Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3452 Rebels gather
Dugu Lan said: "The arrow is on the string, so it has to be fired. Even if you refuse to open the city, how can he retreat? It must be a different gate to enter the city."

Captain Dugu said: "Here!"

turn around and go out.

Dugu Lan sat alone in the gate tower, listening to the howling wind outside, and sighed.The Li Tang royal family was originally a branch of Guan Long, and it was only with Guan Long's strong support that it was established and ascended to the throne. Therefore, sometimes even if His Majesty Li Er is jealous and suppressed, some obvious things must be given. support, such as military power.

One-third of the several gates of Chang'an City are controlled by generals who were born in Guanlong or who are close to Guanlong. This is certainly a great threat to the imperial power, but it is also an attitude of His Majesty Li Er - although I Suppressing you, but this is just government affairs. In fact, we still share weal and woe. Didn’t you see that I even handed over the Chang’an portal to you?
Therefore, as long as the Guanlongmen Clan intends to carry out military remonstrance, they will inevitably invade Chang'an City.

Of course, if His Majesty Li Er was still around, he would not dare to do this even if he gave Changsun Wuji a hundred courage, because His Majesty Li Er gave an order, and those Guanlong nobles who usually attached to Changsun Wuji's back would not be able to do so in an instant. will turn against him.

His Majesty Li Er's prestige is absolutely as heavy as Mount Tai...

But right now, why did Changsun Wuji dare to prepare for such a military remonstrance and completely provoke the imperial power?

Dugu Lan was vaguely aware of it, but he couldn't believe it, let alone be sure...

On the top of the city gate, Lieutenant Dugu was lying on the arrow pile, and shouted towards the city: "Yuwen Zuocheng, do you have an official letter to leave the city, and a letter to enter the city?"

Although the curfew was lifted in Chang'an City, the checks on entering and leaving the city are still strict. When going out on business, strict procedures are required for entering and exiting, and there are official letters and letters issued by their respective yamen.Of course, under normal circumstances, the central yamen of the imperial court like Shang Shusheng has some powers that go beyond the rules. Most of the time, it only needs to swipe your face, and the guards will do it conveniently.

But strictly speaking, it is necessary to issue an official letter and a letter of amulet.

Yu Wenjie's heart sank at the bottom of the city, and he said loudly: "The business is urgent, and there is no time to prepare official letters and letters in the future. You and I are the children of Guanlong. We have always been friends and know the basics. Why stick to the rules and not be flexible? I also hope Captain Dugu will open the city gate, and the Yuwen family will remember this kindness!"

These words have almost been clarified: we are going to take care of important matters, and your Dugu family must fully cooperate, so what is the reason for blocking me out of the city like this right now?I will remember you as a favour, if you don’t open the city gate, then we will be enemies...

Captain Dugu was unmoved, and refused: "The law is like this, how dare you overstep it? If there is no official letter or letter, I would like to ask Yuwen Zuocheng to go back for a while, and come back to the city after dawn."

After saying that, he ordered the left and right to strictly guard the city gate not to open it without authorization, then turned around and went back to the city gate tower, and left Yu Wenjie alone in the cold wind and snow below the city...

Yu Wenjie didn't have time to get angry, but felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although the Dugu family has gradually declined in recent years, and no longer has the prestige of "the emperor's relatives" in the past, it is still the leading family among the Guanlong clan.Right now, the Dugu family is obviously staying out of the matter, and they don't intend to get involved in this remonstrance. If this makes the other families care about it, how can such a big event be achieved?
Glancing at the majestic Kaiyuanmen gate tower, Yuwen Jie rode back on his horse, thousands of soldiers were silent in the snowstorm, watching him come back eagerly.

Yu Wenjie glanced around, and said in a deep voice: "The Dugu family refuses to open the city gate, and has already drawn a boundary with Guan Long. Let's go around the city wall and go to Jinguangmen!"

"Here!"

Thousands of soldiers trudged through the wind and snow along with Yuwen Festival, and arrived at Jinguang Gate in the west of the city after an hour.

The time has come to Choushi, but the lights in front of the Golden Light Gate are bright, and teams of soldiers and servants in different colors, armed with various weapons, armors, and ordnance, line up to enter the city from the Golden Light Gate.As soon as Yuwen Festival arrived, scouts from the other side came up to meet him in the distance.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Yu Wenjie personally rode to the gate of Jinguang, and met Hou Mo Chenlin, the captain of the guarding school.

Greeting each other, Hou Mo and Chen Lin wondered: "Didn't Yuwen Zuocheng lead your family's soldiers to open the far gate to enter the city? Time is running out now. If you don't enter the city again, you may miss a big deal."

Yu Wenjie had no choice but to tell the situation at the Kaiyuan Gate, and sighed: "The Dugu family seems to have changed course and refused my family to enter the city. It's getting late now, so I can only come here and enter the city through the Jinguangmen."

Hou Mo and Chen Lin sneered in their hearts: This is the style of the Guanlong clan!
When there is a good thing, they will swarm up to each other, and they will scramble for blood. They are full of Guanlong and sympathy; Demolition is commonplace, and backstabbing is not uncommon.

For example, right now, he is the guarding captain of Jinguangmen, and he is responsible for the safety of the city gate. If he allows the rebels to enter the city, he is a real rebel and traitor!It would be fine if this remonstrance was successful, but if it failed, the first person who needed to stand up and give Donggong an explanation was him, Hou Mo Chenlin.

However, at this moment, the family has completely cut itself off from him, all actions are his own, and have nothing to do with the family.

At the beginning, with the help of his family, he became the guarding captain of the Golden Light Gate, and he received admiration from everyone, but now he realizes that he is just a scapegoat pushed out by his family...

He took a breath, turned his head and pointed at the soldiers of Hou Mo and Chen's family who were entering the city, and said: "There are thousands of soldiers and horses here, don't think that all of them will enter the city in less than half an hour, so I can only wrong Yuwen Zuocheng to lead the soldiers to wait. I'm afraid that the war has already started, so it's not good or bad to enter the city later."

Entering the city early will naturally win the evaluation of "going forward bravely". If you have the opportunity to claim merits, you will also encounter the elite of the Eastern Palace head-on, and it is almost inevitable that you will suffer heavy losses.

Yu Wenjie nodded and said, "Trouble Captain Hou Mo Chen!"

In fact, the Yuwen family was not keen on this remonstrance, but since the rest of the family were in favor of it, they were not easy to object, so they sent a family soldier symbolically, under the control of Yuwen Jie.In essence, isn't he also a scapegoat launched by the family?

If the matter is successful, the benefits will be obtained by the family; if the matter fails, all can be pushed on him, and he alone will bear it...

……

South of the city, Anhua Gate.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Chang'an lived in the center of the Guanzhong Plain, bordering the Wei River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south, enjoying a unique geographical location.Many rivers originated from the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains, conforming to the terrain, passing through the Guanzhong Plain, and flowing into the Wei River in the north. Chang'an City is located on the alluvial plain of these rivers, with fertile soil and rich products. It has been used since ancient times. It has the reputation of "land and sea".

There are mainly eight rivers around Chang'an City, the Ge River and the River River in the south, the Jing River and the Wei River in the north, the Feng River and the Lao River in the west, and the Chan River and Ba River in the east, forming the scenic spot of "eight rivers around Chang'an". .

In order to make better use of the water sources of these eight rivers, ditches such as Qingming Canal, Longshou Canal, Yong'an Canal, Huang Canal, and Cao Canal were dug during the Sui and Tang Dynasties to draw river water into the city and form a complete water conservancy system for Chang'an City together with the surrounding rivers. .

One of the most important canals, "Qingming Canal", enters the city from Anhuamen, turns east through Da'anfang East Street, turns north after arriving at Anlefang, and flows through Anle, Changming, Feng'an, Xuanyi, Huaizhen , Chongde, Xinghua, Tongyi, Taiping and other nine squares, and then flows into the imperial city in the northwest through Buzhengfang in the east, flows into the palace city in the north, and reaches the Taiji Palace. Yong'an Canal is also the water supply channel for the west of Chang'an City, the Imperial City and Miyagi City.

The night was dark and the wind was snowing suddenly. Dozens of river boats floated down from the upper reaches of the river and came straight to the gate of Anhua. The river was turbulent and fast, so it was not frozen in winter.At the end of the river, a huge sluice has already been put down, more than ten feet above the water surface, and the bottom of the water reaches the river bed, all under the isolation of this sluice, it is not easy to sneak into the city of Chang'an through this.

These dozens of river boats had a deep draft and reached under the sluice. Someone on the first boat stepped out of the cabin and stood on the deck, lit a torch in his hand, and held it high in the air three times to the left and three times to the right...

Inside the city tower above the sluice, the defenders of the city can naturally see it clearly.

A team was lying on the arrow stack and looking down, wondering: "It's so late, I haven't heard of a fleet entering the city. Besides, Kuiye enters the city from Qingming Canal, and needs official letters and letters. Don't hurry up and hand them over, hold them there. What does it mean to circle the torch?"

Behind him, the guard captain said in a deep voice, "What are you talking about? Quickly open the sluice and let people into the city!"

The team was startled, and hurriedly said: "Captain, you can't do it! This Qingming Canal leads directly to the imperial city. If this fleet of unknown origins has bad intentions, wouldn't it be a big disaster?"

(End of this chapter)