After learning that the Song army had attacked Kaifeng Mansion and that Wanyan Changzhi's plan to capture Xiangfan had failed, Wanyan Zongzheng immediately realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

First of all, Mongolia withdrew from the boundary trenches in the north, and the Jin army strengthened the defense of the north, so the north could basically guarantee peace. In the south, Wanyan Changzhi stayed away from Nanjing and went south, and after the failure of the attack on Xiangfan, it was inevitable to prevent the Song army from taking advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, so that Wanyan Changzhi would be farther and farther away from Zhongdu, and the time for returning to the army for rescue would also be longer. Moreover, now the Song army and the Jin army are facing each other, which has also caused the containment of troops, so it can be said that it is a good time to launch a rebellion and overthrow Wanyan Changzhi.

At the same time, Wanyan Zongzheng had already made various preparations in Zhongdu, and the Jurchen nobles who participated in the conspiracy all had some private soldiers at home, plus the thousands of men and horses under Wulin Datianxi, Wanyan Zongzheng had no less than 10,000 troops at hand.

Moreover, the general Po Sa, who was guarding the northwest outside, and Bai Yanjing, the general guarding the north, also made it clear to Wanyan Zongzheng that they were willing to help him overthrow Wanyan Changzhi's rule, and as long as Wanyan Zongzheng made trouble in Zhongdu, the two would definitely send troops to support. Po Sa and Bai Yanjing are both generals who hold military power, and the soldiers and horses in their hands combined, there are sixty or seventy thousand people. With the support of the two of them, the chances of a successful rebellion are naturally much greater.

In addition, now Wanyan Zongzheng has also made contact with the Great Song Dynasty court through the scriptures, and has obtained the guarantee of the Southern Song Dynasty that he will not move his troops in the northwest to ensure that Posa's station and men and horses will not be attacked, which can make him wholeheartedly help Wanyan Zongzheng succeed. Although Wanyan Zongzheng also knew that the Southern Song Dynasty intended to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, at present, this attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty was still beneficial to him.

At this time, the internal defense of the central capital was also very empty, originally Wanyan Changzhi made a careful arrangement for the guards of the central capital before the southern expedition, not only leaving Wanyan Fushou and Zhang Hu to preside over government affairs, but also leaving the four generals of Hu Leming, Shulu, Wulintai, and Wuyan Tuochi to stay in the central capital, and the garrison strength was close to 70,000, which can be said to be foolproof.

However, due to the invasion of the Mongol army, Wanyan Fushou had to transfer 20,000 horses from Zhongdu, led by Bai Yanjing, to strengthen the northern border, and at the same time ordered Shulu to lead 15,000 men and horses to garrison Fengshengzhou to fortify the route of the Mongol army's attack on Zhongdu and protect the safety of Zhongdu. Although the Mongols have now withdrawn their troops, the troops sent out have not been transferred back in time, and as a result, the number of guards in the central capital has been reduced by half.

In this case, it is indeed a great time to start a rebellion, and it can even be said that there will be no better opportunity in the future.

Therefore, Wanyan Wanzheng also decided not to hesitate and was ready to do it immediately. He immediately recruited all the ministers involved in the conspiracy, including Jin Shizong's three sons, Wanyan Yunzhong, King Zheng Wanyan Yunji, and Shaowang Wanyan Yunji, two concubines, Tang Kuogong and Wulin Datianxi, Zhao Bingwen, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Jiang Hongtao, Wanyan Shouxu, Cui Li, and other princes and ministers. At the same time, he also informed Masan and Bai Yanjing, and obtained their promise that in three days, 20,000 horses would arrive in Zhongdu to support the uprising

For these people, many of them have been looking forward to the incident for a long time, and now they are finally about to start, so they are also very excited, and they are all rubbing their fists and eager to try.

Now the deployment of the capital is composed of three armies: the inspection in front of the palace, the Gongwei direct envoy, the armed guard, and the army. Among them, the front of the palace is inspected and the guards and generals are all commanded, and they are responsible for protecting the palace, guarding the guards, guarding the door, supervising the team, and the three thousand Praetorian Guards are responsible for the red leadership of the Wuyantuo. The duty of the Gongwei Envoy was to maintain order in the central capital, and Wulintai was appointed as the commander of the capital to lead 10,000 horses to pay the responsibility. The Armed Guard Army was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and was responsible for defending the capital and arresting thieves, with Hu Leming as the commander of the capital, leading 15,000 men and horses, and generally stationed outside the city.

If the important task of rebellion and defense is to first defeat the 10,000 men and horses of the Gongwei Envoy Division stationed in the city, and then occupy the city gate, not let the military guards outside the city enter the city, and then attack the palace, seize the ministers of the court and the concubines and princes of Wanyan Changzhi as hostages, and then wait for the reinforcements of Ba Sa and Bai Yanjing to arrive, then the great thing can be done.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongzheng decided to first send Cui Li and others to lead 5,000 men to deal with the Gongwei direct envoy of Wulintai, and then sent Tang Kuogong and Wulin Datianxi to lead 3,000 men and horses to besiege the palace, and he and others led the remaining 2,000 men and horses as a response. The time is set for the second watch tomorrow night, and the action will begin.

Cui Li is the commander of a Praetorian Guard under Wulintai, he was a middle-level officer in the Jin Army, he is quite brave, and he is also brave and good at fighting, but his temper is violent, and his personality is impatient, he usually likes to whip soldiers for no reason, and deducts the soldiers' money and grass, once found by Wanyan Changzhi, beat him with fifty military sticks according to the law, and demoted three levels, so he also has a grudge against Wanyan Changzhi, Wanyan Zongzheng sent someone to pull him, and immediately fell to Wanyan Zongzheng's side.

And Wanyan Wanzheng saw that he was a little brave, and he was under the command of the Praetorian Guard, and he also had some military power in his hands, and at the same time he was beaten by Wanyan Changzhi and had a relationship with him. Therefore, he also relied on Cui Li a little, and he wanted to take it for his own use, and he also enveloped him in ordinary times. And Cui Li was also grateful to Wanyan Zongzheng, and he was desperate to buy his life.

The next night, after a busy day's work, Wulintai was about to rest.

Wulin Tai is now Chinese New Year's Eve three, is also the third generation of disciples of Huining Temple, at the age of fifteen years into Huining Temple to learn art, lived in Huining Temple for eight years, is ten years ago with Wanyan Changyi embarked on the road of joining the army, over the years, under the leadership of Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Chen monks, the southern expedition and the northern war have also made a lot of contributions, because of the origin, but also won the trust of Wanyan Changzhi. Now his official rank is General Zhaoyi in the four grades of Jingzheng, and his official position is the commander of the Gongwei Direct Envoy, and at the age of thirty-three, it is not easy to be promoted to this step.

However, Wu Lintai was not satisfied with his current position, he was not afraid of low official positions, but the commander of the Gongwei direct envoy Sidu could only stay in the middle capital, and could not go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, and wait for the generals as soon as possible. At the same time, he stayed in the middle capital, except for a few days when he was nervous in Mongolia, he had nothing to do at any other time, and his life was a little boring. Moreover, there are too many dignitaries and nobles and princes and ministers in the middle capital, and he is really nothing as a general of Zhaoyi in the fourth grade, so he has to be careful in his behavior and affairs, which is really a little aggrieved, and sometimes he is also envious of Shulu, who was transferred to Fengsheng Prefecture to garrison, so he can be freer anyway.

Just when Wulintai felt that this day was boring, someone suddenly came to report, saying that there was a fire on Suzaku Street in the middle of the capital, and the fire was not small, dozens of houses were burned continuously, and there was a riot in the city.

Wulintai Zhengjue had nothing to do, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but feel refreshed, he finally had something to do, he didn't think much about other aspects, because the city was on fire, which was also a very common thing, and the Southern Song Dynasty's spies were not a big deal to make trouble in the city, at most, it was just hundreds of people taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble. Therefore, he immediately ordered to gather a thousand men and horses, take them out of the barracks, and rush to Suzaku Street.

Although it was late at night, it was only the fire in front of the sky, and from a long distance you could see that half of the sky was reflected red, and many people were running towards the place where the fire was burning, and the gongs were loud, and many people were still shouting "fire fighting, fire" and the like, and it was a mess.

Wulintai frowned, Suzaku Street was in chaos like this, but the road was blocked. How will your own men pass? And didn't Cui Li come a long time ago? The men and horses he brought with him are there now, and they can't maintain order at all.

Thinking of this, Wulintai was about to give an order to disperse the people, so that people could go into the street to put out the fire, but saw more than 100 golden soldiers squeezed out of the crowd, one by one with crooked armor and slanted faces, led by Cui Li. There seemed to be several people tied up in the team, pushing and shoving in front of the woods. And there are also a lot of people gathered around to watch the excitement.

Wu Lintai thought to himself, this is probably the way the fire is put out, it seems that the fire is not small. At this time, Cui Li also saw Wulintai, and hurriedly came to his horse, and said, "Lord Commander, you are finally here." ”

Wu Lintai nodded, also got off the horse, and said: "Cui Tong, how is the situation now, is the fire under control, and I heard that there are still spies in the Southern Song Dynasty who are making trouble, is it true or not." ”

Cui Li wiped the sweat on his face and said, "It's hard to say!" The fire is okay, and the Yijing has been controlled, but the spies of the Southern Song Dynasty are really... It's really...", the words are slurred, and the words are unknown.

Wulintai couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said, "What's the matter, you have to explain it." ”

Cui Li said: "The last general can't understand it for a while, but now that Yijing has caught a few live mouths, I still ask the commander to interrogate them personally." As he spoke, he turned around and said, "Your Excellency, please follow the end of the world." ”

According to common sense, Cui Li is a subordinate, and he should bring people to Wulintai, but now he is not in the barracks, and the situation is also very chaotic, and he can't talk about so many rules, since Cui Li said so, and Yijing walked to his group, anyway, it was only a matter of a few steps, so Wulintai didn't think much about it, and immediately followed. And the soldiers under the Wulintai did not receive the order, so they stood still and did not follow.

When Wulintai came to Cui Li's group, they had already moved out of the way, and the seven or eight captives they had captured fell to their knees on the ground. Woody walked up to a captive, kicked him on tiptoe, and said, "Who are you?" Honestly, I don't ......"

Before he could finish his words, the captive suddenly shouted, "I want you dead." He suddenly jumped up from the ground, stretched out his hands, each holding a short sword, and stabbed him in the chest.

Suddenly changed, Wu Lintai couldn't help but be surprised, but after all, he had been practicing penance in the Huishou Temple for many years, and he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, almost relying on his instinctive reaction, his body leaned back, his palms came out, and he slammed forward.