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Changle Gate is the inner gate of the imperial city, and Chengtian Gate, Yong'an Gate three gates side by side, the ministers will first enter the Hanguang Gate every day, and enter the Hanguang Gate means to enter the Imperial City, and then slowly walk a few miles to the Changle Gate, and enter the Changle Gate means to enter the core range of the Imperial City, the Taiji Hall where the court will be, the emperor's queen. All kinds of palaces in the palace are within the Changle Gate.

Tonight's corpses inside and outside the Changle Gate are all over the place, and the blood stains a large area of the bluestone bricks on the square inside the door, and the rapid rain is mixed with blood, but it still fails to dilute the suffocating and vomiting smell of blood, and the meandering blood is still so thick and dazzling.

This is a one-sided bloody battle, the so-called "unilateral", because the rebels were ambushed, the prince left and Wei Youlang will Chang Yingwang lead the troops from the East Palace, straight to the Taiji Palace, along the way full of ambition, fantasizing about repeating the feat of Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate change, the implementation of a surprise attack to take Li Shimin in one fell swoop, and he often Yingwang as a hero from the dragon, the most staunch supporter of the prince Li Chengqian, and commanded the most important battle to seize the door and force the palace, so the merit is comparable to the sky, the overall situation in the coming day is determined, Li Chengqian ascended the throne, And the status he often hopes for must be unimaginably noble, it can be said that under one person, above tens of thousands of people, the future wealth and glory, all due to this battle, all in the service.

So often Yingwang is very complacent when he leads the troops out of the East Palace, he is not a capable person, he is good at people but neglected things, to put it bluntly, this person joined the army in his early years, only knew that he was a sycophant to Shangguan, but his own ability was very insufficient, but he was lucky to be an official, and somehow he climbed the high branch of the prince Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian, of course, is also a mediocre second generation of the emperor, someone patted him on the back and was happy to not know the north and south, and he was promoted without saying a word, anyway, the world was beaten down by his old son, He doesn't feel sorry for any of the scourges.

After coming and going, in five or six years, Chang Yingwang, who had not made an inch of merit, slowly rose from a small fire chief to the right general, which can be described as a miracle in the history of the Tang Army, and when the right lang general Chang Yingwang hugged the prince's thighs, the strength of the prince's thigh is also getting bigger and bigger, it can be said that if you don't give up, I will live and die, if it is not too ugly, Chang Yingwang will not mind taking the position of the bewitching slut.

Such a person, expecting him to make any earth-shattering feats, and trampling Cheng Biting Jin and Li Ji, the world's famous generals, is really wishful thinking.

Therefore, Chang Yingwang unexpectedly fell into an ambush, a person who only knows how to be sycophant, encountered a famous general like Li Ji, who was similar to opening a plug-in, and planted it as a matter of course.

Three thousand rebels hesitantly entered the Changle Gate, the palace gate at both ends was suddenly closed, countless bows and arrows stretched out on the head of the palace gate, the British Duke Li Ji wore armor and a helmet, his face was gloomy, and two words burst out of his mouth coldly, "release the arrow", the rain of arrows in the sky went towards the three thousand rebels **** in the palace gate, Changle Gate happened to be an urn city, four city walls, only the north and south two palace gates in and out, after the palace gate was closed, the rebels were responding to the idiom of "catching turtles in the urn", the two ends were blocked, the city head did not stop arrows, a few breaths, three thousand rebels suffered half of the casualties, After an hour of incense, the rebels threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

Surrender in these years is not so simple, not only to see sincerity, but also to see the value and serious consequences, for the imperial rule, leaving this group of rebels obviously has more harm than good, giving them a way to live is equivalent to continuing to bury hidden dangers for the future Tang Empire, so the surrender of the rebels is useless at all, Li Ji still stood at the head of the city without saying anything, the general did not give an order, the left guards of the city head continued to carry out the military order, regardless of whether the rebels below gave up resistance or not, how sincere and touching the gesture of surrender was, The arrows in his hands still went mercilessly towards the rebels.

Until the end, there were only more than 500 people left in the 3,000 rebels, and Chang Yingwang, who led the troops, was so frightened that his face was colorless, and his body was hiding behind several shields surrounded on several sides, and none of the rest of the rebels resisted, and after all threw down their weapons and surrendered, Li Ji smacked his lips unsatisfied, looking like he was too soft-hearted, and ordered the rebels to tie their hands and feet, and walked out of the palace gate.

A battle to attack the palace city that was comparable to the change of Xuanwu Gate in the planning, ended hastily, and the ambitious rebels were slapped countless times by reality as soon as they entered the palace gate, teaching this group of naïve and ridiculous guys to be human beings every minute.

The palace gate opened, nearly 10,000 Zuowu guards rushed forward, and took down all the five or six hundred rebels who were alive, and rows of rebels were tied hand and foot, kneeling outside the palace gate in despair, waiting for the fate of His Majesty the Emperor.

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East Palace, Phoenix Gate.

Cheng Yanjin led 10,000 right guards to surround the East Palace, the lights in the East Palace were extinguished, and all the rebels were sent out by Li Chengqian to seize the door and force the palace, and the East Palace had become an empty palace at this time.

Cheng Yanjin was draped all over, the big horse golden knife was riding on a horse, holding torches left and right, illuminating the neighborhood as bright as day, Cheng Yanjin yawned boredly, looked up at the rain in the sky, and muttered a few words in his mouth, as if cursing the prince in this hellish weather, the prince refused to stop, and pried his old man up in the middle of the night to do this unchallenging errand.

"Someone, pass the order, wait for half an hour, attack the East Palace in half an hour, take down the rebel Li Chengqian and everyone in the East Palace, etc., and hand it over to Your Majesty, well, remember to catch the living, don't die the dead, whoever killed the prince, you can just wipe your neck yourself......" Cheng Yanjin impatiently ordered.

A subordinate general came over and said with a hesitant face: "Gong Lu, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

Cheng bit Jinhuan's eyes and glared: "Are you questioning General Ben?" What's wrong? ”

"The crown prince is not an outsider, he is the eldest son of His Majesty, without His Majesty's will, he rashly attacked the East Palace, and His Majesty may be displeased......"

Cheng Biting Jin said angrily: "In the middle of the night, Lao Tzu can't even sleep well, leading a group of you bastards to watch this kind of children's tricks, I don't know how many pounds and taels of things dare to rebel, and I will kill him by dusting off his sleeves!" Now Lao Tzu is drenched in the rain and stupid, etc., Lao Tzu has gone through a hundred battles in his life, how could he have done such a boring thing! Listen to me, after half an hour, I will attack the East Palace, and Your Majesty will take care of Lao Cheng! ”

The general smiled bitterly, Cheng Biting Jin has always been such a hot temper, many years ago, the strange thing is that over the years, following His Majesty to the south and the north, such a hot temper has won countless battles, rarely defeated, I have to say that it is an outlier.

Cheng Yanjin seemed to arouse the anger in his heart, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became, and the more he was scolding, the more unpleasant it became, and then he heard a commotion in the rear army, and then a Yulin guard hurriedly ran to the front of the horse and saluted.

"General Cheng, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Wei have come down."

Cheng bit Jin Yixi, grinned, hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward, saluting Li Shimin, who was walking slowly in the distance.

I was going to invite a few words of gong, which was already the norm after every war, but with the faint light of the torch, Cheng Yanjin found that Li Shimin's face was gloomy, his eyes were red, and he seemed to have just cried.

Li Shimin and Li Tai stood in front of the East Palace, looking up at the plaque hanging high in the East Palace, the plaque is black on a yellow background, symbolizing the noble identity of the owner, this plaque was the first year of Zhenguan Li Shimin canonized Li Chengqian as the prince, personally wrote and ordered someone to make a plaque to hang up, tonight the plaque is still as new as it was back then, but the prince who was well-behaved and lovely, praised by the Manchu Dynasty, has already changed his appearance and character.

Standing in the rain, Li Shimin looked at the plaque quietly, his eyes gradually turned red again, and his face was covered with water marks, and he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.

"Cheng Zhijie ......"

"The minister is here."

Li Shimin's tone was as cold as ice: "Pass the decree, knock open the Phoenix Gate, and enter the East Palace!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin was stunned for a moment, and then clenched his fists: "Obey." ”

The subordinate generals behind waved their hands violently and shouted like a shock: "Siege pile, up!" ”

"Queue, draw the bow, draw the sword!"

Rumble!

The waves crash on the shore, and they are invincible.

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The side hall of the East Palace.

Li Chengqian was dressed in the crown prince's sparse crown court clothes, and sat quietly in the middle, his face was gray and his eyes were desperate.

The East Palace is only separated by a wall from the Taiji Palace, and he already knows the battle situation ahead, and when the news of the attack on the Minister of the Chang Yingwang Office reached the East Palace, Li Chengqian understood that the building had collapsed and could not be saved.

The rise and fall of the ages, the alternation of dynasties, only the word "victory or defeat".

Victory is victory, and if you win, you can enjoy all the fruits of victory as a matter of course, even if it is a rebellion against a rebel, a bright and great reason can be fabricated in the history books, and the unbearable deeds of the rebels can be covered up tightly.

Defeat is defeat, defeat is waiting to taste the bitter fruit of defeat, from the past to the posthumous name, what kind of deeds, what kind of image, what kind of end, all up to the winner.

Defeating the king with a minister, turning against the father with a son, any dynasty is a big rebellion, Li Chengqian knew that he lost the bet tonight, and he lost very thoroughly, and he gambled in exchange for this consequence, and he was willing to gamble and lose.

From the moment Cheng bit the Jin soldiers besieged the East Palace, Li Chengqian changed into an official crown court robe, knelt in the main hall, and waited for the victors to attack and receive the fruits of their victory, including him, the crown prince, which was also part of the fruits of victory.

Outside the palace gate, there was a commotion from Cheng Biting Jin's department, Li Chengqian smiled miserably, and sighed in the sky.

Right and wrong, glory and wealth, after tonight, are all passing clouds, and they have nothing to do with it again.

He staggered into the temple, his clothes disheveled, his hair soaked from the rain, his expression bitter and griefful, his feet not even wearing shoes, and his feet were covered with blood from the sharp stones in the road.

Li Chengqian looked at him blankly, looking a little surprised, and then smiled bitterly with relief and gratitude: "It turns out that you didn't leave, I thought you had escaped or surrendered like those eunuchs and palace maids." ”

Satisfied knelt in front of him, his face was full of tears, shook his head and said: "The slave will not leave, and the slave will not abandon His Highness in this life." ”

Li Chengqian laughed desolately: "The only person in the world who lives up to me is actually a good and happy boy, the world is cold, but so, why abandon it!" ”

Kneeling in front of him, he suddenly grabbed his wrist and cried: "Your Highness, the slave has also borne you, maybe I am the one who bears you the deepest in the world, you don't know, it doesn't matter now, Your Highness, if you want to live, you must live!" ”

Li Chengqian smiled dejectedly: "Satisfied...... When I was working for a job, there were palace people who said that you often left the palace for no reason, and then came back late at night, and I didn't know where to go...... Satisfied, it's not important, it's really not important. No matter how deeply you bear me, I have forgiven you for being with me tonight when you are still with me......"

He was stunned, and then fell to the ground and cried: "The slave is sorry for His Highness, the slave will apologize with death, but Your Highness, you can't die!" As early as five days ago, the slave secretly made a small hole under the root of the north wall of the East Palace, His Royal Highness went out from the small hole, but outside the Beida Ming Palace in Chang'an City, out of the north wall, His Royal Highness can live his life, as for the future, he can only rely on His Highness to earn his life, and the slave can only do for His Highness, only these ......"

Li Chengqian sighed: "It turns out that I am planning this matter, and even you are not optimistic, so I left a way for me to retreat in advance, and if God really does not help, the odds of victory are cut off......"

Said anxiously: "Your Highness, the army is about to attack, please let Your Highness quickly change your clothes and escape!" ”

Li Chengqian hung his head, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Satisfied, I ...... Can't go. (To be continued.) )