Chapter 171: In full swing
The atmosphere in the Myoren Hall is like the extremely cold weather outside, which makes people feel cold and solidified, and the entire hall is silent, only the sound of sparks jumping in the crackling fire, which seems strange.
The four people in the hall all pursed their mouths and did not speak, King Huiwen, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng, their faces were calm, and they seemed to be confident, but Li Dui was a little annoyed and confused, he didn't know why King Huiwen's performance was so abnormal today.
However, he is not afraid that King Huiwen will dare to make a name, the entire palace has already been controlled by him, even if Zhao Fan is the son of King Wuling, as long as tomorrow, the entire Zhao Kingdom will change the sky, what can a mere son do?
"Humph! This matter is very important, not to mention whether he is Gongzifan or not, even if it is, I Li Dui He has ever been afraid of anyone, King Zhao, you had better get acquainted, the old man is in a good mood, and he may spare your life in the future, if not, hum ......"
Looking at the three brothers on the table, Li Dui felt more and more unhappy in his heart, he had always controlled the overall situation, but now he had a feeling of being controlled by others, this feeling made him very unhappy, and immediately the surname Suo directly tore his face, and his minions were exposed.
Hearing his rebellious words, Zhao Fan was not surprised, he had already expected that Li Dui would definitely not be able to bear it and explode directly, but this was exactly what he wanted, once a person became angry and lost his cool, then it also meant that he was not far from failure.
At this time, Zhao Sheng suddenly stood up and glared angrily: "Li Dui, you are so big, but, in front of this monarch, you threaten the king so much, come here!" ”
Li Dui had a mocking smile on his face, he had never taken King Zhao seriously, Zhao Sheng's words were really funny, for him, if he started tonight or tomorrow, the surname was the same, and King Zhao was so ignorant, so it was okay to plan a few hours earlier.
"Zheng Zheng!" As the soldiers walked, the sound of the shaking of the armor leaves suddenly sounded in the main hall, which made Li Dui slightly startled, and he turned his head to see dozens of guards in armor walking over.
There was no panic on his face, because in his opinion, these guards were his own people, how could they listen to Zhao Sheng and King Huiwen's orders.
Unexpectedly, things did not develop as he guessed, several guards came directly to Li Dui's side, firmly controlled him, at this time, Li Dui felt wrong, shocked, screamed: "A bunch of bastards, Lao Tzu is Xiangguo Li Dui, how dare you arrest me." ”
However, no matter how he screamed, the guards were unmoved, and their faces were indifferent.
At this time, the Iron Bear guards outside seemed to notice that something was wrong in the hall, and immediately came in with a spear, and when they were about to save Li Dui, Zhao Fan smiled coldly, the corners of his mouth rose, and the wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground instantly.
I only heard the crisp sound of the clash of gold and stone, and in an instant, hundreds of people emerged around the main hall, dressed in iron armor, with murderous faces and weapons, and rushed directly into the Iron Bear Guard.
"Two hundred men defend the king, and the others will kill all these rebellious ministers and thieves on the spot." Seeing that the situation was chaotic, Zhao Fan screamed one after another, and he also carried the spear hidden in the collapse, took a shower, and killed the Iron Bear Guard.
It wasn't until he saw that so many soldiers suddenly appeared, Li Dui reacted this time, his face became pale, and he already had a premonition that this banquet was completely a trap set by King Huiwen, it turned out that he had already prepared and was waiting for himself to be tricked.
Li Dui laughed angrily, he even thought that King Huiwen's weakness over the years was completely imitating King Goujian of Yue back then, maybe he was planning this matter as early as a few years ago, otherwise, how could he quietly destroy all the chess pieces he laid in the palace.
The battle was raging, Li Dui was wrapped in the middle by the Iron Bear Guard, but there was no damage, although the Iron Bear Guard was strong, but after all, there were only a hundred people, and the bearded sword knights were not vegetarians, although they were suitable for fighting on horses, but when they got to the ground, they were also good.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Iron Bear Guards were killed, with stumps and broken arms, and rivers of blood flowed, staining the entire Miaoren Hall with a layer of blood mist.
Seeing the Iron Bear Guards around him constantly falling to the ground and dying, Li Dui seemed to be ten years old in an instant, his hair was gray, scattered and scattered, like a madman, he was stunned for a long time, and a touch of survival ** suddenly broke out in his heart, and immediately screamed: "Take me out of the palace, there are tens of thousands of troops outside Handan City, as long as you get out of the palace, the old man will definitely break your Zhao He into pieces." ”
Until this time, Li Dui still didn't have any consciousness, he didn't think at all, all this was his own fault, if it wasn't for his ambition, he wouldn't have come to this point.
"I want to go!"
Seeing that the Iron Bear Guards were covering Li Dui's rapid movement outside the hall, Zhao Fan also sneered, and the spearmen pointed at him, piercing the throats of the two Iron Bear Guards in a row, and he snorted coldly: "Where is Xu Ying and Xu Xiong?" ”
The words landed, and at the gate of the palace, two fierce-looking men suddenly appeared, and behind them, there were hundreds of martial arts apprentices wearing swordsmanship uniforms, and they had been surrounded before and after, and a touch of despair also appeared on Li Dui's face, but thinking that he still had tens of thousands of troops outside the city, he felt a little relieved.
"You're already surrounded, lay down your weapons, and you can be killed." Zhao Fan won the victory steadily, and said without hurry.
Today's Iron Bear Guards and Li Dui have been surrounded by thousands of generals, like iron buckets, don't say it's them, even if it's a fly, don't want to escape, so immediately the Iron Bear Guards also put down their weapons and were controlled by Zhao Fan's orders.
"Haha, Li Xiangguo, what do you think of this game of chess?" Zhao Fan took a step forward, looked at Li Dui, who was tied up, and said with a sarcastic smile.
In the Warring States Period, Gongzi was the title of the son of the monarch, and Zhao Fan was the son of King Wuling of Zhao, so he was qualified to call himself Gongzi, and Li Dui already knew his identity, so there was no need to continue to hide it.
Li Dui looked at Zhao Fan coldly, and a touch of sadness suddenly surged in his heart, for the first time in so many years, he was tied up with a rope and became a prisoner, this feeling is very bad, he is a person with extreme power, how can he endure this kind of treatment that only the weak can have.
Immediately, he struggled desperately, and there was a painful expression on his old face.
Zhao Fan looked at him with a sneer, unmoved, seeing that he had struggled enough, he fell to the ground weakly, and immediately stepped forward, and said coldly: "Li Dui, you'd better get acquainted, if you hand over the tiger talismans of the Chinese army and the right army, the king may be able to spare your life." ”
The tiger talisman is a token of the dispatch of troops, with bronze or gold made of the tiger shape of the token, split into two halves, half of which is handed over to the general, the other half is kept by the king, only two tiger talismans are used at the same time, can be used to dispatch troops.
At the beginning of the succession of King Huiwen, Wei Biao, Lian Po and Wang Xian, respectively, commanded the left and right armies, the three armies had a total of three tiger talismans, the three of them were one and a half, and the remaining three halves were controlled by the king of Wuling, and later the king of Wuling was starved to death by Li Dui around the sand dunes, and was taken away by the former, and then to the back, even Wang Xian's tiger talisman was also taken.
Now, only the Tiger Talisman of the Right Army is no longer in the hands of Li Dui, and the Tiger Talisman of the Left Army and the Central Army are controlled by Li Dui and Wei Biao.
Only by winning the Tiger Talisman can he deploy troops, so what Zhao Fan is most concerned about now is the whereabouts of the Tiger Talisman, and only by getting it can he take back the soldiers of the left and central armies without bloodshed.
Hearing him mention the Tiger Talisman, Li Dui was like a drowning man, finding the last straw, and suddenly reacted, he stared at Zhao Fan, and said with a vicious smile: "If you want to get the Tiger Talisman, then you will let me go, otherwise, even if you catch me, Wei Biao and Ran Er will lead their troops to attack the palace at that time, and you will be dead at that time." ”
Zhao Fan looked sarcastic, I don't know if this Li Dui was stupid, or what's wrong, when he was a three-year-old child, he finally caught him, how could he let him go so easily?
Immediately, he also beckoned and said, "Search your body and take out everything on him." ”
"No." Hearing this, two bearded sword knights suddenly walked out behind them, in their eyes, only King Huiwen and Zhao Fan, no matter what Li Dui's identity was before, and now they are just their prisoners, and they immediately searched Li Dui's whole body without hesitation.
However, to Zhao Fan's disappointment, Li Dui had nothing else on his body except for some knife coins and jewelry, but he had already expected this result, and Li Dui should not carry such an important thing as the tiger talisman with him.
Zhao Fan ordered the guards to retreat, he glanced at Li Dui coldly, and did not speak.
At this time, Li Dui also smiled miserably, and said: "The tiger talisman is not on me, even if you arrest me, it is useless, I advise you to do a good job and let me go, and I will let you live when the time comes, otherwise, when Wei Biao and Ran Er attack the palace, they will definitely not let you go." ”
"Noise!" Zhao Fan looked at him, took a piece of cloth to block his chattering mouth, and then sneered, and said: "It doesn't matter if there is no tiger talisman, maybe you don't know yet, General Lian has led the right army back to Handan, they are outside Handan City, at this time, it should be almost to your barracks, and when the time comes, we will still subdue your soldiers." ”
Li Dui's eyes changed instantly, he didn't expect Lian Po to arrive, but he hated that he didn't get the news, if Wei Biao was not prepared, Lian Po would lead the army to surround the barracks, without his instructions, those soldiers would definitely not have the heart to resist the enemy.
After all, the tiger talisman of the left army and the Chinese army, even Wei Biao and Li Ran don't know where to put it, the tiger talisman he put in a secret room in the mansion, because of the important surname of the tiger talisman, so he didn't reveal it to anyone, and now he has been arrested, Wei Biao doesn't have a tiger talisman, and he can't transfer the soldiers of the left army and the Chinese army, so it's really dangerous.
Li Dui struggled desperately, seeing that the plan that had been planned for many years was in vain before it was about to be implemented, no matter who it was, Li Dui felt like this now.
However, Zhao Fan ignored him, and immediately ordered someone to take strict care of him, and then placed King Huiwen and guarded him with heavy troops, and then he walked out of the main hall and went out of the palace.
King Huiwen looked at his back, and his heart was also determined, in fact, even he felt that his royal brother was indeed very similar to the previous king, and with his bravery and courage, he could just make up for the weakness of his surname.
Zhao Fan walked out of the palace and walked all the way towards the outside of Handan City, which was cold outside, and the white moonlight shrouded the entire Handan City like a thin veil, looking mysterious and ethereal.
Because there is a military camp outside the city, so Handan City is not very strict in the absence of a war, Zhao Fan found a gap to climb out of the city wall, only to see the military camp in the southeast direction, a silence, it seems that Lian Po and others are still waiting for their arrival.
When he came to the agreed meeting place, Li Mu, who was wearing armor and carrying a red tassel spear, held his breath for a moment, and after finding out that it was Zhao Fan, he also walked out with a smile and said, "Brother-in-law." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Fan also looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a large number of soldiers hidden in the dark, led by Li Mu and Xu Jia, who were in the military camp about a mile away, taking advantage of the night, those patrolling soldiers could not find Zhao Fan and the others at all.
"Why is it just your division, General Lian?" Zhao Fan didn't see Lian Po, Gongsun Long and the others, and immediately asked.
Li Mu said with a smile: "General Lian is in the northwest direction of the barracks, according to the original plan, you launch a signal and order Yi Bo and them to start a civil strife, when the time comes, we will attack from three sides, as long as we control some of the senior generals, we will definitely be able to control the left army and the middle army." ”
Now that Li Dui has been captured, the whereabouts of the tiger talisman are unknown, and the only way to take tough measures is to control the left army and the central army, even if Wei Biao is not afraid of them in the barracks, after all, they don't have the tiger talisman, and the tiger talisman is only in Li Dui's hands.
There are about 20,000 people in the entire military camp, and Zhao Fan and their total total is similar to the soldiers of the Left Army and the Chinese Army, which is mainly due to Zhao Fan's recruitment of a division of soldiers some time ago, and then subdued Ge Xiang's six divisions, so the total can reach 20,000.
"Well, bring me the sulfur." Zhao Fan nodded, and immediately ordered.
Sulfur is the raw material for making "firecrackers", in the Warring States Period, in fact, there are already "firecrackers", its origin is very early, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the politician Fan Li in the "Tao Zhu Gongshu" has: "In addition to the night to burn pots and firecrackers and according to the field silkworms to see the fire color, the same night to take quiet is auspicious." ".
And in this era, it has been used, and its surname is equivalent to the fireworks of later generations, Zhao Fan used this thing as a signal, as soon as the signal was issued, the brigade of Yi Bo of the Left Army would launch civil strife, and at this opportunity, Zhao Fan surrounded the military camp with Lian Po and others, and captured some senior generals such as generals and division commanders.
At the same time, in a row of barracks in the barracks, Yi Bo gathered all the five hundred soldiers under his command, he glanced at the soldiers under him with a cold face, and said: "You all already know the matter, tonight is the time to start, I hope everyone can support Master Shishuai, this is a good time for us, and when Li Dui is divided, each of you will be at least one level higher in rank." ”
As early as this morning, Yi Bo and the five pawn commanders gathered all the soldiers together and informed everyone of what Zhao Fan had entrusted them, five hundred soldiers, some supported and some did not support, and there were silent ones, but fortunately, under the persuasion of Yi Bo and the five pawn commanders, everyone agreed to the decision to surrender to Zhao Fan.
In order to prevent the news from leaking, everyone stayed in the barracks from morning to night, and no one was allowed to go out, until now.
Hearing this, everyone also nodded, after a day of mental preparation and struggle, they had adapted to this exchange of identities.
For these soldiers, following Zhao Fan is undoubtedly more promising than following Li Dui, after all, Li Dui has many generals and generals, and he doesn't care about them at all, and they have also heard of Li Dui's brutality, compared to Zhao Fan's personal charm, Li Dui is simply a scumbag.
There were 500 men in all, armed with weapons, and some with flints and rockets in their hands, waiting for orders.
Time passed slowly, these soldiers were waiting quietly in the barracks, about half an hour later, outside in the night sky, suddenly there was a rather violent sound, at this time, all the soldiers in the barracks were in good spirits.
Yi Bo jumped up even more and said loudly: "This is the signal of Master Shi Shuai's move, it seems that Li Dui has been captured, everyone goes out to prevent fire, create chaos, and strive for a favorable scene for Lord Shi Shuai." ”
Hearing this, all the soldiers also came out of the shower, and the rockets in their hands were shot in all directions of the barracks in a disorderly manner, and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, someone set fire, everyone hurry up and put out the fire." ”
They set fire to the fire and called for fire, which immediately woke up all the sleeping soldiers, and the winter weather was dry, and the fire spread not long after, and black smoke rose from many tents.
The barracks became chaotic in a blink of an eye, the firefighting, the screaming, the whole scene was chaotic, at this time, Wei Biao and Li Dui were not there, and no one was in charge of the overall situation, so many soldiers didn't know what to do.
The fire rose into the sky, although it was effectively controlled, and it did not cause much damage, but because the fire was too big, it could not be extinguished in a moment and a half, at this juncture, how could Lian Po and Zhao Fan let it go, and immediately ordered people to surround the barracks, and the others killed into the barracks.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" A sharp sound erupted in the barracks, making the scene even more chaotic, these were the soldiers of Zhao State, Lian Po and Zhao Fan didn't want to fight to the death with them, so they only specialized in capturing generals such as brigade commanders and division commanders.
"What kind of enemy attack, I am Lian Po." At this time, Lian Po, who was wearing a scarlet cloak, walked in front of the barracks, he was majestic and respectful, and the chaotic scene suddenly calmed down a lot.
At this time, there is indeed a need for someone who can suppress the scene, Li Dui and Wei Biao are not there, as the general of the Right Army, Lian Po is undoubtedly the most deterrent among many soldiers.
Lian Po's tiger eyes glanced at everyone, and then said: "Tonight, Li Dui is waiting for an opportunity to murder the king and usurp power, and he has been captured by Zhao Shishuai, and now this general is under the order of the king, in the general camp, Li Dui's minions are cleared, ordinary soldiers should not panic, we only arrest the officers who have taken refuge in Li Dui." (To be continued.) )