Chapter 251 The Changes in Hangzhou

Empress Changsun's condition is expected to recover. The forces that were originally about to move in the capital suddenly quieted down. Li Shimin was overjoyed and wanted to reward Sun Simiao again, but Sun Simiao was unmoved by his canonization of the position of lord and insisted on not accepting it. In the end, Li Shimin had no choice but to reward Sun Simiao's apprentice and promote him to the head of the Tai Hospital, replacing Li Mengsheng, the former head of the hospital who was beaten into the prison by Li Shimin.

It's hard to say anything about such a reward, although he is his own apprentice, he can't stop the future of others. It's just that when Lao Langzhong went to take office in a three-grade official uniform, Sun Simiao couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing at his big apprentice: "Alas, I'm afraid that the progress of his medical skills will end here......"

Xiaoxiao is still living in the Manna Hall now, and she unintentionally inserted herself under the willows, but once again saved the life of the queen's sister, and it was false to say that she was unhappy. This is not only the happiness that has been lost and regained, but more importantly, in the eyes of everyone, if Empress Changsun does not die, the conflict between the East Palace and the Wei Palace's Mansion will never be able to break out. Among them, including Emperor Li Shimin, thought the same.

However, on the evening of the third day when Sun Simiao researched the method of healing, a bloody piece of music was sent to Daming Palace. At that time, Li Shimin was accompanying Empress Changsun to tease the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses of the Jiang family in the Taiye Pool, and the smile on Empress Changsun's face was enough to melt the ice. Get back on your feet. It's the same with anyone.

After receiving the urgent mail from the Ministry of War, Wang De, the chief manager of Ouchi, saw the blood stains on the concerto, and his heart ached. Looking at it again, the music was sent from Hangzhou City, even if he was as calm as Wang De, he should be panicked. Huo Huo ran to the Taiye Pool dormitory, but saw that His Majesty the Emperor was really accompanying the queen mother, and the Mrs. Jiang who had made great contributions next to her was also >there. Wang De finally calmed down, and did not run in recklessly, but coughed lightly at the door and said:

"Your Majesty, there is a border pass expedited to send ......"

Li Shimin's mood is extremely sunny now, although he heard that it is an urgent concert at the border pass, but he has no intention of being in a hurry. Instead, he continued to say a few words to Empress Changsun, and asked Xiaoxiao to continue to accompany him. Only then did he turn around and walk to the door, and asked casually, "Border pass expedited movement?" What's the trouble? Is it Tibetan or Turkic? Although he was talking about misfortune, his face was still full of joy......

It was March, but Wang De was already sweating. Wiping his sweat with his sleeve, he looked back and saw that it was far enough away from the Tai Liquid Pool, and it was estimated that even if His Majesty the Emperor roared loudly, he should not be able to hear it over there. Then he carefully pulled out the hot piece from his sleeve, handed it over respectfully, and replied in an inaudible voice:

"Hangzhou ......"

Li Shimin didn't react for a while, what disaster could Hangzhou have? casually took the piece handed over by Wang De, and just wanted to open it, but saw the dried blood stains on the piece. Li Shimin's face changed instantly: Hangzhou?

As early as the end of February, Jiang Zhixuan, the assassin of Hangzhou, had already played, saying that there was a change in the government army of the Jianghuai and Huai provinces. At that time, Li Shimin also felt that this was possible. Who is the Jianghuai and Huai Metropolitan Protectorate? Of course, Li Shimin is clear. If the queen returns to heaven, it is very likely that she will follow Li Chengqian all the way to the dark. And it happened that Empress Sun's condition slowed down during that period of time, and Li Shimin didn't take it to heart. However, just in case, he still approved Jiang Zhixuan's request, transferred more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to Zuo Xiaowei, led by Duan Zhixuan himself, and secretly stationed in Jiangnan Province, so that when something really happened, it would not be too hasty!

By the beginning of March, Empress Changsun's condition was getting better. Li Shimin was in a good mood, and his assessment and judgment of the situation became more and more optimistic. He believed that his two sons would also make judgments and actions that were most favorable to him according to the situation. In addition, sitting in Hangzhou is his most proud protégé Jiang Zhixuan. Taken together, Li Shimin did not pay any more attention to the Jianghuai and Huai provinces. He thought that under the constraints of many parties, the East Palace would definitely restrain and restrain the soldiers of Jiangnan and Huainan......

In fact, it was also the same, after the news that Empress Changsun was expected to recover. Li Chengqian braked urgently and stopped all open and secret battles with the Wei Palace. He also sent people to Jiangnan and Huainan urgently, and ordered the two protectors not to act rashly for the time being. Similarly, the Wei Wangfu also stopped attacking the East Palace. There is no such thing as the imperial historian impeaching the prince for misconduct and virtue......

Things seem to be going in a smooth direction, and if nothing else, a farce can end quickly. The soldiers of the Jianghuai and Huai provinces who have moved the nest can return to the camp justifiably if they only need to say that they have won a great victory in suppressing bandits, and they can even get a reward from the imperial court; Zuo Xiaowei, who has been secretly stationed in Jiangnan Province, can also quietly withdraw to Xiangxi Province; Jiang Zhixuan can continue to implement his new salt and iron policy, and all the court situation can be restored to the previous calm......

However, the phrase backfire is used at this time. The messengers sent by Li Chengqian were used to being arrogant in the Beijing Division and the East Palace, and they became even more presumptuous as soon as they left the Beijing Division. Of course, he was on an urgent mission, but he didn't raid the place all the way. On the contrary, it was a galloping horse all the way, hoping to pass Li Chengqian's order to Jianghuai and Huai as soon as possible.

Just because of this beating horse galloping, there is no one in sight. In a small county about to reach Gangnam Province, an elderly woman crossing the street was hit and killed. It happened to be the day of the market, and the streets were full of people. The Courier's mount could no longer run wildly, and after striking the dead man, he ran forward less than a hundred paces before he was seized by the angry crowd and nearly beaten to death. When he was finally sent to the county office, he couldn't even speak clearly.

However, the county magistrate of the county government is a second pole who does things according to likes and dislikes, and I heard that this person hurt people by riding on horses, and without saying a word, he let people hit 20 boards. It was not until the messenger had no breath out of the messenger that he was thrown into the prison and ignored. These two county magistrates don't know that although he won the applause of the people by doing this, he also offended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace......

Li Chengqian's orders did not reach the authorities in Jiangnan and Huainan. And when the Jianghuai Liangdao was thousands of miles away from the Jingshi, and the news that Empress Changsun was expected to recover, it was already half a month later when it reached the Jianghuai Liangdao through the people, and the matter happened in this half month.

As mentioned earlier, Jiang Zhixuan has Zuo Xiaowei led by Duan Zhixuan to help. Full of confidence, there are even 500 Mo sword troops under the personal leadership of Li Siye to enter the Assassin Mansion as a surprise soldier. With such strength, Jiang Zhixuan naturally would no longer show mercy to his subordinates, and pressed Ouyang Zihui and Chen Cang and others in Hangzhou City step by step. At the same time, the friction between the soldiers of the two battalions in the east and west of Hangzhou Prefecture intensified.

Ouyang Zihui, Chen Cang and others obviously felt that Jiang Zhixuan's hostility was getting stronger and stronger, and these people were naturally unwilling to wait for death, so they discussed a preemptive strike to take down Jiang Zhixuan first. If they knew that less than thirty miles outside of Hangzhou was Zuo Xiaowei's camp, they would definitely not be so impulsive......

But these people have a set of corruption, but they don't know much about this kind of marching formation. Therefore, after informing his brother Ouyang Ziming, Ouyang Zihui dispatched the government soldiers of the western battalion of Hangzhou on March 23, the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, and under the personal leadership of Chen Cang, he took the lead in attacking the eastern battalion. And the Dongdaying side had long been on guard, and fought back under the command of Feng Qinglian.

At the same time, Jiang Zhixuan also sent nearly 200 officials from the Hangzhou Assassin's Mansion and the county government of Qiantang County and 80 of his own personal guards. went to the East Camp to help in the battle, creating a false impression of the emptiness of the Assassin's Mansion. Ouyang Zihui was really fooled, and he had always been firmly in his hands with the two hundred most elite people in the Western Battalion. Hearing that the Assassin's Mansion was empty, Ouyang Zihui thought that this was an excellent opportunity, so he led himself and Chen Cang's personal guards of more than 100 people, plus two hundred elite soldiers from the Western Battalion, to kill the Assassin's Mansion in a mighty manner, intending to capture the thief and capture the king first......

When he arrived at the Thorn History Mansion, the situation was indeed as Ouyang Zihui expected. The originally heavily defended Assassin Yamen no longer saw a few soldiers at this time. The two officials on duty at the gate saw hundreds of people on their side rushing over with weapons in their hands. He also threw away the water and fire stick in his hand from a long distance, and fled towards the assassin Shi Yamen.

Ouyang Zihui was very proud in his heart, but he gritted his teeth on his face. This Huangkou kid surnamed Jiang really hurt them too much. In just a few months, everyone was forced to be so embarrassed. If the evidence he collected hadn't happened to coincide with the queen's critical illness, I am afraid that at this time it would have become a talisman for these officials in the Jianghuai and Huai Realms. How fast is it that such a harmful spirit can finally be eliminated today?

"Soldiers, Jiang Zhixuan, the assassin of Hangzhou, formed a party for personal gain, excluded dissidents, slandered colleagues, and bent the law for bribes. Jiangnan Metropolitan Protector ordered him to be arrested and brought to justice, severely punished and punished, and if he resisted, he could be killed on the spot! ”。 Rushing to the door, Ouyang Zihui turned around and yelled at everyone. He himself is not afraid, but the group of personal soldiers and government soldiers under his command have not yet done a good job of the psychological construction of killing the assassin of Yizhou, and Jiang Zhixuan must be charged with some heinous crimes......

Sure enough, the soldiers behind him suddenly became much bolder. Some people even shouted: "Kill corrupt officials!" Then he raised his weapon and rushed into the Assassin's Yamen with a scream. As a result, I rushed inside to see that there was no one everywhere. Only a lot of messy documents were scattered all over the place, the plaques hanging high in the Yamen lobby were all crooked, and the signs of silence and avoidance were even more crooked, everything showed the panic of the people here before leaving.

Seeing this scene, Ouyang Zihui was even more excited. Raising the sword in his hand, he waved: "Search for me, the one surnamed Jiang can't run far......"

After a while, a soldier grabbed a husband who had broken his foot. After asking, Ouyang Zihui was overjoyed. It turned out that the man surnamed Jiang saw that his side was strong, and his own personal guards were all sent to the East Camp for reinforcements. He ordered his subordinates to retreat to the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion, intending to wait for help, and turned himself into a turtle in an urn......

However, Ouyang Zihui finally didn't get home in a daze, and thought in his heart that he had to finish things quickly. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to wait for the Dongda Battalion and the pro-soldier guards surnamed Jiang to rush back, thinking like this. Ouyang Zihui ordered loudly:

"The one surnamed Jiang is hiding in the backyard, soldiers, rush in, whoever catches or kills the surnamed Jiang first will be rewarded with a thousand yuan, and the official will be promoted to three poles!"

When the soldiers heard such a rich reward, they rushed towards the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion one by one. Ouyang Zihui didn't see the slightest doorway at this time, nor did he feel the slightest mistake. is too far away from his elder brother Ouyang Ziming, who used to be the assassin of Hangzhou and is now the governor of Huainan Prefecture......

On the side of the East Camp, Feng Qinglian and Captain Sun sat leisurely in the camp drinking. The shouting of killing outside the gate of the camp shook the sky, but the two of them didn't care at all, the east camp was fully prepared, and it was supported by the three hundred servants and personal guards of the assassin Shi, and they had an absolute advantage in both manpower and equipment, and they still held the camp. And those old soldiers in the West Battalion, they neglect training on weekdays and bully good people, but it is really not enough to take out a real battle with real swords and guns. So far, only a few people have been injured in the East Battalion, while there have been 100 casualties in the West Battalion, and it is already a miracle that it has not collapsed......

After taking a sip of wine, Captain Sun glanced at Feng Qinglian with some concern, but after all, he still couldn't hold back the words in his heart:

"Master Sima, can Lord Thorn Shi's side withstand it? The subordinates paid attention to the observation, and the more than 200 most elite people in the western camp did not appear outside our camp. These people must have taken advantage of the emptiness of the Assassin Yamen and directly attacked the Assassin Yamen. If there is any mistake on the part of Lord Thorn Shi, we will be in big trouble. Otherwise, let's send some people to the Assassin Mansion to help out, right? The lack of words also makes Lord Thorn Shi's personal guards go back, they are well-equipped and skilled in battle, I'm afraid it's no problem to fight one against two! ”

Feng Qinglian's old god glanced at him, and then looked at Jiang Zhixuan's personal guards who were so bored at the camp gate that he almost took off his clothes to catch lice, his face was extremely relaxed, and there was a bit of a taste of ashes in the middle of talking and laughing:

"Of course this official knows that those more than 200 people are not outside our East Camp, otherwise we can defend it so easily? You don't have to worry about Lord Thorn, let's just do what Lord Thorn tells us. If there is no mistake in the time, this official estimates that the elite of the more than 200 people are all in a different place now! ”

Captain Sun was shocked: "Won't it?" There are only twenty guards and more than a dozen servants on duty left around Lord Shi with few words, with this manpower, Lord Assassin Shi can kill the people in the West Battalion? Master Sima, you also know that those 200 or so people are ruthless characters who have really suppressed pirates in the coastal area, and everyone has seen blood......"

Feng Qinglian still smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, Lord Thorn Shi also knows about this. But to say something you don't like to hear, Captain Sun, in the current Assassin's Mansion, I'm afraid that even if you gather all the soldiers of the East Battalion and the West Battalion to attack, you won't be able to get half of the benefits, and if you don't get it, the whole army will be wiped out......"

Captain Sun shivered: "When did this Thorn Mansion become the Longtan Tiger's Den......

Feng Qinglian was bored, and it was no secret that this matter was sooner or later, so she simply explained to him:

"Do you know why Lord Thorn Shi went out hunting for more than ten days in a row some time ago? You should be at this juncture, Lord Thorn Shi really has that leisure? Let me tell you, that was our assassination master's secret plan, more than ten trips in and out of Hangzhou City, and brought back a full five hundred Modao soldiers......"

Captain Sun was shocked again: "Mo...... Modao Army??!!! ”

Feng Qinglian seemed to be very satisfied with Captain Sun's expression, nodded and smiled: "Exactly, this Modao Army, bloody battles, Tuguhun, conquest and suppression of mountain officials, has passed through countless battle formations, how can it be compared to those government soldiers who have only fought sea bandits?" Even Captain Sun despised these words, but Captain Sun didn't realize it at all......

As the two of them said, the Assassin's Mansion was already a purgatory on earth at this time. Thrilling screams came one after another, and more than 300 diehards led by Ouyang Zihui had just rushed into the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion, and the far door of the backyard slammed shut. Subsequently, Ouyang Zihui, Wu Chengci and others saw a scene that made them heartbroken:

I saw that Lord Thorn Shi, who had a gentle smile on his face on weekdays, stared at his group indifferently. Next to him, there stood a strong man like an iron tower, this strong man was dressed in a general's uniform, holding a wide and long, cold and shining big knife in his hand, just this one person, let everyone swallow a mouthful of saliva, such a big knife in the hands of such a person, who would dare to approach?

What's even worse is that from all over the backyard, there is still a steady stream of burly sergeants with large knives in their hands. These people, each of them were covered with bright light armor, wearing a lion helmet, and their faces were also covered with masks, and their bodies were protected from the bottom of the water, and they were really armed to the teeth......

Finally, someone in the crowd trembled with teeth and exclaimed: "Mo...... Road...... Modao Army ......"

Hearing this exclamation, Ouyang Zihui finally came to his senses, isn't this the most elite Modao Army in the Tang Army? How could he suddenly appear in the backyard of this assassin's mansion silently?

didn't leave him time to think at all, and the tower general standing beside Jiang Zhixuan in front of him burst into a thunderous shout: "Children, listen to my orders, except for the first evil, the rest of the thieves will be killed!" ”

Ouyang Zihui hadn't yet reacted from the shock of the sudden appearance of the Mo Dao Army, and when he heard Li Siye's roar, he suddenly woke up: "Anti-thief? "No wonder the Mo Sword Army will appear here, the Mo Sword Army is here, and the Zuo Xiaowei of that section of Zhixuan will definitely come, what is this elite of a hundred battles coming to do. You don't have to think about Ouyang Zihui anymore to know that he is here to quell the rebellion.

Suddenly, Ouyang Zihui was very annoyed, perhaps because of his recklessness, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Jianghuai and Huai Provinces would follow him into a situation from which he could never recover. Thinking of this, Ouyang Zihui's eyes were split, and a pair of red eyes roared at the indifferent young man in front of him:

"Jiang-Zhi-Xuan!!!"

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