The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1087 Youzhou Incident

At the time of the watch at night, a palace of Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, you don't eat or drink. How can you do this? Your Majesty is as blessed as heaven. Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. It is important to take care of the dragon's body." The eldest grandson empress in light makeup persuaded Li Shimin to have a meal, and the maids behind him applauded Serving carefully with the imperial meal.

Since the defeat of Yizhou, contrary to Li Shimin, Empress Changsun became happy because she learned that Li Feng'er had returned to Yang Yong's side, and no one was qualified to compete with him for the empress.At the same time, she also cherishes the hard-won queen position, so since Li Shimin retreated to Youzhou, Empress Changsun has been serving Li Shimin all day long.

Seeing how virtuous his wife is, Li Shimin's mood improved a bit, and he just had a little appetite, when the eunuch on duty, Eunuch Huang, came over and bowed to salute, "Qizou Your Majesty, General Li Xiaogong of Zhu Kingdom, please see me."

"Let her wait a while, didn't you see that His Majesty hasn't eaten yet?" Empress Changsun said and gave Eunuch Huang a look.

"The Empress taught me a lesson." Eunuch Huang's expression was shocked.

Li Shimin knew that Li Xiaogong's request to see him was something important at this time. Li Shimin was troubled by troubles recently. It was only a few days since the defeat of Yizhou. People in their 20s seemed to be ten years old. Especially today, the words and deeds of Luo's father and son aroused He was alerted, the father and son had occupied Youzhou for decades, now that the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, and he was short of major generals, it was inevitable that some people would have different ideas, the most loyal and reliable person by his side was Li Xiaogong.

Therefore, Li Shimin sent away the eldest grandson empress, including eunuchs, court ladies and others, and passed Li Xiaogong to see him.

Li Xiaogong saw Li Shimin knelt down and saluted, Li Shimin pulled him up, "Brother Emperor, there is no need to be too polite, just wait and see."

Because they are brothers in the same family, Li Shimin called him that way, which seemed more cordial. Li Xiaogong was really flattered, and his heart warmed up. After thanking Li Shimin, he sat down.

"Brother Huang, is there anything you can do to see me so late?" Li Shimin asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, I will go to Korea as an envoy tomorrow, but there is one thing that I am worried about, and I don't know if I should say it or not."

"You and I share the same ancestors, so why not be polite, please speak face to face if you have something to say."

"Well, I may not be accurate, and my opinion is only for your majesty's reference." Li Xiaogong said, looking at the surrounding people, then lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, Luo Yi is a fierce and cunning person. He is headstrong and stubborn, and his son Luo Cheng has a personality that follows him rather than benevolence. These two showed a bit of arrogance in front of His Majesty today. Now His Majesty is short of major generals, and Youzhou is the lair that Luo's father and son have run for many years. This place, the two of you must guard against it."

These few words are in Li Shimin's heart, he is also thinking about it, but Li Shimin pretends to be surprised, "Really? I didn't notice it. If so, what should I do, please teach me, brother?"

Li Xiaogong thought for a moment, "Your Majesty, what I said just now, I may not be able to see it accurately, I hope that I think too much and see things wrongly, but everything can be done if it is forewarned, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. When you are employing people, you can not wrong a good person. These two are generals of tigers and wolves. It is His Majesty's blessing to use them well. If they are not used well, they will hurt others. Your Majesty is not as good as this, and made a decree to let their father and son guard Jizhou. In this way It not only drives away the tigers and wolves, but also makes Jizhou and Youzhou become horns and support each other."

Li Shimin was overjoyed, praised again and again, and immediately drafted an order to let the Luo family and his son lead [-] troops to garrison Jizhou, prepare overnight, and leave immediately tomorrow morning without any mistakes. Of course, the excuse is that the military situation is urgent.Li Shimin did this on purpose to let Luo's father and son raise troops before Li Xiaogong left the capital, so that he would feel more secure.

The eunuch who delivered the decree knocked on the door of Luofu with Li Shimin's imperial decree at the second watch.

At this time, the lights in Luo Yi Mansion were brightly lit, and Luo Cheng and Luo Yi were of course not asleep. They had already known that Li Xiaogong would leave the capital tomorrow and go to Korea as an envoy. There are more than [-] soldiers available, plus the bravery of the two, it is enough to deal with Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong, but it must be well planned in advance.

The two recruited the current confidant generals and the former old troops in the secret room. There were two to thirty people. Their positions in the army were 30 commanders, 500 commanders, and [-] commanders, all of whom were soldiers. The chief officer, holding the military power, is studying how to intercept and kill Li Xiaogong and force Li Shimin to abdicate tomorrow.

Luo Yi sat in the middle, and Luo Cheng embellished Li Shimin's corruption, incompetence and ruthlessness, and told everyone about tomorrow's uprising plan.

At this moment, Luo Xian, the general of the Luo Mansion and the chief steward, ran over in a panic, "General, Eunuch Huang has come with an imperial edict, and I want you to accept it."

With this sentence, the faces of all the people sitting here, including Luo Yi and Luo Cheng, changed color. They didn't know if it was good or bad, but all of them changed hair and color.

Relatively speaking, Luo Yi and Luo Cheng certainly had seen more of the world than they did, so they calmed down after being surprised.

Luo Yi pressed the sword and sat still, and asked the general Luo Xian: "Where are people? How many people are here?"

"Back to the general, Eunuch Huang is waiting at the gate. He only delivered a few decrees, plus a few palace guards. He didn't bring a single soldier."

"Understood, you go first."

"Yes, General." Luo Xian turned and left after saluting.

"Father, what purpose did Hei Tian pass in the middle of the night? Could it be that Li Shimin got wind of something and asked the boy to go over and arrest the eunuch for interrogation first." Luo Cheng stood up and walked out as he spoke.

"Wait." Luo Yi stopped him, "Don't startle the snake. Let's see what the order is first, come here, line up Shank, take a bath and change clothes, and go out with the general to receive the order."

After a meal, Luo Yi and Luo Cheng brought a large group of generals to the gate of the mansion, first exchanged a few words with the eunuch Huang Gonggong, and then Luo Yi and others knelt down to accept the order.

Eunuch Huang, the eunuch who delivered the decree, unfolded the imperial decree and read it loudly with a unique accent: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict says,... hereby!"

After reading it, everyone understood. Luo Cheng and the others all quietly fixed their gazes on Luo Yi. Luo Yi's heart turned a few times when he received such an order in the middle of the night, but he still kept his composure and said He said "Weichen obeys the order" and took over the order respectfully.

Then, Duke Huang announced his resignation, Luo Yi and others got up to persuade them to stay, the two sides exchanged a few polite words, sent away the eunuch who passed the decree, and closed the door of the mansion, Luo Yi asked his subordinates to strengthen patrol and guard, and double guards were added in front of the secret room , These people returned to the secret room again.

Luo Chengdao: "Father, it seems that the matter has been exposed. Li Shimin must be tempting us in this way. It is not too late. We should act in advance and lead people into the palace overnight to slaughter this stupid king and that Li Xiaogong. Forget it, so as to save the night and dreams." !"

(End of this chapter)