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Chapter 726: Plotting Rebellion (1)

The last time the military guards in Chang'an City were dispatched, the shock caused to the people was too great. The assassination of King Yan, the assassination of the emperor, and the death of the Emperor Taishang, each of these pieces of news can make everyone in Chang'an City frightened, and even the whole world can be shaken.

Although the number of people arrested and killed in the city by the people of the Military Inspectorate that day is a mystery, everyone has a more or less speculation. And this time, almost all the members of the Military Inspection Office were dispatched again, which made all the officials in the city a little frightened. Fortunately, this time the military inspection department's action was not to arrest and kill, but to protect.

When word spread that the head of the Assassins had been subdued at the Military Inspectorate, the guards stationed throughout the city began to collect their nets and arrest people.

With the cooperation of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, Chang'an Mansion, and even the military, the search was launched throughout the city. It's just that this time, the manhunt is not as fanfare as big as the last time, and it is basically carried out in secret, and ordinary people may not smell the tense smell of the city at all.

Li Piaofeng died, and even if some of the hundreds of assassins he brought into Chang'an City could escape the search, who would dare to come out again?

On the day of Li Piaofeng's death, an assassination incident also occurred in the camp of the Qin Wangjun outside Xiangyang City.

The assassin was Han Shixu, the head of the marching army of the King of Qin.

The assassin was extremely skilled and fearless of death, but Han Shixu had too many guards around him, and the assassin was close to Han Shixu in the military camp and broke out. Although he slashed Han Shicao with one knife, he was chopped to death by the soldiers who rushed up before he could make a second knife. The corpses were all pulp, and there was no way to determine their identity. So much so that the speculation of who sent someone to assassinate Han Shixu appeared in several versions in the army, and some people even vaguely mentioned that it could be the hand sent by His Royal Highness King Qin?

In the past two days, the contradiction between Han Shicao and King Qin seems to have gradually become prominent.

Han Shixu advocated the withdrawal of troops, while His Royal Highness the King of Qin advocated continuing to storm Xiangyang City. The two even quarreled in King Qin's big tent, King Qin smashed the cup in anger, and Han Shixu was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away. The assassination took place less than half a day after that, and people have to speculate.

The state can be united, but there is no unity within any one regime. In the same way, there is no absolute unity in any army. Even if there is a strong marshal in charge, it is still difficult to prevent the generals below from forming gangs. Han Shicao has made great contributions to Li Shimin, and it can be said that without Han Shicao, there would be no Li Shimin today. It is precisely because of this that many people stand on Han Shicao's side.

Han Shicao has some descendant generals, and it is no exaggeration to say that the position of Han Shixu in the hearts of these generals is definitely heavier than Li Shimin. On the contrary, most of the subordinates who supported Li Shimin, except for the remnants of the Tang Army soldiers at the beginning, later took refuge in him when they saw his strength.

Those who support Li Shimin are betting that Li Shimin can achieve great things.

And the people who support Han Shicao are all Han Shicao's cronies. So there is a contradiction, although I can't see anything on weekdays, but in private it is a torrent of undercurrents. The people of the Li faction and the people of the Han faction are safe and sound on the surface, but in fact, no one looks at anyone well. Han Shicao made great contributions, and Li Shimin did not dare to touch him, otherwise the Qin Wangjun would inevitably mutiny. And Han Shicao has always been very loyal, and until he quarreled with Li Shimin the day before yesterday, he acted in a humble manner, but even if he quarreled, Han Shicao did not use a word of disrespect.

Those who were sent by the family were waiting for an opportunity. They all want to replace Han Shicao's position and want to see Han Shicao squeezed out. Only in this way can these people seize more power in the army.

Therefore, the news of the estrangement between King Qin and General Han quickly spread among the army, and it could not be stopped. There is no doubt that this is not a good thing for Li Shimin.

Especially, after the assassination of Han Se-cao.

In Han Shixu's military tent, more than a dozen generals of the Han faction gathered together. They looked at Han Shixuan who was resting on the bed, and everyone's faces were not good-looking.

"General!"

Lang General Cui Mo suppressed his anger and said: "This matter is definitely not that simple, how can there be assassins in the middle of the army?" King Yan sent someone to investigate, but after two days of investigation, there was no result. In the end, there was no way to push the assassin to Yan Yunjun's side...... What is this? ”

"yes!"

Lang General Li Xi also said angrily: "The general tolerates everywhere and serves the king of Qin in the way of his subordinates, but what about the king of Qin? The general was injured for two days, and King Qin didn't even come to take a look! ”

"Don't talk nonsense."

Han Shixuan waved his hand, touched the wound on his shoulder, and then frowned: "I am injured, everything in the army must be decided by His Royal Highness King Qin personally, and now it is a critical time to attack Xiangyang, you don't speculate about anything with the heart of a villain." ”

"It's not us villains!"

Li Xi said: "It's that some people are too villainous!" ”

"Shut up!"

Han Shixuan said slightly angrily: "Don't talk about this matter anymore, it will affect the morale of the army, don't you know the consequences?" ”

"General...... This battle cannot be fought. ”

Han Sui glanced at everyone, lowered his voice and said, "The news that the scout just reported, although a strong wind delayed the progress the day before yesterday, Xiao Miao's reinforcements are less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang!" If you don't want to find a way, I'm afraid that the Liang army will be able to rush back the day after tomorrow! With the morale of the army today, how could it be possible to win the nearly 200,000 Liang army? ”

"I'll go talk to King Yan again."

Han Shixuan sighed, struggled to get up, and said, "The team I finally pulled up can't just be buried here. There was nothing wrong with attacking Xiangyang, but no one expected that the Liang army would be so difficult to fight. King Qin is right, don't go out and talk nonsense in the future. If it is known by the King of Qin...... I can't protect you. ”

"The army was pulled up by you, the general, why is everything called by his surname Li?"

Lang General Pei Jingping, who was standing at the door, suddenly said in a cold voice, his voice was not low, and it immediately made the faces of the people in the room change, but soon, everyone became excited.

"That is, the centaur is the general, your centaught, why let others sit back and enjoy it?"

"It's just a waste of repeated failures, if there is no general, he can have him today? Now En will take revenge, something! Do you think that his surname Li is the real son? The people in Chang'an City who are in charge now are not the people of his Li family in Longxi, what kind of nobles are they pretending to be here! ”

"Shut up!"

Han Shixuan trembled with anger and said, "Pei Jingping, you go and get the twenty military sticks yourself!" If there are those who talk about the rights and wrongs of King Qin, they will be dealt with by military law! ”

"General!"

Everyone hugged their fists to beg for mercy for Pei Jingping, but Han Shixuan waved his hand and turned his face away. Everyone had no choice but to bow and leave.

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The Great Tent of Li Shimin, King of Qin

Although Wei Chigong was guarding the door every night, Li Shimin still didn't sleep well in the past two days. Those people in nightmares never appeared again, but there were too many things in his heart and too irritable, how could he sleep soundly? At this time, Li Shimin's face was ugly, revealing a sense of exhaustion and haggardness.

"Lord...... You might as well rest for a while. ”

Zhang Shun, a general who was close to him, said softly: "No matter how heavy the military affairs are, they are not as heavy as your body." ”

"Lone knows, after dealing with the few things at hand, Lone wants to go and see Han Shicao...... It's been two days, and I've been unavailable. ”

Li Shimin put down the pen in his hand, and the gloom between his eyebrows became heavier and heavier.

"Wei Chi...... How's the Assassin investigation? ”

"Assassins are veterans...... One of the 300 veterans who followed the lord into the mountain...... After thinking about it, the minister could only speculate that this person himself was a fine work that Yan Yunjun placed next to the lord, and it should be from Yan Yunjun's military inspection department. He wanted to assassinate Han Shixu, apparently to avenge those people from the Military Inspectorate. ”

"No!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "If he is really Yan Yunjun's secret spy...... How can it be so easy to come out of nowhere, having been hidden for so long? He was not exposed when he took Li Piaofeng at the beginning, and there was no need to expose it at this time. To say that he is taking revenge on those secret spies...... This argument is far-fetched. ”

"I can't think of any other reason."

Wei Chi bowed his head and said.

"Maybe ......"

Li Shimin's adviser Zhao Wu glanced at Li Shimin's face, lowered his voice and said, "Perhaps...... This assassin wants to kill Han Shixu, and he actually has nothing to do with Yan Yunjun...... Chen felt that the purpose of this assassin was to sow discord. ”

Seeing that Li Shimin did not reprimand, he continued: "Isn't it too much of a coincidence that the lord and General Han had a dispute, and an assassin assassinated General Han immediately in the afternoon? ”

Li Shimin's face changed slightly, and then he stood up and said, "Lone, go see General Han now." ”

Because Han Shicao's argument with him was too fierce that day, Han Shicao even said something like his stubbornness, how could he not be angry? So he hadn't been looking at Han Shicao for the past two days, and when he heard Zhao Wu's analysis here, he immediately realized that he had made a big mistake. If the assassin's intention was really to sow discord, then not visiting Han Shixu for two days would undoubtedly help the assassin again.

Confused!

Li Shimin scolded himself in his heart.

"Lord...... Not only to see, but also to make a sufficient posture to see. ”

Zhao Wu lowered his head and said, "Let everyone below know that between you and General Han...... There are no misunderstandings. ”

"Lone understands!"

Li Shimin nodded, his face dark.

……

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Before going to visit Han Shixu, Li Shimin specially convened a meeting of the generals. sighed in front of everyone, saying that it was really his fault that he was negligent and injured Han Shixu. He also said that when he heard that Han Shicao had been assassinated, he was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed for two days......

It's just that although these words are high-sounding, who are the fools below?

If he really cared so much about Han Shixuan, how could Li Shimin gather the generals first instead of visiting the injured first?

But there is no doubt that Li Shimin's gesture still made some people put away their speculation. At the very least, Li Shimin told everyone that there was no contradiction between him and Han Shixu.

The meeting was very brief, and Li Shimin took the generals to visit Han Shixu. In Han Shicao's account, Li Shimin actually cried and blamed himself in front of everyone.

Han Shixu was frightened, got up from the bed and said, "The minister makes the lord worried, and the minister is afraid. ”

Li Shimin hurriedly helped him and said: "This matter is Lone's negligence, there are people hiding Yanyun thieves among Lone's guards, this matter is too ridiculous, if Lone is more careful, you will not be hurt." You can rest assured that everything in the army has been arranged. ”

"Lord ......"

Han Shixuan hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the minister thinks ...... Or should we withdraw as soon as possible. The reinforcements of the Liang army were less than 100 miles, and although the heavy storm delayed the Liang army's trip, it was impossible to attack the city in these two days...... If the weather clears, the Liang army will hurry up, and the army will be besieged. ”

"Let's talk about this again."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "You can take care of your body with peace of mind, so don't worry too much about things in the army." ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Shixu's generals immediately changed their faces.

Han Sui's eyes lit up, and his eyes were full of hatred when he looked at Li Shimin. Wei Chigong subconsciously glanced at him, and his heart was worried.

The king of Qin strongly advocated continuing to attack the city, and even prepared for a decisive battle with the Liang army under the city of Xiangyang. No one knows why, Li Shimin is so sure that he can defeat the Liang army. But there is no doubt that Han Shixu's advocacy of withdrawing troops is what the generals in the army and even the soldiers of the whole army are more willing to do.

"Lord...... Think! The ministers assisted the lord, and finally gathered elite soldiers and strong generals for the lord...... Lord, you can't gamble on the whole army. ”

Han Shixu knelt on the bed and bowed his head, his tone sad.

This sentence touched Li Shimin's self-esteem, he frowned, and his face suddenly became ugly. The army is the army pulled up by Han Shixuan, and what Li Shimin is most tired of is such words.

"You have to rest for a long time, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

Holding back his anger, he turned away.

After everyone left, Han Shixu slowly sat up straight, there was still any sadness on his face, and there was even a hint of pride on the corner of his mouth.

Han Sui ...... It's not enough! ”

Han Shixuan glanced at Han Sui and said slowly: "If you want to keep the military heart on my side, one assassination is obviously not enough...... If you send someone to spread rumors in the army, you will say that Li Shimin ...... It is necessary to use 30,000 soldiers as bait to ambush the reinforcements of the Liang army! ”

"Whoa!"

Han Sui nodded, his eyes cold.

Han Shixuan smiled: "No one wants to be one of those 30,000 people...... No one wants to be an outcast. ”