Chapter XXIV
In the Jiuyang Temple, after the Taoist priest saw Yang Wengan leaving, he turned his head and said to the little Taoist boy behind him: "Apprentice, in a few days, there may be a disaster of swords and soldiers in this place in Qingzhou, and this place can't stay." In two days, we will go back to Chang'an to find your Uncle Yuanzhi, and you will go and pack your things first."
The day after the return of the inner servants, when the court was still arguing about what to do with Li Jiancheng, Gyeongju urgently reported that Yang Wengan had erected a flag to rebel! Hearing the news, the ministers who built a party were all stupid, why didn't they expect Yang Wengan to really turn the other way! At this time, Li Jiancheng was really yellow mud, and he couldn't wash his crotch when he jumped into the Wei River.
Li Yuan trembled, pointed to Pei Lin and other courtiers who defended Li Jiancheng, and the roar could be heard outside the main hall: "See, didn't you say that this rebel is wronged, and now Yang Wengan has rebelled, how do you explain?!" ”
Looking at the speechless Pei Lin and the others, Jingzhao Yin Wang Zhining suddenly stood up and said: "Sage, the minister thinks that it is imperative to hold the city defense fortress first, and General Qin Qiong is in charge of the Qianniu Guard. Another minister also asked the sage to send troops from the king of Qin to quell the rebellion."
Li Yuan, who was furious, said without thinking about it: "Accurate! Immediately ordered the King of Qin to lead his troops to set off quickly ......".
Li Shimin was sitting in the mansion chatting with a group of henchmen, but he couldn't hide his excitement between his words.
Cheng Yanjin said happily: "Damn, after waiting for so long, I finally got out of a bad breath, and this time it finally made Li Jiancheng uncomfortable."
Fang Xuanling arched his hand to Li Shimin and said, "Your Highness, don't think that you can knock him down with one blow after this incident, we still have to be careful."
Xiao Zheng said to Fang Xuanling: "Mr. Fang's words are reasonable, we don't need to be too many people to send troops to the saints this time, Yang Wen's scabies is not to worry, it's just that it is important to send troops quickly, don't let them react." General Qin took over the defense of Chang'an City, and everyone knew that the person who benefited the most this time would definitely be His Highness, and it was inevitable that everyone would be suspicious. However, I also suggest that His Highness also learn from Li Jiancheng, we don't want to rebel, but we must also have enough troops to protect ourselves."
The eldest grandson Wuji also nodded and said: "What Mr. Xiao said should indeed make me and others vigilant, we can't beat all the princes to the ground this time, even if we can hit him hard, it depends on the face of the saint today, even for self-protection, His Royal Highness must also take precautions to prepare his own military horses in case of accidents."
Li Shimin pondered for a while and said: "According to the opinions of the public, how many people are appropriate?" ”
Qin Qiong said on the side: "In my opinion, eight hundred is more appropriate, but this place for storing troops and training places still needs to be carefully considered."
Remembering that Li Shimin went to pull people from the prison when the incident occurred, Xiao Zheng smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, if there is anything extraordinary, I suggest that you increase your troops by 2,000 and select 600 elite soldiers from the 2,000. If the two thousand soldiers are trained together, it is inevitable that we will become the second Yang Wengan, and if the selected six hundred elite soldiers are divided into three groups, and each two hundred people are trained in a group in rotation, then the danger will be much smaller, and even if it is discovered, it is not an exaggeration for the prince to raise two guards according to the law. As for this location, I think it can be in a hidden place first, it is best to be inaccessible and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and secondly, the person must be someone we can rely on, but how to train if you can listen to the next word, and there is that when Your Highness selects people, you must be a loyal and brave person to Your Highness.......".
"Okay, the remaining more than 1,000 people will make arrangements with me, Duan Zhixuan, Qiao Xuan, and others," said the eldest grandson Wuji.
The next day, Li Shimin arrived at the school after receiving the talisman at the military headquarters, and ordered 3,000 cavalry to gallop quickly to Gyeongju against the cold wind.
After the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Xiao Zheng and other ministers bid farewell to Li Shimin, they turned back to the city and walked towards the city, and on the way, the eldest grandson Wuji and Xiao Zheng galloped side by side.
The eldest grandson Wuji said to Xiao Zheng: "What does Mr. Xiao think of the follow-up dispute between His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the crown prince? ”
This old fox, Xiao Zheng glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked, "Then what do you think of Mr. eldest grandson, can you tell the younger generation first?"
The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his beard and said: "Today's sage will not treat the prince like this, and the king of Qin is just empty and happy."
Xiao Zheng arched his hand at the eldest grandson and said, "Mr. eldest grandson is really honest, your views coincide with those of Zaixia. All we have to do is to make King Qin make up his mind to kill the prince's party as soon as possible, otherwise the longer it drags on, the more detrimental it will be to us."
The eldest grandson Wuji raised his head and said to Xiao Zheng: "You Mr. Xiao think the same way?" ”。
"That's natural, otherwise what am I doing in the Qin Palace? Is it bad to be my husband in Shenhe Bay? ”。
The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly became a little excited, and arched his hand and said to Xiao Zheng: "Mr. Xiao said so frankly, then I will not hide it in the future, I and Mr. Fang have also privately persuaded King Qin several times to make up his mind to kill the prince and Yuanji, but he has never made up his mind, since Mr. Xiao also thinks like this, it will be easy to do, I will have another strength to let King Qin decide as soon as possible."
"It depends on how ruthlessly the other party and the sage force His Royal Highness the King of Qin. Don't worry, when the opportunity is ripe, Your Highness just can't do it if you don't want to, Mr. Changsun thinks I'm coming to the Qin Palace's Mansion to earn medical fees? ”。
"Mr. Xiao conspires with us, and this matter can be accomplished!" The eldest grandson Wuji laughed out loud immediately after hearing Xiao Zheng's words, .........
As soon as he left the border of Chang'an, Li Shimin called the herald and said: "Tell the former lieutenant General Chi to speed up the march and strive to destroy it in a battle."
Before leaving, when Li Shimin went to see his saint father, Li Yuan patted him on the shoulder in the palace and said to him: "If it is confirmed that Yang Wengan and the prince have indeed acted disobediently, then you should be the crown prince and built as the king of Shu, and there is no danger to defend in Shu, and you can take it in the future." This is the closest he Li Shimin has come to the position of prince, and he will inevitably be a little excited in his heart.
Three days later, the army arrived outside the city of Gyeongju.
Gyeongju Fortress was not a fortress that was a battleground for soldiers, the city walls were very shabby, and the highest place was more than two zhang high.
Wei Chigong glanced at the city wall of Gyeongju City, and said to the general behind him: "This Yang Wengan's brain is in the water, and he chose such a dangerous place to rebel?" ”
What made Wei Chigong even more puzzled was that the city gate was still wide open, and he couldn't see anyone at the door, what was this for? Is it a plan to empty the city?
Just about to order a small team of men and horses to be sent into the city, he found that more than a dozen officials came out of the city gate and shouted at Wei Chigong, "General, don't release arrows, are we anti-thieves, we are people who guard the mansion!" ”
When I called someone to ask, I found out that Yang Wengan heard that Li Shimin was coming with troops, and half of the 2,000 people who were guarding the city fled that day.
Now no one knows where to go, only the army of Gyeongju Taishou is waiting for the crusade here, and when he saw Wei Chigong and his men and horses coming, this group of people greeted them in fear.
Wei Chigong was not careless, and sent people into the city to investigate, but these people really didn't tell a lie. What kind of rebellion is this? Children don't play like this, who can do this?
Wei Chigong had no choice but to send someone to report back to Li Shimin, who was pressing the rear, more than 3,000 people came quickly and went back faster.
Chang'an City is already up at the time of the watch, except for the leaves blown by the wind on the street, there is no human figure, the Wuhou who patrols the city is too cold to go out, only the sound of the husband knocking on the bang in the distance.
A black shadow suddenly flashed in front of the door of Wei Zheng's mansion, and the black shadow slapped the knocker in front of the mansion in a hurry, and the family members in the mansion asked impatiently, "Who?" On such a cold day, knocking on the door in the middle of the night still prevents people from sleeping."
I saw the person who knocked on the door whispered: "Here are people from the East Palace, and I have something important to look for Mr. Wei."
After waiting for a while, Wei Zheng brought two family members to this person, and by the light of the lantern, after Wei Zheng saw this appearance clearly, he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "Why are you?" ”。