Chapter 32: Taking Advantage of the Situation

Step by step, the capital was firmly controlled by the rebels, and the people in the city were also at peace with the rebels, and the gradual control of the city gate became more and more relaxed.

Hua An, who is responsible for transmitting information, in addition to reporting each other's situation to Wang Dao and Han Qian every day, spends most of the rest of the time chopping wood and hunting in the mountains, and gradually his physical fitness and strength have improved significantly, and he has been able to lift the general's sword with one hand for a long time, which really makes Hua An excited.

To say that during this time, Hua'an's life was still very regular, every morning when he got up, after breakfast, he cut firewood and hunted in the valley, and then carried firewood and prey to the capital to sell.

At noon, I came to Situ Mansion to eat the food made by my mother, and then reported the situation in the mountains to Director Wang, and naturally played with Wang Ling and Chu Garlic in the backyard in the afternoon, and then reluctantly left.

The first thing he did when he returned to the valley was to meet his master to convey Wang Dao's instructions, and then after dinner, under the guidance of Han Qian, he practiced swordsmanship and sword techniques with branches. After practicing for about an hour, he went back to the house under Han Qian's order and slept comfortably.

As the days passed, Hua'an gradually saved a lot of private money, especially the foxes, leopards and other rare beasts hunted in the valley are particularly sought-after, and the price is also very high, the price of a fox is equivalent to dozens of deniers of firewood, and the price of sables and leopards is even higher.

Hua'an, who had private money, suddenly became wealthy, and from time to time he bought some delicious candies and candied fruits to share with the people he liked.

So much so that as soon as Chu Garlic saw Hua'an, he reached out for candy with his pink little mouth, and Hua'an naturally would not be stingy with this cute little sister. Gradually, the people around him became more and more friendly to Hua'an.

The peaceful life lasted only three months, and three months later, news came from the front that Yu Liang, the uncle of the country who was unwilling to fail, and his friend Wen Qiao, a hussar general, jointly elected Jingzhou Assassin Shi, and Tao Kan, the general of the expedition to the west, as the leader of the alliance, raised an army of 60,000 to kill the capital.

At the same time, Yu Bing, who fled to the land of Sanwu, also converged, and Wang Shu of Huiji Neishi, Wu Xingtai Shou Yutan, Cai Mo of Wu Nei Shi, and Yixing Taishou Gu Zhong raised 30,000 troops from the East Road to the capital, and there were more than 10,000 troops on the South Road.

There are more than 100,000 troops in the east, west and south, and at this time, there are only about 50,000 Su Jun's rebels entrenched around the capital, and more than seven have become recruits.

He thought that as long as he controlled the emperor, he could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he didn't expect that these generals would not buy their own accounts, at this moment, they actually gathered a large army to challenge their authority, Su Jun thought that they had to give them some color to see, especially to kill Yu Liang, the sworn enemy who was guarding Baishilei, in order to deter Tao Kan and other generals.

Therefore, Su Jun ordered the generals Guan Shang, Zhang Jian and Hongwei to lead an army of 10,000 to attack the direction of Sanwu and contain the East Route Army led by Yu Bing, and the generals Han Huang and Ma Xiong led 30,000 main forces to meet Tao Kan's main army, while Su Jun himself personally led 8,000 elites to attack the Baishi base defended by Yu Liang. In addition, the flying pigeon passed the book, asking Zuyue, who was in Shouchun, to send reinforcements, and only 2,000 recruits led by Ren Rang were left in the capital.

Su Jun came out of the nest like this, naturally he didn't expect that under his nose, there would be more than a thousand elite troops of ZĆ i Han Qian, which undoubtedly planted the seeds of destruction for himself.

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"Hua'an, you're here, come in." As soon as Hua An came to the door of the main hall of Situ Mansion, he greeted Situ Wang Dao excitedly.

Looking at Director Wang's smug expression, Hua An was puzzled in his heart, this old man married a little wife, and he was excited to be like this.

"My lord is in such a good mood today, is there any happy event." Hua An has become familiar with Director Wang in the past few months, and he is no longer restrained in speaking.

"A happy event is a great happy event." Director Wang stroked his beard, which had turned white, and his face was full of intoxication.

A great happy event, for a man in addition to marrying, what else can be called a great happy event, it seems that this old man is really going to marry a beautiful girl, it is really old!

"Then Hua'an will congratulate the master first." Hua An said with his hands clenched into fists and bowed deeply.

"Good, good." Director Wang stretched out his hand to signal Hua An to get up, paused and asked, "Hua An, how are General Han's more than 1,000 soldiers and horses now?" ā€

Hua An was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the master, the master practices strictly every day, and the morale is like a rainbow at this time, and the soldiers are all gearing up, and they want to go out to fight?" ā€

"Okay, great, now is their chance to serve the country." Director Wang looked at Hua An and said excitedly: "After you go back, tell General Han Qian, the rebels in the capital have poured out, and now the rebels guarding the capital are only two thousand recruits, eight hundred in the palace, and three hundred in each of the four city gates. ā€

"Yes, master, I don't know when the master plans to act, and there must be an agreed date for the internal and external cooperation!" Huaan asked.

Director Wang pondered for a while, frowned and hesitated: "It may be too late tonight, it will take time to mobilize the family and prepare weapons, and it should be possible after dark tomorrow night." ā€

After Director Wang finished speaking, he shook his head again and again after a pause, and said: "It's not proper, it's inappropriate, it's still inappropriate, if the rebel dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and kills the emperor before our army captures the palace." ā€

When Hua An heard this, he was immediately depressed, what kind of order is this! It's better to go back and ask for the master's opinion.

"Master, it's better for Hua'an to go back and ask the master, and then make a decision, what does the master think." Hua'an built yƬ road.

"Yes, yes, General Han has been on the battlefield for a long time, and there must be a better way. Hua'an, you go back quickly, inform General Han Qian, remember, you must ensure the emperor's safety. ā€

"Yes, sir." Hua An turned around and left after speaking.

After Hua An left, Wang Dao immediately summoned the confidant ministers of the court to discuss countermeasures in the palace.

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Hua'an, who returned to the valley, immediately reported the situation in the capital to Han Qian, and Han Qian immediately convened the officers above the rank of lieutenant to discuss countermeasures.

Han Qian sat in the tent of the Chinese army, his eyes swept over the faces of the generals one by one, and he frowned and said: "Now there are only two thousand rebels in the capital, and it is easy for our army to break through the capital, but now the emperor is still in the hands of the rebels, if our army storms the capital, the emperor's safety is difficult to guarantee, what are the best of both worlds, you might as well talk about it." ā€

"The last general thinks that the only way to do this is to break through the capital quickly, and before the rebels can react, they will enter the palace and save the emperor." A black-faced lieutenant said.

"The knives are all on the emperor's neck, no matter how fast you are, you can't save the emperor." The lieutenant next to him retorted.

"In the opinion of the last general, only before attacking the capital, let an elite small army infiltrate the palace and protect the emperor's surroundings, this is the only way to protect the emperor." Chen Xiong said affirmatively.

Han Qian listened, nodded, and said: "General Chen Xiong's idea coincides with the general, but how can this capable team sneak into the emperor's side without being discovered?" ā€

When the generals in the tent heard this, they didn't have any ideas, these tough guys on the battlefield, if they started a war, they didn't say anything, but let them think of such a tricky idea, they were all dumbfounded.

"It's easy to get into the capital, but the palace doesn't allow idle people to enter and leave at will, so it's impossible to get in. There is only one way to enter the palace, and that is to kill it. The black-faced lieutenant snorted.

The generals in the tent listened and nodded again and again, and the generals understood that this was the only way, but in this way, it would be difficult to guarantee the emperor's safety.

"Isn't there a better way?" Han Qian frowned.

The generals shook their heads again and again, but Hua An on the side had an idea, touched his head and said, "Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible." ā€

"Let's talk about it first."

"If you meet the birthday of the emperor or the queen mother, shouldn't the palace invite a troupe to celebrate?" Hua An looked at Han Qian after speaking.

"You mean it's a good idea to have our squad pretend to be singers." Han Qian paused and said, "But are these days the birthdays of the emperor and the queen mother?" ā€

When Hua An heard this, he said lightly: "As long as the adult in charge of this matter says yes, it's fine." Those rebel generals are all rough people, how do they know these trivial things. ā€

Han Qian nodded and said, "Okay, that's it, General Chen Xiong, you immediately select the most elite two hundred soldiers from the army, and pretend to be woodcutters, farmers, hawkers and troupes to enter the city in batches from the four city gates early tomorrow morning. ā€

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong stood up and answered.

"Wait, General Chen Xiong, this time you will personally lead the team, after seeing the emperor, immediately send me a signal, Ben will attack the city immediately after receiving the signal."

Chen Xiong said, "General, rest assured, Chen Xiong will live up to his mission." With that, he turned around and strode away.

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Early the next morning, Hua An still pretended to be a little woodcutter and entered the city alone, and waited around the city gate after entering the city.

Director Wang, who meditated all night but couldn't come up with a good idea, after listening to Hua'an's idea, he was amazed again and again, and he praised again and again: "Good idea, really good idea!" The old man is going to arrange it, come on! Go and ask Lord Zhang immediately, be quick. ā€

"Yes, sir." A subordinate answered, turned and trotted away.

After the subordinates left, Director Wang turned around and looked at the strong man with a scar on his face beside Hua An, and said in surprise: "This is General Chen Xiong of the three armies of Yongguan!" ā€

Chen Xiong hurriedly bent down and said, "The last general, Chen Xiong, see Lord Situ." ā€

"Okay, good, General Chen has a heroic spirit and a general's demeanor, this is really my blessing for the Great Jin!" Director Wang looked Chen Xiong up and down and was full of praise.

Chen Xiong is not very good at saying polite words, and he didn't know what to say after listening to Director Wang's praise, so he just stood there in a daze, and the atmosphere was suddenly a little embarrassing.

Hua An hurriedly spoke: "Master, this time General Chen personally led the team, and it is absolutely foolproof to protect the emperor, so you can rest assured, sir!" ā€

"Hahaha, the old man naturally trusts the soldiers, but there are 800 rebels in the palace, and General Chen must not underestimate the enemy!" Director Wang looked at Chen Xiong and said with concern.

"Yes, Lord Situ, the last general remembers." Chen Xiong replied bluntly.

Director Wang laughed dryly, looked at Hua An and said: "Hua An, this place will be handed over to you, what do you need from the soldiers, just look for a housekeeper, the old man will go to meet Master Zhang." ā€

"Got it, sir." Huaan replied very simply.

Wang Dao nodded at Hua An and walked towards the gate.