Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 500 In Danger
At this time, the only people left in the palace were Emperor Xian, Liu Xie, and a eunuch who served him.

The eunuch looked at Emperor Xian, who was hunched over the dragon throne and trembling all over, and sighed helplessly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Emperor Xian was awakened from his fright by him. He looked up at the eunuch. Then the child could no longer suppress his grievance and fear, and tears burst out.

"I... I was wrong. I actually believed Chen Ji and his gang of bad guys and killed my uncle... Woohoo... I was wrong..."

The eunuch couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward and knelt before Emperor Xian.

"Alas, what's the use of regretting? Your Majesty still needs to think of some way to borrow the power left by the general to protect yourself. The general has always been respectful and polite to Your Majesty, but he is a little strict in disciplining Your Majesty. He has no intention of rebellion. I think the generals under his command are also loyal and righteous people. If you can contact them, maybe your Majesty's life can be saved and the country will not fall into the hands of outsiders."

Emperor Xian sobbed and said, "I... I'm scared. I'm really scared. If the general can... can be resurrected, I would rather give the throne to him. I don't want... I don't want to be the emperor anymore... Woo woo..."

The eunuch wanted to say something comforting when he suddenly noticed some movement nearby and alertly stood in front of Emperor Xian.

"Who? Who's over there? Don't hurt His Majesty!"

"Clap clap clap..."

All I could hear was the sound of applause.

"Yes, after the rebellion of the Ten Eunuchs, there is still a loyal eunuch like you in the palace. For this reason, I will spare your life."

"Brother, why waste time talking to this old eunuch? Today's matter is urgent, so you and I should get down to business."

As the two voices were heard, two figures followed closely and walked out from the darkness in the corner of the hall.

"You are……"

The eunuch and Emperor Xian looked at the two masked men in black with surprise and fear.

Chen Ji and his group, accompanied by Yang Biao and others, came to a hall in front of Nangong.

"Ta Ta Ta Ta..."

There were some chaotic footsteps, and groups of soldiers and horses ran towards them. Although there were many people, the military appearance was really messy. Compared with Liu He's army, these so-called troops were not much better than bandits.

However, people like Chen Ji obviously have no awareness of this.

"Mr. Chen, it seems that the South Gate has been taken. I think the Northwest Gate is almost taken as well. I just don't know if Liu He and his men escaped from the South Gate."

Zheng Tai's question finally woke Chen Ji up from his complacent mood. He asked a soldier about the situation of Zhang Yong, Zhu Ye and Liu He.

The soldier lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head to indicate that he had never seen it.

Chen Ji didn't take it seriously: "Beyond the north gate is Mangshan Mountain. I think they must have thought it was the easiest way to escape from the palace, so they went through the north gate."

He stroked his beard, very satisfied with his speculation.

Zheng Tai asked, "Mr. Chen, should we set out for the city gate now?"

Jung Tae asked.

Chen Ji looked at the good situation in front of him with some pride, then turned his head and smiled at Yang Biao and others.

"What do you think, Mr. Yang and the others?"

Yang Biao and the others were all gagged, how could they answer him? However, they still responded with hateful eyes.

Chen Ji was in a good mood at the moment and didn't bother with them.

"Okay, I will ask Bo Ru and other officials to take 4,000 soldiers to the northwest gates to command all the troops and occupy all parts of the palace as soon as possible. Zheng Gongye and I will lead the soldiers here to the east gate of Luoyang City. As long as we open this gate and the army pours in, the situation will be completely under our control. Then we can capture Liu He and behead him in public, and his followers will have a hard time causing any trouble."

Wei Ji accepted the order: "I will go right away."

He waved to the dozens of ministers behind him, and they all ran towards the west gate together.

Chen Ji raised his arms and shouted to the thousands of soldiers in front of him.

"Soldiers, take Luoyang City, and you will be rich and prosperous. Follow me and open the city gates!"

He was extremely excited at the time, and he dared to risk his life. He took a long sword, personally led thousands of troops, and charged towards the east gate with great momentum.

Wei Ji and dozens of ministers trotted all the way and soon arrived at the west gate of this huge and majestic palace.

Although it is called the West Gate, it is actually divided into three parts, from north to south, namely, the Upper West Gate, Yong Gate, and Guangyang Gate.

"The rest of you, help attack Guangyang Gate from here, and the rest of you go to Shangxi Gate. I will personally lead the troops to attack Yong Gate in the middle. We must occupy the entire palace as soon as possible."

Although most of these officials are civil servants, there are also many of them who have served in the military. Although their martial arts skills are not very sophisticated, they can still increase their combat effectiveness.

Of the 4,000 soldiers, 1,000 went to each gate, and Wei Ji led 2,000 soldiers and horses and headed straight for Yongmen. Yongmen was the most important of the three gates on the west side of the palace. There were 600 imperial guards guarding nearby. When the battle started, a group of imperial guards patrolling the palace came to reinforce with 200 soldiers. Of the 800 soldiers, only less than 500 were left after the battle.

Many of the corpses of the Imperial Guards had more than one weapon stuck in them, and there were countless other wounds.

The first corpse of a Royal Guard soldier that Wei Ji saw when he arrived had one of his arms chopped off and only half of his left leg left. He just took a casual glance and saw that there were two swords stuck in his body and a big knife on his shoulder, which was deeply cut into it, and even the back of the knife was embedded in it.

Even he couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw such a scene.

"With such brave soldiers, it is no wonder that Liu He has won many battles over the years and has been invincible. If it were not for today's success, it would be extremely difficult for the hundreds of thousands of allied forces of the princes to repel Liu He by force."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel fortunate.

"Fortunately, Liu He is about to die and Luoyang is about to be captured. This shows that God's will is on my side, not his."

He looked down at the body of the Royal Guard and couldn't help but kick it.

"You are ignorant of the current situation and help the tyrant to commit atrocities. You even dare to be an enemy of my nobles. You are lucky."

At this time, a minister beside him pointed to a place a hundred steps ahead.

"Lord Wei, the Yong Gate is very well guarded. You see, our troops outside the palace have rarely been able to break into the Yong Gate so far."

Wei Ji took a look at the battle situation and, as expected, the majority of people inside Yongmen were imperial guards wearing black helmets and armor.

"This Imperial Guard was trained by Liu He himself. When they were guarding the gate, they seemed to have some coordination in battle formations. They only have a few hundred people, but their power is extremely strong. It's a pity that I am not familiar with the battle formations, so I can't see any clues."

The minister became anxious: "Duke Wei, please stop lamenting. If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid that when our troops are exhausted, we may not be able to capture Yongmen."

Wei Ji laughed disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? With these two thousand soldiers like me attacking from the rear, any battle formation will be broken. They don't have any great generals to lead them, so what is there to be afraid of? Everyone, charge with me!"

He raised his arm and shouted, and two thousand soldiers rushed forward.

They bypassed a palace and soon appeared on an extremely wide palace road after entering Yongmen.

The Royal Guards were shocked when they saw this.

"Oh no! The rebels have reinforcements coming! What should we do?"

Some of the Royal Guards finally began to panic.

"Why are you shouting? We have received great kindness from the general, and today we can only repay him with our death."

"Yes, these traitorous officials have no shame. They used despicable means to murder the general and attempted to seize power. They are truly traitors to the country. We will kill one of them today."

"These noble families have been high officials and generous salaries for generations, and they never take us ordinary people seriously. Only the general has such a broad mind. Even if we die, we will follow the general to the underworld and will never be the ones who kneel down and surrender. Change the formation immediately and kill!"

There were about 480 or 490 people, and they were divided into two groups in a blink of an eye. About 200 people reduced their formation and continued to guard Yongmen, while the other 280 or 290 people suddenly turned their guns around, lined up in an orderly manner, and pointed their guns at the 2,000 rebels rushing over.

"Kill!"

Two thousand people and two hundred and eighty or ninety people were fighting in one place in the blink of an eye.

Wei Ji and those ministers were standing on a staircase dozens of steps away, watching all this.

"Lord Wei, the fighting power of the Imperial Guards is indeed extraordinary. Although we can win by attacking the Imperial Palace with 30,000 troops and 6,000 Imperial Guards, I'm afraid there won't be many soldiers left in the end."

"Yes, the Imperial Palace is not well defended, and it is still like this. The city gates are so tall and solid, even if there are internal supporters like Mr. Chen, I am afraid that if they completely capture all four gates, they will suffer heavy losses."

All of these ministers spoke with a worried look on their faces.

Unexpectedly, Wei Ji suddenly sneered.

"Your vision is too narrow."

Everyone was confused after hearing what he said.

"What does Lord Wei mean by this?"

Wei Ji put his hands behind his back and looked ahead indifferently.

"It doesn't matter how many people die. This time, the 80,000-man army formed by more than a hundred families will not be a big deal even if all of them die. As long as we can capture Luoyang, everything will be worth it. They are just some lowly people. If they die, they die. When the world is stabilized, we can recruit them again. Besides, I, Lord Chen, Lord Zheng and I promised them that after the victory, each of them will be rewarded with 1,000 coins. If they kill an enemy soldier, they will be rewarded with another 500 coins. This is a considerable expense."

He said this lightly, but when everyone heard it, it caused a huge uproar.

"What Lord Wei means is... if they all die, we can save a lot of money and food. Shouldn't we give this money to their parents or widows?"

Wei Ji did not answer, but just smiled without comment.

(End of this chapter)