Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 1156 Array Waiting
"Open the city gate! Respectfully invite the Duke to enter the city!"

Zhang Quanzhao closed the secret decree and walked down the gate tower in stride.

The heavy gate made a creaking sound and gradually opened.

Su Cheng immediately swung his whip and galloped towards the gate of the city.

Zhang Quanzhao stood respectfully at the side of the city gate, holding up the secret decree with both hands.

Su Cheng walked past Zhang Quanzhao and grabbed the secret decree.

The torch-wandering dragon marched along Suzaku Avenue.

The prince wants to rebel, so which one will he attack?
Don't think about it, it must be Xuanwumen!
After all, Li Shimin made a good start.

And don't doubt Li Shimin's strategic vision. At the beginning, Li Shimin chose Xuanwumen, naturally because it was the easiest place to succeed.

The brazier on the palace wall of Xuanwumen was blazing, and cavalry soldiers were indistinct in the shadows under the palace wall of Xuanwumen.

The atmosphere around Xuanwu Gate was extremely stagnant, the gate tower was full of archers, and seeing a long wandering dragon approaching in the distance, although he knew the direction was wrong, he still nervously held the bow and arrow in his hand, Always be ready to shoot.

Su Cheng reined in the horse, turned around and ordered: "Abandon the horse and form an array!"

The emperor asked him to bring musketeers instead of cavalry. He asked everyone to abandon their horses just for the sake of traveling.

Li Yun immediately called everyone to abandon their horses and check the musket ammunition.

Dozens of horsemen walked out of the dark shadows in the distance, and walked towards Su Cheng at a leisurely pace. Su Cheng immediately urged his horses to meet him.

Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and the others also followed Su Cheng closely with their spears in their hands. Now they completely regarded themselves as Su Cheng's personal soldiers.

"Uncle!" Su Cheng cupped his hands slightly on the horse.

The person who came was Qiao Guo Gong Chai Shao, the son-in-law of His Majesty's younger sister, Princess Pingyang. Princess Changle always called her uncle when she saw her, and Su Cheng followed suit.

It's just that Chai Shao has been guarding outside and rarely returns to Chang'an. Su Cheng was a little surprised to see Chai Shao suddenly tonight. He doesn't know when he will return to Chang'an.

Chai Shao nodded slightly: "Come here, if the rebels have firearms, you can suppress them with muskets, and I will lead the cavalry to the side to cover up and kill them."

Su Cheng listened and nodded. Although the terrain outside the Xuanwu Gate is considered open, it is not much open, and Li Chengqian's private soldiers will not be many, so it's over.

"Who is guarding the Xuanwu Gate?" Su Cheng asked

"It's Du Junchuo, don't worry, it's fine!" Chai Shao said solemnly.

Su Cheng couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. Du Junchuo was also an old man who followed Li Shimin. Although he had no military achievements, he participated in the Xuanwumen Incident and was promoted to the county magistrate. Du Junchuo was given the important task of guarding the palace ban.

Su Cheng is not very familiar with Du Junchuo, because Du Junchuo's guarding the palace is like a lone minister, and he seldom has contact with the court.

At this time, Chai Shao's eyes fell on Su Cheng's back, only to find Cheng Chumo and the others, and he was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

After finishing talking, Chai Shao couldn't help looking into the distance, could it be that Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, and Li Xiaogong are all here too?

No, the emperor didn't tell him, and there were Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong, after all, this was a family scandal, and the emperor didn't want outsiders to get involved.

Su Cheng explained: "They insisted on staying in Sujiazhuang to study martial arts with me these few days, so I brought them along."

"Uncle Chai, don't worry, we are Su Cheng's personal soldiers. We will fight wherever Su Cheng points out, and we will never make trouble!" Cheng Chumo and others said quickly.

Chai Shao didn't say anything more after hearing this, and Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong would not seek refuge with the prince for rebellion, otherwise the emperor would not be so calm.

Chai Shao nodded and said: "Get ready!"

In the middle of the night, the gate of the East Palace suddenly opened, and Li Chengqian galloped out with hundreds of cavalry.

At the same time, the gate of King Han's Mansion opened suddenly, and Li Yuanchang came out with hundreds of gallops.

In a courtyard of Li Yuanchang, hundreds of people swarmed out.

In Chen Guogong's mansion, Hou Jun gathered a suit of armor and galloped out with two hundred horsemen.

Du He swarmed out of a mansion with hundreds of people.

Helan Chushi swarmed out of a mansion with hundreds of people.

The rapid and dense sound of horseshoes echoed in the silent night, and it was unknown how many people were awakened.

The sound of horseshoes in the middle of the night was really frightening, and those who were awakened hurriedly got up to check whether the gate was closed firmly.

When they arrived at the agreed place, Li Chengqian looked around and nodded with great satisfaction. They were all here, and this time they finally got together.

After looking around for a week, Li Chengqian's eyes fell on Hou Junji, and he said excitedly, "Chen Guogong, I'm counting on you today!"

After all, he was the only one who had experience in mutiny, so Hou Junji took command without hesitation: "Soldiers are expensive, so don't waste your time here, let's follow the deployment together."

"If there are ambushes in front of the Xuanwu Gate, there won't be too many. After all, the place is so big. Use muskets to defeat the generals, then the cavalry to charge, and then use artillery to blast through the Xuanwu Gate. As long as you enter the Xuanwu Gate, you will be half successful!"

"Today we are gathered here, we must go forward bravely, if you fail, you will succeed!"

"That's right, if you don't succeed tonight, you will be benevolent, kill!" Li Chengqian shouted.

More than a thousand cavalry and more than 800 Musketeers marched mightily towards Xuanwu Gate, followed by a few cows pulling two cannons.

It was very quiet under the Xuanwu Gate, so everyone heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance very clearly.

Li Yun said in a low voice: "Grandpa, listening to this voice, it is estimated that there are one or two thousand horses, and it will definitely not exceed three thousand horses!"

Cheng Chumo was speechless after hearing this: "Only one or two thousand horses? Rebellion after only one or two thousand horses? The prince has such a big heart!"

Cheng Chumo and the others felt that since the crown prince dared to rebel, he had to prepare tens of thousands of people, otherwise he would dare to rebel under His Majesty's nose?

But Su Cheng didn't think so. In fact, one or two thousand riders was not too little. If he could respond to the outside and make a sudden reaction, it might not be impossible for him to succeed.

Of course, the premise is that the emperor he is facing is not a horse emperor like Li Shimin.

Even if Li Chengqian rushed into the palace with these two thousand riders, so what?
Can Li Shimin hide in the palace and shiver in fright?

Li Shimin must be wearing armor and holding a sharp edge, gathering guards to fight back.

Gather a few hundred guards at random, and Li Shimin personally lead them to kill one or two thousand horses, is it difficult?

The key is whether Li Chengqian has any firearms in his hands, and how many firearms he has.

"It's just cavalry. I don't know how many Musketeers the Prince has, and how many cavalry Duke Qiao has." Li Yun said worriedly.

He took a general look just now. Although he couldn't see clearly, he felt that there were not many cavalry led by Duke Qiao.

(End of this chapter)