Chapter 30: Backfire (Part 2)

The ten permanent servants led a group of inner servants with knives, coercing the Queen Mother, the Young Emperor, King Chen Liuwang and a group of officials in the province who had just passed through the overpass, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they suddenly killed a person head-on and shouted: "Eunuch and thief leave!" Before the words fell, he had cut down two attendants with knives who had not yet reacted.

Zhang Rang's eyes widened in surprise, but he didn't expect that the person who came was actually Shangshu Lu Zhi, who had resigned, although there were only less than 20 people behind him, but at this time, the eunuchs were already frightened birds, for fear that the rest of the reinforcements would be killed from behind, and although the number was large, they fled in a hurry.

Lu Zhi took the lead, and the ring knife in his hand slashed over one person again, and the rich blood splashed and dyed the red clothes, coercing and pulling the queen mother's inner servants were all heartbroken, leaving the queen mother and fleeing.

Lu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help Empress He, who was trembling and paralyzed, and took two steps back to clasp his fists and said: "The Queen Mother is fine, and the lower officials will rest assured, I will immediately take someone to save Your Majesty." ”

Queen He's sideburns were scattered, her eyes were blank, as if she hadn't heard Lu Zhi's words, and kept muttering to herself: "Distinguish Er"

Lu Zhi shook his head slightly, sent someone to escort the Empress Dowager He back to the palace, and took the rest of the people to chase in the direction where the eunuchs fled.

The palace was in turmoil, countless rebels marched in it, and even forgot the original intention of entering the palace, killing people everywhere they went, the lamps fell, and the fire was all over the sky for a while, the fire became more and more intense, and the smoke was billowing even if it was several miles away.

***

In the northern army barracks, Lu Liang had already come to the northern army barracks on the order of Yang Yi, and in the big tent, he had already drunk three rounds of food and five flavors, but a group of generals and colonels fell to the ground, bleeding from their mouths and noses was already dying, and only Lu Liang was left to sit quietly at a table.

Lu Liang's face was expressionless, but his arms trembled slightly, and he said frankly that these generals are extremely bold and hot-blooded men, and they have feelings for getting along these days.

It's just that Lu Liang came on order, and he must not be at his own expense, not to mention that the soldiers of the cavalry battalion he brought this time are only 1,500 people, and if he wants to control the large number of northern troops, none of these generals can live.

At this time, a soldier walked in and reported: "My lord, the fire in the North Palace has broken out, and the ordnance in the North Camp has been confiscated. ”

"Immediately gather the soldiers of all battalions to assemble in the school field, and those who violate the order will be beheaded immediately!" Lu Liang got up, picked up a bowl of spirits and sprinkled it on the ground, bowed down and hugged his fists and quickly left the military tent.

On the school ground, more than 10,000 unarmed officers and men of the Northern Army were driven to the school field, and they looked around very worriedly, looking blankly at the many officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion who were fully armed around them and surrounded them, whispering for a while and feeling uneasy.

At this moment, I saw Lu Liang ascending the general platform and looking around at everyone: "Everyone, under the command of Lord Jin Wu Gongsun, the cavalry battalion army Hou Luliang, presumably you are not unfamiliar, not long ago the capital incident, the general He Jin has been killed by the ten permanent servants, and the war broke out in the North Palace. ”

"Not long ago, a group of generals and colonels of the Northern Army planned to take the opportunity to enter Beijing to support the Ten Standing Servants in the rebellion, and invited the army to join the army.

Looking at the head of the general who rolled to the ground, the officers and soldiers changed their color suddenly, their eyes widened and they didn't react for a while, although they felt that the incident was suddenly too strange, but no one dared to ask questions, not to mention whether they could ask the reason, if they were regarded as a rebel party, the only end would be to be executed on the spot.

These middle and lower-level officers in the army are all appointed by generals, needless to say, if the soldiers under them are fully armed, they are not afraid, but now they are unarmed, like a lamb to be slaughtered, and no one dares to express some dissatisfaction.

However, for these middle and lower-level officers, they are not afraid of running out of firewood, and since they can't go head-to-head, they can only endure and act in the future, believing that the Xiaocai battalion will not be able to control more than 10,000 people all the time.

"Those who hear the name are out of the ranks!" Lu Liang took out a silk silk with his names written on it and read the names one by one.

A group of middle- and lower-level officers were called out one by one, and before they could react, they were forcibly pressed to the ground by the officers and soldiers of the Xiaocai battalions on both sides, and in less than a moment, the front of the stage was full of officers of the Northern Army who were crushed to the ground.

"Anyone who is dissatisfied with the generals, wronged, or corrupt the law can come forward to correct them, and there is no need to be afraid of the call of the army."

A group of soldiers of the Northern Army looked at each other, and the officers who were crushed to the ground were even more frightened, obviously the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were planning to take them to the knife, and hurriedly begged bitterly, and promised to be willing to follow Lord Gongsun to the death, but Lu Liang, who was standing on the stage, was not moved at all.

Suddenly, one of the many soldiers of the Northern Army walked out, glared angrily at one of the officers and said coldly: "The military waiter doesn't know, this person relies on his family background to get a position in the army, and asks for money and silk for us every day. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several more armor soldiers came out to reprimand the officer, who was stunned at first, and then struggled hard, his eyes full of fear.

"Since the evidence is conclusive, then there is nothing to say, come on, behead!"

In a flash of cold light, the ring-headed knife suddenly slashed down, and a large amount of blood gushed out from the headless corpse and fell to the ground softly, and the dead head rolled out of the distance.

"If you report meritorious, you will be the officer."

"Thank you, sir!" The first soldier who came out to report was overjoyed, knelt down and bowed his head in thanks, and retreated into the crowd full of joy.

Seeing that the military in front of him was serious, and as long as he reported it, he could take the officer's position, and suddenly the entire Beiying exploded, and the voices of condemnation were endless for a while.

People die for money, birds die for food, who doesn't want to be promoted and get rich, but Lu Liang can also be regarded as impartial law enforcement, and he is also merciless to those soldiers who slander and slander.

In the chaotic crowd, Lu Liang nodded slightly quietly, and some of the many soldiers of the Northern Army bowed slightly in response, these people were all people who had already rebelled earlier, including those who were also Lu Liang among the middle and lower-level officers who were crushed to the ground.

Soon the power structure of the Northern Army was completely subverted, at least no one was loyal to the original generals, let alone He Jin, although these temporarily appointed officers were likely to be ruffians and hooligans, but in order to control the Northern Army, they could only maintain the status quo.

Lu Liang admired in his heart, before leaving, Gongsun Daren was almost all under consideration, including the reactions of the sergeants and officers, and at the same time, he was secretly determined to control the elite northern army as soon as possible.

Soon most of the officers of the Northern Army were killed, and some of the slanderous and slandered sergeants were also executed, and the entire Northern Army was completely controlled by Lu Liang.

***

On the other side, Yang Yi led the remaining five hundred soldiers of the cavalry battalion all the way to the palace, and the tragic scene made Yang Yi, who thought he had been mentally prepared, stunned on the spot.

At a glance, the corpses were scattered, the blood soaked the ground, the indelible rich smell of blood was disgusting, the smoke and fire were billowing in the distance, and from time to time the terrible screams before death could be heard from a distance.

Yang Yi looked up blankly, only to see a side room, more than a dozen maids were blocked in it, seven or eight tiger wolf armor soldiers rushed into it, tearing clothes with hideous faces, the maid dared to resist a little and immediately raised the knife and slashed, only to hear a scream, the maid in the knife suddenly lost her breath.

"Kill them!" Yang Yi gave an order angrily, and a group of cavalry battalions rushed in, quickly killing several rebels, and a group of crazy maids screamed and fled in all directions.

Yang Yi took a deep breath and led the soldiers to rush towards the palace, and along the way, he encountered the same as before, there were not a few chaotic soldiers who were killing and looting wildly, and even some red-eyed rebels came towards Yang Yi one after another, but before they were close, they were cut down to the ground by the officers and soldiers of the Xiaocai battalion guarding the surrounding area.

Yang Yi was anxious all the way forward, although he knew very well that the eunuchs would take the Queen Mother and the others hostage, walk out of the valley gate, and then reach Xiaopingjin, but Yang Yi first had to determine where the eunuchs were at present.

Ensuring the life of the young emperor is the first priority, if you can save the young emperor in the palace, it is not only a great achievement, but also to avoid letting Dong Zhuo enter Beijing, thinking of this, Yang Yi not only sped up his pace.

At this moment, Yang Yi suddenly stopped, only to see that several people not far away were surrounded by dozens of servants with knives, and when he looked at the people who were surrounded, it was actually Shangshu Lu Zhi, who had resigned.

Yang Yi immediately led the army forward, but he was suddenly blocked by several officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and could not move forward, only to see a group of officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion under the leadership of the leading officer, and suddenly rushed forward with a ring head knife in their hands.

A group of inner servants with knives saw that they were about to kill Lu Zhi and the others in front of them, who would have thought of killing a group of armor soldiers halfway, and suddenly dispersed in fright, Yang Yi hurriedly stepped forward to check.

Lu Zhi propped up the ground with a knife, covered the bleeding wound and said in a deep voice: "Lord Gongsun, the Queen Mother is fine, Your Majesty and King Chen Liu were brought into the North Palace by the eunuchs, you go quickly, you must ensure that Your Majesty is thorough." ”

"Master Lu, don't worry, you can go as soon as you get off the official." Yang Yi sent people to support and escort Lu Zhi back, and he himself led hundreds of cavalry battalions to charge towards Beigong.

Suddenly, there was a trembling sound of bowstrings in the distance, and Yang Yi was suddenly crushed to the ground by the armor soldiers around him, and with several screams, seven or eight armor soldiers around Yang Yi were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

The cavalry battalion did not wait for Yang Yi's order, a part of the armor soldiers escorted Yang Yi and retreated, and the rest of the officers and soldiers quickly rushed forward to kill, and a group of inner servants with knives also rushed out to kill.

Suddenly, in front of the gate of the North Palace, the officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the only remaining attendants with knives rushed to kill together, because the eunuch personally supervised the battle, and there was an order to take a step back to cut off, a group of attendants with knives also sacrificed their lives, and for a time more than 200 attendants with knives fought to the death, and actually blocked the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

When the officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion spent a lot of effort to kill all the attendants with knives, they found that Zhang Rang and others had already kidnapped the young emperor and Chen Liuwang and fled, and the fire rose before the North Palace, and the scorching waves were monstrous, and it was difficult to pass for a while.

Yang Yi's face was hideous, and he smashed his fist against the wall, only one step away, he could stop Zhang Rang and the others, and rescue the young emperor and Chen Liuwang.

Now that the eunuchs and others have kidnapped the young emperor and King Chen Liuwang out of the palace, there are suddenly a lot of variables, and many things may not develop as Yang Yi expected, but Yang Yi has no choice at all, he can only follow and chase, and can only pray that Dong Zhuo will not come too soon.