Chapter 38 bloodbath the palace

Instigated by Yuan Shao and others, General He Jin made up his mind to kill the eunuchs. He set up two layers of iron nets outside the palace, Captain Sili and Henan Yin, and used soldiers from all directions to coerce his sister, Queen Mother He, to send out the eunuchs. Under such circumstances, the eunuchs headed by Shi Changshi were forced to die, and they decided to die together with He Jin! Zhang Rang led Duan Gui, Bi Lan and other dozens of people to ambush in the palace, and falsely passed on the Queen Mother's order to order He Jin to enter the palace at night.After he entered the palace, the eunuch closed all the palace gates tightly, and beheaded He Jin in front of the Deyang Hall where Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty drove.Afterwards, Zhang Rangjiao ordered his servant Fan Ling to be the lieutenant of Sili, and Xu Xiang of the Shaofu to be Henan Yin, in an attempt to regain the military power in Gyeonggi.Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, the generals outside the palace, saw that He Jin had not been out of the palace for a long time, so they shouted outside. The eunuch guarding the palace gate threw He Jin's head and shouted: "General He Jin rebelled, and he has been executed!" Holding their heads in their arms, Zhang and Zhang couldn't help being furious, and together with Huben Zhonglang, Yuan Shu led his troops to attack the palace, wanting to kill the eunuch Why Jin to take revenge.

When Cao Cao arrived alone, the torches had already illuminated the palace.From afar, I saw Yuan Shu commanding hundreds of Huben warriors to rush into the Nine Dragon Gate of the imperial palace. Although Yuan Shu was a general of Huben Zhonglang, who was in charge of more than a thousand people in name, the Huben army was the guards of good families. It was only during the guard of honor that he could only find these people temporarily, and attacking the palace was not an ordinary thing, these people did not contribute much.The ones who really rushed to the front were Wu Kuang and the general guards he brought. Wu Kuang, like an enraged lion, rushed towards the gate with howls.Helplessly, the huge Nine-Dragon Gate of the Imperial Palace was made of a thousand-year-old tree.

"Highway!" Cao Cao urged his horse anxiously and shouted, "Stop attacking again!" Yuan Shu turned his head and said, "There are too few people, hurry up and bring your soldiers!" "Raising troops to attack the palace is like rebellion!" "Damn it! He Jin is being slaughtered! If we don't investigate, He Miao and those eunuchs will conspire to take power." When Cao Cao heard this, he remarked fiercely. If the ten permanent servants were to rise again, all the scholars in the shogunate would suffer.While hesitating, suddenly a cold arrow flew over from nowhere.Cao Cao didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly crouched on his horse to dodge, only to hear a "click", and the arrow hit his martial crown.Looking up at the soldiers, more than a dozen people have been shot by arrows.He quickly reined in his horse and backed away.

Yuan Shu immediately got down on the ground, rolled on the spot, and rolled straight in front of Cao Cao's horse. He didn't care to get up, and raised his arm and pointed: "There!" - it turned out to be the pavilion on the right side of the palace gate. Everyone finds out.Seeing more than a dozen yellow gates upstairs with bows in hand, he wanted to shoot again, but he was downstairs, separated by the palace wall, so he had no way to fight back.The clever ones immediately stuck to the palace wall, and some squatted by the palace gate to dodge; the inexperienced turned around and ran, and five or six of them fell to the ground after being hit by several arrows.Immediately afterwards, the enemy also boarded the pavilion on the left side of the palace gate, there was another burst of wild shooting, and seven or eight people were shot down by surprise.

The soldiers no longer dared to stop in front of the palace gate. They watched the bows and arrows shoot non-stop. More than a dozen people who fell to the ground crawled and struggled on the ground, and were all shot to death in the end. More than a dozen people died, and the rest either withdrew within a stone's throw, or clung to the palace wall and dared not move. Wu Kuang clung to the Nine Dragon Gate and was so angry that he bumped his head upwards.Yuan Shu jumped behind and scolded: "These eunuchs who are sons of a bitch have opened the arsenal to plunder weapons privately. Watch me rush in and kill you all!" Go outside the city to move troops first.

At this time, there was a commotion behind him, the Pingyang Gate had already been opened, and countless infantry in the distance rushed towards the palace with swords and torches held high. "Surround the palace and kill me! Avenge the general!" He Jin's Sima Xu Liang galloped to the front, followed closely by Zhang Zhang and Wu Dang.It turned out that Wu Kuang and Yuan Shu attacked the gate, and Zhang Zhang rushed out of the city to mobilize troops.Cao Cao took a closer look, and even his own team was dragged in by them in a daze. These soldiers were all battle-tested, and they were He Jin's direct descendants. Regardless of whether they had bows or arrows, they rushed forward with all their might, and greeted the Nine Dragon Gate with swords and guns in hand.Unfortunately, he couldn't break through the palace gate.At this moment, there were more and more enemies inside. All the attics along the palace wall climbed up the yellow gate and the servants, and arrows rushed towards the officers and soldiers like locusts.

The outer wall of the imperial palace is both hard and huge, and it is located in the city, surrounded by many other buildings, a team of one or two thousand people can't form a siege at all.Not only could they not attack, but more people were killed or injured.Seeing this, Yuan Shao wanted to recruit soldiers from other battalions, Cao Cao immediately stopped him: "This is not possible! It will be useless to fight like this." Suddenly, a soldier holding a torch was shot in the throat by a cold arrow, and the dead body fell to the ground. The torch in his hand burned the clothes of other people.Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Everyone, set fire to the palace gate!"

Yuan Shu was also going all out at the moment, and was the first to raise the torch, braving the arrow rain and throwing it at the Nine Dragon Gate.One throws all of them, and the entire Nine Dragon Gate is set on fire in an instant.Some people saw that this method worked, and threw torches to the attics through the walls.Those attics are all made of wood, which is easier to catch fire than the palace gates, and they all burst into flames in a blink of an eye.At this time, all the soldiers withdrew from the place of arrows and waited quietly for the fire to burn the palace gate. The attics on both sides of the Nine Dragon Gate were the most unlucky. Not only did they catch fire, but they were also scorched by the flames of the palace gate, turning into two big fireballs in an instant.There is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to go to the earth. Some were burned to coke, and some jumped from the attic and fell to their deaths.Later, only two loud bangs were heard, and the tall wooden attic was completely burned down.The attic on the right fell to the outside of the palace gate, the palace wall was also blackened, and several soldiers who crowded in the front lost their lives!But once the attic is removed, there is no other cover for the palace gate.All the soldiers rushed forward, swords and guns at the same time, even so, it took a lot of effort to cut down the burnt Jiulong gate.

As soon as the gate of the palace opened, Cao Cao couldn't stop the soldiers even if he wanted to drink, and the soldiers rushed in like a tide.Cao Cao and the others had no choice but to get off their horses and rush in.Those eunuchs knew that they had no way out, and they risked their lives today. Knowing that they were not opponents, they just raised their knives to meet them, but they were all chopped to the ground.But those Habayashi soldiers guarding the palace are suffering. Their duty is to guard the palace. Although eunuchs kill the general, soldiers entering the country are like rebelling. It’s not right to fight, and it’s not good not to fight. I didn’t know who to help after a fierce battle. But once the eunuchs died, they were killed by the soldiers who rushed up while hesitating.Officers and soldiers were all jealous, as long as they saw a man wearing a sable hat and no beard, he would chop him off without saying a word, regardless of whether he was an eunuch or not.In an instant, the palace was filled with the sound of wailing and fighting, and it was unknown how many people died innocently.

Cao Cao suddenly remembered that his brother Cao Chun was still in the palace!He is young and has the appearance of a servant of the Huangmen, if he ran into these soldiers, how could he still be killed?So he looked around and shouted loudly: "Zihe! Zihe! Where are you!" But his yelling was nothing in the huge palace, and the surroundings were already full of ebullition.Cao Cao watched Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang and others leave for the province, and hurriedly followed behind.The subordinate officials in those provinces Ling Shi were unarmed. Seeing so many menacing soldiers rushing in, they were so scared that they were in their pants.Wu Kuang and the others searched for Shi Changshi, and Cao Cao searched for his younger brother. They all ran wildly with wide-eyed eyes and weapons raised.

In a hurry, a young man wearing a sable crown and a yellow robe ran out.Seeing this, Wu Kuang raised his knife and was about to chop, but saw that the man had opened his clothes, and he had already pulled down his trousers to his ankles, and the thing was drooping conspicuously—it was Cao Chun! "I'm not an eunuch." Wu Kuang really took the knife with his voice. "Zihe! What are you doing? Put on your pants!" Cao Cao grabbed him. "It's at this time, saving your life is the most important thing, so why not be ashamed." Cao Chun said as he lifted his trousers and took off the crown on his head.Cao Chun's trouble is considered to have given Wu Kuang an idea!After hearing this, he nodded again and again: "Don't kill me! All the officials listen to me and take off their pants for me. If you don't take off your pants, you will be killed as an eunuch." Those Lingshi and subordinate officials took off a large piece after hearing this, and stood upright for the soldiers to see.There were really seven or eight who didn't dare to follow suit and turned around and ran away. The soldiers immediately caught up and chopped up the corpses. After setting aside the corpses, they saw two of them with fake beards stuck on them. They were Song Dian and Gao Wang, the ten permanent attendants. Cao Cao didn't care about Shi Changshi now: "Follow me, Zihe, find a safe place to settle you first!" Cao Chun followed behind with disheveled hair and trousers: "Where are your soldiers? The eunuch escaped from Fudao I'm going to the North Palace, I'm afraid the holy car has been hijacked by now." "My soldiers are all gone, let's go back and find a way." The two brothers rushed to the front of Nangong Jiade Hall while talking.I also saw a lot of civil and military officials. Almost all the people who discussed the affairs in Yuan's residence an hour ago arrived. Headed by the Taiwei Yuan Wei, they were telling the soldiers not to kill randomly. Among them, Cui Jun found Cao Cao's chief in the confusion. Wanma. "Meng De, the army is in chaos, what should we do?" Cui Jun handed the horse back to him. "I don't know either..." Cao Cao looked around at the chaotic scene, "He Jin's soldiers are completely out of control." Everyone was at a loss when they suddenly saw two teams rushing from outside the palace.One is the Sili soldiers and horses led by Yuan Shao, and the other is the personal soldiers brought by the chariot general He Miao.The two teams moved in, each beating their golden drums, and the chaotic soldiers gradually gathered together. Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang also came holding swords and the eunuch's head.Seeing He Miao standing in front of the hall flaunting his power, Wu Kuang was furious and shouted loudly, "Listen, brothers! It was He Miao who killed the general, because he protected the eunuch, and the matter came to this point! Kill him!" Let him avenge the Great General!" Although He Jin was cowardly and foolish, he was honest and honest, and he was respected by his warriors.Everyone heard Wu Kuang's suggestion, and they all echoed: "Kill him! Kill him!" They rushed forward without any further explanation.He Miao paled in fright, and hurriedly asked a few of his soldiers to fight back, then turned around and tried to escape.Dong Min, Captain of Fengche, saw him, blocked his way, and stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. "Why...why..." He Miao trembled while clutching his wound. "Didn't you kill Empress Dong? I have to avenge the old man. I can't write two words of Dong in one stroke in this world." Dong Min giggled. "You...you..." He Miao hadn't finished speaking when someone slashed behind him—it was Qin Yilu!A villain will always be a villain, and now he wants to kill his master to protect himself.Qin Yilu chopped He Miao to the ground, stepped on his foot, and greeted in a feigned way: "Eating inside and outside to make dominance, I have long seen that this kid is not upright, everyone chopped him up!" In fact, he said this more than he said He Miao is more suitable.Wu Kuang and others had caught up behind him, and everyone cut him into meat paste with knives! Dong Min wiped the blood off the knife, leaned in front of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and said with a sneer, "He Jin is dead, and He Miao is dead too. This time the relatives are completely finished!" The more Cao Cao looked at this man, the more disgusted he became, and he looked up again. A team of soldiers and horses tied up two officials and escorted them to Yuan Kai. They were the "smiling tiger" Fan Ling and the "silent" Xu Xiang.The two of them were appointed as Sili Xiaowei and Henan Yin by the eunuch Jiaozhao. When Fan Ling saw Yuan Kai, he fell to his knees and couldn't laugh any more: "Old master! I was wronged! I didn't know about the false imperial edict of the ten permanent servants, and we didn't receive the false imperial edict. This is not closed. Sitting in the family's house, disaster comes from the sky!" Yuan Kai laughed instead: "Are you two wronged?" The two kowtowed again and again: "I'm wronged..." "Bah!" Yuan Kai turned his laughter into anger, "You two spineless bastards who flatter eunuchs! Even if you are wronged this time, are you wronged in the past? You have been the eunuch's henchmen since Wang Fu's time! You should have been killed a long time ago! ! What face do you have to live in this world?" Fan Ling, the "smiling tiger" who always had a smile on his face, burst into tears: "I'm wronged... I didn't hurt anyone! I just wanted to be an official... I'm already sixty years old, but in the end it was this Is it the end? Woohoo..." He raised his eyelids and saw Cao Cao, "Nephew! I regret not listening to your father's good advice, why did I resign so early... Please help me..." Seeing his begging so heartbreakingly, Cao Cao couldn't help showing a hint of pity. Before he could open his mouth, Yuan Kai said, "Don't even think about it! No one can save you two villains today." "Yuan Ciyang! You old man!" No one expected that Xu Xiang, who had always been taciturn and "keep his mouth open", would yell, "What are you! How dare you say that we are villains? It’s all about fame, do we flatter eunuchs? You are not flattering, you are plotting your plots in the mansion all day, you are a poisonous snake! You are a beast! Brother Fan built a canal for the common people in Jingzhao, which can be said to be a blessing. I recommend it to the country You are a talented person, what admirable things have you done in your life? You are over seventy and still come out to harm people... You will not end well, your family will have to be killed..." Yuan Kui's face was livid, and he trembled when he was scolded: "Quickly kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" "Smiling tiger" kowtows and cries, "doesn't speak" and scolds endlessly—human nature can be so different from daily performance!Seeing that the two were killed by the knife, Cao Cao glared at Yuan Kai sideways, and said in his heart: "Although Prime Minister Fan Ling is flattering, he has done good things for the people and has never harmed anyone in his life; but how many lives have you murdered in one night? What Xu Xiang said is true, Yuan Kai will not end well for you!" At this moment, Liu Zihuang, the Sima of the Chinese Army, hurried over with two bloody heads in his arms: "It's broken! Zhao Jin and Pan Yin were accidentally killed by the rebels!" It is really unjust to die for making a contribution. Yuan Shao couldn't bear to look at the two heads, he waved his hands and said, "It's a pity...it's a good time to bury them." "There are too many dead people, I can't find their bodies..." Before Liu Zihuang finished speaking, another person came running with disheveled hair and hugged Yuan Shao's thigh: "Master Yuan, save me! They are going to kill me!" The person who came was the eunuch Guo Sheng.Although he is an eunuch, he intentionally clings to He Jin and helps a lot behind Jian Shuo and Shi Changshi. Yuan Shao kicked away: "Eunuchs will not be pardoned!" Several soldiers rushed forward, grabbed Guo Sheng's legs, and dragged him away for execution.Guo Sheng was dragged by his arms and struggled, screaming helplessly: "I'm wronged...what's wrong with me..." Cao Cao's heart trembled - the killing was too much! "Help...help..." There was another miserable cry.It turned out to be He Miao's subordinate, Ying Shao. Wu Kuang raised his saber to kill him, but Cao Cao rushed up and greeted him with his green sword. With a sound of "Dang", Wu Kuang's saber snapped in two, and Cao Cao protected Ying Shao, "Don't kill him, he and Le Yin are sent by the General to He Miao's residence." Wu Kuang was taken aback, and took two steps to the side, only to see that Le Yin had already been stabbed several times and fell into a pool of blood.Behind He Miao's soldiers were all hacked to death with random knives, only Qin Yilu survived because he betrayed his master, and he was still helping to massacre others. How many people who shouldn't have been killed today?Cao Cao felt a burst of anger, and immediately mounted his Dawan horse, ran up the steps of the Jiade Hall, let go of his throat and shouted: "Don't kill everyone! We are here to save you, not to vendetta! Where is the emperor! You Do you still remember the emperor!" Everyone was stunned after hearing this, and then silently put down the butcher knife...