Just when Pei Yuan and Yuan Bao Ju looked at each other, suddenly a guard of the East Palace hurriedly broke into the East Palace, and as soon as he saw the Yuan Bao Torch, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, something is wrong, a large number of forbidden troops are coming in the direction of the East Palace!" ”

It may be that this news is too shocking, and the ingots torch who were shocked for a while were at a loss.

On the contrary, Pei Yuan calmed down at the moment, it was definitely not good news that the forbidden army was coming at this moment, but Dugu Ao had not told him about this, it could be that something had gone wrong.

But in any case, it is absolutely impossible to let the Yuan Bao Torch fall into the hands of Yuan Shan at this moment, so Pei Yuan immediately said to the Yuan Bao Torch: "Your Highness, Your Majesty obviously doesn't trust you anymore, otherwise it should be the eunuch who passed the decree and not the forbidden army, once it falls into the hands of the forbidden army, His Royal Highness will be a lamb to be slaughtered, and everything will be useless at that time." ”

The Yuan Bao Torch had no idea at the moment, so he had to let Pei Yuan act, Pei Yuan immediately organized hundreds of guards in the East Palace, and then covered the Yuan Bao Torch to break through.

The combat strength of the prince's guards is on par with the forbidden army, and the number of forbidden troops who came is only a hundred, and soon Pei Yuan covered the Yuan Bao Torch to kill the East Palace, but at this moment, where to break through made Pei Yuan unable to choose.

At this moment of confusion, suddenly a hand was stretched out in the dark night, and a hand was pulled over Pei Yuan, Pei Yuan was shocked, and was about to raise his knife to resist, when he suddenly heard a voice: "Don't move, it's me." ”

Pei Yuan heard this familiar voice and immediately said, "How could General Dugu be here?" ”

Dugu Ao said: "It's too late to explain, come with me, let's go out from the east gate." ”

Pei Yuan did not doubt him, so he followed Dugu Ao all the way to the east gate, and when everyone rushed to the east gate, they found that the east gate was full of corpses, and Dugu Ao's soldiers had taken advantage of the night to forcibly capture the east gate.

When did Yuan Baoju see such a scene, he vomited on the spot, and then pointed at Dugu Ao with a pale face and said, "General Dugu, why are you doing this?" ”

Dugu Ao didn't reply, but said to a general: "Before noon today, you must guard the east gate, and you can't let the forbidden army in the city take it away, can you understand?" ”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Dugu Ao immediately took the Yuan Bao Torch and Pei Yuan out of the east gate, and then everyone went directly to Yuwenzhi's mansion.

Along the way, Yuan Bao Ju didn't know where he was going, but he felt that the atmosphere in Chang'an City was already extremely tense, and suddenly a lot of soldiers in armor appeared, but they turned a deaf ear to his group, which made Yuan Bao Ju even more puzzled in his heart.

When he arrived at Yuwen Zhi's house, the ingots torch was suddenly surprised, no wonder so many soldiers suddenly appeared, if this matter was related to Yuwen Zhi, it would not be surprising.

Yu Wenzhi was not in the house, but Cui Jin and Sima Linhai were waiting in the house, and after seeing the Yuan Bao Torch, the two knelt down directly and said, "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”

His Majesty made the Yuan Bao Ju not know how to answer, but habitually took a step back and said, "What do you mean by this, two adults?" ”

Cui Jin glanced at Sima Linhai with his eyes, and after getting Sima Linhai's affirmative reply, Cui Jin spoke: "Your Majesty has no way now, we are willing to recommend His Royal Highness to the throne, now surrounded by strong enemies from all sides, the Eastern Dynasty is full of evil thieves, and the Northern Turks are not good, the Southern Qi harbors evil intentions, and the land of Liangzhou is constantly in rebellion, and the Lord of Wisdom and Martial Arts is needed to revitalize the Dynasty. ”

Yuan Baoju also understood at this time, looking at Cui Jin and Sima Linhai, and then looking at Dugu Ao beside him, and then thinking that he was in Yuwen Zhi's mansion, he sighed and said at the moment: "Do the ministers of Chinese Wu think so?" ”

Cui Jin saw that the ingot torch had been loosened, and he couldn't help jumping out at the moment, and it was difficult to hide his excitement on his old face: "Exactly, Your Highness only needs to wait a little tonight, and you can ascend the throne in the Humble Administrator's Hall tomorrow." ”

Yuan Bao Ju was shocked when he saw Cui Jin so confident, although his face did not show any discomfort, but he felt a chill in his bones.

In the imperial city, Yuan Shan heard the forbidden army's report that Pei Yuan went to the East Palace, and got the confession of Pu Hong brought by Yuwenzhi, so he immediately decided to immediately seize the ingot torch.

But the ingots torch actually escaped, which shocked Yuan Shan, you must know that there are only 500 guards left in the imperial city in the East Palace, and how to rush out of the imperial city.

What shocked Yuan Shan even more was that the east gate of the imperial city had been occupied by Dugu Ao's men, and Yuan Shan couldn't help but scold: "No wonder Ju'er is so bold, it turns out that he has the support of Dugu Ao." ”

You must know that Dugu Ao has a lot of military power, if Dugu Ao and the Chang'an garrison general make trouble together, then Yuan Shan is really likely to be taken directly, but at the moment Yuan Shan is not panicking, because Yu Wenzhi is still by his side.

Yu Wenzhi looked at Yuan Shan's back, and his eyes kept thinking, but he didn't carry a blade when he entered the palace, and Yuan Shan also had personal guards around him to protect him, so I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed if he does it rashly.

"Your Majesty, now Dugu Ao occupies the east gate of the imperial city, this matter is not trivial, after Dugu Ao received the prince, he should have gone out of the city directly, but he ordered his subordinates to guard the east gate, if Weichen did not guess wrong, Dugu Ao must have sent a large army to come, plus the previous Pu Hong and Chang'an garrison general Ning Hongtu colluded, if the Chang'an gate is opened, the big thing will be closed."

After listening to Yu Wenzhi's words, Yuan Shan also kept thinking in his heart, Ning Hongtu was the general he personally promoted, and he was absolutely trustworthy, but today's events made him dare not trust Ning Hongtu easily, otherwise, according to the usual practice, at this time, he only needs to transfer the Chang'an garrison to come, and he can annihilate the Dugu Arrogant troops and the prince's guards stationed at the east gate, after all, they add up to more than a thousand people.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shan sighed and asked, "Yuwen Aiqing, what do you think now?" If Ning Hongtu really colluded with the prince to rebel, then could this imperial city be impregnable? I didn't expect Dugu Ao to be implicated, and this matter is tricky. ”

Yuwen said confidently at this time: "Your Majesty can rest assured, there are 20,000 forbidden troops in the imperial city, and now although the east gate is occupied by Dugu Ao, the elite of Weichen can take it." ”

Yuan Shan nodded, what Yu Wenzhi said was true, after all, he was the god of war in Western Qin, not to mention that it was not very difficult to break through the east gate from the inside, and Dugu Ao did not have enough time to dismantle the ladder on the side of the city wall.

Thinking about this, Yuan Shan asked again: "What if Ning Hongtu leads the Chang'an garrison to come?" ”

Yu Wenzhi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, although the Chang'an garrison is a regular military force in Chang'an, there are still two forbidden army camps in the north and south in Chang'an City, which are used to contain each other. ”