However, this man set off directly before leaving, without notifying Hu Yin who was stationed somewhere in the town. It was just as Jie Yuan, Hu Yin and others guessed, this guy wanted to take the angel as a hostage.
At this time, the two sides were only twenty miles apart. Ding Jin came on horseback and arrived in a moment. He carefully watched along the way and saw that there were only the big flags of Wang, Fu, Xin, Zhang, Qiao, Huyan and others on the south bank of the Huai River, but the big flag with the word "Han" was still on the other side of the river. He felt relieved.
When he entered the Forbidden City, he first met a minister. The two of them greeted each other and chatted for a while. They did not mention the matter of the Imperial Censor in the Palace, and he relaxed even more.
After a while, another eunuch came with an imperial decree, saying that Emperor Zhao had personally set up a curtain beside the road to summon him. Ding Jin had nothing to say, and immediately left the hundred-plus riders, taking only three or five officers with him. They took off their weapons, entered the curtain and kowtowed.
But at this moment, Ding Jin finally heard a sentence that made his heart sink, but seemed to have been expected: "General Ding, where is my Palace Censor? Why didn't he come back with you?"
Ding Jin leaned forward, stole a glance at the unbelievably young Emperor Zhao, and said the excuse he had prepared earlier in a panic: "Your Majesty, I heard that I was going to see the Emperor, and I was so happy that I came here directly, but I forgot to call Censor Hu to come along."
"That's fine." The official Zhao, who was only wearing a leather belt today, smiled as he sat there. "Mr. Ding, please send someone to call him back. You can enjoy the banquet here. When he comes, we can drink and discuss things together."
Ding Jin had no choice but to kowtow and agree, but he also signaled to a confidant beside him as they had discussed before, asking this person to go back and act according to the plan, that is, to go back and mobilize troops, set fire to Zhugao Town, and force the emperor to release him.
Turning around, since this person had left, the wine and food were served, and Ding Jin also sat down to enjoy the feast. However, Emperor Zhao suddenly stood up and immediately left the tent. Ding Jin and the only two remaining confidants did not dare to question him no matter what, but could only eat slowly under the watchful eyes of a group of imperial guards in full armor.
Let's not talk about how Ding Jin finished his meal. Over there, Zhao Jiu, escorted by Yang Yizhong, walked out of the tent. After walking a hundred steps, he came to the outskirts of the woods where the tent was. Seeing the civil and military officials waiting there, he suddenly became furious: "I originally wanted to listen to Mr. Xu's words and give him a way out, so that he could set an example for others in the future. But I didn't expect this person to actually dare to hold Hu Mingzhong hostage. This can only serve as a warning to others!"
The people in front looked at each other in confusion, and no one tried to persuade Emperor Zhao to show leniency.
"Let's not talk about this matter anymore. Apart from this, are there any other omissions?" After all the discussions, Emperor Zhao tried his best to ask again with his hands behind his back.
"Reporting to the emperor, there should be no omissions." Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp, stepped forward quickly. "According to the previous arrangement, the man has been intercepted, and the more than one hundred cavalry have been properly surrounded. It can be seen that the emperor's plan this time is brilliant..."
Before he finished speaking, a horseman came galloping over from a distance. Everyone looked and saw that it was Wang De who had set out long ago to quell the rebellion. They were all shocked.
Wang Yacha rode up to them and immediately bowed his head, angrily saying, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty must make the decision for me! Han Shizhong relied on his eight hundred Beiwei cavalrymen and just as Ding Jin came in, he rushed over directly. I was kind enough to ask him to join us, but Jie Yuan fooled me and said that it would be safer to go after Ding Jin had taken over... Fortunately, Commander Xin saw Han Wu's troops and came to tell me!"
Zhao Jiu suddenly laughed, but he didn't know whether he was laughing at Han Shizhong or Wang De. "If that's the case, you should quickly lead your troops to surround Zhu Gao and prevent the enemy troops from fleeing. Why are you here to complain to me? Go now!"
Wang De was stunned for a moment, then immediately bowed and accepted the order, then hurriedly got on his horse again. As the saying goes, he came quickly and left quickly.
As for the civil and military officials around, except Xu Jingheng, how could they not know that this official usually had a expressionless face and was not easily angry or laughed. But today he was angry first, then laughed, and then remained silent again, which immediately made all the smart people cautious.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." After a long pause, seeing that no one dared to speak, Wang Yuan, the theoretical chief executor of this plan, had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with it carefully. "Since Ding Jin is here, the matter has been settled. Han Shizhong has always been impatient, but I know he is capable. Eight hundred cavalrymen are enough for him to do what he wants."
"I know Han Liangchen's abilities better than you do." Zhao Jiu said with his hands behind his back, but he finally returned to his usual self. "But thinking about what I said yesterday, I can see that there is still a long way to go!"
The ministers all had their own thoughts, and they seemed to understand what the emperor was referring to yesterday.
As the sun was setting, Wang De led 8,000 soldiers to Zhugao Town and hurriedly ordered a siege. But at this time, the town was just as everyone thought, Han Shizhong had already quelled the chaos!
There was no way. We really couldn't look down upon these bandits who had only been in power for half a year and had never fought any serious battles. Everything happened just as Han Shizhong had imagined. He led 800 cavalrymen to the outside of the town, then changed his flags and ceremonial guards, and suddenly rushed in. There was no reaction from the town. They even had to ask where the command center was by whipping them on the way.
Then Han Shizhong easily captured all the generals of the central army under Ding Jin without killing anyone. Then, perhaps because he was not satisfied without killing adults, he began to kill people systematically on the streets.
They started killing Ding Jin's younger brother and clansmen first, and then killed his generals according to the list of the central army... Anyway, Emperor Zhao had said that Liu Guangshi must not be allowed to suffer an unjustifiable crime, and by the time Wang De reached the outskirts, more than half of the people in the town had already been cleansed!
"Brother Hu!"
When the killing was in full swing, Han Shizhong suddenly saw a man coming with Cheng Min, who temporarily stopped the execution and immediately stood up, bowing his hands in a rare formal salute. "Brother Hu, I hope you are well, otherwise I will not be at peace for the rest of my life!"
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