At that time, although the civil and military talents of Tiance Mansion were far more prosperous than those in the East Palace, the armed forces that could be mobilized in Chang'an City could not be compared.

There were originally more people in the East Palace than in Tiance Mansion, not to mention Qi Mansion.

There is also a forbidden army in the palace, although it is directly under the emperor, but Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, who has been operating in Beijing for a long time, and the relationship with them is far from being comparable to Li Shimin.

If all the generals and elites of Tiance Mansion are transferred to assist Li Yuanji, Li Shimin will be the only one left in Chang'an.

Du and Fang have been expelled, and the people Li Shimin can trust most in Tiance Mansion at that time are his brother-in-law Sun Wuji, and his eldest grandson's uncle Gao Shilian.

They all know that the celestial phenomenon of "King Qin should have the world" has caused the emperor to be suspicious, and at this moment, Tiance Mansion is on the verge of life and death.

It's just that the strength of our own armed forces is so weak, can it succeed in the event of an uprising? I'm afraid it's still undecided.

However, the heavens showed a vision, which seemed to be beneficial to the Heavenly Ce Mansion? But if you act, you really can't be sure.

The two of them suggested divination to determine the good fortune, and Li Shimin agreed.

At this moment, a man rushed in, grabbed the tortoise shell prepared for divination, threw it on the ground, and said, "The so-called 'divination to resolve doubts'."

Now that there is no doubt about it, why do you still need divination? If you are unlucky, will you not act? ”

This person is Zhang Gongjin, who is nominally a subordinate of the East Palace, but in fact he is a close confidant of Tiance Mansion.

Li Shimin and the other three looked at him in a daze, only to hear him say: "I have Chang He, and he will be on duty at the Xuanwu Gate in three days." ”

Chang He was originally a general placed in the palace by Li Jiancheng, and was later bribed and became the internal response of Tiance Mansion.

At this time, Wang Hui, who was sneaking in the East Palace from Tiance Mansion, came to report secretly.

The next day, Li Jiancheng held a banquet in Kunming Pond to prepare for Li Yuanji, and all the generals who accompanied Li Yuanji on the expedition must attend.

Among them, there are many military generals of Tiance Mansion, so Li Shimin was also invited.

Wang Hui reported that the crown prince and the king of Qi would take advantage of this banquet to plot to assassinate the king of Qin, and after Yu Chi Jingde and others went to the north with the king of Qi, they were killed.

Li Shimin immediately secretly summoned Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling.

The two disguised themselves as Taoist priests and entered the Tiance Mansion.

After everyone discussed, a general direction was formulated.

The next day to Kunming Pool and the banquet, everyone is on guard, when there is no big problem.

The day after tomorrow, Li Shimin reported to Li Yuan about the situation in Kunming Pool, and a concubine would pass the news to the East Palace that night.

The day after tomorrow, the emperor will summon the crown prince and the king of Qi to inquire about this matter, and the two of them will think that they are safe.

At that time, the soldiers of Tiance Mansion had already entered the palace gate, and great things could be accomplished.

At present, the most stumbling on the left and right are still arming soldiers.

There are four areas where manpower is required:

First, when Li Shimin entered the palace, he had to be escorted.

Here are seven people, including Li Mengwei and Liu Shili.

Second, coerced Li Yuan's monarchs and ministers.

It is divided into two aspects: civil and military.

Scholars, Xiao Yu, Wen Daya, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenshi and the day to the imperial council; Warriors, Wei Chi Jingde and Duan Zhixuan led seventy armor soldiers, led by Chang He into the palace in advance, and ambushed and surrounded the place where the monarch and ministers were discussing.

Third, in the periphery of the Xuanwu Gate, the East Palace, Qi Mansion reinforcements.

The generals sent by the other party here, according to Zhang Gongjin's intelligence, were Xue Wanche and Feng Li of the East Palace, and Xie Shufang of the Qi Mansion, with about 1,000 soldiers.

Tiance Mansion took Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie, and Qin Shubao to lead the remaining more than 700 armor soldiers to block the East Palace soldiers from entering the palace gate.

Fourth, Chang He is only the on-duty commander of the Xuanwu Sect.

Above him, there are also Li Yuan's cronies Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng who commanded the Northern Ya Forbidden Army.

However, the 800 armor soldiers who can be used have all been distributed to the first three, and even the garrisons of Hongyi Palace and Tiance Mansion are extremely weak, where can they find people to deal with the forbidden army?

After everyone was silent for a moment, Fang Xuanling said, "Gong Zhen can come here.

Chang He Yuan is already here, and the two of them belong to the East Palace in the eyes of outsiders, and they can join hands to confuse the public.

Once the crown prince and the king of Qi find out that there is a change, they will order the rear to enter the palace.

At this time, he could try to lure Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng into rebellion in the East Palace, and let him fight against each other. ”

Du Ruhui high-fived and praised: "This plot is extremely good! This incident was originally caused by my king's report on the situation in Kunming Pool, and the East Palace was the party to be punished.

Such a logical order should make the forbidden army think that the East Palace is rebelling.

It's just that the "battle" may not be enough, and the "melee" must be used, so that the two sides have no time to clarify before it can be done. ”

The so-called "Fang Mou Du Break", "Old Tang Book" Shi Chen said: "Building a house knows that Du Zhi can make big decisions, and Du knows that Fang is good at building Jiamou." ”

This is evident from this.

When Li Shimin heard about this, he asked Zhang Gongjin: "Can you and Chang He cause a 'scuffle'?" ”

Zhang Gong carefully considered it for a moment and said: "Don't dare to hide it from the king, the minister is really not sure." ”

He thought about it again and said, "However, if a third party can be mixed in, then it can be done." ”

However, the soldiers of Tiance Mansion have been fully distributed, and they are still insufficient, so where can they be used as "third parties"? The crowd fell silent again.

In the hot summer of June, when everyone gathers to discuss secretly, the air seems to be about to condense.

After a long time, the eldest grandson Wuji broke the silence.

His tone was very excited: "The minister has a plan.

If the prisoner is released in prison..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already pleasantly surprised.

Li Shimin also smiled and said: "Yes, the fierce people who have not been trained are absolutely impossible if they want to have a neat team.

But if they want to cause chaos, no one can do it! ”

At that time, Gao Shilian was in charge of the state government prison in Yongzhou, so he went to release the prisoners.

In addition, the eldest grandson Wuji mobilized the armor and weapons reserved by the Tiance Mansion and various mansions for the use of these prisoners temporarily.

In addition, you have to consider what will happen after the event is completed.

There are roughly two types of areas to be disposed of:

First, within the Beijing Division.

There are three gates on each of the four walls of Chang'an City, and there are also three gates on each side of the sub-city in the north of the city.

In the south of the sub-city is the imperial city of the official office, and in the north is the palace of the emperor, and there are more city gates between the two.

There are garrisons at these many city gates inside and outside, and Li Jiancheng is often in Chang'an, and most of the garrisons have dealings with them.

These garrisons may not be able to respond to the situation that day, but they must be prepared for a counterattack in the future.

Therefore, after the deed is completed, it is necessary to immediately take control of the city gates and replace them with cronies.

There is a shortage of manpower in Tiance Mansion, and new people must be selected, and Zhang Shigui is responsible for this.

Second, outside the capital.

Although there was Zhang Liang in Luoyang at that time, he had already been suspected before, and the East Palace must be on guard.

Therefore, after the matter was completed, Qu Tutong immediately rushed to Luoyang to be responsible for stabilizing the situation, and the main consideration in this regard was to prevent Youzhou.

As for the day, where will the emperor be on the day? I'm afraid that I won't know until Li Shimin reports on the situation in Kunmingchi.

The crowd gathered around the parchment map laid out in the palace, imagined several possible locations, and discussed the outline.

At this time, the sky was already dawning, Li Shimin and all the generals had to prepare to go to Kunming Pool to participate in the feast, and they left one after another, leaving only Du, Fang and other strategists to continue to participate in the festival.