In the second year of Ningkang, there was a comet out of the tail basket, more than ten zhang long, through the Taiwei, sweeping the east well; It has been seen since April, and it is not extinguished in autumn and winter

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One dark night in late autumn and September, at the Fengzhang Gate of Jiankang City, an army of less than 500 people hurried to the city gate with torches and shouted loudly to open the door. The soldier's rough voice spread far away in the quiet night, and immediately alarmed the soldiers defending the city.

Now is an extraordinary period, the general Huan Chong who presided over the counterinsurgency did not even have time to go to the new confession office to "report for work", and directly took 10,000 soldiers and horses to Maoshan, because the soldiers and horses in Danyang, Liyang and other places have not yet gathered, so there has not yet been a formal counterinsurgency, the news that has come these days is how the rebels are raging in the land of Sanwu is bad news, Jiankang City is three times a day, even with these officers and soldiers who defend the city do not dare to be sloppy.

Hearing a movement on the tower, someone shouted, "Who is under the city?" Hurry up and report it, or you will be killed by random arrows! ”

"We are subordinates of the auxiliary general, escorting Lord Sima to the city to deliver emergency military information." The officers and soldiers under the city replied loudly.

"Which one is Lord Sima?" Sima Shangzhi, the auxiliary general, is a member of the royal family, and he can't afford to offend a soldier like himself, so the officers and soldiers on the city tower suddenly softened a lot.

"I'm the auxiliary general, I have something important to report to the middle school, open the door quickly." A person who looked like a general appeared under the torches, and the officers and soldiers on the upper floor of the tunnel city were in trouble, how could these soldiers have seen such a high-level general as the auxiliary general? Even standing in front of them, you can't tell the truth from the fake! is still an officer who is clever, and quickly replied: "Please also ask the auxiliary general to wait a while, and I will wait to ask the general guarding the gate to greet your lordship." []" Then he immediately ran down to the city to report the news.

The city also understood, and knew that the officers and soldiers above could not be the master, so they just used an excuse to find someone who could be the master, so they immediately stopped talking and stood under the city gate and waited.

After a while, Huan Ji, the general of the Left Army, and Wang Yi, the general of the Left Guard, hurried over when they heard the news. The two of them and the leading general Kong Anguo were the people in charge of the Jiankang City Guard, and they did not dare to be sloppy in extraordinary times. The three of them made their rounds separately. Fengzhangmen is Wang Yan's land, and when he heard the news and rushed over, he met Huan Ji, who was also patrolling the city. Huan Ji heard that Sima Shangzhi had something important to report in the middle of the night, so he immediately patted his horse and took his own team to go to see what was going on with Wang Yan. Wang Yi also felt that the matter was very important, and it would be good to have one more helper, so they came over together.

Wang Yi and Huan Ji took a look and found that although the man under the city was depressed, he was really Sima Yunzhi, an auxiliary general who had been replaced as a fake. Hurriedly asked what was going on.

"Lord Jin Ling Tai Shouhuan led the army to Qinwang on the road to meet the rebel brigade, and after a hard fight, he escaped and ran to Baishi, and now he is wounded, so he asked me to report the military situation to Lord Shizhong, and tens of thousands of rebels bypassed Maoshan and went straight to Jurong. The people on the castle tower couldn't help but gasp. Jurong is the east gate of Jiankang, when will the rebels fight like this, they actually know that they will shoot a false shot, and avoid the real attack. If Jurong falls, then isn't Jiankang in danger?

And Huan Ji was even more anxious, and hurriedly ordered: "What? My fifth uncle was injured? How does it hurt? Don't open the gates yet! I want to know the details! ”

Wang Yi also echoed casually, after all, his uncle was one of the parties, and it was understandable to be anxious as a nephew, and this Sima Shangzhi also startled Wang Yan. Eager to know the details.

The Fengzhang Gate creaked open in the dark, and Huan Ji and Wang Yi led hundreds of personal soldiers to greet Sima Shangzhi behind the city gate with torches. But as soon as he saw Sima Yunzhi's appearance, Wang Yi was a little puzzled. In the end, Huan Mi was attacked or you Sima Yunzhi was attacked, why did you look like you were going to die.

Suddenly. One flashed out from behind Sima Yunzhi, and immediately startled Wang Yi, isn't this Huan Mi, who has been injured in an attack? How did it come out of here. "Brother Mu, aren't you injured?"

Huan Mi didn't answer, but showed a faint smile. There is a chilling and eerie feeling in the beating firelight. Wang Yigang felt that it was wrong. But I felt a cold vest, and there was a sharp pain in my heart. Wang Yi turned his head with difficulty. saw Huan Ji's disdainful face, and a general beside him looked at him with a hideous gaze, but a bright steel knife in his hand was dripping blood.

"The Huan family is plotting against each other!" Wang Yi gritted his teeth and failed to shout this sentence, and his weakness and dizziness caused him to tumble off his mount and fall heavily to the ground. [

"Fifth uncle!" Huan Ji smiled and clenched his fists and saw Huan Mi.

Huan Mi waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to be polite, and then several people stepped aside, allowing the soldiers behind him to rush into the city and seize the city gate. At this time, out of the darkness, I don't know how many soldiers and horses appeared, and the black pressure poured in from the city gate, and after a while, thousands of people rushed over from Huan Ji and Huan Mi. They rushed to Jiankang City in a very orderly manner, and according to the original plan, they captured various key points.

At this time, a general walked into the city under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, Huan Ji saw the appearance of the person who came, and couldn't help but raise his voice: "Big brother! "This person is the assassin Shi Huanxi of Nanyu Prefecture who should be stationed outside the city.

"I've seen the fifth uncle!" Huan Xi bowed his hand to Huan Mi, and then returned the salute to Huan Ji: "Second brother is good!" ”

"Okay, now that we've gathered, it's better to listen to Mr. Cui to dispatch one or two in the center." Huan Mi grabbed the reins and said loudly.

"That's right, without further ado, ask Mr. Cui for some advice." Huan Xi immediately echoed.

"Then Cui Mou is welcome," a scholar walked out of the shadow behind Huan Mi and arched his hand.

His name is Cui Da, a member of the Cui family in Qinghe County, originally a student of Jizhou University in Beifu, after completing his studies, he came to Jiangzuo to study, met with Huan Mi, and soon became a friend of Mo Zhi, so he stayed by Huan Mi's side and became a strategist. In recent years, most of the Jiangzuo students and celebrities yearn for Beifu, but there are not a few students in Beifu who travel to Jiangzuo and stay in the land, after all, Beifu Xinxue is in charge, and many metaphysical and good Buddhist people have gone south and stayed in Jiangzuo.

Cui Dazhi is sensitive, and he has made a lot of suggestions for Huan Mi. At that time, Huan Mi was not only dissatisfied with the eldest brother Huan Wen, but also dissatisfied with the sixth brother Huan Chong's monopoly on the power of the Huan family, and was ready to contact the dissatisfied people in the Huan family to make trouble at Huan Wen's funeral and abolish Huan Chong and Huan Xuan. But Cui Da dissuaded Huan Mi's move. I advised him not to act rashly, because at that time, Huan Chong not only used all the forces of the Huan family, but also had a good relationship with the imperial court.

According to Cui Dadi's opinion, Huan Mi secretly contacted Huan Xi and Huan Ji, and the two were extremely angry at Huan Chong's support for Huan Xuan's inheritance of his father's title, thinking that this was his sixth uncle's fake will. In fact, I want to take over the huge Huan family power by myself, a four- or five-year-old child, you Huan Chong is not fooling as much as you want.

Huan Mi found Huan Xi and Huan Ji, and the three of them immediately joined together and secretly plotted. And Cui Da has gradually become a three-person think tank. used his own extraordinary strategies and plans to make the three uncles and nephews of the Huan family listen to their words. Cui Da first asked Huan Mi to take charge of an army first by using the post of Jinling Taishou, and the number should not be too much, as long as five thousand, so as not to arouse suspicion; The messenger instigated Sun Tai and Lu Wei to spread the news that the DPRK and China were going to attack the two, forcing Sun and Lu to make trouble; What made Huan's uncle and nephew admire the most was that Cui Da sent someone to Linze to envoy Yuan Jin, who didn't know what method he used, actually obeyed Huan's rival and made him agree to join forces. [

Then things went just as Trida had designed them. Sun Tai and Lu Wei got into trouble, Jiangzuo was in chaos, and the court was in a panic. Sitting in Dihuan Chong, he was sent out to be the governor of the capital, and Jiankang was empty. At this time, Huan Xi pulled Wang Luozhi again. Pretending to be Danyang Jiankang's troops are insufficient. Wang Luozhi, a famous man of the Wang family, didn't know anything about military affairs, how could Huan Xi fool him, how to believe him, so he was used as a gun.

At this time, Southern Yuzhou had to guard Huainan to guard Beifu, and also support Huan Shiqian of Guangling and Huan Chong who rebelled. Except for the five thousand soldiers and horses brought by Huan Xi, there is no ability to draw out any more troops. However, Huan Shiqian of Guangling suddenly attacked Linhuai because of Yuan Jin and Fan Liu. In a hurry, he couldn't draw troops at all. It happened that Huan Mi still had 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and they were quite close, so he was recruited King Qin, and the uncles and nephews of the Huan family were completed according to the original plan.

"Second Major General, how many soldiers and horses do you have?" Trida asked.

"Only two thousand." Huan Ji replied truthfully, so he hung the honorable title of horse, but unfortunately he has not held any real position, so it is already very good to be able to master two thousand soldiers and horses. "You have 2,000, the major young general has 5,000, the fifth general has 3,000, and General Yuan Er's 2,000, and we can mobilize 12,000 soldiers and horses. In Jiankang City, there were 6,000 Su guards, more than 10,000 city guards, and 5,000 soldiers and horses with stones outside the city, more than 20,000. Trida began to calculate them one by one.

"Now we can only take the inner palace in one fell swoop, and only by taking over the holy guards of the emperor and the queen mother, can we coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. At that time, whether the generals reprimanded the young son general or deposed Wang Xie Zhujia, it was just a matter of an edict. ”

Cui Da's words made the uncle and nephew of the Huan family suddenly open their eyes, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is only the first step, and then there will be a higher level, isn't there an example of the former Wei Wu Emperor in history?

"The second young general is very familiar with Jiankang City, and can quickly lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately defeat the leading generals such as Kong Anguo, the leading general who commands the city guards, the Danyang Yin Wang Luozhi of the Danyang County Army, and Sima Shangzhi, the king of the Su Guard, and force them to hand over the talismans, and then take charge of all the soldiers and horses in the city; The major general led 3,000 soldiers and horses to capture Zhongshu Province and other centers, and mastered the central seal, which was convenient for ordering Zhang Zhao; The five generals led 5,000 soldiers and horses straight into Guangjingmen, took charge of the guards, and asked for the edicts of His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen Mother to correct the name of our Qing monarch this time! General Yuan Er's 2,000 soldiers and horses were in Baishi to monitor the stone and other places to prevent the soldiers and horses from all walks of life from moving recklessly. ”

"What? We stay outside the city? Yuan En shouted, but was pulled by Guan Xiu behind him, and muttered a few words in his ear, and Yuan En stopped making a sound.

As part of the cooperation plan, Yuan Jin sent Yuan En and Guan Xiu to lead 2,000 elite soldiers, quietly infiltrated the Jingkou, and changed into the armor uniforms of Xuzhou officers and soldiers, whether it was support or surveillance, anyway, they had to follow Huan Mi to act together. [This time, mixed in Huan Mi's 5,000 soldiers and horses, he joined forces with Huan Ji Nei and Wai, captured Baishi in one fell swoop, killed the leading Shang Shu servant Xie Shi, the champion general Xie Qian, the auxiliary general Sima Yunzhi and others, and collected the 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed there, and Yuan En and others were the first to charge, Xie Shi and others died in his hands nine times out of ten, and Huan Mi couldn't stop it for a while. Therefore, this time when he entered the city, Huan Mi did not dare to use this "Chaoge Army" again, Cui Da arranged it like this. Just what he wants

"Okay, then we'll do what we plan and complete the task before dawn." As the mastermind, Di Huan Secret finally set the tone. Immediately, people from all walks of life scattered and rushed towards their respective targets.

And when Huan Mi and the others were earning to open the Fengzhang Gate, a figure rushed to the door of Xie An's Mansion in the waiter, knocked on the door and shouted: "I have something important to report to the servant!" ”

After Xie Fu's porter opened the door when he heard the sound, he saw a man sitting at the door panting. couldn't help but scold loudly: "This is the mansion of the Lord Shizhong, you dare to make noise here!" ”

"I am Liu Kang, who joined the army in Jinling Taishou, and I have important military affairs to report to the middle of the army!" When the visitor saw the door open, he hurriedly stood up, and replied loudly while taking out his waist card to say goodbye.

"There's something to do tomorrow. Don't look at what time it is? The porter yawned and said, Record to join the army? Even Jin Ling Taishou didn't dare to be so reckless. [

"Cheap slave dares, this is a major matter related to the country's social affairs, if it is delayed, you will not be able to cut off ten heads!" Liu Kang couldn't help jumping up, shouting loudly, and also pulled out the sword at his waist, and the bright sword pointed directly at the porter, meaning that if the porter dared not to report it. And he stabbed him with his sword.

Seeing this posture, the porter knew that the big thing was not good, and hurriedly called the guy next to him to hurry up and report the news. A quarter of an hour passed. He ran over and led Liu Kang in.

"I've seen Lord Shizhong!"

"No courtesy. What is the need to find me? Xie An asked.

"Jin Ling Taishou Huan secretly colluded with his nephew Huan Xi, Huan Ji and the traitor Yuan Jin to plot a rebellion, preparing to lead the army into Jiankang in the name of the Qing monarch and hold the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother hostage." Liu Kang got straight to the point.

"What?" This news surprised Xie An, who has always been calm.

"The subordinates originally followed Huan Mi into King Jingqin, but who knew that on the road they found that there were actually sergeants mixed with Yuan Jin's traitors, and it was Yuan Jin's generals Yuan En and Guan Xiu who took the lead. The subordinates were shocked. Inquire quietly immediately. As a result, I occasionally heard about the conspiracy between Huan Mi and Yuan En, and learned about their rebellion. So he hurried over and entered the city at dusk, but he didn't know where the mansion was. I didn't dare to ask rashly, so I had to look for it slowly, and then I found the waiter! ”

Xie Andi's mind is rapidly calculating, Huan Chong is the current head of the Huan family, and he is also the most loyal to the imperial court, but unfortunately he left Jiankang because of the rebellion, and the Huan family who are now staying in Jiankang City still have Huan Ji and Huan Xi, but they are very dissatisfied with Huan Chong's support of Huan Xuan and Huan Wen's title, and the other Huan families stationed nearby are dissatisfied because of Huan Chong's resignation from Yangzhou Assassin History, although they will not follow the rebellion, but they can't be counted on for a while. [It's so late at night now, it is estimated that Huan Mi should be in trouble, and it may be too late to mobilize troops and horses.] How's that good? But the first problem is to protect the inner palace, protect the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, as long as the two of them are safe, and then breathe a sigh of relief, it is not a problem to calm down Huan secretly rebelling.

"Someone! Gather the soldiers of the Fuchu family now! Xie An pondered for a moment or two, and immediately concluded, "And immediately send someone to Shang Shuling and Wang Shizhong to send a message, and ask them to immediately lead the family soldiers to the inner palace!" ”

After that, Xie An picked up a sword and hurriedly rushed to the palace with Liu Kang and hundreds of soldiers. Sima Shangzhi, the commander of the Su Guard, immediately ran to meet him when he heard the news, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the details, and took Xie An to the harem to meet the driver.

The Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother experienced this kind of formation, and they were suddenly frightened, just bowing their heads and crying there. After a while, Wang Biaozhi and Wang Tanzhi and other important ministers led thousands of soldiers into the inner palace, hearing the news, they were also panicked, and at this moment, the city of Jiankang suddenly sounded the earth-shattering shouts and killing, from time to time a ball of fire, the entire Jiankang soon boiled in the dark, everywhere there were chaotic shouts and cries, it seems that Huan Mi has really been in trouble!

"God, why did I go out of the Great Jin Dynasty as a traitor and traitor!" Wang Tanzhi couldn't help but burst into tears, and shouted there, his crazy appearance suddenly frightened the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven who were sitting there, and he was stunned for a while, and the young Son of Heaven was even more frightened to pee his pants]

"The top priority is to find out the situation in the city immediately, the officers and soldiers and the family soldiers of the various provinces together should be far superior to the rebels, but they were caught off guard, and they panicked for a while, so they let the rebels have the upper hand, as long as they can be connected. If you combine as one army, you will naturally be able to defeat the rebels. Wang Biaozhi said categorically.

Xie An nodded: "Shang Shuling is right, His Royal Highness King Qian, you immediately send people to the leading general Kong, the general of the escort army Wang Biao, the general of the Chinese army Xie Lin and the ministers, asking them to immediately gather the soldiers and horses and family soldiers and accept the command of the leading army of Kong." Occupy all the key points in the city first, stabilize the position, guard the inner palace and the center, and then pacify the rebels in one fell swoop when the day comes. ”

"Yes!" Sima Shangzhi, the king of Chen, immediately received the order, ordered orders to be sent around, and gathered the Su guards. In Guangjing Gate, Anqiong Gate, Guangyue Gate, Dongtao Gate set up heavy guards.

However, the situation did not gradually improve as everyone in the hall thought, the shouts of killing became louder and louder, and almost the entire Jiankang City fell into a kind of panic and madness.

"Report! The leading general Kong, the general of the escort army Wang Biao, the general of the Chinese army Xie Lin were killed in battle, and dozens of ministers such as Cheng Wuyun and Tingwei Xi Yue in the imperial history were killed behind closed doors, and the rebels have captured Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province and other centers. ”

"Thousands of rebels besieged Guangjingmen. The Su Guards suffered heavy losses and were about to lose their hold. ”

The bad news came one after another, making everyone's hearts cold to the end.

"Adults. It's better to protect the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother and take refuge quickly, if the rebels master the gates. It's too late to run again. As long as the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother do not fall into the hands of traitors, everything will be fine. In silence, Liu Kang stood up and said.

"Exactly!" Wang Biaozhi nodded in agreement.

"Huan Mi came from the east, Baishi bore the brunt, he should have been poisoned, and now the only place we can go is to land stones by the river, and there are still 5,000 sailors there. Then meet Wang Luozhi's Danyang soldiers. It should be able to hold its ground. As long as General Huan Youzi can return to the division in time, it will not be too late. Xie An continued.

"Without further ado. Let's go! Wang Tanzhi said, "An Shi, Shuwu, the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother will be handed over to you." ”

"Wendu, what do you want?" Xie An asked in surprise.

"I'll go and pick up His Royal Highness, it won't be good if he falls into the hands of the rebels." Wang Tanzhi replied, with a little calm smile on his face, "When is such a national crisis, when will I wait to come forward?" ”

At this point, Wang Tanzhi said solemnly: "An Shi, Shuwu, you are all treasures of the world, please take care of your life and assist the Son of Heaven." ”

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi bid farewell to Wang Tanzhi with tears, and then protected the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother and ran towards An Qiongmen. Before leaving, Wang Tanzhi grabbed the corner of Xie An's lichen and whispered: "This matter is sudden, please ask An Shidang."

Xie An said with tears in his eyes: "I know, I know it in my heart!" ”

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi led two thousand guards to protect the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and more than 100 people in the harem rushed out of Anqiongmen, and met Xie An, Wang Tanzhi, Wang Biaozhi and other hundreds of family members in the house when they met Xie An, Wang Tanzhi, Wang Biaozhi and other family members, all of whom came after receiving the message. They joined together and fled in a hurry to the northwest.

Not long after leaving the city, Huan Mi, who got the news, immediately sent 3,000 elite soldiers to pursue Xie An and his party, and the rest of the others continued to attack the unmastered places in Jiankang City.

Due to the pursuers behind them, Xie An and his party fled very embarrassed, and after more than an hour, they finally ran to the stone ferry. Hearing the news, the champion general Gao Su and the right guard general Zhang Chongzhi couldn't help but burst into tears when they saw Xie An and others like this. But then they were told the bad news that the 5,000 sailors at the Stone Ferry had been disarmed.

As if to confirm Gao Su and Zhang Chongdi's words, thousands of sergeants with different armor ran out of the Shidu Ferry Water Division's camp, and even Xie An was a little frightened.

"Yan Shi, the commander of the first detachment of the Fourth Fleet of the Beifu Navy Coastal Sea, is here to take over!" The leader of the general spoke.

"Beifu Navy?" Xie An couldn't understand it for a while.

"In any case, let's withdraw to the navy's ship first, the safety of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother is the most important." Liu Kang persuaded beside him.

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi glanced at each other, their faces were full of helplessness, now they were surrounded by the Beifu Navy, and they couldn't get on the ship if they didn't want to.

After a while, Xie An and Wang Biaozhi escorted more than 3,000 people, including the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, and took dozens of boats from the original Jiangzuo Naval Division, and transferred to the Beifu Navy ship in the middle of the river in the black.