Chapter 232: Hou Junji rebelled

Not long after, Wang Haoran received news from the reconnaissance team that Hou Junji had contact with Zhang Liang, and there was a slight secret movement of troops and horses outside Chang'an City.

Wang Haoran became uneasy, Hou Junji was not small, and Zhang Liang had a rebellious move in the history books of later generations. These two people were originally at odds, but now that both sides can put aside old grievances and shake hands and make peace, they must have a plan. If Zhang Liang wanted to rebel, Wang Haoran would not be worried, because Zhang Liang could be said to know nothing about leading troops to fight, let alone strategy in this regard. Hou Junji is different, he is famous for his courage and good fighting, and he still serves as the secretary of the military department, and after Li Chengqian usurped the throne and reorganized the Imperial Forest Army and the Flying Cavalry Battalion, the important positions of guards inside and outside the palace city were basically controlled by Hou Junji. Hou Junji has power and strategy, in terms of quality, if Hou Junji rebels, he is not at the same level as Zhang Liang.

Although the signs of Hou Junji's rebellion are not obvious at present, the stakes are very high, and Wang Haoran hurriedly asked people to inform the eldest grandson Wuji day and night, so that he could be on guard. And Wang Haoran also decided to take the special team back to Chang'an, after all, Hangzhou is too far away from Chang'an, and if Chang'an changes, he can't react at all when he is far away in Hangzhou.

However, everything is late, Wang Haoran is almost day and night in a hurry, but Hou Junji's rebellion is like a storm, Wang Haoran just arrived in Zhongcheng and got the news that the palace has been controlled by Hou Junji, and now Chang'an City is under martial law day and night, and even the people of the reconnaissance team are difficult to get out of the city.

Wang Haoran was shocked, according to the news brought by the reconnaissance team, many ministers of the DPRK and China were monitored, and all the government soldiers were subdued or detained, and even some ministers were directly exterminated, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Shunde and other royal relatives, as well as Wei Chigong, Tang Jian and other important ministers.

Even the Wang family was monitored and not allowed to go out, and the sect master of the Dao Seeking Sect who was troublesome to Chen Jun's father back then had already used his life as a price, and Hou Junji, who was troublesome with Wang Haoran's family, Wang Haoran naturally would not give up.

Although the current situation is grim, looking at it simply, the solution is not complicated, as long as Hou Junji is eliminated. Although this method is simple and can go straight to the point, it is not so easy to implement, not to mention that Hou Junji's soldiers and horses also have hot weapons, even the city wall of Chang'an City alone is difficult to lurk. When Wang Haoran and others secretly arrived outside Chang'an City, the special team had already investigated, and there was almost a post in ten steps and a sentry in a hundred steps inside the city wall.

"Where did this traitor come from so many people? It was able to surround Chang'an City to the point where it was impassable! Zhao Yuankai, who returned to Chang'an with Wang Haoran, wondered.

The reason why Wang Haoran brought Zhao Yuankai was because Zhao Yuankai controlled a lot of government soldiers, and he might have to do it in the future.

"Not necessarily all of his cronies, there should be many other government soldiers mixed in." Wang Haoran guessed.

"Then can we start with these soldiers and see if we can get through the joints?" Zhao Yuankai will think of opening up joints in everything, this is the case for officials, and this time it is the same.

"How can it be so simple, not to mention that we can't reach the people in the city, even if there is a way, there must be at least a dozen people who need to get through, if one of them leaks the news, then we will all be exposed." Zeng Chengyong objected.

"Maybe you can try." Wang Haoran thought of a way to attack the west, his purpose was to assassinate Hou Junji, which required the members of the special team to be arranged to enter the city, they could not be exposed, but Zhao Yuankai could. As long as Zhao Yuankai makes a big noise outside the city, Hou Junji will inevitably need to deploy manpower to deal with it, and the monitoring in other places will definitely be much weaker, and the special team members should have no big problem sneaking into the city while taking advantage of this.

Without further ado, after Wang Haoran and the others discussed the strategy, they started to act that night.

Zhao Yuankai was already timid, if it was in the past, he would not dare to do this easy thing to lose his head, but he still has confidence in Wang Haoran's ability, if he can successfully kill Hou Junji this time, then his wish to return to Beijing can be realized, so even if his feet are still trembling, he still wants to fight.

In the middle of the night, Hou Junji was about to go to bed after playing with a few of Li Chengqian's concubines, when suddenly a roar jumped him, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to check what was going on.

However, as soon as his subordinates went out, there was another explosion, and Hou Junji wondered, the military power was basically in his hands, so who would jump out to resist?

In order to create a sensational effect, Wang Haoran could prepare five explosives bags for Zhao Yuankai, and the fuses of the explosive bags were full and very long, so Zhao Yuankai's subordinates set up the explosives bags and ignited them.

Hou Junji saw the explosives bags exploding one after another, thinking that someone wanted to blow up the city gate to attack the city, although he didn't know who it was, but no matter who it was, it was a threat, so he ordered to send additional people to the south gate and also ordered to mobilize the defenders outside the city to rush to support.

After the five explosives bags were blown up, Zhao Yuankai took a simple megaphone and scolded: "The rebel Hou Junji, seeking power and usurping the throne, deserves to die." Even if you support the army and respect yourself, we Datang people can't spare you, and today I, Zhao Yuankai, will do the right thing for the sky......"

Zhao Yuankai was old and lacked strength, and after shouting a few words, he felt that his voice was a little hoarse, so he asked his subordinates to continue to scold, there was no news from the special team, and the movement here could not be stopped.

It didn't take long for one of Zhao Yuankai's subordinates to come and report that the special team had successfully infiltrated the city, and Zhao Yuankai hurried to evacuate this place as planned.

The next day, Wang Haoran and others disguised themselves to inquire about the news, and learned that Hou Junji had lived in the palace and was preparing for Li Xiang's enthronement ceremony.

And after a toss last night, Hou Junji even sent more people to guard the ministers in Beijing. Wang Haoran also went home to check the situation, but it was supervised more tightly than the mansions of other ministers, and Wang Haoran couldn't go in at all, it seems that Hou Junji should have thought that the special team might come back.

Although Hou Junji was brave enough to play usurpation, he was also afraid of death, he dared to leave the palace before last night, but now he didn't have the guts, the old sect master of the Daoist Sect died inexplicably, he didn't want to do the same.

Wang Haoran and the others returned to the meeting place very early, and they struggled in the city, because Hou Junji had strengthened martial law, ordered the people in the city not to leave their homes, and investigated house by house. If this continues, they will be found out sooner or later, and the most dangerous place is the safest place, Wang Haoran decided to look for an opportunity to sneak into the palace.