The Daxing Palace is on fire, and the entire Chang'an City is clearly visible.

Yang Tong: How did they get in?

This is thanks to Li Yuanji, the king of Qi!

After they took Li Yuanji outside the Kaiyuan Gate, they left a corpse behind, and fled to the north, quickly enveloping the Longshouyuan behind Long Chang'an along the city wall.

The dragon's head was originally a forbidden garden covered with dense forests, and between it and the imperial palace, there was also a forest and grassland, which was a place to raise rare birds and beasts, and it was also the garrison of the Yulin Army.

The periphery of the Imperial Garden is a section of the city wall that is two zhang high, the same width as the Daxing Palace, the east and west sides are closely connected with the Chang'an city wall, there is a magnificent heavy Xuanmen in the position of the north, there are usually four hundred Yulin troops stationed here, but the Yulin army is a noble son with mixed qualifications, and there is no strength, and the pass is a pass on all sides, the defense in the pass is tight, and few troops can hit Chang'an, so the Yulin army is very slack.

When they saw Li Yuanji, whose life and death were unknown, they immediately opened the door, and after they were deceived into going down the city, they were instantly killed by the Xuanjia army, and then they used Li Yuanji to deceive the Xuanwu Gate.

The Xuanwu Gate is the most critical gateway to enter the palace, the gate is cast of pig iron, and it takes dozens of people to push the hinges on the gatehouse to open, and the gatehouse is as high as four zhang, extremely majestic. Yang Tong and they don't have any siege equipment, so they can't open it, but who let them have Li Yuanji, an ugly monster who everyone knows!

As soon as the Xuanwu Gate was opened, the hinges were cut off, and no one could close it, Yang Tong asked Shui Tianji to lead two thousand soldiers to garrison the Chongxuanmen and Xuanwu Gate, responsible for guarding the mounts, and then led 1,500 people each with Luo Shixin into the palace city!

Their main task was to set fire, and when they saw the palace burning, they would burn every palace, and the flames would swallow the curtains of the window screens, and the fire would burn rapidly.

Unless he encountered resistance, he didn't pay attention to the chaotic palace maids and eunuchs.

Yang Tong is mainly responsible for the west of the palace, only more than half an hour, the palace back garden of the Linzhao Hall - Xunfeng Hall - on the day of the palace - Shoujia Hall - Heyu Hall - Ningyin Pavilion - Acacia Hall - Chengxiang Hall - Yanjia Hall - Tai Hall - Linhu Hall - Ziwei Hall - Shujing Hall - Caisi Courtyard - Guizhen Temple - Anren Hall - Ganlu Palace... They all began to burn, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, and the raging fire went straight into the sky, thick smoke billowed out, and chaos was in the palace.

Yang Tong asked the soldiers to continue to set fires, and he entered the Taicang from Jiayoumen where grain, oil, salt, money, and cloth were placed, and burned them with fire oil, and the fire engulfed the Taicang with countless amounts of money and grain, and dozens of female soldiers were engulfed by the fire before they had time to escape.

With the fire oil, everyone lit up the Liangyi Hall again, and then rushed to the Taiji Palace, but saw that Luo Shixin and they were setting fire, Yang Tong unceremoniously commanded the soldiers to smash the fire oil into the first hall of Daxing Palace, and the flames rose dozens of feet high.

After the Zuozangku also lit a fire, Yang Tong knew that the palace city had been mostly destroyed, and it would be meaningless to burn it again, "Retreat!" ”

The order was issued, and the three thousand Sui troops grabbed a group of richly dressed men, women, and children, turned their heads, and joined Shui Tianji at Xuanwu Gate, and the team left the northern city of Chang'an, and then went to kill in the direction of Feng Yijun.

At this time, Li Yuan, who was standing on the tower of Chunming Gate, was staring blankly at the palace city that had turned into a sea of fire, and his heart was terrified, until he watched the Sui cavalry go away, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

After all, Li Yuan was a man who had experienced a hundred battles, but the sudden threat made him instinctively panic, but he soon calmed down and ordered urgently: "All the palace guards will recapture the Xuanwu Gate, transfer 10,000 forbidden troops to fight the fire and save people, and then spread my will: close the gate of Chang'an." The king of Jin took over the defense of Chang'an and mobilized all the troops in the city to search for suspicious people. At the same time, the defenders of Tongguan and Pujin were ordered to stop Yang Tong. ”

"Whoa!"

When the orders were issued, Li Jiancheng said on the side: "Father must not be careless, Yang Tong is extremely cunning, I am worried that he is not only these 5,000 people, if we relax a little, there will be a danger of the city being broken." ”

Xiao Yu said worriedly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely worried, the Sui army has reached Chang'an, and we haven't received the slightest warning, it's really hard to say how many people have come from the other side, I even suspect that many places in Guanzhong have been lost." ”

Li Yuan's face turned pale, Sui Jun's sudden fatal blow really frightened him, and he hurriedly asked, "Then according to everyone's opinion, how is it good?" ”

Dou Wei bowed and said: "Shengshang, recruit 50,000 young people, issue them to soldiers, assist in defending the city, and let Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, come back immediately to clear the Sui army in Guanzhong!" If Guanzhong is lost, it will be all over. ”

Li Yuan hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "Spread my hand, order Li Xiaogong to lead 100,000 elites to rush back to the Guanzhong, dare to delay, I will not be severely punished... At the same time, detectives were sent to investigate the counties in Guanzhong, whether there was a mistake..."

Li Yuan looked at the fire in the sky, as well as the children and grandchildren and harem concubines who did not know their life and death, and was indignant and frightened in his heart, and roared and smashed the city bricks with a fist, and his hands were suddenly dripping with blood, which frightened everyone to persuade each other.

Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Damn the devil." ”

Xiao Yu sighed, stepped forward and saluted: "Holy Lord, Yang Tong will definitely not go away, Weichen please go and talk to him." ”

Li Yuan gradually regained his composure, nodded helplessly, "Okay! ”

……

Despite some rescue, Miyagi has been burned to the ground, and it will take not only a lot of money but also a lot of time to recover! But where does the money come from? Taicang's millions of stones, grains, cloths, etc. were burned out, and the money in the Zuozang Treasury was also burned into a mixture of gold, silver, copper, and iron! A fire directly turned Li Yuan into a pauper! You can only temporarily stay in Xingqing Palace.

The materials are okay, but the people's hearts are difficult to do.

At this time, Chang'an is already in turmoil, and any small wind and grass will trigger speculation among the people, and everyone is worried about their own future. Li Yuan sent officials to each square to post notices, saying that the Sui army had left, saying that Chang'an was safe and Guanzhong was safe. But the people didn't believe it at all: the palace was still burning, where was Chang'an safe? Even the Li Tang Dynasty is not safe, what is said about the safety of Guanzhong, it is simply nonsense, if Guanzhong is safe, where will the enemy army come from?

Far from calming down the rioting people, the officials' explanations were counterproductive and provoked a huge backlash.

In Xingqing Palace!

Li Yuan worriedly talked to a group of henchmen about the aftermath, his eyes swept around coldly, and he said word by word: "I have already thought it through, and decided to let Pei Lin send an envoy to the Turks, unite with the Turks and resist the Sui Dynasty!" ”

Pei Lin was stubborn and self-serving, lost the entire state, and was shaved by Yang Tong with his hair, eyebrows and mustache, which certainly became a laughing stock in the world, but it also reduced a lot of crimes, after returning to Chang'an, Li Yuan symbolically sent him to prison, and released him in three days.

Li Yuan really thought clearly now, if he didn't ally with the Turks, then as soon as the contract period arrived, Guanzhong would inevitably be invaded by Yang Tong, and with the elite of the Sui army, Li Tang would hardly be his opponent. In order to keep Li Tang Jiangshan, he had to get the Turks to send troops, and as long as he helped him delay Yang Dong, the strongest enemy, he would do whatever it takes.

Li Jiancheng opened his mouth and said in a roundabout way: "Father, on the day Jieli Khan ascended the throne, he gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Yudu Jin Mountain, and was originally going to establish supreme prestige with a brilliant victory, but in those days, the nine divisions of Tiele and the Turkic tribes were slaughtered by the Sui army, making the enthronement ceremony a Turkic laughing stock, and the resulting problem is: the Turks believe that Jieli Khan is a disaster star, and there are many people who try to subvert him!" Moreover, the Turks were divided and sunk after the defeat in Mayi, and they had to regain their strength, or defeat the Sui army, at least to plunder in the Central Plains, so that the prestige of Jieli Khan could be re-established. But he finally gathered 100,000 troops, and was annihilated by Qin Qiong in a battle. As you can imagine, the internal problems of the Turks are getting worse and worse. ”

"Makes sense!" Li Yuan glanced at Li Jiancheng lightly and said, "But what do you want to express?" Let me not form an alliance with the Turks? ”

Li Yuan's eyes like a blade made Li Jiancheng break out in a cold sweat, and his back was soaked, if he guessed correctly, if he opposed the alliance at this time, I was afraid that his fate would be unpredictable, he took a deep breath, and said resolutely: "Erchen is saying that the Jieli Khan, who has been defeated again and again, is strong and middle-class, and has the heart to go south to establish power, but has no strength!" Because he was not the Khan of Shibi, he could not convince the Turkic tribes and submit to them. The battle of Mobei was actually a brotherly battle of the Turks, and the Sui army was not damaged at all, even if he forcibly went south, the Sui army only needed to hold the pass to make it sink into the sand and collapse! Jieli Khan was not stupid, he would not be unaware of this truth, and it was unlikely that he would move troops in a year or two. So, there is no practical point in forming an alliance! ”

Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this, he felt that the Turks were the only powerful foreign aid that could help him, but he ignored the problem that the Turks themselves could not be protected, and his face became a little serious, he nodded silently, and asked Liu Wenjing: "What does Zhaoren think?" ”

Liu Wenjing bowed, "There is this possibility, Yang Tong's political skills are very high, I am a little suspicious, the first battle of Mobei was concocted by him." ”

Li Yuan was taken aback, "You mean, Yang Tong colluded with the Turks?" ”

"That's not it, if he colludes with the Turks, he won't let Qin Qiong annihilate the 100,000 Turkic army, I just suspect that he has already had the heart to deal with Jieli, so he indulged Ashina Simo to plunder the grassland!"

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, "Why did Yang Tong do this?" ”

Liu Wenjing said: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different, let the Turks grow again, and it is the Sui army that suffers, so he must be strangled by it before Jieli is full-fledged, as long as the grassland is divided again, then he can gallop across the country without any worries." In the First Battle of Mobei, Yang Tong not only achieved the goal of suppressing Jieli again, but also drained Ashina Simo by the way, and he could also obtain righteousness, killing many birds with one stone. ”

Li Yuan was silent, if it was really such a strategy, Yang Tong would be a little too terrifying, and raised his head and asked, "According to Zhaoren's opinion, will Jieli send troops?" ”

Liu Wenjing slowly shook his head and said: "The Turkic military and government are not unified, and the leaders of the various tribes cannot see the hope of victory, so they will not fight the Sui Dynasty with Jieli Khan." ”

Li Yuan's heart suddenly cooled, he had planned to persuade Jieli Khan with the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, but now it seems that he can't do it. Because the Turkic tribes were extremely autonomous, when the Great Khan was weak, they could oppose any decision of the Great Khan without hesitation, so even if Li Yuan persuaded Jieli, it was useless.

Without the Turkic threat, who would be Yang Tong's next target? Naturally, Li Tang, because compared to the complicated Central Plains, Yang Tong only needs to clean him up alone, and he can settle down.

Li Yuan had a headache again, it is definitely not possible to fight with Yang Tong, not to mention whether he can fight or not, now that the palace city, Taicang, and Zuozang Treasury have been burned down by a fire, let alone beat Yang Dong with the remaining money and food, even the year-end Lu rice expenditure of hundreds of officials is not enough.

Liu Wenjing's eyes moved, and he said with a smile: "I have a plan, which can not only alleviate the danger, but also do not have to consume the vitality of our army!" It can even make the Sui Dynasty collapse. ”

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