Chapter 350: Salute before Soldiers

After the iron-blooded army occupied Kaifeng Mansion, Yang Fugong got accurate news, and what he didn't expect was that the iron-blooded army moved extremely quickly, and a day later it occupied the eastern capital Luoyang, and the Shence army sergeants stationed in Luoyang fled without making any resistance, and then, the iron-blooded army occupied Tongguan with lightning speed, so that the capital Chang'an was completely exposed to the command of the iron-blooded army.

The Iron Blood Army actually launched an operation in Layue, which caught Yang Fugong off guard, all his preparations, but just started, because he didn't know Li Rupei's specific action time, so some things were not prepared, and at this time, there was not much time left for Yang Fugong to act.

The Shence army that fled into the capital caused huge fluctuations, so that the entire capital was shaken, even the people of the capital knew that the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army led by the Fu King Li Rupei were about to enter the capital, and the people did not have so many things to worry about, they knew that the Fu King Li Rupei was a child of the Li Tang royal family, and would not infringe on the interests of the people, and many businessmen went to the south many times, witnessing the prosperity of Xiangyang, and the situation of the people living and working in peace and contentment. so that they can live a better life.

As for the civil and military officials in the court, the degree of calmness surprised the common people, these officials still went to the court, whether there was something or nothing.

The most disturbing thing was the large number of eunuchs gathered in the capital.

But what I'm really worried about is the part of the eunuchs who control the power, the iron-blooded army has taken the eastern capital Luoyang, and a lot of news has quickly spread to Chang'an, there are many eunuchs in the eastern capital Luoyang, and some low-level eunuchs who have not had time to escape have not encountered anything, as long as they do things honestly and do things according to the requirements of the blessed king Li Rupei, they will not encounter any catastrophe. It's just that you can't interfere in any government affairs.

Li Rupei did not kill on a large scale, did not kill eunuchs on a large scale, which is very different from what Yang Fugong said, facts speak louder than words, in the face of iron-clad facts, some eunuchs also went from restlessness to slowly calming down.

Generally speaking, the iron-blooded army pointed directly at the capital Chang'an, and there were not many people who were really worried, and the situation in the capital did not fluctuate too much, but the Shence army began to implement martial law in the capital Chang'an. The control of the people in the capital is much stricter.

December 12th.

The 50,000 army led by Li Rupei arrived at Tongguan and made peace with the 10,000 army led by Gao Chibang, to Gao Chibang's surprise, Li Rupei actually asked the army to be stationed in Tongguan for two days, and asked the scouts to send his handwritten letter to the capital, the handwritten letter was a total of two, one letter was directly to the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army and Yang Fugong, the privy envoy of the left, and one letter was directly to the emperor.

Gao Chibang couldn't help it, and the army had already arrived at Tongguan. Then you should take advantage of the situation to enter the capital, even if Yang Fugong has any preparations, it is too late to implement, if it is delayed for a few days. Accidents are more likely to happen in the capital.

Li Rupei stood on the city wall of Tongguan, followed by Gao Chibang, Cui Shenyou and others, everyone's mood was excited and complicated, and the capital Chang'an was not far ahead. Perhaps when the army arrives in the capital, it will be the time to completely occupy the capital Chang'an.

Liu Yunzhang stayed in Luoyang, the eastern capital, after all, Liu Yunzhang once served as the eastern capital guard. I am familiar with the situation in Luoyang, and I have been by Li Rupei's side for so many years, and I also know what to do in Luoyang, and when the iron-blooded army occupied Luoyang, a large number of businessmen also followed into Luoyang City, Luoyang has always been a place that businessmen attach importance to, and I believe that Liu Yunzhang has a lot of things to deal with.

"Dashuai, my subordinates think that by marching into the capital Chang'an as quickly as possible, they can smash all of Yang Fugong's conspiracy."

After Gao Chibang spoke, even Cui Shenyou, who has always been conservative, couldn't help nodding.

Li Rupei's face was calm, and he slowly spoke.

"The lesson of the Tang Dynasty is already very profound, the battles between the royal family often end in blood, whether it is Emperor Taizong, or Emperor Zhongzong, this aspect has not been able to grasp well, a certain leader of the iron and blood army pointed at the capital, everyone in the world knows what the situation is, from the intelligence from the capital, the overall situation is still stable, which shows that only a few people are really worried, so a certain does not want to have a bloody situation, Chang'an City is stable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can it be easily taken, Don't look at the iron-blooded army can take Henan Mansion and Luoyang, the eastern capital, without bloodshed, but really take the capital Chang'an, I'm afraid it's not so easy, if Yang Fugong plans to break the net and struggle to the death, so that Chang'an City will be poisoned, it will be a certain sin. ”

When Li Rupei said these words, Gao Chibang lowered his head.

After Li Rupei finished speaking, Cui Shenyou followed and spoke.

"The arrangement of the prince, the subordinates think it is correct, salute first and then soldiers, no matter what Yang Fugong's attitude is, the prince first shows his attitude, give them time to think, the status of the capital Chang'an is extraordinary, I thought of the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong once left the capital, took refuge in Xichuan, that time the capital suffered poison, and it took many years to slowly restore prosperity, and this time we must avoid such a situation."

Li Rupei nodded, Cui Shenyou was once the prime minister of the imperial court, and he would soon be able to understand the deep meaning.

Of course, there is another layer of thought, Li Rupei will not say it, he wants to stay in Tongguan for two days, and write a letter to the emperor and Yang Fugong at the same time, the purpose is to let Yang Fugong jump out and do something rebellious, so that the matter of the iron-blooded army marching into the capital Chang'an is really suitable, and it can be regarded as finding a fig leaf, no matter what, the future history will be written by others, and he Li Rupei will not be able to fully control it.

The two letters were sent directly to the Daming Palace.

Yang Fugong, who was already a frightened bird, couldn't wait to open the letter after receiving it.

He had already sent an envoy to contact Li Maozhen, the envoy of Fengxiang Festival, and asked Li Maozhen to make all preparations, that is, within a day or two, he would take action.

Yang Fugong first opened Li Rupei's letter to the emperor, and there was only a blank letter paper inside.

Yang Fugong's face turned pale, and after thinking for a while, he put the letter aside and opened the letter that Li Rupei had written to him.

Eight big characters jumped into the eyelids: put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground.

Yang Fugong's face turned pale again, and then turned iron-blue, and he already understood what Li Rupei meant.

With the letter, he hurried to the harem, of course, this time when he entered the harem, Yang Fugong had a lot of people around him, and these were the elite sergeants of the Shence Army.

Li Yi already knew the news, although he said that he was in Daming Palace, most of the news was blocked by Yang Fugong, especially after Yang Fugong and Li Maozhen came to Zichen Hall a few days ago, Li Yi's source of information was basically gone.

However, the news of the Iron Army's northward advance was a big deal, and Yang Fugong asked the eunuchs to report the movements of the Iron Blood Army at all times.

Li Yi knew that the Iron Blood Army had taken Tongguan, and he knew that he, the emperor, had not been in power for a long time.

The harem is full of panic, the concubines in the harem, including the queen, do not know Li Rupei's character, according to their understanding, once Li Rupei becomes the emperor, the fate of their concubines is very tragic, no new emperor, especially those who sit on the emperor's throne by other means, will forgive the women close to the previous emperor.

Not only the harem concubines have such thoughts, but even Li Yi himself doesn't know what the fate of the future will be.

Li Yi suddenly thought of the words he had said in person, and gave up the throne to Li Rupei, although there were many reasons for saying this, it was because he was extremely depressed, but this sentence seemed to be coming true.

There is no one else around Li Yi to discuss, and the only trustworthy person is the queen.

Entering the queen's bedroom, Li Yi had a look of righteousness on his face, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to the queen.

"Queen, this is my abdication edict, give the throne to the blessed king Li Rupei, in the harem, all of them are Yang Fugong's eyeliner, you must protect this edict, the jade seal is controlled by Yang Fugong, but there is my seal on it, once Li Rupei enters the capital, you will dedicate this edict to him, you will be able to save your life."

The queen's body trembled, took the edict, and carefully put it away.

"Your Majesty, King Fu is your nephew, do you really want to kill?"

Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You don't know, I once personally issued an edict to let the King of Wei and the King of Shu be beheaded, this kind of hatred, can Li Rupei forget, I once thought about making amends, but in the end, it was to no avail, this edict, you must take it, presumably Li Rupei is a child of the royal family, and he will not do anything to you, the person I can trust, that is, you, this edict must not be seen by Yang Fugong, otherwise my life will be in danger."

The queen can be said to be the saddest queen, there is not much power in the harem, and the harem was a little more stable before, but since Tian Lingzi turned his face, the harem has become the world of eunuchs, she, the queen, watched everything happen, but she didn't have any right to speak, thinking that even if it was the life of ordinary people, it was more comfortable than in the palace.

The queen is most worried about the lives of children.

"Your Majesty, if you can see King Fu, please ask him to see the face of the royal family and spare the prince's life......"

When the queen said these words, Li Yu's body began to tremble, he never thought of these things, but he didn't dare to bring up these things, maybe Li Rupei's most taboo was the prince.

With a long sigh, Li Yu didn't say anything, turned around and left the queen's bedroom. (To be continued......)