Chapter 67: The Palace is in turmoil
In the blade of the cross blade, a cold aura was revealed, and the deputy commander was startled, and immediately threw away the spear in his hand: "I serve, I serve!" ”
Ma Chao hit the ground with a lance pillar and blasted out a big hole, and all the guards and guards in the entire inner garden school field swallowed their saliva.
"Huh?"
A sudden killing intent suddenly appeared behind him!
Ma Chao waved away the feather coat on his body, and with a backhand, he blocked an assassinated arrow feather.
"Who is it?"
Zhang Fei was furious, in broad daylight, there were actually people who dared to hint at the cold arrow, in the inner garden, sneak attack on the commander of the Su Guard?
This is not to see him Zhang Fei as a person!
Ma Chao shouted loudly: "In the name of the great commander, I ordered to step down from the position of the two deputy commanders, and be succeeded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and all the guards and guards will obey the order!" ”
"Kill the assassins with me and keep the inner garden safe!"
The Praetorian Guards were startled and immediately complied with the order: "Oh! ”
Ma Chao ordered 5,000 weak guards to guard the gates of the inner garden, while he led 3,000 West Garden Guards, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led 3,000 guards and guards, a total of 9,000 soldiers, to rush into the inner garden and capture the assassins.
Ma Chao led the troops, all the way to the gate of the inner palace gate, because the palace gate in the Qin and Han dynasties were yellow, so it was called the "Yellow Gate", and the Yellow Gate Squire, the Little Yellow Gate, the Yellow Gate Order, etc., are specifically referring to the officials who were on errands in the Yellow Gate.
Among them, except for the Yellow Gate Squire, the other Yellow Gates are all eunuchs.
The middle yellow gate, which controlled the yellow gate, saw that thousands of Praetorian Guards came in in a mighty manner, and they were taken aback, and immediately closed the palace gate and hid in the errand room inside.
"Who are you?!"
"Do you want to do it?"
"You, are you going to rebel?"
After 3 soul tortures in a row, Ma Chao smiled coldly, and slammed into the window of the errand room, directly killing the Zhonghuang Gate inside.
He pulled out the war lance again, and the blood dripped to the ground as it ran down the bloodletting groove inside the crossblade.
Ma Chao shouted loudly: "All the Praetorian Guards obey the order!" ”
"The assassin must have taken refuge in the palace and seriously threatened His Majesty's safety!"
"In the name of the Great Commander, I will rush in to capture the assassins and protect Your Majesty!"
The 3,000 West Garden Janissaries commanded by Ma Chao have been trained for 5 years, and Gao Shun has entered the West Garden to train them, and they have already become a group of elite troops.
They unified their pace, strictly implemented Ma Chao's military orders, and kept hitting the palace gate in a row of 50 people.
"Huh?"
Ma Chao found that there was someone behind the door!
It must be a group of little eunuchs, trying to stop us from crashing in.
Zhang Fei also felt that someone was against the door, spit two mouthfuls of spit in the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands back and forth, and together with Guan Yu, he slammed the door together.
Not long after, with a bang, the palace gate was directly slammed open, and the eunuchs behind the door had the strength to block the breakthrough of the Praetorian Guards.
The Praetorian Guards who crashed through the palace gate were unstable, and they all fell on both sides of the palace gate, leaving the middle aisle alone, and Ma Chao immediately dodged and rushed into it.
A eunuch ran over and wanted to stop him, but he was stabbed to death by a lance, and Ma Chao shouted: "Get up!" ”
He raised the war giant lance that pierced the corpse of the eunuch, and with a swing of the lance, the corpse flew out directly, knocking down a large number of eunuchs who ran out, and crashed into the crowd on their backs.
"Oops!"
Zhang Fei laughed: "This group of eggless sissies really don't have any strength at all!" ”
Take a closer look, behind the palace gate, there are a total of 3 avenues, leading to different directions, and after staying in the West Garden for 5 years, Ma Chao already has the layout of the entire palace in his mind.
He immediately ordered: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, each of you will lead 3,000 guards and Praetorian Guards to kill from the left and right avenues, and all eunuchs will be killed!" ”
"Whoa!"
Ma Chao led 3,000 West Garden Guards, from the middle avenue, directly attacked, saw the eunuchs along the way, and slashed together, in the inner garden, for a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere, a large number of eunuchs were killed on the ground, and the heads were rolling, and the blood flowed like a river.
Ma Chao led the army to break through all the way, and in the inner garden, there was also a Praetorian Guard, which was the Yulin Army established by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and its combat ability was much higher than that of the Praetorian Guard outside.
The Yulin Army is responsible for the emperor's safety in peacetime, and when the emperor drives out to fight, the Yulin army will also go out with him.
"Good time!"
On the central avenue of the atrium of the palace, thousands of Yulin troops poured over from all directions, and Ma Chao still knew the leader of the Yulin army.
This person is the brother-in-law of Zhang Rang, the middle attendant!
"Kill!"
Ma Chao rushed quickly, the giant lance in his hand faced the wind, shouting, the commander of the Yulin Army drew his sword to meet the attack, but was bombarded by Ma Chao's lance, directly forcing people back!
"What?"
The commander of the Yulin Army was taken aback, the young general in front of him was so brave!
He was horrified in his heart, but he could see clearly that the troops led by Ma Chao were wearing the armor of the Xiyuan Praetorian Guard, and he immediately shouted: "You are the Xiyuan Praetorian Guard, how can you appear in the palace, do you want to rebel?" ”
"Rebellion?"
Ma Chao let out a long roar: "In my opinion, you are going to rebel!" ”
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already taken away all the guards and guards, and the 3,000 people led by Ma Chao were the Xiyuan Guards that he had personally led for 5 years.
This group of Praetorian Guards didn't listen to what others said at all, they only listened to Ma Chao's military orders.
Ma Chao shouted: "The army listens to the order!" ”
"The commander of the Yulin Army colluded with the Zhongchang Servants, taking advantage of His Majesty's critical illness, trying to usurp the throne and rebel, His Majesty has passed down the will, we are the Praetorian Guard, and we must exterminate the rebellious Yulin Army!"
The 3,000 West Garden Guards shouted in unison: "Whoa! ”
The wind was loud, and the killing aura suddenly came into the military formation of the Yulin army, and they were all stunned, why did they suddenly become a thief?
The commander of the Yulin Army was suddenly shocked, Ma Chao was overbearing!
As soon as he was about to make a move, he was stabbed by Ma Chaoyi, and the commander of the Yulin Army had to rush to meet the battle, and after a few rounds, he was suppressed on the ground by Ma Chaoyi.
The bones clicked, and the leader's shoulder was about to be crushed open by Ma Chao!
Ma Chao shouted at the Yulin Army: "The leader of the rebellion has been taken down by me, all of you, immediately put down the weapons in your hands!" ”
"Surrender or kill!"
The commander was so shocked that he couldn't speak, trembling and wanting to resist, but was kicked to the ground by Ma Chao, stabbed down with a lance, and cut off the leader's head.
Pick the head and tell all the Yulin Army, Ma Chao shouted: "All the Yulin Army obey the order, I am the captain of the Xiyuan Right Military Academy, and the commander of the Janissary Guard, the ten permanent servants rebelled, we will enter the palace and kill all the eunuchs, not one will be left!" ”
In the inner garden, all the eunuchs had been killed by Ma Chao, and there was no one left, and he led his troops straight into the palace where the Empress Dowager Dong lived.
When he walked to the gate of the palace, he immediately led the army to kneel on the ground, and said: "Tell the Empress Dowager, Chao, all the way to pursue the assassin who wants to assassinate His Majesty, and kill it all the way here, disturbing the Empress Dowager, begging the Empress Dowager for forgiveness!" ”
The closed palace gate suddenly opened, and dozens of palace maids came out of it, the Empress Dowager Dong, with Empress Wang, and the prince Xie, appearing in front of Ma Chao's eyes.
Ma Chao was still kneeling on the ground, and Empress Dowager Dong's eyes flashed, and she found that Ma Chao had brought five or six thousand troops.
For the first time, Empress Dowager Dong felt that she had gained great military power!
She was overjoyed and helped her out: "It's not easy to suppress thieves for the country, General Ma, please get up quickly!" ”
Ma Chao stood up, bent down and said respectfully: "Tell the Empress Dowager, Chao just took office as the commander of the Janissary Guard, he was assassinated, and was attacked by 2 deputy commanders, I just took them, as soon as I thought of Your Majesty, and the safety of the Empress Dowager, I immediately led the army into the inner garden, who knows, the eunuchs actually dared to stop our army, and fought several battles along the way, and finally came to the Empress Dowager's side." ”
Empress Dowager Dong was the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and was posthumously revered as the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager of the princes.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty preferred Liu Xie, thinking that Liu Bian's behavior was frivolous and did not have the prestige of the emperor, but Liu Bian's mother was Empress He, so he never set up a prince.
When Ma Chao had just met with Empress Dowager Dong, in the palace on the other side of the inner garden, Empress He drove away the imperial doctor, and saw that Emperor Han Ling was terminally ill, his face was like gold paper, and there were only a few breaths left.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty? ”
Empress He called Emperor Han Ling softly, but the latter did not react at all.
She wiped the few tears that she had managed to squeeze out from the corners of her eyes, and immediately sent someone to the West Garden to report to General He Jin.
A few days ago, she saw that Emperor Ling of Han was critically ill, and only in the blink of an eye, she had already sent troops to bring Liu Wei back to her, preparing to make an edict and make Liu Wei the prince.