Chapter 213: Arson
"That's a good feeling! Our Liu clan is worried that we can't find a weapon! It was a middle-aged man who looked like he was five big and three thick, and he stood up, looked at Zheng Xianhua and continued: "Brother Zheng, time is pressing right now, I am just waiting to meet here to familiarize ourselves with each other's respective situations!" Since Brother Zheng has enough weapons here, then you have to support me! ”
Zheng Xianhua glanced at the middle-aged man and said, "Brother Liu, your Zhongshan Liu clan is the best at attacking the city, can you prepare some siege weapons?" Do you still need our Zheng family to support you? ”
"Brother Zheng said this! This time it is my five surnames and seven families to do things together, the so-called one is prosperous, one is falling, helping me is helping yourself! The middle-aged man surnamed Liu had a hint of irritability in his voice.
"Alright, don't make any noise! I have already prepared everything that should be prepared, just waiting for the last sentence, and now we are quietly waiting for the order of the Cui family master! ”
Just when Zheng Xianhua wanted to say something more, a thin old man who looked to be in his fifties sitting on the main seat of the hall spoke.
The old man's voice landed, and the entire hall immediately fell silent.
In fact, many things are well known to all of you here.
Everyone is not stupid, the person in charge here is Cui Hao of Qinghe Cui [∽ clan, they have already agreed on a good date before, today is the first and last meeting, and the rest of the matter is to do something.
Everyone looked at each other, and they all had an outright dislike for the Li royal family.
At the beginning, Li Yuan, the king of Taiyuan, raised an army to attack Sui, and finally captured Daxing City and entered Chang'an.
During this period, although the five surnames and seven hopes did not stop it, it did not help the Li royal family much, because after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Yuan was hindered by the power of the five surnames and seven hopes. They had to be promised a heavy responsibility.
However, with the entry of Zhenguan New Year, Li Shimin's attitude towards the five surnames and seven hopes is to suppress them desperately, plus the death of the martial king Li Yuanba. Change. The attitude towards the five surnames and seven hopes is even more ruthless than Li Shimin, and if this goes on for a long time, I am afraid that the five surnames and seven hopes will be drowned in the long river of history.
At this time, although except for Cui Hao of the Cui family, the heads of the other six families had not arrived, but everyone in their hall was appointed by their respective families to act as their sole agent for this matter. There is no choice for a long time!
But even so, when the matter came, they were still full of apprehension when they made up their minds to conspire against the king.
Therefore, after the old man's words landed, the hall immediately fell silent.
After a long time, it was the old man who stood up first and said, "There is no turning back when you open the bow, can you still turn back now?" ”
The old man's words woke everyone up at once. Yes, it's time for the people to be in place, even if they're willing to turn back now. There is no way back.
Zheng Xianhua stood up and said, "It's done!" ”
"That's what we mean!" The crowd answered.
The old man smiled heartily, and a hint of crimson glittered in his long, narrow eyes, and he said:
"Good. In that case, then I will announce the secret order of the Cui family master now! At the Mingde Gate, there are the dead soldiers of my Qinghe Cui clan. Nearly three thousand people. The rest of the six families totaled more than 6,000 people, entering from the Qixia Gate, Anhua Gate, Chunming Gate, and Tonghua Gate in Chang'an City, and before the gate closed tonight, they sent 500 guards from each family to kill the soldiers of the Acropolis and infiltrate the gate of the city! ”
After a pause, the old man's eyes glanced coldly at everyone in the hall, and then said gloomily:
"Now, the guards and guards in the city that were originally arranged in the east and west cities are all deployed on Suzaku Street, and now Fang Street is empty, if we wait for this time together with the guards who secretly infiltrated Tubo to besiege the Wuwang Mansion, we will definitely be able to attack it lightly at that time! As long as Li Shimin is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling Chang'an City, and when the time comes, Li Shimin will be held hostage to leave Chang'an City, and then they will be killed. ”
When Zheng Xianhua heard this, he frowned and said, "Elder Cui, the city gates you mentioned just now are just outer cities!" Don't forget, the distance from Suzaku Street, the outer city gate, to the Wuwang Mansion is very short, and you can reach it just in time for a cup of tea...... I waited for the five soldiers with the surname and Qiwang together, but there were only more than 7,000 people, even if we added the guards of Tubo, it was only 12,000! Compared with the Praetorian Guards, the Left and Right Armed Guards, and the Left and Right Xiao Cavalry Guards, the number of people is less than half, and once they go to the rescue, I am afraid that we may not be able to succeed. ”
Cui Lao smiled slightly and said, "What you say is reasonable!" However, my Cui clan not only came with more than 3,000 people, but also 4,000 specially recruited Jianghu people, and when the time comes, they will set fire and stir up trouble everywhere in Chang'an City. Will they sit idly by? ”
"Smack!"
The middle-aged man surnamed Liu clapped his palms and said in a loud voice: "Wonderful! Because of Li Yuanba's marriage, the curfew has not been implemented in the past few days! As long as the fire and strife break out, the soldiers of the various guards stationed on Suzaku Street will definitely go to Pingding, and they only need to fight for half a pillar of incense, and it will definitely happen! ”
Everyone bowed their heads in unison, and their faces were full of excitement.
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Time flies, and it's already time.
In the midst of his hecticism, Li Yuanba didn't know how many glasses of wine he had drunk, anyway, now the wine in his hand has been replaced with boiled water.
The palace has entered the last moment, and the guests and friends who came to congratulate have already sent their servants back to the palace first, and as for themselves, they are still piling up in the palace to fight wine.
But at this moment, there was a sudden exclamation at the gate, and Li Yuan, who was drinking with his two sons, frowned suddenly, and looked up at the middle gate.
I saw Bai Fu running over like a fly, and the expression on his face was very strange.
"Bai Fu, you're not greeting outside, what have you been doing lately?" Li Yuanba put down the wine glass in his hand and asked with a hint of confusion.
Bai Fu first carefully swept the surrounding environment, and then said, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang...... Move, those guys do it! ”
Li Yuanba's drunkenness vanished in an instant, and he stood up with a 'pout' and said, "Are you sure?" ”
"Yuanba, sit down and talk!" Li Shimin frowned and gently tugged at the corner of Li Yuanba's clothes.
Only then did Li Yuanba realize that it didn't matter if he was fighting, almost half of the people in the hall looked at him.
Li Yuanba waved his hand to signal that everyone was fine, then sat down and said to Bai Fu: "Bai Fu, you make it clear!"
"Yes, Lord Wang!"
Bai Fu replied respectfully, and said: "Just now, the slave maid received the spy report, just before the half-pillar incense, those Jianghu people who secretly lurked in various parts of Chang'an City moved, and they wandered around the city in groups of hundreds, constantly looking for passers-by to provoke, and even worse, they even ran to other fang areas to set fire......"
"yes?" Li Yuanba touched his chin and continued: "Is there any other situation?" ”
Bai Fu said: "Yes! There were spy reports from various city gates outside Chang'an City, and more than 500 unknown people infiltrated the city gate with swords and soldiers at each city gate......"
"Are there any casualties?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Yuanba snorted coldly and said, "At the beginning of yesterday, I was at all the gates of the outer city of Chang'an. has been replaced by the soldiers of my Shenwu Guard, and those rabble want to move the Shenwu Guard, it's just a fool's dream! ”
Bai Fu bowed his head slightly and said, "What the prince said is good!" Those gangsters who secretly infiltrated just landed at the city gate, and they were put down by the soldiers of Shenwuwei, among whom Shenwuwei did not suffer the slightest casualties, and even killed more than 1,300 gangsters and captured 2,000 gangsters! ”
"No casualties?" Li Yuan, who was drinking, was stunned, he looked at Li Shimin with a dull face, and said, "Second brother, when did this Shenwu Guard set up the Wei Mansion?" ”
Li Shimin said: "Father, this Shenwuwei is a soldier trained by Yuan Ba himself!" They are all brave and good at fighting, not only amazing martial arts, but also proficient in various formations and art of war. ”
"There is such a thing!" Li Yuan said in amazement: "If you have a chance, you must meet them!" ”
Li Yuanba smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Father, what's so difficult about this?" There are 2,000 Shenwu guards armed to the teeth in my house, and I believe that today, you will be eye-opening! ”
Just as he was saying this, another figure rushed in in a hurry, and when he looked at it, it was Cheng Chuliang, who was serving in the army of Zuo Wuwei.
Cheng Chuliang, who was dressed in military uniform, was the leader of Zuo Wuwei's ambush on Suzaku Street.
When he entered the hall and saw Li Shimin in front of the hall, his eyes lit up, and he walked over in a hurry, leaning over his luggage: "The last general Cheng is bright, I have seen Your Majesty!" ”
"What?" Li Shimin's eyelids raised slightly.
"Qi Xiang Xià, right now there is smoke and dust in Chang'an City, and there are many people who pick quarrels and provoke trouble!" Cheng Chuliang said in a deep voice: "Whenever the soldiers of our Zuo Wuwei arrive, they either extinguish the flames that have just been ignited, or the people who are picking quarrels and provoking trouble have already left!" The scene left a strong smell of fire oil, and the end will never be afraid that this thing will be weird! ”
"Arson!"
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he touched his chin, and said, "It seems that the spy report is not wrong, they really can't help it!" It's just that I didn't expect them all to be dispatched, okay, okay! ”
"Majesty!"
When Cheng Chuliang heard this, he didn't know that everything was under Li Shimin's control.
"Huh?" Li Shimin looked up at Cheng Chuliang and said, "Chu Liang, you go back to Zhuque Street now, and then you don't have to worry about provocation, but the arson needs to be checked to see where the fire oil is gone!" ”
Cheng Chuliang said a little anxiously: "But Your Majesty ......"
"Needless to say!" Li Shimin's expression was very calm, and he said slowly: "You just need to do your duty, and you don't have to think about other things!" (To be continued......)