Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3986

Houwei camp on the right.

"Marshal Qi, the Chunming gate is wide open, and the crown prince is out of the city in honor!"

"Report! The crown prince is heading west, under the guards of the imperial guards and the Six Commanders of the East Palace!"

"Report! Zuo Wuwei has not changed, but Gao Kan commanded the right guard to line up and confront Zuo Wuwei!"

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One after another battle reports came one after another, inside the tent, Yuchi Gong was like a light on his back, with a fine layer of sweat on his forehead, pacing back and forth in the tent, rubbing his hands and asking Yuwen Shiji: "The prince really went out of the city, what should we do?" response?"

The prince really went out of the city regardless of the danger, and forced Li Ji to make a choice with such an extremely powerful posture - return to the East Palace, or invade Chang'an with troops!

Yu Chigong has always been calm and capable in dealing with affairs, and has won the trust and reuse of His Majesty Li Er, but now he is trapped in the meeting place of various armies, and he will bear the brunt of any battle, so it is really difficult to remain calm and self-sustaining.Besides, no one knows whether Li Ji will openly break with the prince. If Li Ji is ambitious, he must be ordered to lead the right guards to attack the prince's guard of honor.If you obey the order, you will step into the deep pit of "rebellious officials and thieves" and cannot extricate yourself. If you do not obey the order, Li Ji's first military order is probably to command the army to cover up and kill from behind... Yu Chigong's heart has long been at a loss At a loss, I just feel in a dilemma and don't know what to do.

Yuwen Shiji sat firmly, and comforted him: "Why should Jingde be alarmed? Take it easy and don't be impatient. The matter has come to this point, it's no different to think about it, wait and see how Li Ji chooses, but in my opinion, Li Ji Most likely there will be no war."

He said it lightly, but such indifference does not affect Yu Chigong, the army is the foundation of Yu Chigong, how can he calm down when he is being frequently suppressed by the three armies?

Yu Chigong was extremely dissatisfied, he spread his hands and complained: "If I knew today, why bother? If it weren't for the fact that you are sitting on pins and needles in Dayun Temple, facing Cheng Yaojin's every step of the way, for fear of being killed, why would you call me over so that As for disobeying the military order and angering Li Ji, which led to the current crisis? Earlier you asked me to obey orders to cross the river and station here, and now you let me stand still and wait for the situation to change... Wait any longer. There is no place to bury the dying!"

He was extremely disappointed with the performance of the Guanlong Clan.

Since he knew that the crown prince would rely on Guanlong to fight against the clans in Shandong and Jiangnan, how could the East Palace sit back and watch Cheng Yaojin attack Dayun Temple?Whether it be the Right Tunwei, or the Six Commanders of the East Palace, one of them will be sent to support in an emergency. Cheng Yaojin will not dare to act rashly, so why should he recruit himself in a hurry and challenge Li Jizhi's authority?
Now that I obeyed orders and fell into a deadly situation, the entire army was in danger of being annihilated at every turn, but the gang of Guan Long brothers who were huddled in the Dayun Temple in Zhongnan Mountain were helpless, and could only wait for Li Jizhi's ruling... What a mess! !

Yuwen Shiji was displeased by his complaining words, frowned and said: "Could it be that Jingde thought that he would let you, the last full-scale army in Guanlong, if he obeyed Li Jiyan at the beginning? Whether it's Li Ji or Shandong, Even the East Palace is included, which side do you think would like to see you, Youhou Wei, bearded and alive?"

Yuchi Gong choked for a moment, speechless.

Why was Guan Long able to dominate the world back then, and even a hero like His Majesty Li Er was timid in the early days of Zhenguan?It is because Guan Long controls the most elite army in Guanzhong, and more than half of the sixteen guards are under the control of the Guan Long Clan. His Majesty Li Er may have to be prepared in his dreams. When he wakes up in the middle of the night, Guan Long's army has already killed After entering Miyagi, there will be another "Xuanwu Gate Change"...

Today's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs powerful figures from Shandong and Jiangnan to fill the positions of power vacated by Guanlong, but why is he so vigilant against the Shandong family?Because Li Ji, who holds an army of hundreds of thousands, has deep entanglements with the Shandong family, if he is not careful, the imperial power will fall aside and become a puppet emperor.

Since the crown prince wanted to use Guan Long as a knife to fight against the clans in Shandong and Jiangnan, how could he allow Guan Long to still control an army of sixteen guards?
Therefore, the current situation of Yu Chigong and his subordinate You Houwei is really embarrassing...

"Report!"

The soldiers rushed in from outside the tent and said loudly: "Commander, the Duke of England has ordered the army to move forward and march towards Chang'an, saying that it is to meet the prince... At the same time, he ordered the commander to be the forerunner of the whole army, and immediately withdraw the camp!"

"Mother!"

Yuchi Gong's face suddenly changed, he stamped his feet and said, "Li Ji is really crazy!"

At this time, the army pulled out its camp and marched towards Chang'an. How could it be possible to join the prince?Since His Majesty passed away, the coffin must be in the army. If Li Ji has no intention of going to war, he must wait for the prince to go to welcome the coffin by the bank of Bashui.

Now that Li Ji's army has set out, it can only be a war.

At this time, let yourself lead the right Houwei as the pioneer. The intention is self-evident. You can only use the right guard to kill the elite of the sixth rate of the East Palace, and then Li Ji will lead the army to cover up and kill from behind. It depends on a drum...

He looked at Yuwen Shiji in panic, and asked anxiously, "What should I do?"

Yuwen Shiji was also guilty. He expected that Li Ji would not dare to give up his reputation and sit down to attack Chang'an. After all, Li Ji now has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and he is the head of the prime minister. He is already under one man and above ten thousand. Deposing the crown prince and establishing a new crown prince does not add a bit of power, but these gaps are almost insignificant compared with the disasters in Chang'an and the destruction of the capital...

But now that Li Ji's military order has been issued, it has been proved that his thoughts are bigger than the sky, which completely annihilated Yuwen Shi and the last trace of luck in his heart.

He stroked his beard nervously, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Follow the order, but the speed of gathering troops should be slower. Wait until the prince arrives at the formation, and see what Li Ji will do before making a decision."

Yu Chigong was completely speechless, wouldn't this push him further into a situation where he was in opposition to all parties?
At that time, the crown prince thinks that he is the enemy of the East Palace, and Li Ji also thinks that he is disobedient and disobedient... There is no way to survive if he is attacked back and forth, and there are no people inside and outside?
Seeing his complexion, Yuwen Shiji said slowly: "Don't worry, how can I harm you? Now we are in a situation where we are surrounded by enemies, no matter what we choose, it doesn't matter to the overall situation, why don't we just stop calmly and express ourselves to all parties?" The nature of "innocent" may still be able to be turned around. Besides, I still don't believe that Li Ji really risked the world's dissatisfaction by doing such rebellious actions when the prince's position is already stable."

He didn't say half a sentence: Unless Li Ji really has His Majesty's decree about dethroning in his hands...

But he didn't think there was such a will.

This is the result he inferred from the performance of Changsun Wuji. The rumors about the "legacy" were rampant before, and almost everyone believed that the reason why Li Ji made all kinds of unreasonable actions was because his majesty's "legacy" was in his hands. , and there are orders related to "Yi Chu" in the "Leave Edict", and Yuwen Shiji also believed this.

But Changsun Wuji has always ignored this, which made Yuwen Shiji suddenly understand the most important point: since Changsun Wuji dared to sneak back to Chang'an from the Liaodong Army and presided over the mutiny, he must have confirmed that His Majesty Li Er was behind him. The matter of collapse, and since he can confirm this point, it is very likely that the whole matter was written by Changsun Wuji...

With Changsun Wuji's deepness and prudence, since he dared to act rebelliously against His Majesty Li Er, how could it be possible for His Majesty Li Er to leave time for his will?

Once His Majesty Li Er leaves a will, it must not be a matter of so-called easy storage, but an order for the army of King Qin of the world to enter the capital, and smash the eldest son Wuji, the son of a traitorous official who murdered the emperor, into thousands of pieces...

The so-called "legacy" probably does not exist.

Since there is no such "legacy", Li Ji's actions are all his own initiative, so it is unlikely that he will risk the reputation of being a "rebellious minister" to storm Chang'an City under such circumstances and destroy the center of the Tang Empire. The beating was riddled with holes and scattered.

Of course, these are just his guesses, without empirical support, it may be difficult to convince Yu Chigong.

However, Yu Chigong pondered for a moment, sighed, and said dejectedly: "That's the only way...Come here, pass on the order, and all the troops will start to assemble, and the assembly will be completed within half an hour."

"Here!"

The soldiers got the order, and ran to deliver the order in a daze.

Has the assembly been completed in half an hour?

According to this, Chunming Gate is only more than twenty miles away, the crown prince has already left the city and rushed towards this side, and he has already arrived outside our camp gate in half an hour, so what's the use of gathering at that time...

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Behind You Houwei, on the banks of the Baqiao, teams of elites from the Eastern Expedition have crossed the Baqiao one after another, and slowly gathered in the open place by the river. In the breeze and drizzle, the flags were unfurled to cover the sky and block out the sun. These teams returned from Liaodong The elite troops of the Communist Party of China had enough time to rest and reorganize along the way. At this moment, their helmets were bright and their armor was bright, and they were full of energy. Each square team quickly gathered by the river, majestic and murderous.

Li Jiding, helmeted and armored, straddled his war horse and stood at the head of the bridge, looking up at the majestic Chang'an City Wall in the distance, holding the reins tightly in his hand, his eyes were deep and difficult to understand...

Cheng Mingzhen rode from the front, reined in his horse and stood still in front of De, and said loudly on the horse's back: "Commander Qi, the right Hou Wei started to gather after the order, but the speed is very slow, and half of the army has not yet assembled, is it right?" Do you need to send the Sima in the army to warn and supervise?"

Li Ji raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, sighed softly, and said slowly: "Send the order, the army will move out immediately, stop after arriving at the Youhouwei camp, and we will wait there for His Royal Highness to come."

"Here!"

Cheng Mingzhen took the order, reined in his horse, turned around, and galloped towards the front of the formation.

Zhang Liang rode his horse to accompany Li Ji. At this time, he looked back and saw a cavalry with black helmets and black armor still stationed on the west bank of Bashui River before crossing the river.

It was a "black armored cavalry" that followed His Majesty and was inseparable...

(End of this chapter)