Chapter Eighty-Six: Cui Ming's Determination
Ming Song rushed to the outside of the East Palace with people, but found that the palace gate was closed, without a sound, and the guards of the East Palace, who were supposed to be there, were gone.
This made Ming Song also start to feel uneasy, you must know that they have been sending people to keep an eye on the East Palace, and the previous report was normal, how could it be like this now.
Ming Song had the heart to find someone to verify the situation again, but considering that he couldn't delay here for too long, he still decided to do it first.
Anyway, when the forbidden army outside the city did not dispatch, they had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and even if they were empty inside, they couldn't scare him.
So Ming Song suppressed his worries, directly led people to knock on the palace door, and shouted loudly for the people inside to surrender, but still did not get any answer.
Since Li Hao became the crown prince, he has expanded the territory of Dasu, and his reputation and prestige in the court and the people are very high.
Although Ming Song and these people have always wanted to trip Li Hao, they also agree with this, so they want to salute first and then soldier.
Now that this first gift has been used, Ming Song decisively ordered someone to find a stake and directly knocked the door open.
Compared with the palace, the gate of the East Palace is still not so strong after all, and soon Ming Song broke into the East Palace with people.
As far as the eye could see, there was darkness, and there was no light in the entire East Palace.
Ming Song's worries turned into reality, you must know that it has only been more than half an hour since they entered the city.
The entire East Palace, with its palace maids, eunuchs and guards, was no less than a few hundred people, how could it be possible that they disappeared quietly in such a short period of time.
Unless their plan had already been leaked, Donggong had prepared it before.
Ming Song didn't want to believe this, and they had no other way out now, so they could only go all the way to the dark.
"Come on, search the entire East Palace for me, even if you look through the East Palace, you have to find someone."
After obeying the order, the soldiers immediately scattered and went out to rummage through the cabinets.
Ming Song didn't do it himself at this time, but waved his hand to beckon two cronies and arranged the tasks one by one.
"Ming Zhao, you immediately go to the palace to find Lord Zheng, inform him of the situation here, and ask him to be careful.
Mingkan, you go and find the eyeliner that was staring at the East Palace, I want to know what happened here."
The two were ordered to leave, while Ming Song continued to stay here with trepidation, eagerly hoping that things would turn around.
It's a pity that the final result disappointed Ming Song, and his subordinates turned over all the East Palace, but they didn't find anyone.
Just judging from the ashes of the stove in the kitchen, it can be judged that an hour ago, there was still a fire burning there.
As for the people sent to find the stalkers, the living people were not found, only a few corpses abandoned in the middle of nowhere.
According to the condition of the body, after investigation, it was found that it had died almost an hour ago.
Ming Song knew the situation, and his mind began to think about the whole thing.
An hour ago, although they had not yet entered the city, the soldiers and horses had already marched towards the city.
Therefore, Ming Song was a little difficult to judge, and Donggong knew the situation for a long time and prepared in advance.
was still awakened by the abnormal movement of soldiers and horses, and the evacuation was carried out temporarily.
Although this is difficult, who let the enemy be Li Hao, it seems quite normal to anticipate the enemy in advance and do something that ordinary people can't do.
Ming Song really couldn't make up his mind, so he immediately rushed back to Zheng Zhuo with someone first, wanting to see the progress of the palace before making a decision.
It's a pity that Zheng Zhuo's side is not progressing as expected, and after the cloud ladder was found from the hidden fire team, the Tiger Banner Battalion immediately began to attack tentatively.
It's just that when they were halfway up, countless fires immediately appeared on the wall that was still dark.
At the same time, a rain of arrows came downward, shooting down the rebels who were climbing the wall.
Then Wang Qin came out and threw a head off the city wall: "Zheng Zhuo, were you waiting for him to open the palace gate for you?"
Although in the dark, Zheng Zhuo couldn't see it clearly
The appearance of the person, but you can guess who the head is.
It's just that Zheng Zhuo didn't want to hit the morale of the army because of this, so he said decisively: "Wang Qin, I advise you to surrender as soon as possible, just with the more than 1,000 forbidden troops under your command who have never seen blood, they can't hold this great imperial city.
As long as you are willing to surrender, then after the third prince ascends the throne, your royal family will still enjoy wealth and wealth, otherwise don't blame us for being ruthless."
Wang Qin laughed when he heard this: "Rebels and thieves, everyone will be punished, why are you ashamed to come here to speak out, or let me persuade you and your soldiers."
Now that the forbidden army in the palace is ready, you don't want to attack the palace for a while, and when the forbidden army outside the city reacts, you will become a turtle in the urn.
Besides, the crown prince is leading the army outside, and he can raise troops to help at any time, as far as you people are concerned, even if you defeat the palace today, how can you be the enemy of the prince, and it is not a dead end in the end.
I know that most of you have just been deceived by this thief, and as long as you are willing to change your ways, Your Majesty will forgive you without sin.
Even if anyone can catch the thief's head, His Majesty can also make him a marquis and an official, and if His Majesty has a holy purpose for this, you must think about it carefully."
Zheng Zhuo saw that on his side, after listening to Wang Qin's words, his morale began to decline.
immediately retorted: "Prince, I'm afraid that he is also difficult to protect himself now, with Anguo's 100,000 army on his side, do you think he has a chance to come back?"
Hearing Zheng Zhuo's words, Yuan
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Li Hao's flying pigeon biography, Wang Qin only received it yesterday, and the whole person felt bad at that time, he really didn't expect that there would be this one.
As Li Hao's cheap uncle, the future and wealth of the Wang family are all tied to Li Hao, so although he knew that the situation was a little sudden, he still made a decisive choice to cooperate with this matter.
Of course, the acting has to be performed in a full set, and he did not make any unusual moves on the day he got the letter.
just quietly sent a letter to the Wang family, and asked Wang Kun to hide with his family.
It wasn't until today that Zheng Zhuo and their actions began, and Wang Qin was ready to get rid of the traitors in the imperial city guards.
And this point was also implemented smoothly, after all, the traitor did not know that he had been exposed, Wang Qin directly took the opportunity to inspect the city defense, and directly killed him, and then immediately arranged his henchmen to take over the city defense.
After killing someone, Wang Qin went to find Cui Ming and informed Zheng Zhuo of the news of the rebellion.
"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhuo and Ming Song raised troops to rebel, and I also ask Your Majesty to immediately give a tiger talisman edict to order General Gongye to lead the forbidden army outside the city into the city to quell the rebellion."
Cui Ming's first reaction was disbelief, and he suspected that Wang Qin was deliberately framing.
In Cui Ming's opinion, he has already rewarded the Zheng family, even if Zheng Zhuo made mistakes several times, he saw that Zheng Guifei was in front of him, and he gently let him go. Why would such a person rebel?
Moreover, this was said by Wang Qin, which further reduced the credibility, after all, the matter of the Zheng family and the prince not dealing with each other was also known to everyone.
"Rebellion is a felony against the Nine Clans, you can't talk nonsense?"
Wang Qin said solemnly: "What the minister said is true, this Zheng Zhuo has already mobilized soldiers and horses into the city, and sent people to take over the defense of the capital.
Even the Imperial City Forbidden Army under the minister was bribed by Zheng Zhuo, and he was about to steal the city gate just now, but fortunately he was discovered by the minister in time, otherwise the situation would be worse."
Looking at Wang Qin's anxious face, Cui Ming still hesitated.
Wang Qin was also helpless when he saw this, after all, what he said was true, so he could only say, "Your Majesty, if you still don't believe me, you might as well follow me to Donghuamen to have a look, I think Zheng Zhuo's rebels should arrive soon."
Donghua Gate is the first city gate where the rebels arrive, and after His Majesty confirms the authenticity, he will immediately give the tiger talisman, and the minister will still have time to send people out of the other city gates.
Taking advantage of the rebels' failure to block all the gaps in the city gates, they left the palace and went outside the city to find General Gongye to transfer troops."
At this time, the weight in Cui Ming's heart began to turn to Wang Qin
This side is shaken, after all, this can immediately distinguish the true from the false, and there seems to be no room for lying.
But the slightest suspicion of the emperor finally made him say, "Okay, then I will go to Donghua Gate with you."
That's it, Cui Mingcai followed Wang Qin, and at the time they arrived, Zheng Zhuo hadn't arrived yet.
It's just that from the palace wall, you can see a fire dragon composed of torches, heading towards the palace.
Although Cui Ming had not fought much in the army, he was more or less a soldier, and he quickly deduced the approximate number of people from the length of the fire dragon.
was about to hand over the tiger talisman immediately, but at the moment, Cui Ming hesitated again.
This time, Cui Ming began to wonder if the scene in front of him would be a scene played by Wang Qin helping the prince.
wants to use this edict to get rid of the Zheng family, the Ming family, and the Cen family, so as to force the palace to seize power.
It wasn't until Zheng Zhuo finally appeared in the city, so that Cui Ming could clearly see his face in the flickering firelight, and Cui Ming made up his mind.
When even let the king hand-pick the torch, so that he could write the edict himself.
After hearing this, Wang Qin said: "Now Zheng Zhuo still doesn't know the situation in the palace, and the ministers don't light torches, they just want to use suspicious tactics to delay time.
I also ask Your Majesty to follow me to the back of the tower, so that even if I light a torch, I will not be afraid of being discovered."
Cui Ming followed him to the back of the tower, then tore the robe under him, cut his fingers with a dagger, and wrote an edict on it in the light of the torch ordering Gongyegu to lead his troops to quell the rebellion.
After finishing writing, Cui Ming asked the eunuch beside him to take out the tiger talisman, use the edict to pack it, and hand it to Cui Ming.
"Send someone out of the city at once." When he said this, Cui Ming suddenly paused again and asked, "You said that Zheng Zhuo has blocked the city gates everywhere, so how are you going to send the edict out."
Wang Qin replied, "Although the city gates have been sealed, Zheng Zhuo's troops are limited, and it is impossible to hold all the city walls.
Among the forbidden army, there are those who are good at climbing high and going low, they can use the flying claw soft ladder to go up and down the city wall, the only thing to worry about is the forbidden army camp, I don't know if there will be rebels to stop it."
When Cui Ming heard this, he tore another piece of his robe in Wang Qin's puzzled eyes, and continued to write hard, but this time it was not for Gongyegu, but for Li Hao.
After finishing writing, Cui Ming took out another jade seal and wrapped it in a robe.
"This is the edict I wrote to the crown prince, and this letter seal of the Son of Heaven, you send someone to send it directly to the prince,
Once the imperial city falls, no matter what the situation of me is, no matter what the situation of the capital is, I must order the prince to immediately raise troops to serve the king, and this country must not fall into the hands of rebellious ministers and thieves."
Obviously, when he got here, Cui Ming had to make more preparations, after all, how many forbidden troops there were in this palace, and Cui Ming himself knew it in his heart.
After Wang Qin took it, he didn't dare to delay time, and immediately stretched out his hand to summon a few people, and divided them into two teams to act.
One team went to the forbidden army camp to find Gongyegu, and the other team went directly to the north to find the prince.
After these arrangements were made, Wang Qin planned to let Cui Ming return to the palace first, where it would be safer to stay away from the battlefield after all.
As a result, Cui Ming said, "I have also been on the battlefield, how can I retreat from the battle at such a time."
Wang Qin received a letter from Li Hao, and he must ensure Cui Ming's safety, where dare he really go to the battlefield.
He immediately persuaded: "There are no swords and guns on this battlefield, and there is still that firearms battalion under Zheng Zhuo's command, their power cannot be underestimated, and Your Majesty's golden body must not risk it here.
Otherwise, once something happens, I am afraid that the morale of the palace guards will plummet, and it will be even more difficult to defend.
Besides, His Majesty still needs to be in charge of this palace, especially Jingxiang Palace?"
This Jingxiang Palace is the palace where Zheng Guifei is located, this Zheng family has rebelled, if you want to say that Zheng Guifei doesn't know, Cui Ming himself doesn't believe it.
Especially Cui Ming still remembers that just two days ago, Zheng Guifei also looked for herself, saying that she was praying for her health.
Now that everything is as he wishes, he must go to the temple to make a vow and put the three princes
arranged for Daming Temple outside the palace, and now he hasn't come back.
This is obviously to let the third prince out of his control, so as not to threaten Zheng Zhuo with his life at a critical time.
"I can't take care of her for the time being, just send a few people to keep an eye on Jingxiang Palace, Zheng Zhuo's subordinates are all my Dasu soldiers, I want to stay and see if they are really bent on rebellion."
Seeing that Wang Qin still wanted to stop him, Cui Ming continued: "You don't have to worry, I'll stay for a while, if Zheng Zhuo really starts to attack the city, I will naturally retreat, and it won't affect you to defend the city."
Under Cui Ming's promise, Wang Qincai did not stop again, but led Cui Ming back to the city.
At first, Cui Ming really didn't speak, and he kept quietly behind Wang Qin, observing the changes in the situation.
It wasn't until Zheng Zhuo said the words that Cui Ming didn't hold back and walked out: "You dare to collude with An Guo, I thought you were just greedy for power, and I lost my mind for a while, but I didn't expect you to be ambitious and forget the hatred of the country and the family.
You have also been stationed in the north, and you have seen with your own eyes how far the people of the north have been enslaved by Anguo, and how dare you seek the skin of a tiger."
Zheng Zhuo didn't expect Cui Ming to be there, and he was really taken aback at first.
But he quickly reacted, he had already rebelled, and what were he afraid of.
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