Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2567 The Eight-Man Coup Forces the Emperor, Two Divine Generals Stand with the Great Jin
People like Liang Fang and Xia Geng unconsciously formed a small group, sticking together for mutual support.

Having been unable to prevent Zhao Defang from surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, they resolutely decided to launch a military remonstrance.

In this way, the Jin minister Zhang Yi was executed, completely cutting off Zhao Defang's path to surrender to Jin.

Even if things really come to a head, it's not impossible to kill Li Guangyi, a minister of the Jin Dynasty, along with Zhang Yi.

Although Li Guangyi was once the number two figure in their Zhao army, he had already surrendered to Jin, and they were now like strangers.

Although these people do not have any military power, if they put their men together, they can still muster about a thousand men.

Although the number is not large, there are a thousand ways to play with a thousand.

If we can launch a surprise attack and suddenly kill Zhang Yi, a thousand men would be enough.

Tian Dan had actually been subtly aware of the movements of Liang Fang, Xia Geng, and the others.

Having commanded the army for so many years, his prestige within the military was unmatched. Liang Fang and Xia Geng's actions could not be kept from him; someone had already secretly reported them to him.

However, he did not intervene. Instead, he ordered the three brothers, Bihan and his brother, to secretly protect Zhao Defang with three hundred elite troops. As long as Zhao Defang was safe, what happened to Li Guangyi and Zhang Yi was none of his business.

This was Tian Dan's last struggle!

His loyalty wouldn't allow him to betray Zhao Defang, so if Zhao Defang really made a decision, then no matter how unwilling he was, he would only support him.

However, he himself was still unwilling to surrender to Jin.

It was precisely because of this struggle that he allowed Liang Fang, Xia Geng, and others to act with impunity.

According to information from their spies in the military, although these people were preparing to raise an army, they at least had no intention of harming Zhao Defang; they just wanted to stage a coup.

So, if these people succeed, and Zhao Defang is indeed forced to continue resisting the Jin, Tian Dan will naturally follow behind Zhao Defang.

If these people also fail, Tian Dan will completely accept his fate and follow Zhao Defang to surrender to Jin.

We were ready to fight to the death, but our lord surrendered first. We are frustrated, but what can we do?
Therefore, Tian Dan entrusted his fate to Liang Fang, Xia Geng, and others.

However, just in case, since anything could happen when weapons are at work, he sent a group of men to protect Zhao Defang's safety.

Although Li Guangyi and Zhang Yi did not have spies to warn them about Liang Fang and Xia Geng's affairs, they were still quite cautious despite being in the enemy camp.

The two were in enemy territory, and they knew they couldn't trust anyone but themselves. Therefore, they tried every means to persuade Zhao Defang to strengthen the palace's defenses.

Moreover, Zhang Yi had already made contact with the pro-Jin figures, Black Robe and Black Lotus.

After arriving at Zhao's camp, Li Guangyi's main task was to persuade Zhao Defang, while Zhang Yi's main task was to make contact with the important civil and military officials in Zhao's camp and use these people to further influence Zhao Defang.

Compared to other strategists, persuaders are more adept at understanding people's hearts.

Zhang Yi had already noticed the difference in attitude between the Black Robe and Black Lotus compared to the other Zhao army generals. In fact, Zhang Yi could now try to win them over. If he could succeed in winning them over, even if Li Guangyi failed to persuade Zhao Defang, their trip wouldn't be in vain.

Although these two men were merely fierce generals, and their official positions were not low, they did not have actual military power and could not exert direct influence like Tian Dan.

However, these two men were among the top-ranking generals in Zhao's army, second only to Zhao Gongming. Winning them over first was definitely the right move.

It was precisely because of these reasons that, during the mutiny of Liang Fang, Xia Geng, Xia Jie, Ziqiu, Cheng Lingxi, Wang Shen, Chong Yingbiao, and Wang De, they did indeed catch Zhao Defang off guard.

However, because the palace was reinforced, even though they were caught off guard, they were not defeated immediately.

The palace guards, Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, were caught off guard by their own men and were stabbed in the back by Xia Jie. However, Han Rong, Han Sheng, and Han Bian, father and son, quickly took control of the situation and led the palace guards in a desperate resistance.

Hu Sheng and Hu Lei were even more unstoppable, leading a suicide squad in a counterattack and ruthlessly killing Wang De, one of the eight.

Although the two men were immediately killed by the enraged Liang Fang and Xia Geng, Hu Sheng and Hu Lei's bravery greatly boosted the morale of the palace guards.

Furthermore, they successfully held out until the arrival of the Black Robe and Black Lotus to provide assistance.

However, neither Black Robe nor Black Lotus had much military power, and their arrival with only a few dozen men was not enough to directly reverse the situation in the palace.

Zhao Defang sent men to break through the encirclement and contact generals such as Tian Dan, Luo Yanhuan, and Wang Shenqi to suppress the rebellion, but these men deliberately avoided Zhao Defang.

If Zhao Defang had truly issued an order, they would have no choice but to obey. However, if the order had never even reached them, and they themselves were unaware of it, then naturally they wouldn't be considered to have disobeyed the order.

Only Yao Pingzhong, Chang Shan, and Liang Shiyan, who were largely unaware of the situation, received the news from the palace.

However, these men also lacked military power and the invincible bravery of Black Robe and Black Lotus. They didn't even make it into the palace before dying at the hands of Xia Jie.

Among Zhao's troops, only Tian Dan, Luo Yanhuan, and Wang Shenqi were truly capable of suppressing this rebellion.

The entire Zhao army was almost entirely controlled by these three men. If these three men did not make any move, no one else would have the opportunity to directly stabilize the situation.

Fortunately, when the two sides were locked in fierce fighting, Li Guangyi finally found the three Pihan brothers who were hiding in the palace.

Li Guangyi had some understanding of Tian Dan, and he believed that if Tian Dan was truly loyal to Zhao Defang, he would not have been completely unprepared.

However, he wasn't entirely certain about this. Li Guangyi wasn't someone who didn't trust others' loyalty, but he wasn't someone who completely distrusted it either.

Fortunately, Tian Dan did have a backup plan!

Although the three brothers, Bihan, remembered Tian Dan's orders, as long as these people did not threaten Zhao Defang's life, they did not need to act rashly. They only needed to sit back and watch the situation unfold, letting the two sides decide the winner.

However, no matter what the three brothers did, they couldn't withstand Li Guangyi's cunning. Since he couldn't persuade the three brothers, he simply used Zhao Defang to force them to submit.

Using Zhao Defang's orders, they forced these three men to lead the three hundred armored soldiers behind them to attack.