Dark clouds cover the moon, the river is dark, and the lights of Ezhou City in the distance are dazzling and brilliant.

At midnight, Ye Si outside the bamboo gate not only did not close the stall, but entered another ** instead.

In the rustling autumn wind, the silent singing came with the wind, as if it was still full of spring, and the song and dance rose to peace.

Cao Gu stood on the boat tower, staring at the outline of Ezhou in the distance, his eyes were volatile, his eyes were red as fire, and sometimes cold as ice. "How can you cherish your life when planning major issues?" He said secretly, "If you can't eat five cauldrons, you must cook them as five cauldrons." Taking advantage of this opportunity to lead troops to help the troops back, he suddenly headed straight to Ezhou. It was Cao Di and the one in the palace who discussed this time. These 5,000 soldiers and horses were selected by the Xiangyang camp. Although Ezhou had 30,000 soldiers and horses, the power of the military was scattered. The eight armies outside the city and the twenty-twentieth battalion of the city guards in the city were not subordinate to each other. The Cao family used elite troops to fight against each other, and they were prepared and fought against each other without preparation. They had fast and slow attacks. There were internal responses in the city, so why worry about the big things. The only thing to worry about is the gate of the city gate, the walls of Ezhou were high and thick. If you attack forcibly, the damage would be heavy and delayed.

As long as the army enters the city, controls the palace, and then passes the world in the name of Your Majesty, major events will be settled!

"General Cao, the army has arrived outside the bamboo gate!" The tooth general Guo Jizhong stepped forward and reported, "How to act?"

"First rituals and then troops," Cao Gu shouted with a slight look of stern eyes, "I will have something important to meet the Prime Minister and let the city guards open the city gate."

He glanced at several generals around him, and everyone looked a little nervous.

Everyone knows that this big event tonight will either reach the sky in one step and make a contribution to support it, or lose its head and lose its reputation.

All the generals had already known all the plans. Guo Jizhong called out and two hundred soldiers landed in line.

The fang soldiers were all brave soldiers who had seen blood, with a single brocade robe covered with steel chain mail and snowflakes. According to Guo Jizhong's law, a fang soldier was enough to overturn the young men of the eight city guards. The city guards were mainly muskets, and the commanders were either the scholastic officers trained by Zhao Xingde, or the civil servants sent to the army by the Ministry of War. Although the court was at ease, they had no experience. If they could open the city gate, the fang soldiers rushed up to seize the city gate and then entered one after another. Even if the Ezhou City was surnamed Cao, there would be fewer blood disasters.

Two hundred guards surrounded the young marshal, and the team burst out with a faint murderous aura and walked straight through the grass market outside the bamboo gate.

The people in the market avoided the treason. Although the people were inexplicably shocked, no one expected that they would rebel. They were afraid of these vicious soldiers. The vendors moved the stalls away, no one dared to block the road. The families on both sides of the road closed their doors, and the women quickly pulled the children into the house, for fear that children would be indiscriminate and cause great trouble. Cao Gu did not take these ants seriously, and put on the airs of the general in the court, and led a group of tooth soldiers to go straight to the city gate. The soldiers were very quick, and even if someone reported secretly along the way, the court would not have time to react. Several large lanterns in the front team were provoked high, and the tooth soldiers shouted loudly at the city with their voices.

"The uncle of the Cao family has something to do and goes to the city to meet the Prime Minister!"

"Hurry up, open the city gate and let us wait to enter the city!"

"I missed a big deal, be careful that Lord Cao will report to the Ministry of War and strip you of your skin!"

There was a clamor under the bamboo gate. Cao Gu was the national uncle and ranked among the heads of the eight armies outside the city. He was one of the most arrogant inside and outside the city of Ezhou. The soldier in front of the horse pointed to the city and shouted, verbally threatening, or cursing with halberd fingers. Cao Gu sat upright and said nothing. When the lanterns and torches under the city were shining, his face looked dark, and he really felt a bit of aura of being angry and powerful.

The soldiers of the patrol city did not dare to be negligent, so they hurriedly found the general of the Zhumen who was sleeping in the city tower.

"He***, Mo Cao's uncle, is Cao Cao's husband coming, can the city gate be opened just as well?"

The commander of the camp, Yang Chengwu, was woken up from his sleep. Wuming was furious, put on his helmet, stared and cursed, "I'm so angry, don't open the city gate and shoot him." After cursing, Yang Chengwu's eyes turned and ordered, "What's the use of just calling me? Come and invite Dian Guards together." Send his personal soldiers to immediately ask Dian Bogu to enlist Dian Bogu. Although the two of them competed openly and secretly in the camp, at this critical moment, Yang Chengwu did not forget this scholar sent by the Ministry of War. Before Dian Bogu arrived, Yang Chengwu only looked at the people under the city coldly, letting him shout, and did not say anything. He was the first artillery army of the Prime Minister's Guards. When the lieutenant student besieged the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was the first to bombard the Prime Minister's Mansion. Therefore, he was promoted to commander of the camp and transferred from the Prime Minister's Guards to the City Guards.

He was not very afraid of this Cao family's young master, but he just didn't want to offend this person for nothing.

"If there is a military order from the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of War, the city gate will be opened immediately. If not, let's go to the city again tomorrow!"

Yang Chengwu looked at Cao Gu's dark face under the lantern and said leisurely: "Roar loudly and let them stay honestly first."

Such a big-looking appearance, yelling under the city, must be without the command arrows of the Ministry of War. "Your face doesn't look like a commander!" Yang Chengwu whispered. Cao Guojiu was proud of his power elsewhere, but he found the wrong person in the city guards. The camps of the city guards have been trained by Yue Fei and Zhao Xingde, and the habits left behind are greater than the sky. The officers above the city guards have a history. Although they are fighting for power and profits within, they are a piece of iron, and they cannot be inserted into the needle or splashed into the water. The eight armies outside the city are all elites of the camps, but if they want to pass the gate of the Ezhou city gate, they have to be trampled on and if they are tigers, they have to be lying on.

"Mr. Guo is a bird," Yang Chengwu murmured as he looked at the city, "I'm still afraid of you when I go to the prime minister's house to complain?"

Not long after, Dian Bogu came from the military camp. He was dressed in dishevel and hurriedly looked down the city. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "This uninvited guest is not simple." He quickly turned to Yang Chengwu and said, "Commander Yang, don't open the city gate!"

"The city gate is tight!" Yang Chengwu said impatiently and glared at Dian Bogu, "What does Lord Dian mean?"

As the saying goes, one mountain does not allow two tigers. The battalion commander and the guards commanded the two officers of the same level in this battalion were not affiliated with each other, and the relationship was quite awkward. The city guards regard the military rules as great as it is. Once one side has a slight mistake, the other side may immediately report it behind the scenes or take advantage of the situation to suppress it. A reminder from Dian Bogu was very harsh in Yang Chengwu's ears, as if he planned to sell Cao Gu's favor and open the city gate for him. The commander of the army knew that the law was violated, and the crime could be serious.

"It's abrupt," Dian Bogu said anxiously after apologizing, "It's important to make all the soldiers on the front of the city. Let them report to the Ministry of War."

He looked down at the city and a layer of worry appeared on his face.

Dian Bogu knew very well that the Northern Expedition was the time when Ezhou was empty. The Cao family had heavy troops outside the Central Palace and connected with the Central Palace. Cao Gu commanded the Guang army to support the Guang army, which was a force that was enough to shake the overall situation. He suddenly appeared under the city of Guangzhou. The Ministry of War had no news in advance. I wonder if he only brought back a few hundred personal soldiers, or had he used the entire support of the Guang army to rebel and force the palace?

"Will it be too much?" Yang Chengwu said in confusion. At first, he just thought that his relatives from the royal family showed off their power.

These powerful and powerful children have the same bad habit. They do not follow the rules and act proudly, but overcome the rules. If others fear his power, they may be afraid of offending him and risk opening the city gate to let him enter the city. However, they did not expect Dian Bogu's reaction to be so fierce. Yang Chengwu looked at Dian Bogu and his face showed a hesitation. If he did not open the city gate, Cao Gu would have to return to the inn outside the city for a night. If he reported to the Ministry of War, it would make the matter a big deal. His small camp commander would have a mortal hatred with the Cao family of the general. Dian Bogu was a civil servant and could not survive in the army. At least he would have to be the censor. Yang Chengwu had been a military clerk for generations, and he planned to work in the army until he died.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the city, as if someone was causing trouble from all directions, and there were faint fires flashing.

"Echoing inside and outside," Dian Bogu's face changed and he said sternly, "Someone wants to rebel!"

"Let's listen to the guardian army!" The soldiers at the city wall also changed their faces. Yang Chengwu ordered: "The city gate is locked, go to the city wall to be on guard!"

He saw the crowd surrounded by Cao Gu, hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The iron barrel cannon is ready to fire, let the people under the city get out of the way. Otherwise, if there is any misunderstanding, don't blame us for killing and injuring!" The noise in the city just now, the Zhumen Guards had already woken up. When each team heard the order, they immediately cāo and took the muskets to the top of the city. The cannons uncovered the oil-clothed cannon cage on the iron barrel cannon and filled them with ammunition. When Zhao Xingde was in charge of the city defense in Ezhou, he built a convex corner on the front of the city tower, and built a horn fort at both ends. The arranged cannon positions had no dead corners at all. If the cannon bombardment was launched at the same time, there would be a dead place under the city tower. Cao Gu's tooth soldiers were stationed in Ezhou all year round. He knew it was amazing. When he heard the movements in the city, he hurriedly surrounded Cao Gu and retreated, leaving the cross-fire world.

"Young Marshal, attack the city!" Guo Jizhong pointed at the top of the city and cursed, "Roar in and kill him without leaving any armor."

"Wait a minute," Cao Gu hesitated for a moment and ordered, "Send someone to Qingyuan, Wuchang, and Hanyang Gate to try again!"

The bamboo gate tower had three times the usual lanterns, illuminating the city as bright as day. The gun positions and squadrons at the top of the city were often exposed. Obviously, the battle was on the ground. If it was forcibly attacked, the damage would be severe. Cao Gu only had more than 10,000 troops and his capital was not strong, so he had to act cautiously. What's more, although he could not control the city guards, there were other secret chess in the city. If it could play a role, he would not have to pay a significant price to enter the city.

"Murder, on fire!" "The soldiers are entering the city!"

Suddenly, countless drums and noises sounded everywhere in Ezhou City, and fires were still lit in many places where people lived.

Although Ezhou City closed the city gate at night, there was no curfew in the markets inside and outside the city. The night market was full of small vendors and customers from all over the country, which was no less than the daytime bustling until before the morning market. The sudden outbreak of chaos everywhere suddenly caused the people in the night market to flee, and panicked people rushed into the shocked alley. Before Ezhou Prefecture reacted, the turmoil and riots quickly spread throughout the city.

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