On the morning of May 13th, on the east bank of the Wo River, the Yingzhishi Army and the Internal Affairs Army of the gang launched together. Using the local control gained by marching across the river, they coerced Jiangdu's internal affairs, palace officials, hundreds of officials, the emperor, and the queen mother, and headed north. go.

At this time, the rain was not particularly heavy. In Shansang City on the other side of the Wohe River, Zhang Qianda, one of the senior generals of the Forbidden Army, quickly noticed something was wrong, and then quickly realized the possible situation...or that there was no need to do "possible things" "Assumption, because the army has its own logic... Two troops that had just surrendered a few days ago suddenly broke away from the formation during the march and led the emperor and the queen mother to run to the old master. That can only be regarded as rebellion!

However, Zhang Qianda stood at the top of the city and did not pursue him.

Of course there are many reasons. He is afraid of death. In this case, who knows if Lord Niu has also rebelled? What if he crosses the river to pursue him and is crushed to death?

What should we do about the emperor and the queen mother? If we die in the army, we will be the fault of both ourselves and ourselves, okay? Although the little emperor and the queen mother are not a problem, they still have to be shouldered by everyone. I can't resist it alone.

Moreover, can we beat him? The opponent has 4,000 soldiers, and we have 6,000 soldiers. We have the advantage in terms of strength, and Wang Hou on the opposite side does not seem to have a high level of cultivation. Wang Zhuo has no combat experience even if he has condensed his elixir... But the opponent There is Governor Niu, and I don’t know where Zhao Xingmi has gone... The most important thing is, what should I do if someone has support? What should I do if I encounter the army?

If you come to any battalion, or in other words, as long as you dare to pursue, but can't tell the winner in a short period of time, the opponent will definitely come with support. Then won't you become a lone army on the east bank of Guoshui?

Of course, these thoughts just flashed through his mind, because these reasons did not need to be taken into real consideration, they were just the thinking process in his mind. Zhang Qianda had more obvious and natural reasons to make his choice.

"General Zhang, do we want to give chase?" General Zhou, who was following Zhang Qianda, was a little flustered. General Ying Yang still looked at the problem according to the basic idea. "If the emperor and the queen mother don't care about this, we can Will he be prosecuted by military law?"

"Who is going to punish us?" Zhang Qianda turned around impatiently. "Does Prime Minister Sima kill people as casually as that hairy man? And he also kills the leading general?"

"That……"

"It's not that we don't chase." Zhang Qianda pointed to the crowded sergeants in front and behind the pontoon bridge and sighed. "In this situation, within an hour, can you gather the troops and re-arrange them?"

"Just force it...I guess it will take a little longer." General Zhou Lang looked back at the somewhat noisy city. The place had already become empty and even dirty due to the many experiences of the army in the past, which naturally attracted an influx of people. The soldiers in the city were dissatisfied.

"Then what?" Zhang Qianda continued to look at the other party coldly. "Then do you think you can push these people back to the other side of the Guohe River to pursue them?"

General Zhou Lang was stunned for a moment, then he realized and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "General Zhang has seen clearly, unless he tells them that the army has turned around and is going back to Xingyang from the north. There is food that does not go rancid in the north, and some troops have saved four Years of money, silk, and a place to take a hot bath... Otherwise, even if the four emperors come down to earth, it will be difficult to drive these soldiers back!"

Zhang Qianda was stunned when he heard this, but only for a moment before he said solemnly: "Now that things have happened, I have to give an explanation to Prime Minister Sima...Old Zhou, you are here to guard the city and the pontoon, and gather the troops. By the way, I'll look for General Zhao's traces, and I'll take a quick trip to see Prime Minister Sima to plead guilty."

"It can only be like this." Zhou Langjiang nodded repeatedly. "It can only be like this."

Zhang Qianda nodded, looked at the rebels who did not look back in the rain, turned around and left in a hurry, picked up a horse, and walked away almost alone.

Zhang Qianda was still a little clever. He did not go directly to see Sima Huada. Instead, he went all the way west. He stopped at every group of forbidden troops he encountered along the way, met with the corresponding leader of the forbidden troops, and explained the situation - both It explains the fact that the internal servant army and the Zhishi army rebelled and abducted the emperor and the queen mother. It also analyzes the helplessness of the army's morale and morale in being unable to effectively pursue it. At the same time, it discusses the major news that Zhao Xingmi may be the internal agent of the gang!

That’s right!

Everyone knows that the Langya thieves in the Zhishi Army are unreliable, and that Zhishi Lang, the first rebel who emerged from the Three Wars, is unreliable. That is to say, Sima Cheng is the prime minister. When he saw someone willing to flatter him so bluntly, he fainted. He bowed his head, thinking he was a loyal minister... In fact, from the marching sequence of Zhang Qianda's troops, we knew that the others were on guard against this.

It just didn't work.

The internal servant army did not follow Duke Niu to the Eastern Capital, but actually abducted Duke Niu and others. Although it was surprising at the moment, it makes some sense when you think about it carefully. After all, they are one family, so it was expected. Within reason.

However, Zhao Xingmi, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who can be regarded as a veteran in the army and the main force of this mutiny, is actually an internal collaborator of the army. This is really chilling!

"Zhao Xingmi is a traitor?!"

That night, it took a whole day for Zhang Qianda and more than ten Forbidden Army generals who had met along the way to reach the other side of Feishui River, and found the Forbidden Army coach, Brother Sima, in a small town here. After talking about the situation, Prime Minister Sima Huada was still confused, and his right servant Sima Jinda was already furious. "Zhang Qianda, do you know what you are talking about?! If you say that you have surrendered to a thief, I will believe it." !”

Zhang Qianda, who was covered in water vapor, was startled and was immediately speechless.

On the other hand, the generals who were following him were all talking at once, and two of them actually stepped forward to protect Zhang Qianda, and then refuted them without hesitation:

"What nonsense are you talking about? If General Zhang surrendered to a thief, how could he be alone in front of him?"

"On the other hand, Zhao Xingmi, although I dare not say for sure, but there is no trace in the army, and there is something about him entering the rebel camp before the rebel army rebelled, it means that if he is not an internal agent, there is a high probability that he will be held hostage!"

"That means he was kidnapped or coerced." Sima Jinda was caught off guard and quickly explained. "Where is Governor Niu's ability, what can General Zhao do? Everyone, General Zhao must be a serious general of the First Guard, and cannot speak against him easily. "

"Now that General Yiwei is nothing, the emperor and the Queen Mother have been taken over by thieves, and the Wei Dynasty is gone!"

"The rules in the military are to be suspicious in everything..."

"If we follow what you pushe means, then Chishiro is also a serious general. Is it because the emperor and the queen mother were held hostage because of his responsibilities? Mr. Niu is the chief governor of Beiya, does he count as being kidnapped? Are the chamberlains being blackmailed? Are the chamberlains being blackmailed by Wang Zhuo again? Are Wang Zhuo being blackmailed by Zhang Xing again? Aren’t they all good people and there’s nothing to worry about?!"

"Yes, there are laws in the army. As long as you leave, you are rebelling!"

"Why are you so protective of this person?"

Sima Jinda, who had just gotten up, was also a little confused. First of all, of course, it happened suddenly, and secondly, he didn't understand why these people reacted so strongly. Was it for Zhao Xingmi, for himself, or for his brother? It couldn't be because of it. Defend Zhang Qianda, right?

"This matter doesn't matter." At this moment, Prime Minister Sima Huada, who was confused at first, seemed to have come to his senses and suddenly spoke to comfort him. "Since he left, let's treat him as a traitor. If he comes back in the future, he can naturally come back." Listen to his twists and turns and see if you want a pardon... The key now is, if according to everyone's wishes, the Zhishi Army and the Internal Affairs Army behind, including General Zhao, Du Gong Niu, the Emperor, and the Queen Mother, rebel together, what should we do? Don’t chase?”

When Sima Huada asked, there was a lot of noise around him.

"We have to pursue it. Without the emperor and the queen mother, who are we?"

"We are who we are, so what do the emperor and the queen mother mean? Give it to the thief!"

"The key is that the thieves are cunning. They didn't make any move during the whole process. They deceived the Prime Minister into trusting him and then suddenly launched... Now our whole family has crossed the Wishui River, and one-third of the troops have crossed the Feishui River. The vanguard General Tuwan is even more... We have already entered Ruyin, which means we have entered the territory of Huaixi... Why should we go back to pursue it?"

"We want to chase, but the sergeants are not willing..."

"That's right, marching for half a month has destroyed the morale and morale of the troops!"

"Do you really not care?"

"Let's go! Huaixi is just ahead, and there will be hot food!"

"We can't just ignore it, otherwise how will we explain it when we get to Dongdu?"

"Who should I explain to? I should explain to my son? The Prime Minister is here!"

"Without the emperor, how can we call ourselves prime minister?"

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"Okay!" After listening for a while, Sima Huada suddenly became a little irritable and waved his hand to try to stop these messy discussions.

However, it didn't work.

"Shut up, everyone!" Sima Jinda became angry at this time and scolded him with his true energy, which had an immediate effect.

After a period of silence, Sima Huada spoke: "Don't talk nonsense, talk one by one... Where is Zuo Pushe? Is he here?"

"Zuopushe is coming right away." Someone responded immediately.

Sima Huada's eyelids twitched, wondering if he was still sleepy: "General Linghu, Niu Sheren, Fengsheren, did they call?"

"I'm going to shout." Sima Jinda came to his senses and immediately asked people to call all his brother's dependents, so that Sima Deke would take advantage of the situation to "force him into the palace."

"Then let's wait. Anyway, this is a big matter, so Zuo Pushe needs to open his mouth." Sima Huada nodded when he saw this, but simply put a straight face behind the case. "Before Zuo Pushe comes, everyone should shut up.

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Seeing this, the others seemed to realize that their behavior was somewhat inappropriate, and they all stood firm without saying much.

Just like that, the rain was dripping outside, and in the night, the small house in this small town that temporarily served as the command center of the Forbidden Army fell into a somewhat unpredictable silence. Occasionally, someone coughed and moved around, but it could not be broken.

The sound of rain outside could not break the sound of rain outside as everyone was deep in thought.

Besides, as we all know, Sima Qida is a smart man.

As the most accomplished one among Sima Bada, this person has received a good aristocratic education, and has sufficient and rich battlefield and official experience... He is good at cultivation, has culture, has military experience, and also has a certain political sense.

, and has strong execution ability, never being sloppy... Such a character should have been exposed long ago, but the brilliance of the Sima family has always been too obvious, and the central father's father has inevitably been obscured.

In fact, Sima Jinda has always boasted of his talents and believed that he could accomplish something, otherwise he would not have become one of the main planners of the Jiangdu Military Rebellion.

However, after the military coup, this self-proclaimed talent realized a truth and got to know a new person:

The thing is, it’s unrealistic to expect a few people (no matter how powerful, powerful or smart they are) to decide the direction of a major event. Sometimes you have to obey the crowd or follow the crowd. On the other hand, you should try to avoid yourself.

He fell into a situation of being in opposition to most people; and that person refers to his brother Sima Huada... Sima Jinda now knows very well that his eldest brother has a clear vision and keen sense of political power that far exceeds his own.

But that's all. Apart from this, this big brother is still useless.

This even makes the strengths of my eldest brother dangerous.

Based on this premise, after Sima Jinda filed the case, he began to seriously think about the beginning and end of the matter and everyone's reactions.

The first thing is the matter itself... This is actually the simplest part. It is because the thieves are deliberately planning it. Whether it is to paralyze the imperial army or to simply delay time, anyway, these surrenders are all internal agents of the army. They came here to get a glimpse of the opportunity.

, unwilling to delay, they immediately ran away with the emperor and the queen mother.

As for Duke Niu, he was most likely kidnapped by the group of servants, and Duke Niu had no choice but to fire his arrow, and had to control Zhao Xingmi, who was going to supervise the army.

So, if we just discuss the matter, should we pursue it?

Sima Jinda felt that he should not pursue it, because there was a high probability that he would not be able to catch up. In addition, the imperial army had been dragged down by the march during the rainy season. At this time, it was best to enter Huaixi as soon as possible, including returning to the east capital to rest.

The way to go... wait until the rest is complete, then come back after autumn, or resolve diplomatically, no problem.

But what do other people think?

Zhang Qianda wanted to get away with it. He was responsible for this matter, and he was the most responsible person on the surface, but he did not dare to discuss the actual most responsible person, which was his eldest brother, Prime Minister Sima, so he could not wait

Throw dirty water on Zhao Xingmi.

As for the others... Thinking of this, Sima Jinda's heart sank, because he had already realized from being caught off guard at night that the others actually had grievances against their Sima brothers.

There are two levels of resentment. The first one is that this matter itself is the responsibility of my eldest brother. It was my eldest brother who was flattered and confused by those who surrendered, especially the one who believed in Chishiro, which led to the emperor and the empress dowager being swept away, including before.

When Wang Zhuo came back, just because he had received the dry food and supplies brought by the other party, he was sent directly to the back to see Duke Niu. The appointment of Zhao Xingmi was also the problem of his eldest brother.

As for the other level, the march was too hard, and these generals were instinctively dissatisfied with the superiors who arranged the plan.

To be honest, it's a bit troublesome.

But when Sima Youpushe turned his attention to his eldest brother, his heart sank again.
To be continued...