Chapter 444: Holding King Yan hostage

Those Imperial Forest Soldiers were very surprised to hear that a woman from the county lord of Chang'an actually reprimanded His Royal Highness Nine like this, and now the identity of His Royal Highness Nine, in addition to the king, how many people dare to talk to him like this?

However, what made them even more stunned was that the Ninth Highness was reprimanded by the county lord of Chang'an for such a faceless reprimand, and the Ninth Highness could still answer with a smile on his face, "What you said is that I was too careless." ”

Seeing Yan Jiu's reaction like this, Li Yue hit the cotton like a punch, and it was not good to continue to say anything, so he turned his gaze to Yan Nanjun outside the city, took out a cylindrical telescope from the cloth bag hanging from his waist, observed it, and then handed it to Yan Jiu on the side, and said, "This Yan Nanjun should not dare to make a move for the time being, let's go, find a place to tell me about the current situation." ”

Yan Jiu looked at Li Yue suspiciously, "Haven't the reinforcements you brought already started attacking the Yan Southern Army?" I heard the disappearance from the city gates on the other two sides, saying that a large number of reinforcements had arrived and had begun to attack the Yannan army. ”

Li Yue replied helplessly, "Where are there a large number of reinforcements, you can't release any news, we found out the clues, I went to the Yanxi military camp and fooled the two of them Yanxi Army came over, that large number of reinforcements, Li Yun and the fourth uncle led people to bluff, pretending to be the reinforcements of the Yanxi Army and the Yanbei Army, if there are really a large number of reinforcements, it is enough to attack the Yannan Army directly, do we still need to risk rushing into the city to inquire about the situation?" ”

Yan Jiu, who was happy to hear a large number of reinforcements, including other Imperial Forest Guards guarding the city, listened to Li Yue's words, and an expression of loss instantly appeared on his face, Yan Jiu saw that Yan Nanjun didn't seem to have any movement, thinking that it was not a matter to stand here and talk all the time, so he opened his mouth and said, "Let's go, let's talk about it in the city first." ”

Li Yue nodded, and asked the * on the side to help settle the thousand people he brought, and then Yan Jiu took the five princes Yan Jiu and a few people down the city tower, and arrived at a house not far from the city tower, which should be temporarily requisitioned to command the city guard.

When they got to the house and sat down, Li Yue asked directly, "What's the matter with the king?" This eldest prince has taken the holy decree of succession to rebel, and the king will not show up to expose him, as long as the king comes forward to expose him, how can this Yannan army still work for him? ”

Yan Jiu sighed helplessly, "The palace was occupied by the fourth brother, and my father was also held hostage and placed under house arrest by the fourth brother, and the holy decree was forged by the fourth brother." ”

The fifth prince listened to Yan Jiu's words, and stood up excitedly, "How could the fourth brother become like this?" ”

Li Yue also frowned slightly and said, "Didn't the fourth prince wear the same pants as the third prince, why did he suddenly get involved with the eldest prince again?" ”

Yan Jiu shrugged, "How do I know what he thinks?" I have to follow my eldest brother to make peace and bear a charge of plotting to usurp the throne. ”

Li Yue looked at Yan Jiu and asked, "Based on your understanding, do you think it is possible for the fourth prince to attack the king?" ”

Yan Jiu responded, "It shouldn't be, after all, it's my father, but I can't say, if I have to break the net." ”

Li Yue said, "In today's situation, we can only gamble, let's bet on whether the fourth prince will come to a dead end." ”

Several people looked at Li Yue, and the fifth prince asked, "How to bet?" ”

Li Yue responded, "Since I came in, then I will take a few people to attack the palace and rush in, and I will say that the reinforcements from Yanbei and Yanxi have arrived, and the eldest prince has usurped the throne with the Yannan army, and has been controlled by the Yanxi army and the Yanbei army. ”

Yan Jiu nodded in response, "That's a good idea." ”

Li Yue said, "Since you think it will work, then don't delay any longer, you have to hit the palace when the fourth prince hasn't found out the clues, and catch them off guard, just Li Yun and they are causing a riot outside, and the Yannan army outside can't notice the movement in our city, so let's take the opportunity to do it." ”

Yan Jiu nodded and responded, "I'll go and deploy more manpower, and the manpower will be more mobile, and I will be more convinced of you." ”

Li Yue nodded, also stood up, and said to the fifth prince and Lin Xiao on the side, "Let's also make preparations, Yan Jiu, you pay attention to the movements of the Yannan Army outside, you can't let the Yannan Army and Li Yun make a real move, and make some moves from time to time to create some disturbances for the Yannan Army." ”

Yan Jiu nodded in response, and several people went out together and started to act.

Li Yue gathered the 1,000 elites of the Yanxi Army that he brought, and Yan Jiu also sent 3,000 people to Li Yue, and then gathered the team, Li Yue gave them a good explanation, and then attacked in the direction of the palace.

The reason why Yan Jiu has been holding the king hostage to the four princes in the palace is because the forces in their city are limited, and now that Yanjing is surrounded by the Yannan army, they are in a weak position, Yan Jiu has also considered that the eldest prince has an edict of succession in his hand, and the only key point that can solve the dilemma is the king, if the four princes are really unfavorable to the king, then they will really be wiped out by the eldest prince with people, so even if they can take the palace, they don't dare to act rashly, so they insist on it.

And the Yannan army has not dared to launch a large-scale attack on Yanjing, not only because Yan Jiu led people to resist stubbornly, but also because Yanjing still has too many princes and noble ministers, if they don't want to fall into the reputation of a dynasty usurping the throne for thousands of years, they still have to get the approval of these individuals, which is also the reason why they have been stalemate, wanting to use delaying tactics to drag down the perseverance of these people first, surrender to them, and then take down Yan Jiu and the defenders.

It's just that the eldest prince and others never expected that the people from Yanxi and Yanbei would actually get the news, and the reinforcements would come so quickly, at this time they all regretted it very much, and they didn't make a decisive move to do it directly, but now it is a dangerous situation for them to fall into.

Since this palace is controlled by the fourth prince, of course, there are still some people in his hands, and they are always on guard at all entrances to the palace.

It's just that when they saw a woman rushing towards them with a large group of people, they were still startled, they didn't have many people, and they had been able to control the palace unharmed, that was because they had the king's trump card, this was these people menacing, so they didn't react at all, and they had already rushed into the palace.

The people led by Li Yue had already accepted Li Yue's instructions, and as soon as they entered the palace, they began to shout, "The eldest prince is plotting to usurp the throne, the county lord of Chang'an and the Yanxi Army of the Fifth Highness Yanbei Army have come to the rescue, the eldest prince and the Yannan army have been controlled, those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will be killed." ”

Most of the people of the four princes, who heard the shouts of the fierce soldiers who rushed in, were shocked and didn't know how to resist, and their hearts were full of despair, their rebellion failed, and the glory and wealth promised by the four princes would no longer exist, and what would happen to the usurpation of the throne? When they thought about it, they were full of despair, but when they heard the sentence shouted by everyone, it seemed that they saw a glimmer of hope.

Of course, there are also those who react quickly, and quickly rush to the Fengque Hall where the fourth prince is located, inform the fourth prince of the current situation, and let him think about what countermeasures there are.

The fourth prince is in the Fengque Palace, because the king is imprisoned by him here, he is not at ease, worried that something will go wrong, he has always been watching from this side in person, and the surroundings of the Fengque Hall are heavily guarded.

When someone came to report that the county lord of Chang'an and the fifth prince had rushed in with the Yanxi army, panic flashed in the eyes of the fourth prince, and he tried to pretend to be calm and said, "What are you panicking, we have the king in our hands, they don't dare to act rashly, go and inform the guards around the Fengque Palace, they are all guarded by me, and they must not be allowed to rush in." ”

And as soon as he finished speaking, another of his servants outside rushed in in a panic, and said in a panic, "Your Highness, come, come, the door is here." ”

The fourth prince's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly, "Hmph, I want to see if they have done it in disregard of their father, let's go, go out and have a look." ”

Just when the fourth prince came out, he saw the county lord of Chang'an, the fifth prince and the doctor Lin Shen, who often followed the county lord of Chang'an, with a large group of men and horses, standing at the door, but those Yanxi troops had already surrounded Fengque Palace.

When the fifth prince saw the fourth prince, his face was gloomy and he couldn't help but speak first, "Fourth brother, I really didn't expect you to do such a thing as a beast." ”

The fourth prince's face was gloomy, and he answered, "Fifth brother, I am also forced to be helpless, the fate of the eldest brother and the third brother, you must also know, and when the ninth succeeds to the throne, he will not let us go, so it is better to strike first." ”

The fifth prince glared at the fourth prince angrily, "But what did you do?" You actually kidnapped your father, that's your father, that's just a beast, you will be spurned by the world, besides, don't think of anyone as vicious as your third brother, Lao Jiu never thought about what to do to you. ”

The fourth prince shook his head, "How could it not?" I've been on the third brother's side and done a lot of things, how could he let me go. ”

Li Yue looked at the fourth prince and pursed her mouth with disdain, "With the heart of a villain, it is no wonder that you can only follow the third prince and swing his lackeys, but Yan Jiu can sit in the position of the prince." ”

The fourth prince listened to Li Yue's words, and looked at Li Yue fiercely, "It's you every time, it's our business." ”

Li Yue shrugged her shoulders, not taking the hatred of the fourth prince in her eyes at all, and said with a chuckle, "Who made you do something bad every time?" By the way, I haven't told you about the situation outside yet, the Yanxi Army and the Yanbei Army are here, and now the eldest prince and Zhou Mutian have been controlled, do you see if you surrender by yourself, or will we do it? ”