readx; With the evacuation of Princess Zhao's mother and son and more than 300 ministers and their families, the situation in Chang'an City began to suddenly become tense, Chang'an County and Wannian County have successively implemented curfews, as soon as the sky is dark, the rumbling drums of Chang'an City began to beat, this is the drum of closing the door, after 300 drums, all the doors of Chang'an will be closed, and the army will begin to clean up the streets, and the people are not allowed to go out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The tense atmosphere in Chang'an has also affected every family, almost all Chang'an people have realized that Li Qing'an's return will make the Tang Dynasty change, they all feel the tension of the situation, the sky is just dark, every household is closed, the merchants in the east and west markets have also closed their shops, restaurants and inns, as well as Qinglou, Lefang and other entertainment venues have also stopped picking up customers.

The streets and alleys were deserted, except for wild dogs creeping out in the dark, and from time to time you could hear the sound of horse's hooves running by cavalry and the sound of soldiers' walking boots.

Just after the hour, there was a change in Chang'an County, a large number of troops gathered in Chang'an County Taipingfang, at this time the Taipingfang has been crowded with black pressure army, cavalry, infantry, archers, all fully armed, murderous, all the news exits in Taipingfang have been blocked, the people are not allowed to go out of the house one step, even the pigeon is not allowed to fly, not only there are special people to hunt, and who dares to release the pigeon, immediately there will be an army to smash the door and rush in to arrest people.

This is no longer a simple curfew, this tense atmosphere is a precursor to war, and a war is indeed about to break out here.

Fifteen thousand troops have been deployed in Taipingfang, 10,000 Niu Wei and 5,000 Yulin troops, led by the generals Nan Jiyun and Changsun Quanxu, who will capture the imperial city tonight.

The imperial city is the concentration of government institutions of the Tang Dynasty, the six departments of Shangshu, the major warehouses that store all kinds of materials are in the imperial city, the storage of raw materials will be used as a supervisor, the weapons and armor of the weapons supervisor, the storage of property and money of the left storage warehouse, the hoarding of grain and grass Taicang and Sinong Temple warehouse, etc., etc., it can be said that the imperial city concentrates nearly half of the national treasury in the world, especially the grain in the Taicang and Sinong Temple warehouses is as much as 3 million stones, which has extremely important strategic value.

At present, the imperial city is controlled by the Yulin Army, which is loyal to Li Heng, and the number of troops is not large, only 3,000 people, but according to the agreement reached between Li Qing'an and Li Heng, the state treasury and the armies of both sides are not allowed to be used, otherwise the Suzaku Street Partition Treaty will be immediately nullified.

It is precisely because of this treaty that since Li Heng ascended the throne, he did not dare to act rashly, and privately gave the treasury materials to the Guanzhong army.

Although Li Heng was quite annoyed by Qianniuwei's audit, he was helpless, in order to win Li Qingan's support, Qianniuwei's strict supervision, he also tried to tolerate it.

But with the sudden tension of the situation, Li Qingan and Li Heng will turn their faces at any time, and the partition treaty signed by the two will also be invalid at any time, in order to prevent Li Heng from moving the materials in the imperial city, Li Qingan issued an order two days ago to start in advance and seize the imperial city, which is also his third important action after evacuating his family members and occupying Tongguan.

The operation was under the full command of Nan Jiyun, and the reason why the attack point was placed in Taipingfang was because the northeast corner of Taipingfang was facing the Hanguang Gate of the Imperial City.

The army has gradually been assembled, at this moment Nan Jiyun is riding on a horse, holding a bow with one hand, waiting for the news of the spies, he led the soldiers to inspect the major warehouses in the imperial city again this afternoon, and has not found any signs of Li Heng moving away the materials for the time being, but this afternoon, there are signs of large-scale mobilization of the Guanzhong army, Li Heng should take action, if it is not this evening, it is tomorrow during the day, the Guanzhong army will definitely move all kinds of materials in the imperial city.

Time passed little by little, Nan Jiyun's lips gradually clenched, and the horizontal knife in his waist was also pinched by him to sweat, and at this moment, a bright spot appeared in the sky above the imperial city, 'Bang! The ground exploded, a signal from the scouts who had infiltrated the Imperial City.

Nan Jiyun immediately ordered: "Destroy the wall!"

In the northeast corner of Taipingfang, thousands of Niu Wei soldiers were ready, and when Nan Jiyun's order came, thousands of Niu Wei soldiers rushed to the bottom of the fang wall and began to push the wall together.

The square wall is about three zhang high, basically made of mud and masonry, the square wall has a history of more than 100 years, it is very dilapidated and old, under the hard work of the soldiers of Qianniuwei, the square wall began to crumble.

"One, two, three!"

With the last shout of the soldiers, a section of more than 100 zhang of the fang wall finally collapsed, the dust flew, and the 15,000-strong army rushed towards the imperial city like a flood that burst the embankment.

The dull sound of collapse and the slight tremor of the ground woke up the people of the entire Taipingfang, and also alarmed the Hanguang Gate defenders more than 20 zhang away, Hanguang Gate has more than 200 defenders, most of them live on the high gatehouse, at this time, many defenders have slept, but the sound of the collapse of the fang wall alarmed them, the soldiers have run to the side of the city tower to look down, the situation in front of them stunned them, only to see that the overwhelming army has rushed to the city tower, black pressure crowded the entire street, Hundreds of soldiers were storming the gates with thick gavels.

"Boom!" There was a muffled sound, like a muffled thunder on the ground, and the silent night was shattered by the sound of the door slamming, and the soldiers in the entire imperial city woke up from their dreams, and they looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

The vermilion Hanguang gate is about three zhang high, all wrapped with iron sheets, the gate is very heavy, but the gate is not particularly protected, only with an eight-foot long, two-inch thick wooden bar latch, this wooden bar can not withstand a thousand blows, it broke all at once, the gate suddenly opened, and the fifteen-thousand-strong army poured into the imperial city like a tide.

．．．．．．． The sound of the impact of the Hanguang Gate did not reach the Daming Palace, Li Heng was awakened by a rapid knock on the door, and a eunuch reported in panic: "Your Majesty, something is wrong!" ”

At this time, Li Heng was already a little bit of a soldier, he was so frightened that he turned over from the bed and sat up, and asked in a trembling voice, "What's wrong.... What's wrong? ”

"Nan Jiyun and Changsun Quanxu led an army of 15,000 to occupy the imperial city."

Li Heng was frightened, his first reaction was a palace coup, he jumped up, spun around on the ground, panicked like an ant on a hot pot, and said in a panic: "Where are my clothes?" What about my boots? Put it on for me! ”

Empress Zhang, who slept with him, was still calm, and she hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's not Daming Palace, it's the Imperial City!" ”

"Imperial City?"

Li Heng calmed down suddenly, and he asked anxiously, "Didn't Qianniuwei attack Taiji Palace or Daming Palace?" ”

"No, they only occupied the imperial city, not the palace city."

Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the bed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Empress Zhang: "I'm scared to death, thanks to the queen's calmness." ”

Empress Zhang also put on her clothes and got up, she ordered the palace maid to light the lamp, and said to Li Heng: "Your Majesty, the concubines guessed that Li Qing'an wanted to seize the treasury, so they occupied the imperial city." ”

Li Heng gasped, and he reacted at this time, yes! It must be so, in fact, Li Qing'an also overestimated him, he just ordered Li to lead 60,000 troops into Hanzhong this afternoon, and he only had 20,000 Jin Wuwei left by his side, and he had no ability to move the treasury at all.

"Hurry up and summon Wang Heng to meet you!"

Li Heng thought that the treasury was seized by Li Qing'an, and he couldn't help but panic, at this time, Li Fuguo also received the news and hurriedly ran over, and he said at the door: "Your Majesty, it's an old slave." ”

"Come in!"

Li Fuguo entered the inner bedroom and said to Li Heng urgently: "Your Majesty, don't summon Wang Heng!" ”

Li Heng was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”

"The current situation is very unfavorable to Your Majesty, we only have 20,000 Jinwuwei, we should let these ministers know as little as possible, otherwise it will cause panic, if they leak the news, Qianniuwei will immediately take action against us."

"But I know the stock in the warehouse."

"Your Majesty, the old slave knows, go and recall the eunuch."

Li Heng came to his senses all of a sudden, and hurriedly said, "Quickly call people back, there is no need to summon Wang Heng to meet him." ”

Li Fuguo took out an excerpt from his side and gave it to Li Heng and said, "This is the library report I just received, please take a look at it." ”

This is actually an excerpt played by the household department three days ago, about the inventory counting, the fold was deducted by Li Fuguo, he didn't want Li Heng to know the truth, but now he knows that he can't hide it.

At this time, Li Heng was flustered, and did not notice that the date of this recital had been altered, he hurriedly browsed it, the grain was 3.5 million stones, the money was 5.3 million yuan, the silk was 12 million horses, the Anxi silver dollar was 1.7 million, and there were countless other gold and silver property, this was just the money and grain of the household department, and there were other weapons and materials, and there was no more here.

Li Heng saw that his heart was dripping blood, so much money and grain had been seized by Qianniuwei, he suddenly frowned, and asked, "I remember that a few days ago, didn't you tell me that there wasn't much grain in the treasury?" How can there be so many? ”

In order to let his nephew serve as the envoy, Li Fuguo deliberately concealed the truth about the treasury money and grain from Li Heng, and at this time he already had a countermeasure, he stomped his feet and said: "Your Majesty, the old slave listened to what Fang Xuan said, and the old slave was also deceived by him." ”

Fang Xuan has been secretly poisoned by Li Heng this afternoon and died, there is no proof of death, Li Heng listened to Li Fuguo's words, he no longer pursued, so he said worriedly: "Now that Li Qing'an has done everything in the world, I am very worried that he will know the news that the department will lead the army south tomorrow, so as to know that our troops are empty, and we will attack the Daming Palace, and I want to leave Chang'an overnight." ”

According to Li Heng's original plan, he first sent his son to lead the army to Hanzhong, and then waited for the troops of Henan Province and Hedong Province to return to Guanzhong, and then he went south with the brigade, but he never expected that Wang Sili would betray him at the most critical time, occupy Tongguan, cut off the withdrawal of the Central Plains army, and completely disrupted his plan.

And in the morning, Ling Hufei meant to go in two steps, while sending people to negotiate with Li Qing'an, and then they quietly retreated south in three days, but tonight Qianniuwei occupied the imperial city, which made Li Heng panic, and he felt that he couldn't stay for a moment.

Without waiting for Li Fuguo to answer, Queen Zhang next to her suddenly interjected, she understood what Li Heng meant, and actually left the minister and ran away quietly, this is not good, many ministers are persuaded by her hard work.

"Your Majesty has not forgotten one of the most important things?"

Li Heng looked back at her in surprise, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty left Wang Heng and these ministers and will go to Chengdu in the future, what if the ministers over there do not support Your Majesty? Won't Your Majesty become a loner? ”

Empress Zhang's words immediately reminded Li Heng that it was very likely that if the ministers over there supported King Rong, or supported Sixteen Lang and Eighteen Lang, then he would be in trouble.

"Then according to the Queen's wishes, what should I do?"

"The concubine means to inform everyone to go together."

"No way!"

Li Fuguo vetoed Empress Zhang's proposal on the spot, "If someone has a different heart and informs the Anxi Army, then we are all finished." ”

Li Heng was silent in thought, he pinched his forehead lightly, considered the best plan, and after a while, he said to Li Fuguo: "That's it!" I and the queen will go first, we will wait in Hanzhong, you will inform the hundred officials for me at dawn, if you are willing to go with me, hurry to Hanzhong to meet, I will take them to Chengdu together. ”

．．．．．．． In Yongxian County, Fengxiang Prefecture, Li Qing'an's 100,000 Anxi army has been deployed in Guanzhong, and the soldiers refer to Li Heng's Guanzhong army, but Li Qingan is not in a hurry to send troops to attack, he needs to wait for the time to be ripe.

Early in the morning, Li Qing'an got up early, waiting for news from Chang'an, yesterday he received information that his wife and children and more than 300 ministers had retreated to Wugong County, and Wang Sili lived up to his expectations, occupied Tongguan, intercepted the 100,000 troops of Li Heng Henan Province and Hedong Province retreated westward, and now there are only Li Heng's 80,000 troops in the Guanzhong area, and the time is ripe.

Although the time is gradually ripe, Li Qingan still has no intention of sending troops, it is easy for him to kill a Li Heng, but it is very difficult to establish another emperor who kills his son and grandson, is resisted by the people of the world, and is criticized by the people of the world, Li Qingan has thought about it for a long time, and he feels that it is more useful to keep this Li Heng than to kill him.

If Li Heng was like Li Yu who worked hard and had the courage to open a knife to the clan in order to reverse the land annexation, then such a person Li Qing'an would not hesitate to kill him, but Li Heng was different, he was a loss of virtue, he was boycotted by hundreds of officials, and was boycotted by the prefectures and counties of the world, and this person reused eunuchs and acquiesced in land annexation, he was like a cancer, such a tumor did not take it to the Southern Tang Dynasty that harmed Li Longji, but wanted to kill him, is he too stupid.

If you kill him, the people of the world will have no object of hatred, so will the prefectures and counties of the world be loyal to themselves, or will they be loyal to the new emperor of Li Longjili?

Politics is actually very simple, to put it bluntly, it is to maximize interests, the difference between politicians and politicians is that they have different visions, a longer vision is called a politician, and a shorter vision is called a politician.

It was after repeated consideration and weighing that Li Qingan finally made a decision, ordering the Anxi defenders in the Meridian Valley to withdraw, making way for Li Hengnan to retreat, and at the same time ordering Nan Jiyun to occupy the imperial city.

At this moment, there was a rush of running outside, and a personal soldier came to report: "General, Chang'an is in a hurry!" ”

"Bring it in!"

The soldiers entered the tent and handed over a tube of red pigeon letters, which indicated that the situation was urgent, Li Qingan broke open the letter box, shook out a roll of paper from it, and saw a sentence written on it: 'Li Heng has fled south to Hanzhong last night, and the situation in Chang'an is chaotic. ’

"Pass my order, the army will be pulled out, and immediately leave for Chang'an!"

(To be continued)