Chapter 179: Knocking on the Palace

As mentioned last time, ten special forces members successfully assassinated Zang Ba, and as soon as it was confirmed that Zang Ba was dead, the captain immediately ordered to evacuate, no longer caring whether Zang Ba's personal soldiers were still alive. This operation was originally intended not to use firearms as much as possible, but in the end, I was forced to use not only the left # revolver # gun, but also the thunderbolt, and used these things, even a fool knew that it was the people of Shu who did it.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Zang Ba's personal soldiers are dead or not, their identities must be exposed. The use of firearms and the loud noise will soon attract the soldiers and servants who patrol the city, so they need to evacuate as much as possible. Once they can't evacuate and are surrounded by the enemy, even if they can all be one of them, they will eventually be annihilated in the crowd tactics.

Fortunately, these special forces reacted very quickly and were used to sneaking in the dark, and after the captain gave the order, they quickly left the crime scene and hid in the dark.

When the soldiers patrolling the city came to the scene, they were shocked to find that their Shangguan Zang Ba had already died of anger. These soldiers patrolling the city were also subordinates of Zhijinwu, so they were all familiar with Zang Ba, and they recognized at a glance that the strong man lying on the ground in armor was their general Zang Ba. f

These soldiers immediately warned their colleagues on the patrol of the city, and at the same time sent someone to report the news of Zang Ba's death back to the barracks, and finally the chief who led the team personally ran to the palace, preparing to enter the palace to report the news to the emperor.

However, in any case, they can't change the situation that the armed forces in Xuchang City are leaderless for a period of time, and this is exactly what Guo Changsheng wants to achieve.

It is very difficult for them to enter the palace to report the news to the emperor, and there is a palace ban in this era, and at night, once the palace door is closed, it will basically not be opened again. Therefore, it is very difficult to enter the palace at night, and only a few people who are extremely trusted by the emperor have the waist card to enter the palace, but even if these people with waist cards want to enter the palace, they do not open the palace door for them to enter, but use a hanging basket to lower it from the palace wall and hang people up.

Such regulations are naturally to ensure the safety of the palace and the emperor, after all, there are no electric lights in this era, and there are no infrared anti-theft equipment, cameras and the like, and at night it is impossible to see people everywhere, and it will be unimaginable if someone takes advantage of the night to sneak into the palace, so it is no wonder that they are so strict.

Zang Ba, as the supreme commander of the capital garrison, is of course qualified to enter the palace at night, but he can, it doesn't mean that his soldiers can also. The chief who went to the palace to report the news ate a nose of ash in front of the palace gate.

The general guarding the palace ban was Wei Wei, and the guard he led was called the Southern Army, which corresponded to the Northern Army led by Zhi Jingo. Wei Wei and Zhi Jinwu are not subordinate to each other, one is responsible for the security work in the palace, and the other is responsible for the security work in the capital outside the palace, and the southern army and the northern army can be said to be distinct.

In fact, the Northern Army and the Southern Army have always had a competitive relationship, and the two sides do not look at each other well, and the relationship has not been very good, and there is even a little friction occasionally. The relationship between Wei Wei Dong Zhao1 and Zang Ba is not very good, Dong Zhao is a civil servant and a strategist, and Zang Ba is a military general, and since ancient times, civil and military officials have looked down on each other.

These two people are in charge of the security work inside and outside the palace, and there is competition and friction between them, so the relationship is naturally not good, not to mention, Dong Zhao once criticized Zang Ba.

Cao Xiu, the general of the Eastern Expedition, faced the Yangtze River garrison at Dongpukou, and he recommended himself to Cao Pi: "The minister is willing to lead the elite troops to the south of the Yangtze River like a tiger, defeat the enemy, and obtain wealth, and this matter will definitely be victorious; If your subordinates die at the hands of your enemies, please don't worry about your subordinates. ”

Cao Pi was worried that Cao Xiu had crossed the river without permission, so he sent a stagecoach to deliver an edict ordering him to stop his actions. At this time, Dong Zhao was serving beside him and advised:

"I secretly glimpsed the worried look on His Majesty's face, is it just because Cao Xiu is about to cross the river? Crossing the river now, from the perspective of human nature, is considered to be difficult, even if Cao Xiu has this wish, from the perspective of the form, he cannot carry it out alone, and there should be the coordination of various generals.

But Zang Ba and the others have both wealth and enjoyment of dignity, and no longer have other wishes, they just want to grow old in peace and keep the blessings of Lilu and Zuo, how can they be willing to devote themselves to the place of death at a dangerous moment in order to seek luck?

If Zang Ba and the others didn't move forward, Cao Xiu would naturally stop in frustration. Your Majesty is afraid that even if there is an edict ordering him to cross the river, he may still hesitate, and he may not necessarily obey the order! ”2

Although Dong Zhao was analyzing the situation on a case-by-case basis at that time, he said to the emperor that Zang Ba was greedy for glory and wealth, indulged in pleasure, and was unwilling to make progress and unwilling to take risks to fight, so what would the emperor think of Zang Ba?

It can be imagined how much Zang Ba hates Dong Zhao after these words get out. The hatred between the two ended in this way, with Dong Zhao pulling hatred like this, coupled with the competition and friction between the two at work, the two of them and the northern army and the southern army also looked down on each other, and it was good not to find fault with each other at ordinary times, and they would help each other there.

Tonight is the time when the people who hold the Kingo need to ask for the help of the Captain's men. The chief of the ruling Jinwushi, who was about to report Zang Ba's death to the palace, arrived outside the palace gate and was stopped without incident, so that the guards guarding the palace gate would not let him in.

There is chaos in the city tonight, and the guards in the palace also see it, in this case, they can't just open the palace gate, what if the riot in the city spreads to the palace? What's more, it is their sworn enemy, the person who holds the Jingo who is calling the door now.

"This big brother, I will tell you that the villain has something important to report to the palace." The person who came here is a chief, and the opposite palace wall and he answered him is just an ordinary soldier, if it is usual, the soldier meets the chief to respectfully salute, but now this chief has a request for others, and it is the eldest brother's call to each other, and it is the villain's self-title.

"Hahaha, why do you people who hold Jinwu also have the time to ask for our guard?" The guards on the palace wall laughed.

"This matter is urgent, and I ask my eldest brother to report it quickly." The chief pleaded.

"What's so urgent? Don't you know the rules? As soon as the lock and key fell, no one could open the palace door. The guard said.

"It's a matter of confidentiality, I can't say it, and I ask the eldest brother to pass it on, it's a matter of importance, and I'm afraid of change." Shi Changdao.

He can't just talk about the killing of Zang Ba, first, this matter is a great shame for them to hold Jinwu, for an army, what is more humiliating than the supreme commander being killed by the enemy? Second, the official position of Zhijingo is very important and sensitive, and it is unknown what kind of changes or consequences he will bring if he is killed by the enemy.

It is believed that the imperial court will not reveal this news until it is arranged, and a fool can imagine that the imperial court is likely to block the news of Zang Ba's death until a new Zhijingo is found, and this new Zhijinwu can control this Gyeonggi garrison force by Shunlì.

Note 1: Dong Zhao did serve as the guard captain of the Wei State, but it may not be this time, and the time needs to be advanced for the sake of the plot.

Note 2: This passage was said by Dong Zhao when Cao Pi personally conquered Eastern Wu in the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, and they had no chance to conquer Eastern Wu in this time and space, so they could only use this passage from the original history.

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