Chapter 372: The Guards
In the imperial capital, Lan Jiu's gaze was slightly cold, the original prosperous and beautiful imperial capital has now become full of grass and trees.
In the final analysis, the three princes are still much worse after all, and they are not as good as the current king. has just captured the imperial capital, on the one hand, he enjoys the feeling of high power, but on the other hand, he is worried that this hard-won throne will be snatched away by others, so the entire palace city is shrouded in a bad atmosphere.
Lan Jiu and his party naturally lurked cautiously in this imperial capital, and naturally did not dare to expose their identities prematurely.
Lan Jiu's plan is also very simple, as long as he can blend into the palace, he can find out the traitors of the forbidden army and the guards. After the purging was carried out, with the king's sword in hand, he could order the guards and the forbidden army to purge the palace from the inside. Then the Eighth Army attacked from outside the city, joined forces with the Forbidden Guards inside, and quickly encircled and suppressed the rebels.
This plan seems simple, but the difficulty of implementing it is quite large, and the most difficult point is, how should Lan Jiu and the others master the forbidden army and the guards?
Not much to say, Lan Jiu and his party walked with extremely light steps, shuttling quickly through the sky. To be honest, there were very few people who dared to act in the imperial capital palace city, but with the blessing of the wind element, there was no pressure on Lan Jiu and the others, and they came to the courtyard wall of the deep palace after a while.
The Forbidden Army Hall, this is where the 10,000 palace forbidden troops are located, and it stands to reason that they are the most loyal to Murong Han's army.
It's just that at this time, in the forbidden army hall, there are two separate factions, and there is a sleepless quarrel. I only heard a rough voice say, "Commander Cai, such a big thing has happened in the imperial capital, don't we really wait for the king to come back before making a decision?"
And the Commander Cai who was standing opposite him also said helplessly, "Commander Yan, I also know that it is not right for us to do this now... But the three princes are in charge of the king's dictation, and the eleventh and twelfth armies also keep saying that they are under the king's command, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and we can't act at will!"
"What about us now, will we just sit back and die?" the Yan Commander asked helplessly.
Commander Cai sighed and said, "Now that the entire emperor is blocked by two armies, although it is easy to break through this blockade with our strength, but what about after the breakthrough? If the three princes are really ordered by the king, and our breakthrough is even against the emperor!"
Commander Yan still couldn't help but argue, "But if we don't break through and ask the king to understand, once we are used by the third prince, it will be a big mistake!"
"It's come to this, there's no way to do it!" Commander Cai sighed and said resignedly, "But no matter what, the big mistake has been made, and our forbidden army can't make any rash moves in the future... When the king returns to Beijing, I will bear all the faults, and everyone doesn't have to worry!"
Commander Yan hurriedly said, "Commander Cai, what are you talking about? Our forbidden army is life and death together, so why should we divide each other!"
The surrounding forbidden troops also nodded yes, but at this moment, Commander Cai's eyes were fixed, and a coercion covered the eaves. He whispered in his mouth, "Who?
And the target of coercion is Lan Jiu and his party, I have to say that this Cai Commander's perception is still extremely keen.
As the words fell, four figures jumped down from the eaves, Lan Jiu's eyes smiled, looked at the forbidden army, and applauded gently, "Haha, it's really brotherly love, I don't know if I should praise you?"
"Hehe, what qualifications do you have to point fingers with hidden heads and tails?" Commander Cai was also unambiguous, and said in a competitive manner, "Who are you? If you don't give an explanation, you will be buried here today!"
Lan Jiu smiled lightly, not ambiguously, and laughed in a low voice, "Hehe, it doesn't matter who I am, dare to be you, can you know this sword?"
The words fell, and after a while, Lan Jiu's palm appeared, and Wang Jian appeared directly in front of him. Then he shook it hard, and in an instant, a huge coercion burst out along the Wang Jian, instantly shocking the forbidden army out of breath.
"Knock knock!"
After the uniform sound, the forbidden soldiers fell to their knees. Commander Cai said respectfully, "As soon as the king sword comes out, it will be like seeing the king... It's the king, and the king's order has finally returned!"
Lan Jiu smiled softly and said in a low voice, "The rebellion of the three princes has become a fact, the imperial capital is the foundation of the empire, and the king will naturally not give up." Although I, Lan Jiu, am only a general of the first and third grades, but it is with the name of the king that I came to quell the rebellion in the imperial capital, encircling and suppressing the rebels such as the three princes, I don't know if the generals are willing to use it for me!"
"Seeing Wang Jianru seeing the king, you should obey yourself, but the third prince, is it really already a rebellion?" Commander Cai asked tremblingly. Before, the three princes were able to contribute to the imperial capital so quickly, but it was indispensable to their forbidden army.
Lan Jiu smiled lightly, "Can this be fake? As for the culpability, after the rebellion in the imperial capital is calmed down, the king will naturally find out." I think your forbidden army is only used by traitors, and there is no doubt about the degree of loyalty to the king. By the way, I don't know if you know Dong Bin?"
"Dong Bin, Deputy Commander Dong, although he has a deputy character, but he is the deputy commander in charge of affairs in our forbidden army, and his status is second only to the king!" Commander Cai asked softly, "General Lan suddenly asked about this person, but is there anything wrong?" Speaking of which, since the last time he was called by the people of the Third Prince, I haven't seen him for a long time!"
Lan Jiu said helplessly, "He's dead... The news of the rebellion of the three princes was also passed on by him to the king on the front line, but when he arrived at the front line, he was already seriously injured, presumably he was greatly ambushed on the periphery of the imperial capital, and he had no power to return to the sky!"
"Huh? Are you saying that Deputy Commander Dong is dead? It's only been a few days since we saw him, and we thought he was going with the third prince to eat and drink spicy food, but we didn't expect it!" Commander Cai's pupils dilated, and he said in disbelief, "Then I don't know, General Lan, do you have any countermeasures?"
"There are countermeasures, but I don't know much about the situation in this imperial capital. According to the intelligence of the scouts of the Eighth Army, your Forbidden Army and the Guards have all taken refuge in the Third Prince, I don't know what is going on?" Lan Jiu couldn't, and asked straight to the point.
"This..."Faced with this sharp question, the commander didn't know how to explain it for a while.
At this time, the Yan commander, who had not spoken, spoke, and said, "Our forbidden army has always only obeyed the name of the king, so how can there be a statement of taking refuge in the three princes? Speaking of which, I am to blame for this, the three princes led heavy troops to besiege the city that day, holding the holy decree, and Xuancheng was in the name of the king to purge the royal family. Coupled with the fanning of the guards, I was also a fool, and I directly took 10,000 forbidden troops to help the third prince directly into the inner hall, which led to the killing of the second prince!"
Lan Jiu didn't delve into it, but continued to ask, "So, that's the Guards defecting to the Third Prince?"
"No, that's not accurate!" Commander Cai explained, "The Guards have always put me in the hands of General Sima Lie, but the generals have been fighting outside all the year round and have mastered the overall scheduling, so the generals in the Guards have produced a lot of anti-backbone people. Presumably, this time it was also under coercion and temptation, these people chose to help the three princes, but most of the soldiers of the Guards were unaware!"
Lan Jiu nodded lightly, and asked in exchange for a topic, "Then, if we rely on Wang Jian, we can still take back control of the Guards!"
Commander Cai nodded slightly and replied, "That's true, but there is still a problem. Since some of the commanders and generals of the Guards have already sided with the three princes, they will definitely not let you see the army of the Guards so easily! After all, it is an army of 50,000 people, but you don't want us to ban the army, the guards are extremely tight, and the troops are relatively scattered!"
Lan Jiu smiled slightly, "Smiled, this is not a problem! I am here, don't I still have 10,000 of you? We 10,000 people go to the garrison of the Guards together, it is impossible for their army not to show up... Here, the personal strength of me and the three people behind me is not weak, so you can rest assured about this!"
When the words fell, Commander Cai and Commander Yan nodded, and no longer hesitated at the moment, a group of people were ready to go, heading in the direction of the Guards.
In less than half a pillar of incense, a large army has gathered in an extremely wide training ground. In fact, whether it is the forbidden army or the guard, the powerful position in the imperial capital is very heavy, and the king has also divided several great training and garrison places in the rear of the imperial city.
This is, a sharp spear directly blocked the way of Lan Jiu and his party, but only one of them was heard to say, "The Guards are heavy, what are the forbidden troops doing here?"
Commander Cai chuckled and said, "Hehe, Commander Ma is so nervous, but have you done anything wrong? It's nothing, it's not peaceful to come to the imperial capital, I want to come with the forbidden army to observe the military style of your guards, and I can go back and rectify it!"
It turned out that the person who suddenly blocked the way was none other than a deputy commander of the Guards, Ma Rongxi.
The spies of the Guards naturally noticed the movement of the forbidden army very early, after all, it was a sudden movement of the army of 10,000 people, and it was absolutely false to say that there was no movement. And Ma Rongxi, as the first general of the Guards to defect to the Three Princes, naturally had a ghost in his heart, so he ran to stop him early.
"The brother who was afraid that he would have to bother the forbidden army ran away in vain. Commander Cai also said, the current imperial capital is not very peaceful, how dare we easily let this forbidden army of more than 10,000 enter our territory?
Commander Cai was not to be outdone, the blade of the sword in his hand raised slightly, and he laughed in a low voice, "What if I say no?"
"Could it be that Commander Cai wants to force his way into the territory of our guards?" Ma Rongxi's eyes flashed with a cold light.
Commander Cai also had a slightly cold face, and his majestic aura pressed towards Ma Rongxi, and he shouted in a low voice, "Our forbidden army is going to break through, what should you do?!"