Chapter 1246: Another Coup (Part II)
[This book is coming to an end soon, Lao Gao is preparing for a new book and is at the most nervous moment, all the energy after the year is put into the new book, the last few chapters of this book have been used up because Lao Gao's manuscript has been used up, and he can only write one chapter a day, and the chapter in the afternoon is temporarily gone, I'm really sorry! The new book will be released next Thursday, March 2, imploring book lovers to support Lao Gao]
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In times of crisis, either the same enemy, or kill each other, this sentence is not bad, Li Shenfu and Li Yuanji were originally an extremely loose alliance of interests, when they benefited, the two sides shared their interests and shared the results, but when the catastrophe came, it was inevitable for Lao Yan to fly separately. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Cui Wenxiang's news was not wrong, Li Shenfu originally wanted to lead the army to defect to his brother, but many of his subordinates were from Chang'an and were unwilling to leave Chang'an, when he finally decided to give up the army and go out of the city alone, it was too late, and the 200,000 Zhou army surrounded Chang'an, which made Li Shenfu panicked, but he was at a loss.
However, Li Shenfu also found a turning point, and the turning point was in the 'Letter to the Military and Civilians of Chang'an' written by Zhang Xuan himself, and there was a sentence at the end, 'No matter how high or low, the redeemer can avoid death.' ’。
Li Shenfu felt that this sentence was said to himself, he only needed to atone for his sins and he could avoid death, of course, Li Shenfu could also directly lead the army to open the city and surrender, but Li Shenfu thought of another way, that is, to capture Li Yuanji and surrender.
There are three city gates in the south of the palace city, namely Chengtian Gate, Yong'an Gate and Changle Gate, these three city gates are guarded by Hou Mo Chen Qing with 6,000 people, at this time the outside of the palace city is illuminated by torches like day, and more than 10,000 soldiers are lined up like ant colonies.
Li Shenfu put on his armor, rode on his war horse and shouted: "Let the traitor Li Yuanji come to see me!" ”
During the day, the emperor he called himself in his mouth has now become a traitor, Hou Mo Chen Qing was furious in his heart, and was about to order the soldiers to release arrows, when at this time, a guard behind shouted: "The saint has arrived!" ”
The soldiers dodged away one after another, and Li Yuanji's pale face appeared at the head of Miyagi, he looked at Li Shenfu coldly and said, "I treat you well, why do you want to rebel?" ”
'Phew!' Li Shenfu spat fiercely, pointed at Li Yuanji and scolded: "You poisoned your father, slaughtered your own brother, ** mother, you wolf-hearted beast, what qualifications do you have to be the emperor?" Why should I serve you? ”
The surrounding soldiers were in an uproar, and at this time, in a hidden place in the city tower, Cui Wenxiang whispered to Ma Yaozong: "Do it!" ”
Ma Yaozong narrowed his eyes, the bowstring was loosened, and the arrow came out of the string, and the speed of this arrow was fast, 'Click! With a bang, an arrow shot away Li Shenrune's helmet, and Li Shenfu was suddenly frightened, bowing his head and shouting: "Siege!" ”
The two sides suddenly fired arrows in unison, a miserable scream sounded above and below the city, the soldiers at the head of the city were in chaos, Cui Wenxiang was furious, and slapped Ma Yaozong, "You eat inside and out-"
Before he could draw Ma Yaozong, his wrist was pinched, Ma Yaozong dragged him forward, pressed him against the city wall, and said in a low voice: "You're right, I'm a scout of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, go die!" ”
He lifted Cui Wenxiang, Cui Wenxiang lost his balance, fell off the palace wall, and before he could react, dozens of cold and shining war knives slashed in, splitting Cui Wenxiang's body on the spot.
Ma Yaozong dodged and hid in the dark, he pulled out a poisoned arrow, opened his bow and arrows, and aimed at Li Yuanji, who was in a hurry, his task was to kill Li Yuanji when necessary, causing Li Yuanji to die in the palace chaos, this is the task given to him by the Son of Heaven himself, as for Cui Wenxiang, he is just a martyr.
As soon as Ma Yaozong loosened his bowstring, the wolf's tooth arrow coated with poison shot at Li Yuanji like lightning, and Li Yuanji had just escaped from the palace wall with the support of two guards, and ran in the direction of Jiademen, when the arrow flashed to him, 'Poof! An arrow pierced the back of Li Yuanji's neck, Li Yuanji opened his mouth, threw himself to the ground, convulsed all over, and died instantly.
But in the dark, almost everyone did not find that Li Yuanji was dead, and the two sides were still firing bows and crossbows at each other.
'Boom! Chengtianmen was finally knocked open by the Shence army, and tens of thousands of Shence troops swarmed in, and Li Shenfu also rode in, waving his sword and shouting: "Catch Li Yuanji and reward three thousand taels, and the official will be promoted to three levels!" ”
The two sides fought fiercely in the vast palace city, but no one found that the five city gates leading to the inner palace, such as Zhu Ming Gate, Suzhang Gate, and Wude Gate, have been quietly closed, and tens of thousands of Zhou troops have entered the palace city, controlling the East Palace, Yeting Palace, and the harem and the middle palace, and now only the two armies in the front palace are still fighting fiercely with each other.
At the same time, 100,000 Zhou troops have fully entered the city, quickly controlled Chang'an City, Wei Chi Gong led 30,000 troops to kill the palace city, a messenger found Wei Chi Gong Yu reported: "General Qiyu, the harem has been controlled by General Xu, General Wei Chi only needs to control Chengtianmen, Yonganmen and Changle Gate The overall situation has been decided." ”
Wei Chi Gong nodded, and immediately divided his troops into three ways to seize the three city gates, he led 10,000 troops to attack Chengtian Gate, only to see a torch in front of him, illuminating the front of Chengtian Gate as day, there were about thousands of soldiers, Yu Chi Gong shouted, "Kill!" ”
"Kill!"
10,000 Zhou troops slaughtered thousands of Shence troops like fierce tigers, and the Shence army was attacked behind and was caught off guard, and the soldiers retreated to Chengtianmen.......
Ma Yaozong hid under the eaves on the third floor of Chengtianmen, he carried a pot of poisoned arrows on his back, looking for a target in the chaotic crowd below, and did not shoot Li Shenfu for the first time, because he was worried that after Li Shenfu's death, the Shence army would lose control and rush to Chang'an, and now that the main force of the Zhou army had entered the city, he had no scruples.
Ma Yaozong suddenly saw Hou Mo Chen Qing who was fighting, about fifty steps away from him, he immediately pulled out two poisoned arrows, one was bitten in the mouth, the other was wound with the bow, the bow was like a full moon, and an arrow was shot, and this arrow hit Hou Mo Chen Qing's throat.
Hou Mo Chen Qing turned over and fell off his horse, and was beheaded by several Shence Army soldiers.
Ma Yaozong wound the poisoned arrow again, and looked around for Li Shenfu, but he never found it.
At this moment, a bell-like voice came from the top of the city, "Everyone, stop!" ”
The fierce battle slowly stopped, and it was only then that the soldiers on both sides hastily discovered that they had been surrounded by the Zhou army, and Wei Chi Gong shouted again: "I am the great general Wei Chi Gong, you have been surrounded, those who surrender can avoid death, put down their weapons, take off their armor, and raise their hands to walk out of Chengtianmen!" ”
Wei Chigong's voice was very loud, echoing in the sky above the square, and the soldiers knew that the general trend was gone, so they took off their armor, put down their weapons, and raised their hands to walk outside the Chengtian Gate.
Ma Yaozong finally discovered Li Shenrune, he was disguised as a small soldier, had taken off his armor, and was walking towards the gate with his hand raised.
Ma Yaozong did not hesitate to draw his bow and aimed at Li Shenrune, and just as he was about to shoot Li Shenrune, a hand pressed on his shoulder, and a voice behind him smiled and said, "Your task has been completed!" ”
As soon as Ma Yaozong turned around, he saw seven or eight people standing behind him, and the person holding him down on the shoulder was Zhang Xuan, the Son of Heaven, who was so frightened that he hurriedly abandoned his bow and knelt down, "Humble to meet His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
Ma Yaozong was originally Zhang Xuan's personal guard, and was seconded to the Chang'an Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said approvingly: "Good job!" ”
"The lowly has discovered the Li Shenrune, who is disguised as a small soldier and is now crossing the city gate."
Zhang Xuan smiled and said to him, "Then please ask General Ma to bring him for me." ”
Ma Yaozong was excited, and rushed away with a few guards, and in a moment, they grabbed Li Shenfu to the Chengtian Gate.
Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Does the Rune General know me?" ”
Li Shenfu recognized Zhang Xuan, and he was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, 'Plop! 'Kneel down and kowtow desperately and beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, spare the life of the guilty minister!"
Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "I spared you twice, didn't I?" In Jiangxia, I let you live, and at the Bashu Sword Gate, how did you escape from the encirclement, remember? ”
Li Shenfu kowtowed like pounding garlic, "Your Majesty, although the criminal minister did something ridiculous, he did not set up the army and harm the people, he just wanted to leave a way back for himself, and I implore Your Majesty to see that the criminal minister wanted to make meritorious service to atone for his sins, and spare the life of the criminal minister." ”
Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Although I don't plan to kill the Li royal family, but it also varies from person to person, it stands to reason, you are shameless, greedy, and have occupied the imperial concubine, the crime is unforgivable, and Ling Chi should be executed, but if you want to live, it is not without a chance, Li Shenfu, you are a smart person, you should know what I am talking about?" ”
Li Shenfu immediately understood, kowtowed, and said, "The guilty minister will go and persuade his brother to surrender." ”
Zhang Xuan nodded, "Go ahead!" If you do a good job, I will give you two brothers the title of county duke, and you can ensure the wealth of the rest of your life. ”
Li Shenfu secretly gritted his teeth, if his brother refused to surrender, he simply killed him, he kowtowed three times, turned around and went down, Zhang Xuan gave Ma Yaozong a look, Ma Yaozong understood, and also followed Li Shenfu.
Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Close the palace city, General Wei Chi will sit in Chang'an, and the rest of the armies will immediately go out of the southern city to assemble!" ”
Zhang Xuan ordered Wei Chigong to lead 30,000 troops and Fang Xuanling to deal with the aftermath of Chang'an, and he led the army to continue to pursue westward.