Chapter 49: A Different Xuanwumen Coup (2)
Next, Dugu Kaiyuan confessed honestly, because it was useless to hide it. As a result, as Shi Bufan speculated, Li Yuan probably hoped that through this time, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qin, Li Shimin, would fight each other, and then fight here, and then Li Yuan finally came over to clean up the mess. And Li Yuan has also controlled this Zhang Jieyu, and through the people around Zhang Jieyu, he went to inform Li Jiancheng that there was an ambush in Xuanwumen, so that Li Jiancheng would most likely bring troops over to fight back with Li Shimin. In this way, the combined strength of the two sides is less than 3,000 people, and I am afraid that they are evenly matched, so it is completely comparable to each other, so that Li Yuan will come forward as the last person to clean up the mess, so that the power of these two sons can be abolished at one time.
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Everyone present gasped, because this plan is really possible! If this situation is really followed, then I am afraid that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will also be cut off by Li Yuan at one time, so that Li Yuan will become the emperor of absolute power, and it is not like he is now constrained by his two sons. And Li Shimin's face was also blue, obviously for this news came too suddenly, he didn't expect this situation at all. Originally, they thought that they were calculating others, but now that the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, Li Yuan, the emperor, is the one who really calculates them all.
"Jiang is still old and spicy, after all, my father is my father, and he actually counted us all into it!" Li Shimin said.
"King Qin, what should we do now? Why don't we retreat as soon as possible? If we retreat, then we still have a chance not to be cut off by the emperor. Fang Xuanling said.
"No way!" Shi Bufan and Du Ruhui said together.
Shi Bufan and Du Ruhui glanced at each other, and then they didn't expect that the other party would say no at the same time.
"Shi Xiao Shulang, let's talk about it!" Du Ruyan didn't take the credit, but gave this opportunity to Shi Bufan.
Shi Bufan hurriedly explained: "King Qin, since we have come to this point, there is no way back. Now that we know that the Emperor is watching us from behind, we really don't have any choice. Today, now that we are ready to launch a mutiny, we can only go one way. Otherwise, if we retreat, it will be doomed. After all, the emperor has mastered the righteousness of the throne, as long as he is the rightful emperor and your father, so if he continues to sit on the throne in the future, we will not be at peace! β
"Since ancient times, only those who were thieves the day before yesterday have been thieves, where is the reason for a thousand days to prevent thieves? As long as the emperor is still sitting on that throne, then we will all be controlled by him. In this way, we are always on guard against being calculated by the emperor, so can we guard against it? He has mastered the identity of the emperor, and he is still the father of the king of Qin, if so, then I am afraid that this conflict will be protracted. I'm afraid that when the time comes, the battle between you and the crown prince will go on endlessly, and the emperor will always find an opportunity to continue to cut you off, so how can we be safe? β
"Also, now that the emperor is still in good health, he is not sick or sick. If he continues, King Qin, and your younger brothers grow up, what will happen to the emperor? Now that the King of Qin and the crown prince have identified the heir of the Tang Dynasty on you, this is already interference with the prince. Since ancient times, how many people have interfered with Lichu and have a good end? So, we can only fight! β
"The emperor still doesn't know that we have seen through his plan, and he has ordered that no matter what happens, the Beimen Tun army must not move casually. And the guards in the palace are mostly indifferent to your affairs and will not do much. So in fact, now the emperor himself is cocooned and self-bound, and he ordered that the armed forces in the major palaces cannot move, which means that the emperor is abandoning his martial arts. There are only dozens of soldiers and horses around him now, and the soldiers next to him are in the inertia of orders, and they will not easily interfere in the affairs of King Qin. It also gives us a chance to rush into the harem at this time, then ......"
When Shi Bufan said this, he didn't say anything, his meaning was very obvious, and when Li Yuan didn't know that his plan was exposed, he immediately rushed into the harem and held Li Yuan hostage. Li Yuan's current plan was based on the conflict between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, so he ordered that the various Beimen Tun Army, the left and right Qianniu guards, and the left and right prison guards could not interfere with Li Shimin's actions. But Li Yuan would never tell them that there would be a coup d'Γ©tat here.
This kind of performance gives them a time difference, if they can take advantage of this time to enter the harem and hold this Li Yuan hostage, then Li Yuan is really cocooned and self-bound. When the time comes, the Son of Heaven will order the princes, and then let Li Yuan make an order, and it will be easy to clean up this Li Jiancheng.
"This, go directly to the harem and give your father ......" Li Shimin also gasped.
Killing a brother is not the same thing as killing a father! Killing your brother is just scolding you, but killing your father is a big rebellion! If it was a battle for the throne that killed a brother, then perhaps some people could understand it. But killing my father is unforgivable.
"King Qin, I don't want to kill the king, I just want him to abdicate!" Du Ruhui hurriedly said.
"This ...... In the future, how will the Danshu Qingshi record the lonely king! Li Shimin was still a little worried.
Shi Bufan hurriedly said: "King Qin, it's just a matter of becoming a king and defeating a king, history is written by the victor!" β
When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately drew his sword, and then said, "Everyone, kill it with the Lone King!" β
Li Shimin took eight hundred soldiers to change direction, and did not continue to ambush inside the Xuanwu Gate, but quickly rushed towards the harem. And those Beimen troops and various guards had actually found this Li Shimin's 800 soldiers in ambush, but they received orders not to interfere with their actions. And at this time, Li Shimin rushed to the harem with people, so that they were all in the "inertia" of Li Yuan's order, and they did not come out to stop it immediately. So they still have to send someone to report, but Li Shimin hit this time difference.
"Rush!" Li Shimin shouted.
Li Shimin personally led people and rushed into the Tang Dynasty harem. Li Yuan was still here to calculate his two sons, but he didn't expect that the plan had been discovered.
"Your Majesty, King Qin is already in ambush. And the person sent to inform the prince has gone, I'm afraid it won't be long before the prince can bring troops over, and then the two of them fight each other, and then the emperor can go and clean up the mess! A man dressed in black said.
But Li Yuan said lightly: "Completed, Shimin, you have disappointed me too much." After all, I am your father, after all, I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Do you really think that I, an old father, can let you mess around? Do you really think that you are absolutely qualified to be your heir? After all, I am the emperor, and what I give you is yours, and I can take it back at any time. If I don't give it to you, if you dare to rob it, then don't blame me for being rude. β
Li Yuan is very dissatisfied with the fact that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have regarded themselves as the heirs of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan is not dead yet, and his princes have begun to fight for the right to inherit? This kind of behavior of fighting for property before the father dies is very angry for anyone. So Li Yuan was angry about this, and this time he hoped to use this opportunity to cut off the power of these two sons at once. When the time comes, you can consider other ways to dispose of it. Of course, Li Yuan didn't necessarily want to kill these two sons, he just wanted to take back the initiative as an emperor.
There is no emperor who wants to be constrained by his own people, even his own son. Therefore, it is normal to cut off the power of his own son, it is simply a very normal thing.
"Your Majesty, it's not good, King Qin is rushing towards the Ganlu Hall with all the soldiers and horses!" A Qianniuwei hurriedly came over and shouted.
Li Yuan's face changed drastically, and he asked, "What's the matter?" How did he come here? Didn't he go to the ambush and build it? β
"Your Majesty, I don't know! The King of Qin has already come, the emperor hurried away, and then transferred troops to come over to King Qin! Qianniuwei said.
Li Yuan immediately scolded: "This rebel, dare to do this!" β
The so-called only allowing state officials to set fires and not allowing the people to light lamps shows Li Yuan's current mentality. He was now the emperor and a father, so he took it for granted that he counted his sons and courtiers. But the courtiers and their sons calculated against him, and that was a great rebellion. But now that Li Shimin is like this, it's really fatal. So Li Yuan was also angry immediately.
"Your Majesty, let's go! Then go from the White Tiger Gate, and then transfer troops as soon as possible to round up King Qin! β
Li Yuan was also decisive, and immediately prepared to run away. But by this time, it was too late. Because Li Shimin has a lot of cavalry around him, the cavalry is very fast in the court. And Li Yuan was surrounded by infantry, and the emperor couldn't travel fast, so Li Shimin quickly chased after him with cavalry. Originally, horses were not allowed to gallop in the palace, so there were almost no cavalry in the palace. As a result, now Li Shimin came over with cavalry, which was obviously much faster than Li Yuan's retreat, and it was not even a grade.
"Rush!" Li Shimin said.
More than 100 cavalrymen immediately surrounded Li Yuan, who was about to retreat, and then Li Shimin rode on horseback and looked at Li Yuan, who was about to retreat, and his heart was also mixed. And Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin on horseback, and his heart was also extremely complicated, his plan would actually be exposed this time. And this time it really surprised him, especially when Li Shimin actually saw through his plan, which made him all surprised.
Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Shi Bufan came with the infantry behind, and then saw the situation at the scene.
"Who saw through my plan?" Li Yuan asked directly.
And Li Shimin also replied: "Father, you really almost made me unlucky this time." If it weren't for Shi Xiaoshulang, then I wouldn't have been able to think of this. β
"Time is not extraordinary?" Li Yuan was quite surprised.
Li Yuan thought about it a lot, thought about Fang Xuanling, thought about Du Ruhui, but didn't think about Shi Bufan at all. How did Shi Bufan know that he was operating behind his back, which made Li Yuan very shocked. Shi Bufan is only less than twenty years old, and he actually has such a sophisticated idea? actually saw through his final plan, but Li Yuan didn't know that his plan was actually broken by Li Jiancheng. Originally, Li Jiancheng was not obedient in history, but was too superstitious about the guarding power of the palace, not only killed himself, but also forced Li Yuan to abdicate.
"King Qin, what else are you doing? Hurry up and bring the talisman of the Beimen Tun Army, so that we can control the Beimen Tun Army in our hands, so that we can be foolproof! Shi Bufan said.
Only then did Li Shimin remember that the talisman of the Beimen Tun Army was still in the hands of his father, Emperor Li Yuan. If you don't control the most important Beimen Tun army in the palace, it will definitely be very dangerous.
"Father, offended!" Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin personally went to search Li Yuan's body, but Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin angrily, but Li Shimin is currently a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, since he has launched a coup d'Γ©tat, there is nothing to regret. Anyway, he has already offended his father to death, so there is no need to care about this.
Li Shimin searched for something that looked like a half-tiger from Li Yuan, and then said, "Okay, this is also a tiger talisman!" Auxiliary, you take this tiger talisman and go to take over the Beimen Tun Army! β
The eldest grandson Wuji immediately replied: "Yes!" β
"What's next?" Li Shimin asked.
Fang Xuanling didn't have any good way for a while, because today's plan had been completely disrupted, originally they planned to ambush Li Jiancheng, but now they actually changed the target to target Li Yuan, and then how to go about the plan in the future, that is also a problem.
"How can we lure that prince out without him being able to notice and run away first?" Li Shimin said.
Shi Bufan hurriedly said: "King Qin, it's very simple, we can tell the crown prince in the name of the emperor, just say that King Qin's ambush has been crushed by him, so let him come over and participate in the disposal of King Qin, so that he may not bring too many people." β
"Wonderful, we rushed into the palace just now, and with such a violent conflict, it is impossible for the prince not to be able to receive the news. If the emperor has crushed the mutiny of King Qin, then the prince should not be suspicious, but will be very happy. And when we wait for the prince to come, we can arrest him, and everything will be settled. Du Ruhui said.
Li Shimin also nodded, this method is really good. They had just gone through the battle in the palace, and it was impossible for Li Jiancheng to be without eyeliner in the palace, and if Li Jiancheng knew about it, he might run away. However, if it is in the name of Li Yuan that Li Shimin's mutiny was crushed, it will be more credible, and at that time, Li Jiancheng may come over without the slightest preparation, and at that time, Li Shimin, who has all the military power in the palace, can not be slaughtered by Li Jiancheng at will?