The days are short and the nights are getting longer and more obvious, and when Luoyang City is about to open, the sky is not completely bright, only the east is just white. The cold morning is shrouded in a light mist, and the main road into the city is occasionally passed by farmers carrying vegetable burdens, and the morning market is the best, and the farmers on the outskirts of the city can sell their own vegetables to the market for a few bucks.

There was a large group of mule carts on the road, at least a few hundred people, and the passers-by gave way to the side of the road and looked at them curiously. Some say that it is from the mine, and the copper is transported to the wharf.

When the first big man with a beard, his head was strangely shaped, shaped like a carrot, and like a "stick", it was Li Longji's Goryeo slave king Mao Zhong, but he had already risen to the commander of the East Palace Guard. Their mule cart was covered with a few pieces of copper, and underneath it was full of armor and weapons.

The ancient capital of Luoyang has been faintly forgotten, this is indeed a very ancient city, according to legend, since the Xia Dynasty has built the capital here, there are nearly 100 kings before and after the enthronement here. In the faint morning light, in the thin smoke, it stood quietly. The men escorting the mule carts couldn't help but look ahead, silently looking at the looming tower, which may be the place where they made their fortunes or where they were buried.

A junior who was walking on the side of the mule cart whispered: "Team Zheng, do you say that Your Majesty can win this time?" "Nonsense!" The person sitting on the mule cart guarding the "goods" glared and scolded, "Lose once and lose your heart?" Last time, Her Majesty was accidentally defeated by Princess Taiping, let's admit that Princess Taiping was slightly better than Her Majesty, but now she has returned to the West? His Majesty also won against Queen Wei in four or two thousand pounds, who is our opponent......"

Hou Sheng said: "But Princess Taiping's son Xue Chongxun is not dead, don't you know how fierce that kid is in front of the Wude Palace!" "You know a fart, the vertical depends on his mother to jump, and the struggle for power is not a street fight, but whoever wins the fight will be used." The team was whispering, "Stop talking, you will be whipped when the people above hear it." ”

Then there was silence again, save for the wheels and some noise from the mules and horses. It was not far from the city gate, and the people walked for a while, and then they came to the city gate. I saw a lot of people at the door, most of them were vegetable farmers and small merchants and vendors living outside the city, they were waiting there before the city gate was opened, and as soon as the door opened, they rushed to the door, and the sergeant guarding the door saw that the suspicious person wanted to check the basket, and it seemed a little congested for a while.

When the convoy came to a halt at the city gate, the miner's brother jumped off his horse and walked to the gate to talk to the sergeant. At this time, a general in armor walked out, took the document handed by the Zhang family brother and read it for a while, and then spoke with a smile on his face. There was a bit of noise at the city gate, and I saw them talking and laughing outside, and I couldn't hear what they were saying.

The official document was a pass issued by the government and stamped, and the general guarding the door also got the words of Yin Yao Chong of the mansion and asked him to make it convenient for the Zhang brothers. The general has a good relationship with Yao Chong, and the top has spoken, what is the matter is none of his business, why do you want to do something offensive? The general only said that Yao Chong had accepted the benefits of others and made it convenient for others.

So Wang Maozhong and his gang swaggered into the city with mules and horses one after another, without even the slightest obstruction. What kind of jokes did the Zhang brothers and the general say on the side, this businessman who ran the rivers and lakes, gossip was very fun, and when he saw people talking about people, he could talk nonsense, and everyone could get involved, and the Zhang brothers laughed for a while, which made the general laugh.

After all the convoys entered the city, the Zhang brothers waved goodbye to the soldiers, turned over and chased the convoy.

Up to now, everything has been going smoothly, and the first work has to be counted on Yao Chong, who is the governor of Luoyang Mansion, and he has deteriorated from the inside, and the difficulty has suddenly decreased a lot. Otherwise, Luoyang, as an important military town, let alone hundreds of guards, is to transfer a large army to besiege it, and don't even think about taking it down for a while.

Wang Maozhong led people straight to Zhang Wei's territory at the dock, and two people came out to meet them. One is Zhang Wei, and the other is a tall man with an angular face is Gao Lishi, who looks burly and powerful, except that he has no beard, he really can't tell that he is a eunuch.

Zhang Wei took everyone into a warehouse where grain was stored and drove all the mule carts in. By this time it was already dawn, and in the distance you could see that the city was full of smoke, and it was about the time of the rebellion. Zhang Wei saw the smoke and casually asked his brother, "Have you eaten?" "The fifth watch has been eaten in the mine." The Zhang brothers said. "Then put on armor and bring weapons. In a while, we will go to the horse shop to get the horse, although it is not a war horse, we will ride. ”

Then the army lifted the linen cloth covering the mule cart and removed the copper material from it, only to see that the armor, knives and guns inside were well maintained. Usually they put butter on when they store their ordnance, and although they wiped the butter with straw paper before they set out, they still left an impure smell of butter.

Two-gear armor, horse lance, horizontal knife, bow, crossbow and arrow feathers are all available, and the equipment of the East Palace Guard is already excellent. After the armies were properly equipped, they were arranged in formation, and their image was suddenly greatly changed, and the originally tattered coolies suddenly became a well-organized army.

After a while, I saw a thin scribe riding to the door, and Zhang Wei shouted: "My own people, release them!" The men guarding the door of the warehouse let them go.

The person who came was Jiang Hao, one of Li Longji's confidants and strategists, when he and Princess Taiping were ready to go, he gave Li Longji a horizontal knife and admonished him to "make a decision immediately". Jiang Hao walked over with a few rolls of yellow silk cloth and handed them to Wang Maozhong with both hands: "This is the battle flag prepared by Yao Xianggong." ”

After Wang Maozhong unfolded it, there were four flags, two of the same book "Respect the Emperor", and the other two "Rebellion". When the army saw this, their expressions were lifted. "陛xià敕命." Jiang Hao said again. The crowd fell to their knees and listened with their heads bowed. "With Zhang Wei as the general of rebellion, control the armies; Wang Maozhong commanded the six rates. Success or failure in this move, I wish you all to work together to participate in the grand event! Jiang Hao finished speaking quickly, and then said, "Without further ado, Yao Xianggong's side is ready, let's set off, take the horse and go to the mansion to meet His Majesty." ”

Zhang Wei raised his scabbard and shouted, "Hang up the flag and go!" ”

With Zhang Wei, Wang Mao Zhong and others, the army marched out of the warehouse yard. In the end, they are a complete army of soldiers and horses, the queue has not yet gone forward, and the march is clear, and Kuang Kuang's footsteps are neat and uniform. The army came to Wang Maozhong's carriage and horse shop to get the horses, and then went directly to the north and south streets, holding high the banner of "respecting the emperor and rebelling", and swaggered north.

The people and citizens along the road naturally panicked when they saw this situation, and many people were scared by the bright knives and guns that they ran around, and some of the brave ones hid at the entrance of the alley and looked at the flag, trying to figure out what was going on.

The heavily armed cavalry queue was rampant in the center of the city, and the garrison of Luoyang City would not have time to react for a while. The armament in the city is mainly in several places, the city defense army inside the city gates, and then the garrison inside and outside the palace. The command center is in the government office, controlled by the staff group such as Fu Yin and Changshi, originally the Ruizong Dynasty began to have a governor in the country, but the governor of the Tang Dynasty really did not have much authority, and the Zhou governor of the Three Kingdoms was two concepts, almost nothing.

Because Yao Chong and his staff threw themselves at Li Longji, the power center of the eastern capital was paralyzed, and the garrisons in the city did not receive orders, and the generals had no right to act without authorization, so when Zhang Wei led the army to rush to the palace, it was like entering a no-man's land.

When the army arrived outside the yamen, they saw Li Longji and his henchmen with Yao Chong and others, and everyone gathered together and entered. The guards of the government obeyed the orders of the bureaucracy, not only did not resist, but opened the door to greet them, as if they were meeting teachers.

Hundreds of cavalry rushed to the office of the officials together with the guards of the government to line up, Jiang Hao stepped forward and loudly persuaded the officials of Luoyang to join the camp, he shouted loudly: "The autocratic Taiping was punished by heaven to return to the west, the pseudo-dynasty is mediocre and incompetent, the authority of the court has fallen into the hands of traitors, and the national disaster is at the head, where is the morale of my Tang Dynasty?" Today, there is the emperor's heir, Kuang Fu Sheji......"

After some incitement, Yao Chong also persuaded the princes to go out to conspire, and when they saw the soldiers and horses on display outside, many officials came out of it to join Li Longji's command. At this time, a green-robed official walked to the door and scolded, just scolded twice, only to hear a "whoosh" sound, an arrow flew into his forehead, and suddenly fell on his back with a "plop". The officials' faces turned pale when they saw this.

Li Longji immediately gave an order, Wang Maozhong rushed in with soldiers and horses, and slaughtered without saying a word.

Then Li Longji and his henchmen came to the lobby and took their seats in the public seats. The coup procedure has already been agreed, and they will do two things at the same time: let the government seal order the four garrison generals to face the saint in the palace, and several generals in it are friendly with Yao Chong and other bureaucrats...... If they want their subordinates to lead the army against Li Longji, who once legitimately ascended the throne and claimed the emperor, I am afraid that they will not have much fighting spirit; The second thing is to post the very inflammatory proclamation that has been written long ago.

There are many officials and literati in Luoyang who were demoted and dismissed after the failure of the power struggle in Chang'an, and it is just that the Tang people are very confident and arrogant, and people with a little ink or ability feel that they are not talented, and the result that should have been a big thing is because no one appreciates it. Some people may doubt whether Li Longji can succeed, but others will think that this is a great opportunity to achieve meritorious deeds, after all, the current miasma of the imperial court center is not popular.

The next thing Li Longji's henchmen had to do was to quickly spread the news that those gate lords who had secretly contacted them before would take the opportunity to make trouble and increase their strength. Many people have long been dissatisfied with the current imperial court, complaining, and lacking a person who stands on a high place and raises his arms, and Li Longji's prominent identity is undoubtedly the best choice.

For example, Cui Riyong is already timid and cautious enough, and as soon as he hears the news of the successful coup in Luoyang, he will sneak out of Beijing and rebel. Q