"Don't worry, this king has 400,000 troops in his hands, are you still afraid that Zhao Yan's 30,000 soldiers and horses will not be successful.
"Wechen understood."
Sun Changling said helplessly.
After Zhao Ji came back, especially after being warned by Sima Guang once; Zhao Hao knew that it was basically impossible for his brother to ascend the throne as emperor in his lifetime, but it was even more impossible for the two to reconcile; Therefore, Zhao Hao chose to take a step back, since he does not have the name of the emperor, then he wants the power of the emperor, and now for Zhao Hao, the biggest threat to himself is not Zhao Hao, but Zhao Yan; Only by solving Zhao Xu's control of the soldiers and horses under his command will Zhao Hao be equivalent to cutting off Zhao Xu's iron wings, and Zhao Hao will really become a puppet emperor at that time.
Zhao Hao is very confident in the next action, of course, this confidence is not blind, after all, Zhao Hao controls an army of 400,000, and these soldiers and horses are a strong guarantee for Zhao Hao, but in fact, Zhao Hao doesn't know how many of his 400,000 troops are imaginary, and how his combat effectiveness is really said to be that there are 400,000 troops, in fact, it is quite good to have 200,000, and almost half of the soldiers and horses under Zhao Hao's command are eating empty salaries.
This is also a very common phenomenon in the old-style Song army, let Zhao Hao drink at home, play with women, and fight for power and profit, if he is allowed to lead the troops to fight and launch a coup d'état, it will not be so good, in fact, Zhao Hao also has a plan, and the plan is very simple, that is, to bring troops into the palace to force the emperor to summon Zhao Yan to remove all official positions, and then add these official positions to his head, in Zhao Hao's opinion, as long as he determines Zhao Yan's official position, he will naturally be able to command the Song army under Zhao Yan.
At this time, Zhao Hao's goal is very clear, that is, Zhao Hao, but before launching a coup d'état, Zhao Hao still needs to think about it selfishly, after all, Zhao Hao will not wait for himself to be arrested, and Zhao Hao still has hundreds of personal guards by his side, these personal guards are the elite of the elite, and it is not easy to solve them, so Zhao Hao must think about it.
The next morning, before dawn, the courtiers began to walk on the road to the court with lanterns; The night market in Bianliang City is as usual, and some officials stop to buy some simple breakfast when passing through the downtown area; Most of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were born in the imperial examination, and they basically sat in a sedan chair every day, and the court officials of the Great Song Dynasty would go to the Chongzheng Palace from the left and right side doors of the Xuande Gate every day.
When the first courtier came to Xuande Gate, he was stopped; The official sitting in the sedan chair asked the guard, "What's the matter, why don't you open the palace door today." ” The guard came up and said politely: "Back to my lordship, the palace gate is broken today, and you need to make a detour to Donghua Gate." ” "How can the palace gate be broken in good condition?"
the official asked; "Forget it, forget it, hurry up to Donghua Gate, don't hurt the old man to be late for the court."
Today, all the officials of the previous dynasty were blocked as long as they came to Xuande Gate, and the entire Xuande Gate invisibly added a murderous atmosphere; Zhao Zhao, the king of Zhao, rode a war horse and was ready to enter the palace under the protection of more than 100 guards, but when Zhao Yan came to the Xuande Gate, the side door of the Xuande Gate was opened.
The guard guarding the door came up and said to Zhao Yan: "Lord Wang, please dismount." ” Zhao Yan got off the horse, threw the reins to the guards and walked towards the palace, but before entering the palace gate Zhao Yan stopped, Zhao Yan felt that something was wrong, today's Xuande Gate is too quiet, quiet makes people feel scared, and there is a murderous aura in the air.
Zhao Yan's personal guard came up and said to Zhao Yan: "Lord Wang, the situation is not quite right, why don't you go back to the house first."
"No, if the king escapes at this time, the power of the court will completely fall into the hands of the second brother, and when the time comes, he will coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, do you say I obey or not; Therefore this king cannot retreat, and he must not retreat. ” "Lord, then what should we do?"
"In this way, you send a person out of the city in disguise, let the leader of the seed master Dao come to the rescue, and this king will first bring people into the palace to stabilize King Chang."
"Yes, I understand."
After sending people to leave, Zhao Yan was about to enter the palace with more than 100 guards, but was stopped by the guards, and the guards said to Zhao Yan: "Lord, your guards need to wait outside the palace. ” Zhao Yan took out a token and said: "This is a token given to this king by His Majesty personally, and this king has the right to lead troops into the palace." ” "This" At the moment when the guards hesitated, Zhao Zhen led people to break in, after Zhao Zhen and others entered the palace, they had to pass through a very large square first, at the end of the square is the Daqing Palace, the Daqing Hall is used when holding the ceremony, it is generally rarely used, behind the Daqing Hall is the Chongzheng Palace, if you want to reach the Chongzheng Palace, you need to enter from the side doors on both sides of the Daqing Palace.
When Zhao Yan and his party walked to the center of the square, suddenly the palace walls on three sides were full of crossbowmen, and in front of the Daqing Hall stood full of pikemen, and Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, was wearing gold armor and was protected in the middle; Seeing this scene, Zhao Yan's personal guard officer immediately ordered: "Protect the prince." ” Zhao Yan was closely protected, Zhao Hao pulled out his sword and pointed at Zhao Yan and said: "Third brother, as long as you are willing to surrender to this king, this king assures you that you can still enjoy glory and wealth." ” "Zhao Hao, you chaotic minister and thief, if you have the guts, you will kill me, I want to see if your mother will let you go after you kill me."
Zhao Yan said angrily.
"In that case, then don't blame your brother."
Zhao Hao said; "The order is that those who capture Zhao Yan alive will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold and promoted to three levels; Kill me."
"Kill, kill, kill" Zhao Hao's soldiers and horses rushed down from the imperial platform of the Daqing Hall like a tide; Zhao Yan's scalp was a little numb and ordered: "Fight." ” More than 100 guards immediately formed a circle formation and slowly withdrew to the retreating Xuande Gate, Zhao Yan wanted to hide in the city gate cave and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements; Because Zhao Hao wanted to catch him alive, the crossbowmen did not dare to release their arrows, and the pikemen were also tied; Zhao Yan calmly withdrew to the doorway, and at this time, the gate of the palace was locked from the outside, and Zhao Yan and the others had no way to get out of the palace.
Zhao Hao saw that Zhao Yan had become a turtle in the urn, so he said to the generals beside him: "You are staring here, you must catch Zhao Yan, and this king will go to Chongzheng Hall to meet Your Majesty." ” On the other side, one of Zhao Yan's cronies immediately went out of the city to the big camp located outside Bianliang City, and after receiving the news, the seed master Dao immediately realized that something was wrong, so he decisively issued a military order: "Order the whole army to enter the city." ” 30,000 Song army iron cavalry at the fastest speed to kill the city of Bianliang, when the cavalry came to the city, the Song army defending the city was preparing to close the city gate; The Seed Master shouted loudly, "Speed up and fight into the city." ” At the moment when the drawbridge was pulled up, the Planter Dao led hundreds of cavalry to enter the city gate hole, the speed of the cavalry was very fast, and the soldiers who were blocking the city gate hole were knocked away, and after entering the city, the Planter Dao immediately issued a military order: "Capture the city gate, put the drawbridge down, and welcome the army into the city." ” The first more is offered, asking for recommendations: