Chapter 158: A Situation in Chaos (Part II)

Chang'an City's several major military strengths, with the strength of the Imperial Forest Army ranking first, with more than 14,000 soldiers. The inner city is dominated by six defense divisions, each of which has 1,200 to 15,000 soldiers. The outer city is the South Chang'an Battalion and the Dongshui Battalion, each battalion has more than 10,000 soldiers, but due to the transfer of the border war, now each battalion only has seven or eight thousand soldiers left, mixed infantry and cavalry, mainly infantry.

The only one that did not belong to the defense of Chang'an, but was stationed around Chang'an City was the daughter army. There are more than 4,000 soldiers, and it is a training camp, and the combat quality is low, but after all, it is also a force that is completely loyal to Xu Xuanzhu.

Su Ren, the king of Jin, dared to rush straight to Chang'an City with less than 8,000 soldiers and horses from the Dongshui camp, and it seemed that he thought that he had all the strength of the court in his hands. The army pressed the border, everything was devastating, and they didn't dare to fight, just waiting to kill the palace. But he didn't expect that it was Su Yan who ascended the throne and had already gained a firm foothold and was recognized by the orthodox emperor. The important thing is that Liu Yu had already arranged the defenses earlier, and even the gates of Chang'an City were replaced.

Whether Su Yan's throne is stable or not must not only be recognized by the courtiers, but also all threatening forces must be pacified. Su Ren, the king of Jin, bore the brunt.

"Your Majesty, you should order your ministers to quell the rebellion and purge Chaogang!" Liu Yu reminded Su Yan in a low voice.

Su Yan was at a loss when he heard that the army of his four emperor brothers was pressing, and when he heard Liu Yu's words, he hurriedly said, "Master...... General Liu, I ...... I will command you to go...... Put down the rebellion. Go and come back quickly! ”

"Obey the order!"

Liu Yu knelt down on one knee to receive the order, but Su Yan was there and didn't know why. Liu Yu looked at Yuan Bolang and said, "Yuan Xiang, it's better for you to write the edict to quell the rebellion." ”

Yuan Bolang was a little emotional, but he still began to draft an edict for the sky. After it is written. Su Yan covered the jade seal. Even if it's done. hurriedly handed it over to Liu Yu. Su Yan had no idea at all now, and turned to Liu Yu, who was calm, with an eager gaze.

The legitimacy of the throne is of paramount importance, and with the edict, morality and public opinion prevail, and what the Jin king does will be characterized as a rebellion. King Jin and his supporters may not care if they rebel or not, but those shrimp soldiers and crabs who follow King Jin's already half-hearted will have even more scruples.

Before Liu Yu left the palace, he put Yang Lie in charge of guarding the palace and asked Qu Zhu to assist. Relay this movement to him at any time. Liu Yu's departure from the palace was a risky move in itself.

Earlier, Liu Yu had asked the eunuch to take the emperor's edict to the various defense divisions in the city to transfer troops to the school of the Imperial Forest Army, whether Chang'an could be stable in this move.

Liu Yu is afraid of the internal response of the six defense divisions in the Jin King City, although the six defense divisions seem to be insignificant, but they are also the ones who guard the city gate, between the palace and the outer city wall, they are the leaders, the first barrier, if there is no such barrier, then Chang'an City is equivalent to no defense. Relying on the palace alone is basically useless.

Liu Yu also knew that there was no need to worry too much, after the last rebellion of the three princes. The commanders of the various defense divisions in the city are basically from the Imperial Forest Army or people trusted by the emperor to serve as the commanders of the commanders, and even the cunning Li Guifei can't win them over, and King Yi rebels, and he can only try to divide and disintegrate the strength of the six defense divisions by diverting the tiger from the mountain. It is difficult for the King of Jin to establish the strength of the various defense divisions in Chang'an in a short period of time.

Everything was as Liu Yu expected, when Liu Yu led his troops to arrive at the Royal Forest Military Academy, the first 3,000 soldiers and horses assembled by the Royal Forest Army had set off to the northern city under the leadership of the new right commander Lan Jing, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses recruited by the six defense divisions in the city had also been divided into six clusters and were being sorted out. In addition to Li Mi, the commander of the defense division of the Yunan Gate, who was sent by another party, the deputy commander who led the troops from the Yunan Gate, and the rest of the five defense divisions were led by the captain of Zhengdu to show their compliance with the new emperor's edict.

Liu Yu read out the holy decree in public, winning the commanding heights of moral public opinion for his counterinsurgency.

As the military flag of the Retention and Defense Division was raised, 3,000 soldiers and horses officially set off under the leadership of Liu Yu. The army marched to the north gate.

Chang'an City has begun martial law this morning, not only the city gate is closed, Jingzhao Mansion has already beat gongs and drums to notify all places, and set up barricades and checkpoints in large and small streets, the entire Chang'an City is in silence.

Liu Yu rode on the horse, and he was still worried in his heart, if this battle really started, even if he won, it would be tantamount to self-destruction, and he would be taken advantage of by King Huai. If the Southern Chang'an battalion also joined the command of King Jin, it would be difficult to say the outcome of this battle. Now it is equivalent to controlling the inside of the city, and cannot control the outside of the city.

When Liu Yu climbed the tower at the north gate, he realized that he was worried about it. What is listed under the city tower in front of me is not the magnificent Dongshui Camp army, but a few generals in military uniforms, riding horses, escorting two people who were tied to the horse tied into zongzi, one is Su Ren, the king of Jin, and the other is the armor of the general, thinking that it is Liu Chengjin, the general of Wuwei who is preparing to start an incident with the king of Jin. And the escort of these two "prisoners" was the majestic Xu Xuanzhu on the horse, the wife of Liu Yu's family, and the one who was riding on the horse yawning very ungracefully, scratching his head and looking at Liu Yu, it was Xu Caihua, the deputy marshal of the female army who only got married last night.

"Uncle, is it okay to open the door?" When Xu Caihua saw Liu Yu, she shouted impatiently.

Liu Yu was a little confused, although he was impressed by his wife's efficiency, but he couldn't understand what was going on. He obviously asked Xu Xuanzhu to take the female army into the city to strengthen the internal defense of Chang'an City, first to help pacify the power of the Sixth Defense Division, and then to refuse to return to the two foreign battalions of Chang'an City, which were unknown. Now Xu Xuanzhu and Xu Caihua appeared under the city tower, and escorted King Jin and General Wuwei over.

Standing on the tower of the city and looking at it, there was no trace of the army at all in the five miles outside the city, and Liu Yu didn't believe it when he said that it was a bureau. These few people, except for the female army, should be other male generals of the Dongshui Battalion, seeing that these people are not bound but are unarmed, I think they are here to swear allegiance to the new emperor.

"Open the gates!" Liu Yu ordered.

The city gate and drawbridge were opened and lowered in a rumbling sound, and Liu Yu rode out of the city to greet the "triumphant" lady in person. Seeing Liu Yu come out, Xu Xuanzhu smiled and rode his horse to meet him, and Su Ren and Liu Chengjin, who were tied to the horse, were also unloaded from the horse by the Royal Forest Army.

The rest of the generals also dismounted, each of them reported their origins, not only the other generals of the Dongshui Battalion in addition to the orthodox leader, but also the orthodox leader and other generals of the South Chang'an Battalion, which is equivalent to all the backbones of the two outer battalions in Chang'an City.

After Liu Yu read out the holy decree to quell the rebellion, these generals were ordered to enter the palace and bow their allegiance to the new emperor.

Liu Yu didn't expect that a rebellion would disappear invisibly. He was ready for a tough battle.

"Ma'am, how did you do this?"

Escorting the King of Jin and General Wuwei, on the way back to the palace to return to the new emperor, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask Xu Xuanzhu for the key.

Xu Xuanzhu smiled and said, "It's not that the husband sent the wrong sigil!" The mobilization of the women's army can rely on the tiger talisman of the female army, but what is sent is the dragon talisman, the dragon talisman is in hand, and all the soldiers and horses in the world are mobilized. The concubine saw her husband's letter to Li Duwei, and knew that King Daoyu had ascended the throne, and that Zhifujun was most worried about the two battalions of soldiers and horses outside the city, so she went to transfer the generals with dragon talismans, and met the doorman of the King of Jin who came to lobby in the camp of South Chang'an, and knew that something had happened to the Dongshui camp. The concubine led the soldiers of the South Chang'an battalion to the Dongshui camp to kill, and met the Dongshui camp army coming to Chang'an City on the way, and saw the dragon talisman in the concubine's hand. ”

Xu Xuanzhu felt light, but in Liu Yu's heart, he could feel the danger here. Xu Xuanzhu took a great risk in order to allow him to control the situation in Chang'an City. Once the Southern Chang'an camp was successfully lobbied by the King of Jin, or if the two armies did not have a relative protector Sima to defend the monarch's prestige, then Xu Xuanzhu would be in danger.

"Thank you, ma'am."

Although the two were riding on horses and walking side by side, Liu Yu couldn't help but pull Xu Xuanzhu's hand. Xu Xuanzhu's face turned red, and he immediately retracted his hand.

"Surrounded by your own people, what are you afraid of?" Liu Yu used his mouth for a moment, Xu Xuanzhu looked around, and sure enough, they were all the guards of the daughter army. The prisoner carts of King Jin and General Wuwei were escorted in front, and Liu Yue deliberately let the Imperial Forest Army escort them.

"So, we should learn to be busy."

Liu Yu suddenly jumped off the horse, grabbed the reins of her horse under Xu Xuanzhu's horrified gaze, and ordered the horse to stop. Before Xu Xuanzhu could react, Liu Yu suddenly stopped her waist and hugged her and resisted on her shoulder.

Not only Xu Xuanzhu was extremely surprised, but even those female soldiers also cast strange glances. Her own general was actually "insulted" by a man in public, but it was her father-in-law and her aunt who insulted her. If you want to go up and help, you can't help.

"What did the husband do? Let the concubine come down! Xu Xuanzhu didn't struggle, but said anxiously.

"My husband just wants to comfort my wife."

Saying that, Liu Yu carried Xu Xuanzhu to the carriage that followed closely, handed Xu Xuanzhu into the carriage first, and then he himself got in. Before entering, he beckoned to Lu Chu'er and said, "You come to catch the car!" ”

The female soldiers all slowed down their riding speed and stared at each other, and Xu Caihua shouted angrily: "Look at what!" Hurry! ”

There is a road of nearly ten miles from the north city gate to the palace, and it takes more than half an hour to walk so slowly. When Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu came out of the carriage, the military uniforms on their bodies were not very neat, and some older and more sensible female soldiers also understood what was going on inside.

Lu Chuer, one of the parties to this incident, could only blush and be secretive in the face of the little sister's inquiry. (To be continued......)