Chapter 44: The Second Force
Although he knew that Zhao Guangyi in history was a villain who did everything he could, but when Jiang Yin really saw the plan he implemented, he really understood the true meaning of the word traitor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Behind the imperial power, there is distorted human nature, a bloody struggle without any morality, and a war where you die or I die.
Jiang Yin thought that the prince's plan was already very clever, if they could really hold out until the evening, Wang Xianqi's 20,000 elite soldiers would really have the possibility of directly breaking through the palace forbidden army, and then put Zhao Guangyi under house arrest, and finally directly forced him to give the throne to the prince.
But Zhao Guangyi was not as stupid as the villain in the story, on the contrary, his approach was resolute, and he killed the prince and the central figure of the princeling party as soon as possible, and even in Xuanwumen, when the prince had become his bag, he still didn't want to talk too much nonsense, just a face, and ruthlessly ended all the hopes of the princeling...
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The moon has quietly climbed into the western sky, and the moon is rising little by little like a hook, the moonlight is cool, and the starry sky is sparse.
Bianjing City under the moonlight is still so magnificent and magnificent, full of lights, brilliant lights, since the abolition of the Tang Dynasty curfew, the city that never sleeps in the Great Song Dynasty Bianjing has been sleepless all night.
But no one knew that after this prosperity, there was another beginning of a bloody storm.
Wang Xianqi didn't know that the crown prince and several elders had been killed, and he was still actively organizing the elite soldiers of Gyeonggi who were guarding inside and outside the imperial city, preparing for tonight's big event.
More than a dozen veterans have gathered in the camp gate of the east gate of the imperial city, here are all the veterans who fought the world together with Zhao Kuangyin, among the ten brothers of the Yishe, in addition to the Zhangde Army Festival envoy Han Chongyun and Liu Tingrang, the general of the right Xiaowei who guarded the two roads in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, HB Road, did not come, like Yang Guangyi, the envoy of the Baojing Army, the Shi Shouxin of Tongping Zhangshi and the servant, Li Jixun of the Zhaoyi Army and the servant of the Zhongzhong, Wang Xianqi of the imperial camp on all sides, the Zhongyuan Army Festival envoy, Liu Qingyi, the observation of Liu Qingyi, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and others have all arrived.
After Taizong ascended the throne, he released the military power to these veterans, except for the elite soldiers of the imperial camp on all sides of the imperial camp who Wang Xianqi was still in charge of, the other six people no longer touched the military power, but there was no military power, which did not mean that they would not fight.
After Taizu founded the country, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms were still in turmoil, and it was these veterans who led the troops and sent generals to attack from all directions, and successively destroyed many small countries such as the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wuyue, and Houshu, and finally ended the situation of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms in the Central Plains.
So when these veterans gather, they are likely to become the most powerful force against Zhao Guangyi's rule.
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"Brother Wang, the most important thing to confirm now is the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince did not bring a single soldier, so they went to the palace alone, in case that Zhao Guangyi jumped over the wall in a hurry and directly murdered His Royal Highness the Prince, it will be too late for us to regret it!"
In the camp gate of the east gate of the imperial city, an elegant middle-aged man said worriedly, he was Li Jixun, the fourth of the ten brothers of the Righteous Society, and the object of his inquiry was the third brother Wang Xianqi.
Wang Xianqi was also full of worry, and he didn't dare to answer Li Jixun's question, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now the hope of all the princelings, and if something happens to him, everyone will lose the motivation to continue.
"Fourth brother, don't guess at will, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is accompanied by the Second Prince, Lu Shangshu, Sima Tongjian, and Cai Supervisor, presumably Zhao Guangyi has the courage to do so, and he doesn't dare to blatantly murder His Royal Highness the Prince." At this time, a calm and experienced male voice came, and when he followed the sound, he saw a veteran sitting in the middle of the camp gate, wearing black armor and a gray beard, which was their second brother, Yang Guangyi, the second brother of the Baojing Army, whose status was second only to that of his eldest brother Zhao Kuangyin.
Yang Guangyi has a white beard, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are faintly visible, he is the eldest of the ten brothers, so his words can generally be convincing to the public, since he said that the prince is fine, then it must be fine.
Just when everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, another voice faintly came from the screen at the back of the hallβ
"You don't have to wait, the prince has been killed, and Zhao Guangyi has ordered the prince, the second prince, Lu Shangshu, Sima Tongjian and others to be shot in Xuanwumen, and all six of them were killed by arrows."
This sound was like thunder, everyone stood on the spot, and Yang Guangyi, who was the eldest, was the first to react and yelled: "Who are you waiting for?!" How dare you spread rumors in front of this general! β
A person slowly paced out from behind the screen, and when he completely appeared in front of everyone, it was Wang Xianqi who was the first to exclaim: "It's you!" β
Jiang Yin turned his head at this time, smiled faintly at Wang Xianqi, and said, "General Wang, long time no see." β
The expression on Wang Xianqi's face was colorful, surprised, confused, excited, and finally he still said in disbelief: "I really didn't expect to meet you here." β
Everyone was puzzled, because they were mostly rich in his land, and they didn't know much about many things in the court, so they couldn't recognize this Jiang Yin, who had won Zhao Kuangyin's trust with his strange and skillful skills, and now seeing that the third brother and this stranger still seem to have some origins, it is not easy to come forward to catch him.
"Brother Wang, who is this person?" Li Jixun does not hide his curiosity, he has been in office in Cheongju, so he doesn't know much about some things in Bianjing.
"Ah, second brother, this is Jiang Yinian, Emperor Taizu appointed the imperial doctor, it is this brother who cured the general of the stubborn disease of the head wind for many years, he is the great benefactor of the general, not long ago he was sent by His Majesty to Cangzhou to garrison to prevent the Tartars from coming to grass." Speaking of this, Wang Xianqi's eyes suddenly widened, and he turned to Jiang Yin and asked, "Isn't Brother Jiang in Cangzhou?" By the way, some time ago, why did there suddenly be news in the court that you were sentenced to the court, and Zhao Guangyi also sent Yang Jiushu to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to crusade against you! β
Jiang Yin shook his head and said: "I have already calculated the ambition of King Jin, so I have not left the city, I have been staying in Bianjing City, I want to see the movement of King Jin again, but I never thought that he really murdered His Majesty Taizu, the photo you saw of Zhao Guangyi poisoning was taken by me." β
As soon as Jiang Yin said this, everyone was puzzled, and the direct evidence that they had been thinking about Zhao Guangyi's killing of Zhao Kuangyin was the real photo that could no longer be real, and as long as the people who had seen that photo were in the camp of the princelings, they all vowed to crusade against Zhao Guangyi and give an explanation to His Majesty who was killed, and now it seems that the photo in the hands of everyone was actually made by the young man in front of him.
"This little brother, just now you came in and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been killed, is this true?!" It was only at this time that the eldest Yang Guangyi suddenly spoke, although he had tried his best to cover it up, but a slight tremor and panic could still be heard in his tone.
Jiang Yin sighed, took out a few pieces of paper from behind and handed them to Wang Xianqi, and said at the same time: "Zhao Guangyi has lost his heart, the prince's carriage did not enter the palace, but went straight to the Xuanwu Gate, Zhao Guangyi set up a heavy ambush there, the prince and the others were all shot as soon as they arrived, this is a photo of them being killed." β
Wang Xianqi took the photos with a trembling hand, but as soon as he glanced at them, the whole person seemed to have his backbone removed, and he was paralyzed and sat weakly on the chair next to him.
At this time, everyone panicked and came up to look at those photos, but everyone looked like a dead corpse after reading it, with blank eyes and dull eyes, as if they had lost all the motivation to live.
When the oldest, gray-bearded Yang Guangyi took the photos tremblingly, the old man couldn't help crying, and he cried out sadly: "It's the day that will kill my Great Song!" It's the day I'm going to die!! β
Seeing the appearance of these people one by one, Jiang Yin shook his head, a cloud of scattered sand was not the army he needed now.
In desperation, he had no choice but to start another plan of his own, only to see him walk to a high platform next to him, take a gong, and knock it vigorously, this knock attracted everyone's attention.
I saw Jiang Yin take out a golden holy decree from his sleeve robe, and read it aloud: "If I was in a yellow robe, I was the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and today I will give this yellow robe to Jiang Yinian. After that, Jiang Yin took out a delicate jade unicorn from behind him, and then said loudly: "The jade seal of the country is here, are you willing to listen to my orders?!" β
At this time, everyone's eyes began to gradually return to clarity, and Yang Guangyi, who was still crying, carefully looked at the jade in Jiang Yin's hand, and then got up and bowed: "It is indeed the important weapon of the country, and the jade seal of the country!" β
This worship is very leading, and everyone is no longer silent, they all bow their heads and worship, even if they are not convinced by the young man in front of them, but after all, they have a jade seal in their hands, and they can be regarded as having a backbone. As for Jiang Yin's holy decree, how could they, the old men who followed Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion, not know this writing method, they all acquiesced.
Jiang Yin felt that he didn't have that domineering aura, but in the form in front of him, this was already the best result, this was the second force he was about to annex, this force was far better than the first force he recruited from the bandits, but if it was used well, it would be the strongest foundation he needed to build the country.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhao Guangyi has actually made some preparations for the Jinggi elite soldiers to force the palace, and now the 10,000 forbidden troops in the palace have been prepared, and the 40,000 forbidden troops stationed outside Bianjing City have also been surrounded from the four directions of southeast, south, northwest, so now you have been surrounded by regiments, including your family and relatives, all of them are in danger." Jiang Yin finally threw this bombshell.
"Ahh The eyes of Yang Guangyi and the dozen or so veterans were full of shock, they didn't know that they had fallen into an encirclement! It's a terrible thing!
"This time, Zhao Guangyi is determined to wipe out all the unstable factors, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to slaughter 20,000 people overnight! He wants to use blood to wash away Bianjing tonight! Jiang Yin stared at everyone and said in a solemn tone.
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