Qin Jin didn't care about blaming Pei Jing, and he obviously shouldn't be blamed for this matter, after all, in less than an hour, it was difficult to understand the situation of the various gates of the imperial city, and the people and horses who rushed out of the Taiji Palace were obviously calculating or unintentional, and the key to the problem now was to figure out where these people came from and who belonged to them.

"Go, come with me!"

Qin Jin decided to go to the scene of the conflict to check in person, but only halfway through, the defeated Shenwu army returned in embarrassment, and at the same time brought back an extremely shocking news. This group of people and horses from the Taiji Palace was actually led by the hussar general Gao Lishi.

In an instant, Qin Jin felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he shook his horse twice, almost losing his balance.

Gao Lishi is the first favorite minister of Li Longji, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, although he is a eunuch who has no bottom, but he is a hussar general, and he is the same as the three divisions.

Now, his sudden appearance, whether it was arranged by Li Longji or not, has provoked earth-shaking changes in the current situation, and if it is not handled properly, the fruits of victory in his hands will probably slip through his fingers. No, maybe someone took it back again.

"The men and horses led by Gao Lishi have captured Yong'anmen and Chengtianmen, what to do next, please show Zhonglang!"

Qin Jin thought for a moment and asked, "How many people did Gao Lishi bring?"

"At present, there are at least a thousand people fighting, but judging from the shouts in the Taiji Palace, the last general will not dare to assert!"

Pei Jing couldn't bear the ambiguity of the brigade rate, so he reprimanded in person: "What do you mean by not daring to assert, just say, how many!"

"The last general thinks that at least there are more than 10,000 people!"

Qin Jin, like everyone present, gasped, Gao Lishi actually brought in more than 10,000 rescuers. However, before this, Qin Jin knew the deployment of troops inside and outside Chang'an City well, until he learned the news of Pei Jing's rash entry into the city, he decided to launch a military admonition and dealt with the troops at the first time, so he controlled the inside and outside of Chang'an in just half of the night.

So, where did the more than 10,000 horses brought by Colliers come from? Could it be that they jumped out of the ground?

There was no need for Qin Jin to ask this point, and a lieutenant raised his question.

"The soldiers inside and outside Chang'an are all in the hands of General Zhonglang, it is difficult for Gao Lishi to have the ability to scatter beans into soldiers"

Everyone doesn't know whether Gao Lishi will be able to scatter beans into soldiers, but what it means for these more than 10,000 people to be killed by Taiji Palace is clear. People who can see the situation clearly even have inexplicable fears

At this time, an East Palace official who was following Qin Jin suddenly spoke:

"The lieutenant general, the subordinates, the subordinates may know something. ”

"Speak quickly, don't be noisy!"

The people in the army are all straight-tempered and quick-tempered, and at that moment, there was a captain who made the East Palace officials less noisy, and said that it was important.

Qin Jin appeased the officials of the East Palace, "Don't panic, just pick up the important ones and say them!"

Seeing that Zhonglang General was still speaking slowly, the Donggong official was a little relieved, and concisely explained what he knew.

It turned out that nine times out of ten, the rescuers brought by Colliers were actually from the new army that was broken up and eliminated in the big military exercise last year.

"How is this possible? Hadn't the tens of thousands of new troops that had been dispersed already been largely eliminated by a month ago? There were less than 5,000 left!"

The Donggong official swallowed and foamed, "General Zhonglang doesn't know, the specific affairs of the new army are under Yang Xianggong, no, it is Yang Guozhong, who is in charge." It's just that the severance pay was diverted for other purposes, so the actual severance was not completed. ”

"The case has been sealed in the political affairs hall, can it be fake?" Pei Jing couldn't help but ask.

"The political hall naturally has to be closed and closed, otherwise it will not be able to hide it from the Son of Heaven, Yang Guozhong only needs to buy off the officials who handle it up and down, and it is not easy to deal with those ministers who do not go out of the door?"

Qin Jin was secretly frightened, it turned out that this kind of embezzlement of public funds for other purposes, deceiving superiors and subordinates, was a virtue in ancient and modern times.

Isn't Yang Guozhong afraid that these new troops who can't get severance pay will be dissatisfied and cause a mutiny?

No matter what means Gao Lishi used, now these tens of thousands of disgruntled tens of thousands of horses have nowhere to vent, once the situation intensifies, the entire Chang'an may fall into unprecedented turmoil.

However, before Qin Jin could calm down from the shock, the East Palace official said an even more shocking news.

"The subordinates followed the world to walk in the political hall, and coincidentally heard these news from the mouths of the officials who managed the closure, and originally thought it was just their boring boasting, but they didn't expect it to be true. It's just that the size of those new troops who have been cut off is not 10,000, but a full 30,000!"

While speaking, the Donggong official even raised his right arm and stretched out three fingers.

30,000 people! Even Chen Xuanli's dragon martial army is only 30,000 people, plus Qin Jin's Shenwu army is less than 40,000 people, once so many people fight, it is really difficult to say who will win and who will lose.

Moreover, the Taiji Palace is controlled by Gao Lishi, and all the new troops outside the city to be eliminated and eliminated can enter the Taiji Palace through the Xuanwu Gate, and then enter the imperial city through the Yong'an Gate of Chengtianmen, and then enter Chang'an.

……

The crown prince Li Heng was shocked to hear the war drums, and when he saw that Qin Jin had not returned for a long time after leaving, he was already a little panicked in his heart.

On this day and night, Li Heng's experience was like a stormy wave, first he was framed by Yang Guozhong and Cheng Yuanzhen, and he was about to be deposed and deposed, who would have thought that Pei Jing would lead troops into the East Palace and capture Yang Guozhong, and then Qin Jin announced the military admonition, and designed to force Chen Xuanli to stand on his side.

For Li Heng, it seems that the throne of the Tang Dynasty is close at hand. However, everything that seemed extremely unreal was shattered in an instant by the sound of war drums.

"Your Highness, Your Highness......"

The inner supervisor of the East Palace came to see Li Heng.

Chen Xuanli entrusted him with great confidence and refused to let the convoy out of the city on the grounds of lack of public order. ”

The convoy of the East Palace going out of the city had no special significance, it was just a routine move, but Chen Xuanli's attitude made Li Heng's heart sink again.

Could it be that Chen Xuanli had also learned the news of Gao Lishi's counterattack? Or did he already know the news that Gao Lishi was preparing to counterattack, but he had been holding back and making peace with Donggong?

The more Li Heng thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he didn't dare to stay in the East Palace anymore, this place was only a wall away from the Taiji Palace, in case Gao Lishi sent someone to forcibly attack the East Palace, wouldn't he fall into the hands of thieves?

"Li Fuguo, Li Fuguo......"

After Li Heng was afraid, the first thing he did was to call Li Fuguo to his side.

Looking at Li Fuguo again, he also lost his arrogant expression at this time, like a defeated rooster in the street market, unwilling to follow behind the crown prince Li Heng. He also wanted to escape, but he knew that he was already tied to the prince's future, and if the prince could not be saved, what was the use of fleeing to the ends of the earth?

Li Fuguo was unwilling, he wanted to gamble, betting that the crown prince Li Heng would definitely reverse the situation. Besides, isn't that Shenwu army lieutenant general very powerful? If he can defeat tens of thousands of rebels with thousands of people, and even capture the rebels' main general, can't he defeat tens of thousands of defeated troops?

Li Fuguo is not the only one who has this kind of thought, the officials of the entire East Palace, as well as the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, all think that this is just a temporary defeat, and the crown prince and Zhonglang will definitely reverse the situation.

Li Heng planned to go to the Shenwu Army, only there would he feel at ease, who knew that when he left the door of the East Palace, he saw Li Yu chasing after him with a sweat.

"Your Highness, go slowly!"

Li Heng saw that Li Mi did not leave him at such a moment, and he was still quite emotional in his heart, this person can never leave the crisis twice, and he is really loyal and righteous.

"Please sir and Li Heng in the same car!"

Li Mi, who was sweating profusely, pointed out two ways to Li Heng in the car.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only has two options at the moment!"

"Please sir teach me!"

Despite the small space in the car, Li Heng still made a big salute!

"The minister heard that Gao Lishi had entered the imperial city, but he was afraid that General Qin would be unable to control the situation. ”

This statement coincided with Li Heng's premonition, and his face instantly turned pale.

"General Zhonglang is resourceful, decisive in killing, and proficient in the art of war, how can it be difficult to control the situation?" However, he still had to fight for Qin Jin in front of Li Mi.

Li Yu sighed heavily.

"Hasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard the truth that if the treasure is sharp, it is easy to break? General Qin will be like an incomparably sharp blade, sharpening iron like clay, but it is the most fragile and the most frequent, although Gao Lishi is a hussar general, but he has never heard of being good at military affairs, and it is already a miracle that he can mobilize those new troops who owe severance pay today. What is rare is that Gao Lishi has a righteous name on him, I am afraid that his luck will only be transferred to this person, and General Qin will naturally rise and fall......"

Li Heng did not think so, but he also agreed that it was not easy for Colliers to be able to mobilize those new troops who owed severance pay.

"Thanks to Mr. for reminding me, I still have to inform Zhonglang as early as possible that he will be ready, and he must not be taken lightly!"

Li Mi just smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness hasn't been able to understand the original intention of leaving. Zhonglang will be an extraordinary man, how can he make such a low-level mistake? Once the luck is gone, even Da Luo Jinxian can't stop it. ”

As a celebrity, Li likes to explain everything from these mysterious and mysterious principles. Li Heng never believed in these gods and monsters, and he couldn't refute them, so he could only say tactfully:

"It's man-made, Zhonglang will worry about the world, and he will never give up easily, Li Heng believes that Zhonglang will definitely have a way!"

This is Li Heng's true view of Qin Jin, and he is extremely optimistic about Qin Jin and his people. It's a pity that he is trapped in the whirlpool of political disputes in Chang'an and it is difficult to get out, although he regrets it, he has no choice but to watch as this young man who may become a pillar of the Tang Dynasty falls deeper and deeper into the whirlpool abyss.