The night is hazy, and the moon is bright.

Chang'an City, as always, resembles a sleeping lion.

With the appearance of Zheng Jaeyou, the lion seemed to wake up.

The night passed like this, and the morning sun rose as usual the next day, and the hundred officials went to court normally.

A few days have passed, and what Zheng Zaiyou said does not seem to have happened, and Li Shimin is about to relax his vigilance.

On this day, the wind was mild, the sky was cloudless, and the army suddenly appeared outside Chang'an City, all in cyan uniforms.

"Report!!"

"About 50,000 troops have been spotted ahead!!"

Scout Urgent Report.

The news was transmitted to Li Shimin as soon as possible.

"Is it really here?!"

After Li Shimin got the news, his eyes instantly turned cold.

He was very angry, angry that the five surnamed Qiwang really suppressed Chang'an City.

The 50,000 army actually crossed the defense and appeared directly under the tower of Chang'an City, which shows how strong the strength of the five surnames and seven hopes is.

"Order, close the city gates, pass the journey and bite the gold!"

Li Shimin quickly made a way to deal with it.

He had been prepared for a long time, but Chang'an City was still empty.

Therefore, it is necessary to close the city gate before the next step can be made.

Soon, Cheng Yanjin arrived.

"Your Majesty, is it finally time for me to play?"

Cheng Biting Jin rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Not long ago, Li Shimin wanted to send troops from three routes, and Li Jing, Chai Shao, Hou Junji, and Wei Chi Jingde all went, and he Cheng Yanjin and a few generals remained.

At that time, Cheng Yanjin disagreed, and he was clamoring to go to the battlefield, but when Li Shimin promised to have him fight soon, he finally had no opinion.

Now, he has learned that an army has appeared outside Chang'an City, and Li Shimin called him, he knows that it is time for him to play.

"I can only give you 20,000 troops, you can not attack, but the city must be kept."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Chang'an City's troops are really running out.

can only give Cheng 20,000 yuan, and the rest is for other problems.

The five surnames and seven wangs used the army, and it may not be only the army outside Chang'an City.

You have to be prepared enough to win this battle.

"Twenty thousand?" Cheng Yanjin muttered, and then said firmly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, people are in the city!" ”

Li Shimin listened, nodded with satisfaction, and signaled that Cheng Yanjin could bring his tiger talisman to mobilize 20,000 troops.

It didn't take long for the reason for the sudden closure of the city gate of Chang'an City to be known.

In an instant, people shook and panicked.

"Oh my God, whose army is that?"

"It's terrible to appear outside the imperial capital without making a sound, isn't it?"

"What's wrong with the court, what's wrong with the place, what will happen to us?"

People were shocked and couldn't keep their composure.

The imperial capital is dignified, but the enemy army unknowingly appears outside the imperial capital.

Is it that all the cities outside the imperial capital have fallen, so that the enemy army has gone straight into the belly?

But before that, there was no talk of the fall of the city, only the Qingshan in Qingzhou was arrogant in Henan Province.

The people of Chang'an City fell into panic, and the high-ranking officials of the imperial court soon knew the news, and they knew more, and it was difficult to calm down.

Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Qi and others entered the palace for the first time.

Fang Yuan is now the head of the household department, and at this time, he can only enter the palace according to the routine operation.

The court has rules, if the court is faced with a major matter, the emperor does not summon it, and the minister must also take the initiative to enter the palace to face the saint.

"Tsing Yi Army, Qingzhou Qingshan's army!"

"But I know that it's just a gimmick, and it's the five surnames and seven wangs who really control them!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Before Fang Yuan and the others arrived, Zheng Zaiyou was already in the imperial study.

Naturally, it was not he who took the initiative to ask to see Li Shimin, but Li Shimin forcibly arrested him.

Now the five surnames and seven wangs in Chang'an City are under Li Shimin's monitoring, and Li Shimin knows anything that is disturbing.

In the past few days, Zheng Zaiyou tried to escape several times, but he was discovered by the people arranged by Li Shimin, and he was forced back to the Zheng family mansion in Xingyang.

Zheng Zaiyou and others are inseparable from Li Shimin's monitoring, but I don't know if his fire gun has left Chang'an City because of this.

"Your Majesty, what is their purpose?"

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice.

The sudden appearance of the army caught them off guard.

For their ministers, there is an unshirkable responsibility and dereliction of duty.

"Maybe it's a dismount for us!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

He wasn't going to tell the story of the firecracker.

No matter what the confrontation between Datang and Wusurnamed Qiwang becomes in the future.

As long as the fire gun is still in hand, it will be a reassurance for all the ministers.

"With their 50,000 troops?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should immediately mobilize the fire gun army and kill them by surprise!"

The eldest grandson Wuji sneered and looked down on the 50,000 soldiers.

He knew that there were still 30,000 troops in Chang'an City, of which 20,000 were taken by Cheng Yanjin to defend the city.

The remaining 10,000 were under the control of the emperor himself, so as not to need to mobilize the army in case of special problems.

But whether it is 10,000 or 30,000, as long as they are equipped with firearms, 50,000 troops are simply not enough.

It's a trust in the firecracker!

"The Fire Gun Army has its own arrangements!"

"I want you to maintain the normal operation of Datang."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

At this time, how to call the fire gun, it will be as Fang Yuan said, the fire gun will flow out.

Before it is confirmed whether Zheng Jaeyou's firearms are still in his hands, the firecracker army does not plan to move for the time being.

"Your Ministers obey!"

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others were a little surprised.

But seeing that Li Shimin had already planned, they no longer met.

After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, everyone retreated, and Fang Yuan was left behind by Li Shimin.

"Fang Yuan, the way you tortured Ashina Sheer last time was very good, and you also tortured Zheng Zaiyou."

Li Shimin pointed to Zheng Zaiyou on the side and said.

He arrested Jung Jae-woo and then asked Jung Jae-woo to participate in the meeting.

just wants Zheng Zaiyou to know that he has a way to deal with the army of five surnames and seven hopes.

The city is empty of troops, but it doesn't mean that you will be frightened by the army with five surnames and seven hopes.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to."

"As I said earlier, I haven't taken the firecracker out yet, but I don't have the right to hand it over."

Zheng Jaeyou's face turned a little pale and tried to explain.

"I don't believe you."

"Fang Yuan, give him something good."

Li Shimin snorted coldly.

Looking at Jung Jae-woo's appearance doesn't look like lying.

But it's not a lie, you have to torture and torture to know.

Fang Yuan looked at Zheng Zaiyou with a playful look in his eyes.

Zheng Jaeyou was still very arrogant a few days ago, but now he is scared when he knows it.

"Your Majesty, don't, the two places are at war, don't kill them, I really don't know!"

Jung Jae-woo was so frightened that he retreated.

But this is the Imperial Study, how can he retreat somewhere?

"I won't kill you, you can rest assured."

Li Shimin sneered.

The five surnamed Qiwang troops came to the city but didn't say anything.

Since you don't say it, then ask from Zheng Jaeyou, even if he doesn't know, he is the key person.

"Please."

Fang Yuan smiled.

Let the forbidden army present arrest Zheng Zaiyou.

"Emperor, you can't be like this, you can't be like this!"

Jung Jae-woo shouted, struggling to escape.

But this is the Imperial Study, and it is guarded by the forbidden army.

It was impossible to escape, and in the end he was caught and forcibly taken away.

"Fang Yuan, you can't let him die, just scare."

Li Shimin admonished.

He felt that Zheng Zaiyou was unhappy.

Intimidate him, torture him, let him know that he regrets.

"I understand."

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, but he had no objection.

"Also, prepare a firecracker, you may need it at any time."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

The purpose of the five surnames and seven hopes is not yet clear.

Or maybe it's what Zheng Jaeyou said, or maybe it's not.

But in any case, the 20,000-strong army is still a little short of the 50,000-strong army.

At the critical moment, it is still necessary to attack with a fire gun and give the five surnames and Qiwang a heavy blow.

"Good!"

Fang Yuan nodded heavily.

After leaving the imperial study, Fang Yuan made arrangements after he returned.

It didn't take long for the 50,000 army to stop outside Chang'an City.

The black crowd gives people a feeling that the black clouds are crushing the city.

The soldiers on the city wall looked at it, angry and angry, feeling deeply insulted.

This scene seems to let them go back to the ninth year of Wude, when the Eastern Turkic soldiers came to the city.

"We are ordered by the king to go to Qingshan, and we have come to greet the family who wants to leave Chang'an City, please inform the emperor!"

Outside the city, messengers came out to speak.

The sound rolled and reached the ears of Cheng Yanjin and others on the city wall.

"Deliver the news to Your Majesty!"

"Let someone bring ten more strong crossbows!"

Cheng Yanjin ordered in a cold voice.

Enemies are out of range of bows and arrows, but crossbows can be reached.

It's just that the number of strong crossbows is small, and it is not easy to shoot arrows every time, and the effect is not very large.

But even if it doesn't play a big role, Cheng Yanjin also wants to disgust and disgust this group of hateful five surnames and seven enemies.

Soon, ten strong crossbows were moved, and ten huge bows and arrows were fired, and they were inserted in the middle of the army of 50,000.

But almost all of them were dodged, and only a few shots hit people, causing quite a lot of commotion.

Time passes slowly.

Chang'an City was enveloped in an atmosphere of terror.

But until dark, there were no accidents in Chang'an City, and there was no incident.

The night was quiet.

But the defense was the toughest ever.

In Chang'an City, Cheng Biting Jin wore armor and guarded the city overnight.

Outside the city, the 50,000 Tsing Yi troops did not leave, or even set up camp.

This made Cheng Yanjin, who was staring at the city, feel uneasy, and especially asked people to guard the city gate to prevent the inside from joining outside.

There are too many people with five surnames and seven wangs in Chang'an City, and there are many who are in good positions, so they can't be sloppy.

The hours soon came to the wee hours of the morning.

Cheng Yanjin, who was dozing off on the city wall, suddenly woke up.

The moment he opened his eyes, he felt his cold hairs stand on end, and infinite terror enveloped him.

Looking at the 50,000 troops outside the city, they couldn't see it in the dark, only the faint light of torches.

Seeing that they did not move, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

But suddenly, countless torches rose in front of him, and the flames suddenly soared into the sky.

At the same time, there was a loud bang, and the city shook violently.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Under the city, the soldiers screamed in terror.

At the same time, the 50,000-strong army outside the city also moved at this time.

"All the army assembled!"

Cheng Biting Jin's pupils widened and roared angrily.

The next moment, the drums of war sounded, and the flames also soared into the sky.

At the same time, when Cheng Yanjin ordered the army to assemble, he also personally lit fireworks to set off signals.

Cheng Yanjin felt that the gate of the city wall was blown open after the explosion just now.

Now the 50,000 Tsing Yi troops are attacking towards the city gate.

The bombed gates were not easy to hold, and the enemy had a good chance of coming in.

At this time, Cheng Yanjin did not plan to completely defend the city, and was ready to let some soldiers defend the city, and most of them rushed out to fight.

The soldiers defending on both sides of the city were quickly assembled, and Cheng Yanjin immediately got on his horse and led 15,000 soldiers to rush out, while the remaining soldiers stayed to defend the city.

The war begins!

"What?"

"The gates were blown up?!"

When Li Shimin learned the news, he was so shocked that he stood up from the emperor's seat.

He told Cheng to bite the gold in the process, so that Cheng Biting Jin was optimistic about the city gate, why was it blown up?

The key is that in the news sent back by Cheng Yanjin, there is no news about who blew up the city gate.

"Gather 3,000 forbidden troops and immediately follow me to the research institute!"

Li Shimin roared.

Ordered Li Junxian to immediately mobilize all the forbidden troops.

He changed into gold armor as quickly as he could.

From the palace to the research institute and from the palace to the city gate, it is almost a straight line.

Therefore, Li Shimin did not ask Fang Yuan to bring the fire gun, but went to get it himself.

Soon, Li Shimin rushed to the research institute in a hurry.

I just happened to see Fang Yuan coming out of the research institute.

"Your Majesty, please fire the gun!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He saw Cheng Biting Jin's fireworks signal.

So I rushed to the research institute as soon as possible and prepared the firecracker.

He had 3,000 people here, and Li Shimin had 3,000 people, a total of 6,000 people attacked.

"Get on the horse and kill the enemy with me!"

Li Shimin had a calm face and said murderously.

"Good!"

Fang Yuan only had one word.

He had already prepared his horse.

Even if Li Shimin didn't say it, he would think about going to fight.

With the firecracker, ordinary soldiers can't get close to each other, so they don't have to worry about their own safety.

"Drive!"

After distributing the firearms, Li Shimin took the lead and galloped towards the city gate.

It was dark at this time, but I could still see the road clearly under the bright moon.

In a short time, 6,000 soldiers rushed to the city gates.

There was a fierce battle in the middle of the city gate.

There was a Tsing Yi army desperately trying to rush in, but was blocked by the Tang army.

The two sides fought to the death in the gates that were not too narrow and not too wide.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?!"

The deputy general guarding the city was taken aback when he saw Li Shimin.

"Can you find out who blew up the city?!"

Li Shimin sat on the horse and looked down at the deputy general with cold eyes.

"Already, the suspect has been caught, but there is no time for trial."

The adjutant general said tremblingly.

The emperor's momentum made him feel like a man.

He was ordered to defend the city, but he was blown up and the city was destroyed.

This is a dereliction of duty, and if it is investigated, it will bear a great deal of responsibility.

This is also why Cheng Yanjin took people out to kill him in the first place, because he wanted to make up for his mistakes.

"Good life guard, when a person dies, you will bring someone's head to see me!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Hearing that the suspect had been caught, his cold face was slightly relieved.

There is not a trace of the real murderer even when the city gate is blown up.

"Yes!"

The lieutenant's body tensed and he shouted loudly.

"Let the soldiers stand down, and the guns are on!"

Li Shimin ordered.

And let Fang Yuan take the fire gun army to surround the city gate into a semicircle.

This semicircle, inside and out, has six columns, ensuring that countless people will also die under the lead bullets of the fire guns when they rush in.

(End of chapter)