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Chapter 656: Wan Yulou's troubles

Li Yuan drove all his subordinates out of the imperial study, including Gao Liansheng, the head of the chamberlain. He sat alone in the imperial study all night without going out, not even lighting a candle. In the thick darkness, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty didn't know what he was thinking, and he looked motionless like a lifeless stone statue.

Early the next morning, Nayan Pei Lian, Zhongshu Ling Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu's left servant shot Xiao Yu, the right servant shot Yu Shinan, Tanguo Gong Zhang Gongjin, Kui Guogong Liu Hongji, Shenguo Gong's military department Shangshu Gao Shilian, Criminal Department Shangshu Duguxue and other important ministers of the court stood at the door of the imperial study waiting for His Majesty to meet. Gao Liansheng, the chief waiter, stayed up all night at the door, and he was really not at ease, so he didn't dare to close his eyes for a while, and took the guards to listen to the movement all the time.

After waiting outside for a long time and not seeing the door open, everyone looked at each other and then fixed their eyes on Pei Lian's face. Everyone in the court knew the emperor's trust in Pei Lian, and at this time, they naturally hoped that Pei Lin would come forward. Pei Lin smiled bitterly in his heart, tidied up his crown robe and walked to the door of the imperial study, and said cautiously: "Minister Pei Lin and all the courtiers, please see Your Majesty." ”

After saying that, he took a step back, waiting for the emperor's reply. But after waiting for a while, there was still no sound, and Pei Lian's face couldn't help but change. He jerked up straight, strode over, and pushed the door of the imperial study open. There was a squeak, and the light from outside spilled into the room, and it suddenly became a lot brighter. Pei Lin adjusted to the light in the room, turned around and looked inside, and then his heart tightened.

The emperor leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed and motionless.

"Your Majesty!"

Pei Lin exclaimed and ran over quickly. Hearing his exclamation, all the civil and military officials outside were startled and crowded into the door one after another, and in an instant, everyone's faces turned snow-white. The Emperor sat in his chair like a dead log, and his face was not visible in the light of the room, but there was no doubt that the scene was scary enough. The Tang Dynasty is facing an unprecedented crisis, and if the emperor is exhausted......

"I'm fine!"

Just when everyone was panicking, Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes, laughed at himself, and said, "I actually fell asleep while sitting." ”

The emperor was still asleep, which seemed to indicate that he had figured something out?

Pei Lin looked at the emperor carefully with some disrespect, trying to see something from his expression. But it was a pity that the emperor's face saw nothing but emaciation.

Li Yuan sat up straight, rubbed his eyes, looked at several important ministers in the court, and then nodded and said, "I think it's past the time of the early dynasty, right?" Then I'm too lazy to go back to the court today, and you all find chairs to sit down, I still want to find you all. ”

"Gao Liansheng"

Li Yuan looked at the people standing on the outside, cleared his throat and ordered, "Go and make me a bowl of japonica rice porridge, I feel hungry...... Wait a minute, I think you haven't had breakfast yet, make more, and get some snacks, the plate of lotus heart shortbread last time is a new trick? The taste is good, pick up the light and delicious and send some up. ”

"Your Majesty, thank you."

Pei Lin and the others bowed their heads.

"Before the founding of the country, I had a lot of meals at the same table with you, some of you have followed me since before Huaiyuan Town, and some have followed me since the Taiyuan army, but I still remember the days when I grabbed meat in an iron pot to eat during the march, and I don't know if the meat at that time was better than now, but after entering Chang'an City, I didn't feel the meat fragrant and attractive for a long time. It's been three years since I became emperor, and it's as if the days of eating with you are still in front of me. ”

Li Yuan stood up and stretched, walked to the door and looked out in the sun.

"I remember that I told you when I started the army from Taiyuan, wealth and wealth are not forgotten...... I don't dare to forget the merits of each of you, you are all my ministers of the humerus, and you are the pillars of the Tang Dynasty, I always think that I can give you more things, but I am afraid that you will become arrogant and presumptuous, ruining your hard-won reputation and status...... It's because I'm thinking too much, I can't get on the dragon chair without you, if I don't get close to you...... Who else can I get close to? ”

"Don't mention it beforehand, have a good breakfast."

Li Yuan waved his hand, and then asked Gao Liansheng to fetch water to wash.

Pei Lin and the others stood aside and waited, they were all fine, and naturally knew what the emperor meant by suddenly saying this, now that Yanyun's army is coming to the city, the 160,000 army will attack the city in an instant, when will the emperor wait until he doesn't win over the hearts of the people?

But having said that, Li Yuan did have some affection after he ascended the throne. A series of actions also touched the interests of these courtiers, but because the Tang Dynasty had just established the country, not only the emperor's position was unstable, but also the status of their courtiers was also unstable, so no one was willing to stand up against the emperor.

Breakfast is actually very simple, with very sticky japonica rice porridge and a few large plates of delicate dim sum, all of which taste very good. Sweet but not greasy, with japonica rice porridge makes people eat very comfortable. But in fact, everyone is uncomfortable eating, who has the heart to taste the taste of dim sum at this time?

But Li Yuan's appetite seemed to be excellent, he drank two bowls of japonica rice porridge in one go, ate four or five pieces of dim sum before stopping, wiped and put down the chopsticks, and everyone hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and sat upright.

"Full?"

Li Yuan asked.

"I'm full."

The crowd answered.

"That's good!"

Li Yuan stood up, strode to the map hanging on the wall behind the desk, pointed to the location of Chang'an City, and said loudly: "I am full, and you are all full, then you are ready to fight with me!" ”

He smiled boldly and said: "The country is my country, Chang'an City is my Chang'an City, I am still in the city, so no one will want to come in without my permission!" ”

That night, the emperor figured out something.

The reason why he was depressed in the first half of his life was because he was too indecisive. And many troubles after becoming emperor are also because of his indecision. If this continues, the Tang Dynasty's country will really be in crisis, even if Li Xian is not successful today, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be Wang Xian, Zhang Xian, Zhao Xian and Zhao Xian in the future, since it has reached the inevitable time, why think about what is the best of both worlds?

Just fight it, either the city will be destroyed, or the heads of those anti-thieves will be killed.

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Xie Yingdeng walked into Li Xian's big tent quickly, and saw that Ye Huaisleeve and the others were also nodding and signaling, and then hugged Li Xian and said: "The defenders on the city wall have been mobilized, and a lot of troops have been added, and there are many Tang troops walking back and forth on the city wall from half an hour ago, and the minister is close to take a closer look with clairvoyance, they should be debugging the bed crossbow...... It seems that Li Yuan is planning to defend Chang'an City. ”

Li Xian nodded and said, "If you don't fight to the death, it's not Li Yuan." Besides......"

Thinking of when Pei Lin came yesterday, Li Xian smiled and said: "Pei Lin is a person who is extremely smart, obviously his mind has moved, he knows that he is bound to be alone, and he really has little confidence in Li Yuan." But he is by no means a person who will easily and hastily defect, he needs to wait and see, and he will not make up his mind until the momentum is clear. Ineffable...... It is impossible to say that after he went back, he put forward a lot of harsh conditions for Gu in front of Li Yuan, just to force Li Yuan to make up his mind. Only when the fight starts, Pei Lin and the others can see the situation. ”

"Li Yuan is an indecisive person, if no one forces him, he can't make up his mind to fight to the death, he probably wants to delay it to see if there are any reinforcements that can come in time, or to see what Gu's plans are. After Pei Lin went back, he obviously said something that stimulated Li Yuan, and overnight, Li Yuan made up his mind that no matter what conditions Gu proposed to him, he would not talk about it again. ”

He walked to the edge of the big tent and said with some emotion: "The time has passed." ”

"A quick solution is also beneficial to us."

Xu Shiji stood up and said, "Although the Tang army in Taiyuan is blocked by us, it is impossible to rush to the aid of Chang'an City within two months. Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong also divided some of the elite from Chang'an City, speaking of which, the 80,000 or 90,000 horses mobilized by Li Yuan when he put down Li Shimin's rebellion are now no more than 60,000 people in Chang'an City. ”

"But Chang'an City's city defense is strong, and the bed crossbow is sharp enough. Moreover, those big families in Chang'an City don't know what the attitude of the lord is, but they are afraid that this time they will also stand on Li Yuan's side. ”

"The reason why Lone waited for a few days ......"

Li Xian pointed to Chang'an City on the opposite side and said: "It's because there are too many heavy crossbows on the walls of Chang'an City, almost every twenty steps, it is indeed too troublesome, and there are many arrow towers, plus there is no shortage of food in Chang'an City, relying on the strong city defense, it is not impossible for 50,000 horses to hold on for a year and a half." ”

"The lonely sailor collected and transported the boulders used in the stone throwing truck, and there are more than 1,000 in the past few days. Only stormed the northern city, and within one day, the bed crossbow on the city wall of Chang'an could be smashed to pieces. It would be best if the spies in the city could cooperate with the outside, but Li Yuan must be extremely well guarded, and Lone can't pin all his hopes on the spies, they may not be able to find an opportunity to start. ”

"It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, Li Yuan transferred the person who was buried the deepest out of Taiji Palace, otherwise with his status and status, he would just be acting, although we have a lot of gunpowder, but in terms of power, the effect of deterrence is far greater than the actual effect, when it comes to using gunpowder to break through the city gate, it is still too difficult......"

Xu Shiji said: "The siege tower car brought by the sailor has been assembled, which is higher than the city wall of Chang'an City, as long as the bed crossbow on the city wall is cleaned up, 10,000 archers are drawn from each battalion, and then 10,000 archers are transferred from the sailor, and the arrow array of 20,000 people should be enough to make the defenders on the city wall unable to raise their heads." ”

"What worries now is that Li Yuan ordered the city gates to be blocked. The walls of Chang'an City are too high, and the ladder will tremble as long as people climb up. If you attack hard, the casualties will not be too small. ”

"Wu Yunzhao"

Li Xian turned around and ordered: "Your Ruijin battalion should not be unarmored today for a day and a night, if the spies in the city send a signal, your men and horses will immediately attack the city, if the spies do not send a signal by tomorrow morning, Wu Tianxi will be on duty tomorrow morning, and your Aoki battalion will be on duty tomorrow morning, and the Houhou Battalion will be on duty, if there is still no signal in the city the day after tomorrow, then go all out to attack the city!" ”

Li Xian walked back to the chair and sat down and said, "Mao Gong is the generalissimo of the marching army, and you all listen to Mao Gong's orders for the siege of the city!" ”

"Whoa!"

The generals clenched their fists and their faces were solemn.

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The Taiji Palace Janissary Camp Station

After the assassination of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, Xuanwuwei was revoked and included in the Praetorian Guard Camp. Wan Yulou's status can also be regarded as plummeting, if the prince does not die, speaking of which, when he waits for the prince to ascend the throne, he will be crowned a general from the third grade, and he will not be able to get the errand of guarding the palace city.

Because he had just been assigned to the Praetorian Guard, his team of several hundred people was excluded from the original Praetorian Guard. Even the barracks are in the far corner, and it looks shabby. After Dugu Xue was transferred to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Li Yuan, the general of the prison guard, was given to Gao Liansheng, the head of the inner guard. A eunuch can lead the forbidden army, which is probably much more prominent than Wen Jiao, the commander of the Dragon Court Guard during the Great Sui Dynasty.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan was also helpless, and the military of the DPRK and China transferred all of him to Zhang Gongjin and Liu Hongji, especially Liu Hongji, who was guarding the northern city, and there were very few effective generals under him. He can't trust others as a palace guard, but Li Yuan has always believed in Gao Liansheng's loyalty.

"The Xuanwu Gate will be closed if it doesn't get night, and we can't get out of the palace!"

Wan Yulou said with a little headache: "I can't get close to the gate of Xineiyuan, what should I do if the main bus waits for this errand?" ”

He rubbed the corners of his sour eyebrows and said, "If we attack hard, our hundreds of people will not be enough for the city defense army to shoot at the target." But if you don't attack hard, how can you open the Xuanwu Gate? ”

"Or ...... Arrest Gao Liansheng and force him to order the opening of the Xuanwu Gate? ”

Wan Yulou's cronies said tentatively.

"Liu Hongji is in Beicheng!"

Wan Yulou frowned and said, "As long as something happens to Xuanwu Gate, he can immediately mobilize people to fight back." ”

"It would be nice if the gates were opened by the forbidden army themselves."

Someone sighed.

"That's right!"

Wan Yulou's eyes lit up, and then he slapped his thigh and excited: "If there is chaos everywhere in the city, and the city defense army can't move, it must be the forbidden army going out of the city to quell the chaos!" When the time comes, we will be able to get out of the Taiji Palace, and then go straight to the West Inner Garden, and find a way to blow the city gate open! ”

"White-faced, thin-faced, those two can't be too idle!"