Chapter 107: Capture the Xuanwu Gate

β€”β€” Yang Xi did not return home that night, he personally commanded in the camp of Zuolong Wuwei.

In fact, he hasn't been back to his home for several days, these days are in the palace or in the Long Wuwei camp, a mutiny may happen at any time, he doesn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and he must make arrangements according to the development of the situation at any time.

Although the approximate time of Li Lan's action has been inquired, no one dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents, advance or postpone the action, so Yang Xi must listen to the situation at any time to facilitate the deployment. Other cronies under his command, including Li Mi, Gao Shi, Pang Zhong, Hun Xuan, Fugu Huai'en and others, also stayed where they were responsible, and were on call at any time. And the whereabouts should be kept secret, and no leaks should be leaked out. All members of the Einsatzgruppen were also put on maximum alert, and they were distributed throughout Chang'an City to transmit intelligence and participate in operations at any time.

"Your Royal Highness, have you decided when we will act?"

Gao Shi, who had been staying with Yang Xi, was a little breathless and couldn't help but ask. Because Li Jue had already recognized Yang Xi's son in the court, in the eyes of everyone in the court, Yang Xi became Li Xi, and his title naturally changed.

Li Mi also stayed aside, but he didn't say much in the past few days, and he only said something when Yang Xi asked him. At special times, he didn't dare to perform too well, for fear that he would be in trouble in the future.

But hearing Gao Shi ask like this, he couldn't help but look at Yang Xi with his eyes when he had been reading a book.

Yang Xi's heart moved, although he had already thought of what was the best time to intervene, but it was not good for him to take the initiative to say such a thing, it was better for someone on the side to suggest it, so it seemed that he was not cruel. And although this matter has been discussed, there is no final conclusion.

"You two, when do you think we'll do it?" Yang Xi asked Li Mi and Gao Shi with a smile.

Gao Shi thought for a while, hesitated for a while, and then whispered: "I think it's time for King Yong's men and horses and his men and horses loyal to His Majesty to fight and lose." That's the best time for us to do it. It is better if Your Majesty's men are overwhelmed, and King Yong has the upper hand, and Your Majesty is controlled by him, or is ...... When killing. After saying this, Gao Shi felt that he was very cruel.

They had discussed this issue before, but they didn't make a final decision, Yang Xi didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and he didn't tell them clearly, which made Gao Shiting anxious, and couldn't help but ask today. Wait for Yang Xi to ask rhetorically. He also explained what he meant directly.

Yang Xi was noncommittal. just looked at Li Mi, who was speechless, with his eyes.

Li Mi knew that he couldn't be indifferent. He had no choice but to speak: "Gao Shangshu is right, the best time for His Royal Highness King Zhong to make a move is at this time, so that you will be the hero who put down the rebellion of King Yong, and you can continue to be on the throne logically." If the power of the emperor prevails. Then even if the rebellion of the King of Yong is finally put down, you will stand on behalf of the emperor, and you will have to wait until later, and no one will know how to change at that time. I believe Your Highness also knows that now Your Majesty is trying to find a way to cut off your power, and you can't wait for that time. ”

Yang Xi looked at the two of them, and finally nodded, "The opinions of the two are very reasonable, I agree!"

Li Shimin killed his brother and killed his brother. Forcing his father to abdicate, although widely criticized by historians, this did not affect its historical status, and the Tang Dynasty gradually prospered under his rule, creating the "rule of Zhenguan" praised by historians. Become the Ming Jun admired by all people. What Yang Xi wants to do now is not to kill anyone with his own hands, he is just taking advantage of Li Lan's rebellion to choose a fisherman's profit, and the crime is much smaller than Li Shimin, and it is similar to Li Longji's coming to power through a coup d'Γ©tat. Even if the world knows this, as long as he governs the Tang Dynasty well, and creates a time that is more prosperous than the "rule of Zhenguan" and "the prosperous era of Kaiyuan", and benefits the people of the world, the world will remember his goodness and slowly forget his sins.

The two right-hand men said this, Yang Xi's heart became more and more determined, not to mention that he, a traverser, and Li Jue had nothing else to maintain family affection except for a little unwarranted blood relationship, and the relationship between the two was far inferior to that between him and Yang Guozhong. Even if you are cruel, you will not feel very guilty in your heart.

Li Mi and Gao Shi didn't know what Yang Xi was thinking in his heart, and they didn't know that Yang Xi, the person who was about to ascend to the throne, didn't belong to their era originally, but his mind was completely different from theirs.

Li Mi knew that after Yang Xi ascended the throne, he, Gao Shi and other meritorious ministers had to retire, otherwise they were likely to be removed by Yang Xi by various means. Although Yang Xi is very different, after becoming the emperor, no one can predict how his heart will change, and leaving is the best choice. But so Li Yu knew Yang Xi's current thoughts, he wouldn't think like this-

On the night of the second day after Yang Xi, Li Mi, and Gao Shi set the final time and plan for action, the mutiny planned by Li Lan began. Because of the intervention of the special forces team, Emperor Li Jue was not aware of the news that Li Ling was about to launch a mutiny, and he did not have much defense. However, because I had already felt something strange before, I also strengthened the defense in the palace.

At the beginning of the month, there was no moon in the sky, and everywhere there were no lights, it was pitch black. It was already after midnight, and the curfew in Chang'an City had already begun, and there was no other sound in the entire Chang'an City, except for some birds and insects. The palace was similar, except for the occasional orderly march of the forbidden soldiers, there was no other movement.

However, in this quiet, in the outermost Chongxuanmen in the north of the Daming Palace, there are groups of soldiers of the forbidden army who are gathering. They didn't light torches and tried not to make a sound, so they didn't cause much movement. This is the defensive ground guarded by the Zuo Yulin Army, and Liang Cheng, the lieutenant general of the Zuo Yulin Army, has already gathered all the 800 sergeants under his command and is preparing to carry out a mutiny that has been planned for a long time.

The 700 men and horses led by Li Bao had also assembled near the Mingyintai Gate and quietly drove in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, preparing to act together with Liang Chengbu.

Soon, more than 1,000 people from the two departments gathered together, in the end, it was the elite forbidden soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the actions of more than 1,000 people did not make too much noise, and they were not discovered by other forbidden soldiers patrolling the city wall.

Of course, Li Lan was also on the list, but he was still staying on the gate tower of the Chongxuanmen, preparing to open or attack the Xuanwu Gate, and then lead his private soldiers to join the battle sequence, striving to control the palace as soon as possible.

After quietly bringing the team to the vicinity of Xuanwu Gate, Liang Cheng, as the chief planner of this operation, ordered all the forbidden army sergeants under his command to hide in the dark, and then came to the front of the Xuanwu Gate Tower with a few personal soldiers, and loudly called the name of Wu Wei, the chief guard officer and Lang General of the Xuanwu Gate Tower tonight: "Wu Wei, Wu Lang General, I am Liang Cheng, I have just received an order from General Cheng to discuss something with you, the matter is very urgent, open the door quickly." ”

After calling several times, there was movement on the city gate tower, and the torches were lit, Lang poked Wu Wei out of the head, and after asking a few words, he hesitated for a while, but he still opened the city gate in violation of the rules, and prepared to let Liang Cheng enter the city gate tower to discuss things.

According to the regulations of the forbidden army in the palace, at night, the guards of the city gate tower are absolutely not allowed to visit the door, unless there are special circumstances. In general, special circumstances also require special orders, and there must be warrants from special people. Of course, this special person is the emperor himself, and without the order of the emperor himself, such is generally not allowed. However, Wu Wei was afraid of being punished by the superiors, and Liang Cheng's military rank was higher than him, and when he heard that he had an order from the top to discuss things with him, he didn't dare to delay and quietly opened the city gate.

Just as the gate of the Xuanwu Gate creaked open, Liang Cheng and several guards around him quickly rushed in, pulled out their swords, and chopped several forbidden soldiers who opened the city gate to the ground, and at this time, more than 1,000 forbidden soldiers who were hiding not far from them rushed towards the Xuanwu Gate as quickly as a tide after making a shocking shout. Wu Wei on the city gate tower was stunned, and only after he was stunned for a moment did he react, and immediately ordered the city gate tower to be closed. But it's too late, the guards in the city gate hole have been cut down by Liang Cheng and others, and when the sergeants on the city gate tower rushed down to close the city gate, the Zuo Yulin army sergeant who rushed in shouted had already rushed into the city gate hole, and quickly rushed into the city gate, one went in the direction of the palace, and the other attacked the city gate tower.

Wu Wei, who was panicking and directing the soldiers to counterattack at the head of the city, was shot in the face by an arrow from an unknown place, and fell from the city gate tower after screaming, and died with a whimper. Without the commander-in-chief, the sergeants were even more chaotic, scurrying around, and some even fell from the tall walls. Liang Cheng led the soldiers of the Zuo Yulin Army under his command and did not attack the city gate tower, but went directly to the depths of the palace to kill. Li Bao's men and horses rushed to the city wall, eliminating the soldiers on the wall or forcing them to surrender. Because Wu Wei died, Li Bao soon controlled the entire Xuanwu Gate.

Li Xuan, who was overjoyed to see that the progress was so smooth on the Chongxuanmen, immediately took hundreds of his own guards down the Chongxuanmen, followed Liang Cheng into the Daming Palace, and went straight to the Jinluan Palace where the emperor Li Jue lived. The palace maids and eunuchs in the Daming Palace have fallen asleep, many people are awakened by shouts and footsteps in their sleep, but they don't know what happened, some people come out to see in their clothes, but they immediately feel that something is wrong, either retract into the house or run wildly, many unlucky people quickly lost their lives.

However, Liang Cheng's men and horses met resistance again, and it was the left and right Qianniuwei sergeants patrolling the palace. It's just that there are not many soldiers on the left and right Qianniuwei, and their combat effectiveness can't be compared with the left and right Yulin Army, and soon dozens of Qianniuwei sergeants will be in the palace.

Li Ling led the soldiers of the Yulin Army, and soon rushed to the vicinity of the Jinluan Hall where Li Jue lived, and many torches were lit, illuminating most of the Daming Palace. At this time, there was already a panic in the Jinluan Palace.