Shouyangshan Heping County is not far from Luoyang City, so in the evening, the front line sent back battle reports one after another.

Zhuge Xiong and Wang San's two armies and horses, as soon as they arrived in Shouyang Mountain and Heping County, they frustrated Shi Guofu and Murong Ying, who were in trouble, and killed hundreds of people and horses on the other side, which curbed the arrogance of the two very well, and also relieved the people left nearby a lot.

However, due to the complicated terrain of the two places, Shi Guofu and Murong Ying saw that there were many people on the other side, so they immediately dispersed and fled to the depths of the mountains to escape the fate of being completely annihilated.

Zhuge Xiong and Wang Sanduo were ordered to exterminate these two groups of thieves, how could they be allowed to escape, so they led a large army into the mountains, trying to annihilate them all in one fell swoop, and cut off the heads of the thieves to return to receive the reward.

However, these two generals, who had commanded the army for many years, obviously underestimated each other's strength and familiarity with the terrain, and rashly entered the mountains, not only failed to annihilate all the thieves, but were attacked many times and suffered considerable losses.

Especially all the way to Shouyang Mountain, the four thousand Wuyi battalion soldiers did not fight a hard battle at all, but seeing Shi Guofu's Qianhu people and horses retreating in defeat, they sprouted the heart of merit, did not listen to Zhuge Xiong's dissuasion, and accelerated to the mountain pursuit, but they were suddenly attacked by Shi Guofu in the steep terrain, these old soldiers who usually play prestige, in the face of the ferocious Qihu soldiers and horses, suddenly appeared in their original form, only a wave of more than 100 people and horses impact, then their formation was all disrupted, followed by a bloody battle Four thousand Wuyi battalion soldiers lost three percent, And Shi Guofu's soldiers and horses lost less than 100, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the 6,000 main troops and horses under Zhuge Xiong's command, the 4,000 soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion would most likely be wiped out.

The soldiers of the Wuyi battalion lost thirty percent at once, which made Zhuge Xiong, the chief general responsible for exterminating the bandits in Shouyang Mountain, very shocked and annoyed. He was eager to immediately lead his troops in pursuit and kill all the hateful Qianghu soldiers and horses, but he knew that it would be difficult to do, although the soldiers and horses under his command had a great advantage, but the Qianghu soldiers and horses were strong. And in the Shouyang Mountain area entrenched for many years, very familiar with the terrain, if you continue to go deep into the mountains, it is very likely that Shi Guofu will lead the nose, if you encounter an ambush again, the soldiers under your command will also suffer a lot of losses, the loss of the soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion, a good reminder to him, at this time. He was not in a hurry to suppress the thieves and make meritorious contributions, but felt that he should first stabilize the situation in the area of Shouyang Mountain, deploy men and horses under the mountain, resurrect the stone country in the mountain and trap him alive, and report the situation of Shouyang Mountain to Hua'an to win more support from soldiers and horses.

In the vicinity of Pingxian, the soldiers and horses under Wang San's command occupy a greater advantage. As soon as he came into contact, he taught Murong Ying a hard lesson. and annihilated more than 100 soldiers and horses under Murong Ying's command.

However, Murong Ying is not the real leader of this team, the real leader is Murong Ba, who has not long arrived, Murong Ba saw that Wang San commanded an army of 8,000 elites, and killed him mightily, and severely damaged Murong Ying. Immediately realized that he couldn't fight hard, so he also played a cat-and-mouse trick, letting his soldiers and horses scatter and flee into the mountains, and take advantage of the complex terrain in the mountains. Dealing with the soldiers and horses under Wang San's command, and made up his mind that as long as the time agreed by He Zhong passed, regardless of whether He Zhong succeeded or not, he would lead this army to evacuate Luoyang City in order to get rid of the fate of being annihilated in the end.

Wang San naturally also understands the difficulties and dangers of entering the mountains to suppress thieves, and most importantly, he is very worried about the situation in Luoyang City, he feels that it is very unusual for a large group of thieves to suddenly appear in Shouyang Mountain and Heping County, and recently he is only responsible for monitoring the Wuyi Battalion, and does not know He Zhong's specific conspiracy, for this reason, he is very uneasy, he always feels that the bandits in Shouyang Mountain and Heping County are in turmoil, and He Zhong's conspiracy has some connection, and even feels that this is He Zhong deliberately to transfer away the soldiers and horses under Hua'an, for this reason, he did not lead the soldiers and horses into the mountains to chase and suppress, Instead, he stationed on the outskirts of the county seat of Pingxian County, and sent his henchmen back to Luoyang City to tell Hua'an about the situation in Pingxian County and remind Hua'an to be careful in everything.

In the North Palace of Luoyang City, Hua'an listened to the report of the front line, and nodded slightly, the battle situation on the front line was basically within Hua'an's expectations, however, the loss of thirty percent of the soldiers and horses of the Wuyi battalion was really beyond Hua'an's expectations, he did not expect that the Wuyi battalion actually went deep to chase down Shi Guofu's soldiers and horses in order to compete for merit, and the four thousand people were defeated by less than 1,000 men and horses under Shi Guofu's command, and also lost more than 1,000 soldiers, this combat power is too weak, but at the same time, it also shows that The combat power of the soldiers and horses under the command of Shi Guofu is very strong, Zhuge Xiong also said in the battle report, when they first came into contact, they surrounded a hundred soldiers and horses with the strong strength of 10,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately launched an attack, a hundred times the advantage of troops, so that the hundred soldiers and horses entrenched in the village did not have the slightest hope of survival, but, even so, this group of fierce soldiers and horses still fought hard, swords, shields, guns, bows and crossbows cooperated with each other, so that Zhuge Xiong's soldiers and horses lost dozens of people, This really shocked Zhuge Xiong, who had been on the battlefield for a long time.

At this time, Zhuge Xiong and Wang San's prudent approach made Hua An feel very satisfied, at this time, the situation in Shouyang Mountain and Heping County has stabilized, as for when this gang of thieves can be wiped out, Hua Anxin is not in a hurry, at the moment, the most important thing is to get rid of He Zhong who plotted to assassinate him.

"Your Majesty, the pontoon bridge above Luoshui has been built, and the soldiers and horses on the south bank can cross Luoshui at any time and enter Luoyang City." A henchman whispered.

"Okay, continue to block the one-mile radius around the pontoon bridge and don't let anyone get close." Hua An ordered softly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The henchman answered, turned and left.

Soon, the sky was completely dark, but Luoyang City was a city that never sleeped, and there were flashing lights everywhere, especially in the palace.

Today is the birthday of Emperor Sima Dan, according to the usual practice to celebrate, for this reason, the palace female eunuchs, began to be busy with tension, the palace hall, full of large and small cases.

At this time, Uncle He Zhong was busy in the main hall, he was responsible for arranging the emperor's birthday banquet, but his ultimate goal was to take this opportunity to get rid of Hua'an, for this reason, although the banquet should be a happy thing, but he was very nervous in his heart.

The more critical the moment, the more frightened he became, and how many times he had the idea of canceling the action. But at this point, everything was ready, and it was impossible for him to cancel the operation.

"Uncle Guo, news has just come from the direction of Shouyang Mountain, the soldiers of the 4,000 Wuyi Battalion have lost more than 1,000 people, and the main force of the soldiers and horses has fled into the mountains." That's when it happened. Nephew He Miao whispered in He Zhong's ear.

Hearing this, He Zhong nodded slightly, looked at He Miao, and asked in a low voice, "How are the four people ready?" Is Yin Jian ready? ”

He Miao replied in a low voice: "Uncle, rest assured, the four groups of men and horses have been secretly assembled outside the east gate of Luoyang City, and they can enter the palace at any time, and Yin Jian has also completely controlled the east gate, and can let these two thousand men and horses enter the city at any time." ”

He Zhong nodded reassuringly. looked at He Miao and said softly: "You immediately go to pass the order, let Yin Jian let these four people enter the city after an hour, and you personally lead them through the harem gate to enter the palace, and General Chu will let you in." ”

"Yes, uncle, I'll go and prepare." He Miao responded. Turn around and get ready.

Looking at the back of He Miao leaving, He Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. Success or failure is all tonight, his net worth, life and future all depend on this operation, and he can't help but become even more nervous.

In the North Palace, Hua An was already dressed neatly, because he had to attend the emperor's birthday banquet. Therefore, he began to prepare early, and as soon as the hour came, he could set off immediately.

Of course, Hua An already knew about He Zhong's conspiracy. For this reason, before entering the palace, he had to deploy everything to minimize the possible losses caused to Luoyang City by this incident.

"Your Majesty, news has just come back from outside the east gate that two thousand men and horses are secretly assembling." At this moment, a confidant reported in a whisper.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth and said softly: "It's here, it's finally here." ”

"You immediately go to the south of Luoshui, let the 20,000 elites hidden there immediately cross Luoshui, enter Luoyang City from the west gate and the south gate respectively, remember, you must quietly march into the army, don't cause too much movement." Hua An ordered softly.

"Yes, my subordinates understand." The henchman answered, and immediately turned around and went to prepare.

Subsequently, Hua An called the palace guards and asked him to lead 2,000 men and horses to quietly enter the walls of the harem to ambush, and let him cooperate with Chu Jian and obey his orders at any time.

Looking at the two thousand palace guards quietly leaving the palace, Hua An's heart let go of a lot, as long as there are two thousand palace guards to join, the safety of the harem should not be a problem, the arrogance of the two thousand rebels will not be long ago, they will inevitably be annihilated, and when the time comes, the accomplice He Zhong and others will naturally not be able to escape.

"Your Majesty, the hour is almost up, it's time to enter the palace." One of the guards whispered.

Hua An nodded, looked at the fifty personal guards beside him, and said softly, "Let's go, enter the palace." After speaking, he led fifty guards and ran in the direction of the palace.

Along the way, Hua'an stopped and stopped, constantly receiving reports from his subordinates, and constantly issuing various orders, and walked for a moment before arriving in the palace.

The first half of the palace was guarded by 2,000 soldiers and horses under Hua An, at this time, there were only more than 500 people on duty, and the rest were resting, and after Hua An entered the palace, he immediately let everyone get up on duty, and controlled the city wall and all key entrances and exits.

"Report, Your Majesty, 20,000 elite soldiers have entered the city." One of the henchmen whispered.

When Hua An heard this, he ordered softly: "Immediately send the order, let them quietly move closer to the direction of the palace, and be ready to enter the palace at any time?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." When the henchmen heard the order, they immediately went to prepare.

At this time, the banquet in the palace was almost ready, and all the palace ministers also entered the palace and greeted each other.

Seeing that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were here, Hua An made up his mind that he must protect the safety of these ministers, and he must not let the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty suffer huge losses.

Of course, Hua An can immediately send soldiers and horses to surround and annihilate the two thousand men and horses outside the east gate, so that the princes and nobles in the palace will not be frightened and lost, but in this way, it will be impossible to completely get rid of He Zhong and others, so for his own selfish interests, Hua An feels that it is worth losing some palace ministers.

In the direction of the east gate of Luoyang City, Yin Jian, the leader of the Wuyi battalion, led the soldiers and horses under his command to guard the city gate.

At this time, He Miao had already been out of the city for a quarter of an hour, and Yin Jian knew that He Miao was going to command the soldiers and horses outside the city, so he had already issued an order to let all the soldiers and horses outside the city retreat into the city, and let them stand by on the city wall.

"Camp master, they're coming." A henchman pointed to the blackened soldiers and horses outside the city and whispered.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yin Jian's mouth, and he said softly, "Tell the brothers, let them in." ”

At this time, the soldiers standing near the city gate were all Yin Jian's henchmen, and they would naturally obey Yin Jian's orders unconditionally, and immediately put the two thousand men and horses led by He Miao into the city.

Seeing these two thousand men and horses entering Luoyang City one after another, the corners of Yin Jian's mouth showed a sneer, he believed that this group of men and horses rushing into the palace would definitely be able to get rid of Hua'an, and even, they could kill most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, so that he, He Zhong and others could rise to the top and sit on the high-ranking officials that everyone envied.

He Miao led two thousand Hulu soldiers and horses, all the way to the direction of the harem, and did not find any idle people on the way, not even the least night patrol soldiers and horses, which made He Miao very surprised, he has been in Luoyang City for some days, he knows that there is no curfew in Luoyang City, and at this hour, there should be scattered people and a small number of patrols on the road, and at this time it is very quiet, how can this not make him frightened, but at this time, he wants to carry out He Zhong's order, so, This small anomaly would not interfere with his plans.

Of course, the reason why there were no people on the road was completely Hua'an's masterpiece, he had already learned of He Zhong's plan, and naturally knew that after this group of people entered the city, they would take that road to the palace, so he specially ordered his subordinates to impose martial law on the large area around these roads, so as to avoid accidents.

He Miao led this group of men and horses, and soon arrived at a palace gate in the harem, and met Chu Jian, who was guarding the palace gate, He Miao sent a signal to Chu Jian on the city gate tower as agreed.

Chu Jian saw the signal, looked at his subordinates beside him, and ordered loudly: "Open the palace gate." ”

When his subordinates heard the order, they immediately opened the palace gate.

"Hurry up, keep up." Seeing that the palace gate had been opened, He Miao asked two thousand men and horses to enter the palace quickly, and led them to take a remote path and run in the direction of the main hall