People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1343 Pursuing the decree to suppress rebellion

The heavy snow that had been falling for three consecutive days finally stopped.

Inside and outside Luoyang, it was dark and cold late at night, and the crescent moon shyly ran out and illuminated the white snow on the ground.

Ten miles away from Dingding Gate, a thousand black-armored cavalry gathered quickly without attracting the attention of the city.

Li Xuan stood in the Ten Mile Pavilion, looking at the entire Luoyang City.

This time, I don’t know how many people were directly or indirectly involved in the rebellion.

When Li Xian rebelled, the emperor gave him a lighter sentence because Li Xian was his biological son, and Li Xian was forced to reach this point in the end.

Moreover, many of Li Xian's subordinates were important officials in the court and children of aristocratic families.

Once the killing is too heavy, I am afraid that this court will be in turmoil.

At that time, the imperial court was fighting a war with Tubo, and the Turks were also plotting uneasily, so the emperor was lenient.

But today, the scope involved is much smaller, and it is more likely to kill people on a large scale, even killing chickens to scare monkeys.

"Commander, everyone is here." Su Baotong raised his hands to Li Xuan with a solemn expression.

"Let's go." After Li Xuan said this, he walked quickly to the tall horse on one side, and then got on the horse.

The red clothes and golden armor are particularly eye-catching, and there is a eight-foot-long sword hanging on his waist, and an eight-sided Han sword on his waist.

Li Xuan urged his horse and the next moment he was heading directly towards Dingding Gate.

Behind Li Xuan, a thousand cavalry followed closely.

Walking through the deep white snow, two quarters of an hour later, the group finally arrived in front of the Dingding Gate.

The guards on the Dingding Gate had already seen the sudden cavalry coming, and they had already become extremely vigilant.

That is to say, the person coming was wearing red clothes and gold armor, and behind them were all the right guard cavalry in black clothes and black armor, otherwise they would have sounded the alarm.

But even so, the snake-like cavalrymen meandering above the white snow still made people shudder.

……

Li Xuan stopped in front of Dingding Gate. In the cold snowy night, even the lanterns on the city gate became much dimmer.

Li Xuan turned sideways and glanced at Su Baotong. Su Baotong immediately stepped forward and handed over his hand: "Who is the guard on the city? The right guard is entering the city according to the order."

"I am General Yuchi Xunyu, the guard at the left prison gate. Who is below, and where is the imperial edict?" Yuchi Xunyu, dressed in blue clothes and silver armor, appeared at the top of the city with a stern look on his face.

Li Xuan raised his head in surprise. He didn't expect that the person guarding Dingding Gate tonight would be Yuchi Xunyu.

Before Li Xian's accident, Yuchi Xunyu was transferred from the East Palace and was transferred to the left prison guard to guard the gate of Chang'an. Later, Li Xian conspired to rebel, and Yuchi Xunyu was not involved.

But even so, after the Li Xian incident, Yuchi Xunyu was transferred away from Chang'an.

Although he still served as the guard general of the left prison gate, he was in Luoyang when the emperor was in Chang'an, and he was in Chang'an when the emperor was in Luoyang.

He is also a poor person, at least he has no future.

"Yuchi, it's me." Li Xuan urged him forward and spoke directly. At this moment, Yuchi Xunyu saw Li Xuan clearly, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "Twenty-seventh Lang, aren't you going back to... the last general Zuo Jian?" The guard general Wei Chi Xunyu has met King Peng and the general."

Li Xuan nodded and said: "According to the order, I am on business in Luoyang."

Li Xuan waved her hand towards Su Baotong, and Su Baotong immediately reached forward and placed the imperial edict in the bamboo basket hanging from the top of the city.

The bamboo basket was hoisted to the top of the city, and Yuchi Xunyu opened the imperial edict without any hesitation.

As a city guard general, Yuchi Xunyu had this right.

However, after just one glance, Yuchi Xunyu's expression couldn't help but change.

Suppress rebellion.

Li Xuan came to Luoyang this time to suppress rebellion.

If this was Chang'an, then based on such an imperial edict, even Yuchi Xunyu would not have the authority to open the city gate for him at night.

But this is Chang'an, the emperor is not here, the prime minister is not here, and the generals and generals who guard the left prison are all in Chang'an.

Yuchi Xunyu is the highest-ranking official here.

After confirming that the imperial edict was correct, the person who called the door was General Youwei again, followed by Qianniu Guard. There was no emperor in the city and the prime minister was there. Yuchi Xunyu raised his hand and said, "Open the door."

With a "squeak" sound, the gate of Luoyang City was opened in the middle of the night.

One hundred thousand cattle guards and one thousand right guard cavalry entered the city one after another.

Stopping his horse at the city gate, Li Xuan said directly: "Baotong, please inform Huang Ping, the commander of the Youjinwu Guards, and ask him to continue to maintain the curfew in the city. No one is allowed to go out on the streets without my order. If there is any violation, Order, kill.

Yuchi, go and inform all the city gates in Luoyang. Without an imperial edict, no city gate is allowed to be opened. Any trespassers will be killed. "

"Here!" Yuchi Xunyu immediately handed over his hand.

"Let's go to Taohuafang." Li Xuan waved his horse, and the next moment, he led his troops and rushed directly towards Taohuafang.

One hundred thousand cattle guards and one thousand right guard cavalry quickly rushed into Luoyang City and completely blocked the entire Taohuafang in the shortest possible time.

Three hundred cavalrymen followed Li Xuan, wearing black clothes and black armor, with long swords reaching the ground and cold expressions.

"Prince Peng, Prince Peng." Even though Yuan Jiazuo was nearly sixty years old, he still came galloping over on horseback.

It has to be like this, to suppress the rebellion, what a big deal it is.

There was rebellion in the city of Luoyang, but Yuan Jiazuo had no idea about it. If the court investigated it, he, the governor of Luoyang, would not know how much responsibility he would bear.

"Yuan Weng, long time see." Li Xuan nodded gently to Yuan Jiazuo.

Yuan Jiazuo pulled the horse, took a deep breath, and then raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "Didn't the prince return to Shuzhong? Why are you here today?" Li Xuan smiled, then raised his hands and said, "According to your Majesty's imperial decree, we are going to Luoyang for a clearing campaign. Rebellious."

"Does the prince have evidence to prove treason?" Yuan Jiazuo stared at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "This case was not investigated by me. I don't know the inside story. I just came here to clean up the matter. I called Yuan Weng here today because at the moment, this case only involves a few things." Just civilians.

If there is evidence later that someone else is involved, I should call the people from Dali Temple. "

Yuan Jiazuo's expression suddenly became serious. In this case, even King Peng was just the butcher's knife that was finally executed.

This made Yuan Jiazuo not even able to delay.

"Please, Your Majesty, give me a chance to go in and persuade him to surrender." Yuan Jiazuo quickly handed over.

"Why bother, Yuan Weng, the people to be killed inside are not Luoyang locals at all, but outsiders who sneaked into Luoyang half a year ago."

When Li Xuan said this, Yuan Jiazuo immediately became relaxed, and then he cupped his hands and said, "In this case, please take action, Your Majesty."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "Please ask Yuan Weng to come forward and tell Fang Zheng to announce that from now on, all the families in the square will have to move rashly. At the same time, the doors and windows will be sealed with tables, chairs and benches, and any outsiders will not break in." If they enter, they can directly fight back with a knife."

"Here!" Yuan Jiazuo immediately raised his hand and stood under the gate of the square. Looking at the frightened Fang Zheng, he said directly: "I am the governor of Luo..."

Just as Yuan Jiazuo finished conveying the order, Li Xuan's cold voice sounded on the long street: "Send the order, in a quarter of an hour, the right guard will charge and kill everyone on the long street."

"Here!" Three hundred black-armored cavalry responded at the same time.

Almost instantly, crazy gongs sounded in Taohuafang: "Everyone, please stay at home and do not move rashly. Seal the doors and windows. If someone breaks in, you can kill them with a knife."

In just half a quarter of an hour, the sound of the gong had already rushed from one side to the other.

It was at this time that the gate of the square opened.

"Charge!" Li Xuan waved his hand and rushed in instantly. The three hundred cavalrymen followed closely without any hesitation.

Yuan Jiazuo was about to grab Li Xuan, but Li Xuan was surprisingly fast.

Yuan Jiazuo murmured: "Why go into battle in person!"

……

On the long street, a group of warriors wearing single clothes came out with horizontal swords in hand. However, when they looked up, they saw black cavalry coming towards them like a wave.

In an instant, countless blood rose into the sky.

The black tide rushed through, leaving only a pile of corpses on the spot.

No one survived.

The black cavalry had already rushed to the deepest part of the square gate before stopping and turning around.

Li Xuan rushed to the front and waved her hand gently. The next moment, the three hundred cavalry behind them had been divided into three teams. One team went to the left, and the other team went to the right, heading towards the designated houses on both sides.

Immediately, the cry of killing suddenly rang out.

A group of cavalry followed Li Xuan, looking at all the killings with cold faces while slowly moving forward.

Soon, the killing sound stopped.

At the same time, Li Xuan also came to Fangmen again.

Fang Zheng followed Yuan Jiazuo cautiously and looked at Li Xuan in fear.

"Take it." Li Xuan waved his hand, and two Qianniu Guards had already stepped forward and pushed Fang Zheng to the ground.

"Chang Shi...Chang Shi, help." Fang Zheng looked at Yuan Jiazuo instantly and cried for help.

"Help, are you here?" Yuan Jiazuo turned around suddenly, stared at Fangzheng, and said through gritted teeth: "There are so many traitors infiltrating the entire Taohuafang. If you say you don't know, you will believe it."

Yuan Jiazuo is not confused. On the contrary, he is a very smart person. Although he didn't know about this matter at the beginning, it doesn't mean that he can't see the trick in it.

There are so many outsiders with swords hiding in Taohuafang. As the leader of the place, there are so many traitors hiding inside and outside. Even if he is negligent in his duties, it is enough to behead him.

Seeing Fang Zheng hesitating, Li Xuan said directly: "Yuan Weng, I leave this to you. There must be some traitors hidden here. I have left two teams of cavalry. Come and check." It’s up to you whether to kill or to stay.”

"Here!" Yuan Jiazuo breathed a sigh of relief. Li Xuan said this because she didn't mean to implicate him.

"Let's go to Yongshanfang. At the same time, let the Henan County Magistrate go to Jiashanfang to wait for orders." After saying this, Li Xuan had already ridden out on horseback.

When Li Xuan's figure disappeared, Yuan Jiazuo breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the two teams of right guards behind him. Yuan Jiazuo nodded, then looked at Fang Ding aside and shouted directly: "From now on, search all the people living in our Fang." , but it is not a house belonging to the local family. Afterwards, after checking for half a year, there were houses occupied by outsiders. "

"Here!" Fang Ding raised his hands tremblingly.

……

Jiashanfang, Sishunfang, Fushanfang.

The further you go, the closer you are to the palace.

An hour later, Li Xuan stood on the long street of Gengbei and Huifang.

A team of right guards had already entered a large house. Fortunately, there was not much resistance in the big house.

Soon, a bloody man was dragged out directly by the right guard cavalry.

At the same time, Su Baotong held a token and said to Li Xuan: "Commander Qizhen, the thing has been found."

Li Xuan glanced at it and saw the word Xiao engraved on the token, and a line of small words in the lower right corner: "The Palace of the Minister of War."

"Send an order for Hu Run, the leader of Dali Temple, to immediately go to the residence of Xiao Shilang of the Ministry of War and wait in front of Zhong'anfang Gate."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)