Unlike the chaos in Peshawar, the gates of Mags's Prince's Mansion were closed, and the gates were full of palace guards, all of whom were loaded with guns, and any drunken and suspicious person who dared to approach the gate of the palace would be taken down and imprisoned in the palace dungeons.

The prince's palace was also full of heavily armed soldiers, all of them were very capable, and they were seriously inconsistent with the uniforms of the local provincial miscellaneous divisions on their bodies, and their equipment was also very different.

Many armies in the local provinces were still a mixture of broadswords, spears and firearms, but these soldiers were all muskets, and it seemed that they were not the breech flintlock pistols of the Kushan army, but more like the breech-loading rifles of the Han army.

It's just that the guns are wrapped in tattered strips of cloth, and I can't see clearly.

And the palace hall is also full of people, and the middle-aged man wearing full armor on the main seat in the center is none other than Prince Mags.

At this time, his face was full of red light, I don't know if he was excited, where was he still seriously injured and dying a few days ago?

Seeing the few imperial doctors standing behind him, everything became reasonable, Prince Maggs was actually a very ambitious man, and he had been planning since the previous king was still alive.

After receiving the support of the Dahan Intelligence Department, it was even more smooth.

He pretends to be incompetent, greedy and lustful on the surface, but in fact, he is secretly carrying out a series of layouts.

The subordinates and henchmen he bought, co-opted, and controlled were all over all walks of life, government, army, commerce, industry, and agriculture in the Kushan Empire, and even the imperial hospital had half of the imperial doctors under his control.

King Bo may not have noticed that he is now more irritable, irritable, and less thoughtful than before, which is actually the result of Prince Mags's chronic poison, which came from the intelligence department of the Han Empire.

Maybe this poison is not completely invisible, but the royal doctors are all under the control of Prince Mags, and who else can find out that the king is poisoned?

And just below Prince Mags's seat, the person sitting in the first seat on the left hand was also an old acquaintance, the deputy commander of the Soter Legion, Osidmos.

Osidmos was subdued by Prince Mags early on, and the promise to him was that after Mags became the Emperor of the Kushan Empire, the province of Bactria could be highly autonomous and could be promoted to the Viceroyalty of Bactria.

And Osidmos, of course, is the first governor of the future Viceroyalty of Bactria, who can restore the glory of his ancestors.

Dozens of other people who are qualified to sit on the top of the main hall are also important figures in the politics and military affairs of the Kushan Empire, including the Vice-Prime Minister of the Empire, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister of the Interior, the Deputy Commander of the Royal Guard, the Governor of Peshawar Province, the head of the intelligence department, and so on.

They had all come to pledge allegiance to Prince Mags, who had decided to start tonight and stage a coup d'état to overthrow the throne and replace him.

The Han army outside the city has already been contacted, and Lu Bu's army will cooperate with them, with hundreds of thousands of Han troops to help, Prince Mags is full of confidence.

"Hamas, how are the guards at the palace tonight?" Prince Maggs asked the deputy commander of the Royal Guard.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, tonight there is a final carnival going on in the palace, the king of the Wave and the commander of the army are drinking wildly, and the guards at the entrances of the palace are all my people on duty, everything is under control."

"Lord Hamas, you are calling yourself the wrong one, you should be called His Majesty, not the Prince." Osidemos reminded with a grin.

"Yes, yes, Lord Osidemos reminds me that I was negligent, and I ask His Majesty the King for forgiveness!" Hamas stood up in fear, bowed and apologized.

Mags waved his hand, "Don't listen to Osidemos's nonsense, before the big thing happens, we have to keep a low profile and be sober!" ”

"Osidemos, how are you arranging the control of several city gates?"

"Your Majesty, I have long wanted to be called so, you can rest assured, my men and your subordinates have been arranged by me in the night watch team at several city gates, and they can do it just after your order, and not all of our people have been transferred by me." Osidemos replied with a smile.

"Most of the troops loyal to Sot and Bo Tiao are resting in the barracks, and there are only a small number of their men on the walls, most of them are ours."

"As long as the city gate is opened and the Han army enters the city, we can attack all the military camps in the city as soon as possible, in an important military camp, I planted explosives, if they don't surrender, then don't blame us for being ruthless."

Mags nodded, "If they know the times and are willing to surrender, they still don't use explosives, this must be controlled, after all, they are all Guishan's army, and they will be of great use in the future!" ”

"Your Excellency the Vice Minister, the Prime Minister who has just returned and other ministers who are loyal to the Wave Tune, they will be handed over to you, the Minister of the Interior, and the Imperial Military Intelligence Department to deal with!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The three named ministers stood up together and bowed.

Prince Maggs is also complacent at the moment, this time he has painstakingly and meticulously planned, and he has taken out all his hidden strength, and he must succeed in one blow!

After he reached an agreement with Lü Bu, he began to fight the defense of Kabul City.

The actual casualties were the troops of other provinces not under his control, and the soldiers of the Kandahar Provincial Legion loyal to him were impersonated as ordinary soldiers in the countryside and soldiers of other provincial legions.

The vast majority of the Kabul garrisons were not killed in battle, but were captured and supervised by the Han army.

In the end, the "heavy siege" was highlighted, and the 50,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers who returned to Peshawar were actually all soldiers of the Kandahar Regiment loyal to Mags in disguise.

They even brought back a large number of muskets, grenades, and explosives from the Han army, and it was Osidemos who was in charge of checking their identities, so everything was seamless.

Mags even pretended to be seriously injured and unconscious, and the wounds on his body were all forged by the masters of the Han Army's Intelligence Department, and the imperial doctors were also his people, and he deceived the king of Botuo.

He has been secretly contacting his own back-hands that have been buried for so many years, and his grandson who has been pretending to be for so many years can finally straighten his waist.

It was precisely because of the presence of Osidmus that he was so sure that he could let go of the city defenses and welcome the Han army into the city.

"All our troops who participated in the uprising wore white silk scarves around their left arms and necks, and all Kushan troops who did not wear insignia were regarded as enemies, and those who resisted were killed!" Prince Maggs gave the murderous final order.

As soon as the third watch arrived, the tide of Kushan rebels poured out of the prince's palace and various standby locations, rushing towards the various targets that had already been assigned.

All the Kushan rebels wore white silk scarves around their necks and left arms to distinguish them.