Wentang

Chapter 133 Mutiny at Xuanwu Gate (2) ([-] in [-])

Before Li Jiancheng reached the gate of Xuanwu, Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng had already gathered all the forbidden troops of the two thousand guards and completely sealed off the camp.

"My sons and daughters, I received a secret report that the Crown Prince and the King of Qi are preparing to rebel, and the Changlin army is rushing towards Xuanwu Gate. Once they occupy Xuanwu Gate, the saint will be in danger and the Tang Dynasty will be in danger."

"As the emperor's personal guards of Yuan Cong's forbidden army, can we see this kind of thing happen? Now that the king of Qin has led his personal guards to stop it, we can't sit idly by. I order all the soldiers to go to the Xuanwu gate with me to stop the rebels Protect the saint."

Jing Junhong directly moved out the slogan that had been discussed in advance, the prince rebelled, and now he wants to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

If it is an ordinary army, some generals may question it.However, they are from the Yuan Cong forbidden army, from the soldiers to the generals are all from the same hometown.

The strength of the township party was highlighted at this moment. Some people might question the authenticity of the news, but absolutely no one doubted that Jing Junhong would harm them.So they were easily persuaded by Jing Junhong.

Yongzhou Yamen.

Gao Shilian came to the prison early in the morning with [-] well-armed generals.He replaced the person guarding the prison with his confidant yesterday, so he brought in a large amount of weapons and equipment smoothly.

"Bring all the death row prisoners here." Gao Shilian couldn't help frowning when he smelled the strange smell in the prison.

The list of death row prisoners was counted last night, and now the name-calling has quickly brought everyone out.It is roughly estimated that there are four to five hundred people, which shows how chaotic the society was in the Wude period of the early Tang Dynasty.

Looking at these people, Gao Shilian made no secret of his disgust, these are scum.If it wasn't for King Qin's great cause, he would never have given these people a chance to live.

"You are all death row prisoners, or death row prisoners who have not been pardoned. It is reasonable to say that even ten lives are not enough to kill, but you are lucky, and now you have a chance to survive."

The originally noisy crowd fell silent when they heard that there was a chance of survival.They all looked at Gao Shilian with longing eyes.

Gao Shilian was very satisfied with their reaction, let alone telling them to "counter the rebellion" now, if he just told them to rebel, they would probably follow suit.

Yue Shan and Yue Cuilan are really strange people, they can think of using death row prisoners.It seems that it is necessary to make friends with him in the future, even if we cannot become friends, we must not become enemies.

But these are all things for the future, and it is better to organize the death row now. Thinking of this, he said loudly: "The prince and the king of Qi rebelled, the saint is in danger, and the king of Qin has already dispatched troops to suppress it. But the deployment of troops also takes time, and it takes time now." There are people guarding the rebels' first attack and waiting for reinforcements to arrive."

"If you want to survive, take up arms and protect the saint and the capital with me. I promise that as long as you survive this catastrophe, not only will your crimes be pardoned, but you will also be rewarded."

Gao Shilian knew that most of these prisoners on death row were illiterate, so there was no need to speak in such a manner, the simpler and easier to understand the better.So his words are very straightforward.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, the prisoners froze for a moment, and then suddenly burst into roars.

"Protect the saint, protect the capital."

"Protect the saint, protect the capital."

"..."

As Gao Shilian thought just now, if a mortal person gives him a glimmer of hope, no matter what the hope is, whether it is reliable or not, they will firmly hold on to it.

Now, they didn't consider the authenticity of Gao Shilian's words at all, and they all screamed to protect the emperor and the capital.

With a wave of Gao Shilian's hand, those family generals stepped forward and divided all the death row prisoners into ten groups, with forty or fifty people in each group, and a family general served as the group leader to direct them to fight.

As for the remaining [-] generals, they will form a law enforcement team to monitor these prisoners and prevent them from escaping.At the same time, they also serve as sharp knife squads, and they need to chew on hard bones.

After the division into groups, knives, guns and shields were distributed to the condemned prisoners, and then Gao Shilian led the condemned prisoners all the way to Fanglin Gate.

King Qin's Mansion is actually Hongyi Palace, and Fanglin Gate is the only way to get here, as long as it is blocked, it is equivalent to protecting King Qin's Mansion.

Qin Wangfu.

Cheng Yaojin, who was waiting anxiously, received the news that the crown prince and King Qi had entered the Xuanwu Gate, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "Boys, send troops to the Xuanwu Gate to support the King."

Then he led the eight hundred guards out of the Prince Qin's mansion.

The mobilization of the [-] troops cannot be concealed from anyone at all, and some unresponsive ones are still wondering what the Prince Qin's mansion wants to do this early in the morning?Some astute ones have already thought of mutiny, thinking of another day.

Li Shimin is monitoring the mansions of Prince Edward and King Qi, and his own Qin Palace is also under Li Jiancheng's surveillance.So when Cheng Yaojin led [-] guards out of the Prince Qin's mansion, spies immediately passed the news to the East Palace.

When Wei Zheng saw the news, his face changed drastically, and he shouted: "No, the prince is in danger."

Wang Gui hurriedly asked, "Why are you panicking?"

In the original history, he was exiled in Xi (xi) state because of the Yang Wengan incident, and was recalled from the Zhenguan Dynasty, all the way to the position of prime minister.

But there is no Yang Wengan incident in this time and space, so he still works in the center and is Li Jiancheng's confidant adviser.

Wei Zheng handed him the secret report, and his face changed drastically after reading the above content: "Hurry up and ask Feng Li and Xie Shufang to lead someone to rescue him."

"The two are already on their way, I hope there is still time." Wei Zheng said anxiously, looking in the direction of Daxing Palace.

Daxing Palace Linhu Hall.

This is the only way from Xuanwu Gate to Daxing Hall. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji came here unsuspectingly with their attendants.

"Brother, see if the front is the second brother." Suddenly Li Yuanji pointed to the front and said.

Li Jiancheng looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw Li Shimin standing in front of a horse, as if he was waiting for them.

"Why is Shimin here?" He couldn't help asking.

Li Yuanji also shook his head in doubt.

When the two were wondering, they heard Li Shimin say: "Big Brother and Fourth Brother, I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

I don't know why, when Li Jiancheng heard these words, he suddenly felt a chill hit him, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

After all, Li Yuanji is a general, and his vigilance and sense of smell far surpass Li Jiancheng.He keenly noticed that there seemed to be a shadow of a horse flickering behind Li Shimin.He didn't understand what happened, so he shouted, "Brother, run, go to Xuanwu Gate."

Li Jiancheng's expression changed and he asked, "What's wrong?"

At this moment, Changsun Wuji and others realized that the plan had been seen through and no longer hid it, they rushed out of the woods.

Li Jiancheng finally knew what was going on, and hurriedly turned his horse's head to flee back to Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin and others rode their horses and chased after him. While chasing Li Shimin, they shouted: "Big Brother and Fourth Brother, stop! I won't hurt you."

However, it was impossible for the two of them to listen to his words, and they ran faster and faster.

Seeing that chasing like this is not an option, Zhang Gongjin raised the bow in his hand, and Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Gongjin spare their lives!"

Hearing his order, Zhang Gongjin hesitated.

At this time, Li Yuanji in front of him took off his bow and arrow and shot three arrows at Li Shimin in succession, but he missed the target because he was flustered.But it also successfully delayed the speed of Li Shimin and others.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, Li Shimin and others are also anxious.He was about to ignore the threat of arrows and gallop his horse to chase after him, but Yu Chigong grabbed the bow and arrow from Zhang Gongjin's hand and shot at Li Jiancheng.

The arrow hit Li Jiancheng's back heart, and he fell to the ground with a wail and died.

Hearing his brother's screams, Li Yuanji ran even faster, but in a panic, his horse stepped on a stone, and he and the horse fell to the ground together.

Li Yuanji, who was in despair, became fierce instead, picked up his bow and arrow and continued to shoot at Li Shimin.Li Shimin couldn't dodge being shot by the horse and fell to the ground.

When Li Yuanji was about to shoot the second arrow, Yu Chigong had already rode his horse to his side, raised the horse spear in his hand and threw it at his neck.

"Jingde, don't." Li Shimin shouted from a distance.

However, he didn't know whether he didn't hear the order or whether he tried his best and couldn't stop in time, Yu Chigong didn't stop at all, and chopped off Li Yuanji's head with one blow.

Changsun Wuji and the others were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Yu Chigong to be so reckless, the crown prince and King Qi killed everything they said they would.That's the emperor's own son, Qin Wang's own brother... Are you afraid that the king will take you to kill you in order to clear yourself?

Li Shimin said with a look of grief: "Jingde, you have trapped me in injustice."

At this moment, there was a loud sound of fighting from outside the Xuanwu Gate.Everyone's complexion changed, knowing that the prince's personal guards counterattacked.

Besides, Cheng Yaojin knew that it was impossible for so many people to go out together without being discovered, so he simply didn't hide it and marched directly to Xuanwumen.

As long as the Xuanwu Gate can be seized before the imperial guards react, even 5 or [-] people will not be able to take it in a short time once the gate is closed.By that time, King Qin had already established the victory.

When Wei Zheng received the news and ordered Feng Li, Xie Shufang, Xue Wanche and others to bring Changlin Jun and Qi Wang's personal guard Qin Wang to rescue him, he had already arrived outside the Xuanwu Gate first.

The more than a hundred prince's personal guards waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate were attacked violently before they could react, and the tea time ended without a fight.

While attacking the hundreds of prince's personal guards, Cheng Yaojin also sent a team to take over the Xuanwu Gate.

During the Taiping period, there were only forty guards guarding the Xuanwu Gate.Don't think that the guards are too weak. There are [-] to [-] forbidden soldiers guarding Daxing Palace. If you want to attack here, you must first face those forbidden troops.

Therefore, the task of the guards at Xuanwu Gate is more internal than external, that is, to prevent irrelevant people from entering Daxing Palace. Forty people are enough.

Even so, just in case Li Yuan set up two thousand guards outside the Xuanwu Gate.Once an enemy has crossed the [-] to [-] forbidden troops, the forbidden troops of Qiantunwei can also quickly garrison Xuanwumen.

But in response to that sentence, no matter how strong a fortress is, it cannot withstand an attack from the inside. Li Shimin's mutiny is an attack from the inside.

The [-] guards of Prince Qin's Mansion were on the side of Daxing Palace, but the two chiefs of thousands of guards outside Xuanwu Gate were all bribed by him.In addition, Chang He is the general guarding the Xuanwu Gate today.

So Cheng Yaojin's people successfully took over Xuanwumen.

After the prince's guards were cleared away, he ordered to close the Xuanwu Gate, completely cutting off internal and external communication.

When Feng Li, Xie Shufang, Xue Wanche and others arrived with their troops, all they saw were corpses and the closed Xuanwu Gate.

"Oh, we are a step late." Feng Li said regretfully.

"General, what should we do now?" Xie Shufang asked looking at the tall city wall.

Xue Wanche also looked at him, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Feng Li stabilized his mind and said: "We divide into two groups. General Xie and I will lead the troops to attack the city to save the crown prince and King Qi. General Xue, you will lead a team to attack the palace of Prince Qin."

Xue Wanche's eyes lit up and said: "A good way, the eight hundred guards of Prince Qin's mansion will come out, and the mansion will be empty, as long as a partial army can be taken down in an instant. As long as we take down Princess Qin and the son, we can blackmail King Qin with this."

After speaking, he dispatched 1000 troops to rush to Fanglin Gate.

Feng Li and Xie Shufang also knew that the situation was urgent and no delay was allowed, and they were ready to lead people to attack the city when Xue Wanche led people away.

However, before they could act, an army rushed out from the flanks and blocked them in front of them.Feng Li's heart sank, and he realized that the matter might be more serious than he imagined.

"Feng Li, Xie Shufang, you didn't follow the order to bring troops to Xuanwumen, do you want to rebel?" Jing Junhong walked to the front and scolded.

"Respect General, it is the King of Qin who wants to rebel. Now the saint and the crown prince are in danger. The Xuanwu Gate has been occupied by Qin Wang's personal guards. Please join me in attacking the city gate to save the saint and the crown prince." Feng Li did not give up and was still doing the last try.

"King Qin rebelled? Haha..." Jing Junhong laughed loudly and cursed: "Nonsense, I received an order that the crown prince and King Qi rebelled and wanted to lead troops to attack Xuanwu Gate and kidnap saints. I didn't believe it at first, but after seeing you But I have to believe it. General Feng, it's time to turn around."

Feng Li's last sliver of luck was also shattered, knowing that Jing Junhong had taken refuge in Li Shimin.

Originally, it was very difficult to attack the Xuanwu Gate with the thousands of Changlin Army and Qi Wang's personal guards, but now it has become even more impossible with the addition of Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng's two thousand guards.

I'm afraid that what happened today is really irreversible.

Xie Shufang swallowed, and asked with difficulty: "General Feng, what should we do?"

Feng Li's expression suddenly became resolute, and he said: "We have been greatly favored by the crown prince, how can we run away from the Lord. Surround the Xuanwu Gate, and wait for General Xue to take down Qin Wangfei and the son."

Xie Shufang sighed and said, "That's the only way to go."

However, at this moment, the Xuanwu Gate was opened from the inside, and two black-faced men came to the front of the formation on horseback.These two people are Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong.

Then Yu Chigong took off two heads from his waist and shouted loudly: "Here are the heads of the traitor Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, please put down your weapons and surrender."

"Ah?" Feng Li and Xie Shufang turned pale in shock, looking carefully at the heads, they were indeed the Crown Prince and King Qi.

The two glanced at each other, and they both understood that the situation was over, so they should run for their lives.So he left the large army and fled in embarrassment with his personal guards.

The object of allegiance is dead, the main general flees for his life, and the Chang Lin army and the Qi Wang's personal guards become turbulent.

"Kang lang." I don't know who was the first to drop the weapon in his hand, but the sound seemed to be a signal.Everyone dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

(End of this chapter)