Chapter 606 Let's watch the meteor shower tonight

Daxing City was built in the second year of the emperor's construction, and it was built in the second year, and it took such a large capital city to take such a short time, which has to be said to be a miracle. In the first month of the second year of the emperor's reign, Yuwenkai began to supervise the construction, and most of the construction was completed in March of the second year. You must know that this city is nearly twice the size of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty and one and a half times the size of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. At about the same time, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople was seven times the size of the ancient Roman city, and six times the size of Baghdad!

Daxing City originally had nine gates such as Kaiyuan, Jinguang, Yanping, Anhua, and Mingde, and three gates in the east, west, and south. But later, at the insistence of Emperor Gaozuwen of the Great Sui, Yuwenkai had to open the Xuanwu Gate in the north, but because the Xuanwu Gate broke the feng shui of the dragon's head, Yuwenkai simply opened Guanghua, Jingyao, Fanglin, Anli, Zhide and other eight gates in the north.

Yu Wenkai forcibly used this method to change the dispersion of the Xuanwu Gate in Feng Shui to the convergence of the eight gates, but it was obvious that this change was not successful. He originally wanted to crack the hidden danger of the Xuanwu Gate's blood light catastrophe, and used the convergence of the eight gates to restrain the Xuanwu Gate's ferocious spirit.

But this ferocity has obviously not been suppressed, although the Great Sui was short-lived, but the bloody storm caused by the Jin King Yang Guang and the crown prince Yang Yong to seize the heir has not been forgotten now. The Tang Dynasty was founded, the emperor Li Yuan was still built, and the contradiction between the Qin king Li Shimin and the crown prince Li Jiancheng had reached the point where it could not be resolved.

From the Xuanwu Gate, they can directly enter the palace city, and it will not take long for the cavalry to control the Taiji Palace. On the east side of the Taiji Palace is the newly expanded East Palace built by Prince Li, and the northeast of the East Palace, not far from the east of the Xuanwu Gate is the Yong'an Palace that is now under construction.

Three days ago, a large number of forbidden troops poured into Yong'an Palace, which frightened Yu Wenkai.

Xuanwu Gate is not far from the Yong'an Palace under construction, not far from Taiji Palace, and not far from the Prince's East Palace, so Li Shimin will say that as long as Xuanwu Gate is taken, he will control the entire capital. To the south of Taiji Palace is the imperial city, out of Guangyun, Changle, Chengtian three gates directly to the imperial city.

The east and west sides of the palace city and the imperial city are the one hundred and eight squares of Chang'an City, which is the place where the people live.

This big city is extremely magnificent, and it is much worse than Chang'an City, which is the eastern capital Luoyang. The size of Chang'an City is almost twice that of the Eastern Capital.

Li Shimin led his army to seize the city gate and learned that Li Jiancheng was waiting at the Xuanwu Gate to welcome the coffin of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi. He was faintly worried in his heart, and he always felt that things seemed to be going smoothly today. But on second thought, since it's already here, what else is there to worry about? As long as you conquer the Xuanwu Gate, you can go straight to the Taiji Palace. As long as he enters the Taiji Palace, this Chang'an City will belong to him Li Shimin.

The city gate seized by the cavalry of Qu Tutong and Yin Kaishan is actually an urn city built on the north side of Chang'an City after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, also known as the West Inner Garden. After entering the West Inner Garden, the cavalry could rush through the Xuanwu Gate in less than a stick of incense, and as long as the city gate was not closed, it would not take an hour to take down all the Taiji Palace.

Although Li Yuan was cautious and cautious, the rotation of the Miyagi Forbidden Army was extremely irregular. But Li Shimin knew that the forbidden army guarding the palace city would not exceed 2,000 under normal circumstances. Even if there are some changes today, the number of forbidden troops will not exceed three thousand at most. And these 3,000 forbidden troops still have to guard the Taiji Palace, the Yeting Palace, the East Palace, and the Imperial City. Even if there are heavy troops stationed in Xuanwu Gate, it will never exceed a thousand.

Li Shimin, who had already calculated the number of defenders in Miyagi, was still quite confident in the power he controlled at this time.

He looked up and asked where the prince of Xinwenli was in the urn city, and Xinwenli shrank between the battlements and replied that the prince was in Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin did not stay long, and ordered Tang Jian to lead 1,000 troops to guard the city gate, monitor the city defenders, and left Fang Xuanling outside Chang'an City to lead 10,000 troops to respond. Twenty miles away from Chang'an City, let the general Wang Xuba lead 10,000 troops to respond. After Qu Tutong and Yin Kaishan's 5,000 elite cavalry entered the city, he brought more than 20,000 elite cavalry into the city.

He has self-confidence, and he attacks the Xuanwu Gate with dozens of times the force, even if the Xuanwu Gate is really like an iron fight, it is absolutely difficult to defend it, conquer Xuanwu, and win the world.

On the tower of the Xuanwu Gate, the crown prince Li Jiancheng had already changed into a military uniform and stood there, and on the left side of him were the deployment of the three most cronies of his subordinates, Qilin Wei led Huangfu Wuqi, Suzaku Wei led Dugu Yirou, and Xuanwu Wei led Wanyulou. On the right, there are Chai Shao, Zhang Gongjin, Ding Yanping, Wang Bochao, Xia Fengchun and other generals.

On the Xuanwu Gate, the forbidden troops in blue clothes and gray armor stood in dense rows, and the archers had already placed the quiver on their sides, and they could draw out the wolf's tooth arrows with their hands. Every fifteen paces there was a bed crossbow, the calf-thick heavy crossbow had been loaded, the noose had been tightened, and it was ready to rain arrows at the slightest command.

Li Jiancheng looked at the many generals around him, and his eyes involuntarily glanced at Yong'an Palace.

Chai Shao stood beside Li Jiancheng, and he glanced at the prince, and his heart was uneasy. Speaking of which, he didn't want to believe it anyway, now that the Tang Dynasty had just established the country, the King of Qin, who grew up alone in the old mansion of the Li family in Longyou, would be in a hurry to grab the chair. His brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but clench his fists when he thought that there was Taiji Palace behind him.

"Wang Bochao, summer and spring."

He turned his head sideways and whispered, "Don't leave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while!" ”

"Whoa!"

Wang Bochao and Xia Fengchun glanced at each other, and their eyes were solemn in each other's eyes.

"It's coming!"

Zhang Gongjin pointed to a torrent pressing down the street in front of him and said two words, only to find that his throat was so painful that he could barely make a sound.

Iron hooves stomped on the ground like the roar of war drums.

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The Imperial Study

Sandalwood was lit in the room, and the lingering aroma wafted through the air. Although the fragrance is not very strong, it is as clear as if it floats in the brain. The heat of the hot tea on the table exudes a tea aroma, both of which are calming things that can calm people's minds.

Li Yuan leaned back in his chair and looked at the stubborn and distressing woman in front of him, and couldn't help but slowly shake his head: "I didn't expect it...... This is when you will rush back. I didn't expect that not only would you come back, but I would also bring him back. ”

Li Huining, who was holding a cup of hot tea but didn't drink it in a sip, raised her head and glanced at Li Yuan, didn't answer anything, and lowered her head again.

"I want to know, why didn't he come to see me when he escorted you back to Chang'an? Could it be that he cared so much about that incident twenty years ago? At that time, he was just an infant child, and he didn't know that he was my seed! Since I don't know, where did such a deep hatred come from? ”

Li Huining didn't even raise her head this time, and remained silent.

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Forget it, since you are back, he is also back, which means that you are still thinking about me in your hearts." Especially him, being able to come back shows that he still has filial piety in his heart. I also understood why he didn't enter Chang'an City, and he couldn't interfere in the affairs between Shimin and Jiancheng. And if he leads troops into the city, I will not allow it. ”

Li Huining looked at the teacup and whispered, "An Zhi said something to me before I returned to the city. ”

"What?"

Li Yuan asked.

Li Huining looked at the tea leaves floating on the water, and said with a bitter smile: "He said that he brought troops, and once there is really a big danger, he will lead the army to attack the city." If...... If the situation is still under control, he will immediately take the sailor back to Junoze. ”

Li Yuan snorted, his expression did not change much, but the brilliance in his eyes could not be hidden.

"It's not easy to do this. It's hard to find ...... He didn't think about it when he was in this mess, and it was good, much better than the people. ”

Hearing him say this, Li Huining raised his head violently and said, "What's wrong with Shimin? ”

Li Yuan's face changed and he said angrily: "The intention is to rebel against the usurpation of the throne, there is no king and no father, this is not wrong, then what are you telling me that it is wrong!" ”

"It was your father, the emperor, who made the people of the world like this!"

Li Huining said-for-tat, her eyes stared straight at Li Yuan's eyes, without a trace of fear: "If it weren't for your father, you forced the people to fight with the eldest brother, would there be today's situation?" When I sent him to Longyou's hometown, I felt that you were wrong, and now it seems that you are even more wrong to take him back, and it is a big mistake to use him as a stepping stone for the eldest brother! ”

She stubbornly and proudly tilted her chin, waiting for the emperor's thunderous wrath.

But she was surprised to find that her father was not angry, but as haggard as if he had suddenly aged ten years old. He leaned back in his chair, and every time he heard Li Huining say a word, the pain on his face became more and more intense. When Li Huining said the four words that were very wrong, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes but quickly disappeared.

"Ning'er...... You don't know how to trade-off......"

"I just know that you can't kill each other!"

She gritted her teeth and continued to say words that could pierce Li Yuan's heart, and at the same time pierced her own heart.

"Actually...... I have always wanted to make your brothers and sisters harmonious and love each other, if I don't sit on the dragon chair, if the Li family doesn't turn the family into a country, if we escape the world and return to the old house in Longyou, I am afraid that what I want will not be difficult to achieve. ”

Li Yuan slowly sat up straight, his tone changed suddenly, and his eyes immediately became awe-inspiring: "But since I have sat on that dragon chair, I can't just think about my family, but about the whole world." You said that the people of the world were forced by me, but have you ever thought that if I didn't force him, would he be willing to be the king of Qin?! It's only that I have become the ones who own the world, and they are my sons! ”

Li Yuan stood up, straightened his waist and said, "Only one person can inherit my world, and if the rest can't be respected, it will be erased." I am a father, but I am also an emperor! The Yang family died in two generations, and my Tang Dynasty will last for generations! ”

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Chang'an City is seventy miles northwest of the Weishui fork, nearly a thousand warships docked on the shore in turn, when the Great Sui built Daxing City, the Weishui into the city was specially dug a big canal, the ship went down the six along the south along this big canal, it didn't take an hour to get to Daxing City.

But it was clear that Li Xian's fleet did not seem to have any intention of entering the city.

Except for the Ruijin battalion and Li Xian's personal guard battalion, more than 20,000 people, including the sailors, did not get off the ship.

Standing on a high slope, Li Xian tried his best to look into the distance, but he still couldn't see the big city.

"It's not interesting."

He couldn't see Chang'an City, and he was a little interested.

Ye Huaisleeve and Zhang Xiaodi stood beside him on the left and right, as if they were a little surprised that Li Xian adjusted his mentality so quickly.

Zhang Xiaodi followed Li Xian's line of sight and looked south, and asked curiously, "Brother Anzhi, what are you looking at?" ”

Li Xian rubbed Zhang Xiaodi's hair and said with a smile: "Don't you say that where there are too many people who die, there will be blood?" But after watching it for a long time, there is nothing, so it's boring...... Come back in the evening. ”

Ye Huaisleeve smiled: "I can't see it during the day, what do I see at night?" ”

Li Xian said seriously: "Haven't you heard that after the death of a big man, there are stars falling in the sky, and they are as big as a fight, where they fall, and so on." ”

"Brother Anzhi, didn't you say that it was a lie, but in fact, it was a meteor?"

"That's right."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Let's watch the meteor shower together tonight." ”