Zhang Huan deployed a total of 300,000 troops in Guanzhong, mainly distributed in Tongguan, Fengxiang and Chang'an, of which 50,000 Yulin Army and 20,000 City Gate Army were deployed in Chang'an City, and there were 100,000 troops stationed in the suburbs of the major military camps and Xianyang camps, the 100,000 troops stationed in the periphery of Chang'an were different from the Yulin Army, and Zhang Huan named the Tiancai Army, led by the Right Qianniuwei General, and the City Gate Army was commanded by the Right Jin Wuwei General, and the right Jin Wuwei General who currently led the City Gate Army was Li Chenglie, He is the former Qiang general Cheng Lie, who was given the name Li Chenglie by Zhang Huan, although he is also Zhang Huan's confidant, but he is easy to act impulsively, and at the same time has fewer troops in his hands, so Pei Ying did not look for him, but found He Lou Wuji, the current general of the right Qianniuwei.

The line of the Tiancai camp is located in Xianyang, where there are 60,000 troops stationed, the night is dark, a bright moon hangs in the dark blue night sky, the gentle night wind blows away the heat of the day, blowing a large forest outside Xianyang City, on a small hill, there is a person standing with his hands in his hands, his waist is straight, and he is holding Pei Ying's blood book in his hands behind him, and he is looking at Chang'an in the distance with complicated eyes, just now, he has ordered the surrounding Tiancai army of Chang'an to gather in the northwest direction before dawn, and join the army of He Lou Wuji, and march towards Chang'an together, At the same time, he also ordered Li Chenglie to tightly control the city gate and prepare to cooperate with He Lou Wuji's army to enter the city.

The order had been issued, there was no room for recovery, he looked at Pei Ying's blood book in his hand again, couldn't help but sigh, and returned to Xianyang City in a gloomy mood. Outside the East Palace, dozens of cavalry sergeants swayed. Surrounded by a young officer, he drove out of the Chongming Gate. In the deep night, only a firm voice was heard, "Please General Yuan tell Your Majesty that the ministers are willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty, and they will not hesitate." ”

The sound of horses' hooves. The crowd quickly disappeared into the deep black mist.

When a glimmer of morning light was slightly exposed to the clouds, a new day came again, and the Yulin Army stationed in the West Inner Garden began to be on duty in shifts, but today it was a little abnormal, the duty of 3,000 people increased to 12,000 people, and the soldiers of the brigade drove out of the barracks, and soon controlled the palace gates and key places of the Daming Palace, the East Palace, the Imperial City, and the Taiji Palace.

The soldiers and officers did not know what was happening, and the order from above was to use the rest of the day to conduct a prevention and control drill.

Morning. Li Su, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, appeared at the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, Li Su is about forty years old this year. Burly, with a big waist and a round waist, he is the second son of Li Qiao, the king of Shunyang, who joined the army in Longyou at the age of eighteen, and has been serving in the Shuofang army under the command of Wei Ge at that time. replaced the Choi family's Kim Wuwei. After Zhang Huan ascended the throne, he became one of the twelve generals. Since the year before last, he has been the general of the Zuo Yulin Army.

Li Su hadn't slept for two days and two nights in a row, and the huge pressure kept him awake all night. In his original intention, he was absolutely unwilling to participate in the plan against the emperor, and the emperor named him the general of the Zuo Yulin Army because he trusted him, but now he is violating this trust, and he can't refuse his father's kneeling plea and supporting the crown prince as the emperor.

Although Li Su has made great efforts, due to the rush of time, he still feels that this plan is full of loopholes, and even wishful thinking, such as Li Chenglie's city gate army is almost the same as him, if the other party fights back, how will he deal with it, and for example, he has no countermeasures for the 100,000 heavenly cavalry deployed around Chang'an, and he has only been the general of Zuo Yulin for a year and a half, and he is far from being able to control the middle and lower level officers under him, he can only use coaxing, once the officer finds out the truth, What the consequences would be, he didn't know anything.

All kinds of unfavorable factors could not be solved and rushed into the horse, and the formulation of the plan was all done by those half-understood civilian officials, who did not know Zhang Huan's prestige in the Xiliang army at all, but the matter had come to this, and he had no choice, Li Su could only make a heart and embarked on this road of no return with his father.

However, Li Su is not alone, his two lieutenants, Zhonglang General Han Zhun and Zhonglang General Fan Bingyan are his right and left hands in this operation, these two have followed him since twenty years ago, it can be said that they are his henchmen, according to the established deployment, Zhonglang will Fan Bingyan is responsible for controlling the imperial city and the East Palace, and Han Brigadier General is responsible for controlling the harem.

"General Han, you control the harem for me, and no one is allowed to leave the palace!" Li Su glared at the bloodshot eyes and ordered, Qin Yu, who was guarding the Zuoyintai Gate yesterday, dared to disobey the order to let the queen out of the palace, and he was heavily punished by him with a hundred military sticks and imprisoned in the barracks, no matter what, there can be no more accidents today, he saw that the deputy general Han Zhun seemed to be a little hesitant, and immediately shouted: "If you dare to disobey the order, you will not be spared!" ”

Han Zhun was awe-struck, hugged his fists and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Li Su arranged the defense of various places one by one, and he himself will personally lead 5,000 Yulin troops to guard Danfeng Square, which will be the highlight of this plan, "Let's go!" With a wave of Li Su's hand, the army marched towards Danfeng Square.

Today is the day of rest, so the sky has been light, the Daming Palace and the imperial city is still deserted, only occasionally a few officials on duty rushed to the office, although the officials are scarce, but the deployment in these two places Yulin army is like a great enemy, fully armed to inspect everywhere, so that the sky above the imperial city and the palace city exudes a solemn atmosphere, three o'clock, Danfeng Gate began to appear one after another some officials' carriages, Chu Xingshui, Fang Zongyan, Li Qiao, Changsun Nanfang and so on forty-two officials arrived at the Daming Palace, all of them are dressed in court clothes, solemn expressions, Today they will witness the beginning of a new dynasty, Pei You and Cui Xian went to the East Palace to meet the crown prince, according to the plan, they will first support Li Qi to ascend the throne, and then notify the civil and military officials to enter the palace to pay homage to the new emperor. Time passed little by little, and the crimson morning glow had spread over the eastern sky. Time has passed. But Cui and Pei, who had been to the East Palace for a long time, did not show up for a long time, and the officials who were standing on Danfeng Square and waiting for the local officials began to feel a little uneasy, and an ominous feeling shrouded in everyone's hearts, at this time. A carriage came galloping from the direction of the East Palace, everyone greeted it together, the door opened, and Cui Xian, who looked frightened, walked out, "Everyone, something is wrong, the prince suddenly disappeared." ”

Airplanes! There was an uproar in the crowd. Everyone turned around and looked at Li Su, and he was in charge of protecting the safety of the prince's land. How could it be gone? At this moment, Li Su was also flustered, sweat flowed down his forehead, he restrained his panic, and asked in a deep voice, "When did the prince disappear?" ”

"We asked a lot of people, and most of them didn't know that Pei Ge Lao was still asking one by one in the East Palace."

Li Su's heart seemed to have fallen into the abyss all of a sudden, the East Palace was closely guarded by Fan Bingyan, and the prince was able to disappear into the air, what does this mean? It shows that Fan Bingyan, who is guarding the East Palace, has betrayed him. He was just about to give the order. At this moment, a war horse galloped from Danfeng. Immediately one of his own soldiers stumbled over, "The general is not good. He Lou Wuji's army has entered the city, and tens of thousands of troops are heading towards Daming Palace. ”

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and everyone was stunned and plopped! With a bang, the eldest grandson Nanfang fainted in fright, Li Su, who was already extremely tired, suddenly became extremely calm, he lowered his head and was thinking about something, all eyes were on him, waiting for his final decision, Li Sudi's eyes gradually became more red, suddenly, he pulled out his long sword and shouted: "Brothers, there are rebels who want to attack Daming Palace, resist me!"

"General Lee, no. / Chu Xingshui suddenly realized that something was wrong, he immediately shouted loudly, but Li Su didn't listen to him anymore, he galloped towards Danfeng Gate, thousands of soldiers followed him, and rushed to Danfeng Gate like a tide, the originally quiet Danfeng Gate suddenly became murderous, and the sword light and sword shadow flashed in the Daming Palace.

Seeing that the situation was not good, dozens of officials fled to the imperial city, from which they returned to their respective mansions.

He Lou Wuji's army quietly entered the city at dawn, and the 100,000 troops did not immediately rush to the Daming Palace, but went to each square to implement emergency martial law, clean up the pedestrians who got up early on the street, and closed the doors of the squares, and then, He Lou Wuji personally led the 50,000 troops to the Daming Palace.

At this moment, the wide street outside the Daming Palace is full of dense soldiers, the black pressure is invisible, the glow from the cracks in the clouds shines on the black armor of the soldiers, flashing with glittering light, at the front of the team are dozens of rows of soldiers holding giant shields, they are about 100 steps away from Danfeng Gate, holding horizontal knives, the crossbowmen behind them have already wound the crossbow, and are staring coldly at the soldiers on the city gate, waiting for the order to attack, He Lou Wuji rode on the war horse, He looked at the closed door of the Daming Palace with an expressionless face, and his mind seemed to echo His Majesty's last order: give them half an hour to choose, if they still haven't changed their performance, they will go directly to the palace, and all those who take it will be beheaded, don't worry about the safety of the harem, everything has been arranged.

The two sergeants rushed forward with huge shields in their hands and shouted loudly under the Danfeng Gate: "Listen to the soldiers upstairs, Li Su has committed rebellion, the emperor has decreed, those who take the initiative to lay down their arms will not be held accountable, and those who resist will be beheaded for the crime of rebellion!" ”

They shouted several times, but there was still silence on the city tower, there were nearly a thousand soldiers lined up on the city tower, they opened their bows and arrows, aimed at the city, in the Danfeng Gate behind them, more than 4,000 Yulin troops rode horses and held halberds, waiting to open the door to meet the rebels, the two armies were stalemate in front of the Danfeng Gate, dull and full of gunpowder smell, the tense atmosphere was like firewood poured with fire oil, and a spark could burst into flames.

Time passed little by little, a civil war was about to break out, He Lou Wuji's forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, he was never willing to kill each other, besides, most of the Yulin Army was the elite of the Xiliang Army and the innocent children of Guanzhong, once a conflict broke out, it would be a heavy blow to the stability of the court or the cohesion of the army's heart, no matter who wanted to see such a result.

At this time, He Lou Wuji urged him to step forward, and he shouted loudly to the city tower: "I am He Lou Wuji, I came to quell the rebellion against Li Su on the order of the governor, you must not participate in the conspiracy, lay down your arms quickly." ”

Hearing the word Du Du, many veterans were shocked. They began to wonder. Looking at each other, the bowstring was slowly loosened, and Li Su, who was standing on the city tower watching the battle, was furious, and he snatched a soldier's bow and arrow. Aimed at He Lou Wuji and shot an arrow, the arrow grazed He Lou Wuji's war horse, Li Su pointed at him and scolded, "Spread rumors and bewitchment, I will definitely take the life of the dog!" ”

He Lou Wuji was not angry, he looked at Li Su with red eyes on the city tower and sighed secretly, he could understand the desperate mood of this former subordinate, a coup d'état that fell into a well-designed trap. The betrayal of the henchmen, the siege of the army. The lie is about to be exposed, Li Su has been forced into a corner, and he is going to perish in madness.

There was not much time left for the final attack, He Lou Wuji retreated, he no longer ordered people to go up to persuade him, but just quietly waited for the last moment to come.

The sky seemed to be overcast at this moment, the glow had disappeared, thick dark clouds pressed above the Daming Palace, and the morning wind rushed wantonly in the air, slapping the flags to crack! Straight sound. Li Su became extremely excited. His red eyes were almost dripping blood, and he could already feel the restlessness of He Lou's army. The murderous spirit is irrepressibly vented, and a big war is coming.

That's when it happened. Suddenly there was a rush of horses' hooves from the Daming Palace, and hundreds of war horses galloped around a gorgeous carriage, it was Feng Jia, Li Su's eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, the queen is actually here, damn Han Zhun! Bastard thing, even he betrayed himself.

Feng Jia stopped next to the cavalry team behind the Danfeng Gate, the car door was pushed open, the resolute and beautiful face of the Tang Queen appeared in front of everyone, and many cavalry close to Feng Jia also involuntarily retreated, and the square was silent, so quiet that even the needles that fell on the ground could be clearly heard.

"I want you to lay down your arms, and cannibalism will never be allowed among the Tang army." The morning breeze blew on her petite body, her dress and hair swayed lightly in the wind, her voice was clear and high, echoing in the ears of every cavalryman, "There are no rebels, General He Lou came to control the situation on the orders of the Tang Emperor, and a group of ministers who tried to betray him appeared in the Daming Palace when the emperor was away, and you are about to become their accomplices, but now you still have a chance, don't you feel it?" General He Lou did not attack, this is His Majesty the Emperor's mercy on you, lay down your arms, I order you as the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, I will save you as the Governor Lady, lay down your arms! I beg His Majesty the Emperor to forgive you for your ignorance, he will not blame you, because you are blinded, and you are fighting for loyalty! ”

The sudden appearance of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty shocked all the people present, she revealed a shocking secret, there was really a coup d'état in the DPRK, and it was not the use of Hugh Chaori to carry out prevention and control drills, Pei Ying's appearance made many middle and low-level officers who were already suspicious suddenly realize that they were actually helping to abuse, although Li Su is the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, but the tradition of the Xiliang Army is loyal to the governor and the Tang Dynasty, and it is the queen of the world who tells them the truth, every soldier, Every officer firmly believes in her, believes in their Governor's wife, this trust comes from the high prestige that Pei Ying has established in the army for more than ten years, from the shoes and socks she sewed for the soldiers with stitches and threads, from her care for the families of ordinary soldiers, and the soldiers' respect for her even exceeds that of His Majesty the Emperor.

When! The first lance was thrown to the ground, and the mid-ranking officers began to order their men to lay down their arms, and more and more weapons were lowered, and the cavalry began to retreat from the towers, and even the soldiers on the towers began to lay down their bows and arrows.

Pei Ying breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally it was over, she felt a kind of tiredness that she had never felt before hit her, and suddenly, Li Su's loud shout came from the city tower, "Queen Mother, the minister is guilty, and the minister is willing to die to apologize to the emperor!" ”

In despair, Li Su killed himself with a horizontal sword, and his body fell from the high city tower, stirring up a bloody light

Pei Ying was stunned, for a long time, she sighed softly, a trace of deep pain flashed in her eyes, and slowly lowered her beautiful head.

At this time, the Danfeng Gate was slowly opened, Pei Ying's Feng drove out of the Danfeng Gate Square, and stopped in front of He Lou Wuji and 50,000 soldiers, Pei Ying walked out of the car, looking at the dense soldiers and the murderous He Lou Wuji, she took a deep breath, and said loudly: "They have laid down their weapons, I order you as the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, not to kill a person." ”

He Lou Wuji turned over and dismounted, bowed down and responded: "The minister respectfully obeys the will of the mother!" ”

He turned suddenly. A loud voice could be heard in the distance. "The queen has a will, the coup has been quelled, and no one is allowed to be killed in vain."

"Long live the Empress of the Tang Dynasty! Banzai! The cheers suddenly rose to the sky above the Daming Palace, echoing between heaven and earth.

June of the eighth year of Dazhi. A hasty coup d'état was aborted in Daming Palace, due to the timely appearance of Empress Pei Yingdi, quelled a cannibalism of the Tang army that was about to break out, the desperate Zuo Yulin army general Li Su committed suicide, although He Lou Wuji's army did not clash with the Yulin army, but they did not let go of the officials involved in the coup, a team of soldiers began to arrest the officials involved in the coup in Chang'an, Zhang Potian committed suicide by poisoning in despair. Pei You, Cui Xian, Chu Xingshui, Fang Zongyan and other former high-ranking officials have all become prisoners, waiting for the emperor's ruling. At this time, everyone knew that with Zhang Huan's ruthlessness, a tragic massacre would be inevitable.

Xianyang, Han and Li Mi were kneeling in front of Zhang Huan, begging him to spare the slaughter that was about to begin.

"Your Majesty wants to think about it for them, why they took risks, even including the three former Xiangguo and a current prime minister, Chu Xiangguo, Pei Xiangguo and Fang Xiangguo, these are all old ministers who have worked hard for His Majesty's new policy. They were also forced by their families to have no way out. The loss of the family's land meant that their family land was falling apart. What a helpless move for them! I beg your Majesty to spare their lives for the sake of their many years of service to Your Majesty! ”

Han Sheng burst into tears. The forehead kowtowed heavily on the ground, and Li Mi next to him also pleaded in a low voice: "Since Your Majesty has promulgated the real-name system of land, the decline of the family is inevitable, and furthermore, giving Pei, Cui, Chu and other families 10,000 hectares of land is also Your Majesty's personal commitment back then, and now depriving them of their land is already a breach of trust, if Your Majesty kills again, it will definitely chill the hearts of most of the courtiers and shake the national capital of the Tang Dynasty!" This matter is very important, and the minister begs His Majesty to think twice, not to bring indelible damage to the future of the Tang Dynasty for a moment of anger, Your Majesty, just leave the last bit of dignity for the family! ”

Zhang Huan looked out the window with his hands behind his back and was silent, how could he not think of the hard persuasion of Han and Li? Everything that happened in Chang'an, he has already received the latest report from He Lou Wuji, he never thought that his wife would come forward and save the Tang army from cannibalism, he is also extremely contradictory at this time, as an emperor, he can not have any mercy in the face of the power struggle, in order to prevent the resurgence of the family, he has been planning for many years of the powerful several major families, and finally waited for today's opportunity to wipe out their family in one fell swoop with the crime of rebellion, he can definitely get this hand.

But he also understands that if he really kills the Pei family and the Cui family, then Pei Ying and Cui Ning will not be able to gain a foothold in the palace, and his sons will have irreparable rifts with him, not only that, but he also knows that most of the courtiers in the court are sympathetic to these great families, after all, they are inextricably linked, after the bloody massacre, the rest of the ministers will be inseparable from him from now on, and the prosperity and rejuvenation of the Tang Dynasty will be impossible to talk about. He had been thinking about it for a whole month, and it had been difficult to make up his mind, but Pei Ying's emergence was like adding the last weight of the delicate balance, so that Zhang Huan finally made the final decision.

He turned back to Han and Li Mi and said: "For the stability of my Tang Dynasty, I promised your pleas and spared their lives, but they attempted a coup d'état and committed a mortal crime, the crime is unforgivable, I decided to remove Pei You, Cui Xian, Fang Zongyan, Li Qiao and other all those involved in the planning of all official positions, deprived Chu Xingshui, Zhang Potian, Changsun Nanfang and other retired titles, in addition, Cui, Pei, Fang, Wei, Chu, Zhang, Wang and other children of the seven great families, all those who have no fame and rely on the shadow of the door to obtain official positions will be dismissed and reduced to the people, The official gap was selected from the previous Jinshi, two, you may accept this decision of mine? ”

Han and Li Mi glanced at each other, although the emperor's decision was still a little ruthless, but after all, he spared the lives of Cui, Pei and others, which was already extremely generous to the coup attempts, both of them agreed, and Han asked again: "Your Majesty, since Fang Xiangguo has been deposed, is there a candidate to replace him?" ”

Zhang Huan didn't think about it, so he said without hesitation: "I decided to appoint Pei Mingyuan, the assassin of Yizhou, as the secretary of the household department, and the same Zhongshu sect as the secretary of the Pingzhang, to replace Fang Zongyan's phase, in addition, during my absence in Chang'an, the crown prince will continue to supervise the country, I hope that the ministers will assist him well, and don't do anything that disappoints me." ”

The next day, Zhang Huan left Xianyang and rushed to Beiting to join the 20,000 Yulin army waiting there to continue his trip to Broken Leaves. The more painful it is, the end of the famous door is coming soon, this Sunday, in addition, there are two groups of Lao Gao, one is 6-6-2-6-9-4-3-9; the other is 6-6-2-7-0-0-9-6; If you are interested, you can add, Lao Gao will often go up to report the new book to everyone, ashamed, I rarely went on it before. ）