Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4368
The Ganlu Hall, the Liangyi Hall, and the Taiji Hall are all on the central axis of the Taiji Palace. These buildings are all magnificent and magnificent, and occupy a very large area, but there are very few corresponding walls and gates. You only need to lead the army to push them all the way. , will soon arrive at Chengtianmen.

Once Li Daozong leads the army to capture Chengtianmen, not only will he be able to meet Jin Wang Li Zhi who is very likely to break into the city from Mingdemen, he will control the entire Chang'an City today, hold the center of the Tang Empire tightly in his hands, and attack eastward. Changle Gate, Yongchun Gate and other city gates control the sluice gates of Longshou Canal and cut off the escape route of the emperor. Unless there is a secret way out of the city hidden in the Wude Hall, Li Chengqian will become a turtle in a urn, unable to fly...

Therefore, Li Daozong's surprise attack by splitting up his troops caught the defenders by surprise, and the atmosphere in the Wude Hall instantly became tense.

Many ministers stayed in the side hall of Wude Palace last night, the rumble of cannons outside Xuanwu Gate was earth-shattering, the inside and outside of the palace were disturbed by unknown people, and then came the news that Fang Jun completely defeated Zuo Houwei, excited Where can they sleep?

Unexpectedly, hearing the news of Li Daozong's division of troops to attack the Tai Chi Hall early in the morning, he was inevitably worried and looked depressed.

The newly appointed Minister of Rites, Xu Jingzong, looked worried: "Li Daozong wants to capture Chengtianmen and cut off your majesty's retreat from the Wude Hall! This beast has vicious thoughts, but as a clan king, he doesn't want to repay the emperor's favor. On the contrary, if you engage in military rebellion, you should be punished for your crime!"

Once the Chengtianmen was cut off by Li Daozong, Wude Hall would become a big urn from which no one could escape.Although he is grateful to His Majesty for appointing him as Minister of Rites, he is unwilling to go to Huangquan with His Majesty.

As for the secret passage in Wude Hall, let alone whether there is one, even if there is, His Majesty still does not leave until now, obviously intending to stick to it until the last moment, but when the time comes, there will be chaos, even if His Majesty can escape calmly before Li Daozong leads the army in, but others may not. in time...

He has just become the head of the six ministers, and he has completed an important transition in his official career for decades. He looks forward to the day when he will ascend the court to pay respects to the prime minister, be courteous to all bureaucrats, and govern the world. How can he die here?

Many other ministers also echoed their words, denouncing Li Daozong for being treasonous and deserving of death.

Li Jiduan sat still, glanced around indifferently, and said slowly: "It's not just cutting off the Chengtian Gate? If it's not bad, King Jin may also start attacking the city."

Everyone was startled, and just about to speak, there was a report from an internal servant outside, saying that a scout came to report the military situation, so they had to temporarily suppress the worries in their hearts.

After getting permission, the servants led the scouts in, and the scouts entered the hall and knelt down on one knee: "My Majesty, Yu Chigong led his You Houwei to suddenly attack Mingde Gate. The guards at the gate are weak, so please help. At the same time, Lu Guogong Cheng Yao Jin led his Zuo Wuwei to approach Yuanqiu, Xue, Liu and Zheng allied forces obliquely inserted into Qingming Canal, and arrived at Anhua Gate along Qingming Canal. Wei Guogong ordered Donggong Liu to lead a group to go south through Leyouyuan and cross the Yellow River He arrived at the west side of Qujiang Pond... and has already formed a siege to the rebel army of King Jin stationed near Yuanqiu."

Hearing this, the important officials in the palace breathed a long sigh of relief.

Whether Cheng Yaojin's Zuowuwei, Xue Liuzheng's coalition army, or the Six Commanders of the East Palace, they are all the elite among the elite. Such three troops have completed the encirclement trend against the King of Jin. One hundred thousand mobs grind it into powder.

But Li Chengqian, Li Ji, even Xu Jingzong, Zhang Liang and others still frowned and did not take it lightly, and even believed that the overall situation was settled if this was the case.

Because there is also a Cheng Yaojin who sways left and right and jumps repeatedly...

Who knows which side Cheng Yaojin is on now?
What's more, even if Cheng Yaojin stood on this side and participated in the siege, it would be difficult to wipe out the King of Jin before Yuchigong captured Mingdemen. At that time, the King of Jin could follow Yuchigong into Chang'an and go straight to Chengtianmen along Tianjie .

When the Sixth Commander of the Eastern Palace was fully staffed, it was only [-] to [-] troops. After successive defeats by Li Siwen, Qu Tuquan and others, the loss of soldiers and generals was serious. Now it is time to send troops to reinforce the defenders of Mingdemen, or directly by Chunming. Entering the city to help defend Chengtianmen, it is difficult to choose...

Li Chengqian frowned and pondered for a long time, and asked Li Ji: "How do Yinggong think we should deal with it now?"

All the ministers also looked at Li Ji. After all, this commander-in-chief who is still the No. 1 Chinese military in the court, invincible and has destroyed countless countries, has to be confined in the palace because of his previous actions, which aroused His Majesty's suspicion. Command the troops to fight and reprimand Fang Qiu.

But when it comes to tactics and strategy, few people in the world are as good as...

However, Li Ji shook his head and said slowly: "It's not because of the evasion of the minister. Now that the court troops are under the command of the Duke of Wei, he must already have a comprehensive strategy. The minister's reckless remonstrance will definitely affect the strategic deployment of the Duke of Wei, which is not only useless. , but harmful."

Li Chengqian was silent, he couldn't tell whether Li Ji was discussing the matter without any grievances, or whether he had a grudge and took the opportunity to evade...

But now is not the time to delve into these matters, so I pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Young Lord's words are very reasonable, come here and pass a message to Duke Wei, saying that Duke Wei is solely responsible for all military affairs, and I will not ask."

"Here!"

With the attendant inside, he turned around and walked out of the Wude Hall, and went to Chunming Gate to deliver the emperor's order to Wei Guogong Li Jing...

*****
In the Legislative Hall separated by a wall, the atmosphere is not so tense.

The concubines, palace people, and female relatives who gathered here have already packed up. As long as they can't stop the offensive of the rebels, they will immediately leave the Taiji Palace through the secret road. Li Jing has already arranged for the corresponding troops at the exit outside the palace. Cross the Wei River to the north to escape to the west of the river.

There is no secret way in Wude Palace, the only secret way is under Lizheng Palace...

The sun rises slowly, the sunlight reflects off the glazed tiles on the roof of the heavy palace, and shines on the mirror of the dressing table from the window, dazzling flowers, and the dust floating in the air is revealed one by one.

Empress Su has a slim figure, wearing a crimson palace attire, standing in front of the dressing table to tie up the blue hair for Princess Changle. Half of her soft and beautiful cheeks are white and shiny in the sun, and the white jade earrings are shaking slightly, making her extremely glamorous.

With her white and slender jade hands, she curled up the cloud-like silk, gently coiled it into a bun, and then fixed it with a jade hairpin, then stood behind Princess Changle and supported her thin shoulders, looked at it from left to right in the mirror, and smiled with satisfaction : "Your Highness is naturally beautiful, with beautiful eyebrows and square eyebrows. It is better to have such gorgeous decorations. It is better to wear less Taoist robes. You are only in your twenties now, and it is the time of youth. It is definitely not a good thing for the Qing Lantern Ancient Scroll to be quiet and want nothing."

Princess Changle also turned her head to look at the bun and headgear, her face in the mirror was beautiful and elegant, she pursed her lips and smiled: "It's been a long time since I've dressed up like this, I'm not used to it, thank you Queen. "

"Heh, what's there to thank for that? It's a great honor for me to be able to dress up for His Highness."

Empress Su touched Princess Changle's temples with a smile, and pulled her up. The two sat side by side on a chair by the window, and couldn't help but ask, "What is your plan with Fang Jun?"

Princess Changle's jade cheeks were reddish, and she was a little shy, but the matter between her and Fang Jun was no secret, and the Empress Su's eyebrows were generous, and they had a close relationship with each other, so she didn't hold back, and said softly: "What are your plans? That's fine. Just like what he said in the que written back then, 'If the two loves last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening'...It is enough to have a confidant in life."

He is his own sister-in-law, and even an important minister in the court. It is absolutely wrong to have an affair with each other, so how can he have any status?
She doesn't care about that either.

Empress Su murmured these two lines first, and said with emotion: "I have heard that Fang Er was absurd and uninhibited when he was young, but he never thought that he would have such a peerless talent once he was enlightened. ..."

Then the voice changed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "It is difficult for us women to live in this world, how can we accept it and let those men take advantage of everything but walk away irresponsibly?"

Princess Changle was so shy that she pushed the queen lightly, and said angrily, "There's nothing to take advantage of, I'm ashamed."

After all, things like "taking advantage" are mutual, how can you blame men for this...

Queen Su chuckled, then took Princess Changle's hand, and said softly: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, it's fine if you lose this time, but if you invite the heavens to finally wipe out the rebels and clean up Chaogang, Fang Er It is Qingtian who protects him and makes great contributions. At that time, His Majesty will agree to any request except for the throne. If he dares to ask His Majesty for anything, no matter how difficult it is, His Majesty will not refuse."

She knew Li Chengqian's character very well. He seemed to have a weak temper, but he was actually very stubborn. If he thought that Fang Jun's meritorious deeds deserved some reward, then no matter who opposed it, he would firmly implement it.

Princess Changle's cheeks were rosy, and she shook her head slightly.

Even if the emperor grants him a marriage, it will be difficult to quell the criticism from the clan and the people of the world, so how can she be willing to let him fall into the embarrassment of the world's abuse?
A good man protects the heavens and protects the country, and his merits are in the community, so he should be famous in history and shine through the ages, and his reputation cannot be tarnished because of her being a woman. If that is the case, she will not feel at ease even if she dies...

Seeing her expression, Empress Su was very angry, a little resentful and said: "When the late emperor was here, he often praised you for being a prime minister, grand in spirit and quick in thinking, why are you so confused about this matter? Gao Yang doesn't mind, why do you wrong yourself for the likes and dislikes of outsiders? It's not easy for us women to live for men for the first half of my life, and for children for the second half of my life. Think about it?"

Princess Changle hesitated to speak, a little hesitant.

But it's not uncommon for sisters to serve a husband together, but it's extremely rare to be upright, let alone they are noble, golden branches and jade leaves...

The sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and then Princess Gaoyang's voice came to my ears: "Sister-in-law, sister, what are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)