Chapter 52: The Xuanwumen Mutiny (Part II)

Outside the Xuanwu Gate

Feng Li, Xue Wanche and other generals of the Prince's Mansion led 2,000 soldiers from the Prince's Mansion and the King of Qi, and were rushing to Xuanwumen to try to rescue the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche are also famous generals of the Tang Dynasty who have been in battle for a long time and have a good command of troops, and soon, these two thousand men and horses rushed to Xuanwu Gate. Feng Li and Xue Wanche gave an order, and the princes and the king of Qi immediately attacked Xuanwu Gate with all their might.

This blow suddenly turned the palace wall into a pot of porridge, people shouted and neighed, arrows flew wildly, and even flew into the inner hall. At this time, Zhang Gongjin, the general of the Qin Palace, was unequivocal, while commanding the soldiers of the Qin Palace, he tried his best to resist, and he went to the gate of the Xuanwu Gate alone.

It turned out that the gate of Xuanwu Gate had not been closed. Why? Because if the crown prince was built and the king of Qi Yuanji closed the gate as soon as he entered, wouldn't it be to cover his ears and steal the bell and want to cover it? Therefore, the Xuanwu Gate was kept open until the two sides officially started fighting.

The fierce general Zhang Gongjin braved a fierce rain of arrows, rose up his divine strength, and closed the gate of Xuanwu Gate alone.

As soon as the palace gate of Taiji Palace, which was three meters high and weighed more than two hundred pounds, was closed, Feng Li and Xue Wanche, the two generals outside, were dumbfounded, and commanded the soldiers of the two governments to attack again and again, but they failed to break through the palace gate.

The battle was entering the white-hot stage, and at this time, no one expected that a fierce man ------ Jing Junhong appeared.

The Xuanwu Gate guard Jing Junhong, that is, the leader of the cantonment camp who gave the green light and put the Qin King Li Shimin, Wei Chigong and nearly a hundred Qin cavalry into it in advance.

It is said that this Jing Junhong has made great contributions to the King of Qin, and he Jing Junhong is directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Li Yuan, and does not belong to the generals of the Qin Palace, even if he does not participate in the war, no one can blame him. Taking a step back, even if he participates in the war, it is enough for him to be a gatekeeper general! However, who would have thought that this Jing Junhong had done something to add to the snake, and it seemed that he wanted to tell the people present through his actions that from today onwards, he Jing Junhong would be the person of the King of Qin!

The guard of Xuanwu Gate, Jing Junhong, opened the gate in front of Zhang Gongjin who was braving arrows and struggling to close again!

Subsequently, Jing Junhong and Zhonglang led Lu Shiheng to lead a cantonment army of less than 1,000 people and shouted out and went straight into the enemy group outside.

The cantonment army and horses, which have always been high-spirited and guarded for the emperor's house, how can the enemy once rolled a few back and forth soldiers of the two prefectures on the bloody battlefield, and the cantonment army rushed into the enemy group, even if it was wrapped in dumplings by the princes and the king of Qi who were like wolves and tigers, and the princes and soldiers of the two prefectures of Qi were like wolves and tigers, the main general Feng Li commanded well, and commanded his own men and horses to surround the cantonment army and horses, and all of them were strangled, and the cantonment army and horses were annihilated!

Poor Jing Junhong, the first meritorious person of Xuanwu Gate, died in the chaos before he could see Li Shimin ascend the throne.

Here, the eldest grandson Wuji, Hou Junji, and other people from the Qin Palace's mansion were shocked when they saw that Jing Junhong had opened the palace gate again!

Xue Wanche was also a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, and when he saw that the Xuanwu Gate was difficult to capture in a hurry, it was estimated that the prince had been completed and the king of Qi Yuanji had encountered an accident, so he immediately took it into account and yelled in front of the battle: "Let's go, let's attack the palace of the king of Qin and avenge the prince!"

This voice immediately scared the generals of the Qin Mansion who were guarding the palace gate out of the sky!

It turned out that in order to prepare for this mutiny, the cards of the Qin Wangfu were exhausted, and the elite soldiers and fierce generals were currently in this Xuanwu Gate, and all the generals and colonels of the Qin Wangfu were betting on the old bottom here, and at this time in the Qin Wangfu, except for the children, women, and family members, there were not many soldiers guarding at all. If Xue Wanche led the troops to the Qin Palace, the families of the Qin Wangfu soldiers, including the families of the Qin King Li Shimin, would all be slaughtered!

Suddenly, all the generals and colonels of the Qin Wangfu were hit in the soft underbelly, and they all worried about their families!

Seeing that the morale of the people of the Qin Palace's mansion was about to collapse. At the critical moment, a person suddenly stood on the palace wall, this person was tall and burly, at this time, he was carrying two things in his hands, and he yelled at the prince and the king of Qi below: "Look! What is this!"

Hearing this earth-shattering roar, Feng Li, Xue Wanche, and the soldiers of the two prefectures involuntarily looked up together, and saw Wei Chigong, who was standing tall and burly on the palace wall with a face like black charcoal, holding something in one hand.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche stared wide-eyed and were taken aback!

The things that Wei Chigong was carrying in his two hands were nothing else, one was the head of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and the other was the head of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.

Seeing the two heads of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, Feng Li and Xue Wanche's men and horses were immediately stupid!

What? The crown prince is dead? King Qi is dead? So what are we going to fight for? What are we waiting for to be soldiers to fight? Now that the crown prince and the king of Qi who we want to save are dead, can we still fight for the sake of two dead people?

Scattered, scattered!

------Suddenly, most of the soldiers of the two governments immediately discarded their weapons and dispersed, and the two generals Feng Li and Xue Wanche couldn't stop drinking.

In front of the Xuanwu Gate, which was still killing white-hot just now, it was much deserted in an instant, and only the two generals Feng Li and Xue Wanche who were standing in the wind were left.

Xue Wanche, who valued love and righteousness, sighed with tears in his eyes, and led his only remaining personal soldiers to flee to Zhongnan Mountain. And Feng Li also comforted himself: "I have killed Jing Junhong, and it can be regarded as avenging the prince!" So, he also fled into the mountains.

At this point, the Xuanwumen mutiny had basically subsided, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji as he wished, and won the final victory.

Although there were still some henchmen of the crown prince and the king of Qi who resisted stubbornly, they were already headless birds, and they were later exterminated by all the generals of the Qin Mansion.

The great movement that occurred in Xuanwu Gate had already alarmed Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan. Originally, Li Yuan got up early this day, and specially called out seven people, including Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Lun, Yu Wenshi, Dou Dan, and Yan Shigu, to question the ugly affairs of the prince and King Qi in the court.

Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan never imagined that a great accident had happened here in Xuanwu Gate! The prince, the king of Qin, and the king of Qi were fighting to the death. By the time Emperor Gaozu completely figured out the situation, he couldn't stop drinking, and the overall situation had been decided.

Hearing the news that the two sons of the crown prince and the king of Qi had died, Emperor Gaozu seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and next to the wrinkled corners of his eyes, a few tears rolled down!

At present, although Gaozu Li Yuan is the Son of Heaven, he has lost control of the situation, and he can only helplessly face the fait accompli.

At this time, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan sighed, looked up into the distance with his hands behind his back, his thoughts had drifted to the past, and the smart, sensitive, and heroic young man immediately came into mind.

"Erlang, since you were born, your father named you "Shimin", counting on you to grow up to "help the world and the people", and you also live up to your father's expectations, you are extremely smart and heroic when you are young, there has been Yuan Shoucheng for you to face, saying that you have "the posture of the dragon and phoenix, the watch of the sun, and you will be able to help the world and the people when you become an adult", at that time, you are the pride of your father. When you grow up, you have both civil and military skills, and have made many military exploits, and the Taiyuan army was your advice to your father to decisively oppose the Sui uprising, resulting in my Tang Dynasty! Originally, my father also promised you that after the anti-Sui incident was completed, you would be the crown prince, but. . . ”

Today's change in Xuanwumen, since you have decided to take the position of the prince, you will do what you wish for your father!

"Come on, quickly issue an edict: from now on, no matter how big or small the military affairs, all the crown prince Li Shimin will be appointed to execute, and then the emperor will be heard. ”

Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan secretly said in his heart: Shimin, Erlang! For my father, the burden of the Tang Dynasty will be handed over to you in the future, but I hope you will live up to the trust of your father, so that my Tang Dynasty will carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and the country will be rich and the people will be strong.