Chapter 564: The overall situation is difficult to decide, and changes are rampant
This abrupt palace change lasted until the sky was slightly bright, and the sound of swords and guns gradually subsided.
But the panic of the imperial capital from the hundred officials of the clan to the peddlers and pawns could not end: the sky was already dawning, but the doors of the imperial capital still had no intention of opening.
"There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad." Su Shaoge appeared in the flower hall of Yanhou Mansion again, and said with no joy or anger on his face, "The good news is that last night's palace capture went very smoothly, inside and outside the imperial city, no, it should be within the imperial capital, and it is already under our control!" β
But the bad news is very bad, "The forbidden army sent to the Wei family lost their hands, allowing Wei Xi to escape to the city wall and leave at night!" β
If it was just Weixi, Su Shaoge wouldn't be worried, the problem was, "Most of the forbidden troops stationed outside the city are He Wenqiong's henchmen!" If Wei Xi brought the news of He Wenqiong's death to the barracks, it would probably incite them to take revenge on He Wenqiong! β
In fact, it is difficult for Su Shaoge to come to this point - the most fatal part is, "Because of Concubine Xu's last words, His Royal Highness the King of Shu had gone out of the city with Concubine Xu's coffin a few days ago and went to the emperor's tomb to guard filial piety!" β
ββAlthough it is said that the Wei family was originally in Concubine Xu. Under the resistance, he gave up the plan to support the king of Shu.
But now that Wei Xi, who has escaped alone, has no choice, he will inevitably persuade the forbidden army to go to the imperial tomb and welcome the king of Shu as a pretense, so as to fight with the Su family in the imperial city!
And although the imperial capital is the most prosperous city of Darui, how can it have the vastness outside the city?
In other words, the number of forbidden troops in the imperial capital is not comparable to the number of forbidden troops outside the city!
What's more, in last night's seizure of the palace, many people also died in the battle - besides, no one in the emperor thought that there would be such a serious thing as a mutiny, so no one thought of stockpiling grain and grass!
Although it is said that there will be some things that are not easy to deteriorate in the warehouses of high-ranking families all year round, such as grains, cured meat, etc., but how many days can the huge city and so many people last?
It's still the end of the year, the weather is cold, even if the Su family has been in business for many years and has a deep-rooted power in Darui's army, but can these people come to the imperial capital in time to relieve the siege of the Su family?!
Although the situation of the siege of the imperial capital has not yet appeared, Su Shaoge is sure that Wei Xi will definitely do this!
After all, this is the only hope to save the Wei family at the moment!
His expression was solemn, "If it's the rest of the Wei family who goes out of the city, it's okay!" Wei Xi is scheming and ruthless, even if the Wei family's descendants are still here, Empress Wei and the crown prince are still alive, but I am afraid that after he gets the king of Shu in his hands, he will not care about these people! β
Wei Xi is not a fool, not to mention that as the head of Fengzhou Wei's family, he has to consider the future of the entire Wei family, not his narrow-minded wife and children; Just said that even if Wei Xi surrendered to the Su family for the sake of Empress Wei and the others, would the Su family let them go and let the Wei family go?
Therefore, even if Wei Xi's closest relatives are still alive and have become prisoners of the Su family, it is impossible to use these people to hold Wei Xi hostage.
After all, if Wei Xi doesn't seize the opportunity of the forbidden army outside the city and the King of Shu to fight, Fengzhou Wei will be the next Jiangnan Song!
If he wins, even if his wife and children will die tragically in the imperial capital, the entire Fengzhou Wei still has a future.
In this situation, what Wei Xi will do, don't ask!
Su Shaoge came to Yanhou Mansion at this moment to say these two news, naturally not to complain, he didn't have the leisure to complain, but came to Jian Xubai to discuss the matter of defending the city: "The number of the forbidden army is not enough to hold the whole city, I heard that there is a group of elite ...... brought back from Wuhuan under the command of Yanhou."
"You don't have to fight these elite ideas!" Jian Xubai, who had just returned from the mansion of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, looked tired, rubbed his forehead and said lightly, "When I was away last night, you were already from my wife's hands to leave 'Suifeng', and now you are beating my idea of guarding back then, do you want our husband and wife to go to the city to defend the city?!" β
"There are not many people in the forbidden army." Su Shaoge knew that last night's euphemistic threat made Yanhou and his wife angry, he smiled bitterly and explained, "The influence of my Su family in the army has been since the founding of the country, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is deep-rooted!" So when the first emperor wanted He Wenqiong to replace my Su family in charge of the forbidden army, in order to ensure the loyalty of this forbidden army, a large number of new soldiers were used! β
In other words, the combat effectiveness of this forbidden army is actually not very good.
Emperor Xianjia and He Wenqiong had no choice but to do this back then: the Su family's power in the army was too big and too deep, and Emperor Xianjia's body was about to die at that time, so he couldn't wait for He Wenqiong to take his time.
In order to build a pure and loyal army for Emperor Duanhua, who else can you use if you don't need a blank piece of paper?
And the two monarchs and ministers didn't expect today's scene, at that time, it seemed that although the combat effectiveness of this kind of newcomer forbidden army was a little worse, it was an army in the end - unless the armies in other parts of Darui were edicted, it was impossible to get close to Gyeonggi!
In addition to guarding the imperial city, this forbidden army actually served as a guard of honor most of the time, and did not participate in any battles at all. Although their commander He Wenqiong has some experience in military training, it has only been a few years since He Wenqiong took over the forbidden army and has been unified with the Communist Party now? Most of He Wenqiong's focus is still on the court, and this forbidden army looks at the bright and majestic armor, but in fact, there are eight times out of ten. Nine is a novice.
But even if Emperor Xianjia considered that the Su family would definitely not be willing to miss the throne of King Su, he also felt that it would be impossible for the Su family to deal with the regular army if the "Dai Feng" of the Su family came out.
So what if this forbidden army is a little weaker?
"Although this forbidden army is generally a new pawn, they have never been on the battlefield, and they have never seen blood." Su Shaoge saw that Jian Xubai didn't speak, so he had to continue, "It's the same inside and outside the city, and they take turns to enter the city to defend the palace - but the number of people outside the city is much more than that inside the city!" β
If the level is similar, then the victory or defeat is often based on the number.
Even if the defending side of the city has a great advantage, in the case of the huge disparity in numbers, Su Shaoge still can't rest assured.
After all, not only is there only one way left in Weixi now, but the Su family can't afford to lose now!
"Is there only one Yang Jue under He Wenqiong?" Jian Xubai took a sip of the tea bowl and frowned, "Don't tell me that things are so coincidental, but the wedding turned into a funeral on the day of Changxing's descent yesterday, but He Wenqiong chose the queen, but this Yang Jue happens to be in the imperial capital!" β
Although Yang Jue's status in the forbidden army is not low, he is also responsible for rotating guards.
In other words, he is not always in the imperial capital, but may also be in the camp outside the city.
But last night, Su Shaoge received news that He Wenqiong went to find Empress Wei - this is definitely sudden news, but the Su family immediately let Yang Jue launch a mutiny to seize the palace successfully!
Therefore, Jian Xubai would never believe that the Su family had only planted such a key chess piece in the forbidden army.
I'm afraid that even if it wasn't Yang Jue's turn to be an errand in the imperial capital yesterday, the Su family still has spare manpower!
This is the advantage of the Wang clan, even if Emperor Xianjia and He Wenqiong are already careful and careful, they will still inevitably be mixed into it by their people, and even occupy a high position.
It is not necessarily that their methods are better than those of Emperor Xianjia.
What's more, because they prepared early, and there are a large number of ancestors Yu Ze to use - for example, Yang Jue, this person has been clearly investigated in the previous generations, and has absolutely nothing to do with the Su family!
But as it turned out, they weren't looking far enough.
What can Kexian Jiadi do? The Lu clan is now a noble royal family, but before the establishment of Darui, not only were they not one of the six lords, they were not even a family.
It has only been less than 50 years since Darui was established, how can the background compare with the Su family, which has been very prominent since several dynasties?
"There are indeed people outside the city, but it probably won't work." Su Shaoge didn't deny it when he heard this, his face was very ugly, "I didn't expect Weixi to escape from the city in a hurry last night!" So they only notified Yang Jue in the city that they would do it, and there was no time to go outside the city to the news! β
If it weren't for the fact that Wei Xi had escaped, and there was a Shu king outside the city in addition to the forbidden army - he would now inform the henchmen in the forbidden army outside the city to slowly and logically absorb the forbidden army, there would be nothing to hurry.
But now, he had to hurry.
"Since the palace is already under control, should you let His Royal Highness King Su ascend the throne first?" Jian Xubai pondered for a while and said, "After all, it is always a good thing to have a righteous name. β
Although he knew that once King Su ascended the throne and the overall situation was settled, Yanhou Mansion was estimated to be the next target of the Su family, but the situation has reached the present, and once the candidate supported by the Wei family comes to power, it will be a catastrophe for Yanhou Mansion.
Su Shaoge pulled his face down and begged to come to the door again, and Jian Xubai would not turn his face with him irrationally now.
Although his face is not very good, he still has to think about how to join forces with the Su family to deal with the next crisis at this moment.
Su Shaoge knew that Jian Xubai was not an impulsive person, but when he saw that he finally relented, he also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This is natural, but the new monarch's accession to the throne is not child's play, so he has to pick a good day." β
As for whether it is good or not, it doesn't really matter if it's a bad day, anyway, the previous dynasty was not an emperor who didn't kill his father with a sword and turned around and announced that he was enthroned as the emperor - and Qin Tianjian is a professional in the arts, so they can tell the good and the bad.
Now the problem is that Wei Xi has run out, and there are still conditions outside the city that may allow the Wei family to turn over.
So......
Will the Manchu civil and military forces in the imperial capital recognize King Su's accession to the throne?
It would be easy for the Su family to kill them all, but if they really did this, wouldn't it be a ready-made reason to send Wei Xi to oppose King Su and oppose the Su family?!
So even if the Su family now controls the imperial capital, they don't dare to rashly put King Su on the throne - otherwise, even if King Su is dressed in the crown of God and the jade seal is handed over to him, if most of the courtiers oppose it, wouldn't this enthronement ceremony become a farce?
"What did Gu Shao say?" Jian Xubai heard the meaning of his words, and couldn't help frowning, "Didn't you deliberately take that 'token' with my wife last night?" β
Su Shaoge's face was ugly and said, "Someone told him the news that Wei Xi escaped from the city, so he repented!" β