In the direction of Luoyang County, the 10,000 East Palace guards who were demoted have arrived in Linwei City, and they learned the news of Shi Hu's proclamation of the emperor, and suddenly, their hearts were filled with a glimmer of hope, as long as Shi Hu amnesties the world, they are likely to be pardoned for their sins, so as to return to Yecheng to continue to be their East Palace guards.

However, although Shi Hu granted amnesty to the world, the 10,000 East Palace guards were not among the pardons, and Shi Hu forced them to enter the Liangzhao border.

The officials of Yongzhou even confiscated all the war horses of the East Palace guards, and let these once noble East Palace guards push the grain cart to the Liangzhao border.

On the way to the border, it snowed a few more times, and the road became extremely difficult to navigate, and these once noble guards of the East Palace, who had suffered such a great crime, began to complain among the soldiers.

The officials of Yongzhou ignored the difficulty of the road and forced the Donggong guards to continue marching, which further stimulated these Donggong guards and made them feel rebellious in their hearts.

Seeing that the road was really difficult to walk and the soldiers were miserable, the generals of the Donggong Guard, led by Liang Qian, gathered together for a moment to discuss, and felt that if they marched like this again, the soldiers would be exhausted to death, so they immediately ordered the soldiers to stop advancing.

"What's the matter, why don't you move on, you missed the deadline for the border, you are a capital crime." A Yongzhou official, looking at the guards of the East Palace, shouted accusations.

"With such a heavy snowfall, the soldiers can't walk anymore." Liang Li touched the saber with both hands and said calmly.

The Yongzhou official was furious, pointed at Liang Li's nose, and reprimanded loudly: "If you can't walk, you have to keep walking, you still think you are a noble guard of the East Palace!" You are now in the body of sin. You must get to the border on time, or it's a capital offense, you, let everyone go at once. ”

Seeing that the other party was so arrogant, Liang Qian couldn't bear it anymore, pulled out the sword at his waist, took two steps forward, and said angrily: "Dog officer, you forced me, go die!" After speaking, he plunged the sword into the chest of the Yongzhou official.

"You, you, you. How dare you ......" the Yongzhou official said half a sentence. He collapsed to the ground.

"Kill, kill this group of dog officers." Led by Liang Li, the guards of the East Palace worked together to kill all the dozens of Yongzhou officials and guards who escorted them.

Kill the court officials. This is no small matter. Liang Qian and other guards of the East Palace. knows that his actions are already considered rebellion, but in this situation, if he does not rebel, he will die. They had no better way than to rebel.

"General, we have killed the imperial court official, what should we do next, please ask the general to call the shots." The general looked at Liang Qian and asked loudly.

The corners of Liang Li's mouth sneered, and he said loudly: "Soldiers, the prince Shi Xuan's rebellion is Shi Hu's family matter, what to do with our soldiers, Shi Hu is angry with our soldiers, and even demoted us to the barren land in the northwest, and the dog officials in Yongzhou have robbed us of our horses and armor, and now the road is very snowy, and we can't reach the border on time, rather than being executed alive, it is better to kill a way out." ”

"That's right, soldiers, Shi Hu is not benevolent, don't blame me for being unjust, we will work together to raise troops to kill Yecheng and seek justice." The generals also shouted.

"Kill Yecheng and seek justice."

"Kill Yecheng and seek justice."

The guards of the East Palace shouted in unison.

On the way from Yecheng to Guanzhong, they had had enough of all kinds of humiliation, and now, this suffocated anger finally broke out.

"General, our army only has 10,000 troops, and the weapons and armor are also very insufficient, so we must expand our strength before we can kill Yecheng." A ministry general reminded.

This Liang Qian naturally understands that in the process of distribution, the armament of the 10,000 East Palace guards has basically been disarmed, and now, they look like a group of people transporting grain and grass, with 10,000 bare-handed East Palace guards, they naturally cannot kill Yecheng.

Liang Qian pondered for a while, and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, even if Shi Hu disarmes our weapons, we are still brave guards, there are many villages here, and the people must have axes and other weapons at home, which can be borrowed." ”

"General, we can divide our troops into multiple ways, after obtaining weapons, all march to Linwei City, and break through Linwei City, as long as we break through Linwei City, we can get the weapons in the city, and then expand our strength." The ministry will build yì road.

Liang Qian nodded and ordered: "Soldiers, in order to survive and seek justice, we can only fight bravely and set off." ”

"Let's go." The 10,000 guards of the East Palace under Liang Qian's command divided into multiple roads and rushed to the nearby villages, their purpose was to snatch the axes from the homes of the common people, so as to provide themselves with weapons that could be used.

The guards of the East Palace deserve to be the elite division, after obtaining the axes in the homes of the common people, they installed them with a one-zhang long axe handle, and used them in battle with great fascination, only with this simple weapon, they easily broke through the city of Linwei, and killed the county guards and county commanders and other officials in the city.

They killed the officials who oppressed the people, and naturally got the full support of the people, and for a while, the poor people joined Liang Qian's rebel army, especially the long-suppressed Jin people were the most enthusiastic about joining the army, and after Liang Li's rebel army grew stronger, they attacked in many ways, and broke through dozens of cities one after another, and the army expanded to 100,000, and the soldiers approached Chang'an.

In order to obtain possible foreign aid, Liang Qian proclaimed himself the general of the Great Jin Dynasty to conquer the East, and was nominally a vassal to the Great Jin Dynasty.

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In the Assassin's Mansion in Southern Zhengcheng, Hua An was studying the topographic map of Zhao sent back by the scouts to determine the route of the Northern Expedition in the future according to the terrain in Zhao.

"Big brother, big brother, something big is wrong, something is wrong." At this moment, Wang San hurriedly broke in.

Seeing Wang San's anxious look, Hua An hurriedly asked, "What's going on, tell me quickly." ”

Wang San took a breath and said, "Big brother, Liang Qian, the general of the guards of the East Palace of Zhao Guo, led the crowd to rebel in Guanzhong. ”

"Oh, Liang Qian rebelled." Hua'an was overjoyed when he heard this, this is a great good thing for the Jin army, and Liang Li's rebellion will greatly weaken the strength of Zhao, which is only beneficial to his own Northern Expedition.

Seeing Hua An's happy face, Wang San continued: "Big brother, this Liang Calf is really amazing, with only 10,000 East Palace guards, he has broken through several cities one after another, and now the men and horses under his command have developed to the scale of 100,000 troops, and the soldiers have arrived in Chang'an, and the momentum will soon break through Chang'an." ”

"The guards of the East Palace have always been the elite division of the Zhao State, and their combat power is strong, which is deserved, but I really didn't expect that they actually killed Chang'an in such a short period of time, and they have 100,000 troops, this Liang Calf is really not to be underestimated! It looks like Shi Hu is going to be busy for a while, haha! Hua An gloated.

Seeing this, Wang San smiled at the corner of his mouth and said excitedly: "Big brother, after this Liang Qian rebelled, he claimed to be the general of the Eastern Expedition of my Great Jin, if he really wants to take refuge in the Great Jin, it will also be a great help to our army's Northern Expedition!" Perhaps, now is a good opportunity for our army's Northern Expedition. ”

"Oh, it's great that Liang Qian actually claims to be the general of my Great Jin Dynasty." When Hua An heard this, he was very happy, paused, and said softly: "Liang Qian's rebellion is forced to be helpless, and he is not sincere when he claims to be a Jin general, most likely to let our army send troops to help, if our army sends troops at this time, it will be used by Liang Qian, besides, now Shi Hu has not yet lost his breath, and Zhao still has the core of condensation, if our army takes this opportunity to capture Guanzhong, it will definitely face the crazy attack of the elite of Zhao State, and the strength of our army will be a great loss, so now is not the best time for our army's Northern Expedition." ”

"Well, what the eldest brother said is, then we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and sit back and watch the civil strife in Zhao." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An nodded with a smile and said softly: "Shi Hu won't live for a few months, and the good opportunity for our army's Northern Expedition will not exceed half a year, and from now on, we will make the final preparations for the expedition." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I know." Wang San nodded.

Subsequently, Hua An and Wang San took a team of personal soldiers to the warehouse in Nanzhengcheng and checked the various stocks in the warehouse, especially the reserves of urgently needed materials for the army.

The results of the inspection made Hua An very satisfied, all kinds of materials in the warehouse were piled up, and it was more than enough to support 100,000 troops to go on the expedition, which made Hua An feel a lot more relieved.

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In the direction of Chang'an, Liang Qian led an army of 100,000 under his command to attack Chang'an City, Chang'an City Defender Leping Wang Shi Bao led all the elite soldiers, and went out to fight with Liang Li, as a result, the elite soldiers under Shi Bao could not stop Liang Li's attack, and fled in defeat, running to Tongguan, and Chang'an City was broken by Liang Li.

Chang'an City is the capital of Yongzhou, after Liang Li occupied Chang'an, did not stop the pace of attack, after a simple rest, he led the main army under his command to continue to march eastward, and the troops approached Tongguan.

Tongguan is the only place to connect the Central Plains and Guanzhong, the terrain is very dangerous, there are Qinling Mountains in the south, there are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north and the Yellow River hugs the pass down, the west is near Huashan, the mountains around the checkpoint are even mountains, the peaks are even peaks, the valley is deep and the cliff is absolute, the mountain is high and the road is narrow, the middle pass is a narrow sheep intestine path, only one car and one horse can pass guò, such a steep terrain, only a small number of troops are needed, you can hold the pass.

Regarding the dangerous terrain of Tongguan, Liang Qian and the guards of the East Palace under his command were naturally very clear, and when they went to Guanzhong, they passed through Guò from Tongguan.

But if you want to kill to Yecheng, you must pass through Guò Tongguan, even if you want to cut off Guanzhong and stand on your own, you must also take Tongguan, otherwise, the main force of the Central Plains will pass through Tongguan to kill Guanzhong.

Liang Calf led the main force of the troops and horses, soon arrived at Tongguan, in the face of the easy to defend and difficult to attack Tongguan, Liang Qian was not frightened, he ordered the army under his command to take turns to attack the city day and night, and constantly take various siege means, all kinds of siege weapons appeared in Liang Li's army one after another. (To be continued......)