Chapter 68: The Bloody Battle of Suzaku Gate
Ma Chao has joined the forces of the Empress Dowager Dong, and is secretly thinking about the current situation in his heart.
The Empress Dowager and Empress Wang are a group, Empress He and the general are a gang, and over the years, the two sides have been attacking each other, but no one can help anyone.
It's different now, Emperor Ling of Han is seriously ill and about to die, and the power of Empress He, who has military power, has soared, so she will definitely launch a deadly attack on Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Wang.
On the first day of Empress Dowager Dong's reign, she suddenly announced that Ma Chao would be the commander of the Su Guard, indicating that although she was in the deep palace, she actually knew that there was Ma Chao.
Ma Chao suddenly came in, that is, he got a tip, no matter today, whether it is Qian Shuo or the other ten permanent servants, send someone to assassinate him, he can use the excuse of being assassinated to directly lead the army into the inner garden!
In any case, the Ten Standing Servants deserve to die!
Ma Chao took the lead, directly took down all the Suwei Praetorian Guards, as well as the Yulin Army, and also took a group of Xiyuan Praetorian Guards, combined with the strength of the three armies, nearly 10,000 people, and immediately protected the Empress Dowager Dong from being attacked and killed by Empress He.
Historically, Empress Dowager Dong was also in this year, lost the struggle with Empress He, and finally died of fear.
Although Empress Dowager Dong is not a good person, what Ma Chao needs is the legitimacy of a legal inheritance.
Empress Dowager Dong is the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not set up a prince until his death, so Empress Dowager Dong chose Liu Xie, naturally to make Liu Xie the emperor, and she must not let Empress He and her gang succeed.
What's more, letting a pig-killing general take charge of the government is not the ending that Ma Chao wants to see.
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, who were still in the West Garden, were accompanying a few eunuchs to have fun, and when they were angry, the guards ran over and whispered a few words beside Yuan Shao.
"What?"
The news that the guards said really shocked Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was just about to speak, when the general He Jin suddenly rushed in with his troops, and killed all the eunuchs who blocked the road with a few knives.
"He Jin!"
"What do you want!"
The eunuchs were frightened, He Jin grimaced his face, and said fiercely: "Ma Chao, the newly appointed commander of the Su Guard Army, was suddenly assassinated by the assassin, and he has already pursued the assassin to the inner garden, and found that it was the Zhongchang attendants who colluded with the commander of the Yulin Army in an attempt to usurp the throne and rebel when His Majesty was critically ill!" ”
"What!"
He Jin's words were too shocking, and everyone present was so shocked that they didn't react for a while, but Cao Cao acted the fastest, immediately drew his sword, and hacked to death the eunuch closest to him.
He shouted loudly: "Since the Zhongchang servants want to rebel, we are the Praetorian Guards, and we must protect Your Majesty!" ”
A fire burned down, and the entire West Garden burst into flames, and the raging flames burned so that the entire sky was dyed red.
The hundreds of eunuchs in the West Garden were all killed, and Cao Cao was killed with blood all over his face, and joined forces with Yuan Shao, He Jin and others, and led the troops together to march into the palace.
Ma Chao's front foot just protected Empress Dowager Dong, Queen Wang, and Liu Xie, and He Jin also led troops to kill it with his back foot.
Among the queens of Luoyang, a sky-high fire was ignited, and more than a dozen palaces were engulfed in the fire, and the fire was surging and spreading in all directions.
In the inner garden where Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Wang lived, there was not a single eunuch, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei joined forces, a total of 10,000 troops.
Ma Chao immediately asked his guards to take his letter to Xiyuan and Luoyang military camps to summon Liu Bei, Zhou Cang, and Gao Shun respectively, and prepare to cooperate with the outside to exterminate the rebels who took the opportunity to rebel.
His purpose, in addition to killing the Ten Standing Servants, was to eliminate the forces of the Great General He Jin and Empress He.
In this way, the government can be stabilized, and Dong Zhuo can also prevent the army from entering Luoyang.
Outside, the shouting and killing suddenly rang out, just listening, it felt as if there were enemies on all sides, and the Empress Dowager Dong hurriedly asked Ma Chao: "General Ma, what should I do next?" ”
Ma Chao immediately replied: "Tell the Empress Dowager, now, Your Majesty is critically ill, and we are willing to support the prince and the prince as the prince, and go to the Chongde Hall now!" ”
The 15,000-strong Praetorian Guard was mighty, like a long dragon, coming out of the inner garden, running all the way to the Nangong Xuanwu Gate, passing through the Zhuque Gate, and then passing through the Sima Gate, the Duan Gate, but not the Gate, but the Non Palace, and the Zhanghua Gate, you can enter the Chongde Hall where the emperor discussed politics in the last court.
Along the way, it can be said that there are dangers lurking, and there are murderous opportunities everywhere.
Luoyang Imperial Palace is divided into two palaces in the south and north, and in the north and south palaces, there are 4 gates with the same name in the same direction, namely the Vermilion Bird Gate, the Canglong Gate, the Xuanwu Gate, and the White Tiger Gate.
The army advanced all the way, and finally passed through the Nangong Xuanwu Gate, and collided with He Jin, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others who were killed by the Beigong Zhuque Gate.
"Huh?"
He Jin's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw the Empress Dowager Dong, Queen Wang, and the Praetorian Guard, who were heavily protected, and... Liu Xie!
"Hmph..."
Excluding the Praetorian Guards of Qian Shuo, Feng Fang, and Ma Chao, the total number of He Jin's Xiyuan Praetorian Guards is as high as 15,000 people, plus the personal guards brought by He Jin himself, a total of 30,000 people!
15,000 to 30,000, the disparity in troops, directly reduced by half, Empress Dowager Dong looked at the mighty He Jinjun, panicked in her heart, and asked urgently: "General Ma, how is this good?" ”
Ma Chao narrowed his eyes, and then gave the order: "Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, you take the Su Guard Praetorian Guard and the Yulin Army to stop He Jin and them!" ”
"Whoa!"
Ma Chao took Empress Dowager Dong and others, under the protection of the 3,000 West Garden Guards, and immediately rushed to Sima Gate.
He Jin was in a hurry: "Ma Chao'er, how dare you do this!" ”
Guan Yu held a knife, struck the ground, raised his beard, and shouted: "We are the Su Guard Praetorian Guard, the Yulin Army, and your Xiyuan Praetorian Guard, without His Majesty's will, dare to collude with foreign troops and kill into the palace?" ”
He Jin sneered: "We don't have His Majesty's will, and you can't have it!" ”
Yuan Shao drew his sword: "General, what nonsense are you talking about with them, Ma Chao Xiaoer has already rushed through Sima Gate with Liu Xie!" ”
When Zhang Fei heard this, he was furious: "Anti-thief! You want to kill the Empress Dowager and the Prince Xie! The duty of our Praetorian Guards is to protect the Empress Dowager! ”
The 12,000-strong Praetorian Guard shouted in unison: "Whoa! ”
Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong led the army to attack and kill, Zhang Fei waved the Zhangba snake spear in his hand, and forced back the three Cao strong attacks with one spear, Cao Cao screamed: "Good guy!" ”
"It's so tight!"
The armies of the two sides were on the verge of breaking out, and they collided directly, and in the chaotic army of the melee, Zhang Fei broke left and right, as if entering a no-man's land.
He turned into a mighty white tiger and pounced into the enemy formation, the Zhangba snake spear in his hand flew up, and bombarded the earth with one punch.
"Boom!"
The earth shook, and it was directly blasted out of a big crater, and dozens of people in front of them were all blown into pieces by Zhang Fei!
"White Tiger Blast!"
Bombarded with both fists, continuously launched blasting, Zhang Fei was fierce and unstoppable, and Cao Cao's army was actually killed by Zhang Fei and retreated again and again!
Yuan Shao sneered: "Ah Pu, you're useless, right?" ”
He twisted a few pinches of mustache on his chin and sneered: "It's just a reckless man, look at me Yuan Benchu killing him!" ”
After that, Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou came out of the battle, and the two generals attacked together and fought with Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei was completely fearless, took back the Zhangba snake spear, swirled with one spear, repelled the two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou glanced at each other, and the spear and big knife roared along the wind.
Zhang Fei speared in front of him, blocked the combined attack of the two generals, and pounced forward, breaking through Wen Chou's big knife, Yan Liang peeked at a flaw, stabbed the spear, and went straight to Zhang Fei's chest.
"Humph!"
Seeing that Yan Liang's spear was as fast as thunder, Zhang Fei took a deep breath, and then aimed at Yan Liang with a tiger roar!
"Roaring ——!"
The white tiger roared out, Yan Liang was close, and completely withstood Zhang Fei's white tiger roar, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was directly roared out!
"Big brother!"
Wen Chou hurriedly caught Yan Liang who flew out, but he didn't expect Zhang Fei to be so strong!
He Jin was furious, Ma Chao hugged Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie, and they were still blocked by a reckless man at the door to Nangong!
How can this be endured!
Yuan Shu was behind him, shouting loudly: "The army is rushing! ”
"Rush right in!".
"Don't care about that reckless man with a leopard's head and eyes!"
Zhang Feili fought against the five generals Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, and He Jin, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Bao Hong and others took the opportunity to lead the army to attack it.