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Chapter 1262 Xuanwu Gate [Free]

This controversy reached its peak after the latest chapter updated on the second day.

In fact, there is a foreshadowing left in the chapter updated yesterday, that is, readers do not know what the plan that Changsun Wuji has been deliberately creating is. Although the previous article mentioned that Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were plotting a plan, Liu Xu did not write out this plan, but kept it hidden in the darkness.

It wasn't until today's updated chapter, when Li Shimin summoned Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, that this plan was finally revealed to the world.

This plan itself is not that amazing or unheard of. In fact, it happens to be one of the two ways to break the situation that almost all readers in the author's world are currently debating, which is to rebel, kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and directly seize the throne of the Tang Empire.

It's just that compared to most readers who only know to shout kill, kill, kill, the plan drawn up by Fang Xuanling is quite complete and has a high degree of executability.

The beginning of this plan was for Li Shimin to write a letter stating that he was willing to comply with the will and hand over military power, thereby showing weakness. At the same time, he also publicly informed the prince Li Jiancheng in the memorial, saying that the prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan's beloved concubine Zhang Jieyu were causing filth in the palace. He also said that he had evidence in his hands and wanted to openly confront Li Jiancheng.

Fang Xuanling believed that Zhang Jieyu had indeed reached an alliance with Li Jiancheng in private, and the two parties often conspired to meet. Although he did not know whether the two of them had that kind of relationship, he did have evidence of close contact between the two. As long as this evidence is submitted, Li Yuan, who cannot accept that he has been cuckolded, will definitely let Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and Zhang Jieyu confront him in front of him.

Of course, Li Shimin actually has no real evidence to prove anything, so if it is really a face-to-face confrontation, Li Shimin will lose.

But the confrontation itself is not important. What is important is that if the two sides want to publicly confront each other, both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin must go to the palace at the same time.

Almost all descendants of China know about the Xuanwu Sect's changes, and they will instinctively think that this battle actually took place under the Xuanwu Sect.

In fact, it was not the case. Li Jiancheng could not be a fool. He was the first to walk into the Xuanwu Gate and was immediately killed.

As for the specific location of the battle, Fang Xuanling also clearly arranged it, which was at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Jiancheng definitely didn't want to rebel against Li Yuan at this time, but Li Shimin was already determined to rebel, so he could use all his 800 guards without any scruples, thus forming an absolute advantage of 800 against 100 in a local area.

At the same time, because they were going to the palace, even if Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had 3000 guards, they could only bring about 100 people with them at most. It was impossible to bring all 3000 people with them, otherwise it would be a blatant rebellion.

Under normal circumstances, Li Jiancheng's guards would enter Xuanwu Gate first and search inside and outside Xuanwu Gate at the same time. After confirming the safety inside and outside Xuanwu Gate, they would signal Li Jiancheng to enter. Therefore, it is impossible to ambush Li Jiancheng under Xuanwu Gate. .

The location where the ambush actually occurred was actually a large area between Xuanwu Gate and Taiye Pond, which is often referred to as the Imperial Garden area by later generations.

As shown below:
This picture is actually a picture of the Daming Palace that was renovated during the Zhenguan period. When Li Yuan was in power, the Daming Palace was relatively simple, so there was no Chongxuan Gate outside the Xuanwu Gate. Chang'an was directly outside the Xuanwu Gate. City.

Later, after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he specifically requested that another Chongxuan Gate be built outside the Xuanwu Gate to be controlled by two different armies, thereby ensuring that the safety of the palace was controlled by two gates. lessons learned. The area where Xuanwu Gate is located can actually be said to be the back entrance of Daming Palace. Danfeng Gate, which is far opposite it, is the entrance to the entire Daming Palace. After entering, they are all majestic palace buildings, and they are also the place where various court meetings are held. main hall.

Entering from the Xuanwu Gate, you will find a large and beautiful landscape, including a Tianwang Mountain that is tens of meters high, a Taiye Pool that is tens of square kilometers, and even a Penglai Mountain inside the Taiye Pool.

This is normal. After all, modern people are looking for rooms with mountain views and water views when buying a house. Once there is a river near the community... no, let alone the river, even if it is a pool of stagnant water, the house price can be thousands more. The blocks don’t stop.

Modern people are like this, and the emperors are naturally the same. They naturally want to get straight to the point and encounter beautiful scenery like water when they go out. Therefore, the second half of the Daming Palace is actually an extremely beautiful landscape garden.

It's just that although this landscape garden can meet the emperor's natural needs, it can also hide 800 ambushes.

Under Fang Xuanling's arrangement, 800 guards from Prince Qin's Mansion secretly came to Xuanwu Gate under the cover of darkness that night.

Some friends mentioned before that Liu Xu wrote in the novel that General Jing Junhong, the Qianniu Wei general, was Li Shimin's man. This is true, but the problem is that Li Jiancheng himself does not know it, because Jing Junhong was arranged by Li Jiancheng to guard Xuanwu Gate, so Li Jiancheng always thought that Jing Junhong was one of his own, but he had no idea that Jing Junhong was unknowingly They have been won over by Li Shimin.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng would not be on guard at Xuanwu Gate at all. Jing Junhong simply and simply secretly put all 800 guards into Xuanwu Gate, and then hid them in the nearby mountains and forests. Unless they searched carefully, These ambushes cannot be detected with the naked eye alone.

And this is Fang Xuanling's most important arrangement. After Li Jiancheng's guards enter the Xuanwu Gate, they will inevitably have to cross the Taiye Pond to visit Li Yuan. When they passed through the garden near Taiye Pond, 800 guards immediately rushed out. At the same time, the gate of Xuanwu Gate was immediately closed, and someone named Yuchi Gong blocked the covered bridge passing Taiye Pond.

Because you can directly approach the emperor's palace through Taiye Pond, there is only one bridge across the entire Taiye Pond. Blocking this bridge will block Li Jiancheng's only chance to escape to see Li Yuan.

800 versus 100, and they were all Li Shimin's most elite. Fang Xuanling said that he didn't know how Li Jiancheng could survive!

After listening to Fang Xuanling's carefully designed plan, the readers couldn't help but sigh that Fang Xuanling was indeed Li Shimin's number one mastermind, Zhuge Liang of the Tang Dynasty. This plan was so seamless that all of it was the enemy's. In Chang'an City, Li Shimin found the only chance to make a comeback, the possibility of assassinating Li Jiancheng.

Next, it depends on whether Li Shimin uses Fang Xuanling's clever trick.

At this moment, Li Shimin himself was still extremely entangled. Even though Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui repeatedly persuaded him, Li Shimin still could not make up his mind, so Li Shimin finally said that he would make a decision through divination.

If the divination result is guitar, he will agree to the plan. If it is bad, he will give up the plan. So Li Shimin asked people to find turtle shells and burn them with flames, hoping to determine good or bad fortune by observing the lines on the turtle's back.

Then... it stopped abruptly.

(End of this chapter)