Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Afterhand

What's more, according to the news from Wang Tingchu, Li Shimin's health is becoming more and more unfavorable now, and he has not been to the court for several days, and the imperial doctor can't leave his side at all.

Chang'an City is now stormy, snakes, insects and rats emerge in an endless stream, demons and monsters are rampant, this is Li Shimin's coercion and Li Zhen's power is suppressing everything, so that some people have scruples in their hearts, and they dare not move completely, otherwise they will change to a cowardly monarch, and at this time, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos long ago.

It's just that although they are still hesitating in their hearts, there is no doubt that the excitement in their hearts has gradually become uncontrollable as Li Shimin's body is getting worse and worse, and the day of Li Zhen's return to the dynasty is getting closer and closer, even Li Zhen and Li Shimin are gradually difficult to determine.

At this time, everyone's eyes in the world are looking at two places, one is the palace, the other is Lingnan, needless to say, the palace is not to mention, when Li Zhen left Lingnan is also one of the main topics that some people talk about in recent times.

It can be said that now is the most critical moment for Li Zhenlin to ascend the throne, if it is rumored that his army has rebelled at this time, he himself has been beaten by the rebels and thrown away his armor, and people are turned on their backs, Li Zhen's prestige will inevitably be reduced, I am afraid that those people will really can't help it, and make a move at this critical moment - although Li Zhen is ready, even if those people do it, there is only one way to fail, but it will eventually have an unpredictable impact on Li Zhen's succession, which is not what he wants to see.

Fortunately, Li Zhen has long been prepared for this, not only is it enough to eliminate this rebellion, but there may even be other gains......

Fang Yiai also suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I heard Lin Fa say that he mentioned this matter to His Highness, and His Highness said that you have been prepared for this?" If you have prepared in advance, please take it out as soon as possible, Your Highness, because I am afraid that it will take more than an hour for the reinforcements of your subordinates to arrive, and we don't know how many brothers will die in this hour. ”

"Don't worry, this palace didn't lie to you." Li Zhen nodded slightly, reached out and took out a signal flare from her arms, and handed it to Fang Yiai: "Just go outside and send out the signal flare, and the reinforcements prepared by the palace will naturally come." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will prepare." Fang Yu was overjoyed and flashed out of the room. He was full of confidence in Li Zhen, although he didn't know what the signal flare represented, let alone how large the reinforcements were in Li Zhen's mouth, but he knew very well that with Li Zhen's character of not fighting unprepared battles, since he himself said that he had been prepared, it proved that the scale of this reinforcement was definitely not small, at least to quell this war and eliminate all rebellions It must be no problem.

"How? Has His Highness woken up? Lin Fa was directing the battle outside, and when he saw Fang Yiai coming out, he hurriedly asked.

"This is the back hand prepared by His Highness." Fang Yiai raised the signal flare in his hand, this signal flare does not need to be fired by a flare gun, it is loaded with propellant inside, only need to ignite the fuse, and the flare will fly into the sky and explode. The structure is somewhat similar to the flower (a kind of firecracker, shaped like a small paper cannon, decorated with a reed rod about two or three feet long, and the core of it is burned to explode), the difference is that the volume is much larger, and the warhead is not only filled with explosives, but incendiary agents and iron powder, and there is a small parachute on the head, which is enough to burn and float in the sky for three or five minutes before landing, which is enough for everyone who hears the explosion to see clearly.

"Great, then you can light it quickly, the brothers can't hold it anymore, Cheng Chuliang just came over and said that we don't have many bullets." Lin Fa urged excitedly, the combat effectiveness of the young army is naturally undoubted, and it is worthy of being the elite who have been fighting on the battlefield for several years, and the ability to save their lives is indeed first-class, although they are at a disadvantage, their own losses are not large, the only problem is that the bullets are not enough.

"Chirp~boom!"

The sharp chirp and explosion of the signal flare sounded, driven by the strong propellant, flew up nearly twenty feet high, and then exploded, the green light almost reflected half of the sky, even in broad daylight, it was enough to dazzle people's eyes, and the explosion was even more deafening, not only heard in Area 5, but also in the nearby Area 4 and Area 6.

It's just that not many people pay attention, after all, there is a war going on in this area, and there is a lot of artillery fire, how can a slightly different explosion sound make others notice?

Fortunately, this explosion finally fell in the eyes of some well-intentioned people......

After hearing the explosion, Area 6 is the residential area and headquarters of the underworld, there are a large number of mercenary camps and gang lairs, etc., and the level of chaos is no worse than that of Area 5. In a house near Area 5, after hearing the explosion, several people rushed out quickly, and immediately saw the signal flare in the sky that was slowly falling with green light.

"Your Excellency, you see, it's His Highness's signal flare." A young man who was about the same age as Li Zhen, but whose face was much more vicissitudes, saw the signal, and suddenly shouted excitedly, and suddenly burst into tears: "Great, after six years, I can finally wash away the humiliation on my body, and I can meet His Highness as a meritorious man." ”

"Yes, we can finally meet His Highness." The answer to him is a dark-skinned strong man, which is also the biggest characteristic of this person, it is not like a Tang Dynasty person, in fact, he is indeed not a normal Tang Dynasty, although he does have the origin of the Tang Dynasty, theoretically speaking, he also belongs to the Tang Dynasty, but his race is black, and he is a pure black man, but his Chinese is very standard, if you just listen to the accent and do not look at his appearance, I am afraid that others will regard him as an authentic Chang'an person.

It's just that this black man is already very old, his hair is gray, his body is thin, and he can faintly see wrinkles on his face, if it weren't for the fact that his eyes are still bright, I'm afraid that others will think that he is just an ordinary black old man, and they will not associate him with the king of mercenaries who crisscross the desert and kill people.

"Hehe, I haven't seen His Highness for more than ten years, I won't leave this time, I will stay by His Highness's side, and I will go wherever His Highness goes in the future." The third person who spoke was a white man, about the same age as the black man, but his skin was extremely rough, and he looked like a weather-beaten man, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot.

"Of course, His Highness has promised us that this time we can stay with him." The black man grinned, revealing a mouthful of extremely white white teeth.

(End of chapter)