When the time is right, the sky is gradually darkening, the originally prosperous Chang'an City is a little deserted at the moment, there are very few pedestrians in the huge city, even if there are, they are also some passers-by who are in a hurry to rush home, as for those swinger buddies who always start the best time of the day at this time in the past, they are completely gone, without him, the big arrest this morning has already frightened the people in Chang'an - the prince was imprisoned, more than 100 officials of all sizes in the court and the central government were arrested, and the prison of the Criminal Department was full. Everyone in Beijing is panicked, and they have no intention of having fun at such a sensitive moment, not to mention that the inner court has already issued a curfew - no one is allowed to travel without authorization, and those who violate the order will not be killed, and no one dares to joke with their own lives, because of this, Chang'an City at night presents a strange death, although calm but just the tranquility before the storm, and all kinds of conspiracies are quietly carried out under the cover of night.

There is no flow of natural business, this is the same for the Song Lou restaurant in Chang'an, even the Wanhualou, which is known as the first restaurant in Beijing, is no exception, the whole day, the endless stream of guests is gone, except for some old familiar guests to dine at noon, the rest of the hours are all blank, when it gets dark, the business is no longer able to do it, hundreds of guys up and down the floor in addition to the second shopkeeper Sun Miao and dozens of guys, the rest can only leave the building in a hurry to go home. When the crowd dispersed, a strong man dressed as a man walked to Sun Miao, who was dozing off behind leaning on the counter of the store hall, and whispered: "Shopkeeper Sun, everyone is clear." ”

Sun Miao, who was originally lying down, suddenly got up, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and a sinister aura suddenly appeared, glanced at the guy, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Okay, close the store!" ”

With Sun Miao's order, more than a dozen guys responded violently, and the two thick black lacquer doors of Wanhualou were slowly closed, Sun Miao looked at the closed door blankly for a while, waved his hand suddenly, and did not make a sound, leading the guys straight to the backyard of the restaurant, all the way to a rockery, but saw Sun Miao stretching out his hand to grope on the rockery for a while, and a creaking sound of the operation of the mechanism sounded, and the huge rockery was moved flatly, revealing a dark tunnel mouth, and then, A sound of footsteps sounded from the tunnel, and after a while, hundreds of armor soldiers with torches surrounded by an elegant man in a red robe and a flat crown on his head walked out of the tunnel.

"The ministers knock on the emperor!" As soon as Sun Miao and the others saw the man in imperial clothes, they immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to worship.

Emperor? Although this person is dressed in imperial clothes, his appearance is also quite similar to the emperor Li Shimin, but he does not have Li Shimin's contempt for the world, nor Li Shimin's heroic appearance, but a little more elegant, this person is the current Han King Li Yuanchang, and he is also the mysterious master behind Wanhualou!

"Get up, whether I can regain the throne that was usurped by the traitor, I still need your help, if the great thing can be done, I will not hesitate to reward, you will all be the founding fathers of my Tang Dynasty!" In the light of the torches, Li Yuanchang looked around at the people around him, raised his hand weakly, and said in a calm tone.

"The old ministers and others are willing to serve His Majesty." Sun Miao and the others respectfully bowed three times and bowed nine times, and then got up and lined up along the tunnel entrance, all standing tall with their chests up, and they were all proud.

"Good!" Seeing that his subordinates were in excellent mental condition, Li Yuanchang nodded with satisfaction, then turned around reservedly, looked at a white-bearded old man who was standing in the dark and never said a word, waved his hand, and said very politely: "Grandpa Hou, please!" ”

The old man in casual clothes in green clothes chuckled, walked to the light of the torch, and revealed his true face, it was the missing British prince Junji!

"The old minister doesn't dare, please ask Your Majesty to go first, and the old minister will follow." Hou Junji bowed down and replied very respectfully.

"Hey, why should Grandpa Hou be like this, I said, as long as I can regain the throne, I will crown Aiqing as the king side by side, I and Aiqing rule the world together, why do you need to be so divided, come, I and Aiqing go hand in hand." Li Yuanchang stretched out his hand very casually, grabbed Hou Junji's arm, and said with a smile.

Hou Junji's eyes were filled with tears, and he said with a grateful look: "Your Majesty is gracious, the old minister should repay him with death!" ”

"Hahaha......, let's not talk about this, tonight's battle, I still need Aiqing to bother more, go, go upstairs and go!" Li Yuanchang seemed to be very satisfied with Hou Junji's performance, laughed and took Hou Junji's hand and walked to the main building of Wanhua Building.

"The ministers knock on the emperor!" As soon as the more than a dozen men in general costumes who had been waiting for them saw the arrival of Li Yuanchang and others, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say goodbye, and the brothers Hou Guozhong and Hou Guoxiao were also among them.

Li Yuanchang let go of the hand holding Hou Junji, glanced at the generals who knelt on the ground with excitement on his face, bowed very emotionally, and bowed his hand as a salute: "Since I received the edict of the previous emperor, I have always been conscientious, abiding by the testament, all kinds of grievances, and all kinds of patience, just to be able to drive out the rebels who usurped the throne and repay the last wishes of the emperor. ”

"Exorcise the traitor and return me to the Tang Dynasty! Expel the traitors and restore my country! The generals who fell to their knees chanted.

"Zhongqing is flat, I am invincible in a battle tonight, I hope that Zhongqing will do their best to exterminate the usurper thief, and return me to the Tang Dynasty, I am here to ask you!" , Faced with the generals' sworn allegiance, Li Yuanchang burst into tears, clenched his fists and shook his fists, and said with a choked voice: "Come on, please leave an edict from the emperor!" ”

As soon as Li Yuanchang's voice fell, an old eunuch walked out of the crowd, unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and preached in a sharp voice: "The Holy Son of Heaven has an edict saying: There are people who are not filial to the king of Qin, kill their brothers, and persecute their fathers...... Fortunately, there are seven sons of Yuanchang, who is pure filial piety, pure and good conduct, when the country can be trusted, I am about to do it, I am powerless to ask for thieves, I specially pass this edict in Yuanchang, I hope that the ministers will work together to drive out the thieves, and return me to Qiankun! Chin this! ”

As soon as the edict was announced, the generals had not yet come back to their senses, but they saw Li Yuanchang suddenly burst into tears, knelt on the ground, pounded his fists on the ground in pain, and cried: "Father, the son is not good, to this day, he has not been able to fulfill his father's last wish, the thief is still rampant, the son is dead, and he has no shame to see your father, the son deserves death, the father is ......."

"Your Majesty can't do that." Seeing that Li Yuanchang was very emotional, Hou Junji hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and comforted him warmly: "Your Majesty's heart, the former emperor knows, if you can overcome this difficulty, the day of the great success, the first emperor can also feel at ease under Jiuquan, now that the war is imminent, Your Majesty please hurry up, and the old ministers and others will follow Your Majesty to the death." ”

"The ministers swear to follow Your Majesty to the death!" When the people kneeling in the room saw Hou Junji say this, they bowed to the ground one by one, and everyone swore allegiance to the death.

"Good!" Although Li Yuanchang's face was still full of tears, he didn't care about wiping it up, suddenly got up, waved his hand and said: "I am very relieved to have your help, this battle will be won!" Grandpa Hou, let's start! ”

"Yes, Old Minister!" Hou Junji replied loudly, kowtowed, got up, glanced at the people who were kneeling on the ground, and said in a calm tone: "Everyone get up, the 'Qinwang Operation' will start immediately, Sun Miao, you will summarize the dynamics of all parties first." ”

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Sun Miao took a step forward, bowed and saluted, strode to a large sand table in the room, pointed to the sand table and said: "The situation has been ascertained as follows: there are a total of 9,800 people in the Nanya army in Chang'an City, and its troops are deployed as more than 1,500 people at the Chunming Gate (East Gate), which is led by Qiao Keming, the general of Zuojin Wuweilang; Jinguangmen (West Gate) has 1,700 people, led by Xiao Chenggong, the general of Youwei Weilang; There are more than 1,700 people at the Mingde Gate (South Gate), led by Lin Yaowu, the leader of the left army; Yongning Gate (North Gate) more than 1,900 people, led by Qin Huaiyu, the general of the right Xiao cavalry guard, the remaining more than 3,000 people are concentrated in the palace, led by Cheng Zhijie, according to the internal line report, its main defense area is in the East Palace and even the Tongxun Gate area, and more than 3,000 Longzhou soldiers transferred from Longzhou are also in the palace, controlled by Li Daozong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and its main defense area is Chengtianmen, Guangyunmen, as for more than 20,000 Yulin troops in addition to the troops in the Suwei Palace and the implementation of the curfew, the rest of the more than 8,000 people are all concentrated in the Xuanwu Gate area. ”

"Good." Hou Junji nodded calmly, and then asked, "What is the change of the kings in Beijing?" ”

"Your Majesty, Grandpa, according to the news obtained so far, the King of Wei and the King of Wu are now on alert in the whole government, and there has been no change for the time being, of which the Wei Wangfu has more than 1,900 soldiers, plus the hidden power in his palace, the troops that can be mobilized are about 3,000 people, and the King of Wu is roughly the same. The king of Yue has now led more than 1,200 guards in the palace to go to the street with 1,000 Yulin army to go to the street curfew, and now he is wandering around the South Street, suspected of having the possibility of private communication with the king of Shu, according to the report, at noon today, the king of Shen Shu has twice visited the palace of the king of Yue, of which the king of Shen Shi Shu has had a secret meeting with the king of Yue in the palace of the king of Yue, the specific matters discussed are unknown, it is inferred that the things that the two kings talked about are very likely to go to His Majesty. ”

"Hmph, this little six is really rebellious, damn dog!" As soon as he heard that the King of Shu had a private meeting with King Li Zhen, Li Yuanchang's face immediately became a little unpleasant, and he snorted with a cold face.

"Your Majesty is angry, His Royal Highness the King of Shu made this move at the behest of the old minister, just because the matter is urgent, and it is too late to show Your Majesty, this is the fault of the old minister." Hou Junji saw that Li Yuanchang's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly bowed down and replied.

"This ......, why is Hou Gong like this?" Li Yuanchang didn't expect Hou Junji to say this, so he was immediately stunned and hurriedly asked.

Hou Junji smiled and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the King of Shu has a different ambition, not with His Majesty, its power is now greatly damaged, it has long been overwhelmed, but its thief heart is still immortal, this old minister has already counted in his heart, in the eyes of the old minister, this person is like a dead man, not worth mentioning at all, but Li Zhen Xiaoer is negligent, the force he can call is by no means so manpower on the surface, however, the old minister thinks that the king of Yue is not a person who is willing to live under the people, therefore, the old minister arranged in advance for the palace of the king of Shu. Instigated the king of Shu to find Li Zhen Xiao'er to form an alliance, but Li Zhen Xiao'er agreed to it, then, tonight's battle, it is possible to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and it is bound to not go all out to rescue the palace, and it is a good thing for us to wait, after we win, we can remove this son in the name of righteousness, a hundred, why not? ”

"Good! Hou Gong's clever calculation, it is really the Zhuge of the world, I am impressed, Hou Gong, please continue. Li Yuanchang looked suddenly enlightened, puffed his palms, and said excitedly.

"The old minister's honor." Hou Junji bowed and saluted, then turned around, and a pair of eyes were sharp like knives swept down the eager generals, and said calmly: "Now the situation is clear, although the garrison of Chang'an is empty now, but in terms of the total strength, it is still a situation where the enemy is outnumbered, but no matter how difficult the situation is, we only need to use our lives, and we can win in one battle!" ”

"A certain war, please give an order!" The generals bowed down and replied in unison.

"Okay, a certain order: Hou Guoxiao, Lin Long, and Lin Hu listen to the order!" Hou Junji nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and suddenly raised his voice.

"The end will be waiting!" As soon as Hou Guoxiao heard that his old man was the first to point to himself, he immediately stood up excitedly and replied loudly, and the other two burly and similar-looking strong men glanced at each other, and also hurriedly stood up, saluted respectfully, and waited for Hou Junji to issue a combat order.

Hou Junji had a cold face, looked at the three generals standing in front of him, and said calmly: "The three of you each lead five hundred men and horses, bring more bows and crossbows, and fire, and go to the east, west, and north gates to monitor the defenders of these three gates, even if you wait for a great achievement! ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" Lin Long and Lin Hu each stepped forward to take over the arrow in Hou Junji's hand and retreated, but Hou Guoxiao hesitated and did not move.

"Hou Guoxiao, you dare not take the order, come to someone, drag it down, cut it down!" Hou Junji did not have the slightest mercy because Hou Guoxiao was his son, he had a cold face, and broke off, and immediately several heavily armed armor soldiers rushed forward, ready to take people, so frightened that Hou Guoxiao hurriedly shouted: "Wait, the last general did not accept the order, but remembered one thing - the South Gate Defender!" Father, there is no one to stop the defenders of the South Gate, and Li Zhen'er is also in the South Gate area, what if the South Gate returns to the palace? ”

"Well, you can consider this matter as a heart, you don't need to worry too much about the south gate, just take care of your north gate, you must know that Qin Huaiyu is a tiger general, you have to be careful of his hard work, go!" Hou Junji waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, and said quietly, Hou Guoxiao didn't dare to hesitate any longer, hurriedly stepped forward, took the order, and retreated to the side.

"Wang Feng, Li Zong, Cheng He listens to the order!" Hou Junji continued to point with an expressionless face.

"The end will be waiting!" Three generals dressed in bright light armor stood up and bowed in response.

Hou Junji glanced at the three generals, nodded, and then said coldly: "You and the three of them led three thousand soldiers and horses, and after the three gates were on fire, they immediately stormed the East Palace and took the Tongxun Gate directly. ”

The "Black-clothed Army" is the dark force that Li Yuanchang has cultivated for many years, among which there are many capable people, most of whom are Li Yuanchang's various good hands who have relied on the rolling wealth of Wanhualou over the years, although Wang Feng and others have never seen the "Black-clothed Army", but privately they have heard that the "Black-clothed Army" is powerful, originally heard that it was going to use 3,000 people to storm the East Palace, and was worried spontaneously, and then heard that there could be a "Black-clothed Army" to help, and immediately overjoyed, and they were busy stepping forward to receive their lives.

After Wang Feng and the others retreated, Hou Junji glanced at his own son, who had always been silent, and seemed a little depressed, and sighed secretly, only then did he raise his voice and say: "Hou Guozhong listens to the order!" ”

Hou Guozhong has always disapproved of Hou Junji's rebellion, and he has not been less private on weekdays, but he can't convince Hou Junji at all, until the East Palace case occurred, and the Hou family was beheaded in front of him, Hou Guozhong had to follow his father on this road of rebellion, but his heart was never very open, and his heart was naturally not high. ”

As Hou Guozhong's father, Hou Junji is very clear about Hou Guozhong's mentality, and was originally worried that Hou Guozhong would disobey his orders, but at this time, seeing Hou Guozhong coming out, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after a while, he said calmly: "The eight gates of the palace, Xuanwu is the heaviest, but although the number of its guards is large, it is vulnerable. Do not seek to break through this gate, but to be able to defeat the Yulin army, forcing the hidden heavy troops in the palace to dispatch, it is considered a great achievement, and after the ambush in the palace is out, Er immediately uses fireworks as a signal to arrange for his father. ”

"Yes, the boy obeys!" Hou Guozhong hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take the arrow, bowed down, and retreated to the side.

"The generals who have received the order will set off immediately, and my father is here to wait for your good news, all go down and prepare!" When Hou Guozhong retreated, Hou Junji waved his hand and gave the order to start the operation......

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