Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 222 Qin Palace Coup
Zhao Gao's party was also very quick. Just when Xiang Kang made up his mind to take a big gamble and deliberately sat and watched the Xianyang lieutenant army join forces, Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le, the county magistrate of Xianyang, also took the thieves with him under the banner of hunting down the thieves. Leading more than a thousand soldiers from Xianyang County, they marched directly to the vicinity of Wangyi Palace, where Hu Hai, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty, currently lives.

According to the laws of Qin, no matter which palace the emperor lives in, there must be guards stationed outside the palace for protection, and Wangyi Palace is no exception. There are also [-] guards stationed outside the palace gate. Seeing Yan Le leading the troops, The well-trained Weiwei Army officers and soldiers immediately went out of the battalion to stop the Xianyang County soldiers, and immediately sent envoys to negotiate with Yan Le and question Yan Le's intentions.Yan Le was already prepared, and immediately took out Zhao Gao's handwritten warrant, and said loudly: "Upon the order of Prime Minister Jun, come to hunt down the thieves who escaped from Xianyang, you wait and retreat!"

"Catch the thieves who escaped from Xianyang?"

The envoy of Wei Weijun was skeptical, and for the sake of caution, he came up to take a closer look at the command of Zhao Gao in Yan Le's hand. Yan Le let him see what he wanted, and impatiently urged: "Have you seen it clearly? Is it the prime minister's hand?" Order? If you see it clearly, quickly withdraw your people, or let the thieves escape, and the prime minister will blame you, and you Zheng Weiwei will not be able to bear the blame."

Carefully see that Zhao Gao's order in Yan Le's hand is indeed stamped with the prime minister's seal, and he also knows that Zhao Gao is covering the sky with one hand in the court, even Wei Wei, who is in command of the Wei Wei army, is the court's nine ministers, he does not dare to speak loudly in front of Zhao Gao , Wei Weijun's envoy did not dare to neglect, he hurriedly confessed a crime to Yan Le, and rushed back to report the situation.Wei Weicheng, who commanded the soldiers to block the road, was even more afraid to offend Zhao Gao. He had just asked the situation, and immediately ordered the Wei Weijun to get out of the way, not daring to continue to block the advance of Xianyang County soldiers.

Seeing that Wei Weijun obediently gave way, Yan Le, who had been sweating in his heart, heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly led the Xianyang County soldiers forward, directly crossed Wei Weijun's interception position, and stood by the roadside Wei Weicheng ordered: "Take your army back to the camp. If necessary, please send troops to help."

It has long been clear that the leader of the team is Yan Le, the son-in-law of Zhao Gao, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, and seeing that Yan Le, who is usually domineering and domineering, unexpectedly said a word of invitation to himself, Wei Weicheng still felt flattered, and hurriedly Nodding and bowing in agreement, he hurried to Wei Weijun to retreat to the camp to wait for orders, and was ready to help Yan Le at any time, and indirectly flattered his boss's boss Zhao Gao.

Wei Weijun's retreat gave Yan Le the opportunity to lead his troops directly to the gate of Wangyi Palace, but it was okay for Qin Ershi Hu Hai, although the Lang Zhong (guard) who was on duty at the gate of Wangyi Palace was Zhao Gao's younger brother Zhao Cheng's subordinate, the guard Lingpushe who led the team happened not to be Zhao Cheng's confidant. Seeing Yan Lejun rushing directly, the guard Lingpushe not only ordered his subordinate doctor to guard the palace gate, but also personally negotiated with Yan Le, shouting Said: "Stop! You are so brave, dare to trespass in the palace gate?"

Glancing coldly at the guard servant, Yan Le suddenly shouted to his own soldiers: "Take him down!"

After all, they are Yan Le's personal soldiers. Not only have they been fed by Yan Le with money, but they have also long been used to obeying Yan Le's orders unconditionally, so as soon as Yan Le's words came out, his personal soldiers rushed forward, seven With all his hands and feet, he held down the guard's servant, Lang Zhong, the guard's subordinate, was shocked, and when he hurried up to stop them, Yan Le had already urged the army to stop them.Then Yan Le drew his sword and pointed at the servant of the guard, and shouted loudly: "Post, as a servant of the guard, you are ordered to guard the gate of the palace. Why don't you stop a thief from entering Wangyi Palace? Are you a thief?" partner?"

"Have thieves entered Wangyi Palace?" The unlucky guard Lingpushe almost suspected that he had heard wrong, and said in surprise: "Then there are thieves entering Wangyi Palace? There are guards outside the palace, and there are doctors at the gate of the palace. The guards are so strict, how could thieves get into Wangyi Palace?"

"Do you still dare to quibble? This officer clearly saw that there were thieves who rushed into Wangyi Palace just now, and you still said no? It seems that you are indeed an accomplice of the thieves!" Yan Le confuses right and wrong loudly, and shouted: "Come here , Kill this fellow thief on the spot! Hurry up!"

The unlucky Wei Lingpushe shouted for grievances, and Yan Le's soldiers were also a little hesitant, but after Yan Le urged sharply again, one of Yan Le's soldiers with an ax still picked up the ax and chopped off the unlucky Wei Lingpushe with one axe. Yan Le took the opportunity to shout again: "Rush in to catch the thief, anyone who dares to stop, kill without mercy! Quick! Rush in! Kill!"

Out of the instinct of obeying orders, Xianyang County soldiers immediately rushed into the gate of Wangyi Palace with shouts. Due to the sudden occurrence, the eunuchs and eunuchs in Miyagi were at a loss, they could only run away in all directions, only a few people came up to stop them, and Yan Le repeatedly ordered, forcing Xianyang County soldiers to quickly kill all the eunuchs who dared to resist.

At this time, Zhao Gao's younger brother, Zhao Cheng, also brought a group of his confidants to join Yan Le and lead Yan Le to find Hu Hai. He went straight to the bedroom where Hu Hai was currently staying, and ordered the soldiers to kill everyone they saw, causing chaos in the Wangyi Palace. Langzhong, eunuchs, and palace maids ran away screaming, and many of them who couldn't dodge were directly buried in Yan Lejun's room. Under the sword, the majestic Wangyi Palace was filled with blood and blood.

When rushing directly to the door of Hu Hai's bedroom, Yan Le and Zhao Chengcheng didn't dare to rush in to meet Hu Hai because they were afraid of revealing their secrets. They cunningly declared loudly that the thief was in the bedroom, and ordered Xianyang County soldiers to shoot arrows into the palace , As a result, this move really worked. Hu Hai, who originally wanted to question the reason, saw flying arrows raining down on him, and none of them rushed to the back hall to escape, and no matter how much Hu Hai shouted and urged him, he didn't dare to come out of the hall to stop him. Then after a feather arrow hit Hu Hai's dragon robe, Hu Hai could only flee to the apse with the help of an eunuch. Yan Le and Zhao Cheng saw the situation outside the hall, and immediately led the army to rush directly. went in.

He was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, but now he was so frightened that his hands and feet were shaking, and he could barely walk. Of course, Hu Hai was soon caught up by Yan Le and Zhao Cheng's army and surrounded. It turned out that it was at this time that Yan Le finally tried to see him. , showed Zhao Gao's warrant to Hu Hai, and said loudly: "By the order of the Prime Minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, Hu Hai, the tyrant, will be killed. Anyone who dares to violate the order will be executed immediately!"

"What's wrong with me? Why did the prime minister kill me?" Hu Hai asked in a crying voice, and added in his heart, "Why is my life so hard, the first time I play, the first time I speak lines, why do I have to accept the sentence immediately?" Got lunch?"

"Why did you kill you?" Yan Le snorted loudly, and said: "You are arrogant, extravagant, ruthless, and kill innocent people indiscriminately. Everyone in the world hates you to the bone, and everyone will punish you. You still have the face to ask why you killed me!" You? If you are smart, kill yourself, don't wait for us to do it!"

"I want to see the prime minister!" Hu Hai shouted tremblingly: "As long as he spares my life, I can agree to any conditions!"

"The prime minister doesn't want to see you!" Yan Le flatly refused, and then shouted: "Don't you want to kill yourself?!"

Hu Hai burst into tears, struggling and begging desperately in front of Yan Le, but Yan Le was afraid of having long nights and dreams, so he didn't give Hu Hai a chance to continue talking, so he raised his sword and stabbed it into Hu Hai's back, Hu Hai shouted Screaming, the only eunuch who helped Hu Hai to escape before also burst into tears and threw himself on Hu Hai, pointing at Yan Le and cursing: "You traitor, you dare to kill the king, you deserve death!"

Directly stabbing the loyal eunuch's chest with a sword, Yan Le pulled out the sword, tore off the seal ribbon that Hu Hai carried with him, held it in his hand, wiped the blood splashed on his face, and shouted: "Retreat, take Hu Hai with you!" The corpse returned to Xianyang!"

When Xianyang County soldiers hurriedly withdrew from Wangyi Palace, which was already in complete chaos, the guards outside the palace also hurriedly regrouped and rushed to the gate of Wangyi Palace to understand the situation. Yan Le and Zhao Cheng did not dare to talk to Weiwei. The army fought recklessly, and chose to send one of Zhao Cheng's Langzhong forward, and said loudly to the Wei Weijun who blocked the way: "Under the order of the Prime Minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, the tyrant Hu Hai is ordered to be killed. Now that Hu Hai is dead, you will return to your respective camps immediately and wait for the new one." If the king succeeds to the throne, if he disobeys, he will be punished as treason!"

After saying that, the doctor immediately pointed to Hu Hai's body carried by Yan Le's personal soldiers. After seeing Hu Hai's body still wearing a dragon robe, the soldiers of the Wei Wei Army were of course in an uproar. The previous Wei Wei Cheng was even tongue-tied and suspicious I am in a dream.Yan Le took the opportunity to urge the troops to come forward, shouting loudly, forcing the guards at the gate of the palace to give way and return to the camp.

It was also the luck of Yan Le and Zhao Cheng. Wei Weicheng, who was in command of the Wei Wei army, was a man who didn't take care of him. After seeing Hu Hai's body, he was frightened out of his wits and was at a loss. Taking advantage of the fact that he has a large number of soldiers now, he rushed up with the army to cut up Yan Le, Zhao Cheng and others to avenge Hu Hai. "Go back to the camp first, and see what to do in the future."

With the order to retreat, the Weiwei soldiers who had already been in a state of disarray immediately dispersed and fled back to their own camp. Returning to Xianyang in a hurry, according to the original plan, Zhao Cheng immediately took his confidants to Xianyang Palace to take over the Langzhong Guard of Xianyang Palace. Zhao Gaofu handed over the order.

The incident happened too suddenly, Xianyang had already declared martial law, and it was difficult to transmit the news. Before they had time to know what happened in Wangyi Palace, so after hearing the court bell in Xianyang Palace, all the officials of the Qin court rushed out of duty. Putting on official uniforms, they came to Xianyang Palace to court, but as soon as they entered Xianyang Palace, they immediately realized that something was wrong. The doctor in the palace city had a post every three steps, and a sentry post every five steps. Zhao Cheng's confidants were still guarding the palace gate. As long as the officials entered the Xianyang Palace, they were not allowed to go out for half a step.

Even if they found that the situation was wrong, there was nothing they could do. Fearing that Zhao Gao would modify the harsh Qin law beyond recognition, the officials of the Qin court still bit the bullet and lined up in the hall, waiting for the convening of the court meeting. Soon, except for Zhao Gao, they were eligible to participate All the officials of the Qin court at the court meeting arrived, and then, something happened that stunned all the officials of the Qin court. Their prime minister, Zhao Gao, walked from the back hall to the front hall, and went directly to stand in front of Hu Hai's throne. , wearing Hu Hai's seal and ribbon directly on his waist, and directly holding Qin's handed down jade seal in his hand.

What shocked the officials of the Qin court even more was still to come. Zhao Gao stood in front of Hu Hai's throne and just clapped his hands. Immediately, another doctor in the apse brought out Hu Hai's body and put it directly in front of the officials of the Qin court. The court officials also screamed, "The emperor! The emperor's body!"

"Be quiet, be quiet." Zhao Gao finally spoke, and said with a relaxed expression: "My colleagues, I think you have seen clearly that this is the body of the tyrant Hu Hai. He was killed by the truth. As for the reason? , everyone must be more aware that since he ascended the throne, this faint king has perversely acted perversely, cruelly, and poisoned all living beings. In order to save the world from dire straits, Xiang responded to the sky and put this tyrant to death, and my colleagues must agree with me in doing so, right?"

Hu Hai and Zhao Gao had killed him so long ago that he dared not tell the truth. All the officials of the Qin court were silent, and no one dared to answer. If you don't say anything, it proves that you all agree with the truth. There is another thing. Qin was originally a kingdom. It was renamed emperor because the first emperor unified the six countries. Now the six countries outside the pass have been restored one after another. Qin The territory of the country is getting smaller and smaller, and it is too inappropriate to still use the title of emperor. The truth is, in order to facilitate peace talks with the six countries outside the pass and end the war, our Qin country should restore the old system, and the emperor should be renamed King Qin, what do you think?"

The officials of the Qin court still didn't dare to say anything, Zhao Gao was also a little annoyed, and shouted: "Why don't you speak? What do you think?"

Unable to resist Zhao Gao's obscenity, several officials of the Qin court could only nod their heads and say, "It's all up to the prime minister."

"That's right." Zhao Gao smiled, and said again: "Then it's settled. Qin will restore the old system and officially recognize the restoration of the six countries outside the pass. But one thing is very important. The country cannot be without a master. , who should we support as the King of Qin?"

After asking this sentence, Zhao Gao deliberately flashed the Huhai seal on his waist and the jade seal in his hand, implying that all the officials supported him as king. Unfortunately, Zhao Gao completely miscalculated this time, including the one who was forced to do so before. Ying and his several officials of the Qin court, all the officials of the Qin court present were silent, lowered their heads to look at their noses with their eyes, and their hearts with their noses. The hall was so quiet that even a needle dropped on the ground could be heard clearly clearly.Zhao Gao was furious, and shouted again: "Why don't you speak, who do you think should be supported as the King of Qin?"

The hall was still very quiet, only Zhao Gao's younger brother Zhao Cheng stood up bravely and said: "The prime minister has made great contributions to the country, so he should be called king."

Zhao Gao ignored his younger brother's words, and just nervously observed the reaction of all the officials. To Zhao Gao's disappointment, all the officials of the Qin court kept their heads down and didn't even dare to speak out. I understand that none of the Qin court officials are willing to support him as king.

Logically speaking, with the jade seal and ribbon in hand, and Zhao Cheng controlling all the guards of the palace city, Zhao Gaoda could forcibly claim the title of king and force all the officials to admit that he is king, but Zhao Gao knew very well that if he did so, I'm afraid that by tonight, more than half of the officials of the Qin court will escape, and the Guanzhong army and local officials in various places will most likely refuse to recognize themselves as king, go their own way or even directly rebel, and they will completely lose the negotiation with Xiang Kang to surrender Qualifications——The Qin court completely collapsed, and people's hearts were scattered. Unless Xiang Kang was stupid, he would continue to negotiate with Zhao Gao on how to surrender conditionally.

Because of this, Zhao Gao gritted his teeth and was forced to launch a backup plan in order to temporarily gather people's hearts and keep his bargaining chips with Xiang Kang, saying loudly: "I am loyal to Da Qin, how dare I spy on the throne? The prince Ziying is the late emperor's nephew, the closest bloodline to the late emperor, benevolent and frugal, he should succeed to the throne, the truth has decided to make Ziying the king, what do you all think?"

The officials of the Qin court still didn't dare to say anything, but many people quietly raised their heads and peeked at Zhao Gao's expression and reaction. Zhao Gao was secretly angry when he saw it, knowing that these people still prefer to let Ziying succeed him as king, but the matter has come to this Zhao Gao still tore off the Huhai Seal Ribbon around his waist and held it together with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo when he needed a puppet to temporarily stabilize people's hearts. Ying succeeded to the throne and became king.

Knowing that even becoming the King of Qin is just a puppet in Zhao Gao's hands, Ziying is of course dodging in every possible way, but Zhao Gao resolutely refuses, and together with Zhao Cheng forced Ziying to sit on the throne, and led all the officials of the Qin court to Ziying performed the ceremony of his subordinates.Ziying was helpless, so he could only say this: "Since the prime minister and all the officials want me to succeed, I dare not shirk for the sake of the great Qin's country, but succession is not a trivial matter. fast at home for five days, and then go to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices to the ancestors before accepting the seal and officially proclaiming the king. During this period, all important court affairs are decided by the prime minister, what do the officials think?"

"Your Majesty is wise, and your servants should be careful with your majesty's decree." The officials of the Qin court agreed very neatly this time, and Zhao Gao was quite happy to see that Ziying took the initiative to hand over the power, so he immediately agreed to let Ziying fast for five days before formally accepting the order. be king.

It was night, and without waiting for Xiang Kang's reply, Zhao Gao had to send envoys to Lantian again, asking Zhao Juan, his full-power negotiator, to conclude negotiations with Xiang Kang as soon as possible, and at the same time to order Xi Teng, who was in command of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, to negotiate with Xiang Kang. , asking Xi Teng to block the Young Marshal in Lantian no matter what, and leave himself the last bargaining chip to negotiate the terms of surrender.

Of course, Zhao Gao’s daydream was too beautiful. The envoy he sent later had just arrived in Lantian, and was immediately interrogated by the traverser Xiang Kang in every possible way, and he quickly pulled out from his envoy the importance of the Qin Gong coup. However, Xiang Kang was overjoyed and still calmed down, and did not immediately announce the matter to the public, but patiently waited until the espionage sent by the Young Marshal Army to Xianyang brought accurate news, confirming that Hu Hai had been killed by Zhao Gao , At the same time, he also reported Zhao Gao's supporting Ziying as king, and then Xiang Kang happily summoned the young marshal Jun Wenwu to officially announce what happened in Xianyang.

Hearing this good news, the young general Wenwu who had gritted his teeth and missed the decisive battle before was of course bursting with joy, and all of them were overjoyed. Xiang Kang sent someone to Zhao Gao's nephew, Zhao Juan, and flatly rejected Zhao Gao's proposal. All surrender conditions, Zhao Juan was asked to go back and tell Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao persuaded Ziying to lead the officials of the Qin court and the Guanzhong army to surrender unconditionally, in exchange for the survival of Zhao Gao's family after the surrender.Zhao Juan heard that his soul was gone, and he hurriedly asked: "General You, didn't you say before that as long as my uncle can lead the crowd to surrender, you can consider becoming king with my uncle in Guanzhong? Why have you changed your mind now?"

"It could be considered in the past, but it can't be done now." Xiang Kang, who went up to the house to pull the ladder, said confidently and eloquently: "Your uncle Zhao Gao killed the king with his ministers. He is a big treason, and everyone in the world can punish him. If I live with such a rebellious minister Wouldn’t it make the whole world laugh at Guanzhong to become king? Surrender and live, this is already my kindness to your uncle!”

"Then you can be a lord, a lord is fine." Zhao Juan quickly changed his words and said, "General You, my uncle told the villain before leaving, as long as you can promise to make him a lord and reward several counties fiefdom, he can also lead the crowd to surrender."

Xiang Kang didn't bother to pay attention, but just waved his hand. The guards in the tent understood, and immediately stepped forward to force Zhao Juan out of the Chinese army's big tent, and drove him out of the camp of the young commander.Xiang Kang then told the young generals: "Announce the news of the civil turmoil in the Tyrant Qin court to our entire army to boost morale and morale, and by the way, ask our soldiers to make torches and dry food to prepare for night battles."

"There is more." Xiang Kang added: "Send an envoy to contact Xi Teng, the commander of the Baoqin Lieutenant Army, and promise him a high official and generous salary, and persuade him to change his banner and surrender."

Xiang Kang decided to send envoys to surrender the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, the purpose of which was of course to temporarily paralyze Xi Teng, the commander of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, so that the Young Marshal's army could use their adept tactics of sneak attack and robbery at night, but what Xiang Kang never expected was that he However, this move caused a consequence that Xiang Kang had never thought of before...

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