"Zhai Biao actually called, this, this...... What should I do? ”

Ji Zheng, the king of Zhou, who was still angry, was shocked when he got the news, and hurriedly ordered the four gates of Luoyang to be closed, and quickly summoned Ji Huan, Fu Lan, Uncle Yuan, Taozi and other civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures.

Uncle Decadence, Concubine Lan and others have been bought by Ji Dai's promise, in their opinion, the old and frail Ji Zheng is like a waning mountain, and the Zhou royal family under his command is lifeless and cannot see a future.

In comparison, Ji Dai, who is more than ten years younger than Ji Zheng, is undoubtedly more courageous and accomplished, so they choose to gamble and choose to follow Ji Dai to overthrow Ji Zheng, and then push Ji Dai to the position of the Son of Heaven, and be a Zhongxing minister who revitalizes the majesty of the Great Zhou.

Now that the prestige of the Zhou royal family is gone, the Shen State ruled by Jiang Huan in the early years often attacked the Zhou royal family, and now the Zhai State has raised troops to invade, and the princes and the people of Luoyang have long been surprised.

But Ji Zheng was frightened by Jiang Huan, swept around the civil and military forces under his feet, and shouted at the top of his voice: "The widow asked you what to do, what's the use of staring at you here?" Can you stare Zhai Guo's soldiers and horses to death, and quickly think of a strategy for the widow to retreat from the enemy. ”

Fei Lan was the first to hold his fists and come out: "The minister is willing to lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy outside Luoyang City." ”

Fei Lan secretly made up her mind in her heart, if Ji Zheng handed over the soldiers and horses to her command, she would pull them out and never come back, leaving Zhai Biao with an empty city to attack, so that she could capture Ji Dai alive without much effort.

Ji Huan's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he stood up and shouted to stop him: "No, we were abducted by Fang Li a few days ago by seven or eight thousand soldiers, and we currently have less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in our hands." There is no chance of victory when you go out of the city to meet the battle, so you should keep your doors behind closed doors and ask the princes for help. ”

Ji Zheng woke up like a dream, waved his palm and said: "Ask for help, ask for help, ask for help from the Qin army immediately." The Qin army led by Bai Qi was in Hongnong, three hundred miles away, and immediately asked the Qin army for help. ”

"The Qin army and the Chu army are fighting inextricably, Bai Qi has not taken any advantage, how can he easily divide troops to help?"

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked uncle immediately stood up to refute Ji Zheng's decision, "Zhai Biao only has 30,000 troops, which is comparable to the strength of my Great Zhou, and the high walls of Luoyang City are thick. ”

Yu Lan clenched his fists and echoed: "The soldiers will block the water and come to Tutun, there are 25,000 soldiers in Luoyang City, why do you need to ask for help from other countries?" The minister here promised with the head of Xiang that he would never let Zhai Guo enter the city with a single soldier! ”

There is a sentence that echoes in Fei Lan's heart, "I will only let tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Zhai Kingdom enter the city, and I will never let a single soldier enter the city!" ”

Ji Huan also underestimated Zhai Guo a little, thinking that asking the princes for help could not show his ability, and pinched his chin at the moment and said: "Zhai Biao only has 30,000 troops, in fact, we don't have to be afraid of him!" ”

"Then do you ask the princes for help or not?"

Just when Ji Zheng was hesitating, the border army of the Zhou Dynasty hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, there are 30,000 Tang troops coming from the direction of Xingyang, and they have now passed through Gongxian, and there are only seventy miles away from Luoyang. ”

"Huh?"

Ji Zheng was so frightened that his face was like earth, and his forehead was sweating, "This Fang Li suddenly sent troops to come, wouldn't it be in collusion with Zhai Biao and attack from east to west?" ”

At this moment, the captain guarding the city gate came to report that several Tang envoys from outside the city asked to meet the Son of Heaven and state the intention of the Tang army.

"Quickly announce that the envoy of the Tang Kingdom will enter the city and meet the widow."

Ji Zheng felt a little relieved when he heard this, it seemed that the Tang army had no malicious intentions, otherwise Fang Li would not have sent an envoy to Luoyang to ask to see him, and directly led the Tang army to fight over.

A moment later, the envoy of the Tang Kingdom came to the main hall of Luoyang Palace to meet Ji Zheng, the king of Zhou, and it was none other than Deng Zhi, who had just successfully separated the Ji Zheng brothers a few days ago, and came to meet the Son of Heaven on Fang Li's order.

"What do you Tang Kingdom want to do without reporting to the widows, and sending troops into my royal territory without authorization?" Ji Zheng stroked his beard and asked anxiously.

Deng Zhi made a salute, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Back to Your Majesty's words, I heard that the Zhai army invaded Luoyang, Tang Gong was filled with indignation, and he was afraid that the Zhai army would break through the city first, so he didn't care about reporting to His Majesty, so he sent troops to help the court retreat from the enemy." He also ordered the ministers to come to Luoyang in advance to inform His Majesty that our Tang army swore to defend the royal family to the death. ”

"Haha...... Fang Li is really a loyal minister! ”

Ji Zheng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard what Deng Zhi said, and gave a thumbs up and praised repeatedly, "With the heroic division of the Tang Dynasty coming to support, why can't you repel the rebels and kill Zhai Biao's father and son?" ”

Hearing that the Tang army came to help, Fei Lan, Uncle Decadence and others couldn't help but change their faces suddenly, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, they hurriedly met with Ji Dai in secret, and discussed launching a coup d'état without waiting for the arrival of the Zhai army to control Luoyang.

In the middle of the night, Uncle Decadence and Peach gathered more than 700 people, and Fei Lan led 8,000 soldiers to control the west gate and north gate of Luoyang, and surrounded the palace of King Zhou, shouting and attacking: "Ji Zheng is mediocre, people and gods are angry, when Zen is located in the prince Ji belt!" ”

The palace of the king of Zhou was in chaos, and nearly 1,000 royal guards closed the palace gate, climbed the city wall and hurriedly responded to the battle, and fired arrows with the rebels.

Ji Huan was taken aback when he got the news, and hurriedly ordered his headquarters to come to the rescue of Ji Zheng, and started a street battle with the rebels outside the Luoyang Palace.

The two sides fought from midnight to early morning, and it was still difficult to distinguish the winner from defeat, and there were at least four or five thousand soldiers killed around Luoyang Palace, and the corpses were piled up like a mountain for a while.

At dawn, the 4,000 cavalry of the Tang Army led by Ma Chao arrived first, shouting loudly outside the door: "The defenders in the city quickly opened the door, and we are the vanguard troops of the Tang State who came to support." ”

The soldiers under the command of Ji Huan hurriedly opened the city gate and let the Tang cavalry enter the city, Ma Chao took the lead, and the tip of the dragon horse in his hand flew up and down, stabbing when he saw someone, and the rebels who killed him directly retreated, and the army was in turmoil.

With the assistance of the Tang cavalry led by Ma Chao, the Zhou army loyal to Ji Zheng soon gained the upper hand, and the rebels who killed them retreated to the West City Gate.

Just as the rebels were about to be expelled from Luoyang, the 5,000 Zhai cavalry led by Zhai Meng arrived and joined the battle group with a shout: "Huh...... We, Zhai and you, have no grievances in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future, why are we enemies? ”

Ma Chao took the lead, like a tiger entering a flock, Jiaolong out of the water, and met Zhai Meng head-on in the chaotic army.

The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, and the cavalry of the five thousand Zhai Army rushed into Luoyang City like a rushing river, and fought with the cavalry led by Ma Chao and the Zhou army led by Ji Huan.

At this moment, the dust outside the city was heavy, and Fang Li personally led Dian Wei, Cao Ren, Yang Youji and others to arrive, with the sword unsheathed at his waist, and shouted: "Block the four gates for me, and Hugh will let go of Zhai Jun's soldiers and horses!" ”