Chapter 103: Turmoil in the Imperial Palace
He was frightened by the nonsense spoken by the little eunuch just now. But now he thought about it, how could it be possible? Liu Bei and Lu Bu were not fools, how could they follow General He Jin?
It is estimated that only Yuan Shao participated in this coup, and Cao Cao might not necessarily get involved in this mess.
Outside Changle Palace, He Jin had arrived with a group of personal guards, cooperating with the guards at the four gates of the palace.
The guards had long been replaced by people from aristocratic families, and as Liu Hong was not very energetic, he did not really notice that the aristocratic families were doing something under his nose.
He Jin was dressed in silver armor, riding a fine horse, holding a large sword, and was invincible wherever he went.
Although He Jin has always been criticized as a waste, he is skilled in martial arts and can be called a brave general.
Guo Hao held the Yulin Guards and watched He Jin approaching, his face full of dissatisfaction. Liu Hong treated him well, but he died in front of him, which made him feel very bad.
"Yulin Guards!"
Before dawn, Guo Hao's talent could not be used, but the strength of the Yulin Guards was enough.
"The wings of the country are as abundant as a forest!"
The Yulin Guards shouted loud slogans and were ready for battle. The number and strength of the opponents were unknown, but they were not afraid at all. Their strong strength was their greatest reliance.
An old soldier of the Imperial Guard looked at the soldier in front of him with a sad expression. He knew this soldier, a guard of the imperial palace. They were all family, but he didn't expect to meet each other in battle here.
He sighed and used his spear to deflect the opponent's attack, then he took out his sword from his waist, beheaded the opponent with one sword, and kicked him away.
The same scene keeps happening on the front lines of close combat.
At most He Jin had some elite soldiers under his command, and a large number of them were regular soldiers. How could they compete with the Yulin Guards?
"Alas, has the country's fortune declined to this extent?"
The commander of the Yulin Guard felt a little emotional. He never expected that their Yulin Guard would have such a day.
In Luoyang, their base camp, the strength had declined to such an extent.
The death of Liu Hong caused the Han Dynasty's national fortune to decline again, so that the strength that the Yulin Guard gained from the national fortune became even less, and was even less powerful than when they were fighting the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou.
However, it was easy to deal with the rotten fish and shrimp under He Jin's command.
He Jin and Yuan Shao's eyes widened when they saw this scene. Is the gap really that big?
In just a few breaths, the soldiers under their command were killed and routed.
"Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Zhang He, hurry forward." Yuan Shao shouted. If they continued to be killed like this, the morale of their men would collapse.
Yan Liang slashed with a sword, but it was shattered by the spears thrown by dozens of Yulin Guards.
Yan Liang touched the scratches on his face and broke out in a cold sweat. He had internal energy leaving his body and was one of the best masters in the world, but in front of the Yulin Guards, he was as fragile as a normal person.
If he had not dodged instinctively just now, he would have been shot in the head by the spear thrown by the Yulin Guards.
It is abnormal for the internal energy to leave the body, but if the head is blown up, the person will die anyway.
"Activate your talent!" Yan Liang shouted, and the blood-red light on his body covered the soldiers around him, causing the offensive of the Yulin Guards to stagnate.
Wen Chou and others did as they were told. For a moment, light was shining on the bodies of the soldiers on He Jin's side, and their strength increased greatly.
They went from being completely unable to fight back against the Yulin Guards to being able to barely compete.
"Brothers, pay attention. These guys have internal energy leaving their bodies." The centurion of the Yulin Guards called out directly to the people around him.
As the only uninterrupted lineage of the Yulin Guard during the Han Dynasty, they knew all the intricacies of the art as well as they could.
They even understand internal energy leaving the body better than Yan Liang.
Yan Liang and several others followed the personal guards and stood in front of the Yulin Guards, bearing enormous pressure.
The angle and strength of the Yulin Guards' attacks were all as if their internal energy had left their bodies. Even Yan Liang and others with internal energy leaving their bodies had to be alert and take it seriously.
As Yan Liang and several others joined the battlefield, the Yulin Guards finally suffered casualties.
After all, the ability of internal energy to leave the body is the pinnacle of human evolution, and it is not easy for the Yulin Guards to have the ability to threaten them.
"Yuan Benchu, why haven't you broken in yet?" He Jin came to Yuan Shao from the back and asked.
"General, the assassination plan failed, Liu Hong is not dead!" Yuan Shao said respectfully, suppressing his anger.
"Didn't Yuan Huai guarantee me that Liu Hong would not survive?" He Jin was in a dilemma and his original plan was completely disrupted.
Originally, if Guo Hao was not here today, after Liu Hong's death, the Yulin Guards would have had no choice but to retreat to the national treasury and wait for the turmoil in the court to stabilize.
Because the Yulin Guards protected the country, not a specific person, apart from the tiger talisman that could command them, all they had to do was wait for the new emperor to appear.
Without the interference of the Yulin Guards, He Jin could easily eliminate all resistance forces in the palace.
As soon as the sun rises, he can push the puppet emperor Liu Bian onto the throne, and then he, He Jin, will have the final say in this Han Dynasty.
As for the fact that Liu Bian was his nephew, he simply threw it out of his mind. How could a mere nephew be comparable to the supreme throne?
"Surround Changle Palace and hold up these Yulin Guards. I'm going to kill that little bastard Liu Xie now." Seeing the might of the Yulin Guards, He Jin couldn't help but leave with a guilty conscience.
He had no interest in fighting to the death with the Yulin Guards. Even if Liu Hong could survive, his time would definitely be up soon. As long as he killed Liu Xie first, the court would still be his.
When he met Ding Yuan on the road, He Jin's eyes lit up: "Ding Jianyang, go to Changle Palace quickly, Benchu and the others need support."
Ding Yuan was shocked. He was originally a military man, but it was because of Yuan Huai's favor that he rose to prominence and became the governor of a state.
All in all, he could be said to be a retainer of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao, the eldest son of the Yuan family, could not afford to let him down.
Ding Yuan didn't even have time to say hello to He Jin, and hurriedly called Gongsun Ce and Yuwen Chengdu to rush towards Changle Palace.
He Jin was filled with hatred that these aristocratic families did not take him seriously and even Ding Yuan dared to be so disrespectful to him.
In his heart, he kept cursing that both sides would fight to the death, or even die together.
At the headquarters of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan, Liu Bei and others looked towards the direction of the imperial palace and couldn't help but wonder what had happened.
The palace was unusually noisy today, and there were faint shouts of killing in the wind.
However, without an imperial edict, they could not send troops at will, as that would be tantamount to treason.
They could only wait for reports from the scouts. Several captains sat together chatting and drinking tea, not paying too much attention to whether there was anyone rebelling in Luoyang.
"Why is Benchu not here?" Cao Cao looked around but did not see his childhood playmate Yuan Benchu, and couldn't help feeling confused.
"Benchu, you are on duty tonight. I guess you are on patrol? With Benchu here, there should be no problem with the unusual movement over there." Liu Bei replied as he flipped through the duty roster.
Although Yuan Shao was a little arrogant, he still recognized his abilities. In addition, with the Four Pillars of Hebei by his side, he could defeat anyone who caused trouble.
