"Shangyuan Night?"

Hearing that Li Yi and Yang Fugong's action was set for Shangyuan Night, Li Ye remembered the Shangyuan Night when he first arrived in Chengdu Mansion.

That time Chengdu was a river of blood, but a good day was ruined by the rebellion of the Yellow Head Army.

It was also that night that Li Ye met Liu Chenyan and Sun Mei, and he was still amazed by Sun Mei at that time, not Liu Chenyan next to him.

It was also that night that he was ordered by the other party to form the Tiance Army because he saved Li Yi, the imperial brother, and it was precisely because of the Tiance Army that he was able to come to the present step by step, otherwise he could only be passively pushed to the throne as he did in history, instead of taking the initiative to seize it as he is now.

Li Ye was a little puzzled, how could Li Yi think that on the day of Shangyuan Eve, did the other party forget the events of the year?

"Your Highness, should we cancel the arrangement of Shangyuan Night?" Li Zhen asked.

"No, that will only make the other party notice, since they chose this day, then it will be as they wish. Inform the people outside Chang'an City that it's time to get ready, and whoever kills the deer will depend on this year's Shangyuan Night. Li Ye said coldly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

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The turmoil in Chang'an has not yet happened, the entire Chang'an City is in a festive atmosphere, on the other hand, Chengdu Mansion, in the face of this New Year, many people have no intention of celebrating the New Year, and since a month ago, Chengdu Mansion has implemented a curfew, and in the New Year, the curfew has not been lifted.

Perhaps to celebrate the New Year, the Youtiance army outside the city also launched a siege on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Of course, it was not a general attack, and Liu Qi didn't even send infantry to charge, but just let the artillery fire several rounds of stone bullets at the city wall of Chengdu.

Although the city wall of Chengdu was heightened and strengthened after the invasion of Nanzhao, and there was a moat several zhang wide, even the strongest city wall began to crumble in the face of the attack of Tiance artillery.

The stone bullets weighing more than 100 catties fired by the Tiance cannon smashed into the city wall. The city wall of Chengdu is not made of granite or marble, it is a brick and earth structure, the middle is rammed earth, and the outside is made of fired bricks.

The defenders in the city did not go out of the city, and Liu Qi used Tiance artillery to bombard half an hour every day, and at the same time asked Peng He to lead the right Yulin army to capture the prefectures and counties around Chengdu Prefecture.

Within a month, Pengzhou, Shuzhou, and Qiongzhou successively surrendered Kaicheng.

In the city of Chengdu, in the face of the shelling of the thunder in their ears, the morale of the troops who had been improvised fell sharply, and with the advent of the New Year, they not only could not go home for the New Year, but also risked their lives to defend the city here, and many people were very resistant in their hearts.

And this sentiment spread like a plague to the defenders of the city.

"General, we have followed your instructions to let people spread the news among the defenders of several other city gates, and the effect is relatively obvious, and many soldiers have begun to make trouble."

In a house that was requisitioned as a military camp inside the west gate of Chengdu, it was brightly lit, and many soldiers were patrolling around, but many were a little absent-minded.

In one of the brightly lit rooms, a man in armor was reporting to a man sitting at a desk reading a book.

The middle-aged man who was sitting put down the book in his hand, and it was "The Art of War".

"You didn't find out from the marshal, did you?" Yue Changxu asked in a low voice.

"No, at this time, it is estimated that the Marshal's Mansion has become a pot of porridge, and at this time people are already panicking, and if something happens suddenly, it is strange that they can sleep well." The man standing had a smile on his face, a little smug.

"We have to let them sleep badly, as messy as possible, so that they don't find out about us. Chen Jingxuan is unpopular in Xichuan, and he is tyrannical, and this Xichuan Jiedu envoy should have been replaced a long time ago, if it weren't for Arita Lingzi's support, he would have been able to sit firmly in Xichuan.

Now Tian Lingzi has become a lost dog, see who can support him. Yue Changxu sneered.

Yue Changxu actually has a bad relationship with Chen Jingxuan, he is not Chen Jingxuan's cronies, and he has had conflicts before. At that time, Yue Changxu was the defense envoy of Qiongzhou, and Gao Renhou was the assassin of Qiongzhou.

In the past, the assassin and the state defense envoy were both the same person, but because of Li Ye's intervention, there was a situation where the assassin and the defense envoy were each served by one person. Gao Renhou is a strong person, and Yue Changxu's temperament is relatively straightforward, so the two often have conflicts.

At that time, Gao Renhou was a general under Chen Jingxuan, and Yue Changxu, the defense envoy, was recommended by Li Ye, so Chen Jingxuan was also dissatisfied with him.

After Li Ye was driven out of Xichuan, Chen Jingxuan began to purge Li Ye's forces, Yue Changxu was actually not Li Ye's cronies, but he was also affected, and he was demoted from a defense envoy to a general.

Until the first battle of Mianzhou, Xichuan elite in Mianzhou, although he is not Chen Jingxuan's cronies, but also the few remaining generals, plus the army reconstruction needs a capable general, he was promoted, as a military envoy, under the jurisdiction of six of the generals in the Xichuan army with heavy troops, responsible for defending the West Gate.

Coupled with the need for defense, Chen Jingxuan transferred some of the state soldiers and temporarily recruited recruits to Yue Changxu, giving him 10,000 soldiers and horses at once.

Although he is now reused by Chen Jingxuan, Yue Changxu has no intention of following Chen Jingxuan to the black. So after Jinyiwei's people came to the door, he immediately agreed to take refuge in King Shou.

Because Chen Jingxuan used some means during this time, he put together a total of 70,000 troops, although there were many recruits, but this number was scary enough. If you add the Right Yulin Army and the Right Tiance Army, more than 100,000 troops will fight in Chengdu City, and Chengdu will definitely be destroyed.

Therefore, during this time, Liu Qi did not launch an attack on the city, but the artillery continued to bombard, which hit the morale of the defenders in the city. At the same time, Jinyiwei was in the city to win over those generals who were dissatisfied with Chen Jingxuan or did not want to follow Chen Jingxuan to accompany the funeral, among which Yue Changxu played a great role.

After a month, in addition to Yue Changxu, two generals chose to defect to the imperial court.

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Once everything is ready, the action begins.

Since the two newly recruited Xichuan generals didn't know if they were reliable, in order to be safe, Liu Qi decided to let the Right Yulin Army enter the city through the west gate defended by Yue Changxu, and then open the north gate and lead the Right Tiance Army to enter through the north gate.

Because of the importance of the matter, Yue Changxu did not dare to be sloppy, this is not only about his own future, but also about the life and death of so many people.

On the night of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yue Changxu asked his headquarters to be responsible for the defense of the city gate in case of accidents.

When he was approaching, Yue Changxu gathered all the generals and battalion commanders together, and then said loudly.

"Today, I have gathered you all here for only one purpose, and that is to open the city gates and welcome the imperial army into the city."

"What?" As soon as Yue Changxu's words fell, some people below were taken aback, some people realized that something was wrong and were about to leave, but they found that Yue Changxu's personal soldiers were standing around without knowing when, with their right hands on the hilt of their knives, and their eyes staring at the generals present.

Yue Changxu glanced at everyone's reactions, remembered a few unusual-looking faces, and continued, "Chen Jingxuan's rule in Xichuan was brutal and indiscriminately killing innocents. Although I, Yue, had been confused before, I quickly woke up and knew what was right and wrong.

Before the eunuchs were in power, Huang Chao caused disaster to the world, causing His Majesty to flee Chang'an, and Tian Lingzi was the culprit.

King Shou was benevolent, and he wanted the two to return to old age safely, who wanted the two brothers to be embarrassed and intended to rebel against the court. I, Yue, definitely didn't want to be a traitor, so I agreed to the messenger sent by King Shou and took refuge in King Shou and the imperial court.

Brothers, who are willing to work with me, drink this bowl of wine. If you don't want to, you can skip it, but you can't leave here.

Yue doesn't want to fight in the same room, many of you only obeyed Yue's dispatch not long ago, but after all, Yue doesn't want to embarrass everyone. It's just that the stakes are very high, someone Yue can't let you go, after the matter is completed, whether you leave or stay, it's up to you to do it according to your wishes.

Yue did what he said. ”

The people below talked for a while, and at this time, more than a dozen personal soldiers took wine and bowls and poured wine for these generals present one by one.

After the wine was full, Yue Changxu raised the bowl in his hand and shouted, "Brothers, Yue will do it first as a respect." ”

After speaking, Yue Changxu directly drank the wine in the bowl, then wiped the corners of his mouth, lifted the bowl vertically, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Syllable!

The moment the crisp sound sounded, the earthen bowl was instantly torn apart.

With Yue Changxu taking the lead, those Yue Changxu's cronies did not hesitate to drink the wine in the bowl and then shattered, and for a while, there was a crisp sound of 'popping' on the ground.

Those who were a little hesitant saw that one after another people echoed Yue Changxu, and their hearts were crossed, and they drank the wine in front of them, and then slammed the bowl down.

Not everyone is willing to follow Yue Changxu to join the imperial court, and among these people there are also Chen Jingxuan's cronies.

At last, there were only six or seven people left, holding a bowl of wine in their hands, looking at each other, but finally did not drink.

Facing everyone's gaze, a thin general stood up, saluted Yue Changxu and said, "Envoy Yue, the marshal is not kind to me, please forgive me for not being able to follow Envoy Yue." ”

"Humble duty too!"

"Please forgive Envoy Yue."

Yue Changxu helped the other party up, patted the other party on the shoulder, and said seriously, "This choice is up to you, and Yue doesn't force it, but Yue has also said it before, so I can only bother a few brothers to rest for a while." ”

The appearance of these people did not make Yue Changxu angry, most of the generals chose to follow him, and these people could not affect the overall situation.

Afterwards, Yue Changxu asked people to light three bonfires on the city gate tower, and then asked people to open the city gate.

Suddenly, a large number of torches lit up outside the city gates.

Under the gaze of everyone, a group of cavalry that made them envious appeared in sight, and finally passed through the lowered drawbridge and the open city gate, and entered the city of Chengdu.

(End of chapter)