Chapter 226: A dilemma since ancient times
The sun finally crawled out slowly from the east, the towering Xuanwu Gate Arrow Tower loomed in the red light and purple mist, and the roosters in the distance crowed into the intermittent sound of war drums. Qin Jin's little shaft actually tore his last hope to shreds with just one impact.
Now, the palace gate of Xuanwu Gate has fallen into the hands of the Shenwu Army, Gao Lishi had to be under the protection of three or two guards, and fled to the Xuanwu Gate Arrow Tower in embarrassment, he lay on the female wall weakly, gasping for breath, and there was a burst of despair in his heart.
In the excitement of his heart, Gao Lishi didn't know where to get the strength, so he grabbed the wall, turned over and jumped up, intending to die. However, the guards were still one step faster after all, some hugged their waists, some pulled their legs, and dragged him back from the brink of death with lightning speed.
"Why did the general whisper? They all said that if we stayed in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, why should we escape from Chang'an and wait for the opportunity?"
Colliers fell on his back on the city, struggling to sit up straight and trying to get up, perhaps because of the huge physical exertion of this night, he failed to succeed several times, and finally couldn't help crying loudly, he was crying for heaven, and he was crying for himself.
"Where are the green mountains? Where are the green mountains?"
These guards were given by the Son of Heaven, and they had been with him for many years, so they were naturally different from those rebels and loyal to Colliers. Under the defeat of the more than 1,000 rebels, only a few people escaped from the Xuanwu Gate, and the vast majority of them had no time to escape, and were blocked in the Taiji Palace, so they had to surrender one after another.
Let's ask if he fought 30,000 against 3,000 people, and finally the whole army was wiped out, he was unprecedented.
However, how long can dozens of guards protect Colliers?
After the Shenwu army surrounded Gao Lishi on the Xuanwu Gate, the two sides reached a stalemate. The guards of Gaolishi carried heavy crossbows with them, and if they attacked from here, they would inevitably suffer a lot of losses, and Qin Jin was unwilling to lose the already few troops here.
Therefore, Qin Jin gave up the idea of capturing Gao Lishi alive.
"Heavy crossbow shooting, no one left!"
For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to fight quickly and completely calm the situation, and we must not travel to the pool again.
The Shenwu army climbed the walls of Miyagi from other places, and they all targeted the dozens of Gao Lishi's people, and fired a volley of crossbow arrows, and after only a few rounds, there was no one who could still stand.
"Clean up the battlefield and return to Nannei!"
Nannei naturally refers to Xingqing Palace, Taiji Palace before the Wuhou, naturally Chang'an and even the whole country of the center, but as the emperor moved to Daming Palace, the center of gravity also began to shift, Taiji Palace and even Xuanwu Gate are no longer beautiful. Today's Son of Heaven likes to live in Xingqing Palace, so Nannei gradually replaced the status of Daming Palace.
Qin Jin lamented the lameness of this mutiny, and wondered if later historians would laugh at their stupidity and bad luck when recording this period of history. But fortunately, after experiencing ups and downs, the dawn bloomed, and there was no danger after all.
Of course he had to rejoice, from the very beginning, he was inexplicably tied to the chariot of the mutiny, and even Pei Jing's actions seemed inexplicably abnormal, with Pei Jing's character, if something unusual happened, how could he do such a reckless stupid thing?
In Qin Jin's view, the eve before was obviously not the best time to launch a mutiny, Chen Xuanli had a large army in his hands, and the attitude of the crown prince Li Heng was also ambiguous. But fortunately, the luck of the Shenwu Army was surprisingly good, coercing Chen Xuanli to defect, and persuaded the prince to participate.
Now, all they need to do is to force Li Longji in the Xingqing Palace to take the throne as soon as possible, so as to transfer power peacefully and stabilize the situation in one fell swoop.
Qin Jin suddenly remembered that Li Fuguo had said to himself that Cheng Yuanzhen had handed over to the prince a countryman, that is, Fan Changming, who had made suggestions behind Yang Guozhong's scenes, and all kinds of incidents were most likely provoked.
At that time, Qin Jin didn't take this kind of speculation seriously at all, but now that he suddenly remembered it, in addition to being incredible, he actually felt that there might be such a possibility. If this is the case, from the Son of Heaven to the ordinary forbidden soldiers, including Qin Jin himself, they all became pawns used by Fan Changming.
Qin Jin finally shook his head, feeling that this was too unbelievable, Fan Changming was just a countryman who had never seen the world before, how could he have such a great ability?
"General Zhonglang, there are still alive!"
Qin Jin wanted to order the death of the living mending knife, but the response of his subordinates made him swallow these words alive.
"It's Gao Lishi, this old miscellaneous hair is not dead!"
The chaotic soldiers are scattered, or die or surrender, Gaolishi has no appeal, and no matter whether he lives or dies, it will not pose a threat to the Shenwu army. To put it bluntly, this hussar general of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions is no longer of any use.
But Qin Jin left his life, he had other plans, this person had a close relationship with Li Longji, if he could personally persuade Li Longji to take the Zen position from this person, he might be able to have unexpected effects.
"Bring it here!"
But seeing that Gao Lishi was wearing gray hair and his robe was stained with blood, he didn't know if he was injured.
Prior to this, Qin Jin had only met this famous and powerful eunuch twice, or because this person was not in good health, he spent most of his time recuperating in the mansion, but it was the only two meetings that left a deep impression on him. At that time, Colliers was so graceful and calm, and he was so embarrassed now.
It's just that compared with eunuchs such as Bian Lingcheng and Cheng Yuanzhen, Qin Jin had a good impression of Gao Lishi, he was humble and polite when he spoke, and he acted reasonably, but unfortunately he had a different position and became an enemy of life and death.
"Phew! Hugh is noisy again, and someone wants to die quickly!"
Colliers' eyes were filled with anger, and he just wanted to die quickly.
Qin Jin sighed secretly, he didn't want to embarrass Gao Lishi, but depending on the situation, the idea of using this person to persuade Li Longji to take the Zen position may be difficult to achieve. But he finally spoke:
"The general doesn't care about his own life or death, doesn't he care about the Son of Heaven?"
This sentence was full of threats, and Gao Lishi seemed to realize something, and after being stunned for a moment, he scolded again: "Rebel and thief, the saint treats you well, why do you sit down for such a treacherous thing?"
Qin Jin leaned down, approached Gao Lishi, shook his head and said:
"Now it makes no sense to say this, if the general is willing to cooperate, after the saint abdicates, he can still be the emperor and live for a long time......."
Gao Lishi sneered and interrupted Qin Jin's words.
"Otherwise, the thief still dares to kill the king, and he is not afraid of being pointed at by thousands of people, and ten thousand people will spurn it?"
Qin Jin laughed steeply.
"Afraid, what's so scary?"
He suddenly remembered Zheng Xianli's suggestion, entered Xingqing Palace, burned down the Son of Heaven's dormitory, and burned it with the Son of Heaven.
Gao Lishi immediately changed color, pointed at Qin Jin tremblingly, and was speechless for a long time. His eyes were full of fear and despair, obviously worried about the situation of the Son of Heaven, and desperate because of his own situation.
In fact, he didn't know that there was Gao Xianzhi in Xingqing Palace, and the Shenwu Army was helpless for a while, and even the captain Lu Qi was still defeated, but Qin Jin's words were only three points true and seven points false.
After trembling for a while, Colliers' head, which had been holding high, finally lowered, like a defeated rooster.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Gao Lishi finally bowed to reality, which made Qin Jin feel unexpected and happy. He knew that Gao Lishi and Li Longji, the master and servant of the monarch for more than 50 years, had an unparalleled position in the heart of this old man, and as long as this person was willing to speak and persuade him, the matter of abdicating the throne and handing over power peacefully could be said to be half the success.
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Chen Qianli left the Longwu Army Shuai Hall, and walked towards the Changshi Office in despair, the rumbling drums in the distance made him shudder, and he didn't know where to move the sword soldiers, Chen Xuanli's words were still hovering in his mind.
"Qin Jin seems to be loyal and good, but in fact, Wang Mang and Cao Cao are the like......"
Although Chen Qianli has great trust in Qin Jin, he also has a bottom line, and it is naturally his responsibility to save the situation from danger, but if he does not usurp Tang, this is absolutely unacceptable to him.
Thinking of this, Chen Qianli's intuition was like a thunderbolt from the blue, if Qin Jin really had the heart of disobedience, then wouldn't he help the abuse?
Qin Jin reneged on his promise and stormed Xingqing Palace, and this matter took root in Chen Qianli's heart like a seed, and grew up rapidly, flourishing. And the conversation Chen Xuanli had with him just now was a handful of good fertilizer.
Chen Qianli threw his fat body and was entangled on the road, on the one hand, Qin Jin, who had a deep friendship, and on the other hand, the righteousness of the imperial court, and the two heavens and men were at war, which made him miserable.
In the end, he stomped his foot hard, left Yanzheng Gate, and headed for Shengye Fang.
Due to the chaotic fighting in the city, even after the curfew, the gate was tightly closed. Chen Qianli knocked on the door for a while, and the voice of the servant came from inside.
"Who's knocking?"
"Long Wu Jun Changshi, pay a visit to Wei Xianggong!"
Long Wujun is the head of the forbidden army of Beiya, who doesn't know about Chang'an City?
"Please forgive Chang Shijun, the person who lives in the square is either a prince or a doctor, in case of accidents, please also ask Chang Shijun, show it, show ......"
The soldier's voice became lower and lower, obviously asking Chen Qianli to show an object that could prove his identity.
But who among the officials in the city would carry the official seal with them at will? Fortunately, there was a private seal in the skin bag around Chen Qianli's waist, which could at least be used as evidence. So, he took out a small square copper seal from the leather bag around his waist and handed it through an opening next to the door.
The soldier pretended to look at it for a while, and saw that Chen Qianli only brought three or five retinues, and there was no army outside, so he relaxed a little and opened the door of the fang.