These forbidden troops led by Sima Lun have long been determined to carry out fire attacks.
But he was afraid that the fire would spread to the entire palace.
Now that Sima Lun has spoken, they have nothing to worry about.
The generals ordered the crossbowmen to launch rockets into the palace courtyard of the East Palace.
Some Imperial Guard infantry also began to throw torches into the courtyard.
Sima Yu was already prepared for this, and the doors and windows of the attic of the East Palace were soaked with water.
Some windows facing the outside still had water-soaked quilts hanging on them.
But fires were still caused by rocket torches in some places.
The palace people in the East Palace held arrows and tried their best to put out the open flames.
Outside the courtyard wall, under the shouts of the generals, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army launched a new round of attack.
However, arrows continued to be fired from the cabinet platform of the courtyard, and many soldiers were shot to the ground before they even got close to the courtyard wall.
The soldiers who rushed up the short ladder were still stabbed to death by rows of spears and blades.
They have been busy for a long time, but still have made no progress.
Seeing this situation, Sima Lun felt extremely anxious.
If this situation continued, the morale of his army would be exhausted.
At that time, not only will he not be able to kill Sima Yu, but he may be killed by the opponent.
Now he couldn't control so much, so he decided to mobilize other brigades of the Forbidden Army to besiege the palace.
So, he called out Sima, who was in charge of the three divisions of the Forbidden Army, from among the hundreds of officials watching the battle from behind.
Order them to immediately go to the various battalions of the Forbidden Army to mobilize troops to attack the East Palace.
The three commanders responded and left.
At the north gate of Luoyang, a military force arrived at the city gate.
There are five hundred black-armored iron guards and five hundred iron pagodas.
The leader was Xia Yue.
He shouted to the defenders at the top of the city: "We are the imperial guards of the Prince of the East Palace.
Now the Prince is being attacked and killed by rebels.
Please open the city gate quickly and let me in to escort him."
When the soldiers stationed at the north gate saw this situation, how could they dare to open the door and let people in?
Report layer by layer.
The Tiefutu under the city tower was also prepared for a forcible assault on the city.
The news reached Zhao Jun, the central guard in charge of the outer camp.
This Zhao Jun was originally a man who loved the prince.
Before Empress Jia took action against Sima Yu, he personally entered the East Palace and secretly advised the prince to take action first and depose the queen.
However, Sima Yu did not take his advice at that time.
Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard the news at this time.
He said to himself: "No wonder the higher-ups suddenly ordered the whole city to be under martial law and the city gates were closed tightly.
That's what happened."
He hurriedly climbed to the north tower, looked down, and saw a long flaming dragon.
I was wondering when the prince hid such an army outside the city and where they were usually stationed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun thought it was better to be cautious.
He shouted to the people below the tower: "You said you are a subordinate of the Prince of the East Palace, do you have proof?"
Xia Yue raised something in his hand high, waved it towards the city, and said, "This is His Royal Highness's festival.
Seeing this thing is like seeing the prince.
Do you know?"
Zhao Jun squinted and saw that it was indeed the prince's.
Fighting.
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So he dispelled his doubts and ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.
After Xia Yue entered the city, he hurriedly told Zhao Jun briefly and concisely about the situation that the prince might encounter now, and asked him to take the mobilizing defense troops from the outer camp to the palace to protect the prince.
Xia Yue also came after receiving a letter from Fei Ge.
He didn't know how far the situation had developed.
Coupled with his narration, Zhao Jun was even more confused.
But Zhao Jun understood one thing: now the prince was framed by a traitor again and was under siege, and needed quick support.
Without much hesitation, he immediately gathered all the soldiers from the outer camp that he could muster, about two thousand people.
Then he led these soldiers and Xia Yue to kill the palace city.
The front of the East Palace was still under attack for a long time.
Outside the courtyard walls, corpses of the forbidden soldiers could be seen everywhere, as well as wounded soldiers wailing sadly.
No matter how much the general shouted, the remaining soldiers were too timid to step forward rashly.
At this time, no one is willing to die unless a certain general or captain takes the lead.
Sima Lun was helpless and lost his temper.
He knew that a palace coup was no better than going to the battlefield to fight.
If high-pressure means are used to force soldiers to fight, they may be exploited by the other side, leading to mutiny on the battlefield, collective dispersion, or even collective defection.
Fortunately, at this time, one of the three commanders of the Forbidden Army he sent out came with more than 5,000 soldiers, but the other two were yet to be seen.
In fact, these two people were being cunning and deliberately delaying to wait and see what would happen.
Sima Lun immediately ordered the generals of the department to organize their troops and prepare for the attack.
After a while, the five thousand people lined up in order, replacing the forbidden troops who had been demoralized and suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, an accident occurred.
Among the five thousand newly arrived imperial troops, a considerable number of them began to make a noise.
Voices of doubt kept coming.
"Why do you want us to attack the East Palace?
This is a serious crime that will punish the three clans."
"Who gave the military order?
We can't be used as guns.
Only the emperor's edict can be used to accuse the East Palace.
We followed people in a daze, and in the end we were convicted of treason.
What should we do?
Even if we die, our family will be punished. implicated.”
"Yes, who gave the military order for us to attack and kill the Prince of the East Palace?
We are the forbidden army of the East Palace."
The generals shouted loudly in an attempt to suppress the mutiny trend.
A general who was leaning toward Sima Lun even drew his sword and wanted to kill a noisy captain to establish his authority.
But he was protected by the soldiers surrounding the captain.
Seeing that a mutiny was brewing before the battle, Sima Lun did not dare to neglect it.
As soon as he got up, he came to the military formation and delivered a speech to the soldiers.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the gate of the east palace wall suddenly opened.
Prince Sima Yu actually stepped out of the gate, and of course he was followed by two hundred black-armored iron guards.
The noise in the entire scene suddenly quieted down, and there was silence.
Sima Yu said loudly: "Commanders of the Forbidden Army, King Sima Lun of Zhao has committed regicide and rebelled against me, and he has framed and framed this palace.
His crime is inhumane.
I have ordered you to kill the two thieves Sima Lun and Sun Xiu as soon as possible."
Whoever kills the two thieves will be granted the title of Marquis of Tingting."
Sima Lun couldn't let him go on and jumped out in a hurry.
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Pointing at Sima Yu, he shouted loudly: "That's nonsense.
It was obviously you who killed the king and your father.
There are all the witnesses and physical evidence, but the evildoer complained first.
Come on, come forward and kill the rebel Sima Yu."
At this time, a general among the new Imperial Guards shouted loudly: "We, the Eastern Palace Imperial Army, believe that if His Majesty dies, we will respect the Crown Prince now."
After that, he led the two thousand people to Sima.
Come this way and turn against each other.
This person is Chen Hui, the leader of the East Palace Zuo.
I don’t know if the Sima who was sent by Sima Lun to mobilize troops was really confused or pretending to be confused.
Among the five thousand newly transferred soldiers, two thousand happened to be the soldiers of the East Palace who were transferred to the guards for exercise during the day.
The remaining 3,000 soldiers and generals took a look at it and said in their hearts that they had better not join in the fun.
Except for a few who followed Sima Lun with all their heart, the rest dispersed to the sides and rear like a tide.
Sima Lun shouted: "Come back, come back to me.
Anyone who disobeys the military order will be killed."
However, no one paid attention to him
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