Chapter 671: Blood Splash Palace (1)
When Liu Yu saw Liao Mingsheng, he suddenly felt a little irritable, because Liao Mingsheng reported that Yang Lie was in Ci'en Temple, so he brought troops over to arrest him, but Yang Lie He didn't meet him, but found Su Zhe. Now Su Zhe seems to be in a dead end, but who knows if the Su Zhe above the road is true or false?
Perhaps, this is exactly what Su Zhe used to lure the enemy, let him leave the palace, and then send a group of people to "force the palace".
"Who? How many people, from which palace gate to force the palace? ”
Liao Mingsheng said: "The minister received a clue, saying that it was Li Yannian, the secretary of the ministry, who brought a group of old ministers from the old dynasty into the palace from Dongye Gate, saying that they were looking for His Majesty to ask for his life, but behind the scenes, they contacted some soldiers and generals of the South Chang'an Battalion outside the city......"
Liu Yu looked at the monstrous fire on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he had no time to feel that this historical monument was destroyed, he wanted to know whether the Su Zhe above was real or a fake stand-in, and whether he was dead or alive now.
"Let's go, go back to the palace!" Liu Yu greeted him, and Huo was still a little dazed.
Although Huo Yi is used to seeing the scene, he has never seen a tall tower, so it was burned, and he still wants to go in to arrest the rebels, but looking at the fire of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, even if there are people in the road, they will be burned to ashes. Huo Ying had no choice but to take his subordinates and return to the palace with Liu Yu.
The sky was gloomy, and Liu Yu's mood was even more gloomy. Liu Yu felt as if he was being led by the nose, and he knew that he had to come up with some means to reverse this unfavorable situation. But at the moment, he couldn't think of a good way to solve the embarrassment in front of him, first of all, he didn't know what the specific purpose of the group of people in the palace was, and whether it was Li Yannian or Su Zhe who was in the lead. Or someone else. Liu Yu thought about it. The only thing he could do right now. is to notify Liu Liniang first, and let Liu Liniang carry out some ruthless tricks that he had already conceived, but never put into practice.
Liu Yu took the guards directly through the inner city gate and went to the Dongye Gate of the palace, at this time, the group of old ministers who asked for orders had already entered the palace, but Liu Yu did not see a new army guard at the door. There were no signs of fighting, and there were no casualties. The Dongye Gate of the Imperial Palace, which was originally heavily guarded, is now empty, and there are no guards. Liu Yu immediately felt the seriousness of the problem, could it be that these New Army Municipal Party Committees had encountered an accident? Or was someone took advantage of it?
"What's going on?" Liu Yu quickened his pace, glared at Huo Zhi and asked.
"No...... Zhilu Dao. Huo Yi also seems very innocent, although he is now forming the Royal Forest Army, and he is based on the guards of the new army, but he has not yet started many things on the guards, as for the defense matter, because Lian Husheng was imprisoned. Causing some things to get messy. Liu Yu has neglected the arrangements for the guards these days. And the eyes have been fixed on the inner city and the outer city of the Buddhist temples and the Three Puritans.
"If you encounter trouble, you will be killed!" Liu Yue took the soldiers and horses and went straight to the direction of the inner court, Liu Yue knew that if there were really rebels who forced the palace to come with soldiers and horses, they must first take the inner court. The female dependents of Liu Yu's family are all in the inner court, and he is very worried about the situation of the female dependents in the family, but he also knows that there are female guards in the inner court, although the female army guards may not have anything to do on the battlefield, but they stick to the inner court for a period of time, and let Xu Xuanzhu transfer with a female family, there is still such time.
Liu Yu went to the door of the inner court, but found that no one had broken in, Lu Chu'er and a group of female guards guarded the door, and the two looked very dignified.
"What's the situation?" Liu Yu saw Lu Chu'er walk forward and salute, and asked.
"Uncle, there was just an accident in the palace, there was a group of soldiers and horses, I don't know where they came from, they went directly to the direction of Fengcui Palace, the general asked us to stay here, and didn't let us go to Fengcui Palace. We don't know what's going on over there. ”
Liu Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Fengcui Palace is the main hall of the imperial palace, where the court meeting is usually held, and the gathering of civil and military officials will also be there. Who broke into the palace at this time? And what are they here for?
Liu Yue faintly felt that a struggle for power was getting white-hot, these people entered the palace, did not go to the inner court, went straight to the new emperor, and did not compete with him Liu Yu head-on, just took people to Fengcui Palace, did they want to prove something, or did they want to steal the throne? Liu Yu couldn't understand the doorway, even if Su Zhe wanted to ascend the throne, he went to Fengcui Palace, and was supported by Li Yannian and other courtiers, he said that he was the emperor and he was the emperor? The soldiers and horses were not under their control, and Liu Yu could turn over the people killed in Fengcui Palace in an instant......
Liu Yu didn't think about it any further, things were a little too unexpected for him.
Liu Yu left a group of people to temporarily protect the inner court, while he took a large number of soldiers of the new army and went straight to the direction of Fengcui Palace. He also had an idea in his heart, no matter who he saw in Fengcui Palace today, he would ruthlessly annihilate them in one fell swoop, just like a political enemy, leaving no one alive, even if there was his father-in-law Li Yannian among them.
Liu Yu is also angry and has nowhere to vent, and now there is such an opportunity, he wants to vent all his anger on these blind people. When Liu Yu arrived outside the Fengcui Palace, he saw that on the stone steps, there was a group of soldiers wearing military uniforms, who were facing the steps with spears, and this group of people was able to kill into the palace, which really surprised Liu Yue, because the weapons of this group of soldiers were very "primitive", but the military uniform, Liu Yue looked familiar, and it was clearly the military uniform of the original Imperial Forest Army.
The Guards?
In front of Fengcui Palace, there were only a few dozen soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Forest Army, and the scale of even a hundred people was less, and in front of the thousands of soldiers of the New Army brought by Liu Yu, this group of people seemed very insignificant. But these people, as if they were not afraid of death, stared at the new army soldiers below and Liu Yu among the new army soldiers. It's like, they are overcomers, condescending to swallow everything.
"Kill it!"
Liu Yu gave an order, and the new army soldiers behind him rushed up the stone steps in a swarm, and before the short soldiers intersected, the muskets in the hands of the new army soldiers had been fired, and with the musket fired, it was said that the "rebels" in the uniform of the Royal Forest Army immediately fell, but they were still not afraid of death, and wanted to block the pace of the new army soldiers rushing up.
Looking at the fight above, Liu Yu had ups and downs in his heart, and he always felt that there was something that he had ignored. Unexpectedly, if this group of people can kill the palace and occupy Dongye Gate quietly, there must be a conspiracy behind it.
"What is the conspiracy?" Liu Yu was puzzled.
Now that Fengcui Palace is in front of him, as long as he kills it, he will be able to know what is happening in the Dao now. But he felt that what was happening in Fengcui Palace was waiting for him to participate, and it was like a trap, just waiting for him to take the bait.
Liu Yu asked himself over and over again in his heart, and then tried to solve the puzzle, but obviously, this puzzle was difficult for him, and with his resourcefulness, he couldn't see through what was going on. Why is there such a group of people who can enter the palace? What happened to the group of New Army soldiers guarding Dongye Gate, it seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no trace?
Who is behind this conspiracy? If it was Su Zhe, he was for the throne, how could he be sure that if he could occupy Fengcui Palace, he would be the emperor?
At this time, Liu Yu faintly grasped a clue, that is, the chaos of the political situation in the Shun Dynasty in recent years was completely caused by him, and if he died, the problem seemed to be solved from the root. Could it be that Su Zhe's layout, first diverting the tiger from the mountain, and then letting him return to the palace in a hurry, was to arrange such a farce and find a way to kill him?
At this time, the battle on the stone steps had come to an end, and the new army soldiers had the advantage in numbers and weapons, and not surprisingly, the new army soldiers had already occupied the palace gate of Fengcui Palace. Liu Yu didn't think about it any further, he took the people and horses directly on the stairs, and arrived in front of the Fengcui Palace, at this time, the palace door of the Fengcui Palace was closed, and some voices faintly came from inside, and it seemed that there were a lot of people inside. But what's going on inside is not visible from the outside.
"Liao Du Yushi, what else did you find?"
Liu Yu did not rashly order the soldiers of the New Army to storm Fengcui Palace, but asked Liao Mingsheng first. In the final analysis, today's incident, Liu Yue feels that he is being led by the nose, and Liao Mingsheng is the culprit of all this, and now the situation inside is unclear, he also has to ask clearly to make some decisions.
"Lord Wang." Liao Mingsheng was also sweating profusely at this time, he also felt the seriousness of the problem, and said in a trembling voice, "The ministers have checked, there are a group of old ministers from the previous dynasty, and they ...... to the palace gate."
"You've said it all!" Liu Yu shouted.
"Lord, I really don't know who is inside......" Liao Mingsheng knelt on the ground and said in horror.
Liu Yu felt a nameless fire in his heart, and was about to order a strong attack on Fengcui Palace to see what kind of drama was inside, but he still kept an eye on it. Liu Yu remembered what Liao Mingsheng said, and the people who forced the palace today contacted a group of people from the South Chang'an camp. Liu Yu pondered, if Su Zhe forced himself to hold an enthronement ceremony inside, it would inevitably be recognized by the court through some ways after the matter was completed, which was obviously very difficult, and the best way was to pacify Chang'an City by force, and then eradicate him Liu Yu, then Su Zhe could sit back and relax to complete this military coup.
Although the South Chang'an Battalion is just an ordinary army in Liu Yu's view, it is the army defending Chang'an City after all, and if there is a military coup in Chang'an City, the South Chang'an Battalion will naturally be on the cusp. And Liu Yu was precisely the lack of control over these old army armies, because there were many generals of the old school in the camp of Southern Chang'an, although these people nominally showed loyalty to Liu Yu and the new emperor. But Mr. Liu has always been skeptical of such loyalty.
Now the soldiers and horses of the South Chang'an battalion are rebelling, which is taken for granted in Liu Yu's eyes. Because Liu Yu distrusts the old army of the Southern Chang'an Battalion, it is also directly caused by the fact that the garrison of Chang'an City has been in charge of the soldiers of the new army of his descendants.
Liu Yu immediately realized that although the new army was very strong in terms of battlefield combat effectiveness, it lacked experience in political struggles and was only an army with courage and no strategy. When it comes to political beliefs, they may not be so firm.
That will lead to a result, if you break through the gate of Fengcui Palace, there is a person who claims to be the emperor inside, and the soldiers under his command may not be able to maintain 100% loyalty to him.
At this point, Liu Yu still thinks about everything, and he is afraid of any mistakes. (To be continued......)