Chapter 23 Chapter 3 A Good Plan Difficult to Reveal a Hero's Helplessness (10)

On the other hand, Yuan Shao invaded the Jiade Palace. On the one hand, he commanded Yuan Shu, Wu Kuang and others to clear the South Palace, and joined forces with Cao Cao to attack the North Palace; , and formed a command center in the Jiade Hall. In the middle of the night, Yuan Shu's troops first attacked the North Palace. Eunuchs Zhao Zhong, Feng Xu and others resisted with all their strength, and died in battle one after another. The eunuch Cao Jie led dozens of cronies to enter Yong'an Palace, and was about to turn to attack Yongheli, but He Jin's younger brother He Miao led troops to attack the North Palace. There was a hand-to-hand fight in the dark. Dozens of close associates were also killed.

He Miao also hated the eunuch because his brother He Jin was killed, so he killed the eunuch whenever he saw him, without mercy.However, just after he killed Cao Jie, he met Wu Kuang and other generals who were chasing down the eunuch.As soon as Wu and Zhang saw He Miao, they felt angry. They hated that He Miao had listened to Zhang Rang's words in the past and could not agree with He Jin, which led to this great tragedy.So Wu Kuang pointed to He Miao and shouted to the sergeant: "The one who killed He Jin, the Qingqi General He Miao also! Can the officials take revenge for him?"

He Miao was shocked and hurriedly led his troops back, but Wu Kuang's men rushed forward and killed He Miao and his men. It's a pity that He Miao died under the knife like this. Before he finally breathed his last breath, he really regretted it. He really blamed himself for being too insensitive and believing Zhang Rang's superficially humble words, so that the two brothers died together... Yuan Shao ordered the troops to close all the gates of the palace and not allow any eunuchs to leave the palace. He wanted to eliminate all the eunuchs. When Cao Cao heard about it, he immediately came to Yuan Shao and said, "General Yuan must not do this. Even eunuchs should not be treated in the same way. You must distinguish between good and bad, and treat them differently. If you should be killed, it will hurt the innocent. Sad thing..."

Yuan Shao didn't listen at all, and said angrily: "It has been a long time for eunuchs to exercise power, and the harem has developed such a bad style. Even ordinary eunuchs are also infected with the mentality of authority, if they are not eradicated, it will be tantamount to leaving the root of disaster." Therefore, Yuan Shao continued to send orders to guard the palace and searched the harem comprehensively.All eunuchs, old and young, were killed on the spot.Due to the mass killings and the lack of physical examination, not only innocent eunuchs were killed, but some young courtiers without beards were also mistaken for eunuchs and massacred.

Facing this hell on earth, Cao Cao was extremely sad and indignant, but he had no choice but to send people to put out the fire in the palace and respectfully ask Empress Dowager He to take the lead in regenting; on the other hand, he sent people to search for Zhang Rang and others to rescue the emperor and King Chenliu. As early as dusk, Huangfusong set up a temporary headquarters near Piyong Village in the south of the city.On the one hand, he commanded the troops of Wumeng Duwei Ding Yuan to fortify the main roads leading from Luoyang to Sili District to strictly prevent foreign troops from invading. Issued an order to strictly guard the garrison to prevent the pro-Dong Zhong army from taking the opportunity to act rashly.

Indeed, when the fire broke out in the palace, seeing this scene from a distance, all the legions stationed in Sili District showed an extremely unstable state.The leaders of the legion sent envoys one after another to express their serious concerns to Huangfusong, and they were ready to send troops into Luoyang City to respond at any time.Huangfusong had no choice but to declare that the emperor and the queen mother had fully grasped the situation in Luoyang. In order to prevent mutiny and civil war, any troop transfer was strictly prohibited until the emperor summoned the commanders of the legions in the Ming Dynasty.The leaders of each army must stick to the barracks to prevent the soldiers from making noise, and reiterate the command in the army.

During the period from dusk to early morning, Huangfusong was busy appeasing the legions, and had no time to care about the turmoil in Luoyang City.Fortunately, Cao Cao kept sending people to report the situation in Luoyang City, so that the nominally supreme military commander of Luoyang City could sit in the base camp with more peace of mind. But the emperor has not been found yet, and Huangfusong is also very anxious. On the surface, he is calm and composed, but in secret, he secretly sent his cronies several times to urge Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, asking them to find the emperor as soon as possible. If the emperor does not show up after dawn, what will happen to the Sili military region? No one dares to take responsibility for the mutation.

Cao Cao knew that Huangfusong's worry was the most fundamental problem. Now that the Empress Dowager He is temporarily in charge of the court, the palace is quite stable. The most urgent task is to get the emperor back, otherwise this kind of stability will not last long.Therefore, Cao Cao devoted all his energy to finding the emperor.He divided his troops into several groups, went inside and outside the palace, and ordered that any remote corners should not be missed.Because in order to escape for his life, Zhang Rang wanted to hide in a place that was not noticed by ordinary people, and told the sergeant that if he found that the emperor was being held hostage, he must not act rashly. So as not to hurt the emperor.While Cao Cao was looking for the emperor, Empress Dowager He made personnel appointments in the Jiade Palace in time. She appointed Wang Yun as Situ, Yang Biao as Taiwei, and Liu Hong as Sikong to temporarily clean up the changes in the palace.

At first Lu Zhi was going to resign and return to his hometown, but due to changes in the palace, he also temporarily forgot about it.And in the middle of the night, he also volunteered, and together with Shi Mingong in central Henan, led dozens of horsemen, raised a torch and rushed to Beiman Mountain, looking for the whereabouts of the emperor and Zhang Rang. In fact, Zhang Rang was still in the North Palace at this time, because the North Palace was still in war, and Zhang Rang Yong Emperor and Chen Liuwang hid near Taicang. At 2 o'clock, Yuan Shu and Wu Kuang's troops entered the North Palace, and immediately massacred the eunuchs. There were screams and wailings one after another, and Zhang Rang and his group trembled with fright.There was a fierce smell of blood in the air, and the red light of the torch seemed to be dyed even redder by the sprayed blood. The dark sky was also dark red, like the embers of a fire.

Zhang Rang said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you have seen it, they are going to kill all the ministers!" He was so sad and angry that he had to cover his mouth with his hands and suppress his grief in his chest. The young emperor couldn't help being deeply affected, but at this time he couldn't save Zhang Rang and other eunuchs anyway, who would listen to the emperor's scolding for killing red-eyed soldiers? At the same time, the emperor was secretly worried about his own safety First, he was afraid of accidental injury by the rebellious army, and second, he was afraid that Zhang Rang and others would hurt him and King Chen Liu when he was finally helpless. Therefore, he is now instinctively taking two precautions. Regarding Zhang Rang's words, he In addition to expressing sympathy, he also entertained carefully.

With Yuan Shu and Wu Kuang's army attacking, the vicinity of Taicang is not a place to stay for long.Zhang Rang brought dozens of personal guards, and was about to escort the emperor and King Chenliu to leave. As he was walking, he met Duan Gui who was returning from Yong'an Palace. Duan Gui told Zhang Rang: "The front is not going to work, so I have to go to Beimang Mountain." Duan Gui, with disheveled hair, led Zhang Rang and his party to venture out of the hub station. The journey went smoothly, and Zhang, Duan and the others couldn't help but chuckle.But when he arrived at the Xiaopingjin Ferry, he was immediately discovered by Mingong's troops.Min Gongbu's army blocked the way, and sharply reprimanded Zhang Rang with his sword, saying: "You arbitrarily judged the government and disturbed the government. You deserve death. Now you want to hold the emperor hostage and flee..."