Chapter 86: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (16)

The night shrouded Chang'an, and more than 200 black-clothed people lined up to approach the Jinguang Gate in the night, and the city gate was closed at this time.

"Who is it?" The defenders of the city shouted sharply.

"Let General Yang Xiao answer!"

Yang Xiao is the commander of Jinguangmen, and he is also the person of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly ran to report, and after a while, Yang Xiao hurriedly came, he looked at it, and ordered the soldiers in a low voice: "Open a crack in the door and let them enter the city." ”

The law of the Tang Dynasty is that it is strictly forbidden to open the city at night, except for emergency military situations, and even the princes and nobles do not have the privilege of going out of the city at night, which can be said to be the most severe ban in the Tang Dynasty, but the guard general actually ordered to open the door and let people enter the city tonight, which is a capital crime.

Although the soldiers had some resistance in their hearts, they still didn't dare to resist the order of the general, so they had to slowly lower the drawbridge and open a crack in the city gate, and two hundred black-clothed people quickly lined up into the city, Yang Xiao watched the black-clothed people enter the city, and couldn't help shaking his head, he used to dress up as civilians to enter the city during the day, but now he actually entered the city at night, it seems that King Qi is about to act.

The man in black entered the city and soon disappeared into the night, Yang Xiao ordered the soldiers to close the city gate, go back to the room and continue to sleep. snorted.

"What dare you open the city gates?"

Although several soldiers despised Yang Xiao, everyone was very uneasy in their hearts, and they sat down against the wall and chatted in a low voice.

"Have you seen it, these black-clothed people are all brave in King Qi's private placement, I heard that he has privately placed thousands of people, it seems that King Qi is ready to do it."

"Of course he has ambitions, the saint is critically ill, and the military power is in the hands of the King of Qi, I guess he is going to mutiny."

"There won't be a mutiny! Is King Qin's main force still outside? ”

"The main force of the fart must have been defeated a long time ago."

At this time, a veteran sighed, "The Sui Dynasty has unified most of the country, and the Sui army has hundreds of thousands of troops pressing the border, I heard that Tongguan and Tongguandao have been lost, and their brothers are still fighting for power. ”

"Brother Ma is right, what does their brother's infighting have to do with us, I think the Sui Dynasty is good, willing to divide the land to us, unlike the Tang Dynasty, as soon as they entered the Guanzhong, they promised to divide the land, but there has been no movement so far, it is clear that they are fooling us, the Tang Dynasty is unjust, why should we give it our lives."

While the soldiers were whispering and talking, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the city, and as they got closer and closer, several soldiers stood up and looked out of the city, and could faintly see a black shadow on horseback galloping towards the city gate.

"Emergency military situation, open the city gate quickly!" Under the city was a messenger cavalryman.

Several soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to report to the guard Yang Xiao, and after a while, Yang Xiao hurried over, and asked, "Where is the messenger?" ”

"I was sent by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and I want to report urgently to the crown prince."

Yang Xiao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on over there with King Qin?" ”

"The King of Qin was defeated in the shallow water plain, the King of Zhao was killed, and the King of Qin has led the remnants of the army to retreat to Xinping County, and the situation is very critical."

Everyone in the city was taken aback, Yang Xiao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the city to be opened, and the messenger cavalry rushed into the city and rushed towards the East Palace, the defenders of the city were panicked, the King of Qin was defeated, Li Xuanba was killed, and the Tang Dynasty was really finished.

Yang Xiao ordered the city to be closed, and at this time he couldn't calm down, so he found an excuse to go down the city and rushed to the Qi Palace......

The room was brightly lit, Li Yuanji was discussing the final plan with Wang Shubao, Duan Da, Zhu Wei, Li Deren and other four henchmen, their plan was implemented smoothly, Li Yuan was critically ill, the imperial court had sent someone to inform the King of Qin, hoping that the King of Qin could return to Beijing immediately, according to the information they had, Pei Lin also sent someone to report the situation to the King of Qin, and it is estimated that Tang Feng also sent someone to rush there.

Once the King of Qin returned to Chang'an and entered the palace to face the saint, it was the time for them to make a move.

Li Yuanji looked very excited, now that all the nets have been laid, just waiting for King Qin to throw himself into the net.

At this moment, there was a guard outside the door to report: "Your Highness, Yang Xiao, the guard of Jinguang Gate, has something important to report." ”

Li Yuanji nodded, "Order him to come in!" ”

After a while, the guards brought Yang Xiao into the room, and Yang Xiao stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to report, "Your Highness, King Qin just sent someone to deliver emergency military information, I heard that the Tang army was defeated and King Zhao was killed. ”

This news made everyone look at each other, and Li Yuanji asked urgently: "Then where is King Qin now?" ”

"It seems that in Xinping County, he sent people to Beijing to ask for help."

At this time, Wang Shubao asked, "Who is the person who came to report?" ”

"I heard that it was reported to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Wang Shubao frowned, thought for a moment, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately said to Li Yuanji: "Your Highness, I'm afraid the prince will take action." ”……

In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng has not slept yet, he is discussing the next step with Wang Gui and Chai Shao in the study, and he also knows that Wu Shiyi was killed, but King Qi did not launch a palace coup, which surprised him a little, but his father's condition suddenly worsened, and his life was dying, so that Li Jiancheng seemed to understand something.

Chai Shao sided with the crown prince Li Jiancheng in this brotherly dispute, and his concubine mansion had 300 strong martial arts families, who could help Li Jiancheng and eradicate Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.

Chai Shao said worriedly: "Your Highness, it is obvious that the condition of the saint has suddenly worsened, so that it has reached the point of critical illness, this can only be the king of Qi, and he will recall the king of Qin back to Chang'an by taking advantage of the saint's critical illness, and then it will be his chance to do it, Your Highness, we can't wait any longer." ”

Speaking of this, Chai Shao asked Wang Gui again, "How is Tang Feng over there, is Zhang Gongjin willing to cooperate with us?" ”

Wang Gui shook his head, "I looked for him again last night, and he still said the same thing, he has no right to decide, he must get the order of King Qin." ”

"Alas!"

There was a sigh from the side, Chai Shao and Wang Gui looked at Li Jiancheng together, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, staring at the night sè outside the window, he didn't look back, just said lightly: "Even if Tang Feng cooperates with us, our strength is still not enough, the Qi Palace's Mansion has gathered three thousand warriors, if it weren't for King Qin, he would have done it a long time ago." ”

Li Jiancheng turned around and looked at Chai Shao and Wang Gui, "We only have two chances, one is that the King of Qin is willing to cooperate with me and send his army into the city, or the eldest grandson Shunde and Duan De cāo completely obey my orders. ”

Chai Shao frowned and said, "But Duan De cāo is not His Highness's person?" If His Highness hadn't promoted him, how could he be where he is today, and why didn't he follow His Highness's orders, I think His Highness can talk to him again. ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I only talked to him this morning, and he also said that he would obey the arrangement of the saint, as long as the saint gave me the command, he would definitely be loyal to me, and the implication was that he would only be loyal to his father." ”

"Humph! The saint is dying, is he still so pedantic? Chai Shao said hatefully.

Li Jiancheng sat down slowly, and said solemnly: "Actually, he has another deep meaning, if his father is gone, he may be loyal to me, and the same is true for the eldest grandson Shunde." ”

Li Jiancheng said this, and the room suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, a guard outside the door hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, the King of Qin sent someone to report that there is an urgent military situation!" ”

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Bring him here quickly." ”

After a short time, several guards led the messenger into the study, and the messenger knelt down on one knee, "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"How's the information on King Qin's side?"

Li Jiancheng asked anxiously, he had always been very concerned about the battle on the front line, and at this time, Chai Shao and Wang Gui's expressions also became solemn, and the messengers did not have the slightest joy, which made them feel a little bad.

"Back to His Highness, the King of Qin was defeated by the Sui army in the shallow water plain, and he was defeated in both battles, and now he retreats to Xinping County and begs His Highness for assistance."

Li Jiancheng didn't speak for a long time, his expression was extremely gloomy, although he also knew in his heart that the possibility of the Tang army defeating the Sui army was very small, but when the news of the defeat really came, his heart was still full of bitterness. ”

The messenger added: "His Royal Highness King Zhao was also unfortunately killed during the attack on the Sui army camp. ”

Li Jiancheng let out a long sigh, and now, all misfortunes are about to become a reality, and after a while, Li Jiancheng asked again: "How does King Qin want me to help him?" ”

The messenger took out Li Shimin's handwritten letter and presented it to Li Jiancheng with both hands, "This is a letter from the King of Qin, please take a look at His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Jiancheng took the letter and read it, in which Li Shimin said that there were still nearly 20,000 troops, and if the 40,000 troops in the capital could come to help, then he could still fight with the Sui army, and there was still a chance to win, hoping that he could persuade his father to send troops to help him.

This letter made Li Jiancheng slightly stunned, didn't King Qin receive the news that his father was critically ill? He handed the letter to Chai Shao and instructed the guards, "Bring the messenger down and reward him with fifty yuan." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

The messenger went down, and Li Jiancheng asked Chai Shaodao: "Didn't King Qin receive the news that his father was critically ill?" ”

Chai Shao also looked gloomy, the death of Xuanba, and the defeat of the Shallow Water Plains, all of which really made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and after a while, he sighed and said: "With the impatience of the King of Qi, how could he not tell the people, it should be the people of the people who saw the intention of the King of Qi, maybe the situation is urgent, he can't take care of returning to Beijing, Your Highness, it seems that the King of Qin is unwilling and wants to fight again." ”

At this time, Wang Gui next to him said excitedly: "Your Highness, maybe this is a great opportunity to seize the military power of King Qi." ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, "Are you saying that I personally led the troops to aid King Qin?" ”

Wang Gui nodded, "That's right, Your Highness can ask the Holy Lord for an order and lead the army to aid the King of Qin, even if the Holy Lord only gives His Royal Highness half of the army, we have the opportunity to bring down the King of Qi, and after we use thunderbolt means to solve the rebellion of the King of Qi, and then mobilize the people of Chang'an to support the Tang Army, and at that time we may be able to mobilize tens of thousands of troops." ”

Li Jiancheng walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and looked at Chai Shao, Chai Shao gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, until now, only by using extraordinary methods can we do extraordinary things." ”

Li Jiancheng finally nodded, "Okay!" I'll go to my father. ”…… (To be continued.)

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