In the middle of the night, the entire Luoyang City had fallen into tranquility. On a dark and windy night, the barracks on both sides of the Yellow River were waiting for them at this time. Chen Bing, the king of the north, on the north bank of the Yellow River, eyed Luoyang, these days, although the two sides of the Yellow River are peaceful, but everyone knows that the war is about to break out.

That night, the lights were not extinguished in the big tent in the camp of the North King. Yang Ru, the king of the north, was also waiting all night for news from Luoyang City. If there is a qiēshun lì in Luoyang City, when the day is bright, his army can cross the Yellow River, kill all the way to Luoyang City without hindrance, enter the street battle, and capture the Luoyang Imperial Palace is also like exploring the bag.

Until the third watch, there was still no news from Luoyang City. Yang Ru couldn't help but be a little anxious, he had waited so hard for so many years, and he was not in a hurry, but he had waited too long, and the closer this day came, the more difficult it was for him to suppress the turmoil in his heart.

The Yellow River is only twenty miles away from Luoyang City, and if there is any news in Luoyang City, the scouts will soon send back the news. Although the Northern King's army was unable to cross the river, the Northern King still had a way to obtain information on the south bank of the river, which relied on the intelligence system that the Northern King had operated for many years.

"There are less than two hours before dawn, and if there is no news, we cannot cross the river before dawn, and cross the river before dawn...... There will be some trouble. "The king of the north knows very well that although there are many people on the south bank of the Yellow River who are in his camp, these people are also wall grass, and once the battle situation is not in his favor, those wall grass will likely turn against him. This is the case with the struggle for power, never think that others have a strong position, and be prepared to deal with it.

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Three more. The stick of the fourth watch has been sounded, and there is still calm in the guardhouse. Several were dressed in black cloaks. A somewhat mysterious man stepped through the door of the guardhouse.

At the door of the guardhouse, the men in black paused, as if they had discovered something. But because the greeting person had already come out, these black-clothed people did not pause for too long, and directly entered the main hall of the general office of the guard.

Sima greeted a few guests with a smile and saluted, "I've seen a few." ”

In front of him, a man in black put down his cloak, a middle-aged man in his forties, and looked at the young man in front of him with sharp eyes, and his expression seemed to be a little suspicious.

"You're Richie?" The middle-aged man asked cautiously.

"Exactly down there." Sima Yu said with a smile, "The things that have been explained by a few people have been done. Pick it up. ”

Sima borrowed his hand. A human head was held out, and the middle-aged man carefully identified it, and the doubts in his heart were dispelled. The head was none other than Zhou Che, the captain of the guard. However, the middle-aged man did not immediately show satisfaction, but pointed outside and said, "There is blood at the door." What's going on? ”

Sima Yi smiled on his face. But in his heart, he was scolding. Can you smell the dog at night so heavy?

"There were a few palanquin drivers outside just now, and I was afraid that they would show their voices, so I ...... them together Slaughtered. Sima excused himself. A few people can rest assured that now the guard is under control, and the soldiers are also there, and they can take over the city defense at any time. ”

"Hmm." The middle-aged man heard Sima Yi say this, so he was completely relieved, he lowered his face slightly, looked at the people around Sima Yi, and said, "You don't need to take over the city defense, the wind is too loud, you only need to take over the Beijing Gate and welcome the army into the city at any time." ”

Sima arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency is far-sighted, I might as well wait, and I will ...... next."

"You just have to do the rest...... However, there will be some trouble on the Tingwei Mansion's side. "Middle-aged humanitarian," along the way, many officials are patrolling, guarding all the actions, if the Tingwei Mansion reports it, I am afraid that the imperial court will be suspicious." ”

"Don't be afraid." Sima Yi said with a smile, "We also have people in the Tingwei Mansion, and we have already opened up the joints. This way, it will be unimpeded. ”

"Oh?" The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was so capable, and he could even open the joints of the Tingwei Mansion. Originally, in the past two years, the officials in the Tingwei Mansion have been changed too frequently, so that even the people of the Northern King can't get started, but a small guard officer can actually get through such a critical joint?

Because of the urgency of time, the middle-aged man did not ask in detail, and it seemed not difficult to take over a city gate, but it was also very troublesome. There are many follow-up things to do after taking over the city gates, the most important thing is to spread the news to the north bank of the Yellow River, so that the Northern Wang's army can cross the river before dawn.

"Let's go."

Sima greeted him, and most of the soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the guards accompanied him. The middle-aged man looked at it, didn't say much, and took the person with him.

Waiting for Sima to leave the head office of the guard station with a group of people, another group of people came over in the night. The group came in a hurry, and as soon as they reached the door, they went straight inside, and when they entered, the soldiers left behind by the guards saluted.

"Young boy." The person in charge of staying behind was Han Jian's guard captain Zhang Xing, and the person who came was Han Jian.

"Gone?" Han Jian glanced at the heads on the table and asked.

"Yes. Sima Gongzi just led people to Beijingmen. Zhang Xing reported all the previous situation to Han Jian to know. In the previous operation, it was completely Zhang Xing, Sima Yi and Lin Zhan who were in charge, and Han Jian did not show up until this time.

"Hmm." After listening to the report, Han Jian nodded his head to show his understanding. The most critical link guard post in Luoyang's city defense is about to fall into chaos because of Zhou Che's death.

Originally, according to the plan of the king of the north, he stole the talisman from the guard, took over the defense of Beijingmen, and forcibly crossed the Yellow River to the south of the Yellow River in Tongguò with the contact of the generals of the river defense army on the south bank of the Yellow River in the imperial court. In this way, the entire Luoyang City is equivalent to being undefended, and the only place where a bloody battle may occur is in the Luoyang Palace.

And Han Jian's sudden attack is tantamount to interfering with the implementation of the Northern King's plan. However, Han Jian also knew that what he was doing now was tantamount to rebellion, and even if the Northern King was punished in the end, it was hard to say how the empress would treat this matter.

"Young boy, is things a little too smooth?" Zhang Xing suddenly said a little nervously.

Han Jian frowned, if you want to say that the action at night is indeed very smooth, whether it is the Tingwei Mansion or the guard station, it is much smoother than expected. Originally, Han Jian didn't have many people, and he still needed the help of Mrs. Luo's people, but now it seems that people who don't need Mrs. Luo to show up can handle the current matter well.

"What's wrong?" Han Jian closed his eyes and thought for a moment, the only uncertain factor now was the mysterious army that entered the city. Until now, every bit of news about this army is unknown.

However, Han Jian can be sure that this army was summoned by the empress into the city to help defend Luoyang City, and the number of soldiers and horses is not large, but it is a sophisticated cavalry from the news. The Empress was prepared for the changes in the situation in Luoyang City, which was originally a good thing for Han Jian, but Han Jian was afraid that because he had not communicated with the Empress, and this mysterious army also made some moves that night, the plans of both sides would be disrupted. In this way, the beneficiary will only be the king of the north.

"Don't worry about it." Han Jian comforted Zhang Xing, and then asked, "The people who were arrested are still there?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Xing beckoned, and brought up all the generals and soldiers who had rebelled in some of the guards he had held before, and everyone was hooded. It can be seen that these people have been tortured, so that they can't even stand steadily, and it should be Zhang Xing and Sima Yi who used torture to extract confessions in order to get specific joint information.

Zhang Xingdao: "Young boy, this time it is Li Xi, the official of the guard, who is the leader of the rebellion, and the person is here, and the young man will show him how to deal with it." ”

Originally, the matter was to be handed over to the empress, but now there are not many people, and it will be very troublesome to leave someone to guard these rebels.

"Kill." Han Jian said coldly.

"Subordinates know how to do it." Zhang Xing replied and ordered people to pull out all the rebels caught and slaughter them, so that the general office of the guard station could be regarded as an undefended place.

After finishing his work, Han Jian was about to leave with someone, but there was a signal outside. This signal means that someone is approaching the head office of the guard.

"Young boy, could it be those people who go and come back?" Zhang Xing looked at Han Jian and asked.

"It's not. There is only one person who comes, so return to the inside and make a plan. ”

Han Jian said a word, and everyone retreated to the general office of the guard station for the time being. If there is any change, Han Jian will take action as soon as possible. Han Jian is actually very worried about the person who has been lurking around him, that is, his beautiful master Fa Yi, Han Jian knows that he can't escape Fa Yi's eyes in whatever he did before, but since he had contact with Fa Ye once, Fa Yi seems to have been sent by the empress to do other things, and he has not appeared at the vigilant Han Jian's side again.

Han Jian thought, if Fa also appeared at this time, he really didn't know what to do, should he arrest the beautiful master, lest she go to report to the empress? If this is the case, Han Jian first has to consider whether these guards under him have that ability, even if he has that ability, Han Jian is not willing to do it, and he can't do it, and he will capture the beautiful master, and it will be really difficult to explain to the empress afterwards. If you don't hold it, the beautiful master will report to the empress, which will also disrupt his plan.

Han Jian felt a little strange in his heart, he didn't want Fa Yi to come.

There was no movement outside, but in an instant, I saw a slender figure appear in the courtyard of the general office. This figure seemed to be looking around for something, because the night was solemn, and Han Jian couldn't see the face of the person who came clearly. only found that this person was holding a sword in his hand, which was very similar to the beautiful master's method.

"Surround it from all sides, and don't startle the visitors." Han Jian whispered a few words to the people behind him, mainly how to release the signal for a while. Although the general office of the guard office is very quiet now, after all, the main hall of the general office is brightly lit, as if there are people, Han Jian thought, even if he came over, he might not dare to get too close to the main hall of the general office.

As the guards secretly surrounded Fa Yi from all sides, Fa Yi did not seem to notice the impending "danger". Han Jian felt that something was wrong, if it was really Fa Yi, with Fa Yi's martial arts and experience in walking the rivers and lakes, he would not be able to detect it?

Now he can't think about it anymore, he can only send a signal to catch people first.

Han Jian took out a gunpowder quiver in his hand and sent a signal towards the sky. As the blue fireworks rose into the air, the figure also turned its head to look, and with a sudden turn, Han Jian finally saw the face of the person who came clearly.

It's not Fa Yi, but it's Han Jian's ninth aunt Han Zhao, who entered Luoyang with Han Jian, but is mysterious these days.

"Jiuniang?" Han Jian saw that it was Han Zhao's family, so there was no need to hide it anymore, he was also afraid that the guards would not know the severity and hurt Han Zhao's family.

Han Jian walked out directly. (To be continued......)