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"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any requirements, you can talk to the military department."

Yu Shiji stood at the head of the city and shouted hoarsely to the people below: "Don't gather here, this is the palace city, it will disturb the saints, but it will be bad for everyone." ”

"We demand the release of the General!"

Several of Li Shanheng's subordinates took the lead in shouting, and the generals were so excited that they also shouted, "We demand the release of the general!" ”

"If you don't let the general go, we'll set it on fire!" Someone was shouting from the lead, and the shouts that followed.

Not all the generals were confused, especially some middle-level generals, they did not intercede for Laihu'er, but asked the court to give them a clear explanation, and they came to petition in order to protect their own vital interests.

But now the petition has changed a little bit, turned into a protest, and demanded the release of Laihu'er, many people felt that it was inappropriate, several generals stood in front and waved to everyone and shouted: "Don't make noise, we are not here to make trouble, we must talk to Yu Xiangguo." ”

Li Shanheng is the second best general in the former army after Yuwen Chengdu, and he is also Yuwenshu's confidant, and he has a lot of prestige in the army.

Now that Zhou Fashang has not returned to Luoyang, and Yuwen Chengdu is not in the western camp, Li Shanheng spread false news under the instruction of Yuwen Zhiji, and took advantage of everyone's anxious mood to move this petition activity, his purpose is to make things bigger, where will calm down the situation.

At this time, he saw that several generals had begun to come forward to rectify the mood of the crowd, and he immediately gave a look to a henchman soldier not far away.

The soldier understood, he secretly took out a small crossbow arrow, hid in the crowd and aimed at Yu Shiji at the gate of the upper palace, 'Click! There was a soft sound. A crossbow arrow shot out and shot straight at Yu Shiji, who was screaming hoarsely to appease everyone on the palace gate.

Yu Shiji, a civil official, where could he dodge the fast crossbow arrow, this arrow hit his left arrow, and he screamed and fell backwards. The soldiers at the head of the city suddenly became a mess, and dozens of soldiers above did not hesitate to release arrows below, and in the chaos, more than a dozen generals screamed and were hit by arrows, and there was a great chaos under the palace.

Just then, someone shouted: "We are surrounded!" ”

I saw countless soldiers of the Royal Forest Army killing from all directions. More than a thousand people were in further confusion, all of them realizing the seriousness of the problem, they shouted and trampled on each other, trying to flee back to the barracks, only to be surrounded by tens of thousands of Royal Forest soldiers.

It's hard for everyone to fly. In desperation, they had to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

Only Li Shanheng gave the order to shoot cold arrows, and immediately rushed to the root of the city, and in the chaos, he ran along the wall and fled

After a quarter of an hour, the chaotic situation was finally brought under control, fifty or sixty generals were killed in the chaos, and the rest of the generals all knelt on the ground and were captured by the Imperial Guards. Several of the generals looked at each other, their eyes full of remorse, which was completely different from the ending they had imagined.

"We were deceived by Li Shanheng!"

Until this time. They suddenly appeared, and Li Shanheng, who encouraged them to come to petition, was gone.

At this time, in the western camp, Zhang Xuan led his men to control the entire camp, the camp gate was closed, hundreds of people were deployed at the gates of the east and west camps, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and more than 20,000 soldiers were persuaded by Zhang Xuan's subordinates to return to the big tent. Despite the riots that erupted outside the gate several miles away, the camp remained quiet at all times.

Then. Zhang Jin, the general of Zuotunwei, led thousands of Imperial Forest troops to rush towards the western inner camp, and the calm in the camp made him breathe a long sigh of relief. If the 20,000 troops of the West Inner Battalion were in turmoil, then something had happened.

Zhang Jin saw that there were soldiers guarding the barracks, so he stepped forward and asked loudly, "Why are you blocking the barracks?" Whoever is on duty has come to me. ”

Chen Xu hurriedly rushed up, knelt down on one knee and said: "General Qiyu, we are the sergeants of the sixteenth battalion, and my general is afraid that the soldiers will make trouble when they go out of the camp, so he specially ordered us to guard the gate and not allow anyone to enter or leave!" ”

"Who is your general? What is your name. ”

"My general's name is Zhang Xuan!"

Zhang Xuan turned out to be a guard of the Yan Palace, Zhang Jin had heard of this person, and he actually dared to offend Yu Wenshu in the Tiansi Pavilion case, he nodded and asked: "I want to see your general, where is he now?" ”

At this time, the camp gate opened, and Zhang Xuan walked out quickly with more than a dozen people, and asked from afar, "Who is coming?" ”

"The old man Zuotunwei General Zhang Jin is also!"

Zhang Xuan recognized this veteran with a white beard, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Humble Zhang Xuan see the general!" ”

Zhang Jin looked at him, nodded and said: "I didn't expect that there are still reasonable people, General Zhang did not go to Changmen to make trouble, but took the initiative to maintain the order of the camp, this is General Zhang's reason, and it is also the luck of the 20,000 army." ”

"General Qiqi, I went to the city to have something to do, and I came back a little late, so I happened to be not in the barracks, and it was too late to stop it when I rushed back, but as far as I know, someone deliberately spread rumors to trigger this petition, please General Mingjian!"

Zhang Jin shook his head, "The matter is no longer as simple as petitioning, they shot and injured Yu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the problem is already serious, it is useless for you to tell me, let's see how the saint falls!" ”

Zhang Xuan's heart was cold, and he actually shot and injured Yu Shiji

When the generals of the West Inner Yuan had just gathered outside the gate to petition, Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, got the news, and he didn't take it to heart at first, but just ordered the Imperial Forest Army to disperse them, and at the same time sent someone to inform Yu Shiji on duty and let him deal with the matter.

It wasn't until the news that Yu Shiji was shot by a random arrow came that Yang Guang suddenly became furious, smashed the jade bowl in his hand to pieces, and his face was full of anger, "What do they want to do, do they want to mutiny?" Do you want to overthrow me? Spread my will"

"Your Majesty!"

Empress Xiao, who was chatting with Yang Guang, was so frightened that she hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down, ask about the situation first, and don't lose the demeanor of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"When they kill me, will they have the manners?" Yang Guang snorted heavily, turned around and walked away quickly.

Empress Xiao looked at her husband's angry back, she was extremely worried, in the past two years, the saint's temper has become bigger and bigger, and he is angry at every turn, completely losing the demeanor that an emperor should have, where is the ambitious, elegant and calm emperor in the past?

However, Empress Xiao's timely persuasion still had a little effect, at least Yang Guang did not immediately issue an order to punish the generals who gathered outside the gate.

Yang Guang came to the Xifeng Pavilion closest to the Gate, and the situation of the Tower could be clearly seen upstairs, at this time, the lights in the city were bright, and the Imperial Forest Army escorted nearly 1,000 captured officers into the next city, everyone was tied with their hands behind their backs, and they sat in a long row by the palace wall.

Yang Guang looked at it for a moment, then turned around and asked, "How is the situation with Yu Shangshu?" ”

A eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to report, "Back to Your Majesty, Yu Shangshu is only injured in the shoulder, and there is no major problem, and he is being treated in the imperial infirmary." ”

Yang Guang nodded and asked, "Who is the general of the Royal Forest Army on duty tonight?" ”

"It's General Zhang!"

"Announce him to me at once!"

After a short time, the general Zhang Jin walked quickly to the West Wind Pavilion, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "Minister Zhang Jin sees Your Majesty!" ”

"What the hell is going on tonight?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

Zhang Jin is relatively upright, he knows the truth of tonight's matter very well, he hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, these people are all meritorious generals who returned from Goguryeo, they listened to the rumors, and came to Changmen to petition, in the chaos, someone shot arrows at Yu Shangshu, but they didn't bring weapons, which is a bit strange." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, I suspect that someone is instigating this matter behind his back and trying to make things bigger."

Without waiting for him to speak, Yang Guang waved his hand to interrupt him, "You don't have to speak for them, even if they have military merits, can they do whatever they want?" I have to investigate this matter strictly to the end, and what is the situation in the barracks? ”

"Your Majesty, the barracks are very quiet, thanks to the partial general Zhang Xuan who pacified the soldiers in time and controlled the camp, more than 20,000 soldiers did not follow and make trouble."

Yang Guang's heart was slightly lowered, but he frowned again, feeling that the name Zhang Xuan was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, he thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered, isn't it the Yanwang Mansion guard who sank 300,000 pieces of armor in Saibei, why is he also in the western camp?

Yang Guanggui is the Son of Heaven, he naturally will not take a little Lang General to heart, and come to protect his son to prison, Cui Junsu has not yet written the Goguryeo battle report, so Yang Guang didn't know that Zhang Xuan also participated in the battle of Goguryeo.

"Didn't he take part in the riots at the Gate?"

Zhang Jin heard that the saint still characterized the officers' petition as a riot, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the saint didn't take the merits of the soldiers to heart at all, and it would be chilling to go on like this.

But Zhang Jin didn't dare to say this, so he had to reply: "General Zhang Bi didn't participate in this matter because he went to the city, he said that he wanted to stop the officers' petition, but it was too late, so he had to stabilize the camp first." ”

"It's not bad, it doesn't seem like everyone is confused!"

Yang Guang was really a little tired, as long as the generals and military camps involved in the riot were controlled, his heart fell, and a wave of sleepiness hit, he didn't want to ask about it anymore, so he said to the left and right: "Pass on my message, order the imperial historian Pei Yun to investigate this case, and ask him to investigate it to the end." ”

He said to Zhang Jin again: "You cooperate with Dr. Pei to investigate this case, but tonight I will first detain the criminal, and no more incidents will be allowed!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Yang Guang got up and walked out, "Go back to the palace!" (To be continued)