palace, then there will really be no chance at all!" ”

Kuang Yin rubbed his temples vigorously with his hands, he couldn't hide his emotions anymore, obviously thinking and making difficult choices. He kept muttering, "These two men and women are so disgusting...... Especially the woman, no one seemed to be able to control her......"

Zhao Pu nervously urged: "Lord! If we don't do anything, they won't let us go! Since you have to do it, it is better to do this now, sooner rather than later! ”

Kuang Yin groaned: "It is best to raise troops in the name of counterinsurgency now. But I know Zhang Yongde too well, he is timid, and he will take refuge in whoever he sees in the position...... Before the Battle of Gaoping, many people were unruly and disobedient to the new monarch, and when he saw that the new monarch had succeeded to the throne, he was full of refuge. Without the Holy Decree and the Military Order of the Privy Council, Zhang Yongde was timid, and he would definitely watch the fire from the other side, and he would never be willing to take risks.

If he wants to take risks, unless he adds a dragon robe, he will be forced to be helpless, and second, he will be tempted enough (to be an emperor is worth all that people give); Zhang Yongde's prestige is high, and as soon as he becomes emperor, it is very likely that other people will watch the fire from the other side, at least they will not besiege us. But now supporting Zhang Yongde is time-consuming, and it has also discarded in vain the name of counterinsurgency, which is easier to mobilize all armies.

No Zhang Yongde, no good! The generals only saw that I gave the order, and the other generals of the front division of the palace were not there, and there was no order from the Privy Council, so it was easy to be suspicious. Especially those middle- and lower-level generals who are not very familiar with them are prone to temporary accidents. ”

Zhao Kuangyin is not a hesitant person, such as the battle of Chuzhou and the practice of taking the city quickly on the battlefield, but this time he was too difficult, and he couldn't help but doubt, and said: "How can they do it now...... Mother|Is there a spy among us? But I've always been cautious about it, and only the two of us know about it until now...... Could it be that there are undercover agents eavesdropping on the house? ”

Zhao Pu heard it and felt reasonable, but he still insisted: "No matter what, there is no choice." The lord has made up his mind! ”

"The opportunity has been lost, deal with it in a hurry......" Zhao Kuangyin looked pessimistic, but still gritted his teeth and nodded, "Let's go, go to the barracks to call some generals first." Let's go our separate ways, and call as much as we can. ”

Zhao Kuangyin took out the seal letter: "The commander of the first army of the left wing of the iron cavalry makes Han Chongyun and I have a close relationship, and I also know you, you can easily call people with my seal letter." ”

"Obey the order." Zhao Pu took the letter with a serious face.

Zhao Kuangyin looked back, and the left wing of the Iron Cavalry Army commanded Shi Shouxin, and the right wing commanded Wang Xianqi at the entrance of the alley, so he shouted: "Brother Shi, Brother Wang, come and talk." ”

When the two of them rode in, Kuang Yin said: "There is something important to gather some generals, and the two of you will go to the army and bring the generals to the front of the palace." ”

The best relationship with Zhao Kuangyin is three people, Shi Shouxin, Wang Xianqi, and Han Chongyun, two of whom are here. The relationship between these three people and Zhao Kuangyin is extraordinarily different, they are all friends in distress when they were the lowest-level generals in the (post-)Han Dynasty, and they are the most trustworthy generals around Zhao Kuangyin.

In addition, there are a few brothers and friends who are slightly less close, some of them are more capable but they are in other towns (Han Lingkun, Li Jixun), some are in the control of the crane army (Zhao Chao), and some are not so reliable (similar to Luo Mengzi's person on Guo Shao's side, his loyalty is not as good as Luo Mengzi). Zhao Kuangyin was going to personally take people to find the other brothers in the Iron Cavalry, the relationship was not particularly close, and it was more appropriate for him to go by himself.

If there is more careful preparation, Zhao Kuangyin can gather more people.

His strength is also obviously greater than Guo Shao, the commanders of the left and right compartments of the Iron Cavalry are his best brothers, and the first-level military generals have his brothers, and there are also people who defected to Shi Shouxin; The low-level generals, including some commanders and deputy commanders, many of them were born in his own soldiers, and they took the opportunity to be installed in the Iron Cavalry Army when they were rectifying the front division of the palace...... Promotion to low-level generals is not so obvious. Zhao Kuangyin's control and trust in the Iron Cavalry Army are slightly inferior to Guo Shao; But he caught both boxes.

And Zhao Kuangyin's influence is not limited to the Iron Cavalry, Zhao Chao was his father's friend when he was alive, and now he is the commander of the right wing of the Crane Army (Yuan Yan, the colonel of the left wing, is not Zhao Kuangyin's person). However, he only got involved in the Crane Army slightly, for example, Zhao Chao used to be a military general of the Guard Division, and he didn't move to the Crane Army for a long time, and his reputation was not good; Several other brothers who had previously been friends were also not in key positions.

Both he and Guo Shao faced the same problem: insufficient prestige and "identity". In terms of identity, Zhao Kuangyin is not as good as Guo Shao; Guo Shao married the Hebei noble Fu family, and his status outside was higher than that of Zhao Kuangyin.

But in any case, if you ignore the subtle difference in control, Zhao Kuangyin's descendant strength is at least twice that of Guo Shao!

But now in a hurry, I can only pick some more reliable people to deal with.

…… Zhao Kuangyin's mood at this time was as if he had eaten a big pot of flies! It's clear that you're stronger, and your plan and deployment strategy have been perfected, so you just need to do it when the time is right. But he was caught off guard at a critical moment, and had to temporarily change his strategy in order to save time, and did not maximize his energy at all. He was very unconvinced and felt very aggrieved!

Mother|! A little mistake at a critical moment can be worth most of the results of his four-year operation.

The group acted separately and hastily summoned the generals to the front of the palace. Because it had not been carried out in advance, the conspiracy was still in the stage of gaining momentum, and in order not to leak the secret as much as possible, there were only two people who knew about it...... In addition, the timing of this morning was inappropriate, and the generals were scattered, caught off guard, and wasted a lot of time.

Even Zhao Kuangyin didn't have much confidence in doing it himself, he only felt that what he was doing was full of loopholes and messy.

But the opponent doesn't care if he has confidence or not! It's better not to have faith, people don't want a fair duel, but to kill him by any means! So if you have no confidence, you have to keep going.

He found a lot of omissions on his side. For example, the defense of the front office of the palace is not strong, and the Hujie army has already controlled the main intersection in the eastern part of the inner city, but fortunately the troops are not moving. Zhao Kuangyin pondered: Guo Shaobu may have avoided resistance and chaos as much as possible in the early stage, and did not dare to take the initiative to attack; But it's not clear what they'll do when they're free.

The other party even laid out this kind of detail very carefully, but there was a delicate style under the rough mutiny. This made Zhao Kuangyin's heart colder and colder.

…… Zhao Kuangyin calmed down, and suddenly thought: The generals who convened the ministry did not discuss with Zhang Yongde, and the generals came to the front of the palace one after another in a mess, Zhang Yongde saw that so many people suddenly came uninvited, would he be too careful?

So he temporarily changed his itinerary and only went to a military camp, so he hurriedly took the lead in taking people to the front of the palace.

After Zhao Kuangyin returned to the government office, he went to the lobby first, only to see that there were only a few deserted inside, and immediately asked, "What about Zhang Du's inspection?" A general said: "Back to General Zhao, Zhang Du and General Yuan went to the camp of the Crane Army, and said that they would send someone into the palace to ask what was going on." ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened, and his heart suddenly "groaned", as if there were 10,000 leper dogs running through his heart...... This old fox surnamed Zhang!

When is it now, send someone to know at a glance that it is the left wing mutiny of the Hujie Army! Only those people use tigers as military flags in a nondescript manner...... It seems that they are afraid that others will not know that they are lonely and unheard, and think that Hu Jiejun has anything to do with tigers.

They all mutinied, and they sent people to the palace to ask? He asks a fart!

……

(Weakly ask for a monthly pass.) ）