Zhu Yu was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands, saying, "Great! Go tell General Ji to start immediately!"
Lieutenant General Li responded, but said, "Those officials have already complained about General Ji. I am afraid they will be accused of treason for their actions. Please protect our general more in the future."
Zhu Yu patted his shoulder and promised solemnly: "Tell General Ji that he can rest assured. I know who General Ji is and I will not treat him unfairly in the future."
Lieutenant General Li whispered, "With your words, General Ji and the other soldiers have nothing to fear even if they sacrifice their lives. But if the emperor returns from Xianyang..."
Zhu Yu raised one corner of his lips, his smile was quite vicious, "Father favors villains and stays away from wise ministers. What we are doing is just to clear the emperor's side, get rid of the treacherous and return a wise ruler to the people of the world!"
Lieutenant General Li clasped his hands and said, "Second Prince, please wait for good news. I will go and reply to the general. The gates of Shengjing are easy to defend but difficult to attack. The general and I will have to cooperate with the army from inside and outside."
"Go, don't let me down. I'm waiting for your good news in the palace." Zhu Yu was full of hope and ordered someone to send Lieutenant General Li out of the palace.
It was only three quarters past the hour of Mao, and the morning bell would not be rung until five quarters past the hour of Yin, when the city gates would be opened and people would be allowed to pass.
After Lieutenant General Li returned, Ji Wudao sent people to the four city gates to see if he could find an opportunity to open the gates when the guards were not paying attention and let the 100,000 troops enter the city.
"The city gates have been reinforced, and all the soldiers from the Five Cities Military Department have been dispatched." Lu Jin said to Yu Qizhe in the Shenshu Camp, "The people who were watching the inn just sent back a message saying that Lieutenant General Li, who was with Ji Wudao, has entered the palace."
Yu Qizhe was wearing a scarlet official uniform and no Liang crown. He rubbed the mutton-fat jade at his waist with his fingertips and said absentmindedly, "Ji Wudao intends to attack the city and help Zhu Yu become emperor."
Lu Jin noticed that in just one night, blue stubble had appeared on Yu Qizhe's chin and a red pimple had grown above the corner of his mouth. It was obvious that he had not received any news about his brother's wife, and he was getting anxious.
Lu Jin didn't know how to comfort him. It was useless to say anything at this time. He put his hand on Yu Qizhe's shoulder, squeezed it hard, and said, "There is still a tough battle to fight. As long as Ji Wudao falls into our hands, my sister-in-law will be fine."
Yu Qizhe clenched the mutton-fat jade in his hand, as if he could touch Yu Jiao's body temperature in this way. He took a deep breath, pulled himself out of the suffocating feeling of drowning, and forced himself to clear his mind.
"Since Ji Wudao is in the city, let's strike first." Yu Qizhe said coldly.
Lu Jin: "To capture a thief, we must first capture the leader. As long as we capture Ji Wudao, those people outside the city will be defeated!"
"Choose a team of men and start immediately." Yu Qizhe said calmly, "But since Ji Wudao dared to stay in the city, he must have a way to deal with it. He won't be caught so easily."
Lu Jin immediately went to call for people, and the others in the three camps were on high alert, waiting for Yu Qizhe's order.
At one o'clock in the morning, the guard in charge of guarding Dong'an Gate caught Ji Wudao's subordinate who was passing the message outside. Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, the man took out something from his waist and fired a whistling arrow into the sky.
As the whistle sounded, the sound of galloping horses could be heard outside the city gate. The people waiting to enter the city turned their heads and saw a huge black army approaching. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
On the city wall, Yu Qizhe stood against the wind and ordered the soldiers from the three camps to guard the city gates and prepare for battle in an orderly manner.
The soldiers who had been arranged by Yu Qizhe to boil hot oil long ago, carried buckets of boiling water and hot oil to the city wall, and the battle was about to break out.
At the same time, all the civil and military officials who received the news hurried to the leader of their faction.
The members of Shen's party gathered in Shen Tian's house. There was a lot of chatter in the study. Shen Tian put down the ruler with force, and immediately suppressed the noise in the room. He looked around the study and asked, "Has anyone seen the Minister of War, Lord Tian?"
Everyone in the room looked around and looked at each other. After a while, someone said, "I live in the same alley with Lord Tian. I saw that he seemed to have gone to Lord Liu's place."
After hearing this, Shen Tian felt relieved. Although he had heard the news of the breakup between Empress Feng and Zhu Yu in the palace, Empress Feng alone could not represent the attitude of the Feng family. The eldest son of Minister of War Tian Chong was in the Northwest Army. To some extent, Tian Chong was in the same faction as Feng Zheng.
"Lord, I heard that Ji Wudao brought 100,000 soldiers this time. The garrison of the three major camps in Shengjing City has only more than 20,000 soldiers. What should we do?" Someone said anxiously.
"If Ji Wudao attacks the city, I'm afraid our lives will be in danger. Does the elder have any good ideas? Did His Majesty make any arrangements before he left?"
"Is Ji Wudao's move to help the Second Prince ascend the throne, or is he trying to usurp the throne? I hope you can enlighten me, Elder."
Shen Tian's face was calm and steady. "Why are you panicking? Yu Qizhe is leading three battalions to guard the city gate. You are all paid people, so you should also help. If you have children who are good at martial arts, send them to guard the city gate together. If you are afraid of death, just hide at home. When Ji Wudao really attacks the city, it will not be too late to kneel down and beg for mercy. No matter who is in that position, someone needs to do the work. We can't kill all of you ministers."
"What...what do you mean, Lord?" Everyone looked at each other. Swords and knives are merciless. No one was willing to let their own descendants guard the Dong'an Gate. If they were to surrender to Ji Wudao, even if some of them had such thoughts, they would naturally not show it.
"Go home, each of you. It will be useless if you stay with me."
There was silence in the room for a long time. Seeing that Shen Tian had no intention of speaking again, everyone looked at each other. Some thought that it would be better to go back home to be with their families instead of staying in Shen's house. They could also send people to the city gate to send back news from time to time, which was much better than waiting in Shen's house. So they got up and left.
One person took the lead, and the others were gradually led. After a while, there were only three or four people left in the study.
These people have close relationships with Shen Tian and are Shen Tian's trusted confidants.
Shen Tian looked up and saw that several people had not left yet, so he asked, "Why are you looking at me? Go home."
"Master, do you think Yu Qizhe is a good person?" One of them whispered, "Ji Wudao was also promoted by you, Master, and he is in the same party as us. If the three camps cannot defend the city gates, and Ji Wudao leads his troops to attack, then if you are willing to stand up and raise your arms to help Ji Wudao, then no matter who sits in the high position, we will still have a place."
After the man finished speaking, he knelt on the ground. He knew very well that what he said was extremely treasonous.
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