On the second day, Zheng Renji and Zheng Jibo successively submitted the recitals of Zhishi. The Tang Emperor Li Shimin did not retain too much, and approved it at that time. And Feng Deyi in the service also used old age and decay as an excuse, Li Shimin repeatedly retained, Feng Deyi resigned, and finally Li Shimin approved it with helplessness.

Since then, the Tang Dynasty has entered a new era in which the eldest grandson Wuji, Cen Wenwen, Cui Gan and Lu Chengqing are the heads of the three major political forces in the world.

In the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded.

At the head of Chang'an City, the soldiers patrolling the city looked up and saw several sergeants wearing Tang Army uniforms, riding fast horses, galloping desperately along the gallop road, and the leading sergeant was carrying a small flag of urgency. The soldiers patrolling the city did not dare to slack off, and immediately cheered up and were on guard.

Under the city of Chang'an, the sergeants on horseback grabbed the horses, stopped, and said to the soldiers patrolling the city with bloodstained faces: "I am the county lieutenant of Wugong County, and the Turks have suddenly invaded my Tang Dynasty, and their vanguard has broken my Wugong County. ”

Hearing the news, the soldiers patrolling the city were shocked, Wugong County was less than forty miles away from the imperial capital Chang'an, and now it was actually broken by the Turks. The Turks are coming. The soldiers quickly followed the process to verify the identities of the county lieutenant and others, let them pass through the Chang'an City Gate, and quickly went to the Taiji Palace to report the warning.

Soon, the Dengwen drum outside the Taiji Palace was heavily beaten.

Soon, the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty gathered in Taiji Palace.

After receiving the alarm, everyone was shocked, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin was even more furious and said: "There are so many states and counties north of Weibei, what are so many officials doing?" The Turks hit Wugong County, and only then did someone come to Chang'an, the imperial capital, to report and warn. ”

Li Xuan took the urgent document and said helplessly: "The Turks took a hidden path, avoiding all the cities, and now that the imperial court has just gone through a great chaos, some state officials and county officials still don't know who the new emperor is?" There are also many officials who were originally the old subordinates of King Jiancheng of Xi and King Yuanji of Hailing, and they wished that the Turks would enter the imperial capital Chang'an and avenge their masters. ”

Li Shimin sighed, stood up, and took the civil and military ministers to the head of Chang'an City to inspect the defense.

Fortunately, Chang'an's city defense is quite strong, after all, it is the capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether it is Emperor Wen of the former Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang, or Emperor Taishang, Chang'an is the most stable foundation to build. However, what is frustrating is that the twelve guards stationed in the imperial capital, except for the left and right Qianniuwei armies and the left Jinwuwei army and the three guard armies, the rest of the nine guard armies have been sent out by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to quell Li Yi's rebellion. Now the total army of the imperial capital Chang'an is less than 30,000 people, and the warning information shows that the Turkic tribal alliance army is nearly 400,000, which can really be said to be pouring out of the nest and jointly invading the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing this situation, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin ordered:

"Order the left and right Qianniuwei and Zuojin Wuwei armies stationed in the imperial capital Chang'an to enter a state of combat readiness and be ready to fight at any time;

Ordered to close all the gates of the imperial capital Chang'an, and strictly forbade anyone to enter and leave the imperial capital Chang'an at will.

Ordered the Shangyi Bureau in the palace and the Weaving Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court to rush to make the Tang Dynasty military flag day and night, and insert it all over the imperial capital Chang'an, bluffing, and being a suspicious soldier. ”

With the issuance of the edict of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial capital Chang'an quickly entered a state of war readiness.

And Li Xuan, who was following Li Shimin, frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Shimin interrupted Li Xuan's thinking and asked, "What does King Yong'an seem to be thinking?" Could it be that there is something else bad that is going to happen? ”

Li Xuan replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen is thinking about the Jieli Shiju grassland, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, how can he know a secret passage to my Tang Dynasty?" This secret passage can bypass most of the counties and counties in my Datang, and I don't know it, how did he know about it? Moreover, according to the usual practice, Chang'an, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, has always been garrisoned by the most elite army of the Twelve Guards of my Tang Dynasty, with a large number of people and strong combat effectiveness, since Jieli has passed through the secret passage, he must have planned to sneak attack Chang'an City, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, but when he is not clear about the garrison of my Tang Dynasty Chang'an, and when he is not clear about the movements of my Tang Twelve Guards Army, how can he dare to gather 400,000 elite soldiers from various tribes to come out of the nest in a vain attempt to succeed in a sneak attack in one fell swoop? ”

Hearing Li Xuan's analysis, Li Shimin was suddenly shocked and said: "Are you saying that Jieli knows the reality of Chang'an, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, and the Nine Guards army was transferred out by me, and there are less than 30,000 troops stationed in Chang'an City?" He knew that as long as the Turkic army poured out, he would definitely be able to succeed and take advantage? Secret passages? Secret passages? Could it be that someone in my Datang is his internal response? Told him that he could sneak attack my Tang Imperial Capital Chang'an City from there? ”

Li Xuan's brows furrowed and he nodded anxiously.

Li Shimin's brows also furrowed, and he said viciously: "This traitor must be arrested and killed." With this traitor, all the strength of my Tang Dynasty court, and every move of my imperial capital Chang'an will be displayed in front of the hungry wolf Jieli. ”

Li Xuan said thoughtfully: "This traitor, Your Majesty may have just gotten rid of it." ”

Li Shimin couldn't help asking, "Who?" ”

Li Xuan replied affirmatively: "Li Yi." The minister speculated: Soon after His Majesty ascended the throne, Li Yi colluded with Jieli Khan, Li Yi raised troops in Youzhou, and His Majesty will inevitably quell Li Yi's rebellion as soon as possible in order to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty, so as to deter the Quartet. From the beginning of His Majesty's sending the Nine Guards Army to quell the rebellion, His Majesty should have fallen into the conspiracy trap of Li Yi and Jieli, Li Yi attracted His Majesty's troops in Youzhou, and Jieli used the secret passage map provided by Li Yi to attack the imperial capital Chang'an. This may be the plan of Li Yi and Jieli Khan, and it is also the reason why Li Yi has been clamoring to attack the imperial capital Chang'an, and he is the lord of the world. ”

Li Shimin scolded viciously: "Li Yi? Jieli? You two villains who are in a mess. Now that we know the cause and effect of the whole thing, we are not inferior in intelligence. Li Yi's rapid demise, I'm afraid this is also something that Jieli never thought of, right? The bait is gone, the eyes and ears are gone, and the information that Jieli has is also the information that Li Yi gave him more than ten days ago, and I promise that Jieli will never get new information about my Datang in the future. Although he knows that there are less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an, the imperial capital of our empire, as long as we do a good job of bluffing, and Jieli is cunning and suspicious, I am afraid that he will not be sure whether the information given to him by Li Yi is true, so that we can bluff, scare Jieli away, and have a chance to turn the tables. ”