Chapter 199: Disaster of the Army
Then, Chen Mian took the lead and rushed out of Chen's mansion with his men and horses, and the fire behind him spread rapidly with the help of the wind......
Zheng Yun kept moving, his hands were about to cramp with the whip, and he finally felt the city gate.
"Who is under the city?"
"Captain Zheng Yun, I have something urgent to return to Lieutenant Lieutenant!"
The city gate was wide open, Zheng Yun entered the city, explained to the generals at the city gate for a while, no matter who came to answer the door, he was not allowed to open the door, and then rode his horse to the lieutenant's mansion.
Although Chen Mian and the others had already begun to act, the palace was far away from the city gate, and the movement could not be transmitted for a while.
At the gates of the palace, two guards on night talked about the weather.
"It's going to rain again...... one of them complained, keeping watch in the rain was a chore.
"Accept your fate, who called us unlucky." The other said, leaning his iron halberd against the wall, and then sat down to take shelter from the wind.
"Hurry up, if you are seen by the inspecting general, you will be punished again......"
"It's going to rain, so they won't come."
While he was talking, several people came in the distance. The man standing immediately reminded his companion that the man was still not believing and closed his eyes to sleep.
"Ahem......"
Two coughs woke up the lazy soldier, he opened his eyes, saw the arrival of his superiors, and immediately jumped up in fright, picked up the iron halberd and stood up, and cried out in his heart.
The general, who had come to make the rounds, praised the soldiers who were finally on duty, and the praised soldiers were about to humbly return the salute when they suddenly became speechless.
The lazy soldier peeked at it, and his pupils gradually dilated.
For he saw a dagger plunged into his companion's chest, and when he pulled it out again, the white dagger was already red with blood.
The soldier was stunned, but when he saw the retinue behind him rushing towards him, he immediately came to his senses, pulled his legs and ran, shouting at the same time: "Kill, kill......"
At this critical moment, he stumbled, fell to the ground, was overtaken, and stabbed to death with a sword.
On the north side of the palace wall, some people appeared one after another in the darkness, and the first to arrive was Chen Mian, and the others began to join him.
When asked why he acted suddenly, his reason was that the time was ripe.
Some people are unhappy with his arbitrariness, but at this juncture, it is not easy to argue.
While waiting for the men and horses to assemble, Chen Mian looked up at the towering city wall, only waiting for the inner city wall to grab the city gate......
On the other hand, Zheng Yun found Han Kuang and reported the situation to him, Han Kuang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Old thief Chen, you are killing yourself!" ”
Zheng Yun listened inexplicably, thinking that Han Kuang had already had a way to deal with it?
In fact, Han Kuang just thought that now was a great opportunity to execute Chen Jingxuan.
Because in normal times, it is difficult for him to hurt a single hair of Chen Jingxuan.
Han Kuang immediately put on his clothes, and at this time, an urgent report came from a soldier, saying that someone had rebelled and was assembling at the east gate of the palace. When Han Kuang heard this, not only was he not nervous, but he became more and more excited, and immediately gathered his men and horses to prepare to rush over.
Zheng Yun sensed that something was wrong with him, and stepped forward to advise him, telling him that the Chen family still had backup, but Han Kuang couldn't listen to it at all, and when he got on the horse, he led people to kill the east gate of the palace.
Zheng Yun complained bitterly, and when he didn't know what to do, he met Dou Ying.
Since Dou Ying came to Jinyang with Dou Yifang, Liu Heng appointed him to be a general under Han Kuang.
On weekdays, Zheng Yun is full of contempt for Dou Ying, thinking that he relies on nepotism to hold this official position. But now that he thinks that he is Dou Meiren's nephew, maybe he can find a way? So he told Dou Ying about the Chen family's support.
When Dou Ying heard this, he thought for a while, and then ordered him to gather the rest of the people who could be gathered, and then go to the city gate.
Zheng Yun stood still, and Dou Ying asked him what was wrong. He said in embarrassment: "Without General Han's order, the troops cannot be mobilized. ”
"Won't you send troops in his name?"
"But...... This is a ...... to kill the head."
"If the city is not defended, it will be killed."
Dou Ying's words woke him up, and he also thought of those subordinates who died for him, so he immediately went to do it.
Han Kuang took most of the men and horses, and there were less than 1,000 people left who could be called, including the gang, but it was better than nothing, and Dou Ying led them to the city gate to deal with the support of the Chen family.
Speaking of returning to the city walls of the palace, Chen Mian had expected Han Kuang to come to the rescue, so he had already sent more than 1,000 people to ambush. Looking at the city again, it was already full of flames and killings.
Zhang Wu heard the anxious report and rushed over with the forbidden army, he never expected that the Chen family would dare to rebel, and the rebels would have so many people.
Hearing that a battle had begun on the palace wall, Zhang Wu was furious: "How did they attack it?" ”
"They have an internal ......"
"How can there be an internal response!"
The official couldn't answer, and Zhang Wu didn't expect him to answer.
The heavy gates opened slowly, and the evening breeze carried away the dust that shook off the gates.
Chen Mian was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to attack. At this time, Zhang Wu's men and horses also arrived just in time, and the two sides fought under the east gate, fighting to the death.
A raging fire burned on the corner tower of the city wall, and the light of the fire stained the thick clouds of clouds in the sky red. At this time, the people in the capital seemed to realize that something was wrong with the palace, and every household closed their doors and windows, and did not dare to speak loudly.
The fighting on the walls was the most severe.
The corpses lay across the walls, blood streaming down the walls. Others were thrown from the walls and smashed into meatloaf; Others were nailed to the wall by arrows through their bodies.
There are even more people who are still on the city wall, but their heads fall under the wall, and their heads are in different places......
Zhang Wu and the forbidden army struggled to resist the rebels on the one hand, and sent people out to ask for help.
However, Han Kuang's men and horses were ambushed in the alleyway, and Han Kuang himself was unfortunately hit by an arrow and was seriously injured.
The rebels were strong, and Zhang Wu saw that it was difficult to hold the city gate, so he decided to retreat back and redeploy the defenses to defend the inner palace. Before the arrival of reinforcements, the inner palace must be kept safe.
With the retreat of the forbidden army, Chen Mian led the army to seize the east gate, and then sent more than 1,000 people to stop the various gates of the palace wall, and he took more than 2,000 people to attack the inner palace.
The news of Chen's rebellion had already reached the concubine, and the concubine panicked when she heard it, and immediately summoned the officials in the court to come and discuss.
Since many officials Liu Heng went to worship the heavens, and most of the people who went to live outside the palace, there were very few people she could find.
So I brought you over and discussed how to deal with it.
Pu Zhao knew the situation outside best, and he truthfully informed everyone about the situation outside, and the concubines listened to it and were frightened like frightened pigeons.
However, Dou Yifang and Mrs. Han are still calm and calm, which is impressive.
Mrs. Han's adoptive father used to be a general, and she was also born in a general, not to mention that there was her brother outside, so she didn't feel terrible.
Dou Yifang experienced the scene of fighting and killing when he was a child, and he had expected it, so he was not afraid.
The concubine was pleased, so she asked the two of them for advice......
Mrs. Han proposed a plan to delay the army and waited for reinforcements. They didn't know that there were not many reinforcements left in the capital.
"How to delay the army?" The concubine asked.
"Increase the number of troops to defend the inner palace, the thieves will not be able to attack for a long time, and they will return to chaos." Mrs. Han said first.
Pu Zhao was beside him, and his eyes showed helplessness.
Concubine Pu then looked at Dou Yifang, "What do you mean?" ”
"Please also ask the concubine to drive the expedition......," Dou Yifang said.
Before she finished speaking, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, causing the people in the hall to be frightened again.
Pu Zhao said before that Chen Mian's purpose was to hold the concubine to blackmail the king, and Dou Yifang proposed to drive the princess to death?
"Dou Yifang, you are really rebellious! Are you trying to hurt the concubine? Mrs. Zhen said that she couldn't think of a countermeasure, and she couldn't give Mrs. Han all the limelight.
This can also show her concern for the concubine.
Of course, Bi Wan also followed the number of Dou Yifang, saying that she did her best and had no sense of responsibility.
The concubine didn't speak, and the two began to accuse Dou Yifang, which made her feel very bored, and immediately drank to shut them up.
The two of them can be regarded as stealing chickens and rice, and they can't say that they are dumb and bitter when they eat coptis chinensis.
After the hall was quiet, the concubine said, "You continue?" ”
Dou Yifang bowed his head and said: "Judging from the current situation, the anti-thieves have captured the outer city, which shows that its momentum is great. ”
"The king went to worship the heavens and took away some of the defenders, so it can be seen that there is a lack of troops in the capital who can rush to help, and it may not be possible to count on them to come to the rescue. Therefore, we have no choice but to save ourselves and defeat the rebels head-on. ”
"To put it mildly, do you think the war is embroidery?" Mrs. Han sneered.
"You're right...... Dou Yifang looked at her coldly, "Fighting a war is like embroidery, you need to be careful." ”
"You're using strong words!" Mrs. Han said angrily.
"Enough!" The concubine glanced at Mrs. Han, "It's all this time, what else is there to quarrel about...... and then she asked Dou Yifang how sure she could defeat the rebels.
"Seventy percent." Dou Yifang said unequivocally.
Mrs. Han really couldn't hold back and sneered again, very disdainful, but this time she didn't speak.
"Where do you get this seventy percent certainty from?"
"There are three points: first, the rebels only have the advantage for a while, and the people's hearts are not on their side, so they will not last long. Second, the rebels are mixed within the army, and they are only temporarily matched, and the people are not in harmony. ”
"Relying on a surprise attack to gain a momentary advantage, if the loss is heavy, it will be in chaos. Third, the concubine's personal conquest can boost the morale of our army and extinguish the arrogance of the rebels. These three points are cooperative, only one word 'chaos', as long as the rebels are in chaos, we have a chance of winning. ”
Dou Yifang finished speaking, and Mrs. Han couldn't laugh anymore, even she had to admit that Dou Yifang's words were reasonable.
The concubine thought for a moment, looked at Pu Zhao, and asked him how he was.
Pu Zhao also thought about it for a while and felt that this method was feasible, but he was worried about the safety of the concubine.
The concubine knocked on her crutches and said, "When the national disaster is at hand, what can the safety of the mourning family be!" ”
Dou Yifang was deeply infected, stood up and said, "Yifang is willing to walk with the concubine." ”
The concubine was originally afraid that Dou Yifang was pregnant with Liujia, and she was afraid that she would lose, but she thought that this trip could make Dou Yifang make a great contribution and pave the way for Dou Yifang, so she agreed.