When the morning sun rises in the east, driving away the coldness and darkness of the land of Handan, the vicinity of Yuehua Village is also a scene of swords and guns, murderous and awe-inspiring. At this critical moment, near Yuehua Village, there were quite a few soldiers scouting back and forth to prevent anyone from discovering the arrival of Lian Po and others.

Moreover, the residents of Yuehua Village were also temporarily taken into custody, after all, there were many people, who could guarantee that everyone here would support King Huiwen, so this was also a necessary procedure.

Within a radius of dozens of miles from Yuehua Village, there are secret sentinels lurking, and as soon as there is a movement, Zhao Fan and others can be notified immediately and corresponding countermeasures can be made, so for the confidentiality work, Lian Po and Zhao Fan are still quite assured.

On the fourth watch, Zhao Fan got up from the couch, and after discussing with Lian Po and others, he also rode a fast horse in the direction of Handan City.

Lian Po and the others have arrived, he must inform King Huiwen and Zhao Sheng and others of this news, and immediately prepare to capture Li Dui, this matter, everyone does not want to make a big fuss, after all, Li Dui controls tens of thousands of soldiers, once there is a conflict and war, it will definitely be a river of blood, causing serious losses to Zhao State.

Therefore, the quickest solution is to design to capture Li Dui, however, it is not enough to capture Li Dui, after all, there are still tens of thousands of troops waiting there, and when Wei Biao and other important ministers can control the army, it is another Li Dui, which is useless.

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to rely on the prestige of Lian Po and the deterrent power of the right army to reach the level of surrender without a fight.

The direction is determined, but the specific implementation matters, it depends on whether Li Dui will be successful, when Zhao Fan quickly rode towards Handan, Lian Po also ordered people to fight hard and ordered the right army to slowly drive towards Handan City.

They were not marching fast, and they had to make sure that the large army was not discovered by others, so they were extremely slow.

However, it doesn't matter if it's slow, it's still early in the morning, according to the plan, even if Zhao Fan's plan succeeds and the signal is released, it will be at least night, the time of the day, no matter how slow the speed is, Handan can still be reached.

When he came to Handan City, Zhao Fan could already faintly perceive the darkness of Handan City now, and the soldiers patrolling the city were much stricter than before, and everyone was holding their long swords tightly, looking ready to attack.

Zhao Fan saw all this in his eyes, and sighed in his heart that it was so, and the sense of urgency in his heart immediately became stronger and stronger, and the first thing he did when he came to Handan, Zhao Fan was to notify the heads of the three sword pavilions, and all the apprentices went to the Plains Monarch's Mansion in batches and gathered in the backyard.

There are a total of thousands of apprentices in the three schools, in order not to attract the attention of others, so Zhao Fan entered the Pingyuan Junfu with dozens of people and walked through different streets as a group, so that the number of people was separated, but it did not attract the attention of others.

"Xu Ying Xu Xiong, you all know the specific action matters, these apprentices will be handed over to you to lead, if there is any unwillingness to cooperate with the action, they will be imprisoned immediately, and they will be dealt with after the matter is completed." Zhao Fan was on top of an attic, looking at the somewhat restless apprentice below, and said coldly.

These people are practicing swords in the academy, and they don't know why Zhao Fan and the others gathered them all together, so they naturally feel a little uneasy, but they have learned a lot of things while practicing martial arts in the academy, and the master who went to the academy is also extremely responsible, so there is nothing ** now.

"No." Xu Ying and Xu Xiong hugged their fists in response.

Zhao Fan nodded, then waved his hand behind him, and suddenly hundreds of bearded sword knights quietly lurked around the courtyard, in order to cause a collective riot if someone was not convinced, so they had to be given some deterrence.

"These people have been practicing for so long, how is the martial arts?" Zhao Fan suddenly asked.

There are more than 1,000 apprentices, the number is not much, but they have all undergone the professional training of Xu Ying, Xu Xiong and some masters, even if they don't have to be sword knights, they are a little stronger than ordinary soldiers.

Hearing this, Xu Ying immediately replied: "Most of these people are clan students, they have a certain foundation for martial arts, after this period of our training, we have indeed made great progress, in my opinion, each of them should be two or three ordinary soldiers on the enemy." ”

Xu Ying's words are not an exaggeration, the apprentices who can go to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts are relatively wealthy at home and have a certain foundation for martial arts. And the soldiers in the army are all soldiers, from the old man in his fifties to the teenagers, they are all soldiers, and the dragons and snakes are mixed, and the overall quality is naturally not strong.

Zhao Fan immediately nodded with satisfaction, these apprentices can fight one against two, one against three, it's not bad, according to this method, these more than 1,000 apprentices are comparable to a division.

Immediately, Zhao Fan instructed Xu Ying and Xu Xiong, then left the Plains Monarch's Mansion and turned around towards the palace.

He believes that Xu Ying and Xu Xiong plus the deterrence of hundreds of bearded sword knights should be able to deal with these apprentices, after all, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong are also their teachers, Confucianism says, heaven and earth are the king's own teachers, and the "teacher" is compared with the "jun", and the words of "teacher" to "sheng" are like the words of "jun" to "minister", and the king's order cannot be violated.

Therefore, Zhao Fan was quite relieved in his heart.

At this moment, it is almost noon, and the court meeting should be almost over, and Zhao Sheng has not come back at this time, so Zhao Fan has to go to the palace alone, as a commander, he is not qualified to take King Huiwen.

So Zhao Fan had to hope that he could meet Wang Xian or other familiar ministers on the road and take him in.

Riding the carriage all the way to the palace, not far from the palace gate, Zhao Fan got down from the carriage, he sent the coachman away, tidied up his clothes, and walked forward slowly.

There are a large number of soldiers patrolling back and forth outside the palace gate, it seems that the guards are quite strict now, and there must be demons when things go wrong, this kind of weird strictness makes Zhao Fan a lot more determined about Li Dui's imminent rebellion.

"Who?!" Seeing outsiders approaching, several soldiers immediately raised their spears and looked at Zhao Fan, looking overly vigilant.

Zhao Fan glanced at them coldly, did not speak, but took out his mentor's letter from his arms, Zhao Fan did not have a good impression of these Li Dui's dog legs, and after a while, the first thing to solve was them.

Because Zhao Fan rarely went in and out of the palace, the soldiers didn't know him, and when they saw the division commander's letter talisman, their faces immediately changed, and they were about to bow their heads and salute, when they suddenly swept to the letter talisman, the sign of the sixth division of the right army, and immediately, the respect on their faces suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Although they didn't know Zhao Fan's appearance, but when they saw that it was the commander of the Sixth Division, they naturally knew that the young man in front of them was Zhao Fan, who is now quite famous, and it was rare to see him promoted to the commander of the division at this age, but they didn't know that Zhao Fan had recruited thousands of soldiers, and they thought that he was still the commander of the light pole.

A soldier's eyes flashed with a touch of disdain, even if Zhao Fan was the commander of the division, but there was no soldier under him, and he was not the same as ordinary soldiers, and he was despising the former in his heart, but he still quickly returned to normal, and said lightly: "The king is holding a court meeting, and Zhao Shishuai can't go in, not to mention, you are just a middle-level general, and you can't enter the palace without the king's edict." ”

The corners of Zhao Fan's mouth twitched slightly, he naturally knew that these soldiers would not let him in, not to mention that he was a division commander, even if he was a general or a general, these people would definitely embarrass themselves, after all, they were not from the same camp, and Li Dui must have ordered that they should be strictly guarded.

He took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, at this time, he couldn't be impulsive, but in Zhao Fan's heart, he had already included these guards in the death list.

Seeing that Zhao Fan didn't dare to attack, those soldiers despised the former again.

At this moment, several footsteps and the sound of conversation came from far and near in the palace, and then Zhao Fan saw several ministers wearing crowns and crowns walking out, and the person headed by Li Dui was Li Dui.

The former was wearing a purple and red crown and a Huiwen crown, with a mighty posture, although he was old, he did not lose his majesty and sharpness, and stood out among everyone, looking different, and had a taste of being in charge of the world, which made Zhao Fan very uncomfortable.

Compared with when Zhao Fan saw Li Dui some time ago, the momentum of the superior cultivated by the former who had lived in Xiangguo for a long time seemed a little worse, and the momentum of transforming from Xiangguo to a king faintly emanated, which made Zhao Fan feel shocked.

Unexpectedly, in just about a month, Li Dui changed so quickly, which can also be seen that the ambition and power in the former's heart are great.

At this time, Li Dui had already seen Zhao Fan, and after a short period of stunned, he also walked up quickly, and said with a smile: "Haha, it turned out to be Zhao Shishuai, I haven't seen you for a long time, what is Zhao Shishuai doing when you have time to come to the palace?" ”

Li Dui knew that Zhao Fan had some talent, but he didn't care in his heart, after all, the former had no military power, and the other had no connections, even if he had some talents, so he didn't take Zhao Fan too seriously.

At the beginning, he also had the intention of recruiting Zhao Fan, but later he knew that the former had supported King Huiwen and had many conflicts with himself, so he gave up this idea, but for this kind of talent, Li Dui couldn't get it, and he would definitely be removed when the time came, so as not to leave future troubles.

Zhao Fan immediately took a step forward and said lightly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, the majesty of Lord Xiangguo is even more than it was at the beginning." But there are a few words that Fan has to remind Lord Xiangguo, the gun shoots the first bird, and it will have to be returned sooner or later, haha. ”

Zhao Fan said a few words from the afterlife, and he couldn't help laughing, and the clean laughter made it impossible to tell whether his laughter was from the heart or sarcasm.

Hearing this, Li Dui also smiled, he didn't understand Zhao Fan's words, and it was impossible for him to ask, he was Xiangguo, did he still have to ask a little commander? But he knew in his heart that there must be no good thing, and he was naturally a little angry immediately, but he didn't have a seizure at this juncture.

Li Dui snorted and played with taste: "Zhao Shishuai is going to enter the palace?" With your identity, it doesn't seem like you're qualified. ”

Zhao Fan nodded, his face couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, but said calmly: "The old Lord Xiangguo is worried, I want to enter the palace, and someone will naturally take me in later, if Lord Xiangguo is fine, I will go back to the house first, so as not to have no chance when I get it." ”

Zhao Fan's words were hazy, which made Li Dui also feel bad, but he didn't care too much, after all, he didn't take Zhao Fan too seriously in his heart.

"Master Zhao is here." At this moment, Zhao Sheng, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, suddenly walked out of the palace, and when he saw Zhao Fan, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward. However, after walking two steps, Zhao Sheng also found Li Dui and the others standing not far away, and his face immediately became gloomy.

Zhao Fan knew that Li Dui had been arrogant recently, which made Zhao Sheng anxious, and he was immediately afraid that they would have a conflict, so he quickly said: "Lord Fengjun, the young general has something to ask to see the king, and please ask Lord Fengjun to take me to see the king." ”

Seeing Zhao Sheng, Li Dui's face was also a little unpleasant, and he immediately snorted coldly, and walked into the distance with some ministers behind him.

"Thief, my son will definitely make you pay." Seeing Li Dui swaggering away, Zhao Sheng also spat fiercely, with a fierce look on his face, seeing him like this, even Zhao Fan was a little surprised.

It was the first time he had seen Zhao Sheng show such an expression, in his impression, the former was also a gentle and elegant person, it seemed that above the court today, I am afraid that something had happened, otherwise Zhao Sheng would not have been like this.

"Lord Fengjun, let's go in and talk." Zhao Fan gave Zhao Sheng a look and motioned him to keep his mouth shut, you must know that the guards around here are all Li Dui's people, if these jobs reach Li Dui's ears, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble.

At this time, Zhao Sheng also reacted, immediately snorted coldly, and entered the palace with Zhao Fan.

In the palace hall, King Huiwen was sitting on the throne, until the eunuchs outside reported that Zhao Sheng and Zhao Fan were coming, and then he came back to his senses, and immediately, his eyes also recovered a trace of brilliance, and said: "Order the two of them to come in." ”

Not long after, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng also came to the main hall, and after the salute, King Huiwen also sent back the guards outside the door, and hurriedly said: "How about Brother Fan, has General Lian returned?" ”

It can be seen that King Huiwen has indeed endured enough of Li Dui, and for the former's arrogant words and deeds during this time, no matter how much risk he takes, King Huiwen must also separate from Li Dui.

Today, above the court, Li Dui's words are not only more and more rude, but even wants to take back the fief of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

This kind of thing is completely decided by the king, he is a prime minister, and it is really against the courtesy of the monarch and ministers to do this, and it can also be said that he did not treat King Huiwen at all In the eyes of him anyway, at the beginning, he dealt with some ministers, and now he actually stretched out his hand to his younger brother Pingyuanjun, isn't that one himself?

Zhao Fan was able to fully understand King Huiwen's eagerness, and immediately smiled slightly, and said: "Last night, I received news from Mr. Gongsun that General Lian had led more than 15,000 soldiers to Yuehua Village. ”

Zhao Fan was also a little excited, even if it was because Lian Po was back, there was another reason, that is, the big war was imminent, and he was still the leader, how could he not be nervous.

Immediately, Zhao Fan also told him what happened in Yuehua Village last night, and when he heard the news, King Huiwen finally took a breath, and let go of the big stone in his heart, but although Lian Po has arrived, it is not the time to relax.

Only after tonight's operation is successful can the gloom in my heart be swept away.

"So what do we do now?" King Huiwen looked at Zhao Fan and said.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan smiled meaningfully and said, "In this palace, there are all Li Dui's people, so we must replace them all, Brother Sheng, you go and summon the bearded sword knights in the palace to come over." ”

Feeling the murderous intent in Zhao Fan's tone, King Huiwen and Zhao Sheng also moved slightly in their hearts, their fists clenched, for these guys who were monitoring them, the two of them were already impatient, and when they heard Zhao Fan say that they would be cut first, where would they say anything.

After a while, the five hundred bearded sword knights in the palace gathered in a square in front of the main hall, and when they saw King Huiwen summoning these people together, those palace maids also looked sideways, with a trace of vigilance in their eyes.

They didn't know why King Huiwen had gathered all the bearded knights together, and they didn't dare to ask, so they hesitated in their hearts to inform Li Dui of the news.

At this moment, King Huiwen glanced at the guards around him, and shouted loudly: "The guards in the palace, all assembled, the widow will conduct a drill, see how strong the combat power of the widow's bearded sword knight is, you gather together, and fight with the widow's bearded knight." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they understood, it turned out that King Huiwen wanted to see the combat effectiveness of the bearded sword knight, and immediately the leaders of the guards, as well as his guards, all gathered on the square.

It was not the first time that a similar exercise had been conducted in the palace, so it did not arouse everyone's suspicion.

At the same time, in the backyard of the Plains Monarch's Mansion, looking at the hundreds of bearded sword knights who suddenly appeared, and then looking at their own masters, all the apprentices were silent, waited for a long time, and finally nodded, which was regarded as agreeing to Xu Ying and Xu Xiong's persuasion.

"Okay, that's the case, then everyone will go to the palace in batches, surround the palace for me, and wait for our orders when the time comes." Xu Ying pointed to the apprentices, several apprentices with good swordsmanship, led everyone out of the Plains Monarch's Mansion and headed towards the palace outside.

They went in batches, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong had already arranged which team of people surrounded where, so it was also carried out in an orderly manner, more than 1,000 people, as long as the density was a little smaller, it was still possible to surround the entire palace.

At this time, all the guards in the palace had been gathered in the square by King Huiwen, leaving only a few people to guard outside, so the defense was very weak.

This is in the royal city, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding outside, so they are not worried about the safety of King Huiwen, not to mention, their duty is to monitor King Huiwen in the final analysis, as long as they watch him, there will be no accidents. (To be continued.) )