Jia Tan patrolled the camp around, and no one dared to question the authenticity of the edict, Jia Tan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after Li Mao knew, he returned the Sword of the Son of Heaven. Li Mao said: "Since the army is already under control, please ask the military envoy to give an order to go out from all directions in the capital and immediately take over the defense of the various gates and offices of the capital and the imperial city." ”

Jia Tan was puzzled: "There is no holy decree in the palace, how dare the old minister make a mistake, this is to kill the head." ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "Everything is up to the military envoy and me, and Hongluqing just has to let it go." ”

Jia Tan also knew that he had no way out, and at this moment, he was afraid that he would not be a human being inside and outside, and he would die in the future without a place to be buried. He gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and conveyed Li Mao's order as it was.

The Weiyuan Army has jurisdiction over the left and right compartments, each compartment has jurisdiction over five battalions, each battalion has jurisdiction over five capitals, and each has 100 people, and the battalions are divided into five strategic points in Chang'an City.

Li Mao asked Qingmo to assist Tu Tu Chengxuan to sit in Anshanfang, and he took Jia Tan out to supervise the battle. By the end of the third watch, except for a few city gates, the entire Chang'an City was under the control of the Weiyuan Army.

Jia Tan has been a military envoy for nearly a year, and it is the first time to command such a large-scale military operation, and the excitement is overflowing when he thinks that the huge imperial capital is in his hands at this moment.

Li Mao's heart is still heavy, there are still twelve gates in Chang'an City that are not under control, and fifteen miles outside the Kaiyuan Gate in the northwest are stationed three thousand military horses of Li Xianyi, the deputy envoy of Linyou Town, Li Xianyi and the fifth Shouliang's relationship is extraordinary, and his heart is unpredictable, and he cannot be taken lightly.

The city gate of Chang'an is jointly controlled by the prison guards, Jin Wuwei and Jingzhao Mansion, with the prison guards as the mainstays, and the three have different divisions of labor, each with its own focus, which not only cooperates with each other, but also supervises each other.

The prison guards are now in the hands of Su Cheng, the son of Ju Wenzhen, and on the 22nd, Su Cheng received a warrant from Ju Wenzhen and seized control of Zhumen first.

The stakes were so high that Li Mao had to personally supervise the formation.

The first stop is Kaiyuanmen.

The guards stationed at the gate of Kaiyuan received an order from the top to let anyone approach the city gate, and the warning was fruitless, and the guards of the prison gate attacked first, and the two families shot at each other in the dark night.

The guard has been peaceful for a long time, looking at the city gate, searching the people is okay, but fighting is a layman, but the Weiyuan army is also a tofu army made of rice and noodles, and its combat effectiveness is even inferior to the prison guard.

The two armies shot at each other in the air, consuming countless arrows, but there were no casualties, and no one could overwhelm anyone.

Li Mao stepped forward with his shield and shouted in the air: "We are ordered to take over the city gates, if you are not called, it will be a rebellion, and it is a great crime to punish the nine clans." ”

A cold arrow came from the head of the city, hitting the shield in Li Mao's hand.

Qingmo hated: "Wang Ba eats the scales, and he is iron-hearted." Kill it. ”

Then he took a shield in his hand, ordered thirty sergeants in one breath, and led the charge with his team.

Qingmo shouted in front, everyone followed, rushed out more than a dozen steps away, and suddenly heard the defenders of the city laughing, Qingmo looked back, and was shocked into a cold sweat: there was no one behind him.

Qingmo retreated to his own camp in embarrassment and persuaded Li Mao: "What can this group of bullshit soldiers do? I think I have to call Qiu Kangzong's gang back. Li Mao smiled: "Anyone can win by drawing a good hand, and only by winning can you win by drawing a bad hand." "Drink the order of the thirty people who will be dispersed to correct the Dharma on the spot.

Yu Hou stood still in the army, Li Mao raised the knife in his hand, beheaded Yu Hou, called the army to make his own soldiers take people, everyone looked at Jia Tan, Jia Tan closed his eyes helplessly, although he didn't know about the army, but he also knew that it was a serious crime to retreat from the battle, if he didn't behead the public, once the army's heart collapsed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The soldiers tied up 30 deserters and pressed them to the ground and knelt down, most of them were originally children of the market, and the military registration was just a mixed background, seeking rations, who had ever thought of going to the battlefield to serve and die.

Some wept and cried, some peed their pants on the spot, some collapsed, and some struggled desperately trying to escape.

Li Mao lifted his knife and killed them one by one, and thirty heads rolled to the ground.

Li Mao carried a bloody iron chopping knife and shouted fiercely: "The court raises you with the people's fat and people's ointment, not to invite you to eat and mess around, raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, those who bravely kill the enemy will be rewarded, and those who escape from the battle will be the end." ”

Qingmo said: "The reward for beheading the first level is 300 guan, and the reward for capturing the enemy general is 500 guan." ”

The armies responded with a bang.

Li Mao recruited 100 people as a death squad, divided into two teams, and Qingmo led a team each, everyone took off their armor, held a knife in one hand, held a shield in the other, drank Zhuangxing wine, and marched forward with a loud noise.

The Weiyuan army charged fiercely this time, and the guards at the prison gate saw that they couldn't hold it, so they hurriedly tied up the prison guard Qiu Shiliang and surrendered.

Qiu Shiliang seemed to have heard the name Li Mao somewhere, and he couldn't remember it for a while, so he asked: "As an internal official, why are you at the head of Kaiyuan Gate, and what is your intention to come here?" ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "Someone conspired to rebel, and the minister was ordered to rebel. ”

Li Mao smiled: "Who is the rebel and who is the loyal?" ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "Whoever has the holy decree in his hand is a loyal minister." ”

Qingmo put the war knife on Qiu Shiliang's neck and shouted: "We will be edicted to beg the thief, those who obey me will prosper, and those who oppose me will die." Do you say we are loyal or traitors? ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "If there is no holy decree, you are a traitor." ”

Qingmo felt that this eunuch was very interesting, the knife was on his neck, and he was still so tough, so he said: "You can't see the holy decree, I said that those who disobey me will die, you close your eyes." ”

Qiu Shiliang really closed his eyes.

Li Mao stopped Qingmo and said to Qiu Shiliang with a smile: "Those who know the times are Junjie, I will give you a chance." ”

Qiu Shiliang bowed his head and said nothing, Qingmo kicked him in the ass and shouted, "Speak, don't pretend to be dumb." ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "I was ordered to supervise the army, if there is no token, it will be difficult to obey the order." ”

Qingmo was so annoyed by his stubbornness that he couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to show his sword and said, "Look at it, can this be used as a token?" ”

Qiu Shiliang recognized that the thing in front of him was Li Chun's Sword of the Son of Heaven, and thought to himself: In this way, the privy envoy has been defeated, alas, how can this good hand be defeated.

When he was thinking wildly, he was kicked by Qingmo on the ass again: "Speak, are you really dumb?" ”

Qiu Shiliang pleaded guilty and said: "I am willing to wear the guilt and make meritorious service." ”

Li Maoling took this person with him.

Qingmo asked secretly: "You know this eunuch, why don't you kill it?" ”

Li Mao said: "Didn't you hear him say that he wanted to wear a crime and make meritorious service, the one who beheaded Su Cheng must be this person." ”

Li Mao took Qiu Shiliang to the outside of the Imperial City Prison Gate Guard, and asked him to coax Su Cheng out, Qiu Shiliang entered the door for only a quarter of an hour, walked out calmly with a human head in his hand, and knelt down and said: "The rebel Su Cheng has been corrected by the minister." ”

Li Mao was overjoyed, he had just remembered that Qiu Shiliang was a famous person in history, he killed two kings, one concubine, and four prime ministers in his life, and was a famous eunuch in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Qingmo pursed his lips and didn't speak, Qiu Shiliang killed the general of the prison guard army alone, but he admired and was shocked.

Hearing that Li Mao personally beheaded thirty defeated soldiers, the Weiyuan army was horrified, how could he dare to be perfunctory? As soon as Su Cheng died, the prison guards were leaderless, and the door was lost, and the rest of the doors were no longer discussed.

By dawn on the 23rd, all the gates of Chang'an, all the key points in the city, all the government offices and the imperial city were under the actual control of the Weiyuan army.

After a night of dredging, Jin Wuwei also swore loyalty to the crown prince at dawn, and the entire Chang'an City was under Li Chun's control.

When the sun rose in the east, Li Mao knocked on the west door of Xinghuafang and called the official to open the door.

The undercurrent of Chang'an City was surging overnight, and the officials did not dare to sleep all night, seeing Li Mao's eyes red, carrying a war knife on his waist, and his boots were stained with blood, his soul was scattered, and he opened the door tremblingly, accompanied by a smiling face, hunched his waist, and wanted to ask what was going on, but his throat and eyes seemed to be stuffed with a ball of donkey hair, and he couldn't make a sound.

Li Mao smiled and said: "The world is peaceful, I'll wait for the pass to come over and ask for a bowl of porridge to drink." ”

"Taiping, Taiping." The official poured a bowl of warm water for Li Mao with trembling hands, and Li Mao drank it, wiped his mouth, and thanked him and said goodbye.

The official held the bowl and looked at Li Mao and his entourage as they walked out of the distance, and said with a happy face: "It's okay, our Datang has survived another catastrophe, and it's too peaceful." ”

Li Mao came to Taiji Palace after breakfast, and Li Chun asked, "How is the situation outside?" Li Mao said: "The army and the people are stable, and the official heart is available, please ask the king to urge the crown prince to ascend to the throne as soon as possible." ”

Li Chun frowned and said, "There is still something unsettled at the moment. I heard that you have a good relationship with Li Xianyi, and the prince wants to use you as a placating envoy to go to his camp to appease, so naturally it is best to ask him to come to the palace, what do you think? ”

Li Xianyi is now the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses of Linyou Town, because the post of soldier and horse envoy is concurrently held by the general in the army, so he actually holds the power of the army, and the 3,000 elite cavalry under his command is an important barrier to guard the north gate of Chang'an.

Li Xianyi is obsessed with military affairs and does not care much about government affairs.

The fifth Shouliang wanted to accept him as his righteous son, but he politely refused, and the fifth Shouliang was not only annoyed, but valued him even more, and directly promoted him from a deputy general to a town of soldiers and horses.

Li Xianyi is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and he is grateful for the kindness of the fifth Shouliang.

The situation is chaotic, people's hearts are changing, and there are not many people who can believe it, and the loyal and pure Li Xianyi has become the first choice for the fifth Shouliang.

Li Mao said: "I am only a one-sided friend with him, and I don't have a deep friendship, but I'm afraid I may not be able to convince him." Suggested: "Why don't you invite King Yun'an to come forward, he has been friends with Li Xianyi for many years, so he should be more sure." ”

Li Chun obviously hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you sure about this?" ”

Li Mao said: "At least I'm more sure than me." ”

Li Chun said: "I'll persuade my brother, you will accompany him, as long as you persuade Li Xianyi to stay still, it will be a big deal." ”

Li Jie didn't know anything about the chaos in the Daming Palace, he was confined in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion like other princes and grandsons, and he received an edict that he was not allowed to leave the mansion without permission.

On the evening of the 22nd, he heard that the guards in the palace said that someone had cut the gate and left the workshop, Li Jie was taken aback, and sent someone to inquire, but the person sent did not come back for a long time, presumably because he was detained.

Li Chun summoned Li Jie into the Taiji Palace in the name of the crown prince, and said to his face: "Ju Wenzhen intends to tamper with the edict and support King Shu, but the defeat has been ambushed, and his fellow party Fifth Shouliang is now eyeing him, but with the monitoring of the left army, he does not dare to act rashly." Now the six armies of Jinwu, Weiyuan and Beiya are under our control, only Li Xianyi, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses of Linyou Town, can't control the troops outside the city, Li Maohua recommended you as a pacification envoy, you can be sure to persuade Li Xianyi to stay still. ”

Li Jie's head was buzzing: How many things should have happened in Chang'an City this night, it's ridiculous that he doesn't know anything.

Just when he was sighing and complaining, his eldest brother Li Chun had already disposed of Ju Wenzhen and decided the overall situation.

The elder brother is the queen's concubine, and his mother is only from Zhaoyi, and her name has been decided, so what's the benefit?

Li Jie suddenly felt a little disheartened, and he bowed down and replied:

"The younger brother obeys the orders of the elder brother."

Seeing Li Mao, Li Jie nodded in courtesy and did not say a word.

Li Mao also felt embarrassed, Li Jie had great ambitions, although he didn't say it, but he was holding back his strength to fight for the position of the prince, although Li Mao did not approve of this, he still respected his choice, and he had promised to help Li Jie at the beginning. But now, he didn't help anything, or he didn't have the heart to help. (Dissertation College)