Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 391 Yuan Zhao (21)

Sometimes, life is a big gamble, and victory or defeat is often only in the blink of an eye.

Liu Xiu won the bet, and he became the monarch who recreated the great Han, and he will be remembered by future generations. If he lost the bet in the Battle of Kunyang, then at most he will be left in the history books as "there is a man named Liu Xiu in Nanyang." The leader of the rebel army was suppressed by the Xinmang army in a certain month of the year!" This sentence.

Spring of the 42th year of Marquis Yan (252 years)
Ching Ming Festival

Today, the fake emperor Zhen Xiang took the real emperor Yuan Mao to pay homage to the empress dowager Zhen Mi.

Sima Yi decided to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a coup and take control of Luoyang while Zhen Xiang was not in Luoyang.

"We have tried our best to create enough favorable conditions, and now we have to gamble without hesitation this time, betting that Zhenxiang will not return to Luoyang so soon, and betting that the imperial guards will not attack us!" Sima Yi said to his two The son encouraged them not to be afraid: "If the coup fails, we will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!"

At the moment of time (7:15), Zhen Xiang left Luoyang with a group of royal relatives.

At the second quarter of the hour (7:30), Sima Yi asked his two sons to declare that they had passed away.

At three quarters of the hour (7:45), the two brothers Sima Zhao, the master of Sima, took three thousand "mourners" to carry Sima Yi's coffin to the funeral. , especially those strong crossbows and armor.

At four quarters of the hour (8:00), Sima Yi, the head of the Sima family, died of illness suddenly. The news that the Sima family is currently mourning for Sima Yi reaches Zhen's mansion. In Zhen's mansion, Zhen Xiang's daughter is hesitating.

"Sima Yi may have faked his death. These so-called mourners may be dead members of the Sima family, but they don't know where they are going. It is better to be careful." A wise man reminded Zhen Xiang's daughter.

"Scholars sending funerals, if you want to stop this, it's going too far. How will the people of the world treat our Zhen family?" Zhen Xiang's daughter shook her head and said, she is more gentle than Zhen Xiang, and she wants to cooperate with scholars , rather than confrontation.

"In any case, please mobilize the imperial guards, just in case." The wise man reminded.

Zhen Xiang's daughter is still hesitating, hesitating will lead to defeat.

At the six quarters of the hour (8:30), Sima Yi's three thousand "send mourners" arrived at the arsenal.

"Why did you send the funeral here? What do you want to do?" The Zhen family member who was in charge of the arsenal scolded Sima Master Sima Zhao and his brothers angrily.

Clang!
puff!

"what!--"

Master Sima didn't hesitate at all, he was much more decisive than the Zhen family, because he knew that time was very precious, and he didn't have time to waste time talking to a dead person, so the best choice was to draw his sword and kill him.

After killing the henchman of the Zhen family, the "mourners" fought with the soldiers guarding the arsenal with their bare hands, taking advantage of the numbers, and quickly won the victory.

It wasn't until this time that the coffin was opened. Sima Yi, who was lying in the coffin, stood up, pointed to the arsenal, and then looked towards the Zhen family and shouted in a deep voice: "Take out the weapon and armor, and control the Zhen family!"

Three thousand dead men took out armors from the Luoyang arsenal and put them on. In order to prevent the Zhen family from escaping Luoyang, Sima Yi had arranged for the doormen to bribe the officers guarding the city gate in advance, and let them confine the city gate at this critical moment.

"kill!"

The three thousand dead men turned into three thousand armored elites, and they charged towards the Zhen Mansion where there were only a few hundred unarmored servants protecting them.

When Zhen Xiang's daughter of Zhen's mansion heard about this, the first thing she did was not to quickly mobilize the imperial guards, but to run out of the city.

However, the gates of the city were locked, and she wanted to force her way out of the city, but Sima Yi had already caught up with her.

In a panic, she had no choice but to flee into the palace with a group of Zhen's followers, hoping to rely on the protection of the imperial guards to resist Sima Yi's three thousand armored elites.

"God kills the thieves of the country!"

"kill!"

Sima Yi's elite soldiers have moral advantages. They are here to kill the national traitors, and they are righteous and loyal.

In a hurry, the Royal Palace Guards failed to gather, and were caught off guard by Sima Yi, and immediately retreated steadily.

But Sima Yi knew that the situation was still very urgent. Before he feigned death to seize the arsenal and the gate of the city was locked up, a member of Zhen's family had already left the city to inform Zhen Xiang outside the city.

If the entire Luoyang cannot be controlled before Zhen Xiang returns, then the coup will fail.

"Only punish the chief villain, and the rest will ignore the crime. Those who abandon the dark and turn to the light will be promoted to rank!" Sima Yi seduced the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard: "Whether you will eradicate the country's traitors with us, or work for the tiger, the choice is in your hands! "

The Royal Palace Guards, who were already at a disadvantage in the battle, began to waver. Some officers of the Imperial Guards, who were depressed and wanted to be promoted, had already started to help Sima Yi attack the palace together.

At four o'clock (9:30), the imperial guards collapsed. Sima Yi finally took control of the palace, and then began to take over the entire Luoyang, controlling various government agencies in Luoyang, especially the armed forces in Luoyang. Zhen Xiang's daughter was also placed under house arrest by Sima Yi. Take control temporarily in your own house.

At six o'clock (10:00), Sima Yi, in the name of the emperor, announced that the Great Sima Zhenxiang was planning to rebel, and called on the people of the world to kill Zhenxiang together.

At noon (11:00), Sima Yi asked Sima Shi to stay in Luoyang with 2000 dead men to guard. Under the protection of Sima Zhao, he led [-] dead men and more than [-] imperial guards to the Gaoping Mausoleum. The statue of Zhen sweeping the grave.

At four o'clock in the afternoon (12:00), when he heard that a coup had taken place in Luoyang, Zhen Xiang was shocked and at a loss. Some counselors advised him to return to Luoyang to control the situation. It is impossible to stop Sima Yi, so the most urgent task now is to take the little emperor out of Luoyang area as soon as possible, and go to Hulao Pass to gather troops to suppress Sima Yi.

In the end, Zhen Xiangbing divided into two groups. He himself returned to Luoyang to control the situation, and then sent his followers to Hulaoguan to summon troops to suppress Sima Yi.

When passing through Luoshui, Zhen Xiang accidentally ran into Sima Yi.

"kill!"

Sima Yi's dead soldiers led the imperial guards to kill Zhen Xiang, who had only more than 1000 guards.

Although Zhen Xiang knew that his daughter was not Sima Yi's opponent, he never thought that things would be so bad.

Originally, he thought that Luoyang should be stalemate, and his daughter could rely on the protection of the Imperial Palace Guards to fight Sima Yi [-]-[-]. Then after he controlled the situation in Luoyang, Sima Yi and others would most likely escape from Luoyang and call the gentry At this time, his Hulaoguan army will come in handy, and can suppress the gentry who dare to take the opportunity to make trouble at any time.

As a result, the imperial guards turned against Sima Yi so quickly, disrupting all his plans.

The guards of the Zhen family were not as numerous as Sima's dead man, their weapons and equipment were not as good as Sima's dead man, and their fighting will was also inferior to Sima's dead man, so they were quickly defeated.

Zhen Xiang fled towards Hulao Pass, still cursing: "Damn traitors, when my troops from Hulao Pass are dispatched, I will send you all to heaven!"

However, Sima Zhao charged into the crowd with dozens of cavalry in person, and stared at Zhen Xiang.

"National traitor, where are you running!" Sima Zhao said sternly.

call out!
hiss--

An arrow shot at Zhen Xiang's mount, Zhen Xiang fell to the ground, and was caught by Sima Zhao immediately.

"Your lord has been captured by me, do you still want to fight?" Sima Zhao shouted to the guards of the Zhen family.

"Quickly put down your weapon and surrender!" Zhen Xiang, fearful of death, eagerly said to the guards, his legs were trembling.

clang clang-

The guards of Zhen's family put down their weapons and surrendered one after another. Sima Yi won 99% of the victory. The reason why he has not completely won is because Zhen Xiang also trained private soldiers outside Luoyang.

If Zhen Xiang is killed now, then the Zhen family who are still alive outside will learn from the Xiliang Army back then and lead troops directly into Luoyang, making Sima Yi the second Wang Yun.

Therefore, we must find a way to get Zhen Xiang to voluntarily remove all military power, and after he is relieved of military power and there is no threat at all, then kill him, so that there will be no future troubles!

Thinking about this, Sima Yi promised Zhen Xiang: "As long as Da Sima is willing to release the military power and prevent the troops outside from messing around, I, Sima Yi, can guarantee you a happy life for the rest of your life, Da Sima, and making you a rich man is enough!"

After finishing speaking, he pointed to Luoshui at the side and swore: "If I, Sima Yi, break my oath, then my Sima family will perish in internal and external troubles, and be cast aside by future generations forever!"

"As long as I can guarantee the safety of my family and let me continue to be a rich man to enjoy the glory and wealth, I am willing to surrender all my military power." Now, Zhen Xiang doesn't want to resist anymore. Unfortunately, he became a loser in the coup and seized power. If he continues to resist, he will become the second Dong Zhuo.

(End of this chapter)