In the first year of the Tang Dynasty, on the eighteenth day of the first month, it was nightfall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's winter right now, and the howling north wind is sweeping the dark clouds, shrouding the entire Luoyang City without seeing its fingers. And in this cold and dark night, a military horse quietly approached Luoyang City.

I only heard a soft applause, and Zhou Gaode, the general guarding the Upper East Gate in the east of the city, immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and then saw a general leading thousands of light horsemen pouring in from outside the city.

"General Cheng!" Zhou Gaode hurriedly saluted the leader respectfully. He knew that the general in front of him was Cheng Wuting, who was the most relied on by Prime Minister Pei Yan, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off.

Seeing Cheng Wuting wearing black armor and a cold face, he nodded lightly, and then asked softly, "What time is it?" ”

"It's just past time." Zhou Gaode's voice was soft, although the other party's words were very cold, but he was even more respectful, because he knew that after tonight, the status of this general would be further improved, and it was definitely not something he could easily offend.

Cheng Wuting squeezed out a faint smile on his cold face, and said softly: "Not only is it not too late, but it is also half an hour in advance, yes, pass the order and enter the city." ”

After finishing speaking, Cheng Wuting no longer glanced at Zhou Gaode, and led thousands of soldiers to rush into Luoyang City like a black tide, and then Cheng Wuting led the army along the street all the way, quickly approaching the palace city, this way also went through several city gates, but all the guards were like nothing, no one had a moment to stop them, and even many of them were hidden, and when they arrived, they passed through the door directly.

The winter night was silent, and the whirring wind even more wonderfully concealed the sound of the whole army marching, so that almost all the soldiers who knew it thought that it was God's intention to make them successful. Therefore, although it is very cold tonight, all the people have a fiery heart, and all of them, whether they know it or not, are all sure of one thing, they must have happened when they entered Luoyang City in the middle of the night.

"It's not that our general wants to kill officials and rebel and become emperors, right?" Some soldiers even thought so.

Cheng Wuting didn't care what these people were thinking, he only knew that these soldiers under his command were extremely loyal to him, and under his strict orders, these soldiers were like bamboos all the way, and soon came to the outside of the palace.

At this time, almost everyone guessed Cheng Wuting's idea, that is, to enter the palace from here, and then do that big thing, and it is true, Cheng Wuting is indeed eager to lead the army to enter from the Mingde Gate on the east side of Zetianmen, and then go to Zhongshu Province.

But as soon as Cheng Wuting's army came to Mingde Gate, he heard a shout from the front: "Who broke into the palace ban late at night?" Isn't it because you're impatient? ”

Cheng Wuting couldn't help frowning when he heard this, because according to the plan in advance, his army should quietly pass through the Mingde Gate and go to Zhongshu Province to lurk, all the way are his own people, and no one will stop him, but now he has just come to the Mingde Gate, and he has been stopped by someone, and I am afraid that things are a little bad.

Where does Cheng Wuting know? Originally, this place was indeed guarded by the Empress Wu, but half an hour ago, the gatekeeper here was temporarily transferred away by their boss, and then the one who came to guard here was the next wave of Zuo Yu Lin Zhonglang General Huan Yanfan.

After Huan Yanfan came here, he pretended to be under the secret order of the Queen Mother, responsible for taking over the defense of Mingde Gate, and let the original defenders go back to rest, and those defenders were happy to have someone on duty for them in the middle of the night, so they all left quickly.

However, since things have come to this point, Cheng Wuting has no way to retreat, so he has to shout in a deep voice: "This general is Cheng Wuting, the general of Zuo Wuwei, who led the army into the palace on the order of the Queen Mother to perform urgent official duties, please let him go!" ”

"Oh? It turned out to be General Cheng, disrespectful and disrespectful, but General Cheng should know that it is taboo to enter the palace late at night, and he must not be released unless there is an edict from His Majesty. Although the goalkeeper was polite on the surface, he was actually a gesture of rejection from thousands of miles away.

Cheng Wuting originally came on the secret order of the Empress Wu, where would there be any edict? So whether he pays it or not, it has been exposed, Cheng Wuting looked up at the city tower, and saw that there were not many people there, and after a little thought, he immediately decided to order the army to start attacking the city.

Although he came in a hurry this time, the basic siege tools were still brought, so Cheng Wu was quiet, took out his bow and arrow, and pointed an arrow at the place where the general was on the city tower.

I only heard a miserable scream coming from the city tower, and then I heard the general Fang Cai say loudly: "Cheng Wuting led the army to storm the Mingde Gate, quickly reported to His Majesty, and lit the beacon of communication, and ordered all gates to strengthen their vigilance, and never let the thieves enter half a step!" ”

Immediately, the sound of breaking through the air was heard, and a large number of bows and crossbows were shot down from the castle tower and the walls on both sides.

Although the soldiers under the command of Cheng Wuting were brave, they were wearing light armor, and they could not cover the dense rain of arrows at all, and hundreds of soldiers were shot off their horses in an instant, and the screams were endless.

Cheng Wuting saw this scene, why didn't he know that the other party had already been on guard? Otherwise, how could the soldiers of the forbidden army on the palace wall load their bows and arrows directly on the crossbows?

"General, what shall we do now?" Zhang Songru, a subordinate under Cheng Wuting on the side, saw that things had developed to this point, and couldn't help but step forward and ask loudly.

But seeing Cheng Wuting snorted, he said lightly: "Step up the siege, I believe that at this time, Zhang Qianqiao's army also rushed to Lijing Gate, if he also encounters this situation, he will definitely choose to attack the city, but I believe that we are just an accident this time, and it is impossible that he will also be discovered, so as long as we hold on, Zhang Qianqiao's army will definitely come to make peace with us and capture Mingde Gate." Also, since the plan has been exposed, we should attack it quickly, and then launch an action in advance, and end the matter completely tonight, otherwise, it will change later, and the consequences are not something we can afford. ”

"Yes." After hearing Cheng Wuting say this, Zhang Songru immediately agreed, and then passed down the general order to step up the attack and be sure to capture Mingdemen in the shortest possible time. (To be continued.) )