Li Shimin, who returned to the room, called Su Lie, Wei Chi Jingde and Shan Xiongxin.

The four of them were very relaxed, and none of them had nervous expressions because they went deep into the tiger's den, and Su Lie whispered:

"The scale of this mansion can accommodate up to seven or eight hundred guards, and they are about this number, if we act quickly, we will have a chance to control the Ning family."

Li Shimin nodded, looked at Shan Xiongxin and said, "The banquet you went with me, did you see clearly, how many people need to be controlled?" ”

Shan Xiongxin was standing behind Li Shimin at that time, he was a very stable person, so Li Shimin gave him this task, Su Lie was not suitable, because Li Shimin was worried that Ning Weizao had seen Su Lie.

Li Shimin was the focus of attention at that time, and it was inconvenient for him to look at randomly.

"There are about twelve of them, they are the head of the Ning family, they must all be controlled, and if we miss one, we can't control a mansion of this size," Shan Xiong said.

These people, one is more daring than the other, fifty people entered the Qinjiang Mansion, and they wanted to turn against the guest and take down Ning Chun and them.

Wei Chi Jingde frowned and said: "The other party will settle us in this small courtyard, and the only people who can enter and exit at will are the horses, and if you want to find out the residence of these twelve people, you can only rely on the horses." ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "There's no need, I can find an opportunity in the future to create a banquet like tonight, Wei Chi and Cheng Yanjin follow me, responsible for controlling the banquet, and set the party to lead people directly into the banquet hall after I left a stick of incense, we will control these people with lightning speed, and then lead the army into the city, and Qinjiang County will fall into my hands." ”

Then, relying on his memory, Li Shimin dipped water on the table and drew a route from the small courtyard to the banquet hall.

The distance is not close, at least two hundred meters, and Li Shimin and Su Lie agreed, after Li Shimin went to the banquet, as soon as the incense was burned, Su Lie would lead people over there.

In the army, the grasp of time is very accurate, although there is not a stick of incense in the hand, but this time can be judged accurately.

In the following days, Li Shimin would go out every day to find Ning Chun and them to discuss recruitment, at first, he only led Shan Xiongxin, and later added Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin, and the Ning family didn't say anything, after all, it was a horse, and it was reasonable to have guards around him.

They will not be afraid, because after Li Shimin's fifty people entered the mansion, except for Li Shimin, Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin, all the other people's weapons were handed in.

But the armor is kept, which is called beware of you hurting others, but you can protect yourself.

The Ning family will not choose to turn their faces with the court now, in the future, this is called leaving a way back, the anti-thieves were instigated by them, in order to force the court, if the court is willing to compromise, then there will be no Cen Mingxiu, if the court is unwilling to compromise, Cen Mingxiu will control the entire Guangxi region and become the king of Guangxi on the bright side, and continue to be manipulated by the Ning family behind his back.

His father is still in the hands of the emperor, and Ning Xunzao doesn't dare to mess around, but his cousin Ning Daoming and uncle Ning Chun can't say for sure.

Ning Changzhen can only ascend to the throne if he dies, as long as he lives, the two of them can't, because the generals of the old Ning family's army are all Ning Changzhen's subordinates.

Ning Chun and Ning Daoming said that they were going out to recruit troops, and left the city directly, leaving the three Ning Xunzao brothers to continue to entertain Li Shimin.

"My soldiers outside the city, I don't know how your mansion is settled?" Li Shimin asked.

In the living room, Lao Sanning said with a smile: "Don't worry, the horse has settled in a village ten miles outside the city, and food and drinking water are guaranteed." ”

"My horses eat fine materials, if the horses are hungry and thin, they will not be able to go to the battlefield in the future," Li Shimin frowned and said: "In this way, I will send someone out to take a look, and I have a good number in my heart." ”

After Ning Weizao and his two brothers glanced at each other, he nodded and said, "I will send someone from the house to lead the way, don't worry, if you are hungry for our horses, you will not be hungry for Your Majesty's horses." ”

Their brothers already knew that the 3,000 people outside the city were the elite of Zuo Beishenfu, although Li Shimin didn't say it, but he could see it by looking at the emblem.

Li Shimin nodded: "How long will it take to recruit soldiers and horses?" In fact, it doesn't take too much, there are 20,000 people on your side, and we have the strength to fight the thieves. ”

"No, no, no," the second Ning Xuan hurriedly said: "The rebels under Cen Mingxiu have reached 50,000 people, and they are fully armed. ”

"Is it that difficult?" Li Shimin said with a dissatisfied face.

Ning Weizao explained with a smile: "The people of the world don't know, the population of my Ningyue County is only 150,000, and the three counties together are more than 300,000, which is different from the Central Plains. ”

He was talking about the registered population, and most of the slang natives were not registered.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "When will Ning Chun and the two Taishou come back?" ”

"It's not easy to recruit soldiers, time is uncertain," Ning said.

Li Shimin said impatiently: "If you delay it like this, it will delay the big event, can you come back in ten years?" ”

"Definitely not," the second child Ning Xuan said: "The horse is new to the battlefield, and there must be a lack of experience, and recruiting soldiers is the most time-consuming." ”

"Then twenty days," Li Shimin urged: "You send someone to contact them, and you must come back within twenty days. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll send someone to contact them," Ning Xuan said perfunctorily.

Two days later, one afternoon, Ning Huizao sent someone over and invited Li Shimin to a banquet.

"It's all ready, those two surnamed Ning are hiding from me, they can't come back in a short time, let's pack up Ning Changzhen's sons first," Li Shimin whispered: "After I leave, I will have a stick of incense, and I must come in a hurry." ”

Su Lie nodded solemnly: "Shimin, rest assured, these fifty of us are all warriors with one as ten, and there is no problem." ”

After everyone discussed in a low voice, Li Shimin took Shan Xiongxin and them away.

Su Lie stayed, took Hou Junji and them to put on armor, and unloaded a few table legs in the house, in short, there were no weapons, and they had to get some good guys to take advantage of local materials.

At the banquet, Li Shimin talked and laughed and frequently poured wine into Ning Weizao.

Suddenly, there was a strange noise outside the hospital, Li Shimin suddenly frowned, and got up with a frightened face:

"What happened?"

"Don't panic, don't panic," Ning said to the next level: "Go out and see what's going on?" ”

As soon as the door opened, a group of strongmen broke in on a rampage, and the three Shan Xiongxin, who were standing behind Li Shimin, also instantly attacked, and pounced on the three Ning Huanzao brothers, controlling the three brothers in one fell swoop.

"What is this for?" Ning Huanzao was bitten by Cheng Jin's neck with a horizontal knife, and he didn't dare to call anyone anymore.

Li Shimin was still sitting in his place, giving orders:

"Hou Junji, I order you to escort Ning Yu to the armory as soon as possible, take out the weapons, Su Dingfang, you take Ning Xuan out of the city immediately, rush to the village to lead the army into the city, they dare to speak out, cut it directly, Wei Chi Jingde is guarding outside the hospital, and I am not allowed to enter the hospital unless my subordinates are allowed to enter the hospital."

"Yes," Su Dingfang and the three of them were ordered to leave.

Next, Li Shimin continued to drink and smiled at Ning Xunzao, who was surprised:

"Da Lang had better send a henchman out to appease those guards of yours, if they dare to mess around, I will chop off your head."

Ning Weizao nodded hurriedly, and said to the unruly guard behind him:

"Why don't you go now, tell the outside that nothing is happening here."

"Zhu Cang, you follow him," Li Shimin said: "If you dare to talk nonsense or make eyes, you will be killed on the spot." ”

The corners of Zhu Cang's mouth curled, and he said to the man: "Please." ”

As long as the elite of Zuo Beishen Mansion enters the city smoothly, Li Shimin is completely sure to control the entire county seat, after all, this is the county seat, not Daxing or Luoyang, there are very few garrisons in the city, where is the Ning family's army, Li Shimin has already explored it clearly on the way south.

Anyway, it's not in Qinjiang County.

Su Dingfang pretended to be Ning Xuan's entourage, followed the other party to open the city gate in the middle of the night, and went to the garrison village.

Ning Xuan didn't dare to mess around, because he heard clearly who was holding him.

Su Lie Su Dingfang, one of the most famous generals of the younger generation of the Great Sui, captured Gao Dayang, the commander of Goguryeo, in the midst of the ten thousand armies.

"Brother, misunderstanding, what do you want to do?" Ning Xuan said on the way.

Su Dingfang said: "Say one more word, and I will kill you immediately." ”

Ning Xuan's face was pale, and he didn't dare to beep anymore.

The main general of this army outside the city is Guo Jingshan, the second son of Guo Rong, the general of the Right Xiaowei, and Yang Guang's Qianniu is prepared.

A few days ago, Li Shimin sent people out of the city to make contact, and he had already instructed him, and now he suddenly saw Su Lie, Guo Jingshan immediately took the army that had been prepared for a long time, and marched at full speed towards Qinjiang County.

After entering the city, 500 people were divided to take over the city defense under the guidance of Ning Xuan, and another 500 people were divided into 500 people, and they went directly to the only military garrison in the city.

There were also a thousand people, who went to Ning Chun and Ning Daoming's mansions respectively.

In the early morning, Guo Jingshan led his troops into the Qinjiang Mansion, drove all the Ning family's guards to several halls, locked them, and confiscated all weapons.

"The news must have leaked, if Ning Chun and them return with their army, how will we deal with it?" Guo Jingshan said.

After all, this is the territory of the Ning family, and although Li Shimin acted quickly, many people still left the city and ran away.

Li Shimin took a moment to say: "We have Ning Dalang in our hands, they don't dare to mess around, if Ning Chun comes, tell him to immediately send troops to quell the rebellion, otherwise I will kill his family members cleanly." ”

The news of the fall of the old nest soon spread to the army camp, and Ning Chun and Ning Daoming looked at each other.

"The defenders in the city, plus the guards of various provinces, how come there are nearly 10,000 people, and all of them have been captured?" Ning Chun looked angrily at the servant who had fled back to deliver the news.

The servant said with a sad face: "It happened suddenly, it can't be prevented, the other party's armor and weapons are too powerful, one soldier tops ten of us, and we can't beat it at all, Mrs. They were all arrested." ”

"This little brute!" Ning Daoming slapped the table and stood up: "Pass my general order, immediately reorganize the troops, and return to Qinjiang." ”

"You're crazy," Ning Chun said angrily, "What's the difference between this and rebellion?" ”