Chapter 305: Marriage and Disrespectfulness (Part II)
In Liu Yu's opinion, the power of the vassal king is just a lingering breath, and it is not a big threat, and the means he uses are also a little extreme, stabbing the king of Hejian and detaining the king of Shu, which Han Sheng feels incomprehensible, Han Sheng thinks, maybe Liu Yue is smooth sailing, and people have become frivolous.
Liu Yu did not pay much attention to the power of the King of Shu and the vassal kings behind him, after all, the three strongest factions among the vassal kings, King Huai, King Ding and King Jing have been cut off, in his opinion, the remaining lines are only working hard to preserve the fiefdom, and they can't make big waves.
But hearing Han Sheng mention Su Zhe, the king of Chu, Liu Yu was still instinctively careful. In the eyes of others, the King of Chu is just a prince of the former emperor, but in Liu Yu's eyes, he is the successor designated by the former emperor, and he is in great trouble.
"Brother Han, do you have any news about the whereabouts of King Chu?"
Han Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific whereabouts, but I know that he has colluded with the vassal king. ”
As the former head of the royal secret service, Han Sheng, after handing over power to Liu Yu, should have a secret investigation channel, and some people, like informants, continue to serve Han Sheng, although Yang Lie has arranged the intelligence network well, but Liu Yue knows that now in the court's intelligence acquisition, there is a lack of informants, the most important link.
Han Sheng's cultivation of power for more than ten or twenty years can be said to have gathered the intelligence of the world in one.
"Brother Han went back to Chang'an from afar, and went back to the house to rest first." Liu Yu saw that Han Sheng had nothing else more important, so he said, "Today I married the fourteenth princess, and I will bring Yi'er and Ting'er to the mansion alone in the future!" ”
Han Sheng nodded, although he missed his granddaughter, it was not to the point where he had to see him urgently. He still wanted to persuade Liu Yu to stop. Liu Yu said. It is tantamount to not listening to persuasion. He wanted to use his own way to solve the problem of cutting the feudal domain of the imperial court.
Liu Yu personally sent Han Sheng back to his home, and then calculated the time, and it was almost time to welcome his relatives. At this time, if he doesn't show up again, this family business will be in trouble. Liu Yu didn't go home, he went directly to the Ministry of Rites, and the car crowns that picked up his relatives were all there.
At sunset on the evening of April 19, Liu Yu was receiving his relatives at the same time as the border army in the north. He also began to march north.
Because he already had enough understanding of the border army, the tactics adopted by Min Shaoqing, the commander of the border army, was to directly send troops to capture the old city outside the Saiwai.
The old city outside the Saiwai, that is, when the Central Plains Dynasty was prosperous and the northern grasslands were weak, the Central Plains established more than a dozen cities on the grasslands, these cities were basically abandoned after the Turkic prosperity, but because the city was still there, as long as the city was captured and the army was stationed in it, it could be used as a basis. Turn the encounter of the grassland into an offensive and defensive battle.
The steppe people were good at riding horses to fight encounters, and the imperial army was more suitable for defending. Over the years, the border army has always been based on the defense of the border passes.
Large armies attacked, using cities as strongholds, attacking and retreating, and defending, so as to minimize the advantage of the Turkic cavalry. When Min Shaoqing proposed this strategy, he was approved by the emperor.
Min Shaoqing divided the army into six routes, ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses on each road, echoing the left and right support, and the momentum was so great that the Turkic cavalry did not dare to disturb them, and retreated again and again. In the early days of the army, the imperial army was quite smooth.
All the tactics of the border army did not pass through Liu Yu, and Liu Yu was also informed afterwards.
Liu Yue knew that with Min Shaoqing's caution, it was not unusual for him to come up with such a tactic. In other words, he will not be so step-by-step, but directly in a more direct way. The tactics seemed good to him, that is, he couldn't think of what the state would be like if the imperial army was trapped in the isolated city outside the city without help.
Unless Min Shaoqing can ensure that the Sixth Route Army is continuous before and after, he can also adapt to the harsh climatic conditions of the grassland.
The Turks fought at home and had a high win rate.
And Liu Yu, who greeted the princess through the door, was not married for the first time, and he was already familiar with the etiquette of marriage, and he was familiar with what he did. It's just that this time there is more mother-in-law than when I married Xu Xuanzhu last time, and I need to pay a visit.
It is said to be a visit, but it is just a cup of tea.
Qi'er's mother Lin Meiren has a special identity, she is the concubine of the former emperor, and she is not allowed to show it easily, which is related to the face of the royal family. Liu Yu gave the tea, and the little daughter-in-law could take it home, Qi'er was wearing black clothes at this time, with a black hijab on her head, and was carried by the female officer, and her figure was very restrained and she was carried into the car.
Liu Yu was about to go out and get on the horse, a head poked out of the house, and when he saw Liu Yu, he stuck out his tongue and retracted his head, which was the little stammering Wu Shuo who was reluctant to marry Qi'er. Wu Shuo cried on his face, probably because he felt that the good sisters would change passers-by in the future, and he was reluctant.
The princess boarded the car, the groom got on the horse, and sent the temporary "neighbors" away, and they could go home in style.
Liu Yu originally thought that there would be no mistakes before he got home and saw those troublemakers, but who knew that there was still an accident on the road, and the crown of the car that picked up his relatives was actually broken. The whole car collapsed, if it weren't for the full car dealership and the car was open-top, Qi'er would have to be injured.
Liu Yu jumped off the horse and checked that the axle had been tampered with. And this crown is the royal crown, after inspection in advance, there will be such a big mistake, which is really unimaginable for Liu Yu. Thinking of a series of mysterious events that happened in Chang'an City before, Liu Yu expected that this incident was likely to be related to the assassination of the Hui envoy and the people who robbed the prison, but he couldn't understand the benefit of sawing off the axle, if the target was him, the assassin should have appeared a long time ago.
The hijab on Qi'er's head fell off, and she looked at Liu Yu and the guards of the Imperial Forest Army beside her blankly. Liu Yu directly picked her up from the ground, because Liu Yue knew that a newlywed woman could not touch the ground before entering the man's house. Liu Yu directly hugged the person onto his horse, and then he also jumped up, hugged Qi'er's waist, and lifted the reins of the horse.
"This matter will be put on hold for the time being, and we will investigate it again in detail!" Liu Yu ordered.
On the side of the Forward General's Mansion, all the etiquette for the princess to marry the new emperor has been prepared, and there is no time to delay on the road.
The convoy of welcoming relatives continued to set off, and when they arrived at the gate of the Qianfeng General's Mansion, they could see the lights in the distance, and the guests led by Su Yan were looking forward to it. When Liu Yu's horse was about to arrive at the door, Liu Yu was also about to dismount and take the bride home, when suddenly there was a "coax!" There was a bang, and a house dozens of meters away in front of the house gate was directly blown open, and bricks and stones flew sideways.
"There are assassins!"
I don't know who shouted, the guards of the Imperial Forest Army hurriedly protected the new emperor in it, but unfortunately the assassin was not seen, and the explosions after that were endless.
With the Forward General's Mansion as the center of the circle, the surrounding boundaries of tens of meters to several miles away were all targets of attack. It may have been due to the tight guards around the Striker General's Mansion that the Assassins were unable to stack explosives closer, but even so, the entire Striker General's Mansion seemed to be in a crumbling state.
Terrorist attack? Liu Yu hugged the trembling Qi'er, and while helping Qi'er block her ears with his hands, he checked the surrounding environment to prevent the assassin from suddenly jumping out. Fortunately, today's wedding only exploded as a "congratulatory gift", and there was no trace of the assassin, and after more than a dozen explosions, the explosion stopped, and the Royal Guards went to the surrounding bombed locations to see, and there was no one left, it seems that the mysterious person who caused the explosion had prepared a retreat route in advance.
Just when the guests were in shock, thinking that the matter was over, a four-horse carriage suddenly rushed towards the forward general's palace from a distance, and the night was confused, and all they could see was a tall carriage and a skilled driver. Liu Yu was shocked, won't this carriage be full of gunpowder?
"Stop!"
The approaching Imperial Guards tried to stop the carriage with their weapons, but this was obviously unlikely, and the carriage rushed straight towards the crowd of guests. At this time, Liu Yu was still very calm, in the noise, raised his right hand, many soldiers and guards of the Royal Forest Army who had gone out with Liu Yu understood what Liu Yu meant, and all raised the muzzle of the musket at the carriage, and when Liu Yu dropped his hand again, a row of bullets had been fired, all of which were shot at the horse's body.
Between the calcium carbide sparks, the four horses fell forward almost simultaneously, and the coachman fell directly from the carriage and died. The carriage suddenly emitted a huge burst of fire, and the flames exploded into the sky, engulfing the four horses, the coachman, and the surrounding Imperial Forest soldiers who had not had time to dodge, and the pieces of wood flew sideways, and many people were injured at the same time.
Fortunately, Liu Yue had already found the bunker with Qi'er, and the new emperor had the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army as a meat shield, and Liu Yu, Qi'er and Su Yan were not injured.
The Reactive Guards stepped forward to investigate, but there was no clue left except for the severed limbs.
"Escort the emperor into the door!" Liu Yue saw that the crowd was a little sluggish, and ordered.
The Imperial Forest Army hurriedly escorted Su Yan into the door of the Qianfeng General's Mansion, and Liu Yu also carried Qi'er into the door. At this time, the guests inside the door were almost hiding under the tables, and they heard the noise, and they had no idea what was happening outside the hallway.
Yuan Bolang appeared in front of Liu Yu with a frightened face, and did not forget to accuse: "Marquis Wuyi, you have to explain to the emperor!" ”
"Bullshit!" Liu Yu scolded, "Lao Tzu still wants to know who did it!" ”
Liu Yu captured all the commanders of the Imperial Forest Army and ordered: "Go outside the city immediately and transfer the soldiers of the Dongshui battalion into the city." The whole city is forbidden, the city gate is not open for the time being, and the Imperial Forest Army is connected to the Yamen of the Defense Division and Jingzhao Mansion, and the whole city searches for assassins! ”
Liu Yue knew that it was useless to say anything more at this time, so he had to use the simplest and rude way, which was to close the door of Chang'an City and thoroughly clean Chang'an City.
The entire Forward General's Mansion was in the midst of a rumor, and the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were centered on the Forward General's Mansion and searched everywhere, and before the matter had a result, Luan Jia did not dare to return to the palace. It was supposed to be a good day for Liu Yu to get married, but it was disrupted by this sudden change, and no one would continue to focus on the unfinished wedding.
At night, the city gate has been closed, there are cards everywhere on the road, soldiers and horses are mobilized on the road, and Chang'an City seems to be very unpeaceful. (To be continued......)