Volume 1 Chang'an Chapter 117 Palace Change (2)
After Li Ye returned home, he immediately summoned Song Jiao, Shangguan Chengcheng, Li Zhen and others, and discussed with them the plan to launch a palace rebellion seven days later, and the most important thing was to arrange tasks.
Liu Dazheng, Mo Dongli and others, represented by Song Jiao, are all real masters, cultivating to practice qi at the eighth level, although they are not the opponents of Liu Xingshen and Han Wenyue, but together, they are still not to be underestimated.
The second is the eight hundred armor soldiers of the palace under the command of Shangguan Allure, these elite battle formations, are all good at charging into battle, when Li Ye wants to control the palace, he can't all rely on the Shence army, he must have his own strength to control the city gate and important passages, and ensure the way for him to advance and retreat.
Li Zhen is Li Ye's think tank, and Li Ye has to repeatedly scrutinize the entire plan of the palace change, as well as the details of the relevant actions, in order to leave no loopholes.
Song Jiao and the others were very shocked when they suddenly heard Li Ye's decision to launch a palace mutiny, after all, this matter came too suddenly, everyone was completely unprepared in advance, and gathered people to attack the palace city...... Although the purpose is to kill the lieutenants of the Shence Army, it is indeed very similar to a rebellion, which is a big test for everyone's mental endurance.
Song Jiao knew about Li Ye's attack, Tsing Yi Yamen had a shadow, and he always followed and protected Li Ye in secret, and Li Ye did not send a signal at that time, so these shadows did not act according to the convention, so Song Jiao's shock was less than that of others.
And after the battle of Bagong Mountain, Song Jiao's endurance was the strongest, and she took the lead in answering: "Within three days, the masters of the Tsing Yi Yamen can summon all of them, seven people in the middle stage of Qi training, and a total of twenty people who practice Qi more than three levels." ”
Since coming to Chang'an, under the instruction of Li Ye, Song Jiao has been constantly recruiting troops and horses to expand the power of the Tsing Yi Yamen, in order to prepare for emergencies. It takes a while to raise soldiers for a thousand days, and now it's time to really go to the battlefield, and the strength of the Tsing Yi Yamen is naturally extraordinary.
"As long as it is a Qi cultivator, all of them will be summoned!" Li Ye understood what Song Jiao meant, in her opinion, only those who practiced Qi above the third level could be considered to have combat effectiveness, but Gong Chang is not a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, as long as it is a magician, it has a role, and momentum is also an important factor in success.
"That's more than 120 people. Song Jiao replied, there are not only many first- and second-level magicians who practice qi, but also easy to recruit, so the number is huge.
There will definitely not be more than a hundred people in ordinary and powerful disciples, even if they are Wang Duo and Lu Yan's disciples, there can be twenty or thirty people, even if it is good, this is also because raising a master is not raising a soldier, high-level combat power is the key, and raising too much, the cost is not small, and it is easy to be criticized.
But Li Ye secretly raised the Tsing Yi Yamen, which was the method used to raise soldiers, and he knew early on that he might tear his face with the Shence Army in the future, so there was no room for recruitment.
Li Ye looked at Shangguan Allure: "How is the royal mansion armor?"
"Wangfu Jiashi, swear to be loyal to His Highness!" Shangguan Chengcheng's eyes were resolute, "After His Highness attacked the lord, he bought a lot of Pei Yuan Dan and sent it to the army, so now there are eight qi practitioners in the army!"
Li Ye is not worried about the loyalty of the royal palace soldiers, these are his diehard loyalists, even if Li Ye rebels with the flag, there will not be many betrayals.
There are eight qi practitioners in the army, which doesn't seem like much, but that is in the army, and with the battle array, the power that can be exerted is not the same. If the fifty monks of the Tsing Yi Yamen who practice qi on the first and second floors are in an open terrain, facing off against the eight military sorcerers in the army, and the eight hundred armor soldiers of the palace who are fully equipped, it is difficult to say who will lose and who will win.
Li Ye nodded, and finally looked at Li Zhen.
Li Zhen opened his mouth and asked Li Ye about his plan.
He is just a bachelor, barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and there is no reason to drop the chain at such a time.
Li Ye said: "Chang'an city defense, although it is in the hands of the Shence Army, but the management of Chang'an City is the responsibility of Chang'an Mansion, with the cooperation of Chang'an Mansion, I can take the armor and masters out of the palace in batches, hidden in the fang area outside the imperial city, just wait for the time to come, you can kill into the imperial city!"
Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Why don't you go to the Xuanwu Gate?"
The Xuanwu Gate is the north gate of the palace city, and it is necessary to pass through the entire imperial city to knock on the palace gate, but if you attack from the Xuanwu Gate, you can go straight into the palace city and quickly reach the emperor's bedroom.
When Li Shimin launched the palace change, it was not unreasonable to choose Xuanwumen.
Li Ye's eyes lit up: "This is my negligence for a while......"
Next, the details of the matter were discussed all night.
In the second half of the night, Li Yan and Tian Lingzi also rushed over-they had gone back to the Puwang Mansion before, and made some emergency arrangements such as blocking the palace and summoning masters.
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Wang Jian was sitting at the door of the barracks, eating a bag of pastries.
It was midnight, and if he didn't sleep at this time, he would feel hungry, and he had never treated his stomach badly, he ate attentively, his mouth was full of crumbs, and his eyes were shining, and he felt that eating was a serious thing, and he had to pay full attention.
The door creaked open, and Li Maozhen, who had just finished dealing with her injuries, walked out of the room, and saw Wang Jian sitting on the stone steps at the door, frowned slightly, and kicked him: "Dead fatty, you don't have a nest by yourself, what's the matter, sitting at my door in the middle of the night to eat?"
Wang Jiantou didn't reply, because the pastry hadn't finished yet, he didn't have time to turn around, and said vaguely: "Sitting at your door in the middle of the night, naturally there is something." ”
"What's the matter with you, you have to say it at this time?" Li Maozhen had some ominous premonitions in his heart, but he didn't show it.
"About tonight's assassination. Wang Jian is still immersed in eating.
Li Maozhen didn't answer, squatted down beside him, as a commander, he commanded five hundred soldiers, and there was still a separate battalion, and there was no one else here at this time, and the guards were all outside the small courtyard.
"Have you ever wondered why the lieutenant asked us to assassinate King An?" Wang Jian's voice gradually became smaller, and only the two of them could hear it, with some solemn meaning.
"I'm just in charge of the mission, regardless of the struggles of the big guys. Li Maozhen habitually said a word, and wanted to prevaricate about it, but because of the ominous premonition in his heart, he asked more: "Did you think of it?"
"Lieutenant of the Shence Army murdered King An......" Wang Jian finally finished eating the pastry, he clapped his hands, turned his head, and stared at Li Maozhen, his eyes lit up fiercely, "Haven't you heard of the Battle of Bagong Mountain?"
Li Maozhen spread her hands: "What does this have to do with me?"
"Do you think King An will sit still?" Wang Jian asked as he looked at Li Maozhen.
"I said, I don't care! The mission is over, and this matter has nothing to do with me!" Li Maozhen said in a deep voice.
Wang Jian smiled, with a strange smile: "It matters." ”
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing else. Just remembering the promise we had. ”
"Agreed?"
"Gou Fugui, don't forget!"
Li Maozhen was stunned, his eyes became sharp, and he was ready to shoot at any time: "Where did you get rich?"
"King An. Wang Jiandao.
Li Maozhen's eyes were low: "What do you know?"
"I don't know anything. I only know that King An will not sit still, and King An and King Pu, who is now the most promising prince, have a good relationship!" Speaking of this, Wang Jian laughed at himself, "Intersect Mo Rebellion, these four words, put on the ordinary magnates, are a joke, but for King Pu, it is more important than Mount Tai." ”
"You know King Pu very well?"
"I only know the people who need to know. ”
Li Maozhen's tense expression relaxed, and he smiled bitterly: "It seems that you know something." ”
"I don't know. ”
"You don't know?"
"Just a little bit of intuition. ”
"Intuition?"
"I don't want to miss any of the opportunities to climb up. And my gut tells me that there is such an opportunity in front of me!"
Li Maozhen stood up, looked at Wang Jian, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Do you think King An will win?"
Wang Jian also stood up, compared with his mountain-like body, Li Maozhen was thin like a weak woman, he said: "Let it go, life and death are fate, wealth and fortune." If you don't fight, even if you have wealth in your life, God doesn't know how to give it to you. ”
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Six days passed quickly.
More than 100 monks of the Tsing Yi Yamen, with the cooperation of Chang'an Mansion, entered the predetermined location one after another and hid in the dwellings in the fang.
Tomorrow, the eight hundred armor soldiers of King An's Mansion will also be dispatched and move covertly to the Xuanwu Gate and Changle Gate to stand by.
Li Ye's final plan was to attack both north and south at the same time.
The reason why the 800 armor soldiers did not go out immediately was because the target was too big, and once they all disappeared into the palace, they might attract attention, so they acted on the last day, striving to achieve the effect of surprise with lightning speed.
The timing of the palace change was set at midnight on the seventh day.
On the night of the sixth day, Li Ye arrived at Yipinlou.
Next to the stairs in the lobby on the first floor, an old storyteller with an erhu in his hand was still spitting.
Huang Chao didn't come.
Li Ye didn't come to see Huang Chao.
On the second floor, on the table in front of Nangong No. 1, there were five wine jugs, but he didn't drink any of them.
Li Ye sat down opposite Nangong No. 1.
"You were punctual today. Nangong No. 1 sat upright, looked at Li Ye and said slowly.
"Actually, I've always been very punctual. Li Ye smiled and said, "It's just that the head of the division comes early every time." ”
"If someone asks for a drink, if they don't come early, then this person must not be a good person. Nangong said seriously.
Li Ye said: "The words of the head of the division have always been very reasonable. In that case, why doesn't the head of the department drink it?"
Nangong shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid that after drinking this meal, there will be no next meal." ”
Li Ye was silent, half loud, he looked at Nangong No. 1: "The head of the division may not necessarily make a move." ”
"I will definitely make a move!" Nangong slapped the table for the first time, his voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely heavy, and his expression was solemn.
"Why is that?" Li Ye asked.
"Because I'm idle. Nangong Yiyi suddenly laughed.
"The head of the department does not look like a man who is content with idleness. Li Ye said.
"Qin Tianjian is becoming more and more idle, so idle that he can't do anything anymore. Nangong's first eyes lit up, "So I'm going to toss some movement to help the world remember that there is such an existence as Qin Tianjian in Datang!"
"It's not difficult to toss, it's hard to choose the object of tossing. A person like the head of the department must not do anything to people for no reason. Li Ye said.
"Of course. Nangong said, "If I want to toss, I have to toss that, so that Qin Tianjian will become idle and become a person without authority!"
The rise and fall of Qin Tianjian is directly linked to the strength of the dynasty, so the person who harms the dynasty is the one who makes Qin Tianjian dispensable.
"This person" is, of course, the eunuch Sigui.
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Day 7.
The last rays of the setting sun poured into the window.
Liu Sanniang is grooming.
It's not for yourself, it's for someone else.
In front of her, the man in the green robe sat quietly in front of the bronze mirror, she picked up a strand of gray hair, combed it gently, and her eyes were full of pity.
"This is the first time that the slave family has dressed up for Mr., this honor, the slave family only dared to think about it in a dream before. Liu Sanniang, a, said with a smile, the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes were filled with love and happiness.
"It could also be the last. The man's voice remained steady.
Liu Sanniang's hand shook, and the jade comb almost fell.
She has not lost her face, and at her age, after the precipitation of the world, even if there is a big thing, there will be no little woman's begging posture.
Liu Sanniang didn't speak again, she didn't ask more, because she knew that no matter what the man in front of her did, he had his reasons, and if he didn't want to say it, she didn't have to ask.
After finishing the makeup, the man in the green robe stood up and went straight out, without saying a word, without explaining that he was going there, and without even thanking him.
Liu Sanniang looked at the man's back sadly, holding the hand of the jade comb, because she was too hard and there was no blood, she clenched her teeth tightly, as if she was also biting the tears that were about to overflow.
She didn't say anything.
When he walked to the door, the blue-robed man's footsteps paused.
"If you can come back alive, you can eat the osmanthus cake you made yourself. ”
His figure disappeared in the doorway.
Liu Sanniang looked at the empty door, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears, she squatted down and tried all her strength to not cry, which made her look extremely hard.
But she quickly stood up and wiped away her tears.
She's going to make osmanthus cakes.
He believed he would come back.
She wasn't afraid to wait.
She's been waiting for three years.
She's been waiting so many times.