Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3694 sneak attack on rainy night
"Here!"

The soldiers under his command took the orders, and then some people returned to the west of Pujindu Bridge to report the news, mobilized troops and horses, and the rest divided more than ten horses and followed the trail of Xiao Yu and his party along the official road north.Those who stayed dismounted to clean the battlefield, picked up Paoze's body and put it in one place.

This place is the main way to enter and exit Guanzhong from Hebei and other places, and the Guanlong forces are not enough to cover the sky with one hand.

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Changan.

Dragon head on the original.

In the middle of the night, a spring rain suddenly came, and the cold rain wafted in the wind, making the world cool and humid.However, after a while, the fine raindrops turned into dense ice particles, banging on the houses and tents.

The rain melts the snow, and then freezes. The pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions, which have been completed or are under construction, are covered with a thin layer of crystal clear ice. To the bone.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, the Emperor Taishang was getting older, and the Da'an Palace where he lived was narrow and cramped. Therefore, Ma Zhoushang, who was the censor at the time, requested to build a new palace for the Emperor Taishang "to prepare for the summer heat", in order to be "called the country of all directions". Hope is great, filial piety is all over the world.”

In order to show filial piety, His Majesty Li Er was pleased to approve, and ordered someone to search for the palace site and choose Longshouyuan.After the completion of the survey, the vast new palace rose from the ground and named it "Yong'an Palace".

The following year, it was renamed "Daming Palace", and the general supervisor was responsible for the construction. It gathered skilled craftsmen from all over the country and the best building materials from all over the country.

It was not until the national expedition last year that the treasury was empty and the project was suspended...

Under the dark rain curtain, a cavalry suddenly appeared in the darkness and slowly approached the east wall of Daming Palace.

There is a team of Youtun guards stationed in the East Neiyuan. On the one hand, they guard the Daming Palace, and on the other hand, they guard the only way to the east of Chang'an City to go to the west side of the Weishui River and enter the Xuanwu Gate.

The lantern hangs at the top of the city, and the dim yellow halo swaying under the rain curtain of ice particles, it is dim.

The cavalry, with cotton hooves wrapped in cotton cloth and a bit on the mouth of the horse, sneaked to the city gate not far away, and they all held the reins and waited in the freezing rain.

Soon, the city gate slowly opened.

The first general, who was wearing a bright light armor, took out a sharp horizontal sword, raised it high, and then rushed forward with a horse's belly.

More than a thousand cavalrymen behind them were silent, but they hurriedly mobilized their war horses, and followed them to the city wall, swarming in from the city gates that had been opened.

The Youtun guards patrolling the city immediately discovered the enemy army who wanted to sneak attack. They frantically banged the gong at the top of the city, shouting "enemy attack", and the silent barracks in the rainy night instantly boiled.

However, the city gate was opened by a traitor, the enemy cavalry drove straight in, and the soldiers in the barracks just climbed up and rushed to kill...

……

An hour later.

Fang Jun came riding with the army, wearing a scorpion over the armor, looking gloomy at the corpse that was placed in one place in the camp, without saying a word, turned his horse's head back to the camp outside Xuanwumen, and then called to open Xuanwumen , go straight to the inner door, and see His Royal Highness the Prince.

Lamps and candles were lit in the hall, and the waiter put the hot tea in Fang Jun's hand, bowed and stepped back.

Li Chengqian was woken up from his bed, and he heard that the garrison of Daming Palace was attacked in the middle of the night, causing heavy casualties.

"Jiro, how is the situation?"

Fang Jun looked gloomy, suppressed his anger, and said solemnly: "The casualties are not big, but now during the peace talks, the rebels suddenly attacked, it's too deceiving! What are Cen Wenwen and the others doing? Today, they have not been able to make progress, and instead let the rebels bully arbitrarily! Where do they put the lives of their soldiers? Where do they put the majesty of His Highness? It’s just trash!”

Speaking of the beginning of his anger, he slapped the table next to him with his palm, and the tea set made a "dang" sound, making the waiter at the door jump in fright.

Li Chengqian was also helpless, rubbed his face and asked, "What does Erlang want?"

Fang Jun said angrily: "It's not rude to come and go! Since the rebels ignored the peace talks and attacked our army at this time, they obviously wanted to use this to put pressure on Cen Wen and others to force them to make a deal at the negotiating table. Concession. When these civil servants play their tongues, they are righteous, but at this time, they are all soft and useless! Wei Chen asks His Highness for permission to mobilize [-] elite soldiers to raid the rebel army's barracks outside the Tonghua Gate at any time, retaliation!"

"This one……"

Li Chengqian hesitated for a while, wondering: "Erlang's feelings are the same. It's just that the peace talks are at a critical moment. If this is the case, I'm afraid the civil officials will not agree."

The civil servants headed by Xiao Yu and Cen Wen tried their best to promote the peace talks, and they worked tirelessly to discuss countermeasures, trying to complete the peace talks in the shortest time, stop the war, restore the court to normal, and then carry out post-war treatment to minimize losses. .

At this time, Fang Jun is going to retaliate, and he will inevitably start another confrontation between Donggong and Guanlong. It is not impossible to start a war. How can the civil servants agree?
Although fighting depends on the military's life and death, the role of the civil servants is equally important. They all need the assistance of the civil servants in strategizing strategies and logistical burdens. It is even more that the prince should maintain a balance between the military and the civil servants, rather than arbitrarily favoring one of them. Caused the other party to be deeply resentful and conflicted...

Fang Jun snorted and said, "They don't agree? Then let them explain to the soldiers stationed outside the city, and let them see how angry the soldiers are now! Tens of thousands of soldiers are indignant and gearing up, if Strong suppression will not only damage morale, but will also seriously deplete the soldiers' will to win. In the future, let those civilians carry their swords and fight the rebels."

Li Chengqian's head was as big as a bucket.

Although he had never led an army, he also knew that the braver the army, the less able the soldiers would be able to bear the slightest grievance.Now that the camp was attacked by the rebels in the middle of the night, the losses were heavy. If he could not fight back, the public opinion would be violent and angry, and his morale would be greatly damaged.

After weighing the right and left, he had no choice but to nod and say: "So, Erlang will go to mobilize the army, and wait for the solitary meeting to issue an edict. The solitary has only one request, and it is not impossible to fight, but you have to make sure that you succeed in one strike and win the battle. You must not lose your troops and lose your generals, and you will lose a great deal!"

Fang Jun was refreshed, stood up and saluted, and said loudly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Wei Chen personally led the army in this battle, and he must teach the rebels a lesson!"

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After Fang Jun strode out, Li Chengqian sat alone on a chair and sipped tea. After a while, he said to the waiter, "Instruct Li Chongzhen to come and see him quickly."

"Here!"

The waiter stepped out quickly.

After half a cup of tea time, Li Chongzhen, dressed in military uniform and handsome in appearance, entered the house for an audience: "The last general will see His Highness!"

Li Chongzhen is the third son of Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, and works in the "Hundred Knights". Now Li Junxian leads a team to escort Xiao Yu to Tongguan to persuade Li Ji. The "Hundred Knights" stationed under the Xuanwu Gate is led by Li Chongzhen.

Li Chengqian put down the teacup and looked serious: "In the middle of the night, the Youtun Guard Division, stationed in the East Inner Garden of Daming Palace, was attacked by the rebels, do you know?"

Li Chongzhen nodded and said, "I will know at the end!"

The "Hundred Knights" not only supervises hundreds of officials, but another most important task is to install spies in each army, so that every move of each army must be in their hands, so that the emperor can see it in person.After all, the army is the most important weapon of the empire, and it is the emperor. Once the army is out of control, the society will collapse and life will not be guaranteed...

There are naturally "Hundred Horsemen" spies in the Youtun Guards. After the sneak attack, Li Chongzhen was immediately reported by the spies.

Li Chengqian said: "Tell me in detail."

Li Chongzhen said: "The rebels sneaked in on the rainy night and avoided the guard post of Youtun Guard outside the city. A traitor opened the city gate from the city, and the rebels rushed in. The barracks were caught off guard and responded hastily, causing hundreds of casualties. Fearing that the rebels would be encircled and wiped out, they quickly retreated after the surprise attack."

From this point of view, the loss is not big, but the soldiers pay the most attention to dignity. It was a shame to be raided at night and enter the camp this time. No wonder Fang Jun was so furious.

After thinking about it, Li Chengqian asked carefully, "In your opinion, is there a possibility of bitter meat?"

Li Chongzhen was stunned.

Bittersweet?
He pretended to be a rebel army and attacked his own camp at night to kill his own Paoze, in exchange for framing the rebels, sabotaging the peace talks, and making the military dominate the current situation again...

He thought about it, thought it over carefully, shook his head and said, "The last general can't guarantee that there will be no such thing, but at least from the existing evidence, there is no doubt about the sneak attack by the rebels. Feedback, it’s hard for anyone to do anything in it.”

(End of this chapter)