Chapter 132: The Great Dynasty Meeting (II)
Only one guard was supported by the Imperial Guard, fifty people. Liu Yu couldn't even guarantee the absolute loyalty of these fifty people, not to mention that the more than 14,000 people in the Royal Forest Army were not under his control at all.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of today's transfer of power, Concubine Li Guifei will definitely instruct Wen Ban to transfer the Imperial Forest Army, which is usually on rest or training, to the palace, and an iron bucket array has been formed within the red wall that can only enter but not exit.
Liu Yu has no real power and no connections, and his reputation in the Imperial Forest Army is not high, and now he is trapped in the palace walls and cannot go out to move the rescue troops, and all he can hope for is to rescue the three left commanders. Just from the Inner Court Gate to the Imperial Forest Military Office in front of the Dongye Gate, there are several checkpoints before and after, and it is strictly guarded, Liu Yu's right commander waist card is withdrawn, just by one face, fortunately, whenever he passes by, the guards above the commander basically recognize him. This relied on Liu Yu's two patrols and supervising training at the Imperial Forest Military Academy.
"Say hello to Commander Liu You!"
"Get out of the way!"
"Commander Liu You, there is an order from above......"
"Holy Oracle, Please!"
Liu Yu had no other support, so he had to take out the edict of succession again and again to fool people. The guards in the palace give priority to the emperor's order, since they recognize it as the right commander of the Shangguan Imperial Forest Army, and there is a whole guard behind them, most of them obey immediately. No matter how much he didn't believe it, Liu Yu could only call the person in charge to take a look, and if he didn't see half of it, the person in charge couldn't help sweating on his forehead. Those who have the edict of succession in hand are not inappropriate to act cheaply, and they cannot be held accountable from above.
Liu Yu also had to admire the old emperor's foresight, thinking that it was He Mao's disappearance that aroused the old emperor's suspicions, and wrote an edict to Han Sheng in advance. Liu Yu's resignation was due to coercion or intentional paralysis of Li Guifei by the old emperor. Liu Yu didn't know. But it was precisely because Liu Yu was dismissed from his post to recuperate from his injuries. Originally, Liu Yu didn't do anything, so Li Guifei and Wenban didn't pay attention to him, so he had a chance to take advantage of it.
Every time he passes a checkpoint, Liu Yu will have five to ten more guards behind him, and when he arrives at Changle Palace, he meets a team of guards patrolling from Dongye Gate in front.
"Take it!"
Liu Yu had to revise his strategy in due course. One greeting, one hundred against ten, and the opposite side quickly disarmed. A few of the guards hung up their prizes.
"Who dares to make a mistake in the palace?"
Shi Chang shouted loudly, and even gave a slap to the birth, and said angrily: "This is Liu Wenyan and Liu You's commander, who is on an errand by the holy order, and he doesn't kowtow and admit his mistakes!" ”
Although Shi Chang didn't recognize Liu Yu, he knew Lian Husheng, and he also asked Lian Husheng to find Lian Husheng earlier, hoping to be transferred to Lian Husheng's office, so as not to run in the wilderness outside the city in the future. Woke up by Lian Husheng's reprimand. The chief quickly kowtowed.
The group was in trouble before they arrived at the Imperial Forest Military Office.
Wenban in order to prevent the three left commanders from escaping. specially arranged for his henchmen to take Lu Yuan with two guards to guard the Imperial Forest Army. Lu Yuan's person Liu Yu has seen in the Royal Forest Military Academy, a serious captain of the Royal Forest Army, equivalent to a thousand households in the Royal Forest Army, and the rank of officer in the Royal Forest Army is second only to the commander of Zuo.
"General Liu, you are not in the Imperial Forest Army now, but an ordinary general, even if you have a holy oracle in your hand, if you don't have a holy warrant, you can't ask about the defense of the Imperial Forest Army without permission! Don't you know that? Lu Yuan clenched his fists and stood with sonorous words. In the face of Liu Yu's approaching momentum, he retreated again and again, did not give orders to move, and did not let go.
Both sides have hundreds of people, and the outcome is unpredictable. Liu Yu did not dare to easily order a solution by force.
Wu can't do it, Liu Yu had no choice but to use the text, and shouted: "Captain Lu, do you know that you are assisting the rebels and plotting rebellion!" This is the crime of the Nine Clans! ”
Lu Yuan raised his arrogant head and said, "As a soldier of the Imperial Forest Army, it is the duty of heaven to obey orders. I was ordered by the right commander of the Imperial Forest Army to guard here, so I lost my head, and I will not leave my post without permission! ”
"Pedantic!"
Liu Yu scolded angrily, and said in his heart that it would be impossible to use martial arts if he encountered this kind of oil and salt.
Liu Yu was about to give the order to do it, only to hear Lu Yuan and say sadly: "But loyal to the monarch and protector is the highest glory of the soldiers of the Great Shun Dynasty, today's fate is difficult to disobey, the monarch can not be repaid, seeing that the traitor and the king are plotting rebellion and doing nothing, they should only die in their duties and live up to the king's grace." ”
Lu Yuan did not hesitate at all, and immediately raised his sword to kill himself, and when Liu Yu reacted, Lu Yuan had fallen to the ground, and blood was bubbling from his neck. At this time, Lu Yuanyu couldn't make a sound, but he still looked at Liu Yu with eager eyes, as if he was expecting Liu Yu to complete his unfinished duty to protect the monarch.
Even the soldiers behind Liu Yu also felt that Lu Yuan was both loyal to his duties and loyal to the country. Knowing that he is acting for the tiger, but he is limited to the duty of a soldier to obey military orders, he cannot leave his post without permission, and he sees that he wants to disobey the king and become a minister who is not a minister, so he can only choose to die in exchange for both.
"Today's events will be played faithfully in the Holy Heavens, and will be the festival of the generals of the whole road."
After Liu Yu finished clasping his fists, Lu Yuan swallowed the last breath. Liu Yu's saying this is also equivalent to interceding for the king for his rebellion, which can save the safety of his entire family.
Lu Yuan gave the head, and the rest of the guards saw that Liu Yue had the holy oracle in his hand, and no longer resisted, Liu Yue entered the office, in addition to Yang Lie, Lan Jing and Zhang Ye, the three left commanders, there was also an old acquaintance, Qu Ning.
"Qu Yinu, the world is really small in this world."
Qu Ning has been under house arrest since he returned to the capital with Liu Yu and his party yesterday to ask to see the emperor, and he was indignant, when he heard Liu Yu's words, he glanced at him and did not squeak.
Seeing Liu Yu, the hearts of Yang Lie and the other three finally settled down. Although Liu Yu has not been in the Imperial Forest Army for a long time, he is playing soy sauce on weekdays. But everyone knows that Liu Yu is the emperor's confidant and favorite general, and he has served as the commander of the generation, and he has appeal. Coupled with Han Sheng, the emperor's adviser Han Sheng, who goes in and out of the palace on weekdays, this can be regarded as the best candidate for the Savior to take the lead. Yang Lie and others are also afraid that if there is no leader, the teacher will be unknown.
Yang Lie scolded: "Commander Wen Right and Commander Zhou Zuo are crazy! Bastard son, this is a rebellion! ”
Wenban Liu Yu has not seen, but Zhou Ying Zhou Zuo commander Liu Yu has seen it, the first time he went to the palace to send the calendar was the calendar that Zhou Ying sorted out on behalf of Zhou Ying, at that time Liu Yue saw that Zhou Ying was very honest, but he did not expect to rebel with Wenban. Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Although Liu Yu is now dismissed, he is responsible for the presidency, and with the help of three left commanders, everything is much easier.
"Commander Lan Zuo, Commander Zhang Zuo, the two of you go to order the gates of the palace, and the palace gates will be closed immediately, and they will not be opened without the holy decree. In addition, the guards of the city gates shall be sent into the interior to protect the Lord, and there shall be no violation. "Liu Yu is to prevent Li Guifei from seizing the opportunity to transfer soldiers and horses from outside the palace into the palace, and he must wait for the rebellion in the palace to settle before opening the city gate.
"Commander Yang Zuo, you and I will enter the inner court together to destroy the rebellion!"
The group came out in a mighty manner and went straight to the inner court. With Yang Lie by his side this time, it is much more convenient to act. Even an ordinary guard in the palace knew Yang Lie. Liu Yu held the edict in front, and Han Sheng and Yang Lie followed left and right. And Qu Ning followed behind these three people, before the guards of the Imperial Forest Army, she was still carrying a medicine box by her side, if the old emperor had three long and two short, she could also see a doctor in time.
Walking on the road, Liu Yu is also estimating the changes in the situation.
Of course, the best situation is that Li Guifei's mother and son and Wen Ban have not had time to kill the emperor, and they successfully rescued the emperor and killed them in the inner court to rescue the emperor, and then they have the merit of the savior, and the rebellion can be successfully quelled; I'm afraid that the rebel minister has already succeeded, King Yi announced his ascension to the throne in public, and it will be too late for Liu Yu to go over, and it will be Liu Yu and others who will rebel at that time; The third possibility, which is also a situation that Liu Yue feels excited about when he thinks about it, if the old emperor is killed, and he controls the overall situation, first convict Li Guifei's mother and son and King Yi of rebellion, and then support Su Yan to ascend the throne as the emperor, there are unique conditions created for him by Li Guifei's mother and son, and the king of Jin and Chu are not in the capital, which is probably the best condition to assist Su Yan to ascend the throne.
Liu Yue thought about his blood, but he hadn't lost his mind yet. After all, he is only acting on behalf of the heavens now, there is no edict to pass on the throne to Su Yan, the king of Yu, nor is there the support of the ministers, and Su Yan does not have the credit of Kuang Fu Sheji, so letting him ascend the throne is tantamount to self-defeating.
Seeing the move is the only thing Liu Yu can do.
This group of people entered the inner court surprisingly smoothly, but whenever they encountered the patrol or garrison of the Imperial Forest Army, seeing Liu Yu's holy oracle and Yang Lie's imposing expression, they all knelt down to say goodbye, and Yang Lie would greet them in the back, and those Imperial Forest Army would automatically join their camp. It's just that when approaching the emperor's bedroom, a team of Imperial Forest Army blocked the way, but when they saw Liu Yu and Yang Lie and the hundreds of Royal Forest Army retinues behind them, the momentum of those who stood in the way also softened.
"By the Holy Commandment, arrest the traitor! Take them all! ”
Liu Yu said hello, and he didn't need the Imperial Forest Army behind Liu Yu to do anything, even the Royal Forest Army blocking the road would automatically capture their commander and escort him to the camp behind Liu Yu. This is the herd effect, most people follow the crowd, which side is strong and which side is strong, plus Liu Yu is the "righteous teacher" on the side, and the military uniform of the Royal Forest Army is the same, it is logical to join in.
Only twenty or thirty of the personal attendants of the Wenban in front of the palace swore to resist to the death, Yang Lie led people to kill them, and solved the crowd at the door with three strikes and five divisions. Liu Yu led people straight into the dormitory, and saw a man in his forties in a military uniform looking at the door in surprise, thinking that it was Wenban. The incense burner in the dormitory was fragrant, the old emperor was lying on the bed and leaning on the arms of the sobbing lady, and some little palace maids were also hiding in the corner and crying softly. It's just that I don't see Li Guifei and Yiwang's mother and son.
"Who are you?" Wenban shouted.
Liu Yu sneered: "This general, Liu Yu, the acting commander of the Imperial Forest Army, came to escort the Lord of Qin by the Holy Decree. Take down this traitor! ”
Yang Lie rushed to the front, raising his knife on the neck of Wen Ban, who had no resistance. Wen Ban knew that the general trend of the road had gone, but he still had illusions about Li Guifei's mother and son, and said: "It's not the right time for you to come, King Yi is about to ascend the throne as the emperor." ”
It turned out that King Yi had already forged an edict to inherit the throne earlier, and went to announce the succession in public with Concubine Li, leaving Wenban to kill the king. Wen Ban had just fed poison to the old emperor.
Thankfully, it didn't last long. Qu Ning hurriedly stepped forward to diagnose and treat, and after applying the needle, the old emperor spit out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes opened slightly, and his consciousness recovered.
"Wen Yan? Oh, that's good, thanks to having you by my side...... cough cough cough ......" The old emperor who woke up took Liu Yu's hand, smiled kindly and said halfway, and then coughed violently again. (To be continued......)